American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-02-01
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.
BY the packet ship Hudson, Capt Chamn;n
rived at New York, from London files or ~ ~,
papers to the evening Of the 9th December ara
Iceived.
The London Sun, of the evening Of the 4,b
nounces the receipt OF the Paris Etoiie Of IN. ~.
cedihg day. The only political intelligence rsI IT,
to the grief and alarm prevailing at Constannons
occasioned by the late disasters of the TurLs
their contest with the Greeks, and the recent ,,rt
quakes that have desolaed Syria.
Frankfort papers to the 28th Of November MI
Brussels to the st Of December, had also reacb.s
London. The most interesting part oil their ~,
tents relates to the affairs of the Greeks, who's. ~,
cesses have spread universal Joy among the nh,H J
tants Of Servia, Bulgaria, and Thessaly, profess,
the Greek religion, and occasioned consideras
alarm in the Turkish Authorities of those n,o
lnccs.
Lord Sidmouth had resigned his seat in The B.
fish Cabinet.
| There had been general concentration Of MI
Austrian Army in the provinces adjoining the TuI
kish frontier, which had caused some sensation N
was stated al Vienna that this measure had ben
rendered necessary to prevent the extension Of NJ
i plague, which existed in the Turkish provinces m.
derng on Austria This new sanitary gordon,
i
overthrow Of that government. A similar .oncn
tration, by another of the "legitmaes,'' cauDr
be forgotten, led to The subvcrsion OF the consi,
,ional system in Spain.
4 letter from Bayonne Of the Cd Dec. states Nh
all the French troops had arrived on the banks Il
the Ebro and that the head quarters will be es,ah
llished at Viloria. The French army in thar quar-
ter Of Spain amounts to 10000 men. This sppesy
to be confirmed by other accounts.
NeU Fork, Jan. 2-.-The ship Howard, cant
Holdredge, arrived here last night from Ilayre
whence she sailed on The 18th ult. Our lIenc
papers contain the following intelligence
DREADFUL INUNDATION.
! most distressing and melancholy event hs
occurred at ST. Petel sburg, occasioned by the over
flowing OF the Neva, in a hurricane. The bodD
lot seren thousand persons have been found in Ii
houses, and eight thousand persons are still miss
Nearly all the provisions of the capital have b.,
destroyed, and, the winter is at hand, it is toll
feared that the population remaining will suffer Il
| horrors OF famine.
The same hurricane has gone over the north,
coast OF Julland, passed Goatenburg and Stoc
holm, sweeping every thing in its course. II
whole regiment OF imperial carabanier guards, N
land horses, have persisted. A vessel of 100 gu
has completely disappeared; and all the mprr
vessels In the harbor of Cronstadt are lost. BuI
ling grounds have been washed away, and the de
bodies were floating through the streets. VIII
stores OF coffee and sugar have been DESTROYS
those articles have risen so per cent.
i Five leagues round the city OF ST. Petersbur
have all bven destroye Within few years.
a remarkable TACT, that Russia has seen both
capitals destroyed, one by fire, the other by wa
i According TO private letter of the 23 ult. #
lStoe kholm, the same hurricane which did so mi
damage at st. Petersburgh, ragged with equal #
I'm the Swedish capital as we'll as in Gottenbur
lVibourg, Jutland, &c.-At Stockholm vessels VI
torn from their moorings, and driven agains, e.
lother, the roofs oil houses were carried away
The roads we're so completely blocked up with tn
torn up by the roots, that travellers under
Necessity OF cutting their way through with haiti
lets. Twenty-Five vessels near the bridge Of Mur
lbron, upon the lake Maeler were carried aw
with the bridge and much damaged.
ii The storm commenced on the 18th. in the evt
ling, wind west, and continued so until the morn
, OF the 18th; the Neya, then raised nearly lie
with the streets. AT half past S, sudden rise
the river took place, which in few minutes oy
howed the streets OF ST. Petersburgh the peo
who lived on the lower floors run up stairs for SO
~. ! ne water came up TO the top OF the lam
and the great Bridge was carried away at once !;
I the bridges are destroyed, or very much inur
e At hall past in the afternoon, the water began
iall, and at O'Clock in the evening the streets W
; clear. All the cellars are filed and goods desr
o ed, even those in the Exchange.
oil The gale began upon the shores of England
0 ireland, and, after having wrought into fury
0 Northern Sea, and caused numerous shipwre
o upon the Northern coast of Juland passed
0 Go,enhurg and Stockholm, continually rising III
J and more from Southwest to Northwest. In trave