The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-28
January %.
PRIVATE CoRRFSPONDENcE.

GO HAMBURG, fan. 4.
cit is mentioned in letters FROM Stralfund,
that afubfidiary treaty between Great Britain
and Sweden, is under the confederation of his
Swedifh m"jeftv, hut that previous to his con-
cIufion the king wifhrS 70 obtain the anprobati-
on of the court of St. Petersburg. On the other
hand, the king Of Pruifia ufes all hie efforts to
prevent continental league againft France.
Paris letters of the 26th ult. fate that a re-
conci'iltion has been effected between Lucien
Bonaparte and his brother Napoleon.
" The tax for defrav'ug the expence of the
coronation, which was frft to have been raifed
on the public, is pow to he laid on the falaries of
the fenators, tribunes, Legislators, councillors of
fate, minifers, generals, bifhops, and all public
functlonaries. The quota is to be tenth ofthe
faary.
" Bonaparte has authorized the pope TO in
wife all the constitutional biniops and clergy,
who formerly took the constitutional oath, to
ALLURE its obligations. All ofthem have obeyed
the invitation, except Sauriene, formerly mem
Der of the national convention, and now Bifhop
of the departments of the upper and lower
Rhine.-The pope has, it !, faid, demanded the
reftitution of the church property, and the re-
tordtion of the Jefuits, but theft demands have
been peremptorily rejected by Napoleon.
shelters from Genoa, oftbe 5th ult. mention,
that the French feet at Toulon, with 5000
troops on board, will embrace the firt favora-
bic opportunity to fail, and occupy the ports of
Sicily and Naples. There were, on the Sd ult.
upwards of one hundred fllips in Genoa.
The Ruffian forces are now matters of all
Georgia, and number Of fea ports on the CAT.
plan Sea, including Erivan and Guenge. They
lately defeated the army of the Pertains, com
manded by the fons of the Kahn, on the banks
of the river Araxes. The king of Perfa, FATAL,
intended TO INF himfelf 1t the head of n nun,e
rous army, which was collecting in the pro-
vince of Mdnzandaran, and TO march ag1inft the
RufiaDs. In the cnvirons of Bagdad all was per-
fe6tly quiet, and Ali Pacha having ceafrd his
warlike preparations, it is hoped that peace will
be made with the Wahsbis, againf whom he
had orders to march.
"January II.
Private advices from Paris Of the cd inf.
pofitively tate, that the fiege of Gibraltar, by a
combined French and Spanih army, is at pre-
fent a favorite meafure of Bonzparte's councils,
and that the king Of Spain has been invited to
adopt it. Several of the albeit French engi-
neers, including Carnot, having been charged
with drawing plan of intended feige, that of
the latter is faid TO have the preference, and 4
duplicate of it with the mlnnfcript inHru9ions
and memorial have been fent to general Bour-
nonvile at Madrid, who has preiented it to the
Spanlh cabinet.
The court Of Madrid has now official in
'elFgence that Defares had declared war A.
gaine Spain, and that ferrous Disturbances have
broken on in Mexco The Viceroy OF
that colony has written home for military fuc-
cours.
" The court Of Libon has been invited bv
he French and Spania courts to fhut its ports
againf the Engliih. The Prince regent, howe