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

obvious enough. However, "a woman
never tells her mind, they say. except in
the postscript; and we suspect thar the
strongest reasons Tor Mir. NIeades liberia
ton are 10 be found towards the conclu-
sion of The Royal order and those are,
lie Indignation and denounced wrath OF
That government of which The prisoner
VAS Il subject. Bnt iardy justice, tn
willingly granted, constitutes 40 favor
coni"rs no obligation; and we much doubt
whether Spain will find America more
conceding in The affair of Florida. in con-
sequence of This aci OF Ferdinand. Mr..
Meade has, we understand, been contin-
Ell for two years; and seven months of
This lime were passed in dungeon: and
ROW the acknowledgment that this rigor
was unjust, will of course entitle him 10 IA
pecuniary ndemnihca,ion.
We have received and inserted in this
DAYS journal IA long letter OH The subject
OF The political opinion which We have
given respecting the laie aci Of the Ameri.
rican Congress. Our Correspondent
touches the measure of the American
Congress which gave rise To our remarks
but slightly al the end of this letter; and
II he will consider the matter, we think
he will find that his opinions are The same
az oH' -hduteiN, iH"t america HAS a
right 10 do what she has done, but that il
is unw'se IN her. Our Correspondent
writes as ii we had called America our
enemy IN peace. Now we only called
her our rival III peace: and there may
be amicable rivals. The suitors TO Pene.
lope, though opposedt 10 each other in their
terms. London paper.
ROBERT BURNS.
The admirers of Robert Burns sat down
yesterday 10 an excellent dinner in the
City of London Tavern,-the Duke of
York in the Chair. His ROYAL Highness
was supported on the right by Mr.. Bos-
well. Nj. p. and on the left by Mr.. Rush,
the American Minister.
After the cloth was removed, the King.
the Prince Regent, the Queen and The
members of the Royal Family, were drank
with appropriate honors
MIR. Boswell proposed Mr.. Rush, the
American Minister, and the admirers
OF the poet in The United States of Ame-
RIGA.
Mr.. Rnsh begged leave 10 return his
best thanks for the qualification which
lie telt IN being admitted 10 this meeting,
and for the honor which had been done
10 the American Admirers of Burns. The
strains OF Burns were alike ineligible 10
The people OF all nations and the repre-
sentative OF another nation might there
lore, with perfect preprleiy, participate
IN The hOnOrS ShewH 10 the memory of
Burns. In the nation which he represent
ed, his works were universally circulated,
and, In The name OF that nation, he drank
success 10 the object of that meeting.
Several subscriptions were received
from gentlemen belonging to the United
Stales OF America. On the whole we
should conceive The subscriptions recely-
Ell while we were present must have d.
mounted 10 upwards of $500.
Morning Chronicle.
BANK OF ENGLAND.
From the accounts just presented by
the Bank of England, to the House Of
Commons, of which the following is
short abstract 1T appears, that the "a
mount of the sums paid by the public to
the bank, as a remuneration for receiving
the contributions on loans, independent of
the annual expense OF management, from
the year 1893 10 1915, inclusive, is & 307,-
DIG Is Sd. Thai The number of notes
discovered by the bank 10 have been iorg-
ed from ist June, 1912, to 10th April.
1918, distinguishing those from & TO
t. 20 and upwards, is one hundred aud thiy-
ty-0ne thousand three hundred end sirly one.
That the total expense of prosecutions
for forseres, or uttering forged notes,
from LIST March, 1897, to LIST April 1918,
amounts TO the sum Of f. l5s,27O 9s Sd.
That HE nominal value of the notes, of
winch payment was refused, from LIST ia.
nuary, 1916, to 10th April, 1918, is ETA.
$50, and that the nominal value of forged
notes pad by The bank for The same pc
Rcd, which was afterwards recovered OH
the forgeries being detected, amounted
only to 4 rs. To shew the great and a.
farming increase of forgeries Of Bank of
England notes, since the time Of the sus-
pension OF their payments in specie, the
whole expense of their prosecutions in
the year 1897 was about 6 1900, while in
the first three months of the present year,
II amounted TO the enormous sum olnine-
teen thousand eight hundred and ninety
pounds!
CovENTG GARDEN THEATRE.-A new
Serious Drama, called Tile Castle Of Pa
h%1i, or, THE ErtOrted Oata, was last night
produced at this house. II is professedly
founded on the incidents of the affair OF
Fualdes. The disgusting circumstances
of that transaction are omitted, the age,
character, motives and other precluli0n,
taken TO prevent its trespassing loo much
OH the Criminal Calendar of France. Tie
imitation, therefore, chiefly consists in
the incident OF the involuntary presence
of female at a murder, which, for. the
sake OF her own safety, she enierfomto
an obligation to conceal. The interest is
heightened by the circumstance, that the
murderer, who inierferes to save the life
Of the heroine (and who answers to the
Jaussion of Rhodez,)is her husband and
that the person assassinated is previous
lover, whom, by false accusation, she had
been induced 10 forsake. There was
good device, for showing the spectators
The manner in which the oath was impo-