Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-16
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New YORK, Dec. 1O.-By the packet shin
Meteor, which left Liverpool m The 9th ult.
and the ship Florida, we have our usual sup
plies of paprrs and prices current, and give
coPlous extracts therrfrom. The London dates
are TO the 9TH November.
II would seem that through the intercpssion
ofthe French Government, something like
mobilization Of the sweeping and proscriptive
DEGREES which Ferdinand in the Grst moments
OF his liberation had issued, was To be expect
ed. Still The decree which pxcites that ex-
pertauOH, speaks in sufficiently vague and
loose terms about oblivion and amnesty-but
very positively about the necessity "that those
twihont furnishing any clue as to who "those"
may nean) who had placed themselves beyond
the reach ofpardon should suffer punishment :"
and finally, deferrlng any decision in the mat
Ter, till the King shall arrive at Madrid Much
will depend, therefore, on the characters and
dispositions Of those whom the restored king
may call around him, whether me shall forget
or resent, past injurir5-whether he shall seek
TO couclliae by mildness and oblivion, or ex-
asperate by the shedding Of b.od. Riego. it is
prettS clear from his arrangement, is pre-.
Judged, and will suffer death OF Nina, we
are not able To make out any thing very clear
H. is anid 10 have submitted tn the King. and
that Barcelona capituIated on the 28th His
proclamation to the inhabitants of that CITY,
which will be found below, speaks rather am
blgnnusly, and leads us TO suppose that this
NAV be true.
The sp.ni-0ficial expose in the Journal DIES
DebdS, manifests plainly, the soIiciiude with
which the course that England shall take in
respect To the Sou. American nations is
locked t.. !! = ;rere very broadly, and even
exul,ingly stated, that Great Britain bad, in
sending cOusils to- these countries, siudionsly
avoided any recognition OF heir ndeprn-
dence and formuI ~ given purpnriing to-
be hat aduptrh by he British Government in
the crrdrntals with which those consuls are
furnished. And one more offensive To nations
thai mar made, and caD maintain themselves
free, we can hardly Imagine unless, indeed.
the commissioners who accompany the con-
snIs IRE authorized to alter, or explain a.
way this formula OF address. must, We think
insure the non reception uf the consuls. No
free state respecting itself, cogld submit To
be- 90 addressed. -Fhe int, lligence of an i'm
mediate armament of combined French and
Spanish force, for the reduction of South
America, il hu.vever, disprOTed Nv this Expose
--whirh declares, That the affairs of those
countries are to become subjects Of delibera-
ton in n new Congress. The desiinirs at the
twn Americas, 1--we say both, for they are
inseparab'p,) to be- q liberated and decided
upon by three or four Snveregns and three or
fOnT J"zrn ministers IN Europe!l WHl-tmed,
indeed is the language of the President on
this su5ect, and in that European Congress,
should II assemble. it viii he felt and feared
Of the Greeks We see nothng except what
CONES through the Austrian Ohscr, er. that.
however. MS nothing disastrous to say con
corning them.
The English papers are filed wi,h the details
of murder, and of ihr havoc occasioned by
n great s'orn on the 3Oih ull when the snow,
and winds, and rain, seemed TO have com
bned their fury for the purpnseseG desnla-
iion ;--thr rivers Over0owed their bsSnds aud
even IT classic Eton, the CREST, sluggish
Thames shot mady from IFS sphere" and
went rolling through the sircefs. d. ihe coast
much damage was done io ihr shippng, and
many lives had, il was feared, been lost.
american.
ENGLAND
Rober' Waithmpn. ESQ. framework knt,cr
has been duly elected Lord Mayor Of London
for the ensuing year.
Christopher Pnller, esq. WHOSE &5me in
CONJUNCTION with ibd Of Mr.. B,sarQnet, Is
familir 70 every lawyer, has been appointed
Lord ChiefJusiice At Calcutta, aud the honor