The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-11-06

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at Dartmouth, from Paris, with dispatches
to Mr.. p. Their tale is gloomy. They
know nothing ofthe release of any' American
property, and say, that Gen. Armstrong had
no hopes of such an event, at least, for the
present And further, the only condition on
which the DEGREES of Milan and Berlin
will be rescinded, is a compliance, on the
part of England. with what the Duke of Ca
dore says. in his letter to Gen. Armstrong.
is bien intendu." So that. notwithstanding
the positive assertion that they are repealed
and will cease TO be in force after the LIST of
Nov. it is very doubtful whether they will
be repealed at all.'
Sep. 12.-By Dover letter received yes
terday, it appears that the flag of truce with
Mr.. Powell, the American Secretary of LIE
cation. had returned, and that he had not
been permitted TO land either at Calais or
Boulogne, but had been fred upon from the
batteries. We believe that Moriaix is the
only port appointed for the reception of Car
tells, and This circumstance syiHfro6G6iy &C.
count TOR fhe receftion Mr.. Powell met with
~ Calais and BouioFne.
The decree prohibiting the entrance or de
, parture of passengers from or into the ports
of France, was hardly made public, when
measures were taken to give it effect. A
circular letter was transmitted to all the
: maritime protects, enjoining them to cause
every vessel that arrived or sailed to be dill
igently searched, and if any persons should
be found on board, whose names were not
IN the role d'equipage, to send them imme-
diately to Paris. without reference to the
G. untry to which they might belong. 1t is
suggested, in a letter conveying this lntorma
ton, that this extraordinary vigilance is for
the psrpose of preventing the transmission
of intelligence respecting an expedition
which has been secretly preparing for some
time in the ports IRON Havre 10 the Texcl
A letter of the I'd states the following as
the substance of the decree of the 9Sth Au
gust
"That all French ships, furnished with
imperial licences, shall be prohibited to take
on board any passengers, either in going or
returning from the other side under pain of
death of the captains, and confscation of the
vessel and her cargo"
The subsequent copy ofa dispatch from Col
Don MaguA de Alvera to General O'Donnell,
will be read with particular satisfaction
ALBEs, July "a, 1910 Most Excellent
Senor-I have the honor to inform your Excel.
lency that on the 29th of last month, by party
ofarmed peasants, received information that
the enemy was near Sarinana, collecting provi.
sions, to the number Of about 900 men. Ontur-
ther examination this news was confirmed to me,
by persons employed to inquire, excepting, that
the French found did not exceed about 800
men. Thus instructed, l deemed it to be pru-
dent to concentre the forces under my orders, a.
mounting to $50 infantry, and $50 cavalry, to
gether with body of near 200 armed peasants
from the mountains, collected from the Guer
rillas, making IN the whole n strength of about
1000 men. The peasantry was ouly armed with
pixies and few muskets, and our cavalry was
not we'll mounted.
I'm III e he
began 10 march in the direction of Sernans,
crossing the small river. Cinica, at Mont
+" On the 18th We passed through Serinaria,
sad the next day came in sight of the enemy,
who had completed his foraging, and msk
ing away with it under his convoy towards Nj.
extra Sonora DIES los Fuentes 1t consisted of
q Wagons laden with provisions and plunder,
taken from the surrounding country 1mmedi-
ately on finding they were discoyured and pur-
sued, they dispatched the convoy forward under
the guard of $50 men, and the remainder drew
up and waited our approach to stop our farther
advance against the convoy, which was getting
sway fast II could
&C They posted themselves to great advantage
On the river Mucdo, with q reserve on an emf
nence. They were drawn up in three divisions,
the centre commanded by Col. Ferron, who had
been very successful officer The instant our
troops came near TO the French, they rushed up
on them, and were received by the enemy with
well directed volley which checked them, but
the Spaniards undaunted, again charged ue
French & discharged them leavingabnut 20 dead
on the held---The enemy fed with the
greatest precipitation, yet his loss in the pur-
suit was very great.--In the mean time,
had forwarded the two hundred armed pea.
SAINTS to o,eriake tie convoy, which they did &C
cordingly, and after very severe conflict, in
which they conducted themselves most bravely,
they were successful, and "a wagon fell into
our hands. Three ofthe wagons had been pre-
yiously burned. Forty Frenchmen threw down
their arms, and SIbDitted on condition that their
lives should be spared.
" This brilliant action mas done great honour
20 every man engaged, and the thanks Of the
country are due TO the troops for their excellent
conduct and unexampled courage Applause
has been especially merited by the Captains Of
Infantry Role;cne and Puentas, whom your ex.
cellency viii report 10 his Majesty, as well in
deed as the whole corps.
r :" BY this achievement "a Wagons laden with
all sorts u stores, and with large sum of mo
ney, have been acquired as well as so stand or
arms left in the field by the enemy The pri-
soners are rs, and the killed of tie French near
200, a greater number were wounded. Our
loss compared with theirs, is small, since ye
had only 43 killed, and 10Y wounded COP
preserve your ExcellencJ, sc.
(Signed)
"MGGUEL DE ALvERA"
Sept ~.
There has been no fresh arrival from Portu-
gal since ouf last, but the following particulars
from the latest Off ial returns and other anthem
tic IouFces, have not yet been made generally
public