The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-07-09

isfactory conclusion TO the business"
The whole Of this passage has an evil
dent bearing towards state of fittings that
will lead 10 general war and an alliance
between England and Spain.
1t is stated in, the French papers, that
Oviedo, the capital of Austurias, has sent
IN its submission to the generalissmo,
the duke d'Angouleme.)
A letter from Lausanne, May q, is pub.
lished in the Brussels papers Of the 10th,
in which the writer states, that he fears
he shall be obliged to quit that town, as
.4usfria and Russio huve caused af1ili-
cation TO be made 10 the Cdntons for, the
Massage of an army through that country. !,
This demand, he says, "has been unani-
mously rejected. But / fear the neutrali-
ty Of Switzerland will not be respected,
and shall 1y, not to become Russian
or an Austrian" The fact of such q
demand having been made was doubted
at Antwerp. tor two reasons Ist, that
the French do not require any assistancei
and Cd, that had the demand been made,
Switzerland would not have had the en-
ergy to refuse it.
The news OF the attempt Of Russia, 10
assert upon an American vessel, the ex-
traoi binary claim advanced by that gov
erDment relative to the North West coast
OF America, had reached London, where
1t produced some excitement. The sub
ject was Immediately brought before
parliament by sir James Macintosh -
but Mr.. Canning replied that they had
no other late Information than that re-
published IN England from the A merican
papers. The Russian claim is saic to
embrace six degrees Of the coast which
has long been in the possession of the
North West company. The tone of the
British government is decided They
'qpW neither submit to the claim, nor 10
the frinci1ie Of national maritime kagy
ATTEMPTED 20 be established HE pro-
test under the administration Of the late
marquis OF Londonderry, bad been re-
peated al the congress Of Verona; and
negotiations are still pending, and in ac>
tivity, at the court of ST. Petersburgh.
Marshal Souh's splendid collection of
pictures, are advertised for sale at Paris.
They are said to embrace the ckefd'
ores OF the great masters of every coun-
try. Thirty eight thousand POUNDS, are
asked for five pictures painted by Mu-
rilIo.-
The list division of the 5sd Light In
faDtry. now in Ireland, is ordered for
Halifax.
iMr. HuskIsson has announced the in
tention of ministers to put the trade be-
tween England and ireland upon the
same footing as between two English
ports.
The chancellor of the exchequer has
some measure in anticipation, which, it
is hoped will put stop to lotteries in
ENGLAND.
The Courier Of the 18th, says--@rhs
merchants of the city who have had pro.
perry seized in South America, by the
different insurgent governments, to an
immense amount, and from the various
C banges which have taken place, were
unableto retain any redress, are put into
the highest spirits by the orders which
have been transmitted to the British ad.
miral, sir Thomas Hardy, which are to
demand restitution of all property select,
without any exception. provided it can
be proved 10 belong to British subjects"
The Picton from Leghorn for England
was run foul of and sunk in the Mediter-
ranean, on the 18th Of April by the Con.
stltutlon, American frigate; the master
owner. London fiatier.