Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-05-29
VOL. XVIII.---NO. 6.


freight might be greatly augmented by the
destruction OF a part OF our shipping. But this
was fortunately not the case, and, rs If an ar
my were on the point of being decimated, few
would be found to volunteer as objects OF.
that defamation; so in the multitude OF
ship-owners, he doubted whether there
was one willing to destroy his own vessels
for the sake of enabling Others to pre-
cure better freight. Much had been said
with regard TO the preference manifested
towards Russia over Norway, but the truth
was, that Norway was very much favored by
the bill under consideration. 1.-The had any
chance of carrying an amendment in the.
committee, he would support the motion OF
the honorable and learned Gentleman
Mr.. Grant, for the purpose of suggesting
one directly opposite to that which the hon
and learned Gentleman had in. view. AS
|. he did not however, apprehend that he
should succeed in the attempt, he thought
it as well to abstain from making it, and that
the honorable and learned Gentleman had,
likewise, quite as good reason for despairing
| of success.
| Mr.. Gladstone said, that as far as he was
| informed, the commercial interest generally
| approved OF, and was satisfied with, the new
arrangement. He thought il extremely I'M \
| iair to describe the ship owners as class Of
| men favoured and enriched at the expense
| of the community A good deal had been
said on the subject OF competition between
Russia and Norway, but any preference
| shown to the latter would operate not So
much To The loss or detrnent OF Russia, as
| TO the injury of our own revenue Nine
| tcnti,s OF the ilnportations from Norway
| were in The shipping of that country, whilst
the trade with Russia was carried on chiefly
i'll our own. (Hear, hear.) He must oppose
| the amendment, because he was satisfied
thatit would prove Intellectual for its object
| that OF encouraging the establishment Of saw
machinery.
After few words from Mr.. Bennett. the
motion for committing the Bill was then
agreed to without a division. Dlr. Keith
| Douglas postponed his amendment TO fn.
| ture opportunity. The House then resr,n-
ed, aud the Report was ordered TO be ne
| ceived tomorrow.
LONDON, April l6.-Our private cores
pondence Of this day consists ofletters from
Pisa ofthe Cd instant, from Leghom of the
sd, from Florence the 9th, and from Turin
of the 9th, 9th, land 9TH. We need hardly
recommend to the notice ofour count,yrnen,
generally, the treatment experienced by Mr..
Peel, am English gentleman, at Leghorn, de-
tailed in our letter from that city. One OF
the acknowledged benefits of government
| regulated by fixed laws is the precision with
which offences are usually particuIalized,
and the notice thus afforded TO any citZeu
of the actions which he ought to avoid, or
OF the penalties which he will have To en-.
counter. The instance, on the other hand,
which we have above referred TO, demon
strates the peculiar mischief Of a government
OF pure anil or in otlier words, Of umestrain-
cd caprice and passion. Here is an English
| man ordered out of a country wherein h.
mas established his business and embarked
bis fortune-ordered away in ~ hours me-
tee, and TO the probable ruin OF them both
and for what by all tIiat appears, neither
for treason nor Carb0naris.n--Eor heresy--
| nor snuGg'ing-nCr fraud unGcr any form
no, nor for libel, that grand bughear of an ar
hiirary conrt-N:r. Peel's crime WAS want
OF talti'--we do not mean religious faith
such as might expose 4 man 10 tiir corrective
process OF an inquisition, ii such thing had
been at ilis period known in TUSCANY
simple incrednity" as 20 particular fact
He doubted the truth of an Austrian bulletin
Such IS the operation ofa despotic system OF
| government. Yet the government of the
Grand Duke of Tuscany is said TO be t!ie
mildcst (of the de5potc sorD in Europe.
Times.
From the Madrid papers we learn that a
proposition was made III the Cortcs in the
sitting OF tie 30th uit. TO address an appll-
cation TO the French government against a
libel contained in the Journal de Par, which
accused the legislative body of Spain Of con
duct dsrcspectliil TO the King the propo-
silion, after some debate, was withdrawn, as
tending 10 bcstow more value on the libel
than belonged to it. 1t is one of the blessings
of an enslavcd press, that the Government
is held answerablc, and justly too; for what
ever is published by the new spaDers.
a chamber OF peers has, ii is soid, hcon
the instrument Of the defeat OF the Ncapoii-
tans. Eacl, General wished TO be honorcd
with pcerage without caring for the dis
graceful mems by which he obtaned it.
These generals preferred hOnors to- honor,
and at Naples, as elsewhere, the loyalty OF
honorable men has been the dupe of tb3
schemes OF inhiguers. However, il is affirm
ed that these ambitious men viii not after all
obtain the object of their desires. ThoY"
persons vino affect to be initiated in the Sc
crets Of the congress 81 Laybach assert tllat
the high allies do not wish for rcpresen
tive government at Naples. If this he the
fact, The hopes Of the traitors viii be deceiY-
ed and those who have acted disgracefu w
will reap only shame from their conduct,
should they even escape the fate they so just
- merit.
STOCKHOLM, March o.-The following is
tIie remarkable proposition With the King
has addressed 10 the Norwegian Dict, in
respect 70 the Mobility -
"'fhe Diet assembled I'M 1916 laid before
his Majesty, for his appreciation, resolution
which tended to fix the rights Of the nobility
in Norway.
However inclined tbc king was in favor
of The principles on which The constitution Of
the kingdom is founded, as well in the whole
as in the twenty third paragraph, yet his
Majesty thought that it seemed doubtful IL