Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-20

for his family. He was at the bah given
last evening by the project to celebrate the
anniversary OF the first arrival CT Louis
XVIII at Paris. The rooms, / am told.
were crowded with Englishmen-All the
foreign Consuls were invited ercett o,,S,
and not one American was asked. How
different from former times, when our
Consul and country men were the first to
be invited.-How d;sgraceful to French
men to see the apartments of one of their
chief magistrates filled with British officers
and traders. while such respectable men
as orr Consul, Col. Drayton, Col. Feuwick
and others are not only treated with neg.
lect. but insulted. NJ. Hyde de Neusills
may make as many aourishes as he pleas
es, and try all he can to wipe off tue stain
which the conduct of his party towards us
has fixed on them-be will not succeed
/ send you one of the Sunday handbiIls,
which are printed and stuck up by the Pre-
feet at every church in the department,
TO instruct the loyal peasants of the state
of things and of the health of all the legiti-
mt s. You will see, on perusing this Sun
day sheet, that Lonis 18th Frustrated him.
self at the feet of the statue of St. Ann.
but not being able, from the feeble state of
his health, to perform all the rites due to
that Saint, his royal brother had the good
ness to wash the foot of the statue for INN.
This will paint to You better than any
words can use. the fanatacsm of these
poor wretches. 80
Disguised and enraged, our Consul is "a
bout embarking to return home. We have
xpi sented him with handsome address,
: and given him an elegant dinner in testi-
mony ct our regard-He is universally es-
termed by all of us here 80
Just AS am finishing this letter, the dali
~ paper appears, giving splendid des-
cription Of the Projects Ball above menti-
oned. After mentioning all the authorities
that were present, it concludes by saying,
"tog ether with all thc Elrohean ConsuLs
and officers of distinction" This, though
pitt at mpt to make known to the
publ that the American Consul and of
hcerS III ms ~ were not present, is wor-
y nj notice, as { proves what have be-
tore sta :ed 10 yon, that every occasion that
Oft rs IS eagerly seized to insult and irri-
tate us. A public dinuer is to be given in
few days by the English merchants es-
tabiished here to MIR. George Canning, at
which all the authorities are to assist.
What CHI nge ! The French authorities
of Bordeaux feastng and entertaining Rri-
tish minister, who has contributed so much
to the degradation of their country. and to
the destruction If the commerce of this ci-
ty! But believe me, this is done by he au-
thoritIes in direct opposition to the public
sentiment for at no period of French his,-
tory were the bulk of the people of this ma
ton so 'nveterate against the English. You
VIII nave seen the farce between the Pre-
sident and some of the members of the Lee
gisiative body. The latter suspecting the
Ain8 meant to dismiss them AS soon as the
debates on the budget were finished, brought
forward in the midst of those discussions. a
project to regulate the future elections.
The President having his cue from the mi
nisters, opposed the report of our commit
tee OF elections, in which, though disgraced
IN the attempt, he finally succeeded. When
the discussion on the budget was complet-
ed, and forty two millions with Sxc's were
voted to the clergy together with fifteen
hundred Thousand francs per year to the
Duke OF Berry for his eminent services.
(say 100000 dollars) the King, whom the
Royalists call the Scion of the age, dismiss
ed this humble chamber
Ihe state of the country is wrctched in
deed; bread and wine, the staff Of the
poor, is enhancing in price labour is low
er IN sn ever /; ali the money the lower
Glasses can collect goes for taxes, while the
opntent ;re gathering into their Golfers all
they can collect, fearing a revolution. One
OF the best writer's on finance in France.
has proved. that if the present system of
ttxatien was persisted in for twenty four
years, The whole territorial value of France
would pass through the public chests in
that period! These are the blessed effects
ct "Iesifmdcy" l was in the Consuls OF
lice yesterday the greater part of the
morning, eugsged 10 perusing our gazettes,
which he gives us all free access to, not
withstanding the authorities here have en-
deavonred to prevent it. During that short
time, flve French officers of different grades
and eleven manufacturers # various bran
ches, applied to him for a passage to the
United States; most of them in a starving
condition. These classes of people look
with anxious eyes towards the western
world, regarding it as the only ASYLUM left
for suffering humanity.