The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-01

ieAsth To which the negotiation was pro.
trac'e'l. we anticipate more favorable terms
for Austria. than is generally believed to
have been granted.
Extracts from Portuguese papers, and
Gibraltar Chronicle, will be found in ano-
tier part of our paper. The Span,ards, as
We stated yesterday. appear confident Of
succcss--that our Ministers are not equally
SO, the following extract from one of their
hireiiug ORGANS the Morning Post OF this day,
cvidcu.ly SIC VS.
=. Some spanish and Portuguese papers
have also come to hand. Their contents are
in general OF favorable complexion but
the peace between Austria and France will.
doubtless, soon enable Bonapartc to give an
entire change OF aspect to the affairs ct
Spain. It's cause, we fear, is now hopeless
Prom the Gibraltar Chronicle
Treui, Seht. 2-Thc unhappy inhabitants
of Saragossa, who have survived the most
dreadful siege, and the most destructive
epidemy, are now undergoing a treatment
scarcely less hard than death itself. After
so many calamities, the barbarous Suchet
has levied upon them exorbitant cont.ibu-
tions. and allowed the soldiers to cut down
the corn before it was ripe, to feed their
horses, without being moved by the tears of
the unfortunate widows and orphans. To
this are added many other veXatious, one
OF which Is, that no one upwards of Il years
old, can go about the streets without a per
nit for that purpose, for which he must
pay.
CIudad Rioga, Sent. 1.-Two members of
the Beard of Old Castle, who are just arr-
we'd here, state that there are 1000 French.
m,.n in Burgos, but that in Burgo dc Osma
Granada, and the adjoining towns, they have
only few detachments of cavalry and in
fantry. Ney's division is stationed between
Salamanca and Toro.
The terms OF the peace have not transpi.
red; Government, however, are said to be
in possession of them, and confess that they
are extremely humiliating to Austria
y report was mentioned in some Of the
papers Of yesterday, that sc Marquis of
Wellesley had received instructions to pro
coed to Paris toopen negotiation with Bo-
napartc. IL is hardly necessary to state to
our readers, that the report is wholly UNI
founded.
Mr.. Torke succeeds to the office of Secre-
tary at War, in the room of Lord Grenvilie
Levison Cover. He will of course, have
seat in the Cabinet.-Mr. Yorkc filed vie
Office of Secretary at War before, under the
Addington administration, prior to his beco-
ming Secretary of State.
Parliament was yesterday further pro
rosued from the Cd of November to the be.
ginning of December.
The whole of the Spanish and French
ships at Ferrol and Corunna have. it is sap
posed by this time, reached Cadiz.
The Paris papers state, hat relays ofhor.
ses for the Emperor were ready at Munich
on the lstinst and it was expected that he
%ouil leave Schoenbrunn on the Sd or 4th.
on hs return to Paris.
large naval force is now preparing at
Portsmouth To sail TO the Black Sea, to Co
operate til the Turks against the Rms
slams. The following are among the ships
mentioned to proceed on this service; Nep-
time, 90; Kent, "a; Eepulse, II; War
spite, "a; Sceptre, Victorious, Dancmark
Alfred and Ia Loire frigates
Nj Kay, the messenger has arrived with
important dispatches from Mr. Adair. his
maies'y's ambassador at the Sublime Porte.
He came to Plymouth in the Intelligen, gun
brig, last from Malta and Gibraltar.
Letter cfMe Minister IF Foreign affairs
Of France, NJ. Chamhqgny, 10 General
.ArmstronS, Minister efthe U. States at
Paris:
"ALTENBuRc, Aug. 22.-SfR-FIis Ma,
jesty understanding thatyou are about to dis
patch ship to the U. States, commands
me to make known to you the unalterable
principles which have and will regulate his
conduce in the great question respecting
neutrals.
raace admits The principle, that She
hagProtects trade. The trading vessel which
carries the license of it's government. NAV
DE considered as moving colony: to insult
such vessel by search, pursuit, or any act
OF arbitrary power. is n violation of the fun
fdamental law OF colonization, and is an at
TACK upon the government of the same. The
seas belong to every nation, without excep
ton; they are the common properly and the
dom'iu of all mankind.
' Consis emily with this doctrine, Mer-
Chant vessels belonging to ind viduals may
pass by inheritance to persons who never
exposed themselves to be made prisoners of
war Ia all her conquestS, France has con-
s!uered sacred private property. deposited
In the warehouses of the vanoushed state.
and such have had the complete disposal Of
matters OF trade; and at this moment con
Noys by land Of merchandise, and especially
co,tons, are passing through the French ar
my and Austria, TO proceed to the destinati-
M commerce directs II France had seized
me monopoly OF the seas. she would have
accumulated in her territory all the pro-
ducts II the earth, ard she would have OH
famed immA asurable wealth
q" Undoubtedly, if England had the tlomi
nion OF land, which she has acquired ON the
ocean, her acqui2itinns would have been e.
q9aiiy enof!noas. She would as in the times
4 oarDS"lsm, nave so'd The conguered and
distributed them as siaves Throughout her
land. Inc ararice of trade wouid have All.
sorbsd every thing, and the Government Of
IN enlightened nation, which has brought