Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-21
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king AK la Chapelle is limited at as the pace
of meeting.
| The king Of Naples, it is said, is about 10
send away the Swiss troops and give his people
a constitution.
new Turkish militia were about to be FORM
ed, by an order of the Sultan, for the purpose
of defending the vast territories, and garrison
! ing fortresses, without Withdrawing from agri-
culture, trade, and other branches OF industry,
too many hands, which might impoverish the
country.
Jerome Bonaparte had passed through brus'
sells, on his way to Germany
The Duke OF Orleans has taken twenty
shares of l0O0f EACH in the Agerine Cooni-
cation Co.; the proceeds he intends to devote to
the use Of some public institution at Algers
The Parisians seems to have assembled in
crowds on the Quays, to witness the arrival OF
an immense barge, laden with ice, which the
principal cafe keepers of Paris have imported
from Norway. The ice is deposited in the hold,
and completely covered with a thick bed bay
salt. over which is raised sort ofroof or thatch
of rushes
! Several wealthy young citizens of Frankfort,
had left to settle with their wives in N. America.
| The celebrated traveller Capt James Ross,
! had passed through Copenhagen on his way to
Sweden, on matters relative to his northern eX-
u
voyage to the South Pole.
rupture is apprehended between England
and Russia, from the difficulties in the Ionian
Isles, &c. The extensive naval ornaments of
those powers in the Mediterranean, give coun-
tenance to this superstition. Ifever those fleets
come into collision we shall have rehearsed
over again the victory of the Nile, in which the
Russian sea forces probably will be annihilated,
and Turkey, Egypt, Syria, and the Black Sea,
I E,lI ;yot1 int, tho Of nd and
France.
Mr. Buckingham stated in the British parlia-
ment that he had taken the pains to place him.
self, during whole day, in tavern in Lon
don, and that he saw enter there for liquor, $500
men, 1855 women, and 2S9 children! The pro-
prietor of the establishment assured him that
he sold liquor weekly to 269, 45O men, lOS,590
women, and l42: 45O children!
The Royal Court Of Paris has recently de-
cided that no Frenchman can institute proceed
| ings IN the French Courts of Law, against any
foreigner whom he may have previously sued
in the Courts of another country
In recent discussion at Rouen, relative to the
sale Of public property, the aoomen entered the
hall, and put an end to the same by eXtingn-
gushing the candles.
The Journal au Loiret has the following:
" On the 25th of May, Orleans and its environs
were during the whole morning covered with a
dry and fetid fog, driven by cold and violent
breeze from the northeast and resembling in
appearance and odor the smoke Of burning
| lime. The light Of the sun appeared as during
a partial eclipse. These appearances Justify
the hypothesis of Arago in the Annuaire of 1882,
on the origin of these fogs in which he sup
poses that they may be vapors from the i'm
mense furnace in the centre of the earth, which
escape through assures inis crust or else that
it is the smoke of some distant volcano carried
L,,N hot H,~l, L.,
longing to our globe, which has become ignited,
and the vapor of which has fallen down into
our atmosphere; or, finally, the impalpable pow
der or dust of some planet burst by its own in
ternal fire, or crushed by the shock of some CO.
met" '"E
The espousa of Hall Pacha with the Sultans
second daughter took place on the 1st. The
marriage ceremony will be performed in fort
night. On this occasion the extreme of Orien-
tai luxury and magnificence were displayed;
not only the Seraglio, but the entire population,
participated in the rejoicings. The Sultan has
ordered public festivities, which are to be con-
tnued for week, by day and by night. Booths
are erected in all the public places, where the
lower classes constantly find refreshments of
all kinds distributed gratis. The troops, dur
| ing this week, are to receive double pay. To
amuse them and the people, jugglers and rope
dancers are ordered to be constantly perform
ing their feats. There will be grand review
the day after tomorrow, at which all the foreign
ambassadors will be present. At the end of
the fetes the Grand Vizier will, in the Sultan's
name, give splendid entertainment to the
grandees of the empire, and to all foreigners of
distinction. The nuptial presents have been
brought from the Seraskiers palace to the Sc
raglio with much pomp. The ceremony will
be performed in the saloon where the prophe' s
mantle is preserved.
| PARIS, June 6.-The Minister Of the Marine
has sent circulars to all the commercial ports,
with orders to keep the offices for enrolling
sailors for the navy constantly open and to send
to Toulon all that arrive from sea- and have
| been on shoresX months Previous orders had
been issued to put all the ships which are af1oat
in the ports into repair so as to be ready for sea
on the first notice.
PARIS, June 5.-Among the curiosties which
NJ Ruppel has brought from Abyssinia are two
remarkable manuscripts. One is bible said to
contain new work Of Solomon one or two
new books of Esdras and a considerable addi-
ton to the fifth book of Esther all perfectly I'M
known in Europe 1t also contains the book of
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