Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-03-13
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From the National Gazette.
BY the packet ship New York, arrived at New
York, we have received files of Bells Weekly
Messenger, the London Courier and the London
Morning Chronicle down to the 30,h January, in
clusive They do not abound in political intsl:i-
gence of interest. Some successes of the Portu.
guese Constitutonalists over the Absolutist. in
| arms. are positively announced. The Courier Of
the 29th mentions that the object of Lord Beres.
lords return to England from Lisbon, was to
| communicate personally to the British Cabinet.
the result OF his observations upon the political
| and military STATE of Portugal
The intelligence respecting Grecian affairs is on
the whole favorable to the wishes of the liberal
and humane. Under the head of Leghorn, (Janua-
~ 2d) we find this article.
1 Accounts which we received from MarseilIes
from highly respectable authority, bring us posi-
tive information, that Lord Cochrane was about
to embark Con The Sd or 4th of this monthly on
BOARD very hne brig purchased for him, the diff
nculfies which stood in the way of the expedi.
ton having been removed This SQUADRON will
consist OF this brig, of the fgate built in America
another vessel the steam boat, which is already
at Napo, and several of Miauliss vessels: il will
be reinforced in the sequel by the steam boats ex.
pected from England. All the vessels are COM
pietely equipped, and both provisions and nav for
the crews Tor the next four months are secured,
partly by the funds placed at his disposal and part
~ by the supplies collected for him in Napoli and
Hydra.
| Alter the lapse OF these four months he saws
he shall look to Turkey aud Egypt for payment.
so that he will be able 10 commence and com p,e,e
his operations, without the slightest demands on
the resource, OF Greece, which are already so ex =
haus'ed. He sets out with the firm conviction
that he shall speedily effect something decisive.
and thereby most powerfully second the intervea-
ton OF he Christian powers made at Constantine
pie, at The same time. but quite of his
expedition. He hopes TO arrive in the Arcbipe-
lago about the middle Of this month, and W then
SHALL undoubtedly, hear something interesting of
his proceedings"
The Morning Chronicle of the o9,b Janu,rv
says:
The disquetude OF the public mind, with res
pect to the dispatches from the United States has
| not entirely subsidized to-day; but as no Cabinet
| Council has yet been summoned, less Importance
has been attached to their contents" .
A Madrid correspondent of a leading Par.
paper, gives the following information dated Janu-
airy 10
A very important event, and which nigh, al.
ter the foundation of the Kings disposition. has
JUST been transmitted to us by courier, who had
lett the Cabinet OF Petersburgh on the morning of
| the 18th December, and who brings Note from NJ /.
| ne Nesserode, In which The latter announces that
The Emperor his Master highly approves the con-
duct oil England towards Portugal, and complete
|
our connivahce at the invasion. NJ. de NesseI-
RODE concludes by saying tina, in case the conduct
OIL spain should produce war with Portugal, il
must not calculate, either in il its consequence,
on any support on the part of Russia
| Already the conduct OF NJ. Ouhril has been
very little satisfactory to our Minister'S who have
however, been very much disconnected by this am
swer OF Russia"
Other letters from Madrid, received in I.on-
don, announce that a crisis was certainly an
proachng last, In Spain. The annexed editorial
paragraphs OF the Morning Chronicle of the 80 h,
are oil rather different purp port, and wear more
imposing Character than any thing else in the Lon,
don papers
owe have had an opportunity of perusing two
Madrid letters OF the l6'h nstant--one addressed
10 Political Correspondent in Paris. and The other
TO Mercantile House in the city deeply interested
| In Spanish atfairs-the information in which - g
consider particularly striking, on account of the
coincidence IN their views. They both convey an
assurance that the Government of King Ferdn and
Is perfectly satisfied and free from all alarm. his
ministers having strong grounds for believing that
the British Cabne, will Cooperate in a Man in.
tended to introduce certain notifications into the
! constitution OF Portugal, such may be suffi-
clsnt to satisfy the wishes. of the Portuguese Row
aliss, allsy the apprehensions of Spain. and also
reconcile the other Powers of Europe to the ne,,
orders OF things established since the death of John
~ Ohe oi 'ne letters adds, that the assuranc es
80 gwen, or rather the confident expectation enter
| tanned by the Government of King Ferdinan and, that
| such VIII De the result OF the present disagree
| ments and pending negotiations, have materially
| tended TO TetaId the movements of the various
! corps ordered 10 the Portuguese frontiers: al
| though The efforts Of the Monks and Frisrs who
have issued forth from their Converts, 10 prepare
The public mind in the provinces, and preach that
| the Holy Catholic Church is in danger, from A
threatened attack of Hereticsin aid Of the enlist.
ments going on, are by no means diminished
" n letter oil the 24th from Paris ALSO iates
speaking oil the affairs of Spain, that after long
aud urgent negotiations between the British En- =
voy and the Spanish Government, the only point
the former has been able succeed in or in other
ySords, the only concession King Ferdinand has
been induced &c make, las been the publication of
the Circular of the War Minister, addressed to
the Csptain-Generals commanding provinces; a
concession agreed upon in exchange for solemn
pledges given to him by The cabinet of the ThuiI-
leres, that the British Government will exert all
ITS influence and use all its good Offices with the
Emperor OF Brazil, to introduce certain modifica-
tons into the Consultation of Portugal, so as to
render 1t more palateable, and less dangerous to
his Coiholic Majesty.
" The same letter adds, that il is the boast of
persons belonging to the Foreign Department in
Madrid, that the British Envoy has acknowledge
the impossibility of Englands sustaining the prin-
cipIes so inconsiderately avowed by Mr. Canning;
from which they conclude that, instead of Ferdi-
nand being obliged TO TO the iocas g,9niten-
fi9, u is the Foreign Minister of Engla cd who
has bad to fall on bis knees
" ouch we can assure our readers, is the pGrport
OF political letters, from persons we'll versed in
Inc diplomatic movements of the day. and we nod