Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-03-24
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IS damage sustained on this occasion will exceed
g, 900, which, together with that sustained by
a.. same parties In the late lire, will amount to
nearly .Rl3,OOO. -,
Iofai .4ccisisa from, Hunting. We regret to
.,nounce the death of the Rev. Me-. Price, Rec
Of LAWYER Weldon, Northamptonshire, occa-
ED nv an injury received while hunting with
a. Oshaldeston's fox hounds on Tuesday The
D., GENTLEMAN joined the chase al the place OF
INC. Stowe Wood, aud fox being found in
n.;chborirg covert, spirited chase took place,
.ba fox oakiug of at Il slapping pace IN the d.
zion Of E,erdeu. In leaping brook at the
To- Mace, the Rev. Gentiemans horse fell with
I'm bar without doing HIM any injury; and on
ra,,ng M, considering the accident to Dr. the
snI, ef the horse, he administered the whip to It
to soartly, after which he re-mounted and
sollo;ysd the hunt Ga coming TO fence at the
.>,,remty of the field, the horse, IN clearing 1t,
S.,hably simulated to increased exertiOn by the
p,s',.snent il had so recently received leaped
,,.,,,IIv hiph. and in the descent the Rev. Cen
.lo,oan was thrown with great force against the
mel &C his saddle. and bruised so dreadfully,
- .Imo.t Immediately feN to the ground
,rbc utmost symp,hy aud attention were shown to
him bv the large field OF huntsmen who witnessed
"'"' nv whose direction he was prompt
W Wv San,nysd IN the aOuse Of gentleman IN the
{;n;,y and expresses sent off for physician
III ::nroson. who shortly after arrived; but the
;n;nr;,s received were SO extensive, and OF such
L.. as 70 DEFY the utmost exertions OF their
a.oI..ss;onaI skill. AID the Rev. Gentleman ex-
P,;,od ,itbip six hours afterwards, having endur-
"a in the interval III most excruciaung pain.
Lov. on. Feb. IA desperate affray took
o,,ce m Inursday morning, about o'clock.be-
!,yaen marty of smu.glers. armed with guns,
blud,eops. etc. consisting of nearly two hundred
r,sc' and Lieut.. Parry. Z. n, with lew OF lis
men. near the Chamber Station, about two niles
from Rive harbor. Lieut.. Parry rece"ed , sluss
IN MS shoulder, and the head OF large naii, and
ne Of his fingers was nearly shot Oft; three of
h,s men we're also badly wounded, one has two
balls in his leg, which is 10 be amputated to mot
row. After thew fell thew we're cruelty beaten
nv the smugg!ers about the head. with the butts
nj their muskets. One of the smugsiers was shot
through the heart but thev carried away all their
wounded; also all the tubs, except 90. "hi
were taken, and also the boat. The Sluss and
the nail have heen extraC ted.and II is hoped lieut..
Plrry will do wei'.-11nes.
There are considerab, changes among the Go
yernors Of the West India lslaads. His Excel
lency Governor Maxwell. OF S, Kitt's,ls succeed
Ell b, General Nicholas. His ExceIlency Charles
Felix Smith has been disrlaced at Trinidad.
4 general fast was ordered by the King ot En-
gland for the 2lst March, on account OF the ChO-
era Morbus.
An inquest was held on the 3lst Of Januarv,a
Ecclg sfeio, on the body OF the infant son OF ].
Nicholson, farmer The child slept in the same
bed with its parents, aud they we're awakened
during the night by its cries. 1t was afterwards
paciGed, and they again went to sleep. In the
inorninp II was discovered that it had been bitten
in the check bv rat. The poor child shortly
afterwards died of the injuries received The
house is one of several called Raiten RoV. from
the number Of those disgusting animals, which
exist n a brook that runs close by.
~ Sheffield IRIS.
The Chamber of COmm"rceof MarseilcS has
promised reward of 2,GOOfr. for the discovery
of any means whereby vessels may be taken out
Of the harbor when the wind blows right into its
narrow mouth. II frequently happens that ves-
sells experience long detention in consequence
of a wind which prevents their getting out. but
which. when at sea, would be favorable 70 their
course. Such discovery as that now sought
would be OF the utmost Importance to vessels fire.
0uentiny that harbor, aud II is surprising it has
never vet been attempted. 1t is thought that
the use of steam would easily accomplish the
wished for purpose. Modes aud proposals are
10 be received bv the Chamber of Commerce OF
MarseilIes until the 5lst Of December Of the pre-
sat year; after which the prize will be awarded
20 the protector Of the plan which will be adopt
ed.
In debate which took place on the Goth OF
January IN the British House of Lords, the Duke
Of Wellington made an able speech on the Bel
giC question, in which he remarked" He had
often said in that House tina; there was not an in
dryidual in Europe who had less TO do with the
recent French Revolution and with the measures
Of Prince Pnlignac than he 1.-THE Duke of Wei
IinstOn) II the members Of the late British ca
binet had nothing to do with that Revolution,
they had also the satisfaction, the consolation, OF
rejecting that they had never eulog'zed it."
The Budget was still under discussion in the
French Chamber Of Deputies at the latest dates.
A fine full length portrait Of the last surviving
Siguer Of the Declaration of Independence, has
iust been published from the photographic press OF