The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-13

iquadron under the command of fir, X. Calder,
on kochctort, II appears, that the enemy have
i've TAIL OF the Inc and two frigates in readiness
tor lea. They uie uncommon sxcrtions in the
equipment OF the two 74gun ihips which were
lately launched there, and for this purpoie have
withdrawn the hands from ali the fnall craft.
The 100 gun flip which was laid down about
three months Gnce is 10 forward, that it is fup-
pofed The will be launched in the courfe of the
prefcnt year.
Auguft is.
The Hamburger mail of the adini. has brought
the following articles of important intelligence,
which we extract from our private Corrcfpon-
dence;-
Hamburger, Augufl ..
SIN consequence of the refufal made by the
Hanfeatic cities of Hamburger, Bremen, and Luz
beck, to comply with the new pecuniary exac-
tions ofthe French Government, Bremen has
been invefted for fevcral days paft by detach.
ment OF the French army in Hanover I; and no
Perion is iufiered to enter or depart from that
city. They have even Topped all fupplies of
AIDES the place, it is impolible to afcertan by a.
ny direct information, whether they have pro-
ceeded tolevy by military execution the fums
they demand, but rumour of this nature was
IN circulation this morning
The city of Lubbock periiits in it's refufal to
pay the contribution demanded by the French,
who have not yet had recourfe to any menace,
probably from the fear of haftening rupture
with Ruflia, Whole feet is now riding in the Bal
tic. The laft letters from st. Petersburg fate,
that the Emperor Alexander continues to give
the interefts of Louis XVIII.
Intelligence has juft been received here, that
the navigation for finall craft between HAM
burgh and Tonningen, will, from this moment,
be free"
In Confirmation of this plealng intelligence, the
following diplomatic document is circulated
In every part of the city -
Copy ola letter. from Lord Harrowby, his Bril-
fannie Maiefy's Secretary of fate for the
foreign department, to p. Colquhoun Graf,
cfq.
SIR,
DozDnieg.Rreet, July is, 1904.
have the honor to inform you, that have
paid due attention TO the requef contained in
different letters Of Mr. Matthiefen, on the part
OF the City of Hamburger, THAT the lighters
be permitted to navigate between the rivers
Wefer and Elbe.'
Orders have accordingly been fent to his
Maiefy's fhips Of the blockade to permit the
patiage of lighters, barges, and other fmall craft,
the above Description, and carr; -g
goods for neutral account, and
to fuffer the fame TO pats without mobilization to
and fro, along the Daiifh 6de of the Elbe,
through the Watten, between Tonningen and
Hamburger.
ellis Majefy hopes that this permifIion will
be properly attended to, and not abufed, and
that no unfair advantages fnall be taken of it,
by WHICH his Maiefty fhould fee himfelf forced
to order the blockade to be refumcd with grea-
ter ftridnefss i have the honor tobe, &c.
(Signed)
"HARRowBY."
q" To r. coiquhoun Graf, Efqr." =.
&c Since the opening of the navigation be-
tween the Weier and Jade, the Danes too, have
been permitted 70 fail with twenty-five of their
herring fmacks up the Elbe.
" On the soth ult. one of his Britannia Ma
Jeity's Hoops of war, of 1s guns, the name of
which do not, however know, arrived at the
new work off Cuxhaven, and ient aihorr DIFF
patch, which was delivered TO French officer.
On "Wednesday the foop fill continued on her
ftatIon, and II does not appear that the anfwer
to the difpatch had then been received. 1t is
fuppoied thai it was forwarded to the head
quarters at Hanover, where the French Com
n,ander in Chief, Bernadotte, was at that time"
This morning we received Dutch Journals of
the 9Th and 18th, and Moniteurs to the sd inf.
late -bombardment of the port of Havre, and the
gallant attempt made by the boats of the Leda
frigate, under the command of Lieutenant Ma
clean, to carry bomb vefIel in Boulogne roads.
We are afiired that only an old woman and a
girl were killed, and few houfes damaged at
Havre, and that fourteen Britifh tars were made
prifoners without any refiftance, by French
SERGEANT of carabineers, a Tailor, and few az
Infants at Boulogne. The Corhcan has been
feveral days employed in the harbour and vici-
nifty of the latter place, in experimenting the
naval ornaments and reviewing the troops. He
had the modification of feeling three divifions
of his grand hotilla, which ventured into the
road, pent in by thirteen of our fmall fhips of
war.
A numourhas been prevalent at the Hague.
that the mediation of the Court of Vienna will
be excrted to reftore peace between Great Bri-
tain and France. This rumour may be traced
more to the eager wines of the Dutch to have
an end put to hoftilites than to any authentic
intelligence.
The affair, of Egypt Till continue in confuG.
on. The Beys having gained another victory,
bad, according to the laft accounts, laid iege to
Cairo.
Colonel Houghton, who arrived veferiay
afternoon overland from India r;th difpafches
for Government and the Company, has brought
home the ratification Of the treaties concluded
by Gen. WelIeney, between the Britifi Govern
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