The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-06

probability, embrace the intsref OF the latter.
asa ftep TO obtain the poGelion II Fgyps, and
iome of the Grecian il'ands, as the price OF he,
aii'itance. In that cafe great ciicu,A DC csion,
great prudence, great political forehphf, errar
abilities required in the cabinet of His conn
try BY the deciiion or 70 important i,s,,,ctt.
the fate OF this country will be naterialt;if Ct
cd. We have not time at prsfent TO tntcr on
the important d;tcutiion but we may. lviti, q
tecret iatisfaetion, refer readers 70 tie uti-
ty, to the neceity of the poiit Zion OF thar ,,,n-
ras "be'eMJ, that i1prifi tutGNet. MALTA, which
we have never ceaf> to proclaim 10 the world,
and which will in The preient circumstances. we
tfuit, be warmly acknowledged by al parties.
| Our cr,iizers on the coat of Holland have
| fpoken with feveral neutral velfels and Dutch
hthing boats, all bringing information that Bo-
naparte was daily expected there To revelv the
troops cncamped near Utrecht. and 10 nfoect
the naval ornaments at the Hedcr ard in,the
| texel defined together TO invade this country.
Some more gun-bo2ts and fat bettoIned boats
| have arrived at Flufhing, from the Interior of
Holland, ard the Banks of the Rhine, bus them
number is inignihcant; and in Zealand, they
feem more TO apprehsnd than TO intend an inva
non The difcontent in Holland is great beyond
defcription, among all clafIes of the people, not
excepting either the Members of the Directory,
or the folders OF the army, all equally deiiriny
to get rid of the French yoke. The confequcnt
dittruit is 10 great, that French grsnadiers 60
vern at the Hague-French artillerymen occu-
Pr the batteries on the coat: French officers
dictate in the Tcxel-and, at Utrecht, where
5000 Frenchmen are encamped, they have
been joined by only 5000 Dutchmen; all the
Others being difperfcd in garritons where there
are hve 1uhleetS of Bonaparte to two Batavian
citizens. From the 10th TO the 92d inn. y 600
French troops have palled through Breda and
Nimeeuen, for Hanover, where the nifery of
he 7Ie 70 ,t,. = ~
generally believed at the Hague, that Bonaparre
being diilatished with the prefent Bstavian
twelve directors, intends 10 reduce their number
to three; II is even faid, that the Dutch Arnhaf-
iador at Paris, acknowledgements is to be aD-
pointed dictator, until peace with England.
While things go on thus in Holland, we find
by decree of Bonaparte, after a war OF four
teen months, and repeated BOATS thai the crews
OF his armada were complete after France, |.
tally, Germany, Holland, and Flanders, have
been exhauited of ftamen, that bis plans are
acknowledged not TO be mature. He It'll! wants
iallors, and premiums are now offered to tempt
the folders to embark on board his flips Of war.
/. is curious that TINS decree has not appeared i'll
the Monitenr, but in the Gazette de Frame.
Why is it not fufered to be feen in company
with his pompous DEGREES of imperi9l appoint
ments of Lords and Ladies of the Redchar,bet,
and all the other caricatures of royalty, bv apng
OF which, lie is now expofng himfef TO the
laughter, ridicule and contempt of the world3
AUGUST 9.
The war between RuiIia and Turkey, rnenti- =
oned IN the letter from Gottenburgh, is far from
improbable, when we confder thar il mutt take
place at the mitigation of Signor Bonaparte, the
great emperor.-He has never ceaiecl. iince his
repulfe In Egypt, to cait longing eye on that
country; to fay nothing of his views on the
Morea, Malta and fome of the Grecian Hands
we have before aiierted, and we ftill allure
our readers, that a confederacy had taken place
between him and the Emperor Paul, to divide
the Iurkih empire in Europe and Africa, be-
tween them. The outline of this plan we have
laid before the public from authentic fources Of
intelligence.
This treaty Bonaparte has been moving heav.
en- and earth TO renew with Alexander.-To
this fource NUT be afcrbed the conduct of RuC-
fla retpeeting Malta during the arniltice of
1902, and ieveral other events of the fame ten
dency. The Emperor of Rulia iuffly fufpects
that the Corlican would obtain the loans ihare.
and become dangerous neighbour, and fruits
to the inevitable effects of natural caues for the
poneilion of ConltantinopIe
Fooled In thete attempts, Bonaparte mutt try
other meafures. If he can psrfuade the Porte
that the patage of the Dardanelles with large
forces, and the occupation of Corfu b. RuHia,
are dangerous to the exiltence, he may uhame
her againft Alexander. IF he can make the
Turks believe that he will employ all mis- forces
IN their defence, that uniulpectinC power NAV
yield to his approximations, and fall a viElirn %
the nfatuation. II the invader Of England feels
at length his inability to perform his mighty
threat, he may with fora pretence to withdraw
his forces from the coat, and march them into
the Turkiih territories. For this he NUT OBJ
tain the content of Aultria: but Auhria is not
Jet IN condition, 10 rsiifi, aud may perhaps DC
foothed by promiie of fllafe of the plum
der.
1hefe projects may, by cool politicians, be
cOnfdered as extravagant. But when the cha
ra6ter of Bonaparte, the frantic leader Of rnif-
guided multitude, is coniidered in all It's anaio-
gies, nothing that is pofhbe can be thought ex-
travagant.
We repeat this views in the Levant are un-
doubted, but whatever means he may employ
to obtain that end, Malta in the ponenion Of
this country will check his exertons, and like
the pillars of Hertnic5 may prove the ne pins III
ira of his fchemes of Baitern ulurpation.
We have feen -four letters from Italy, which
all concur in Eating, that the proclamation of
Bonaparte, as Emperor of the French has been
received by the French army in that country,
not merely with difcontert, but ALTO attended