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

was postponed by Lord Althorp, A real anu
practical relief is at last applied to one OF tue
great grievances of Ireland.
The failure of the banking firm oil kinneaf,
Smith e. Co. at Edinburgh, is announced ana
had created great sensation IN tfat quarter;
The probable demand for Gold, to supply 'iie
orders from America, excited some interest III
London.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, on the 3lst,
were 1000 bales, principally American, at the
full prices of the preceding day.
1t was expected that the prorogation OIL far-
lament would take place before the l2th ol Au-
gust
REPORTS have been extensively circulated in
this country of the probable failure of the crops
in ENGLAND. To counterfeit the injurious con-
sequences that might follow from this ialse IN
formation, that may perhaps have received It's
impulse from designing spectators, the Liver
pool Standard of the lst August states, that the
newspapers from every quarter concur III re,
presenting that the crops are most abundant all
over the three kingdoms, ard that an early and
plentiful harvest is before them. me editor
treats the rumor of scarcity with much playful
ness and satire.
TREMENDOUS AND FATAL THUNDERsToRM-l ne
town of Manchester was visited on the SUN OF
July with an appalling storm OF thuhder anu
lightning, hail and rain, which lasted heariy
two hours. Two silk weavers In Newton road,
| and the wife of gardener, were klileu WIN
| lightning. and many others seriously injured
| The swollen waters have inundated mills and
involved cattle bridges, and other species OF
! propcrty liable to such ravage, III one sweeping
| destruction; while the hailstones which were OF
| singulariy unusual dimensions, many having
| been picked up which measured an men ana
! half in diameter, dashed with lrreslstlpie Vio-
| ence against windows. Sky-lghls, otnouseS,
! &C. and the damage inflicted in exposed situa-
| dol, ln mis- a
bly, great The face of the country IN many
| districts to an extent of many miles round Man"
chester, was entirely changed: The low lana as
sunled the appearance OF vast lakes, ana uee,
| herb, plant and flower, all that could NOT feSiSl
! the accumulated force of countless millions OIL
such extraordinary hailstoaeS, was crushed
and the clad husband-feld, the garden and shell
tered nursery were alike speedily reduced to
deSolation.
HOLLAND.
important news is brought by the Holland pa
pers of the 2Sth July received by express
! read in the Hcndlsbad-" We are informed ON
| good authority. that on the 22d, the hlhs hau
! issued decree by which all the members ol
the scuttery y ,ional Guard) have been sent
home, witt unlimited leave OF absence.
The Journal aU Commerce OF Antwerp. makes
| the following enarks on this measure" thus
have fallen to the ground all those reports perl
odicaiiy spread Of a concentration OF the troops
Of Holland, ola project oiinvason by the Prince
! Of Orange &C Holland is now disarmlng.
This is an important fact; il is the hrst puolic
step taken by King William towards pacific
system; it is an approach to the defntive treaty
ii is, in a word, an event which announces moth
ing less than tacit remuneration of that desire
to be restored, which the King Of the Low Coun-
tries still appeared to entertain.
FROM THE EAST.
The augsburg GSeehe Of The Goth inst, con
tains the following from Constanilnopic OF The
4th:-s The Porte has received an account that
the greater part Of The English ships of war,
which Law at anchor before Vourla have Quilted
| that neichborhood and sailed for the Greek Ar
chjnelaGo Tie exercises which the English
forces were accustomed 70 take daily Oh shore,