Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-02-19

'i"''e'' t.dS ieS "a 70. OF London, and
wait Tor The said consulta, 10 Jay the mat
l'r beinrr !iiS majesty, ANA to obtain his
sovereige resolution.
renew, DC. &c.
(Signed) JOSE pEARRo
No. IA.
DIR. KRvING 10 MR.. PIzARRo,
MG,bid, N0g @, 1877.
SIR-I have the honor 10 ACKNOWLEDGES
lie receipt oi Your eyeeiiency' 5 note ofihe
18th April, In reply 10 mine of the a4,h
March, relative 10 iliecsse of MIR. Meade
You are pleased 10 inform me that on
sight OF my said note YOU ordered tie
council OF war la despatch, in all haste,
HE consulia," which you had nrevio.s-
~ asked OF II, relative To the affairs 4" be-.
tween Don Ricardo Meade, and the house,
Of Haynes. Hunter and Co. Of .ondun."
ought 10 presume that by Tins order
your excellcncy meanit 10 promote The oh
Ject OF my former representations bar
permit me 10 observe, referring 10 those
representations, that IN no part ofthem
have considered tie Termination OF any
process which may be pending before HE
council oiwar, between Mr.. Meade ami
The English merchants, as al all essential
10 my purpose, which has heen simpk 10
obtain iher release OF AN American citizen,
from an unjust imprisonment. An i,npri-
Sonmeni which youyourself, in "a letter of
December Stli, to The council of war have
declared to be illegal. In thatletter. your
| eXceliency has said, that MIR. nieade's
case is not sufficiently cbmprchendcd
within the law, under The rreience of
| which he has lleen imprisoned: g ouur.
| (Meade,) no esta BIAS tanle determine da
meate compremdldo-en ell case de la lev
| que sc clta para sd areSto." independe,it
OF this legal point, J have shown 10 your
eAcellency, IN my former notes, that thu;
imprisonment Is unjust, because his ma
jesty's treasury has The very funds which
| should be paid 10 satisfy the Judgment
OF the tribunals. Twas long since fiecir,-
ed that MIR. Meade was debtor 10 The
| English merchants; the funds in question
bad been deposited i'll the royal treasury
ny order OF the competent tribunals; and
1t has been proved, by authentic and com
plefe documents, that IKE deposi,e exists
| ~ The treasury as effective cash. What
have required, then, as a measure of tlic
| plalnest justice, Is, that these funds
shou'd be PAID by the treasury 10 satisfy
the Judgment. Thus, hlr. Meade would
| ne released from prison, oi course, and
all necessity of legal decision. as to ,he
H.
| perceded, and all litigious Questions be-
tween him and the English creditor.
would cease. | had certainly succeeded
III impreSslng your excellency with this
view of the subject; for, as far back az
the 7ih November, you informed me thar
the affair was properly within the depart
ment OF Hacienda, and that his majesty
would give his decision through thai de-
pariment. Under the Same impression
doubtless, you wrote TO lie minister If
Hacienda, on the 4th December desirinG
that statensht of the facts within lie
cognizancs of his department migLt Ee
sent TO you, 10 the end that Won micLr
submit them 10 his majesty, to enable BIN
to decide on the consulta of the council
OF war, tof November 2Sth,) al that time
before him. In the same way. your ex-
celiency wrote 10 the council OF war. on
The 9Th December, requiring that al lie
original documents WHICH relate TO the
nature OF The deposlie made by Mr..
| Meade, should be sent 10 you. Even 10
your letter OF February the 7th, to The
same council Of war, by wbiehyou retu,n
| 10 il the antecedemis," ven confine vnur
view principally TO the existence and ma
| ture of the deposiie.
Convinced then, as your excellence
was, that the imprisonment Of Meade WIS
| illegal, and as to the nature OF the denn-
| site, point which YOU considered an
important in the case, having before vr,,
| the certificates Of the officers of Jlacien.
da, as well as of the cOnSnaIo OF a..
div, proving that il existed in cfcctt,,
| specie, could not donbl bal ihat Won -.
tended TO submit the case 10 bis maice,,Js
| decision, announced IN Nonr Ie1ter ~
| pecember 4th, 10 tie minister OF lIat.en-
| da, aud comiormdbly 10 uhal | had ~
peatediy proposed. You have 40, leen
J pleased 10 acquaIht me with whaicyerno
tiVes YOU. may have had for dr,iaiin,-
| from ihis intention but il does aDneay
that you have required of The c6u,t Il lo
determine on lie legality OF The imprlsot-
! mcri which VAS It's OVn acl-au Act of
! which, in your letter Of Decembcr All
| you expressed his majestys disapproba,i,
| on, aud the injustice of which las becn
made still more apparent by the above.
mentioned proofs, as TO Tire nature az tbe
deposlte II appears, also, that youtrans-
miited to the same council. IN The mont,
of February, documents which You d4-
rsanded from 1t in tie month of Decen-
Der, tor tile purpose of being laid befoyg
] the stuW luf which ara. 49,