Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-09-30
LATE FROM EUROPE.

was on the eve of proceeding to the
Netherlands on mission said to be of
great importance.
So great was the increase of business
at the London Custom House. that IA
had been found necessary to employ an
additional number of clerks.
Accounts had been received that Capt.
Parry's expedition was the neighbour
hood Of Whale Fiji Islands, Baiiin's
Bay, all WELL
The following deaths are announced,
viz. the Reverend DR.. A exander Irvine,
of apoplexy The Duches of Gordon,
on the 27th July, after lingering illness,
CaptainBlack (belongingto New York;
the chief mate and stewart of the Ame-
liza at Greenock, from New Orleans, in
consequence of eating part of dol
pbin.-Mr. William Sharp, considered
the greatest engraver in Europe. lie
died firm believer in the late Joanna
Southcote, on whom he had expended
a handsome fortune, and was compel
led in consequence, of his old age, to
resort to the grayer for a subsistence!
Accounts had been received of the.
total loss, in hurricane, off the Mauri-
thus, ofthe British sloop of war Delight,
with 1873 black slaves taken fir ON the.
wreck Of French vessel.
A steam boat boiler lately burst in
the river Mersey, by which two persons
were scalded to death. The accident
was occasioned by the angle iron hav-~
ing been welded in an imperfect man..
ner.
The manufactures at Paisley had pro-
duced an article so closely resembling
Canton Grape that it could scarcely be-
from the genuine.
The Greenock Advertiser states that
Harvey Strong, Esq. American Consul
at that place, was married on the S0th
July, to Janet. daughter of Colin Giles
pie formerly of New York
1t seems by accounts from the south
Of Europe, generally, that during the
present summer the atmosphere has, for
short peri DDS, approached. ifnot equal
ed the fcryid warmth of the torrid
Zone.
A man was lately detected in Glas-
yow in picking anothers' pocket. The
was seen by a person who
to be examining Camera
Obscura during Fair week.
THE WAR IN AFRIcA.--Ohkial ac-
counts have reached England of an en-
sagement with the Ashantees, on the
list of NAV. in which 'he British lost SO
1illed, and 679 wounded. The Ashan-
ees are said to have sustained great
oss. Having retreated, tn ey were pur-
'ued for two days, but being reinforced
and joined by their king, the British were
obliged to return, and it was expected
IN attack would soon be made on the
:astle. from which the Ashantees were
,nly five miles distant on the Sist of
May. The Fantees, Allies Of the Bril-
ish, are stated to have behaved very
II on the above occasion.
There had heen an extensive failure
It the Foreign Stock Market in Paris
he same individual had recently amas-
led capital in London, by specula-
ion, Of 100000.
The Earl Harrowby had arrived at
Paris, and had private audience with
he King.
SPAIN.-The negotiations which
we're carving on at Paris, for loan to
FeI dinand, have been entirely broken
IF.
PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA The
London Public Ledger of August 2
tates that an order has just appeared,
igned by the Prussian Minister of War,
~ which, force amounting to 100000
men, is to assemble Immediately in sile-
ia and that the troops in Fast and West
Prussia, had already began to march.
al that is said of this force is that they
ire to be reviewed by the king, when
re passes through Siesia. The Editor
If the Ledger accompanies the accounts
If he movements of these troops with
ome speculations, in which he states,
I has been said that Prussia and Aus
ria differed respecting the military oc-
'upation of the important fortress OF
ientz. Prussia claiming to hold it al
ernately with Austria, accordingto the
made by the Congress of
Jenna; but that Austria had held it ever
ince the treaty; and that it is possible,
he Court ofBerlin may have caused q
,owerful military demonstration to be
made with view of cooling the passion
# Austria.
RUSSIA AND TTRKEY-An an.