The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-02-05

iSue'u''y VIC rcCSiNcC I lStter rron BNGca,
dated the esth uit. by the Glip Camilla, arrived
At Briitol, which ftatesthat the fixture of the
Spaniih trgates had created the crcatet rc..i.
ON in Spain. war with ;.is country appear
ed inevitable.
The location Of he late disturbances a. p;
bon is likew'te the ioarce OF ilrong objection g
| offence on the part of the Britiih and American
governments. Bilboa has hitherto been free
| port, and has in conitqucnce enioyed a very
ex'eniive trade, particularly with the Uni,ed
| States but the king having refoiysd to ,hica
| 1t 10 the fame duties aud regulations iinpoiGd
| on the other towns, our cormercil, agents
remonftrated, and the people adopted rlore
| iummary means TO prevent the fyfem 70 r;uri-
| Gus to them. Admiral nio1aiedo. (who com
manded the Spanifh Rect at Breft lar wary was
| governor ofthe province Of bifcay, and after
| Intellectual endeavors ~ upprels the diirontent.
was Obliged 10 H.. tiiteeu tboufaud ,yoCrs
! advanced aganit Biibol, By way OF Santoia, &
| the neceiiary military flores were corvercd Nv
| water: but the natives being unpreparcd torefti
10 large and 70 unlocked spr d t0rces ,vtre com
PEELED to iuhmit, without blondfhe6, and the
new impots have been enforced, althony, thc
whole province continues IN a itatc o. alarming
icrrutn Mt.
This meafure is likely to increafe the nifi.n-
de'ftandng iublifinl, between Spain and Ame-
RIGA, and will nece:l;niy affect our relations
with thai country.
The SPaniarls, in contemplation ola war
with England are huiiy employed in irength-
en'ne the numerous pots along their coafi =,
where iome new works are carving on.--The
battery at the entrance of st. Andero, has been
ensreaied IRON toHr TO ten guns, and the Ike
| has been done in numerous other places.
The Barbary States ha"iDg refriaed the en-
portation of grain, in conIequence Of the great
, demand from Spain, -four at Gibraltar has at
tanned the ANNUAL price Of is dolls. per barre!
of LOG III.
The American prifoners are ufcd with much
| feverity at Tnpoli number of them arc yol,-
ed daily to large Wagon, and when heavily
loaded with wood, are compelled TO draw i
back again.
November 6.
The accounts brought from Gibraltar b. The
Maidtone frigate, which left the 3ay ON thelI,h
| ult. are mott diffrefIing.
An attack from the Spaniards, in the preient
diitreiie0 fate of the Carlton is much aopre-
hended by many.
| Our accounts from Cadz reach down to the
18th ut. at which time the fever continued 10
rage: the deaths amounted TO about fxty dav.
Such is the apathy Of the inhabitants, that We.
| ry little alarm appears TO he excited amone
them. This is aftribed to the great numbers
that have already had the diforder, and, there
| fore, are not Liable 10 take il a fecnnd time
Some accounts from Spain Gate, that a per-
tonnage or the lrit rank and coniequence IL that
Kingdom is now in conference.-the do not
pretend to underftaud who is meant, but we
hope the intelligence viii prove unfounted.
1t is itateG, that :he king OF Prufia has been
10 offended with the condutf of France, ref
peaing Sir George Rumbold, that he ms de-
! termned 10 permit no more French troops TO
, NaTe 70 IL, {
North of Germany.
Parliament is further prorocued to the Sd of
January.
letter FROM gentleman in high and ref
pectahle iituation ut Lifbon, ilates, {. that the
iniurrettion near Bilboa was not the moments
rehIsance to any new acts of opprcfi:on on
the part Of the Spsnifh government, but the re-
! 1ult of deep laid plan TO effect revolution in
Spain, iiinilar to that in France. an admiral
NJ, and general c., are reported 70
be the nominal chiefs OF the revolt of the Bifcav-
ans. 1t was meditated 70 long ago AS when LII
Glen Bonaparte was ambaiTador in Spain, in
1901, who then procured for the former the
command of the feet at Cadiz. The peace
with England, which foon followed that be-
tween France and Spain with Portugal. cauras IT
&c Be lax! aide Until a more convenient isajon.
The Court or Madrid was well aware ola con-
ipracy aGainft il, fupported by France. This
was one of the principal caufes of the MANY De-
cuniary and political ac,i6ces it has made to
continue its neutrality. Theft would not,
however, have prevented The Bourbons in
| Spain from already Giaring the definv of thofe
IN France, had not family disagreement a.
mong the BonaparteS procured them refpite.
1t is reported, that the Spaniih government are
in pohefion Of the whole plan for effeSting a
revolution, aad change of dynahy in Spain, AS
well as in Naples, and that Lucien Bona
parte is defined to the throne of the former,
and Joieph Bonaparte TO that of the latter
kingdom. The Spaniih conipirators had ac-
| credited agents at Paris, whom the SDaHi.h Am
bai7ador, admiral Gravna, has demanded 70
be delivered up, but who, notwithstanding tbc
efforts and tearches of the French Police, have
totally disappeared. Among the papers in the
power Of the Court of Madrid, is fdid TO BE-,
letter from M. 1alleyrand 70 the rebels, telling
them, " that for feveral reaions the Emperor Of
the French defres them to ponponc the efforts
forthe recovery of their liberty until c@noueR
OF or peace with Great Britain" In Portugal
and Spain IT is generally believed, that Bo9a-
paite medtates an overthrow of all thrones &C.
cupied by B9urbons, and to give them to his
brothers and other relatives. The apDoint-
inents OF the military ambafTadors, BournonviIle
and LANES, to the Courts Of Madrid and LIZ
bon, is thought not to be unconne6ted with
this conipir1cy. Copies Of the difcoyercd pa-
l 4 .N..ls