Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-03-06

- u sides. Two of thsm met, on The 7
Pont Neuf the cha;se in whcs Madame
l.avalette came 10 the prison, but thee
round no one in it. rs soon as his escapy
was become known, the Minister of Cen
eral Police and the Presecs of Police, went
to the Coaciergerie, aud interrogated all
the persons employed. Orders were Civ
en- to arrest the Keeper and a Porter, who
It is supposed, favored the escape ina
mediate aud strict searches took place, cs-
5atettes were sent OF yesterday morning
on all points. an ! il IS thought impossible
that M. Layalelee will be able to escape
their pursuit, whichever way he may
have gone. Neither public nor private
carriages were allowed to leave Paris
yesterday morning, IS orders were given
Tor all the bastlons 20 be closed, AS soon as
she escape was known.
December IS.
1t is a long time since we have been a
Bile TO notice any thing respecting the Slave
Trade, press OF other matter having re-
strIoted our pm ; but we now with plea
sure return 10 the subject.-It appears
that Lord Castlereagh. with an aiacrity
which does him honour, presented q note
to the French Minister ON tue subject, 81
early as July u, grounding il with great
Justice On the readiness which the British
Government had evincsd in putting AN
end to hostilit;es against France, and ma
King this libe rality plea for calling on the
French Government FOR solemn recog
milton or the laws OF humanity. NJ. dc
Ial,eyrand's answer is worthy OF notice.
He says, ga twelvemonth before there ex-
| listed prejudices III France but that those
preIudIces had yielded to the force oe rea-
i'm IL boJ
subsequently, appeared. Messrs. WILDER
force and Clarkson are the persons who
transmitted letters to Vienna aud other
parts ofthe Continent, and on whom most
OF the honor falls /; but at the same time
the note vi Lord Castiereagh must he per
used with pleasure by every good man
the acknowledge OF the effect of the
press IN removing those prejud ces which
had neary. given al ind finite procras:in-
alton to the period OF aboiition, furnishes a
new proof, were proofs wanting iii the
world, that this powerful eng ne, by being
unrestricted, always produces the happiest
effects.
To the triumph of Justice only one
measure is now wanting: In every l;lte
proceeding of the European Powers, the
existence and binding obligation of Natu-
raj and General Law has been recogni-
zed, and, as far as they have yet had the
means, has been acted upon its dictates
have been embodycd in their proceedings,
and the general principle that no state can
have right, on any preteXt of expedien-
cy, or INDIVIDUAL advantage, to pursue a
line OF policy injurious to its neighbours,
has been universally acknowledged. IN
Conformity with this principle it has been
agreed to arm Europe against the Barba-
Powers f,ts ~
lily approves, but let Europe not delay to
purify her own damages from the remains
OF so foul commerce. There are vet
two Powers in her Community which allow
the Slave Trade TO continue. Europe in
hernew, her rcgenerated condition, has no
ght to wink at the crimes of any of her
children against the General Law. Spain
and Portugal still refuse to abolish this
traffic, and it will be criminal IN the other
powers to suffer them to exercise with inn
punity- the cruelties which are inevitably
attached t. lis prosecution more has been
done by TIE British Government fr those
two Powers, than they can repay with a
ges of kindness, they therefore ought to be
prompt in aboishing it, and accedins to
the wise, and even POLITICALLY just mea-
sures, adopted by the Courts OF France,
Prussia, Russia and England
Gen. Cambronne landed on the 10th at
Calais from England, s. was Immediately
| conveyed on his way to Paris, to undergo his
| trial
& neral Excelmans is yet at Brussels
Some pretended reports have been in
! dustriou>ly spread Of disagreements hay
| iog broken out between the British
and Spanish Courts, but we CAN with
fety aHirm. that they are perfectly
| groundless.
The Chamber of Deputies viii re-
! ceiYe the communication oe the budget
! chs day and all the official papers from
| their excellencies the minister's of Justice
| and Police, relative to the escape of NJ.
| Lavalette.
The judgment in the case OF M. Revel,
| has been postponed for days
Reports from GalIicia, appear to con
| firm the accounts of the misunderstand-
! Ing between the Russians and Turks.
LONDON, d C. II.
A defaulter in the cole ton of the
| French taxes, lately thought proper to de-
camp to England with bills on London,
! which he had purchased at Paris, with the
! government money, to the amount of TO-
| COOL. sterling. The bills were OF thotdes
! crlption that he found no difficulty in get
| ting them discounted. Having tuned
/ them into money in London, he took snip
! ping at Falmouth for tile u. sat $ e was
| on his pass 'ge sotne days bef.re the Ftench
government sought afer him in this coun-
Try.
December 49,
No French Papers have arrived since
IA st.t. l~.r lot ga.