Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-18
FOREIGN ARTICLES.

speech of Earl Grey, adds this important circum-
stance:-s' At the conclusion Of the speech, his
noble relative. Lord Durham, kindly procured
him the timely re(reshment Of lass OF water
Tins might have executed this kind ONCE
quite as well. We extract from the same source
this intelligence:
.The various services of plate, which were
the entire property OF his late Majesty we :.
left as an heirloom to the crown. The quanu'y
is so great that, between sixty and seventy wagon
loads were conveyed to the palace at WINDSOR,
previously to the grand banquet given at the
Castle by William w."
"The Young Princes of Cumberland and Jam
bridge are in the habit Of taking daily rae IN
St. James's Park, in company with Coi. yum
tin. where they display considerable skill IN
equation, and would be remarked, under any
circumstances, as fine spirited boys.
According to the London papers, Lori C0rh-
rane has been passing between London anu rar-
is on business ofgreat Importance
Mrs. Fitzherbert, the relict of the late George
". enjoys "renovated health. notwithstanding
her advanced age. The present King OF Eng
land, his Queen and all the royal family. are
most sedulous in their attentions to Mrs. fitz-
herbert"
The British Wing and Tory journals concur IN
the opinion that the governments OF huss'a'
Austria, and Prussia, were collecting their
strength for desperate effort against FRANCE
when the revolution broke out III Poland.
Temperance Bishop Doyle, of the Roman
Catholic Church, IN Ireland, has addressed an
energetic appeal in favor of the cause OF lem
perance, in the form of letter to the " H'perhl-
an Temperance Society" tie says OF drunken
ness, - call it the root Of all sriL for verify
do not know of any vice which does not spring
out of drunkenness, or derive increase from IT,
Pulmonary DiseaSes.-A French PHYSICIAN
MIR. Ben0iston, in examining the effect OF certain
occupations in producing pulmonary complaints
ascertained that in the commune OF Mensues,
where the business of digging and manufacturing
gun flints is carried on to great extent, that
the average duration Of life among the inhabitants
had been shortened five years. This mortality Is
attributed to the inhalation of the mineral parti-
cles that escape from the flint while giving 1t Its
proper form.
Sam Patchism London paper says, "a
| Young woman fell over the upper clif,near Brlgh-
ton, depth of so feet, but pitching upon some
WV covered bushes, she escaped unhurt, and walk
| ed home with only the loss of her shoe.
| Reports have been prevalent in London, du-
ring the last ten days, of the existence of differ
ences between an illustrious parsonage and GER
tain of his near relatives. touching the extinct
Munster Peerage, which We have no hesitation
| Court Journal
| Remarkable Circumsfmace.-A letter received
| in Carlisle mentions the following singular oc-
currence, the Goth of November. 1920, a
mercantile house in Liverpool received In pay
ment FIVE pound Bank of England note, dated
Esd January, 1880; on the back of which were
| 81.
into the Ia # John Dean Tor Drain Of Lough-
an I.s' IN ncHlYs his brother Andre" Is p''''
1t is said III Sc political circles that the Count
Flahault will De the new French ambassador in
| the place of NJ. Talleyrand, whose recall, at his
own request, will take place after Christmas.
The count is, we believe, married to lady Of a
Scottish family, and possesses. in his countess's
right, considerable property in that country.
Court. Journal
BENJAMIN Constant was a fine German schOl-
ar, and contributed much to introduce the phil
osophy of Germany into France. The govern
ment has decreed the Pantheon to be re-opened
for the reception of the ashes of great men, and
NJ Constant is TO be inferred there, forming. to
begin with, an exception to the general rule that
ten years must elapse after the death OF the in
dividuals to enable posterity to Judge of the va
lidity of their claim to this national honor
Lii. Gas.
Sale ola Hife.-On the 10Th of Nov. fell
lew from Marion, Eng exposed an unruly rib
for sale in the market place. with halter round
her neck: the lady herself seeming nothing 10th
to be thus exhibited. She was put up for shiI-
ling, and two bids were offered, one shilling
and halt penny, the other shilling and three
half pence, but it seemed her husband knew her
value better than any one else, for exerting his
right of reserve bidding. he raised the price to
los. upon which, by the advice of the bye stand
ers, who thought the sum extravagantly high, he
consented to take her to his home again, and she
agreed to accompany him; the first time, the
man said, she had agreed to any proposition of
his since they were married
AN IRISH STORY.