Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-03
From late London Papers,
Received at the Office of the n. Yorl
Commercial Advertiser.

fridge CamellOn, Captdth Lo"
ling y Zebra, Captain Forbes; ana
ItLc Elk, Captain -, have recently
Iarrived from the East-lndies, 70 oe
Ipaid off. The Amphitrite, Camelion'
land Zebra. are new ships T.; they were
built at Bombay, and are to be Pa'u
loft at Portsmouth. These ships bring
Intelligence from the Cape and ST.
Helena of so recent a date as October
leo and Nov. 8. Bonaparte was at lhe
latter date confined to his room oy a
'Icold ; its severity most affected his
head. Pioniowski, his Polish a'teh-
Idant, had been sent away from tne Is
Hand. There was. it seems, snlhcieh'
treason in the latter part OF his con-
Idut. relating to his devoted MASTER
Ito cause him to be removed anu ne
had been conveyed to the Cape OF
,lGood Hone, and placed under the dl-
ERECTION of Lord Charles Somerset the
lGoysrnor of that colony. 1t was with
Isomc regret, we are most credibiy IN,
Horned. that Piontowski was received
lat St. Helena by Bonapsrte. lie OK,
Ipressed himself as not having wished
Ifor his attendance. seeing that he had
mot the means of rendering hrs ABODE
lon the island desirable for it is not
Ito be imagined that the soool. per an
hum allowed by government for the
maintenance Of. Bonapartc and his
suite is appropriated to any other
purpose than that of purchasing such
; ARTICLES of necessity and OF comfort
Jas comport with Bonaparte's cond!'
tion as captive state prisoner: Ills
Irations are daily conveyed to his re :,
Isidence. and that without any regard
Fl hatever to his former character and
condition. Sir Pulteney Malcolm,
who had arrived at the Cape in the
Newcastle, intended to sail again on
Ibis return to St. Helena about the
Ia6th of October. The OrOntcs had
Iarrived at tie MauritiuS, as well as
1.-THE Mesquite the other ships OF the
squadron continued stationed as be-
lforc noticed. Lieut.. W. E. Knight.
lof the Newcastle, had been promoted
Ito the rank of commander, and ap-
pointed to the Griffin, vice capt. J. A.
Murray, promoted to command the
tspey The Amphitrite, Camriion.
zebra. and Elk, all brought mails
from the various presidcrcies in India.
!, The new light on Penzance-pier
Twin he visible for the first fine on Sa-
, t,n,lav night next. 1t is intended to
Show this light Only whilst there is 9
fleet water within the pier. Until the
tide rises to that height the lamps will
mot be lighted, and they will be ex-
,ltirguishcd when the tide falls below it.
! 4 remarkable instance of the fcro-
icity of a cat happened to the pound
jkeeper Of the lock near Windsor
bridge on Tuesday last. The man
had occasion to 90 into an clubhouse,
whittier his dog followed, where a
male cat was shut in. The cat, on
the appearance of the dog, became flu
rious and fastened on the calf of the
mans leg, from which he could not
be loosened until he was killed.
Franklin.s Correspondence.-It
appears that the Franklin Manu-
scripts have been purchased by Mr..
Colburn. and that tbe first norton.
lrontaiu;ng his correspondence will
Iapnear in a few DAYS Among the
changes that have taken place in the
Ico,J;t;or oc noI;t;caJ society tba co
In,r,tfnn of tbe American colonies