American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-24

,ae passengers were killed, and several wounded
Mr.. SWEET, of Boston, who shore lost all MS
baggage, and many valuable papers. lis supposed
& that the owner who was an Italian, was insane al
= the time he fired the pistol, although Ave minutes
&before he was sitting at dinner and conversng a.
usual. The passengers killed. belonged TO this
place, and were very respectable people"
i Late London papers give the Presidents message
In full, Of which they speak in favorable terms.
81 Messrs Barclay and Co. brewers. London, issued
n circular on the 5th Jan, announcing that reduc-
Hon of SIS per barrel had taken place on porter and
stout.
n We find in The London Globe and Traveller the
very important item The price OF beer
Hin the metropolis has been reduced to one halfpen-
my per pot"
Il The emperor Alexander, died, not Of the yellow
IA gelben] but of the bilious galtenl fever.
\ Prince Meternch arrived at Dover on the Sd oil
&January. The British Traveller in noticing his ar
rival says, Prince Melternich you are welcome to
1.-THE best hospitality old England can afford iced
and be merry, but hark We We have no money The
politicians appear at a loss to know why he came at
The same paper inquiries; is it possible
Austria wishes in her detestaon to the Greek cause,
@,hat England should coalesce with her in case Rus
@sa should attack TurkeyF France, it she knows
@her interest, will, we suppose, be neu,er.'
ri RUSSIA-T leading, indeed, the principal con-
tents oil the late foreign papers still relate to the death
#ofthe Emperor Alexander, and the incidents growing
8lherefrom. Paris papers had been received in Lon
Hdon Of January S, by express. The Courier of the
#evening of the 9th says, "the intelligence from ST.
Peersburgh, at length clears up all doubts as to the
#uccessoD OF Constantine to the imperial Throne. II
n vatu -.
by Constantine, by which he renounced in favor of
@the Archduke Nicholas his right to the Grown.
#When the news reached ST. Petersburgh, of the
#deah Of the Emperor Alexander, this document
which has been signed and atested in triplicate was
#opened and read but Nicholas refused to act upon
Mis- conditions and instead of placing the Crown
FHon his own head he, and after him the whole ImDe-
#ra Family the Senate, sc. took the oa.hs of idel
Eity to Constantine. The latter, meanwhile, con.
#scious Of the solemn engagements into which he
had entered and contemplating no violation OF them,
Hremainsd quietly al Warsaw, when he heard of the
&demise OF his brother This explains circumstance
(which had naturally excited observation, and gave
Hrse to various rumours. At length, however, Cou-
Erers despatched from ST Petersburgh to Warsaw
Ehpnrlsed him Of the course which events had taken.
and Welding to the will Of his august Brother or
Ehe Imperial Family, the Senate, and the Consu.
led Authorities, he consented to ascend the vacant
@hrone. His presence in ST. Petersburg was mo
Ementary expected, and the day Of his arrival was
10 be the only Suspension Of the public mourning
(which had been ordered for the deceased Monarch
Thus there is an end Of all conjecture and doubt
fbs to the person Of the SUCCESSOR"
81 The Christinna Gazette of December 8, contains
Hhe official news OF treaty concluded on The 9th
LII November last, between the King OF Sweden and
Norway and the King Of Great Britain, relative to
Hhe SLAVE TRADE.-The King of Sweden en-
Ekages to cause penal laws to be passed as soon as
*bossible, against this traffic The vessels which
3re suspected are rcciprocay liable 10 be visited by
fihe ships Of War Of the contracting parties, and SUBJ
*]ect to confscation in case the suspicious should
Drove to be we'll founded-Two tribunals shall be |
Established one in the Swedish Island of St. Bar.
&ahoomew, the other at Sierra Leone, the OF
fica, decide in the actions which shall be brought
EIn consequence Of the capture of ships and to ad-
3|udge the ndemntes to be given in case of deten-
lions without due grounds.
Cobbett.-In the Dumfries and Galloway Courier
=bf the 9th December, we perceive a letter from
fihat Proteus in politics, William Cobbet, on the I
ERubjrct OF the currency and the embarrassments in
Rhe money market He impudently invites Mr..
Etsanning and Mr. IIusksson TO come and dine with
#fm, and promises to show them i" the straight, the /
Rhor and the honest way to get out of all their diff
&Acutes." After long TRADE upon the cause Of
he bank failures in that country, he pays his COM
Rbiments to the American merchants in the follow
Rng characteristic style:
n vi have the pleasure TO hear the yagabond merch
ants OF New York and Baltimore, who wished to sell
f3heir during the late war, are crushing un