Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-02-27
FOREIGN.
FROM ENGLAND.

NEW YoRK, Feb. 22.-The Packet Shin New York
Capt Hoxie arrived early this morning Liverpool
bringing dates TO the 9Th Of January but up to the time
OF going press nothing ofBportance had ed IRON
her.
Cotton, it is said, has experienced no change.
Money could be had in England at ttco and half per
cent. per dnnum.
The ship Kensington, belonging to Philadelphia, ha.
been lost her passage on the Coast of
Brussels. Friday .Nou 22-The negotiations relative
to the garrison Of Mestricht and the of the
Meuse, are al length terminated am enabled to send
you the heads OF the convention which the first
question: signed at Zondhoven by the
on the 18th inst well those Of official commune
cation from General Dbbets the commandment of Mas.
trich TO Major Menso, of the Dutch Commissioners
which Is defnitiye as to the second point Neither Of
men nor can they well be, till the complete rattle alton
Of the first.
The contradictions respecting the supposed conrac, for
new portuguese loan have been partly explained Ii
appears by astaement TO which the agent of ,a, Govern
men M Mendizabal, has requested publicly that some
cies has been borrowed however the Tar gres,sr
portion oil the loan authorized be raised for the service
OF Portugal Tor negotiation at future time and un.
der as II IS hoped such improved prospects ms will war.
rant far favorable terms Hence il follows ,ba,
raised ""' ''''
We are informed that the Duke of Devonshire sent hi,
commands yesterday to the manag cement of Drury.ane
Prono'ng the performance OF the farce Of lie Caniarade
u" LIZ which has been underlined in bills for the last
lew DAYS: ohecon was taken to this piece in Paris OH
the part OF the Swedish government.-GIobe
oiasRoW Tlcrdu, speaking oil the proposed %
Russia protest against it, and among other
Tor its opposition, assigns the following:
Should we 60 to war with Russia, there is too mucb
reason 10 apprehend that hoses betwxt this country
and the United States will be Our
paper press, particularly the Liberal and Mnser rial
uon oil H. Is SO outrageously abusive OF the Emperor
Nicholas, that, with the feelings of humanity he
must desire to be revenged upon u.s. but he is we'll
that we were to blockade his Baltic port and prevent
the produce oil the estates OF his Mobiles from getting 10
Market mere would arise spirit Of discomfort in Russia
which would be in all likelihood fatal to him. Accordingly
therefore Is understood that in contemplation of The
PfooaOiHy oil war with Great Britain the Emperor of
Russia has made arrangements with the Americans bv
which they TO carry the whole of Russian proce in
.enueu Tor foreign markets in their ships and hence will
ARISE he OLD contest, as neutral bottoms making neutral
goods and being exempted from the right search winch
States. " ~ ~ "
London Dec 24.-we have some reason for be;evioo
that the Misunderstanding between this country ami
Russia likely to be adjusted. Austria is as little dis
posed Tor war as ourseIve and the exerons of Prince
Estehazy, we believe, have been unsparng TO
Peacefui relations between and the Noher n Powers
Couers leaving the Foreign Embassies here with des
patches, and we conjecture that they Of pacific de.
scripion.- Courier.
beautiful exempfcation OF the principles adopted
by the amented Sir H. Davy, for the preservation of the
copper ships bottoms was observable when the
was let out OF the dock Thursday last in which the
Boyne was placed Our readers generally aware that
oir H. H. proposed certain portion Of iron 10 be Sc
cured on ships bottoms Knowing that in the gayanic
action which takes place between the water conner and
me IRON, me acid OF seawaer has greater affinity for
IRON man mas Tor copper, he imagined that the iron would
be destroyed and The copper preserved. The expert
ment fully succeeded, but the remedy was as bad as
the disease, for the bottoms Of the ships became so
exceedingly FOUL that the plan was abandoned on &C.
count oil Its being detrimental 10 their sailing In
the case OF the Boyne, mostly all the iron protec
were converted into perfectly soft substance
plumbago, while others were literally destroyed not
vesge oil them remaining. was very remarkable that
the vicinity oil the protectors lard where else was co.
vered BY prodigious quantity OF oysters These w. re-
devoured with uncommon zest by the workmeo IL was
wor'ny oiremark hat, whilst many other ships, similarly
protected bad great variety OF marine animals ON their
bottoms the specimens on the copper Of the Boyne
almost, not entirely, confined oysters Whence this
difference could arise will not AT empt TO saw but VIC
arc inclined 10 imagine that the locality Of the ships In
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