Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-04-26
SPAIN.


The Spanish Cores have recently 6ecrced,
that all Spanish vessels employed in the slave
trade are to be forfeited, and the owaerS, fit
fers cut, masters, and officers condemned ta
ten years labor on the public works. AN To-
reiGners entering Spanish ports with slaves on
board, shall be liable to >the same penalties !;
and all slaves found 90 board shall he set free.
We trust those regulations will be srrlouss y
carried into effect! Letters from Cadiz make
great complaints of the Insecurity of their
commerce, owing to The bold deprrdatIons
of the South American pniratecrs, which are,
IT appears, carried on close Ia the Spaulsh coast
itself a v, iuable cargo had ben captured on
ly three miles from Cadiz.
The speech of the king Of Spain, on closing
the extraordinary cortes, is, as might BIZ ex-
pected, a recapituatiOn of and eulogium on,
the several acts of the session, at the head OF
which stands that most important measure,
the territorial division of Spain. The president
of the cOrtes, in his answer, begins by remind
Ing Ferdinand of the oaths which he has taken
Ia maintain the free constitution. lie then
runs rapidly over the various important OBJ
lects which the ex- cortes were bound to at
tend To dwells, thoagh in general terms, on
the difficulties which they had to encounter
| ard congratulates the king and nation on their
delivery, through the courage and prIdrnc OF
The cOrtes, " from a dreadful crisis, into which
| unfortunate circumstances had conducted
them" He concludes by some pointed and
just remarks on the advantages of Il represen-
tatiFe as compared with an arbitrary gOvern
| ment: and anticipates, from the labors of the
| succeeding cortcs, the completion of the great
structure Of Il free snd constitutional monar-
chy.
SICILY.
A cops Of 1000 Austrian troops arrived in
Palermo late in January. Public tranquility
| had not been disturbed one instant since the
discovery of the tanners plot. Nine of the
consplratOrs have been shot, among whom
were priest ma med Villa and a notary. O.
| Their lndiFlduals have been condemned 10 The
| same fate, but they have not yet suffered
Tie cOmnolions in Sicily were only tempo
| rary they originated with the courirrs. In
| order to prevent their recurrence, two rrgi-
| ments have been embarked for Palermo. =
! Several distinguished individuals have arrived
at Naples from Palermo, as also many per
| sons who have been arrested, among whom
/ is the ex-depuiy, Dragoneui.
LATEST FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
| CHARLEsToN, April 16.-Our attentive
| Correspondent, at Caracas, has transmitted Us
| he Iris of Venezuela, of the 4th and llih %
March last They contain variety of d0cu
ments and miscellaneous, Though not yerI
impertani) information, extracted from th'
Journals of Lima, 81. Jago, (Chdi) Guayaqui
! and other places The llgh;o "A free press i
! gradually spreading through, and Hluminatin,
4 tile vast continent Of SUath America
In the Girls" of the nth March, oh
serve Il decree dated Rosario de- Cucuia, 1871
Oct 1891, consisting of seven articles, ~,
which provision is madehy the government q
'hc Columbian Republic for the protection
and comfort Gifts brave defenders
The first article says, every COLOMBIAN
who died upon the field Of glory in drfrudn
the independence uf their country, merits ili
most eminent bonours, and should have hi
memory faithfully preserved in the annals c
, the ikepubEc." After this Just tribute to ia
dead, they proceed to establish house q
+ the reception ofinvads, in each OF the mil
= tary departments, the control Of which is en-
I trusted 10 two eNicers, military and lesdcu
= The G0yrrnment has also thought prope
10 add 10 The concluding prayer, 1T Miss, In