Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-05-22

Ely to arms Let the cry of war resound
through vallics, and chaumt the hymn of
victory.
If dscord has been so ready to rise on its
baneful wings the declaration of war, the an
gel of concord will be still more ready to am
nounce to us the timely succour which is to
come to us from the promontories of Sicily.
Sicilians--to arms Do not suffer your
brethren of the continent to be only victors,
| or to have alone to boast of conquering
their enemies: They wish to conquer along
with you. Ifthey boast of having had a Te-
| leslnls, Marius, or a Perennitis. YOU can also
boast OF having had an Asathocles and
Dion. LIN initiating as you do, the valor
| and wisdom of our ancestors hasten. as they
| were wontto do, to arms. Fly with the impet-
| uosity of the tempest, and rash like thunder
Come forth without delay; otherwiseyouwil
| be too late to partake of victory"
PORTUGAL.
No one can read, without feelings of i,.e
dlgnatlon, the ungenerous attempts so fire.
| qiientiy made in some of the ministerial pa
| pers to decry and Willy the exertions of the
Portuguese cortes TO give TO their country
| code OF fixed and defined laws. in lieu ofthat
| monstrous system of misrule and arbitrary
| power by which it had been governed for u
| long period OF years 4 system SO corrupt
and debased, that it had brought Portugal
| To me utmost verge OF ruin, and plungedthe
| people III wide abyss of misery and power
ty. We say the attempt is ungenerolis, be-
cause, from the very moment the revolution
broke out, in August, the British public be-
| held with delight and exultaton the efforts
| OF people with whom they had been SO
| long allied, and bywbose side they had fought
and conquered, struggling to throw down
the despoiic sway Of deprayed courtiers and
tGnctionaries, who had long deluded the
king and msulted the nation by their extor-
Tomato acts and any wish to diminish the
interest thus excited must be deemed both
| ungeierous and u.ljust, more particularly
| when the grounds made use OF are both false
| and Incorrect
Without attempting to refute vague con-
ciusions drawn from the French revolution,
oraTsumcnts founded on visionary theories,
| and devoid of allanalogy whatever, we should
| merely say, look at the situation of Portugal
now, and compare this to the state of things
only eight months ago Then Il dreary 81
iencc prevailed, and the only stimulus of
| action was terTor.--'rhe government was
mated, the army unpaid, and as that di;tin-
| guished member OF the cortes, San Fernan-
| dez Thomas, proved in his late luminous re-
port on the public state of Portugal, " evils
of every kind affected every department, be-
cause ignorance and immortality had conta-
minated all. Being the errors Of age, they
had acquired force through the lapse of time
and the influence of habit ; and this corrup-
tlon beng spread throughout the whole no
| iitlcai body, 1t could not be removed unless
by slow and efficacious remedies, because
the venom had attacked the whole mass of
the blood, as well as the whole vital system"
cI prt !,
than the situation of Portugal ut the time
alluded TO but now we see commerce re-
yived, the people content with the new svs-
tenn, public confidence restored, the admins
tration OF justice improved, the freedom of
the press established, and the work OF RAJ
uonal liberty and political regeneration adj
yanced beyond the expectation Of the most
sangunc. Such is the altered situation OF
| Portugal, and the existence of these facts is
the best possible RECITATION of those who ca
illuminate the efforts of people, seeking ONLY
to secure to themselves and their posterity
the enjoyment of those blessings which al
ways constituted the true Englshlnan's
boast, and which he ought to be proud Of
selnS equally extended 10 others.
London W. Ctyoa
ELoPEMENT.-The following distressing
occurrence has been the theme of much re-
mark III the fashionable world for several
| DAYS past, and is likely TO be brought upon
the taps III Westminster hall ere long A
captain OF dragons connected by bloodwth
some OF the respectable families, and who
has served with distinguished honor in most
Oh tile battles on tha Peninsula, was stationed,
some tline ago, in Dcyonshire, with a detach-
ment of his regiment and it appearing
| probable that he would remain uDon that
station for considerable period, he removed
ms lady and family thither from town.-A
few weeks ago lieutenant of the Surry mi
mia, who happened TO be in that part of the
country, was introduced to the house of The
gallant captain and whilst there, he CON
trlved to make the lady of the mansion for
Set ler obigdtions to her husband and far1i-
~, and elope with hin.-This circumstance
was OF course Immediately made known TO
the relatives of the lady, who as instantly
took measures for pursuing the fugitves.E
! They requested the husband TO accompany
and assist them in these measures, he being
the only person who could exercise any lecr,d
coercion towards the person but be- at first
| Indignantly refused TO take any trouble in the
ALTAR. At length, however he consented 10
JON IN the pursuit, application having been
Hiaue 10 the magistrates at BoW~sfreet for
me assistance of an active and Intelligent Of
| iN''' .o'Sc hutiNen was directed 10 assist
the parties III the search a diligent inquiry
was now set on foot, and the ftigitiyes were
traced to -hpOn-Thames but when
thepursuor3 bad reached that place, they had
NED, and all further trace of them appeared
to be lost. Ruthyen, however, felt convinced
That they were not far Of, and he dispatched
messenger to liampton-court, who return
ed with the intelligence that they were lodr-
ING at an inn there, but were at that moment
gone out on foot. The whole party imme-
oatcy proceeded TO Hampton-c0urt, and
whist they were at their inn, consulting on