The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-12

jengayetiin confidential intercourS and conncSti-
on with eertain powers on the Continent, aud
particularly with Rptiia, with view 20 objects
relative TO the general fecurity cf Furope,
could not fhereforeenter into any frrthsr cx-
PLANTATION on the ful,ject of the orer,rres made
by the French government" He remarked al
| 70, that hnce that period fun of five millions
had been voted BY parliament for Continental
pnrpoics. Under thefs circumstances, and n
this advanced period OF the efiion, he frli him
fcf Outlined in ailing the mnifer, whether it
was Intended Ia offer any communication to
parliament with refpett 10 thoft . ooos.d allan
ces MIR. Pitt aniwere6, that as matters were
now ttuatcd his Maietty's mnaers did not
deem it pepper at prcfent TO advir the fovereign
TO make any fUch communication. Mr.. Fox
eTquircd whether \ communication OF this ma
turc might reaiorably DC expected in the com fe
of the pending felton, MIR. Pit replied. that
be made qyifb certainly. MIR Fox urged the
ncceifty of iome communication, even though
il might not amount 10 certainty" M. Pitt
made no Further replication.
May 90.
Ireland appears to be in aase cf alar.-, 4. o.e-
te1t, from the apprehcriions er.crtl ined of the
combiNed French an,. Sp,ni'i fquadrons being
defined for the irvaion Of that country. Our
correipondent at Dubiin writes AS follows:
"CyBLtN, MAY Is.
"An eSrrcis arrived in town this day from
Cork, with the important intelligence that fri
gate has arrived there with difaa chcs from
Lord Nelfoa to the Fort Admiral, r7ting taat
as Lordilhp was approaching the I;iih COAT in
con!equence of his having aicertained kat the
French and Spaniil fqiadrors were de Gined to
attack this country. Upon this intelligence De-
zig received at Cork, two regiments which had
enbarked there for foreign fervice were inhantly
lrc-landed."
Upon the above article we have only to re-
mark, that the dfpatchcs alluded to- are, IL, al!
probability, thofe which reached town on Friday
from Admiral Drury, and which inGead of ij.t-
ing that Lord Mellon was OFF Ireland exprefsly
mentioned that he was making the beit OF his
way through the Cut of Gibraltar. we have
at leaf a'certained that no flirt',Sr sivces from
Lord Melton, or relative 20 the French and Spa
niih iquadrons, had reached the Admiralty at a
late hour Ian night.
Nav e.
No farther intelligence as been received from
any or our fleets; Of courfe, ;he general CONVEX
iation has nothing but couit Cures to ref upo-.
Lord Melton. ii is fuppoicd, is by this time c,ai-
ing OH CadiZ, watching the motions of the com
oned fleets, and waiting FOR reinforcemcnts; but
rs the opinion of many, that all we have heard
ot the return of the enemy into Cadiz, has been
founded on Tome miRake, and that they are fill
purifying their ORIGINAL defamation, whatever
that NAV be. On that point, opinions ftill con-
tluue much divided. The Eah-Indies, the w.
Indies, the Brszis, and ireland, are fil iniifted
on with an obftiracy, which only goes TO prove
that we are in complete ignorance of the plans
Of The enemy.
On this fuhiect more NAV be gathered from,
comparing the operations of the enemy in the
different ports that belong % them with each o.
Their. than from confederation of the compare
, i've ftrength of oar own vulnerable point. The
combined fleets failed from Cadz on the 18th of
April, and we now know that the enemv's force
AT Ferrol was at the fame period attempting to
get out, viz. on the 10th, when prevented by the
preience OF Sir Robert Calder. 1t is, therefore.
bnt Reasonable TO infer m intended CO. operation;
that the previous junction ofihe French & Soa-
min ih'pS was part OF the plan and that the
bringing ont Of the Dutch feet was ALTO a part
of the objection in view! If 60 this would not be
attempted by the enemy endegvnring to force his
way up the Cl,annci.--To riR, AN enga,-. cert
is no part Of his prefent policy, bur to unite his
force, and then attempt his rnain-enterprize
whatever they may be. But If the Dutch force
is to he united with the OF hers, how is this to be
eHected Only by attempting panage round
Iby the north.
Should it turn out that the combined fleets
have not returned TO Cadiz, we would not he
! fWprized to hear of their having borne away TO
thesWetward, then gained high north iati
tude, and come round Scotland into the North
Sea.-Shonld they fucceed in this, they would
| carry the Dutch feet with them, and might
then come down the Channel, bring out
the Bou!osns feet, and proceed where they
plcaie. %
We fhalt not dwell OF this but we conceive
It a duty to point ont what may pofIibly BE- at
tempted that meafures may be taken for coun
teracting the plans of the enemy,
The Amferia'n Gazette, under the head of
Paris, Gates. that Lucicn Bonaparte will be ap-
pointed Viceroy of Italy. The refidence of the
King of Italy will, it is faid, be fixed at Rome.
and the Papai See be removed from Rome TO A.
vignoD.
According 70 forne accounts, the governments
ofAlgiers is on the point of declaring war aosiof
Spain; the Spanig Conful has already been fent
into confinement.
May %.
The primo ipal Merchants in the Jamaica trade
md meeting yeHerday at the London Tavern,
at which il was determined, that letter Gnould
be Immediately written to- Lord Camden, re-
qucf}ing TO be Informed, if government has re-
ceived any information from that irqnd. relative
to TIE means of defence in cafe of wifi, from
The French when his Lprdihip was plea(cd to
return them IN anfwer, that he had received
difpatch from Gen. Nugent, who was apDrifad
! M Che arriV al IF a Eren,.h =.