Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-24
LATEST FROM FRANCE.

LATEST FROM FRANCE.
! The ship Clements, which lett Havrc Fcbrunr,
llth, arrived at Boston Wednesday. The r,llov
ing extracts from Paris papers to the 9th are cop;r
from the Boston Courier.
The Spanish Ambassador had sent off a courier Z,
MADRID on business II was supposed having reference
10 the French expedition against Algiers Very &C
tive preparations are making Touon for the cxpe
dition Government had RENTED To The treasurer o
the navy at that port millions of francs 10 defra,
the first expenses OF the war 1.-the ships
aud other vessels stationed ut Touion Brest Rookie
tort, md Lorent. are to rendezvous next April il
the Mediterranean. The Pachu of Egypt is eXpec
ted to take part III the expedition. He is to send
fleet and 6000 men, to act as auXiarics and 10 oc
cupy Algiers for certain time.
IL Is ruInored that the plague has been introduced
lhto Pisa by Russian family arrived there from
| furkey. and that two had become It's victims Til,
small pox had recently made great ravares IN tha
| city.
An article dated Constan,inople Jan 6. savs-Al
! is silence as to the affairs of Greece and the Sui
tan Is raising prctcXts to cludc the ulfimcnt of h
treaty of Adranopc.
From Greece 1t is stated that the President. Can,
dlsira, finds it difficult to maintain TRANQUILITY mn
thus furnishes the Porte with an argument auo,ns
the independence Of Greece. The Porte alleges, too
that her union TO Turkey is necessary TO preserve b
balance of power in Europe When the news of
KING, having been chosen for Greece arrived. Their
was great irritation against the President who wa
obliged 10 apply 10 the Adnirals of the three now
| cTs for assistance.
| The Journal Gu Commerce s,a,cs thar oroo
number OF French prisoners are still detained IN h
Asintic provinces of Russia
The prominent political articles in the latest of th,
Paris papers consist Of comments on tLe snnecb n
| George the Fourth at the opening of Parliament
which seems TO have been looked for in Paris viii
more than ordinary interest We give a few of tn
Istrictures.
i Nothing can he more vague or more futile TIM,
the speech at the opening of Parliament particular,
the part relating to foreign policy No lirht in shof
Is afforded by this brief and unsatisfactory document
lis cvaslve style forms striking contrast with th
frank explicit language of President Jackson 7
appears to us that the head of government nigh
be more open IN his communications to the represen
tatlyes of a country. "-.JonnaL du Commerce
| "ln king George the Fourth's speech which
unusually vague not single phrase is entitled 10 TN
tention OF Europe or France; and for the first rim,
since the restoration, the name of France hos no
been mentioned. The crcums lance is curious Jus
al the moment when the connection has become close
! "A wish to dlssrmbc il may pcrhcps be the motiv
| OF silence."-Le Temps.
The liberal Journals have lost no .imn in pronoun
eng severe Judgment OIL the King of England
speech which was impaticntly looked for, and witt
which they appeared extremely dissatisfied thong
we cannot exactly see the cause. The King neitlc
made, nor was required to make anv oftbcse nrofez
sons OF faith with which parties arc azzcI or
ca: inc speech merely referred to the materia
ohIects OF English policy and administration and tb
liberals make gratuitous display of their III hume
IN wasting 1t on this Observation-Disclosures
vi FRANCE OF our Troops in the Morea of GU
preparations for our attack Algiers not one wor
NOT the most remote insinuatinn respectinD III
Polgnoc administration. II would seem that IN
British Cabinet feels too much embarrassed with y
own task to be able to devote word TO The discus
sion OF subject so irritating. Courier Francais
! Ihe government of Don Miguel not beinp ncknow
lodged by that of France the court of tho T'buIore
VIII not go into mourning for the late Queen of Por
tugal till her death shall have been announced bv III
Emperor of Brazil. "
| a letter from Rome Of jan 81 saws .siho pono In
Just raised to the purple 1.-THE dignity of Cardinal
Bishop dc Simonc, his Master Of the Chamber. an
wmch is still more extraordinary the suffrapan Bish
op Of Canada, Weld"
! The winter had been unusually severe in Franco
from the ed to the 9th jan the snoy cove rod n
carth, and the cold was then 50 intense that man.
Propretos lost great part of their vines IN FREQ
ENG II broke the barrels and the bottles in which
was contained. In the country the 1ocks nerisl,e
Tor want of food, and also for want If ,va
ter the trunks of the greater part of the great oak
have broken with much noise The birds feel dca
| rom lnundatIon and cold; in the commune of ST Sc
nera, there were found forty dead on the walls bcr
they had come to reposs on the terrible niobf of tL
2Ith to the 28th Dec The hcaIh re covered will
geese and wild ducks, who will allow any body eosi
yto approach them; and the merchants are sipplio
with quantity of game hares and rabbi,s and bird
OF every Zinc. SO obundantly, that they sell at Low
! price. N
NJ. Capgrond, an apothecary ct Sos, n little tow,
| IN the department of Lot and Gnronnc writes IN
friend IN Paris thus: In this town situatod loo,uo
|
ccntigradc scale marked on the 2Gth Dec Ii deGree
below zero, and on the night between the nth nm,
8th OF Jan. a great quantity of snow having f1l
! lcn the thermometer rcmountcd TO deorces but n
inc moment when NJ. Capgrand was writing, it bat
fallen again and the weather threatened ogain I,
become as rigorous as in December.
The Courier de Smyyne gives the following list o.
presents to be delivered by the Turkish Ambassador
liahl Pacha, to the Court Of St Pctorsburpb:-
several bales OF Cochemorc sbawls each worth from
10 iOOOO piasteTs; gold snuff boxes. set wh dia-
nonds two beautiful pearls of extraordinary size sci
as earrings; pearl necklaces with clasps ofdamond
and other jewels; Turkish censers, enameled nm,
adorned with diamonds; rings, with soitaircs of nj
kinds, especially very turquolscs richly enam
eed tobacco pipes OF rare wood, with mouth niece,
OF amber, set in with diamonds; cups of Chinese
porcelain; largo quantity Of aloes wood; many 10
bacco pouches from Cachemere, embroidered will
gold, silver, and pearls; large quantity of the bes
Iumoekl tobacco Of Shraz; morocco port folios, en-
DIo,uorou win gold; English whistles, with chains
and set IN beautiful brillinnts; great quantity o
stuifs from AIeppo and Broussa, embroidered Vii