The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-04-20
Foreign and Domestic Gleanings.


ton, there to hayc his right hand and his
head cut off,
Persat, the impudent individual, who
proclaimed himself as Charles X. the son OF
Louis XVI. at Havana, and afterwards In
the United States, and who was arrested,
some time since for treason, i'll France, has
recently been made the subject OF COM
mission of lunacy, before the court OF ASST
yes at Rouen.
The Jewish house of Loco, at Brcmburg,
has failed for two million of dollars; its fall
ure is ascrt"d to over speculation Ill wool,
grain, and other produce.
1t appears that there have been numerous ar
rests in Paris. The affair is but casually men,
toned; but it is said that the number of persons
is so great, that the Condicrgerie and Prison de
la Force are quite filled, and 1870 have been re-
moved to the Bicctrc.
The Count of Glenthwi, the most wealthy
proprietor i'll Sesia has built in the forest OF
Rumeperst, colossal organ, the smallest pipes
of which arc three feet and half in diameter
1t is played by steam, and the various airs may
be heard five leagues in every direction.
The family of General Lafayette were all well
on the ,. tn February
A lire was raging at Smyrna on the 18th
February.
A fire took place on the 10th of February,
in the royal rope factory of the king of Por-
tugtl in which 600 workmen are employed,
and occasioned loss and damage to the a
mount OF l20 millions reas.
An explosion Of one of the Gas Works in
London has taken place. 1t rescmbled an
earthquake, set the building on fire and de-
stroyed i; three or four lives were lost.
A vessel with 5000 sovereigns. and 1907.
in silver, on board destined for the bank of
Scotland, was los, off \Vinterton. The pas
sengcrs were saved.
At that once gay town, Brighton, exclusive
of boarding houses, hotels. and inns, there
are at this moment upwards of zoo houses
pAcardcd "lo,lgings," or ''to let;" besides
nearly five hundredin an unfinished state
This comes Of offending certain noble Mar
ch0ness
4 strong manifestation Of the interest ex-
cited among the manufacturing classes in
London, was recently displayed in the at
tendance of 100 Operative Weavers about
the avenues Of the House of Commons, to
learn the rc ault ct measures in relation to
the importation of foreign Silks
The King Of E0slanA has presented lQ00l.
to tue silk waavers II 3pitalield.
The Journal de PARIS c0ntradicts a rnmor
that Il convention has been concluded be-
tween France and Spain tor the two Swiss
regiments in the service of France, to be
left At Madrid for fanr years.
Notes 81 the hudson ari Delaware Canal
Bank, altered from one to five dollars, are in
circulation
The liiil ewing the assent of Pennsylvania
to the aet IF the general assembly of Mary
land, cnutl"d All act to incorporate the Sus-
quehanna and Petapsco Canal Company,
has passed both branches OF the Pennsylva-
MIA legislature.
The Y. 5. Ship Boston, under the COM
mand Of beekman Verplanck Hoffman, ESQ.
has sailed from NewYork for the coast Of
Brazil, far the projections CT our commerce
On that station.
The new steam boat line between Phila-
delphia N Norfolk will commence opera
tions in the middle OF Nav. Both the boats
have been lanched, and they are now fitting
up III superior style. Capt. Croakcr has
been appointed to command the boat that is
to pls on the Chesapeake, and Capt. ]. w.
Robinson that or the Delaware. The lat
Ter viii, during the watering season, extend
It's VOYAGES as far as Cape NAV.
Among the trophies Of victory brought
to the capital of Columbia, and presented to
the Wee President ST the Republic, is the
standard of CASTLE, with which 800 wears
slace Pizarro entered into South America.
Sir Walter Scott has made oath only that
he + proprietor, and not that he is the author
Of the Waverly Novels
A luel was fought on the 18th inst. by Dr.
Eroap, the brother Of the Governor, and a
gentleman by the name of Masters. The
iotmfr was wounded in the thigh, and the
latt' scaped whole.
14r 9eaerl election of otIicers of the
Stat Governments Ras inst tak.n place in
the - .tfs OF Connecticut and Massachusetts.
From tn returns n ,hr votes for chief Ma
gistrate, Was pm'itpcertYinth TINT Oliver VOL
colt is re 'lcctca tiarcruei IT Connection
and Levi Linco.n Governor ot Massachu-
sets.
a FIRE broke ont at Bslbadoes the latter
end of Jan, which destroyed between 100
and ITO houses
There are 1926 .5a9 sheep in the state of
New-I Iork, and there are also nearly if not
quite as many in PENNSYLVANIA. The whole
nunber in the United States, is estimated at
more than fifteen millions, and rapidly in
creasing
The number of slaves taken from the sew
eral states south of the Delaware, in the last
war, (and for which restitution was to be
made, agreeably to the term of the treaty. )
IS o3S2, amounting to Sl,l75 .3o7, on which
no equivalent has been vet received. France
also owes us nearly S3o,o00,ooo Cor spoila-
tons ON our commerce.
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