Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-04-05

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PARKS. the receiver of customs dun, vi I.
on "Wednesday, 18th Feb not fewer III Ss
entries, Tor good hazards, being the S..
number passed by him on any day durn. -
40 years he has been in the Custom H,a,,s
aod 'he export excise surveyor, on Nong.
preceding, cleared a greater quantity of 10y
debentire goods ouiUurds than was IN"
cleared in any one day since Liverpool ~.
place oi trade.
London Fer. le
We have received the Message DIES Chog,i,..
and the other Paris Papers of Sunday, bu, tn
contents possess very little interest. The,s a.,
indeed. long details IF qua,reis between H..
different factions in Greece, but these aeeo,,t-
reach "S generally in SO exaggerated a f,,,,
that they ase not worthy of attention.
/ The Turkey mail arriyed this morning. IT,.
/ dates from Constanlinopte are 10 he l2tb an.
from 'Sgmrna. 10 The 4h uli The CAPITAL cn,
tinued tranquil, but trade was dull on aeon,
of the drar OF money for the Ru sian s,,ls
dies. There we're in port 6myr a his Ma.
tvs ships Wellesley aud Wnds0r Castle, line .,
battle aud the FarouIite Slnop of war. S.lsa
for Egina, his Msirs'ys ship MetriHe
! Destruction Of The English Opera House md
sererd houses by Fire.-Be,~ern Que ami la
O'Clock this morning, one of the most alarmi,,
fires which We have witnessed for some yea,s
IN the metropoli, broke out IN the EnpGJ,
Opera House in the Strand. So rapid wa, ~
PROCESS. that In the space oil abou, 6tyen or
twenty minutes from its first discovery thu
whole body ot the theatre was on hre.-The
flames assembled in "A vast volume, ihlriy or
forty feet above the rool, and Spread with n
Violen'e which threatened destruction To ths
whole OF the mass OF buildings. which i, CON.
fined by EAeler street on The one side h,
catharine-street on the other, and by Iha
| "A -, 4
al on time, the flames were seen pas sing FINN
house 10 house With almost as much rapidlty As
fire kinded amoag aubble. One after ano.
ther they aemed TO be- enbraced by the Il ,mps
until the whole side 4 Exeter street, with the
exception OF that well known tavern, the Foun
taIr. became burning mass. In the rear M
Exeef stseet there is u small court between the
Foua,aln and the back Of the taehtre.--Th.
houses III il also caught, aud were burning Al
the tbe we went to press.
No ives were LOST, as tar as we could aseer
'am, up to late hour OF tais morning hui IA4
loss III proper must be very great, as, fi.u
tn in1am,Dabl,. nature of he materials IN taa
Theatre, and the wind setting nearly noub.
about DOZEN houses were thoroughly on G,s
aud urning fnriousy before any engine couia
| be hrouS III 20 lay upon them.
| The houses as yet consumed are a most all Of
\ a reputation viii will not eXcie much regret
| FOR their destruction, if we can separate
| from II our compassIon for the proprietor, Alr.
| Arnold, who we fear must he although par.
| tally insured. a loser TO very melamchly E,
tent. Not a single artirle OF scenery. d csses
decorations, or properties, has been saved in
the theatre and little il any thing of the pro.
| perry ct individuals.
We understand that there was fortunately no
money left in he treasury OF the theatre Mr..
! AratId All the h,,i ~, G,
tngs and properties 10 he worth ESQ., 900 and
! from their quality, the GENITAL situation Of
the neaire aud The revenue be derived from
II, we apprrh nd 10 be not much above ~
value. The houses in Exeter street were lei
! turn 600 10 .cS0a year. We are Obliged 10
concIuoe Nit. the me anc oily information that
rhe he is still raging. and lat il threatens
| still further mischief (MorHine Pnptr
The Theatre vas u. insured. Tins c,rcun-
Stances S, 81 course, owing 10 the enormous
premium required Tor property OF so danger
Gus d iescrirtion The loss To Mr. Arnold
will b. at leas, / ON G30 600 TO E4O,00O The
| III is SUI 90 ed TO hav u i-inated from stove
behind thu boxes, which was used To warm the
! In atfe and the fire from which had not bpen
ptoperI, raked our. The houses we're partly
inspred. All Nj Arnold books and papers
we've saved, but the whole of the Theauicai
WARDROBE" was consumed.
The Tobacco Trade petition TO the
House OF Commons has been signed by all the
mincipa' houses eng eed in this important
traie, an IS 10 be presented Tonight The
atitloners complain, that in con seauence of the
laps" ofdnt} - 'bacco, BY which one shilling
PEE 10. ceased to become payable trade sustain
ed a loss OF % per cent. on the stock on hand.
To pc mon sets forth that on the auauiy
01 tobacco IN stock and in course of manufac.
lures, not less Ian { los 300 Is. had been lost
10 the subscribers 1" the pepfiion. The pel
TONERS pray TO- an in asrigation into their case
and especially As they are ihc largest contripu-
tors 10 he duty in the shape of revenue, and
that the fact that their property in machinery,
labour, and duty, the latter OF which is 30
per cent. on the raw material, eniitle them 10
expect ustce.
ing.
Cdntuslon an Party Poiiiics-At this momert
the straneesi discord exists amongst all pul-'
LEGATIONS ola political nature-whether news.
papers, reviews or magaznes. Par les ars
sp'" INTO such number Of divisions mat ii is
ne" impossible 10 say to which parry OF 10
winch division OF Tory or Whjg our .or,,,s
,s,r;ei oe,ong; The Times & Tory min
' Tha e1 Is the Morning Chronicle, 30 are
Were formerly rAjSi,diy hug op n~5ti The
Morning Jour- al and Ths. s,andord though
ca ca ,' 'hep'srI,es Tories-are in reality radt-
T H. f"asS' me Quarterly Rerisw heretofore
49, . NV become Wing and Tie EdinJufg
p''e peFsa. Hackwood's Magazine, fom fur
Vos 4ory is changed TO Parliamentary re.
'@fmist hu. tho most amusing part Of hesf
political changes is the abuse passing between
me tour qnondgm friends and-The Morning