Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-10-21


prices. The request for rayt-coiton has
Ill consequence been very considerable. !"
The Morning Chronicle is attemptinr
10 throw ridicule on The Courier. for lis
laudabie endeavors 10 rescue the Jews
from Tie contempt which is too often cast
upon them. We tllinkt that the Courier
IN THIS respect S!IewS spirit of liberal to.
leration- II seems, however. 10 have
fallen INTO mistake in supposing that
when 1t supports the Jews of the Stock
Exchange, 1t Is supporting the nAoke of
Inc jewish world, since is is notorious.
that The Jews who frequent that place. are
as much divided in their religious tenet,.
as IN pursuit OF their individual interests.
Sim
LONDON, Aug. 2o.--P Price Of Stocks t5is
d0y al ONES per cent. red. 50 IS 81 so
D a : per cent. con. SO IA 3-S so Is.
do for &C. 81 SO 81 per cents % ID
IS; oper cents 100 5S 6 IO5 S34:
India Bonds i22 pr. Ex. Bills 81 30 pr.
l.. Ann. 20 Is l6 l3 10 Is I6.
AUGUST 26.-COTTON.-The India
sale on Friday, 1924 bales, went off with
much brlskncss the Bengais at the aH
vance of nearly Idperlb. ON the preyions
sale prices chiefly taken, we believe. on
speculation,
l429 fair ID t &c. Behgals were sold IL
Lea 1871.
81 very ordinary IL led a Bid
6Si good ) Il IL IL IL Sid.
l;'2 from ilne Seed ID 3-Sa IA Is sd.
Damaged o I'D al2 I-6a.
The % bales Bourbon midding TO fair
quality, sold 2s o sd. 25l4.
The purchases by private contract and
pu0hc sales since our last will exceed
1850 bags: few PeTnams were sold at
IS ID; $50 Bahias IS 7S Smr;narps Is
Sid; 323 Oener;tra and Berbice u 3-4J
IS O 3 81; iCl Grenat.as 10 SD: and
50O Bengals in the house were taken at
10 81 1871 id.
IOBACCO.---ThsFe is no improve
ment III the demand Tor Tobacco, the pri-
ces remain nominaiiy lie same. The
letters Yesterday IRON Holland, state two
or three very considerable contracts. bur
al rather low prices
RlCE.--Tlie East India Company bro't
forward about eco Bags on FRIDAY the
Whole went off freely ; common quality.
los a lSS, middliag 23s Ga a 2as: good
2Ssa ;32s; 3s" bags Brazil, by public sale,
OF good quality, sold at 26e. file de-
mand Tor Rice last week was very consid-.
eraDie good Carolina, reported TO have
realize" our highest quotation, aud the
parcels bought AT lie India safe. sell al
- ts
There are now almost 800 kinp's yes-
sells OF all sizes laid up in ordinary in
PORTSMOUTH harbor. Of these the Vic
tory and the Nelson are the chief objects
or attraction; the latter on account of
It's extraordinary size, beauty, and mag
innocence, as we'll as lis name. The Mel
son Is made TO carry 100 guns, and is the
largest snip that was ever built in this
country. Every possible care is taken to
Keep her In the best state OF preservation.
Tier three masts are standing, but her
top-masts, gallant masts, wards.
Dooms, rigging, &c. are carefully slowed
upon the decks, and all covered with a
large awning. With the exception of
guns, she has on board every thing meces-
sary to 1T her out for sea in IS hours. A
vISiant boatsWain, with some other war
rant otiicers, are OIL board; and although
she lies about three mihs no The hars0r,
II Is a. much as any one of these persons
can do OH fine day, to attend tie COM
pany who come TO see the inside of the
ship. The various devices, mottos, and
embIematical figures, upon her head,
bows, quarters and stern, are in good
slate OF preservation.
The improvements Of the backward al
Sheerness, are rapidly proceeding. An
excavation ofsome hundred feet mn length
and proporilonably deep, is nearly ac-
complisied for the formation of a new
dock. Nearly one thousand convicts are
employ ed on the works, which, it is sup
posed, VIII occupy several years in COM
pleting.
Mum ers ofFrench women are contin-
uaily arriving at Portsmouth, with baskets
OF fruit and eggs. These are the articles
III winch they Ostensibly deal; but their
CHEF trade is that of smuggling. They
have art enough 10 conceal their laces.
gloves, silks, &c. from the vigilance of the
custom house officers; and they have
address enough 10 dispose of fhcn foe
prices at which articles of equal, ii not
superior value, might be purchased in
LOHdon.
In lis last sitting, the ROYAL Academy
| OF Sciences Of the Institute, chose for lhe
successor Of The celebrated mineralogist
Werner whose death left vacant place
Tor foreign associate, NJ. Piazzi, a Sici-
nan astronomer, who discovered. i'm 1901.
me Planet Ceres, and led the wav To- the
discovery of those of Pallas, Juno, and
Vesta, successfully by Messrs. Oilers
and Harding.
N"tabjity Of Human G,e0iaess.-In The
year 1904, the master OF the ceremonies
OF Pope julius the Second. ranked The
powers OF Europe as follows
l germany 0ScOtdnd ~ Brittany
z home ~ hungary Is Burgundy
3frdnce ~ Navarro 10 Bavar;a
spain ~ Cyprus 20 lirandcnburr
> AragOn - bohemia II Sasonv
| Portugal Is Poland y Austria
| 7 England Is Denmark ~ savov
| Sicily 10 Venetian r. ~ Tloreuce
Since this memorable period. what is
now the proud imperial city Of Rome,
| whose troNp spread terror and dismay
| throughout tie civilized world 2 scarcela