Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-11-27
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FOREIGN NEWS.

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letter from Brussels. DAT 30th Scpten-
her says the King of England attended the
iheatse oh the ding evening The house
was elegantly decorated. Tn, King entered
the box, accompanied b. the King (. Queen
OF The Netherlands. Thc PRINCE and Princess
OF Orange appeared in the royal box.-'rhe
Duke of Wcl'ip: ton and the Narqriis of Lon
d9nderfy, with Other Distinguished persanages,
sat under the royal canopy. The dresses ut
the royal and other persons is represented IS
most splendid. particularly the ladies who
gliitored with diamonds to such degree. thar
= was difficult to look at them withoat hsiag
blinded by thei" lustrc. The Marquis Of CO.
yn5ham, sitting in the ambassadors box, re-
iated an anec''"tr which appears tn have caus-
ed great divs'Scu. and particularly ia the
| King. The Marquis in travelling from Calais
to i.isie, was taken for the King, and the n,oh
| followed IN such Numbers as to make his stu,
alton quite embarrassing. &" What, Convng-
ham, sad his Majesty, F." have YOU not vet
learned TO play the king Bow to them, man,
as | would"
| A pastoral letter from the Patriarch of the
Greek communion. was, on the 10Th cr Au-
gust, read in all the Greek churches in Con-
stantinorle, assuring the Greek community nf
the protection of the government and al tn.
same time, recommending pcaceaole conduct.
The Greek fleet is said, in Il continental pa
per, to consist of $50 vessels, carrying from 10
to 40 guns OF great number having fever
than 10 and of 500 which are armed from
two TO five guns. The larger class of vessels
are divided into four squadrons The first
crulzes AT the mouth of the Dardanelles: the
second is stationed near the Cyclades th,.
third protects the isle of Hydra, SpeZba, and
Psara and the fourth is in the Ionan sea.
| On the 4th, Mir. Grccn ascended at Brigh
ton IN his Coronation Balloon. in presence of
$4,000 people. His balloon went out TO sea.
aud was picked up about I miles from Sea
! fort.
On the 9th Sept. Mademoise.!e Cecilia as
cended in IA balloon at Marscillrs, which had
NEARLY proved fatal o this intripid heroine
The balloon struck against mast in lis ascent,
and threw her against balcony,by which
she received n confusion on her side. She
eXtrcated herself with great presence of
mind, and assembled 10 the height OF 300 toi-
SEES.
gentleman has arrived in London, de.
pa;cd by the coIOured inhabitants OF the Island
OF Antigua, to petition his Majesty to place
them on the same footing as the whites
The floating chapel for seamen, At Hull,
was opened on the Sd of Oct. by the Rev
Dr. Ratiie5.-Thc Dr's text was from Isaiah.
Goth chap part of 9Th verse.
| A great reduction is aboui to take Place il,
the establishment Of the Bank ofEngland.-
The number of clerks to- be discharged is stat
ed To be l25, The cause assigned by the Di-
rectors, is the general falling of of the bu-
siness of the bank
Prices Of Stocks an London-TIree per
Cent. Consols 77a-Do. for Account III.
French funds, Oct Five. per Cents SSf
50 c.-Bank Stock, 1906
SrAIN.-Thc yellow fever which has far
some Time prevailed in Catalonia has ey
tended 20 Arragon. 1t has also committed
great rayages at Tortosa, Mequenxa and Fra
ga; the last town in only two days Journey
from Saragossa. Great alarm existed al the
latter place, and many families had left the
| town.
The French papers state that dreadful,
epid mic has broken ont at Marsci q and
Barreloea. Five phy sicians had been sent
by the French government to ascertain the
nature of the disease.
Intelligence from Madrid to the 18th OF
sept states that fresh disturbances had taken
place TINT day. A proclamation was issued
by j. Martinez San Martin, superior political
chief forbiddng the parading through the
stress the portrait of Ger. Don Raphael RE
go, and suspending the assembling OF the club
Fontana dOro. The troops were called out
to enforce re@pect TO the public authOrfi -
In despite of the proclamation, a large por
trait of Riego was displayed, ciowned with
palm branches, and borne by mcn Will, laurel
IN their hats, and accompanied by a crowd
with lighted torches. A battalion Of the ma
tlonal militia drew TIP in front of the Club
Fontana.-Thr club vas closed, though The
orators fought desperately. Several persons
had been arrested, among whom were some
iTenchmen, VINO were exciting 10 a reyoIu-
ton Several persons had been seized and
imprisoned at SaragOssa. Gen. Rieg0 had
been seized at Lcrida. Gen. Morillo has re-
sumed his command as captain general.
Geo. Don Miguel Alaya has been appointed
by the king provisional cOmmandant-
Of Saragossn, in The place of Gen. Riego.
.APPiicIioD CfHe COpgreUe R0cket a., fIf
ioiaie fsherieS.-qhe ship Fame has return
ed to Hull, and Capt ScOresby has confirm.
ed all TINT was stated in bis letter Of the 9th
of juno inserted in our paper of the 26th Ju-
= ", respecting the important advantages TO be
derived from the use of the rocket in the
whale fishery.
The Fame has brought home nine fish, nm
the capture Of the whole Of which the rock
els were successfully employed After bring
struck by the rocket. the largest Whale be-
came an easy prey 20 its puT9utrs In one
T case, instant death was produced by SINGLE
rocket, and IN all cases the speed was much
diminished, and its power ofsinking limited
to three or four (athoms
One of the largest fnuprs, Of 100 feet IN
length, aspecies of fish seldom attacked bv
the ordinary means, and of the capture Of
b winch there is scarcely an instance on record,
e IN the northern seas, was immediately tanned
by discharge Of rockets, 50 that The boats O
vertOok and surrounded IL with case
Six out Of tha nne fish died in less than is
minutes and five out Of the number took out
| M limo af all Oup only s,rr,-i,,d ,.c..-f,. g..