American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-04-19
DEFERRED ARTICLES.
FINANCIAL COINCIDENCE.

Bank OF England plan Tor exchanging the per
cent for per cent stocks, that will have similar
effect Of saving the annual interest OF the funded
debt of Great Britain, to that proposed by Mr. Craw-
ford which the House Of Representatives have re-
Gently adopted in the shape OF bill. England will
thereby about l., $50, 900 pounds sterling, and
we shall yearly interest OF S260000 or total
Of upwards of 2000,O0O.-This is coincidence Of
the financial operations OF both countries worth re-
marking. Washington Cfty Gag.
A Philadelphia paper of Saturday says ''we are
building Ihea.re and new Penitennary. OHy
one person attended to witness the performance on
Thursday night LAST at the Walnut street Theatre.
He dryiy made the remark, that he supposed ''the
house was sitting with closed DOORS erecntiOe
business"
A very great demand has been made for the coin
Of England. banking house in London sent
the bank of England for nearly million efsoUereigns,
or pounds sterling.
We learn, says the New York Gazette, by the
ship Ariosto, arrived on Thursday last, from Africa;
that the time of her sailing there were $50 slave
vessels on the coast.
Jeffrey, the we'll known Critic and Essayist, has
been indicted into the Office OF Lord Rector of the
University of Glasgow He has announced his de-
termination to bestow Gold Medal upon the man
who shall excel in defamation -EU. Gag.
The defence Of Capt SHAW before the Court
Martial convened on board the y. S. ship Indefen-
dence, was concluded on Thursday and the Court
then took time to consider the testimony submitted
to them during the tria-The result OF their pro-
CT edings will be known after having been submitted
to the President for his approval Boston Pat.
Cigars 1t is said that the expenditure of tobac-
in the Iorni of cigars has increased, OF late years
beyond almost belief Their imporla on has increa;
sed fourod within these four years, while the manu-
factory Of them in Philadelphia, Baltimore, New
York and Boston, is immense.
Genteel Embellishments. Davy says the name OF
the officer who commanded the drummers s. trum-
peters of the King OF Candy, "zamboroo-
lhuramtee. too-crao -mohandiram- miami"
In the early part of the last session of Baltimore
CITY Court Witiiem Pa8sano was tried on an ndlct-
ment for stealing, and on apparently sufficient Cir
lcumstaniial evidence, the Jury found verdict OF
guiitu Before any sentence was pa ,sed, 1t was
certained that some testimony had been omitted on
the trial which the Court, on enquiry deemed OF
lsutficent importance to justify them IN granting d
new trial. The second trial took place last week, at
Ian adjourned session of the Court, when Passanos
Innocence was so clearly proved, that the Jury ac-
quilted him without leaving the box.-Batt. Gaz.
Duels.--The Georgetown Metropolitan acknow-
hedges the receipt OF information respecting several
dues fought by navy officers in the Medilerra-
mean. Mdshpman Worfhingfon OF Georgetown, Is
stated 10 have fallen victim to this cruel practice
Bnkfiniose .dnerzcan.
man who was in the practice of robbing
prist mill in the vicinity oil Belle AIR, Maryland,
was laid in wait for by the miller on Saturday night
last When the thief had filled his bag with -four,
| and was about retiring, the milet ordered HIM 10
stop, adding that unless he did, he would hire on
him, which he finally did as the thief was leaving
the door. By the blood which Howed from him,
he was traced next morning to neighooring barn.
He died on the following day. 10
Jonathan Smith, esq late cashier of the Bank Of
| the United States, has been unanimously elected
cashier OF the Mechanics Bank.
SMALL pox.-A rrmor having prevailed at Hunt
lineton, Connecticut, that person there who had
been vaccinated had been affected by the small pox,
Levi Beardslee, surgeon in that place. has written
letter to the editor OF the Bridgeport Republican,
in which he states that the eruption is case oil the
chicken pox, and not oil the small pox.
| pH1pApELpHIA ORPHAN AsYLUM.-The Com
mittee appointed to receive the donations TO this In"
sttuton, in consequence OF the melancholy lire IN
January, have reported their receipts independently
of the grant of S 10000 from the Legislature of
THAT state, 10 amount to the handsome sum Oh Ok,
l4l7 OIL ;--in all, 42.4l7 OIL.
MARYLAND TORCH LIGHT ExTINeuIsHr I. The
lOfice OF the Torch Light, paper published al t1as
|gerslown, Maryland, was dest' oyed by ere on the
lst instant.
Nh old Calc-A call, years old, which yet sucks
his dam, is exhibiting IN New YORK lie Is esli-
mated to weigh two thousand Hounds girths feet
Inches round the breast, is OF kaby beautiful
symmetry, very fat, and subssts almost entirely
upon milk of the COW, and little hay. He was
raised al Saybrook, Connecticut
The Quebec Gazette, of the 28th ult. states that
the snow was then three feet deep in that vicinity,
and the weather had been for several days like the
middle of winter.
On the morning Of the 9th inst on board the thii-
ladelphia steamboat Delaware, on her passage from
ID ,.,,,o,a =, pb.daInb,a a nasse per from BaIti-.