Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-03-29
Irlom ,he paIumoro Ch~Ionl,le.i

lriom the Baltimore Chronicle
The packet Ship Grace Brown, Captain Higgins, arrived
at Philadelphia on Sunday iom Liverpool, when she
sailed OH OF February. BY this arrival our correspondent
OF the United States Gazette has received files OF London
papers 10 the Sh aud Liverpool. to the oh inclusive, being
tour days later than before received.
The London papers are almost exclusively occupied
with the discussions in Parliament OH the Kings speech.
MI Goblet has been very loquacious, ana has not tail.
ca to attempt strengthening ms argumen'sb by facts aud as
.scIuonS relative To this country, aud has made some eyre
gious errors: Tor instance, lie declared that Washington
signed the Declaration Of independence.
MIR. OConncll denominatcd the Kings speech a "bru-
tai and a bloody speech" The debates atc OF the most
Piquunt kind, il Indeed a broader aud blun,cr word wonId
not be more expressive.
The London Morning Chronicle of the sh says:-
Ia the House OF Lords, last night, Lord King, in moving
Tor an account oil the sums paid out OF the lvings held by
Ecclesiastical Corporations to the efficient Clergy, took oc-
'caslon to deal out some very hard blows TO the Diguiiarics
OF The Clrrch.-Altcr speciiyi ing n number of cases in
OF the uthcs, the allowances to thc officiating mini sicrs by
the Deans aud Chapters 1.-THE Fiiafs and Monks Of Proies-
tanlisin,I were not more now than they were two hundred
years ago-Gis LoriShip contended that this was a most
scdnIalous abuse, and ought 10 have been renedied long
ago. But experience has proved (said his Lordship that
rom The reformation down to the present time, the pro.
tcc,ors OF the church had shown themselves more disposed
TO protect the many abuses OF the church, than that re-
formation should take place; and they had used ali their
influence and power, as the first estate of the realm hol.
ding seats in that house, TO prevent reform. IL WAS their
duty TO see that there were 10 abuses; and if there were
and they had not the means 10 corr ectthcm-the ouyh hit
to apply To Parliament. The Kings Speech recommended
ON equitable distribution of the revenues. He hoped that
Nls cquahLalOn would tdke place, lac hoped that ulurali-
ties would be done away with; and lac wished in addition,
in order that Ecclesiastical persons might not neglect their
duties, that they might he confined 10 their spiritual iunc-
tions.'
The Bishop Of Iondon made a very naipe defence ot
Tie Church. "Nhen (said the R'ght reverend Fa,her in
God) the noble Lord said that rot much had be.n dona
Shn REARED TO experience, he seemed 20 forget that it was
only OF late years that any expectation had be n formed
lhearJ he imper'ecuons OF the Church had only been
discovered within a lew years; before that time, attention
had not been directed To The subject, and IL uds onIytcih.
m a Jetc gears that an impetus had been given to the
clergy
Inc imperGcctious OF the church have been often point
ed oat; hut Il is only OF late that the cry has been So ge-
neral mat The Government could not avoid taking UP The
subject. Eut the Right Reverend Father in God. did no,
take such strong ground as he ought TO have taken. He
ought 10 have shown that the union oil Church and Sta g.
neces' ariiy made the former what the State wished ITO be:
that when tbs Govei nmCut was CARR, d on by corruDiion'
tue Bishops and other high Dignaiaries OF the Church
were raised a. their elevation Il no lgh co rupt means; Ina,
''y were pound touphold The sys,cmo OF corruption, aud pre-
veut all rS'orm inthe Church, which might render il less
efficient Tor performing its parts in the grand copartner-
snip oil corrupuon-that till the government of the State
was reformed, the Church was necessarily hostile IN rotor.
nation, and thatit proved how completely it was identified
with corruption, by the strenuous opposition made by the
o'ShopS IN Parliament TO Reform, and by tine Clergy
throughout the kingdom, in fighting for Tory Candidates.
The Right Rev. Father in God should have reminded
Lord King, That as the biographcr and disciple of Locke,
ne should have better understood the doctrine of causa-
n9n' man TO expect a pure stream from an impure source.
Men do not gather grapes from tiistlcs. The Church,
having had It's origin in corruption, is II hardly dealt with
"heh II Is expected TO be other than corrupt.
PORTUGAL.
PoRTsAIoUTu, Feb. 6.-This day arrived the Osprey,
cutter, Abbinet, master, with wounded and passengers from
OPorto. ! learn by one OF them, that a severe affair took
place on the AN ut. by a part of the army embarking in
hoats to attack st. Johns, and two forts on The Douro. The
troops engaged were 400 English, ZOO French, and three
regiments oil Cacadores under Colonel La Place.-They
were completely successful, driving the Migueltes by the
6dLonei One Of The forts mounted 8 Guns. They retain
eu Possesslohi took some pipes OF vino. Pedro's loss is We
ry great-S50 killed and wounded. Is officers. CoIoneI
bacon commanded the cavalry. | am grieved to learn
mat me severely wounded-in fact, those who cannot heIp
NhVHsciNcs-afC lcIt 10 perish; such is the miserable atato
OF the hospital staff.
Pedro,s army suffers for want Of provisions and clothing.
me sui Is so great, that two ships are now off with nro.
visions, and have been for the last week. Captain Dayi,
who went to join, is arrived by the Osprey.
MY informant saw a French ship, with 400 quarters OF
wheat, sunk off 81. Johns.
The Spartiate, Admiral Sir NJ. Seymour, will he off in
The morning, il possible, as well as the China ships and
lndiamen.