The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-03-17

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der the flag of the latter.
From Odessa the letters are dated nm
the 3Ist of December. Amongst the Rms.
sian officers there was general idea of!
war with Turkey, as soon as the weather
permitted, and the necessary preparations
were making.
A letter from Persia. dated ,Taberiz. (
Sept. go, gives the particulars of a great
battle between the Persians and Turks. in
which the army ofthe latter, amounting
to 52,OC0mcn, was totally defeated.
Late atvices from Syria give depIo.
rable ACCOUNT Of the situation of the in.
habitants who survived the FIRST shocks of
tho earthquake. In addition to the suf
ferings produced by hunger, disease, and
exposure to the inclemency of the sea-
son, horrid stencil, arising from the
number Of dead bodies, had obliged them
to leave The camp they had formed In the
neighborhood Of the towns, abandoning
all hope Of any recovery of their proper,
~, and reluctantly fo:saking their habits-
tons, their home, and the tcmbs of their
ancestors.
The king OF Grea, Bri,ain wa, so much
indisposet that i, was supposed he would
not be able TO open the session Of parlia-
ment in person. His majesty, however.
was on the recovery. 1fe2e
MIR. Canning has resigned his place in
the house Of commons as representative
for Liverpool. He has done this from
conviction that he cannot discharge his
duties TO his constituents, and at the
same time his duties as minister.
MIR. AberDethy has addreskd, Il is
said, letter to the secretary Of state, on
the necessity ofrepealing the late act of
Parliament, which subjects resurrection
men Gas they are called) TO severe punish
meDt for violating ;he sancti,y of the
tomb. Under the present restrictions,
dead bodies are become very scarce in
London, and some Of the dissecting
rooms are without an adult subject.
| A swindling establishment oj Immense
magnitude has lately been discovered in
London, IN consequence of the pon-per-
torrance OF lis engagements. yhey
have had branches in Liverpool, Mans
chester, Birmingham, in Scotland, and
10 several parts ofthe coatinent. Their
debts, it is stated, amount TO 1900, 900.
We understand that several of the par
ties are in custody.
The NEUTRALITY Of England is still al
frmed. he Courier says 'ssome of our
contemporaries have of late inserted
statements oil increased exertions in the
naval ar,enals, which have tendency to
excite spprehensions of hos,ilities being
expected by his msJesty's government !;
we are authorized distinctly 10 state, that
there has been no such increase Of exer..
ton, and that there has not been the
smallest tendency to wsrlike prepara>
tions at any of the dock yards"
| The documents which we publish this
evening, may be received as the most ex-
traordinay diplomatic correspondence
that has ever taken place in Europe
The tone of fierce defiance assumed by
Spain is evidently calculated to exaspe.
rate the alhes. The language Of the
notes that passed between the Austrian
and Russian ministers, and the Spaniards
In particular, resembles, in truth, the me.
| mace of the feudal chieftain TO bis rival,
'Send me tribute, ol'-lo " hi. h the la,
COMIC defiance was, Il owe you nome
and if"
On the 18th and l4lh Jan. a great num-
Der OF addresses were presented from
different public bodies, corporations, the
national militia. and various military
corps, in appreciation of the answers of
the government to the notes of the 70
reign powers, and the votes of the corles
on those answers.
II IS asserted in a letter from Madrid,
that the minister of war will soon present
to the cortes project for the organiza.
ton of two foreign legions; the first IN
der the name Of the French legion, and
the other under that OF the Italian legion.
1t is also said, that there is q talk of forti.
flying Madrid with Entertainments but
such project would be,st leastridiculous.
1.-THE danger should reach as far as the ca.
pi,al, the army will retire beyond the
Sierra Morena, to carry on Guerilla
warfare.
a Dresden paper, Jan. 10, says-The
Leipsic fair is as bad as possible. In
consequence Of the cold, water has be-
come so scarce that many manufactures
are wholly at a stand. At Augsburg, a
pitcher of water costs about I'D, and in
Hobeinstein the securing OF rooms is
prohibited under penalty of IS rix.
An Augsburg article of Jan. 81, says,
the last letters received from the from
tiers of Russia continue Of warlike
character, inasmuch as the general per-
suasion is, that the Britannia ambassador,
lord Strangford, will fail IN the mission