The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-09-06

OF FRANCIS Isl and Leo y against
which, the church. the university and the
sovereign courts have so long contendcd, aud
which led the writer's on public law and
OF those times to say that tn 6
king and pope had mutually yielded TO one
another what did not belong to either
Henceforth il is to the deliberations of the
Council OF Paris that the state of episcopacy
which will have so much influence C.
ven on that Of religion, is attached.
AS for the rest, if other divisions have
existed between the emperor and the tenn
peral sovereign of Rome, there has not ex-
isted any between the Emperor and the
Pope, as the chief ofrelgion, and there is no.
thing that can excite the least uneasiness in
the most timorous souls.
JUDICIARY.
Civil justice had been separated from cri-
minal justice the magistrates pursued
crimes only when these were pointed out by
the police. The last code that you have
adopted, has reunited civil and criminal jus.
use 1t has Instituted imperial courts in
vested with the right of pursuing and &C.
cusing and has armed them with the neces-
sary force TO cause the laws to be execu
ted. f,.>
The maintenance and perfection of the ju-
ry, the conformation of witnesses and the
publicity OF the trials have brought together
tenn.
In nominating to the different Offices II.
M. has sought the members that YET re-
manned OF the former Parliaments, and whose
age and knowledge qualify them for en-
Pioy ment In the imperial courts /; he has
| called them TO it of his own accord, thus gi-
wing proof of his constant desire to see the
French forget their former quarrels, and
finish to blend themselve il" the only inter-
| est OF their county and of the throne .
ltere follow the paragraphs on admins
tration, public instruction, arts and sci
ences, public works. Notifications, har
bors, canals, roads and works of Paris,
| which will be given in our next.]
..- MARINE,
| We have lost Gaudaloupe and the Isle of
| FRANCE. The wish to assist those colonies
was not SO great as to cause us to risk our
meets in their relative inferior state. Since
| the reunion of Holland, that country has
| furnished Us with ten thousand sailors and
Thirteen ships OF the line We have con
siderable fleets, in the Scheldt, g. at roulon
DIVISIONS of ships of the line, more or less
strong, lie in our different ports and fifteen
ships IN the docks of Antwerp. Every thing
is arranged so as TO add each year a greet
number OF vessels Ofwar to oar fleet of the
Scheldt. Two ships of the line are build
ing at Cherbourg, and the supplies of tim
Der and materials of every sort are so plen-
tiful In that port, that we may have five
more on the stocks before the close of the
year 1871. L'Orient, Rochefort, Toulon,
nave all their docks occupied. Numerous
vessels are building at Venice. According
to treaty, Naples was this year to have six
ships OF the line and six frisates That
Kingdom has not fulfilled this engagement
lhe government of that country will be con
vinced OF the necessity of repairing that fai-
lure. Our resources. our interior navigati.
on are sufficient to raise the material part
OF our navy. in few years, to the same de-
gree ofelevation. as that of our enemies
Our experiments on the maritime con
scrlpton have succeeded the young men
OF 40 IL and 20 years of age, put on board
OF our ships, show the best disposition. and
are rapidly Progressing. The frequent ex-
| curslons OF our fleets, the coasting navigate
on, the evolutions of our squadrons and 40
tillas in the Zuyder Zee, the Scheldt. and
our roads, have SO far improved our young
eonscriPts, as to excite the highest hopes.
WAR.
In one year, the greatest part of the strong
est places In Spain have been taken, after
sleges which do honor to the genius and
artillery of the French armies. More
than two hundred standards, eighty thou
sand prisoners, and hundreds of pieces of
cannon, have been taken from the Spaniards
in several pitched battles. This war was
drawing to close, when England departing
from her accustomed policy, took the lead
In the held. 1t is easy to foresee the result
OF this struggle, and to comprehend all its
consequences on the destinies of the world.
The population of England, insufficient, tor
the occupation of the two Indies. America
and many establishments in the Mediterra-
mean; insufficient for the defence of Ire
iand and her own coasts; for her garrisons
and immense fleets, and for the loss of men
In an obstinate war sustained against France
in the peninsula Of Spain. leave many chan
'ces IN our favor and England is ola
ced between the ruin of her population if
the persist in maintaining this war Or shame
IT she abandon it after having taken SO con-
sPicuous part.
France has eight hundred thousand men
under arms; and when forces, new armies,
march towards Spain, to fight these our eter-
nal enemies, four hundred Thousand infantry
q nifty thousand cavalry, will remain in our
interior, on our Coast, and on our frontiers
ready to march to the defence of our rights,
where-ever they shall be threatened The
Continental system, which is kept up with
the greatest perseverance, is undermining
the basis of the finances of England Al
ready her Exchange loses 80 per cent her
colonies are without outlets for their produce.
the greatest part of her manufactures are
Closed; and the Continental system is but
just in operation II continued for ten wears
1T would alone be sufficient to destroy the