Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-30
FOREIGN.

'SM udy y idteSt, nave Deen received.
The prices of all kinds Of bread stnfs
had decreased in England, in consequence
OF immense importaiions. The ports.
however, II was expected, would continue
open until August.
The heavy columns of the London pa.
perS are almost exclusively occupied with
national specula,ions, iina,;cial project,
ana facts relating TO commerce, manu!ac.
lures, the arts which sustain and embelIisb
ne, ana HE crimes and cuormiiies which
degrade society.
The French Chambers were manfiily
making provision 10 pay 1he sums their
country is doomed for her participation
In The spollaiIons OF her pampered Empe-
For. III Is asceriaiped, That the whole
amount she has paid, or must paw, as The
result OF the expedition Of BONAPARTE
rom Ed6a 10 WmeriOo, is One IXeus0nd
and Ve"tg One hiilions OF francs indie
pendent OF lie heavy expenses OF Tie AL
IIed Cau,ioHary Army for three Years.
Bat with economy and humility she wifi
surmount the burden.
The Paris papers express deep gratitude
for the efforts made by the Duke of Wei.
linSton to tighten the heavy pecuniarv
load imposed upon the nation.
MIR. VanSittart, in Parliament has an
nonnced that the disposition OF the u 6.
towards Great Britain was pacific.
KINGS AND KINGLINGs.
The King of Prussia is daily expected
III Paris, and it is said means 10 espouse
de Ia main gauche,f Madamoiselle Dillon,
beautiful girl of 10, whose mother was a
creole OF Martinique, and married TO the
Count DILLON, the minister of LOUIS
18th in Saxony.
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rage. But by the laws of Prussia. wife thus mari.
ca, enJoSs all tile respect and dignity of Queen but
neE issue cannot succeed TO the crown.
The King of France enjoys remarkable
good health.
The King of England, now more than
SO years of age, enjoys unusual bodily
health. Ills Queen, who is in her 75lh
year, has lately been sick, but Was recov-
erng.
HE Prince LEOPOLD will shortly take
Journey TO The Continent 10 visit his
German concessions. The Duke of Kent
is positively TO be married 10 MARIA
LOUISA VICToIRE, sister of Prince Leo
poid. She Is I'D the SOD year of her age.
and the widow of the Prince of Leinengen.
Parllamcn nj has given his ROYAL Highness
a very liberal establishment f; which was
denied 10 the Duke of Clarence, his elder
brother; who, nevertheless, meaus 10 lead
TO the altar the Princess of Sake Meinun-
gen, born in 1892, and sister of the reign
ing Duke Of that Principally.
ii is calculated that The succession TO
the throne of The British Empire Of some
revolution does moi upsettbe dynasty) viii
III few years deyolve on the issue OF the
Duke of Kent. Bost. Cent.
LONDON, May 10. Lord Castle
reagh has obtained leave 10 bring into
Parliament bill to extend the provisions
of ihe Alien Act for two years. This law
gives TO Ministers the power 10 send all
suspected foreigners on, of the country ::
and the conduct Of the French exiles in
every country, where they have been sui-
fered to reside, has not been such as TO
entltle them TO any great degree of lenity.
Gen. Courtyard, abide camp 10 Napo-
leon, has left st. Helena, and arrived i'm
England. quarrel with Gen. Moniho-
Ion SemOnYIlle, another aid, was the oc-
casion Of lis departure. Bonaparte ne
remptOrliy forbade The quarrel being set
tied by duel. The followers of Bona
parties fortune are, one by one, like leaves
in autumn, dropping of, and everv one
trumps up some excuse for his desertion.
or commits some act which compeIs the
authorities at ST. Helena TO Danish him.
OF all his train we believe that none but
the Bertrands and Monlholons remain
with him and The two latter will proba-
bly, soon ind an excuse 10 leave the bar
rem rock of their voluntary seclnsion: and
return TO the polished enioyments of Eu-
rope. The BertrandS are personally at
tached to him and they may possibly
hold out year or two longer.
BOnaparte, at the last date, still contin-
ued in a sour mood, took no exercise, aud
refused TO receive any visitors.
The following letter from our attentive
correspondent, speaks for itself. aurora.
(COPY.)
g Wdd,Td, Nay 6, 1918.
g" Some time before my departure from
the United States, publication appear.
ed III several of our papers, which then
excited little interest, not being consider
ed entitled 10 any degree ofcredit: il was
intimate" That party existed here in the
most elevated stations, favorable TO the
patriot cause, considering tie indepen-
dence OF South America, The only means
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