Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-09

PROJECT Tor euiorgiN8 uuu ucc1ehihS hhc Va
nal between Portsmouth and London.
Charles Kemble is reported to have engaged the
celebrated French ira gedian, alma, at an enormous
salary, for twelve nights, AN experiment--Tai-l
ma, it said, born in Dean-strcet, London but
left England ut a very early age. His pronuncia- |
ton of his native language has been considered |
most perfect.
Ellis,on has engaged Kcau % nights, at the rate
OF ,e48 night.
An English paper remarks that Miss Farren, now |
Countess of Derby; Miss Brunton. now Countess of
Craven, and Miss Bolton, now Lady Thurow by
their distinguished marriages and exemplary lives,
give indubitable testimony of the improved moral
character of the British Stage since the days of
King Charles the Second.
CAMPBELL, the Poet, has. written n Poem which
greatly appreciated in the higher literary circles
1t is entitled Rcuuru. Gas female name iii
Gaelic, it signifies 'beautiful star1 1t is of con-
siderable length, aud was to have appeared IN Lon
don about the 9Th October.
The Algcrines said To have h"ct at sea,
capturing all merchant vessels they fall in with.
The London papers announce tho return oi MIR.
Canning from Ireland, andsSir Charles Bagot late
Ambassador, from Petersburg.
In the account of MIR. SCHEFFERS experiment
of his Life Prcscrvcr the Thames, the following
passage appears :-"He carried u bottle of spirits
and glass in his hand, and was eminently applau-
ded by the mul,itudes in the vessels and on the
bridges" This is not very wonderful man
with a bottle of spirits and glass in his hand will
be admired by the m, ltitude throughout his Ma
jesty' dominions; and conceive no equipment
more decidedly popular.
Some weeks since, a nup,iai party assem-
bled the house of respectable gentleman III up
per Sackvillc street. Dublin, when scene ol rather
| an extraordinary nature occurred, whereby the
nuptials of the ''happy pair have been postponed
ad HJituni. The carriages We're III attendance IT.
convey the bridal pair and the company to church,
when an alteration took place hetween the bridei
elect and the bridegroom that was to he, which end
| III m through
and the rails front house, hallooed aud
pursued by crowd which the uproar had collect
ed. We understand the yonng lady has ten thou
sand pounds to her fortune.
| The Duke OF Sussex has the most stupemdous
| collection of theological works eXtant-bctween
90 and 10000 volumes. Among which there are
upwards OF $50 different editions of the Bible, and
il is reported his Royal Eahncss means bequcath
| the entire collection tn one of the Universities.
REMOVAL OF THE BODY OF LOUIS
XVlii. TO ST. DENIS.
PANS, Sept. 2l. :
The funeral of Louis XVIII. tool, place YES
erday morning. To describe it in few words
the spectacle was magnificent i'll the extreme.
| The char ftaneGre which bore the remains of
Louis was one mass OF gold, surnouated bv q
crown and the insignia of ROYALTY; the white
satin pail which covered the coffin was rci!l,
studded with ;Ie,srS-des- lis, elegantly enbroid-
cred, and the four corners were held up by the
| four Aimoners of his late Majesty.
Early III the morning the troops assembled i'm
the Carousel in ma ching order, and proceeded
| 10 take their stations in the streets Roman Ri
vol, and Castiglione. At quarter before 10,
| the Daupiin. tog ther with the Dukes of Or
leans and Bourbon, arrived at the Tu,erics.
| AT 10 O'Clock, the departure of the concoi 1.-THE
| processicn) was announced BY the discharge of
lUi pieces OF artillery from the Hotel DIES lnva-
lides. IL set out immediately, proceeding aIono
the Rue Rohau, Rivuli, Castiglione, Place Ven
dome, Rue de IA Pals, the Bouievarsls the Porte
md the Faubourg 81. Denis, to the Abbey.
I Aifer passing the barrier, the approach of the
! procession to st. Denis was announced every
five minutes by discharge of artillery disposed
on the road for that purpose.
The procession arrived opposite the Passage
de FOpcra at a few minutes before eleven
| o'clock; and such was its extended line. That il
was two hours In passing. The dav was cIoudy
and lowering; the whole funeral corps however,
arrived safe at ST. Denis, without any accident.
but uniuckiy, about half past three, violent
storm came ON, and the rain fell i'm torrents for
nearly half an hour. The whole of The ponu
laton OF Paris had been on the alert since day
| break the tops of the houses were lined: everr
window of every story was filled; the streets and
| the Boulevards were thronged with spectators
OF every descriptions chairs were srppiicd m y
bundanCe, but were not much in request: all
were on the move, and no one seemed TO care
for the honorrs OF sitting. 1t is calculated that
there were 10000 troops in the procession
When the ceremony was over, the regular troops
returned III order; but the ea,ies ,,etio7,aL who
are all honest tradesmen, returned to Paris ,s
they could-some in carts others in cabriolcts
coucus, stages, &c. The body of Louis XVIII
Will remain thirty days before the cercinopv of
interment takes place, which will furnish ano
ther jour dc fcte. Charles X. makes his entry
on Monday, in state The Theatres and Muse
lm are opened to the public to-day.
FUNERAL OF LOUIS XVIII.
From the yNonfeurl
"At an early hour in the morning the batt,-
| lions of the National Guard Kings Household
and Garrison OF Paris, destined 10 take part in
the procession, took their station in the Place DIN
Carrousci, in the order assigned to each. At
ten O'Clock the carriages of the King wore
drawn up IN the same place; they were filled
with persons selected for the honour
'Ihe Perfect OF the Seine the Perfect or
Police, aud the Municipality OF Paris. repaired
To- the Iuiicrics IN the morning. and afterwards
joined IN the procession. When the body of the
late King was removed from the Hail. where Il
was placed, To the funeral car, the Maro,,is do
nrccle, Grand Master of the Ceremonies. fool,
inc crown, and the Marquis de Rochemore the
Sceptre. at ! o'clock, the great bell of Notre
Dame, and The bells OF the other churclle, with
a discharge of the cannon of the Inval;ds ON
bounced that the procession had bepun to move
III consisted OF great body of the military. do
Putations from the public schools; four l,indrod
poor nrcp, each carrying lighted torch: carr;,-
ges' with the Marobas and Great @. :cers of