Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-23


ioi sOotl, the people of England are solicited
TO come forward. IL will he said that those
men have been brutalized by their long sub
lection TO Turkish despotism. Be il so. We
ask not, now, by what process they have been
rendered such demons we only say, that
being such, they are unfit for political indie
peodence; and that it is an odious fraud which
is palmed upon us, when we are invited to
assist the brave, the magnanmous, the per-
secuted, the Christian, Greeks"
In the first days of the present session Of
the British Parliament, a member, Mr.. James,
alluded TO the compromise made by the go
vcrnment, with the Austrian government, res
peciing the loan to Austria, i,ro millions and
half having been accepted To liguidate the
debt of serentsen millions. No answer was
made by the ministers, for none could be
given. One Of the British editors proposes
that the Emperor of Austria should be in
serted in the regular printed list of bankrupis.
Nat. Gaz.
We annex some additional particulars res
peciing the recent tumult in Mexico. Our
own letters from that capital are as late IN
date as the 9Th ult. 1t was expected pilat all
public Offices of what description soever,
would be immediately Withdrawn from the
European Spaniards. Annuites were to be
allowed to them and their families as a COM
pen7aiiOp.
On the 4ih &C February, the oath to the new
federal constitution was taken by multiudes !;
circumstances which one of our corrpspOn-
dents represents as likely to SECURE tranquil-
ty. We are not sanguine ourselves on this
head. The elements of disorder and strife
abound not only in the capital, but in the pro-
,lnces. Should attempts he made by foreign
powers TO excite faction and insurreclion, they
would. in all probability. be successful for "A
time. From the 18th of January 8 o'clock in
the morning, until the afternoon of the esd of
the same month, frequent shocks of an earth
quake were felt in the city of Mexico. The
first was violent-the movement lasted about
ten seconds, from north tO south No damage
was done.
We have received the prospectus of news
paper, which about to he issued in
Mexico, under title of .arckipisia General,
General Recorder. The editor is a French
gentleman, who is master of the Spanish
language, and experienced in his profession.
He means to avail himself of the liberty of
the press recognized in the constitution. ID.
/ The following extract of letter from an
American gentleman in the North OF En-
ROPE, under date of January o. will be read
with Understanding, as it does, from an in
tcl!igent and respectable source:
. | have read with great satisfaction the
Presidents most interesting, well conceived
and spirited message. You can have no idea
OF the sensation it has created in Europe in
every country il has been read with the deep
est interest; and there is not a man, who is
not the tool and slave of tyranny, who has
scrnpled 10 give ts it the appreciation of bis
heart, and very generally of his tongue. Take
my word for II, the threats and limitations of
the Holy Alliance as respects South America,
will all pass over; what their wishes are, there
can he no doubt aud if they could restore
things to the old regime, they would begin
the work Tomorrow. But they kaow and
feel the impossihiliy Of the thing they see
the evident junction Of the two great maritime
nations, the United States and Great Britain,
in case any move should be made in Spanish
American affairs. and that they would be ire
s;s;blp
The Presidents Message may prolong the
existing peace of the world. howevercontinen-
tai cabinets may dislike its doctrines-and
newspapers may decry il, ITS authors and his
country. Indeed would not be surprised If
all parties IN Europe were to go.to work, to
see which can get the start in securing com
mercIal advantages with the new govern.
ments IN South America, instead of attempt
ing 10 load them again with Castilian letters
feel confident that France sill recognize
their Independence, and the Republic of Co
lombia in its present form, in 1924. Russia
viii not follow the example so soon"
BdR AMERICAN.