Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-11-25
FOREIGN.
pOI.TTICS OF EIrROpF

Doubts, we believe without cause, have bee,
thrown on its authenticity. As tar the i'm
terpal evidence goes, IL is in favor OF it-i
contains that kind of historical illustration
mixed up with his remarks on passing events
IN which he was often so happy. Who viii
forget his reminding the French Chambers
during his last reign, of the fate of the sub
.ccts of the lower Empire. who busted them
selves in theological disputes while tue enem,
was approaching the gates ottheii capital p
The comparison of England to Francis the Isl
at Pavia is equally happy. 1t this account he
genuine, and we are well assured that il is so,
it Is important TO observe The manner in which
S01aparte speaks of the power of Russia
IL Alexander organized Poland well, he
Riisht command Europe" He points ont, too,
the circumstance, that II Austria and Russia
s'tve the intention ot dividing Turkey, OF
winch Ia, seems confident, France aud Eng
iand Mil he lett alone TO defend it, This
whether said by Bon. Erte or no, is iiustra.
ttss a. tie policy of kecnng France thnS Grip
p'cd, depressing der down for the purpose OF
tcsvlng on her contributions, which, Gar from
nHetiatinS owp our hnJt..cns, deprive MS al
ti,at advantage Which aS a commercial nation
we derive isom the prosperity Of other natl
onf, anu Which cninnger our oNVn liberties, by
schooling Eritish troops Ia the practice nj re-
pi es- ing tic principles oi liberty. and in pro-
'eSting rulers against the clearly manifested
Yill IT whole nation. We do not pretend to
eecit" upon the plan Os9ividin.s rurkpy-bnt
IL any two powers are capable Of effccting this
IN d"sance of the rest OF Europe, they ma,
luiaS reality set 10 work OH any other plan
at partition.
As THIS IS the ave for indemni,es and clear
ing OH srDreS, we 10 not see WHY Russia and
AnSttin may not ;hmk tit to strip Prussia of
the territory il has acquired within century,
by means not the most iustifiible or WHY ali
turee should not Join to parcel out the few re
tnainrg free states in Gernauy since LORD
Cist!ereagh in his long speeches. has avowed.
ana our Parliament has ac;uiesSei in the
principle, & 1T The interests and even the eX-
lstence OF tfe small states NAV be sacrificed
30 the presumed convenience of great ones !:
SINCE II has been deemed eond reasoning to
say, that because Russia chooses TO take Fin
land, 10 which IL has TAO right Sweden should
nave Norway, to which It has no title: that be-
c.ilse lsussIa chooses TO have the Duchy of
warsaw, Prussia should take half Saxony, az
Ai indemnity for losing that which she had he
yer right To- possess. Tie terms drroadisSe.
R.fnts. and making squares OF territory, which
the iou@ aud noble speaker we have before
nenhoned rs SO fond of will never be wanting
As PIeteXt. Ii rs TO he remembered as "A
Morning paper has well observed, that il was
durifS the time when France, from internal
weakness, was unable to take a part ia the at.
ialTs ol Europe, that the partition of Poland
f"ok place. Every thing contributes to show
'he impclicy OF continuing the oppression of
fle French people.
change of ministry has taken place in that
So"ntry, which, upon the whole, augurs well
for the people. Louis seems TO have found the
necessity of binding himself more closely 10
Tue s'onNtitntionalist pa' ty. The resignation
~ retire has been expected, Gouvion st. Cyr
mas been made Minister of War. Count Mole
w'n was IN of1ce nnder Ronaparte, has snc-
ceedeh to the office Of Minister of Marine,
before held By St Cyr. This step is connect.
Ell with the restoration to Davoust of his Mar
shalPs Staff, aud with an increased attention
ot tate on the part of the King to the Duke OF
nr.eanS, deserveaiy the most popular of the
French Princes.
All the persons to whom these marks of IA
yor nave been shewn, are the most odiOus to
the Ultra Royd!ists * the necessity which the
KING feels OF thus ontraging his old partisans.
shows how weak aud deSpcahie that party is
IA FRANCE. We wish we coGld see these mea-
afeSaccompdnied ny any relaxation of the re-
stfant IN which the pressis kept Without the
ii.perty at the press, IT the king wished TO anne
iorate the system of his government he would
bpt-ucceed II shy the press alone that the
vsxIunns OF inferior officers can he exposed
OF by "inch tiiey can be prevented from iinpo.
ssHS on their snperiors. II is by the press a.
lUae that snch n check can be kent uron
Unconstitutional acts, that habit Of reve.
rtnce Tor The constitution is produced, which
Then deeply impressed on The minds of the
Executive, forms one great security for the
subject. IN France this security is altogether
wanting: From IA work which has been un.
co1siltnionally suppressed in France. the
BorHirg Chronicle has extracted a petition.
winch was presented to the Chamber of Peers
ia Jdnua'y last, from the inhabitants and pro-
Piieto4S WINCH OOTueE upon the privileged To-
rests of Chantilly and Aate IL The native
bnrSheIS, or rather nObleSse, 90 of those de-
sert cities, the wild hoars-who are protect
ed for the prince of Condos amusement in
inntlDg, have become since the return of the
legitimate families, prOdigioHsly numerous :.
they raVage the fields, and even the gardens
OF these petitioners, and DESTROY their seed az
soon as il is sown. They beg to he permitted
TO Kill these animals In l7ss, Gust before the
revolutlon) their fields had become a desert
from THIS thew dc oil
ed to Kill them, and of course soon cleared the
cou'try0f them. Wemay guess by this the con.
diiIOn OF the French peasantry before the reyo.
lsrion, hundreds of whom were sent TO the oral
lies for offences against the game laws, which
protected these destructive beasts, We have
not yet heard that any writer has set M the
DIVINE right of these boars, as well as of their
hunters, but why sboEld they not excepting
always tile swnish multitude, who are tame
animals, and not fere nature.
Tie account of a Reuohifion an HIg1ers
IS confined by the arrival at Boston
on Sunday Morning, of the brig o.
leans, Capt. Jones, III 40 DAYS from Glib
raliar. A Gibraltar paper, brought by the
Orleans, announces tie event in the fol-
lowing manner:
From Oran, by letters dated fourteenth and
twentysiNtiI September.l
Death Of tie Deg Of Algiers.
GIBRALTAR, Oct. 1.-On the 18th
Of September a number Of Janissaries as
sembied round the palace Of the Dey, cal
led upon him to descend, as if il was their
intention to put him to death, his reign
having been a series of disasters both by
sea and land
The Dey being obliged to comply
was taken by the soldiers to the house oi
the Kishna-Aga, where he was strangled
and man named Ali Cogia, retired
merchant, was declared Iiis successor
tie Ministers Of Tie Iale Dcy have beer
eHtied to different cities Of the Regency.
Captain Jones confirms also the accom-
ot the arrival of the American suuadro,