Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-04-13


| III naval stores-Rice without aay maui
| ry-Wheats OF heavy sale-No demand
for staves-Our quotations for Tobacco
must be considered as quite nominal, no
thing doing in the market.
| SOUTH AMERICA.
Ertractof letter from Barcelona, Jan. 90, 1919.
The markets here are in the same condition
as those OF all the rest of Spain, and indeed of
| ali Europe in agreater or lesser degree. This
/ nation is however much worse than [ believe
| any other, IA there is no sort of industry to
| feed commerce or keep alive circulation,
| which after all is the great secret of national
prosperity; nothing in this government can be
relied on for "a hoars the importation of
cotton manufactures was some timeinterdicted
| because II was found that the precious metals
| disappeared in proportion as cotton goods
were imported; this was followed by similar
| policy, that Is the 1evying of duty so heavy
| upon u0oien goods, as amounted TO a prohibi-
| ton. This policy il repnted to have been
suggested by the marquis OF Casa Yruio, who
was educated iii England, and who obtained
hs nrst distinctions AT court by his translation
oi SMITHS Ue1hh Of Nations into Spanish it
was continued with the design of restoring
tile wooden manufactures of Spain, and
augmenting the weaving of cottOns in Catalo-
ma ana other provinces; bat the instability of
me kings councils, the subtlety Of the persons
ON whom he rs surrounded, and the over
wheHling and multiplied forms i'm which the
British ambassador operates, have wholly
embarrassed and frustrated these efforts to
restore Spain TO dependence on the resources
OF her own fine country and industry Rut
| there was a more formidable adversary still
| as soon as those restrictive dnties were laid
Gibraltar became the centre of a vast system
| OF contrahand, carried on by armed vessels, as
| on the coast of South America i'm the DAYS of
the gudrdd costas, and with the same hardihood
| In The last month d number ofthose smucpIers
| pursued a vessel of the royal navy of Spain
into the harbor of Alicant, and actually
succeeded III boarding, and finally DESTROYED
| hef: Ihey publicly avow their determination
10 destroy every royal vessel which they
encounter Gibraltar is their depot. and the
system which has become a mere habit, so
| much so as 10 carry neither sense Ofmorality,
| OF shame. nor even OF cnlpabity, the universal
corruption of the officers of the customs. and
| of every department of the government,
renders the prohibit0ry laws wholly nugatory.
| The eonfrd6andistds, secure of British protec-
sloi, ana paio much more amply than they
| cosiu obtain by any other means and this TOO
when poverty overspreads the whole country.
ana eve" the court itself, must give Won some
idea OF the wretchedness which affiicts this
| country
- II is aow said that the marquis Casa Y,u;o
Is about TO retire, but whether 10 a dungeon or
anunhery, is uncertain and that he is to he
succeeded by Ceraltos, now at Vienna. who is
said To be recalled for the fifth time, to resume
the station which he held before he was sent
to Vienna.
tappears by some recent correspondence
between the British ambassador and the mi.
ulster of Ferdinand VII that the advances
maze oy Inc English government, during the
war, amount to 5000 000 sterling or s So
0OoO6O. There have been demands made for
this sum but as no one can know better than
tue English ambassador how the treasury at
Madrid stands, there can be no difficulty in
assigning ms pressure to other views Derlaps
10 repress or rtpcl circumstances on the part
when England Is playing in another quarter
or 10 OBTAIN some grant of territory 10 South
America. England has had her eyes on the
s'h'nhs OF Pailan,a FOR mere than century
the catastrophe of Carthagena aud Porto
Belio, though fatal to operations of great ma0.
niIuae. ala not bury hopes nor desires to pro
secutc those objects at future dav Ii is sun
: posed that the plans of England. united will
| the design nrOD Panama, the seizure of ihs
ArchipeiagO of Chiloe. and the CITY and terri
tory of Monte VideO the effects of such ;
design, II those positions we're in her posses
sion would De te make South America a depeu
dency To the exclusion Of other nations Tb,
Spdbiards are howeveras jealous OF the Britsl
, now. as at any former period this I bay,
found iu every part OF Spain in which hay,
been, as well as in Catalonia and believe
unieNS tbey act by force, they will never Obtain
either OF those places even from the govern
ment OF Ferdinand VII. for those who arr
about this court fondly Halter themselves will
the hope vet, Of obtaining their former stream
OF wealth from the new world of which tlei
= considering tie designs said to be even nov if
e agitation, Notwithstanding the impoYerisi
. | ment Oithe whole cOuntry
Two expeditions are said TO be in prepa
ration, one sf 1000 for VeHezugIa which is sur
posed to be adequate TO recOnqner tia
country. Every exeTtiOn that can be made
making, tor this purpose, as tie Spanish ger
A m0rIilO, short time ago, sent to deman
!, Ieinforcements, stating, that unless he speed
= ~ obtained them, all was lost in thai conntr-
{ The other expedition is reported foI Linn
" from whence no advices have been obtaine
Tor eleven months: this expedition cam,
n proceed while the other 10 g1ing on, and
:, therefore, IN state of suspension il is ii
, deed questionable whether either will eve
sail!
n :" The court is very much perpIexed b.
h | tween the British demand. on one side, an
If that OF The minister OF tie Netherlands on u
Ofter side. During the war a loan of Is 900 on
e Charles ". and the prince oJthe peaee; th
e ann IS now demanded, aud The demand
e supported by the British influence; on
j. late occasion, proposition was made by Il
a Duicb minister to accept of Porte Rico in Il
discharge Of the debt; bat the proposiiiC
" was eyaded-aud the intention has been sin,
is made lsdifectly that, ifthe debt Is not speed
s. " liquidated, the Dutch will seize upon III
10 bland as an indemnfcatlon for, not eve
=, tue interest has been paid either OF that de-
nor Of any other public debt since 1911. III
Madrid Gazette mas Just been received heI
winch contains royal order concerning q