The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-19
u LfPORT.4NT-4IF TRUE.

mercantile house in this CITY, for The FOL-
loving Extract-The new changes of the
Maii have not. as yet, been, 10 US, an i'm
frouemenf-We fare indeed the worse for
1.-THE Mail from the North is more ire
Suiar-On Wednesday morning. there was
not ONE paper from the North-Yesterday
morning, none to the North of Baltimore
but the Poet tells us. in the Bull STYLE.
that Z" all fiartici evil is universal good"
EXTRACT
Cf letter from Boston, dated 18th .dhrR.
The Brig Joseph arrived last night in
40 days from Lisbop-Accounts by her
are, that Flour was 5 IS per barrel, and
faiiing-large quantities afoat-No
" battles had been fought-The French
were on the retreat-An account on the
l3th was received at Lisbon, that the En-
gl'st Spanish had entered Seville
probably the Army which left Cadiz the
Ct last of February"
~ The detachment, to which the wri.
ter alludes.is. the one underlGen. Graham.
which sailed from Cadiz on tn. 24tb Feb
and is SAID to have consisted of $4,000
troops and tn have been joined near Tarifa
oy SOU British from Sicily, making in the
whole 81 ,000-sO0O British, the rest Spapi
ards and Germans.-It seems from onr
paper OF the 18th, that vessel from Cadiz
on the I'd March, reports the reception of
an account in that City, that this expedite.
on had landed near Tarfa, and proceeded
direct for Chiclana-the captain was of
an opinion, that the French before Cadiz
would not wait an assault, the Admiral Sir
Richard Keates being fully prepared to
attack their batteries from Rota to Port ST..
Mary's
NorEs,-From Seville to Port St. Ma
rvs Is Is ieagues-The last was in the hands
and
| the Bay to Cadiz- across tie Bay. is A.
bout an hours saffron Cadiz to Chic
| lana. about leagues-ChicIana lies nth.
wards OF an arm of the Bay-it is the re-
treat OF the merchants of the City.-A de-
tachment, under Soult. was before Bada-
lJoz, nearer to Seville, than Massena's force
was.
Now, If it be true that the British
have taken Seville and Massena retired. the
one may have indirectly led to the O.
ther. The British may have made diuer-
s'on In FAVOR OF Lisbon, by an EVOLUTION up-
on Seville-Massena with view of scQrjnp
them back, and maneuvrine Wellington on
may have fallen back, himself-The de-
tachment under Soul. So 900 troops (accor-
Ding to rePort) and before Badaioz, NAV
ho"everbe sufficient TO out flank Graham.
arrest his steps, and intercept his return IN
Saoiz, unless the retreat be aLa mode U'el-
tINS ton, TdplQ ana successful.
letter from Norfolk under date of 10th
APr'i, was received here Yesterday noro,no
it states, that French Privateer. tbaf
was brought in by Commod re Rodgers and
lioelled, &C. was liberated few davs
ago by tue Court-that on the fifteenth. thew
opened rendezvous for seamen-and as
large spanish ship was in port, nearly laden.
1t was said the Privateer meant to wait for
her off the Capes-but some hozy or ot5er
the privateer was set on fire and entreIv
consumed
u 1t is said, that this Privateer was not
carried IN tafefy, as some ~ suppose. but
some months past--I'h he cause of the con
cendiarles severely punished n B Who
were the 1ncendaries of the LImpetneux
10 the Connidndant Of each regiment in the Con,
nronaUealth Of Virginia.
RIcHMoND, Council Chamber, March 3Oth.
SIR,
The loss of the public arms, which have
been distributed, among the several regiments
OF the militia of the Common we alth, has been so
great, according to the returns, which have been
made, as to excite the surprise and concern of
the Executive.
IL
ted, shall be received by the Commandments ofre-
glments, who shall give receipts for them, to
the governor that the commahdaDts Of regi-
ments, shall deliver them to the cnmmandants
oil battalions, and they to the commandments of
companies, and that the latter, shall put them in
to the hands of such responsible freebo,dets. or
others otthe militia, as may be relied on, for
their safe keeping, or be able to indemnify the
Commonwealth for their loss. If any person thus
possessed OF arms, arrives at the age Of forty
hve years, so as to be exempt from militia duty.
or emoezzles, or dlsposes Of them, or removes
out ct tie limits OF his regiment, without deliv-
ering them up, 1t is made the duty ofthe com
Inandant OF the company, to which such person
belonged, to proceed, by warrant to be obi aimed
from any justice vt the peace, in the county.
where such arms are, TO regain the possession of
| Them. II IS also made, the duty Of the officers.
commanding companies, to report the delinquen.
cicS, after every muster, Of the non-commission-
ed officers and privates, in their respective COM
panies, to the commandments of battslions and
| OF the cOmmaDdants OF battaIions to report the
dehnquencles of the comm andants of companies
to the commsndants of regiments, and of inc lat.
| ter to report the delinquencies of the comman-
dants OF battaiions, % the proper courts of En-
curry. And to secure the performance, of these
several dut es,high penalties are imposed on the
officers, OF every grade, who shall fail in the part
| assigned TO them, in the distribution OF the said
arms, IN their safe-keepng, or in the recovery
OF them, when embezzled or otherwise lost.
So anxious has the General Assembly beer
| Tor the saie-keeping Of the public arms and for
their preservation IN good order, that il is made
the duty, OF the commandants of regiments, to