Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-11-08

tain some protection Hon he PONCE
ExraENE DISTRESS PRODUCING Sol
eIDE.
A poor woman who lately went to reside
in a village near Spalaing, LincolsshIre,
,nJ whose husband had ab,ccnded. was
totally destitute Of food for herself and
t,ree children. L. this distress, she
ueCtt 10 q neighbours house, aud retarn'
ed with bucket nll Of grains, used IN
feeding swine. Thsse she placed upon
the floor Of her cottage as food for her Ia
mishinS b,bes, aud rushing out OF doors
went and hanged herself, and Vas not
discovered til she was quite dead.
4 great Improvement has taken place
in sas lights by the introductica OF pipe.
of de'it ware, which are only lin OF
,he eSpence Of iron, and actually more
.dG;ablc. -
The same vessel, the Cesar, which
brought home the account Of the late con
yerSation, brought also an answer bJ DO
naparte Ia the bnok published by Nc.
Warden, which he had read with strong
feelings vi Indignation. This answer VIII
speedily be published, and as it serves TO
throw light ON some of the most imPo'-
tart Transactions IN history, We need
hardly gay that its appearance cannot
lail to b. an2icuslY expected by the
p11iic.
Re,ort When the British
uader lord Nelson. were bearing down
10 attack the con bined fleet OF Trafalgar,
tie FIRST lieut. pf the Revenge, on going
t. see that AL haris we've their quar-
tiers, ssseryin. ore 1T the men ieyoutly
kne,l;ng at the sile If his gan: 30 very
unusu,i an attitude in an English sailor
exciting his surrrise ard curIesi'y, he
went and asked The man ifhe vas afraid :"
:. Afraid ~ answered TIE homes, Ear VITA
coaHtzz,rc- expressive o; the utmost
d;sdain: " No = Was Gully P"ayi"g
thar the eaeny's shot nay ts di,triduted
ia the same proportion a. the ItIze>mo
ney--the greatest pat a@oSS the OH
co.'s" Sc
On Saturday last, about one e'c,nck.
a. two gentlemen were walking between
Srantoa and Caroline Park, Gea, Elin-
burgh, they perceived boy Oh rock,
surrounded by the tide, which was risiag
rapidlv. The pnor boy, seeing his DAN
.ge called loudly tor help; aud the gen
tIemeu desired some maSGns, who we're
working near the spot, to go to Graaton
for a horse. Luckily there was nan
mt far of with horse and cast, and to
whom they applied, bat the fellow bad
the inhumanity 70 refuse. 1t was nor,
however, time for ceremony; the horse
was, therefore, taken from the cart with
out the owners permission, and one Of
the masons having mounted It, relieved
the bow from hi; perilous situation. The
result afforded reproot TO the carter
more keen than any language OF repr zach
or Indignation could have conveyed--she
bcy, foe whose rescue IRON death he had
refused the use Of his horse. proved to be
his own son. Such vas the rapldity oil
the tide, that one OF the gentlemen, who
had been proceeding towards the, rock
while the ma>Ons were IN search ct a
horse, was also s9rrounded by the tide,
and 90, cut wi.h considerable difficulty.
--s.--
A whinSical circumstance. bit which
might have been attended with unplea-
SAINT Consequences, occurred TO the north
OF Brishtuna few days ago "a gentle
man ON a strong, spirited horse, passed
pedestrian on the slope ot the Downs at
nearly full speed. The horse had former
ly bssna charserin the 10th Regal huz'
nnrs ,,,l d. III titan WIN had knnM u