Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-06-23

ARRIVAL OF TIE GREAT WESTERN-NTac'e" days later
The arrival Of The Great Western at New York bring.
news as late as the Sd Of June. 1t is not Of much IN
terest.
There is nothing Of importance in the commercial
news save the decline Of cotton the fourth OF a penny
The crops are promising. The Queens birthday Che
Dish was celebrated with much eclat. Prince Alder
presided at a great meeting at Exeter Hall, held for tho
extinction ofthe slave trade, and the civilization OF Arr
ca. The motion TO bring up the question oil the corr
laws in the House Of Commons failed by 4 vote ofl1
for, 800 against Il.
Sir Sidney Smith died on the 9th of May, at Paris
aged &c. The steam ship President will sail for New
York on the 10Th of July. The correspondent OF the
New York Evening Post says:
.The remains Of the Emperor Napoleon are at las
TO be brought to France, and vii be inferred, as he de
sired, on the banks Of the Seine. THIS measure wa:
communicated by the Government in the form OF a de
mand for a million of francs, to defray the expenses o
the voyage to St. Helena, and the %obsequles at the
church of the Invalids. The announcement %producet
an almost magical effect upon the mass OF the popuia
ton: and the committee on the bill proposed 10 double
the grant, in order to cover The expenses ofan equcstri
an statue in honor Of him whose name IS so idcntlhct
with the military glory OF France.
FRaScE.-The latest Paris prints are occupied witt
the debate which took place in the Chamber OF Depn
Ties on the bill for the removal of Napolcon,s remains
from ST. Helena to Paris. The committee on the bi!
had recommended that two Millions ~offrancs should bt
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ment, and that an equestrian statue of Napoleon be
erected in Paris. After n heated discussion, an amend
ment was carried reducing The appropriation TO one mil
lion francs, and rejecting the project for a statute, whicl
occasioned great excitement out OF doors. Inc en,hn
sias,n displayed by the people induced NJ. Odillon Bar
rot to address a letter to the Courier Francois, stating
that the object of the majority in the Chamber OF Depu
ties who voted for reducing the proposed grant OF twt
millions for the removal of the remains OF Napoleon t.
France, was to discountenance the erection OF a pallry
equestrian statue to his ncmory; but that they are sll
ready to grant the original sum, or any other which
NAV be rcuaired, as it never was intended by the Cham
her that recourse should be had To a national subscrIp
ton. This explanation had been accepted by the sub
scription committee, who have announced that the mo
ney will be returned 10 The subscribers.
The Chamber of Deputies on Monday, after some
discussion, agreed 10 the projd dc ii, granting an ad
dtional credit of $40, 600 francs for the blockade of Bue
nos Ayrcs. The French Government, added NJ
Theirs, intended to send a superior agent to La Plata
who, it was hoped, would restore the harmony for a mo
ment disturbed in that quarter.
1t seems to be conceded by the French prints that the
expedition to Algiers has turned out n failure. Marsha
Valiee is strongly condemned for not having conducted
the campaign with more ability.
DEATH OF THE KING OF PRussIA.-The postscript o
our Paris letter, dated Saturday evening, announces the
arrival of a Geographic despatch in the afternoon Of tina
dav, with the intelligence of the demise Of his Majesty
Frederick William, King Of Prussia.
1t appears further from our letter, that, feeling The
approach of death, the King desired to see his army de
file before him for the last time. His bed was accord
ingly carried to a window, whence by reflection in
mirror, he was enabled TO take a last adleu OF his army
Immediately after the ceremony, the King placed th'
regal power in the hands of his son, and the day fol
lowing rendered his last sigh.
"SPAIx, May pa sangninary action has taker
place in the environs Of Ripoli, between the troops o
the Queen, commanded by General Carlo and those 0
the Carlist chief Sourille, in which the Constitutions
troops are said 10 have had the advantage.