Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-05-18

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e. qf7var." This book h 5 had a YER,
considerable run, until Of late, that t has
been purchased up b, the Brit SD agents
= second edition, il is said. the French
government dare not allow she author 20
pn''i'so Thus. while the British writers
ana JoaTn- lists are. and have been FIR Il
ges. caiunpiating the French nation. and
ina"e ne trench nation a standing lest on
the stage, tins government prev hts
Wholesome advice and pia truths to be
soid % EnS'ishnien to Frenchmen Tbs
book, ken ~ NOR point of view.
white thai published by our consul here
taken i'll political one, gives su Ia hor-
rid picture OF the depravity of the British
government and is po'icy, as To carry con
viction INTO the mud Of all who rea,. them.
General Pillet's chapter ON crimes, is
horrid indeed It must be confessed that
It eXlsbI s n picture highly cx g,,erated :;
y which would be uniustihable, if English
travellers were not themselves t',c most
extravagant calunn;ators Of every nation
into which their agents or emlssaries on
travellers make their way. He teli, you
chat in tn city os london only. in the year
1912, 1868 persons were brought before
the Criminal courts, Of which 1871 were
men, and SAG women of this f,ightfu
number 998 were condemned to transpor
taton. punishment Of different kinds, and
death
That in the same year 245 individuals,
accused OF different crimes, were senten-
ced, IL the county of Kent, 81 To different
sorts o. punishment, and ~ to death. He
then goes o,l to state the nunher Of Grim S
of the fifJy-two counties Of England by
which it appears that at each assize, land
there are two for each county ia a year,
from 40 to so criminals are found guilty.
lie says that ireland passes in review
each year, 1000 crim;nals-Scotland 1000
hus, says he, the number of individuals
sentenced for crimes in each year in the
kingdoms, Including the city Of London,
are fifteen thousand persons, male and fe-
male.
The population ofthe three Kingdoms,
he says, Is not more than fourteen millions.
The duration of generation may be est
mated at SO years, though generally spea-
King, it ought to be rated at abont AZ or As
years. 1t results then that III the course of
generation, or of 50 years, there has been
presented to the tribunals of the three
kingdoms 100000 criminals that is, one
nineteenth part of the total popuiat ion--
Thusit will be seen, that in this country,
so boss,ed for probity and good morals,
every time we meet with a society Of 90
persons, no matter OF what age, there must
be among them, at least one who viii be
hanged or transported, for robbing, assas-
sination, or some other crime, in the course
ofthe year
Gen. PiIlet concludes his chapter on
crimes in these words {: am going to
conseCrate few chapters to the deve-
lopement OF ths, by detailing the crimes OF
which England IS charged. / will SUPPORT
them by facts taken from the public r.
cords during the short space of ten years.
l will VT down principle, and prove
1t, that England IS the country where tn ?
most crimes are committed, where the
crimes are Of de most atr0ct0ug nature,
where the circumstances accompanying
tnem are the most frigbtfGi. | VIII prove
al this, however painful to honest minds
"Tiis book of Gen. p llet's, however.
differs in few Of It's particulars from the
first publication of ColquhOun; work not
sufhcien " known.
I" While am writing Says another let
ter before us,) she is stirring up French
men 20 cut one another's throats size is
working to stir up the Algerines against
the Uoitel States, that she may get out
our Acct aga II INTO the Mediterranean
--wh'e she IS exciting the Spanaris into
broil with US N the por s Of the Meditcr-
ranean and stimulating the Spanish
Court TO quarrel with Is for the F!ori
das ~
"Ia my next" says our first correspon-
d9nt, viii end .avor TO nd you general
Pillct's chapter on the Commercial Vie7Us
Of England-it is too long to send you
now. lie speaks at the conclusion of it Of
the degraded state Of Bordeaux, under
English influence, shipping their produce
in English vessels, IN preference 20 French
ones He did not know one fact which
we all know here--ihat several houses in
this town have Of late received British Il
cences Permitting them ~ trade JrOm this
10 GnadaLouie and Martinique, in French
z,esseks, 7Uith certain articles therein steel
fed AS to the political opinions here,
they remain much the same as when
wrote you st. Three Prot slant preach
ers have CT late been reprimanded by the
government, and ordered never TO preach
again in France. You will see by the
speech Of Mr.. Lame, president Of the
chamber IF de putics, th@t he foolishly
compliments he inhabitants Of LOUISA
NA for their fidelity 10 tie Bour5ons and
th4r he cherishes the idea OF again RANK
iHg sfhem amoHP the children Of his ma
jesty, and If seeing them, before long, re-
presented in that house. Could you sup
pose that such astonishing ignorance could
have prevailed, after the example which
the gall mt Louisianans gave at the bat
tie Of Orleans? You viii see the decree
OF the king against the people Of Iara8coH
what were the real causes OF the tu-
mutt which gave rise to this decreei We do
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