The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-06-02

dy for signature, and will continue until
Saturday evening next, at the Exchange
Coffee Room, and at the Large Room, Col
den Lion Yard, Dale-strees." -,
/" The lower classes in the manufactu-
ring districts are in dreadful state. The
Riots, in fact it may be termed lnSurrection,
has proceeded to great lengths in the neigh
borhood of Manchester. At Middleton, six
miles from thence, men were shot onaMon-
day and so yesterday, by the soldiers. and
in the last conflict, four soldiers (Dragoons)
were Killed, and they succeeded in burning
all Daniel Burton and Sons works should
they go on to Manchester, and be Joined by
the starving populace. there il would be
difficult to say, where the business might
end as the ministry will not attend to mild
remopstrancea and representations - This
Is unhappily the only way, the poor have,
OF exhibiting their distressed state and an
impression must tn ercby, ere long, be made
on Peroival productive Of some change in
his present ruinous system. But he will
hoi6 Oh to the loaves and fishes to the last
possible moment. He will be much per-
picked at the address of the Common Coun-
Gil. which the Prince must receive, and an
'swer III person the reply, in the way Per-
cival would wish, will puzzle the Regent"
Extracts from London Pahers.
LONDON, April 20.
1t will be seen by the following Letter,
that our government have received flag
OF truce from the French Emperor.
DOVER, April ia flag of Truce from
Calais was fallen in with half seas across by
one OF our Cruisers. and her Dispatches
landed here. The envelope was addressed
to the naval commander at Dover, but the
dispatches themselves are said to be adj
dressed to our minister of Foreign Affairs.
The captain Immediately proceeded with
them to London. :: .-
"A French naval officer accompanied the
flag of truce" ga, 80 ~ ;,
We find that the above flag of truce is
addressed from the French Minister of Fo.
reign Affairs. to his Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs. L . :
There is little doubt but it contains some
overture tor negotiation. Before Bonaparte
goes to war against Russia, he invites us to
anegoclatlon perhaps under the mediation
OF Austria or some other power. If. his o.
venture be not accepted, he will then. as he
did previously to the war with Prussia. at :
tempt to throw upon us the odium of CONT
nl:ng the war. "r MS ,.. rc 90,
The dispatches from France were laid
before the Regent this morning, and were
submitted to Il Cabinet Council. ~ ~"tt
Our answer will be sent off probably to-
- we have inserted from ast,nurrber. Of
papers and letters received this. morning,
accounts from diHerent parts of the Coun.
try-froTn Cheshire from York shire,, from
Cornwall, 6lc.R There havebeen some dis
tprbauces at Macclesfield in the course. al
the last week, but they have been ouelled.
and there was no appearance of renewal
OF them when our letter came away.
AT Sheffield every thing remains quiet,
and the apprehensons entertained of dis
turoances on Saturday proved unfounded
At Stockport all was quiet-Mancheste
is perfectly orderly. 80 80
In Cornwall the miners have returned to
their work, and we cannot find from the
Yorkshire papers any confirm ton of the
accounts in the Morning Chronicle of Sa-
| turday, of arms having been seized in Hud-
dersheld, or OF the utmost const ernation
prevailing throughout the West Riding.
We are sure we shall not be disappoint-
ed IN our expectations that the proverbal
good sense ct the people will convince them
that the destruction of machinery cannot
amend the market for our manufactures.
but must render them more unworthy Of
competition with the manufactures cf other
Countries-and that tumult and dissatisfac-
ton enhance instead of removing or allie
waiting the calamity of scarcity,
-. WINDSOR, April 10.
His Majesty gains bodily strength every
day--he takes his meals regular, assists in
dressing himself, and takes exercise in his
rooms whenever he is disposed to walk -
the range is extensive, and the rooms ex-
tremely well aired. His Majesty is mate
rally recovered in his erect posture, and
with his increase in size, appears nearly as
he did two years since.
CONGRESS.