Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-03
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LIN DON, Apfi O.-NeWS from the
continent has been very barren this
week. lie most important piece of in
teliigence from abroad is letter from MIR.
Adams, the American Secretary, to Don
LUIS de Onis, the Spanish Ambassador,
Which, IN terms which the hireling Jour
nails among us find exceedingly provok-
ing, speaks very quietly and decidedly of
The Unifed States having declinedtke me-
diatlon OF Great Britain, d ofther leaving
me question with Spain just as ii was, for
SAID Spain to get out as il can. The be-
ginning has an air of IRONY
You perceive, Sir, that the Govern
| mepf OF the United States is not prepared
either to renounce any ofthe claims which
IL has been SO long urging upon ahe JUS
tee OF Spain, or to acquiesce In any of
those arguments which appear TO you so
luminous and irresistible"
There follows a little after, a passage
extremely calculated 10 set the subjects
OF European monarchies thinking just
now:-
1t has hitherto been the policy. both
of Europe and of the United States, to
| keep aloof from the general federative
| system OF each other. Tile European States
are combined together, and connected
| with one another, by a multitude of i'm
portant interests d relations, with which
| the United States have no concern. with
| which they have always manifested the
determination not TO interfere, and of
which no communication being made to them
| by the Governments Of Europe, they have
not information cOmpetentto enable them
| to estimate their extent and bearings
The United States, in Justice 10 them
selves, in justice to that harmony which
they earnestly desire to cultivate with all
the Powers of Europe, in Justice to that
fundamental system of policy which for
bids them from entering the labyrinth of
European politics, must decline soliciting
or acceding tO.the interference of any O.
tber government of Europe, for the set
Element OF their differences with Spain"
The heads OF these governments, il is
now SAID, are 10 have Congress, at AK
la Chapelle, the ancient capital of Char.
| lemain, "a sly touch, We suppose at Ma
| pOleon, who continues somehow or other
to be extremely provoking to these gem
tlemeD. They may have Congress, for
ought we care, at the Five Asses Heads !;
for they will soon cease to influence Eu-
rope as individuals. They must either
| give into the just, decent, and long-pro-
missed demands which they owe to their
| disguised preseTvers, or an entirely new
account will be commenced with them.
Examiner.
We are indebted to correspondent for
| some information relative TO the late act
| OF the American Congress, regulating the
| trade with the British West India Islands.
An act Of The British Parliament, passed
last session, authorises the expectation of
| sugar, coffee, rum, and molasses, from the
Island Of bermuda TO the United States, in
vessels not the property of British sub
| Jects and the importation of American
| produce Except manufactured goods. salt
provisions, and fish, } in foreign vessels to
tue same island. Now the acf of con gress
above alluded to, goes TO prohibit the i'm
portatlon OF West India produce in British
SHIPS, from these parts only whence Anne
rican merchantmen are excluded-and TO
| prevent the export of American produc-
tlons III British ships, to those ports (spe-
cihcally) from which the ships of America
are excluded so that the trade between
Bermuda and the United States NAV be
| carried on i'll British bottoms as before ::
and by Nicely landing their caraoes at
that intermediate island, English mer-
chantmen may still continue, under the
siriciest Interpretation of the late act of
congress, 10 be The carriers of West India
| produce TO North America. This act of
The imperial parliament, therefore, while it
| seems 10 modify the old British navigation
laws, efiectually counteracts the spirit in
which the new navigation law of the u. S.
was conceived. II makes Bermuda, i'm
some respects, free port, and AN extern
slve entrepot of West India produce ::
since II Is likely that every article of that
| produce, destined for CONSUMPTION i'm fhf.
United States, viii be previously landed,
| and frequently waTehOused i'm Bermuda.
! HOUSE OF COMMONS. MAY IL.
| Mr.. Bankes presented petition from
the British Museum, stating the made
| quacy OF their funds for the support of
science and learning, and praying for adj
| difional aid.
| Sir James Macintosh moved for com
miitee to consider the most efiectual
means ofpreyenting forgeries on the Bank
| OF England, and enforced his motion by "A
long speech, in which he gave AN account
OF the alarming increase of this species of
crime, and OF capital pusishmenis there
tor. In the course OF his remarks on the
state OF paper currency, lie said, that" In
the United States OF America, already an
example OF national happiness, and likely
| soon TO become one of wise legislation al
so, he had been informed that a paper ex-
listed to the amount of G2O, 900, 900. Anne
| RIGA might, therefore, be stated 10 be the
| securest country IN the world with res
| pect TO paper circulation, as she un-
doubleday was in the character of ship
ping and commercial commonwealth.
Her paper currency was, however, con-
verilbIe into money, forgery was moi a ca
| piiaI offence, and the crime was of rare
occurrence. The circumstances of Anne
RIGA might be as favorable TO the commits
sion of the offence, butt was nevertheless
remarkable, that the banks in that coun-
try, not having the assistance Of the glib
bet 10 depend upon, had emploved the