Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-08-08
lFROM HAVANA.

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Havana Diary to the esd July inclusive The
papers are in the hands OF the translator.
An extract of letter tn the editors of the
.4mertcan, dated Havana, July cath, says -
All Is quiet here at presrnt--we have had no
arrivals from Europe for number of DAYS
past. A proclamation has been privately
printed here. upon the sub lect of the indepeu-
dcnce ef the Island-but it has been seen by
very few individuals. do not exactly know
the purport of it,"
The gentleman into whose hands we placed
the Havana papers has subsequently, handed us
the following document, translated from the
Diary of the goth July.
: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN FAVOUR OF
SPAIN
Don Francisco Dianisio Wives, the Captain Gen.
era' OF the leland Of Cuba has addressed the follow.
ing COMMUNICATION Ia the inhabitants of Havana, in
consequence of tteir having formed a committee 10
contribute 10 the suppor, or Spain
Inhabitants Of the It,ud of Cxba
" While the peninsula is labouriag under the most
atrocio"s and unjust aggression that could ever be
effected 10y the inrce OF ahuse-whe the hosts of
superstition and despo,ism present themselves with
me sword M one hand TO destroy the symbol of its
liberties, and with chains in the other tn sink il into
the most AFFECT and gRon,iniuus slavery will the
'ahiu and generous inlahirans OF this province be
passive spectators of this hioody and degrading nva
SION VIII they behold with Indifference the trants
taking possession of, aud domino ring the tuins of
gove,no.n the most liberal and the most benef-
whilst 'her constitutional king, and their Cover nmen
are wandering out of The capital OF their Empire p
WINS me legislature and representatives of The
of"hish Nalion are obliged TO inerIupt the august
iuhetinHs OF their ministry Waist iureisn tyrant
pretends u correct and prolane The immortal work
St the'r wisdom and munihccnce, aud crush the
'pah''fuS wan The same yoke, Of which they were
magnanmiiy
:" Eternal gnon,iny and disgrace would attend the
inhl',ifants of this Island; mconsoiahIe aigictIon
,n'i dsmay would enieehle the hearts of their hro-
,hrrs IN the Peninsua-it they were not To receive
fr'm the heral'iy and adhesion of the former the aid
"i''h me privaiions and calames hey suffer re-
q"fe--Ii whilst the natives oihis island are epoy-
rag MI the comforts OF tranquility and opuence ihrv
Interests o''
" How can the fate of he Peninsula he nd;(Teren,
10 The island Of Cuha ? They are most intimately
united ny the ties of blood aud affinity, 10y the laws
ny me religion, by the usages and customs; ard con.
s'prenuy Cu"a must necessarily participate in ITS
isiSior'nes as well AZ in its prosperity The a!lera-
IONS winch may take place IN Spain will shake all these
provinces, iiom one extremity 10 tie other and This
ISLAND, now the mansion of uninrrrupted peace and
ap"n,''nce, the asylum Of the unfortunate of both
woI'"S, M ~ be converted into desert, destroyed
ny hnriors ind dcvastaons-iis abundant and fertile
hcns covered with fragments aud ashes--and those
"a'iols which now Contribute To its ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
wo"hi then become the most soiciiuus TO ionient il,
" an Intestine disseniion with all the deyasations
which invariably follow
Constitutional authorities, inhabitants oTLtis pro-
r'"ce guard against This dreadful catastrophe The
convenience most imperlousy require that your
names should he Inscribed in The registers which the
hrsi corporation presents you. corporation es-
t"bhshed by yourselves 10 preserve untainied the
magma charta which elevated the Spauirls to the
"isn'iy OF heemen TO watch for your prosperity and
preservation, and TO spread among the people the
illusions OF Il patermal government, binding closer
and closer s ties with The mother country Your
provincial depu;aton merits for these motives and
many more, that YOU should adopt The that
1t recommends, III order 10 submit and sustain the
nv mfr The
rible crisis under which she iabors bv the funati.
cisai ana peridy oil Of her sous, and by the in
gratitude and felony at "a government 10 whom il
owes lis existence. This is the conduct expected
ny The political chief and Capt General of this ISL
aud from the generosity aud PATRIOTISM from the udg-
men and wisdom which ITS inhabitants have al ali
times, M niiested.
H,rJnd, Jttiy 90, 1873
(Ssned) FRANCISCO DiONISIO WIVES.
.f'"0"io !farie de I, Torreg CwdeaHss, Sec'y.
Our late Cadiz papers have supplied US in
addition, with variety of articles which we
subJoin. The news from the interior of Spain,
contained in these papers, may be said To be
OF an encouraging aspect The constitution
al bands appeared TO move whithersOever
they pleased, and the political governors of
various provinces to hold il regular COMMUNE
cation with Cadiz. We should infer, on the
whole, from what we have read in the Span
ssh accounts, that the French have lost more
men than the SpaDiards-ih that their adherents
consist, in general, of the dregs Of the cu,lli-
try; that the lortresses will hold out the
Guerla parties multiply in every direction
CadiZ proves true with the Cortes and the
invaders still meet considerable cmbarrags-
meal, if not utter destruction
On the 18th and 18th June, the municipal
bodies OF Cadlz presented to the Cortes, by
Populations, addresses in which they congra.
iated themselves and Spain, on the presence
of that assembly in Cadiz, and REQUIRED To the
circumstances of the constitution having been
formed there IN 1919, defended there IN The
last resort, add there proclaimed anew and
re-established 1890. They anticipated that
peace aud prosperity wsuld again be dlffused
from The same inpregnable citadel of free
doom, and answered for the resolution OF its
inhabitants TO perish rather than submit 10
French control. The Curies held their sit
tngs IN the same hall n which the cOusti:u
lion WAS framed 10 1919.
The Lisbon Gazette Of the 9Th June con
ialns long list OF ulcers, naval and military,
who, when the King Of Portugal made his
lriamphal entry into Lisbon on the 9Th un
harnessed the mules Of his coach, and drew
tnF VEHICLE themselves considerable distance.
Tine iit presents cOiOneis, c0pidiHS, bearing
sume Of the most Distinguished names Of Por-
sd, nd was published o9icjGhy after having
been sJiemnly read iu tire presence Of the
parties I0tO hud NE h0Bor tO supplant the
NUTS.
Fhr same gazette gives the following de
cree 0fthe kins IS Portugal.
Considering The fuauiul resolution taken
onthr 27ih May 81 the present year, by the
Infant DoI Miguel, my bclnycd and csilna-
hi. SON. and frs G1piitV win q, 1Ici, Ia c..ri