Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-24
VOLUME XLII.-NUMBER 90.

10 his existence. Re enters and leaves he
House on Inc arm o. MS soc John; and, once !:
ivce, when he essayed 10 speak. lis VOICE was
SO feeble that he ocrd scarcely be heard in he
reporters gallery. This appears 10 be The wind.
ias up OF caieer which VII always sand OUT.
despite is i:nper!eclions, &c one OF the most re.
ma.sasle in The history Of The English naicn.
The affairs Of lrelsnd are al sorce,, IL The con-
temptation OF the gFea Free Trade drama which
Is now berg acted N England Mr.. O'Conpe!
IS IN London, and he management 81 Tie aepcal
Association is conf1eu 10 his lieutenant. Mr..
Smi.h O'B,i,n
Faihew Mathew has published letter, accom-.
panied with specimens Of bread and "straboul'
mad, ircm lndiaa corn. EGc.!s arc Il. y making
10 introduce hisc1cellcri beverage, net oply INTO
LELAND, tu. INTO the ii.iee kingdoms e.ne,ally.
ON the plan which marks is Use INTO tie U5i,cc.
States.
FRANCE. :
PARIS, February 2S-The following IS from
The private correspondence q HE Ealopean
Times:
TIE idea broachel BY lie Lcadon Times Of
The Ee-es,aLii hment 81 Monarchy in Mexico. has
been received upon The whole, VII. .ayor by nc
Partisan Tress. Even III Republican y ion :,
does DOT drnccnce il, il !, BE liz pleasure OF he
Aex'can>, but Insists u,,.9 Inc ui i:ber;Y al &c
lion be allowed hem Il al.o sd;iccs ,ha; IN any
Il
10 lolh, care be taken ihat il l., .t made the dap.
! OF England.
MI king, The American Mir. s'er. gave a
/ grand bail on Monday, IN celebration ol Wash.
/ ington.s birthday. Mrs. Ellis, his s..ellency's
\ neice, cid tie honoTs Of tie salons with that IN
affected ard wilchiDg grace for U rich American
! ladies are celebrated all the world over. IT,
wards OF 200 of the ellie of Partisan slcl-;y dii
themselves the honor 0; accepting Tue invitations OF
| Mr hiEs, as well as all The mos, emineE. meri-
can citizens now in Paris
I Washington Irving, the u 5. Minister al Ma
/ drIi, has qned Paris after seyera! weeks siay.
/ Mr.. Wheaton, The U. : Minister a. Prussia, is
new AT Paris
On The Oregon question, The newspapers have
san ao.hing oi late u. suiicien, importance 10 Re
cited. The resolutions Of .!r. Alien abou, the
non-ne'srence ot European Governments "a
The American continent have attracted .ery little
atent'o. hc:c. One newspaper, Lie .Sisclt, roHs
them az the indignant answer OF ne Ameri.
can Legislature 10 NJ. Guizo,'s speeches ,aclara.
tory Of his determination on The part Of Eianrr,
! to interfere as Oxen AMI ia suc mann. as he
/ IL ghi soc &: i'll American affairs. II Is certain
| The resolutions will net have the sii2t.esi Effect
! on The French Government. II entirely repui-
a,rs lie position that European Governments ma re
nc right 10 medie in American matters, ard for
rs par. will continue, as heretofore, 10 exercise It's
lr!iu:hce in snch menAsI as j, alay think ne
/ cessary.
GREAT BATTLE IN INDIA.
i.iYfy. Tire Rnn!,ei Bf.iisl and .NGi,re Trocc;
hui-d and Hcanded-und Repcytt1 Less Of
Ih,fp Thousand S.ths al lNoodhec and Fen
-rshah.
our advices from Rombay since The saili~s
Of the steamship Cambria, come down 10 Jarua-
rv L. and furnish accounts Of ere Of the greatest
M, ilrS rrnsht 70 ih, II Irish in our Tniiap
Empire. in which We have sustained The known
loss OF 1890 Of Our brave soldiers, intending The
ea!lan. Sale, Sir j M'kaskili, and ajur Broad
loot. When these accounts eit the sceEe OF ac-
| lion FOR Bombay, for transmission 10 England
there were several regiments from which .ciurns
had not been received; So that further loss may
be calculated nran.
