Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1825-02-09
Sp tI,r Malls.
NETWORK, JAN. 81.

NETWORK, JAN. 81.
On Friday evening the fast sailing ship
Taliy-Ho, arrived in the remarkably
short passage of % days from the
Downs, with London papers TO the Sd
of January inclusive.
RuSsia.-Accounts from St. Peters
burgh state that large subscriptions con-
tinue to be received for the sufferers by
the inundation. The Emperor has al
ready given million of rubles, the En-
press Maria, $4,000: the Commercial
fund Of the colonies, one million; Count
Scheremeteff, $4,000; M. Mecheletf,
$4,000. The Prince of Orange has Civ
en- 10000 rubles; the young Count
Schereme1en, $4,000; great many
officers of the Guards, 5, 8, or 10000
the clergy too have subscribed very
largely. The principal scene of dis
tress was at the Imperial Foundry, OH
the Peterhof road The works were
stopped, and the men were ordered to
go to the assistance of their families. 1t
was impossible to reach them, and they
were only enabled to save themselves by
regaining the roof Of the works, from
whence they had the misery of seeing
their houses, with their wives and chill
dren, carried away by the Aood-196
bodies had been found and 81 more have
been missing. Several villages have
been carried away, The Botanic Gar
den, enriched with plants from every
part of the world, was destroyed the
principal director, Dr. Fischer, saved
himself in the garnet of his house. The
official account from the government
states the loss Of lives to be rising five
hundred. The fury of the storm and of
the flood threw cannon weighing ITO
pools intv The sea. On tie QQil of
November, The thermometer, at Saint
Petersburgh, was at 10 deg. below the
freezing point the Neva on that dav
was frozen over.
SPqln,-All the French troops left
Iadrid on the Goth of December. The
French head quarters were at Arandalde
Duer. The two Swiss regiments are
now the only foreign troops there
They amounted to 5000 men. Every
thing at Madrid was said to be tranquil
Two alarms were made, however, a.
bout the Goth or 22d, in consequence Of
reports that the CONTEMPORARIES had
landed at Alicant. Troops were sent to
the spot, but it is not certain whether
the stories were true or not. The po-
lice have taken extraordinary measures
on account OF them. There was re-
port that the King intended to abdicate
has throne and retire 10 the Escurial with
his queen. The French are adding to
the Notifications of Cadiz. 1t is added
that the monies are to be collected by
them-which addition is not very proba-
bic. About 200 Constituiionalists had
recently landed on the coast of Valencia,
and after killing few Royalists who op-
posed them, re-embarked.
Five Grandees, the Duke of Trias,
Duke of Abrantes, Count Altamara, Mar
gus Ceralvo, and Marquis AIcanizes,
who had been banished from Court for
Constltutionallty, were carried into
Madrid, Dec. 16, in chains, like common
maleiactors, and lodged in the common
Jail. The Cause of their arrest was NOT
known. Out of SO Grandees of the first
class and largest estates, who formerly
resided al Madrid, 80 are banished, and
10 are in dungeons. None have kept
their places except the Duke del lnfan-
tado.-The king has ordered that sus-
pected persons shall not be permitted to
reside near the sea coast.
A gentleman who left Madrid on the
18th Dec. states, that petitions had been
presented 10 the king from forty prlnci-
pal towns, praying for the re-establish-
ment of the inquistion; and also that
the king has plainly declared that he
will never recognize the laws of the
Cortes.
A Madrid article of the 9th of Dec.
states that the establishment of the
lnquistion is no longer doubted by any
one
Observation-Disclosures existed as
10 Portugal. 1t was said the king pro.
posed 10 abdicate the throne Much
Jealousy existed in England of the inllu-
ence of France in the Portuguese coun-
ellis. 1t is reported that NE king of
Portugal has refused 10 ratify treaty
concluded at London between the Min
listers of Brazil and Portugal, by which
the latter were TO acknowledge the in
dependence of the former. An AIger-
inc squadron is said 10 have passed the
Straits of Gibraltar for the purpose of