18 Apr 1829 Foreign Intelligence - Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions

18 Apr 1829 Foreign Intelligence

By the German papers we have received the following account of the death of
the reigning Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, brother-in-law of his Britannic
Majesty by his union with the PRINCESS ELIZABETH, third daughterof KING
GEORGE III:...................

FRANKFORT, APRIL 2. - HIS SERENE HIGHNESS, the reigning Landgrave of
Hess-Homburgh, died last night, at Homburg, after a short illness, at the
age of 59 years

FRANKFORT, APRIL 4. - PRINCE LOUIS OF HESSE-HOMBURG, Governor of Luxemburg,
who succeeds to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Homburg, is at present at Berlin,
whence he is expected to attend the funeral of the late Landgrave, FREDERICK
JOSEPH LOUIS, which will take place next week. The illness which occasioned
the death of the late Landgrave was an inflammation of the chest. The
Landgarvine, in the most affectionate manner, never left him till he
breathed his last. Her Royal Highness is as well as can be expected under
such circumstances, but, like the other members of the family, is plunged in
the greatest affliction.

Barbadoes Papers to the 18th February, have arrived. On the 17th the House
of Assembly was opened by the new Governor, SIR J. LYON; there is nothing
remarkable in his speech. He appears to have been received with the highest
respect by the colonists, and he in return compliments them on the antiquity
and loyalty of the colony.

The letters from Alicant, dated 24th March, received this morning, state
that on the 21st ult. the town of Torrevieja, was entirely destroyed by an
earthquake; ten of the adjoining villages also suffered severely. The
shock was felt at Alicant, but was attended with no other effect than
spreading the greatest alarm.

BUCHAREST, MARCH 21. - Wounded soldiers daily arrive here from the other
side of the Danube, where hostilities have recommenced, and frequent
engagements, between the advanced posts take place. In the Russian army the
greatest activity prevails, and it seems intended to prosecute the
operations with a degree of vigour which may lead to a speedy decision of
the campaign. Several divisions of infantry, with light and heavy
artillery, have marched against Silistria to invest that place. Ghiurgevo
is now regularly besieged, and the thunder of the artillery from that
quarter is incessant. The possession of that place is of great importance.
Ghiurgevo is the only fortress of consequence which the Turks have on the
left bank of the Danube, and its fall would bring with it that of Rudschuk
on the opposite bank; meantime large quantities of timber and other
materials are constantly carried through this city to the Danube, for the
purpose of throwing a bridge over the river, which it is supposed will be
near Ghiurgevo.

FRONTIERS OF SERVIA, MARCH 19. - Something disagreeable to the Turks must
have occurred lately, for the Turks at Belgrade have as melancholy
countenances as on the removal of IZZEL MEHMUD from the office of Grand
Vaizier. The strangest reports are in circulation, which do not merit
notice. It is said there have been tumults, attended with bloodshed, in
Albania, and Servia is not very tranquil. The order for enlisting all
unmarried men has given great dissatisfaction; for if the Servians are not
so well inclined to the Russians as people generally believe, they, however,
do not show any inclination to fight them.