The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-07-29
NEW York, June IS.
LATEST FROM EUROPE

The ship Minerva-Smyth, capt. Allen, ar
rived at CHS port yesterday from Liverpool
which port she lett Oh the 10th of June, and
brings Liverpool papers Of that date, London
papers of the 9Th, and Lloyd's Lists of the 9Th
"A file of each is received at the Office Or
lhe Mercantile Advertiser. They contain
great mass OF interesting matter, of which our
hm!ts Will not permit us to give more than
brief outline.
Hostilites had not commenced on the Con-
tnent. Preparations OH a scale of great mag
a!tndc continued to be making on either side.
and in a very little time it was expected the
powers would " Cry Ha03ck, and let slip the
dogs OF war"
MURAT, the king of Naples, has ceased TO
reign. On the 11th May the British SQUADRON
entered the Bay of Naples, and the shipping
and arseDals were surrendered. Whether the
king escaped, or remained prisoner. had
not been ascertalned. An account had reached
the British government that he had been ia
ken prisoner, and sent to Vienna, another ac-
Count represents him as having landed at Tou
Ion and private letters had been received
from Paris in which he Is said to have actual
ly arrived III that city.
The Assembly OF The Champ de Mai was
held at Paris on the last day of that month";
The Monitcur says 1t was an imposing specta-
Gle, at which France was represented by the
chosen of its citizens, agricuiturists. mer-
chants, magistrates, and walriors-a scene
producing as lively an enthusiasm as any that
had taken place since the epoch of the revn-
luton. The Additional Act of the Constjtu j..
tlons If the Empire was proclaimed as accent
cd by almost an unanimity of votes, the whoe
number of negative votes being only 1905. II
was ratified by the signature of the EDneror
who addressed the Assembly in a very ami
mated speech, in which he informed them
that " Emperor, Consul, Soldier, he held e.
very thing OF the People that in PROSPERITY
in adversely, IN the field of battle, in the conn
Gil, OIL the throne, in exile, France was fine
sole and constant object of his thoughts and
aCtions-and that, like the Athenian king
he sacrificed hnself for his people in Tho.
hope of seeing realized the promise which was
given, but not performed, to preserve France
in her rights, her honors, and her natural in
gritty" He invites the me nbers Of tIe assem-
bly,, on their return to their departments to
all their constituents that "forei,n kin,,s
whom he had raised TO the throne. ar VII,
are Indebted to hun for the preservation of
their crown, all OF whom in the season az his
prosperity sued for his alliance, now direct
all their blows against his person and fiat
if he did not see that it was the countrv tle.,'
aim at, ne would place at their mercy a M
OH the destruction OF which they shew tbern-
selves bent so OOSJinately. HE emDPror
then took the oath to observe and c.,ise 90
be observed the Constitution of the Emn;re
aud the multitude rent the air with cries IS
awe swear to perish, if necessary. in IL de-
fence, against the enemies OF the country AMI
are arrived at Paris.
From The Lonao1 GAZETTE Ertraor1Jj,,oy,,
ForeTs -Oilice June E ls15
Letters, OF which the following sfc evt,o,,s L..
been this morning received by Io,d Casilerco, c',.
Edward Co IL, hs1 on. e hii " let u.J,r Seer.
tarcs III state for Foegn AAuts
Extract Of q letter from Edward Cooke. Eso dot,
Rome, Nay %, 1915
have x ~ my courier, hoping every hons .,
hearirou lsr Burghersf, aud Lave f,e ,s,i.r',iN
to seHu a. extract ON his letter, whcI, hi, ms, 6
fecciye'', dated lea'O, TIC 2Isti ISL
" So "a this letter IN r-e,t l,a.t. A ,,;.,
ventl'n las tecn sisusd by which the ,yLo, - gar
Kingdom 81 Na.Jcs save few places (,aets -. 20
and also Aneors. las been surrendered T., H.. 30
Mufat has not yet treated, nor IS Il cx.etiv -
where ne - hut hc has been inform d be ,,, ~
der guard NJ honor 60 Austria. The arnv ,. ~
CaPua to-day ;tJ-innrr0~ We nccupv tine Lt,', ~ 4,
Naples and Gie 0eNt tiay, tiC ~ We po ;,t , y,
Ihe oi1ec" Who br u.ht tie j.itar. So ~
was st odern'o, lord Bprghersh iad r.cy,1 -, ;..
ca , o. ,gra GS"odtn, but hs Lofdsbip must