The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-08-02


Prussia 3.576.l62
Spain S,lU3.476
And Portugal 1855. $50
The remainder has been given to Hanover
liesse-C asset, Hesse D'Armstaot, Babe
BrlnswiC k. Bavaria, Sardinia, Denmark
Sweden, Sicily, the prince ofOrange, Moroc.
CO and rance.
admiralty Office, Nay IS.
toll w. Croker Esq. a letter from Capt. Sir
George Collier, of II. MS. Leant,cr. date
March ~, stating, thai variety of untowe,r,
circumstances prevented him from coming M,
with the American ship Constitution, of which
with lbs NlaJesty's late ships Levant and Cy
ane he got sight off Porto Praya, the day ORE.
vious, bat that he had succeeded in re-can.
turing the Le"ant, which had been taken nv
the Constitution, off Porto Santo, February
20.
An additional duty OF a half-penny Is adj
ded to the tax on newspapers. 1t is now Id.
sterling.
Mr.. ADAMS, the American Ministerial the
Court OF London, was introduced to the p.
Regent June s, by Lord CAsTLEREAcH. de-
hvered his credentials, and was well receiv.
ed.
~ The proposition by the Chancellor oe
the EXcheQuer of an additional tax on news
papers IN England had caused the SuspS ns;on
cot several 7reekiy gazettes. The Sun believes
he project would not be persisted in
Snce the return OF Bonaparte, Russia has
gwen up to Turkey the tortresses held in yio-
lstion of treaty.
a new loan is announced in England, for
Jcrfy-t7vo millions.
Sir Samuel Hood, vice admiral of the blue
died lately in India.
Generals Mortier and Rapp command the
French army ofthe Rhine.
Marshals Soult, Ney, Grouchy and Jour-
dan, attended the Emperor on the 1st Of
June.
May 20, the force under prince Schwartzen-
burg were stated at 100000 men.
ny motion OF Lord Castlereagh, June S, an
address to the Prince. praying the erection of
a monument to Sir EDWARD PAcKENuAm.
IN Saint Pam's Church. was adopted.
Mr. Bennett, in the English House of Com
mons, June 5, wished to know from the noble
Lord (Castereagh) who it was that inflicted
such disgrace on the character of the ma
ton, as to advise the order ofthe garter to be
conferred on Ferdinand of Spain. No answer
was given. NY CoI
The States General of the Netherlands
nave given their assent to a law, proposed by
the King in the form required by the constitn
ton, authorizing the employment of the natl
onal militia, in active service, in ~ out of the
Kingdom, during the war with Napoleon.
4 hey communicated their assent bya message
dated May 10, in which they say,
" The wounds inflicted on our country nv a
late tyranny are not yet healed the remem-
brance OF our shame and our misery under
the reign OF the usurper, who, again seated
on the throne will never allow other people to
ENJOY peace, independence and prosperity, is
too recent tor us nor to see with pleasure the
children of the country hasten to the frontiers.
to take a part in the holy contest with the
aistnrber OF social order and his perjured ad
herents, and to see them emulate those brave
men OF every class, who have voluntarily Of
feted their arms for our deliverance.
And why should we not entrust them 10
ehe wise dispositions of your majesty . WV
should we not place them, with the hone os
a happy result. under the orders of your sons.
one OF whom has Performed protliges of va
ior IN Spain, under the hero of our age ard
the other, though young, has fought with glo-
ry III the ranks of our allies yes, under the
immortal Wellington, whom your majesty has
placed at the head of the armies of the I'M.
ted Netherlands.
Our duty orders us to thank your males
ty Tor having acceded to the solemn alliance.
by which, with the blessing of the Almighty.
tyranny, fraud and violence which threaten
our repose, may be checked and suppressed,
and then to.acCede without reserve to the
proposal which circumstances require"
On the 9Th of June convention signed ON
the 18TH OF August last, between Great Bri-
tam and the Netherlands, vas laid before
Parliament. BY the first article, the Dutch
COLONIES, with he eTcefition Of the Cate. of
tIooa Hohe, DeneraTa, ESequibo, and Ber-
otce' are restored. BY supplementary arti-
Gle, IN consideration OF one million sterling to
De pad to Sweden, and two millions sterling
to be expended in concert with the king of
the Netherlands in improving the defences Of
that kingdom, besides an engagement to de-
tray such farther charges as shall be agreed
on between the parties, and their allies in the
tral settlement of the two countries, the Cane
OF Good Hope, Demerara, Essequibo, and
berbce, are coded to Great Britain, liberty
beng allowed under certain regulations, to
the Dutch proprietors in those colonies TO
trade with Holland.
Great-Brltain cedes the island of Banca.
IN exchange for Cochin. The king of the
Netherlands engages to prohibit the slave
trade from being carried on by any of his
subjects. BY a1second supplementary arti-
Gle the small district of Bernagore, near Cal
;utta, is ceded to Great Britain.
n Convent on with Sweden was also COM
nunlcated, by which Great Britain assumes