The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-08-14

American fhips. Upon the firft point, the Ma
drid Gazette contains a long official article, iT
which 1t inveighs againft The unnatural conduit
ut Portugal, in encouraging the fettlement o
Hcretics on the COATS of Plata:-
hat unhappy extreme Of the world, where
the CATHOLIC Faith has hitherto nouriihed pure
ana unlullled. The Englih have now got footing
~ onth America. Eenceforward the happi.
nets OF the Natives is gone. They mu1 become
pirates under their new matters. What does
Portugal intend by fuch policy. Will Brazil
remain Portugusfe colony when Chill and Pa
raguay thall be torn from Spain Will the fee.
me and tottering Regency of Portugal command
reipect from nation which tramples on ita
neighbours in proportion to their weakness ,
No-Bfazil vii! ioon follow the fate ola pI,.
I'd and IKE other unfortunate nations, Po.npai
wiz become wife, when ihe preached
me ehects OF her folly. The naval predomi-
nance OF England mutt be fubdued, or there
VIII be no fatety for nations. England, impo.
ten by land, is all powerful by fea. Is Par.
tugal blind that ihe cannot fee thofe tonmaifs
winch look down upon the Bay of Llbon, and
iio" winch England at once deiies and nlu,te
the worId"'
ne letters and papers brought by the Prince
on wales packet, Todd, in 2 DAYS from LIE
oon' have been delivered at the poit office. 7.
appears ey their concurrent teftimouy, that the
preparation on every part of the SpaniA, from.
yer rave excited very lively alarm in the Court
1' hioon and that even mercantile credit Rad
oesu" 10 'uiier, from the general apprehension
al immediate 'nyahon. The Court of Ma
of'o 10 hated 10 have already made ex.ravaeant
demands on that of Lifhon, affecting to have
conceived great difgua at the afliRance given bv
me la'ter 10 the Englih fquadrGns in the Plata.
ne L,ibon papers begin toll pesk very indic-
n'ht'y OF the conduct of tie government of
SPAN. One of them demands, with great rea.
Ion, what Spain could expea from the ruin
o' Portugal? lst for the intereR of France.
that Spain, strengthened by the union Ct por.
'ugai' ihouId rite TO an equality, or at leaf,
ne".et 10 An equality with the French Empire
~ Is it not r'ther the interet of France that
inc contetts of Spain and Portugal liou!d 70 ex-
hauit the ftreneth of both as to render both of
mem an eaty ipoi' to their flronrer and wrrr
neighbour! The Prince of Peace will do we'll
10 conhder this. The prefent ftafon is very
c''icE' an error may be committed in a mo.
ment which an age would rot repair.
The occupation Of Alexandria, we under
Rand, was haaened by fortunate mfake. II
was not intended TO take pofTs zion Of it. until
rupture between this country and the Porte
nae actually taken place. NJ. Isalirf:i, the
Na'Aan An6aliador, after leaving Confantiuo-
~, P'"Sceueu 10 Hldita, where he taw AID nj
RAJ Duckworth, and having declared to him that
war was inevitable, the latter communicated
the intelligence TO General Fox, who immedi-
attly acted upon it. The conftquence was, as
IS ieen IN the articles OF cspitu.ation. AIex,b.
ora was taken Poileflion of as conauel at a
tune, when, if Admiral Duck worth, neeocis.
ton had iucceeded, we floud have been at
peace with the Porte. 1t is fortunate, tha, this
Misunderstanding has haRened an event, which
iubiequent occurrences rendered intellectually
"scen"'y' Ian. Paper.