The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-05-30
CVoLuME 8.

W
FEBRUARY laR, wherein the whole oe the enemy's
iorce were taken or deftroyed, recommends to
MS ia'thful commons to take mea{ures for fe-
curing to the faid Sir John Duckworth an annu
lty OF looo. for the term of his natural life p
The occupation of Hanover, as well as other
circumstances in the conduct of the court of
Berlin, created, it feems, great uneafinefs in the
| truman merchants, who naturally viewed them
as leading to rupture with this country. They.
IN confequence, applied to the mnifter, te,
| know upon what foundation their commercial
concerns were likely to continue, when they re-
ceived the following anfwer:
:" The elders of the two commercial deputies
or this city are informed, in anfwer to this re-
quett, that circumstances at prefent are not fuch
as TO onef iuhclent ground to apprehend any
holtIle treatment of the navigation, and the bro.
perry of Pruffian fubjeets, on the part of the
Engi'ih government. Should any change of
circumttance occur, the merchants will be in
formed OF them with all pofiiolc expedition. By
his majeity's fpec;a! command.
"HARDENBERC."
April 8.
tis mpoffible, for any rational man, who
confiders the ftuation of Great-Br,ain. Of
France, and of Europe to entertain very fan.
gu'ne hopes the reitoration Of peace at pre-
tent. The language of MIR. Fox, on Thurfday
lait, whole with for peace cannot be doubted, is.
we think, deeifar on that fubjed.
Mont. Bomquete, French pilot, who was
IN the French flag of truce, ftatcd that BouIogne
is become Kings port no merchant vef1eJs.
privateers, or even prizes, fuffered to enter.
unleis loaded with ordnance or military flores.
mere has been very large baton made to hold
the hotilla, and which contains / feet water at
high water and the port is faid TO contain ten at
low water. large harbour is alto made at
WymIlI, and at Vmereux, with immenfe forti.
hcations to detcnd them, and the Hotia is again
equ'pP'hS' L0nd. pap.
From an EngiyH Paper.
An Interruption for the propofed Monument
10 Mr. Pitt, RESPECTFULLY dedicated to the Sub
icribers to his Statue.
This Maufoleum entombs, WILLIAM
PITT, who died January IS, SOC, aged only
~ years. With unprecedented Influence, for
90 Years, he was Prime Minifer of the Britifb
Empire. He pofefed great Talents and tranf.
cendent Eloquence but his worth NAV be ben
e'tlmated "by experience and the evidence of
tacts. lie was the Advocate for reform, which
o'd nor iucceed: the oppofcr of the nave trade,
which lncreaed: the patron of the Irih Catho.
lies, who were not emancipated: to England =
Profeiied protector, and the avowed Enemy TO
" ID 'tiW riceuoih were 1uOvcrted, the ancient
Nobility degraded, the poor additionally depreF.
ted, and the middling cafies of Society ann:
hilated; popular Alterations prohibited. and
the tources of corruption enlarged. Paper was
fnbftituted for Gold,-and real opulence tranf
muted into imaginary weith--He doubled the
prices of provilions. triped the amount of the
Poors rates and taxes, added three hundred
millions to the national debt, and facrifced two
hundred thoufand Britons in iuft and necefsry
wars. He sfiiited in the fiIbverfion of the ba.
lance ofpoweT; witnefIed the deftruefion of every
ally he obtained,-and fIrvived the overthrow
OF Flanders, Holland, Portugal, Switzerland,
Spain, Auttra, Italy, and the Germanic En-.
pre-. Let nations glory in fiich friendfhip -
France, during his Administration, has rifen
from " the verge and very gulf of bankruptcy.'
to wealth has annihiIated her national debt.
doubled her population, quadrupled her Reeve
nus and obtained the Empire of the world.
Let nations deprecate fuch Enmity Britons,
would you appreciate his character, reflect up.
on the Paf, obferve the prefent, and anticipate
the future The committee of Lloyd's Coffee
Houie, the collectors of taxes, the purchafers of
Loans and contractors for the army, &c. the
modern nobility, Lord Melville, and NapoIeor.
Emperor OF France, enriched, ennobIed. protect.
ed, and aggrandized, by this friend of the peo.
pie this Saviour of Britain this protector of
Europe this Heaven Born Minifer and th;s
pilot who weather'd the Storm erect this me.
moral, indicative of his unequalled merit and
on their eternal gratitude and uncomfortable Re.
greet.