Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-05-26
sity o. reconpendinsit 10 thi, Assembly Tor lhe

does not arrange an affair OF so much importance
| the consequences will, be disastrous.
I My Minister and Secretary of the Department
OF Finance will detail TO you the urgent necessity
oil Legislative interference. which, annihilating at
once the principal cause OF the calamity that af-
nicts US, viii ameiiorate the situation OF the EN-
Pire by furnishing the government with the me-
csssary and Indispensable of executing this
| measure with advantage
he VIII submit to you project for this purpose
to which hope you will give your mos, serious
consideration.
The Importance of an affair on which the atten-
ton and hope OF the nation rest persuade me that
Its result will be as hattering all good Brazil
isns could hope.
The Session is opened.
Constitutional Emperor and
Perpetual defender Of Brazil
Erlrae. Of letter to the editors of the Il erican
| from fheir correspondent, dated.
RIO DE JANEIRo, April ., 1929.
Our National Assembly was conv ened and OPEN
ed by his imperial majesty on the ID inst. We
were led TO expect it was from a demand having
| reached this government to make good the claims
| Of the British Government respecting the prizes.
taken in the La Plata. The thirty days pre- vious.
~ gwen having expired, the English Admiral ar
rived OIL the port with orders to make reprisals to
the amount oil the claims, provided this govern
| ment did not give ample satisfaction. This cir
cumstance, combined with the affair Of the land
ing OF the Portuguese refugees at Tcrceira, has
caused the English TO be loudly complained of by
speech will shew that they were wrong in their
coniectures
/ The Emperor is vexed with the Assembly for
not acting more promptly on the state of the Bank,
ana Tor not supplying the government with mo-
ney to get out of the labyrinth in which the war
has involved it. The Assembly is to prepare the
natives for taxation. We look forward with anxi-
ETY. to the ordinary time ofopenng the Cortes the
I'd oil next month"; when will be able TO form
| an opinion as to the future state Of things II
4 intention, IN Ito he fair of
| the bank into IFS own hands, and maxi. the paper
circulate all through the Brazs, which will GER
tainiy have very good tendency athou Oh its cir
cuiation, at first. will not be universal.
Extract Of letter dated
''RIo DE JANEIRo, April 4. 1922
| ''Our market for a considerable time was with
out fresh supplies Of Flour, which with a moder-
ate stock, and lowness of exchange, improved its
! price considerably; but we are now in receipt of
! several cargoes, late from Baltimore, which have
increased the stock on hand to about $4,000 brls.
including considerable of the previous crop, and
about 2Ogo brls. old Hamburg flour. These ar
rivals have tendency to make bakers still more
! cautious in their purchases at such nominal high
rates, and the consumption is also considerably
decreased in consequence"
! THE LATE AFFAIR AT PORT MAHON.
Our readers have seen the report in circua
hon oil iracas between the crews Of national YES
|, sells OF the United States and France, at Port
Mahon, on the Mediterranean. We have been
PANIED to ind the story circulating without con.
traactIon, and even reiterated without contradict
ton, that an officer of the French Navy had been
murdered or dssassinated, by the American sea
men. In the very mildest form of the story, all
the blame OF the rencontre was thrown upon our
brave countrymen.
We are glad to be enabled TO disabuse the pub
| lie mind, by inserting the following said 10 be a
faithful account OF the affair which we have trans
iateu from French paper. We are happy in
addition to DC able to state, that the affair is well
understood by the two governments, and is not
. hKeiy 10 produce, as seems to have been feared,
any unhappy effect on the relations between the
TWO governments. E.Nrdt Int
Translated from "Le Semdphore" MGrseil-
les Journal, Of March "a, 1929.
I OCCURRENCES AT MAHON.
Some distressing occurrences have taken place
l at Mahon, which, incorrectly reported, might sow
! the seeds OF discord and trouble between two ma.
tons made TO esteem one another The Spanish
authority, charged with this affair, will examine
II with justice. and, when the facts are better
known, 1t will be seen that the American Nation
merits none OF the reproaches which have been
poured out against il. Without pretending to anti
cpate the judgment which may emanate from
this authority, we think it duty TO make known
| some facts extracted f.om letter written by
one whose Character As man OF honor is beyond
question.
"On the 25th OF January last an ARRAY took
place at MahOn between some French and Ameri-
can sailors, both parties being unarmed. On this
occasion the Governor Of Minorca issued an Ordi-
nance requiring that all sailors coming on shore
should re-embark ON board their vessels every
| evening before sunset He addressed this ordi-
nance TO all the Consuls residing at Mahon, re-
quiring OF them TO communicate the same TO the
commanders oil the vessels OF war of their respec.
tive nations.
e" In conformity 10 this act, until the 18th Feb
ruary, no sailor belonging TO the American vessels
of in port obtained leave from their officers
to go on shore. Al this date, the Commander of
The Java ~. ). irigate) was authorized by the
Governor to permit his seamen 10 be on shore for
| week. 1t ought to be observed that, notwith-
standing the Governors order, the French sailors
had come ashore every night, armed.
- Ii has been pretended that the American Of
fcers had taken 10 steps TO put an end TO the dis
putes which had arisen. To repel this accuse.
ton, it is enough to recall mind one important
fact. Immediately after the affair of the 25th of
January, the Governor, at the request Of Captain
Downs, commander Of the Java, proposed to the
French Consul residing at Mahon, an arrange
ment, by which the French sailors should go on
shore for certain number of days; that in their
turn the American sailors should enjoy the same
privilege Tor the same number Of days and so on
alternately. la this way il would be impossible
| that the peace OF the town should be disturbed
since no meeting could take place between the
| sailors OF the two nations. If this arrangement
was not putin execution it was not the fault of
the Commander Of the Java. This fact, arising
| from the disputes which had already taken n,ace
ia sufficient TO demonstrate that Capt Downes did
all that il was possible for him to do to avoid all
conflict, and that, iuhfortunate oe currences have
| followed, it is not upon him that the blame ought
to fail.
There was not the least generalization in the
event OF which Lieutenant Mesnari(of the French
Navy became victim. Ii was thus that il oc.
Cured: This officer, followed by many French
sailors, were conducting along the street, an Amer
lean sailor, with tile intention, they sad 10 lead
him befoce the Governor. but for what purpose we
know not. The American sailor. whom they
were maltreating, cried out "Murder ~ At his