Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-07-16

| ti'u " q HuulOtI ~ ht>Olu'l0US NOnlOIn
able To the spirit of that Report. The
bank is made liable from the both Of Fe-
brnary next, to redeem lis notes In Gold
bars oi not less than 90 ounces, AT the
, rate Of Is. per ounce. The bars are Ia
To he assayed and stamped IA, the Royal
| Aliut. The redemption of the notes OF
| the bank Ia the com OF the realm is Ia
commence within the period o! four
| years.
Lord Grenvillc, in the House of Peers,
| declared that he now regretted support
| my The Restriction Act ia 1897. He OBJ
served thai the facilities which, II afforded
Ia Ministers towards the continuance at
the late war, were more than cOunterbal
auced by The distrcsSes il had brought OH
the country and that no urgency could,
IN ms mind, sanction the expedi nj OF
putting into the bands Of the Bank Direc
tors the power OF changing at their plea.
sure The value OF all property. and The
price of all commodities, by the eNceS
sive Issue OF t"eir mconver,Ible paper AT
one moment, ana bN The contraction oi
II IN the next. This power, winch Mas
not glv'n TO The throne, Parliament would
no longer contide in The direction OF
company If bankers and all connection
| between them and the Government must
| be dissolved.
| The Attorney General has introduced
INTO the House of Commons, a Bill to
| Prev Mt the enlistment OF British subjects
IN the service OF foreign States, without
| the permission OF their own Government
and Circular has |, Ell issued from the
war Office. (uuder date of the Goth of
Nav desiring the persons to whom II
was addressed. To tranSmi, 10 The Secreia-
nv OF War, win the least possible delay, a
list of all British Officers, whether on
hall pay or otherwise, who are now hold
lng any military appointment iii the Span
ish or Portuguese service, or i'll The SER
wee OF any foreign power.
A letter from Rome, OF the 10th Of May,
STA es that the town Of Tunis has lost
halt OF It's Inhabitants BY the plague. The
letter adds, that" the terror OF tie sword
Will shortly be added Ia this dreadful
scourg". News has arrived If an insur-
reciion among the Arabs in The interior,
and they are about 10 march against the
capital, Ia tue number of Is, 600 horspmcn
commanded by Tripollian named Cali
Ter ct Harver. The Tunisian Minister
had put himself at the head of body
OF troops, and marched TO repel the IN
vasion"
Paris papers received in London TO The
18th OF May, announce, that second
pyojet OF law OH the press has passed i'm
the Chamber OF Peers, by majority of
1873 10 81.
Accounts from Hamburg up to the 2Ist
OF May. state, that The reports in the
French papers of Misunderstanding be
tween Sweden aud other Northern pow
ers, Is Without foundation, aud that no
proposition had been made 10 Charles
John 10 abdicaic the throne. The runor
of 4, a
is conicmptuUusly contradi led in all otii-
cial article in The Stockholm Gazetie.-
An article under the head # St. Peters
bUrsh, April 30ili, says" There is an
active change of couriers between our
court and that of Sto, kbom; but no one
vet knows what is i'll agitation, and all
thai foreign Journals circ uIate OH the sub
leci only rest upon vague suppOsitions."
e. Maxwell, Esq is appointed govern
or fine Island OF ST. Christopher, and
Sir s. F. Nottingham, governor of the
Island of ST. Dominica.
Prince Leopold arrived in England on
the 2Sth of May.
Don Antonio Jose de Yrsarri, com
missioner as general deputy aud repre- !
sentative OF the government of Chill to :
England, arrived al LDndoh OH the ODD of
MAY. lie was the bearer of the treaty
between Chill and Bucnos Ayrrs, for the
liberation OF Peru. Mere. Adv. /
The June packet ship Courier, Bovine,
arrived This morning in 81 days from Ii.
verpool. BY her we have received from
our correspondent. Lloyd's and Shipping
Lists 10 The 2eih. London papers 10 the
29t!', and Liverpool 10 the 3ist of May
inclusive, from which the following arii-
Giles are copied. E0. Post.
LONDON, May 25-Yesterday, IN the
hou OF common, the important queS-
ton of the bank was brought inrw ard. |
Previously To the house resolving Itself |
into committee, Sir II. Peel presented
the petition OF certain bankers and meT-
chants ofthe city of London, against the
plau Of the parliamentary com
miicrs. Til" hon. barouel expressed his
EN- IRE concurrence with the sentiments |
OF this petition, and his regret, tia, none
of the individuals by whom II had been
signed. had been examined before the
committee. We are disposed 10 consider
with greatest respect, the opinions
OF practical men upon a question essenii.
aIiy involving practical consequences
but Wien we look over the names IL the
individuals who were examined, we can
mol znd that there vas any deficiency OF
such persons.
We cannot refrain from expressing orr
re rti that IN The speech 81 SIR Il. Peel.
and OF sir J. Sebright, who followed him,
the latter, there WAS an aIlusion
made 10 Tie conduct and opinion of Ger
tam individuals, most derogatDrl, ~ our
inigmeni. to the dignity of parliament.
u at the names OF such men Is Hunt, DR..
Watson, WoOiler, &c should have been
pronounced wilhip the walls of a British
house OF commons, except with abhor-
renee, is all event We never could have
anticipated.
Mi p moved his resolutions, after
a speech otprcai ability. The FIRST, sec