The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-09-24

,;,e reccnno;tre the Harbour Of Roehefor,, and
lend home any Information, as was reported he had
do're. 81
With refpeS tn the dcfina,ou Of that Souadrou.
there VARIOUS eonjeea,res, Tome think j, is gone
round the Texel to join the Dutch Fleet, and take
troops on board, nr under convoy, to attempt the in
vaon OF Ireland, perhaps Scotland, the North of
England. Indeed the fasoe defamation is aferbed to
the Combined Fleets, notwtha andiny their late de-
feat The Dutch Fleet certainly is of force fufi.
cient by itfe, meet ahnoR any of our fquadrons
but there are good many tranfports in the rexe 70
that 1t our bloSkading fquadron driven off,
formidable expedition, in point Of military arensth
might be fent out. is very probable that tepe-
rate attempt will be made effea landing in fo,ne
part OF the United kingdom, to df,ae attention
and divide our force before the hotilla be fent
from Buogne We never have for moment believ-
ed that Bonaparte has abandoned the preie4 of en-
poytng that armament in the inva!ion of England.
1t is curious faa that the latelt letters from Bar
BADGES fate, that the alarm of attack had no. fb-
ided there. They in expect alton of another
| French feet A cartel had lately been ient to
Martinique, and found it confidently Rated that
fiert OF l2 fail OF the line were about to fail from
Roehe!ort or rOrient, and they were foon expected
there. This intelligence brought to that l1and
after the departure of Villeneuvc by a French fri
gate, the Didcn; and, has been found that the
French there, in cafe of the Combined Fleet made
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l.eward Hands, notwithstanding the departure OF
Vllenenve. that another feet will fooi arrive 1t was
in conftquence Of the reportsof The French theeives
that the tory Of 81 fail of the line being in the Welt
Indies originated.
1t snot impoible that the French Government
may have projected fueh deiign, and not expecting
Veneuves return, may have lett the ron from,
Rochefort to reinforce him.
Fit be true that the Rochefort fquadron has fail.
led, the opinion of many that it gone the Cape
and the Eaf-Indies. In thar cafe the expedition I'M
lder Sir David Baird, which report tends ,hther
would be anticipated. SO
M. B;snop, the French MisiGer a. caTel, las Of
iioa'y rted thar he would quit that Court, il
MIR. Taylor, the Epgiih Mni(tr, ihould be again re-
ceived there.
Augua O.
: We received ven erday Frerrh Papers to the n
init and fon,e Dutch Journals % t more recen,
date. They confirm the intelligence given in our lal
relative to the forward ffate Of the enemys prepare
ions Tor the inva!on Of :hs country. In the Dutch
ports in particular, Unprecedented degree of aet
witty prevails, and all the Geneial Officers to be en-
poyed OIL the location, reparing the Helder If
order to fuperntend the emb,rkation of the troops
The camp at Zein has entirely broken up and from
every appearance the long threatened attack Of our
, ihores will not be much longer delayed.
The arrea of the French Engineers at Venice, I,
: which we adverted i'll paper of Monday, Is being
likely to lead to rupture between Bcnnparre and I'll,
Emperor of Auria, has, III appearance, been com
pron,iied. Bnnaparte, by commanding the arreG o
an AnOrian of high rank, 1t Paris, fhewed he wa
not diipoed to cnncede themalle point of that re
taation which is the belt and mott immediate reiourc
on fuch occalons. The right of power, of which Bo
naparte has in 70 many nhnces awaited himfelf, mui
y have been in his contemplation as guarantee of I'll
iaety OF theie emlaries, when he fcnt them thei
million He knew he Tending them on an enter
prize, for which it wouldbe lawful to hang them
but he knew, at the fame lime, that by menaeing tn
lives of perfons of higher rank and refpetfabty I'm
y der the Au'trian government without regard eithe
TO the guilty nature of thele charges he gave to hi
IS emiaries, OF to the purity Of the conduct of thole
would place under fimilar retaints and penalties wit
l. thofe uty inflicted upon them, be would intere
the tenderness, and overawe the vengeance of &c
q vernmeDts leis fanguinary than his own; he woul
compel them to pare his villains in order preierv
q their own valuable fervants. M. Prony who was al
a e be Of the @ snSnfs
: if the dignity of icience is lo fight of by thofe VIII
Claim reipecf Tor IT, who can with juftice be calle
n upon to honour it1 When NJ. PROXY oonfen,ed ,
T. go OH n,ifion unworthy of mar, of relpeaab
IS character, much more of of eminent fciepti6
Ration, he abandoned his pre,enons to that invioab
lily to which the honoured neutrality of fcience is ;u
entitled, when it reifrias itfelf within its prone
: bounds rhe Object of Mr.. Prony', reitarches W.
e fair, it would have been eafy to ohtan the countt
nance & protection of the Cour. of Vienna for his milf
on and it would have been his duty, as a man ,
fcience, to have obtained for himfe the higheft ho
hours, and the moff involabe character to which h
could be fupPofed entitled. But by proceeding in
clandefdine and improper way, he brought diferac
ard difficulty upon himfe, and facrifced the reipee
due to the fcenti6c character. AS to the explanati
on which may be fuPpofed to have taken place in con
fequence of the mutHaarre, and the reciprocal lbe
ration, we are totally nnaeqaainted with them W.
recoleet, that under fimar circumstances our Go
vernmept fent the fufpeeied individuals out of ,h
country, and in 10 doing it certainly did no more thar
it was intitledto do. Whether this proceeding wa
reiorted to by Aunria we cannot fay but we ,hnl
that power ought not content tlelf with any thin,
. lefs. Politely the French Government may hav,
conceded little for the purpofe of yelling its bare
faced de6gns Politely tho we hope it is not 10, tn
Court of Vienna has been obliged to admit what il
the frR inftanee it felt tielf called upon 70 dscided
to reprefs. AT all events, it is clear that both Franc
and Auitria are, for the prefent, averfe to recon-
mencement of hoGities and that though neither car
be cordially the friend of the oiher they think il RICH
to fuppres and manage their cauies of complaint I'll
they can bring them forward with more effect W.
are glad to fee France tardy in feekng quarrel will
Aufria. 1t snatural rhat AuItra houd be tardy I'll
the other powers ready to Rand forward w,
tru the day of the great and combined effort is no
far dtant; truft that effort will he attended with
merited fuccefs.