Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-05-17

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H.. LATER FROM ENGLAND.-Our news schooner Feline.
mas again arrived in town this morning, having boarded
whence she sailed Sy'a ,ss s Tspt an SPras@s, RON Liverpool,
furnished our News Collector with London Journals of The
3D., and Liverpool Of the 4h April.
Our latest advices from London, direct. were N tba IA,
oil April, and by the way Of Havre TO the 2d-the nressns
are therefore one day later. In this short period nothing
Of Importance in political affairs had TRANSFERRED.
The following are observations Of the Morninv Herald
on tho state Of affairs in Turkey:-
TURKEY AND EGYPT.
LONDON, April Sj.-Considering our relations with n.
ottoman Porte, we conceive (and in this we are support
ed by the general feeling here) that our Government
the Mediterranean. The voracious and self agerandiziny
Russian Eagle now hovers over the Turkish empire with
Sr s,0s S,,igs ae %on. 10 p o., s, upon it with her talons at the
plate what may be the result Of the proposed alteration.
IN our Oriental empire, we must press upon the public at
un The important necessity Of preserving to ourselves
me integral power OF an overland communication with
India. From information we have received, we have
every reason to believe that the French and English Con.
suIs struck their flag at Smyrna Immediately on the
patton OF that place BY ibrahim Pachs. BY the tenor of
the accounts from Vienna, it has been supposed that some
great political movement is anticipated, since thev bring .
decline in the funds Of one per cent.
HOLLAND.
II has also bsen reported that a stronger disno.,tion M.
been evinced Tor the final settlement Of the BeIgic oues-
tn by the Dutch government, and also that our prince
oil dipioma'ists, Lord Paimcrs,or, ha. somewhat relaxed
IN the stefnes' OF his views. This has been ascribed as
a prominent cause for the Improvement in our funds: bus
u may also, as well be given 10 the influence Of the final
passing Of the Irish Disturbances Bill, and tho postpone
ment OF the Budget. The latter being put off until sher
the settling day, has had the effect of giving the transsc-
lions Of this Account an additional in1petus. since ,hev
will have no reference to the influence of the supno..d
forms OF the forthcoming Budget. Cou,uis have 10 con-
sequence. advanced from 81 3s to 81 l2 for money and
ume. Now Three and a Halt per Cent. Annui,ies are
"a 7-S. Bank Stock, POI; India Stock, PIG LIZ; both for
,ns opening. India Bonds. % "a pm, and Exchequer
The following is the official account published by Don
Miguel OF the attack made by his troops on Oporto on 4h
March. It differs materially from the version given of this
"oFFICIAL.-(Copy)
LISBON, March Is.
"sir-I beg your ExcelIcncy to inform his Majesty th,,
on the 4h instant, I made a Reconnaissance in force on thr
LETT Of the rebels, as well to know their position as the ma
ture oil their works and the force they had there. To d-
vert their attention, I ordered tho third division to make,
on the evening OF tho Sd, a demonstration, and that on the
above mentioned day the piquets of the Sd division, and
those OF the 4th division and the movable column, should
commence . general firing, supported by the ERE Of a fow
"C~onformab!y 20 these orders tho piouets Of ,ho,e n.
visions and the columns kept up a worry brisk firing, and
from the banks Of the Douro to Parenhos, charged the
advanced posts Of tho rebels. Brigadicr- General Guedes
succeeded in making himself master of some positions ve-
~ near to Oporto, beyond Campanha, and in the moment
the city. The piquets OF the left of the 4l division. driv-
ing before them those OF the rebels, took up a position on
the points where the latter had their vidcttes. While
nus was doing, the I'd division forming columns with its
LIST and 4ni ~brigades, the latter commanded by Brigadier
General Panialco. and the former by Brigadier-G General
Elezeano, which l had appointed for the reconnaissance, I
directed the LIST by the right to invest the enemy's re-
doubt on the mountain called Ervilha and GAIA de Nova,
and the 4h by the Left to make a similar movement 10.
wards tho GAIA do Pasteliro, both having for a reserve
some battaiions OF infantry and cavalry. This operation
was supported by the fire Of the artillery Of three Of ON,
redoubts, and by a temporary battery which our extreme
left had erected in the night on the mountain Of Castro.
and Tor the support Of which l destined the battalion Of
the Royahst volunteers Of Penafel and the cavalry of tho
police OF Porto.
