Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-23
FOREIGN NEWS.
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pceted-her Majesty had been indispossd. hui h,
: recovered her usual health. The Liverpool Euro
!. pean OF 18th instant, snys:-"we have not vet ,
4 announce the birth Of Prince OF Wales, tbous
SUCH an event is expected to be very near AT han,
Her Majesty, meanwhile, continues in the enjoy
Il ment OF excellent healh.-
: Adelaide, the Queen Dowagcr, had hcen ser;
ousy indisposed Eom a catarrhal affection W hicl
:, mad gwen way TO modlc,l treatment
: Lord Peterborough, the newly appointed Gov
A eInor Seneral OF lndii, was 10 leave ENGLAND 4,
Y Calcutta on the oh.
/ Lieut.. Lltt'ehalcs, somm,ndrc IN. R,;,.,,;
i, Dophin on The coast of africa, oil whydash. can
tured the Brazilian slave vessel Frme OF I79 tors
= by ooHc'Gg her from cutter and gig with m. ,os
q, Two men killed. The FIrme was direct from
bahia, ana had just made the land. She WAS a nov,
vessel bull, at Baltimore, and had regular nap-r,
proving her To Toe Brazilian property
Al late meeting of the Dublin Rercal AS,or;,
uon, Mr " onnel announced his intention Of pre
senins petition TO The House of Commons. in n.
unionl " YAK
It's stated that the greater part OF the s;I mil.
IONS OF Goats paid by the Chinese tos the redemp.
ton oil Canton turns out TO he bad silver F
SIR Charles Bisot, the Governor General al
Canhoa and the North American Provinces. nd
returned TO England, was still in Lnndon q, tbS
30 anu nae an interview with Lord Stanley at tn,
that he sailed for Hsifsx in the Styx steamer 10
lore the departure Of the Britannia The s,..,,.,
put into Cork harbour on account of the seycrr
| "SSNS'y Ea'sf anu IN coming OUT Ut the hlr!Aonr
she carried away her connecting rod md other. s
| damaged her machinery. She in CONSEQUENCE 20
turned TO Portsmouth, where she arrived on Ia, l.,
and Sir Charles Immediately proceeded TO Iondn,
| twas proposed That he Should be carried out in
one OF the Cunafd steamers 10 H4if,x and thence
10 Quebec, but The apprehension that the xs,,b.r
might uetaln the vessel for the winter caused the
intention to De abandoned. /, was sand thai Sir
Charles was 10 embark IN the lllustriouS
FRAUDULENT Issue OF ExcHE.UER Bu,sa,
| W n-
! month IN regard 10 the issue of Exchsousr R,iIs
ne fraud appears TO have been continued for sever.
| al years, and so Tar as had appeared amounted =,
| about ESQ 900. Government had t,ken ,r.a.,-
TO have all bills returned into the Exchequer. e1
amlned, restamped and returned and ARE rsr, -,
the fraudulent issue had been traced end found 10 he
| in very few hands.
TFiPLcates OF e1chequer bills have been found
TO be IN circulation 10 the amount II Is curr,nt'v
asserted, Of upwards Of $500 900 Loan, were
Obtained from time 10 time, for several wears mast
on these trlpcate copies, eXorbitant rates az IN
terest. In deposiiing these spurious issues of CT
chequer paper, strict Injunction was uniform ~
gwen that they should not 0e put into circuI,tin1
out thai they SHOULD be reserved for reienDtion nv
the deposltoTS. The greatest possible ANXIETY ,x,S
also manifested 70 get back the exact numbers thus
deposited. Ii IS SAID that the money Obtained n :
loans upon these duplicates was empoyed in .psr
ulatIons IN the foreign Securities, especially in
Spanish stock. The Times remarks that the dis
closures recently made, ''have brought TO mind ma
ny W liG money market, tor months
aud even for years past, which were thought :: the
time, mysterious and unaccounIabIe but which IN
the hurry OF business, passed away without further
observation
The only party who has hitherto been taken
into custody, as being lmpc N these trunsac.
tons, is MIR Z. Bowman Smith, the chief clerk in
, the comptroc generals ofFct. IL IS SAID thai NJ
,. was made The too! OF some designing knaye.
among the Joooers on The Stock Exchanges, and
mat having involved himself and his associates IN
+ serious losses, the mode Of raising money nv "a se
exchequer bills was adopted, IN the hope lha sub.
sequent gains might enable them TO withdraw them
from the hands OF those with whom they were dc.
: posted Us the representatives, Of security.
