Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-03-24
abou, So,OoO-one of the mcst bloody battles on
record.
The news from France will also be found 10 he

record.
The news from France will also be found 10 he
ofconsidcrable interest.
The British Nurlh American Royal Mai Com
pany, anxious to prosecute The service, have &C.
,crmined on Immediately laying down another
steamer, OF greater power, for the conveyance OF
The mails between Liverpool and America.
Runners have been current recently uniavcrabe
10 the health olSir Robert Peel II vas sa! thai
he had been twice cupped in the neck, 10 case lie
pressure on The or.apS OF the brain under which lie
laecred, and that his health involved SPEEDY re-
linqulshmenl oil The cares and anXie;ies OF Office
These rumors caused much uneasiness, uG;: an
Official contradiction appeared, which declared
them 10 be uniounded- adding that he never was
in better health
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert WILL it is
said after her accouchmcni, visit France The
Duke and Duchess OF Nemours are 10 repair to
London 10 accompany Them.
In The year ending 9th January, 1916, 2l9, 24l
quarters OF wheat and wheat -four were imported
INTO England from Canada.
Twelve men were killed near Dover recently,
hv II explosion Of sunpowder, in a cave where
They bad taken refuge, and clhers terribly wound
| ed. The men had been warned oil their danger.
Accounts from Berlin state, that MIR. Wheaton,
tic Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister P.nipo-
teriay OF the United States, had ieiliat city for
London.
/ The political news from China, which extends
10 The 25lh Of December. is uninporsnt. The
! High Imperial Commissioned kesing had address
ed teller 10 Sir John Davis, Her Britannia Ma
Jes!yS Plenipo!entlary, concerning equal iolcra-
ton Of The religion prutessed BY tie English IN
which he says that all Western persons wi!l be
| treated upon The same footing and receive lnc
same projection on matters Of religious faith"
! PREPARATIONS FOR WAR-Whether
Of not We are 10 have war, great preparations are
/ beGg made for il. The army is 10 &c increased
! 10000 men, the militia ere 70 be in readiness ior
/ immediate training; The ordnance corps are u
! receive an accession Of 800 ;leu; the royal ma
rines = SEQ ner; aud inc land regiments oi The
line 6cOG. The increase OF The Navy will be
about 600 men.
/ Free Trace principles are becoming popGlarin
i France.
! Subscriptions fer The distressed Irish have been
commenced al Calcutta.
Barren Won Bulnw, Minister 10 the King G:
Prussia, died I, Berlin recently.
! From Persia we hear, with alarm, that the
! Cholera IS raging !"riously.
! Ear has entered into commercial treaties
with Norway, Sweden, Denmark ard Sardinia
She has remove, III. prohibition al The iinroa vi
pins, allowing il toIakc place on payment Of
moderate duy. Naples is very literally disposed
with regard 10 her Tari1, and il is said, ineads.o
make yeTy great modiiicaticnsin il.
UPWARDS or FOURHuNDRE6 LIVES
. LOoT.-a accounts have been received Ct 'h.-
loss OF the engrart ship Ce,araqn-. Tie res
sei!,G Liverpool in Artilasl. wih3G9 enisranss
On board, ami crew ot forty six, for Van Die
lnand's Land. la August, she reached BASS
Srrails and On The fourth OF that month stuck on
reef Oft Kings Island. Nearly one-ha! OF me
| passengers were drowned Uriow. About tEo
4 I'm rdre,i roc had the docy nd IN the ii IN
but The severity OF Inc weather caused her 10 GO
10 pieces. Only nine of all on board survived
The ship was ont OF her reckoning
ENGLAND'S COMMERCIAL POLICY.
| The agitation which IS now proceeding in IA
| vor Of rce trade is almost exclusively confined
10 The walls 81 Parliament. The people our ui
doois-lhe efealmsss o. l!is thinking, INTELLIGENT
stirring nation, require no FLIP nant no iGcen-
tive, 10 we'd them to the cause; their love IS der
and abiding. They are passive, but act .nd;!it-
!eI, spectators OF he conflict Il i i n5ticn
ccytgS tie oIds q the soil: jr>l:ce and cST6dic;i
cv on The one sh;e-ubs;nacv and sc!i>Iuess on
lie ciheT We have alluded below 10 llle monster
debate ant is all but mCDsler najofity--a ma
jorily too potent foe The landlords 10 struggle
against. The safety OF the measure is insured
and our transatlantic readers, engaged in COM
merce with Eng gland, may rest satisfied hat Peel's
commercial policy will become The law Of the
land There will be wrangling, there will be de.
lay but there will not cannot be defeat. The
events OF the few days show that The House 81
Lords will swallow the pill; with wrv faces ii
may be, like children taking medicine, bui they
| will cur il down from a conviction Of is neccs-
sitv-combined, probably with Z conviction
equally strong, that they will be made 10 DO so
/ should they iurn resivc.
