Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-11-06

change IN France would grow out o; To,
Kings death.
Sir Charles Bagot, late Ambassador a
st. Petersburg, aud lady. had returned te
England.
The Glasgow Chronicle states that Mr..
Owen was about to proceed 10 America
10 purchase Rapp's celebrated Harmony
Settlement. Arrived in the New York i
PRICES CURRENT, Liverpool, Sept 99-
Bowed Georgia Cotton I'd; New Orleans
u to Ill; American Tar i3 to las ed;
Turpentine to lis Cd; U. S. Pot Ashes
80 to 4os; Pearl 80 to 40; James River q
10 81; Kentucky and Georgia z 10 4d;
Rice l3s Sd TO los Cd.
SPAIN.
Letters from Madrid of the 18th inst
state that Santa Cruz, The Ex-Minister OF
War. and the officers arrested with him,
remained closely imprisoned. The Ex-
minister, who IS 10 i'll health, had sent an
address to the King. accompanied by Ger.
tihcates tron his physicians, begging TO be
removed either TO hospital or to ms own
house. His request had been forwarded
TO the King, who was then at st. ldlefon-
so, whence the Court was expected 10 re-
move to the Escurial on the 2ld Ferdi.
maud was laboring under all attack OF the
govt, but still transacted public business,
which was chiefly confined to the d,stribu.
ton OF orders and crosses among his Fo-
reign Ambassadors.
FRANCE.
The French papers during the week
have been almost exclusively filed with
long details otthe mummeries attending The
demise OF the King. relative to whom eve.
ry anecdote and saying is carefully col.
lected and curiousiy wrought up, 10 order
10 prove that he was toe most YirtuOus,
the most patriotic, the most generous and
pure of mankind. On Thursday Sc might
the corpse was removed 10 the church Of
st. Denis. after having been exhibited in
the Royal Chamber, in bed, in sitting
posture to The public, who were 10 thou
sands hurried through the hsMber to cou-
vince themselves iGat his Majesty was &C.
taalIy dead The body is to lie in Saint
Denis in All Illuminated chapel tor thirty
days; masses for the repose OF the dead
being continually sung before il. The
profound grief OF the French is thus to be
kept up mechanically for month longer.
and then they are to be treated to grand
coronation of Charles \ who is to make
bis public entry into Paris. We must not
omit the important fact set forth ia The
French papers, that be IS TO mount his
horse at The barrier PEtoille, that
the Dauphin will be by his side, and that
bis Majesty will wear the uniform of
Colonel General OF Carbineers.' There
are certain other grand doings to take
place, so that it the affair began with ira
gedy, it will it appears end with farce.
Major Cartwright died at the Burton
Crescent, Eng gland, on the Esd Sept. He
was we'll known AS the veteran friend OF
civil and religious liberty.
Gen La Fayette, who is travelling in
tbs United States, is every where received
with the same enthusiasm which marked
bis landing on the American shores. The
public prints of that country (which we
regret we have not room 10 quote) devote
a large portion of their columns 10 the de-
tails OF his interesting journey; and the
deep feeling of patriotism and Joy which
his presence inspires, though to cold OBJ
server it may appear roman,caliy intense,
must afford 10 the veteran soldier OF inde-
pendence qualification which monarchs
might envy, and is highly honorable TO the
American character, We should think
little indeed Of any country that could tor
get the services OF an early and disinte-
rested frieud-asd he too foreigner: and
we should perhaps better compliment d
free people by considering such demon
straton of national gratitude as matter
of course, than holding it up as an exam
pie of patriotic virtue -L,Uerpooi yMcr.
LONDON. Sept 20 Letters rom AIex-
sndria communicate tue important intelIi.
geace, that the Egyptian expedition had
sailed against Greece from that port on
the i7.h July. Ii is stated to consist Of
10 900 infantry and 2ooo cavalry.
GREECE.
There are accounts from the Morea OF
an attack made by the Turks on the
Island OF Samos, which ended in the al
most entire destruction of the Turkish az
petition by FIRE ships and by the sword.
By extracts 10 the Journal des Debats
from the Oriental Spectator, it appears
that the Greek population OF Samos, con
sist,ng principally OF women, old men aod
had been obliged 10 Fly to the
and hide themselves in caves
aud Businesses, to avoid the fury OF the
Turks and the ravsges of the Turkish
feet, They had previously set fire TO 'h4lr
houses, aud carried into The interior what
ever part Of their property or provisions
they were able to transport. The GFeek
government had decreed 10 send huIlla
to their aid.
In the same paper is an extract OF let
ter from Napoli di Romania. dated Aug.
|, in which it is stated that the Provision
al Government of Greece has been recog-
nized by the whole Greek nation:-that
hundred sail OF ships had been dine cted to
Al d