Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-03-16
From he ~. Y. -american, March -.
FOREIGN NEWS.

by the ship Hamilton, from Liverpool. paners Jove
been received up to the 18th ult They furnish how
Parliament was to meet on the 9TH. It was under.
stood says the Liverpool Courier of the Sd that the
address, IN answer to the Kings speech in the House
of Lords, is to be moved by the Duke of R,cci1
and seconded by Lord Glengall. An abundance ~
petitions are likely to be laid before Parliament om
the -, subject of the distresses ofthe country.
Ihe King, says the London Observer, continues in
the best health, takes long daily promenade in rho
Corridors, looks well, and is well.
/ MINISTERIAL CHANGEs.-Mr Herries it appears
is to be made President of the Board OF Trade in the
place of Mr.. Fitzgerald, who re,ires from i'll health:
and Lord Chandos is to succeed Mr. Herries as Mas
ter ofthe Mint. It's stated that Mr.. George Bankes
ad resigned or was about to resign the Secretaryshn
OF the Board of Control, and that he was to be snc
Geeoed by Mr.. Wortley, the son of Lord Wharncfs.
Lord Mountcharles, one fthe Lords of the Treasu-
~. had ether resigned or been removed from Office
ana no person as yet had been appointed to succeed
him. 1t was reported in the Government circle.
that Lord Paimerston aud Mr. Huskisson have agreed
TO support Ministers, and that Lord Elenborouo6 will
go out to make room for Lord Palmerston
| NJ "A. Shee, Esq has been elected Presiden, 30
the Royal Academy. This selection was in onnosi-
ton to the wishes of the King and Sir Walter Scott
two great authorities-who desired that Wilk;e
should have been the successor of Sir Thomas Law
renee. The nomination of Wikie as painter to tho
King was looked upon BY the academcians it is said
as sort of intimatlon of the choice thcv were ex
pected to make: whereupon-as painters, even more
than poets, of the Jealous and irritable roc
they forthwith elected Mr. Shee, who is both panter
ana ana poet. The votes were, Shee 18, Beechv g.
Wllkie :, and two scattering. There were 80 mem.
bers present
itls confidently asserted that Ministers fully in.
tend to renew the East India Companys Charter.
"A meeung mad been held at Birmingham profess
ediy TO form onlon Society, from 10000 to 900
persons present, and hundreds compelled to re
tire disappointed. The proceedings lasted nom 20,
In the morning until dusk. 800
1t Is calculated that two hundred suicides have
been committed in London and within the b;lls f
| I'VE he .lI..-
from habitual lntoXication
| The Cotton Market had receded
:, The Globe states that Mr.. Wortley is to succeed
Mr.. George Banks in the Board of Control ,Th
Court Journal says it is reported that lord Palmers
ton and Mr. Husksson have agreed to support min
isters and that Lord Peterborough will 90 out. to
make room Tor Lord Palmerston. Lord Wellington
is SAID not to have been very cordial with Lord r. f
some time past. - ioS
The papers mention the death of MFR. Tiernev.
According to the letters from Madrid, the Spanish
government has been endeavoring to raise lo.,
through the medium of some of the French can;tni'
sts with view to fit out another expedition aga;nt
South America. AS the parties, however, made the
to OF hs ponds OF the cortes sine qua non,
| death ofHe Queen of PORTUGAL Old oroo
OF Portuga died on the 7th of January SN''t'
me Aing OF France has created seven new peers.
among whom is La Bourdonnaye He haaolsnp ads
Consultative committee of five in the denar,ra',
of war. ~ 1ePai 'iheils
| The French army is to receive an auomantot;o,
ohah1
rise to warlike reports, although it NAV he ooI ~;
tended to keep the army the same footnc as Iast
| year. ." 'as'
| The weather continued to be very cold in E,,-
iand' On the LIST of February, the principal streets
IN London were almost impossible for CARRIAGES ans
dangerous to foot passengers from the snow and io
The Liverpool Albion of Feb. LIST saws CHE frost
,y ntm "s n1 m as was at any period during the
winter, ana all the canals are again closed 1Cna1
is beginning to be scarce, from the stonnooe oftTs
canal navigation" Pr'se VI 'he
Inc winchester SO gun ship, with the fan or
wee Admiral Colpoys, was about TO sail for Teer
rifle and Barbados where she is exnected =,
WITH AGmlraI Fleming, 'who will then return to
England. The command to which vice Admiral
Ooipoys mas been appointed "comprehends Jamaica
and iehiaX, hitherto separate stations. The W.
chester was to take out two Consuls. AZ a dn,;.a1
ieIhng mas appeared TO intermeGdle GOOD deal in
the aiiairs OF Colombia Of late his return NAV NOT
IN the end prove injurious to the interests of that
country. % 'iiat
| GREECE-Prince Leopold is spoken Of for tho
t throne OF greece with more confidence than ever
Dut 1t IS SAID ne is to bear only the title of
LONDON, Feb. lit is stated Inv tho odt.~.-
OF the present Ministers that the Duke of Weii;n.
ton is resolved to meet Parliament and res;st g., r.
uttefhost every proposal either of reduction of tay
airy system ~ Nv o'u''oh-
The Journal du Commerce announces sioral do
feat just sustained by the French Ministry and uh;l
. more aIlihg as every effort has been made to
produce different result NJ. Guizot the Constitro
tonal Candidate has been just returned bS tho Eiat
oral College of Lisieux, by an immense maioritv
though the President of the Electoral CoIlege wbo
is always e nominated by the Government departed
; lar from the mpartlay which ought to distli
gulsh his conduct to exhort the electors in III
most .lmpassioned TERMS to exclude the successful
me affairs of Greece attract much attention: hrs
nbon, t noweVer-that is 5upposng you to care
aoout the matter-the armament in nrenara,;on ~
ho"on Is destined for Agiers, and not for Greece.
wbe,, IL L,,re1poot Cor" E.rchonge, FEB. e.
Hneat mad advanced 3D. The market was VOL s,,,,,o,
ana in other articles alteration wa" wen SupP'ieo'
.r.o Lsre,poot Cotton .Harket, Feb g.
business dong IN cotton, this week, AT reduction of
r. an9 III some instances I'D per from last veeks nr;css
" s 10 DAY are estimated at about 1900 bales viz loo
+, @ 90 az 100 oPands Cad 3d. and I'd for prime
@ oe remarked that portion of the Juands "a, orc
,ls sptoh 81 which there is present good supply on
perceptible "o I0lCeu ABOVE is most