Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-08-05
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from Palermo, of the American Consul
having suddenly left Algiers, means pro-
badly nothing more than that lac had gone
on an official visit TO the other Barbary
States, lsuch an intention being inima-
ted IN the last lett rs from that gentle
man 10 his friends i'll this city
Our London papers by the Golconda,
as we minated yesterday, are very bar
rem of such intelligence as would be IN
tcresi,ng to an American reader.-De-
| bates in Parliament, OH subjects general
ly local; Trials for High Treason, which
| progress slowly, and are likely 10 be long
proiractcd and Trials for petty offences
| against the laws, constitute nearly ali the
reading that an English paper affords.
| We sublon few miscellaneous articles.
TIE plot, which has recently been
! discovered at Lisbon, is said 20 have
been caused by Il jealousy of British
influence, the dissatisfaction of the Por-
tuguese at the continued absence of their
king, and their displeasurc at the gene
raj line of policy be has adopted with re-
spect to SouiI-America. The king Of
Portugal is thus assaled by sediiious
movements, plots, and instructions AT
nearly the same moment III both divisions
of his empire From what has transpir-
ed al Lisbon. it does not appear that "a
nv of the Nobility have been connected
with the plot, none of them having been
apprebended.
Information of The threatened insurrec-
ton in the west-ridlnS of Yorkshire (no-
ticed in our lasD was furnished to The
civil and military authorities by one OF
the diSatfectcd. From this it appears
that the meetings of delegates were not
confined 10 Yorkshire, but extended 10
other parts of the kingdom; and that 4
general rising OF The people has been de
termined upon, Tor the purpose OF over
turning the Government. Sunday or
Monday, the Sth and 9th of June, was
tixel on for the breaking out of the re-
belllon; and the magistrates were to be
seized as hostages.
The weavers oil Carlisle have lately re-
ceIYed al advance ct one shilling ster-
hing per cut, In consequence Of the pros
pect of an open trade, TO the revolied
provinces i'll South America having cyea-
ted considerable spirit OF speculation
amongst the manufacture, rs ~ merchants;
and the iron trade in Stailordshire has so
far improved, that another rise las ia
ken place of ten shilIimgs per Ton.
he persons who have been arraigned
at the bar ofthe Court of Kings Bench,
OF Il charge of High Treason, and whose
trial engrosses great pablo interest i'll
London, are described in their indict-
ment Us James Watson the elder, late of
Bloomsbury, surgeon; James Watson the
younger; Arthur Tlistiewood, mariner :;
Thomas Preston, cordwainer; and john
Hooper, lahourrr. CFhe younger Watson
has escaped.) On the first day Of their
trial, June 9th, the prisoners having in
tImated To the attorney general, by Ineir
counsel, that they intended to exercise
the right of severiHg their challenges of the
jury, IT was notified, on the part of the
crown, that they should therefore bc tri-
ed separately. Accordingly, Mr.. James
Watson the elder was pat on lis trial ;
and the other prisoners renamed i'll
court. The challenges were numerous,
and it WAS not without difficulty that a
jury cOul, be impanuelled.
A numerous and very respectable meet
ing was held IN London on the 9TH June,
presided by the Duke OF SUSSEX, Tor the
purpose of adopting petition TO Pari,a-
ment, PRAYING for legislative interference
to abolish the use of Climbing Boys in
| sweeping cilmneys. 1t was agreed upon
the British public should not manifest
own country than they had done for
those of Africa and that Home was
the base from which all the radH of their
circles should diyerge iii the cause phi
lanihrophy.
Attempts are making 10 ascertain the
practlcability of raising the wreck of
the Royal George, which with a great
number of souls on board, sunk at Ports
mouth about 35 wears ago
A bill was discussed i'll the Commons
House of Parliament on the 10th ult. hay
ing for It's object 10 abolish certain sine
cures, and substituting III their stead a
certain number OF pensions at the dlspo-
sal Of the crown. In the course Of de-
bate it was, amongst other things, pro-
posed, that clause should be inserted,
vacating the seat OF any member of the
house who should accept pension from
the crown but the motion was finally
rejected, Oh 10 81.
Tire days Iate, from Loudon-By the
ship Fame, Captain Mix, from Hamburg,
and 80 days from Kinsale, the Editors OF
the Mercantile Advertiser have received
the Cork Reporter of the 18th of June,
containing London dates of the 18th OF
that month.
The Cork Editor remarks" IF we may
trust to the authority of these papers, the
interior of England presents scene Of
combined and widely extended insurrec-
ton but it is 10 be recollected that the
HdbeaS Corpus Suspension, Bill is about 10
be re-enacted, and that when that mea-
sure was first brought forward, scenes g
qually frightful as those now described,
were then narrated by the Ministerial
prints"
Under tie London head OF June 18th,
we find detailed accounts of important