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

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Receive, my lord, the renewed assurance
ofmy high esteem.
(Signed ALEXANDER"
MAY 2S "A most gratifying state.
ment was made last night in The House
OF Commons by the ChaicelIor of the
Exchequer. that the revenue az the pre-
sent moment WAS increasing in iIie ratio
OF + 100000 per week. The right hon.
gentleman also re-s.aieti What he said or
the preceding evening, that il was ex-
ireneiy improbable he sl,oald have oc-
casion 10 raise any money by i,.ndin.
next year, as he had funded 10 so fargo
an amount during The present one. Such
are the FACTS o! chr national prosperity,
Witch present themselves as "A curious
commentary upon the dolelul decIama.
lions ~ The party, not eighteen months
ago. They seem indeed 10 be so in,pa-
laiabie 10 ihcw, that The Morning Chro-
Dic,e hrs studiouSiy avoided meiiiouin,r-
a word bout iliea. IL lis report of pa,-
iiamentary proceedings. A weekly m
crease 81 revenue 10 the amour, of t,ne
hundred .thous2nipouiids was not wcrlh
remembering. Suppose there bad becn
weekly d tcit ot on!y one tenth Of shat
sunf-The Chronicle would have btsn"*s
melancholy as Iugg'd bear" While Ike
The crying philosopher Of Old i. wonIa
have smiled through IFS tears tothink What
a deiicions misery ministers had prepared
Tor us. But this odious prosperity, /; DE-
iermlneS so hide from the eyes Of its raa-
ders. who, IT knows, could not endure tie
haiesi prospect.
Al The period we mentioned, if the par
~ were 10 be believed, we were rot 6,iy
IN condition Of actual ruin, but il Was
RUIN bey ond redemption. Mr.. Brougha.n;
in particular, enforced That opinion with
peculiar pertinacitN. II Was the burden of
his every speech. The standing topic Of
Lamentations, whenever he wished TO ex-
tort an accustomary hear! heGr! against
ministers. He cGHld not deny that we
had achieved great rational glory but
we were ruined ; that we stood present.
neni aneng the nations of the earth; hut
we wer' ruined that we had nobly con-
Iuered an honorable PEACE but We were
ruined; that We had gwen rcpose 10 Eu-
rope but we We're ruined. This funeral
note Gtngied III lis dlscorrlant tone with
every burst q. exal;aton, with every song
OF triumph, but ii WAS the hair SUSPENDED
sword. which chilled the. current OF cur
festive thoughts, and made us tremijle in
giadnesS. IN spite of all experience,
these -boning prophets were listened
TO, and there were persons Wac really
Imagined We i'ad only provided Tor our
selves d splendid sepulciire by The mag
nanimlty OF all our unparalleled etfuris.-'
ior TIE hundredth tim. how do facts We
riiy the sagacious aud patriotic views Qf
those profound and impartial stat Smen
we look around us, and ask, where are
lie symptoms Of our destruction Are
they 10. be found IN The Increased value
oi funded property, or III the augnenting
resources oi eur CON mercial greatness. A
dark tenpestuous cloud did indeed, for a
While obscure the horizon, but il has pass-
'edaway.
The folly, supposing il only folly, con-
sisted III beiievingif would not pass away.
Almost az The very mOnieni when we were
told nothing could save us, the work of
redemption was begun: and we hates
proceeded gradually, but steadily, in fhe
path OF ameioratIon.-li has been no
sudden Start or I'll of amendment. in anv
particular branch Of The national wealth.
which might have been telnsive, because
depending upon the operation OF casual
circumstances bur permanently nrn-
SresslVe recovery from great oppression,
spontaneously manlieSilng Itself through
ali the channels OF our foreign and do
nestle enterprise.
This species of Improvement must 90
on and we may now confidently look
forward 10 tie period, when we s!rall reap
The last sreai reward Of orr exertions. an
industrious population cbeerfully and
coaientediy employed in ditiusiug ueaIti,
over tie land.
LONDON, May 3o.-We have received
d copy OF the treaty concluded between
ms country and The King Of The Neither
lands, Tor Tie more ei}eciuai abolition of
| lie slave trade, which was signed at the
ifague or nc 4lll inst. and has been since
| daily ratified and exchanged.
By the first article Of This treaty. The
King OF the Netherlands engages. within
| eight months from The present time. or
sooner, II possible, 10 prohibit ell his sub
iecis, IN the most ctiecfuai manner. from
taking any part Whatever in the trade Of
slaves and ~ the event of The measures
hereafter 10 be adopted being fonnd insuf
hcIeni tor that purpose, his Majesty fur
,hcr engages 10 adopt such other Cnes as
may appear best calculated TO secure ~.
The second article provides Tor the right
OF mutuai search, OH the part Of both ihe
contracting powers, and The third explains
| The mode III which that right shall be ex.
crciscd. THIS, as the most important. we
Suhjoin.-i enacts,
lSi. That such reciprocal right Of visit
and detention shall not be exercised with
| ~ the Mediterranean sea, or within tlte
seas ~ Europe, lying without lie Straits
OF Gibraltar, and which lie TO Tie north
ward oi the tliiriy-scvcn.h parallel Of
north lailiHde, ant also within and 10 The
eastward OF the meridian Of longitude
| twenty degrees west eff Greenwich.
| "a. That The names of The several vez-
sells furnished with such inaiructions. The
force OF each and The names Of their seve-
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