Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-06-23

commencement Of the sporting season. tf
IL was currently reported in Westminster Hall. yes
tcrday, that Sir John Campbell either had been, or inn.
mcdin,cly will be, appointed Lord High Chancellor. aud
hts Office OF Attorney General will be given to MIR. Ser
A steam engine in a sugar house at Liverpool .cx-
pioded on the llih, destroying the buildings aud killing
Earl Mulgrsvc, the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
arrived at Dublin on the llih, where he was received
WIN cheers by several THOUSAND persons assembled on
The negotiations between France and England. rcla-
i've to Eastern affairs, interrupted by the accession of
the Tories. arc To be resumed. NJ. dc Talleyrs,d is en-
treated to return to London 60 conduct The ucyotia,ion-
Inc fleets OF the two nations arc expected to sail for the
Dardanclles.
Lord John Russell will be returned 10 Parliament, w;,h.
out difficulty. Col. Fox (Lord Hollands SOM the mem
Oct from Stroud, having resigned in his favor. II seems
TO be admitted on all hands, that he will be elected. and
ne VIII he the recognized leader of the Commons.
Nee Peers:--Mr. Liuleton has been created Baron
Hatherton, of Hatherton, in the county of Sutherland
Lieut.. Gen. Byng, Baron Stafford, OF Hurmondsworth
in the county OF Middlcsex.
In the House Of Commons, on the 10Th, the following
members ofthe new government took their seats upon
their rc-elcc,ion;-Mf S. Rice, Sir J. Toulouse. Sir RI.
Parnell, Sir. Campbell, Mr.. p. Thomson, Col. Lci,n
Hwy, MIR. w. IL. Ord, MIR. Role, MIR. Labouchere, Sir
L iroubridge, SIR *. Donkin, Sir G.. Grey, Admiral
Adam, Lord Seymour, Lord Dalincny, and Mi. II. Stuart.
MIR Goblet announced his intention of moving. on the
"a July, the repeal of the poor law act; on the 9th ofJu-
iy, the repeal of the act imposing 4 duty on malt not
made Tor sale; and ON the 18th OF that month, the repeal
of the stamp laws.
Poon Laws Is IRrLAND-As much anxiety prevails,
respecting the introduction of poor laws for Ireland. cs-
pccioly now that MIR O'Connell has abandon-d HE oh.
J.cuons 70 suchS measure 1t may no, be out of season to
state tiiat no such bill WILDE brought forward until the
reporter the commissioners now taking evidence on the
subject IN ireland shall have been laid before Parliament.
In. report cannot be ready sooner than Christmas.
a proud coiorfd representative Of Shakspeare's he.
roes, is starring il in the British dominions. The ADM.
ration OF the thea!rc-going public is divided between his
pefsonauon of othellc, and his singing of ssPossu,n up
u gum tree" A critic, after taking an elaborate snrvcy
OF his qualities, concludes his article with this crown;ny
Tuiogy,."Suthce it to say, he is the first .Hungo in the
British dominions."
SpAis.-The accounts from Spain. received at Lon.
don, do not confirm the report we published Yesterday.
diz, of the defeat of the forces of Don Carlos. bv Ger.
Valdez; This report was stated to have been made on
the authority OF Madrid papers Of the I'd of May. and the
oatIie was SAID TO have taken place on the 9Th of April.
Inc London papers contain accounts from Madrid 10
me same date, which, though contradictory, leave us
room TO doubt that Valdez had received a sc yere repulse
An Official bulletin from Gen. Zumalacarreguy TO Don
Carlos, dated at Asarta, April %, describes the result of
his engagements or skirmishrs, with Valdez. nm IN Tho
24th-and a Bordeaux paper, Of the 9th of NAV ssser,s
that from that time TO the 29tIi, Valdez had no action Will
the Cariists. On the Both, he was with his columns M
battahons towards Irurzon.
Greece.-A correspondent, of the Morning Chronicle
says:
Pirates, / regret to say, have auain dared To dis,,,h
the northeastern coasts of Greece. A strong band ~
These outlaws a few days ago, captured a Turkish NOR
chart vessel, richly laden, near the ruloh Of Snlop;co
and also an armed Greek vessel, whose crew they are
supposed To have murdered. AS soon as the inteIliIcnco
OF these alarming occurrences reached Athens n s6;n "a
war and Two armed chaloups sailed from the Pirnus in
pursuit OF the offendcrs.-Ihe Pcloponncsus has b,en
l may say almost wholly cleared of the bands of robbers
by which 1t had been so long infrstrd. The roads are
now quite sale ior travellers, owing to the active vigi-
lance OF the gcnd hrmeric."
The Wings succeeded in Yorkshire in clcctinq Lord
Miorpeth, by q majority of about 2c00 votes over MIR.
Wortley, the Tory candidate.
The business in Parliament on the two first DAYS after
the rc-opening ofthe session, was of Il desultorv and mo-,
very important nature, the new ministry nroLoblv M,
having got ready for the introduction of the nrinc;nnl
measures connected with the system ofReform.
In Paris, the trials for treason cngrosscd universal at
"htioh, ana the opinion SEE med To prevail that they would
be given up. The course of proceeding in The irihunni
Is SAID To be without an example even in France, where
Their courts are sometimes strangely conducted Tho
London Morning Chronicle of May 18th, saws =
The French Ministers have already had ample rea-
son TO regret the course which they have thought proper
10 ADOPT WIN reference to the prisoners now under ac-
cusatlon for high treason against the State. Upou two
II not, indeed, upon three, separate occasions. thew
resolved upon liberating the whole of these men under =
gcnerai amnesty, winch was TO admit of no exception.
Unfortunately, through the complications of party into.
rests tie question became ut length identified with
theiT own continuance in the Cabinet. and the trials
nave been forced on, and are now conducted in a man
ncr tor which even the revolt tionary annals of France
furnish no precedent. The Chamber of Pce,s cts
IN The hist place, through the medium of n standing com.
mittcr, IN the capacity of prosecutor. 1t collects the
evidence against the alleged culprits, and resolves that
upon that evidence they are to be tried. In the next
place. after finding the bill, as we should express Il sstr,e
bill, the grand inquest resolves itself into a court of
lnsuce tor Trying and Judging the prisoners whose cases
II had already prcJudgcd IN two previous siages-as a
prosecutor and grand jury. twas suggested, on the part
oil the accused, that at least the members of theIominit.
tee who had taken part in collecting the cyiden "a. should
not assume Judicial functions on the occasiA. This
suggestion was founded ON the recognised &hstice of
the ordinary criminal courts of France. A counI;anca
with 1T was due to the very character ofiustice Itself. IL
was consonant to all sound doctrine. 1t was the dictate
OF common sense but was rejected by the Chamber.
almost with contempt.
The prisoners demanded permission to be defended by
unProiessional persons of their own choice. This de-
Lnand was founded on a precedent established by Tic
Chamber itself; for NJ. hlartignac, then not a b,rris,er
was permitted by II to be the advocate of the Prince Po.
lgnac. But u tcvcry step of this proceeding, precedent
and right are yiolated.-Nonc but larristers are allowed
to make even toe slightest proposition to the Court in
behalf of any prisoner"
NC
NV ORLEANS, June 2-Through the politcncss of
Captnin Cunningham, of the schooner Sophia. which
sailed on the 22d ult, from Tampico, we have obtained
a paper from that place, of the 18th May, which contains
official intelligence of the later triumph of Santa Anna.