Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-09-13
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Anonymous UIRe.-On LORD ByronS IaVollte
servant one day opening bottle of wine in
Greece. his lordship questioned him as to its
name and lineage oi both Of Which Fletcher
acknowledged his ignorance. " Then away
with it," rejoined Byron, Il hate anonymous
wine"
Charles X. has bought the domain ofNachod,
in Bohemia, for 2, 900 forms. This estate
is said to comprise more than 10000 lnhabi-
tants and TO confer almost absolute sovereign
ty on its proprietor The EX-King may there
fore still play the Monarch on small scale.
Demoralixed siute of the British Army-Mr.
Ellice has informed the House of Commons,
that 8 in the last two years one nth OF the
whole army on English stations has passed
through the public 9aols" One fifth in two
years is the same as the tenth annually; and this
presents TO be sure pretty picture
A gentleman named Young, residing at Main,
Elgin, has in his possession sparrow perfectly
white. He secured it when gong to roost one
evening, and il is now quite tame.
Fifteen persons were killed lately at Stradel-
Ia i'm Piedmont by the falling of a church tow
er, short time before divine service.
Elsonde, in the North of Spain, which Don
Carlos has made his head quarters, is small
town at the left bank Of the Bidassoa, the chief
place of the valley of EaStan, and eight leagues
and half north OF Pampelina
Letters written from Gibraltar by the Nea-
nounce that peace has been concluded between
the King OF the two Sicilies and the Emperor OF
Morocco.
AT the recent exhibition of manufactures in
Paris, the King of the French conferred the
decoration of the Legion of Honor on Mr.
Pierre Erard, the celebrated harp and piano
forte manufacturer
We learn from Hanover that the first Cham
Der of the States General has rejected the artl-
4 49, 10 4 bou ,hpr m m Or
use OF the guiliotine, instead of the axe, in exc
cutonS.
The visibility OF some Of the Inhabitants of
Wakefield was reused by the following notice
ofthe towncrer:-"L Lost barber and coach
man; whoever has found 'em may keep 'em, for
them that's lost 'em won't seek EN- The ar
ticles lost were, We suppose, white; it OF a dark
color there are some countries wherethey would
have been sought eagerly enough.
The Rob Roy yacht, lately sold by Sir Hyde
Parker TO a gentleman residing near Belfast,
has been seized at Carrckiergus, by Captain
Cox, of the Coast Guard Service, and con-
demned as a prize, being laden with contraoand
tobacco.
The Earl of Oxford has paid all his credi-
tors. The estates have been at nurse Tor
quarter of century; and during that long peri
cd his Lordship has oeen in secluson. Hay
wood Hall, romantic place in the midst OF
wood, has been his dwelling.
Passengers may now travel in about twenty
seven hours from London to Brussels
Cherries have not been so plentiful in Kent
for the last fifty years. They are hawked about
at Maidstone literally in cart loads, at penny
per pound. The crop of apples is also good,
but pears plums, and filberts are failure.
Hobart Town papers estimate the total value
of articles Of colonial produce, exported from
Van Diemens Land in the year 1888 at El52,-
$50, and of the imports, consisting chiefly OF
British manufacture, during the same period, at
E3, 52, S64.
In the year ending Jan. 5, 1888, the quantity OF
wool exported from Sidney, New South Wales,
was 1884, 94S los; in the year ending January
1884, the total quantity exported was LISA
203 lbs.
The St Petersburgh papers announce the ar
rival of Captain Ross in that city.
Charles Kemble represents theatrcas in
America to be in most prosperous condition.
His own and his daughters success throughout
the United States was complete. He renewed
their engagements in New DIRK ten different
times, and the last was quite as popular, and as
lucrative as the first.
The King of Prussia has conferred upon Ba-
ron Nathaniel Won Rothschd the title of Csc
cret Counsellor of Commercially y amer.