Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-11
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By the Ho,oard at .Neto York;
NEW YoaK. Feb. 2-The amount OF 500 900
francs has already been subscribed in arts for the
benefit of the family of Gen Foy, lately deceased
and in Lyons ii has been decided that new and
splendid house should be erected for their RESI-
dence.
The authority at Rouen having forbidden the
representation of the comedy called The Hypo-
critic, an edition of the play published, at
pence the copy, %, 600 OF which imne diately
disposed of.
Two men entered the office of Mr.. Joseph, in
the Palais Royal, eminent broker, and after
s,abbing him in an nhuman manner, succeeded i'm
making their escape. This act was committed in
the open glare OF dsy, and during the business
part of it, Highway robberies, atrocious murders,
and villainy of all descriptions flourish alarm
Ing degree throughout France, notwithstanding the
vglsnce of the gen d'armes, OF which there
10000 in actual service, Independent, of the ordi-
nary Police department
Extract of private letter, of the 9th inst from
Vienna:-' We have just learned from Trieste
that some mercantile houses in that place, have
! ceived intelligence of brilliant action fought by
! the Greeks, the 18th ult. near Mssolongh,
! which the troops OF Redschid Pacha, being
taken between two fires, suffered signal defeat
The Greek admira. hliaoulis, who had received
considerable renforcements, after leaving sQua-
dron OF obsei walton off Navarina, appeared sud
-,
| in the presence of tie Captain Pacha, at the mo-
ment when the latter preparing to effect dis
embarkalion, in order to reinforce the Turkish :s
at Thessaly."
PARIS, Dec. 10.
The Steamboat Enterprise has arrived at the
Cape of Good Hope, after a passage OF seven
weeks from England, on her way to the East In
dies.
There an earthquake felt at Geneva, on the
Sth of December.
The king of Portugal confined TO the palace
OF MARIA, the 18th Nov by ulcers On his legs,
which threatened his life. The Queen is all ready
to ascend the throne; and counter revolution is
| said TO be the order of the day.
According TO letters which reached yester
day from the provinces, considerable damage has
been done in several places in consequence of the
rivers being unusually swollen by the heavy rains
that have recently fallen. AT Orleans II boats,
| laden with wine, were carried violently down the
Loire, and sunk with all the men in them, and un
, fortunately several persons who endeavoured to
afford them succour fell victims 10 their generous
efforts. The number OF individuals lost is comput-
ed at more than sixty. Several -four mills near
Beausency have been carried away. Blois and
Tours are inundated, and great mischief has been
lone In both these places. The low part OF the
town oil Nevers, IN the department Of the Nieyre
is entirely under water
Extract of private letter Of the 9Th instant.
ON Madrid:---A few days ago, the diligence
from hence to Bayonne, was stopped by high
waymen the village of Foncarrai one league from
Madrid. box, containing marriage presents, sent
by the Queen to Prince AIaXamian OF Saxony
and bis bride, stolen. These articles were
most costly, being entirely formed of gold and dia-
monds. Their value is estimated at TIN ee millions
OF reals. \ great number OF worlmen of every
Kind are emigrating to France and Portugal, from
whence they intend 10 go to America. The 90
~ has III.
oi CASTLE TO consider whether is expedient TO
put a stop TO the emigration.
Letters from Paris mention report that a clerk
OF Iothschild, had robbed him of . 900 600 francs
a Paris paper says We hear that RAYMOND,
late confidential clerk of Messrs. Rothscfld, and
now imprisoned at la Force. is deeply affected a,
his situation that his intellectual faculties seem 10
! be affected
AT the departure OF the mail from Brussels, a ru.
NOR prevailed that one OF the hospitals at Mons
had been burntto the ground, and tina, all the patti
ents persisted
! On the Sd December the earth suddenly opened
! in the plain of Leyden, and house was swallow
| ed up. Efforts were Immediately made TO save the
inhabitants In the night, three men were extract
ed, two of them slightly wounded the other. a
very old man, had his arm fractured.
| VIZ the Leeds at .Ne,o York;
! Paris dates are of the 22d December 4 Ses-
sion of the Chamber Of Peers and Deputies was
convoked for the 3is of Jan.
| The Continental news has all been anti cipated by
! the last arrival from Havre.
| The Emperor Alexander died after an illness Of
| only two days. His disease was bilious puhid
fever. In Paris, all parties agree in recognizing
in this event The dissolution of the Holy Alliance,
| and the commencement of new era, not only for
Russia, but for Europe.
Some considerable Improvement had tax en- place
in the money market; but il will be seen by the arti-
cles below, that it not yet settled The panic
in the country had not ceased.
The Deal Bank MAY s. Coz had stopped.
Measures were taken in various parts of the king
dom, by wealthy and respectable individuals, TO
sustain the country banks where there was no real
cause for ALARM against the effects of the general
panic.
Messrs. Brown, Cananagh s. Co Bankers, of
Bristol have stopped; Gibbons, Smith & Gooman,
Bankers, of Birmingham, have stopped Messrs.
Crickitt, Ruffell s Co. Bankers, of Chelmsford,
have stopped Wentworth s. Co.'S. Bank, of
Leeds, has stopped: The Bank of Messrs. James
Hill s. Son, of WisbeclS has stopped
The Cambridge Chronicle announces that the
Bank of Hollicke, Nash, Scarf s. Co. which had
suspended payments, will be able to meet all the
demands
The Courier of the Path says:
AT the Bank, the pressure of business had much
diminished yesterday. The stock of gold is so much
on the increase that is said small were reu-
sed to a Lopjon banker who made application for
them, but who was told that he might have as
much gold as he thought proper. This day will be
the last on which private transfers can he effected at
the bank, in those stocks the books Of which are
closed for the dividend, there remaining barely
sufficient time for the preparation OF the dividend
warrants: Ii is generally understood that facili-
ties will be given at the Bank for discounting bills