Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-19

From tie .4arora and Pennsylvania Gusrfc.
The LynGhburg (Va.) Jeiiersonian, makes Inc an
neXed statement
I'VE understand that the wheat mark is still m
| the decline at Richmond. The article Is now sell.
ing in that place at 81 cents and was expected that
-four would fall 10 :; 80. Sales of wheat nave been
made in this place AZ 65 ceuts AMI the extremes Of
prices may be set down at co u % cents"
! Upon which the Philadelphia Gazette remarks:
Who, ter sucn "a t4tcment, can doubt the pol
ICY OF our Government, IN pursuing every measure
British corn laws"
Is it the opinion Of any one intelligent man. &C.
quain'od with the circumstances, that il would be
any advantage TO tho United States if the British
were To repeal their corn laws in toto: fthcr por
we're opened, We presume they would he 90 all
| Tie world, corn, IN other words, wheat Gnd flour,
would be cheaper in England than in Philadelphia
or New York. No one doubts this Hence tho fol-
| ly of talking about their repeal benefit TO the
United States We do not believe il would be worth
cent; and, in truth, do lot know that the Ls..
ish Government has any privilege within it's dIspo-
sui worth even two or three clauses of the tariff.
/ THE SPANISH SQuADRoN.--It appears from account
TccclgGd by the Illinois, from New Orleans that the
ship Bingham separn ed in gale from the RET Of
the Spanish squadron the lh July, in lat. deg
30min., long. 9ldeg. 30mn. BY looking at map, II
will be seen that the fleet (in this posllionj was ON
its direct course from Havana To- Vera Cruz and so
far past the Promontory Of Yucan, tia; landing
Campcachy would seem impossible. Jory Conn.
Extract Of letter from Now Orcans, July o.
The yellow fever, which has prevailed some time
among the shipping ba' now completely entered the
city, and Is mixing many victims among the unae-
cinnacd."
Prize Qte,iiJas. Tho Committee appointed by
the Corporation orIItrvarl College 10 adiudge tho
premiums established 10y the late Ward Nicholas
Boys'on, Sen. Esq. have proposed the following
questions for $780,
LET Whether fever Is produced by tho dccowpo-
siiioa OF animal o. vegetable substances, and u! b.
both, their comparative Influence
ID On tho connection between cu'auCors dis
eases which arc not contagious, and the internal
organs.
Dissertations on those subjects must be jians-
mitcd, (post paid) TO Thomas Welsh, NJ. d. IIos-
ton on or before the FIRST Woiuc 'oy of April
1880.
The trade OF England with France Tor The last year,
did not exceed eight hundred thousand pounds stcr-
nmg; while with Turkey il amounted to more t'an a
million.
I The Saratoga Sentinel f1iih August states, the
number of strangers who arrived in that vi'irr du-
rinr the week ending the 9th inst. were cstima-
ted At upwards Of 100. Tho whole number of Wis
itcrsat tins watering place Is estimated at 500.
! Tho number Of pcrsons directly Interested in the
British Funds is f,oo hundred and serenity fire hioIs-
and exclusive Of those interested in Savings Banks
of those who receive dividends through the incrven-
tion o trusCrs or those whose stock i vested in the
names OF the officers Of tho courts vt ENchequor and
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