So,Ge fears have been expressed tha! Lord
Stanley would lead The Pro;ecionsls, forlotn
nope in the House Of Peers He is waywafi,
mprudent man. with strong nerves. a gntd deal
of SNOWY talent, and very !;lllc judgment. But
il is understood that even he quails Cobden's
speech in the House, on Tic night OF the divi-
sion, was devoted less 10 4 consideration Of the
question: on its abstract merits, than 10 an in
vesieation Of Tue piliful, desperate condition oil
the ohstrucives. He clearly showed that an ap-
pea, TO the country sould only embi.ter and pro
crasiinale the light, without settling il. He prov
cd that all The great towns in Inc naiion-thc
seats OF trade, commerce, capital, manuIac-
lures, and mimi, were Supporters II The Co
vernmeni motley and that The landlords must te-
/, pend upon Their roiitE b5Tousns End nomination
counties alone Tor support. AL laws which mar
The onward progress olhe age are transili -. The
| peers !:no,! This. I'm The present spirit OF ilie
times, the dricca in the presentation, should they
! take shei:er behind them, would be The COM
nsD"amcnt vi an agitation which would not
. leave vesge remaining. As Cob!en demon
slTa.cd there is : sufficient amount OF public OPT
MON, al present in favor of Tree trade TO change,
il necessary, The succession 10 the Grown Itself
Still, il is doubtful whether The repeal Of The
| corn.!aws will b. immediate. On MONDAY
night, MIR. Villicrs moved. ia committee, for the
/ immediate repeal OF the duties on corn instead
Of The repeal three years hence. enforcing bis pc
] sion cieverly b. proof ha: The present lime was
No hog, al M, f,f tho lpltgDtI-
rails; tha: mo-, he couid better comfetr ith his
| foreign rival, wien wheat was scarce anu dear in
/ all PARIS OF he world as:c9d al three years
| henc,, when jimiSht possibly b. cheap an'l plen
! li:nl The debate s,nod adjourned until The iol-
! lowing night, and al tie time we wrie-on the
evening OF Tuesday-we are unacquainied VIVA
I the result.
/ II is JUS, possible i! tic morning papers are cx-
4 pressed 10 Liverpool TODAY tina, the division MAJ
/ arrive here an haur or two before he sailing oil
I The packet, anil thus cross the Atlantic with the
| European Times; bnt We i.e 10; Ubiquitous, and
III ,hc absence o. dd9ices from on! LonduH repre-
sentative al this la. hour re are IN The da:k IS 10
Inc fcsulI II all 7robahl however ,he sense o
The House will be against Mr.. Fillie-s as Lord J.
! Russell and Sir Robert Peel think that i is imrn-
lilc, or The scole of su,ccss 70 ,.erar IRON. ;hc
| scheme as originally propouncsd.
The Minister would Be delighted 10 be left IN
/ nI1:iit", But me HN'lO'OS, ihf!c y tFttJ ISd-
son 10 arpfehcnd, making The hest Of what they
consider 4 bad bargain will hold him 10 his three
yea,s'lcrm, and divide win him asains. .hc i'm
mediate repealers. All depends upon the land
I lor,:s for Tie free traders IL the House a''' no.
nu,neric.l lily strong enough 70 beat The Minisiei-
/ aliss, the Wings, and The Proect!on's's, But
! nothing in their previous tactics can lead Us 10
! hope ,hatihe lalicr will exercise generous and
! dien;fed liberalii; on this occasion.
! TIE MONSTER DEBATE The great de-
| bate on Sir Robert Pycl's financial theme, which
! extended over three weeks, and Afforded inot ;2r
! twelve nights iT:cessan oraory, vas brought 10
! close OF lie nic,rag 81 Saturday last, by diTi-
| sion which gave lie minis!er majority OF 81
! TIE eye ofthe hawk never followed il. pre-? with
greater intensity ;han The public, out Of doors,
!! have turned 10 these debates ia Parliament, ret
tha; The speeches themselves we're care: Tor
ter literally became a bore-but day after day
people locked for The result down the eldiess CO.
lumns OF The daily prints in vain, until The inte-
esideepened into anxiety followed. as the treary
u,onotony OF words proceeded, BY absolute des.