The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-08-10
IMPORTANT.


A report prevailed al II alifax on the Esd, that
the British government had comm, nicatsd the
form of a new treaty to the American cabinet,
which had been rejt cted and this report was
considered corroboraietl by the sailing of the
Packe, direct from New York to England, with.
out touching at Halifax usual at this season.
xtyac. Of letter from liverpool to a srerrhan.
IN Boston, dated 1use
&C. The present is to mention that bill is now
before parliament for increasing the duties on
foreign timber We annex extract of letter
from our gent on the subject, and we.are of o.
pnon, it will be found accurate as to the ntenti-
ems Of the government
understand it is intended that the duty on
deals, deal ends, deal battens, boards and ok
pipuks, Is not to take place until the Sis, De-
cember, 1911 but balks, baiten ends lap
boards, oak boards, pailing boards, pipe boards,
wainscot boards, fire wood, fir quarter, and
spikes, lath wood, masts, yards, bowsprits, oars
spars, slaves, fir timber, oak timber, uiers and
wanscot logs, understand, the duty is TO COM
mence on the 30th September next.
sXsrGcf of letter from gentleman at Stoc&-
hoiass Ssreaen) 10 his JJiend in Salem, dared
May IS.
=" The people here appear to be satisfied with
The government, and Gus,avus w is now
exile IN Switzerland, where it is said he en-.
1bs external appear of tranquility, tbeI c rs
still discomfort III the court for the Crown Prince
has three times discovered an attempt to poison
him but he IS determined to brave out the storm
fHe is since off,
There will be no hostili;ies between Eng
land and Sweden this year The French minis
ter for Sweden has taken leave of Bonaparte, &
Is expected here daily, when it is thought the
British minister will have TO quit.
Z" Private letters from Russia say, that discon
tent reigns there among the lower class of peo-
pie, and government has doubled the duties on
imports and exports. If general peace does
not take place this summer. Russia and France
will probably be at swords points
:" The duty, however, is not TO attach on deals
above seven inches wide, and eight feet long not
exceeding 1 / 4 inch iii thickness; nor on fir,
being 8 inches square, no' exceeding ;tn i;.ches
beng the growth of NorWsy; nor wood, the
produce of Africa
8. The act to continue until six months after
treaty of peace, and TO be exactly twice the a.
mount OF the present duty"
Axt-acf Of letter f'on gentleman in liverpool,
to naercdnHe IN IN tie same city, dated
.JllEe 9.
In reply TO your note, left late last night at
any mouse, the information have concerning the
double duty on timber, had yesterday from Mr.
Backburne, NJ p. SIS follows:
That the duty on Oak Timber, Of all sorts,
FIR, and all other sorts, in Jan. after, (say 1912
On which MIR Blackburne justly remarks that
the next session will give sufficient time to
counteract both.
1t appears to me, that government have gone
700 far to vsthdra w the bill in toto. That on re
ceiving the seveTa memorials, the ministers
found they were wrong in the measure partially
represented to them, by interested spectators,
and that by putting the dates at the above dis
tances, they have rendered the bill harmless
without Withdrawing IT 3"
LONDON, June 9.
A gentleman who has just arrived from
Paris informs Us that the new Empress of
france having signified wish that her un
fortunate predecessor IN the affections of 30
Daparte should not retain the same imperial
title she had herself received, Napoleon,
with his own hand erased from the Register,
the rank asCribed TO the repudiated Empress,
ard degraded her to the station Of Prin
cess If one Of the States of Italy, to which
she is now ordered to retire.
The pregnancy of Bonsparte's Empress,
according to letters from Ostend of tue 4.h,
has teen officially announced.
June 19.
a French General and his black servant
came out Of Bouiogne in an open boat early
oil Monday morning. and were picked up by
one of our IN n Of war, and carried into the
Downs TO the Admiral, who sent them TO
Dover to our agent for prisoners The Ge-
neral is at present at the ship Inn, at Do
yer. It is said that his name is Scru
rier Nothing is yet known OF the cause of
his quitting France.
The dismissal OF Fouche (now called Duke
o. Onanto) the Fiehch Minister Of Police
has excited considerable surprise That he
is in disgrace, is rendered evident by the
Paris papers, Napoleon having sent him
Very caVslierly to Rome with the title of Co
vernon, and having appointed the Duke Of
Ro,ig2 (Savary,) his successor, as Minister
of p lice but the cause Of the quarrel does
bot appear. Foucbe, IN his answer TO Ma