Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-01-17

immediately.
Frasee.-The trial of the Constitutional forex-
ercislng too great degree OF freedom of the press
WAR proceeding in the French courts. Under the new
law oil libel introduced since the accession of NJ. de
viilele.
letter from Lisbon Of the 4th inst. states, tina.
the rumor had been reciev ed there of the Kings
intention TO make Lisbon free port. This nea-
sure, will be recollec,ed has often been ANNOUNCE
ed before the point of being carried into exc
cutiOn, and as often postponed. The utmost Joy is
said to have prevailed at Lisbon in consequence Of
the conclusion of the treaty with Brazil.
President Boyer, Of Hayti, has ordered num-
Der OF steamboats, 10 be built in France and Eng
land.
The affairs of South America occupy the a,.en-
tion Of the French Journalists. The Journal des
Deba's, in an article on the Congress Of Panama,
strongly ensures the supineness of the French Ca
binei, in not asking advantage of the new order Of
things. The Constitutional inserts a letter from
Lisbon making some remarks on the recent treaty
betw cen Portugal and Brazil, and stating some re-
ports OF the aversion OF the Holy Alliance TO the
nature Of its stipulation.
French paper states that Com. Rodgers is
much dssa,ifed with the refusal of the Ottoman
Porte to admit American vessels 10 the navisa,ion
Of the Rosphorus, and has sent a threatening letter
to the Refs Efend.
Accounts from Naples of the Goth ult. state tia,
Commissioner from the United States had landed
there, to claim the rembursemen for confiscation
OF the property OF American subjects, during the
military occupation OF that country, but that little
progress had been made in the negotiation. An
English frgate had anchored in the Bay of Naples.
alongside the Revenge ship of the line
In the night OF the 22nd of October, Ciyita
Vechia was the scene of dreadful hurricane, such
as the Oldest sailors had never witnessed; il lasted
two hours and threatened the whole town and port
with destruction; houses were thrown down ara
1ri from heir
1t isreported that the King of the Netherlands
having submitted to committee, composed of phy-
sicians and chemists OF various parts OF the king.
dom, the question whether the practice of buryinp
the dead In churches, is is not injurious To he
public health! they declared the opinion of the
committee, that the custom of burying in churche,
should cease, being injurious to the health of the
living.
The Emperor Of Russia on tour of military
inspection. In the course of his journey. he will
visit Bassarabis, and the banks of the Pruth.
On the 2ist OF October, there was so thick fos
at st, Peiersburgh, iha, they obliged TO hoist
lanterns at the Admiralty, and to fire alarm guns.
nevertheless, no acciden, occurred.
Milan paper states, {" that an inhabitant of
lroina IN Sicily, has invented a machine with
which ships NAV be moved by hand, instead of the
dangerous steam engines. Three persons, one of
which works an hour and rests two, are sufficient
to move vessel of 20 tons (40, 900 lbs y and SO
IN proportion tor larger vessels. The expense of
the machine is from 600 to 1000 ducats II is af
frmed that repeated trials have been made with il
Our readers will recollect that on the arrival at
N. ork OF the ship York, capt. Baker, from LON
don, capt. Is. stated that boat with passenger
put out tor him, but owing to the roughness of the
sea was unable 10 reach him, and that he feared
That the boat aad those on board were lost. We
regret that the following paragraph from London
paper confirms his melancholy foreboding:-
La MIN GroN, Nov. 1911 have tins .lav been
informed by the crew of The pilot vessel that az.
tended he packet ship York, for Nen York. tl,ox
on the 10th inst. they sent their boat with passen
ge' and their boy TO the York. but neither the nas
senser, boy, nor boat have since been heard Of n
y supposed, when off the the Needles the boatun-.
set, as some provisions that were in her have be.n
picked up. The passenger was about Fl wears nj
age, and said he had been midshipman in the East
India service"
The following is an extract of a letter from an
officer on board his Majesty's ship Maidstone. on
the coast OF Africa, dated Princes Island, Sent IL
.oS gives an anectine account of the condition of
IOo wretched human beings, found ON board
French slave ship bound for Martinique
am glad to say the squadron continues healthy.
ana with The exception OF the clergyman and one
man OF this ship, there have been no deaths. A,
Sierra Leone and Cape Coast, they are. and have
Deen sckly at the fermer place they have lost
upwards CT 100 troops, and rather more al Can.
the squadron has been fortunate in csptors so thai
we are picking up little. But the French noyv
engross all the trade in slaves. few DAYS ago we
mao a long and arduous chase after large fripate
Dnilt corvette ship, which at at last ran aIone
side OF. She proved TO be the French shin O,nbee
with cargo OF 700 slaves on board, and in state
That would have made your heart ache to have
seen. me rascals had nearly all the men chained
by The neck, or OF them; The rest by the Legs
10 The deck; and TO add 10 the horror of the thing
The bolts were riveted, there, by showing il was
not the intention ofthe monsters to Ter The innocen,
victims OF their cruelty loose until the end of the
voyage. She was bound TO Martinique The be.
tween-aeck was little more than three feet hiol,
and the groans of the poor sufferers almost unman
ned me. When desired them to be released
thought should have choaked never were NV
feelings 80 much hurt"
LONDON, Nov. 26.--The city, and in some de-
gree, The country, have been thrown into much
anxiety during the last week, by reason of the con-
traction of Bank of England Discounts. and hv ;.
KIND OF notice, that IL is The purpose of the Bank 90
reduce MS hottest to the ex ent Of three millions.
The suddenness OF this measure has not a little
added o The alarm 40 the mercantile and rnanufac
turing world. 1t is, indeed, scarcely wear since
the Bank of England discounted good bills. of al
most any date, at per cent. They have now nor
only raised their discount to 5 per cent but even
refuse TO discount good mercantile bills at that rate
which has caused great distress in the city.
Bets Weekly Messenger.
Extract OF letter from Alexandra, dated Oct.
10, 1896" Yes ertay morning the Csptain pei.
took his departure, and to-day the whole of the
transports are out. The expedition, as Ear sswe
can learn, consists Of "a frgates, IA coryette AZ
orIgs, lO hre-shps, 20 armed Turkish transports.
and rs European transports, with the London en-
gineer steam packet; another built here, sprung