The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-14
FOREIGN iNTELL1GENOE.


state that Commodore Hull had returned
thither from Lima. The accounts from Lima
were that a plot to send Bolivar and his
troops out of the country, had been detect
ed there, and that thirty persons OF the first
families had been arrested and imprisoned
as leaders of the conspiracy. 1t was the
general opinion at Lima, that Bolivar will
be assassinated, but not before he shot the
persons suspected One of the letter writers
adds -" have seen 81 persons shot; twen-
ty at one time" In what will such things
end!
GREAT BRITAIN.-Our accounts are
| from London to the 23d. and Liverpool to
the 22d OF October.
! II was reported in London on the goth,
that Ministers would propose to Parliament
tax of FIVE per cent. on all real property,
and that in order to make the measure less
burdensome to the owners ct lands and the
public funds, the "assessed tax" would
cease to be exacted. According to the Sun,
the effect of the measure would be to raise,
on the amount of dividends paid to the pub
| lie, 500, cool.
The Spanish coasting trade has been COM
pletely destroyed by Colombian privateers.
They have become so hold as to enter the
harbors at night, particularly that of Gala
cia, cut the cables Of vessels and carry them
off.
The king of Spain was very i'll at the last
accounts. The Queen it is said was serious
ly indisposcd.
As a grave digger was opening grave
in Carluke church-yartl, the body Of black
woman was dug out of it, which had lain
there for so years, and strange as it may ap-
pear the skin possessed the same color, the
body was plump as the person had been in
life, and under the skin it was perfectly white
with fat, she died in full haoit OF body and
was Inferred in wet grave.
IN .ifuir QChonor.--A London paper re-
marks that white elephants are rare in ma
ture, and so greatly valued in India that a
King Of Pegu hearing that the King of Siam
had pair of these valuable animals, sent a
formal embassy desiring his royal brother
to sell him one Of them, and name any price
that he pleased. The Pcguan sovereign
being refused, declared immediate war to
chastse the insult. He invaded Siam, and
After loosing 100000 of his men, obtained
the elephant and retrieved his wounded hon
or.
r We are assured that orders have been
sent to Brest, by telegraph, to get out with
all despatch, the frigaie La Clorinde. This
vessel is to carry the diplomatic agent who
is sent to America to announce the recogni-
tion of the new Republic by France.-We
give this news, says the Journal des Debates,
: from another Journal. We are earnestly
desirous to receive its confirmation.
A letter Of recent date from Bayonne,
announces that several commercial houses
in that town have suffered severely by the
| E,.l., thnt tal,
place in Spain
Heavy rains near the mouth of the river
S Rhonc, have caused great destruction. AS
S high up as vaucluse the water swept away
? ilocks of sheep, and even shepherds.
The vintage in France is very abundant
In the ncighborhood Of Paris the vinegar
have been much more productive than usu,
al; and there, as we'll as in Bourgonge
Champagne and l'Orlcandais, they have no,
$ casks enough for the wine.
}, 1t is stated as Il singular circumstance
! that precisely those parts of the countr,
: which have no facilities for transportation
I to foreign places, have been the most favor
ed this year as well as the last, when tn,
c vintage was also very good.
I While the Revenue in England is scvera
millions below the estimate, the Revenue o
$ France, during the first nine months Of las
t wear, by the sum Of $4,000. .o0ofr. and ex
ceeds the estimate made from the receipt
I of 1924, 23,578, ,000fr This increase in tn,
I French Revenue indicates a glowing pros
r perty and well-being More than one hal
t Of the increase is in the customs; one sixth
part is in the excise. There is n great in
crease in the Stamp Duties. The diminu
It ton is principally caused by lottery.
# Extraordinary NAstake.-An industriou
n poor man, named Macblide, living in kevil
i street, Dublin, whose wife had been fo
some time confined in fever hospital, re
ceivcd a notification from the hospital, tha
II his wife had just died, and requiring him t,
Il send coffin to have the body removed-
h The poor husband, anxious to testify his re
IS spect for the memory of his deceased wife
t by providing for the interment of her re
mains in the most decent style possible, tax
ed his slender means to the utmost for tina
= purpose, and repaired to the hospital will
an oak coffin, which was received from hin
y at the gate. and shortly afterwards returned
q containing the dead body. and having tn
- lid ot it fastened down. The husband, AM
= several friends who accompanied him, ha
~ the corpse conveyed to the Cabbage .garde-ss
=, Kevn street, and there inferred. However
N an hour had scarcely elapsed after his re
' turn from the funeral, when sitting alone i
his house, lie was startled by the sound Of