Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-20
FOREIGN.
TRoRGGATloS Of PARLIAMENT.

marrinue of the Queen but this report although siard
by The Morning cst. as by authority proved TO be IN.
fnun died. and her majesty yet 10 enjoy The sole advice
Of my Lord Melbourne Among the bills 10 which lie
ROYAL assent has been given is that called
THE PENNY POSTAGE ACT.
The following is ssummary OF THIS important oI'':
Sec Every letter Of given weight, 10 be hereafter
determined one penny; with q prnpnlonae increase
FIR greater weirht Parliamentary Thanking abolished
Sec 3D. The Lnrds of The Treasury are AUTHORIZED 10
srsppud wholly in part any parliamentary or "ihc'a
privileges OF sending receiving letters by me posi- re
Of! postage and To make any other regulations 'ot 'e
future exercise Of official Thanking.
Sec 4 Relates 10 The two penny post IN LONDON quo
Dublin and leaves i, the Lords OF ihe Treasury 10
cav whether they shall be continued or whether the
rates shall be reduced
Scc 5 7 and Relates 10 stamp papers
SEC 8 and 10 Unmporant.
Sec H. Authorizes The Lords oi The Treasury TO make
any reduction they may consider expedrht IN 'e n,o"-
ance masters Of vessels for letters conveyed by mem
Sec. ~ That whenever the word "ietiet - usra IN
this act j, shall apply equally 10 newspapers but mol SO
as to deprive newspapers Of any privilege they now pos
sess oi passing free ot postage.
The THAMES TuSNEL.-I, is now reduced to Ger
lainy that this great work will be completed, ana inat
too within very short period Mr. Brunei has not'ttd
the Lord Mayor that the woik IS completed 70 Within
fire feet on The alddlesex side
The British Queen was at Black ~ell about Tour miles
below London Bridge, when The Western salied she
was undergoing some little change in her interior ar
gagged and will probably come cut full.
S,a,n Packets 10 he Wrst Indies 1t is already known
that The steam ships building 10 run twice month
between England and Halifax II has been officially
announced that the government nendrd to have steam
communication with all The West India Islands.
from the .Ncc York TIMES
THE RIGHT OF SEARCH BY certain provisions OF the
"Slnve Trade Suppression Bill which has recently
PASSED The British Parliament and Tecrired the royal
sanction The right OF searching foreign vessels on the
I,irI f. rly hv
ships uf war. has been re asserted This pretended
RICH, o search has been relinquIshed by Great
Britain; though it has been dead letter IN her mari.
time code regards this country, ever since the close
OF the last war; Of which il OF the great eXcit'
inu causes The law vests discrs 'iUnary power
in the Government 10 authorize the search and delen
ton Of neutral vessels by British cruisers.
Having thus expressed upnons with regard 10 the
bill as we'll "a hat should be the Course uf our 90.
vernnen in relation il. append an extract from
speech made by the Duke Of Wellington during the
pendenoy OF The subject in the House of Lords and also
The protest Of himself and OF his brother peers
agains, its passage From these documents It will b.
PERCEIVED that The diSsenlIenis took Just aud candid
view Of the subject The Duke Of Wellington said:
ave are taking very dangerous course in Insisting
upon this right of scarch and do this, when one oil
the creates, Judges that presided in Cnur oil Ad
mraiy declared his opinions against The exercise OF the
right Of search in time Of peace; and do think then that
Dug Ia be most cautious upon this subject. There
cam nv lords, be doubt that however The public feel
ing the public mind may. in the s., be divided on
the subject slavery and the sa trade there is in
dvidLal in The IT, S. who has the strongest feeling
upon the suhirct-ihe rlg of search OF then merchant
vessels by The vessels Of this counryand aso that the
exercise Of thus power must DO resisted it IS under
these circumstances, my lords that conclude by re-.
commencing the noble lords opposite 10 coneder well
this suhec before they proceed finally to carry this bill
into execution.
MoxDAY, August 10.
