Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-06-22

| police IN the discharge of their duty endeay-
ored to extinSush toe flames. This exercise
/ OF the authority of the civil power being re-
sisted by the pbpulace, the military were call
ed out but the resistance was still continued.
| Soon afterwards the dr;goons were, rein
forced, and the people fed before them over
the wooden bridge, the first arch of which
was broke down by the pressure, and min
| gled mass OF the populace were indiscrimi
nately precipitated into the bed of the river
from the height OF 20 feet The water was
fortunately shallow, and only one life was
lost, though number of persons had their
bones broken, and some others were dread
fully bruised. In some of the accounts Civ
EN- oi this catastrophe, the writers, who are
| probably themselves ultra, decam against
rd"acGdSnl, butw see nothing in the state
menis themselves that would lead us to CON
ciiuc that the contest had any other origin
nut that which arose out ofthe irritated feel
inSS Oh mob, driven from a favorite pas
time. In Edinburgh, party of volunteers
provoked by the derision of the mob, turned
round upon the persons assembled. who
were principally idle boys, and, after chasts-
Ing number of them with the butt-end of
the nlushets, took or of them into custo-
dy, whom they conveyed in triumph to the
| police Office. No other mischief was done
nor does ii appear that the tranquility of
either Glasgow or Edinburgh has been since
| disturbed.
The Paris papers state, that Mr.. Canning
was expected to arrive IN that city on Tues
day last
1t is now said that Minister'S object to the
Kings visit TO Ireland, on account of the ex-
pense, which is estimated at { go, 900. and
also the Increased labor it would Impose upon
themselves 10 answer the numerous address
es to his Majesty. We give this merely as
one OF the new rumOrs on the subject.
Earl fitzwilllam, in consideration of the
prevailing depression in the agricultural in
tercsts. has directed his agent to return 10
per cent. TO his tenantry, at the approaching
rent days at Wentworth House.
letter i'll the London Times, dated at
Turin, April II, says "we are still unt ertain
who is to lie king, whether Emmanuel, or
Charles Felix. 1t appears, however, that
preparations are making for receiving the
former, who is at present at Nice"
Another letter, aludng 10 narrative of
events in Piedmont, says,
g The writer has not done Justice to the
| mhcard Ofbaseness ofthe Prince of Carirna-
| no, who first betrayed his sovereign, then
honor and his friends, and finally deserted
the troops to whom be fled for protection mt
| NOvara To tie very moment in which he
was assuring his oonfdant (the Che. de
| ColiIno) OF ms resolution TO support the cause,
he had given private orders to have him ar
rested, # he presented himself at the citadel.
The night OF his departure he had appointed
new ministry and to the very last moment
he pretended devotion to the common cause.
hope his name will he held up to infamy in
all corners OF Europe. Never, say the tia
ians, was there a mortal born 10 a more
glorious destiny or who made a pin tista
l,NgurG. A native prince, in the first dawn
OF lie, blessed with a fair reputation, To
which the fond partially of his countrymen
added thousand noble qualities, and entrust-
| ed with the high charge of giving liberty TO
| Italy all these advantages he has spurned
from him, without the merit of being a sue
cessful traitor" Boston ID. .4dr.
| MADRID, April 49, ircuIar of the Minis
Ter ofihe Interior, to The political Chiefs =
The news receiyedrespecting the eyents
IN Naples, Though very Indifferent for ma
ton such as ours, that marches TRANQUILITY
and with dignity in the path of glory and
! honour and the prosperity of which is OPEN
, ed by the adoption of the constitutional sys-
/ tenn, )miSht encourage the perfdious enemies
f. OF tins benetlcent system to renew their cri-
minal attempts, and scduce the unwary TO
I trouble public tranquility liz some parts ofthe
NiiiSSlpiii. nest tF also serve Tor
preteXt To unquet persons, without reelection
orprudencc, who, IN imagining dangers which
will never happen, and in giving them more
| Importance than they possess, to excite po-
puiar agitation, which always offends the
majesty OF the laws. compromises public au-
thorlty, and puts the repositories of power
III painful situation.
The King, whose first duty is the preser
vation ofpubic order, cannot avoid dreading
that the result of the impression caused by
the Aforesaid events may be such as this
and, determined TO use all his authority TO
preserve the public mind, and to prevent
the noble and majestic movement of the
nation and OF the government, whose object
IS TO consolidate our institutions, from being
Interrupted his Majesty has charged me to saw
to The political chiefs, that, in accord with the
captains general and other authorities orthe
provinces, they take all the measures that
Their zeal dictates, that circumstances exact.
and which their functions admit OF, to pursue
without relaxation, the occult enemies of the
system, TO discover their iniqltous devices.
TO deliver them to the judicial power, and to
excite the zeal of the last mentioned TO pm
ish promptly and excmplariy, as well TO
stop every agitation or popular movement,
whatever may he the pretcxt they must in
vest themselves with all the necessary firm
ness Willcn IS tAhcied ny the great confidence
that his Majesty has placed in their hands, by
charging them with the superior govern
lnent of the provinces, for the tranquility Of
which they are responsible.
81 The will Of tho King is also, that YOU
make the people under your orders feel that |
much as the friends Of liberty ought to be |
afflicted at the events ofthat nation, VIC ought |
never to consider them as capable ofinhuen- |
cling IN any way the destiny of an heroic peo- |
pie, whose worthy representatives; strictly |