The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-11-30

m,nfan. a. viana, dated the IO.h instant. that
t:ie ElS al lad retrea.ed from Coimbr& to oc-
e'rly t:,eir Positions and that the French folow-
si,oen. l.avirg STRONG garrison at Coimbra--
& ,tm-l irau., with 900 vt his militia, surpri.
s.i this lrrison and took them prisoners with
ali the sick aud wounded Cen. Miilsr arrived
wits ii,>corps OF militia very soon sf,er the
,nn. and rcIn,ii,ed at Coi,nhra. 1t was rcpor-
tcdtl,at he WAS 10 marcl, next day in pursuit OF
the enemy. Trant on his march Ia o ,rto
, with his prisoners, to- the num)er of 5000, to
embark them for England. II was expected at
Oporio, ihae in short time the whole Of the e.
rersy's army would he destroyed, - they could
receive no reinf,reemen,s, atl their communica-
tons were completely cut off"
J, Various letters from Oporto, as late as Oc,o.
Der g., relate a brilliant exploit parf1rned by
colonel Trant at Coimbrs.--When NJ ssena
psrcsed TO The southwark in pursu;. of lord
We!imgtoa, he left about 5000 men at Cnimbra
Trant whose Former unsuccessful manr ivre had
thrown ham far IN the rear Of the advancing
MICS, collected considerable body of militia,
cudSu:piiscI the Frenol, IN Coimbra on :, Sun.
day night and made them all prisoners. Trant's
army Las since heen a.:S:a, HtcI to Is or 20,
co.,
All the vessels outside the bar at Ooorto got
under weigh OctoberS 8, for Vigo, where they
were to en- shelter from the equinuctial gales
LosdWoilngton had occupied his strong po-
s,ion at Mtira Oct 10, and M assena HAD advan-.
ved 70 Sant3rerl--rhe British calculated on
sucerss should the French attack them in their
f,rthe,i canp-UPwards of 40, 900 souls had
heen driven into Lisbon b. the 18Th before the
aprroacB:ng Armies The devastation of the
Soonry WAS awfu----It is said in the Lisbon
accounts, q 1t is impossible tn form any idea of
the scenes now acted in this Country hey
must be seen to be credited" The English as
cribe an The blame to the French, while the lat.
ter VITA more truth perhaps, attribute all Sio,
isnce and rapine to the English army
On apassage in London Paper which states
that orders had been received at Gottenbureh
fsom Stockholm, to ssquestrate all English pro
perry, and adds that this order is an effect oftbe
influence ofthe French Ambassador the Mon.
iteur subjoins this note
e What is real in this intelligence 10 the /, a
paragraph Gottenburgh, ard the Baltic, will
soon be shut against TIE English. French fleets
have entered the shde and the Ems. Batteries
and numerous detachments of Preach douanie RS
line the coasts of Holland and those of GERMANY
to the Baltic. The magazines OF Heiigoland.
where there is English merchandise. TO the
mount ut 200 millions Of iivres, will no longer
have vent--they must be carried back 10 Eng-
Iand.--But in order to cupe the peonie such
news is invented as shall be most agreeable -
lhey present to their Imagination the Continent
on fire, and covered with sea Of blood W.
are sorry for the English The continent is and
will remain at peace"
HAMBURG, Sept. IL. It is apprebended that
scme very great and important change will take
place shortly
The Engl sh have declared the Sound & all the
ports OF Russia in state of blockade to sill YES
seis, except those which proceed with British
licesse or guder British coaroy.