Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-01-05
FOREIGN.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
NEW YORK. DEc 9

NEW YORK, DEC. "a.
The British sloop of war Hind, which ar
| rived here on Tuesday, sailed from Yarmouel
England, on the IL November. The edi'
tors of the Mercantile Advertiser have been
favored with the London Courier of the 9Th.
9Th, and 10Th of that month, being the only
papers she brought. They are week later
than before received.
The Hind, belonging 20 the squadron which
conveyed che king OF England from the con.
tinent, and tcw hours after she was landed.
received orders TO proceed TO this port. The
OBJECT of her visit not known till ye.ter-
day morning, when IL Came out, that she was
dispatched in pursuit of British Officer " bo
had lad from England with large sum of
money belonging to The government. The
delinquent, 1t Is said was purser in the Bri.
tith Navy, and was entrusted with from
twenty to thirty thousand pounds sterling for
the purpose of pa. ing off certain crews. with
the whole of whicb he made off, and arrived
here a few days since in the Comet, from
London, having passed himself of a. gen
t,ema0 of fortune.
Capt. Burroughs reached here On Tuesday
afternoon, and in short time, with the aid
OF our police officers, secured the person he
was in search OF, and had thu good fortune 10
OBTAIN nearly the whole Of the mooey-it i.
said to the amount of 10000 pounds STIRRING,
The King OF England arrived in Lcndon
on the Sth, from his excursion TO the Cnnli.
nent, much improved in health. ghs Park
and Tower guns were fired on his arrival.
The British stocks remained stationary,
There appears, says The CuDriet. no political
event against The advance. The reports re-
speeding Russia and Turkey must subsjde for
six months at least, and before that time !, i,
probable the differences vii! be adjusted -
We calculate on great advance in the
stocks, on account of the great increase of
the re'enue, the savings Of The dividends.
two or three millions OF which are annually re-
invested, and because the commissioner for
the reduction of the public de5t, purchase
soor days IN week, nearly 40 ,O0Ol Of stock
which makes il scarce in market Itjspro
bnble, also that the Bank will soon discuun,
vt -four per cent-eud tbs. a great finance
n easure will 500 he adopted of paving the
FIVE and four per cent stocks.
AdvirSs from the discovery ships bad reach
ed EnS,Nn6, dated at Hud sous Straip hts
Juy 18th: they had beer enclosed in the Zee
and >dvance,t only 20 miles since the trans.
port lief, them IN the 1T. They had, howe.
yer, been visited with heavy rains, and ex,
pected snon TO be IiNsra'ed from the ice.
The se,sio, Of the French Chan. bers was
opened on the 5th NoSember, by speech
lations between Foreign po"'er' have never
ceased TO be amica5ic, and expresses C conf
dent belief that they will contirTe so. lie
coDgTatUlates the Chambers on the prosperi.
~ of The finances, and the happy state Of or.
der and discipline which prevails throughout
France. On the war between the Turks, be
remarks:
'Grea, calamIiies affl ,Ct the East. Let Us
hope that they approach their termination,
ana that the rTnd"Hce end cordslity OF all
the Powers Will find the means Of satisfying
what religion, policy, and humanity may
Justly demand
The Madrid date. are to Oct. 97,h. The
Courier represents the affairs of Spain in an
unf4vorable light. The royal family, il i,
said, on arriving al the Escurial, could not
obtain lodging; the municipality having re-
fused, sconiOrmaby to the constitution, TO
grant sby lodging bieis, the political chief
was obliged to interfere TO prooure them &C.
commodvtIpDs. Eight Of The par.izsns Of
Lal:ivsr we're shot at Seville, on the 18Th.
The Minister Of Finance had got into dis
grace, ard, it vas expected, would be dis.
missed, on account Of The manner in which
he contracted the loan at Paris.
The fever vas fast subsiding q. Barcelona
and other places.
Paris Nov. 1.-The last sdsices from Con.
sisounople confirm the former accounts thst
Persia had commenced hostile movements a.
galDst the Pore One Of the sons Of the Sheh
had marched against the Pachalik Of Bagdad,
18th foTce Of $1,000 men.