The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-03


tents and property of the country. If the Ca
tholics could b. the dupes of fuch fluff, it would
not be difficult TO form an Ultimate of their un-
deritanding. Ifthey are not, they will not be
at lois to form Judgment of the good faith
Of their miniaerial friends.
LONDON, March 6.
Government are reported to have received
accounts from France, through Ipccial chan
mel, by which it appears that great fiew cf
preparation is again making at all the principal
ports in the Channel, indicative Of fome fpeedy
attempt At invaion, which the army was atiur-
cd ihou!d not be delayed beyond three months
after the coronation, and which f.iould be pre-
coded by the payment of all arrears, as ALTO by
Targets. the peculiar gift of the Emprefs !
Report ftates that the Emperor arrived at Bou-
ioene on Monday laf.
We congra.u ate the freeho1ers of Middle
lex and the public 1t large, on the deciiion of
the committee of the houfe of commons, by
which Cir Francis Burtlett is feated in the room
Of MIR. Mainwaring. Thus, notwithstanding
the uuwearied efforts of calunny and miirepre-
frntItion, committee has impartialy invetti-
gated and fairly decided queiton of the ut
iro6 importance to the freedom of election.
Or readers will recoiiect, that on the glaring
ard unexpected ifIue of the cortcf, we .tated
tic opinion of Mr.. Erfbne, as given in friend
constitutional lawyer had no he Citation as 20 the
duty and courie of the fheriff-ss 1t appears to
"me," faid MIR. Erikine, GO that if perfons have
IS rendered themfclves 70 be admitted to vote
" for any of the candidates, during the legal
Sc continuance of the poll, and the fherif has
s<not rejected them, but has put them Aide for
confederation, he ought to decide upon their
"rights, by admitting rejecting them, be-
fore ne makes his return, as far as the time
pretcribed by the act Of parliament will rea-
&" fonably admit" This was Mr.. Erfsine's o.
p:nion, given on the fpur of the location and,
though rafhly queftioned and itigmatized at the
time By the abe;tors Of the fhcriff, is now de-
monltrated to be the law on the cafe fit were
not, the election FOR every county in the king
dom would be taken out of the hands OF the
frceholders. and be made to depend on the
caprice, or the partially Of the returning Off
Ger.
Sir Francis Burdett has for fome time been in
dfpotcd, but he will take his feat AS foon AS his
health permits him to go abroad.
A vaa concourfe Of people filed the paffapes
to the houfe OF commons, and crowded the
doors yefterday forenoon to hear the deciiion of
the committee, and when it was announced. af
ter loud denomination of their Joy, they quiet
ly difperied.
Mr.. Mainwaring, or the fecholders in his
intercf may now, within fourteen DAYS. peti-
ton asainf fir Francis, and bring the merits of
the Election before new committee but this
is fep which we have no doubt they will think
it prudent TO decline.
The dispatches with which Prince Galli;zin
was charged by the Cabinet OF Peterfburgh 70
the Emperor of Germany, contained propo.
falls, it is faid, for a Treaty of Offenlive and
Detective Alliance, and tipulations for bring
ing SOC, 900 Ruiiians into the field. This over
ture, we further underfood, was ftrengthened
by An offer, on the part of the Britilh Govern
ment, of large pcc,Inisry fupplies. Negotiate
ons on this inhiett are fil pending, and there
is reafon 20 believe that they win ultimately
prove tncceistul. 1t rs certain that Auitra is
exerting every pofiibe means to recruit and or
ganize its army, and that great activity and ls-
bour are devoted to the Improvement and pro.
V!lonment OF the Notifications on the frontiers
Nine Hamburger mails flill continue due
Their non-arrlvalIs the more to be regretted at
the prefent moment, when the communications
OF this government with the northern poyers
are TO important. We Ghould think that the
Intelligence now on its way from St. Peterc
5urgh, will decide whether we are to expect A.
ny material cooperation from Rutfia this cam
paign.
"BeRDERs OF THE MEM, FEB. I've
are informed, that the principal State of S,ve
dih Pomerana, iufly alarmed at the reports
now IN circulation, relative to the immediate
conclulion of treaty of alliance between Swe-
den and England, in confqueuce of which
body OF Swediib troops, fIbGidizcd by Great
Britain, are TO be fent to that country, have
made repreftrtatio to the KING upon the fub
iesf, informing him Of the inconveniencies which
would ncceiiaTily relult to their country, which
N that event would be eXpofed TO an inva(ion
of the French troops itationed in the Electorate
OF hanover the more Especially, as in fuch
cafe Pruiiia would TO longer protect the neu-
trality of Swediih Pomerania" Upon this ar.
tIc'e, it Is only necenary to obfcrve, that it has
never been in the contemplation of either power
to employ the fuhhdized troops in England.
Their fervices will be confined entirely TO con.
tinentai operations.-The fame pretended let
Ger adds, that the cabinets of Pcterfburch and
Berlin have demanded of the court of London
the retoration Of the Spanilh frigates, and
full indemnity for their cargoes. This fate
NEST, we belieTe, to be totally void of founda-
ton.
NETWORK, April ~.
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