Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-02-03
FOREIGN.
Baliim0rs, January IS.

nished London papers to the 9th ult. and
other European Journals OF recent
dates, from all of which some extracts
will be found below.
There i smoothing Of any decided i'm
p~ortance in the news by this arrival.
The King of England is said to be ill,
perhaps dangerously so, and Spain exhi-
bits its usual appearance of crime, OPP.
preston and anarchy.--An order IS SAID
TO have been received at Madrid, from
Paris. forthe continuance of the French
troops in Spain. = II is more thar pro-
bable that the 'beloued Ferdinand would
mot long survive their departure.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Globe of the sth of December,
eays. I'VE are exceedingly sorry to
learn that a report is very prevalent in
the West End of the town, that his Ma
iesty is seriously indisposed. His me
dical men are frequently passing, and
his domestics wear a very sombre as
pect."
Sir Charles Bagot has proceeded on
his embassy to the King of the Neither
lands.
Mr.. Siratford Canning was engaged
nearly the whole of Saturday, the 4th Of
Dec. with Mr.. Secretary Canning at the
Foreign Office, and took leave OF the
Blight Hon Secretary, previous to the
departure Of his Excellency on his en-
bsssy to vt. Petersburg, and the day fol-
lowing Ills excellency proceeded on his
journey,
At the latest London dates, the vari-
Gus villages surrounding Windsor were
completely inundated, owing to the hea-
w rains that lately fell, and the inhabi-
tants of the various houses were COM
PEELED to live in the upper stories, and
have their provisions conveyed to then.
b. boats. Uhe town Clifton was suffer
ing much in this respect, and the water
still continued to rise.
The weather had continued extreme
Sy boisterous on the European coast, but
we do not find that any material dam
age has been sustained by the Ameri-
can vessels. The shock of an Earth
quake was felt at Portsmouth on the 18th.
The London Courier compliments the
French government on the course 1t Is
pursuing respecting ST Domingo which,
observes. will obtain for France an ad-
~yantaeeous treaty of commerce, and
the necessary capital to indemnify those
colonists for their losses, who have ia
ken refuge in France and are now sup
ported By the French government"
From this it would appear there was no
foundation for the report that all nego-
Citations had been broken off between
the two countries, and that there is rea-
aonable ground to expect the recognl-
ton of the independence of st. Domin-
60 by the present French government.
MI. Turner the Secretary to the Brl-
fish Embassy at Co%nstantinople, had
been refused a formal introduction to
the Grand Signior, because, as the
Turkish minister SAID, Lord Stranglord
had promised to return, and that his I'm
perial Majesty wanted no other minister
In his capital
FRANCE.-On the Sd OF December,
the King of France, for the first time
was to preside in full board ofhis coun-
HellOIS. IupE6 Wa 70 NC HitCtih@ bh
the 4th, of the united sections of the
Court of Cessation, the object of which
was to determine the question OF Grim
snail jurisprudence with respect to du-
els, which has remained undecided since
the interruption Of the proceedings IN Sc
yeral of those unfortunate cases so fire.
guent during the years 1919 and 1920.
Charles was deviding his time between
the cares of business, the pleasure OF
the chase, and rural excursions.
The Paris papers disagree in opinion
as to the evacuation of Spain by the
French troops. The Etoile contends,
that the measures, as originally propo-
sed, will be carried into execution, and
that the evacuation would positively
commence on the first of December.
The Paris papers of the 4th ult. state
that the Baron de .DAMAs was acting as
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
A French paper says that nj. Baron
RotbschiId has been accredited to the
Court of France, as Minister of a great
German power.
The Paris Journal des Debats, of the
10th November, contains an account of
q new substance prepared there, called
Hydrofuge, which preserves from hui
mildly all objects to which it was appii,
ed. "This discovery" says that paper, |
-sfor which the author has obtained a
patent, appears to be of'great impor-
lance. The evils produced by humidi-
Nv are ~Uelkknovn Some of the hoyes !