The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-18
CHE enquirer.
RICHMOND, ,srs yuLr:
A GLANCE AT EUROPEAN POLITICS

| find this Intelligence of no Ii.tie no nent
| Thefe fats fee n to be fu ficien,ly eftasli h
ed:
That the Ruqi1rs have firre,derri the ,nouts rs
| oftbc Cattaro TO the Fr.n.h Of courfe
! Aufria Is no longer in the very delicate di-
lenm,, ~ going - WITH Ruii or France {:
with the former, for the poT- n, of coun-
trv which they have Stipulated - give w 70
France by the treaty of Prefblrg, or with
the latter for refuiing to comply with its I'll
| pulston. =
That Riiiia has withdrawn all her extraordn ,-v
| troops fro n the CriTnei and the frontiers ,f
NJ idavia & Wallachia, & that the Porte. Z" as
proof of his pacific views, will fufpeni all
military 'neaiures, with the exception of ONLY
| fuch as are directed againlt the Rebels of Ser
| via.''
RHEa could not have fallen upon two nea-
furcs of more promiing effect Had he kept
Cattaro in her hands, or her armies On the FROM
tiers of Turkey, 'he would hsvh fnrrihed
France With the very pretext witch Che mon
eagerly delires, for pouring her r-fburces up IN
the Eat. And what does B,naDarte want hut
! fome Dretext or nth-r for the accom- o!i'h n-nt
of his favourite delisns? # is 70 this that the
Neapolitan king owes the !,f, rf his do nj mons;
To the mitaken zeal of his Ruff n and Ergli h
allies who quartercd their troop, no N hi n an
! thus irew down upon hi head the extermin.t-
| ing in'isns ion Of Bonaosr'e. There was no
, need of prophet TO fee, that RI ia was laying
open Turkey % the fine nv-rwael ming ami.
ton. The pretext" would have hern of , diff
rent fort, Int it would have heen till 4 r-text
tor cole ting the Fr-nc', tr .es IN he wraern
borders of Turkey. Bbnsp,rte might have plea |
az an excufetor filing of ,istr )oos rs this Iit mt
quarter, thitit was nece T1ryt x ,cl-he2u ms
ne nn nhr ut troops he m mt n pJfe t. e nd.
on that Grand would have no other Ii nit :, than
! the nu nner of RrIii,n rrintoroements, with
which his imagination might choofs t. peo Die
that quarter. The f'n- policy might have
been iutHei by the towering of the RulIian
troops m the north of r,rk-v. The pretext,
perhaps, would have heen different. In the
one ale, II ud have bter to expeI them
from MS own province OF ID Inatia l., the y.
Their, 20 prevent them from encroachin. uonn
hts gohi ally, the rte. BIT the ultimate re.
tnlt II both cafes WIS likely to be the fame.
The French cabinet would have imperceptibly
INN lated itfcif into the afiirs of Turkey. Tn -r
tr2'-2s IN Damatia could have eaiy affirmed
the air of defending them againft the encrolch-
ments of Rufiia; but if they once entered
Turkey, where would be its refuge againft their
| rapacty? Mt the inferior craft of the Vher :
nor the mott alt Stionate appeals TO their friend
ihip nor even her undifcipiined troops could
charm them away, until they had accomp h
ell ther matters projects: feated Bonaparte
on the throne OF the Sultans, or exacted EsvD
IS recompenie for the evacuation of Turkey.
bht would K lila IN the mean time be perfe 4 v
| ie 'urr from lois or even from danger. Not ~
fpeak of the probability Of ere ting French
Empre at C'nitantinope no' to fpeak ven
| u the di nr n perment of Turkey. country
| npon which Ruii fecms to have nonopoliied
| nc privilege ut preyIng, could M ~ ,;TIre.i
nat the DnieIter would protect even b.yJciffro ~
| 'vailon! Ii is therefore that tn RIFE tns
| ave feeming Y cnniui. ei their owl ne.tptcr-
| Is, nv retr'ng fir, N the Cattaro, t the NJrtn-
| m hor,iers IF Turkey.
l. is not therefore ImDoiIi ,ie that RI &c TO,
'i't'c neafures Of Ruff, nay nivs fir the 5r.-
>r, avrrted M fitil biDw from In KEY: IN, A.
| has p,t p 'nei the perlodrf 4 fmkI n r,volu.
| on, until tue iltrIgu IS at tn" French nav IN
| 'trcepiibly IA ftitem, which open mi itar,
'rcc would have otherwife battered down
t'r cer'ain however, that turk Y nay now Il /
alto her repoCr, free from all fears Of diitur
bance? Fur from il. II is { ven already fad
that the French government have =. G. uned o
n Porte all the polIef1ions 10 Turkib D n ma
tia and albania which belonged TO the rrpubiic
OF Venice" l. ne rejects the proportion, wal
IS certain; if he acquicfces, it is but opening
the door to illimitahe enCroac hmeuts.
Bnt whe her the immediate TRANQUILITY o.
Turkey he the effect of this policy of S.. p
teiib irgh, there is one oiher conleauenc e from
it which peculiarly ltrikes US on this genera
view OF Europe:
That 1t has prevented an immediate rupture
between Auttria aud Ruhia, or Au(tria and
the French.
That there il to be no immediate qvar IL. fb
EAT Of Ear0be.
IT We turn our eyes upon the north of Eu
rope, fcene diplays itfelf, far more intereR
ing IN its consequences. The mott prominent
feature III the piece, is the accommodation
fad tn have taken place between PruGRa anc
England or at Iealt the adoption of fuch mea
iu'es by PruiIia, as fcrmIngly manifefts tn,
itronseR dhpoiition to nc At peace with Eng
land. But now far do the laft arrivals from Eu
rope encourage tnls profpe6f of acco nnodati
on?
. did this com nunicdtion reach ENGLAND
through various aud refpe ible f1urtes? Fi
from it. 1T Is carried ny Gnyls Htn1nrg!
mail to London and the caoud evidence O
the tact - a fazie letter EIi9 to he from Berlin
which is evidently ltuRed out win NAVY TN
profile reports with ponpous ru nDu,s pfcon
VIBRATIONS that are faid 70 nave be u hed A. III,
private conferences of his m4ieny and his mi
nittrs; couvrrlatlDns which We that you'd, roul,
not, & he that could, wo1ld no. d,rs To feorai
1t deierves too, to- he noticed, that I file q
, Pdr's papers has reached NJ Y.-io,vn to the We
ry fame date IA y IS NJ win the very Iat1
print received tror Liverpool aud vet IN
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