Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-20

The wish of the Spanish Ccrtes and govern
ment TO alter the names and former arrange
ment OF the provinces. as il is TO lessen and di-
vide those which are overgrown and dispro-
poriionatc. The new organization is TO be
followed by fresh census and valuation OF
properly, as well TO fix more equitable basis
Tor The militia establishment, as the assessment
oil taxes. an essential part of the new system.
The plan VIII be more expensive than the pre-
sent one, as 1t will give rise To- the eInployneut
of many more public fimctonaries but the
additional expense will be more than repai,
by the benefits resulting from it, The consti.
tuition ordans that all Spaniards shall contr-
bute TO the wants of the state, according to
what they possess, and this law cannot be
carried into due effect unless the executive is
provided with correct returns fpOpulationan,l
property. This measure consequently is of the
utmost Importance, and the diligent manner in
which the Cortes have applied themselves To
it, shews their anxiety to fulfil their duties, and
reconstruct the social ediGce of Spain on a
more suitable basis.
IRELAND.
In some parts of Ireland the disturbances
still continue, and murders and other outrages
are committed with frequency and bodness,
that create much alarm. Major Going, Mr.
Z. Sparling, Mr.. Ives, Mr.. Fitzgerald, Mr.
Gorman, and several others are among those
who were murdered in the most shocking
manner, in the county of Limerick. The mi
lltary were in motion, aud every possible
means put IN operation to allay the general IA
iarm, and If possible to prevent the further
depredatons of those misguided wrctchcs,
who had been successful in procuring arms and
other weapons of death.
The .uGyo Constitution states, with much
hat has r.
has seized upon the minds of the people in
other counties, appears TO have taken posses
sion of some in that also. Illegal oath; have
been administered to a lamentablc extent,
and marauding parties have been recently in
pursuit OF fire arms, and in some cases have
succeeded In theirobject, not many miles from
Mayo. We do not make this statement, saws
the editor, for the purpose of creating alarm,
but rather to put the people upon their guard
anu that timely means may be taken 10 check
| the evil. We feel more of regret than fear
upon the occasion. We know that the delu-
sion must vanish, but we shudder to contem-
plate the miseries it may entail upon its vota
RES. meeting OF the magistrates of this
county IS called on Sunday next Probably
Their deliberations may refer to the subject OF
this short article. Another murder has been
perpctrated, on the person of MIR. Walsh, one
",
individual, of the name of Barrett, returning
from his house, near BaIlynolan, was attacked
by party ofrufians, who beat him so severe
~ with sticks and stones, that his life sxas des-
paired OF. In various places, bodies OF men
nave presented themselves at the mansions of
private gentlemen, and demanded fire arms :
sometimes they have been successful when
resistance has been impracticab!e but even
when baified, 1t has rarely been without the
exchange OF from 90 to 80 shots between the
assaiants and the assaed-Ths, SAYS the
London Courier, is surely terrific state of So
clety and one which neither military force,
nor the necessary rigor of the laws can alter,
| though OF suillcientenergy to mitigate its inn
mediate evils.
Some of the English writers attribute these
repeated disturbances, to the small number of
resident landlords in the districts where they
occur. But they cannot compel landlords to
reside upon their estates, without abridging
their personal liberty and it is admitted.
that any general or local measure for ameIio-
rating the condition of the Irish peasant, which
philanthropy or patriotism may suggest, can
not be acted upon till something ike conf
dence IS restored, and till there is at least a
cessation, ifRot an extinction, of those embit-
tered and hostile feelings which arm the rich
and poor against each other.
Vhdte Fishery. COngrere RockeLs.--We had
the pleasure last Wednesday of witnessing
some experiments with congreye rockets,
made at our garrison by Lieut.. Colquhoun,
the gentleman who accompanied Dir. Scores
by, in the ship Fame, to the Greenland fishe-
ry, last summer A very respectable compa-
ny OF gentleman, interested in the oil trade,
was present, with many of the masters of
the vessels which have returned from the
Arctic seas, all of whom, we understand, were
highly gratified and most of them persuaded
that the rockets are likely to be of great ser
vice in the capture of whales. The rocket
as made for this service, js tremendous wcap-
on and at the distance of from thirty To
forty yards may be aimed with unerring GER
: tanty at any part Of the body of the fish into
! which it enters with Irresistible force, and
perforates several feet, the fuse all the while
burning, and, at the interval of a few moments
} a mine contained within it exploding with a
violence which cannot avoid causing death
OF the force OF this explosion an idea may
be formed when we inform our readers that
small one last Wednesday at the distance o
forty yards after penetrating very stiff banl
(, of clay, several feet, shook the whole TO Tin,
astonishment of every beholder What Tn,
+ effect must be in the body of fish may b,
easily conceived ; it is impossible the ami
NAL can live lis whole interior must b,
shaken TO pieces though, like the bank, th
body externally appears Untouched Til
3 manner in which the rocket is discharged i
T by passing il through an iron tube, a consid
, cradle length oft at both ends, and furnishc,
with a species ofgun lock, fixed so that tn,
dctonatins powder now used instead of prim
, ing, communicates with the fuse Of the engine
This tube is fixed on rest, and is fired like
: gun, the fircr taking as steady an aim on so
q ground as aoy sportsman can do. On bein
c fired, the rocket leisurely passes through tb
tube to the msrk, with continually increas