The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-29

prepared to expect the fpeedy fignature of pre-
liminaries of peace. AS Bonapar.e would of
courfe demand in Gniine as the BATS and foun-
dation of all negotiation, that We fhould acs
quieice in all his arrangements with refpe9 to
the continent, the negotiation would of courfc
have been broken off inRantly had MIR. Fox (who
is evidently prime mini1er, for in no one in
tance fnce the formation of the new miniftry
have we difcovered the Grenvilles to be predo-
minant) had Mr.. Fox, we repeat, not been pre-
pared tc acquiefce in thofe arrangements.
The negotiation is generally believed to have
been going on for fome time aud it is faid that
the diipatches from our government have been
TENT by the French officers permitted to go home,
and that the dispatches from the French govern
ment have been brought by Engliih gentlemen
detained hnce the commencement of the war,
and allowed To return to their own country
MIR. Wilbraham was one of thole gentlemen
On condition OF our accuieiccnce in, and ac-
acknowledgements of, the recent changes on the
continent, Bonaparte, it is rumoured will not
object to our keeping Malta and the Cape, and
will even give back Hanover to his Britannic
majeity. That Pruiiia has taken Hanover as
compensation for Antpach and other territories
oeded to France and Bavaria, will not be any
obtacle to the arrangement we have iuft men
tioned.-For it mutt be recollc6fed, that Bo.
ed definitely to Pruffia and indeed it mutt be
recoleeted that, not long ago it was faid in the
Mon'feur, that what fhe had got was infinitely
more than an equivalent for what fhe had given
up. Bonaparte viii difpo1efs PrulIia with ~
little ceremony as he violated her territory of
Anfpach. ~!->+e = :,
tits true Mr.. Fox pledged himfelf that he
won'i not re'inqui!h one point of honor. an
exPreiilon which, It is tuppofed, he meant to
apply principally to Hanover, which he dcclar.
ed his Britannia maiefy would on no conGder.
alton content to abandon, or cede TO his Prutfi-
an malelty. But we ihould have thought that
another point of honor which it would have
been quite as neceGary not to have reling,iilhed
as the point or honor with refpeet to Hanover.
would have been that which relates to the king
or Naples. The Moniteur has always defcrib
ed his Neapolitan maietty as the viGtim of this
country; and 1t cannot be denied, that this at.
tachnent to the caufe of the allies laft war.
furnihed Bonaparte with prstext for invading
the Neapolitan territories. Can we, without
the mot outrageous violation of the point of
honor, recognize In(eph Bonapartc as king of
Naples We know there are fomc perions
who VIII ak this quefion: How can we ex-
pei J"tepir ij,,iiap.ri, ION. sra,u;'ts @
the rightful fovereign To that ouefion we
ihail always make this reply--that there can.
not be more detefable maxim or principle
'aid down ihan this, that what we cannot pre-
vent, we ought to approve of or acquiefce in.
bnt II 1t be !aid that in order to refcue the min
Iter from the charge of abandoning the king of
Naples, Bonaparte will promife to Indemnify
MN elewhere; will that in fact he any thine
mort OF abandoning his maiefty? We have feen
Bonaparte ioemny pledge hmfelf to indemni
ty the king of Sardinia, but bow has he fulfilled
that pledge! He would perform any promire
xtytth ref,p 80
hdety. But the peace may be concluded
without any mention made or liquidation intro.
duced for recognizing the changes upon the con.
tinent. But would not that be an equal ab,n.
donment of the point of honor with relpeef 70
Naples. Beiides as Bonaparte is 70 anxious
for an acQuiefcence in his ne.- ARRANGEMENTS VIC
cannot believe that he will content TO max.
peace without fuch an acquiefcence on our
part,
1t may be faid that another ally and relative
or MS Neapo'itan majeity, the Emperor of Ger
many, made no ftipulations in his favor
True. But under what circumstances did his
imperial majefy negotiate a peace with France,
With his capital and his country in the Do(I.C.
hon OF France.--BeGdes, Bonaparte had not A.
that time invaded Naples, nor had he expelled
fh- royal family from the throne
10 this iubetf, embracing 70 MANY points,
and touching fuch variety OF interefts, we fhaII
have frequent location to refer. We certainly
cannot lee the necefiity of negotiating at pre-
tent, nor does any man in the kingdom, we be-
lieve, expect that any peace that can be made
under the prefent circumstances can be 70 good
a one as hepeace of Amiens. The Foxites an.
proved OF that peace, we know, and the princi-
pie upon which they did 70 may induce them to
approve of peace lefs advantageous: But is
that principle which will find favor with aoy
other man i'll the kingdom,
LONDON, July i.
Late laif night the Hamburger mail due on
Sunday arrived. The intelligence brought bv
1t affords us reafon to believe, that but a Mort
time will elapfe before the empire of Germany
will he new Gait and modelled; and THAT Bo
haParte' aiming al more exteniIve authority, and
more copious title, will erea another king.