The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-07-20

vailed on account OF the appearance nf n
failure in the harvest, owing TO n great
drought, which had caused The price of
grain TO be doubled. SYMPTOMS of vel.
H." fever had likewise shown themselves
at Valencia, where the prisous were filled
with the patriots.
Ninth .latyica.- Accounts from Brns
srk of the : ID MAY, confirm the inl.l
sence formly received, ih,l Ferdinand had
finally rejected the mediation nj England
rs To Sunlh America, and that he would
never consent In the independence Of his
ancient coinnics, but w"uid leave the matter
10 the decision ri Congress of European
Sovereigns. The London Conlier of the
25ih My states. on the authority ofiettrrs
from hiadrid, " that the expedition fitting
out NJ Cndiz IS IN II state of great forward
ness, aud viz consist of 80 900 men, who
are tn he ready by the beginning of luly."
This statement having heen disputed by
some ot the papers, IT MAS rclrran,d by
The Editors of the Courier Who seems Ia
consider tue designs of Ferdinand an his
j" ancient eoOnies" rs no longer prdhlrma-
teal. The renewal of the treaty for The
occupation of Spain by the French during
longer period than was originally intrn
lnrut that the great proportion ~ TIM
iro"ps of the former were inlruded lo,
South America. We should suppose thai
this measure so oh, lously intended an the
part af France In promote the views of thu
/ Spanish monarch, will not he viewed with
indifference by the British government
which has 50 pointrdly declared, that an,
foreign interference In the dispute hetN ern
Spain and the colonies, would b. consider
ed as a molive for recognizing the latter
without delay.
| Fxance The London Courier of III.
23th May, states as a report in the city,
tlat the health ofthe King ofFrance was IN
81 srecious a STATE that the next arrivals
might probahly hiring AN account of his
death. Benlamn Constant was declared
II member of the thamhcr OF Dcpnlies by
= a majority of 10 out of 3se members who
) voted ny ballot. Gen. GnilleminOt had sail.
, Ell from Touion on board irisaje as Am
hassadDr In the Sublime Pnrle.
Treat Brttain-A considerable drpres-
.i"n, tonr account SAYS ~ per cent? had
} taken place in bank stock in London, Ia
cons, qrcnrc, il is said, oil the reduction of
the interest on Eschrqnrr bills, aud the
= want of confidence in the general state I'll
I llociaaling, and ,hns1' Of Mexico had flllrn
q per cent. since the departure OF Itafbid
. The Greek loan vas at discount Of lOl per
cent tag greater thau NJ any tune presi-
ously.
, la the Hose of Commons az arlcna
mrnt was carried To ihrwhcaf warrhonslnr
: hill, by u iijch az Canada wheat now ~
England is permitted to be sent ioto mal
! L. IL.
: bill WAS passed, aud seal 10 thu House of
. LoIds.
Tm DnEr Of Wellington lad .rrnvcrrd,
and attended a cabinet cunael at lhr 10.
rcs ol,iec.
I Il is proposed 10 make am rntirc chang.
IN the Law by which the mode of eilccting
narlhe insurance 4 n present regulated ~
! Great Britain. 4 bill had been read tNicc
IN the House of Commons, the object ol
which was avuNedly Ia close Il nonnpo
! ~" Mr.. Buxton who introduced the bill
contented that $40 loint stock companies
ahnG.l have exclusive protection. Adam
E Smith, who di7Ilked all point stock compa-
nics, always excepted assurances by part
nerships mr. companies. The Americans,
Mr.. Buxton said, nvariai,ly rrsnrlrd To
Them. In Holland, Hamburg, Coreaha
5cn, and IN Francr, he stated, similar com
pauics were established. On Il former coca.
sion, he had stated that tie expense Of EN-
ployinG the broker fell on the merchant
he had since learned thai The expense was
borne by the underwater. The security
ot Il Joint Stoek Company was much snpc
riur il individual responsibility ; IL lpillns
tr.:te vardus failures which Ar. Buxton
alleged 10 have talcl place at LleJd's i,
produced u bundle Of policcs Tor the Year,
1910 and lGl !, cuhrrIn5 as he alleged II
sum of E1J0,000. Ne did not, he said,
mean To contcad, that a Jolnt Stock Com
pauy vas hrs md the reach ot insol,cncy I;
but the chances IN such case, compared
with .:li,idnal responsibility, wcre lndis
putahly less. Thu bill VAS supported by
The Chancellor of the EXcirqurr, and By
MIR. Hum. On division 81 vUtcd in ia
sor, ard 80 against the bill.
Ii had been determined by the near rela
tives of Lord Byron, that his remains
shodld hr brought 10 England AMI deGo
sitrd in Poets Corner, in Westminster
Abbey. The present Lord Byron Ilttc
~ Captain George Arson Hyronj had
commissioned the Blonde, 40, ordered to
be- brought forn ard Immediately AT Wool
nlch, Iur The purpose Vi conveying home
the body.
treaty had been entered into be
tween Great Britain aud the Netherlands
by which the trad. of the two nations, with
their respective possessions in the Indian
Arch pclago, and on the Iadian Continent
Of Mda Crylon, is 10 be placed on the
same footing az the most favored nations
it being understand; that the subjects al
both parties shall conform to the iesula
ton of each settlement.
.InOittr .Hermajd.-C0nsiderahle excite
ment had been occasoncd among the cu
rious, by the arrival in Londun from Cal
cutta of another creature, said 10 be real
mermaid, accompanied by yennS In