The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1825-12-29
Fareign and Domestic Gleanipgs.

= - hih itOiiNstIS SsiCuUIVGs,
The anniversary ofthe accession of Chale.
to the Throne of France. was celebrated Al
Cadiz on the 4th ult.. by grand salute a /
solemn mass in the morning, at which tn, /
French authorities assisted a general re.
view; slendid dinner by General Viscour.
Godin, and (as winding up) by splendid /
ball, at the Marquis of Peysac's, the French
Consul General, at which were upwards d |
900 persons.
The most disastrous accounts are given d /
a famine, which now prevails in Barbary bl
such An extent that the wretched inhabitaN /
of Tangier drop down dead in the streets. n
subscription has been opened at Gibraltar fo !
their relief.
1t is said that the steam boats of Gres II
titain are to be Immediately provided will
several boats on deck, sufficient for the rAE
Of ofpassengers, i'll case of accident Those II
the Comet might have been saved, had sht
been SO provided. She had only sma 4
yawl
About the Goth and 21st Of October, seve.k
al vessels, and among them the Baron Il
Renfrew were lost in the British Chann,f
in consequence Of violent storm, and ott |
crs We're disabled or driven ashore.
In the legislature of Pennsylvania, ts /
bills have been reported in favor of est45
fishing rail ways between the North Branc
OF the Susquehanna and the Delaware river
Letters from New-Orleans give the mos
beplorablc accounts of the distress cxistin,I
among the commercial community of thai
City owing to the cotton speculations. Vrr|
many failures had taken place, and conf
dencc among mercantile men was entirelj
destroyed,
Heavy Jury.-The Mohawk Herald say|
The gentlemen summoned to attend ths|
court Of Oyer and 1erminer, held in ths|
village last week, as grand jurors, were al
together the grea.eat men we have eve.
seen. The heaviest weighed 302, and the
hghtest l7jbs. The weight of the whole
%, was $500, and the average weight of each
man upwards of 231lbs. Beat this who can
understand that Col. George GrosAGr
has received the appointment of Inspecto;
General of the army of the United States
vice Col. Archer, deceased.
One thousand line hundred and forty
miles of turnpike road completed in Penn
sylvana, have cost seven million of dollars
On Monday night, 18th inst at West
Springfield, Mr. Samnel Leonard, from some
cause or other struck his wife on the fac.
with an axe SO as to knock her teeth out
and then another blow from him with the
same weapon killed her. His daught.t
who was sick, secreted herself, and probabt
saved her life by it. The man ended th.
matter by cutting his own throat.
About forty cciourcd emigrants from th.
state of Rhode Island, are expected to sail
from Boston for Liberia, OH the 25th instant
Nm Snplat. n,,op,t,,r hoe, l. 4 DE-
idence, and addresses were made by mem
bers OF the Colonization Society, explainin,
the Objects and plans of the Society.
II appears by an advertise in the New
York papers, that about one hundred tholI
sand Yards Of various cloths have been yc
ceived in donations for the Greek women AID
children.
4 very destructive fire occsrrcd in Bruns.
wick, Me. on the 18th inst. Two cottoE
mills fulling mill, {. double saw-mill, ftc-
tory and ten houses, were destroyed. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
Mrs Patterson, now the Marchiones of We
lesley, is about SO years of age-the Marquis
her husband &C: her sister Miss Cation, stey
married the aid-de.camp and nephew of the duke
of w ellington, and is justly esteemed as one d
the most fascinating and accomplished ladies ey
cr presented at the court of George the Fourth
The amount Of auction duties paid into the
State Treasury, by the Auctioncers ofthc CityO
Philadelphia, for the quarter ending the first day
Of December, is estimated at 60, 900 dolls.
The amount Of specia exported from that city
from April to October last, both months ncldd
cd, was S2,8ll ,319---an amount greater than 'NC
value of domestic goods and produce exported
in the same period.
The sum of 22S,74O in srccia and bullion was
imported into Boston the first three quarters O.
the current year.
! man named William Ifadson, aged "a, NJ
tive of Dutchess county, N. Y, has been cyhlb!
ed in the village Of Brooklyn, on account OF b:
extraordinary leg. Five years ago his right w
began to grow, and has continued gradually y
enlarge, and is now two feet and six inches 81
circumference left leg is lust beglnnrS
to grow in like manner His body does net par
| tcipate in this growth, but on the contrary is I''
paired by il. lis case is beyond the reach o
The faculty.
It is stated, that the amount of duties due
to the Government Of The United States, BY E'
ward Thompson, is ascertained to be about nIn'
hundred thousand dollars. The security tast'
by the Custom House, is said TO be utterly un''
bic to pay any part of this immense sum
1hrty-three thousand eight hundred aL'
twelve free letters, were despatched from Waii
ington the first week of the session Of C0ngre''
A grand lodge Of Free siasons have been cor
stituted in Mexico, and its officers have been !"
stalled by MI. Poinsett, Our Minister 10 ,has eoN'
try.
Many of the In,iian chiefs WHO attended th
making Of the late general treaty q f''.'is "