American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-02-24
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| The Packet ship JOHN WELLS, Capt. Harris ar
rived on Saturday evening, from Liverpool. bring.
ing adyices to the 9th Of January. The following
are extracts from the papers.
| Intelligence has been received from the Cape oil
Good Hope, of dreadful inunda,ion at the new
settlement.
| A Nuremturg paper states that Sir c. Bagot,
the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, has ad-
dressed Note to Count Nesselrode demanding ex
plantations of the policy which Russia intended TO
adopt respecting South America.
From the Constitutional.
PARIS, JAN. 5.-The report has been for some
days current, and seems to assume a certain con.
sstence that Congress is to be held at Paris, to
discuss the affairs o! South America. 1t is said
that France and Spain we'll disposed to recog-
nize the independence OF the New Republic, in con-
sderation OF a sum of money Of pretty large
amount to be paid to Spain, to dispense with the
necessity OF King Ferdlnand's raising a loan, and
10 enable him to indemnify France for certain
part of The expenses Of his deliverance. 1t is be-
lieved that the States of South America will &C.
Icep the propositions; but are these the only con-
diiions to be sought TO be imposed on them?
CUBA. The London papers contradict the
statement which appeared in the American papers,
that Cuba was ceded to France They state that
previous to the departure of the King of Spain
from Madrid he despatched two confidential agents
to Cuba to sound the inhabitants on the subject OF
such cesson. The inhabitants with whom they
communicated, uniformly were opposed to the pro-
llect & finally prepared petition to the government
of SPAIN assuring it of their fidelity, whatever might
be its form, but that they would never submit to be
transferred TO France. With this answer, the a
gents arrived in England, in Decemberin the Brit.
Ish frigate Tyne, on their way to Spain.
LONDON, Jan. S.
SATURDAY. yPsk ma med EPake led
wife into Chipping Ongar Market in Essex, by a
halter, and there exposed her for sale. She was
soon purchased by young man, blacksmith, of
High ODger, at the price of los. Her person was
by no means unPleasing and she appeared TO be 95
years Of age The collector ofthe tolls actually de-
manded and received from the purchaser The Gus
tomary charge of one penny, which is paid upon
live stock sold therein per head.
Sir WALTER ScoTT's new work est. Romans
WE'LL" translated into French, was published nearly
as soon in Paris as it was in London. The Journal des
Debats says that is to be Immediately followed by
Ia new work from the same author, in which will
reappear the principal characters of "Ivanhoe.'
I he title is to be The Siege of Ptolemy Extract
of History Of the Crusades, by Josiah Corgill,
Evangelical Minister of st Ronan.'
a Geographic despatch from Lyons, dated the
30th of December, announces that the Pope was
on the 24th at the last extremity, having received
the final offices Of religion.
Sir Hudson Lowe has been appointed governor
of Antigua.
On the 18th of November, terrible hurricane
was experienced at Messina, accompanied with hun-
der, lightning and earthquake. Upwards OF one
hundred persons were the victims Of this event.
The Ex-Emperor, Iturbide, with his sons, had
left Leghorn for England
serious conspiracy in Portugal headed by the
Queen, was discovered when on the eve Of break
ing out. The Queen, and many person, of distinc.
tion had been arrested.