Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-19
FOREIGN ARTICLES.

The Agricultural interest i'm Great Britain
are calculating on receiving relief by the taking
OH the tax on salt, leather malt, &C. to the
famount of five millions sterling, without di-
mlnishlng the interest paid tn the stockbold-
ers and it is said that the deficiency will be
made up by a modified property tax. Other
accounts say, that the landed interest have in
contemplation to insist on the repeal of the
malt tax The agriciturists and their land
lords continue 20 hold meetings throughout
the country on the subject of their distresses.
The average amount of notes and bills of
the Bank of England in circulation, is stated at
E13, 1874 ,674 15s Cd.
! Lord Byron is stated to have written a
burlesque on Southey's '' Vision of Judg-
ment"
LONDON, Jan. 21.--An article from Venice
| IN the French papers, states the condemua-
| ton ny the Senate of Lon,bardy, of 81 unfor-
tunate individuals, some of them of high rank,
to various punlshments, death, imprisonment
in fortress, &c. for the crime of belonging to
the sect of Carb9nari. The punishment
OF some OF those sentenced to death has been
committed by the Emperor Of Austria, as a
| special indulgence, for imprisonment in chains
for twenty years aud OF others for lesser
periods OF similar imprisonment. How
inercIiul This Is paternal government.
At Smyrna, the Pacha had manifested
more energy than usual to que the recent
disturbances, and by using great promptitude
in the execution Of several unruiy Turks. ON
the 23d of November, he had succeeded in re-
storing tranquility; but, although the British
| Consul General had done every thing in his
power TO afford protection to his fellow-coun-
trymen, yet they were in constant fear of the
commission OF fresh Outrages. Under these
circumstances, many English families hay e
been induced to charter several merchant
vessels, in which they might seek shelter in
Inc event OF disturbances. The French ships
| OF war continued to ride In the BAY of Smyrna,
and twentyfOur in the Archipelago
Letters have been received from Corfu,
which state that all the towns of the Pelopon-
nesus, except Coron, are in the hands of the
Greeks even Arta has yielded to their arms,
which now triumph, not only in the Pelopon-
nesus, but In Thessaly, and in all Epirus, as
well as Cassandra.
In the regns of thirty-one Kings, and in a
period of six hundred and ninety-fou years,
the support of the government of England
cost the people 795 millions, or little more
| IMAM one million year, and a debt of 127
millions. In the reign of George the Third,
during the short comparative period of SO
years, the government has cost the country
the enormous sum of two thousand three
hundred and hftyseven millions of money,
and debt of eight hundred millions. Read
this, we Tory rulers, and your venal abettors,
and blush, tif blush you can) for the enormty
of your criminal system of oppression, pro-
higate expenditure, and n,isrule.
I PARIS, Jan. 5.-Criminal plots have been
Matched in the garrison of Belfort-The con-
! spnacy was TO take effect on the Cd of Janua-
ry, and the three cOloured cockade was to be
mounted. The Kings Lieutenant having re-
reIved Information of the design, drew out
under arms, the battalion efth Goth regiment
of the line, which fornis the garrison of the
place, and proceeded immediately TO the bar.
i racks To arrest an AID utant Sub-Oficer, who
was pointed out as one of the principal agents
OF this criminal intrigue. Brue, Pegulu Des.
berdes, and Deiacome, who figured in the
/ conspiracy OF the 10Th of August 1820, were
also arrested at the moment when they com.
menced their fight from the town. The
guarding of these four prisoners was provi
slonally lntrusted TO the officer who command
: ed the neghboring post; but soon after th
officer himself fled along with his prisoners
Three other officers have disappeared. On,
OF the individuals arrested was the bearer o
hve packets ofcartOuches. OnarriviDg at one
OF the squares of the town, the Kings Leuten
: ant Tell IN with numerous group, which dis
{ persed on his approach but from tine mids
u of which pistol shot was fired, which struck
him III the breast. The cross of St. Louis
with which this officer was decorated, resisted
the effect of the ball, and it is hoped that tn,
) wound will not be mortal. The soldiers hay,
manifested the greatest. indignation. Orde
: was completely restored long before the de
: parture of the courier. The General com
! manding the department, the Attorney Gene
|, raj, and the Captain of Gendarmerie, repaired
Z. without loss OF time to Belfort. .Nonitesm.
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