The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-19
LONDON, July 81.


reached The 1ndia houfe, with their difpatches
and papers. Daring their psgage the following
hneuar circumstance occurred
French so gun frigate was difcovered in the
body OF the fleet when of the Cape of Good
Hope. She did not appear to be acquainted
with her .6tuation. Captain Oiborn, in the
tremendous, bore down upon her, and conf
oering her an eaiy conquet, fhe did not fire a
ihot or open her lower ports until fhe came
within hail Of the frigate, who Immediately got
under the fern of the Tremendous, opened a
broadGde, and wounded the rigging 10 as to put
It out of her power to protecute the chace.
ihs frigate got clear Off without any damage.
The Charlotte Irdiaman afterwards purlued
her. The Tremendous was near enough 70 diff.
cover the name of the frieate il,e is called the
La Cauaoiere fhe failed originally from France
with the Volontaire and Jerome Bonaparte's
iquadron. No lives were loft in the Tremen-
dons. When La Canoniere got 10 convenient
di8ance. ard found that the Tremendous was
IN no condition to puriue her, lhe fred Jingle
gun by way of bravsdo. 1t was the general
opinion at ST. Helena, that Jerome Bonaparte's
iquadron had gone 10 the EaN-Indies.
morning paper ftates report OF very f.-
riops nature among the highett authorities at
Paris, and that 81 generals aud ienators, nclui-
ing marihas of the empire, have fent in their
rehgnltions. One of then, mariliai Laines,
The only name mentioned, is itated TO h. under
drret. we do not know the authority for this
report but couider it very Improbable
The tomb OF queen Cathariue Parr was lately
opened. and the body and feet have been found
as perfect and besntifui as on the day iie died.
IT appeared that the body had been emhaiined
& coated with way; aud teveral msn of Gcience
are now engaged in afcertaining the exatl na-
ture or the preparation.
Admiral Linois has been refpted paFoort to
retur- TO France, until his government lhail
A =.
Jects equal to thofe which have been relieved
from hence, agreeably to the fcale which was
fetted. It is believed, however, that no par
tcuar difficulty has occurred, and that the ac-
court current will be kept with regularity. Adj
miraI DumaroIr, aud the four captains taken
by lir Richard Strachan, were allowed lat week
70 iail on their parole from Plymouth TO Nor
laix.
The environs of Conitantinople, the plains
of D3ud and the vicinity of Chfslik Sentari, on
the Adratic coat, are almoh entirely covered
with tenfs.
Confantinople, Egypt, and European and
hhatc Turkey in general, are at preitnt free
from the ravases of the plague.
been pleaded to appoint the Hon. DAVID Frs
kline, 10 be his majeGy's Envoy Extraordinary
and Mniter PIenpotentialy to the United
States OF America.
Extraf qfG Ibrivate letter from Haax5u-eb
+" The French minister here is circulating by
his agents, with great activity, pamphlet, en-.
titled" Natiee in. la Mari de Pan! L. E,sbereny
de Ru1is.' in which the Bith government is
charged with the foul crime of procuring the
silafiination OF that monarch
July 81.
Tt,a
lyportend the fpeedy fubverlion of the Papai
power and of the authority of that phantom of
royalty, the Queen of Etruria. French troops
have taken pohelfion of all the ftrong places in
the Roman and Filfcan territnrics The fore
which they have collected in Dainatia is daily
increafed, and dfpofton ia now unaffected.
for the frt time, TO afIiit the Porte in reduc
ing the lniurgent Servan', and rafting the lieee
ct Is grade, TITS obvious that Bonaparte on
~ waits decent pretext TO make an irrupti1n
into Greece, and coniummate his defigns againit
the Ful kiih power. IT would b. convenient as
wei as advantageous for him 70 get ad,nittapce
under the forcjous form OF an Aljy; but
IF that cannot b. done, he will overieap all OBJ
ftaces, and oNen himf-f paiage with the
WORD an occaii0n does not arife, ne will
not he ov-r-ifruounus about creating one
An unacCo untabe rumor, refoet4inq the an
preaching arrival of Britilh fouadron in the
Dardaneiics, prevailed at Confantinople Per-
maps co1fclouinels in the Porte that flle was
sbont TO connect herfrif with France in A man.
rer injurious 20 the nteretts OF England, might
have produced this apprehension. We fee no
objects which could bring Britih Gquldron off
ConitantnoPe, ex ept to protect that city, or
TO prevent a French army from penetrating bv
Syria into Egypt. Extravagant as the rumour
received via Cherhourg was fuppofed to be, it
Teens prevalent report on the Continent, that
the Porte has made IN actual transfer of Egypt
10 France.
II is with much fitisf4fion we perceive the
Rufilns daily strengthening themfelyes in the
Mediterranean. they have a formidable foua
dron of 2 fail the line and frigates at ore
fent IN that fea, which is to be further encrear
ed; and reinforceneDts of troops are on their
way to the Seven Hands. Notwithstanding the
lurrender of Cataro, ilIaIl be furprifsd lft the
French get on 70 far in Albania as they appear
10 expect
Approximations are exprefed that the deter
mlna'on of the French to occupy Ragufa, fo
long az the RufIians lhail keep poGeGion of the
Ioniah Hands, may render it neceHary for the
former to maintain a very large army in Ger
many. This intimatioE may be regarded as
deciiive of the intention of Bonaparte not TO
forego the vantage ground be has feized on the
confines of Auitria. If he medtates the fubiu
cation OF Greece, of which we think there can
be little doubt, nun he not have an army at
hand to iupport his Operations in that cour.r,,