The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-04
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POLITICAL RETROSPECT.

From a Liverpool paper of the Sd. Sesten,Jcr.
We are Till without any intelligence refnea.
ing the fate of the conferences at Paris. II,
to late hour on Saturday night, no meGtnyer
had arrived, nor could we learn that dispatches
from the earl of Lauderdale had been tranfinit-
ted thro' any other channel.
IT Prufiia, as is confidently believed, be bar
to the concluhon of peace, on the ground of
refuiing her alent to the reitoratioa of Hanover.
meaiure, In which it is not at all improbable
that bonaparte has acquiefced, the profpect of
the iPeedy termination of the treaty would be
greatly strengthened. Notwrhfandine the i'm.
menie preparations for war carried on by his
Prui'iah majefty, we cannot reconcile ourfrjves
to the opinion, that he will hazard his crown
10y undertaking holtilities againit France. The
lois OF one battle would be the immediate fore.
runner OF his ruin; and the conqueror would,
oy iecond victory, erafe Pruiiia from the man
or Europe. Neither by her internal force and
feiources, nor by her local Gtuation. is fl,r
formed to iufain the viciflitudes of a long war.
she Is undoubtedly great military no,yer !.
out as IN the times of Frederick the Great. me
mutt nave at her head, a hyperion military pe
mus. Ii the conflict once commences. Roma
pdiIe VIII NOT iuiter her to breathe, and his arts
ana 'rauds VIII be tried in every direction, and
oy every means to fpread detection among her
II H.
nan ElaJeity may have made I'D his mind for
the reiut. Deprived of Bareuth and AnfDach,
required to cede Eait-Friezland and Emblem,
ana imperIouily called upon 10 refore Hanover.
DC may ieei mat unleis he makes ftand now
tue eho'eis entertainments and demands of Bo
haPsrte Will terminate in his complete ya(Talaee
on france, or in his extinction a. a powerf,I
monarch. We fhall indeed be furprifed if he
nnpiays courage, areiolution and pcrlever-
ance' OF which he has not hitherto afforded ,br
,iehteft proof. But, on the contrary, llouId
lie y'eio 10 the dictates of Napoleon, we an.
p'eheno that other.lmportant points, beEdes
ACQUITTED. We fould not be furprifrd. were
the d'icuiiions iufpended by common content
until earrvalat Paris of the expected difDatcb-
e. from Petersburg.
Letters were received on Saturday from
i1dihourg' which mention, that hoAilities had
aetuany commenced between PrufIia and
France. General Butcher, very old general in
the Pruiian fervice, is faid to have been killed.
1t is added, that the French had crofIed over
to Embden, where the engagement is faid to
| have taken place.
Considerable progrefs is fuppofed to have
oeeh already made in the formation ofthe new
Northern confederation. This union is TO be
under the protection of Rnfiia; and is likely to
|
the federation under the protection of France.
| II is doubtful, however, whether Bouanarte
WIZ allow this part of his own plan 10 be carried
INTO effect without deranging it by rome new
ambitious enterprise. He is believed to have
made demand on the court of Berlin, for fome
further cefiions IN favor of the king of Holland.
| The 9Feateit activity prevails in the military
department in all the Prunian Rates and the
movements that are made, and the pofitions
that are taken, indicate a determination of re-
| ilHance, from which batter hopes might have
been entertained, if it had been dfplayed at that
more auipicious and more eTentia period when
all Europe looked to Pruiha for its deliyerance-
but looked in vain.
The French have feized on the AuRrian
towns of Goritz and Grodifca, or. the Lifonzo.
IN Frluh, and iworn the public fundionaries 70
pay allegiance to the French government. No
| motive has been aligned for this feiZure. Some
conceive that it was deligned to ha1en the
content OF Auftria to fome matters under ne
goclation with France. Others fuppof. il was
intended to check fome military proceedings Of
AutrIa which had excited the iealoufy of Bo.
naparte. Toremove all jealoufy on this head.
! the archduke Charles has determined that not
even the uiuaI camps of exercife fha be form.
ed this year. 1t is evident from all thee circum.
frances, that all the continent enjoys but very
IP'NN"'OuS PCdSSj eCpSHuaHt on the VIII and
| pieaiure of Bonaparte. Auitria in particular.
| is IN fate of continued terror fubiect every
moment to have its patience tried by new in
iuts and invalions, and not fccured from alarm
by the mott immediate fubmifion to every
command, and the mott prompt compliance
with every req uAition. 1t is fated that Bona.
Parte has propofed TO the court of Vienna TO
cede the maritime part of CarnioIa to the king.
dom OF Italy, for an equivalent. The feizurc
OF Goritz and Grodifca is probably meant to
| expeditc this cefIiou. 1t fcems as If Bonapartc
wiihed TO force this humbled and reduced
power, by continuance Of intolerable outrar-
eS, INTO new war, for the purpofe of totally
| extinguiihing it. What effect thefe proceed.
lngs may have on our negotiations, we cannot
fay; but we have no hefitation in declaring.
that unlefs the French government refolves un.
equivocally to delft from misconduct, there can
be no peace with it. The prelent peace Of The
continent is worie than 10 peace.
| Continuation Of LATE European 7dUictl from ba.
PrrJ reeeiUed at t5e o1Tee IF tie PajHek Led.
ger, from London.