Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-02-07

drawal TO leave the Press free, but 10 prepare
another prc)ef and we must wait to see what
that viii be, before the new ministry can he
praised for entertaining more friendly dis
position To free discussion than was possessed
by their predecessors.
SPAIN.--By an extraordinary conveyance,
Madrid papers and letters to the 9th inst have
been received, which contradict the rumours
contained in several of the Paris Journals, of
the extreme agitation in the Spanish capital.
On the contrary, il does not appear that the
public tranquility had been in any way dis
turbed.
The misrepresentation in the French Jour-
nails respecting the situation of Spain, do not
pass unnoticed in the Madrid papers. The
.uonifenr, of the esd uIt. inserted a letter,
which, among other unfoundcd statements.
asserted that there had been great disturb
ance IN Madrid on the conclusion of its paro-
chlai elections, and that the troops had been
ordered to fire. The Universal. in conse-
Guence of the existence of the Censorship i'm
France, considers the article alluded TO ms
dictated by the French Ministry, particularly
as IT had been published in the .iioniteur The
Editor, therefore, calls upon the French AM
bassador TO say whether the elections had NOT
taken place with the greatest order, and
whether there was any employment of troops
that day in the. manner stated by the .Nonife,ir.
Private Letter
PARIS, Dec. 10" Yesterday evening, after
much hesitation on the part Of NJ. Vilele, and
great deal of negotiation, the Ministry was
finally settled. NJ. VilIele refused to be a
Member Ola Ministry of which Nj. de Blacas
should be chief. The Duke de Richelieu
had proposed to the King that Nj. de Blacas
snoniu he ms SUCCESSOR. ami lire courier was
even dispatched to bring the latter fiom
Rome. mn unubf hanr ,,tort,;raL ,t,,+ H..
would be acceptable TO his Colleagues. NJ
de Viele, however, who is to be the real eff
hcient President, strongly objected to his APP
polntment, and refused to- act under him.
The list which the Duke de Richelieu gave in
yesterday was therefore opened anew, the
King saying to Nj. dc Yil.ele, {" Ma fos, faites,
doc lie Ministere vousmeme!" The new Min
! ster then obryed the CALL and the result was
the list which you have in the .lonitem."
CoRK, Dec. Give have received since
| our last the successive London Journals from
Wednesday to Saturday, inclusive, with dates
| from Paris To the former day inclusive
| The Paris Journals leave us in the same
uncertainty respecting the policy of the new
Ministry; nordo they contain any additional
appointments of Importance. No public Sit
| ting had been fixed in the Chamber of Depr-
ties, and it was expected that none would take
place for some days, and until the Ministerial
arrangements were completed.
The intelligence from Germany, Turkey
and Russia, in these papers, is decidedly
wariee; indeed every post brings some addi-
tonal fact leading to the conclusion that war
between Russia and Turkey is not only ineyi-
| table hut on the eve of commencing.
| The cause of the Greeks still triump.s
wherever they meet their oppressors, it is but
to conquer them. The Persian invasion is
said tn be more serious than was at first
thought; and il is reported, on more auhor-
ties than one, that Bagdad has been taken.
! An article from Vienna states that the pa
ciic exertions of the English and Austrian
Ambassadors at Constantinople have been
counteracted by the advocates for war; which
now seems inevitable between Russia and
Turkey, though perhaps no very active opera
tons may take place until the Spring.
| letter from Trieste repeats the statement
that BaSdad had fallen. The Crown Prince
f Persia is said 10 have entered the city at
the head of 10000 cavalry, but it is not men
toned when the event took place
The Brussels papers state, that preparations
are mixing for putting the Marine of the Me-
thcriands in q state of equipment and afraid
we presume, Gf exciting any alarm in conse-
en- nee, il is added, that similar measures are
adopting in France and Spain. Is the King
of the Netherlands going to assist his magnan-
mous ally, the Emperor of Russia, in any Of
his projects
PANS, Dec. 10.