PROTEST,
4gens HE third Reading IF the Stare Trade Suppression
Bill. DiSSrnttent. q
J. Because no communication has heen mnde 10 THIS
house hv m sssge from the Queen which can render ne
cessary which can alone Justify ms mouse IN ngrce
ing 10 the proposed enactmenls OF tins BILL
. Because those enacimen's authorized measures and
operations Of rgainst The subjects c foreign power,
Portugal aud their property Tor breaches oil treaty con
cIuded between Her Maestys royal predecessors ard
PORTUGAL; and for offrnces committed against the laws
of Portugal on The high aud on tie coast OF Africa
nd provides that subjects Of and their property,
are 10 be brought England elsewhere IN Her Ma.
isstys dotnini"ns TO be adjudcaed by Her Majesty S
uiGh Court of Admiralty. Court of Vice Admiralty.
3 Because The enacimenls proposed in this bill de
prvps those iore gnes thus 10 be adjudcaed OF all ma
tional protection.
4 because they authorize the detention at sea, the
boarding. tic demand search for, and examination OF,
the papers of all vessels met a, by Her Majesty $
cruisers any person in her alaestys service, in dl
rect violation OF all the treaties made with each. or
nearly all the powers of Europe, of regulating mutual
the suppression of the traffic called The slave trade
Because the amendments in the first clause oi The
bill leave The objection 10 the exercise Of the right of
search exactly where il stood in the bill before II was
discussed ard altered N committee.
Because vessels sailing under the flag of any nation
may be detained, boarded, searched the demand for pa
pers made (Which must be nspectcd) before The illegal
predatory character Of the vessel detained can be
iahshcd; each of which acIs Of detention, boarding,
demand, search for and examination OF papers, vIo.
tom of her pa
all the powers of Europe, applied to vessels sailing
under their flags respectively.
Z. Because the exercise OF such right Of detention,
ding search for and examination Of pers OF vessel
the high seas in time Of peace has been declared IL
legal by the highest judicial authority that presided
over The English Cour, of Admiralty.
Because the exercise OF such right is linble TO be
resented and relaa,ed by all the powers of the world
including those with which her Mniss is bound by
treaties each auhorisng restricted and regulated
tua search Of merchant vessris in certain localities in
order suppress the traffic called the slave trnde.
WELLISGTOS, REprsDALE,
HAwARDES, +, FITZGERALD,
BEVERLEY, ORMosDE.
GLENGALL, CANTERBURY.
Correspondence IF the ~ Y. Courier 4. Enquircr.)
PARIS, Aug Ii, 1889.
The absence Of news from the Ehsl al a crisis i'm.
porrnnt. had induced 10 resolve on allowing the
Havre Packet of 10 morrow 10 sail without any
nicnlrun from hence This forrnonn however arrived
here letters from Turkey, Egypt, Greece and MALTA,
which bring our dates down 10 29.h ult
From the contents Of the mass of Journals and CORES
pondence thus received il would appear that further
hostile step hnd been taken by The military commanders
of lhe Turkish Egyptian forces in Syria, f"r find
in them mention Of the either Of Hsiiz or lbla
him.
From Consaniinople (under dnie Of eth JULY We
learn, that Immediately the receipt IF Mehemet Ais
reply The letter Of the SULTAN, calling upon him
knowledge his (he Sultan 81 sovereignty. &c of which
you are aware, all The Ministers md other high digni
ta,ps Of The Ottoman Empire convoked by Kusrew
Pasha Uhe Grand Vizpr TO hear read That important
document. and The personal account which The Messen.
ger of the Sultan Akf Efirndi) ond Mushm EFtndi,
depuled with orders the Captain Pasha pre- pared
10 give. The letter of Mehemel Ali stated his sub,nis-
sion and fidelity 10 tin Por,e-but, as you also know
his claim have The hereditary sovereignty &c Egypt
Syria and Gambia, as his confirmed. Akif Eftndi
stated that nothing could exceed in appearance the 10y
atty of Mehemet ALI his urbanity and kindness 10
himself He visited him on his arrival, while vet in Tie