The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-14
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RICHMOND, l4tb DECE1IbER.

p"ntei 10 amend The Judiciary fyifcn.'
"A committee was accordingly appointed o.
Me"rs: Harv'e, Brooke, Burwell, Pendletor
| lBrrkeley,) Laidley, Smyth (Wythe,) Lin,i(rv
Miller (Powhatan,) Minor, Hill (GreenGville,
liarr'fon (Ame'ia.) Semple, Love
| The meafure here alluded 70, is un.lsrftood
70 be one of mutual importance. The Whole
god, OF our judieature will probably be brough,
! into view, and fuch amendments propofed. as
any part of It may feem to require.
Major EggIrfon qvas .ycgerday nominated b,
Mr. Edmund Harri/on, to THE pun ofwojor zen.
En-.
The following intereaing lett er from mem.
Der OF Congrefs to fon,e IF the members of the
Virginia L.. nature, holds forth the confola-
tory protpeet of an amicable accommodation
OF our differences with Spain. Althou oh il
aitgns no official intelligence as the f,un,,a
ton of this belief; although it nates no par
t'cu!ar event, which has not been already made
known to the world; yet the reafons. which
II employs. NUT derive additional weight from
| the imDreflion which they have produced at the
feat of government. Should the only chances Of A
peace be derived from the military confedera.
cy, recently formed in Europe Should the
Rullian and the Auftrian armies pron,ft to be
our mott efectual ncgociators the lmccefiive
events of the exiting war, are mot par,;cu-
lar'y entitled to our attention. The firt in
this ferries, is the firlt vittory which the French
have gained over the Auitrians, detailed in this
days paper. 1t is more than figurative ex-
preilioD TO declare, that this blow itruek nv
the French on the plains of Suabia, will rebound
even upon orr own flores.
But whatever may be our own interets with re-
fpetl to the tendency or the fIue of the war,
we cannot believe that it will be of long durati-
on The prompt and extenlive preparations of
Bonapar'e & the iiipport which he will receive
from fome of the German princes in oppc:ition
to the Emperor of Autria ; are fnfficient to A.
ronf, the approximations of his enemy. The
hordes of Ruilia have not yet joined her
Autrian ally; and as ihe has obviouf!y be-
come party IN the war from the mott intereft-
ed motives, The intrigues of Bonaparte, the
Acknowledgements of her claims To the Ionian
HES or the difmemherment of Turkey, NAV be
at once fIffcent To detach her from the COME
deracy. Prufia is of pacific and lukewarm
temper; and although the march of the
French troops through the uareraviate of AMI
pach may feem calculated to aroufe the
Indignation of the king, yet there can be liz
tie doubt that Bonaparte had either previou nv
obtained his fecret content, or is able to adni
nilter his opiate cake TO the Royal Cerberus.
i ne territory of Hanover, or flice of Germany
isan admirable and fuf1icient compensation for
wiping out the French footfeps that appear
on the foil of Anfpacb. Abandoned therefore
By HI, allies, or iowly Imported by the Ruff
ans, what retource has the emperor of Auitria
but humiliation and peace?
&c WatSingtan, December 5, 1905.
I" enolofed to you the Sd infant the Pref
dents nsfage. On This day we received conflen-
iii communication giving detailed Abatement of on,
aiAirs with Spain 1t appears from the view have
OF the papers accompanying the communication, that
hut Tor the change in the itate OF affairs in Europ.
we could not politely have avoided an omen ruptsre
with France and Spain, without lacric;rs the whole
OF Louiisna, except narrow MARGIN OIL rh- Milf
! iiPp and abandoning claims for fpoHatiops the
PAYMENT OF winch had been ioiempiy pulated in our
convention with Spain. BY good fortune we AVOID
the necehity OF cooiing between thefe two dreadful
evils IL is not to b. furpoled that in the prefeDt
poure OF En3opean affairs, SPAN could expect re aid
nj France. WITHOUT this expectation The will .hrins
| from conflict ~ which from local ltuation we
hord have It i'll our power do her ncaleulabe in
lnry The recent orders. i!iued by that government
to the commanders oil her armed veiirs TO repe9 our
trtaty, after having commenced fy em Of ipoliati-
on, can Only be attributed the change in the poi
,ure OF AFFAIRS IN Europe If, we have every rea-
| ioh to nope the Emperor thl find full EN- ioy-
'nrnt OF the continent, ev V thing will be an,icabIv
! aduled with Spain.
| With England too, our lituation is ferrous one.
On her however, we have pow erful check on the
| quantity OF her manufactures confirmed here: and
the coDiequent dependence of the manufacturing caJs
OF her citizens us for market & prohibition of
! her manufactures would reduce to beyqary million
OF her citizens.
| Upon the whole, delicate and critical as our ftua
ton appears to be with the three great powers of Eu-
rope, the form WILL think, pats by and the blefing,
OF peace be Preferved to country, without a
derire of natioBal honour or interel or r,for,inp
tovery frong mealures. 1t is probable that all i'm.
mediate prohibition of the expectation of arms and
ammunition will take place, that our harbours will be
urnhhed with competent number OF gun boats for
defence, and that mott Of the meafures recommend
ed in the Predents meiiage except the 74s will be
adopted. We fhali have efficient fund for the(c
purpoies III the iurpus million which will remain a
ter paying the eight millions permanently appropriate
ed TO the funded debt, and the fun Of three mio,
ieven hundred and fifty thouiand dollars affirmed b,
| the French convention.
| Among other MEASURES contemplated durine
tie preient FELTON,, IL is probable that valuable chang.
will be made in the militia fyltem The great in
convenience which attends militia is that being com
Poed OF perious Of every derip,inn thofe who have
families cannot leave them for fuoh period as III,
public exigenc'es may require. By the plan which
ipo<en OF here, the outlines Of which will probably
be adopted, This Inconvenience will be removed I
is pIopofed 10 divide the militia into three eIaG-s