Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-01-26
FOREIGN xrr:EEnxaEMcH.

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On the 9TH ul,. in the British House of Commons,
MIR. Woood stated that tho weaves, labourng for six,
teen hours day. could seldom more than six teen
shings and sixpcncc week, Of which eighteen pence
was to be paid 90 the windr". Sir James Graham ad-
ded that they generally i'll for house rent,
and absolutely at the mercy Of their landlords In the
House oil Lords, (Doc. 2tl the Marquis Of Iansdown
said that COW ing the distress TO which the nanuac
turcrs reduced the, fn ceI from their
habits OF life and found themselves without any re
source than that Il seeking in other chimes, the
OF maintaining life. and supporting their families -
Earl Bathurst, One Of the innstry.) acbnow lodged
that there such period when such distress
prevailed amongst the manufactures.
water-sPout fell on ST. Naryis Church, Eungay
Suffolk, England, during afternoon Divine service
lately, and the Church yard filled with water
that ii into the church, which. in q few minutes was
upwards of foot in depth. The congregation became
SO alarmed that they rushed out of their Pcws into the
aislcs, and III the hustle many thrown down in
the water. AT 900 yard. distance scarcely drop OF
rain was pcrceptb!c
The Calclonian Mercury gives an accnunt Of the
most awfuily destru' of wind and snow that
ever devastated the highlands of Perth and Inverness
The loss oil human lie is depOrable. Ii being a
market day and the night succeeding. numbers of poor
people from the country rcrished Eleven bodies had
been dug out of the In parts OF tie high
lands the drfcd the dc pth Of 100 feet The Ca
iedonan stage, betrecn Perth and Inverness lay buried
III snow In Perth and tic low county adjacent there
was less snow, but the cold intense and the wind
blew hurricane. Immense numbers Of sheep had
pcrshod Tor want OF sUstenanCc Ihc-los5 OF shipping
on The coast of Scotland great in vessel 90 per-
sons were lost, and in another the captain aud four
men. The melancholy tale Of these disasters Gil more
ttiaF column Of a Liverpool paper.
The British official despatch, giving an account Of
the total defeat OF the Asianee army, the plains of
Accta on the 9TH August last contains the following
passages:
The King of the AsLantecs = no was wounded in
three places, very narrowly escaped being ,kcu pri
soncr, Guashie Amanqua, If Chics, being
MORALLY wounded willie in tic act of dragging him
nom i;s basket HIS cqi age, camp aud seycrai OF
his wives, with very rich booty, estimated at Goo
600 sterling, fell into our iands; and is with sincere
pleasure inform you that III his camp the head Of our
late iamcGted victim, Sir Charles Mccarthy, " as
found, carefully preserved in double folding paper
In winch Arabic characters written covered with
blue silk handkerchief, aud scwcd up in a tigers
skim an obiatiOn of rum had been made 10 il by the
King early the morning Ell the halc invoking 10
call To him the heads of all the English chiefs aud 10
give him victory. lie fed from tie field with few
followers, and has since been reported dead Of hi,
wounds The hs'ancCs fought very brayey. as did
tie Atkins and ACcTas side; but the Fantces fed
a-Ihe 'Fst fire, which Tic premature occasion Of
our line being broken.
The loss part is trivial, when compared 10
theirs Mr. Richter 10 the only European wounded;
eight hundred killed aud about thousand wounded
Oh The AohaDces five 10 six tl!ons.ud killed
the field, and two thousand have since been taken pri-
soucIS ny me HCCFaS ne estimated force
SIDE from very correct authority, was tic day OF
battle, between eleven and twelve tlousand ti,at Of
the Ashaniees fifteen 20 eighteen thouaand
being The first time the Cougreves have been used,
they spread terror and disnay among this sUpcrstious
race OF people, particularly by their king being,
wounded 10y ono Of the tIrst.p
late Brussels paper contains the GLOWING h siy in
teresng paragraph which hope will turn 10 be
true. Ii but moiey Of the discoveries and nycntUns
mentioned IN foreign papers true, there would
scarcely exist any natural defects chat might mt be
moved-any difficulties in The Mechanic Arls dat
might not be speedily
DEAF AND DUnB DR.. Ncwboureh, Of B,usseIs
has just obtained complete in his operation on
i've individuals, viz. Charles Destroe. aged Louis
Dalorgc, 15 aud Barbe, Jane, and Henry. DC LaIoy,
aged 10, 1G, and IS, years respectively On the 22d
November, he had the honor TO present one of them 10
ms NiaJesy and having been since invited BIZ the Pro.
v'nc'ca Medical Commissions at Brussels 10 present
these IndiyiduaI' At their meeting on Friday last, lie
went there with The unfortunate Young people on
ne bestowed his CareTbc members Of the Commission
examined them all respectively, and were convinced Of
the goodness Of the operations performed bv DR. New
oonrgh and the examination proved that fire hal &C
7uired hearing md SPEECH, ofwicl they had been des
ilute from their birth. DR.. De Ncwbourgh examined
The instrument With which he performed his operation.
and by the examination OF the parts operated upon, he
proved that the cure would he durable.
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