The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-04-28
FOREIGN ITEMS.

MURDER AND ROBBERY A murder wa.
committed at Paris on the 9th of March, cal
culated, by its atrocity TO preserve for Paris it
character ofbeing the theatre of the most dread
ful assassinations on record. About three O.
CLOCK In the afternoon, two well dressed meT
went to furnished hotel on the Boulevard du
Temple, and requested to see the apartments
\ which were advertised to be let. The FORTRESS.
married woman, assembled with them, leaving
her children below and opened the rooms
! She had scarcely entered, when the Villains
threw noossd cord round her neck, strangleC
her, and cut her head nearly off They then
very deliberately proceeded to rob the house
and walked quietly away with their plumber.
/ FEMALE PREACHER OF HIGH RANK. The
young, beautiful, and fascinating Irish widow
VIscountess Powerscourt, is preaching and ex
/ pounding the scriptures at public assemblies, in
Brussels, with an eloquence and fervor that
would do honor to Rowland Hill or Orator Ir.
wing She opens her service with hymn, Of
which, after touching piano forte, she gives
out the melody and first stanza.
female servant at Berlin, Prussia, having
been sent to wash some linen in the river, the
ice broke, and the girl disappeared under the
water. She afterwards rose to the surface and
called for help, but again sunk. che appeared
a second time above the water, when her mas
ter's dog, seizing her handkerchief, dragged
\ her upon the ice, which again broke /; the hand
kerchief became united, and the unfortunate
grl again disappeared. She rose for third
time, and grasped one of the dogs ears. The
faithful animal then seized her by the arm, and
dragged her TO the bank
In Spain, the clergy exceed in number the
whole army and navy together amounting to
23,345, being nearly one eeventh of the whole
population.
! Letters from Tripoli, to Feb 9Th, state, that
in the preceding month, whole mountain had
sunk near Mesurata, the western boundary oil
the Syrtis, and all attempts to approach the
chasm had been prevented by the emission Of
sulphurous vapors, from which it was inferred
1 that volcano had been formed there.
4 1t is reported that Alexander Barring, the rich
English banker, is about to be raised to the
peerage. He has plenty Of money to buy rank
bat not enough to ensure its enjoyment
At the Sussex Assizes, March "a, John Hob
den, schoolmaster, in the employ of the Post
master at Brighton, (Eng.) was found guilty o
stealing letter, containing l0L note, and wal
sentenced to DEATH
The Society of Friends in Ireland have petit
toned Parliament for the abolition of the pun
ishment of death in cases of forgery.
! GREEoE-Naoarino, March l. Napoli ha
lately been desolated by earthquakes, which wer
renewed for several days. Some of the house
could not resist the violence of the shocks.
The Sheffield (England) Mercury says, tn
spirit OF emigration is fast spreading itself, an
that several artizans are selling off their furni
ture to raise the means to come to America.
: The expedition to Cuba, according to a lette
from Cadiz, dated March 6, would sail from tina
port on the 9Th. 1t is to consist of one ship q
the line, one trigate, two corvettes, and one bril-
of war, besides the transports. The gran,
expedition destined for Mexico, of which tn
above is to form a part, it is expected will pu
: to sea in August, from Havana, with 22,00
troops, and no doubt is entertained at Cadz O
its success.
A meeting of between three and four thousan
persons was held at Leeds on the 18th of March
to petition Parliament F" for much more exten
sive retrenchments," that the taxation NAV b
diminished and q" for thv pun pusv of pstitiuniu
for the full, free, and equal representation of tn
people in Parliament" Resolutions to this eli
feet were passed almost unanimously.
} The cruelty of the fair sex is felt strongly i
] this quarter. young man who intended t
, have accompanied the first emigration, ha
met with no less than thirteen love disappoint
ments, and has accordingly renowned the ide
! of crossing the Atlantic. Another in this i'm
mediate neighborhood, having been Tilted, ha
gone deranged. being the second in one faml
whe has had that misfortune.-Psrh Courier
A few evenings ago, young man was re
turning from Preston, accompanied by part
of young ladies', where they had been spendin,
the afternoon. On coming to stils, the youn,
man very politely jumped over for the purpos
of assisting the fair sex, when to his utter as
constituent, on landing, he found himself at tn
bottom of well thirty-one feet in Depth con
tanning about five feet of water The cries O
the damsels soon procured assistance, and tn
young man was rescued from his perlous stu
alton without the least injury, saving the pun
lshment OF standing near quarter Of an hou
up to his mouth IN water -HGtfaT Free Press