Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-05-24
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(. additional Ne,cs By the .An'ethyst.
London, .April ls.-The subscription
for Mr.. Huskisson's plate now amounts
to 1850.
On Sunday last, the Iphigenia sailed
with upwards of 100 artizans for Bue-
nos Ayres.
Mr.. Secretary Canning was in the
House of Commons on Tuesday night,
about seven O'Clock, but he remained a
very short time. He walked lame and
with the aid of stick.
A general respite for Mr.. Savary,
who was to have been executed yes
terday, for forgery, was forwarded, on
Wednesday evening, to the proper au-
thority at Bristol, from the Home De-
partmeAt.
The newspapers of Edinburgh have
fairly frightened Kean from his engage
ment at that moral and intellectual Ca
pital.
In the Edinburgh paper, received
Yesterday, we observe reported: in r.
| farming fire in EdinburgM # dreadfu1
| fire at Stirling, Il fire in kiimaraock!
and FIN alarming fire at CulIem
Such has been the improvement OF
Brighton since the year IVA, that the
property on the Steine, which in that
year paid rs. to the poor's rate, now
pays L29 l5s. 4d.
it's reported, that most Of theprin-
cipal streets in the line to the west OF
Clearinghouse will soon be Macadam-
lied.
Framed masts, in portable pieces, are
now in preparation in Portsmouth
dockyard, on Sir R. Sepping's plan,
such as can be carried out, for the re-
placing Of damaged or lost masts.-
Mr.. Rice is going out with set OF
these masts to South America, to SUI
perintend their fitting in the Spartita,
man-of-war, of "a guns, which lies
there, disabled, from rotten masts, and
afterwards to sail in her, and observe
carefully and report on their sufficien-
cy in blowing weather.
Inverness, apr1l l4.-Saturday last,
while some workmen were employed
in trenching ground, about half mile
distant from the great Druid's temple
Of Legs, they discovered a stone COT
fin, about feet long, , feet broad, and
feet deep, formed Of slabs neatly loin-
ed together. The interior of this COT
fin was filled with a mixture apparent
" composed of sand and burnt bones, or
ashes, rolled quite smooth or the top,
and embedded in this substance were
two small urns, or sepulchral vases
These are in high preservation.
We can state upon good authority,
thatthe coronation Of the king of France
is defnitively fixed for the goth of next
month.-Courier.
1t is generally believed at Naples,
that Maria Louisa, Archduchess OF
Parma, has been for some time private
" married to Count Nieburgh The
count is represented as a one-eyed man,
of very ugly features, with rather fe-
rocious aspect.
! FRANCE.
The law against sacrilege passed the
Chamber of Deputies on Friday, 5th)
with larger ma lority than could have
been anticipated, there being 2lo votes
in favor of the law and 95 against it.
An express from Paris on Monday
evening, to great commercial house
in the city, gave the intelligence that
the amendment Of NJ. Roy to the in
demnity law had been rejected late on
Saturday evening, by majority OF 81
peers, and, therefore, the success Of the
measure, aud the triumph of NJ. de
Villele, was rendered certain.
Paris, AprH le.-"rhe King and
Queen Of the two Sicilies, with one of
the young Princes, their son, the Count
D'Aquills,) had fixed their departure
from Naples, for the 18th of this month;
and their arrival at Rome for the 18th.
The august travellers would continue
their Journey by way of Florence.
French Funds, Ap,H l9.-Fiye per
Cents, lolf. 75c.; for the end Of the
month, at three o'clock, lolf. 9oc.; Ne
apolitan s9f. l5c.
SPAIN.
MADRID, AprH 5.ISome persons who
pretend to be well informed, assert that
the King daily expresses wish to re-
call the Duke of San Carlos, now at
Paris, who was his Majesty's faithful
companion in his misfortunes, who was
prosecuted by Bonaparte, and at length
negotiated the treaty of Valencay, by
which the King recovered his liberty.
1t is affirmed that this nobleman re-
turns to Spain to succeed NJ. Yea; he
is considered as very learned, and is
highly esteemed at the French court.
The king has expressed his intention
to celebrate by fetes the 9TH of April,
the day on which the French army
crossed the Bidassoa.
RUSSIA.
Letters from Riga, dated the 4th inst.
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