The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-05-22

Tiers OF the catholic DrieS1le have follow |
cd and Mr.. Hay their Secretary, arri-
Ncd Ola THURSDAY. MIR. Hay, Is che bearer
tne OatholIc Petitions * the Address TO tho
l'rince Regent The rrotes,;nt Petitions
are also III a complete safe OF preparac zion
We are sorry 10 and that disturbances
Lave broken out at Manches Ger, Carlisle
aud Bristol. Those at tie FIRST OF those pia-
ces have been ytOduced by an attempt TO
ObtaIa an Address 10 the Prince Regent,
conoratulating has Royal Highn IS upon his
approval o. Mr.. PerCival and his policy
i nat the iatc harvest la i.nSi;,nd was Och
Client, we admit a,d that IN Ireland tho
potatoes, the great article of food among the
mass OF the people, have fallen short one
third, is, We understand, also admitted
For this visitation Df Providence no man
has ever blamed Ministers. as their parasites
and advocates, in their Nen;ii prints have
stated.
- 1t should, however, be remembered, that
during The present year, our i'm ports of corn
from America have been Very trihng
from the Baltic ncuusitlerabie and II ON
France, where there appears at present
to be an absolute scarcity, they have entire
iy ceased J.; and what may still operate on the
market, all these Sources OF supply are
likely to remain closed. Here, then, we
have not, it is true, the origin of the search
": but the aggravatiun of it and the pre-
vention OF The remedy. 1t is to the policy
OF Ministers, whose Orders in Council have
stopped those supplies and resources which
America affords, which we have uniformly
deprecated, and to Il weak and stupid at
tempt to obtain from the people of Man
chester their appreciation of this policy, we
owe The recent disturbances in that town.
In these proceedings the Regent may sec,
as in a mirror, the shape and proportions
OF his Ministers, aud the place which they
and their system hcId IN public opinion -
lacy Cannot say this IS single case. They
Know the feei:Gg Is general, for not one No
Pupery Add css have they been able to pro-
cure; s even i'll some ofthe few congratula-
tory ones which have been presented to ihc
Regent ON his Covernme [, the pra Sc is en-
ly partial, and the Otders i'll Council arc
carefully omitted.
Letters from Manchester received this
morning, state that the disturbance in that
town had entirely 3absided.
London, .3priiI.
The Croydon, from London to lilo Jane.ro viii,
steam engine OH board for the Portuguese Mint
and a cargo valued 1T 900o0i has been lost.
1t is s'''d that Victor has Set out for France with
numerous escort OF infantry & cavalry, and that
Gazcn has succeeded him in the cunio:,nd OF the
FIRST corps of the French army
S9@ april ..
1t will be seen by a ROYAL Order extracted from
the Berlin Gazette, thst Frenc., troops are march.
Ing through the Prussian territories with every ia
cility afforded them by the Prnssian governments
n letter from Gottenburgh Of the 25d. ut. notices
the arrival o Messenger who had travelled from
Stockholm IN fifty hours, destined for E,.gllnd.
f.es .IprH z.
An Evening Paper SAYS" We are assured from
good authority that treaty OF alliance, offensive
and defensive, has just been concluded between
France and Prussia. whereby The latter power stp-
nia'es to furnish 5000 infantry, and all her ca
Tairy. France has called upon the Members of the
Confederation OF the Rhine for their respective
quota OF troops. The King OF Wirtenburg acce,ied
60 the requson OF NJ poleon as matter. of course
but it is reported, that the people lnasse,
and the King was compelled quit the capital with
the utmost precipitation" ,fPiiot
n separation, by mutual consent, is, we under
stand, about to take place between the Crown Prince
OF Sweden aud his consort who, it is said has an ir
recohe'teabie dislike 20 tie climate and the society Of
Stockholm.
April 8.
We have reason to believe that at the request of
the Roman Catholics themselves the m otons OF lord
tDonouShmore IN the House of Lords, and OF Mr..
Srattan in the Commons will be postponed till after
che Petition OF The Roman Catholics shall be presen
ted to the Prince Regent, which cannot take place
we tear I'LL Thursday might.
- BERLIN, March 70 q:
: The following decree las been published
here
e" AT the moment when the navigation is
upon the p'int of being opened, we, by these
presents recall to the remembrance OF the
Majesty has, from time to time renewed
Tor the maintenance Of the Continental sys-
TEN, aud TO prohibit, in the most rigid man
her, all commerce and communication with
ing and her colonies, particularly the
regulation Of the 18th of June 1903, the de-
crces al the %6th of Oct. 1910, and Sth Of
MARCH, 1871, which enon under the penal
ties stated III the SAID ordinances, all entire
3orbearncc from all prohibited commerce..
On the one hand, co render more i'm
possible all infractions of his Maiesty's ordi-
hances and on the other to protect as much
as pGssibit navigation along the coast which
IS contormable to existing laws, his Majesty
has gwen direction to equip as soon as pos
sioie' III the principal ports of the monar-
tny' reVenue cutters and guarda costas,
"hlch shall be destined to- SEE the laws Of
C'mmcrce, &c. observed in all the ports and
roads, To protect legal commerce against e.
very hostile attack, and to prevent all con-
taoand commerce ; for which purpose thew
VIII sail along the coasts from station to sta
ton, and stop and conduct to the nearest or
most convenient Prussan port every vessel
suspected ofillicit commerce.
his order his Majesty will have carri-
ed INTO execution as promptly as possible,
Tor which the requisite measures have been
taken. The commercial world are hereby
informed OF it, in order to afford them new
proof that his Majesty necessarily labours to
employ all the means in his power to pro-
.eCt the lawful commerce of his faithful sub
JeCtS whilst on the other hand, every at
tempt tending to violate or elude the de-
'Ites respecting the continental system.