The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-18
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PHILADELPHIA, January 10.
LZTEST FROM EUROPE.

Arrived this. morning, ship Minerva Smyth, cap.
tain Pastorious, from Liverpool. 40 days. Pas
sessers, Messrs. ]. X. Coates, J Smith, Il Lew
is, j. Hastings, ]. Hughes, capt. Reynolds, capt.
Frailey, j. Massey, N. Lawrence, l. Goodwin,
J. Tucker and lady.
BY the ship Minerva Smy,l,, we have received
London papers to the Oath of November. being
6days the iatest from which we make the fol.
lowing extracts. The papers do not mention the
arrival of ErskiAe.
Nothing appears in the English papers relative
10 American affairs The Minerva Smyth has
dispatches on board from Mr.. Pinkney.-PhH.
Gazette. t
LONDON, Nov. Give continue to-day our
extracts from the French papers-The Monitc,r
preserves sullen silence upon most of the e
vents that are passing on the continent; contin-
ING itselfto the governmental DEGREES relative to
the interior police, and to the fetes and amusc-
ments OF Fontainbleau If Bonsparte be capable
of taking the vigorous exercise lie is stated 10 be
in the daily habit Of taking, all the accounts res
pecting his indisposition muat be uniounted-
Therei nothing certainly in his acts that betrays
either imbecili'y OF mind or weakness of body.
The speculation that was founded upon the cir
cumstance of his not going to Paris, fades away
before the assertionin the papers, that he is 20
fix his residence there on the 10Th. Fortain.
bcau, however, will previously see within its
walls strange mixture Of legitimate soyeregns
and usurpers. There will be Bonaparte and
most of the members Of his fami!y--the King of
Saxony and Bavaria--the Princess of sayony and
the King and Queen of Westphalia--the King
and Queen of Naples, the yiceroy of italy and
his wife, the princess of Bavaria, the Queen of
Holland, never suffered, for reasons best knoqsa 90
Bonaparte, to live with her husband the Duke
OF Baden, and other princes of minor note
The peace with France, we can easily sec bv
an article from Vienna,is not ally popular in
the Austrian capital-The terms o. it, however,
are executing as speedily as possble--Grcat part
OF the French army is to remain in Germany, &
the head quarters are to be at Pass.u-The ar.
engagements stipulated in tile treaty of peace, or
growing out oft, are developing themselves dai.
ly-It was not to be supposed that Prussia, redu-
ced as she is, would be permitted to remain in
S.aiu quo /; she is TO code Manel to Russia in
exchange as it is said, for something else, which
we may be sure will be Of less, perhaps of no
value. We remark that the payments to France
have been Tor some time suspended. One oftllc
Rhenish Princes who has displayed the greatest
attachments to- France, is to be rewarded with
part Of Hanoyer-Is this the Grand Duke of
Wurtsburgh or the king of Wirtemberg most
probably the latter. Bonapartc would feel gra-
titled by making the husband of the king of Eng
lands daughter accept part of the hereditary do
minions OF her father.
After he las opened the Senate on the LIST Of
next month, and exhibited and danced his puppets
of Kings before the eyes of the gaping Parisians,
he will set out for Spain, where preparations have
already been made for his reception" If YOU
don't like my brother, you shall have me-" he said
once IN his rage to the Spaniards-" 1t you are
dissatisfied with the Log you shall have the
stork shall not be surprised to see him
push Joseph from his seat, and declare himself
king of Spain. He can easily find kingdom for
his brother elsewhere-perliars the kingdom of
Illyria.
Switzerland, we infer, is to be made to feel his
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conduct of some ofthe inhabitants Of that country
towards the Tyrolese, and he has demanded
prompt and ample satisfaction--This displea sure
and the sternness ofthe demand accompanying
II are gloomy omcns for Switzerland--Eut it was
not to be supposed that he would leave that coun
try even the shadow Of Independence,
Z Two events are announced in these French "a
pers, which we should be glad to find incorrect
~ announced.-The capture of InspruclS by the
Bavasians, and the defeat of General Blake by
Suchet. The latter had $4,000 men, and his
loss IS stated to have been nearly third of his
army OF See BaLti7nore head
LONDON, Nov. % An account is said to
have been received from Cadz, that Marquis
wellesley had prevailed Npon the Supreme Iunta
TO allow Ceuta to be garrisoncd by British
force Ceuta is a seaport promontory, on the
coast OF Africa, opposite Gibraltar, from which
IL is nor d,Stant above hive leagues. While we
possess Gibraltar, we arr not aware Of any preat
use to be derived from the occupation of Ceuta.
The letters by thelast Gottenburg mail contain
some satist ctory information respecting the dis
position OF the Swedish government towards this
country. Notwithstanding the article in the trea
" with Russia, which stipulates the exclusion of
British vessels from the Swedish ports. the PACK
cts, we understand, will be allowed to enter
Gottenburg as before. As there was every an.
Pearance OF an early winter, the trade was pre.
pairing to leave the Baltic as soon az possible
S'r James Ssumarez was expected to sail
about the beginning of December with the last
convoy.
LoNpoE, Nov 24-Letters were Yesterday
received from Holland, to the date Of the 1.ilb
inst. They mention the circumstances of he
late action in the Mediterranean, nearly in The
same terms in which it has been before stated.
and they supply us with some additional particu.
lars. They observe, THAT although the entire ma
val armament OF the enemy in Toulon left that
10 protect the convoy to its destination the
whole ct the fleet not in the action, the
principal part having returned TO port, after pro-
ceeGing short distance, and discovering no en-.
envy. One Oh these letters states further that the
transports wci~ IS in number that more than
bait OF them were ia en- by the British, and that
the rest having dispersed, were pursued in ynri.
Gus directions.
The accounts from Wsicheren, the arrival of
which We mentioned yesterday, are TO Monday
last. The evacuation of the island was tie prin
clpal subject OF conversation, but nothing certain
VAS known respecting it. a letter, dated Flush
ing tie l9jh says :
According 10 the information had received
that we were going to eyacuate the Island.
waited upon general Don, who thought could
inform me as TO the fact (; but was disappointed.
Tor his answer that he did not as yet Know the
intentions Of govcrnmcnt"