Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-11-23

the Captains. General of Es,remadura
and Ga!icia, aud the desertion which
has followed that of two squadrons of
cavalry. has taken from the Spanish ar.
my $500 men, of whom 5000 have en-
tered Portugual by Portuguese Estrems-
dura and 1000 by the province of Tras-
os>Moates.
Very laie from Earops. The packet
ship Columbia arrived at New York ON
tuesday evening, from Liverpool, By
which we have received our regular
ii'es OF London and other foreign Jour
nails to saturday evening, the i4th Oct.
inclusve.-- Extracts follow
Great Britain.--1he statement res.
pectug the Marriage of Sir Walter
Scott is announced TO he premature.
Misea'erops use 81 detonaiii.g potcdfr.
y letter was pat into the geuerai note
office IN London, on the ilih of Oct.
charged with detonaiing powder. When
the letter came to the hands Of the STAN.
ping clerk, he found il rather raore bal.
ky in appearance than letter, generally
are, and placed j, on the table and SIAM
ped II rather stronger dian customary,
no sooner had the stamp come in con.
tact with the letter than an explosion, ms
loud as the report of small cannon,
took place, which, for some minutes
completely Supplied the whole of the
persons present. The gas light was put
out. and every symptom Of alright was
depicted IN the countenances of The clerk
and others. The dreadful cries OF the
clerk, however, soon brought several
persons TO bis assistance, and it was
found that he had suffered severely from
the effects of the explosion. His hand
and arms indeed exhibited an appalling
aspect and made every one shudder who
bad sight of them. The nails Of each
finger on isright hand were blown off
and the lSnuckles were laid bare. The
thumb, indeed, up TO the first joint, was
completely severed from the hand. The
third, fourth, and The little finger espe.
cialv, we're laid bare to the bone. which
was fractured in one or two places. The
whole of the flesh. nearly up to the ell.
bow, was reduced to a ielly--,he arm
bone in many places being VISIBLE. The
left hand also suffered severely, the
knuclsles were divesied OF flesh, and the
tops of one or two of the fingers were,
as on the right band blown away. His
! face and neck were likewise burnt in
several places. Two other clerks were
also badly burnt by the explosion The
effect of the explosion was so strong as
to make large hole through the table
on which the letters were stamped
The Packet ship Alexander, Captain
James West, from Philadelphia. left the
Capes Of Delaware on The cath OF Sept
and arrived in Liverpool on Wednesday,
the ilth October, having made the pas
sage in the short period OF seventeen
days.
Safe Of 1fade.-On the 10th of Oct.
the Manchester Herald says, the market
was less lively than for several weeks
"Iheie were not, however, any decline
in prices; on the contrary, there seemed
determination on the part OF some of
the spinners, to obtain an advance; up
on the whole we believe the price. II yarn
may be quoted the same as last week
The wages OF weaving continue the same
and IL the market should continue mac
tive, the prospects of the poor weayers
will become, as winter approaches, ex-
ceedingly distressing.
The workmen OF several Of the cotton
mills in the vicinity of Greenoek, have
received warning of the intention of the
proprietors to make reduction OF one
iarthing on the rates paid for cotton
spinning. The rates paid TO the power.
loom-weavers and dressers, have, in
some instances, undergone reduction
of about third.
The Liverpool Courier says-"It is
with great pleasure we can state, that
our accounts from all parts of the man
nfacturing districts are in one strain,--
all showing that there is a great and
growing improvement IN tile state Of
trade.The Rochdale Relief COMMITTEE
have suspended their operations, solely
on account OF this fortunate turn of al
fairs, having still, after expanding near
ly 5000 pounds, balance of 600 IN
hand. The new road from the same
place to Barnley, win also employ
great portion of the surplus populations.
Six thousand pounds, have been lent by
the Exchequer Loan OfExe, for the pur-
pose OF carrying it on, to which 1900
pounds more Lave been added as gift,
by the London Relief COMMITTEES Be-