The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-11-01

/ Fis Lortlship lately made Reconnaissance
% liudad Rodrigo, and the object ofit might
aaVe been TO draw Marnont from his pre-
sent position, and induce him to advance for
he protection OF the place. victory over
ann at the present moment would have the.
"hect ot oohging the enemy to draw off his
troops from other points, and abandon his de<
| siSns against other parts of Spain. But WHAT
Lord WcllinSton's intentions are, is mere,
conjecture. Nothing can be stated with cer4
'ainty, except that whatever operations OLE
enterprises he undertakes will be dictated bv
that sound judgment, and executed with that
crhsuminate skill which have marked the
whoie 81 his military career-and have inA
deed Dcen 80 eminent as TO wiring from DGs
naparte himself, the declaration that he
ord Weliington) had not committed one
iault from the beginning OF the campaign
September 7. "
We received this morning Paris papers tt
the fth INST. Il docs rot appear by thenr
that bonapa-tc has yet set out upon his tour
u the coast. a curious account is given in
tue Aonffenr Of the surprise of French
vessel In the very harbour of Rowan, bv two
CT cur tligates So admirably did they de-.
ceiVc the enemy, that the forts did not FIRE
upon them, the captain of the French vessel
taken assuring the troops in the forts that
they were French frigates, and going h;n,s
sell on board one of them to visit the captain;
ihey remained at anchor twelve hours
Whilst enc OF their ships has been taken
IN port, the Touion squadron, which has az,
admiral who can lie if ne will not fight. has,
Eeen practising it's evoutions in sight of our
ships--aye, g and chacing them I've,
scarcely need inform orr readers what this
chacing is; a part of our squadron approach
es the harbour to entice the enemy cut the.
enemy sets sail, and we affect to hy, in order.
to bring them well out OF the protection Of
their batteries. They venture no further
than those batteries will protect them, and
then gallantly run into port again
This is the activity of which the enemy
boast--the activity of remaining i'm their
Own ports When will they venture upon
the tnactfUe service Of making their appear
ancc before an English port, or of initiating
the conduct OF the two frigates which went
into Rowan, and captured French vessel IN
the very HARBOUR
There is an article in these papers, which
adds considerable strength to the belief of an.
approaching war between France & Russia,
The article purports to come from VienS
ma, an 2rtlt1ce which no longer deceives anu
body, and enters into view of the conducts
of the war between Russia and the Porte.
impnting much blame to the former, and as
serting, that great dscontents prevail in thu,
provinces OF Mp'davia and Wallachia, con-
quered by Russia. This is very different
from the language formerly held by Bona-
part@, III speaking Of his &c dear brother en-
peror, when they were both of the samr,
mind for peace or for war" The fall in the,
value Of guineas in France is attrib,ited
chiefly to the idea Of an approaching rupture.
in the North.
The French papers nave also published.
with seeming e2ctatiOn, the Turkish acs
count OF the successes over the Russ;ans
they state that they beat them near Rud.
schuck; that three days afterwards thev 1T.
Tackled them again, ard forced them 70 res
tire within Nufschucil. On the 9TH of .TnIy
they attempted 10 storm Rudschuck, but fai.
led The Russians, however, evacuated the,
place, and the Turks took possession of it.
The Russians have now no footine or the,
right bank Of the Danube. The grand viz
zier Is preparing to storm Giurgowa.
Courier.
Some days ago we received papers from
America 20 the Sd ult. Some have also been
received at Cork, but rot Of later date than
the Sd of course they can add nothing to,
the intelligence Of which our readers are aIn
ready in possession. That the negotiation
with Nv Foster was suspended, was to be,
inferred from the tone and language of the
Nationai 1nteiiSencer, which stated that we,
required decisive evidence of the repeal OF
the French DEGREES, and that we threatened
retaliation OH the non-importation act, if
continued in force, without such a repeal Of.
the French DEGREES as we contended for.
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