The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-17

Asia, America and Africa shall. ne inter.
aicted 10 the continent ut Eurcre. VIII that
interd;ction diminish the power of Napole
on and his tributary Emperors and Kings !
The hope is vain England has always been
1ormdaolc--and is now more capable of de
Tending herself against any effort that NAV
De made by Napoleon, than she was in the
rsign ct Elizabeth. The power and militia
~ reputation of Spain at tina. period bore a
strong resemblance to that Of France at this
moment. Nothing so certainly tends to con-
soiidate, invigora;e and extend the power of
France az war, and nothing would So Certain
By dispose her people to a permanent peace
as ships, colonies and commerce..
The intelligence received from Lord We'll
Engton, contains no information of which
We were nut before possessed. He was at
Deleitera on the 9Th. 1t is the opinion of
well informed persons, that if he has the
good fortune to conduct the British army to a
point of embarkation, his talents will be
more sconspicuously displayed than in any
former action OF his life The Spaniatls are
rootedly averse to the presence of a British
army in Spain. This is AN important fact.
OF which we have not the smallest doubt
The Spaniards are jealous of our presence
in Spain-and, the appomtnent of Lord
Wellington, as Generaiissimo, has finally
ruiaed the cause the S;anards are no
longer unanimous they are divided people.
Ii is at length discovered that .he Exped.
tion was undertaken on erroneous nfor!na
ton $50 far from the Butch receiving ms
with open arms, as the City Neg Giant, who
furnishes Ministers with that futile intell: =
gence, led them to be!iev>, the Dutch hate
with the spirit of an envious rival !; our
commerce has risen on the ruins of that of
Holland, once pre- eminent. We have des
troyed their navy, captured their colonies
ruhied their trade-aud cxpecr TO be receiv
cd with open arms We boosted ofwhat
could be effected by commerce. France
saw IT (; all Europe saw it and the Cont
Dent of Europe determined to- have manu-
fictures and commerce. There is room
enough for all We have capital, expe-
rlence, ingenuity and industry, and may have
happiness and comfort by peace-inevitable,
Sertain misery by war.
The German papers contain no positive
information of peace-but that event is put
beyond all doubt The French troops mum
date, and will now ultimately subiugate
Spain. Turkey is doomed to fall, and a
conjoint effort of France and Russia is GER
iainiy meditating against India. That the
destruction OF our monopoly in Asia is the
-interes, of all Europe, we think no one will
be found sufficiently hardy to deny
Tothe list of European Monarchs is to be
added Alexander Berthier, who, from Primes
of Neufchatel, it appears, is destined by Ma
Poleon To reign over the countr"nen of Will
liam Tell and the once free Republicans of
Holland and OF Switz- rland, may now ex
claim
Iempora mutantur ct nos uutamur in ills
England herself now stands upon a precipice,
more imminently dangerous than any to the
brins OF which she has ever yet been driven
by her Minister, or by her passions --antl
nothing but che voice of the peaple-loudly,
arresistlbly expressed, can save her
In thus avowlng our sentiments IN the re
al state OF England, we have abstained from
naming Ministers The change of Minis
tersNe deem utterly upimportant The pre-
sent are. perhsps, good as those who
might succeed hem unde; The present sys-
tem-for it's by a total change o. SYSTEM
and public sentiment that England can
alone be saved
1t was reported in the city Yesterday. that
Gcvernment had acceded TO a proposition
from France and Austria, to send an Ambas
sador to Congress, to be held for the pur
pose OF negotiating general peace. Lord
st. Heien's was said to be actually nominal
ed for this purpose. The report excited a
considerable sensation in the city, and per-
haps had It's origin in some stock jobbiny
speculation.
4 most improbable rumcr is current ON
the Continent, that the Archduke Charles
was tob engaged on a mission to Alexander
TO apPrise that Potentate of the danger of his
situation, from his subservience to Bona
parte, and of the necessity of his joining in
the common cause Of Germany, to resist the
entertainments of Napoleon, who was en-
acavoring to extend his empire from the
White Sea to the Eastern shores of the Med
Iterranean.
GERMAN PAPERS.
LEYDkN, Aug 9.-The French feet,
which had taken aposition under Fort Lilo,
has partly ascended the Scheldt as high as