Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-10


ford had h-.n beaten To death with a club OF
clubs in Essex.
The following letter from Liverpool to Ma
dam R'ryo, is taken from the Times II does
equal honor To the feelings and understanding
ct these whose sentiments it speaks. T.4mer.
The friends OF freedom in the town of
Liverp"ol beg leave 10 address YOU, Madam.
with that pr"found respect which is due 10
those who suffer calamity in the cause Of truth
aud justice. They are sensible that your grief
Tor The sad catastrophe of your late gallant
husband must necessarily he overwhelming.
They hope, however, that you may, even now,
derne consolation from the assurance that il
is participated by The virtuous Of all nations.
" Al this crisis, when the tyranis of the earth
are combined in desperate effort to extin-
gu'sh the flame If liberty in all countries, all
these who are animated with sense of the
rights Of man, must hold in generation the
memory OF the first martyr 10 their common
principles. Your own heart will tell you,
Madam, that il is crime, not the process of
punishment, that constitutes disgrace. The
| violence of oppression must work its own ru-
IN. Our iliis,riOus countrywoman, Lady
Russell, Witnessed the expulsion from the
throne ut these Kingdoms of the murderers OF
| hcr husband and those who have the honor
new L" address you, confidently hope that
you may live 10 SEE the day when reg-nerat-
ed Spain shall receive back with due honor
the widow Of Riego.
| In the mean time, being aware that the
malice ut the prosecutors of that brave chief
tam mas cu' oil the resources of his family,
they beg yo'ir acceptance IF the eucl.,sed as
their quota of an aggregate which may disap-
point The cruel wishes of ultra royalsts aud
nquisiiurs.
"Sgned on behalf of The meeting.
| GEORGE WILLIAMS"
| The Madrid Gazette of the 4th inst. has
been received, and il contains four Roy al De-
crees ogrrat Importance.
| by the first Decree, his Majesty appoints
as trs' Minister of State, the Marquis of Casa
| lrulo as Minister Of Grace aud Justice for
Spain and the Indies. DON Narcsco de Here
d'a as Minister of War, Major General Dou
josef de la Cruz and as Minister of FL
nance, Don Luis Lopez Baliasteros. TIL.
| Minister OF Marine remains. This Decree is
dated Dec. 9. and is countersigned Luis Ma
RIA SaaZar, who remains as Munster of Ma
| rine.
| BY the secsnd Decree his Majesty appoints
as President of his Council, Don Ignaclo Mar
| tinez DE Viirla. This place WAS vacant hy
me refusal OF the Duke del Infantadu to ac-
c.pt it.
by the third Decree, SaeZ, the Kings for
ncr Prime Minister and Confessor, is no
| minated To the Bishopric Of Tartusa vacant
by the death IF Don Manuel RIOS Y Medra-
no AT the same time that he ceases TO be
Minister, he ceases 10 be confessor to the
King
BY the fourth Decree, his Majesty, seq
'nS tie absolute necessity, for the good gov
ernintnt oi his vast monarchy, fiesta 5shng "A
council of State which may unite the know
| ledge and the experience requisite To guide
the resolutions OF his sovereign authority.n
has nominated ten individuals, composed of
persons selected from The old Council of
stale His Majesty reserves the power of
add: ng to their number. His Majesty, as we'll
as his two brothers, may preside at this
Council, The Counsellors named are-Egula,
the Duke of San Carlos, Don Juan Perez
Vnlamil, Don Antonio Vargas Laguna, Don
! Antonio Gomez Calderon, Don Juan Bau-
tlsia de Erro, Don Josef Garcia de la Tore,
and Don Juan Antonio Roias
| The Ministers are, er-oBicio, Members of
| this Council.
This decree is dated the Sd instant, and
count"rsisned Casa Iruio.
! we have received, this morning, the follow
ing adviees from Bayonne. Some of the de-
tails would he important, if we could be assur-
eu OF ther accuracy. Courier
BAYoNNE Dec 1.-The necessity of in
iimidaiing the turbulent and ii-disposed at
Madrid, and Of lettering them from further
txcesses against the French troops ofihe Ar
my OF Occupation, by inspiring them with "a
salutary terror, has induced the PROMPT pu-
nishment of the authors or accomplices of
the tumnlt Of the 26ih uIt. Seventeen of
the persons concerned not in the plot for IL
was not one, but IN the riot, have been shot,
II is 10 be hoped that this military execution
VIII have the effect Of preventing similar &C.
eprrences III future. Madrid is tranquil, but
gloomy. The troubles in Galicia become
more serious: The bands multiply in all quar-
tiers aud Corunna is constantly on the alert.
IN apprehension of some blow being intended
against IT, against which ii cannot lake all the
precautions that might be wished, because il
cannot tell from what side an enemy may
come. The situation ofthe French in thai
province and the Asturias, as well as the
frontier provinces, is,ery delicate. Travel
| iers are not safe, since they are stopped on
the very banks OF the Bidassoa, ard strong es-
| coris VII he necessary. Letters from Ma
Ord of the 30th. speak Of the organization of
the army: the King has ordered, that all sub
a'terns and privates who are married, as well
as those who enlisted voluntarily for the time
that The war should continue, shall be sent to
Their homes. Addresses in the spirit Of the
Services, continue 10 arrive at Madrid Il is
now said hat the Empecinado has been res
tO'ed to liberty ; but most people think he
has Dsvcr been taken, as ii seems very unlike
W that Chief, who has shown himself SO
formidable, would be released if he was once
taken.
AUGSBURG, Dec. s.-According TO letters
from Trieste, report prevails that the Greek
Government have addressed to the Cabinets
of Vienna, London and st. Petersburgb, an
important note, in which they demand of
those Powers TO recognize the political indie
Pendence of Greece, which, il is supposed,
Will oblige the Porte to renounce all further