The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-27
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
NEW-YoRK, Oa. 10.


The pafengers from the flip Iris arrived
here yefterday by way of New-London. The
LEFT the vefiei on Tueiday evening, off Martha's
Vineyard, in her way to this port. She failed
from London on the 81 of Auguf, and we have
been favoured with papers brought by her of
the god and Esd. The intermediate dates from
the 18th to the 22d being wanting, we are una
bic to lay before our readers the particulars of
a plot which we find has been dfcovered for TAX
ing away the life of Louis XVIII and the princi-
pal officers attached, to his perfon.
The IRIS, about fortnight ago, ipoke the fllip
Orlando, MarfchaIk, who failed from Amffer-
dam on the 99d for this port /; apd was inform
ed by captain M. that the Emperor of Rufia
had declared war againft France, and tina. he
hafa paper on board containing the official de-
claration. The Iris fell in with the Orlando
fecond time on the l4th inf. all we'll
Lett at London, the flip Jupiter, Law, TO fail
IN week flip Alexander, Vote, in 10 DAYS ::
and fhip Hardware, Matlock, in weeks, all for
this port.
Pai'engcrs in the Iris, Mr.. Samuel C,mDbc,
merchant, of this city, and his family; Mr.. All.
bert Rycknan, of this city; Mr.. John Guef,
OF the houie of Guef and Bancker of PhiIsdel-
phia; and feveral others.
The following are the only interefng arti
cles in the papers which have come into orr
hands.-[M r. Her. Ady.
LONDON, AuguG 60.
Private advices received by the French Io,,r-
nails Fate, that the Ruflian fquadron, copfiftipp
OF ten fail of the line and sveraI frigates, had ar
rived in Copenhagen Roads the beginning of tbe
prefcnt month, and landed 10000 troops. If is
added, that another fquadron, with 10000 men.
was ihortly expected in the fame direction and
there is reafon to hope, that very confederate
portion of the forces of RufIia, both military &,
naval, viii ere long be employed in the great
work ofreftoring thofe ancient barriers. which
Gallo perfdy and aggreifion have nearly laid in
RUNS. We view the landing Of Rufiian force
IN Denmark, however imall, as a circumstance
mighty auipiciouS to the common caufc, and as
1he prelude to powerful confederacy, which is
TO retcue Europe from its prefent degraded fate
A Ruliian army marched through Denmark for
the North of Germany, and cooperating with
the forces of that country and of Sweden. will
be the tgnal for all other Powers of the Cont;
nent to alert their rights, and avengc their rr;ev
GUS wrongs; and from thefe internal efforts.
aided by the vigorous external impulEe of Great
Britain, the mot happy refllt may not unreafon-
ably DC expected. All the Powers of the Con-
tlnent are at length convinced, that it is not hv
tinId or temponZlng cxpedients that the neceGa-
ry bounds are likely to be fet TO the ambition &
rapacity OF France aud that the facety and in
dependence ftheir feveral States will he f,on
'till more endangered, if they do not, with BE-
coming ipirt, interfere to avert the evil with
Wmcn they every day become more feriou(Iv
threatened. Such is the infolence with which
the rude OiurPer tyraunizes over the neighbour
ing States, that, according to private letter
rom ii1mburgb, he calfed to be intimafed To-
the Eiecior OF Baden, that the condud Of his ION
10 law, the King of Sweden, in preftimine TO
take notice of the muderof the Duked'Enphien.
was 10 Duplicating TO him 1.-THE Cor6canl that IL
the Elector allowed His Swedifh Maicfly TO re-
main IN his territories, he might expect an irnnlc
diste Wifi from $4,000 French troops. This
,act in'hcieutly accounts for thr filddennefs Of
lbs Age'ty's departure from Carlfruhc but
from the fuhiequent conduit Of this ii,irited
young Monarch, there is every rcafou to hope,
toat MS pIeieht Journey will prove not uubenc-
iicia! to the canfe Of Europe and humanity. The
Emperor of Rufia lately paid fscond vift TO
l's 3. iseet at Cronitadt, when he expreGed him
ie'i h'shly gratided with the various naval cyo-
iut,ons performed on the occsiion.
IN our account of the attempt issoa the Hfc
ct .sonis XVIII publilbed ON MONDAY, wa o.