The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-07


The attention otthe cabinet OF Peteriburgh,
appears to be mott actively directed to tsc ma
va! and military department. The Intelligence
brought by the mails leads us 20 expe6f, 10y the
next Hamburger mail, fonething of deciiivc i'm
Po-sance. But there is no foundation for the
rumoarS IN circulation laf night Of Government,
h@yiUg received intelligence Of the Huiians hav-
! inS Landed on the northern part of lloltcin
| ana OF the French having occupied the iuuth-
eiu.
We have fone rcafIn "a believe that the neu-
teal 'hips in the French and Dutch ports have
had caate to apprehend an immediate embar.
go--tor on iudden great quantity Of them
nave poured out of thofr ports. Twenty came
| out of Dunkisk the day b.fore yelter,iay, half
| OF which, upon examination, were detained By
our cruizerS, and tent to Dover and the Downs.
II the prefent Rate cs aasirs, it is natural to
expect IN embargo upon al kuii;ans ant, Swetss
in the French aud Dutch ports. Il has proba.
bly, by shis time taken place.
Septer,ber Is.
/ we are happyto announce the iafe arrival OF
the Leeward Hand merchant aeet under con-
| voy OF the BIenhem man of war.
In the Dutch papers il is ltated, and the sia
is probably correet, that the new title of Empe-
ror of Auttria has already been recognized by
the Court OF Berlin. According to the fame
papers tine Imperial mania is not confined TO Bo-
| .
10 20 aiiume the title Of Emperor The En-
peror of the French, it is alto furmiftci, means
TO a!lume the tile of King of London.
An article from Frankfort fates, that the
French troops in Italy are rapidly dcEling to-
wards the fea coat. The oaen,ible caufe of
theie movements are, TO arensthen and protect
the coat againft probable hottie operation !;
but who the enemy is, from whom fuciden in
curllons is to he ap2rehcnded, the foreign intel
liigcnce fuPplies US with no mean: of dfcover-
ing.
! September lS
Yefterday Government received Information
which induced belieftha the iuvaiion would
be attempted within fortnight and yeferday
! we received letters from three of our blocka-
ding fqua,iron, dated on Thuriday, which fate
that the enemy's preparations were complete,
and that the continuance of the flotil!as in port
was owing to the want of water, in confe-
quence Of the niep tides. at Onend there re-
main praams, hip rugged, each mounting
| from to 81 guns, "a poanders: loo fchoonerS
| each mounting from 10 % guns, Is and "a
Founders and $50 all OF briggs, cutters, and
saliots, h'nilarly armed. notwithstanding this
we feel 1t our duty to fate that perfons in COM
munication with Government, and pohefins
ITS confidence, treat the threat OF invaiion as
| chimera.
Difpatches from Admiral CORVALLIS, of
Bret, mention comfortable degree of autho-
1ity to prevail on board the eneny's fqtiairon,
whole light veles arc always on the look out
| 10 give intimation Oh any temporary abfence of
| the Dritiih cruizers. The French force is, to
all appearance, perfectly ready for fea.
! letter from Ruiia, of the 10th ult. menti-
, ons that new treaty of alliance between Eng
| land and Ruitia was on the tdpis, and that the
Courts of Vienna aud Berlin were invited to be-
| come parties to it. No Intelligence is received
| ON the futjea Of the pending war between Ruff
| ia and France.
The Toulon feet is fated to have made a.
| nother attempt to put to Tea, but was preven-
ted By the appearance OF the Britiih fqua-
| dron.
=. The firing of Bou!ognc was renewed on Fri
day, but to what purpofe is net known. Seye-
raj OF the enemy's gun boats {fnne accounts fay
100, Others 80 or SOY were on Thurfday out
| hde the harbour. ~
! The Emperor of RuEia ultimaun, II is faid,
demanded indemnity to the King of Sardinia,
the evacuation of the Neapolitan territories,
| and the deliverance ofHanover. Bonapart1 fent
| his anfwer to it from Boulogue.
| Bonaparte, we are told, is now building SO
| Hips of the line and AZ frigates and has form
| cd contracts for Is more Of the former clafs,
! and ten of the latter.
| otocks--s per cent confuis 81 ii Onuium
| Sd and 7.
| i he peace eltablilhUnent of Rufia comprifes
| 100000 men, and $4,000 military fervants.
| She poiiefies 10 millions OF taxable male pea
fants, employed in agriculture, and may i'm
| create her force to any extent.
| The Swedih army confifts of 1000 regular
infantry, 1000 cavalry, $4,000 militia infantry,
and $4,000 national cavalry. There are 1890
tliorS in the king fervice, and 1000 more en-
rolled for the navy in addition TO which 10000
fta'nen could be drawn from the fiiherics on
the coats of Sweden and Finland.
J The DaDifb army, in Denmark and Holftcin,
amounts TO about $4,000 regular troops, and
| 1900 militia and in Norwayto about 10000
regulars and militia. There are 5000 feamen
IN royal iervce, and 10000 more may be at a.
ny time Attended from the flheries. The mer-
chant isrYice employs $4,000 more, in about
| 100000 tons Of ihipping.
! Rulia has in the Baltic so Hips of from 60
TO oguns, and upwards OF 100 galiies, gun
boats, and other fna armed veiiels.
| Sweden has navy OF 20 iI,ips, carrying from
40 to ~ guns, and nearly 500 gallies.
Denmark has 81 fail Of the line, and about 50
floating batteries, gaIlies, &c.
The military eftabfhnent os France fome
months iince, competed $4,000 men.
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