Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-07

l. w Lake Gore, &c. &C. who all felt tue
painful forebodIngs experienced After am
ner the General rose, and attempted 70 return
thanks for the enthusiastic manner in which the
oompany had drank his health but he was una
bic to go on-his heart was too fulfil was al
ready broken.
A few DAYS ere his death, British gentleman
of my acquaintance visited him IN MS SICK
room. They spoke Of america, and the Vete-
rams eyes sparkled with their wonted hre; thet
alluded to France, and he mournfully shook MS
head. "Beloved, but betrayed country" eX
claimed he, "I fear thou hast yet many terrible
struggles to undergo, ere thy goal OF liberty Is
attained.n These words you may rely upon as
fact. According to the desire of the deceas'
ed, he is to be inferred at the private or prlvl-
legged cemetry Of Piepas, by the TOMB OF Ma
dame Lafayette.
During the last illness Of the fated Father of
the new dynasty, not single message was sent
from the Court to inquire alter the lliustrious
sufferer. But now alas! the Chateau is IKE
house of mourning, and the mlnlsterlai papers
are redolent ofgrief, for the loss of-King Leop-
ODDS son.
LONDON, May 25-There has been no intor-
nation from abroad during the week to cause
any excitement in the stock market, which mas
been unusually dull An express from Paris on
Thursday to an eminent capitalist that the
French funds were higher in consequence OF
the death Of Gen. Lafayette having given, as
was supposed, blow to the revolutionary par
ty, caused Consols to rise from 90 Ia 3-S TO W
l-2 So This is all the stimulus they have mad
The reports Of the present state OF trade III
Birmingham are very gloomy. This is attribu-
table to several cause.-the general depression
of the agricultural intereSts-the embarrassed
state of America, occ asioned by President jack
sons bank proceedings-andt the scarcity of mo-
ney amongst the tradesmen.
On Thursday night Mr.. h. l.. Bulwer mo-
we'd in the House ofCommons-" That it is eX-
pedient to repeal the stamp duty on newspapers
at the earliest possible period"
SPAIN
The Madrid Gazette of the 14th instant, pub.
fishes letter from M. Martinez de la Rosa to
the Captain General of New Castillo, announ-
cling the Queen Regents intentions of assem-
bling the Cortes on the oath Of July, and Or
dering him to prepare hall for their sittngs.
Intelligence has been received this morning
of the capture and declaration Of Colmbra, on
the 9th, in favor of Donna Maria, and OF the
junction of Rodill and the Duke of Tcrceira.
This news has raised the Funds per cent, and
the Fours are now at 81.
conspiracy was discovered here last night
the particulars of which have not transplred
| 1t is not very serious matter.
| ARANJUREz, May 30.-The ratification OF the
quardrateral treaty for the pacification of the
two Kingdoms of the Peninsula by his Imperial
Majesty the Duke Regent of Portugal. has this
morning been officially communicated by M. de
Sarmento to the Court of Aranjuez, and to the
Ambassadors of France and England. The
copy Of the treaty, which bears the Portuguese
ratification, is, with the exception Of single
word, precisely identical with that originally
negotiated and signed by the PlenipotentiarieS
of the four Powers in London. In the newly
ratified treaty the Usurper is described as the
Prince" and not as the "lnfant" Don Miguel
| AS this variation will not be attended with any
| delay in the execution of the treaty. it is on
| " worth notice an indication Of the splr
in which the one brother is regarded by the
other,