The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-19

~~SPSShS W shClE SOFSiCiSus WlItC luz PCTIulS-
sion to wait upon him. and are received a
.Sreeably to priority and rank. Their serene
hlghnesses the prince Of Condo, and the Duke
Of Bourbon, left Gosfield on SATURDAY., for
Wanstead House |; & Monsieur and the duke
de Beri on Sunday, for London. The names
of those of his own country who have yet been
received are as follow: 49,
Princes Of the House Of Orleans.-The
Duke of Orleans, and count de Beaujolais.
The Princes Of the House Of Conde-
Their serene highnesses the prince of Conde,
and duke de Bourbon, father of the ever to be
lamented and heroic duke d'Enghien the
duke de Grammont, the duke de Serrant, the
duke de Coigny, compile E. Damas, compile
D'Escars, compile de Vaudrehll, compile D.
Avrais, compile de Jarnac, compte la Chatre,
Chevalier de la REVERE, monsieur de Barrou-
tain, monsieur de Beausobie, &c.
Nov. 10.
Mr. Kaye, the Messenger, arrived yester-
day at the foreign Office with dispatches frols
our minister 1t the court of Petersburgh. A
cabinet council was assembled at the foreign
!pfiice, after the arrival of these dispatches,
and also took into consideration dispatches re-
Geiyed from Lisbon. The council continued
sn deliberation until s O'clock last night
Sir Sidney Smith arrived at Plymouth on
Monday, and hnisted his flag on board the
London, Of 90 guns, in Cawsand Bay 1t is
said that 10000 tons of shipping, lately hired
for transports, are TO rendezvous at Ply
mouth, TO take troops on board for the new eX-
petition
tngal besides the Townsend packet, menti-
oned in our last. The latest accounts ave
brought by his. majety's brig Raleigh, which
has arrived at Plymouth from Opo,to, and
which sailed from she latter. port or the 31st
nit. live may creditthc Intelligence brought
by this vessel, the Portuguese government
have abandoned the intention of removing to
the hrazils, and ha, Welded to the man
elt2s Of Honaparte. Tne court Of Lisbon,
we are informed, has issued proclamation
for excluding the ships and commerce of this
country from the Portuguese dominions. A
copy OF the proclamation, it is said, has been
brought to ;his country by the Raleigh, and
is now in the possession of his .majesty's mi
nisterS. We are happy to state, haNVevei'
that the whole Of the British property at o
porto has been safeiv embarked chiefly on
board of Portuguese bottoms. The vessels
cmplfYed CT this service FORM considcra-
be feet, which was expected to sail the I'd
OF the present month, under CONVOY Of the
L0Vinit trigGte. The Raven sioop OF war has
received orders To lie off the bar of Lisbon
t. preveht any mere british vessels from en-
tcrng that port Lord Strapgfsrd and Mr.
Gambier are expected to return to England
IN the Raven. Thee is soTnethingvery con-
Trajectory in all the Intelligence from Por-
tugal, and fit be tlrlc chat the ports Of thar
county arc. shut aga inst our ships, the mea-
sure must have been determined cn very sud-
DENY, CT the secretofthe Portuguese govern
,fncnt has been remarkably wei kept. Ii is
stated in levters received by the Townsend,
which did not sail until the 2Ist, that The
prince de Beira had ACTUALLY embarked for
fb, Ei.poifc Il
these circumstances. We should Se sorry tc
attribute to the Portuguese goyernHent any
cotusion With 3onaparte, bdJ i. has been ain
ted, that the plan of EN- grafton to tia. Bra
I'll may have been contr e ardi p;., 'entl5.
acted upon, IN order to afford time to secure
their navy for thense of the enemy. 1t an
pears that al the Portuguese ships Of war
which were at sea have been recalled, ard
most Of them have returned to port. We
are far, however, from yielding 70 this sus-
P;cinn, but at the same time we mast confess
that fnrther information is necessary. befoye
we can attempt to explain the motives on
which the court of Lisbon has acted. in the
meantime we lay before our readers ex .yacts
IRON two letters received By the Townsend
which we hc,ieve coatain the latest inteni-
gepce which has been received direct from
Lisbon -
,'IIsboS, October 9--Nothing particular
Ea.G occurred here Since my last, of yestcr-
d>y's dale, hut we are informed that troops
ar, ~ motion throughout the whole of Spain
--'rG,e i}Eice of bread and every kind of corn,
advantes raWdy,
Octo5cT 20--The French troops are not
now exre3isc here immediately. Our first
visitors are TO be our neighbours, the Spani-
ards The Portuguese troops indeed seem
to be paving tie way for their entrance, for
they are abandoning she provinces, and CON-
CcHtrating themselves on the coast The
preparations for the emigration Of the court
10 the Brazils are continued apparently with
vigour IN the mean time our ships Of war
have been recalled. The feet of obscryati-
on which was craizing before Algers, has
arrived here. The large army which the
French have assembled at Bayonne, IS now
expected to be stationed at Ferrol ard Co
runna. 1t is thought thatit is the plan Of the
French government to assemble a number of
ships at these ports, and to risk an expedi-
tion from them against ireland during the
winter. In the midst Of all our confusion
thc priests continue their influence over the
minds Of the pcpuace, ndindced, the high
er ranks also The host has been express
ed ; and religions professions are daily fol-
lowed By The nobility Of both male and fe-
male. The theatres are shut and ON the
one hand The greatest apathy, on the other
the greatest alarm prevails. The crisis is
dreadful, but there is this consolation, that