The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-02-27
ENoUIRER-bFFICE. Feb. u.
MORE MANOEUVREs.

he L federal prints let slip no opportunity
OF asserting that the French DEGREES are
still III force. With this view, they have
lately cited three Cases OF capture; and
dwet upon them with as much emphasis as
they were abb e.-Let us devote a few
words to these cases
The LIST is ths Case of the "Three Friends
OF salem, who was taken and burnt BY TWO
French iriga:es, the Madusa & La Nymphe,
on their way .jrom JaVa to France This
was about the 18th Nov. last. /" Here then.
say the Fe,ieralists, we have proof in point
that so late as Nov. last, the DEGREES were
IN force. The flaw, however, i'll the proof,
is this,-that these frigates had left France
as far back as the middle of Dec. 18IO-at
a time, when France had not heard from
the U. S. and when She was at a loss to
know whether we would or would not accent
o. the terms laid down, by Nj. Champaign
We all know, that at this moment of doubt
and suspense, the course Of France was not
hXed. she vas beginning to make conditi-
onal representations OF our ships.-but the
residents Proc lam alton tended to set things
20 rights. The Madusa and La Nymphe,
however, had sailed before its arrival, un-
der the impression, that the DEGREES would
again be restored to Observation-Disclosures; the
act above stated, is not the act of the go
rcrnmeDt, but of individuals, Has the
former subsequently sanctioned it No.
The two next cases are brought forward
N high style, by MIR. Coleman, Editor of the
y. Y. Evening Post.-Nor does he hesitate
10 charge the president and (" Governors Of
each state," sc. with falsehood." We beg
leave to retort the accusations and we prove
1t thus - He says the brig Julian was
avowedly condemned under the Berlin
and Milan decrces'-but let us turn to
he sentence of the Council at Paris, and
we Ind no such plea assigned these de
crees are not even mentioned On the con-
trary, the only ground taken, is, that she was
an enemy's brig under .H5;Prican c0ors--it
says. from that 1T must be Concluded that
She was herself English" S1c.&c.-Mf. Cole
man himself seems to doubt his own asser-
tons, for i'll coming 10 tlIe next case, Chat
of the brig Catharine,) lt. asks. Z" II no CON
demned under the Berlin and Milan DEGREES,
under which decrees were they condemned
what law had they violated." thus making
1t a mere matter ofhferente. and not Of flcf.
The prize court tells him the reasOn--be-
cause these Vessels we're suspected Of being
eneniy's propcrty.The court might have been
mistaken--we do not pretend to yindic ate
their decision on this grcund-yet IL is in
dispntabie, that Van Sadder H., habi.ually
forged our papers, and that hundreds Of Bri-
tisIl SHIPS hue assumed our fIg.--Ail we
say is, that these cases were not 400 1yediy,
nor as far as We can sec rcaNy,;ricd under the
b. and NJ. DEGREES.
" .Ifegv proofs of tie RebeGi n IKE FIR. Dscrce,.
1.-THE 6ne uc@ ship Acastus, Cotte, owned in Pc
tersburg, (Vrs1 baden with tobacco and tobacco
stems, bound for Toningcn direct, is capture; and
sent into Fecamp, France )--3hc sailed iom iianp-
ton Roads on tie 10th Oct. last"
" So far the Philadelphia Register--yot Why
does IT not =" tel the WHO'S tru,I ''-The hcastus
has been released aud the shippers have probably
made very good Sbec. Of II. Nrsgs Nash 81 Mon.
roc may clear or hundred per cent. on her cargo.
or We have accounts from Cadiz 70 Tie 18th, and
London 10 the 9Th JANUARY The French hdFe been
driven from Tariff, will tie loss of all their baggage
artillery, Sc--snd it is Said that Hill was advancing
upon Seville with $4,000 troops ---On tie other
hand, Sucnet hsd routed the army Of Valencia. but
lie Gown sslI held OUT