The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-05-31
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Yesterday arrived at this port the Russian
ship Prince Michael, in 40 days from LITER
pool. BY this arrival, London papers to the
10th, and Liverpool of the 18th Of April, Fare
received, from which extracts follow:
War had not been declared against France,
but it appears by the London papers that great
preparations were making TO commence hos
tilities by all the Allied Powers. "
A letter from a merchant in Liverpool of
the 18th ct April, says, American stocks are
at par, (asking price. )-Another letter of
the 18th, says Dollars are FIVE shllings and
nine pence per ousce about As. I'D ster-
ling" The letter adds, ." do not be-
lieve we shall have war with Bonaparte."
Another letter says, " The expectation of
sail cloth and all other munitions of war are
prohibited in Holland, under the idea that
war will take place between that country &
France.
z" The King of France passed through Ant
werp on the 29th March,
The ships Carolina Ann, & William, have
arrived at Liverpool from New-York, the
former on the Sth and the latter on the 10th
ct April the Calypso, from Philadelphia, &
Sarah & Louisa, from Norfolk. The ship
Swift, has arrived at Cork, in Is days from
New-York. The ship Ann Maria, Waite,
has arrived at Belfast, in q days from New
York. The ship Ulysses, Brian, sailed from
Liverpool for Philadelphia on the 5th of A
pril,
LONDON, April Z.
Two American 74's and two frgates, half
manned, are shortly expected at Plymouth,
to complete their crews from the American
prisoners of war at Dartmouth, and then to
sail against the freebooters on the coast of
Barbary.
April. 9.
The following Message from the Prince,
was presented in Parliament on Thursday,
by the earl of Liverpool, and read by the
Lord Chancellor.
G. p. R.-The Prince Regent acting in
the name and on the behalf of his Majesty,
thinks it right to inform the House of Lords
that the events which have recently occurred
IN France, in direct contravcrtion OF the en-
gagements concluded with the Allied Powers
at Paris, in the month of April last and which
threaten consequences highly dangerous to
the tranquility & independence of Europe,
have induced his Royal Hghness to give di-
rectionS for the augmentation of his Maiesty's
land and naval forces.
The Prince Regent has likewise deemed
1t incumbent upon him to lose no. time in en-
tering into communications with his Males
TVS Allies, for the purpose of forming such
concert as may eifectually provide for the
general and permanent security of Europe.
And his Royal Hghness confidently re-
lies on the support of the House of Commons
in all measures which may be necessary for
the accomplishment of this important OBJ
ject."
The Courier of the 9TH observes, that in
the House OF Lords the preceding day, Lords
Trenville and Grey, approved of the mes
sage generally. In the House of Commons
MIR. Whtbread- conceived it to be expressed
IN equivocal terms
Detention Of shifl5.-in the House of Lords.
April Z, the Marquis of Lansdowne wished.
before the order of the day was read, that
the noble lord opposite (Melville) OF some o.
Their of the Prince Regents ministers, would
give some explanation on a subject nearly con-
nected with it, he alluded to the alledged de-
tention of French ships by our cruzers.
There were two questions which required an
answer. First, whether any ships had been
so detained ? Second, whether if they had
been so detained, the detention had been au-
thorised by government.
Lord Melville replied, that the detention
had occurred in only one or two instances
and certainly they had not been authorised
by the government.
1t was NJ. Antole de Montesquieu, who
was employed to carry off the yours Napo-
leon from Vienna. He went to Vienna under
pretcnce of seeing his mother, who is the
boys governess. The counteraction of the
plot has produced the greatest CONSERVATION
at the Court of Bonaparte, who had before
tidhN ''iiHOulNSu CIC SUCCESS Oh the enter
prize, which he believed so certain that eoui-
pages had been already sent Ito NEE. the
archduChess and her son.
Corn ETchznge. Our markets was we'll
supplied with wheat this morning, the demand
for which being triling, caused exceedingly
heavy sale, at decline of four shillings per
quarter
Price ofStocks this day 8 per cent. Con-
soils 81 per cent. Reduced Sc j / I-s;
S per cents 81 $50.
A Brussels paper CT the 9th, contains an
article from Geneva, which affords a most
satisfactory confirmation of the insurrection
in the South of France. Montpelier, Nismes,
Marseilles and Avignon, had united against
the usurPer The Royasts had formed
camp near the Durance & their corps had
disarmed some regiments of the line, & shut
mp others We have given copious extracts
from these papers, which contain numerous
notices Of the assemblage and march of the
troops of the Allied Powers towards Belgium,
the Rhine, Switzerland, &c. 1t is expected
that the French military will not long re-
train from some aggression. One of their
reconnoisances was recently pushed on the
side of Furnes, and did not retire until a flag
oftruce had been dispatched to the comman-
dant.
Another set Of Brussels and Frankfort Pa
rprs have lust arrived Tho r,;l;tor,y ,,ra