Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-09-22


reisned in Peru; thai there was some
disiurbanc' III Chill, owing to- the cveu,s
IN buenos A,res.; thai Bueuos Ayres was
| IN utter confusion and anarchy that The
new Kingdom OF GreUada had been late
ly invaded by a6and IF airentaroTS which
had made some progress, bal Was held
IN cheek hy The national troops tlisrit
| WAS believed the re-establishment-o The
constitutions system had been welcom
ed M Venezuela, as il had been IN Ia
Guira tina, IN to,osi, Vera Cruz, and
| the Internal Provinces, there was no
longer an appearance Of insurreciiou
and that in New MeXico, measures had
been taken TO prevent the intrusion into
HAT province al adrentmrers from Louisiana.
Wits regard 10 the coinage of money, il
states tina, Ibis had greatly decreased,
OWING Ia the iurIive abstraction of he
metals; whence the scaIvity of coin " ich
had been every where felt, and which
proved The necessity OF all nations con.
| tribuing 10 sliiie The germ of insurrec-
! item
When the Secretary of the Department
finished the reading of The Report, the
President OF the Cnrics replied that the
Assembly would take its contents into
consideration, and make every effort on
their part towards putting an cud Ia the
| ces beyond sea.
la The Observer of the 18th, under The
Madrid head, there is an interesting ex-
tract from a letter of g" "A Spaniard a,
Rome, who had been al Naples" The
writer says, ! cannot cxaGgerate in
| describing To you The fine enthusiasm
| winch animates Tie people here in our IA
| 'sr. am iirmly persuaded thai if Diego
appeared in Italy with his small force. he
would draw after him many cities" This
Was written before the explosion M Nj
pies. Madrid is not free from alarming
reports ct counter revolution II, the IN
terror, where, especially al fi.o and Tuy, !
as II would appear from son.e aI;icleS III
these papers, coEspiraCles OF a most sap-
Culinary and desperate complexion, tho
by 40 means extensive as To The number
| OF lie accomplices, had heeE discover
ed and the leaders of Item seized and
imprisoned. We suspect much exagge-
ration and some ariiiice in Tie Madrid
accounts OF these plots. The Minister
OF Justice, in his Official Report, reciles
that sone few secular and regular eccle-
>iasics had abused the privilege of The
pulpit, and somc bishops rendered them
selves suspected, and that the proper
precautions had been taken with r,sprc,
te'hem. The Cortcs have appointed with
IN themselves Committees on Le9Is!a iion,
Agriculture, Finance, Commerce. Public 1
instruction, National Militia, the Navy,
Ecclesiastical Affairs, War, &c. Nat. Gdz.
We hav published a lis, of he mPul.
brrs al the National Congress Of the Two
SPANS
The composition of The Cories presents
al The first LIush some pecullarilies, which
are not calf ulard ia inspire any rxpecia-
ton OF the establishment Of these pGinci-
pies. which alone aie adapted 10 HE ge-
neral happness. very idea OF rec
presentation, Is upPrceded-how The
deputies Of lie provinces Of the peninsula
are chosen, sc shall nn, enquire, because
we 90 not possess data sufficiently cir
cuhsianIial 10 form safe npiniou upon
hmt IN Tie appointment of depuiies, as
they are called, for The country beyond
sea, ihere Is all utter suDverSiDn of repre-
scn'aiiou or depuialion. La The peninsula
HE population amounts TO about len mil.
hons; 'he estimate by which tie ratio of
representation is established for all Spain,
and ihe colonies or dependencies, not on
theamcrican continent, gives population
oil iO,5Go, GOO which, a. 7O,OOO, sous FOR
representative gives 100 representatives.
Now the population of The countries on
llIe American Continent exceeds 10 mil
lions, iGdepe n,ieni OF The abOriglnes some
respectable authorities make The pcpIlla-
ton more, aud with good reason, OF which
we shall give All example. One OF Ihe
most recent works on the geography anu
statistics OF Spanish America, which had
the advantage eia!l HE know ledge which
preceded lis publication, and the greater
laciiiy which lie revolution has afforded :.
TO overcome the Obstacles inirrposed TO
the knowledge ofihose countries ay Spa
ISl, .Iar go
castle. That writer gives for Tie vice ROY al.
~ of New Grehadaa population Off 500
600 seuls-when in fact HE population ex,
ceedfd in 1916 , 600, 00O souls. II is pro-
baby that BonGJ castle may in this par.
ticnlar have been confused like some other
people by The crossing of jurisdictions
as II is principally " the ecclesiastical!
registers that the population has been
most regularly aScerialucd and as Quito
though under The political control oi The
vice royalty, was under Tie spiritual con.
troll OF Lima, on Tie archiepiscopal re.
cords OF Peru, there the population OF
Quito was 10 he found but il appears 10
be unknown TO Bonnycasie.
Another error, which has moi The same
excuse, Is enc o! exaggetation he gives
10 Santa Martha, formerly under Tie same
vice royalty, population OF from 90 10
100000 sonls--when in fact it contains
only 03. 600 souls but he totally omils
Tie province of Pampeluns, making II a
town of The province of Merida, and pro-
badly mprebeuding It's population in
that OF Santa Martha. However, though
BOnDyCasile abOuuds with errors, aud
those very gross, thcy are much less
numerous than in any other work exlani:
and il will some day form mn excellent
ground work for accurate publication.
The population OF continental America
hpipr talon af \ q u