The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-01-26
Foreign and Domestic Gleanines.

The venerable Archbishop of Venice ha I
made report to the Emperor of Austria I
on the condition into which Venice has fallen /
since she came under the dominion of Aus. T
tria. Her population is greatly dimniskcd
being now not more than one hundred thou
sand, and two thirds of her inhabitants are
unable to support themselves. Seventy thou /
sand individuals stood in need Of charity. \
public or private. I
As new proof of the solicitude Of Their /
monarch for commerce and industry, it |
mentioned in an Antwerp paper of Nov, "a 7
that he has conferred the title of Baron On |
Mr.. l.. Lefebvre, of Tournai, merchant and !
manufacturer, well known in Europe by the |
number and perfection of his products.
On the Goth of September, shepherd at |
Furnes, celebrated his one hundred and thr |
teenth birth day anniversary, by solemn mas;
in the church assisted by his son aged g.,
and his daughter aged 7e. The old gcntl.
man, l.. ]. Planks WAS born at Waton, East
Flanders, had never been SICK and then en.
! joyed all his intellectual faculties; his eye.
sight and hearing were somewhat impaired,
but he was still very active.
The following anecdote is related in proH
Of singular rapidty in the fabrication Of
woollens. Sir John Throgmorton presided
one evening at a meeting of manufactures,
wearing a coat, the wool Of which, at sun
rise that morning, was on the back of tn.
sheep. Thus IN the space OF twelve hours,
the sheep was sheared, the wool cleaned,
cardcd spun and woven; the cloth secured,
fulled, sheared dyed and dressed in fine at
Z o'clock in the evening, the coat was mad,
An almost incredible example OF the pow.'
of industry. if true.
Il NJ Dz4,Lc,J,.IJ Iag taan H1s.
sci, to establish a Bank fer discounts. Its
said that the Grand Duke has placed at his
disposition capital of FIVE millions OF crowns
taken from his private funds.
NJ. Daumec, Senator of Hayti, md one
of the three Commissioners sent to Paris!o
negotiate the loan for that Republic, died
on Sunday moring, December !.
On the 21st OF Oct. man was CONDEMNED
to death at the court of assizes at NamuT,
for attempting to burn farm house. A dis
appointment. in love instigated him to the
commission of the crime. A notorious as
sassin was condemned to death at the same
court, for having assassnated, in the WOODS
of MoriYauX, a lady and her daughter. Inc
trial occupied eight days, and seventy or
eighty witnesses were examined. The streets
were obstructed by thousand spectators
while the guard conducted the prisoner Il
the court.
The bones Of Whale have been discov'
cred Oh the top ofthe Appenine mountain:
in Italy. They were embedded in clay
How got he therel]
The Grand Rabbi De Cologua, of Paris
for himself and also in behalf OF the
Chief Rabbis in London, declines somewhat
sarcastically the invitation of Mr.. Noah. Il
Grand Island or pay capitation tax. lht
Grand Rabbi appears to think that the Is
raelites generally will ''treat as mere Jes
this chimerical consulate of a pseudo restor
er;' he, however, would be sorry to refus'
hlm (Mr. Noah( the title OF visionary 0
good intentions"
A woman, in Staffordshire, England, ha
lately been delivered of her Twenty-tnir'
child.
The Savings Banks in England have in
: vested in the Public funds capital OF MOI
than t,vetuc millions sterling. clear OF all IN
sums Withdrawn from them.
Four gentlemen of the name OF Price, al
of different dimensions, and members OF
literary society, are thus called by the othe
members; this tall one is called High Price
) the short one Low Price, the fat one Fui
!: Price, and the thin one Half Price.
Baron de Stackelbcrg, Charge des Al
flares of the King Of Sweden and Norway, t
the United States, has arrived at New York
) in the ship Martha, from Stockholm.
A young man named Madison Paddock, 0
Brighton, New York, lost his lite a fortnlgh
ago, in a singular manner. Going on an er
rand to Rochester, in the evening, he pa
the cape of his coat about his head, to pre-
> tect him from the snow and a strong coll
wind. Thus running along, he encountere
a wagon and Was SO much injured by III
:, shock that he lived but - hours
The u. S. squadron, under Commodo'
, Rodgers, after leaving Gibraltar, touched
: Malaga to water, and sailed thence tor Ma
q hon in the island of Minorca, where the
: would winter.
= The frigate Brandywine is ordered HON
from Gibraltar; and on her return is to Pre-
coed to the Pacific Ocean.
1t has been ascertained that the wno
number of tenements destroyed by the lax
J fire at Petersburgh Va is ninety eight.
Captain Crocker of New York, has cros'
:. ed the Atlantic to England $50 times VIII
! out ever meeting with any serious acc'deh
: Messrs. Jason Parker & Co. have loS
It within fortnight past, IS stage horses,
the route between Utica and Manlinus, ~
The horses were all valuable and evideh'
s were poisoned by some Abandoned 'persoa'
q Mr.. Clark was unanimously reelected
II Tuesday last, in joint ballot, by both fious,
# of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, DID
T.. Al.