Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-24

| uuu Scu>'itutfOH, anu a specify iSNoNtif
of both" FEAST" MAY a reform IN Par
iament enable the people Of England 10
follow the example ofthe citizens of West
Minister, by electing their own represent
a,ives."
Mr.. Siurrh, after some observations.
proposed, WestmnSier's pride q Eng-
lands glory, sir +. Bmde,t." (Ihe room
resOundea for several minutes 1vlili lie
VACCINATIONS OF the company.)
4" PARIS, Nay Bly, accounts fsom
Rome we learn, that public safely becomes
daily more confirmed in the Poniificai
States. Nearly I'll The chiefs of the bril-
gand bands have surrendered themselves,
amongst these is the Noted Cesaris.-
| Then gen darmes will he newly organi-
zcd.-The army of the line of his Holt
ness IS estimated at about 5000 men OF all
arms.
| " Adj. Gen. Girarl, Knight, Of the Roy
a! Order OF the Legion of Honor, also Of
! The Orders OF Bavaria and Wirtembers.
| died suddenly on the lGil inst. AT Cler-
mont Ferramd The King had comilded
! tn him the command o! the departments
| of Cauial, the Haute Loire, and OF Puy-
de-Dome. Though still young il years,
! he had passed successfully through all
the inferiorranks 10 that OF Adjuiani &c
neral"
! PARIS, May lS-'The last number of
| the NtMeIrc, CHE ljth) contains an article
on the " contentious of Spain with the
United States and Portugal" which makes
| considerable sensation in the political
| circles of Paris. This article is the pro-
| duction of NJ. Sauinier, the son OF thee
minenf member of that name in the cham
Der OF deputies. | extract some pasSa-
| ges of IT, regretlipg that the limits o.. a
| letter do not admit of my extracting The
whole.
'N.-sS" Whilst Spanish America is threat
cned in tue north with invasion from the Unit
Ell States, IN TIE south the Portuguese stand
ara continues TO wave the raiDparts OF
Monte Nideo, of which city Gen. I.ecor has pos.
sessed himself in the name of the king of Por-
tugal. This prince, now settled in the Brazis,
IS no longer an European sovereign, but an
American sovereign, who has a colony in Eu-
rope. Accordingly, his government remains
deaf TO the complaints of the court of Madrid,
as Wen as TO the menaces ut the cabinets by
which this court is supported g Ii is not from
Spain that hontevideo is taken says he, hut
from Artigas, the head OF the anarchcal gov
eminent, which had established itself therein.
and which menaced the Brazils and should
we restore this city to the Spaniards. the con.
sequences would be, that as thev would be 100
weak TO preserve il, we must leave garrison
Within II, a measure obviously abssrd, or ex-
pose IL TO tall d second time Into the hands of
artgaS; IN other terms, endanger again the Bra
lillian frontier" Thus, Artgas is the profcsscd
oDJectofthe enterprise ofthe court of Rio janet
ro, as the Seminoles are that ofthe enterprise of
me washington government. Doubtless. Two co.
'erninei.ts which hold The same language, which
render eacn ether mutual services, (even.wti-
ont intending iD by the similar course they
pursue, and which have common interests will
not be long before they connect themselves to-
gtther bya treaty OF alliance. Such treaty
| would necessarily accelerate tic period, when
the struggle carried on in Spanish America will
come 10 close, and we might at length hope
10 see an end TO Campaigns, marches counter
marches, without any plan, aud as il would
seem, sometimes even without any objects to
victories and defeats also without anv result
and to the desolation of citiss taken and never
kept.
NJ. Saunicr here takes a view of the inter
nal situation OF Spain, Of the distressed state
OF ITS finances, and of the probable dismissal Of
81. ne Iaray, ITS only minister OF any talent
while, on the other hand, adds n S. ''the 20
YernmeRt of Rio Janeiro has taken fresh
changes III its tavonr, by calling to its helm NJ
de MA Nova, and the Count de Palmela, who
are perhaps the most enlightened men i'm th.
portuguese monarchy, and whose combined
EFFORTS bid fair 10 restore 10 their copniry its
former rank III the political world
remarkable circumstance attending the
present contentious between Spain and Por.
'dgas, is the change effected in the usual poll
cy of these powers. In former times their DO.
hcy was siient aud mysterious; but now,
Welding to The imnnlse of the age, they submit
to the Judgment of all Europe their discussions
ON the interest which divide them. The En-
glIsh Journals, which admit indiscriminately
error and truth, are filled with letters i'm
which the respective grievances of these pow
ers are sednlously canvassed From the cor.
RICHNESS OF the facts, and from the manner in
which they are exhibited, il is evident that this
correspondence lis conducted by men who take
an active part in the management of the affairs
discussed in its
But, whilst the Spaniards and Portuguese
are comtending with each other in Anerca il
Is hardly possible they should preserve a paci.
n Tho 10
foreign Journals announce, that the forces as
semDling at this moment by the court of Madrid.
are uestined tn act not against the American
On, me European territory ofthe Portuguese
empire. LII these reports are well founded
what course will be adopted by Great Bri,
tam VIII she take part in the disputes of
ne PENINSULA, or will she remain neutral? In |
tne 'orner supPesiiion, she must resort to
Irash loans, and add again to her enormous
debt, The weight of which might shake the
faith OF her creditors, if, indeed they could ever
IAN in inns virtue, so necessary to their repose
In the latter, by the very fact of herueutrality
and by her giving up Spain TO her numerous
enemies, she promotes the aggrandisement of
the United States, the emancipation of the
spanish colonies, and consequently hastens on
the period when her own colonies r,ust attain
their Independence. Canada, indeed. the no
puiation of which is wholly French will hard
ly be able to remain the appendix re of distant
empire, whcB once the whole of America will
De ffee But, might not England be that preat
power with which tie Spanish iiepociator as
we have seen, menaces the United States, ia
thus case, England becoming the auxiliary Of
Spalh, onidnecessarily become the enemy of
Portugal, her Oldest and most constant ally
AM ally which has given her its exclusive trade
which has confded TO British generals the
command OF ITS armies, and whose European
territory sue guaranteed at the lime of the
Portuguese Monarchs embarking for tie
brhz'Is. Let MS hope, however, that the wis.
dom OF the soVereigns who are TO meet at Ak
la-Chapeie, VIII avert the evils which a fresh
war WONIh necessarily entail unnn Ettrnnn