The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-02-04
EUROPE.
PARIS, November IL.


was attended with the loss of several ships the,
confiscation OF ali English merchandise, and the
expulsion ot their commerce from all the trading
ports OF the Levant. Admiral Duckworth. and
ms squadron, were happy in being able to fund
safety in fight.
" The second expedition from England was a.
Salnst Egypt. This still more shameful.
more disastrous, more disgraccfIl. It's arrny de-
feated at Rosetta, surrounded on is march, lost
more than 4Oo0 chosen men in killed and made
prisoners. h vain did the English break down
me dykes, cut the canals, and inundate that un.
hahpy country, in order to secure themselves in
.slcN&ildria. Or The 22d of September the Pa
cha arrived from Cairo defeated them, and oblfg.
cd them to surrender Alcxal,lri:, into which he
made his entry on the 24,h It's difficult ia find
L more Illuminating expedition.
The third English expedition was that against
monte Veto and Buenos Ayrcs Ten tlonsond
English troops failed in their attack upon an un
of'i',ea ioTh 1t IS true. that the hat Cd which
The spanish C..hOEcs have for the enemies of
thcn religion, furnish them with new nears a.
SSh"e thtn, animated the whcla population Will,
new "a h0ur, and the 10000 men were. too hnr-
p! IN berg permitted to retire. This expedition,
"iHeh cost the English enormous sums, orlv
served, therefore, to destroy the Illusion which
had induced them to imagine that it was
S''zc on the Spanish possessions The Po;4u
S"cse possessions would not have offered lcss
res'Stahce. wherever there are Catholics, the
ihi"ier'ht English viii find enemies. IN tais ia
II.
The fourth expedition has been most notor;.
GUS 1t VAS that Of Copenhagen, the most at.o-
clous expedition of which history can r,rcscrre.
the reno nibrancc the shame with which it has
CUncrco the English government is ind>tibie
Why did the English eyacCate Zealand and Cc.
penliagan, when the Danish governments ,yo,,;d
'' r't'fy the caPltuiatien, and the eprsrcJhent
IoeNac,ate no longer existed WHY did t,. IN:
&iish eyacu'tc, when the Prince R0val refused
Z" recri' incii Snvoy when that Prince csnciud-
l An y 4rISNf .,, Il.
wheii lie "a.y answered their propositions by a
REGAL OF The Agent he had at London i, fr.
When III ms political negotiations ne sDaaks oftnt.
English by calling them robbers, a n.y7,,. th,.v
INV SO wei msHted Why! Because thev ara.
convinced ~ their weakness and ina5iitv b,. l.nd
nc approach OF the season wien the ice ,,-o,ld
Iehuet inc arrival OF the Danish troops possible
determined them prudenuy TO take to fjglt in.
Ste'd OF waiting FOR the enemy whom thev nd F.
'"ti''eu "ach unafmed, and whom it would
soon DC necessary TO combat disrraccfil f;,arI,t
winch Can never be treated with TOO ,n,,ch COW
! Tempt Wv '''uoi' CON-
j." After these four expeditions. Which CO ,r.-
i.hcsGy shew the moral and military decline of
s,'u' lcI Us speak ct the situation into which,
't mas Drought Portugal The Prime, Rco,,.,,t g
| PORTUGAL ocses his throne he looscs Il i,fI,.enr
| co by lle intriSues Of England ; he loosas if he
cause he would not seize tl:e English perrbs,, !
"!%e Winch was at Lisbon. What then does En-
gland, that powerful allv! She ecs-yy;tb :,1i;r
| w q
do when Portugal shall be TAKEN WIN she I'd
and scze upon Brazil No if the Enel;sb
make that attempt, the Catholics viii dive TEN
out. The tall Of TIE house of Braaanza win ~.
man ne" PROOF that The destruc ion OF whom
soeNcr attaches himself TO the English il inevita-
| bic. o " 'Oft'
y Hut IN the midst Of SO many disastrous events.
| what 90 the English ministers wish we do not
| shy LASitd wishes only, what all nations ,;;sh
eacc, ana 70 Guy, at length, tranquility, under
Iie reign Oh morality and the laws but what
Goes the Com.mt;ec OF Ohgarchs which t;rects
! ene government wish 1t has declared peroct1-
I al ""r These systems Of perpetual wa: VII
last no longer than those crises in which wild and
eNuitV;'5aht men wish to abrogate the law of na.
| tens, and put every thing to the extreme TIL.
committee OF oisrchs, at London, is actuated
| by the same sentiments as those which animated
| Revolutionary commIttceS-those who direct IL
| arc equally atrociOu3 with Murat What did br
more atroc!o4s, than to present to the world the.
! prospect o. perpetual var! These directors Of
| government wall conclude rs all violent and FIJI
ri0us men nave concluded; thew will became ~.
! opprobluTn OF their own country and the object
OF the hatred Of all other nations The refusal
OF INC emperor Alexander, and the expedition
70 C"PSI'h'Sci' Sufficiently reveal the sentiments
ol tIe EhSlIah mhisters--tlcir system of perDe.
tun war The first consequence of these events
mas therefore been to determine the nations If the
comment winch were still at peace with Eng.
land to break of in future all connection viii,
| LSt' AuSlfa tld not hesitate scarcely had tho
Emperor Francis II received certain inforrnatiop
Oh the events at Copenhagen, and the refIsa! Of
the English to accept the mediation of Russia
Wheh he declared war against England .4i,r>a-
| t!y is the blockade closed on every side. Lord
PEMBROKE, whcr he left Vienna, TO return 10 Lon
don, was forced TO embark az trieste
| " The correspondence of England will, eyer,
part OF tile Continent is Intercepted There arc
more than 100000 English letters, and bills of
exchange to tie amount Of several millions ster
Ing, collected and detained in consce lence oftha
blockade. These measures must press heavily ON
the English nation, and al length reduce ii tn a
desperate situation. But what does tbat sipn;fv
| to the violent men who govern that nation LVkat
nave they IN commog with the English peoplc
| Happily, on the day when these ministers are I'm
! be oNcrthrown, they wlll become nothing. 'rhcv
may, Tor some time, continue TO act on their max
inns, put catastrophe is inevitable injustice aud
eXtravaglnce may, for some time, impose ON ma
tons but experience has proved that the dnr6-
! ton Of these scourges is Transform Peace. tbe
| hrst OF benefits to nation, ought to be the min
cipal end OF All the actions of those who cover,
! a ministry which processes perpetual war he.
trays the dearest interest of its county IL bss
lost ITS confidence. It's inevitable and near an
proaehng fail will satisfy thc interest Of Oh. M
sops md public morals ...- 5tspfe4S.