Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-11-26
ENGLAND.

ENSILAND.
A vessel has arrived from Bombay, via
ST. Helena, and is said to have conveyed
to England the funeral car on which the
body of Bonaparte was carried to the
tomb; also, his manuscripts, sealed up,
and addressed to Sir Hudson Lowe.
The government have ordered all the
Telegraphs between the Admiralty and
the out ports of England, to be put in per-
feet repair
The practice adopted at the Royal Elk
change of closing the doors at half past
four O'clock, whether cleared or not,
caused on Thursday the detention of be-
tween 900 and 500 of tire gentlemen who
attend it. After being enclosed above
ten minutes, many became impatient to
90 about their business, or to attend other
engagements.-Ehey then began to bat
ter the doors, the portals particularly.
That which opens towards Bankbulld-
ings having been lately shattered III
similar fray, and very strongly repaired,
the opposite door leading to Sweeting's-
rents was assaulted, and its bars soon bent
before the assaults of four or five strong
persons. One of these being taken into
the custody ola beadle, was rescued, and
the attack re commenced with success,
when the opposite door was also opened
by the shop keeper living in that avenue,
and the Exchange was finally cleared at
four minutes past live o'clock.
A new bridge over the Thames, from
Windsor TO Eton, is contracted for, to be
finished by the 30th November, 1899.
A simple consrivancc has been put in
operation in London for lighting the city
steeple dials after sunset, by means of
gas, so as to ascertain the hour at any
time during the night. The apparatus
consits of a grand burner, placed few
feet out from the top of the dial, and en-
closed in nearly hsmisphericsl lantern,
the front of which is glazed; the back
forms parabolical reflector; the dial re-
ceives not only the direct but conical
stream OF reflected rays; and is thus SO
brilliantly Illuminated, that the hours and
hands can be seen with nearly the same
distinctness alta distance as through the
day. By simple contrivance the clock
disengagss, about sun rise, ANAL detent,
something similar, to the larum in wood
en- clocks; this shuts the gas cock, and so
instantly extinguishes the light.
Wajor Andre.
The Pheton fr;gatc, capt. w, "A. Mon
tagu, has arrived az Portsmouth from
Halifax, with the remains of Major An
DIRE, after an extraordinary quick passage
of only Is days The two cedar trees
(says writer in the London Courier }
which grew out of his grave, were for
warded to England with the remains.
Their roots had warped themselves round
the skull of Andre, like a fine netting. 1t
10 evident that Major A ndre was not burr
ed in his regimeDtais, as not button. nor
any part Of his dress, save tie lcathern
string that tied his hair, could be found.
The extraordinary death Of Bergami,
taken from Belts UesG!y Messenger, a
London paper
An evening paper says, we have been
favored with the following extract of
letter from Milan, by commercial house
in the city Of the highest responsibility
aud whose mercantile connexions with
Italy are of great extent
Milan, Wsdnesduy morning, Sept. 5.
eve were all very much sstonished to
hear of the Queens death; it was indeed
sudden; but will you not likewise be sur
prised TO hear that the famous NJ Ber-
gami is also dead Z? The Queen died on
the 9Th; he died on the 10th. with com
plant in his bowels. | first heard it re
ported in this city, and had it confirmed
on my visit to the Vile d'Este, on the
lake Of Como. This is where the Queen
lived, and it still belongs to her, or at least
60 her executors"
The letter from which this paragraph
is taken, is written by an Eng hsh gentle
man, a branch of the family and Estab-
lishment in London that has SO kindly
communicated to US. These circumstan-
ces are a sufficient warrant, that in for
warding this intelligence land we have
seen the original letter. no deception was
intended, nor any thing but u.ere state
ment OF interesting news which the writer
took the best means in his power to au-
thenticate. We therefore conceive that
the above notice of Bergami's death is
fully entitled to credit, SO far as it goes,
and the probability of its being perfectly
we'll founded, is strengthened by the fact,
thatcontrary to all expectation, that cele-
brsted individual was not heard of during
her Majesty's funeral an the continent,
Our readers will observe that it is posi-
lively stated the report of Bergami's death
,rbioh fba x-ritsr baar6 or Milan ,voc
confirmed to him at the Villa d'Este