The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-15
LONDON, Oct. "a.
PACIFIC OVERTURES.

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A Russian and French Messenger arrived
from France on Friday morning, and re-
turned OH Sunday.
Nothing certain has yet transpired either
with respect to the d spatches to or lie re-
ply returned BY our Governmcnt.--We have
heard that the former arc very short-that
they consist of two Letters dated from Err
furth. and addressed by NJ. De Champagny,
the French Minister for Foreign Affairs,
and M. De Romauzow, the Russian Minis
ter, to his ExcelicnCy George Canning, ESQ
that the two Letters are in substance the
same, stating that bis Majesty the Emperor
ct the French, being equally animated with
desire to put an end to the calamties Of
war, he 0he Minister for Foreign .Affairs)
has it in command from his Majesty to re-
quest his Excellency, to communicate to his
Britannia Ma esty that desire. and if his
Britannia Majesty be influenced by SINH
lar desire, to propose that Flenipotentiaries
shall be Immediately named, to proceed to
place that may DE fixed upon, to open a
Negotiation with the Plenipotentiaries of
his Imperial Majesty for the conclusion OF a
Maritime Peace.
IF we be correct. the answer that will he
returned by his Majcsty's Ministers to such
communication is obvious. The epithet
applied By the enemy to tho kind OF peace,
which they are DESTROYS of negotiating,
shewsus at once that they Go not admit our
interference in the affairs of the Continent
His Majcsty's Ministers we should con-
lecture would reply to NJ. De Champaign,
and NJ. Romanzow, that his Britannia Ma
jesty was animated by the desire which he
had always expressed aud which was known
to ali Europe, TO put an end to the Gala antilles
of war, whenever he could do SO consistent
]y with the security of his dominions, the
ne apI Il Tn;, 4, II
edsto his allie that he was ready to enter
into negotiation in concert with those al
lies, and that he would immediately commu-
nicate the overture that mad been made to
him, to his Majesty the King of Sweden, to
the Prince Regent of Portugal, and to the
Central and Supreme Jmta in Spain gov
ernipg in the name of his Catholic Majesty
Ferdinand VII,
Cther persons have insulged very differ
ent coniectures. They imagine, we think
contrary TO all probability, that Bonapartc
and his vassal Emperor, have at once rush
ed in midas res--that they have proposed
basis in hniine and that they have begun
by mentioning terms Some suppose, that in
the overture to our government, we'are told
we have no right 20 assist the Spaniards !;
that it is mere family qoGrrel, with which
we, as Islanders, haze nothing to do This
he would hardly do i'll the first instance.
twill be found, we dare say, that the over
ture which has been made us, is of loose
and general nature, and does net tonch upon
terms or basis.
1.-The arrival of the Messengers had some
effect upon the funds--but it produced dis
gust instead of pleasure in the public mind
Every body viewed the overture as an insi-
dious attempt to detach us from The Spanish
and Portuguese Patriots-there was not
man who did net say j." is Bonaparte ready,
as preliminary to negotiation, to withdraw
his troops from Spain. and release Ferd-
nand the 7th-if lie is not, let us have no ne
gociation-iet us hear of no peace--let rs
send back his messengers and his overtures
with disdain and defiance
1t IS probable that We shall have another
Gag oftruce over in few days, with the an
swer to the reply Of orr Ministers