Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-03-22

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| The above is cheering statement, unu,
which we take leave 10 congratulate ,Ie
public.
The crown jewels so long missing, Were
found at Buckingham house, Jan. 7,b no
comments are made: the discovery was
made by the prince regent. They We're
supposed to have been concealed by The
king.
Documents-tria Of Arbuthnot and Am.
brister republished without comment ON The
9Th Jan. The total amoun! of The Queens
personalproperty sfound to be but 10000
pound. This is an answer 10 al! caunDy.
Of hi, $1,000 pound are in jewels, pre-
sented 10 her on her marriage, Lord e.
'enboroush's will IS proved--his personal
property is worth POO, ooo dollars. The
Courier under the | lin Jan. after long
neutrality on the great question, has ome
oct with the strongest testimony of horror
and indignation against general jackson
for the execution, OF rather MURDER of Ar.
buthnot ard Ambriester. II is hard to
condemn him-(tle Courier he feels rot
only as an Eng lishman but as citizen OF
the verdi These are threatening symp-
toms, when our friends speak loudly ard
Indignantly against US. Others have hithpr.
to abused us-the Courier, evidently With
reluctance denounces Jackson.
These papers are full of complaints made
by Euglishmen. who have been enticed in.
to the Spanish lrepubican) service they
suffer every hardship, cruelty and di ap.
pointment. Under the 18th, the Courier
gives the arguments of our National lnte.
gencer, in defence of Jackson's proceed
ings. That is entirely fair. 1t is sue.
ceeded with An extract from our paper Of
the Ilth Dec. which may be thought quite
as unfair, by others.
Jan. 81 The new parliament bad com.
m.nced operations.
The first letter of Algernon Sydney h.s
been republished in the Traveller, London
it occupies four columns. We are not
sorry to sce-it is honorable to our coun.
try. That writer is one among The few
who have stood forward TO defend THEN
country against the reproach of counenan.
cling military despoism, as sanguinary and
horrible as any that ever stained the re.
cords of History. Mr.. Coleridge is con-
tinuing his lectures. There has also ano.
Their literary phenomenon appeared. A Mr..
Budbeck has returned from the interior OF
Africa, after six months residence. with
a geographical account of the country.
Our Liverpool papers. as we stated, are
down to the 25,h. There is nothing Of
interest, however, to be extracted, if we
except the following articles. 1t is honi.
bic indeed. The curiosity of man isl ter.
rible in its scrutiny. Who knows but We
may yet operate upon graves and sepu-
chres, like the trumpet OF he arcbsngel?
HORRIBLE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
On the 4th Of Nov. last various galvanic
experiments were made on the body The
murderer Clysdale, by DR.. Ure, with vol.
taic battery OF 27o PAIRS Of inch plates.
The results were truly appalling. On NOV
ing the rod from the hip to the heel. the
knee being previously bent, the leg was
thrown out with such violence, as nearly
TO overturn one of the assistants, who 10
vain attempted to prevent IFS extension -
In the second experiment the rod was ap-
piled to the pbrenic nerve in the neck,
when labor,os breathing instantly COM
menced the chest heaued and fell; the be-
ly was Protruded and collapsed, with the
relaxing and retiring diaphragm and it is
thought, that but from the complete evaeua.
ton Of The blood, puisation might have oe'
CURED tn the third experiment, the ST.
praorbital nerve was touched, when every
muscle in the murderer's face twas ikrowa
into fearful action" The scene was hide
ous-several of the spectators left the room,
and one gentleman actually tainted, from
terror or sickness In the fourth expert
ment, the transmitting of the electral pow
err from the spinal marrow to the ulner
nerve, at the elbow, tie fingers were
put in motion, and the agitation
Of the arm was so great, that the corpse
seemed to point TO the different spectators
some OF whom thought it had come to lie!
DR.. Ure appears to be ofopinion, that had