Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-21

points Of PEN, go that the interests of the
" Ficeroyaiiy" are likely To require something
more than the aid of Two armed ships am,
three s,uops of war from Cadz Tn one word,
The die ~ cast, the game is rud.d--an expe-
d,iiun sent against the United States by
SPAN might he more speedily crushed, bu,
not more certainly than any she, or France in
masquerade, can launch against the South
American Republics. Were it otherwise, it
would be of little moment. If the new states
OF America he weak which they are not. En-
gland is strong enough To support them.
Should England abandon this noble and inn
perious duty, North America may perform il
tor her, aud punish her by enjoying the con
srquent advantages unrivalled. The Holy
Alliance may Issue lis manlestoes, it may pla-
card Tree nations, it may send Il regiment OF
Pazzos To intrigue and corrupt, and under
mine and menace, to make virtue name, and
servllity Il religion, wherever sordid. shallow,
or pusillanimous minds are to be found mis-
conducting the great interests of supine and
indiifers Mt society; but against America, it is
a warfare altogether unreasonable and feeble
The mass of the American population, high
and low, 10y and clerical, are full of the spirit
| of revolution they have been relieved, and
raised by the change /; II animates and cheers
them--it opens for them the road To- riches
aud self-respeci. Fur~e would be- ridiculous
against such community corruption would
haze few materials ON which To operate and
intrigue, as in Mexico, would lead it's vicious
agents toa dungeon. Times.
Papers from New York. to- the 10th ut.
| have been received They were brought by
| the fine ship New York, Capt. Maxwell This
vessel sailed on the evening Of The 10th, and
arrived here on the morning of the 1st
| instant, having accomplished "A passage across
the Atlantic Ia little more than fifteen DAYS ;
| not from land 10 land, but lite, ally from port
To port. So speedy passage has, perhaps,
Aever befnie occurred.
A letter from ST. Paul Baggott, at Madrid
gives tie following details of the execution of
Riego ~ saw poor Riegn suffer- had a
place at window, within twenty yards ofihe
SPOT. lie was drawn 10 basket, by an ass
Of The lowest description. A new galIows was
| erected IN the Plaza de Ce,ada. The Plaza
was completely crowded, as well as the house
tops, windows, &c. At one O'Clock, he ar
rived and WAS assisted out of the basket by
two frars, who placed hum ON the step of The
ladder, and held over him cruciGx during
his confession. He then assembled the
ladder, and a frar made him say, or assisted
him in saving the creed, till he came ID {" and
in Jesus Christ our Lord" when he was IN
stnntiy turned off the step, and the execuiioner
Jumped on his shoulders, holding by the rope
by which he was suspended frequently rising
up and then forcing himself down upon his
victim in Il few minutes he put "A handkerchief
| over his face, and in an instant took il of, and
waved it over his head, CRYING Viua which
was twice answered by the crowd Two
either men pulled his legs, and one hung on
nm for ten minutes; another fellow struck
nm with ms fist, as mark of indignity-
A tier the body had been hanging half an hour,
| was invited by the Baron Hardenberg. who
was on duty, to see him. The poor fellow 5
| tongue was propelled from his mouth, which
appeared very much swollen and black =
RIGGS figure was very slender, and his height
about five feet nine inches. He wore musi.-
chic on the upperiip and was dressed in grew
pantaloOns, black waistc0at, and covered with
dirty smock-irock, which had been once
white he was degraded as much as possible
observed the greatest JOY among the multi
tnde, ana saw many persons embracing un-
der the gallows. A French officer in my
room. cried out Shame shame g" and
retired.
| The Journal des Debats contains an article
from Semlin, dated December LIST, which an
nounces that one al the greatest prosecutors
of the Greeks, Aboabat, Pacha of Saonica,
who bad caused 5000 Christian families 10 be
massacred III cold blood last year in the neigh
bourhood of that city, had been put To death
immense wealth which he had accumulated
Aware of his masters designs, he had lung
frustrated them by remaining within the walls
OF Salonica, surrounded by numerous and
iaiiniul guard. He was not proof, however,
against the temptations of ambition, and fell
into the snare with which the Porte sometimes
entraps the most cautious. He was appointed
Seraskier of the army assembled at Larissa,
IN addition 10 his title of Pacfa Of RomeIia-
! Alter some mlsgivlngs, he yeniured ont of his
strong hold, but was not two days Journey
from its walls, when the Capidgi Baschi ap-
pearPd with the fatal order. The guards in
cllned themselves before the handwriting of
the Grand Signor, and the Pacha was quietly
| strangled. The article observes, "that the
rss olution in the East has caused The heads Of
all The prosecutors of the unfortunate Greeks
10 faii one after another, aud that il reveals
the hand Of Dis me Justice"
"A report is in circulation on the continent
OF difference in political opinion h "a, ing arisen
between The Russian and Austrian Cabinets.
as to III" final disposition of the Greeks and
the provinces Of Nloldatia and WalIachia- for
which latter Alexander is insinnated to have
EXPIRE ssed more ihan ordioary regard.
CAFE COAST, Oct. 23.--Mr. Bez0n en-
barked IN his Majesty S brig Swingtr, this
morning, 10 be conveyed 10 the river Benin.
"''" w ""' W .'ueu WI SWUNG OUT from. lie
has with him only one man, who is "a native Of
Ha0ussa. Mr.. Il. has assumed the Moorish
co tune, which does not i'll become him,
having Eve orsix months beard and mutachii 5.
We sincerely hope that this enterprising
traveller may succeed in the grand object Of
exploring the Niger, but we fear ne will en-
counter numberless difficulties, as be takes an
entirely new route.
The entire collection of pictures of the late
John julius Angerstein, Esq. were purchased,