The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-12


mouth we fated yeitereiay, is to receive his f.
al mRrnetions from admiral Lord Gardner, off
/, Bret. He will proceed to the Wet Indies. or
reinforce Lord Nelfon's fquadron, as circnm-
fances may require. HIS force confifts of II
/ fail of the lue, completely v;auaed and ftored
| for fix months.
Bs'rofF Of letter from Do7,er, dated May el.
This day, 1T about half pat two O'Clock,
| the beautiful Madame Jerome BonaDarte receiv-
/ ed the Wits Of the mot coafpicuous perfons,
| both ladies and gentlemen, at this place. Her
! fty'e and behaviour on this location difplayed
an unaffected elegance and digpiiied compoiurc
which entirely confirmed the favorable impreF.
tion, which, on her firt landing. was .nneIiate-
ly made. She was drefed with great Implicitly
and modefty; on her head Inc wore 10 orn1.
l'nent but her hair, ftemingto trufi completely
to that nature, which had, to her, been 10 bonn.
tful. The company remained a corfderablc
time, each appearing TO vie in the offer OF atten-
lions. Among many di!tinguit,ed perfons lady
Forbes, the hon. general Hone, Mr.. Skehincton,
&c. were particularly noticed
May 2e.-Madame Jerome Bonaparte has
This day experienced continuation of attention
from the chief inhabitants, the military, &c,
The time OF her reiidence here is not yet deter.
mined,
MAY os.
Upon the dfcufions Of the earl ef Darnley's
motion yeaerday in the Eoufe of Peers. for a
committee TO take into confederation the napers
laid before the houfe, relative to the fstc Of the
navy, lord Melville fpoke at comfortable length
:, igant the motion. He took an ample view of
The administration of the naval department du.
ring the time he held the Office Of lirt lord of .h.
admiralty, and during the period it was poffe6ed
, by earl st. Vincent.--In reply TO the ipeech of
, the earl of Suffolk, in which the latter Ind a.
! 'udcd to the deprsdatons OF the French in The
, Wet Indies, lord Melville, aiIe ted that there
had been no delay whatever in dctachiny (iif
ficient numberof ihips in purflt OF .he Roche
fort fquadron That fquadron had failed from,
Rochetort full twelve days before it was known
20 any OF the commanders upon any OF the nati
ons. On the l4th day the intelligence was com
niuncated to him, and on the next morning ne
tranfmittei thofe orders, in confeauence of
which admiral Cochrane. failed for the geial In
dies.
VIsTTA, Nav s.
a courier arrived here yeiterday fram ST. Pc
teribnrg, whole dispatches contradict the report
that treaty of alliance has been concluded be-
, tween England and Rufiia.
CoNsTANTtNorLE, April ls
Since the departure of the French Anhafa
dor MARTIAL Bruno, there has been no off ial
communication between the French Charge d.
Afaires and the Sublime Porte.
HAMBURGH, May II.
/ The King OF Prui1ia, a few DAYS ago, tranc.
rnitted the Inignia OF the French order of the
Legon OF Honour tothereigning Duke of uni
wick. His ferene highneis, however. naantlv
returned them, with letter to his Pruffian ma
jetty expreffng his obligations for this intended
additional mark of his MajsRy's favour, BIZ,
begging leave to decline accepting it, becaufc
| IN his quality of Knight of the mott noble and
ancient order of the Garter, he was prevented
from receiving any badge of chivalrv inftituted
by power at war with the Sovereign of thar or
der. This fpirited conduct of the Duksis high
ly praifed in every part Of Germany, and is CON
trafcd with that of ;he EIetfor of Hefe Caifc,.
who, though alto Knight of the Garter, has
not obtained TO become Member of the Ie
gion of Honour. The Emperor of Germany,
the moment he was apprifef that the French
Amhaiiador at Vienna had orders to prefent the
Inhgria ofthe Legion of Honour to his brothers.
the Archdukcs Charles and Ferdinand, created,
then, knights of TIE Golden Fleece, bv which
they are prevented from accepting any order of
more recent origin.
cl!5oie Prttisz-Tne adjourned debate o, .b:s in.
tereifng lbjeG took place in the fouie of Lords on
the 18th May. The Earl of Buckingham the Arch
bifhoP Of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor. and o.
theirs, fpoke agsinit the morton Lords Suffolk Hut
chenfon, MORA, &c in favour of the petition oro
Crenville made very able reply to all the arguments
adduced againf his notion" With regret though
not with diiappointment, fate the refut of the
debate
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Majority aganft the Catholics l2e
The Catholic guehion being the order of the day
in the Houfe Of Commons the fame day, the petition
was read to the Houfe on the motion of Mr. Fox As
the topic which this location demanded his attent-
on was of the deepe importance 70 the fpeech which
lie delivered poGened the higheR excellence. al rife,
lays Mr.. Fox the prslent location with ncon-
iiderable degree of anxiety, in bringing before tho
houfe meaGure Of 70 much importance, and pre-
nant with 70 many great. evestful consequences diff
tal or immediate: i'll aes,ree indeed as to exceed in
magnitude any meafure which it has faer my
lot fubmit to the confederation Of Parliament-We
are forty that limits preclude from giving this
la Il