Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-13

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vernment, why, it maybe asked. do they
send away the allied troops from Paris}
The fact is, that the evening before m.
last, nunter-orders were given 70 sever
al British regiments that were to march
the ncx,day. The King, personally, was
unwilling to trust h.iGself at the prese,,
to the French force in the capital exc!n.,
si.eiy, and with good re son. The Britisa
giments now in Paris and its vicinity. a.
mount, IS have been informed, to no NOR
than from to 5000 men. But there arc
French recruits arriving every day, consi,.
ting OF dlsbanced soldiers and BOYS, in the
most wretched possible condition. The
only corps that has good appearance, Is
the mounted Royal Guard the men are
as fine rs any have ever sen. and their
uniform wei calculated to make them an.
pear to advantage. They wear large boot
white breaches, blue jackets. large dang
ling sabres, ard high fur caps. But Ike
the French cavalry at all times, they are
wretchedly mounted.
g IL IS not only the British troops in Par
Is that have received orders T. re-, ain. bn,
evca the regiments already on their march
| fcom lhe neighborhood of ST Gs-main &
Versailles. have been ordered to halt
There are six regiments of the Cd diyisi.
on halted near s.. Denis, on their way TO
tue northern frontier.
p" violent outCry exists, I understand
| among the market women Of PARIS, in Con.
sequence OF their exclusion from the Thu-
'lleries. The orler is not dir ct, but is vr-
tual:y the same. 1t excludes ell women
wearing handkerchicts upon their heads,
the usual dress of the women of the Hall.
1t has been made in consequence of a wish
| expr -ssed by the Duchess of Angnuleme
| She cannot, and natural enough, behold.
without horror, objects that remind her of
the cutrages cou'm'ttsd upon the Queen.
hsr mother, durrg the revolution. The
market women wco attacked the Palace.
wore hau'!kelchicfs in the same r,anne,
AMI ~ red. Il is even still the favorite
| Colour
| " Paris. Ian. 12.-It is now strongly re-
| ported that the British troops are falling
! back upon Pars. Orders have been gwen
| n several ct the Villages a'.out the mi
tai, to p epare for the English the GUAR
| tiers already occupied by them The month
OF hurry has BEEN long booked to by the
Parisins as pregnant with some extraor-
| binary event any public occurrence If
the lest Importance, or in any degree in.
dicatlve of revolutionary movement, Is
enquired into with anxious curiosity. ard
the consequence is that the most alarming.
but III general the most extravaga mt ru-
mors are attoat every day. Even the ter
ror OF the law against the propagation Of
sedltious runners, is not sufficient to re-
stra the public curiosity and credulisy OF
the French.
| This design is even looked upon as ha-
wing disclosed itself in the violent spirit
that has broken out in the Chamber OF
Deputies /; tie reported return of the Brit
Ish troops, is attributed to the King's fears
tr3E this quarter. The Palace of the Thu
iileries is strongly guarded there are at
least four hundred men, cavalry & infant
| ry, OF the new amy. barracked round tie
Palace but the only quarter from which
real danger appears, is from the revelation
airy party.
There arc NJ longer Bonapartists &
| Republicans they have formed coalition,
and openly call themselves . the Admirers
OF the Revolution The general distinc-
ton 81 political opinion, is RoyaiistS, and
INN dc Ia ReUoluti0n. This party was az
tive and daring even under Bonaparte, &
is now strengthened by the accession of lis
adherents. The French government, il is
sad, has already discovered a system Of
afhliation amongst them. They instantly
recognize each other, by signs Ike the
| free-M isons, and are sworn TO secrecy.
| One Of the watch words is said to be de
| t1OH cIiuOTUit.
So extensively has this system spread,
that II had reached even the barracks,
where it was discovered by the govern
| ment. 1t IS in consequence OF ths discov-
cry, that eat mum or Of French off,
! GERS have been arrested within The last
few days. Paris IS sill as full of French
| military as ever. Scarcely my f the Of
| TIC rs who served 30 apaite have been re-
| celved into the new army they are to be
! sen wandering about in ali quarters.
wearing the red RIBBON of the Legion OF
Honor they look at The officers of the roy
| al army with envious eris,on. The lat
ter have as yet scarcely acquired the zr of
soldiers, and they are, for the mDst part,
from the Provinces.
4" Nothing has been lately heard of La
Vaiette. a very humorous caricature of
his escape, is privately circulated; it rep
| resents him escaping in grotesque female
! disguise, too palpable to conceal him, and
followed by dog, holding stick in its
! mouth, with q lantern at both ends This
| dog is called I'm chien Bar6e, and intend
| ed to represent Barbe Marbois, the Minis
| ter OF Justice, whose connivance is repre-
sensed by the two nterns, with which he
lights the prisoner through the passages Of
the Concicrgerie."
LONDON, Jan. -.
The Marquis Of Osmand, the newly ap-
pointed French Ambassador to the Court
OF st. James, arrived yesterday in town
from Dover.
STATE OF FRANCE.