Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-09-24

fcers, lately sailed from England for
the coast Of Spain. 1t was got up with
great caution and secrecy, under the
superintendence of thomson, a noted
smuggler. Notice of it at length came
to the ears OF the Spanish ambassador,
who made immediate representation on
the subject to the foreign office, but be-
fore there was time for any interference,
the expedition had sailed This took
place before the late revolution in France
was known. 1t was supposed that the
enterprise must have been undertaken
in concert with party in Spain, as i,
is too small to expect success without
some arrangement or immediate co-op-
Grafton, as it carried very large sup.
ply OF arms and ammunition. 1t is said
that the money was raised for the en-.
terprise by subs cription.
Memoir anda for .August $780,
George the 18th, King of England, died
in June, this year.
William the 4th, his brother, sue.
ceeded him on the throne.
10000 men under General Bour-
mont landed at Sidi Ferruch, in June,
and on the 4.h of July marched aga ms,
Algiers, which city surrendered at
discretion to the French arms IN the
following day.
The Dey of AIgiers, was sent out of
his own Kingdom to Leghorn.
The French obtained one hundred
millions of francs, booty, from the AL
gerines.
The King of France, (Charles the
lOtb) under whose reign these acts
were performed, having usurped the
preros atlves of the people, by declaring
the late election in France void by
dissolvlng the last and the newly elect
ed Chamber of Deputies, with the iron
hand oftyranny, and by prescribing the
freedom OF the press, produced revo-
luton in Paris; so sudden and SO de-
cIslve, tina before the close of the month
of July he and all his ministers, to save
their heads, were compelled to leave
the Capital in haste, and Louis Philip,
Duke of Orleans, man devoted TO the
national and constitutional cause, was
Immediately invested with the functions
OF Lieutenant General Of the Kingdom.
and declared Regent, or the King of
France-by the Deputies of the De-
pdrtmentS and the acciamati0ns Of the
people
Gerard one Of the richest Bankers in
Paris, acted as General in defending
the rights Of the People, during the
three days flow Of blood.
No excuses were committed; no
barbarities exercised by the patriotic
multitude; it does not even appear :hat
the Guillotine was stained.
Charles 10th abdicated in favor of
the Duke of Bordeaux.
The King of England held his third
levee on The 9TH of August, which was
mostnumerOnsly attended.-There was
upwards of one thousand gentlemen of
distinction presented to his Majesty in
the course Of the day. The Queen re
ceived company in her drawing room,
where the clergy, foreign ministers,
II.
and kissed her hand.
LGfayete.-Sept 9th, was the birth day of
Lafayette, the Hero of three Revolutions.
lie then completed his 73year.
On the Both July, Charles, the 10Th
and the Dauphin reviewed near 81.
Cloud, the troops which were there.
both OF them calling on the " Charter
toreOer, the tardy declaration was re-
ceived with expressive silence" their
voice was too feeble: it was their diving
speech! One of the last acts of the Kino
was to declare the Duke of Orleans an
OutLaU.
More Gold.-'A gold mine has been discoy
cred, about twenty miles west of Hilsborc
~ u, which promises to be very productive
we nave seen bar worth about one hundred
Gohars, whch nd been procured in a few
days with very imperfect machinery.
The pleasures Of laao.--A young gentle
man OF the bar In this city, was recently en-
gagged by an individual of fortune TO contes
the right to an estate, of the value of which
the attorney was to receive one fourth for
MS services if successful. He succeeded
and his portion of the spoil is estimated al
$0o,OOO.-PhiiadelphiG Inquirer.
Horrors Of War.-A letter from Sid Fer
ruch says, " the dead corpses of the Algerines
covered whole river: and to avoid the
plague breaking out, the French were obliged
TO burn them all. In the evening when we
arrived, we smelt the ordour of burnt flesh a,
distance of about two leagues and half"
Fraudulent Clerk. "A leading clerk, in
one OF the large auction houses in N York,
VINO had been in the receipt of large salary
was last week discovered to have sold notes
belonging to his employer, to the amount OF
nine or ten thousand dollars, and converted
'he proceeds to his own use. He is now in
prison.
there has been another attempt at rebel.
lion IN Western Tariary Twelve of the
ringIeaders have been apprehended and exc.
cuted.
IL I'D bushels of black cherries were pick
ed this season from one tree in Swanzey, N
H. bushels more were left on the tree and
on the ground
MIR. G, Goldman, Portland, lately had $500
IN old continental money stolen from his col
lection of curiosities. 800 of the same mo-