Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-09-04
FOREiG%.
NEW-YoRK, JULY 81

The British stocks continued i'll fluc
tuating state. On the lth omnium
commenced at premium of a quarter
per cent. and in the course of the morn
ing fell to a quarter per cent discount.
The British throne is furnished with
another presumptye heir, in the birth
of son of the duchess of Cumberland.
This event took place at Berlin on the
9th of May.
1t is stated that the princess of Wales
has sold her elegant seat on the banks
of the lake Como to the duke of Torli-
no, and has gone to Rome to pass the
summer.
Advices from the Cape of Good Hope
down to the close Of March, state that
the disturbances in that quarter were
becoming more alarming, and that all
the inhabitants who were capable of
bearing arms, were ordered to Join the
military forces.
The British government has raised a
new loan Of t7veive millions. Messrs.
Rothschild & Co. having bid 62l. l9s.
Sd. obtained the loan. The other bid
ders were, Reid, Irving, & Co. 65l. los.
and by Ricardo * Co. 65l. IS. and cd.
One of the papers mentions, that Sir
S. Shepherd is shortly to leave the office
of attorney general and to be appointed
chief baron of Scotland that sir r.
Clifford, now solicitor general, is to be
appointed attorney general, and that Ser
geant Coploy is to succeed to the office
of solicitor general.
Some disturbance, it is said, prevails
at Carlisle among the weavers. Many
of them had turned out for higher wages
1t appears that the plague had reached
Malta, and that several persons have be-
come its victims.
1t is said that {. in the French-tham-
Der Of deputies, M. de Villevequc lately
expressed his wish that Hayti might be
restored to its ancient dynasty; and con-
tended that naval blockade would awe
those arrogant chiefs" who were hos
tile to the measure. The minister oil
marine replied, that the pending nego-
Citations with st. Domingo were of so
delicate character, that they ought to
be cautious Of interfering with them"
LIVERPOOL, JUNE -.
Don Onis, the late Spanish minister at
the court of Washington, and suite, ar
rived here on Wednesday last in the
James Monroe, from New-Y York. Lady
Selklrk, Mr.. Parish, the celebrated mer-
chant and banker of Hamburger, and
other distinguished persons, also came
passengers III the ssnle vessel. Lady
Selkirk left town Oh Sunday morning for
London.
PARIS, JUNE E.
A letter from Marseilles, dated the
Goth ult. conveys the pleasing news that
the plague, which appeared on board
ship under quarantine in that port, has
entirely disappeared.
WEYMOUTH, JUNE s.
The Boxer, Humphreys, from Havre
for New-Yor and Baltimore, with dry
goods and passengers, was brought into
our roads by fishing boat, in disabled
state, having been run down by large
vessel, about ten leagues abreast of this |
port, with the loss of her main mast and
the whole of her after rigging, sails, and
yards, her larboard quarter cut down to
the waters edge, her rails and staunch-
ions swept away. The wreck was obliged
to be cut away, to prevent the ship from
going down. The captains brother went
overheard with the mainmast, and was
drowned. The vessel that ran foul of
the Boxer, carried away her bowsprit
and top gallant mast; part Of her figure
head is NOW on hoard Tho MAJ, Of II, |
helm was asleep when she was hailed
by captain Humphreys and the passcn-
gers, ten minutes before she ran foul ofl
the Boxer.
ST. PETERsBURGH, MAY Is.
The port OF Cronstadt is entirely free
from ice; fifty ships have already enter
ed the harbor, thirteen of which are
loaded with the productions of the south.
Many persons who pretend to be well
informed, continue to assert, that our
august sovereign has returned letter
addressed to him by king Charles John,
(Bernadotte) unopened, the contents of
which, being known by duplicate, were
at variance with acknowledged forms,
and might have been seriously offensive
to the feelings of our monarch.
STOCKHOLM, MAY "a.
If we may credit the rumors in circu-
lation, considerable body of troops is
assembling in the environs of Peters
burgh. With regard to our own militia
ry establishment, it is at its effective
height, and we cannot see how it can be |
AUGMENTED. 1t is said that in Denmark |