The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-04-03

OF France, 70 discourage TIE participation
n the expected resistance of ltusssia,to the /
sur,her encroachmcnts OF Napoleon.
Ihe O1ccn's Council did not meet at
WmtsorCn Sunday last in consequence Of
the late sitting in the House of Lords OH
Friday night. His majesty continued thro'
the whole OF last Week in I state of com
paratve quiet. blu. without any indications
CT mental Improvement The skill of the
regular Physicians have preserved his boz
Oily health through all the violence of his
malady, and even How that al hupes OF
curing the disease are extinguishcd, there
is a reasonable hope by the continuance of
the same professional attention to him du-
ring his occasional paroXysms that his life
may be preserved for years.
In consequence of the late important
conquests in the Indian Seas, which puts
the government in possession of all India, as
it were, to the eastward of the Cape of Good
Hope, and of the vast Importance of that
country to Grea:-Britain, Ministers, we
are informed, propose that there shall no
longer be two distinct armies in India but
that all the Company's forces shall be
made over to his Majesty. This is stated to
be at present the principal object ofnegoci-
alton butthere are some minor ones of which
one lis, that the subjects of this country shall
be allowed to trade with our settlements
Americans, SweGes, Danes, and others.
On Wednesday, the That's. of SO guns,
captain Scobell, arrived at Portsmouth,,
from the coast OF Africa, of which he has ia
len ar, sINteusiVe range * where she captur-
ed several vessels trading Tor saves Iii VIC
iation OF the Portuguese, Treaty thereby
circumscribing that inhuman traffic, which
we are sorry to hear, continues to exist on
considerable scale, under the Portuguese
and Spanish Flags. The That's brings GER
tain information respecting the fate Of Mum
go tarke who, it appears, after the whole
OF his retinue excepting one person, had
DIED, was proceeding up a branch of the
Niger, when, having given an unintention-
al offence to a native chief, he was assailed
whilst i'll a narrow arm of the river, and
ieaplng over board with his European COM
Pamon, to swim to shore, was drowned with
him.-Ihe canoe upset, and nothing belong
ing TO the travellers was preserved, nor did
any one escape but some of the hired at
PENDANTS. Colonel Maxwell, commanding
at Gorec, being DESTROYS to ascertain the
tate OF this enterpriZing traveller engaged a
native, possessing moro than ordinary intel
ligencc, to trace ihis track and he return
ed, after being long time absent with the
iamented result, just before the That's sail
ed. Mr. Parke's object, it will be remem-
bered, was to visit the City of Tumbuctoo,
in the interior of Africa, from which,
when he met his death he was within 500
miles ,fa "
s Accounts from Nottingham this morning
dated on Saturday say" The warfare
Which has been carrying on by the wcrknnen
against the property of their employers, for
the last three months, seems to have ac-
CURED fresh energy during the last week,
and to have assumed character so deci-
ded as to fall little short of open rebellion.
The ramihc2tIens of the conspiracy extend
throughout every manufacturing district in
the Country as well as to the towns and vii
lagos in the confines of Derbyshire.
Nottingham Journal
Plymouth, FEB. 1.-The Princess Char
lotto tTisate has detained and senr in the
Milan, from Baltimore to Bourdeaux.---.
L he John, American vessel arrived here
yesterday /; she wasboapded ON the 21st ult.
in lat. ~ lung. 50, bytSwU T rtr,eir rTIgates *
brig, and after plundering part of her car
go, suffered her to depart they had the
day before taken and burnt an American
vessel, the crew of which were on board
them.
Came in last night from Comma, in only
SO hours, the Hermes frigate, Capt. Browne,
the quickest passage ever known, it blowing
gale of wind the whole way. She brought
dispatches for Government, bnt Of what
nature has not yet TRANSFERRED; she also
brought three French Gentlemen passengers,
but whether as prisoners OF not has not been
yet ascertained.
Portsmouth, Feb. 2-Sailed to cruise in
search of the French frigates at sea, the
Princess Charlotte, ~, capt. bowman, and
Argo, ~, capt. Warren-The East India
convoy will sail in the morning, with the
Lisbon and Mediterranean convoy.
HELIGoLAND, Jan, 10.
BY passenger just arrived from the op-
posite coast, and who had every means of
procuring information: we have learnt, that
immense preparations have been making by
the French For some time, OIL the prospect Of
a war with Russia. They have purchased
or put in requisition in Holland, 5000 head of
cattle and immense quantities of grain which
they are conveying into the interior, and
have sent from Hamburger towards the fron
tiers Of Poland q numerous train of heavy
artillery.
Every regiments to be provided with
field pieces, and the plans for the commence
mcnt of hostilties are so formidable and so
far advanced, that it is confidently boas, ed
Bonaparte will make himself master of Pc.
land Within two months, should the prepare 4
tons made not strike dismay into the Kussi-
an Government, and induce it to accede to
the wishes Of the French Ruler. Every ap-
iuctifiec tba of;,,;o,, tl