Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-02-20

us in'O u'C Eas.a tiCiJ II y rjSyy. t.iAc In.
iish origs stove in their steIps.
:" At Bootle Bay, place well known to all
traders here, II briggs and ships ran ashore, a.
mong them the Mercury of Boston, since got
on; INC Beiyidcre, of Baltimore, lies now high
ana cry, oat expects to get off, though with
piuch oh.ase; these were the only two Amc-
r!cahs. Accounts arrive daily of the destructi-
on on the neishbouring coast-rcly uron it has
been immense.
As respects the state of Europe. YOU wildly
.''c 'a'e arrivals nave been infoi med Of the move
inents In rance and the conduct of the Kino, of
Spain. England appears OH the alert and ,l..r,,
is report that France viii aid Spain in order TO
recover her South American possessiops.-An
immense fleet Is fitting out at the several docI-
yards, Plymouth, Portsmouth, sc. In all no,tr
OF the kingdom thcy are recruiting and il is 'ybs,
pered, by the knowing ones that imrress,nen,s
VIII soon take place. l see nothing in the ma
PeIs, nor do here any thing ofthe Greeks and
Turks. "'i'i
"Thc United States haveit in contemplation,
lsays the Editor of the Mercury to purchase
the Canadas, hut, says he, although they suc.
ceeded IN purchasing the Florias from ;,puo-
'e'fshea spain, we are confident they will never
get the Canades, at least for E.cncUn
Inc London Courier says, &c we understand.
hotice has been given 10 the Army Surgeons
anu !Ass.stant surgeons ON half pay, that tlcir
services arc h'ciy TO be soon re1rired.p This
ting ont in England, has somo active dcs,;n,,;n,
LONDON, December 19.-Priyate accm,nts
IRON Madrid state that the struggle bet,vc,, H.,
eccicsiashcai and foreign parties at Court h,s
reached ITS height. The recent aupontnont Sr
the new ministry was effected, as We ycste,,l,,,
stated alta moment when the French influence
, p@ oplalned a temporary ascendancy but the
efforts OF the clergy have been since unremittnm
d 1t Is imagined that the new ministers v;,J net
long be able to retain their places The colam;-
tous state oftlc country at once creates an nd
position to retain Office in the holders. and fac;,;-
tics IN asplrants to turn out the occupicrs. In
this struggle,-amidst these changes there ;s ono
source OF qualification that the unsettled cond;
ionof the Spanish Government, must throw,
serious obstacles in the way Of any combinat;ors
for the reconqucst of their e,nancipated colo
mes. AT this Crisis time is precious for Soutb
America. 3'h
CRY, Ttoo o'ciocs.-Thcrc has been LITTLE do,
ing In the money market this mornine. Snan;sh
BONDS have been particularly fiat, owing TO the
arrival OF Tuesdays price from Paris at 90 Id :.
ana IL Is SAID, of Wednesdays, by Exprcss 81
~ I'D. 1T IS very evident, from this circum-
stance, that the opinion in tie French capitaI>
relative to the visit of Mr.. Rothschild. is NOT IA
voraoic TO The idea of negotiation for a new
ol'""i'i iLo'ii' IriVatc letters state that Mr.
H. has had an interview with two of the F,,on,I
Cabinet Ministers, but it was NOT snnnosad -,
have forts object conference on the sil5icct of
I rench Loan, which was for some time talked
OF. The financial affairs of Austria are II ;s
saiu, the peculiar business of Mr.. Rothschid in
his present trip but ii is more than prols,ble
even If that be the case that he will take adv,n'
.age OF this opportunity TO obtain some decisive
Information respecting the Loans of the Span;sb
oil 49,
oortes' an that ls-certainl that some Loan is
IN immediate contemplation, as more than 400
600 ounces of silver have been exported tn tho
continent by Capitalists, within the last fort
night. W have no more of the promised am.
nesly. III seems that Ferdinand has rc{nsel IN
grant II, Notwithstanding the intercession of his
Queen, woman ofsuperor character. and do,
cldcdly opposed to the present wretched svsto.,
OF government. 1t is not generally known that
me queen OF Spain took n leading part in ro-
hGcs on her first arrival in that country, for
winch she was severely ccnsurcd by Ferdinand.
Some letters ascribed to her pen were published
IN Pars about six months ago, and excited
great interest They paint the character of
Ferdinand IN the best possible colours. as p;orit
be expected, but condemn his bigoted adviser,
without much ceremony.
Aprivate letter from Madrid observes ,,,,+
the 10000 French who remain in Snain s,o
nothing to do in the interior, they only garrison
inc Piaces given up to them, and afford
no protection charlottesville Convention
agreed upon is, that the French Government
pay their own troops the peace establishment
ana the 'spius," or difference between thatond
the war establishment, to be paid by Spain. II
IS added that the Asia, San Pablo, frieate,
ana TWO sloops, are preparing for Lima and
that what little was In the treasury must b,yo
been employed in the equipment. for at present
there Is not real and the drafts upon it besides
for the "plus' of the &C, 900 Frcnohnen. tbrev
every other department into disorder.
Accounts from Holland and HamburrI, state
that there has been series ofdisastrons ,ee,tbn,
on the coast OF Holland and Hamburger. andtl,at
number OF vessels, many of which, had vaIuo
bic cargoes, had been driven ashore at different
lost. Va 'o''"'
LONDON, Dec. 21.--Thc consequences oftI;s
country's permitting France unrnoIcstcd 10
overrun Spain, are rapidly unfolding themselves.
and it is very clear chat the British Cabinet i
now, and with reason, beginning. TO exhibit con-
siderable alarm. There can be little question
that permanent, and not TEMPORARY occupa.
ton OF Spain, was from the first in the confem-
Piation OF the BoURBoNs, and they are now ia
KING the direct measures to that effect. The
french Governments we learn, is to leave 10. 400
men In the peninsula, and with that force thew
are to occupy, for time not specified, not onlv
the Inc OF fortresses along the Pyrenees, bu, The
most important commercial towns along both tI,e
Atantic& Mediterranean coasts ST Sebastian
parnpeuna, Santona, Figueras Barcelona. Tar.
ragona, viii all be garrisoned by Frenchrnep.
and the ports of Ferrol, CoruDna, Cadiz. NAL
aga, Carthagena, Alicant, and Valencia. will
likewise have French garrisons. Thus our mer-