II One broker, we have heard, has actually given
+ up 45O,OUO Of the forged bills. and on "Wednesday
It transPrCd that lie Uices osevera persons 10 m,
: city had been searched under warrant from a Sc
cretary o! state. Mr. Lew, the great Contractor q
Il tolls from London, It IS rumoured, was a lars,
d holder Of these hctuous securities, ON which he ha,
= advanced money.
> The discovery OF the fraud we are told. wa
= | made through the COMMUNICATIVE portion, a
>, the bills that are lef as in check books after IN
q check or oil! has been ssued-and these Counter
ioIs upon examination once detected the forgery
At present the real merits o! this most serious al
:; fair are confined 10 the government, the che
r members of which, including the premier
= the chance Tor OF the eIehequcr and the home sc
sre'aty, have been closely engaged, for several
II 10 examining various parties and endeayorlng l.
SIT. tne matter thoroughly.
Il tsIOukthb WHO - comptroller OF The eIchc
quer, cuts most sorry hgure IN this very untowar
: business. The frauds would appear 10 have bee
y committed, 10 use title expression, under hl
very nose"
II One Individual in the Comptroller General
!, Office, Mi Beaumont Smith, nephew OF the late S
Sidney Smith, had been Lr.eSied. IL appears tha
4 the bills were issued by this person. one Of thra
3 who signed toe EXchtquer bills as deputies, a.
! though It IS said that strictly none bat Lord Mon
ri ,eGgle himself and one deputy should have beel
allowed to sign inca. lie in the habt Of nav
n Ing them deposited specially, with an engagement
that the same UI'ls should lie returned. IL was no
ye. Determines what would be done IN the case q
InuOcen, hOidC.- u spurious bills and consdera:yJ
= ETY. was felt upon the subject.
FGREIE THE TowER OF NDJE.-On Saturda,
night, Oct. 30 hre broke out m the afmOry of IN
4 GOwer which was 10 the magnificent building cal.e
the grand Store house The small nrmory with Il
contents, consisting Of grea. qsantly Of arms AT
trophies Of various kinds captured FROM foreign enc
miles, and 100000 stand Of arms was DESTROYED
The building was Of brick and hewn stone, 3i5 fee
( IN ensth and 60 feet IN breadth, and on the lowe
y floor OF II was the sms armory J he FIRE brok
r out at half past TO- under the CupsO Of the ROun,
- Tower. The alarm was Immediately spread, am
n great excitement prevailed. The tower engine
n ere Immediately brought TO the spot, and soon al
ter other engines from the city, bul with drf
y hculty that they could be brought 10 bear upon Ia
. height Of the Round Tower.
- IL AZ FIRST hoped that the destruction mieh
" be confined to the Round Tower but II soon CON
- muncaied TO the root Of the ArmOfy, IL was 500
, found hopeless attempt u save that building, an
u attention was directed TO saving as many of ih
- arms and valuabIcs as possible. At 20 minute
= past IT., the flames were issuing from every part
!, the roof, and soon shot up N an alarming heigh
~ At o'clock the Clock Tower fell in With tremen
dOus crash. Great efforts were made for the pre-
I, serylton Of the White Tower and the Church 0
st. Peter, which proved ce.sful.
ri The Jewel Tower next attracted the attention 4
the authorities; the wind having somewhat shifted
blew the flames in that direction and rs destructIo
appeared inevitable. On Ibis circumstance reach
ing the ears Of the Governor, Major Ellington, n
instantly directed the wardeis 10 break u open OF
/, risks secure the Regnu and Crown Jewels, an
bring them at once TO him. To effect this, crow
. bars were found 10 be indispensable. Mr. Swift, IN
4 master Of the Jewe Tower, who was sent Tor, wa
- found 10 be m possession Of the key Of the out,
. room only, the other keys 10 those ya.uaDlcG bein
IN possession Of the Lord Chamberlain. On gam
. ing an entrance, much farther difficulty pressnte
, itself in the removal Of the strong iron railing wit
"a which tho diamonds, &c we're surrounded. Aft
M l1psc OF about twenty minutes u was effected
!, aud a most extraordinary scene presented Rself-
the wardors carrying crowns, sceptres, and othl
, Yaluabics OF royalty, between groups Of soldier
y police, fremen, and Others from the Jewel Tow
I'd TO the Governors residence, which Is situate At Il
-, further extremity Of the green. None, howevc
,d sustained the slightest injury, and by dint Of 100
y. prompt eBertlon the Jewel Tower itself was save
-. At o'clock the FIRE was al ts greatest heigt
~; and at II began 70 subside. The main building
the Tower was IN great danger, and copOus stream
q, Of water were poured into 70 from every dreclO
-, add % was not before or o'clock that all dang
Wv Of a further spread Of the conaagratiOn was Of {