The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-07

who formed the administration when his
was last i'm mower. His lordship
had also communications with the remain
ing members of the present cabinet.
The resplt Of these conferences Cannot be
known with certainty till those. interested
shall have come to some deterrr inaton on
,hc snbject-or rather till etiquette shall per
nit disclosure to be made; hut judging
| from circumstances known. the general i'm
preston seems to be, that lord GrenviiIe &
his friends will not coalesce with the presen,
| ministers.
The letter sent by Mr.. Pcrcsvai to lords
Grenville and Grey, had for its object to in
vie, these noble lords to give their aid in
forming with the present ministers an effici-
| eTt administrator Sn far was written as
a personal communication from Mr.. PIERCE
tval. ~ at less, might be so conceived. But
Il concluded with an expression that "Mr.
| Perc eral had his nsjesty's comm and to make
The same communication to earl Grey, and
| vice Dersa"
| The one noble lord. interpreting the mes
sage as coming from tn. king. conceived
himself bound from, proper respect "a his So.
vercign to hasten immediately to town; the
other. rs properly gave his opinion b, letter
upon what ne conceived to be an offer nf co
operation. made only bv the chancellor of
the exchequer. This we believe will be
found to be the true Cause of the q ffcrent
conduct adopted by the noble lords; there
can however, we presum--be but little
doubt that lord Grey will be in town short
Ily
The note which Lord Grenviile Dispatch
\ ed from his seat in Cornwall, in answer TO
! he intimation transmitted bv MIR Percival,
| and which was receiv, on Thursday morn
| ing, was nearly as fc'-,ws:
| His lordship acknowledged the receipt
of the letter, and understanding i: 70 be an
| official communication of his Maiesty's
commands, declared his c~adiness, as in
dnty bound imme diately II attend in Lon
don.
| But his lordship desired 20 defer all dis
cusSion Of the subjects noticed until after his
arrival in town"
At an early hour Yesterday morning lord
Grenville Informed Mr. Perce"al Of bis ar
rival in town in a note, of which the follow
ling is reported to be the substance. ',..
That his lordship took the earliest op
portunity Of acquainting Mr.. Percival with
his arrival. and Of communicating his senti-
ments pf the intim ton which he receive Il
| in the country, and which he begged might
ne laid in the most dutiful manner on his
part bsfore his Majesty. ,..
That in declining to unite with his ma
ljesty's present ministers, he was not actuatc d
by any motives of personal hostility, but he
fel: convinced, that in joining his Majes,y's
Councils in the present crisis, he could be
OF no real service 10 his country.
| That with him it had uniformly been
a chief object to soothe rather than foment
political animosities. which system he tho't
at this momeut more particularly expedient
] than ever.
He therefore begged that his sentiments
might be dutifully communicated to his ia
jes'y, with firm assurance that his zeal
should be unremittingiy (.henever there APP
peared prospect Of its being successfully
exeried in his majesty's service"
Of Course lord Grenvii,e's letter was lad
before his majesty, but il would be presump
ton in us TO pretend to state what passed on
the occasion.
| We have reason to believe. that one DOW
erful and insurmountabe objection in the
minds Of the noble lords to comply with the
request thai has oeen made To them, for ad
vice and assistance jim extending and corn
bining an administration" adequate to the
| eXigenCies of the present crisis arises from
a conviction that the country cannot he ben
Gifted by such expeditions and projects as
have for some tine been c.rtying on In
this Conviction we believe they will not be
found singular: indeed we can hardly douot
that those whoprnmoted them are now pref
| " N'uCn OF tne same NINA ana confident
we are that a great msjnrity of the publ
| even of those who clanored for such mea-
| Sures. have had their eve. opened not only to
the inutilty. but to The mischief of persisting
| in such measures
Whoever NAV form the administration
| when once it is arranged, We have no hssita
! ton lii asserting, must pursue very differ
ent system from shat which has been fol-
lowed for MANY years, if they hope 70 make
the country finally triumph over the dangers
/ with which II is threatened
I Those who have been in the habit of read
| ing the Srar, we are sure will nnt impute to
us malignant motives, IN stating 4 cnnvistion
| which with Us is not new. but has invariably
Pc vaded our columns for years We have
| been uniform in our sentiments, that we
ought not 10 waste our own brave but limited
population. in fighting he battles oftfe Con
tnent. Nay more that to do SO is TO DESTROY
and annihilate the last hopes of the very
people who nov grOaD under the oppression
of the tyrant who has leveiIed their insttu-
tions and liberties in the lnst
'sord Grerviile's interview with the Prince
! of Wales was at Carlton House. 30 carly as
nine O'Clock Yesterday morning, * continued
for nearly two hours Mr.. Sheridan hal
afterwards a very long audience of his Royal
Highness and in lie course Of the morning
the Prince also saw his royal brothers the
dukes of Clarence and cumberland, and
his Serene Highness the Duke Df Brunswick.
FRANCE AND AUSTRIA,
In the Star of Thurs we mentioned that
a report had been received bv the Auckland
packet from Gottenburgh, that ostli,ies
in ad bso 4 ,v.o,, 4 ,,.,.;, &,