The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-03

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We expce that the invafiou is for the pre-
fent deferred, as the troops which were en-.
camped at Boulogne and its neighhourhood,
have all marched to the frontiers of Germany |; |
TO intimidatc its emperor from engaging in the |
the French charge d'affaires to the diet at Ra-
tibon, which, according to private advces,
has made very ftrong oppoiition to the war
| and is expected to produce neutral confedera-
cy among a large number of the petty princes
| If not TO alter the determination of their head
| There is one thing cannot help remarkipg to
Whit on this fubicSf, and that is, that the
French manifeaos have of late cffeetrd much
conviction on the minds of thofc who have read
them Of the iniuttce of the war i,felf, and of
the folly of its longer continuance. There is Ia
fpecious, but honeif avowal, of the temper and
| dehgns OF the French court, and the familiarity,
! with which Bonaparte talks Of the other kings,
has taken away much of that refpeet which we
always feel for thofe who pof,efs dignity and
power.
i "You rccolleet the trouble Mr. Pitt had,
when he returned the irf pof under the go
vernment, to procure any man of rank to join
him in thofe Offices which the fate has appoint
ed, hnce my lat, and partly owing to the
Dnndas faux pas, lord Sidmouth and many of
! his friends have fcceded from the admnftrati-
on, and it is not an ealy affair to fuppIy their
, ttations.-lt may be prefumed that great
reaion OF thrfe movements is the age of the king
and the growing popularity of the prnce--who,
for his decided oppoiiton to the lat war--has,
as you well know, been difcarded all favour at
I court-and York elevated TO importance-all
, attic Bpts are vain, to induce the prince to- ac-
Il cede 10 the prefent public rpeafares-of which
he plainly declares his opinion, and fcrupIes not
2 to fay, that ther mu9, ifp.rGeea in, eleunte
France, a! much as fhy suW iozver Britain,
and all rational men concur with him-Beides,
. the frcndihip of MIR. Fox, and the intimacy
= which fubiifls between the prince and the MI
~ nority are infurmountable obftacles to all &C.
q commodation between the king & prnce-who
n viii, as long as he lives, refent the behaviour
N OF Mr.. Pitt and his colleagues-on account Of
n their perpetual INTERPRETATIONS of his poll
w teal opinions. But the prince has proved him
= felfto have perfect understanding of the fpiri
and genius of the Britilh contitution--and a.
-, vows his opinions with the freedom of patri
:. ot-and as thefe mutt be always oppofite to tn,
= arbitrary dogmas ofthe prefent miniftry, it il
not furprihng that the people fhould feel fom,
attachment even to the prince with his bad cha
racter, when they fee him perfecuted for up
Of holding their rights. Aud before ] cIofe th
is part OF my letter, cannot but fate a late oc
he currence-the prince was indnlging himiel
20 with fome of the leading oppoGtionifts, wher
e the hatred ofthe efablhed clergy to the prime,
u,
lie fuppofed that originated in declaration which
A. he lately made, and which every day gave hin
treih reaions to fee the propriety of-.kat wher
to he filled the executive department, he voul,
re aboiia the tef and corporation acts, and E
en- manciPate the Catholics of Ireland.' And i
this ihoud be the effect of his being king--th,
C, fooner the time arrives, the better it will b,
IS, ter the country.
lyl You have heard already of the fupply o
.O0OI hirh h,x,e 4 g.
~ the ufe of the cortinent--a comfortable part O
ne it is TENT, and the remainder will be fpeedl
III dispatched, they fay on change, not until tn
operations OF the war are a:nslXX c Ht2smn,sneed
be collected on the Rhine were there any well
'e founded hopes that peace could be preferyed
Ill " In the profpect Of a continental war. on
ideas OF invaiIon are vanifhed-but this is its on
'y advantage, for the expedition now fitting out
and which, 1t is undertook, is to be upon YER,
large fcae, requires large quantities of the foot
OF the country-which has already raif.d eon
to 7os. per caG-in addition to this, onr bnr
dens become more numerous and our exDence
nc are greatly increafed--The manufa clories hav,
~ revived little IN fone refpeGt, but the genera
:. trade OF the country is certainly diminiihet, &
, mott probably will languiih AS long AS the pre-
n TENT dreadful uncertainty continues with reraro
,f to public affairs. When you write TO me next
70 he particular in giving me your opinion with
If 'PeS. w 'hS 'epthehtS OF the people IN the
~ United States, on the fubje6t of the new com.
!. mercial regulations adopted by our admiralty
4 1t feems to me, as far as the concurrng fenti
y ment at Lloyd's may be confded in, that it il
y not the intention of our government to relax,
but to impofe heavier refrictions-rfor it is init
. mated, that not only no goods are to be fbipped
:, in the fame vefIel in which they were originally
II imported by you from the Wen-indies. but
= the tame owners may not hip--tiere muH be A
!. iae made in America to fone other merchan,
q oy the lrit importer. Do not forget to give me
all the information You poGbly can on this
= head"