Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-03-18

isu Auccechcu Ia their hegociatisi Tor i loan
in this country of three hundred millions of |
francs, above twelve millions sterling. half of !
which i TO toe paid in mOney--snd the other !
halt IN provision and clothing, sc. for the al |!
lei troops now IN France. Tue letters from |,
Paris speak M flic highest terms of eNultation |
al tn' beneficial transaction, aud of the effect
Il has already produced, the .,l.,ls which had
been down a. low as ~ being up to 60. On
Monday sales ot Stock were made to great
ainount by the Frokcrs, of some Of those men
who have beeu the Loan Contractors for wears
and who were among the warm patriots al
Grocers Hall. To involve las ia the war that has
brought so much misery on those King doms.--
neither they have the direct guarantee OF Mi /
nlsi-rs on the occasion, we know not hut there
is doubt HAT il is done with the privitv of Min
.steIs. aGd they must know thai i, will act in
the nature OF subsidy. and will affect the EA
changes against us MOnev-leudprs are not
men who boast that they woul, nail the flag to
the mast OF tie national ship, aud sink or swim
with it. Wherever the most interest can be
had Tor money, that Is their country: aud per
hars, without the direct guarantee of Govern
merit. they may have contideuce that what
| they lend will be ultimately stipulated for af-
| ter the pernlcious example of the late troaty.-
| II any thing could have served to aggraIate
the distrssSes of the People OF England, at the
present moment. il is this banefnl transaction
| tor BY this not only is Our Army TO be kept IN
! in France, hut we are actually to maintain
both it and the Armies Of the otter y HE'D Pow
| ers.
Janua,y To-
| This morning we received Paris papers of
| Sunday and Monday last The Law i Flee.
| tons, as amended by the Chamber Of Deputies
was on Saturday presented to the Chamber of
| Peers, with an intimatiou that the King had
| declined expressing an opinion The amend
ments Of the Deputies until the wishes of the
! Peers were known. We should be well pleas
| ed TO have this deicacy ON the part Of the Soy
| ereign, somewhat farther extended, but il an
! pears very unnecessarily exercised i'm the pre
sent instance, wien the object Of il is of such
triiiing Importance. The discussion commcn-
| ces iii the Chamber of Peers On Tuesday.
| The jebates on the law for suspending Indi-
| viduai Liberty. VIII commerce on Tuesday in
| the Chamber of Deputies and will tits thought.
be protracted for NJ least three days. The Re
! port from the FInanre Committee will be sub
! mitied to the Chamber on Thursday or FRIDAY
| Ia the mean tme the funds continue TO rise
| rapidly. The five per cents. have reached 81
francs being (as well as we can remember. ]
higher than At any period these several wears
The hopes OF English gold work ruaryelously !
The Bank Actions. are LIS fr
| !, iS Row understood that the terms OF the
Loan to France are all arranged, and nothing
remains but 10 put the finishing hand to .bT.
contract. Some new particulars have trons-
PRED. To the London parties Barring s, Hore
II IS now said, are 10 be added the House Of
Parish ~ 90. at Hamburger, and another at Pa
RS. We should like very muc, TO kno,y Tho
| amount which the French and Haubrryh Hon
| % meaa 70 furnish; il would be comparatively
trivial, or II to any considerable sum. il wouId
probably he found that these foreign Housps
| are merely British agents whether consibe- g
bic or insignificant partHers the rnixt,rn &c ~
| little moment. The Loan viii remaiu in f,c,
and substance, purely British Loau: If viii bp
so many miiiions OF purely British capital de
voted To the benefit OF France, which ,ni,ht
have been more laudably and natriot;caIly EN-.
pho! eli IN advancing parey British interests
IN giving life and activity To British trade in,
dustry ana commerce. The contractors ex
pect, no doubt, Il very high interest for their
money, perhaps II or 10 per cent and viii saw
that being thus amply repaid the,. and win
them the country, will be evcntuaiIv enriched
py me oargain rs far as tie individuals are
| concerned, this may be So ShcuId Franca
| make good her engagements they will cnrtai,
~ he richer than it their money had remained
IN oar own funds; hat as TO any promised adj.
vantage to the country, the argument is falla
| ciouS. Capital vested in trade i'm Fn.lau.i ;s
expected to produce full as much as tie inter.
est winch l rance proposes TO pay: in some
trades II Is expected TO produce much more =
ne intimate Dcneht which the country NAV
| possibly derive from the increas ed wealth oi
| MeSsis. Barring, Hope and a few other can;,sl
ISIS, VIII therefore be more than counterba,
| anced by The immediate loss whic! IN ,nust ems.
tam iromtt Inc diversion of so much of lis CAM.
| tai from ITS own to foreign uses-We do no,
| question The right of anV British Conit.l;st IN
| exercise sovereign dominion over his r,oucv
TO lend II on French security, Or airy other seem
fity, as lie pleases, without restraint or con.
| troll, but we Will give the man who docs en- ~,
credit for extraordinary love for his country -
| Our emigrants plead poverty, health. mental
| improvement, &c. for spending at This crisis i'm
| foreign countries, that money which If snent
at home, would go in diminUtiOn of The puhIic
| distress but none of them have ever ,leaie1
avarice and sordid thirst of filthy ucre. Nv
way, however, Ofreducing the nnpopuIa,.ifv n
the measure and rendering it paitaIle to the
| people, II is rumOTed that The British Cavern
| ment nave Intertered to procure "A condition
| tiiat part OF the Loan, amounting to IL mil
hons sterling, is 10 be furnished in clotl;ncr
| &c. nus, II true, IS fdilacy, mere delusion'
! ~ IA ds meant 10 operate as palliative, or
! recommendation OF the mcasure.-The very mo.
| I'VE Which stimulates Messrs Earring &, Hone
| 70 lend their money TO France to Drefar .i,n
| french bdigal1 TO a British bargain, will in
| dnce the British contractor in cloth 10 snpnl,,
u on The most advantageous terms for himself
| ana u he can obtain French cioflis cheaper
t1An fr3iish cloths, we fear his patrotisu !, M
! not be more squedpiish than that OF others -
mere rs, how ever, another objection to This
| condition. The friends of government asse,,
| That they nave not inteitered directly or inli
reciIy m the Grisiual contract. Let them then
| NOT interfere 1T all--if they would not. by This
| meddling, render themselves acrcsraries ystta,.
the fact, in in which fhcv deny ihev ,seIe
| principals originally, or aiding and abettiiig in
| any degree. "
We have received the Paris papers Of Friday
! anu Saturday. Those Of the former date con-
tan The proceedings of the Chamber of Dcpu.
! ues Oh hu'>day, whiclwe communicated from
| oar private correspondent Yesterday ThpI.t
ter contain the discussion of the law pronoscd
| relative 10 The seizure OF printed writings II
mas been suggested that the PARTY by ,shon, on
| position to the seizure shall be made should be
/ obliged to make II ia the delay Of fl,ree dsvs.-
| An amendment was proposed hy Mr. Eenoist
| ~ leave Ont the words three DAYS f,r the nor
/ q tu.re fsnff 1 =.