Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-05-16
THREE DAYS LATER.


NORFOLK, May l3.-By the ship Rassel :
AS captain Brigham, in SO days from Liv-
erpool, The papers of that place, 10 the 9th,
and those of London, to the 9th of A pril. hay Q
been received AT the Commercial r aiding
Room, through the polite attention of Can
tam Brigham. These papers furnish us with
Earns dates to the 18th of April, at which time
nostIlities had not commenced, nor was it un-
derstood, with any degree of certainty when
ihey would begin. According to letter from
bayonne, the invasion of Soain would not take
place before the I8th.-The article from the
London Sun, stating that the declaration of
war had been officially announced to the Bri-
iIsh government, is therefore, as we suspected,
MOI true Indeed, il is yet quite uncertain
whether there will he any war re ali
was right with The French government, they
would not have delayed thus long before they
struck the blow
The proceedings in the French Chambers
do not throw much light on The state of the
army. VI de Labonrdounay ia the Cham
bers OF Deputies. on Monday the 3lst March,
anlnadverted upon the tardy and indecisive
policy of vi. de Viele. with respect to Spain.
and upon The failure of his promise, that royal
ISL principles should obtain n single triumph :
He also complained, that an army full of ardor
remained inactive on the frontier, and that il
already hogan 10 want nccessarics " This
(says the Liverpool Advertiser of the 8th Of
April IS an important admission, for If the ar
engagements Of the Ultra Minister'S far supply
ing the army are So defective that it already
experiences the want even in France Of the
necessary supplies, what has il 10 expect in a
country which will present nothing bnt diff
cu';ics, and which will be cleared ofeverv ar
ticlr which could possibly he useful 10 il ?''-
The answer of the President of the Council
was slrHt on this alleged deficiency Of sup
plies Ia The army, and was confined 10 the vim
dicatihn Of the budget On the following
day The disctssoD was resumed, when VI de-
Nillele concluded = speech upon the finances
by declaring that Frasce was rapidly ap-
preaching towards the point at which il would
ne freed from difficulty; that its present en-
harrassed situation was altogether transient
that u was not ihe effect 0fwar. but Of threat
ened tr7r, and Ofthe uncertainties which attend
That menace. Incertitudp The Observed was
Of NJ things that which was most dreaded by
the French people, hut the French Minis
ter leaves them in full possession of this
dreaded inc"rtitudc he dops not tell there
when or how il is to terminate whether this
year or the pPxt- whether in var or peace
We find il stated in the Liverpool Advrrris-
err of The 9Th April. that question Of very
great nomSnt has been started. and which has
been discussed at some length both in the
English aud French newspapers. which origi-
mated IN an enquiry made Of Mr.. Canning. in
me House Of Commons, whether Great Br-
'aln w"S bound by any treaties to guarantee ~
the Boiirh"n family the possession Of the
throne nf France Mr. Canning is said
10 have replied. in Substance, that in case an
aitfrDpt was made 80 replace any Of the fam
Nv OF Bonaparte on the throne of France
Great Britain was hound to co operate with
lheothcr Members of the Holy Alliance 10 pre-
vent 4. With respect to any other cause
which might deprive that family Of the French
Grown. thc Allied Powers lin which G. B.
was incndcd) we're only hound N take into
consideration whether any or what measures
should be adopted
lis stated IN The London Globe and Ira
Weller, Of The. 9th, ihst Austria has sent Min
lstcr 10 acrTnpaev the Duke d'Augouleme
and The Fr~7ch army during their operations
IN Spain. The Minister is 10 represent The
llnly Alliance and to scr that the Frenrh
army and the French Cabinet do NOT OVER
step tn bounds that have bern marked OFT 10
them hy the Congress Of Verona in short
Q see that he French d. not take possession
ofnpy thing in their Owp name. huf in that of
Ferdinar@. A gOy erurenf, exclusively Snan
ish, will be formal, and the Spaoish nation
invited 10 adhere to II, under the temptation
nat they VIII lose 0otiing but their liberty