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

mott zealoufly. On inferior points we could
Ind many topics of cenfure againft the prefent
| mnifers.
| In ditcuihng Mir. Pitts future proceedings,
we ihall baniih every confederation subordinate
to the conteh with France, perfuaded that its
iuccefsful i!'ue ultimately depends the peace,
freedom and independence of the Britifh En-
pre-. A haity peace, fuch as Mr.. Fox feems in
clined to conclude, would give to France the
appearance of having fubdued this country by
the mere operations of terror, without having
| truck blow or gained the finalleft advantage,
and would entail on us the necefiity of another
war to thew her that we can fight her &C Jingle
| handed. While we are engaged in hofilities,
let us demonfrate the folly of her threat, and
prove that ihe neither can vanquifh or intimi-
date us. This will give good aiitlrance of the
iohelty OF peace, whenever it may come, by
! teaching the Coriican uplart lenon of pru-
We have already nated the arrival, in neu-
trial veiiel at Harwich, of two foreigners, who
repreient fhemtelves as private ConierS with
difpatches tor government, and the circumftan-
ces of their being brought to town in the cufody
OF a confidential perion, and immediately frnt
back to Harwlch, where they quarrelled, fought
with knives, and wounded each other. The
circumitance OF thefe two men being ordered to
that they had given falfe account oc them
ieves; and many reports were fpread reflect
ing the Object of their milton. One of theit
men being ftabbcd, as It was iuppcfed MORALLY,
IN the tide, the agent of government at Harwich
thought 1t ms duty tofcnd the criminal back TO
London, under the idea that an inquiry into the
caufe OF the quarrel might lead to fome ufeful
dlicovery, and that he ought not to let him go
free until the ite OF the wounded man was cut
n
examined by Sir Richard Ford at the Secretary
OF States Office; and from foine facts difclofcd
| upon the occailon, 1t was thought Advisable to
iend an order to Harwich, requiring that his
companion fhould be tent immediately to town,
where he arrived on Monday, in the cuftody of
melenger. He was fupported by bolfters in
the carriage, and ieemed extremely weak. He
snow inthe cuitody ofMr. Waith. Thecircum
itances of the quarrel of thefe two foreigners at
aarwlch, the examination of one of them at the
Secretary OF States Office, and the confecuent
! order for bringing back the other 10 town, not
withdrawing the fate Of his wound, have excited
comfortable degree of curiofity, and the fo!-
lowing account is given as correct in a morning
paper -" Several hundreds OF louis d 'ors were
| found upon the perfon of the prifoner who was
firft examined. They were fewed I'D in wide
nat girdle clofe TO his kin; and i is fllppofeI,
that the divifion of the money, and not rivalry
oooul q SiiI dl I1drWiC!, as they alISQPeG, was
the cauie of the quarrel, and of its dangerous
consequences One of them, we underRand, is
a Captain OF French light artillery, and called
himielf LIE Clerc; the other was formerly as
cook at Carleton Houfe, and was fent out of
the Kingdom about five or fix years ago, under
the Alien act. They appeared to have engaged
In contpiracy againit the life of his ROYAL high
neis the prince of Wales, and other members of
the Royal Family, and of the princes of the
houie OF Bourbon. The cook was, by means
OF his former acquaintance at Carleton-houfe, 10
OBTAIN admittarce there, as an aiIiftant, when
MS royal hghnefs was to entertain his royal bro
tiers, and the princes of the houfe of Bourbon.
and to ieafon to his purpofe the mon favourite
diihes; and the artillery captain was to aHaili-
nate the ref in his own way. This horrid plot,
we underitand, was difcovered by fellow fra.
weller, who overheard thefe two men at an inn
IN Embden, arranging their plans, and fettleing
tneir respective parts, and came over to Har-
"ich In the fame vefiel with them We mutt
preiumc that at the time thefe two foreigners
were lent back to Harwich, the communication
of their plan either had not reached the prince
of Wales, or had not reached the Secretary of
States Office"