The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-09-28

India, contained i'll letter dated Vciiorei
March 10. The postscript to THIS letter
states that our army under SIR Archibald
Campbell had been entirely defeated. we
need not add, thas this statement is entirely
unworthy of credit. Madras papers to the
l4th of March have arrived, and letters
from that Presidency of the 18th. The lat
ter mention what is much more entitled to
bclief, that Sir Archibald Campbell was ad-
vancing upon the Burmese capital, and that
it was expected, before he arrived there,
terms of peace would be proposed
The demand for home consumption is re-
viving in England.
Gold is arriving in great quantities in Eng
land.
1t is estimated that about a thousand
young girls, (miliners and mantua- makers)
perish year in London, from the bad feed-
! ing, great labour, and want of rest they en-
durc.
The manufacturing districts in the north of
| England have improved but not to the extent
represented.
| 1t was reported that Lord Cochrane, was
to proceed to Alexandria as soon as he could
organize the Greek feet for for all expedi-
ton.
Three hundred,and ninety buildings had
been DESTROYED by fire at Fredrickshail,
which were insured for 257 500 specie dol
lars.
The distress at Cologne has been very
great. Five out of seven thousand persons,
have been put on the poor list. The poor
rates has risen to two hundred and forty per
pound.
Jeffrey, the Editor Of the Edinburgh Re
view, received seven hundred pound stcr
ling, for each number Of that celebrated
work.
The King of Prussia presented the Pope
with twenty thousand forms, towards
building the Church of St. Paul at Rome
His Holiness thanked him and said that
when Protestant churches were to be rebuilt
he hoped that Catholics would be equally
liberal.
Danger Of scrcaading.--EdMj4rgh Po-
lice Couu.-A gentcel looking young man.
who had excited suspicion by being found
within the walls Of a wood yard in Baille
| Frye's Close. at an early hour the previous
morning, was placed at the bar. According
To his own account--aud it had every ap-
pearance Of truth--he had gone, along with
companion. to pay his devotions to his
sweetheart, and had seated himself within
her hearing, on the top Of a wall which over
looks the wood yard. Thus situated, and
being in melancholy mood at not seeing the
object Of his affection, he gave vent to his
feelings by chaunting, in plantive tone OF
voice
"The Moon had climb'd The highest hill
That rises DER the source Of Dee"
and coming to the words
"Sweet Mary, weep no more for me-"
lie gave his body an inclination. in conform
ity to long and deep cadence, which had
the effect Of destroying his equilibrium, and
he rolled over the top of a shed into the yard
where he lay till he was found BY the pro-
prictor in the morning None of the arti-
cles in the yard having been found displaced
or missing, he was liberated.
PORTUGAL.- letter from Paris state.
that all the allied powers have sanctioned
the new Portuguese charter, and have alsc
notified the Spanish Government not to in
terfere in the affairs Of Portugal
Accounts from Ii bon to the 29th July
are received. The new Constitution had
given the greatest satisfaction to vast ma
iority of the people. The most importan
part Of the news received this day, however
relates to the Treaties recently concluded
betwixt the Brazils and Portugal, and be
twcen the Brazils and G Britain.
GREECE.