Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-06-15

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troops in Spain, left Madrid on the goth Of
April for Paris.
GiBnAhr~R, April ga Convention, rel
alive Ia the Continuance "f the French troops
in Spain, was signed ut Madrid on the 9th of
February last by the Spanish Minister for |
Foreign Affairs and the Freuch Ambassador,
and ratified by His Catholic Majesty on the
eth cf the same month. The Convention
chiefly stipulates rs follows
A Corps d'armee Of $4,000 men shall re-
mann in Spain until the lst of July, I8s4.-lt
shall be Onder the immediate orders of tsl
Commander in Chief, who will concert mat
tiers with the government of His Catholic
Majesty, establishing his head quarters at Ma
drid or its vicinity. The troops under his COM
mand shall, unless he chuse to- make different |
dispositions, garrison Cadiz, the Isle Of Leon, |
and their dependencies, Busgos, Aranda de |
Duero, Badajos, Corunna, San,ona, Bihoa, |
st. Sebastian, Vitoris, Toh'sa, Pamplona, S.
rernando de figueras, Geron,h OstaIriclh |
Barcelona, La S.u de Urgel and Lerida; the |
military command Of these towns and for
trcsses shall be vested in French Officers who |
shall have all the powers of Spanish Military
Governors with regard to Inc Military police
and the ordnance stores and parks of artillery
in the sanre shall be under their direction for
the purpose Of putting them in state Of de-
fence, &c. When circumstances shall require
the establishment of Boards of Health in the
said towns and foriresses, the French Com
mandsDt shrii act as President when there is
no Captain General, and as Vice President
when there is. The French Gendarmes be-
ing authorised TO exert themselves for the
maintenance of order, not only IN the said
towns and fortresses, but also in the adjacent
districts and along the various lines Of COM
municaiion, the Spanish Authorities are bound
tn assist them in case vi necessity but If the
G-ndarmes take up individuals not snnenable
before the French tribunals, they must deliv-
er them up to the Spanish Authorities. The
| Spanish Government shall cause Special Fri
hunals, or Military Commissions, to try all ia
dividuals, or bands taken with arms in their
hands, and endangering the security of the
communications, when They shall be prosecut-
ed rs banditti, or charged with having attack
ed Frenchmen belonging to the army and,
also, all who shall carry prohibited arms in
the districts where French troops shall be sta
toned. LIN case Frenchmen and Spaniards be
charged with cOnspiring together against the
pubic tranquility, all the accused shall be de-
livercd up TO the French Authorities 10 pre-
pare matters for their trial, after which they
shall be tried by their respective tribunals
Dsserters from the troops Of both nations are
TO be reciprOcally surrendered. H. M. g. Nj.
taking into consideration tho losses sustained
by Spain, undertakes TO maintain his troops
at his own expense, the Spanish Government
merely paying The difference between the
peace and the war establishments, which has
| been calculated to amount, for the whole Of
the troops left in Spain, to two millions Of
francs per month, TO be allowed from the Ist
of December, 1851. C. nj. shall provide
the French troops with barracks, store houses,
SSc. All the clothing, provisions, and other
articles required for the consumption or use
| rs The French army, are TO be admitted and
circulated through Spain, duty free but, in
order TO prevent the abuses which might arise
from the violation of the Custom House regu-
laiions, these articles shall not be- introduced
without authentic certificates Of origin and des-
tination, &c. The individuals of the French
army shall have no duty 10 pay, when coming
IN or going out of the kingdom, on the articles
required for their personal use sealed parcels
! for the service of the French troops shall pay
no postage their c0uriers, conveys &c. shall
| enjoy the same advantages as those Of the
| Spanish army and the Spanish Government
shall station detachments ON the roads for the
security of,he Communications. II H. C. NJ.
| should, previous to the period mentioned in
the lst article, think, that he can dispense " it'll
the presence Of the French army, it shall be
immediately recalled by the French Govern
! n,ent as, on the other hand, the latter shalt
have it in its power TO Withdraw its troops
previous TO the same period, If II should deem
it necessary. And, lastly, the high contract
ing Parties reserve TO themselves the right Of
asceraining, in concert, whether, al the same
period, ii will be expedent TO renew the Con-
ven,ion upon the bases. Nv. Y Mer. .ady.
A letter from Gibraltar Of May LIST, quotes
Flour at to 25, dull Rice, 4 "a, nominal |;
Hides, saleable, at s 9s for B. Ayres Short
Nankeens, 30 cents, scarce and 10 demand !;
Pepper, II Ia n II 1-2 per cwt. {" A sale
Of Havana Coffee has just been made at s14
per cwt." no.
FROM CURACAO.
The brig Favorite, Morrison, of Philade-
phia, bound to Curacao, was lost q8th
ult. On the Island Of Bonare, two miles north
ofthe South Point. Part Of cargo saved.
Gen. La TonRE is re-appointed governor
Of Porto Rico, for five years.
A squadron Of or vessels OF war, sup
posed 10 be Spanish under Commodore La
sorde, had recently been seen off Porto Ca
yello. Infer. .ddc.
From 1jiica.-Capt. Daily of the Miles
Standisb, arrived at Providence in as days
from Africa, Informs, that there has been a
general engagement between The natives the
Ashaptees, and the English forces there, un-
der Sir Charles M'Carty, governor general Of
the Western Coast of Africa, in which the go
yeroor was killed, and the army under his
command entirely cut up, with the loss Of 400
men. The Coast was declared 10 be in a
state Of blockade, by the English squadron,
and The Miles Standisli was ordered of.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM PERU.