Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-19
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VIA NEW-YORK.|
LONDON, July ~.

LONDON, July 81.
: In addition to the important commanica-
ton which we made in our last number
OF the Emperor of Russia and Austria,
having sent Ambassadors to Paris, to remon-
strate against the occupation Of the Ecclesias-
tIcal States BY French troops, we are now ena-
bled to state that the Emperor Alexander i'm.
mediately on receiving by M. Ossepow, who
was attachedto the Russian embassy in Spain,
advice of the change intended in that moo
narchy. by Bonaparte, sent orders to Prince
Jusserow to proceed to Paris with 2 formal
protest against the deposition ofthe Bourbon
family. ,e.s
Z M. d'Exernichew,, captain in the Imperial
life guards, was senf by Alexander to Bay
onne to obtain some mitigation of the contri-
buttons. imposed by General Victor on his
Prussian majesty. Bonaparte received N,
Ezernichew with great distinction, invited him
to his table and presented him with valuable
ring and a brace of pistols, but declined en-
tering on the subject of his mission. When
Ezernichew returned to Petersburg early in
the last month, the emperor expressed some
soreness at the failure of his mediation, and
dispatched couriers to Vienna and Konings-
berg--sending at the same time Messrs
Holmstroe and Sehenk with important dis
patches to Copenhagen-the latter gentleman
was under particular circumstances to pass in.
to Sweden-the Court of Denmark on the re-
sceipt of the above dispatches, sent the Cham
berlain Rosencraritz on an extraordinary mis-
sion to Paris according to some accounts to
obtain the removal Of the French, Dutch and
Spanish troops from Holste in, &C. and by o.
theirs, to cooperate with the Imperial Courts
in neutrality-suspicious. in relation to Italy and
Spain
"A Russian army is forming in the neighbor-
hood of Mcneil, and corps of $4,000 men
has been assembled at Riga--these corps are
reported to be intended for an expedition into
Sweden, but the magnitude of the former
shew that it 'has'another and more important
destination.
Notwithstanding these hostile demonstra-
tons On the part of his Russian majesty, he
still seems DESTROYS to cultivate the friendship
of Napoleon, and four Wagons loaded with
presents to him are now on their rout to France
having passed through Berlin some weeks
-. DUBLIN, 1une 20.
On. Monday last, fool hardy fellow ma
med Moore, slater by trade, undertook tor
the triiling wager Of sa'lcn of porter, to
ascend to the ballon the spireof St. Patrick's
steeple, which late thunder storm had
thrown from its perpendicular direction
After passing to the upper scafoldlng, which
did notapprpach to within twelve feet OF the
terrific pointof his destination, he clanbered
up BY HIS hands and knees, and placed HIM
self astride on the apex of the splre that had
been thrown into a horizontal position. In
this tremendous state of peril he had CONT
nued but few seeonds,w when to the horror
of the astonished spectators, the zvh0le gaze
yav, and with the ball, and about one ton OF
the fractured stone work, the unfortunate
mar, was precipitated in a moment from
height of 200 feet his weight carried him
through three of the stages, when his clothes
became entangled, and exhibited him sus-
pended between earth and heaven. Mercl-
fill Providence, however, and his own ex-
ertions. enabled him to seize some OF the
scafoIding, and he succeeded in reganlng
safe footing. He came down through the
church. and was carried off by the crowd,
TO enjoy the triumph of a gallon ct porter,
won at such tremendous risk. The ball
broke through to the fourth scafcld, and the
stone work fell in St. Patrick's Close, with
out further injury than tearing up the pave
ment, into which it sunk upwards OF three
feet.
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