Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-01-03

his eiegantlady and children. lie then attract.
ca me attention OF the public, aud especially
/ OF las own couutrynen, in consequence of J,
pamphlet which he published there, complain.
ing OF rank injustice in one of the branches of
! .he then spanish government. Having never
peen introduced 10 MIR. Meade, or auy of his
tdmily, and having all the il,formaiion fro,,
which his present feelings are derived fsepa-
| rate from the fact OF has long contine.nent)
from commercial rival OF Dir. Meade's in
Sadlz, the writer can have no impropcr bias in
his taycr; but before the mouth of March
/ ISIS, he was by order of the Spanish royern
! meht committed 10 prison, and has remained a
| state prisoner ever snce.-1hiS fact IS enough
| IT our respectable citizens are imprisoned in
| A'siers. Trpoh, or England --are not all our
sympatlies directed to their situation
u9es not the government interfere, - ifinSult-
Gu ny the outrage upon one OF the members of
| the commemorative Aud yet this gentleman
and his amiable family are left TO Ian,.uish in
prison, without friends and in despairl-Co
sress, II is hoped, will do their duty, and save
afeiiow counttynan from this detestabe op-
preston. M
PHILADEIPHiA, December 3o-The gene.
| rails Charles and Henry Lalensnd with colo
mel Niiar, left this city last Thursday. on vi
SIT 10 the French settlement in the Alabama
Territory.
Mr.. Brock offered, ia the Senate of pepnsyI
vania, on the 18th lust. the following resoly.
| ton, proposing an amendmcutto the Constitn
| ton OF the United States.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Re.
! preSentatives OF the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania in general assembly met, that our Sc
majors in Congress he instructed and our
members IN the House of Representatives. be
requested, to use their endcavors TO have a
CONT resolution passed, recommending the fol
lowing amendment TO the Constitution of line
| United States to the legislatures OF the several
states:
Congress shall have power to pass laws an
propriating money for public education for
| constructing roads and canals, and improvioe,
| the navigation OF the water courses Prorided
| he'Derer, That 40 road or canal shall be con-
Quoted IN any state, nor the navigation of its
| waters improved without tue consent of such
state. And prouided diso, That whenever Con-
| gress shall appropriate money To these objects.
the amount thereOf(eXeept for pablo educa.
ion which is letttO the discretion OF Congress-
| shall be distributed among the several states
| IN the ratio OF representation which each state
| shall have III the most name GOuS branch of the
| national legislature. Bat the portion of any
state with Its own consent may be applied TO
| the purpose aforesaid in any other state
The ship India, from Calcutta. arrived
at New York, has on board five Benqalese
JuSgiers-and an Elephant.
IMPORTANT.
| New YORK, December 2f-We learn from
correct source, that all governmental pro.
| ceedings relative TO the Floridas, are. for the
| present, suspended-in CONSEQUENCE ills he.
lieved, OF orders received by the Spanish min.
| lstor from his government 1G0-
BUENOS AYRES
By the arrival of the brig Hector Cantain
| Smith, from Buencs AyreS there have heen
! received IN town, several files of Gazettes of
| that place, mp to the Sd of October last. Itan.
pears by The oncial bulletins OF the several ar
mics, that on the 9Th of July General Relrrano
az M a
on The 2lSt, General La Madrid, was in SIGHT
OF iarija, where he had obliged the Royalists
10 retire, IN consequence of the defeats thew
that date ~ ~
The armies of Chill, under Generals San
martin ana - Higgins, had obtained the like
advantages, as late as the 2d of july and thew
expected SOON TO have that part of The cou,,t,S
entirely tree from the Royailsts.
The supreme Director and Congress of the
united Provinces of South America are de.
scribed, III said papers, as busily engaged in
promoting every thing, in their power and as
iaf as the present circumstances permit tend.
ing 10 ameiiorate the condition OF the poor, the
| instruction OF the youth, the encourageIne of
| arts and sciences, aud the general improve
| lnent OF the country which therefore begins
! 10 present new aspect; the people daily be-
coming more devoted to the cause of liberty
anu independence, IN proportion 10 the know
ledge they acquire, the advantages they expe-
lence' and the prudent, impartial and strict
IL,
In manifesto respecting the prvateers the
Sgpreme Director of BuenoS Ayres complains
OF the depredstions they are committing under
tue assumed flags of those provinces, where
the vessels licensed for that purpose, arc re-
CURED previously, to give unqueStonabe and
ample bonds, strictly 10 conform themselves 10
the ordinances and regulations laid down by
that government, IN conformity with the gene
raj usages of nations.
Several other daily papers have been also re-
ceIEed, aDOunding with very choice aud ele-
giant diScourseS, upon the most important sub
JectS, and amongst them, some IN answer to the
misrepresentation made at the suggestion of
some OF the eXIles from Buenos Ayres where
no plots or revolutions nave been experienced,
or attempted, since they were expelled from
thence. Com. 4du.
Ertract ofa letter from a gentleman at CT
bIGttdr, to his brother in N. Yolh, datcd
October 20, 1917.
From Leghorn, where last wrote Won.
we proceeded TO Naples, where | visited
most OF the antiquities and curiosiies in
IT'S neighborhood, such as the Temple of
Mercury, Prisons of Nero, Tomb of Ne
ro's mother, Neros Baths, &c. which are
IN olecaDle tate of preservation. like
wise visited the Ely sian Fields and River
Styx; the latter place, however, did not
cross.
From Naples we proceeded TO Palermo,
Messina and Syracuse, i'll Sicily. AT the
N.uN. ...1a .