The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-10

| VerpooL She left there on the 10Th Octo-
Der, ana brings London papers to the 18th,
and Ltoyd's lists of the 18th, a file of each
OF which is received at the office of the
! Mercantile Advertiser. The Leopard
brings also Dispatches for the Secretary of
! State.
LONDON, Oct. Is.
! The Prince Adolphns packet, from Anne
rica, and the Nalsingham packet, In eight
days from Lisbon, are arrived at Falmouth.
] The Waisipgham, we understand, has bro't.
as passengers, 81 of the principal English
merchants of Lisbon. BY her we learn. that
all the English are preparing 20 leave thai
CITY, under the apprehension of visit from
the French, One ofthe passengers who came
| up to town express, reports, that the Portu-
guese government has yielded TO the demands
oil Bonaparte; and that all the ports of that
kingdom arc in future to be shut against us.
by THIS, therefore, we are to understand that
the prince regent will not emiCrate
government has received, by the Electra
sloop OF war, dispatches from Lord Coline;-
wooa, confirming the failure of Sir Arthur
FACETS mission to the Ottoman Porte. 1t is
reported that, by the same channel, accounts
OF the British army evacuating Sicily for Mai
ia have come to hand; and that Bonaparte
had influenced the Emperor of Morocco to
|
| Sir John Borlase Warren is appointed to
supercede Admiral Berkeley on the Amcri-
can station Whatever may be the opinion Of
Ministers as to the recent conduct of their of
nicer, or however hostile CT conciliatipe. their
sentiments towards America, we must regard
the measured removing admiral Berkely as
not only prudent but necessary.
| Master Rose likewise proceeds on sDe
ciai mission to the u. States. We have no
II ,tht fl,otl he. I,,xI ~
the Importance of the mission assigned to him
Some, however, are inclined to think that he
springs from too bad ROOT ever to expand
into fozoe, OF real merit.
Letters from Copenhagen state, that seven
| OF the first mercantile houses in that CITY had
stopped payment.
| it was reported yesterday, that our troops
! IN Sicily had evacuated that Island, and gone
to Malta and Egypt.
Several private letters received from Lis
bon, by the Albion, mention the probability of
an lnsIrrccton among the populace, if the
Prince Regent should persist inh is determine
ton OF shipping himself and his treasures for
the brazils. This We think extremely likely
to happen not that we imagine the Portu
guese would much care what would become
OF tieirPrince-but, we think, they must he
reused when they see the treasure about being
conveyeI away.
We are astonshed that our wise ministers
IN their anxiety to save every thing from the
grasp OF honaparte, should have overlook the
old silver, ard other valuables with which
the converts and churches OF Lisbon abonnd
the same reasons may be urged for seizine
them which have been for Selling on the I9a
nish fleet, &c viz, the probability of their fall
ing Into the power of the French Emperor.
With respect to the honor of the thing, we do
not think those who have ordered the Danes
to be pillaged of quantity old iron and fire
wocd would blush at it.
/ we are sorry TO learn that it is a prevailing
OPINION with persons who have access to the
best information from Russia, that the ascen
dancy of the French politics in the Govern
mcnt of that country, can no longer be doubt-
ed. Its even reported by an American YES
sci arrived III Is days from St. Petersburgb
that an embargo had been laid on all British
ships III The Russian dominions. For the truth
OF intelligence coming through such a chan
mel, We would by no means pledge ourselves
bat 1t received considerable credit this morn
ing on Change.
Austria, it is probable, will not long remain
mistress or the provinces contiguous to the
Attiiatlc. he possession of Istria, if not of
Cainiola also, is necessary to the views of
France, and if required by her at present.
must be surrendered. Some arrang ment OF
this nature iC suggested in "A demi-ofFicial pa
per. he paragraph states, " that the do
minions OF the Emperor Of Austria are about
to undergo change, that they are to be mar
rGwed to the East and widened to the west. 5"
The French, indeed, appear to exercise all
the rights incidental TO complete occupation
already; they have caused the ports of Trieste
and Flumc 20 be shut against us.
Prince kourakin whoconcluded and signed
the Treaty Of Tilsit, has been raised TO the
rank OF 4 Field Marshal
\ vessel arrived at Inverness from Cron-
stadi, the master of which relates, that, be-
fore lie left that place, the Emperor Alexan-
GER bad tiUee times visited Cronstadt, for the
purpose Of viewing experiments made on a
vcsse', at some small distance, by the fire
from the Publications I; that, should British
feet appear, the inhabitants might learn how
FAR thc fort OF CronStadt could afford protec
tifn. The Russians were highly elatcd with
'tc success NJ these experiments, but express |
fea thcmse'vcs very unwilling to go to war
with England the merchants, in particular. |
r?e1lt declared their determination to oppose
1t by every means in their power.
The American ship PegoIl, capt Collett, is |
arrived az Yarmouth from ST. Petersburg. |
winch place he lcf. the 25fh and Cronstadt |
y tn ult' The capt. states, that at his de |
'aTtptc, much uncasiuess was manifested al |
both these places, in consequence of a report |
circulated, that Lord Colling- !