The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-02-04
LONDON. Nov. a3.
FRENCH EMPIRE.

the Victory. WEI insert faithful transla-
FRENCH EMPIRE.
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BREMEN, Monday, Oct. 26. 1907.
The French Consul at Bremen to his Er-
ceheney the Burgsr-Afdsssr, President
Of the Senate Of THE CRY.
"SIR,
SCI am eager to inform you, that It is the
intention of his majesty the emperor and
king. my august sovereign. that all naviga-
tion upon the Weser be prohibited.
" 1t is his majesty's desire, that all ves-
sells, even French, entering the Weser, he
stopped, provided they are wholly or partly
laden with colonial produce, or any other
goods of whatever kind that England can
furnish, the goods are to be put under Sc
questration, and taken in charge until new
orders.
Vessels laden solely with merchandise,
which tits impossible England can furnish,
such as pitch, tar, iron, copper, and French
wines, are tobe exempted from seizure.
All vessels are to be prevented from
leaving the Wescr
/" am finally ordered to take the most eff
hcacious measures, that the intentions of his
majesty be strictly and Immediately fulfilled
am now occupied in executing these
orders, and hasten to warn you thereof, in
"
merchants of this city, that they may avoid
the inevitable loss to which they will be ex-
posed, 1t they attempt to render Intellectual
the measures taken for the rigid and prompt
execution Ut the orders of my sovereign
- avail myself of this opportunity to cx-
press to your exceilency the homage of my
respect. (Siyned)
December S.
A peDf1orn h, ,rr,y.1 -, , ro,,..oI 80.
sci from Lisbon, and who sailed two DAYS af-
ter the departure of the Walsingham packet,
has brought sorne additional information res
pecting the state of affairs in that city. Pro
visions had then risen to a most enormous
price, owing to very general scarcity, and
the unwillingness Of the country people to
bring any: hing to market. Flour in parti
cular was very dear. A proclamation had
been circulated and posted on all the church.
IS, allowing the Irish Roman cathoiicks to re-
main in Portugal batteries were erect
ing on the banks of the Tagus. and the gar
rison at fort St. Julien had been reinforced by
1000 men. It is said that one of the ships
lately freighted from Oporto to this country.
having by some accident been obliged to leave
the convoy and return, the cargo was confis-
Gated, and Immediately sold, on the ground
that it was British property. This vessel was
Portuguese. Some ships laden with butter
N
found that their cargoes were Portuguese
property.
Projected Commercial Revolution
The following outline is furnished by a
gentleman who lately came from France,
where he enjoyed the privileges of Ameri-
can citizenship. and was in habits of intima-
CIV with some of the persons attached to the
government. The plan appears romantic in
the extreme, and we may hope will prove
impracticable--
"The king of Sweden is to be compelled,
on pain Of forfeiture of his crown, tn Join the
continental confederation. No more naval
stores are to be permitted to come to this
country from the North, and we are to have
mo peace but such as shall anbihilatc
Jour maritime greatDess.-For this end Anne
Priean ships well as British are to be ex-
clnded from every port of the continent; no
|Produce from either Of those countries, nor
from the West-1nties, is to be received in
Tanv port belonging to France, or in alliance
with her.--Those countries are to trade with
each other, and to exclude the rest of the
world ; they are to form grand commerce.
81 confederation, extending from the ex-
ftrcmes of Europe to Asia, and uniting the
frozen regions Of Norway and Lapland with
the East Indies. This trade is to be carried
on internally, bv means Of great roads and
canals, and round the coasts by small vessels,
protected by guns and batteries placed on
advantageous situations
" Gjbrs.ltar is tn be taken from us, and an
armv OF COCO Frcreh and Russians are to
aid the native princes " driving us out of the
continent of India. This being accomplish
ed, the lucrative commerce of the East is in
future 10 fow through Persia, Turkey, Rus
sia, AID France, and from thence into the
other etaas # Europe. A canal (as these
people pre.epal is to be dug for the purpose
o. connecting The Euphrates with the river
% PAca ants 1T some place in America,
Whtre the are sid to be very near each o.
faer eF inch means the ancient convey
once Of mere nfize from India. along these
rivers into the Black Sea, will be restored.
ard We Danube and the Don will there re-
Cetve tbcm, and convey them into the interi-
cE o Germany and Russia. The Danube is
likewise tobe connected in four different pla-
cs- With the Elbe, the Maine, the Nccker,
and tae Kline consequently with the rivers
qua canals both in the north and south Of
France. Venice is TO recover the CONNER
cal sp!endolr she possessed when the
Vealth Of the east flowed into her port BY the
1,-]>T7 mel aforementioned.
/" Napoleon, it is said, has promised the
king Of Yves phalia, that he will shortly see
ba'es % India goods transported from Bassora
toHanonrgh, by inland navigation: and the
manufactures of Europe areto find their way