The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-11-24

proceeded 10 Chartered, ard to each ofthe
places we have enumerated.
lhis IS detailed in the Paris papers, and
with eI'idenf uReosincss. The French do not
see, with9ut considerable i'll Will, Belgium
passing from tltci;' woke /; and in most conpa-
MES. particularly military, h~pes a:e express
ed that means may be found to extead the
french dom.uions again 20 the frontiers o. Old
Holland. Efforts ave been secretly made
to indspose the inhabitants CT the Netherlands
TO the Dutch government; and the tvcrcl.
would infinitely prefer seeing these ter 90
res return under the powerof Austria, t'la;l
be annexed to Holland. Bet in proportion,
rs France t,slkes this new arrangement, the
allies, ~ particularly, England, shoIld cling
10 and support it. With this accession of ter
ritory, tine house of Nassau viii De : most
respectable continental power, connected and
Contiguous as their territories Will I've 20 rt -
which the house of Hanover may probably 0c
qn're IN addition to their former posscs s!ons.-
The fate oftne territory between the Meuse &
lthlne, cOmprehending what were the Sist,
9th, SOD, SD, S7th ard 89th departments of
France, Is not yet known, but the greatest
part will probably devolve to Prussia. These
arrangements will, it is reported, meet with
considerable c;rtosifior from France In the APP
p aching congress. She complains that Z.
allies wiSh-to pressgler too closely, forgetting
that they had it In their power TO have eXac-
/ ted and enforced much harder ConGi,ioHe.-
! Their whole policy, and it seems strange that
! II should no longer &c oHo5yed 5y France, was
noble, magGGninous and L-interosted. But
these considerations have lie US further per-
| haps than we ought 10 have gone from the
contents OF these Paris papers, though they
seemed naturally 70 grow cut of them,
German troops nave crossed the Rhine, &
Gen. K,eist has repaired TO Cobientz to direct
their movements. We suppose that they have
, crossed from the German side, and that they
are destined to take possession of the countries
between the hloselic and the Mouse.
From the general correspondence between
the different European powers, Spain seems
pnrpcseiy TO stand aloof, ard TO assume an In
soiated position as if she we're afraid of catch
ing some contagious disease. She appears 90
lock with an eye of equal coolness both upon
those who were her friends and foes, ard 20
expose each to the same measure of suspicion
| and dStrus=-$os 2yr-iuSve nihi GiscTi,nire
hgeetcr-SAe discourages the entr nee
| or foreigners ray with singular policy she
| IS not without appIehensions relative to hev
| own subjects who have bee. made prisoners
! otwar. They are to undergo a publication
that Is, they are not 70 be employed again un-
| til they have given proofs of their good cor
duct and pure principles. Now We should
! suppose that the very fact OF having been ia
ken prisoners lighting for their own country
| would have been a sufficient proof of IA criot-
ism and good conduct. But TIE government
| is OF different opinion. Perhaps they think
that the prisoners from France NAV have
caught the contagion of French principles
| 1t SO, these prisoners may complain Of a little
partlaiiiy Tor their king aud his chief counsel
| lors were also prisoners, and the nation re-
CURED no publication from them.
There seems to he little doubt Of the return
OF Charles ". to Spain but the panizans Of
| ferdinand, who appear to lie uneasy about It,
affect to think that his majesty coming with
tn; mere intecntionof spending the latter part
oil BIS lie ia his native country in peace.
| he British aud American commissioners
are said to be on very friendly footing tho
! the conferences have been suspended since
| the departure Of the courier to London.
! Such is the foreign intelligence in these
| French papers. Oh domestic intelligence Of
| Importance they olo not contain much. They
| say THAI ole customs are rapidly return
ing Some time ago two authors and two
printers were sent to prison for PUBLISH 9
works relative to the einigrant property,
which they contended should be restored. -
hey were sent to prison on the charge OF
provoking civil war in France. The royal
court at Paris has just ordered them to be
set at liberty, declaring that there was no
foundation for the charge. The works were
pubiIsilcdsome months ago, and the arrest of
the authors and printers lust after the late
decree ct the unlimited freedom Of the press,
produced considerable sens4tion--one party
maintaining that the arrest, ifproper, ought
10 have taken place long since another con
tending that this was = weak submission to
the revolutionists W lie third, the supper
tiers OF the government, maintained that it
was measure calculated to re-assure the
holdcrs 81 national and enigrRnt prop erty.
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