The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-06-07

Wy 'he COPY OF note from the plenipotentia-
RES OF his Neapolitan majesty to lord Castle
reagh, that SO late as the 18th of February.
that sovereign had obtained no SATISFACTORY
answers to his remonstrances. The Bourbon
nave heen bent on having him dethrone,. az
to the fruitful source of Bourbon jealousy ana
weakness, are the events that NAV now occur
IN Italy, as well as those that have alreaav
occurred in France, and are threatening the
world with devastation and misery, to be re-
tered The position which Murat has ta-
Ken that OF defence, and he appears able r. !
maintain it. $4,000 well equipped soldiers
are given to hun by the ministerial prints.
we have reason to believe the military force
OF Murat much stronger
The force ne has led out, is a part of the
Justly boasted army of Italy, whose formida-
oie superiority in appointments and discipline
mas been acknowledged by lord liverpool
.7nSfrid, 7ve hear, has uhltiied far the assis
1 %s q zen ehonsana British noofs TO carry
heF nden1n!fyins frctectS Of conquest mo
eTecnf,on IA Italy. Lord Castlereaph's ex \
treme kindness to Prussia is the ground for
this request. We lately had a statement
from Vienna, gvngus to understand that thu
British minister had agreed TO treaty of mn p
htary provision, by which the above number
OF British troops were to be furnished. dis
poseaole tor Italy. In whatever light the
high allies may be disposed to regard tbe,
present King of Naples, it will be admitted
that with the force he has, and with almost
the whole disposeable strength and good will
OF italy, ripe Tor revolution, and indipnant ac
II IS he must be powerful ally in the field to.
Napoleon. '" -
The further extracts which we make from,
the French papers will evince the vigor and
acuv'ty with which military preparations are
carried on in France. The DEGREES. call,no
on the absent soldiers to come forward. are
peculiarly urgent and in the confident tone of
that passion which has spoken with such ef-
tect to the feelings of Frenchmen-the love ocX
country. me decree gvhich zve noticed ,,o,.
teTday, calling out The national guards. TO kbe
ntn6er Of 2,225, 900 men, embraces the whole
male population between 90 and 60 vears of
age who' 1t seems, were liable by a former
law to serve as garrison troops and II, tha
defence ofthe passes and fords in their seva-
raj districts. Every man who paws aprnaIl,,
so livres in taxes is to provide arms AT he
own eXpence. For the present this entire
mass is only declared to be dsposabIe . bmt
2Ot battaons in certain frontier departmenre
are called into active service for garrisons 81
tnelr number is estimated at 141 $50 men
l. ne foot gems d'armes, who in the campaipn
OF 1918, belonged to battalions attached to
the old guard and have retired from service
or have obtained leave Of absence, are also
called out, to resume their duty in the old
guard and all the other foot gems d'arn,ee
VINO dd not serve, are ordered 10 repair' 70
Paris, there to form 4battalions, called b,,[-
taI2n ofreSerOe, for general service,
Never was Faris SO full of soldiers as NJ
present. Ihey are quartered on the citizens
f1r BOARD as wen as lodging, yet few com
plants are made on this account. The sni
ders and the citizens are thus as tn. new
sers OF one family, and they reckon their m
terests and their glory as identified tcoethe,
ne extraordinary issue of money from tho
public treasury for the purpose of mucbas;ner
arms and the means of war, will accopn+ &C
wen Tor the depression of the French funds
as the assertion that there is no confidence
PiaCeu IN the government. Those who spe-
culate ON the decline of the funds az heind ,
proof OF the want of inherent strength in 81
government OF Napoleon, should recolI,.ct
that this declension is by no means unnrace
dented. The per cent. consols vere. -;
GUS to the battle of Austerlitz, So low as <oi
The news OF Murat's junction with Nanoleon
will be as good as the battle of Austeriitz ~
France. ''~ 10
But, alas how stands our financial means
N"h inc french ministers be worse off for
money than our chancellor of the exchenra.
who has exhausted worlds and then 49,
slned new but III vain, to fina fresh tax
or any thing that could bear fresh tax ~
supply the cravings Of the state appetite ~
ven in peacea Even though tbere ST. ~
De no war, ne considers the renewal of tha+
most odous and grinding of all mposts the
income tax, absolutely necessary, and viii
TINS day bring forward this motion for ire re-
vlyal, with its worst features unmodi6ed
We are told, too, that the new tax is 70 -
graduated from up to 10 per cent. and IooI
per annum and all above it, is to be haro,oa
at the rate of II per cent. This viii ncre5se
the Inquisitons, the most odous part Of the
impost, as the receipts which fix the ratne
must necessarily be objects of the closest scrn-
tiny. d '0Fu-
But if this tax be necessary in time Off
what's to be had recourse to, in additirn
supply the wasteful expenditure of wa, =
war we must have--to pay the many nil
hons that are yet to be squeezed out of The 10
oorious hands of All impoverished country 70
set mp the Bourbons again with all their ty',4o
perry pretensions and rusty-fusty feudaI;t,,
II this is to be our constant object and th;e
the line OF conduct which Britain is ever to ~
made to pursue, adieu to the hope of ON. .,
err LIVING to see the property, or income tsv
Or any other tax, abolished for the longer
Will that and other means Of 4xation he o.
cessary, even when peace shall arriye-
Let the country consider this, and see how
evils are prolonged and augnented--and liz
It's voice against the renewal Of war, and the