The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-23
Foreign and Domestic Gleanings.

Foreign and Domestic GlcaninSs.
A late census gives Russ,s, including Poland, |
of which country the Arch Duke Contantine was
yiceroy, at the time Of his brothers death, pop
ulation Of ffty-two millions of souls What an
awful responsibility does the happiness OF so INA;
ny human beings involve!
Accounts from siissonghi are TO the both ot
Nov. Redschd Pacha had raised the siege;
but his troops still hoycred in the ncighborhood,
and were often attacked by the Greek Guerillas,
who had been reinforced.
The number ofbankrupts in England in 1874,
was 1888. In 1925, ISL.
letter at New York. via IIayre, states, that
upwards of 200 vessels had been wrecked in
the port of Gibraltar, and above 1000 souls per-
shetI.
A mail post, which left Atorf on the 18th of
December, was overwhelmed and buried by an
enormous avalanche, on the Italian side OF st.
Goathard. The men accompanying IT escaped
by fight On the 9th, in the Hospice OF st.
Goathard, the snow had risen as high as the roots
of the houses.
Lord Cochran, who was mentioned as hav-
ing sailed for Greece, has hired house at
Brussels, where he intends to make con-
siderable stay with his family.
The amount of the subscriptions for the
widow of Gen. lie Foy, and for erecting a
monument to his memory, was, 29th Dec,
about $4,000.
Accounts had been received of the death
of Lieut.. DE Beaufort, who had been tor two
years endeavoring to penetrate into the in
terror of Africa, and particularly to reach
Timbuctoo
The Influenza, which has been for some
weeks prevalent in the Northern States, has
a. Gfn Al tr
the South. LII North and Sou.h Carolina,
the deaths are very numerous, whole fami-
lies are prostrated, and plantations left with
out hands to attend them.
The Exchange Coffee House at Geneva,
in the State of New York, was destroyed by
fire on the 9Th inst. The inmates made a
narrow escape. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, of which $1,000 was insured.
According to the census of New-Nork just
taken, there are upwards of twenty-nine
thousand more males than females in that
state.
The King of Great Britain has been pleased to
appoint the Right Hon. John Lord Ponsonby, to
be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the United Provinces of the Rio de
Ia Plata, and Alexander Cockburn, Esq to be
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotcntia
~ to the Republic of Colombia.
In one of our late London papers we find the
following description of a curious piece of cutie
The smallest pair of scissors probably eyer
made, are now in the possession Of Mr.. Thomas
Imber cutler, High street in this city.-They are
only thrcc-twcntieths Of an inch lii length, each
mart about the thickness of horse hair, firmly
riyetcd, and they open and shut freely. They are
drilled hollow, of which the head screws off;
the whole is enclosed in neat ivory case, with a
silver top. The scissors and cases were manu-
fctured by Mr.. Imber's father who has attained
| his 10th year, and lost one eye by an accident,
the sight of the other being also much impaired.
| The U. States Brig Spark, from HAVANA;
brought about 100000 dollars in specie, for mer-
chants in New-York. Mr.. Dimond, American
vice consul at Havana, and Mr. Zerano, Of Mex-
| co, were passengers.
| An action for damages was late brought
at Beaver, Ohio, against person for lend
ing the plaintiff a pig trough, which had a
split in the bottom, and consequently leaked
the slop, and starved the pigs. The plaintiff
claimed damages, for the injury done to the
Mrs. on the ground that the defendant knew
Of the defect when he lent the trough, and
did not inform him oft. 1t was proved by
the defendant, that it was a trough taken
up adrift in Big Beaver, and that it was
split in the bottom when he got it in posses
| sion, which he haA ATaulked to prevent it from
leaking, and that the plaintiff knew this fact
when he borrowed it. After the eXamina-
ton of several witnesses, judgment was rem
dcrcd for the plaintiff for 62a cents damages
and cost of suit.