Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-07-30

l. occasion, says the LIVERPOOL Advertiser, Z" M
= canning made statement of the present vie,
= OF government with respect 10 South Americ
some parts OF which were extremely satisfactor
j. "nhe DINERS were not very Ineligible. On
. most important, fact, however, he disclosed
nancy tha' ministers were at length Of opin
Z ION that they had waited long enough for TIN
example OF Spain: that courtesy towards tn,
f mother country had no further claims upon us
ana that Great Britain was now at full liberty
20 act on her own co,insels." Mr.. Canning's
views on this subject are supposed to have met
with some opposition IN the Cabinet, particu-
iariy from Chancellor Eidon whose hisl, To-
| ry notions are hostile to every thing sayorinr
OF liberal principles. The Manchester Cham-
Der OF Commerce had also peltioned in favour
Oh recognizing South American liberty.
Petitions had been presented in both houses of
parliament from the Disscnters against the Test
ana Corporation oaths. That in the house OF
Commons was signed By 10000 individuals.
me Dill To repeal the act for preventing arti-
Ians leaving the country, was read a third time
and passed in the House of Lords. Parliament
was TO be prorogned ON the cath June, but it was
not known whether his Majesty would do it in
person or by commission.
Fatis paper of the 9th June announces the
removal of Mr.. HYDE de Melville from the post
of ambassador at Lisbon, and the appointments
oil the Baron de Roger in his place.
Letters ft"n Paris speak very confidently of the
OF them says, than NJ de Villele had assured Sir
eharies Stewart that no attempt would be made to
| feVive Tue finance project which was rejected b.
the Chamber of Peers.
GrttsF.-Letlers from Greece convey the agree
aoie intelligence, that the Turks, who had effected
landing In Gambia ard Nrgrupout, were repulsei
NJ me hTst mentioned place, with great slaughter-.-
The force of Ulysses at Negropont was considera-
be- ahH II was fully expected that the utmost ex-
tent OF the evil ofthc arrival of the Turkish troops
he eta of hat
The Turks are said to have abandoned all idea of
invading the Mcrea this summer
Inc Russian Emperor, was expected at War
saw to ee present at the opening of the Polish Diet;
and IN place of going TO tire baths of Carlsbad, In
Bohemia n Is said the Imperial hutocrat would
honor the Southern provinces of his vast empirs
with his presence, and extend his tour TO Asrachan
and the Caucasus. The Vienna papers ccntradic.-
the reports of another interview between Francis
and Alexander.
complete confirmation had been received from
Cape Coast of the defeat of the English troops and
the destruction of the officers by the Ashantees.
Their army was between DiScove and Elmina
WHEN tho last scccunts away, ard it vas
contemplated the forces FROM Cape Coast, TO
make another attack on these barbt ,ians.
Information of the passages into law OF the 1 a
rift Bill had reached England The high import
rates, observes the Hull Advertiser, imposed or
British goods by this absurd law, will be severely
felt in the manufacturing districts al the country
but we have donbt it will be felt more metelial
" IN America.
meeting had been held in London, and measures
adopted, Tor the purpose of erecting monument to
the memory of the late Mr.. James watt the ccie-
braied engineer.
The widow Of Rees is represented to be in dy~
ing state. Her mesaca attendants considered her
case hopeless.
The Right Hon. Lord Henry Thomas Howard
Mnlyneux Howard. deputy carl ma rshall of Eng
land, and brother to his grace the Duke of orfolk
died i'll London ON the 18th June.
Accounts from Bengal to the 18th FEBRUARY, re
present the Companies possessions to, be peYfecfv
quiet, but that war " it'll the Burmese seemed ins
cvtabc.
Doctors Munro and Tuthill, having certified tina =
Hoheft GouTiay was subject to mental alteration
and not considered of sound mind, he had been or
dercd to be detained until properly disposed of iv
| has friends. He had y riten another letter to the
Editor of the British Press, Respecting MIR. Owens
plan for the improvement. of the Irish; in which he
| says that Owen had been Justly treated with con-
| tempt, because he would not join with him (Gour-
lay) in promoting the same object and adds, that
this circumstance, 'may go far in proving mr.
more sound of mind than parliamentary doctors
| imagine"
Eight persons had been brought to trial, and con-
vic,cd, i'll London selling free thinking works.
ana sentenced 60 various degrees of punishment
Some OF them TO three years imprisonment. Iu-
stead OF preventing the sale of these books, the pro-
sccuiions had Increased the number of vepders,
cral OF whom were in custody for trial.
Accounts from Galway, i'm Ireland, represent tbs
western part of that county in a state Of ssfrieht,
iul Distress, and that the condition of the country
was so alarming. that If the peasanty not re.
licved "starvation must be the inevitable conses
fuencc." The typhus fever had also set in, and
several families reduced To "A scanty norset
once in twenty-four hours. There was total
want of e,rpoymcnf
The British Traveller of the 10th Jure states
that letters had been received in town that mArnine
by way of Jamaica. confirming the intelligence, an
nounced Il few days previous in the Courier, that
Bolivar and Canterac bad united their armies, and
declared Peru an independent state.
The Eliza, Grilfiths, from New York 10 Antwerp,
had been carried into Sicily in distress, on the 18th
June.
IoTDoE, June 10.
THE Gold Coasf.--Offcial accounts haze been
received confirming the melancholy intelligence
of the death of Sir Charles VI Carthy; but the des~
patches containing the details of the late unfortu-
nate Operations against the Ashautces have not
yet reached his majesy's government. The Bore.
dino Transport, Lieut.. Andrews, r. N arrived a,
! Portsmouth on Monday from Cape Coast winch
place she left on the 22d of March. BY this ART
| val we have received the following informaton:-.
| "Cope Coast, March 10.-His ExcelIency, Sir
| Charles Mccarthy arrived here from Sierra Leone
| in December last, and III the early part Of January
marched to the into, nor towards the river Pree, win
army of between six and seven thonsd 10 men,
| chiefly natives, and West India regiment. On
the 2lst Jan. rear Pree, most sancuinary bal tile
! was fought, in which nearly one hundred of the
! enemy were slain, but the ammunition being ex-
| pended, CIR little army was surrounded by abont
$1,000, and the grealer part cut to death with long
| knives, in most horrible manner.--The heads Of
nine white officers exhibited near obc SPOT,
with the jaw bones taken out--au iuvaTiable prac-
ticc with these savagcs when they take enemy
| alive
|