Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-09-03

| idnh- M. houchOn, from the department
OF Ardeche, made Il whimsical maiden
speech IN favor of au equality of decrease
IN The land iaNamong all the departments,
and kept the Chambers "ina roar" He
began by remarking that the land lax was
an attack upon the legitimacy of posses
SION; that u was most unjust TO Ian II on
the mountainous department which he
inhabied, where they were Obliged To
hring soil from afar for the purpose of
vegetation, or 10 be content with the sub
stance worn down from the rocks. He
asserted, With some Gcosraphers (whoSe
names, -ilie-by. he did not contlescend
Ia uieniiOn) that The Pyrrnees coinmuui-
called with The Black Mountain, the latter
with the Cavrnnes, the Cavennes with
| the Alps, and that the Alps had a COM
munlca,ion with the Andes, which we're
| a! the An,ipohcs He compared The um-
| equal distribution The Land TAX to dish
OF i've TAT orioians, aud a lean one,
That was sci before six bons pipanS.--
ihe one opposite To " hom The lean or
toian lay, thought al Il isaneuvre by
winch lac might turn the untempiimg NOR
sci towards some of his companions
For this purpose he told them they were
all IN ignorance, ii they believed il was
the Sun thai turned, and no, the earth
dish ct oriOlanS. Que al his companions,
however, perceiving his drift, desired him
to lei every thing remain in its proper
place." You are tor Coperuicus (said
he > but hold with Plolemy and Tycho
BTa'e, that We should not attempt 10
| derange the world."-Sucl, the orator
SAD, was the land tax In France, with
| this difference, that, those who had The
tat oriolans TO their share, wanted 10 lave
| what iai was on the lean ones also. Alter
a short debate, The Chamber agreed TO
| the proposition OF the committee, that the
| decrease recommended TO take place III
| the landtax shall be divided among thirty
| five r-charged departments. Several
other amendments of miner importance
were proposed some OF which were adopt
| ed, aud others rejected. Among the lat
Ter Was one by Nj. Dameilet, that The
| communes should not be called on To con-
| tribute io The expense OF Founding Hos
| pltalS. The speeches of the Minister
| OF the Interior, and of NJ Laisue, against
] this proposition, Showed" says the Gdzette
de France, C"thanks to the evident amei-
GRAFTON of public nioralS twice spoken of
| by Nj. de la Fayeiie,) that the number Of
ma tural children increases every year."
The remaining branches of HE Ways
and NJ caus were adjourned for further dis
cussionS. Among those Yet 10 be deba-
ted Is the subject OF the floating debt,
which Is expected 10 occupy The Cham
Der Tor two or three days.
LONDON, July The Paris papers of
Monday last have arrived this morning.
The Constitutional contains a letter from
Madrid, under date of the 18th ut. iii
which we find the following paragraph =
Shall we retain possession Of The Ha-
vana Have we coded, sold, or suffer.
ed 10 be taken, the FIoridas? These are
the great objects OF inquiry with our
politicians. The succession OF The Span
| ish Monarchy, in the commencement Of
the last century, kindled general war
throughout Europe. May the desire Of
these times, 10 divide our transmarlne
possessions, not renew The same calamI-
ties The war of the Succession lost Gil
braliar TO Spain and il is whispered now,
that England wishes 10 have another lori
upon our territory i'll her possession.-
Suppose she should think OF Santonia i'm
the province OF Blscay The idea is not
new. In that case, the English will have
footing III the North, similar TO what
They have in the Sou h, and then ii would
no longer be with France that we should
carry on contraband trade. Let us
hope that Spain, who knows how 10 rouse
herself unnn nr"r-- "~NdSions, ',ai eei
the danger OF these concessions, oil which
the bare supposilion even, is "a real i'll
suit"
The ministerial papers are continually
directing our attention TO the failures of
the Banks of The United States, and TO
the commercial distress that is acknow-
lodged 10 be prevalent in all the principal
sea ports. They forget 10 state tia, this
distress is chiefly among the British mer-
camille connexions in America, and is 10
be attributed to the contagious nature of
that distress which is so severely ielt by
the manufacturing and trading interests Of
this country.
Advices received from Trieste and o.
tier parts OF The European continent,
bring melancholy evidence of the eXien-
slon, In every direction, of commercial
difficulties, which have their origin with
ourselves. The misery viii h exOrbiani
taxation occasions at home, lis undoubtedly
Tell ss far as the produce of our suffering
manufacturers is conveyed; but il is in
vain thai The ministerial papers endeavor
Il persuade the people OF England 10
de'i any consolation from such diffusion
OF mnhapplness.
Whatever may be the present CONNER
cial difficulties Of the United States, We
cannot but congratulate them on tie pos
session OF freedom and All economical
government, which will always ensure
them more real prosperity Than the trade
of both The Indies. The anniversary of
their independence Was celebrated last
Monday, on board lhe Oslethorp. Capt.
Jayne, in this port, and d spirit of phi
ianlhopy towards their struggling CO.
patriots of South America was generously
blended With The conNi,ialty of the cele-
bratlon.
General D'Eyereux, by whose active
enthusiasm III Tie cause Of liberty, uea Nv