The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-28

The horse belonged to the miller OF the
place whose wife was a distant relation of
The thief. It's said that after riding some
distance, he cropped the horses tail, and
left the hair cut off on the road side. The
horse was recognised; and information be.
inc lodged with the police in London, he was
apprehended while walking along Wind
ham-street, and carried to Bowstreet,
where he was brought before Mr.. Minshull
| He was well dressed; ana when the infor-
nation against him was real, declined say
ing anv thing. He was committed for fur
ther examination.
| An elegant garden spot has been erected
around the tomb Of Napoleon, at ST. He
lena, at the expense OF the East India
Company, to which strangcrs have free ac-
cess.
The coronation of Charles X will posi-
lively take place on the 18th. OF May.
The celebrated Mrs. B4rbauld, sister of
the late DR., Akin, died in England, in the
SD year of her age.
The silk trade was making rapid progress.
The Stockport Advertiser states, that fac
tory for the manufacturing of silk is building
at Sandbcach, which is three stories high,
and 300 feet in length.
Mr.. Nicholas Woods, man ofgrcat prac-
tical experience Oh the subject, and coadju"
tor Of Mr. Stevenson, is preparing COM
plete Treatise upon Rail Roads, accompani
ed by great variety of original experiments
ON Steam Carrgcs, and by drawings, plans,
&c. The work will be ready early III A
pril; and is likely to satisfy the public Gu
riosity.
Small pox was prevalent last month i'll the
neghbourhood o; London, and Is ascribcd
by the physicians Of that capital to neglect
OF vaccination.
The Duke Of Cambridge has given $4,000
to the sufferers. by, the. late inundatlons III
Hanover.
The Hamburger papers announce the rat
ifcation of the treaty between England
and Sweden, for the suppression OF the slave
trade.
The folly of Spain in not early recogni-
zng the independence of her cmancipated
colonies, upon conditions favorable to her
trade and influence, will soon be more and
more manifest. She is forestalled by Great
Britain and the United States, as to all she
might have gained by timely concession.
Mrs. Coutts, the widow of the banker, is
again reported to oc on the eve OF matrmo-
ny with noblcman of rank and that the
honey moon was to be spent IN the lady's dai-
ry, on Highgate Hill.
4 physician Of the name of Butler, resid-
ing ~ Hamburg, has lately invented a new
surgical instrument, by means OF which he
can amputate leg in one second, and which
has the effect of bcnumbing the pain of
the patient, by simultaneous pressure
which accompanies the operation.
Capt. Franklin, of the land Arctic Expe-
diton arrived at Niagara, on the 2nd inst.
and on the 4th embarked for York.
An Edinburgh paper, at the suggestion of
medical student, recommends as mode
of extingushing fire, blowing it out with
carbonic gas, with engines constructed for
the purpose, instead of spouting water upon
1t.
The King of Spain has just authorised
the printing Of the Autographed journal
of Christopher Columbus, and those OF sew
cral other illustrious Navigators, which have
been preserved in the Escurial with the
most religious care, but which no one has
hitherto been allowed to peruse. The pao-
llcaton will be very serviceable TO geograph-
ical science.
! A desperate engagement took place in the
Gulf of VIOLA, ON the 30th of January, be-
tween the boats, teight in number) belong
ing to the British frigates Cambrian and
Seringapatam, and two large pratical boats.
The pirates fought with great despcra-
! tion, only seven out of seventy having
been taken alive-all the rest having eli
ther been killed or drowned. TKe loss
of the British was four Killed and eleven
wounded, incluling two officers among the
| latter.
Moetiag Case IF Death by Abstinance.
/ A German merchant aged thirty-two, de-