The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-10-01

lo'sneol RousrAGNr.
Sommiifary General for Commercial Reia-
tious."
GENOA.
End eftbe Republic of Genoa and is iueorsorati.
on auth the Empire Of France.
&c n,sR pas k.Eee!e dsy Rois," wrote Guc
| 'aVus ~. concerning The age in which he Ii
yea OF tine Prefent period, it may, ON the con-
,rary DC iaia' that, 1t is not the age of repub
lics. The French revolution, anxious to rennb-
licanize every itate, concluded with the Dc
truetlon of tbe.m mott ancient and nnoG .,ai,eefa-
BILE commemorative.
lhe republic OF Genoa had its origin in the
eleventh century, during the turbulent times
Oh the Cruiades; till more turbulent period
led TO its diflolution. The Genoefe of tbe
nineteenth century were no longer the people
1 VINO were matters of the Black Sea and it's.
ports the COATS of the Crimea, CorGca, the
ereateit part of Sardinia, the Hands of Cyprus.
MHyiehe' and Chic, Montferat, Monaco, and
the Coaits OF Provence, who maintained with
the Venetians war of $50 years for the trident
OF Neptune, and, by means of the rich mono.
poly OF the commerce of the Black Sea, with
which an important branch of the trade of ti,-
Eait-indles was united at CafIa, made CONTAIN
| tinople, anda comfortable part of Euronr. d.
pendent upon them. Still it was an irppor, an,
itate' with an area Of ninety geographical fauare
miles, with g populaton of upwards of 4oo.eeo
inhabitants, with fine harbours. Theft circum..
itances had long rendered Genoa a defirab4c,
ooIeet for France, which in the 18th and lstf,
centuries repeatedly reduced this common.
wealth. The French'Kings Charles Nv. Charles
VII. Louis XII: and Francis i. brought Genoa
u',cfsr their tHbJeetioR /; hut the indcneudent
fpirit OF IT'S inhabitants fhook off the French
yoke, and often put bloody period to their
dominion. In June, 1895, theie once 10 yea.
lous republicans surrendered their independence
as voluntary facrifce, and tranffnittrd a ~.
queft to the Emperor Napoleon, that he would
unite their country torrance.
What in Tome meafure accounts for this M.
litical phenomenon, this total fubverion of the
principles and national character of the Ce.
! noefe, is the fate of extreme decay into which
the republic bad fallen 6Dce the revolution of
June, 1916, and the deftru6tion of the arif,o-
! cratic contribution efablifhed in the year 1905.
by the great naval hero Andrew DORA, who was
the firf Doee. The name of the laft was Du.
raZZo.
FRANCE.
PARIS, July Is.--Captain Icobe, Naval
Commander at Granville, communicates that
the IeSzer and PIumper, two Briijfh gun-boats.
have been captured by feven gun, boats, under
the orders OF Capt. Coilet, and carried into
Granville. The Britifh had fevehteen wound
ed, among which was the capt. of the Plhouper.
who loft an arm, and was afo fevereiy wounded
In the thigh. Our lofs in wounded was FIVE
Capt. Collet received fome injury from fplin-
ter.
July l9.--Letters from Carthagena and Ca.
diZ, of the 9th and 7th infant, Rate, that tb-
Spanih fquadron, which had been increafed to
leycn fail the line and three frigates, put TO
Tea at the beginning of the month, probably
with the intention Of joining the FIVE faiI of the
line at Cadz. The great Engli(h expedition
which remained 70 long in the Bay of Gibraltar,
proceeded up the Mediterranean at the fame
time, but returned on hearing that the Spanilb
fquadron, was approaching. The Spanif1 foua-
dron, on the other hand, hearing that there
was Britifh force of eleven fail of the line he
tween G'rraltar and Cadiz returned TO Cartba-
gena. Ii is fuppofed that on the firm favoura-
bile opportunity it will put to- fea for the fDrtb
time, reinforced by two more fail of the line.
which they were bufy in fitting at Carthagena
OF the 18th infant.
July Cove read in this days Moniteur.
the following -" The fquadron from Roche.
fort and Orient, prove the inefIicacy of the
blockadDg fyftem. They have put to fea with
a fair wind they had excellent troops on board.
The Rochefort fquadron was out of fight 10
hours after leaving the port"
BY an Imperial decree, the Napoleon code of
laws was TO be publifhec in the territory of the
ei-devant republic of Laguira, and to commence
It's operation ON the Il Vendcmaire.
The Journal du Commerce, in letter, da-
ted Vienna, July S, fays--" A reorganization
of the army took place on the III inf. aud a
new mode of exerciie and maneuvring introdu-
! Ged. Esch regiment for the future, is to be
competed five battalons, one of which is TO
be grenadiers each battalion TO confft of four
companies, and each company to be competed
OF two feTgeants, IL corporals, and 100 pri-
Yates, which will make the ftrengfh of each re-
giment amount to $3.50 men. There are 20 be
| FIVE Majors, Is Captains, aud five Capt. I.ieu-
tenants, to each regiment.
"hccounts from Vienna, dated July s, fate,
that Lieutenant General Mack is to be employ
ed in the rewly-acquired Venetian territory. Z,