The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-07-29
Foreign & Domestic Gleanings

cutting tor 1T, and at the same time TOOK the
extraordinary resolution of being the opera
tor himself upon himself. This difficult,
perilious and painful operation, he accom-
plishcd without any assistance. 1t IS now
three days since the operation, and the pa
tient is SO well, that he hopes in eight or ten
days to resume his usual avocations.
A letter from Foghan, the capital of the
province of Fo-kien, IN China, dated 22d. Jan.
1928, captains the following passage -
Even into this empire have attempts
been made to introduce secret societies oi
Frecmasons under the name Of The Sociefy
IF Heauea and Earth--but as soon as the
Emperor was informed of the circumstance,
he caused the members to be arrested and
severely punished, destroying the very house
in which they held their meetings. A SINH
lar association was afterwards detected in
the Western Provinces, under the name OF
the I'rhie alliance. Of this also the MEM
bers were seized and brought to punish
mcnt''
An eminent Grocery Company in Dub
lin announce in the newspapers Of that city,
that they have whiskey on sale, Schich scas
drunk by his Majesty zrisie IN ireland.
A Lead mine, presumed to be very extensive,
has lMey been discovered upon the farm of DIR
pe,ent Judges have examined the ore and pro-
nounced it 10 be of superior quality.
A hogsheal of Tobacco, Of a texture and fla
vor peculiarly fine, from the state of Ohio, has
been sold at Georgetown, for 30 dollars per cwt.
The IIogshcad produced 80 dollars.
The l.berator of ca guns, was struck willis,
lying in Garlagena harbour, by lightning, which,
considerably damaged her upper works.
The insurrec,on among the blacks OF JaHaisa
was not entirely queed Nearly all the Argyle
negroes who had revolted had returned TO their
duty. The head driver on the estate preferred
to cut his throat rather than TO be tax prisoner
The military were still kept hunting the tugiiives
Mr. Graham man of colour, has been sentenc
cd to two months Imprisonment for calling out
in the Theatre for the musicians to play the
"Dawnfall Of Jamaica"
A terrible explosion has taken place in Sir
William Congreve's Rocket Manuf,ctory., One
of the workmcn in mailing ur a case, struck
a blow which caused spark OF lire that instantly
irnited the rocket, and communicated to mum
Der of others, which blew up, and forced the root
off the house The two men who were ut work
were horribly scorched, and the ruins OF the build
ing tell upon them. The roofs OF the adjoining
building were shaken of, and the shock was So
violent, that the workmer, OF whom there were
fiftcen, at first imagined it to proceed from the
powder and rocket magazines. On the two men
being taken from the ruins. they were found to be
in state of inscnsibility ,crheatls were scorch'
ed and swollen in shocking manner The rock
cts fortunately burst in the air. as, had they fall
len on the buildings the whole would have been
destroyed.
A Chinese beauty, named Yhou Fung- g-Queou,
has arrived in London. She is the !rst ot her
country women who has ever visited England
from the Celestial Empires" she is said to be
NJ and he IDr
connoiseur in these matters is to have the irs
view of her" celestial" charms.
The Duke Of buckingham has invited the ten
| antry, yeomanry, and their wives and families
amounting to at least 1000 persons to ball and
supper, at Stows on the 5th June, to celebrate
d, the christening of the young Earl Temple.
1t is remarkable that about three weeks before
the departure of Itu,bile, deputaion Of three
priests from Mexico arrived in England, with de
spatchcs from the leading persons of their pro
fession. The arrival of these men is supposed
to have greatly FASTENED the projects OF the Ex
Empero
, Miss Crschami, the scilian dwarf, died sud
denly in London.
Observation-Disclosures attendants at the Han
over Market were yesterday thrown into confu
sion for a while by woman apparently beating ;
Young man and exhibiting both by voice and ges
lure, the most frantic passion. 1t turned out tt
be very affecting scene, however. 1t was Mrs
Dunn, who advertised on The Sd inst for the re
covery of the body of her son, "who was drown
ed on the Wednesday preceding OH Poplar Isl
and,' beating in the joy of her heart tins very
son, who had that very moment made his ap
pearance, alive and well while she was sitting IN
The market 1t appeared that he had been wash
ed, or knocked overheard, and SWAN to the shore
or was picked up by some other vessel-of which
fact those on board the vessel, and his mother
we're ignorant.-Bahimore Potriot.
Importam Discor@y-For some years past .
persuasion has existed in the minds OF many o
the nh hahants of Lincolnshire, that beds OF CO i
exist under MANY parts Of that county, and might
be worked to advantage, but that all the persons
who have been employed TO search for them have
been brlbed by the coal-masters in Yorkshire, tr
render their attempts abOrtive. few years age
the Earl of Bristol was prevailed upon 10 search
, for coal on one Of his estates, and employed :
number of men 10 bore for that purpose. After
going to considerable depth without success
E (indeed the finding of coal there is geooglcaly
. impossible,) his Lordship began to tire CT the
, undertaking, and the men found that their ser
vices would be very soon dispensed with, unless
they did something to revive hopes. With that
view they several times put small quantities o
coal into the bore, which of course ere brought
: up by the instrument, and induced his l.os,lshlp
agents TO think that at length they had succeed
ed according to their wish. One day the borers
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