Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-04-19
FORETGN.
FROM ENGLAND.

The; arrival OF the ship New England continues o,r
London ad,ces to the 18th March. The ensuing ex.
tracts furnish what little additional is supplied BY
the English papers.
LONDON, March 1.-THE Brussels papers say that
the States General closed Friday last. The ROYAL
Speech congratulated the Cha nber generally ON the
STATE OF he country and expressed the deepest regret
At Tue sanchoiy consequences of the late inuud
.narct IA general gloom pervaded the money
market tins morning. COnsuls 93l 1t believed the
SPECTATORS are attempting to depres the Stocks for the
purpose of making purchases.
Every thing in the Colonial market was fiat There
was sale OF foreign coffee, the result of which was
dechne IN the price of from 2s to IS per cwt. There
was nothing doing in sugars spices.
Our accounts from Batavia are to the 9Th of Nov
he SPIRIT Oh English speculation would be felt i'm
tnat colony, TWO fast sailing vessels having been dis
Patcheu some ne ago with orders to purchase up cof
Zee, and all the other productions of Batavia
lnttmatlon has just been received from government
that IN future all quarantine restrictions and charges
are to be done in the of vessels arriving from
the Mediterranean with clean bills of b6alth Thus
the valuable productions of italy, especially raw silks
may now be received in London about the same time
as they have hitherto been detained in quarantine
The deputation of West India Merchants and Plan
tiers waited Yesterday the Chancellor Of the Elk
cheqner with their memorial PRAYING n reduction of
duty on Rum, proportionaily with that on British spirits
They we're ayoraoiy received and left the Chancellor
with confident anticipation of successful result to
their application.
French Funds, March a.-Bank Stock On 3Of C;yo
per l06f. Sc.
Some activity had taken place in the Spanish Cabi
net in consequence of dispatches from Russia and Eng
land.
The Morning Chronicle says-..It is said that the
Earl OF Liverpool will introduce bill for the Emanc
patton 81 the Roman Catholics the House of Lords
The approaching visit of Prince Mc,ternch to Paris
has Tor ITS special object TO induce the French govern
ment to unite with Austria in opposing the aggrandze-
ment of Russia.
1t is stated that Turkey is preparing powerful army
against the Greeks.
The Hon. Col. Stanhope brother of The Earl of Stan
fpc has committed suicide, of the out houses in
Caen Wood. He laooured under Temporary INSANITY
from wound he received in Spain
.Uedacho{y toss qf the Kent-We Yesterday mentioned
undercur foreign news the loss ofthe F. India shin Kent
The Kent was bound to Bengal and China and took fire
from the bursting of cas Of spirits the hold i'm lat
~ 80 long 10. Shortly after the accident the brig
Cambran from London bound TO Mexico bore down
for her. The Kent had on board 637 souls The Cam
bran succeeded in saving 30l officers commission
ed do and prvates Of 3lst regiment 46 women and AZ
children, male and female passengers, and the cap
tam OF the Kent, and 30 OF her crew all 554 The
eeamen of the Cambrian refused to 90 to the Kent anan
tosaye theothers, fearful she would blow M 81 soldiers
one woman, FL Children and of the kent,s crew were
on board the vessel when she blew up four hours afer
the e. lelt her Of the 90 board when she blew up
IA soldiers were picked up by the Caroline and carried
to Liverpool. The captain of the Carolin, reached
the wreck two hours after the explosion and the IA SOL
dIeTs were found clingiDg to pieces of rnasts &C.
Errfhqunhe IN The bnian Binnds.-I.etters of a re
cent date were yesterday received from Corfu, statnq
that shock of earthquake had been felt there and
that Just as the letters about to be despatched
an individual had arrived there from Santa Maura who
derosd that great portion of that island had been
Destroyed by similar convuson Prevesa is represent
el also to have suffered considerable
In the Kingdom of Hanover the inundaons of the Sd
and 4th ut covered extent of IL square leagues he
tween iarbourg, Rit Z butel and Bremen About
7OOO houses under water and more than 200 nor
sons persisted. subscription is onened to which the
Duke OF Cambridge has given 10000 crowns, and the
clutches lOOO-The officers of the guards have given
to the object three DAYS paw and the suhoioas
and privatGs two days. The local authority have orders
to make collections at private houses Contributions
are received not only in money, but corn vegetables
cloth, hemp. &c.
TIC Augsburg Gazette states that the governor of
the ionan islands has received instructions from Lon
don' IN pursuance of which he has made advantageous
proposals 10 the Greek government
An account has been printed by order of the House
OF tnnn'no;'s giving detail of all the cusonabIe com
nohtleS seiHed by the various establishments formed
ior the prevention of snuggiiDg-namely the Coast
Guard Service, the preventive Water Guard the Ri
ding ollcers the Revenue Cruisers and the shins or
Var In the United Kingdom, for the last three years
!he account comPrehends from 902 6G43 h. of tobacco
down TO sing lie musical snuff box seized and exbbits
total o 30 vessels 746 boats $40 horses and cattle
$4,000 gallons Of brandy 258 gallons of rum 227 oon
gallons OF gun, 596 Hons of wine, $500 gallons of
Whiskey, 5000 h. of snuff, 10000 h. of tea 42 900
yards of silk, 100 pieces of India handkercbef %
Leghorn hats, $500 packs of cards. 900 pieces of
TIMBER - stills, with sundry minor articles The law
expenses incurred by the condemnation of these
Giles amount to &29,816 19s 4i the store house rent
heghagc and dtiation, to 1885 Ids. 1O5d; the ex
penses OF salaries wages, equipment repairs casks COO
perage &c 6 533 708 as 1Od the amount of rewards
TO SEEING officers, Gl88 2s I'D The Kings share
setdown at E25,723 Is 3d. the produce of all these
seizures at E282, Sal IS SD, independent of GsOoo
worth transferred TO the Victuallng Office The re-
suit ct the statement IS, that the produce of the seizures
does not amount to more than stb part of the expenses
incurred by making them
IRISH CATHOLICS
The following ia official copy of Sir F. Burdetrs
resolutions, which carried in the British House of
Commons by majority of 10:
l. That IT appears to this Committee that bv certain
ies passed IN the Parliament of Great Britain and Ire
land respectively certain declarations and afirnations
are required to be made qualifications for the enoy
ment Of certain offices, franchises and civil rights
therein mentioned.
4 That such parts Of the said oath as require de-
claraon to be made against the belief of transatlantic
aiou, or at the Invocation adoartion of the Virgil
MA Mary, or any other saint and the sacrifice of the