Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-09
FOREIGN.
LATEST FKOM EUROPE

Naocua, captain Leeds, arrived at this port
yesterday in furty-6.e days from Liver.
pool, papers OF that place 10 the 18th January
inclusive, containing London dates TO the Is; h.
have been rcceh CT al the Exchange Recalling
Rooms.
n London paragraph OF the 10th SAYS 1T
appears by AN important statement in the Vi
ehha Gazette. that all matters are not vet ami
cdbly settled between Russia and Turkey.
| lfrom the Liverpool Courier, Jan.Isl
European PoiiiicS.-The politicians of the
continent make i, still obvious, that the plans
IN which they revealed in idea and anticipation
had sweep as vide as the colonies of the
new world, and seem no little Disconnected at
the difficulties which are starting up around
them. tn" ooniederacy which has been
framed anon, the continental powers is form
ed much on the plan of that OF which iacobin
! France, with Bonaparte at lis bead, not only
devised, hut largely acted upon. That also
consrifcd against the liberties Dr mankind and
The Independence of nations. The iicubns
! oi this aud all other countries praised and up
/ leld Inc one, and they rituperate and beat up
resistance TO The other; for when the tyranny
| ana Tie triumph is all On their side, they have
no objection to either power or crowns We
nate tyranny and wrong in every shape, whe-
| 'htr legitimate or usurped whether jacObin
orImperia, whether in the shape of radical
reform and revolution, or in that of cOnfede-
rated soyereigns whether in the more mpos-
Ing shape of an Alexander and a million of
men in arms, or Il mOS OF ragamufIins headed
by disappointed generals and colonies, or by
patriotic and oratorcal poachcr. We advo-
cate limited but substantial monarchy, rs the
only safe shelter for public liberty; and we
nave contributed our humble share 10 uphold
Tue principles upon which rest the indepen-
dcnce Of nations
With these views, the continental coufedc-
r"cy appears To us to have assumed SO dan
serous character. a. Ia require both giant
Watching aud prepared and weli-adiusi-
ed atiltud" oi resistance. Ia the first instance,
that aan'e was praiscw0rihy. Ii was n con
Inuance of mutual counses aud mutual aid.
to put down and To resist all attempts To re-
store the Bonaparte dynasty, and that militia
~ republicanism which beats down under its
harsh hnof all that is settled and respectable,
and ali that is bound up with the rights and
hnpes of men aud nations. Confined to this
object 1t would have entitled itself TO the grs-
tiiude of Europe. New plans have, however
unhappiy grown out of il, following precise
y III the track, as 10 the tendency, the march
OF i5onapartc and Jacobinism, though aiming
| II tho same ends by different mode and by
| different agency. Jacobinism attempted the
suhusation of men by iniideIity the CONT
dazzling meteor of spurious philosophy,
hewildered the mind /; the other pIunges il
into entire darkness. One had its scavans and
us spoutlng-clubs /; the other resorts TO its
monks and its mummeries: the former enNied
The only free and independent stale in Flu
rope, and made its confcderacy to effect her
downfall, and with her the downfall of the in
dependence of Europe, and TO bring all nation
al liberty under military power the other
turns malignant aspect upon England, as the
only proper constitutional monarchy in Eu-
rope, and with equal zeal, though not with
equal force, wishes its extinction, and would
beat down liberty under the accumulation of
The power of the restored Sovereigns, and the
dominion OF aniquated prrjudices. With all
the Obsequinusness of the United States to
Bnnaparie, he regarded Them, in the plenitude
oi h's power, with an Oblique aspect and this
country alone stood between them and his
ambition; circumstance for which they were
NOT, a: the time, very grateful. The CONT
mental alliance has lis longinGs towards Anne
rIca, too, and is as hostile To the institutions
OF the Unitrd States as 10 those of England.
lllIs struggle for national independence and
constitutional liberty is not come to its height
nut IL IS growing upon us, and thickening
round US. Decisive measures must be taken
and the earlier we make it known to this con-
he passive no longer, the more easily shall we
roll back the tide which is setting in against
our vital interests, and teach these Sove-
reISns, what it will be beneficial for them to
know, that their interest is to improve their
own governments, and not TO interfere with
those of other countries.
PORTUGAL.
LONDON, Jan. l3.-Lisbon papers have ar
rived To The 30tl uIi. but they are totally bar
rem of information.
An article in the Lisbon Gazette, adverting
Ia The approaching opening of the British Par
lament, enters into long dissertation on the
improPrIrty oflnter'rring, on mercantile views,
between independent nations and their colo
MES. Who" concludes the journalist, with
great nalvciP "whO has the right to regulate
or discuss The means of preser, ing these pro-
vinces, nf improving their condition, or watch.
ing over their felicity, of securing them against
Whatever may threaten their internal or exter-
nai security and tranquility, unless it be their
!rgiIniate sovereign, that wise and tender ia
Their, 10 whom Providence cunfded this pow
er and ibis duty, together with the legitimate
pt"rngaiFes If sovereignty over all the coun-
tfirs Of his Inherited empire 2"
This, Of course, is unanswerable in reference
to either Ferdinand or John. The Lisbon
pap RS aTe evidently under rigid surveillance.
i'nS arrival from Lisbon shows that the
report which had reached this country through
Madrid paper, Of the breaking ont Of new
disturbances in that country, have no founda-
ton
Colonel San Miguel, late Secretary ofSta,e,
nndrr Ihr Constitutional government Of Spain,
who "as taken prisoner Ivy the French in Ca
ialona, and claimcd ny Ferdinand, is stated
10 have passed though Bayonne on the 9TH,
uni'r an escort, for France. II is certainly
! 10 The honur of the French govern mcnt, that