Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-04-05

The Captain of the packet, who arrived atH,
vre two-days after the date of our papers. Gar,
the news was confirmed previous to his dem
ture.
Tic Polish Diet, by vote of S5 to IS. hal
placed the executive in commission Of Five uem,
bers. composed of Adam Czartorouski, Preside,
Vincent Meniowsk, Tn. Morauski, STAN Ba1.
zykowsk and Joachim Lelewel. The New Pa.
land, newspaper, complains that only one Of thes.
had part in the late revolution.
The intelligence from Vienna is, that every tbny
in that capital is on the footing war, especialIv
against Poland. which is threatened with inyasioo
at once frcm Russia, Austria and Prussia. Prince
Meternich is in close conneXion with the Duke Of
Montbe!, who, however;is watched closely By
Marshal Naiscn.
On the other hand the news from Constantine.
Die By the way of Naples, that the Grand Turk
means to take advantage of the embarassmcnts Of
p..sia 70 Withdraw from complying with the late
-raa.v The greater part of the Pachas Of ASH
ordered to be ready for service in May. The
.,e4'est activity prevails in the divan Agas have
been sent on missions to Albania, SerSia and
Bosnia: finally the Sultan, it is said, is endeavO
ing TO induce the PEI slams TO act, SO as to give
employment to the Russians on that frontier.
Cardinal CapelIari had been elected Pope
Sales 1T hare, 10th Feb-Cotton-40 bales
New Orleans. at 95; $40 do Go, sc; S. do do
92!: 10 DO Mobile, 81.
Exchange ofPons, 10th Feb.-j per cents
9S %; per cents 60 65 s..
We mentioned yesterday that the weather had
been very severe In Great Britain in the early
part of February, from papers from the Sd &c the
I al ,I,o l,,li
LoxpoN, Feb Sd.
Tremendous Snow MOrm.-The depth and
severity of the snow storm on Monday nigh.
/ cannot be adequately imagined by persons con-
fortably seated by their fire sides in and about
London. Owing to the wind blowing about ii.
snow, the labors of the coachmen with the ives,
ern coaches we're rendered annoying and dificaI;:
but by the time they reached Marlborough pro-
ceeding further Oh the journey became aiarmn. I
| ly difficult. A species of council was held q
however. 1t was stated at the inns and coach d
fees, though the drift some miles nearer Bat
was known to be great, that the -. Blue" coac
"a Bristol affair that leaves London at one o'clod
| in the day, the others not leaving ill five, sly /
and eight had not come back, it must have sol.
forward, and that as yet the roads were passabls
| Pickering's coach" was the second, or the Oh.
next after the 6 Blue,'' and it was the first that
had to try to pass along, in spite of the gre4.
drifts that were known to have collected since
the ''Blue" had passed. 1t was soon afterwar,
followed by what is known on the road by ii.
name of the "Company's coach;" had howe
yer. got extra horses at Marlborough. Picker.
ing's coach stopped when it had got few
miles out Of Marlborough, and on the rise d
the hill which Is short distance from keD
nett. The coachman there found that he IN
fortunately driven the coach into a snow-lrif
that reached the body of the coach, and The
horses were nearly buried in it. They could not
move; the coach was stuck as fast as rock eve
ry effort made by men and horses were unaval
ing. The moon had afforded no light; luckily day.
break came ~ the assistance of the travellers The
"COmpany's coach" next became similarly CIR
cumstanced; it made grand struggle WIN t'
additional horses to pass the suck-iast " Blue
an attemp: that was nearly fatal TO both coache.
but it became fixed, beyond the power of It's SIX
horses to move it. 4 wagon passed at the tine
and negotiations were opened to procure the LOAF
of some of his strong horses to drag the coache
out of this terrible snow drift, but they endc
in nothing, and the London waggOner passed II
but not without imminent danger TO the COACHES IA
The coaches then lent each other their horse
but with their eight horses were unable to ext
cate them. Soon afterwards the Regent, Br
tol coach, and the Bath ard Bristol mails &c. "a
rived at this spot. and all these stuck fast
their efforts to get free traces, splinter bars,
were broken, and it was not till these were
paired, some strong plough. horses were ObtaI'
from farmers and men got to remove some
the snow, and "d,g up'' the coaches thus
sregated in the drift, that they could be dn
from their Businesses. Then they had to rem
at Kennett while harness and coaches were
stored to travelling order, and while some Sc i
Of laborers were engaged in clearing the rOa'
that the coaches might get alons-a cIeai
they were obliged to make, with slight except
TOR nearly two miles. 1t was not till near
o'clock that the coaches could proceed b04
by that time many of them should have bssa
heir journeys end.
LONDON, February H.
Since our last the weather has been of theHa
nclement description. Our shipping e"'i
contains a long catalogue of disasters BY Sd
Added to this, the fall of snow during The S'
las been of so a copious description as TO b'O'
many OF the roads. and to prevent the Inerfo,
# businesa by Carriers between town and 70
from the great quantity Of snow which has