The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-23

Ject OF the Journey of the Elk King of Sw eden
10 Berlin, was procure the succession for.
his son. the Prince Gustavus; bu, he recei
we'd no encouragement.--kiDg Louis Of
Holland was SO i'll at roplitz, in the early
part of the present month, as to be confined
to his CT, amber The Dutch Vice Admiral
Bloys Van rreislong, accompanied his Ma
jesty to Toplitz, aud remained there on the
18th inst.
The St. Petersburgh Court Gazette con.
tains an account OF some actions between
the Turks and Russians. before Schumla, in
the latter end of June.
An article III the Swedish papers, dated
Gottenburgh, 2Oth Aug. says
Intelligence mas been received here that
the Prince OF Ponte Corvo [Bernadot.e)
has been elected Crown Prince"
We have received Paris papers to the
.21st inst. The MoDiteur of tue Goth Con.
xans TWO DEGREES of Bonaparte. relative to
the formation Of Council of Marine. to
assist the Minister at the head of that de-.
Partment.
We have received New-York papers TO
the 9TH instant. The contents are not i'm
portant.
The Elizabeth Cartel arrived on Tues.
day at Dartmouth, from Morlaix, with two
American Gentlemen, charged with dis.
patches from Gen. Armstrong to Mr., Pink
hey.
August 3t.-There is to be but one
News paper in every department in France,
the Seine excepted-and it is to be un-
der the orders of tie Project. Great free
oom OF discussion, OF course, may be expec
ted.
Some important commercial information
was Yesterday received from The coast of
France, in letters dated the Goth inst They
msntion that the ports of depot or ports
into which importa ion is to BE permitted.
are limited, by an order of Boraparte; to
flve: namely, Ostend Rouen Rochelle.
Nantes and Bordeaux. Ten licences were
known TO have been Issued for The admit
tancei OF vessels into these ports: but On the
condition that their return carsoes consist
of half wines or brandies. The neg licen
ces, in addition to the articles allowed to be
Imported by the old, extend this privilege
also TO all kinds of indigo, cochineal, nut.
megs, cloves and cinnamon. Sugar and cot
fee will be objects of particular licences =
the advantages resulting from he importa.
tion OF which, will, it is supposed, be ex
clusively conferred on the United States. in
case OF an arrangement with that govern
ment he Commissary at Ostend was lately
arrested and conveyed TO Paris, ON an accu
sation that he had Afforded too much facility
to trade. .l 80
Another Decree has been Issued by ,be
Danish government for the purpose Of pIa
cling additional letters upon commerce. -
The following are extracts from our Swedish
Ietters
"GoTTENsURG, Aug. 30.
"About 1000 French have left Hamburger
to march to Stralsund. Ii is thought that
this measure is owing to orders received
from the Emperor of France. that snch
force shall attend the election of new rown
Prince of Sweden
Another letter assigns different occupa-
fion for these troops ,s.:
GoTTEEsURG, Aug 90
Z" The 1000 men advancing upon Stralsund
from Hamburger, are gone for the express
purpose of seiSing all the English property
an the former" 4. 49,
BY vessel which reached Falmouth
from New-York, after the short passage of
10 days. we have letters and papers from
the United States to the date of the f1th
inst 1t is said in the Journals, hat the e.:
me,1can Government had rejected Treaty
which had been for some time negotiating
between Mr. Pinkney and the Marquis WEI,
lesley.
HAMBURoH, Aug. 8 Since the union of
Holland, the magazines of HelgoIand lind no
longer any vent, and are quite chosked up
The quantity of merchandise which is lost is in
conceivable. Every moment we see new ma.
gaines formed, but all are full and most of the
bales remain unpacked. This example is sineu
1ar, and shews to what degree the distress OF I'm
gland extends. Under this point Of view il can
not be doubted but that the union Of Holland is
a terrible blow to the commerce of England C
1T remains To be asked, why that measure has
Been so long delayed Ii is evident that if Hol
Sand had been formerly united, England would
pave sooner experienced the horrible crisis in
which her commerce is now placed Bankrup,
cies succeed each other in London Her ex.
HDanRc loses Az cent. and her nonk panar
mas ceased TO possess the character proper to that
RInd oil paper 1t is now only paper money,
which 10 every day further discredited
Twenty vessels of war, with 600 merchant
znen have entered the Baltic, having no other
object than to smuggle and deposit the carpoes
Dt these ships on tie Continent. The Danes
haye captured so, the cargoes Of which are es
almsted at 20 millions The Russians have COZ,
1iscated So These vessels sail under false CO.
iors, they have false papers, false destins
sIons, and false French licences they call them
selves Americans, Spanards and Hamburgers
they have even false certificates of orig,i from
French COn5tis. They stick at nothing: but ali
tiiIs only succeeds in part and it, as is retorted
Russ;s carefully interdicts the entrance of colo
nial produce, and II French troops OCCUPY
MaclenbTrg. where B6Eiish merchandise has 90
good a market, and where THE contraband trade
rs carried with such activity, English com
merce will experience by these measures new
obstacles.
The Wagram priyatesr has just been captur.
ed BY the Englis': in the port OF Straisund. This
circum stance will prove still more fatal to their