Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-10

Aod suii ioverer glow, when they circle The tomb
The sunbeam Of love may he clouded by sorrow,
Aad dark bc the splender Of beauty awhile
iet life, from aitlicliou, from asre shall borrow
andthe day.siar OF peace IA new ioveiiuess siIie.
Yes, friendship shall ever ahlctioa make lighter,
Aha warm tie duh culieui, that flows round the
Like the meteor, which blales still brighter & brighter
h'e 1t, lost IN The mid way OF heaven. departl
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f1reaer extracts Jr0m GrSt EnstiSh pdpe5S
LONDON. Oct 27.-rhe following letter has
eeem addressed TO the Editor Of" The Times,
BANK OF THE UNITED STATEN
SIR have read with some surprise. in vour
paper or yesterday, your comment, on The fact
mat the mother or central Bank OF the United
2Idies ma, refused TO take the paper of some Of
ITS branches, and that some OF TN. branch
DanSs, like thstof NewYork, have.refused To
lake tie paper OF other branch-banks which
iacts you consider as proof that the national
'nst.tntiOn mentioned is either actually bank
iuPt, OF on the verge of bankruptcy far
theI investigation OF the subject wouli howe
yer cause you 10 discover
i. That The occurrence is not new one :.
out .hat the tate Bank of the United States an
fhsttu'ion which deservedly eujoved the hi an
est credit 10 The last inoirent OF iis ,x;steurp
also was m the habit of occasionally refusing to
take tse notes otits branches. That the mea.
S s originates, not from any want of coufi
dehce IN the s0lidity OF the respective institu.
nons, nut u Is tile natural result of the areat
eA'sni ut tue country. The United States of
tNther'cd he not, as you well know. within the
thousand
hnhdred miles, like Great Britain Il single
one OF their inland lakes covering a greater
surface tian this.-Ihoy are, on the contrary
Hofe extensive than the Continent of Europe ::
s''u as al acuVe commerce subsists between
tte inherent portions of The Commonwealth
thefe naturally Will arise, from time 10 time
'o'nriercIai balances he ~ cen them which, no,
admitting ofiiquidaiOn, except by the trans
a 'ss.o' Oh specie cause there, as ia Europe,
nhs'nstion IN the exchanges, which mast affect
the Local bank notes as well AZ bills of OK
chahge and the notes of banks al great dis
rance. though convertible into specie where
49, mere Issued, VIII on that account, he
sometimes at a discount, whilst at other times
t"ey VIII pear premium. When the former
IL me Case, the centre bank as well as many
p,ner banks, will refuse 10 take such notes
chso'n Ne an accumulation of them IN their
S"ctsi WOULD cause Inconvenience aud loss.
MS hHctuation i'm the value OF bank paper
~uu eva'e other embarrassing circumstances
ARISING from the same cause, which will be
lei. III progress of time. might have bees
avoided, ~ the notes OF the branches and in
general all country banks, instead of being
convertible INTO specie, had been rendcred (as
they are nere) convertible into national bank
notes The hitter would then have become
universal medium OF circulation, affortiing the
facility OF lqudaiing such commercial ba.
ia9ce as having Just been mentioned without
e eHpence and trouble.
Az your assertion respecting the actual or
Impending bankruptcy ofthe bank ct the Unit.
Ell States might affect the credit of that insti
tutloi, and oi course the property of many in.
osIi1nais who hold shares of the institution
,o an ven as in otatT paris OF Europe, Hat.
Ter myself that you will not refuse these cx p!a.
ha'ory rem&tks a place in your paper, aud
remain respectfully, your obedicnt servant.
EB.
AK la CHAPELLe, October I0,-Though a
little indisposed the emperor Alexander has
not been tor day prevented from attending
10 business. lie last night honCred Mr.. Clark
tho .I.k,.. . - r
abolition Of The slave trade, will, an audience
OF upwards OF all hour. This honour was the
more striking, as Mr.. CIarkson, we under
STAND, appears here without any commission
from the African institution, or from anv other
BODY OF men whatever, and without any con-
neciion with the English government. but
merely as an individual using his personal eff
Iorts 10 promote cause TO which the best part
Of MS valuable life has been devoted Being
personally known 10 the emperor Alexander,
anu havnsa full confidence i'm his openly ex.
pressed zeal TO secure the abolition, he antici-
paies some advantage to the cause from per-
sonal interview and kind of friendly cOmmu-
nIcation, although he had no doubt of the dis
position of the British minister At tile congress,
10 eSert ms best eHdeavOuTs TO promote the
ohect Witch lie has so much at ieart.
lie present state of the Slave Trade cues
non IS generally known. All the powers of
kurope have already abolished it, except
SPAN aud Portugal. The former has already
aeohshed Il north OF the line, and has entered
,''p CONVENTION 10 dJOllsn ~ S0utH OF the line
in May, 1929 the latter has abolished IL north
OF The line, but has as yet fixed no definite
period for IFS abolition south of the line. The
object OF The ab0iiionisis, aud HAT which Mi
CiIiksOn wished particularly to impress upon
Tie Emperor Alexander, isto procure from The
latter power, a Limitation of the trade in point
OF time, similar To that agreed upon by the
former In addition 10 the universal prOlibi.
lion of The trade, they are anxious that, for
us more complete prevention IL should be de
Giared piracy. These Two objects Mr.. ClarksOn
represented 10 Alexander, aud we are assured
that the result Of the interview was highly
gratifying 10 all the friends OF humanity his
Imperial majesty having listened TO tile details
with the most mpaihising interest fully
entered INTO the policy recommended, aud
promised Isis most cordial and etficacious sup
port.
POLAR EXPEDITION.
On Thursday se'nrighi, MIR. Fisher. an off
Ger belonging TO the DoTsibea, captain Buchan
arrived at the Admiralty with dispatches
announcing he return Of that ship aud hel
censort, the Trent SlOOp, from tile Arctic seas
II appears that the highest latitude the ship
ever obtained, was about 50 30, longitude 4
east. They attempted proceeding TO th
westward, but as 10 the case of captain Phipp
in tlic Race.horsc, in 1873, they tOuud an dIps
netrabie barrier Office. Tie ships prOceeae
neatly over Tue same space as captain Phipp
did, and met with similar inipedimenfs a
experienced by that officer The DOroiho
aud the Trent are on their lay to DeptfOrC
They arrived ON Thursday se'nniglIt ia Scar
borough ROADS. We are sorry TO learn, tina
one of the SHIPS has sustained considerable
damage, having been caught between tvs
floating ice-bergs. The collision of which was 5
great, dat she was lifted completely out of III