The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-03-20
LONDON, I.1. Is.

by information derived from a fecret but au-
thentic fource, We arc compelled to believe that
our fufpicions refpeeing the new American
treaty arr but too well. founded.S We under
hand that by the proviGons of this treaty, the
Americans are to be permitted to carry goods
from the colonies of Our enemies TO France,
Spain, sc. upon condition of their touching at
an American port in their pafTage, and there
paying aduty OF two per cent on their cargoes.
This being the cafe (truly happy hould we be
To md 1t otherwiie) all our navigation aGs, all
our maritime code, all our right of fearch, may
be conGdered as abroeated and abandoned /; for,
rom the moment this treaty fhall be ratified,
the whole bee ONES ~ufelefs. From that moment
ne nay be at war with France, Spain, and Hol-
land, but with their colonies we fhalI be at
peace. Their trade will be carried on with
comp etc iecurity by the Americans ; their cir
cui,ous route, by touching at an American port
with the two per cent. duty, will not produce
a charge 70 heavy rs our war infurance ; and
fhe enemy will thus retain in war the full bene-
ii of their colonial fyfem, except in the article
of freight.
The fociety Of grocers at Copenhagen, re-
marking the uncommon want of cath, in con-
feqHsnce of the prefent fate of affairs, have OBJ
tanned leave TO lend money on the fecurity of
merchandise, upon the plan that was adopted
In 1893. The company is 10 enjoy the fame
privileges and ieeurity as the bankers in Dem
mark and Norway.
We find, by our port letters, that fome Ame.
ficaD vefels have been permitted to depart
from Fo!land.-One o fthefe, the Ariel, is arriv-
ed at Dover, the captain of which reports that
the embargo has been in fome meafare relaxed
Rnd taken off and at F~iufhing, with refpe6t TO
the American vefels which were at that port.
The following are the regulations adopted in
the ports Of France, Holland, sc. for carrying
into execution the decree of blockade againf
England:
4" The two articles of the decree relating to
ibis Object, mutt be notified to all captains of
v.fiels on their arrival, by the commandants of
his majehy's fhips fa;ioned at the entrance of
the imperial ports.
"The captains are to declare from what port
they fitted out, from whence they came, and the
port they have touched AZ. They are TO give 4
general deicrjption Of ;heir cargo, and affirm that
they neither CONE directly from England nor her
colonies.
"If the declaration hall fgnify that they have
touchsd at England, the Vefiels fhall be obliged
TO retire. fit ibouid be the marine, by the TIA
t%ioDary commando, who is to keep a copy oft.
This Administrator flall take ~meafures with the
principal officers Of the cufoms for afcertaining
the truth oft.
"]fthe declaration is found to te correct, the
5eiiel fIall be admitted ; if faIfe, both veiTeland
cargo hall he feized, conformably TO the sth ar
ticle of the decree.
1.-THE matter of a foreign venel who Ghail re-
fuGc to fien this declaration, fhaIl be compelled
70 put to lsa again, and all communication with
the fhDre fhall be 0ri6ly prohibited, until the
vefcl fiali have failed"
January Is.
We uddetitand that fubidiary treaties have
been entered into by our government, with the
courts Of Rufia, Sweden, and Prufia, by which
re have engaged to furhih them with 5000,
ooo!. fefling, to enable them 10 keep the field
egs'hit the common enemy.
There 10 no military news of the leaf import
ance. The report of the defeat Of the French
army on the yiaula is not confirmed ; and we
have only the fame obferyation to make in ref
rect 10 4 finour Of a directly oppo6te defcrip-
tion, which obtained circulation Yesterday, on
the pretended authority of letters from Riga.
The reported action was Gated to have lated
three days, and terminated in the defeat of the
Rufians that this, we repeat, REFS on no bet
te+ foundation than the report which has gives
tie Victory TO the imperial army. The rumours
upon this fuhie6t will, indeed, continue to be
contradictory until the arrival of fome official or
authentic advice.
The p4ogfefs Of the Rufians in Turkey con-
ti.ucs 70 bg uninterrupted, and may lead TO con-
fequencrs of the utmoF importance. Accord
inr to the lat adviCtS, they were dihant not
usure than three hundred miles from D1lmatia
suj - thcfs otjta teens 10 extend their line
thithef, We entertain hopes Of ihorily finding
the enemy expelled from that province.
a gentleman who lately left Holland and
landed at Ramfgste on Saturday, Rates, that the
mott vigorous meafures are adopted, in ordsl
TO raife a levy Of $4,000 coufcripts ; one malt
in each fatGily was obliged to ierve, and the
parents arc made refPoalsls for thsir children