Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-05

| from Liverpool az our time WouIo Per-
nit. We have perused our London pa
pers to the evening Of the 22d, and LII
verpool papers to the Gath Of August.
inclusive, but find nothing in them OF
an interesting character.
1t 10 stated in the Vienna papers, that
the loss of property by the inundatioDs
| in 3ohemis amounts to one million and
eighty thousand forins.
His B. NJ. steam vessel Lightning,
from the Bay of Algiers, with despatch
es from Sir Harry Neale, had arrived
at Portsmouth, with news OF Peace a.
gain with the Algerines.
| Captain Spencer, Of IL. b. MaJesty's
ship Naiad, in q letter to Admiral
Neale, gives the particulars of the at
tack of his boats (op the Gath of May
upon. and destruction of, an Algerine
brig Of war moored alongside the walls
of the fortress Of Bona, under 40 pieces
Of cannon, besides Is guns belonging
to herself. The Turkish garrison con-
sisted of 400 soldiers, who managed the
guns. and kept up constant fire, With
the addition of ma.ketry. In the face
Of constant blaze Of cannon, &c. the
British seameD boa rded, and set her on
fire. When burnt to the waters edge,
she sunk, and not a particle of her was
to be seen, her masts having fallen in
the flames. Only few men we're
slightly wounded Lieut.. Quin led the
enterprise, and the whole are recon,
mended, as having evinced an unheard
of GOODNESS and bravery.
The grain averages were made up to
Aug. ia, which settled the question as 10
foreign oats; which is IN favor of their in.
PRODUCTION by acts OF Parliament.
The British government have determine
ed to establish packets, under the Post.
master General to Vera Cruz, Carthsgena
and LaguIra.
Bells Life in London, of the 22d ult.
remarks, that Lord Norbury is the oldest
Judge ln the United Kingdom, and is, we
believe, 81 years OF age. Al 80, he par
took OF tie pleasures Of the chase, was
b1ld rider and the most dashiDg fox hum
Ter il be field.
| AWFUL.
81
ticulars Of the execution at Carrckfergus,
OF Esther Lough bridge, aged IS, and Der
son, aged %, for poisoning the wife of the
son
BALTIMORE, Oct. l..
At the present term Of Baltimore
County Court now in session in
this city, two negro slaves, George
and Henry were convicted upon the
clearest testimony of committing rape
on very decent and respecta bic young
woman, daughter Of widow lady 10
the county. whom they attacked on
her way to market at the early hour Of
two o'clock in the morning Oh the York
turnpike road dragged her from her
horse and accompanied with circum-
stances of peculiar barbarity, perpetra.
ted tine horrid crime. This morning
the culprits were brough to the Bar to
receive the awful sentence of the law,
which was pronounced in the most feel
ing manner by Chief Judge Archer in
nearly the following terms.
HENRY AND GEoRaE-You have |
| been accused Of the crime Of commit. |
iag Fspe-bave had fair and impair.
tisl trial and have been found guilty.
II becomes my melancholy and painful
doty to pronounce upon you the sentence
| of the law. From this sentence thsre I
is no esca pc. Even hope tho last re-.
fuge of afflicted many which fingers on
the ina jnation aud cheers the desolate,
cau, in this world, present you with no.
thing to gladden. the few remaining days
which are left to you on this side the
grave. Would 10 God could saw that
the shocking transaction in which you
have been engaged presented some fea
lures which would mark your case for
executive clemency. But alas your
wicked passions have urged you to the
preparation Of an act which deoms you
to death without the hope of mans mer-
cy. Covered by the shades of night
and screened from detection as you had
ysinly imagined by the universal still.
ness CT surrounding nature, you seized
the innocent witness who has testified
against you, with bsrbarous violence,
stifed her ouscrys, and perpetrated the
act which has consigned her to mise
able existence. You we're deaf to Der
entreaties and ibseDsible to her tears.
God had mercifuIIy stifed the murder.
Gus designs which it 10 to be feared you
had meditated that she might not bring
you to justice. The tears which she
shed upon your trial have bespoke the
anguish Of her heart YOU bave witness.