Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-23
n consequence Of the late rains many aeei'

In consequence OF the ia'e ra"S many a."
denis have occurred % the stag cosche'. ne
Birmingham mail, as il aparoie hed Poy"'o"
Mill Bridge. in Cheshire, SAW it overwhelmed
with he rapid current 1t attempted TO pass
when The bridge gave way / Mr. Newma"s
and MIR. Bennett, Of Liverpool, who were pas
seneers were drowned.
GENERAL DEsrARD. meritorous 'e'e-
ran closed his mortal career al Swan Hill, near
O,wes,ry, on The Sd September, In his SSH
wear. He was in % engagements; had TWO
horses sho, under him; was shpwreoked three
times: taken prisoner once; had The s'anaatd
OF his regiment shot out Of his hand when ne
was an Ensign at the age OF hf'eth years; ne
was Governor of Canada seven years
Mr. Owen, Of Lanark arrived in the racine
a, liverpool. "He says the Americans az
no, capable OF governing Themselves ana nv
consequently abandons all idea oil reforming
the m"
Crspp., I,rAyErrE.-The Paris papers
con- ain long accounts f The reception OF 1e"'
eral LAFAYETTE through the provinces. Lon
don pape, in noticing This even, says
Nc,erwas King so Toasted and treated as
this venerable remnant Of The Revolution mas
been. In every quarter he has been received
with shouts Of triumph and c"ngraluia'ofv aa
dresses, which, while they have been compli::
mrbtarv 10 him. have generally also been maze
the v, hicle for. strong phiiippics agains' me
lew order Of things From Grenobie 10 Lyons
the road was thronged by continual crowds oil
people, who came to testify their regard ior the
principles which had guided his political con-
duct, and the esteem which they entertained
tow ards himself personally. A, Lyons, 500
younp men, on horseback, and vice as many
on foot, came on, 10 receive him, and conduct
him within the walls Of city, which. i, Is ad
d, d, fell proud in ha ing such guest. M.
p uneIle, me Director of he College, was the
spokesman on the occasion, and delivered an
eioou+n, address, to which me General made
an equally eloquent and complinen AIRY reply.
The Magistrates and other authorities OF The
town did not join In the aeolsma ions with
which n. was received but they did not inter-
fere To rrpress the en,husa m OF the public
The G neral wss 10 give grand fete on
Sunday, the Goth Of september, al his seat La
Grange.
I, is sta ed in Paris paper Of The l6'h OF
September, that IN Brussels nearly all thu low
grounds Of Fur1es, in the Ne h rIand>, are in
undated. The meadows present the appe arance
Of = lake. covered with hay and other forage.
Que farmer alone has los SO cows.
Paris. Sept Is ALI the lr,,ers Of Burgundy,
Champagne, and Bnrd~aux continue 10 be more
and more afflc,,ng on The present STATE OF the
VINEYARDS, hose countries experience hr
same 'empera u'e a, Paris; ADD thai is s"f6
cirn' 10 destroy all hopes of a vintage. con-
siderable rise has been experienced there as
we'll as here. H. Liver Bnrgrndy the proprl-
e,or now demands 80 aud 100 francs for wine
he would give up, six weeks agn, Tor so. He'e
the use IN price is making progress every hour.
Saumur Red vino has i,sen to 40 fr. per
barre.
SpAIN.-By accoun from Madrid, it appears
ha, he weather IL spain is extremely c"ld.-
\ S .Ildephonso snow fell on the eeth Of July
The following idle paragraph is from he
Constitutional
Madrid Sept. s. The expedition from Ha-
ana has caus' d such as,onishmrn, TO the En-
glish cabi,e,, ha Lord ellington has ad
dressei lie ter 10 Ferdinand, ~ which he tells
i'm ,ha IS Spanish General sim errly devo
ted 20 hi, NJ jrs,y, and interested in ms glory,
he begs of him MOI to hazard any ul,ra marine
expedition without anprIs'"g the E 'slsh Gov
umrn, IF l.. who will endeavor TO subject the
Spanish Colonies legitimate authori "
The expedition from the Havana, says the
Duke Is not only inadequate TO the execution
Of the intended purpose, but even calculated TO
,reven, the success of d more .umerous one,
ombined and supported by Grta BRIAN; and,
besides the disrepute il NAV bring IN he span
ish arms, the persons voed to the mo h r
ountry might thus be compromise; by such
mode of acting, the Spanish Governments
W uld drp're itself Of hat supper, so neces.
,ary 10 IF he grand design
4 ler,+r from Mvdrid announces ha, he in
'en'i'n Of pub Ishine N ac' Of amnes'v, upon
the occasion Of King F-rdinsnd's marriage, has
been r-nounctd, and ha, The cause Of tai, de-
termination is rrpor sent from LonG N by
". B. rmudez, ,e'ine forth the x,stencr of a
Junla in the Brush capital who KEEP up a
core pond. nc. wi n the cashiercd officers and
other malconeus of Spain, md 'hat vas oou-
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