Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-10-31


commenced with carelessness of conduct
and frivolous pursuits.
PHILOGUNAIKOS.
Boston, October 22d.
The ship Thomas. Mentor, which arr
rived yesterday from Leghorn, on the 18th
August, spokea French squadron of three
frigates and two briggs off Minorca, com.
nanded by ferome Bondparte IN 1t The
ci.devant lady Bonaparte, should make any
considerable stay in England, she may have
a chance to upbraid her faithless lord TO his
face.
The success of the coustitutionalisss in
Pennsylvania mhst afford the highest salts.
faction, to every patriot bosom. In this
We discern not only the triumph of the no.
meet of the republican party over lawless
faction, but also the complete triumph OF
correct principles and views over error and
delusion. Public Ledger.l
lillian and Mary College Iottery.
We Understand that a. the district court
st williamsburg. the court decided that the
drawing should be considered as valid, that
the managers should paw The prize of ten,
thousand dollars that was drawn, to the
owner of the ticket drawn against lt,and
that the other ten thousand dollar prize
should belong to the owner of the last
drawn ticket; from this opinion an appeal
was taken, and the cause will be argued on
the 7th of next month, before the Court OF
Appeals Libid.J
Some reports have obtained that Raguia waa
abou to put itleif under the power Of Ftaace -
Whether this msafure was fuggefed OF account
Of the troubles Of the Tuslsih provinces in IFS
neighborhood, or to excite the jea!ouGy of Au.
ftria to Whole territory it is contiguous, and to
which it has lately opened new roads, is not de-
clared. No facts are mentioned. This arifo.
cracy, formed on the plan Of Venice, is govern.
ed by rector, a council OF ten, and the great
council, which includes the nobility. From the
great council, are chofeD the officers who dited
in all the departments of fate. The fate being
FINAL, has been obliged to fubmit TO pay tribute
to the Turks, to the Vcnctiars, to the Pope, to
the Emperor, and to Spain and Naples. They
aill are jealous Of their liberty. The city has
iuaered by earthquakes, particularly in 1884,
and 1867. In the lae it was faid 5000 lives
were loft, and ere which broke out Did very
great damage to the city. It's territory has about
90 Italian fquare miles, the city has 5000 in
habitants, and all OF them are engaged in trade.
Wheeler mentions thar twelve years after the
earthquake, he was in the neigbborhood Of Ra.
guia, and it had not recovered and it had NOT
recovered thoroughly in 40 years. From fl.
rnilar calamity, it rs fsid Naples has fufered.-
Its iitlation near the Volcano of Veiuvius mat
ever fubjed it TO alarms, and the fad examples of
deffudion around it cannot admit an nfcahbility
to the dangers to which it is expofed. The po-
pulation of this city was given in 1873, at
36r $50, and it had above three hundred thou.
fdnd in 174z, and late account gives above four
hundred thoufand. The alarm has bees great
from the late earthquake, which has occaGoned
grea, deRru6fion, of which a more particular
account may be expected. The lat news from
the Turkilh provinces reprettnts greater union
and more purified lyaem than had been adopted
in former times. The Chrifians from Bulgaria
and Albania had made common cau(e with the
Servians, and a diftin6aion which has never been
lof and has been often fattered by the Tufkih
commanders, threatens serious evils TO the Turk-
ill powers. BY the prefcnt combination, the
COMMERCE Of the country will be better maintain
3D., and we may foon eSpea to find more exact
fatement OF the population, &rength of parties,
political quefions, and real claims Of the iuha.
bitants. tSsAem Rtgift,.)
Should the election of governor in Penn
syIvania, terminate in favor OF M'Kean. as
many expect, we are still at a loss to form
an opinion, as to the political consequences.
Governor M'Kean has had a very serious
lesson, on the progress and effects ofjaco-