Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-02
VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND.

has arrived al New YORK from Lo'u""' "
Portsmouth. Captain II. sailed from the 'a't'r
por, on the 9Th OF January. The Edi'ors OF
The Commercial Advertiser are indebted 70
their attentive correspondents for London pa
pers TO the Sd of January, aud Shipping Lists
10 Saturday, the Cd, Inclusive.
ENGLAND The weather was very cold III
England. The navigation f,om Thetford to
Linn was stopped by the ice.
On the LIST Of January The navigation OF me
Thames was considerably stopped. The piios
having refused to take charge Of any ships, IN
consequence Of the danger from the masses oil
floating ice.
Intelligence to the Isl of December from
New York had reached London.
The proceedings al the opening OF The Wei
land Canal, are published in an evening paper
of he I'd If January.
1t is stated that The deficiency in the Exc Use,
for the year ending Jan. s, would be upwards
Of one million sterling. We are now informed,
says The Globe of The Is, that the deb Ienoy
| on the present quarter, as far as il can be as
cer,ained, is aboa, 100000 sterling; but be-
tween this time and the h instant there may
be considerable alteration.
United S at s. Bank Shares on the % OF ia
nuary, were quoted in London a. t26 7 6
LONDON Jan. 9
Ciy, Two O'clock. The English Funds are
| rather lowe, C"nsols for Account, which
opened a, 9sk ST, fell to e54, and are now IS
| 8 8.
| In the Foreign Market, there is considerable
husress, but lit l. al'el alton in prices, Brazil,
73A 7; Greek, sol !; Mexican, 81; Colombian,
25i; Buenos Ayres, 49,
| The river below London Bridge presented,
on the 3lst December. at one time, contnurc
sheet # froz.n masses Of ice and snow COM
pletely across the s,ream. During the week,
| one half If the river off the Tower had been
blocked up, and channel was opened 10
several v, ,sels ~ ting through The shore
| On The day above mentioned, hewever, 1t was
perceived tina, those channels Dad been frozrh
up, and mr. Tender ship was es''irey isolated
Boats could not approach II, and :he ice was
100 fragile TO venture upon " This dilemma,
recourse was had 10 passing : line from The
shin to the shore. according 10 the plan for
saving lives in cases Of shipwrecked vessels
when stranded. A srong cable was stretched
| from one Of the mast, 10 the Tower wharf, and
upon this Z upon rollers was placed, IN
| which persons and provisions we're conveyed 10
and fro by noIher line adjusted 20 'hr machine.
Several trading vessels were Gu, of from all
come xion with land until the force Of the cur
rent broke up he ice On the southern side,
IaELAsp.-Two bro hers, named Doyle, had
their tongues cut gu, by par'y of monsters IN
the ives, Of the county of Glare.
SCOTLAND During the p,st year there were
3,l22 births in Glasgow, and 5,452 dea'hs.
The roads were rendered amos, impossible
by the quantity Of snow which had fallen. The
London mails had been de aimed in cons qnence
of great fall Of snow, about thirty miles north
Of Leeds In some places it was three or four
feet deep Between Glasgow and Edinburgh
there had been heavy fall of snow.
FRANCE. Paris datss ore the same as
we're received by the Henri w. The Nom
eur contains two ordinances; one dated the
I'd December, which regulates The application
Of he sum Of 81 ,s66,5oo francs for the special
credit granted by the law Of The I'D Of August,
1929, for The departments Of Ecclesiastical Ar
FAIRS and Public Ins'rue, ton during the year
1880, the o,h.r, da ed he 9Th Of December, re-
gula,ing The application afihe sum Of $1,000
francs, granted by the same law, for The ordi-
nary expenses of the Department Of Foreign
Affairs during the year 1880.
A, a late sitting Of the Society for the encou
ragemsnt Of National Industry al Paris, prize
of 900 francs was awarded to M. C"ffin, OF
New York, for a mac nine &c remove fur from
skins employed in making hats BY This ma
chine four workmrn are able, in four hours, to
do the work Of twenty five, according 10 the
old process.
The thermometer had been as low as 20 de.
gr.es below zero a, Paris.
The following decree, establishing reduc.
ton in the duties Of foreign ni're and salrpetre
imported into France, has lately been published
at Paris: II is dated the i3th OF December.
tart /. The duties or sai;pe,re imported into
France shall be reduced. from 'hr ist Of J.nu
siy, 1880, by 20 francs per metrcai kintal, and