The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-05-19

ievies not to exceed ten guineas, eXckiive
OF levy money. He alto propoied to bring
over to this country 10000 of the Iriih Mi
litia, adding at the fame time 4 fmilar
number to that force.
MARCH 3o.-Thc ~blockad;ng fquadron
has Jailed from the Downs for the Coat of
France. Nothing new has appeared in
that quarter. No account has yet been
received of the ftone expedition.
MARCH 3l.-Thereports from Holland,
rather the fabricated accounts, vary every
day. tits now faid there are lying at the
Helder 100 tranfports and 40 gunboats,
| 2 frigates, and 9 briggs ; and that the great
eft exertionS are making to embark militia
/ ry flores on board the traniports. The
!. French troops are faid to be very nume-
| rous at the IIelder and a. Amferdam.
. An additional foreign force CT 5000 men
is Ekewife propofed by Mininers in additi-
! on . levy now going on in our Ameri-
can and Wet Indian poiieiiions, which is
!! eifimated at 1000 men.
! With refpe9 to thofc counties which
have. not made up their quotao of men for
the Army of Refcrve, it is intended to pro-
| pole a pccuniary fine, proportioned to the
number of men deficient.
APR 1.-The Toulon feet is nated to
| contiit of nine fail ofthe line, and eight fri
| gates and .corvettes !: about 1000 Genoefe
| ieamen are on board oft.
Iii taid that the French Army of Re-
ierve, tationedi in the e|nvirons of ST. o.
mer,s, Arras, Amiens, C~ompeigne, &c.
had received orders to advance TO the
! coat.
1t isreported that the Flufhing Hotilliais
to ION that of Boulogne, and it is Aated
that the enterprise was delayed only wait
ing the accomplishment ofthis junction.
The embargo on all vefeli is continued
with great ftrictneis along the Dutch and
tiemith COATS (; the fiher1nen OF Offend
and blankenburg, and every other port
are prohibited from putting TO Tea on any
o%ccaiion. They are not even allowed to
Eth under the batteries.
Onr boulognefquadron ,confRing of the
Monarch and luxurious, the Immortalite
ana Squirrel tr1gates, beiides Hoops and
gun bngS, nave returned to the Downs.
lhey were forced off the French coat in a
gale OF wind The fone yeilels have alto
returned tothe Downs.
Pichegrn, it is Gated, has been removed
to the PriIon della Force.
Iolignac, tempted by hopes of pardon,
Is ttated to have given full information as
to the objects and extent of the confpiracv.
General V~alence, who ferved under Ge-
neral Dumourier, in 1892, has, it is faid,
been with many others arreled in comic
queuce.
Throughout the Belgic Provinces. the
pott matters are forbidden to let non, hor-
les to any perfon without a certificate
from the police officer, and in every town
or village, and even on the public roads.
Gems ArIneS are placed to examine the
, paiies o. travellers, and to arrea all fuch as
may be unprovided. Orders have been
lent to Paris, TO Italy, and diferentgparts of
Germany, for the arreft of perfons implica.
ted in the late cOnfpiracy.
According to the return of the Nav I'D
to this time, 1t appears that we have in
| commifion 100 fail of the line. "a or Eo
guns: !26 friSates, and 227 loops, cutters,
| gun-boats, &c.
APRIL 5.-Ieferday a Menagc was
Tent down to the Bank, and by them com
municated TO the Stock Exchange, that
the Chancellor of E~xchequer for Ireland
would beready this day to have an inter
view with iuch Gentlemen as might be de-
hrous OF contracting for an Irifh Loan .
to fate to them the mount of the .flIn
wanted, and to fettle the preliminaries Of
a bidding for an earlier day next week.
this-unexpcGted notice had the efFeef to
lower the fands about 6ve-eights per cent
as Il was thought that the Loan for thricr-
vice of the United Kingdoms would have
been made IN one contract. This Nice
meal budget gives an alarm that the total
VIII gre~atlyeXCeed what was prehend
We underfand that confederate
drtreiS has been felt in Ireland by the ut
ter contempt into which the counterfeit
hlYer has fallen. The tradeimen of Dub-
I'm have at Length refufed to accept of if in
exchange for commodities, and as nothing
but copper coin is O current, great CON.
futon, and even fome r~ioting, has taken
place. The eEigency demands the ferious
attention Of -wlter men than the prefent
Minilters.
Yeferday dispatches were received 81
the Admiralty from Lord Mellon. A re-
port has been fince very current in the bea
informed circles, that the French feet have
made their etcape from Toulon, and that
his Lordfhip's difpatches contained an ac-
count Of this event. We do not think tbe
report improbable, as we know, from I'M
questionable authority, that the Toulon
lleet was ready for fea fome time ago. and
only waiting for Il favourable moment 70
eiude the vigilance OF our gallant Comman,
der, in the Mediterranean. IF tbev ba,o
actually failed, Sicily, no doubt, il their
defamation, as the only thing which has
hitherto prevented the French troops from
entering Naples, hasbeen an app~rehenGon.
that if they dido, the Britih would i'm,
mediately take poneGion of that i1and
Ii the French ihould be able to land their q