Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-09-01


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A Partisan traveller lately arrived from st.
PeteTsbursb. has furnished a statement oil
the situation OF parties IN the Russian empire
from which It appears. that ia spite of the
vigilance OF the police and tie slavery Of the
press, much discomfort is expressed both
Rainst the emperor and his government. At
st. P1tcrsburgh though pcopl3d by foreign
ers and pea sons enriched ty imperial houn
~, good deaf Ct fermentation exists, and
the policy OF government Is seyagoiy critlci
sed B"t It Is particularly In the ;s,erior pro.
unces WS1ed by tbs traveller, that the dis
content Is most violent Here many secret
societies are formed, the objects oil which
are revolutionary. The Hamburg correspon.
dent mentions tina! disturbances have broken
cat at Kew, and also in several other Rus
sian governments, and even siIirlns that The
communication between Moscow and ST. Pc,
tefsburg has been interrupted.
The question as to the 4. e of the Reform
Bill IN Tia" House of Peers, seems to create
mach anxiety among The friends of toe mca-
sure All eyes, says the Constitution. a Lon
aon journal, "aTc now turned 10 the House
Of Peers, aud Ministers are actually engaged
IA ascer'aIEn@ iJar strength and in neutra-
lzlng and brlnsmg the opponents of the
measure, to avoid i,yJo creations as lar as pos
slaie, bit which VIII ccylathig he had recourse
to a, denlsy JCs0f5, should 1t become neces-
sary from the hereditary obs,inacy of some
Of ihat august boty."
4 summary of Irish Intelligence given in
London paper presents irIshtlul picture of
the state~ot some parts OF that country. 10
the county of Galway, man suspected of
bPIng an lnioruer, was murdered aud his
eyes taken out by the assassins. A Mr. Shiel
OF Shansarry. in the same county, was way
ldId and beaten with stones till his skull was
fractured He was loft for dead, and shortly
afterwards eXplled. The magistrates Of the
county OF tiWay had meeting IN which ii
was unanimously resolved that the srGnarV
administration of the laws was not enough
to put down the disturbances in that county
In the county OF Mayo, some carts convey.
in2 meat were stopped aud pIunJered by the
starving peasanty. The carts wetc accom-
panied 10y part of the army. an ARRAY took
place and three lives were lost and several
persons wounded. Ia Queeas county no out.
rage had taken place for .hree week. which
Is pronounced a symptom Of returning peace
'N p''hS VI luC a5uo nave dz'4H over
flown tins season, and the corn on the low
lands destroyed 10 an immense extent. An al
Nest continual ram OF nearly three months
prevailed, and ceased only about the latter
part of June.-Bdlt Gazette.
The Gigantic HhaIe The skeleton Of the
gigantic whale is to be seen in the booth e
rected to receive its remains, opposite the
Kings News The naturalists will be de
lighted with the present opportunity Of 10
spectns the most perfect existing specimen
OF the cetacesas tribe ever exhibited; the ar
tcuIauon OF the skeleton l. complete, the IN
tershces bctN een the vertebrSe are filled with
a composition painted to resemble the ad-
joining bone; the whole IS liked together on
iron stands. the rios depending IN their natu
raj position BY hooks aud eyes ID the same
metal n belly Oh the whale is fitted up
Wa. table ana chairs, containing an album,
some books o. natural history, aud other IN
ria'ntai ncitCmenis 10 curiosity
The following are the precise dimensions
Of ;he wha,e.-Iotai length Of the animal
% L encir lcej; IeU 9Th Of the head, -, length
Of ihe tongue, 20; bel. IA; 0I the Uranium, IA:
lcuSth OF the veI;ebFai column, 694, number
Jt 'ue ycrte6sT, o.; length Of the ribs, 8.
nuinner 81 cIlto, Is, leng.h cf tic Gas, I4l,
'cn5th Of the fingers, 4 width OF tic tai,