Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-02-08

ltSeit, were patrOleu by mounted gems d.
armes. The national guard. and all the
foreign troops in the capital. were also on
the alert. making prep rations for preserv-
ing the public tranquility during the awful
exhibition that was TO take place. IT, the
mean time marshal Ney, who had so deep
~ offended against France. had been shot
III corner OF the gardens Of the Luxem-
5ourg, the gates of which had been guar
ded and closed during the trial. therefore,
no partl ular suspicion was'entertaint d that
that would be the place. The spot chosen
tor this act seems TO have surprised even
Marshal Ney hinself
London, Dec. 10.
ltnew appears true, that Ferdinand VII.
has made formal proposals 20 esp2use his
own niece, the second daughter of the
Prince OF Brazils, and demanded the third
one tor the infant Don Carlos. Gen. Wig
odet, late governor of Monte Vteo, & ia
ther CirilN, frar, have already arrived i'm
the Brazils on this subject. We have laleiy
had transmitted to us an interc pied dis
patch from Lardizas, minister general of
the Indies, to Adsdia. Inspector eel c. al Of
the Indies in Cadiz, developing the whole
aff,ir.
We had hitherto purposely refrained
from mcEtiong, that it is generally un-
derstood that a most vehement dispatch
was lately received from FERDINAND Sc
vENTH's prime minister, COMP, ming of
the liberties taken with the political con-
duct of his master, by English editors of
papers. We now learn that the same
document contains certain propositions of
singular nature, both inconsistent i'm
themselves, and extremely opposed to
the real interests and wishes of this coun-
try.
At late hour last night we received
the Paris papers to the 18th inst They
contain very little news. The project of
amnesty had been referred to the same
committee which had under consideration
the r'jects OF Labordonnaye and others,
and the report was TO be made on Mon
day. The case of Lavalette is to be deci-
ded upon in cessation this day. The Journal
des De6ats has an article expressing great
indignation at the plea of Ncy, founded
upon the capitulation of Paris, but addur ing
no new argument to :',validate it. The
GLOWING are extracts
from the London Times Of Dee. 1871
1t is proposed to Danish from France
Soutt, ALer. Erceimans, Lamargue, Yam
da'nni', x l or 2 other generals, besid s
some celebrated non-military revolutonsts.
Most OF the former, we understand, are go
ingto the U. 5. of America, and what mea-
sures they may there devise against our in
terests In that hemisphere, it behoves our
government well to consider The hatred
OF Soult, in particular against every thing
English, is northumberland he is, beyond
dispute, the most skiful of all the French
generals. Would it not be prudent step
on our part to demand that these gentry
should NOT be permitted to go to America
There are plenty of airy wholesome islands
IN the Mediterranean, where they nigh?
live quite as comfortably as Savary & LaI-
iamand at Malta. or as Bonaparte and his
associates at St. Helen. Any safe retire
ment OF that kind would be better than
hearing of them, a twelvemonth hence, at
the head OF an American army invading
Canada.
Don't he alarmed III, Tirles--We stand in no
need Of these pe-soas-shoud they come 10 this
country. they viii no doubt be received Streatcd as
other emisrants-tht we want them not to head o,.r
armies-~e have generals and heroes ns our own---
real home pun ones, wthost looking across the wa
ter tor any. Editor Savsnnah Republican.
PARIS, Nov. "a.
Orders were issued yesterday by Mon
sieur de Gaze, to arrest lie marshal Masse-
na, and the police officers went to his hotel
in the middle of the night for the purpose :;
but some kind Bonapartist in the Bureaux,
no doubt, of the minister of police, took
care to apprise the marshal of his danger,
tor he had Quilted his hotel some six
or eight hours previously to the arrival
of the commissary of police charged to ar
rest him, and he has not since been heard
of.
PARIS. December 10
We understand that the chamber of de-
puties in secret committee Yesterday, heard
the developement of a proposition of count
! Sothens d Ia RochefUucault, the object of
which is, that general mourning shall be
ordered throughout France, and funer-
| al service celebrated in all the churches
| on the 21st January. We understand also,
that II has been deckied that the central
committee, to which has been referred the
| propositions of Messrs. Labourdonnaye :,
| Dupless de Bouville, and de Germiny,
| shall not make its report till after it has
| dellberated on the projet ola law of amnes-
| ty presented the day before by all the min
is ers. Tomorrow at noon there will
be an assembly of Bureaux, to deliberate
| on the project of amnesty. At two, the
sitting viii be public to hear the reports.
The president Of the royal court of cas-
| sation has nominated Nj. OLIVIER, to
preside in the cause of Lavalette. The
! cause will be tried next Thursdav.-
| Already great nuuber of dist ngui>hed TO-
reigners have applied for tickets of admis-
sion.
a committee, composed of NJ. dc Colo
| MIA, and of baron Dupon, councillors of
state, and NJ. de Schiaflno, master of the
/ reOupete 10 aDpoipfod IN ;nto Il,