The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-11-08

rents, in,rea,ing their forgiveness 10,
.suce rash act--she thereiii requested
to have for BEARERS The very young Ia
dies, who she said, she dreamed had
carried her TO her grave, and enclosed
some locks of her hair as memenioes
OF her friendship. She was only about
II years OF age, aud the daughter OF
very respectable persons in The neigh
bourhood.
Sept. s.
A gentleman recently arrived i:oul
Vienna, briggs over singular repcrt
exis,irg in that capital al the ,in'c OF
his departure which Is, that the EN-
peror Feancis has intimated wish 10
retire from the government IT his coon-
Try, and, in Tact, resTn his crown
I'VE do not think it very probable. The
emperor of Austin is not an old mat.
II was but the o,ber day that he talk CO,
fof marrying Saxon princess and
men do 70, generally retire from bu-
siness, particularly so spl-ndid one'
as his majesiy'o, justa at the time they
marry
On Wednesday We experienced eve
~ sort Of weather in the exit eme Al
ikrec O'Clock ia the m orIing II blew
storm, and the rain descended IN tor
rents. Avout ten O'clock II became
| very cold, a heavy shower OF hailstones
descended, anu tbs dease and dark at
tnostpieLs, surchargsd with clouds,
| threatened wei DISMAL noon. ! he
I weather at this monaont bore every
| character Of a winters dsy AT 10 o
| clock ,ie clouds Dispersed, the sun
| shone forth, every apfsaiance OF win
ter Sanished, and fine dry summers
} day succeeded. In the evening IT be-
scame very cold, end as The nigh, ac-
tvaIced, the air bil so shfewaiy,"
,ha, it must have been a rather severe
frost.
Prince Jerome OF Men,forh alias the
king OF Westphalia, alias Jerome 30.
| naparte, passed through Vienna on the
| 2o,h, going TO Hamburg 10 visit ma.
dame Murat, his sister, whence he will
70. TO Brunn. He WAS preceded by the
arrival al The cua,cm house CT $50
packing cases, belonging 10 him, many
OF which are said 10 contain works OF
art OF great value.
Sept. Is.
We some days ago had occasion 10
| notice, that col Bowies, in the Amphi-
on, irigate, had carried cut instructions
10 demonstrate against the protected
descepi of the Brazil troops on the ter
| ritory OF La Plata, but we expressed
our dread OF his arriving too late, after
so long detention al Portsmouth. He
however, arrived foui days after the ex
pedition had sailed. aud im mediately
the cutter was sent after 1t, and the re-
salt was, tina, all The troops, bag sge,
cannon, stores, &c. were landed in the
island oe ST. CarlhaEins's the troops Pr;
iuto the barracks, and the stores iOdg-
ed in magazines The Fired neutral
transports were paid eff, so that tn :
threatened invasion OF the eastern side
o. La Plata is at an end for the pre-
sent.
I, now appears beyond doubt, tina,
Spain end Portugal was, that the latter
should reconquer Buenos Ay'es on ac-
count Of The first, as an equivalent OF
be towries The two priDcesses were to
cacy with them. Had This been the
case, We would ask, what would have
become of our trade there.
A report has lately been published
On the subject OF the new street from
he northern entrance OF the city 10
| Cbaring cross. The amount aire.dy
expended for this object is 3I4,e79t
IFS. Cd. The number Of houses 10 be
taken down is $50 belonging 10 the
! crown, and 355 belonging to individual
proprietors. A part only of these are
yet purchased by the commissioners.
Dublin, Setk is.
The veteran Aerenaut, Mr.. Sadler
has arrived ia ibis city from Cork
He intends TO redeem his pledge Of
crossing the channel to England in his
balloon. We understand he will make
this arduous attempt, early in Octo
ber.
Belfast, SEPT ID.
Yesterday two muslin weavers I'M
derwent tbs sentence Of flogging, pass
ed upon them at last assizes, for the
conspiracy TO destroy Mr.. JohDson's
house.
They were escorted from Carrick.
fergus by military force similar 10
what accompanied Magil and Doe TO
execution last week, and arrived in