The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-04-07
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LATEST FROq ENGLAND.


brings papers to the 25,h Feb. Though oil
much later date than our previously received
accounts, from any par, of Europe, they fur
nish but little intelligence of general interest
We 10 not observe a wosd in them, relating
10 American affairs not even ON the subIee.
of Arbulhnot and Amoristcr's execution.
The election OF member 10 Parliament, to-
Westminster, 10 supply the place OF Ser Sam
uel Romlly, was going on with much spirit
the principal candidates were the Hon. u
Lamb, and M. Hobhouse, the latter gentle.
Inan supported by Sir L. Busdill the votes
on The 7ih day were ior Mr.. Lamb, 1924
for NJ. Hobhouse, 1893.
The subject Of restricting cash payments
from the Back Of England, 10 a further per-
iod and respecting The criminal code OF
laws and also those relating to the psor, and
the preservation Of game, were before Par
lisment.
Tue coronation of Louis XVlIIh 10 10
take place al Paris, 5tb Aug. the day. Of As
sumption, and the day on which Bonapa're
was crowned Emperor OF the French
A bill was brought into Parliament by ,nc
Attorney General to abolish'sppeaIs OF ~u
der, felony, S<c. by wager OF tial by battle
Private letters from Hanover staie, thar
the Dutchess Of Clarence is so far advanced
10 a state that promises an heir 10 the throne,
il Is not deemed advisable that she should
encounter the iatigues and danger OF jour
ney TO England at this inclement season OF
the year.
VI Beizoni, an eminent Italian scholar,
has made tour IN Egypt Palestine, Syria,
and Troy and at tho date Of his last letter,
was ., Theoes, ioN Upper Egyp', pursuing
his researches with activity. He promises
on MS return 10 Eogiand, to publish his
travels
The Paris papers say, that young French
traveller, nephew to the Ex- Minister Mailien,
hsd succeeded in reaching Tombuc,oo, by
the vsy Of Senagal that leuers bad been re-
ceg"j from him, announcing the evont OF bis
res suce, n nat celebrated town before un-
T. s, % Europeans A.; ard which the unfo =
tung.s Mango Park twice attempted to reach.
Louis XVIllth hath been riously iDdl'
posed /; out was recovering. While conhn-
cd, there were reports spread Of his death ;
sod certain circles Of eminent personsgcs,
r were ,hrouged every night.
y 10000 persons died in Bengal, during
the ,,st session, of the choIora morbus.
Mercantile embarrassments continued TO
exist to an alarming degree 10 London. Liv-
erpool, &c.
Mr.. Rush, the American minister, gave o
grand entertain mcn,, at his house, on The
22d Feb. In honor of tho birth day ot WASH
ingtop. Several other entertainments were
given, by me Americ An residents in London,
on tho same occasion.
Reqpords foy Discoveries, snr. IN the .frchc
Region,-By an act passed IN the 18Th Of
King George II. a sun Of 30 0oo was pro.
vided for ,he owners of any ship that should
Arst find oui, md sail through north ives,
passage f,om Hudson's Bay to tho Western
ard Soulhetn Oceans of America and in the
l6th of the Kog, the rewa,d was extended
to the Discovery Of northwest passage by
Sea between the Atlantic sod Pacific Oceans,
Ans or he 6's, epprosch, by sea, within one
d,erso OF tho North Pole.r-rhese acts are
now capealed; and by a new &c, Of last ses-
sion, 1919, the yeward Of 30 oool. 10 given
f. discovering a passage, 10y sea, between
the A,anuc and PAc'ic Oceans md TO those
VINO shall 6rs, approach, within one degree Of
the pole,a reward Of 5,oo0l. And to on.
courage attempts which may not be accom-
phi bed, q p rsportiona,e reward may be award.
Cd oy the CON ,n,ssioncrs for Discovery Of
the Longitude, who arc TO be guided in their
judgmen, by the inspection Of tho ships pa
pers, and tue Privy Council arc to direct the
proportions of the rew,rd Lon. hahtv.
I, appears, bya Stockholm article In the
Cesnan mai, Of ycstetd y, tha, arraek and
wines are no longer prob bitsd IN The Swe.
dish ports but that they reman subject TO
double duucs, so long as existing impos,s
continue payable on Swedish produce in Ger.
tain foreign countries. TIE accounts both
from Sweden and Norway, exhibit the unex.
Ampled fact, that down to the beginning OF
the present month, there has been neither
fros, nor snow in these remote and hitherto
inhospitablo regions; but that the primrose
y blossom and the goosebsrry ,rces arc green
under the s9th degree Of lau,ude,--I is cur
ious enough, that the mildoess OF the weather
should be iamented asa hindrance to the or.
dina communications and necessary 5usi-
me- Nsthe winter season yet, 10 Sweden, IL
s,ems that iroo orc cannot be conveyed I,
the forgcs; and, in Russia, the usual me-.
ehandsze hardly finds ils way from the inter.