Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-05-13

tuisleS very heaNV AT lLGt GAY : prices.
Barley Is IS. per quarter iearer, and sales
very readily effected. In Peas. Beans
and Oats, there is no alteration in prices.
bui The demand for each is improved.
The Vienna papers state dat Prince
Scl,warizenburgh's health is dangerous.
Ills malady is a liver complaint.
Prince Ferdinand of Wmtemburgh.
LATELY married to Mademoiseile de Met
,ernich, is 10 be appointed Vice Roy Of
the Lombard Venetian Kingdom.
Grea'nambers OF half pay officers, con-
fnue Ia embark from France for the u
nitcd States anh South America.
The Grand Duke OF Russia, Nicholas.
was Ia arrive al Berlin abont the 18th of'
March, where his marriage witt, the Priv
cess Charlotte is TO be solemnized. En-
rope is wei planted with the kindred of
tue russian royal family.
an account is published in a liverpool
paper of March 81, of apLOT at Man
chester, the object of which was TO burn
the whole Of the Manufactures.
a plot ct fhe iittieport rioters. to des-
troy the town of Ely, by fire, fortunately
'aiied. Amongst the combusiibl9s was ii
piece OF charcoal, the fire Of which APP
peared TO have been proyidea,iallv extin-
| guished from the want OF air. The fire
was placed under floor among a number
OF casks OF gun-powder.
The 10 ndon Courier of April IL, states.
that young Cohbett, would nave been
taken in execution for is C00 pounds, for
duties on his Weekly Pamphlet, had he
not have made his escape as he did.
Mr.: Howard Payne, the American Ros-
ciiis, Is engaged at the Bath Theatre, and
was to make his first appearance there as
Zaplina, in the tragedy OF Mahomct.
NJ. Riousi, who had been prosecuted
tor writing IA work entitled Carnot, has
been condemned lie is fined 10000
francs and Is 10 be imprisoned for two
years.
,Advices from Hamburger of the 26ih
u't'mo, affirm, that a conspiracy had been
detected for destroying the Crown Prince
or sweden; but III what manner, and for
what final objects. is not so very easily
guessed at. In addition 10 statements
| which have appeared on this subject in the
Ham burgh papers, the private letters from
| sweden contain various partiC ulars.-
| According, 10 those, six assassirs have
| been hired and Introduced secretly into
| the Palace 70 murder the Prince, but 4
| timely discovery ot this atrocious purpose
| happily prevented lis accomplishments
The imminent danger to which the Crown
| Prince has been exposed having rene
| rally transpired, the people crowdetIsto-
| geil!er from all quarters to ascertain whe
thcr his Royal tIighness was safe. The
mob surrounded the Palace, and insisted
on seeing him. On presenting himself at
Balcony, lie was loudly cheered, and
satisfaction and good order restored i'm
| mediately.
The brig Dolphin, arrived at London
from Jamaica, was boarded twice on her
| passage by insurgeat privateerS, the first
manned with 60 men apparently English
men and SpaElards, called the Con
grcss; the second was Il schooner CARVING
10 guns and 100 men, apparently all Ame-
ricans.
letter from Cadiz, published in The
French papers, states that very rich la
den Spanish galleon from South America
bad been taken in sight Of the Canaries
by two independent privafeers after a
desperate battle. Daily Adc.
The numerous arrivals in England with
gram, had caused a decline ofprices, and
further reduction was anticipated.
American cotton i'll market at Liver
pool on the I2th, did not exceed 5000
bales.
The price of English stocks had risen
upwards of three per cent. since our for
mer adviccs; Consols were up TO 73j.
In conneXlon with this favorable state
OF the political thermometer, the London
t'TaV e!er Of the 9th ultimo, remarks. that
The severe distress which has visited
the manufacturing districts, is sensibly
on the decline, and from several places
the latest accounts are even of faVord-
Die compieXlon-and there is every pro-
babIiiiy. that IN a few months thew will
nearly altogether disappear, and the NAH
uiacturing system furnishing additional
proofs OF reViving prosperity"
I he same paper remarks, that q" II is
understood that government intend TO
propose fax of20 per cent upon the in
come ofabsentees."
The Traveller Of the nth ultimo. OBJ
serves, that the repor; gains ground, that
the Court of Madrid is negotiating with
ours. for the purpose of obtaining British
mediation in the contest between Spain
and her rev0lied colonies.
A letter from Paris of lie third of A.
prl, states that the King was dangerously
Ill he is paralysed nearly as high as the
navel, and cannot rise or move without
aid. His speedy dissolution was EXPECT
ed, when a decisive line of conduct will
t2 ke place, both by the Princes and the
other parties.
On iie 4tii of April, one of the London
Steam Boats burst her boiler. Eight pas
sengers were killed, and the boat blown
almost 10 atoms. Ga=ete.
London, AprH /.
Lord Cocliranc, we understand. has
raised the E 10000, and bought a fine
vessel, nearly as large as a frigate, which
he proposes 10 man with the best sailors
lie can nrocnre. for his voyaSe for Sn1fh.