The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-03
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Majority 200
Before thofe that paired off left the houf.,
there were about 500 members in the houfe,
the largeit attendance, without call, that has
been known for many years. have fcnt YOU
a Star of Feb. Is, with the beft report of the
returned debate.
According TO the advices we laft received
by the mails from the continent, the furprize
which took place at the Pope's remaining and
oeine detained 10 long at Paris, begins to die a.
way, and the reafons to develope tbemfeIves :.
1t is underfood at Paris that Bonaparte has
cau,ed the Pope to write letters to the hyperion
clergy in Spain, ianctioning the meaflre of diC-
polling of the Eccleiialtical domains and reve-
nues OF that kingdom, which is faid to be in the
contemplation of that government to carry into
etiect. This is TIE report on that fubie6t at pre-
fent.
" Our cruiZers in the Mediterranean and eIfe
where, continue taking rich prizes from Spain,
though few nave been fuccefsful in eludine
their viei.ence.
6 You NAY recolleet that the True Britain and
the SmV, at the latter end of 1903, were noticed
by the other diurnal prints as having pubiilhrd
ievere attack on the conduct of lord St. Vim
cent, then high lord of the admiralty. His
iordihip has had fome trouble in bringing for
ward the prcfecution, but he has done it, and
hrmed the charge of the libel by their verdict
againft Mr.. Herriott, and Mr.. Taylor-haye
tentenced MIR. Herriott, (the Editor,) to paw a
hne OF one thouiand pounds, and to fuffer fix
months imprisonment. The latter, MIR. Tay-
Tor, was dlimif,ed-but the printer and pnbliif-
ers, were ordered to be imprifoncd one month.
i have tent you Times with the beft account of
the profecuton.
The invidious reports circulated lately with
10 much ingenuity and induftry by the oppof-
ton prints, of isbif;u in the cabinet, of a lea
loufy between lord Sidmouth and Mr.. Pitt, and
OF the Partially ihewn by his majeHy to the
former, indicating fomething like protected
change of miniitry, / believe may allure YOU.
are without foundation: and what feems 70
confirm this opinion, lord Sidmouth. on Mon
day night laft, in the debate on the Spanifh pa
pers, gave an unequivocal fupport to mnifer..
He pretence that MIR. Pitt and lord Melville
were on the point Of feparation, is likewife e.
Gualiy unfounded. Tbefe reports feem to be
'tratagem ufed by violent and disappointed
faction to fwell the lift of their partizans in the
fiouie or Commons, in which however, the e.
vent fhews they are foiled in their attempt.
" IN one of my late letters informed you of
an opinion | entertained, however angular it
might generally be confdered, that a general
peaee, or iomething tending towards that moft
deiirable object, would foon happen. inclofe
you Morning Pof herewith, of yefterday,
wherein you will find Plantations from the
french papers arrived lait night, containing i'm
portant communications from the emperor to
the ribunate and legislative body, on this inter-
citing object-with Bonaparte's letter to the
king of Great-Britain, and lord Mugrave's an
twer; and though the propolition has not been
accepted, yet it holds up Bonaparte and makes
him come out in a new character before man
kind, to wit, Boa1barfe 1'er/tJ Bonabartr! An
extra fo!ecifm The reafoDing in his letter to
the king of England, is fpecious, it runs into a
fraternal ftrain of argument; but, as no finceri-
ty can be attached to any of its prctenlons, the
whole dii1olves into piece of artifice. NJ. Tai
leyrand, and NJ. Regnault, orators OF govern
ment, INDUCED themfelves in pouring forth the
mon violent inveGtve and reproach on the En-
gliih government and the people, in their report
TO the fenate and tribunate-while commenting
on the above letter and anfwer, ard ufc the
common fuliome and aduIatory praife-whie
fpeaking of the emperor and his wonderful VIC
tory over his own pafiions, in writing and fend-
ing fich pacific offer to the king of England
eff any remains are left of an intent to invade
any part of the Britih dominons, Ireland, not
England, appears by thefe papers to be the def
tined fpot.-Sume threat are fill held out but
it may eafly b. feen that they are the feint ebu-
litions Of Il fckiy and defpairiDg deGgn."
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE or Commons, February lo.