Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-18
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vous adyices leaves but little to CLEAN from thelr
contents. Much speculation was INDUCED in,
relative to the approaching session OF Parlla
ment which was to commence on the tuesday
following. 1t was supposed that the folloWlng
subjects would come under consldefatlon:-l.
Church Reform; H. Claims OF the Dlssenters;
III. the Corn Laws; w. Repeal of the Assessed
Taxes; " Poor Laws for Ireland and an ate
ration in the English System; and vi. Corpora
ton Reform. 1t was anticipated that the house
tax would be wholly taken off, but that the duty
upon windows, and other assessed taxes upon
horses, carriages, &c. would be continued until
more favorable state Of the revenue should al
low of their reduction or repeal.
The Duke of Wellington has been chosen
Chancellor of the University of Oxford, IN place
of Lord Grenville deceased
The Morning Chronicle contains the follow
ing obituary notice Of the latter nobleman:
DEATH OF LORD GRENvILLE.-Died, IN his 10Th
wear at his seat DrOpmore, William Wyndham
Grenville, Baron Grenvile. From his connec-
tons, his career public man was greatly Ia
ciIitated. He was the third son of the right hon.
George Grenville, whose name is so familiar to
all who are acquainted with the history OF the
American war
1t has been often said that the secret of the
authorship of Junius would be discovered on
the death Of his lordship and that noble lord,
! TNugent his relative, not now IN this country,
has been repeatedly heard to declare that the
secret was in his kinsman's keeping, and would
! be disclosed.
A remarkable overlooking of the waters OF
| the Thames took place on the goth of January,
by which the cellars and lower rooms of great
portion of Mapping, Shadwell Limehouse, and
ROtherhte were inundated. No lives were lost,
although many persons narrowly escaped
drowning. Many Of the decayed stones OF the
piers Of Backfriars Bridge had been loosened
! by the combined action of the hurricane and
| flood.
The devastation on the banks of the Midway
| from Chatham to Sheerness, is said to have been
appalling beyond description. Many of the far
mers have been severe sufferers by the floods
and heavy gales Not only the pastures have
been injured but large numbers Of live stock
have been carried off by the floods.
| Such has been the distress amongst the steer
| age passengers who have been detained at Spit
head for the last two months by the late wester-
| ly gales most of whom are emigrants for Cana
da, New South Wales, and the United States,
that the inhabitants ofRyde, in the Isle of Wight
and Portsmouth, have entered into subscrlp-
| ton which, by committee of benevolent gen
| tlemen. has been divided amongst them or the
most dreadful scenes Of distress and misery
| must have ensued.
The successive westerly gales were such, that
| upwards of thousand sail of vessels are said
to have been wind bound in the English Chan
mel for nearly three months.
1t is confidently asserted that the King has
| expressed his assent to the measures proposed
by Earl Grey, relative to the Church, and that
they will be recommended in the speech from
the throne.
A Liverpool paper states that the first bag of
cotton imported into that place was brought in
January, 1885, from the United States of Anne
RIGA, by the DIANA which brought only one bag! |
Two Steamers, with 500 troops chiefly Bel |
gians, were detained by the weather at Fal- |
mouth. They were destined to the consttu
tional service in Portugal, and were in readiness
to depart for the Tagus.
A new drama, founded on Mr.. Cooper's last
novel, The Headsman, has been brought out at
the Victoria Theatre. The principal incidents
of the novel, says the Courier, are well pre-
served, and give opportunities for several good
scenic displays, which were managed very eff
fectivey The meO-dramahc incidents OF the
Headsman are correctly dramatized, and the
audience gave testimony of their approval in a
manner the most unequivoca
SCoTLAND.-The Edinburgh Courant states
that the Rev DR.. Chalmers had been taken sud-
denly i'll, and that the answers to subsequent
inquiries had BEEN that he was still very un-
we'll His illness is ascribed to over eXertiOn.
IRELAND-Mr O'Connell has ceased his ca
reer of agitation for the season, and at din.
ner given to him at Dublin signified his deter
mination to be present at the opening of Parlia-
ment.
committed to Kilmanham jail, pursuant to his
sentence for libel which he published, consist
ing of Daniel O'Connell's Address to the peo-
pie of Ireland.
HoLLAND.-King William, of Holland, is said
to be a bankrupt, and that his goods and chat
tells have been sold to meet the demands of his
creditors-and that they would not respect his
protest claiming that his wines should be ex-
empted from sequestratOn. Few acts that the
Sovereign could commit would be more likely
to render him unpopular in Holland, than bank
ruptcy.
LONDON, JAN 3O.-There are two new ENJOYS
Extraordinary very shortly expected to arrive
in town from abroad: namely, M. Spiridion
Tricupi as Envoy from the young King of
Greece; and Mr.. Stevenson, from Washing
ton, as representative of the United States.
February 1.-The General Steam Navigation
Company's mail packet Superb arrived yester-
day with letters and papers from Holland to the
30th January.
The letters contain some particulars relative
to the Ministerial Congress at Vienna. The fol-
lowing are mentioned as the subjects to be trea-
ted, and the order in which the Congress is to
deliberate on them:-1 The general stipulations
regarding the maintenance Of the Constitution |