The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-04-18
From The .Nc,o York .1meyican, .1prit ;.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

! Bv the arrival this afternoon of the Co
Inmbia, captain Rogers, in 20 days from
| Liverpool, the editor of the New York
American has received his regular files Of
London papers IL the 5th, Liverpool To- the
| 18th of March, with Lloyd's Lists and the
London ncw price current To the 5ih of
March, from which we hastily sketch the
following brief summary of events since
our last previous adyices
GREAT BRITAIN.
In the House Of Lords on the 24ih Feb.
the Marquis Of Lansdowne put To the Earl
of Liverpool as minister, the question whe-
Their the prospects IN the west of Europe
continued to exist in The same degree as IT
the commencement of the session, and
whether any expectation at all Was enter.
tanned by the government that conflict
could BE- avoided
The Earl of Liverpool replied by depre-
eating any premature enquiry as To whe-
tier matters had or bad not yet come to
that pass, which made the preservation OF
peace absolutely impossible. lie further
stated however, that other circumstances
hfd very recently occurred, which made
hun silll more strenuOusly oppose any dis
cusslon Of the existing relations between
Fame aud Spain.
The Marquis followed up his inquiry by
asking whether the British government
remained uns.aeklrd as to the part it might
lake IN the event ola war to winch the
Earl replied by a general affirmative.
In the House of Commons ON the 28th
of Feb. Nr Bronsham put 10 Mr. Gaining
Ihn ott.afInn IA b.,t I
Well g'on at the conferences at Verona
expressed TIT opinion of the British gov
eminent that the measures of precauton
adopted on the Spanish frontier were not
objection
Nj. { nningin reply intimated tibet the
concessions alIudcdto by VI. Chsteauhriand
were 9arblcd trom long paper presented
by the Duke and in the course of his
observations Mr.. e. observed thatLthc
hopes hitherto entertained by government
of al instiug the differences hati considera-
bly, diminished, although they were not
entirely destroyed
From these circumstances, connected
withthe uniformimprcssion " hich evident
~ exists ia England together with the still
more uneqnivocas indications developed in
France aud Spain, we are led to believe
that WAR is inevitable, although it was
not known in London To have been declar-
ed down to the evening of the Ain March.
Strong efforts are undoubtedly making be-
TIE Brlti'h Ministry TO avert it 1t is pos.
Sibte they may BIZ successful, hut il is eyi-
dent, from the reply of Mr.. Canning, that
no well grounded expectations were enter
famed by the British Cabinet.
The Courier of Tuesday evening, March
1,says The English funds have great
! trrdency 10 advance. There has been no
political news since Saturday, and in con.
sequence there has been an advance of one
aud a half per cent in Consols. Attwelvv
o'clock to-day, Isl Q. All Foreign Se"u-
ties are steady this morning. Spanish
''onds 90. There are no arrivals from
France, owing, no doubt To the stormy
weather.
Mr.. Hume stated in the House of Com
mons, on the 25th February, that the annu-
al expense Ia the government of q. Britain
Of retaining the Canadas, exclusive Of the
venue collected from them, was no less
than f35f,72l sterling, or SI,574,9GI.
A Mr.. William Bullock, who has left
England for Mexico, is said to have inv,n
ted fire ball, which can be thrown a dis
lance of 800 yards, and at once ignite the
sail of vessel.
FRANCE.
| The French government has resolved 10
| publish no manifesto or declaration of war
| against Spain. Papers of thus kind, says
the correspondent of the Times, especially
If they contain promises OF engagements,
are dangerous things they are apt to be
remembered when they s1ould be forgot
ten. Besides, when M good reason can be
givenfor an undertaking, it is well to give
no reason at all
We give the following extracts from a
spcechof NJ. Viilele, minister of finance, ia
the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday the
24th of Feb. II is ola character 10 repress
the faintest hope Of peace. Our limits
will not enable us To give the speech en-
tire:
The hon. speaker whom | have followed
did me justice when he said, the president
of the council of ministers would wish to
preserve peace,s to avoid WAT. He had
no needto speak of Il minister; ne had on
Fl to refer tothe sentiments of the monarch
tn be certain that no minister could remain
IN Office, had he given couns,is such az we
are at this moment supposed TO have fol-
lowed that Is 10 say, To advise an unjust
war; a war which, in The situation OF our
country, we could not avoid (Again an
expression 81 appreciation on the right. -
Yes, and have already declared from this
tribune, IN the secret committee, that il is
with regret; II is only because honor and
T a..