The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-27

President has right to say, that ne wiz not &C
tknoyyledge the credentials of foreign agent, but
safely 'e will not do it, on the mere ground, that
there - particular man, who holds subordi.
nate post m the foreign government, The =. u S.
has already powers enough--It is for Congress
Charged with the powers Of making peace and de
staring sray-to calculate the chances of peace s,
war; hy the composition Of foreign mini ters aud
shape tho helm accordingly
+ The WRITER perhaps dees Not 20 Gar enough. as
to his views OF the interests which Eng Land may
have IN the new Spanish Minister, Should we,
,eceice .h'",-she hopes, perhaps. that We shall
he at war with Fran e. But should WE. refuse
/ him, why then, wha. Glamour may he raised a.
gainst us in the Spsnish coones--what heart
burn,gs by a little .dexteroIs manag
| haps our trade checked in their 6ort!-and then
England at once sypesbs thc piatterH The Reeeat
| 1t tie keeps his ground long enough, may give
the wsrd FOR opening the ports to- the English
winch the Jtrta have JUST shut--pcrliaps for this
very purpose Mean time, they will not ne fuse
to give licenses 10 their friends, the British
The policy OF our government has evidently
bsen, to be on good Terms with ull the ports OF
! S. America. Or else, why have they sent the son
, OF gen Sumptsr, as cur minister to Brazil?
+, Extracts from Londm prints 20 the 9th
sep. are full OF interest. Performances Of
peace between Bonaparte and Francis have
been probably sealed The terms (menti
onetD are such as we had expected fgom the
Armistice-Francis to be, stripped of Aus
sria--and Confined, ar hresent, to his re-
naming hereditary provinces Of Hungary.
Bohemia and Moravia. -Bonaparte ACQUIRES
the title Of .drchdake Of .fusiria.
Russian armies are ssid TO he advancing
from Gallicis into Turkey. We pant to see the
ruins of Sparta and of Athens freed from the
impure feet Of the Turks.
+ The grand object of the Expedition to
Zealand has been at length officially aban
doned- $4,000 troops are to be left for the
defence of Flushing, but the island OF Cad
send is near enough for the French to .take
IT. Then, the bubble will have completely
burst.
This Expedition fares the same fate with
almost the rest of them. They begin in pro-
misses and end in Court martial 1t s thus
that the ministry will contrive "a divert the
consequences of their own ignorance upon
their officers at all events, time is gained
upon the public The force of popular re
sentiment is broken-and Mr.. Canning con
trlvas to escape for the moment, because John
Bull does not know the real offender
1t is astonishing, what ignorance has been
shown in all thesoplans of Expeditions
wellesley Is starved because they were jgno
rant of tt> spirit of tho Junta. as if Sir J.
Msore's letter were not before ,them-Thc
Dutch were tobe ready tor revolt. The minis
try is grossly mlsinforned, about the fortifica-
tons of Antwerp.
The same farce of court marsh al per
haps will be repeated on Gen. Stuart in ST
cily-and Wellesley, if ever he escapes in
Spain.
The Zealand Expedition r said to be
bound to some new point--to Cadiz-Bou-
lognc-to the rexel-or to the D.
John Bull had better advertise for men as
his ministers, who knosu a little more of the
state OF the continent--and the world.
Will there be an effort for peace-koz,
will the MINI, or England herself now
standt-These are the Questions of the mo
ment.
TO IKE EDITOR OF THE HNourREa
SIR,
/ m told, that, report is current, and ac-
tualy believed, that the Nut.lai Assurance So.
ciety OF Virginia, have not paid for losses of pro.
perry insured i'll their Ofice.-Through your pa
per, requ st permission to present to tn. Pub
lie, statement Of the payments which, have
been made, for Buildings insured in this Oftics
and afterwards consum d by Fire.
There was paid to lnsur ,
ed Sufferers in the year. 1877 sl's'' g.