Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-09-02
FOREIGN.
Continuation of the News by the Caledonia

A letter from Liverpool under date of July Is
say:
's1hcro have been large operations in bonded
Wheat during the week, at advance of fully IS
per quarter and the market still looking up; the
sales of Flour over $4,000 brls ut 29s I'D to
34s per brl. and the present prices 33s 3is
for New York and Philadelphia, but this article Is
mainly governed by the state of the weather, which
is by settled about 1000 brls. of free
Flour have also been sold al 3os 40s and there
is fair prospect of Wheat and Flour being short
ly admitted at low rate of duty"
An intelligent gentleman who camo passenger in
the Caledonia, informed the editors of the Mercantile
Advertiser, that the prevailing opinion IN relation
to the ensuing harvest, was, that there would be
barely average crop, should the weather be ever
so favorable till harvest time.
a letter from Paris mentions that the Minister of
the United Safes did not attend the TIE Deum on
the occasion of the success Of the French army, in
consequence Of the close connexon existing between
his government and the Dey of -Agiers."
The intelligence of the fall of A. glers reached Pa
RS on the 9th of July, four days after the event. 1t
was recoved, both by '-y.Iiss ed Iss-.h great
demonstrations Of Joy fhe former regarded it as
glorious event for the ministry, and The national
vanity ofihe latter wos gratiied by tho of
the French arms At 4 o'clock p. H. the guns of
the Hotel des InraiiHes fired to announce the
fortunate intelligence. In the evening the principal
ediices in the city brilliantly Illuminated, and
the tecgraphic despatch read in all the theatres
letter has boen address by the King to the Bish.
ops, requesting them to chant TIE Drum in their
Synagogue IN Ru. .Notre Dame de .Na-areth, for
the surrender of the Mahometan city to the French
arms. On the ! lth of July the King of France went
in state TO tho Cathedral Of Notre Dame, where a
grand TIE De,nn celebrated
1t appears that the fact thar the fort Emperor was
completely mined, well as the forts which surround
Agiers and the southern gate of the town, was
known to the French army the Goth June. The
why the desperate resistance which these pre-
paratons to Indicate was not carried into eff
feet seems TO have been the sedlous and dsconten.
ted spirit of the inhabitants. A great part of the
militia Of Algiers were engaged in fighting outside
of The walls of the city. In The mean time conspi-
racy against the life Of the Dey was discovered and
so persons beheaded on suspicion ofbeinp en-.
gagged in IL Another account in private letter re-
ceived at Touon, dated Algiers, June 2Ist, states
that the DivaD had come to the resolution of bshea-
ding the Dey and sent him a rope ,o strsnge himself
and dcpu'ation to cut off his head publicly. In
stead Of complying with the order The Dey sent
party Of Janissaries and Turkish militia TO the Di7an,
who took off the heads Of the sixty persons of whom
the Council Of State was composed. The exccu
tons with the scarcity of provisions increased the
discomfort Of the inhabitants to so high pitch that
on the 21st sedition broke at Algiers but the
malconteDts returned 10 order through fear Of the
militia. The intestine divisions however continued
the Moors and Arabs declaring that they would not
sacrifice their lives and property for the Turks while
the Turks themselves began to entertain the idea
Of capitalization in hopes thor private wealth.
which they might take and pass to the service of
tho Sultan These disscntlons with the tremen-
dous play ofthe batteries and the continued can
nonnde of the squadron and the fear of the Dey for
h's personal safoty are mentioned in the French pn
pers as accounting for the prompt submission OF Al
giers. One Soes, a FreDcbmnn, Colonel in the
Agern" service for twenty nine years, surrendered
hmsel in the latter part ofJune to Gen BourmounL,
aud from him these and other disclosers obtain
ed 1e had ef, his country in consequence Of bong
lmpllcatedIn a murder and robbery committed near
ponlon, and Dourmount has promised to in.orcede
with the King for his pa rdon,
Tho capture Of Algers gives rise 10 various spc-
eulotions among the English editors as TO the dis
position that will probably DO made Of the conquer
cd country. But while there conflicting notions
as to tho course which will be adopted by the allied
sovereign, for the purpose ofcontinuDg the much
tolkod OF balance Of pooor but idea seems 10 BIO
entertained OF the proprety not only Of depriving
the Dey OF present power, but Of institutDg such
m"asuers as shall place he territory loo long gov
erned by o barbaroUs power, ond sustained by the
most Iaw'css practices, completely under the con
troll o. European authority. Whether Algiers shall
be erected into separate kingdom like Greece.
under the rule Of sovereign To be agreed up
on and appointed by the allied powers, be retained
by France or by any other Christian nations as co.
lony IL question which does not seriously affect The
general interest ofmankind But now that the formi-
dabc hold OF robbers and barbarans, hitherto uncon
qnered and deemed almost Impregnable, has at last
been completely subjuga'ed, il Is impeyatively de
manded by The civilized world that IL should not be
permitted again tosathcr strength, and once more be-