Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-04-16


the ship New-England continues our
London advices to the 18th March
The ensuing extracts furnish what liz.
tie additional news is supplied by the
English papers.
London, March 1.-THE Brussels IA.
pers ay that the States General closed
OH Friday inst. The Royal Speech
congratulated the Chamber, generally
on the state of the country, and ex'
pressed the deepest regret at the me.
lancholy consequences of the late inun.
dations.
The Caroline, from Alexandria, ar.
rived at Liverpool, saved IA soldiers.
March GA general gloom per.
vadcd the money market this morning
ConsoIs 9Sa. It's believed the specu.
lators are attempting to depress the
stocks, for the purpose of making pur.
chases. Every thing in the Colonial
market was fiat. There was sale of
foreign coffee, the result of which was
decline in the prices of from IS. to S.
per cwt. There was nothing doing in
sugars or spices.
Our accounts from Batavia are TO
the Sth Of Nov. The spirit of English
speculation would soon be felt in that
colony, two fast sailing vessels having
been dispatched some time ago with
orders to purchase up coffee, and all
the other productions Of Batavia.
Intimation has just been received
from government, that in future all
quarantine restrictions and charges are
to be done away in the case of vessels
arriving from the Mediterranean with
clean bills of health. Thus the valua-
BILE productions of Italy, especially raw
silks, may now be received in London
in about the same time as they have
hitherto been detained in quarantine.
The deputation of West India Mer-
chants and planters waited yesterday
on the Chancellor of the Exchequer
with their memorial, praying reduc-
ton Of duty on rum, proportionally
with that on British spirits. They
were favorably received, and left the
Chancellor with a confident anticipa-
ton of successful result to their APP
plication.
French Funds, March s.-Bank stock
90 3of. Five per cents lo6f. l5c.
Some activity had taken place in the
Spanish Cabinet in consequence OF dcs-
patches from Russia and England.
The Morning Chronicle says-"Itis
said that the Earl Of Liverpool will
introduce bill for the Emancipation
of the Roman Catholics into the House
of Lords"
The approaching visit ofPrince Met
ternich to Paris has for its special OBJ
iect to induce the French government
to unite with Austria in opposing the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of Russia.
1t is stated that Turkey is preparing
a powerful army against the Greeks.
The Hon. Col. Stanhope, brother
the Earl Of Stanhope, has commit
suicide in one of the out houses in Can
Wood. He labored under temporary
insanity from wound he received in
Spain.
Melancholy Loss ofhe Kent-We yes
terday mentioned, under our foreign
news, the loss Of the East India ship
Kent. The Kent was bound to Bengal
and China, and took fire from. the burst
ing of cask Of spirits in the hold, in
lat. At 80, long 9 As. Shortly after the
accident, the brig Cambrian, from Lon
don bound to Mexico, bore down for
her. Tbs Kent had on board 637 souls.
The Cambrian succeeded in saving 30l
officers, non commissioned do. and pri-
Yates of 3lst regiment, 46 women and
4s children, l9 male and female pas
sengers, and the captain Of the Kent
and l39 of her crew, in all 554. The
seamen Of the Cambrian refused to go
to the Kent again to save the others,
fearful she would blow up, "a soldiers,
one woman, 81 children, and Of the
Kent's crew were on board the vessel
when she b.cw up, four hours after the
G. left her. OF the 90 on board when
she blew up, Ia soldiers were picked
up by the Caroline, and carried to Ii
verpool. The captain Of the Caroline
reached the wreck two hours after the
explosion, and the IA soldiers were
found clinging to pieces of masts, sc.
Earthquake IN The Ionian Lslands.--Let-
tiers of recent date were yesterday
received from Corfu, stating that
shock of an earthquake had been felt
there, and that just as the letters were
about to be despatched, an individual
had arrived there from Santa Maura.
who deposed that great portion Of
that Island had been destroyed by
similar CONFUSION. Prevesa is rep
resented also to have suffered conside
rably.
In the kingdom Of Hanover the in
undations Of the Sd and 4th ult. COW
cred an extent of IL square leagues be-
tween Harbourg, Rit Zebuttel and Bre-
men. About 1000 houses were under