Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-05-09

thursday seys;-When our reporter vas yesterday
| IN LsbuTn, attending the meeting there n gentle
man OF that town read to him the follow ing extract
OF n letter Which had Just been received:
ES''oe, from letter from Cawnpore, ,da,sd 18Th
February.
We have just received letters from the Command.
er-la-Chiefs camp, giving Candahar news IN To
| the lRih ut An action hal taken place between
our troops and the Afshans in which we Yer.
vlc'ors, Killing i53, and wounding 200 of the enemy
Our loss was only three officers sounded slightly
two privates killed, and 90 wounded. Letters f,o,,
Gen Sale have been received up 10 the 3Oth ul,
on which date the troops were in high spirits hav1
| ing captured IT'S buoeks-a great windf,l for
them' But the mos, important piece OF news four
letter coniinues IS, that Shah Soojsb, who has cost
US millions OF money! has all along been PLAYING a
| lalse game. lie has addressed n letter TO Sheer
o'n;h, anu other native Princes, imporng them to
an MN IN getting rid Of his enemies--mehning the
! b1usn-but 100 cautious TO us. IL now an
pears that he could have procured provisions 70,
our starving troops at Caboo,, Citing his battles
Inc DAY OF reitibu,ion Is not fas oil: soldiers death
would be too good for him. and I hope, ere long
the ga'lows will claim him as its own.
letter has oeen received from Lady Macnash-
Ten, stating that tho prisoners we'll treated. She
has had only the few clothes she had on, and ex.
pected TO lie soon released.
Ihe papers give list Of 30 ships taken VI by
the East India Company for the conveyance Of
troops, 10 the number Of or Z THOUSAND, to India
mostly destined TO Calcutts. Various corps OF
troops were on their march TO the ports Of Jarca.
! ton.
| Nothing in the Box oitc, all The orenirg Of the
chests bequeathed 10 the University OF Ups,la. bv
Nins Gustavus Ill. of Sweden 10 Ge opened ffty
years after his teaih, took place on the 2g.h of
March. Their eonients were letters, mtnoirs and
uhes OF the Kings own time; the most valuable
being the letter written Ly Ih1ee clever aud nobl.
rtenchmen to the King, VIZ: fsi. tie Countess d..
! Esmon, daughter OF the famous Marshal Duke de
I'lcse"eu; 20, benreuc lie Sanehon de Boufilers;
the 81, the Countess de Ia Merque daughter OF the
Marechal dc Noaiile. The orthography OF both the
french and Swedish documents. written by lis
own hand, and deposited in the chest. eyinces
throughout that HIS Majesty enjoyed the repu.
tattoo o. great author without knowing how 10
spell.
The Grand Duke and Duchess Of Tuscany have
lost another daughter, the Princess Ann Maria
making the third ~uhin wears.
! FUoay ni:hrs Gszciie announces the elevation
oil Mo John PTie, Lord Mayor of London, 10 the
/ baroneicy. "
The banks o! thc Thames river, opposite Oar,
loIu canal recently broke nwav, and the water
rushing though. covered 500 acres and DESTROYED
'asi quantities Of mlrsh hay in sacks
Letters from Constantnopls state tina, there has
/ neen sad mortality amore The Turkish troops OF
hdr1nope. Dat CT $4,000 men upwards OF . coo
/ had DIED OF the tyuhus fever in three months.
l. Sc COMPATIBILITY pence end half pence
mas Oeen put INTO extensive clrcu alton ha wing very
appearance OF genuine coin, 10y the chemical apoli-
ca,lon OF a solution OF copper on lead BODY
ire Couher Francais says, tha; Lord Amhers',
enVelorcd IN large cloak was pas on foot long
the DoulsvlId MonimetTe ON Friday, when he wa.
accosted 10y Police officer, who asked him had I've
lost any thing. Lord Amherst, having examined
his pockets, replied that he missed his purse con.
timing 100 francs in gold. Here It is. with the
money untouched" said the Police officer, handing
! tody." " N-
The total augmen,a,ons Of the army for foreign
service Will amount TO at least $4,000 men. Lieut.
