Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-07-18


that the AiccSte's guns on the forts o
| Canton has had an influence on their af-
fairs al least as beuciicial as cUuid have
been hoped from tie most favorable ne.
| gociatiois.> We shall be happy 10 ind
! inns 10 he the case, hut we OUGHT not Ia
! forget that the Chinese character is as
remarkable iof duplicity as for coward
! ice.
The long expected Russian order has
| been received, aud the Manufacturers Of
army clothing i'll the neishbourhood OF
Leeds are once more III u stale ot activity.
| We hear that there are fourteen execu-
, tons now in the siIerilf's hands against
Lord Cochrane, ami which have been en-
tered on his premises at Holly hill, in
Hampshire; and we learn with some sur
prise, thattiieyare alifor debts contracted
| at H0niton, for treats To the voters, after
his LordsIIip's election AT that place. II
should seem that he suffers the payment
la be obtained by compulsion and even
that, we hear, is likely 10 be defeated, by
an assignment OF ali his property to la
dy OF his qualniance having been sci
upto9efpat these executions.
Lord Cochrane has addressed letter
on this subject 10 the editor of Il Sunday
paper, explaining the nature of the de-
manu- 'i@N' WI iiS itI
all the voters III Honton with supper
after his election. He agreed, he says,
TO treat hls own voters with a supper II
seven smilings ahead, but the whole town
was entc, tanned. and q debt of 32l. 4s.
has been swciied 10 j, 1851 i2s.
Tie SfaCe'y " the GkTiStiaaiS at AlgiCrS.
IN letter To a member of Parliament,
by Walter Croker, Esq. of the Royal Ma
Wy, published III London, iSiG, there is
the following description OF the christian
slaves by the Aigerlne pirates.
The bani, or bagnio, which is one OF
the narrow streets ofAlgierS, has nothing
| remarkable in its outside appearance ::
| but, inside, it is the most remarkable
house olmlsery imagination can conceive.
| On entering the gale, there is a small
| square yard for the slaves to- walk about
| i'll they are there OH every Friday, lock-
! ed up, and, as they do not work ON that
| day, they are allowed nothing but water
| from the Algerine government. Wethen
| ascend a stone staircase, and, round the
| galleries, were rooms with naked earthen
| floors ana damp stOne-walls. They have
an IRON grated window dnda strong door ;
| two of these rooms have in each of them,
twenty things, like cot frames, with
| twigs interviewer in the middle. These
I
| the room, and those slaves, who are able
10 pay Tor the luxury OF such bed, are
alone admitted.
g am happy In wanting d comparison,
iii any part Of the world where have
| been for this abominabie prison, d those
deadly cells but, 1t they had Il little more
light, think they would most resemble
d house where the negroes of the West
india Islands keep their pigs. l must ado
that the Presidential swell made Mr.. San
bury so i'll that he nearly tainted and DIR
NJ 'Conneli and myselfwcre NOT much less
affected.
"Che food Of the slaves consists oftwC
black leaves ofhalf pound each, ~ Incl
is their daily bread; neither meat nor We
getables do they ever taste, those eXcep
fed who work at the Marine, who get twt
olives per day with their bread, and o
Tiers al the Spanish hospital which th
Spanish government 10 this day supports
as we'll perhaps as it is able In view
ing this hospital the floors of which ar
covered with unhappy beings of ever.
age and either sex, | saw some men VIII
looked almost sixty and some childreI
who could not be more than eight year
old tie whole of them had their leg
swelled and cut il such hOTrid manner
that we all thought they could moi reco
yer. There also We saw some Young 81
Gillian girls, and some women. One poo
woman burst into fears told us that sli
was the motherof eight children, and de
sired US 10 look at six of them, who ha
been slaves with her for thirteen years
We left these scenes of horror, and,
going into The country, met the slave
returning from their iahour. The clan
oi he chans of those who were heavil
ironed, called my attention 10 their e,
IRENE fatigue and detection they are a
tended by Inhdels with large whips"
There is now, says the Conncctict
, Courant, cheering prospect that With
a iew coming years, the dens of the Bg
harry pirates will be all broken up, or, {
the least, that an entire stop will be pt
10 their internal piraciys, which, throug
the rivalrics and .eaIousies OF tie gree
European powers, have ill lately been
a manner licensed for many years. NJ
is it a little gratifying that tire America
,, navy did first set tIeexample i'll this slor
Gus work.