The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-10
Ga-cpeas, anteI!iueuts.
Frosa Lonaon Papers, June 10 10 IS.
I,lne IL.


Rand Ethe CAPTURE of the Hannibal, which
was iesfrelY handled in her action with the Live
ly, ftrhck 20 frigate oe "A guns, the liuitrious
l,e'ng at the time in fight. The Hannibal was
formerly Bri;i!h ~, and was taken about five
years hnce in Ageziras Bay, where fhe ground
ed within the reach of the Spaui:h batteries.
Hardly any thing is talked of bat Lord Mel
fon's purfilit of the Combined First, and AS Is
generally the cafe, when intelligence does not
keep pace with the UNREASONABLE impatence of
the pubic, numbers OF unf,unted reports are
circulated al!1on houriy.--L etters were yefter-
d'y pretended to have been received from Hol-
land, Rating that an action had taken place be-
tween Lord Mellon and the Combined fleets
To fate all the forms in which this rumour has
been circulated would be imPoifhle, no, is it
ucce:lary, as we can lay before our Readers the
original fabrication itfef, which irft appeared
ON the cit ult in the Dutch Gazette, entitled ;
) States and Handungs Zufchaner an Getede der
S,ter fee. and was afterwards copied into the
Hamburger Correfp ondent ofthe o9d.-The fol-
towing is the article alluded to-
g 1t we can credit report fpread at the time
this paper was going TO prefs, there has been a
no4 bloody battle in the neighbourhood of the
Canary Hands, between the French, Span!h
and Enrli'h fleets, under the command of adj
mira's Gravna and Mellon, in which both COM
manders fell, and the Br;l(ll captured nine fail of
may ne IN this important Intelligence time alone
can determine''
We need hardly add, that the date prove,
I this pretended Intelligence to be altogether un-
founded.
GIBRALTAR, June 6.-Threc American gun
boats and one mortar boat arrived TO day from
the United States, on their way to Trpoli,
winch they are going to attack again.
1 ne American gnn boats are universally reck-
W fF t,<.f No., - 4
ever ieen in this Bay, Whit the few Englib
ean-boats here are exactly the reverfe, and are
10 inferior in every refpe6t TO thoie of the Span
iards N their contribution and in rowing or fail
ing, that the enemy laugh at and defpife them.
june s.--The Carlton is perfectly healthy,
though number of families have already left it,
from the apprehension of the fever breaking out
again.
PARIS, June 3o.-It is aiTerted that Prince
/ Louis viii have the command of a comfortable
body of reierve his head quarters TO be at St.
Amand.--The army on the coat is ut prefent
iub-divided into three corps, denominated after
their ttations. The astronomer LaIande has
pnb!hed IN our journals, fone ohfervations on
the preparations made on orr coaf, in which he
ftates the number of vef1els at BouIogne at up
wards Of two thouEand, and that of the armv at
one hundred and fifty or two hundred thouisnd
nep.
FLoRENCE, June I4e--Tuicany, as well as
Lucca, are to be united with the new kingdom
ofItalv-Bo 1aparte intends to make many other
Change in Italy. To facilitate the changes, the
Republic of Lucca has applied to Bonaparte for
new Cona'futon, and requefted the honour of
beng governed by member of his family.
Many more political changes are fpeediIy ex-
pected to take place in other parts of Italy. Bo-
, naplrte has undertaken to pay all the pen!ions
due to the officers and houlehold of the late
Duke of Parma, amounting to about 100000
livres per month. The pay of the French gar
riion at Leghorn has been dimnifbed by $4,000
livres per month. Bonaparte promifes that the
tlbildy for the maintenance of thoGe troops lb?ll
T. discontinued, as fooD as England acknow-
lodges the kingdom of Etruria. Between the
Etrurana and French Governments anexchange
of territory is about to take place. Etrutia is
to cede to France the diGfaf of Orbitello and a
part of the valley OF Ceciha, bordering on the
, Dutchy of Urbina, receiving in exchange the
Republic ofLacca, with the Dutchies of Malta
and Carrara.
LEyDEM, July 2.-Among the Foreign News
the following is deferving Of notice.
" AT Conaantinople the hopes Of the Englifh
TO conclude triple alliance between Great Bri-
tain, Rufia, aud the Porte, are disappointed,
the Ruliian Ambaifador having declared to the
Turkifh Secretary Of State Gas we are informctll
that the Rn1ian Monarch was difpoled to CO.
operate FOR peace but not TO enter into an of
fsntive and defenlive alliance.
" The Ruf1n Chamberlain and Minifer of
Jufice, Count NovoziltzoT who is known to be
charged with negotiation, is not only already
arrived at 2 Rim, and that fooner than was ex-
petted, but ALTO the Britiln envoy at Berlin, Mi
Jackfon, who rad been three weeks at Dref1cn
is returned to Berlin in great hate. and has al
ready had a conference with the Rattan Nego-
} GATOR.
June l2.
We have received the Paris Journals to the
4th inf. and Dutch Papers to Che 9th. BY the
former we find that the preparations for tie in
WALTON Of this country arc continued with in
created activity: troops, 20 the amount of be-
tween ! so and 100000 are now in motion along
TIC coat; and the 0O.iila at Bouloeuc comiiits
ofno. elsthan 2OOo vehels. Bonaparte, having
received the homage of his Italian nayes, is on
hs return 10 Ffance he comes Ivy The Rhine,
2rd Is e%yet1ed lhorty OF the cOdf, where he
IS 20 bc NIT by the MniGer Of War. IL liol-
, lnd, too, tie prcpara,ioIsappc 10 begcry ac-
tive. Cen. Mar'nont 10 nov A. the Hclier in-
ipcttiug i5c military, and Admiral Wntef Is
a'po:n:ei camnlndsr IN Chief o. III dcct e.
b. cnploy,J 10 &C X7edltlOn. o. che whole