Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-06-17

"a ma
niard and free man, shall not be surrcnde re- :,
nor placed in the hands the royal armies
France and Spain, as your eXccllency Requires
IN your letter of this date deliyere to me Ia,
Captain Laserra, your aid-de-camp and H.,
garrison, penetrated with the same sen,imen,s
rs myself, are resolved TO bury themselves Nm,
der its ruins, rather than fail in the observance
Of their honour and their oaths. am sensjhl0
to the fact, and lament the prospect, that pr.-
cious blood must flow on both sides: but il i
not IN my power to prevent il. With your
excellency and your army alone resides the
power to prevent the calamities which Won
deplore by uniting yourselves with peo,le
who so much desire liberty instead of unjust
y and forcibly imposing chains upon nation
which enjoys that liberty, and which neither
acknowledges, nor will ever acknowledge, The
right OF any other power 10 interfere in its po
lticai concerns, or receive at foreign dictation
laws 1t must frame for itself. ASH am very far
from accepting the proposals of your exceien.
cy, l lay aside, as entirely irrelevant, the pro-
clamation which his Royal Highness the Duke
OF Angouleme has addressed to the Spaniaris
which can only be good and useful for per6di.
Gus Spanards, and unnatural children ortheir
country but not tn true sons of that mo,bar
whom they do highly value, and for whoss
prosperity and happiness they are disposed IL
sacrifice themselves. This is the only answer
have to return to your excellency. Wishing
not to fail in civility, determined TO admit the
FIRST flag OF your excellency but must an
PRISE you, that shall not treat in the Same
manner the second which comes with The
same Given in the fortress of s,
Fernando de Figueras, the first buiwark nr
the national liberty, this 22d of April. 1898 =
Signed) q" The Governor Sanity St. Miguel,
lrrom postscript IN the liverpool Saturdays Advertiser
of May l0l
The Paris papers of Monday which hav.
arrived, contain but little intelligence. Among
them is the fifth bulletin Of the Spanish Army
giving IN detail the operations which led TO the
occupation of Saragossa, as previously COM
munlcated by Geographic dispatch. 1t com.
munlcatcs no new fact.
Various accounts were in circulation in Paris
We give the following, as forwarded to MS bv
one of our correspondents" Ii is rumoured
that the king, fearing the consequences Of the
violence OF the present ministry, has renewed
his former con necton with DecaZes, and
That the latter will be soon at the head of
half liberal, half ultra administration. Talley-
rand is in close union with Decazes''
Globe and Traveller.
The answer to the inquiries for his maiesty'
health on Wednesday was" The king i.
better"
Dover, May 1.-Two messengers. a Frencl
the former, in answering 10 the question /
there was any news. answered nothing roods
From the London Star, May 81
a rumour prevailed in the CITY this MON,
ns, that Sego,id had opened its gates to The
French. The city is only 50 miles from
Madrid, and it is not probable that any cops
81 the French army has advanced so far
We give the following additional intelligence
from the army.
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
PARIS, May 5.-The advanced guarded
General MoIitor has advanced upon FraSa.-
The RoyaIist garrison of Mequinenza has
taken possession Of the fort and town off
AtcanlZ. Bailasteros has rctreated from
Calaiaynd upon Roca. Several Ba,taons of
Royalists are organizing at Saragossa.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, March 25.--Threc weeks
have scarcely elapsed since the great catas
trophe, and already we see new habitations
rise among the ruins, built rs slightly aud as
carelrssIy as the preceding, SD that there will
he no want of fuel for future fires
The deposed Grand Vizir has chosen
NIcomedia for his residence. His dismissal
is unconnnected with political events. He
did not feel himself equal To his post. he is
generally considered as a man Of probty as
a proof of which it is said, that when he laid
uown MS Office his whole property amounted
In only 80 pastres. When the Sultan was
informed of this, he ordered 90, 600 piasres 10
lac paid to him. and assigned him monihly
pension of $4,000 piastres. The most en-
lighiened persons in the ministry speak highly
OF his successor. Ali. 1t appears that tie
KeIs Elfendi viii remain in his Office
The new Grand Vizir finds his powerful as
sistance IN maintaining the peace of the citN
from the Aga of the Janissares There per-
maps never was a time when the Janissaries
were so humbled and so Submissive as they
now are.
Proposals Of peace had been made from
Persia. The Porte wishes the negotiations iol
be- carried on at Eizerum.
The Algerlne and Tunsian sQnadrons CON
sisllng OF % frgaies. corvettcs, and brigs,
sailed OF the Gath, for the Archipelago, com
mdnded by ap experienced naval officer of the
name OF PePcgbi. 1t is reported that many
European seairen have been induced by high
pay to engage in his service
Morea and Arcanania are now entirely, in
the hands of the Insurgents. There is indeed
no news OF The surrender of Patras, but il is
fully expected.
The Turkish garrison Of Corinth, according
To accounts which can hardly be discreded,
~ ihry have been received by the Embassies
mere from several quarters, s. all, agree has had
cruel late. DriventO extremitles hy famine il
was resolved To leave 400 men in the citadel,
and with The rest, stated to be 5000 men, to 60
ii possible to Patras.
On the way thither, 1900 men were sur
rounded by the Insurgents near Vraka, East
Vosiizza, that they sought refuge in defIe,
where they surrendered to the enemy, on the
sole condition that their lives might be spared.
They were all cut to pieces The following
day.
In Albania, Che disasters experienced by The
Turkish corps besiesiug Missolunghi had ex.
cItcd such alarm, that fears were entertained