The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-20


notwithstanding the opportunity which the dam
aged condition OF the batteries OF this fortress
may, at this moment, present to them. At vari.
Gus times in the course Of the morning, We have
heard strong cannonsde in the direction Of Fort
LiIlo-it IS supposed to proceed from the enc
my.s batteries up the river upon our gun.boats,
which are stationed of its banks. The princi.
p2lpart Of Sir John Hopes army still continues
M most comfortable quarters in South Beveland,
and really it something Interior is Intended by this
army 70 be executed, indecision and delay must
| cease.
The duty ofthis garrison is very severe, ev-
cry regiment being obliged to furnish, indepen.
dent ofthe necessary guards, parties of SO and
200 men, to d,smantle the works which were
constructed for its bombardment. There is pre-
valent here iuInor. that the works of Middle
burgh are to be Immediately put in state ofde-
fence, and that 100 additional guns are to be pla
ced on the ramParts OF Flushing Such an inien.
ton indicates the determination OF liking Wal.
cheren depot, from which British manufactures
may always md their way to the continent. In.
ueed !, TINS day, in inspecting the stores in the
arsenal, witnessed the illustration of what the
persevering spirit Of trade will effect, and of the
o'mcui'ies which in its operation it will certainly
s s There are now lying on the quay of
Flushing, 100 pieces of ordnance of Carron man.
utaciure, with the proper marks of that foundery
upon them, so lately manufactured as the wear
Iooo Here IS an evident proof that the ipycn,li
ty OF gain laughs at the intricacy IF British Or
ders OF Council, and at all the efforts of French
| intertlicts
within this hour this garrison received The
agreeable intelligence, that French prop,.rty to -
considerable amount has been discovered at Mid.
oieburSh BY the activity ofthe Commissioners.
specie to large amount has been found and
nearly 200 tons of saltpetre- The stores here
are very rich, the arsenal being now filed witt,
the most material naval stores. cannot conclids
tI,<nsrs
ample tes'mony t, the unparalleled ability with
which our artillery was conducted during the
| bombardment." w
PARIS, July so.
frehf6i'ion 81 the entry of colonial produce.
An Imperial Decree of the 18th July, 1909,
mas repealed the decree of the 9th of Iune last.
which had re-establshed the relations with Hol
| land on the same footing with what had ex.
! isted prior TO the Decree of the 10th of Septsm-
| Der, 1908
Here follows the Decree of Sept. Is, 1902
winch by this change is no W in force -
we Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King
Italy, and Protector OF the Rhenish Confeds ra
~, upon tile Report OF our Minister of Finance
nave decreed. and do decree as fellows -
ART. l. The entry into France of all colonial
produce passing through Holland and Spain, is
Prohibited, until 1t be otherwise ordered.
~. The vessels loaded with colonial produce
which enter the Elbe, the Weser, and the Yade.
shall be seized, &c.
III. This present decree shall not derorate
from the provisions of that of the 9th Juue by
which we have reserved to ourselves to nerm,i
according TO circumstances, the introduction of
cotton wool
:, Nv: Our Minister of Finance is charged with
the circulation OF the present decree
(slgned) NAPOLEON.
LONDON, Aug so.
Letters have been received from Peters
burgh to the 31st ul.. and from Riga to the
llth instant. BY these We learn that the re-
port OF a general embargo in the harbors of
Russia and the Baltic, is erroneous 1t is
true, that an embargo has been imposed.
but instead Of being general, it is confined
to native ships only, and its sole object is to
prevent their falling into the hands of the
powerful British force cruizing in that sea.
With license from this Country, it is un
derstood, that any Russian ships would be
Permitted to take their departure. All the
difficulties respecting the American vessels
IN the port OF Riga, have been removed by
the good understanding which subsists be-
tween the consignees and the official agents
Ut the Russian government
Orders have been received at Woolwich
10 prepare artillery for another Expedition.
MIDDLEBURGH, Aug %.
On the 21st instant the following Procla-
nations were published
PROCLAMATION.
"His Excellency Lord Chatham, COM
manding the troops of his Britannia Majesty,
being informed that many descrters, and
persons belonging to the French troops, and
some OF them armed. are on the island, or :
ders, that the aforementioned armed or
unarmed deserterS, or other persons, be ar.
rested and delivered over to the nearest Eng.
llsh detachment, and that no one presume to
harbor such deserters, on pain Of being SEN
fenced, on conviction, to pay penalty of 100
forms Zone half of which shall be given to
the informer, whose name shall be kept Sc
cret,) and be otherwise severely punished
according to military law. Military deser-
tiers and other persons belonging to the French
army, not surrendering within three days,
shall be punished as spies"
PROCLAMATION.
" His Excellency Lord Chatham, &c. &c.
being informed that many persons pass from
one island to another, without being furnish.
ed with the necessary passports, orders, that
10 one presume to repair from the island of
which he is an inhabitant, to another island.
without having obtained passport from the
Magistrate, which must be signed by the
General or commanding Officer, on pain of
being arrested.
" All Fcrrymen and Mariners are COM
mandcd to take no one over unfurnished with
pass. The transgressor of this command
SNAIL not only suffer the loss OF the boat or yes