Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-06-05

same discharge Of electricity.
II is to be hoped this may operate as a
sufficient warning, not only to The inbab.
itants of Montville, but to all others who
may have very improperly attempted TO
support vane by an iron roo secured 70
the Top Of building or cupola instead Of
extending to the earth as conductor
Had this have been the case, the probable
ity is we should not have had this nelan'
choIy intelligence 10 record.
We understand that a barn belonging
10 Jonah Witter, Esq. OF Preston lin which
were his son and black man. was blown
down; the latter in attempting to escape
out Of the door, was instantly killed by
the falling OF the roof; the former we
learn escaped uninjured. The. tempest
continued but few moments. Its dnec-
ton was from west to east. and its extent
from north TO south, We believe not 10
have exceeded ten or twelve miles.
We copy iba following paragraphs from
the Paris Moniteur Universel
Boston Repr.
Ertroct from, the Journal Of French tru.
seller, Ike dog Shsn King Ferdinand
left Madrid.
M,acH 9O-I arrived at nine in the
morning with my heart pierced With grIet;
| had seen the king quit the city with all
the royal family, without single attempt
on the part of The terrified Inhabitants OF
the capital TO prevent it. II was precise.
ly eight o'clock when Ferdinand LETT his
palace borne in chair to the lilac ally, Ia
walk constructed within the enclosure OF
the palace, by Joseph Bonaparle)-hs
was ihere awaited by bis carriages. He
was taken secretly along through The out.
er walks in order TO reach the bridge OF
Toledo. The king. pale, sad, and de.
pressed, was in the first carriage with the
young queen, who was in tears, and ap.
peared in the greatest CONSERVATION the
two Infants with their families and the In
fanta of Portugal, followed in three pri'
vaie carriages, all apparently plunged in
deep distress. There were six other car.
riages for persons attached 10 the court:
There Te:e but few people on the side
where was placed but the most OF the
witnesses OF this sad scene, babe with
s!phs, the most touching farewell 10 their
sovereign, and |, though | am not a
native Spsnlard, could not resirai in my
tears, al the mistortunes in reserve Tor The
royal family, and The apathy OF the inha-
bi,an,s of Madrid. The king and bis
suite, at the time ! saw them, were escort>
ed only By detachment OF sagunta, (ca:
vaIry,) about forty men Of the national
guard On horseback, and sixteen OF the
mountain Chasseurs; but on the square OF
the constitution, there were from seven 10
eight hundred infantry, and cavalry with
two pieces Of cannon, who immediately
gained The bridge OF Toledo 10 form an
escort for the king
On the bridge OF Toledo The procession
was 10 be organized-greatC confusion pre-
vailed. The crowding o. carriages. the
adieus OF several women whose husbands
formed the national guard, the cries OF Il.
tsrty and independence, which were made
by some madmen, deeply affected my
heart.
At 10 O'Clock a great number OF the
shops remained unopened, and many PEG:
pie would not believe the departure OF
the king, but those who bad no doubt that
this departure would be effected are pen.
etrated with the most intense greet. Some
shed bitter but uuavaIling tears, others re.
proacb themselves that The inhabitants OF
The capital OF the kingdom have so iorsa.
ken The king and his family. The Goth oil
March will always be an inauspiclous day
in the national history.
ROME. March 9a.-Tbe Diario OF the
18th OF this month gives US nothing res
pectlng the secret coDsstory, held the
10th of this month tor the creation OF *
cardinals and the conservation OF new
bishops.
On the 18th the public consistory was
held, in which his Holiness received the
oaths of tbe new cardinals, without grant
ing Them deiiberative voice N tue coun-
sells. The ceremony, where according 10
the usual expression, the Holy Father o,
pens ,heir mouth, will not take place TIL
the holdings of The next consistory, when
it is said eighteen new French bishops
will be consecrated, and fourteen new
bishops will be chosen The following
are the names OF the preates who are de-
signated for this high dignity: Gazzola,
bishop Of Monte6ascone Zen, archbishop
o! Caledonia lsosrd. dean of la Rote.;
Gin.tin,ani, ex-legate of Madrid MacchI.
legate at Paris; Leardi, legate at Vienna;
tTfTaldi, treasurer general; Berunelti,
governor OF Rome. The number OF II Is
to be completed by three subjects who
are TO be designated by the sovereIgns OF
France. Spain, and Austria, and three O.
theirs which The pope bias reserved tor blin'
self in petto, in the three last conssiorIes.
This second promotion will make The
number of living cardinals amount 10
GO, 50 that there will be but two more
hat. vacant to ill the sacred college. The
pope reserves them 10 himself, TO make
them the reward of distinguished services
rendered to the Church orSta'e. We re-
marked during the las, corsistory the ex
celIent health enjoyed BY the sovereign