Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-09-04

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haus,ed all their ammunition in the widest
manner, without occa sioning to the Dutch
any loss whatsoever.
The Admiral, We learn, has since been
reinforced at Gibraltar by the Amstel, a
fine frigate, and is waiting FOR the arrival
Of two line of battle ships & a frigate from
Holland.
Our private correspondence mentions
some circumstances which came in aid of
the speculation we hazar,ied a few days
ago, shat Turkey would not view the des
truction of the power of these barbarians
with satisfaction. The Turkish Agents at
Paris, endcavor to palliate their conduct.
The Algerines have not suffs red any intel
ligence to be dispa'c hed from Algiers since
the 23d of May. This is to Conceal the re-
al state of affairs.
We are sorry to learn, that the appi-
cations for pa ssports TO visit France rather
increase than d,minish. There is an abso--
lutte croud of applicants at the French am
bassador's house. It is sometimes three
days before passports can be had, so great
is the number of applicants.
The Dowager Countess of Conyngham.
has died immensely rich; for, to the asto-
| nshment of her representatives, no less
than one hundred and fifty Thousand gui-
| meas have been found securely deposited IN
leather bags within her private closet.
PARIS, July ION .dane Pleignier en-
deavo-ed to reach the kings calchc as his
Majesty was passing the troops in review,
to present petition for her husband, but
, prohibitory sign pr vented her from APP
preaching. She was in deep mourning,
accompanied by her two children. On
her passage being opposed by the guards.
who surrounded the Carriage, she Tell into
| a convusive fit, and was carried in state
of insensbility from the Boulevalds. Ma
| dame Carhouneau was equally unsuccess-.
| full in an effort she made 10 be admitted to
the Royal presence, as his Majesty was 60
| ing to Mass. Madame Tol,eron, more
fortunate, succeeded in presenting petit
on to the Duchess of Angouleme, who or
dered it to be forwarded to his Majesty.
From firiUate letter 10 the Courier.1
PARIS, July IS.
Notwithstanding the cry throughout Eu-
rope which the late atrocities OF the Al
| gerines have excited against them, and
| of which your Journal has been the elo-
quent interpreter, there are not wanting
| Individuals here, connected with the Turk
! ish diplomacy, who obtrude on the pub
| lie palliative statement in their behalf.
| Friendly to impartial investigation, l sub
NIT res,ln,e to the Courier. Afterex ag-
gerating the claims the Barbary powers
have On Great Britain, whose navy they
have so essentially supplied with whatever
| it stood in need daring many critical and
| protracted wars (and never more gnally
than during the late one) they adv ance
that Lord EXmouth, on his first cruise to
| Algiers, expressly authorized their odious
commerce of Christiaa slaves, by parchas-
IL, 81. 81,
| Sadinians at price agreed on. Thaton his
| temperance some time after, he assumed
a tone of hostility and menace, demanded
the liberty of the Neapolitans unransoned,
and the entire abolition of their antique
| commerce. The Dey protested he could
| not, without consulting the Grand Segnior,
| agree to terms so Injurious TO their united
interests.S< requested tine for that mission.
| The British Admiral, they frefend, replied
| that IT in "a hours favorable answer was
| not received, the town should be bombarded
| The Dey having deliberated with his ooun-
| Gil, and their advice being unanimous, ex
| pected the attack on the town, and cons-
| dered the two countries AS IN state of war.
| 1t was in this interim the D-y issued an or
| der to secure the persons of those employed
| in the fisheries at Bona, to the execution of
which opposition being made, blood was
| spit on DOtn SiueS. SHORTY after Lord
| Exmouth, contrary to the expectation ct
the authorities at Algiers, renewed regotia-
| tons, and p certain number of Neapoli-
| tans were actually liberated, though at
higher tariff than had been set on the Sar-
dinians before. A counter order was now
dispatched to Bona, but it arrived unfor-
tunately too late. Lord Exmouth, after
STIMULATING certain conditions, had quilted
Aig ers before the news of the Carnage
reached that town.
AS to the present expedition. they do
not seem to attach an adequate impor-
lance to it. So lopx aware of it, they have
mad time to remove into the interior their
most vau bic eff cts i; thus the lombard.
ment and piilage of the town willnot repay
the expence of the preparations. 1t is
loudly proclaimed that the Turks them
selves would view with a jealous eye any
| nroad in the interior, and that one preci-
| plate or indiscreet measure, would suffice
| to rekindle all the religious fury an army
| of Christians never fal"d to- excite in those
| fanatic countries Whichever mode Of re
treat or defence the Agornss have resol
| we'd or, is an impeHetrable mystery here );
| fer so strict have been their precautions
that the French ministry have received no
Official news since the 2Sd of May.
REVOLUTION AT TUNIS.
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