The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-18

dated the 18th Infant. The intelligence con.
tanned in it is of the higheft importance, and we
can venture to pledge ourfelves for it's truth and
authenticity.
&c M. De BONN, attached to the PruiIian
cmhaiiy at Paris, arrived at Berlin, on the sth
infant with dispatches. The contents of ,heie
had been fcarcey coniidered in the Pruiiian ca.
hinet, when orders were (iued to place the
whole OF the army Immediately upon the war
eRahifhment. NJ. De Bohm was fuppofed to
be the bearer of a propofition from the French
government, that Pruifia fl,ould reftore Hano-
yer TO Great Britain, and either cede or ex-
change her poneiiions in We0phaa. We have
no doubt that fome arrangement of this nature
has been propelled by France, and that all the
movements and denominations towards the
frontiers Of Saxony and Weitphalia have been
for the purpofe of impohngit upon the court
of Berlin. This extraordinary demand, created,
as might be expected. trong ienfation in the
Pruiiian councis.-Whether it has been aliayed
by fuhfequent communications from France,
or by the conferences which took place on the
10th inf. between Laforet, the French ambaf-
iador. and connt Haugwitz, cannot long remain
Iundif.ovsrea. 20 -.
There are circumstances, however, which
incline us to think that Prua is either averie
70 the propofrd arrangement, that ihe is inft-
" d fruitful of the 'aiisrances of France. Size
is every where concentrating her troops, and
placing the fortreiirs on her Wenern frontier
in the bet fate Of deferce and fupply that the
prcffing exigency will allow her. On the night
ofthe 18th infant, the Pruiiian troops yevacu-
sted Cuxharcn. and proceeded by forced
marches to Join the army in Hanover, where a
force of 10000 men was collecting between
the capital of that Electorate, and the town of
Hildelheim. An the troops in the Electorate
W. tarDre@Iinr n thic can Another
much more comfortable, was ordered to aflem-
bic, in that part of the Prufiian dominions con-
tiguous TO Saxony. Magdeburgh, Erfurt, and.
other places were ordered to oe garrlioned and
vittualed. .s,,..
From the activity and fuddenpef, of thefe
preparations, it is evident that his PrufIian ma
icfv will not fink into that tame and unreiiitpg
being, which probably, but upon very reafona-
bic grounds, it muft be confeifed, Bonaparte
was led to expe6.-Some meaus NUT be found
to fatisfy him for his olTes in Franconia. The
retoraton of Hanover would ieverely afeS him
in two points, his intereft and his honour and
the objections TO ceding or exchanging what
he ho'dsi in Wen phaa are equally itrong. How
is the King Of Prufiia to be unidentified for
thefe multiplied flcrihces of character and terri
tory, except by premature robbery of the
Saxon dominons, which circumstances, aud
the courfe OF events, are very likely TO place
day in his power, without the interference or
content of France? But will pruflia rifk war
with France We do not think The will, be-
csuCe we are periuaded Bonaparie vii! not puill
her to that extremity. H. viii! NOT, except his
mprudeUce he more moNttrous and extrava-
giant than his ambition, plunge into the dam
gers of another war for objects of fuch minor
confederation. Powerful as he is, he is not
placed beyond the reach of peril and misfor-
time he lcfe IF one mt hattie would
be the igual to all Europe to rife againf him.
What fecurity has he aSaint fnch contingency !.
Though France may, ard certainly would, c.
ver..,-.l;. f:-ccc1 cc:::s puff. Gc.e hc:.:.S!
the final triumph might not be achieved without
fore intermediate difalters. Is Holland 70 fat
cinated with the talents and popular manners
of her new foveregu, as to atquiefce in her pre-
Gent condition. and TO lofc all remembrance of
her former proud and parny fate Is not Bo-
nap7rte aware, that the iturdy Inhabitants of
that territory only want means and opportuni-
t. to rife en- maGs, and to drive the minion he
has fet over them, and every Frenchman out of
the country Aufria is fubdued, it mmft be
confelred, but ifle is not yet extinct. She pof-
fefes hearts and hands, the remembrance of
former difaters and difsraces, inveterate hate |;
every phyfical and moral quality, in !hort, which
can render nation truly formidable, whenever
the leaders of it chufe 70 pu' thefe great means
into acknowledgements would be iitter for the
Bicctrc (the Paris Bedlam) than the palace of
the Thuilleries, were he 20 m, the routing of
all thete dormant antipathies for the fake OF OBJ
tanning paltry triumph over Prniiia.
" Nether in the letters from Berlin, nor the
Tl2mburgh paper of the 10th, which has reach
ed us. is there any mention or indication of
diipohton OF the part OF PrufIid TO acknow-
ledge the confederation of the Rhine, or to
concur in the intended changes in Germany.
On the contrary, we find that Count Gocr;z,
/ the Pruliia7 envoy TO the Diet Of Ratilbon,
whom the Paris Papers mentioned TO have pro-
ceeded in the fame official character to Frank
fort, had returned 10 Berlin"