Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-05-02
FROM LONDON PAPERS,
Received at the office Of the Com. Advertiser

From the Sunday .fio7isfor 81 sudfcH ..
Il The King of Prussia. it is said, has be
come hypochondriac. 3.
The slave trade is still carried on viii
Inundated vigor on the coast Of Africa
chiefly under Spanish colors--a schr.
that nation, called the Esperanza, was cap
ltured on the 22d December, after a sharf
, action, by H. M. S. Morgiana, captain
Strong. The Spaniard had two killed
and the captain aud four men severely
wounded-a lieutenant, midshipman, au'
four OF the Morgiaua's crew wounded-4(
slaves found In the captured vessel.
The intelligence which we receive iron
ireland is Of an alarming character. The
Ribbonmen, or, to give them more ap
propriate name, the Rebels, 10 the West
appear from these accounts, to have rem
dered themselves formidable by their IN
creased numbers and audacity. The FOL
lowing is summary of the daring trans
factions in which these desperate men have
been engaged.
/ At Aliascragh, village in Galway, or
the borders Of Roscommon, the police were
ATTACKED by the country people who had
assembled on Sunday to hear Mass. The
police men being uuprepared, were severe
ly beaten. At Kilconnel, an affray took
place between the police and the Ribbon
men. The combat was contested, but the
former we're overpowered by numbers, and
two we're killed Twelve Ribbonmen were
marched into Taum on Sunday, under an
escort Of The 18th regiment, from Moy
Tough, aud the next morning dispatched TO
Galway.
In the county Of Clare, the posts OF
Ballinvilla aud CoInaclea, 90 the borders
lof Mayo, we're attacked 90 Friday night,
1.-THE 25th ult. by party of Ribbonmen
Ifrom Roscon,TnoD. Their object was 10
force their way into Mayo. but they were
driven back with the loss of two killed,
and one mortally wounded.
The Mayo Constitution Of Monday
lsays, that the mail guard and passengers
who arrived here last night Sunday state,
THAT eight or nine dead bodies (police men,
we greatly fear, from the description) were
Lying on the road yesterday, as the coach
passed by, near Abascragh, in the county
of Galway. 1t is much to be apprehend-
ed that these unfortunate men were sur
lprised and murdered by the rebels. A
great crowd was seen short distance from
them. The coach passed hastily on, and
we have 10 particulars of an affair SO en-
Iinently calculated 10 produce the most
Eauxious concern.
/ LONDON, March Z.
| Frankfort papers of the Goth of last
month, have arrived. They furnish adj
i vices from Augsburg to the oath. from
which We learn, that the people of that
| city were in the utmost agitation in con-
sequence OF the frightlul outrages commit
ted on women; many Of whom had been
stabbed, not only in the streets, but in
their houses. An attempt had also been
made to assassiuate one of the students.
| Terrific Pleasantly. An occurrence,
calculated to give rise TO painful reflec-
tions, which took place short time since
in Berlin, is much spoken of 10 all parts
ot Germany. During the late Carnival, a
masked ball given 10 the Theatre of Ber-
lin. Four masks entered, dressed 10
black, and bearing a coffin. This strange
circumstance produced very unpleasant
Sensation, but it soon ceased to excite any
attention. The four men deposited the
coffin 10 corner Of the room, and mixing
10 the crowd, soon disappeared. On the
following morning, the coffin was discov'
Tered under some black cloth, and on open
Il ing it, there appeared very correct like
mess, modelled in wax, Of an august per-
son, the King dear TO Prussia The
figure was pierced with several stabs OF a
poniard. A bloody dagger was deposited
in the coffin. The authors OF this terrific
pleasantly have not as yet been discovered.
4 Paris paper.
| The Storm. Extract Of private iet-
ter, dated Dover, March 5.--" The Ct.
fleets Of the dreadful hurricane OF the "a
and Sd inst. will be long felt and depiored
by numbers. The oldest seamen here do
not recollect 90 sudden and terrible gale
and am much afraid that We shall hear
Of more distressing accounts than those
which already present themselves, il that
be possible. The property and victims to
1.-The devastating and destructive element
/ are quite incalculabIe. The whole line
Of French coast, for distance of 40
niles, and many parts Of The Channel, are
strewed with floating wrecks.
II is stated on pretty good authority
THAT there are 90 less than SO vessels
. wrecked between Calais and Etaples, the