Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-03

3a.i>s and others, forhid;ling tlen, TO return To
their quarters, and ordering them To bivolac
Till further ordcrs--to have their arms always
ready, and their horses saddled ;measures are
taken rs II the enemy were within Il mite of
CoBstan,innple. The very day when this fir
man was published, a dreadful fire broke out
at II IN the evening, near the Dihisitassi ESQ
they call the column of Theodors the Great
1t continued thro' the night, and it was not
I'LL in the morning that its fury was checked
Many houses were burnt, and great part of
the ri,y was threatened with falling Il prey To
the ilames. Notwithstanding this, the Sultan
who otherwise ducs not fail To appear on
these occasions, did not shew himself, or even
amy Turkish authority. 1t Is not known 10
what cause this extraordinary conduct, which
has surprised every hndy, is To- be attributed
and we fear lest it should bea covering for
some fatal project. The Turks alone put out
the fire, no individual any other nation hav-
ing cnme forward to assist.
The private letters received by the Lisbon
Mail, mention, that new Ministers had been
appointed 10 the courts Of London and Paris,
Madrid, Vienna, &c. The one appointed to
this country is DR.. Constancio, literary cha
racter. who studied in Edinburgh, but without
practising in his own country. The Minister
selected for France is Judge Dotel0, late Go
vernUr of Madeira. The French ship Hazard
had arrived in the Tagus with contra.,and
goods on board, and in her had been seized !,
large quantity of Pastoral letters. written by
the Ex-P Patriarch, now an exile in France, and
sent To Portugal, with an intention To inds-
pose the people with the Constitutional Go
vernnent.-These papers had been sent up
tn the Cortcs, hut no proof existed of their be-
ing sanctioned by the French police, though
1t is very natural to suppose this is the case
"a 1 nnly he of .h,f An
of hostility adopted by the court of Paris a.
gainst the newly acquired liberties of Spain
and Portugal,a subject To which we shall take
| an early opportunity of revcrting. The gradual
reform ofthe Church had entered into the dis
cussiops of the Cortes s. report on this inte-
resting subject had been laid before them by
the committee TO which it had been confded
Til" American brig Dryade, which was put
under quarantine at the Motherbank, on the
18th ult. for having lost two mon by fever on
her passage from Virginia, and which was slIs
peeled 10 ho ola malignant nature, was on
Saturday released, aud proceeded to Cowes
| TO dschGs re her cargo of tobacco into French
vessels, which are there waiting To convey it
| To Havre.
Letters have come to hand from ST. Peters
bnrgh to the 10th nit. Their contents are i'm
portaut, masnuch as they put direct mega
tive on the allegation that fresh Ambassador
from that court, to succeed Baron Strogonoif
at Constantinople, had been appointed. No
fears, however, were entertained in St. Peters
hrrgh TINT peace would be Interrupted. 1t is
admitted that the negotiations continued,
which was the occasion of a constant cores
rondence being kept up between Vienna and
st. PetcrsburSh- So strong was the opinion
that no war would break out, that the En-
change On London WAS steadily advancing
the last quotation is o GIG, which is much
higher than that mentioned by previous arri-
walls.