The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-02-24

They have dared to advance in HIS Britannia
MajsRy's declaration, that Mr.. D'Oubril had
no powers TO treat ard that his majeey, the
emperor and king, had made engagements in
this treaty, which, If they had been fulfilled,
would have committed the peace of the two
courts. The reading of the full powers, and of
the treaty. (See No. 80 and 4o) futlicient-
ly anfwer this falfe allegation. France has not
the blame ofhaving failed in the engagements of
the treaty lhe made with Rufiia but fhe has
for having fulfilled them with too much conf
dence and precipitation. Thepeace was fcarce-
ly hgned. when ihe ordered cruizing to ceaie
againit the Rafiian flag, andrs-eRablifhed all her
commercial relations with Rufiia.
Hitherto every thing agreed. Rafia and
England had treated feparatey, and France had
not had any other view but that of Employing
the diicuflions, that they might bring on dura-
bic reconciliation, by refu6ng to admit thefe
two powers to negotiate in concert, and con-
tosnd interefts, which, by their nature, were
chemically diftinct. The treaty with Rutiia was
made; the negotiation with England approach
ed progrefiively TO its term ; this power faw
herfelf on the point of concluding il on condti-
ons advantageous for her, ince fhe was TO keep
Malta and the Cape of Good Hope.
Ufelefs moderation of Fl. :! and r. M.-Mr.
Fox Till fck, he ceafed to afiif at the counci--
the faction, enemies to peace, prevailed and all
negotiation became complicated and took a
retrograde march. We cannot remove the
iufpicion, that he came to break it, and that
they had chofen him, as the friend of Mr. Fox
to cauie TO fall on the partifans of that minifer,
all the odium of the rupture.
MIR. Fox would have eafly dif1ipated this in
trigue, but he was dying. Lord Lauderdale,
habituated to follow chief, no longer difem-
bled the defre he had to find one in the con-
frar
pies his tone was in accord with his views !;
all his letters, all the anfwers OF the govern
rnent, Qee Nos. Is to es) prove to what point
ID. l. Nj. went, for the re-eftablifbment of peace,
by the long patience with which his miniltry
has Imported fuch rough and paflionate pro-
cvedines; he would not facrihce TO auctions
OF fufeePtibility, the mott ditant hope of re-
Cancellation between the two powers.
In the mean while, England, following up
this ftrange negotiation, endeavored from all
parts to raife up new enemies. She fent
iquadron into the Tagus, to found the opinion
OF Portugal, and TO endeayor to draw her in {;
The threatened the Ottoman Porte, and offered
It her alliance me intrigued in Ruflia to have
the miniary changed which fent MIR. D'Oubril,
and has prepared the refuial of the ratification
OF her treaty Of peace fhe excited Pruliia a.
gainft France, by perfuadng her that fhe fhould
lote Hanover, aprovince which France had let
her take, but which France had not guaranteed
to her, but on condition, that PruiIia fhould
make common Cauie with France, in obliging
England to make peace. The inftigations of
England had had all the fuccefs with Pruflia
which fhe expected. This power declared war !;
lord Lauderdale demanded his pa6ports and fet
off for Londona
Mr.. Fox was deiirous of peace as long a s
he directed affairs, the negotiations were loyal
and frank after him, there was but one obi ct
IN view, that of breaking them, and to eude
by all the means of fubterfege and bad faith the
responsibility of the rupture, and to give the
war greater extent, in the hope that a new
coalition would be more fatal to France, or at
leaf, that the new danger which threatened
England would be turned on her allies.
Then follow to the number of 40, the offca !
papers which the foregoing observations are
drawn from-I, and 8, prepared the open
ing for the negotiations, of which the death of
one of the prime minifters was the termination.
No /.
Dszvaizg Street, 2otb FEB. 1906.
IS Mr. MrNIsrER.--I believe it to be my duty, in ths
quality OF an honeh man, TO impart to you foon
Poible, sufficiently itrange circumRance that ha
come to my knowledge. ] he horteft way will be
to narrate iimply the fact as it happened
Some days paff Perfon announced to me that he
had landed at Graveiend without a pafport, and he
prayed me to eud him one, becaufe he had come re-
eently from Paris and he had information to eommu-
nieate which would gipe Pie4fa,s. | converted
with HIM alone IN my cabinet, where after Tome
important conversation, this villain had the audacty
to tell that TO ranquiize all il neceia-
ry that the ebisf OF the French Goud be killed and
that for hispurpoie he had hired 4 houfe at PaGy
from which he could by certain froke and without
rilque, execute this deteNsbe proie9. did not well
underitand 1t this was to be BY of common fire.
arms or by thoie OF contraction am not
afhamed to acknowledge to you Mr.. Mini ier, who
know me, that my eonfufon great O finding my
fef in the fituation Of converting with declared al
faiin. In confequenee of this eonfuGon, ordered
him to leave me nttantly, giving at the fame time to
the officer of police, who guarded him. dire ctions
have him lent out of the kingdom ioon po1ible
After having reflected more maturely on what
had done, dfeoversd the fault had committed in
fuhering him to depart before you informed Of
it / therefore ordered him to be detained.
There is an appearance that all this is nothing,
and that this milerable man had nothing eile in
view than TO make boaR by promifng things which
after his manner Of thinking, MOULD give ne Plea
In either cafe have thought that ought TO inform
you Of what has psned, before fend him away. Our
laws will allow of his detention for long time
but he lha not depart until after you have had time
put yourlelf your guard againll his attempts
fuppoGDg that he ftl has evil d=hgns, and when lie
is TENT off, will take that he f1a be landed
but in fome part as dilisn pof6be from France.
He called hinfelf here Outlet de la Geyrere bin,