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

entered Sne province OF Licoana IN the lat
terebd Of July, but they were defeated
and expelled with considerable loss.-In
Aragon, the Spanish General (Villacam
pa carries every thug before him. He
had his head quarters at Calatayud, which
city, and also Darocoa, he had taken by as.
sault--In Catalonia. the city of Tortosa
rivals Saragossa, in obstinate vaor and de
,ermined resistance. Ii still held out ON the
1lsh last. On the Attn, the garrison made a
sortie, and drove the French from all their
works. The enemy had previously made
a furious attack upon it on the 9Th of July,
when they were also repulsed, and the wo
men of the place, emulating the females
of Saragossa,. were actively employed in
the hottest part of the contest, supplying
their gallant defenders with spirits Ge-
neral Blake had his head quarters at Muir
cia. His advanced guards had approach.
ed the frontiers of Andalusia. The &C
counts from Madrid CONFIRM the report of
the attempt to carry off King Joseph.
The following is an e.ctracf Of letter.
received through Holland:
PARIS, Aug. S7.--lt is expected tina,
we, s.:n s..:: iIaJS iu
colonial produce, as it is supposed to be
the Emperor's determination to make all
that may be permitted to come to the con
tincnt pass through France. Thus he will
be able to supply Austria Prussia and Ger
many, from his depots, which will put an
immense sum into his purse. This plan
now begins to develope ITSELF for it is under
stopd, that he means to shut every port "a
gainst the importation of Colonial produce,
from the Elbe TO Petersburgh. In a few
days hope TO be able to send you the Ii
cense for nv ship, and at the same time,
you may purchase the articles mentioned !;
which will no doubt come to good mar
ket.
September Is.
From S.. Petersburg letters have been 90
tanned 10 the recent date OF he 2lst OF last
month. The banking and mercantile con.
Germs in that city, were much dsorganized
by the political distractions to trade ; and
the consequence had been the failure ofthe
house of Gustavus Bshr, an eminent bank
er in that capital This is now the princi,
pal banking establishment which is so init
mately connected with. & has so powerful in,
fluence over, the Russian Government
Bahr, was the banker of Caulincourt and the
French legation.
BERLIN, Sep. T.
The government has just published The
following notification. His Majesty being
DESTROYS that all the DEGREES which have for
mental system should continue TO be execu
ted with the greatest rigor. has resolved in
order to accelerate the suits commenced
gainst all those who possess or impor, colo.
NAL merchandise. to appoint tribunal of
commerce of Two branches which shall
decide exclusively and dehmtively upon
the affairs concerning that species of confis-
cation.
B5th branches of that tribunal shall sit at
Berlin. and shall cause dispositions to be ia.
ken on the spot by special commissioners
appointed for that purpose
HIS Majesty wishes by this measure to
reconcile the interests of the State with
the justice which individuals have right TO
expect.
FREDERICK WILLIAM.
Berlin, Aug. 16, 1910.
CorENHAGEN. Aug. 26-.Agreeably
to a Royal Decree, an Embargo has been
laid on ali vessels in the ports west Of
Holstein, as well as in those of the Elbe.
New YORK NV. !.
Arrived, this morning ship Lucia, in 34
days from Liverpool We have received
papers to the 25th of Sep; extracts follow
Commercial advertiser.
LONDON, Sep. 24--Some more French
papers, ana a DutCh one. to the 1Stn, have
been received. Their contents still cont
nue. to be barren Of interest. The besieg
ing army OF CadiZ is said to be streng hened
by fresh conveys of ammunition and artille
ry, as well as detachments of cannoniers.
sappers and miners. The occurrence of
these latter names give US pleasure as we
are thereby reminded of the old wars of En-
rope ;--Whereas the rapidity with which
modern French conquests have been achlev.
cd, have not hitherto rendered the employ
ment of such men necessary. There is like
wise an army at Seville TO cover the besieg
ing army before CadIz. Cortosa, we learn,
has not vet surrendered.
The last French decree against The adj
mission of passengers on board vessels sail.
ing with licences, is given. 1t such as was
before stated, except that we do not see the
infection of capital punishment denounced
against captains for contravening the de-
cree.
The Court Gazette of Copenhagen disa-
VOWS all idea of making separate arrange
ment for the exchange of prisoners.
The grand obstacles to the further pro.
gress of the Russians are, Warna, Rud
shock. and Schumla The besiegers are
probably not very adroit in this species of
warfare in which they have recently had
but little practice.
The Gazette Of Saturday contains an Of
fetal account of the operations of the expe..
ditIon from Csdiz Though this gallant
body OF roops have not had the full success
we expected in the capture of the French
corps AZ Mogner, yet we can truly say they
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