The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-02-19


inc building.
The British navy at present comprises 26l
San OF the line, 81 f;ties, ass fiigates, $50
sloops oil war, briggs, &c. besides ali immense
number OF CATERS, and other armed Vessels.
POLITICAL REVIEW.
From the Liper7soot Chronicle of Deeem-
'..g-r 2i-9 Der y.
| Letters from Gottenburgh report that. an
embargohas been laid on all Swedish yes
sells IN the Russian ports. The Gottrnbur IN
mail brought Hamburger papers to the 18TH
UT. Inc Swedish Consul at Copenhagen has
been arrested for corresponding with a cap
tain inthe English fleet The King of Swc-
lxleh has, IL consequence, confined the Danish
Consul to his house at Malmo. ~,
By an article from Trieste, we learn that
| the French troops hitherto stationed in Is
tria, and tho whole country of Venice, arc
nearly all IN motion to proceed to Dalma,ia,
10y forced marches. The fate of Turkey
VIII not, we apprehend, much longer, be a
Isue9ect OF speculation merely. The light
niilS from the eyes OF the French eagle may
soon DC expected To dim the lustre of the
arklsh crescent. We contemplate, in The.
Gownfall OF the present system, the mcliora-
ton OF the speople of Turkey. They have
oeen TOO long considered as the appendases.
Importance than as being the property of
the government. -" =. 49,.
The grand duke Constantine is about to
visit Bonapartc AZ Paris see 80. !, II
The negotiations between France and
Austria We're finally concluded at Eontain-
oieau on the 18th October. Couriers were
accordingly sent to Brannau and Silesia. with
oraers Tor the French troops to return to
France. e., = : -.
About sixty persons have been apprehen-
dedl III Spain, implicated in the late con.pi
racy, several of. whom have been beheaded
Among these are the Duke de MedinaceI.
the Luke dc l. Tefantado, and the MARQUIS
de Las Amiralas. These were all persons of
very eminent distinction, and of considera-
oic influence. Berther is said to be at Ma
did, and the first column of the French ar.
my To have reached Lisbon.
| Whatever is cur opinion respecting the
Canlsh expedition, We have reason to think
that Russia would have found other causes of
quarrel against u.s. This has no doubt acce-
ierated the business We sincerely regret
that such a Calamity has belal.en us. espe-
Ciaily at a time when no less than fifty Bri-
t,sh vessels are in the Russian ports. and
prevented by the riger of the season from,
leaving that country. A more serious Gala
nifty Could hardly have befaiien us. From
every port in the continent we are thus ar
last excluded. Sweden alone remaining tn
aSSravate, by its inferiority in the contrast
'Ae sense OF the important injury inflicted
on us, OF which the whole continent besidcea
presents SO impressive an evidence.
Our country is, at the presens. in a very
awful situation: not very dissimilar to what
IL was III the early Part of the wear 1901
when the last northern confederacy was for
med against as; but there is no reason To
expect that any similar events will inter
vene to dissipate Incorporating storm. The
power OF Bonaparte was then immature: II
Is now liked. Prussia and Austria were then
independent powers; they are now subject
to France. At that period Denmark was re-
luctantly dragged into the league by France
and Russia. The ,ljustice OF England has
now rendered her the jealous and willing al ;.
~ OF france, the inveterate enemy of this
country. Russia was then governed by flu
rlous mailman, OF whose constancy no rcli
ancc could be placed, and whose excuses
must. IN the nature of things. have sooner or
ia'er' terminated III his deposition and the
successor TO his crown was known to be ia
vorahie TO Ensland; but the reverse of all
tins is the case now. The emperor Alexan-
der is beloved BY his subjects is of a mild
Cautious disposition. and, warned BY the fate
OF his father, will keep vigilant eve on
those lin whose breasts such a conspiracy is
the most Likely to be hatched; and even
should similar fate await him, his legal
successor is known to be inimical TO this coun-
try. Such is the difference between our stu
alton in the year 1901 and 1907. To which
must be added, that there is no public cha
racter at the head of affairs to nhich the
nation look up with confidence, not even
with as much as they did to MIR. Pitt In this
distressing comparison it ought not to be for
gotten, that our national honor was then un-
tainted-the fatal expedition against Den
mark had not sullieG the fair fame of Eng
land: That expedition which has converted
the whole north of Europe from neutrals, if
not from friends, into open and implacabie
enemies. Such is the melancholy result of
that masterpiece Of policy, the expedition a.
gainst Copenhagen, undertaken at the COM
nI3nd OF our present administration, who will.
it is to be feared, contrve to involve us i'm hos
tlItes with the whole world and who must
when We arc reduced to the brink of ruin,
adopt other measures, or give place to other
men To prevent the accomplishment of our
country's complete disgrace and ruin.
Respecting our relations with America,
nothing certain can be inferred from the pre-
sident's message. Nothing will be finally re-
solved OH until the last dispatches from our
government shall have been received by the
President of the Y. States.
The Prosheet before us.-Ministers have
ut length succeeded in involving us in war
with nearly thcwhole civilized world. The
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