General Sir BeniamIn p'Urban goes to India as
Commander in Chief
The Leipsic Gszsttc, Of the 4,h inst under date
lConsantlnople, states, that the British Government
had solicited permission from Mehemet Ali TO
march body Of troops through Egypt TO the
lsthmus Of Sucz for the purpose OF fncit their
ARRIVAL IN India. The Pasha Is said TO have re
Piled. that he could grant the requeyt without
the consent oil ms master the Sultan.
We hear on all hands of reduction in the wages
OF manufacturing workmen. HeseTday, we be.
leVei the hand loom weavers IN The employ Of
Messrs Filden, Brothers, Of Todmorden. had an
abatement made OF about 30 per cent on their pre-
vious earnings.
Louis Philippe has been unwcll; he had cold
on Mondty, and kept his chamber; hut he resume d
ms usual habits on Tuesday. There have been
rumors IN London that the King is troubled with
some dropsical symptoms.
Nicholas Suisse, the foreign valet Of the late
Marquis OF HEREFORD, is in us'ody, charged with
having robbed his late master OF an immense su m.
, After a host OF counsel h ID been engaged in the
great Wood cause at Gloucester, the devis-es con.
, sen'ed TO pay the heirs-at law fl0,OOO which will
cover eos's and leave them sma sum.
The Dublin Theatre has been abrupuy closed for
wantoi public support One, and that the ma n
cause of It's closing Is said I've the violent display
. of party feeling exhibited night after night by the
more violent OF both political parties. thereby dis
gushing the more rational classes.
Another large E,sI lndn house had faied-thst
OF FOman & EadoW, at London, a long established
: Concern An almost unwonted depression appears
to hang over the East India trade.
The large banking and commercial house OF
Thomayer & Co, at Vienna after having once sus-
pended and resumed, has again gone ty the board.
, Its Liabilities very large.
A physician OF Rome who was arrested and con-
demned TO pass several weeks in devotion, in a
convent OF Clpuchlns, as punishment for habtual
blasphemy, shot himself Immediately being
liberated
a number OF the operatives in Lancashire are
carrying IN hopeless contest against their employ
ers, the miliners. by standing against the re-
duciion of wages.
The Augsburg Gazette mentions a repor, tina,
negotiations are on foo, between the courts OF Rio
Janelro and Naples for q marriage between the
Emperor OF Brazil and the youngest sister Of the
King Of Naples.
An attempt was made on Monday week 10 burn
down the splendid oak forest Of Portlaw the pro
perty Of ihe Marquis Of Waterford, by firing the
+ game covers on Baliycahane Hill, immediate y
, adjoining II.
Tunes Observation-Disclosures, Mrs Nisbsu
and c Mathews are engaged by Macready for the
next season at Drury Lane; and Covent Garden,
we hear IS hkely 10 be gwen principally to operl,
sustained by the high talent Of Miss A Kembe.
Mr. Kembe, MIR Bealc, the music seller, MIR Bu-
: Ter and another ere spoken OF the lessecs.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKETS To
April Is. April The business done in the
Cotton market this week has been to a pretty far
extent, the sales OF all kinds amounting to $500
hsgs. Exporters continue to keep up a regular,
hut moderate inquiry, and their purchases amount
TO 1900 bales Of American and 10 Brazil. The
sales 10 spectators consist of 5000 American
The operations OF the trade nre still confined TO
their immediate wants, there being no improve
ment IN the state Of the yarn and goods market
The cotton market is we'll supplied. but prices OF
al kinds are without any decided alteration since
Friday las'
The import Of the week amount to 1912 bags
Il April AIN the early part oftho week there was
a very good demand, which continued until Wed.
nesday, on which day there less doing and
prices had tendency downward; yesterday, how
ever there were spectators in the mlrkct 10 large
extent and their operations have been followed NJ
to day, which, aided by good business for the
trade, has been the cause Of prices regaining the
trAng decIine and the market has closed firmly at
the quotations OF Friday asst. Spectators have
taken 1900 American. and exporters 1900 Ameri-
can, loo Peruvian. $50 Surat, nnd $50 Madras
The sales Of the week amount 10 5000 bales, com
prsing among others 80 bales island at 9,I6d;