The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-04-26

letters by the poa, cd. on foreign letters, and
Id. on two-penny etters-5d. bufhel on fat
confirmed at home, and Cd. a buihel on fatt ex-
ported to any part of Europe-ss. en- pleafnre
hories in addition to the 4Os. paid at prefent-
as. cd. on horfes ufed in hufbandry in addition
TO the les. cd. paid at preient-one per cent. up
on direct legacies, which formerly paid no duty;
one per cent. on legacies charged on land and
in place of eight. ten per cent. on legacies to
ftrangers III blood. Thefe are the new taxes,
which are eaima'ed at ( 100000. The addi-
ton to improperly estimated ut III 900.
February %.
Nine French gun vefIels attempting TO get in
to Brett hare been captured by the Melampus
frigate, &c. They are truly wretched craft
they contained no other accommodation for of
ficers and men than itraw to lie on.
Mr.. Pitt concluded his bargain for the loan on
Monday. The terms are more favorable for the
country than thoEe of lat year. An ncreaft, it
would appear, is to take place on the income
tax.
Lord Robert Fitzgerald, our ambafador at
Lifbon, has prefented a fpirited memorial to the
Portuguese minifter, complaining OF the publi-
cation in the Lifbon Gazette, of the manifcfto
by the Prince of Peace. The memorial does
great credit to his lordthip, and is characteristic
of Britain.
Five Hamburg mails are due.
0REENocK, March 8.
No continental intelligenc has been received
fince our laR. The offer of the king of Pruf fin
to mediate between this country and France, it
is believed in certain political circles, has been
accepted by the latter power or rather i: has
been igni6ed by the French ambanardor al the
court of Berlin, that fuch an interference was ex-
peeled, and would be confdered as manifeita-
ton ola with on the part of Pruliia, to preferve
the peace of the continent.
FALMOUTH, March ..
Sailed, Lord Charles Spencer, Cotefworth,
with mails the Goth ut. for N. York.
GRAvEsEND, March 4.
The Elizabeth, capt. Henley, of l9 guns and
so men failed from Liverpool on the goth of IAN
a,ry, hound to the coat of a Erica and on the
I'd of February, in lat. 1s, %, N. long, 10, s,
w. fhe fell in with large French privateer Zap
pearing as an American) with 90 Swift of Mort
folk" painted on her fern. The enemy's nip
mounted 24 Founders on her main deck, and
light guns on her quarter deck fhe was full of
men. The Elizabeth engaged her for two
hours, during which fhe entirely difmated
her, and obliged her to fieer off. The Eliza
beth had one man killed and fix wounded, and
has received great damage.
The Revolutonai.e frieate, which arrived at
Portfmouth on Monday fe' might from N. York,
performed the voyage in iixteen days, which is
the quckeft pa1age ever made; fhe run from
200 TO $50 miles every daY. Inc Revolutions
, airc was waiting three months for the French
, frigate to come out of Hampton roads, whichis
| to convey Jerome Bonaparte and lady to France.
| The Cambrian frigate captain Beresford, reliev-
ed her. Captain Bradley, formerly commander
of the Cambrian, came paffenger in the Revo-
!utionaire, which has brought home 100000
| dollars.
CADIz, January s.
The troops in camp at ST. Roche have receiv-
ed reinforcements lately; others are expected.
The captain general has hemmed in as much as
pofiible all the line of Engiih potts before Glib
raltar. Almoft all the garrifon of that fortrefs
is encamped outfide the walls for fear of the
contagion, which fill continues its ravages.
FROM CTDIZ.
The brig Warrington. Capt. Davis, arrived at
this port, yefferday, in Sc days from Cadiz. in
| forms, that that port was tri6tly blockaded by