The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-21
Gbe esllonirer.
RICHMOND, 215t MARCH.
THE EIGHT WEEKS WAR;

III GfSE1l WEEhS w Az
1t wa, but momen,ary coHfola,ion tina, the friend,
OF England and the opponents of Bonaparte had de-
rived, from the fnpooed mreprefentato n of the re-
cent adviees from France. II was the at raw Of :,
iettng-iun, but that ray has departed for ever
The very prints to which they have been aceufomed
to look up as the iacred Orates of Truth even the
mott faVoufi'e and 'iiitnrtng vehicle. of the Brriih
mn'itry, have now brought out the fame melancholy
htory of BritiG1 ealamitie, There is nor a nron,
nsnt feature in which the Engi intrigenee re, e
at Chafletton has not confirmed the Bulletin. nj
France; there is not Jingle fad foreboding, which
they have not helped to realize.
The dhagreeabie truths no longer be concealed
mat the war OF the third coalition has ended in the
complete and unparalleled vit ories of the French
That the King of PruiEa, fo far from BECOMING, a,
ally IN the war, has entered into COMBAT with Bo.
naParte, TO occupy Hanover till the concufion of
peace:
That the Emperor of RufTia embarked in the war
under no ether character than as the aNy of AuRria
and that, as An ally, Autra has no further location
Tor his iervices-and
That Auftria has been dragooned into fueh tree.
~ peace with BonaParte, the fate of the battle OF
Auteritz and the condition. of the armiitice had al;
ven us every reafon to anticipate
=" will only make apeace [faid Bonaparte to his
troops after the battle of Auaerlitz) which fha give
Hf gHaranfeu and fecure rervA.aJ to our a,s :"
oonaparte has performed his prome.
by way OF guarantee 10 bi0lSLf he is faid to have
retehed ms ieePtre info Germany and TO hold in his
hands Tome OF IT'S ffrongeft forts and KEYS on ,he
right bank of the Rhine EhrenbreitRein, which
tands in the Electorate of Treves on the f,mmi, of
fuPendous rock, not lefs than 500 feet above tbe
level OF the river, and which in 1889 refifted ,
long feige, and twelve-months blockade, by the
French; Caiiei, in the circle Of the Lower Rhine
opPoite to MeRtz and connected to it by bridge of
"a ..ht al r
to Straiburg; and old briack, another lrong town
OF suabia, once the capital of Brfgaw, and connect.
ed bya bridge of boats to the weftern bank of the
Rhine 25 miles S. of Strafburg; in fact, the whole
cham OF IhermopylG and matter psiTes of Ger
many on the iide of France, are delivered bv
the treaty OF peace into the hands of Bonapar,e
rive eau Our eyes upon the fouth Of Germany, we
man oo'erVe the fame attempt to obtain gna.au-
fseS, attended by the fame fuecefs The whole Of tb
Venetian provinces fave Itria and Danatia the Inn.
verthal or the lnnthal, important portion of the
yrsl watered by the river Inn aud whole capital il
iniPrac m TACT, every part of that fouthern frontier
which commands the Paffes of the Alp, into tbe
iouth OF Germany are fad be anne xed TO the king
dom OF Italy We have only recolle that the iron
crown OF Italy ~ NOV feated on the brow of the En-
Persr OF Fraaee.--By the peninfula of Iftra alone
does Autria Gill preferve its foothoId in Italy.
Nor has Bonaparte been more unmindful Of ou,.
ranttes TO hmfe under the pecious preteat of
,ttDsrdS to his oWeS. He has forgotten neither hi,
favorite electors Of Baden, of Nuremberg nor of Ba
yaria, for their allegiance the Emperor of Aultrs
tor his opPoion. In rewardng & attaching the affec
ton OF the one, he punihes the contuR,acy and lon.
off the r.fourees Of the other. Gu, of the poif,on
OF the houie OF Auttra he creates two new kingdom,
in the South Of Germany to be the rivals and eoun
terPole to the honfe Of Brandenburgh on the north
aud the houfe Of Auftria the eat He can create
kings; but where do we hear of a nation reitored 70
her loit liberties by his influence and generoi,y
Auitrian Poland, that country which would have beer
the mott benefited by his labors, that nation
Tor which alone we felt particularly intereled du
ring the latter part OF the campaign, remains m TO b,
the vaTal Of the houfe Of Aunria. The Emperor q
France can fhow his feelings for an Rlettor Of Wir
temberg or Bavaria, but he forgets the iufferinps
koiciufko AVID the Poles.
| Every thing feems then to demonltra,e tina, Crea
Britain is left to fight the Emperor Of France Gag
banded She has not been admitted as a party 70 RI,
treaty OF peace between France and Auliria WIN
effect may then her disappointment the continent b.
expected to Produeel What change will the dealt
OF the celebrated PITT location in her councils
Who Is TO fueeeed him in the cabinet Will hi
iueeeiior be the friend Of war or of peace On al
thee points we eonel, ourfelves unable 70 give an,
opinion. Even the very intelligent writer Of a le,,e
mighty ntereiting tn mercantile friends which ",
have extracted from Chsrleloh paper even
u@''S "ot aoVanee an oPinion upon the iubject. w
canno, believe, however, that Great Britain will fIi
pereVere IN her Preient hruggle' alter having bee
deprived Of the energy the afaanoe Of he
allies But ihovid me come come forward with pro
petition for peace, will bon1parte Gill adhere to III
fameterms OF pacifcation, which regulated hseondut
atthe negeeiationof Nehosburgl Willie ilill dcmsn
GUARANTEE for himieH * ,rrro,d for his sllesl Shoul
th be hs policy, we may expsa that his propoitior
will be OF that arrogant as tn comport neithe
with the pride nor the intereit Of O. Britain IL vi
not be enough for him to demand the relocation
; hs Care OF Good Hope, and Of Ceyion to ,s
$ Dufeh ADD Of Trinidad to Spain We espe4 ,b
even the fsrirels Of Lhritar irlelf NY LIZ - 81