The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-11-09


in daily expectation of the arrival of French
garrison, to take possession of the shipping
there. ass
Licences are now granted for imports
from the Baltic, to expire OH the / st Nef Jan.
1911. and those formerly issued, that termi-
Date of an earlier period, are be extended
TO that date. -
The Masters of the American vessels at
Christiansand, in Norway have published
the following answer to the reasons given
by the Danish Prize Court for condemning
the Hannah, of Boston, as stated yester
day g
ave. the undersigned Masters of Amer
can vessels, now in the port of Christian
sand, having heard with astonishment that
some Of the principal charges brought "a
gaipst the American brig Hannah. from Bos
ton direct. bound to Riga and a market. and
condemned a, the Prize Court at this place,
is as follows.
"1st. That said Court have pronounced il
absolutely impossible to cross the Atlantic
Ocean without chart of the same.
y I'd. That it is equally impossible to
cross the Atlantic without the aid OF sex
tant
1--WE therefore feel fully authorised to
assert, that we have frequently made voya
ges from America to Europe without either
suaded that every seaman. with common
nautical talents or skill, who has ever cros-
Sed the Atlantic, Cannot hesitate TO subscribe
to the same"
'Christiansand, dug 10, 1910.
September TO-
A decree is said to have been signed by
Bonaparte on the 2Sth ultimo prohibiting
passengers from landing at, or sailing from,
II IL H. a
confiscating the vessel and cargo. The mo
tives of such decree can only be to prevent
accurate information from reaching the peo
pie of France, and also TO proven us from
Knowing the real situation of the interior OF
France. 1t is said TO be most distressful
the large towns are in a state of rapid de-
cay, and places where manufactures were
once flourishing, are now deserted. The
misery is the greatest in the wine depart
ments. Will it be believed. FOR instance,
that gentlemen, who six Years ago enjoyed
several hundreds year, are now compelled
to sell the wine, the produce of their es
tates, in small quantities. to the peasants,
in their own houses in order to procure a
few livres to so to market that vines are
in many places entirely lief. to nature, for
want of means 10 cultivate them and that
many tons OF wine have been spoiled lately
because the unfortunate owner could nei
ther sell it nor afford to keep the hogsheads
in repar Yet this is strictly true.
We are told that much Jealousy prevails
between the cabinets of Paris and Madrid
because Napoleon has assumed to himself
the appointment OF governors for the pro
vnces OF Biscay and Navarro; and at So
ira, Burgos, Valladolid and Abia three re-
giments have been raise by order of BONG
parte from amongst the Spanish prisoners
of Dion, and others are forming of the same
nation all of which are 10 be sent to 70.
land. TO assist no doubt in the designs of Bo
naparte against Russia, and TO render hone
less the prospe CT OF their returning to their
own country. 1t is added that those prison
ers who refuse to enter into the French
service are treated with e2,sreme severity
ls f,r September II.
We do not agree with some of our co
temporaries, that because a very small
stock of colonial produce was found upon
hand in Holland. we are to take that as
proof that little went from hence, and that
therefore the restraints of Bonaparte have
been efiicieut. rs it is manifestly knew:
TO all ouV merchants that very considerable
quantities. of colonial produce have gone to
the Dutch Coast, their not SbeDg found in
Holland proves rather that the restraints
have failed and that the goods have found
their way into the interior of France and
3tTmdIly.
A great many more letters from the Spa
nish Ministers Of Joseph, to the French mi
nsters of Napoleon, and to the DIXIE de
Santa Fe. at Paris, have been intercepted
There are also some from the French &c
fleralS in Spain. They almost all concur in
drawing most striking picture of the deplo
rablc state of the French interests in tina,
country This they chiefly attribute to the o.
peration OF the new system of measures
which have been adopted in Spain, in conse
quence OF express orders from Ronaparte
There are some of these dispatches Which al
so show that the French armysustained a Sc
we're loss during tie siege of Ciudad Rodrigo;
besides which, they afford proofs that the
adherents OF Joseph seriously believed there
was an III eutiou- Of an ate pt to assassi..
nate him, or to make him prisoner M
A letter from Messipa, dated july so
gives the following account of the brilliant
&C ion between our flo;ila and that of the
esemy, on the 25th OF the same month:
The enemy's convoy consisting of so
vessels, under the pro cotton of six heavy
gnn-boats, was proceeding along shore from
Naples to ScyAa,. and was intercepted off
Amantea, about 90 leagues from the Straits
OF Mess,na, by his majesly's frigate Thames.
the Honorable Captain Wadegraye, and a
division of the Siclian hptiIla. The enc
my, apprised of the sailing Of our fotilla,
took shelter under a strong battery, where
he thought himself secure but in that adj
vantsgeous position he was attacked with
such vIgor and effect that in five hours,
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