Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-02-12

cha. be able 10 keep the command of the
Chesapeake BAY, soin tha, case the odds would
be- Srtatiy In favor OF Norfolk. Your back
country would then he as extensive aud AS pro
cuc,Ive ~ that of amy othcr seaport in the
Union. Let me beg OF you 10 suggest the sub
Jet ia Your readers. aud 10 see what they
'rinL at IL For myself my mind is thoroughly
satisfied With the view Save taken oft"
NoYoLk Herald,
NEW YoRK, February THE AFRICAN
ENPEriTtuN, consisting of the u j. shin Crane
Ah 'l'e ship Ehs1bcth, sailed from this port
Yesterday afternoon. The Elizabeth. char
tereG by government, proceeds TO the western
coast ot Africa, for The purpose Ot carrying
iniO effect the Act of 1919, a.reeablv 10 the
.iewS ct the President, as expressed ia hlS
late Message on that subject. She carries cut
thr United STATES agents and artisans, mechun-
ics and labourers, for the purpose OF ncgotiat-
ing with the local authorities of the country
Tor PERMISSION to land and pror.Ie tOrrccGE tured
ijeIcifd Orleans, aud TO build hous' aud cult
vatc land for their use. About 80 adults
people OF colour, 20 out as mechanics aud
i"hcurerS, provided with utensils, tools. i'm
plcmpntS, aud stores. Those whose services
arc valuable on account OF their trades, and
who could not be- prevailed on otherwise to
20, aie permitted TO take their families with
them. 1hs expedition We ave Informed has
no direct OF necessary connection with
Colonization. Tie Colonization Society, il is
understood, will soon send a vessel out from
the south with colonists. The United States
takes no part in the affair of ColonZhiinn.-
But il it, operations for liberated Africans are
carried on in the same place where the
Colonization Society conducts its colony, Il
mutual help Will necessarily he felt by each
others ctiorts.-These two communities
ought not to be connected in the public min Il
as they are not IN fact ; yet they may be view-
ed az two individuals carving on each its
benevolent purpose, upon the same theatre OF
action
ihe Cyane proceeds on cruize on the
Western Coast OF Africa, against the slave
traders GCom ddr
Our Ship-news collector informs us that
ali the vessels which sailed yesterday got safe
To sea. excepting the u ). ship Cyanc. She
returned aud anchored last night at the
Quarantine.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The packet ship Albion, WINCH arrived
yesterday. sailed from Liverpool on The
Isl of January. Capt. Williams has ia
vored the editors Of the Mercantile Adj.
vcriiser with papers 10 that date, and
London dates 10 that of the Goth Dee.
both inclusive. We have also received
Lloyd's Lists Of the oath and 2S,h De.
cemher.
The papers contain no political news.
The House of Lords have passed a bill
laying duty, the same as is now paid OH
newspapers, on all pamphlets, with a
view 10 check the circulation of seditious
Writings.
American stocks at London, Dec. 2S-
3 per cents, 625 nominal; old six per
ceuts, nothing doing Louisiana, per
cents, do; New six per cents, I0l lO2;
Bank shares f 81 los.
Ii is stalled that ihe counties of Ros
common, Galway, and the upper part of
Sligo, are in disturbed state the dis
t,.I L., -.
arms, administering unlawful oaihs, aud
sv caring even magistrates and gentlemen
who fall in their way.
No information had been received from
HE discovery slips, and il was expected
they would remain ont during the winter.
LONDON, Dec. 30.-The funds have
been improving for SEINE days. Consols,
for account, are This day al 6S5.
The ship Addison of Pbiladephia,
captain Purnell Warrington, sailed from
Liverpool for Canton 3lsi October, with
crew principally shipped i'll that port
every thing went well until the ship ap
preached near the coast of Brazil, when
capt. Warrington fortunately discovered
conspiracy among the crew (Most of
| achom had been an the Patriot ssrUice TO run
The ship ashore, plnnder her of The specie
and divide The spol-w hat their inien
iions were respecting the officers does not
appear Capt. W. having armed himself
and officers, succeeded in seizing the
principal ringleaders aud put into Per-
nambuco 9Th Dec. and lodged them in
prison, from whence they will be SEM 10
the UEiIrd States Tor trial.
The Addison with several new hands.
was ready and expected 10 sail for Canton
25lh Dec. last. [Ph,k. Gaz.