Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-07-08
Arrival Of the Acadia.

Arrival Of the Acadia.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Tie Steamship Acadia arrived al Boston ON
"Wednesday evening, at half past 10 o'clock ma
king her passage in about 10 days and half, not
whstanding some detention, occasioned By meet
ing with icebergs. We have Liverpool and Lon
don papers TO the 10Th of June, The day of sailing.
The Maynooth Bill was again discussed in the
House OF Lords on The Sd and 4lh of June, the
measure being denounced on the one hand "not
as boon 10 Ireland but a surrender 10 Rome"
and commended on the other as "singularly
wise, benevolent and Christian carrying out the
great rule oil doing 10 others as we would wish
that others should do unto US" and would be re-
ceived with cordially, and as an indication of
kindly spirit 10y The mass otlhe people There
were Two discussions. On The lirst-Lord Rodens
amendment (for select committee to inquire in
10 The teaching and discipline at Nlaynoolh y
there appeared Contents So Non contents So: ma
Jority against The amendment &C. On The second
that the bill be read second time Contents
present Ia, proxies 81 Em 2S6:-Nonconlens
present So proxies IA; Against G9:-Majurily for
The second reading l5I. The bill passed its third
reading on the 10Th By vote OF Isl 10 so Thus
only wanting The royal signature 10 become
law-which il has ere This undoubtedly received
The present Government has struck d formidable
blow at popular prejudice in this Maynooh mea-
sure, and the recoil has been terrible; but sui no
advance has been made towards the permanent
paciication OF the country for which the sacrifice
was made. There never will be peace in Ire
! land-it is folly 10 expect it-while the Anglican
church in that country exists in its present
suiuptuous Incidence, III lis enormous wealth.
living mockerv and libel on the misery OF The
rhp RI, Iohu ~ Il
poorest people in Chrisiendom-and that church
not their own-must always be an eye-sorc,
cancer, a never-ccasing cause of irritation The
knife, sooner or later, must be applied 10 cut out
this unsishlly eXcrescence.
IRELAND
The Monster Repeal Banquet, al Cork, for
which preparations have been long in progress.
took place on Monday the 9th, at The Imperial
Clarence Rooms. About GOO persons were at
The table, and more than 500 ladies were present
as spectators. The Mayor of Cork presided
According 10 The reports in The Cork journals the
banquet far eclipsed any similar proceeding
MIR O'Connell, emboldened By recent events, de
lveled speech characterised BY a more than or
binary share of eloquent vehemence, rejecting
with scorn The concilialory advances Of the Min
lister as ''mean and palry attempts 10 swamp The
great ends Of agitation" Mr.. Hodges the Go
vernmcnt reporter was present throughout the
proceedings, well as al those OF Tara, Navan,
and such OF the renewed monster-meelin9s as
have been already held. Mr.. OConntlI on Tues
day proceeded down The river in one of the steam-
ers; on Wednesday he attended an open meeting,
and in the evening made speech al The Peoples
Hall, and on Thursday morning he left Cork,
and arrived al Merrion-square, Dublin, on Friday
evening. The honorable gentleman proposed
setting out Immediately Tor London.
Fresh inflammation had arrived in Dublin OF
an atlray between the military and the Leilrim
peasanlry, in which The latter have suffered the
loss of six killed, and great number wounded.
A reinforcement OF military have been sent for
ward BY express, and much apprehension exists
that martial law will have 10 he proclaimed.
The proceedings OF the Repeal Association of
The 9th and 10th insts. were interesting. The
weeks rent on the former occasion was announc-
ed TO he f31s and that OF the latter f43O los cd.
FRANCE
CORRESPONDENCE of the european Times"
Pans, June l6, iS45-A Though The fortnight
that has elapsed since | last addressed You has
been a very busy one indeed Tor bo.h Cf'"bers,
few questions have been.dwet upon Of interest 10
readers on The other side OF the Atlantic. Among
those few questions The most prominent IS that of
Texas You are aware that the constant effort of
The Opposition in this country is 10 cry down the
foreign policy of the Conservative Cabinet of NJ.
SOM anu W. uuIO W u 6S tuCh-
ling in all things, great or small 10 The imperious
liclation Of the English Government. In pursu-
ance Of this rolc, NJ Billbanlt, one of the most
eminent members Of the Opposition, charged The
Government with having joined England in OPP
posing the annexation oil Texas TO the United
States, in return for the concession England has
made To France of the right Of search treaty. NJ.
Guizoi. (who is quite restored 10 health, and who
re-appeared in the Chamber on Tuesday, denied
that any stipulation relative 10 Texas had been
made with regard 10 the abandonment of that
treaty. He then observed, that if Texas was de-
sirous of annexiDs itself 10 The United States, he
Frcnch Gorernmcut hadnOihing 10 san 0gaind II;
bu, he admitted that it would be more agreeable
To that Government, aud more consistent with its
interests If he annexation did mot hlkc place.
The report that the American Government in
tends 10 reduce its tariffs, has afforded The greatest
satisfaction 10 the commerce oi Paris.
A project, sci a-toot some years ago, but unac-
counlaby abandoned for the establishment of
number of steamers 10 ply between the principal
ports of France, her transatlantic colonies, and
New York, has been revived, and will shortly, il
is expected, become law. The proposed scheme
is OF a somewhat gigantic scale; for, in addition
TO the great lines OF communication between
France her colonial possessions, and The United
States branch lines will be established Tor Serv-
ing different parts OF the Northern and Southern
continents Of America.
The law, referred TO in my last, providing for
the gradual abolition of slavery in The French CO.
lonies, has passed both Chambers, and another
law for introducing European laborers into The CO.
lonies is under consideration. The new Gus
toms law modifying in some important pariicu
lars the dnIies on imported articles, has been
sanctioned by royal ordinance, and is now The
law ofihe land
The new treaty between England and France
has excited much interest. 1t is upon the whole
regarded with great favor; but the Opposition,
though they claim the merit OF it, insist that u IS
not so favorable 10 France as il might have been.
The instructions 10 be given 10 The commanders
Of the fleets which are 10 be kept upon The Affl-
can coast are pretty nearly the same in letter as
the instructions given 10 the United States fleet
on the same station; bnt the newspapers find that
they are very different in spirit But il is useless
to 60 into the matter at present as The law Tor car
ryine into effect the treaty will be discussed in
the Chamber of Deputies in the course OF few
DAYS. Yesterday il was examined in the BIZ
ycaur and appeared 10 afford universal satsfac-
ton.
SPAIN
ManRlD, June l0.-We are, as usua in We
~ excited state in the capital; but have little
news TO communicate. The brutal arrest oil The
editors OF newspaper the Clamor Pubico, has
excited universal Indignation.
RUSSIA.
In letters from ST Pelersburgh il IS stated, that
the Emperor intended TO advance near To- II not
TO the actual scene Of, The war in Caucasus
The disasters that have befalIen the Russian ar
mics in that country, have been SO terrible, that
even if victory should crown their present efforts,
(which is doubtful they will not have much 10
boast Of
The population of Russia consists Of upwards
of $4,000, 900 persons, of whom more than a.
100000 are serts On The estates OF the Crown
there are about $4,000 600 serfs-lhe rest are the
property of the mobiles.
Il was fully believed in ST. Pelersburgh, that
Prince Albert would visit the Emperor in The
course Of the Summer.
The Emperor has given orders that no noble
man shall be permitted TO live abroad unless he
spends at least three months in every two years IN
Russia. If he negecls this condition, his proper
~ will be confscated.
Preparations for The Summer campaign 10 the