Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-16

| Right Honorable Secretary, advcrting 10 the
dissertations made by the Hon. and Learned
| Gentlemen respecting the conduct of the Al
lied Powers, submitted that England was not
COW Ia the same situation as in former periods
| How could that colossus OF despOisin that so
long besrode Europe have been ovcr,hruwn
without ti,e aid Of dcspo,s? Were we to form
alliances with none but free States? TIE
Hon. Gentleman MR. b. he believed bad
been misinformed M 10 the cases he stated, as
mercy had been extended by the Emperor Of
Austria TO many u no had been doomed tn die .
| i5y NE laws of the country alluded to- the
confession of the criminal was Indispensable
| What would foreign nations think of the Gu
| oeiums that had been bestowed on the har-
|pFSd criminal that suffered at Hartford
NerG we TO decline all alliance with foreign
Ena,'o;s, because we disapproved las he ad-
! Eoitt/d he did) OF some of their internal regu-
ialons Our object should he To move in our
own orbit. not uf obedience, but Of intiepcn-
dencr, without looking TO the spIendour or
magnitude of foreign powers Wherever
| proper opportunity occurred, this country
would never he found wanting To herself.
On the subject of Ireland and the measures
necessary for tranquiliizng that part Of the
United Empire, be thought as before, on the
great question of Catholic Emancipation. and
he still retained the opinions he had ever
avowed In conclusion, the Rt. Hon. Gentle
man said, the Speech from the Throne was the
account ofthe.. Stewardship of Ministers since
last the House had met; which, if il did not
demand appreciation, at least was not afraid of
/ criticism.
| Mr.. Bright protested against the language
held on more points than one.
MIR. Secretary Pee! SAID, as his Rt Hon.
Friend had avowed his adherence TO his
opinions on the subject OF Catholic Enancipa-
ton, ohet Mr.. Peel would distinctly state the
ssame honest difference To the opinions he had
uniformly avowed.
| LONDON. Feb I3-We have received by
Express Golignani's Messenger of W-dues-
dav, from which the following are extracts:
| Friday being the anniversary of The assas-
s;na'ion of his late Royal Highness the Duke
of Berri, all the theatres and public places of
amusement will be closed.
The subscription for the Greek Priest
isacliarus amounts to 700 francs.
The King Of Sweden has nominated Prince
Oscar To be Vice Roy of Norway.
A Clerk in the War Office has Just been
taken into custody upon a charge of having
obtained the signature Of The Minister, TO
enable persons to procure patents of NJ embers
for the Legion OF Honour.
| On the 3lst ult. so millions of forms in
bonds passed through Llege; they were sent
from the Court of Austria tn that OF London,
and formed part of Rothschids loan.
| In preceding column we have given some
interesting extracts from the Paris Journals.
a Madrid article in the Etoie again states that
modified amnesty is AT length about To be
ISSUED. The same letter admits that letters
| from Lisbon speak Of the in,rigues which the
| Portuguese Constituencies are carrying on
against the Queen, or rather against the abso-
Lutte system which has been so happily re-es-
fablished in Portugal as well as in Spain Pri-
vate letters received in London also represent
the political condition of both Spain and Por-
| tuga! as being extremely precarious, and in
| continual danger Offeeling the ,ivifying effects
| of reaction that may render the recent mill
tary and diplomatic riumphs of the French
of very little valuC.-The Journal deS Debots
confirms the reported recognition by Spain of
a debt &c France for her disinterested services
of thiry-four millions ; but it denies that any
| Spanish property or revenue has been pledged
as security for the payment. If Spain has
any thing 10 spare, we apprehend that she
must in the first place satisfy The prior and
| the just claims Of Great Britain, as acknow-
lodged by the Convention concluded with the
| Constitutional Government for the payment
of the losses, &c. of British merchants A
property of forty millions of rentes luas
pledged for that purpose by Ferdinand's
Government, previous to the French invasion :;
| "bu 'hpu1h Htht StCuIit( idS DPen CHnceUeU by
one ofhis very celebrated DEGREES, he will find
that he cannot dispense with decrceng the
creation of a new security, either Of the same
or oil some other description, for the same
purpose.
We do not find in our papers any thing
| further relative TO the expedition, reported by
previous arrivals, TO he fitting ont at Brest.
Bells Weekly Messenger of 9th February
states, that there is rapid improvement in e.
very species of Grain, according To- advices
Pi'ed from all parts of the country. The
average ofthe London markets for the week
| ending on the eth Feb. was. 70; Wheat sixty-
three shiIlings, for Barley 3is. for Oats CAS- g.
an advance still anticipated. These expecta-
| iiops arose from the distance of the harvest,
1 Only and the shnrtness and bad quality ofth
crops in Ireland, Scotland and even t1e West
Of Englsnd--in the North and South OF En-
! gland the crops probably exceeded an average
The Keniish Advertiser states that samples of
Wheat, for which SIS per quarter was offered,
sold on Saturday se'nnight for 8Os per quar-
| ter
The state Of Spain is such as TO Justify a
| hope. that the spark Of liberty is not vet ex-
tinct, and the guerrilla parties are daily render
ing her new masters less easy in their ill-got.
fen power.
The health Of the King Of England was i'm
proving, while that Of the French Monarch
was SO had as 10 leave little hope off recov-
cry Ills death bad been reported, but incor-
| rFctlv.
| The Bank ofEogland had rejected the petit
ton Of the merchants, 10 reduce the rate If
interest from ! to 3 IL per cent. ConsoIs
for account, fell in consequence, from 81 1-2
| 10 ~ Ia. fNoyIok Rs0ron.
| Advlces from Bayonne state Inst ON the
goth OF Jannary.a corps ofone hundred Con-
/ siIlniInnnllsfs eniernd Inc inrr Of g. Clr-n