Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-11-20


the second week in October.
There had been several frauds on the Dum-
fries banks A man by the name OF McGeorge
had obtained $1,000 under false pretences; ne
was traced to packet ship bound TO New I orK,
and there arrested, by private creditor, who
COMPOUNDED his debt of ESQ for ESQ, on his
pleading poverty. Being released, instead OF
taking passage in the ship ne secreted himself
in lodgings on remote part OF the Cheshire
shore, but the police, suspectlng ne was the
man whom the propretors OF the Dumfrles
Bank wanted, kept watch upon his movements,
and they ascertained that he had mace ar
engagements with boatmen to De put on ooara
the Virginia after she had passed the rock. In
the mean time one of the bank partners arrived
in search of McGeorge, and applying to the po-
lice, discovered where he was staying, ana ne
was apprehended, in company with his brother,
at their lodgings i'm the neighborhood OF Liver
pool He was, when taken, in possession OF 4O0
sovereigns, and considerable quanuty OF Sill
yer. besides articles Of value. The prisoner
was recognized by the party in search OF MIN,
and conveyed back to Dumfres
Intelligence had been received in England OF
the extreme illness of Lord Bentinck, Governor
General of India, at Bangalore.
The Camden, fine ship from Canton, mad
arrived at Greenock, the first tea ship ever hav-
ing entered at Scotland.
John Patterson has been elected Governor OF
the Bank of England, in the room of Richard
Nee Raikes, who had become disqualified II
notify Curtis is recommended by the Directors
as the successor to MIR. Pattison i'll the ofhce OF
Deputy Governor.
Lord Palmerston, ii is stated, will be propos.
ed to theCourt of Directors by Government as
the new Governor General of India. They are
said to have decidedly rejected Mr.. Charles
Grant.
TIE TEA TrApE.-The clearance ofteas con-
Ia Ehn
lS) it amounted to 1S9 large chests sc half
chests, and 1856 quarter chests; making in the
aggregate 5Sl ,906 lbs. The company's decla.
ration for the December sale is equal in amount
to the last, and some curiosity is felt to learn
the result, as, before it commences, several
large arrivals Of free-trade tea will come in
from Singapore.
ATTEMPT AT AssAssINATIoN.-The Liverpool
Mercury of October Is says
ga most diabolical and coldbOoded murder
was ATTEMPTED Yesterday morning at the Custom
house, on the person of William Soutbgate, Esq.
Surveyor of the warehouses at this port he
was crossing the Court Y ard in the interior
| Of the building about ten O'Clock, when a
man named Norman WEIGH ia weigher) went
close to him. drew horse pistol from beneath
his coat, and deliberately fred ct him. Mr.
Southgate perceived the pistol and stepped back
which prevented the ball passing directly through
the vitas. 1t entered the left side: just be-
| meath the heart, and passing through the BODY,
lodged on the opposite side, SO as easily TO De
felt on examination. The ball has since been
extracted by DR.. Hannay and Mr.. M'Culloch
who declare their patient to be in imminent dan
ger inflammation has supervened, and his con-
dition is as unfavorabe as was anticipated by
the worst fears Of his attendants.
p. S.-Mr. Southgate expired on Sunday at
noon, after lingering in great agony from the
time he received the fatal wound. WEIGH has
L.>o, tod 70 Prid
FRANCE.
Mr.. Livingston our Minister to the Court OF
France arrived in Paris on the 18th OF October.
1t was reported that Mr.. L. was authorized by
the American government to reduce its claims
by third.
The Paris Constitutional however OF the 14th
Oct states that it has been authorized by Mr..
Livingston, to declare that he has received no
instructions from the Government Of the United
States to agree to any compromise whatever,
relative to the Is, 100000, claimed Of France,
and further that Mr.. Livingston is sure no such
instruction will ever be transmitted to him.
Intelligence was received yesterday from Mar
settles OF the cholera having broken out at Gran
on the 10TH and some of the soldiers had alrea-
DIV fallen victims to it. Notice Of this lameuta-
BILE event had been communicated to the Boards
of Health at Marseies and Toulon, in order
that they may take the necessary precautions.
French paper Of Oct. II.
The cost of the French Army during the pre-
sent year, is fraction short of ten millions ster
ling.
SPAIN
The affairs of the Queen Regent are said to
be unpromisng in the northern Provinces
Don Carlos had assumed the offensive and at
tackled Jaureguy on the Sd at Villa Franco.
captain of the garrison at Echarri, Aranza, had
promised to betray that place to Zumalacarre-
guy, but as body of Carlists were scaling it by
night, musket went off by chance gave the
alarm and the surprise failed
The Indicator de Bordeax Of the 14th ultimo,
has the following" The health of Nina i'm
proves daily. His nomination has not only been
received with JOY by the army, but also by the
entire population of every part Of Navarro and
Catalonia.
Law had unanimously passed the Cortez
declaring Don Carlos and his descendants to
have forfeited all right to the Crown of Spain,
and forbidding him to re-enter the Spanish terri
tory.
The Indicator &c Bordeaux, which first &C
credited the report Of the capture of Bilboa.
contradicts it, saying that a trincadera had ar
rived, which had left Bboa on the 10th, and
declared the rumor groundless. The town was
said to have been taken on the 9th. The Car