The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-01-23

the s!st Msrch. the qu.ftos of rec omn:end;n,
to the people to call a convention to amend .,,,,
tate contribution, was carried-Ayes 90 Noe.
So. -
Yeaeriay, the finance bill was laid upop the
anvil. IL we may truff preirnt Appearances
the people need he under no apprehen:iors 4.
| bout an increafe of their taxes!
IT the report, which we gave in our Ian pa
per from the Charlcton Times. be re,liy true :
that is, if e't1e court of Spai, has agreed to
make cornp. nations for fpoatinns committed
by her own tubietts, but would not content to
paw for thotc made by Fren Ii citizens in Spa
min ports; )" the pro!De6t of an amicable accom-
mod'tion oe our differences is remote Indeed.
here never hcJ exIted any diff ui,y in fs.,inp
the ilrft clas of claims; the convention uf Mad
rid in 1909 expressly recovnifes their iunic-.
and tipulates for mode Of retlrsfs. 1t is only
the ialt cafs of claims that is, claims fo. Ame-
r'can vefte!s captured Ivy French cruifers. and
condemned by Frenrb tribunals in SbaYiH
ports; which the court of Madrid ha, refifed
tn d;'charge. II was this clafs of claims which
the pleniPoten'iaries who formed that conventi-
on. could 6erse upon no made of arLitra.i,,p
and which the two governments referved for
future negsc'atior. 1t was this clafs of claims,
which the Soaniih government expects us TO
furrender, before fhc will cmftn mt to ra.ify the
convention OF 1909. ard difcharge the claims
which The has explicitly admitted. In fine, it
IS this clats of claims, on which the aftute mi
niter of Spain, the Marquis d'Yruio. thought
proper to fec the opinion of three eminent law
yers of Philadelphia, and one from New-York.
Should this report, therefore, be correct, we
wonder upon what grounds the Charlelon pa
per has ven,ured to infer, that ",he court of
4 J.. G.
United Ststcs."
The Ian clafs of claims is fcarce inferior in
magnitude to the frR. The captures and
concentrations of vefcls and cargoes, made by
SpanIih cruifers and Spanifh tribunals, amour,
In number to one bnudred and thirteen.
The captures of our ca"eoes and veflcls made
by French CRITTERS, and condemned by French
tribunals in Spanifh ports, amount TO one bnu
dred and tzveiUe. Each vefIe with her cargo
has been etimatcd, on an average, at 25. 600
dolls. The whole coniettural account will,
therefore. ttand thus:
ll3 veilels and cargoes captured)
by Spanifh cruifers, and condemn : e,s25,ooo
ed by Spanifh tribunals
captured by Freuch ciuftrs, and ( 2,soo,o
condemned in Spanifh ports
NbOle amount of claims, Dolls. 5,625,ooo
1t is with much regret that we announce the
unfortunate accident which happened on lat
Monday, to William b. Giles, Efu. orr worthy
Senator in the Congrefs of the United States.
About l2 miles from this city, on the road lead
ing to it from his houfe in Amelia, his gipe o.
verfet. he himfelf was thrown out, and his right
leg was broken by the violence of the fall. He
was immediately conveyed to public houfe on
the road; the fractured leg was replaced. and
we hope that NO ferrous danger is likely to en-
t'ie. MIR. Giles was on his way To Warrington,
to take his feat in the Senate. We cannot but
fear that this accident will deprive our public
councils, durisg the prefent eiiion, of the aiift
ance of one CT its NOT uIEfM members.