Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-05-15

,.,,,,cf eff a letter from the Rcr. y. Batter
e. dofed st. PetersLurgh, Nay 81, 1916
81 :. 4 p,per here is dear and not so good
900 could wish, we (the Russian Bible
Sas.;sty) had peiiioncd ms majesty 10 al
,'.. rs 10 import some Holland paper Tor
IT,. current year, amt saewed nm that II
:, ,nId This year save us iiiiecn thousand
=, bles. He refused our request, for tie
Ike OF the Russian paper manufacturers,
hut that the society mish' no' lose there
by, presented ms nth fifteen thousand '''-
Rank has been established al Roianv
p,v. y charter of incorporates has been
attained iyoni-ihe English Governor &C.
neral. ". 4, 'aS.
The authority If The city of Hartford,
! (which is republican, viii = prompiness
4 ,h,t does them honor, have repealed The
law which Was made, 10 prevent Uni
led States soldiers Fir m marching onthe
4 side walks. n. Lon. Rep. Adr.
Nav YORK, May lin The schr.
Gen. Browne, arrived AT Boston, from
i Labrc, on Thursday, came passengers,
! Hon Ward Chapman, and w. Chapman.
;unr. ESD. His Britannia Mai rsty's Agents
under the tiih article OF the treaty of
Ghent, ard William I. Odel!, a princi
Il Surveyor on Ihepari oil lhe Bri'is's Co
4 veynmeDt. 10 The Commissioners under
81 the same article; also The lady of MIR.
"a Chpnan, jr with servants, &c. uu their
N wav ~ New York, 10 attend the Commits
81 S.onrrs.
Our Boston Correspondents have sent
Il us Halifax papers to the 9Th nlr. On
tho subject Of our New Navigation Act,
they remark f" that II am7uuiS TO a non
intercourse Act, as far as respects that
colony"
The Aigerinc squadron, it appears is again
at sea. Uuder the treaties eA.>u''S with tue
Christian powers, passports are gwen TO each
cruiser, which authorses thcm 10 visit mer
chant vessels and to examine their Nlediterra
mean passes. Ii is known that the plague has
been raging for some time pastin Alriefs, Bona
II Coa.tauiinc aud otIlertowus and from the hi
gofry of tho NTssclul NJ 40 prectnton &c tax n
either to check The progress OF this dreadful
ualady or TO take measures IN eifecta cure
when attacked, IL is beyond doubt thlt every
vessel sailing from AlgierS has tie plague on
board aud ii they are permitted to visit mer
Chant vessels without DISCRIMINATORY, they VIII
Communicate the disease 10 the mercantile
tnwusin Europe; and wien once this disease
rakesrooi, lwil ,pread tar s. near .a:sd 10 h pc
exist OF checking its ravages. Tie gnarau-
tine regulations in France are very strict, and
they are dtecuit OF violation; hat there is
hardly port IN Spain where a small sum will
not purchase ar exemption from a rigorous
Quarantine. The city Of Narscilies, about one
hundred year. a "a, was nearly depOrulated by
the plague ; aud such has been thu dread of
that disease that a iazaretto. uueQuallcd la the
Mediterranean, has been established. In Leg
Eorn, Naples and Malta, due precaution is
observed but this can1Ot preventive crews of
vessels visited by Algerine cruisers from he
infected: and from their cOnigtltv 10 lie rp9 t
OF destination they may affive and he release
from quaran:i e before the disease III ks its
npi errance. II il surprising In contemplate
power weak and inefficient Algiers
setting all Europe at defiance, not alone captu.
rins the vessels of civilized nations but car
rying tbeircrews in It's captivity, and threaten
I'VE them with pestllence more baneful aud
destructive in lis effects than war; Ii com
mercial jealousy rendered il necessary that the
states I'm Barbary should be permitted To check
the progress of commerce among the M nor
powers III the Mediterranean, ii is incumbent
on Great Britain aud France, for their owr.
preservation, To blockade the Algerine ports
during the existence of the plague. Spain has
no force, and the preservation Of all Europe
may depend on the precantion thus taken.
Independent of the rash Indifference which
The Hahometaus feet towards the plague
strengthened Gas it Isl by the religious belief o +
Iredestinat0n. il is snrpriZing to Contemplate
me malicious disregard of cons aueuces which
induces them To communicate the diseases 10
each other With the utmost cATeIessnesS: and
even those employed ia removing the dead
siike tie passenger aside with the hem of
W, mn, - Wcoicl sarisenf', impre :nated strongly
with Tie disorder, and thus are instruments in
spreading tiie contagion. Ii j. not then 10 be
doubted, that they not only wcnd conlmnn;
Gale this disease to every vessel they visit but
would feel grathed, under the depIura bic or
r2r, that shey were doing their duty in co.trj.
put'h2 TO the destruction of christians To
reason with a people thus bigoted would be
T'Ise ihdn to IS. and the preservation OF mil
hons demands energy and force and t,iev
40 R.i f.f hi i,
jntn;oFd..ce ~
It's gratifying to know that the commanders
81 our national vessels in the Mediterranean
rave siSnifipd 10 the Alyerincs thai tI,ev will
dispense with the ceremony of visiting our
msirldi't nlrn, atd that if persisted in they
" W slnk thcm. i is is adopting harsh, but
aneeessary alternative. ifthc European pow
Sfs are indifferent as TO the eject which may
BE produced. there is no reason wby we shomi3
q ioilow their example. IN. y. Nat. adr
BoSToN. May G.-We are requested =,
Capi. Graves 10 give insertion 10 the Coi-
LOWING statements:
rive days before my arrival AZ C;i,,.
Taiiar. on my late voyage in The Caesar
VIZ. on tie Doth of November last. had
Inc misfortune - wound my rig 4 hand
severely with the MAIN boom, by wI,jc,
my ihird finger was jammed off, and on
lnS farriya was in danger Of losing nv
p" uos NY lliP, tHTOU8H VAIN OF me
dieai assistance, which the regulations of
quarantine, being then extremely rigorous
hconseguence OF the plague being on the
coast OF Barbary, prevented me from re-
selV'ng IN the hospital, or on shore as
usual. Fron tiisperlous situation was
niHeVfd by the bencvolonce of Commo-
noTe ChauGcey aud the officers of his
nI'4oron, then lying in the bay, who
:" Tarnihg my situation, immediate
~ o'lFree me every assistance which re.
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