Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-23

and become again what their fathers
were, namely, husbandmsn or shep-
herds. To this end, the government
has ass;rned them; in the temperate
parts of E ropesn Russia, lands and
every thing necessary for their cul'iva.
ton, and has granted them years OF
exemption, if they conform in that re-
spect to the Emperor's will. 10 the
contrary case, they will be required to
Quit Russia altogether. The publica-
ton ofthis Ukase has spread terror a.
mong the numerous lraelites Of this
country
The London Courier of the 18Th ult.
mentions that the number Of Spanish
Constitu,ionslists in England, who
were in the most necessitous condition,
was bou, our hundred and fifty. The
British government had given them
some pecuniary relief. Most of them.
as well as The plurality of the Italian
refugees, had been in good circumstan'
ces and rank Of life a. home. 'lhe'r
Indebtedness. the fruit Of generous
patriotism & passion for liberty. should
command respect and universal sympa'
thy.
One of the late London papers con-
tains a we'll authenticated recent case
of child having been bitten by rats, al
| night, in bed, in such way IS to have
been nearly killed by loss of blood
Several instances of the kind have 90.
cur red in the U. States.
The Sohafftausen Gazette gives an
account Of suicide committed in q
most extraordinary manner, by man at
Marot, who filled his Dostrils, mouth
| and ears with gunpowder, and then
blew off the top Of his head
The affection among the fashionable
end would be fashiona bic people of Lon
don, of being thought at least to be oot
of town during part of the summer,
Is not toe stroBgIy illustrated in the
following paragraph in the London
Morning Chronicle.
'Oat Of GoUn-As unfortunate Mar
chioness and two Countesses were yes.
terday ascertained to be in tawD by
Whites men, Expulsion from AL
mack's next season will most certainly
be the consequence. An unhappy and
inexperienced bousemsid was dismissed
on Saturday by Dowager Lady -,
for having inc cautiously thrown open the
drawing.room window shutters, and
thus indicated residences and occupancy
| by the Noble owner. A clownish foot-
man was in the same way last week de-.
servedly cashiered by his Lord, for
having with a broom semoved the
symptoms Of vegetation in front of hi.
Lordship's house, in Grosvernor square,
and so destroyed the unerring proof Of
being long out of town The Mar
Guess of is said to have beer de-
tectsd entering by Hyde Park-corDer,
last night; We trust the rumour is I'M
founded.
Bell's (London) Weekly Messenger
of the l3sh ult. observes
sWheu we look to the market in
which there exists the most b:isk de-
mand for iron, silk, cotton, and others
of our British manufactures, we find
that at least three parts out of four are
taken by the free cities in Germany
In other words, we fiod tina. trade ls no
where SO active 30 in free countries; and
that demand aod consumption are no
where so small, with respect to populs-
ton and extent, as in countries under
the continental legitimate system.'
Among the curiositties exhibiting at
Marseiiles. is giant named Martin
Ruboga, who is z feet 2 inches in height,
with finely proportional chest, hands
and thighs. His strength, it appears.
is prodigious, for he breaks with facili-
ty marble slab into pieces by a single
blow with his naked fist. He is an L.
Italian by birth. and the descendant Of
Giglj, whom Bottom has honored with
notice in his Natural History.
Paris paper.