An extraordinary Gazeue gives The official ac-
conn. oi all the military operations IN This great
Struggle. The result, we are proud 10 say, is as
glorious and Decisive q victory ever crowned
he E'iiish acms and cqGaled only by The ilrd OF
Waicr'oo P;s"ioCs 70 laying before our readers
COPIES o. lhe more rr3sar, dispatches. We pre-
Tx the following Uf.ri outline On The l2ih, i3h
and i4ih oi DeCegi!rr ;hr Sikh army crossed the
Snli,j, with. al The lCwesi estimate, 10000 men
OF whom 10000 or 31Qc0 were cavalry and
about $50 cannon OF The largest calibre movable
IN the field, and exquisitively fini,hed--an anil
lery immeasurabiy more powerful Than was ever
brought inlo lhe field BY Wellington or Napo.
leon. 1t is only in morals that The Sikhs are 10
be ranked as haFbaTous. They are q race az
vigorous in body, as acute in intecct, and as Skill
ul in all The arIs they cultivate, OF which war IS
! the chief, as The generality Of Europeans
The place al which this formidable hos. passed
the river may be about 10 q 30 miles from La
hore, The capital OF The Punjaub and within
much less distance oi Fe!ozcpofe, the mos. ad-
vancei Of the British posts. Ferozepole is about
Is or 20 miles from The point al which The Sikhs
crossed the river. il il is SO much. The invaders
having established themselves and organized
their forces on The British side oil the Srte],
made some slight demonstration OF attacking
FerozenoTe in the interval between The 18th and
18Th; but, upon the last named day, broke mp,
and taking the direct road 10 Delhi, proceeded IN
a Souhery direction, as ii they would mash Fe-
rozepoe, leaving il their right. In This airec-
;on division oil so, GOO OF The invaders had pro-
ceeded about - miles 10 a Mace called M0odRPe
Wien, on The evening Of The l6 h, they were net
br a part oi The British army commanded by Sir
Hugh Cough and the Governor General. Sir
Henry EIardnge, VINO, as second in CON mand,
took The field in person.
y fierce conflict ensued, in which the Sinks
lost the artillery attached Ia their division, in
.umAer II guns Il was IN ;hs stage ., The Dat
! liz Ina. Sir Rober. Sale and General M'CasEI'l
fell. The contest projected apgadiY raronsh
the l9.h and 20th, the armies on both sides Icing
occupied with the burial OF liir,r dcau, and The
| 0fsan:2alon oi their respective armies. C.rin.
! these two days he British commander received
soinc reiniorcrmen;s but lhe invaders ha"" ial-
/ len back upon their main body, probably 30CC3
or 10000, presented ptodigiou>iy Augmented
/ force. hen the shock ot battle was reaewed on
+ the 2isi, 81 place called Ferozssh; r. a5oll IL
I miles in retreat from alccGkte. y icI,EtShnr
/ The invaders had prepared :, strong.v en..c=cbed
| camp which they s!,o: PREPARED To defend with
100 pieces 81 their field artillery and G0O0 zen.
| Imagination can scarcely dericl he ury ard
! the obstinacy OF lie Two DAYS fight .hat m.s,
/ have preceded the capture ofhe invaders camp
with al! lis matcril and artillery. ard tic utter
/ dispersion OF the invading army on the l2nd III
I December The must Fortunate cscaped 10
/ Islands in the Suej, or perhaps 10 the pun!a:,
| park bu The greater part we're scai'ercG IN Sr1-
/ Ken parties through he Br.tsh territories T!.eir
loss isyariousy estimated al ron - 0tG q 5 &c
| in killed and wounded. Our loss in killed and
woInisd il is 10 te feared, falls lille ..o!. OF
$500, Including 50 European officers.
THE MARKETS.
/ I,ondor 'oafG .ndyici, .Hd,ca Sin GOTH Lon
/ don and Liverpool several hsavy failures OCCUR
rcd particularly in The Palm o.! or Africa trade
| IL The later town, and in London Con:ois iluciG-
2,ed considerably.
Upon The creai,S OF The market sfcr The re-
ceipt ofihe hos'i'e news BIZ he Patrick Henry, the
FuaGs were considerably depressed, The price Of
Corscs fell from 9G. a I, INC quotations Of the
dy before to 81 and $50 70. present transfer, and
! So; 10 g5i for Tic account. This result is no. 70
be wondered a., when the conduct Of me United
States Executive or The Oregon question is con-
eidered, and in all commercial circles, il formed
the ,;.c:ac Of anxious conversation to-day.
LIVERPOOL H'ARKsT, March 3-Co,ior-Ps-
yo,t 70, ts 'rrel erding Ft' o7.-Thefc has pcen
4 moderately fair ie.Gand fr Co,iob al week from
coasun.ers Sill the market mas been dull. IA.
ard gloomy
Reyo,t u the Cotio. lJarke., 1larci 3.-The
nafkei SINCE FRIDAY has been much frmer. The
sales Of SATURDAY mnrnire AMI today amour: 70
;bou; IS 500 bales, inciniing small poricn on
speculation The advices received per the Patrick
Henry, which arrived here yesterday, have hal
The effect Of causing tighter market, and prices
have, il several instances. advanced beyond inc
quotations ofihe 9th nil.
LIVERPOOL, March olive have little 10 re-