AT the appointed signal the redoubts of Ssrraives and
nose oil Pacos, as well asthe battery ofCastro, opened their
IRE, that Of the redoubt of Pacos being directed against tho
Lux which was siienced; meantime the columns repeHed
= =, n enemy, cleared the ground, and in some pasts
asi perceived at the first that the rebels had called their
fit to continue the brave efforts OF these brieades. which
had lasted abou, two hours, and ordered them gradually to
cease hrng. and to retire to the points from which they
set out; which they did in good order, calling in their
sharPshooters. and falling back on the reserve, after which
,hey Med OIL to their encamPmenis, the rebels not having
Ven,urcd 10 quit their positions at any point. The batteries
on The south OF the Douro co-operated with their well-di-
rected fire, and Capt. Barreiros, commanding the souadron
IN The Douro, not being able to approach the line of the
rebels on occount of the current, landed two pieces of cam
non at Pedra saIgada, whence no will second the attack.
whom is Sir John Completely
J. enclose copies OF the Commanders Of the I'd and 4th
divisions OF the movable column, in which the SER
wees OF the several officers are Particularized, and
also the account of our loss. II is tobs believ that the
loss Of the rebels must have been serious, though they
were under cover, as our fire was well supported and our
troops behaved with their usual bravery.
"Conde de s. ~LoURENso,
comm ander-in-chief OF the Army OF Operations. "Head
Quarters at S. Msmeda da fniSsta. March 7. 1899.
(Here follow the copies Of the dispatches Of the Gene
rails commanding the divisions, and lists of the killed and
wounded Killed So, severely wounded ZIG, slightly
wounded 1869 $50
LISBON, March 17.-Letters from Vslongo, of the t6h
INST. say that several foreign vessels are lying Off the bar
OF Oporto, with provisions and ammunition on board for
the rebels. 1t seems that on the 9Th they made an at
tempt TO land part or their cargoes, but the well directed
hire OF our batteries frustrated their intentions, one of tbs
boats being sunk, and the rest obliged to retire prccipitate.
ly to avoid the same fate.
IRELAND.
The following q is the reply of Mr.. 0Connell 10 the as.
sertion made by Mr.. Johnston, that Roman Catholics vera
ny the Council OF Trent permitted to disregard the obIiga.
lions OF an oath to a hereto:
MIR. o'ConneIl said he would not delain the House by
any detailed answer to the ludicrous calumnies which tho
hon. member had raked up, for all those calumDics had
been already secuted with ridicuIe by all who had liberal
or christian feelings. (Hear, hear) The hon. member
talked oil a compact with the Catholics. There had been
none but that OF the treaty Of Limerick, which had been
shameiuliy violated 10 then injury. The Catholics had
come 10 that house TO demand their rights, TO be placed OH
terms oil civil equality with their Protestant fellow. sub.
ljects. They had asked for That only, and would not haye
ed. Clear, hear) The statement of the hon. membe,
was only fitted for the day OF John Knox, and probably in
his days II wonld have been followed by the shedding Of
blood. AS 10 the assertion OF the councils OF Constance or
Laterah having declared that no faith was to be Kept with
heretics, he would as confidently assert tha, il was no, the
Tact. The assertion was an historical blnnder.
But II any Catholic council had declared any such opl.
mon, every conscientious Catholic would be bound TO re-.
licct IL; FOR no council or other body of men had a right N
command that which was in itself morally wrong. Hear,
hear.) AS TO dispensing with an oath, a Catholic believed
That no person or persons had any such power in an oath
between man and man. There were, indeed, certain
oaths which might be dispensed with, and absolyed from.
For instance, IL the honorable member took an oath 10 nav
MIN (Nr. OConDeI) the sum OF 90I., no could absoive
him from such oath by renting him the money. or osths
Of celibacy m ade by the Catholic clergy might be dis
mill, hy H., x.Dl-.s "a =. y .--M