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FOREIGN.
TUltKtiY.-—-i\ letter from Negl‘0ii*0t1i.0flll€
. . V I ‘I _ .
“Mr June, contains tlte following (‘Climb
_‘.‘ The troops which the Citptaftt Pacha has
];tt-tiled on the island, united with “I050 "f ‘—«'rl'_
risto 'i'iid of our Cl”: CU“-“l"“e‘ 3 °‘’'.l‘‘°' 0‘
. 1 ~ 4 _ '.
mute than 8,000 iiieu. Czrristo not vltttltlllg
for ,, (mp; ttttte liecn supplied witlt provisions,
3 - . .' 1 ~ - z ' -I -
Fl,‘/Uh, ant] tt) 3| it-l(‘.\ i 5 .
c;,,.,.V it by assitull lrufore it should lie_ielict-
,..t_ 'F[‘ttpy alrr,-ady flattered tlieirisc.lrcs to oh;
‘ ~ ' ~. . ~ -‘ he ;irri\‘al ol the 61111!"
turn their rod \\ltt,ll t _
Adi-.i’iial all of a stiddeii s_r,:ivc quite a new as-
.,,C, ,0 .,t%,'.,ttt~‘-._ The '1‘iirks rciiiforcetl, nitrite-
5{,,(et.,, ,,,-,tt;t_l on the rilfcitsive ', Connie was
eluded to
'tll't(‘l{(:‘(l and burnt, and almost alltlic \'lll:tf,3,-.
es ofthc Eiibca tiiirlerwertt. the satire l_':rtc'., A!
{mg “.l0:'tiF.fli we lieliolrl the smoke ai‘i_:5'iirg
ft-riiii".lic flriiries over a vast extent of co.Itn'-I',\'--
'l‘~.itiiry Greeks have perislietl; the _t'cs't
Wei‘. (3,-es to t-eftrgc on the Slllt1tltl:$‘()f‘ too
- - . W -r'lil'rcn were
moummmi THC’ ‘mmen landlll(frli‘tl.‘. an-nirisiiro
snared; but tiothing can re . a, _~ 5;
(hair the spct-tacle of their torlorn c'.=ntlitI<m-
‘\Ve. have received news from 1"-"IkCl'b l_‘“‘
. ' , r . ‘ u
der due of the ‘Z1-tltJu.ic. This town. \\'lll"ll
. I . ' ‘ - t-‘l0.000 souls
contains a population ol abort ‘ _ ~
(.33 ms‘: yet been taken by the '1 urks 3 bl" ll”
1'. ',Nc,.,, ev(~,ei'iPnC€fl by the Greeks are far
( is - . .. - » . ,
molt-e serioiis than we were led to believe they
were, in conforinity to the advices \\’lC'_l'C"CClV'l
_ . . . V - 1 {
ed lroni Saloiiica. The I inks S\\Olt in tin
iii'idc ilieniselves niasters of tweiiIY'f"‘"' ‘'‘ll‘‘'
‘ rind Trikeri, am] now hold pos-
from 6 to 8000 Gi‘t-.t~:ks have
and children
ges .l._)"“.l‘lg,'4‘ttl‘O
sessiwi or them 2 _
pciislred ; tlionsands ol woiiien |
have been dooined to slavery '<’~‘“l 59'“ by me
P Cll'l tn Larissa Among the Greeks who
a - ~ - ' . .
ticctcrl their r=sc:tp£‘, '“i‘“Y l_‘°“’° lhm“ n
tl uisclves into ']‘rikcri 3 bl“ lllls mw“ Over‘
re .‘ - . . --
.- ' v ' <~. . is in '1 verj-' CHU-
bunhened “ uh mlmmlu:illio')es fo he able to
~ ' , . (T . --
’3“l °"‘“l”‘°'l’ dmlmal it" . .titicati'ous
defend l.ISCll by means o its or -
’1‘i>ir-‘s'ri'...»’\.tt:. 4--—-Several v€$5el5 rmm file
At't:lt;t[7;}lt\g()l bring news that the. Gl‘C€li..-\llllll-
t-;tliy is at prcsciit eri«1a'_;erl in. prcpariilig fol‘
the cxecritioii ofa i't’l‘,‘-’ l’”l‘i l”‘>‘.l""l-“ l"“‘”_'”"-V
he W.mt,,,,;~,,.e fit‘ the gt-ezrtrwt tttlV'&tlil(l_‘__;8'I()
,hCi.I. Cd,,5,3'tt‘ ‘ti .‘=ll!!C(’.etl,-t, but may also be ve-
ry f-.ital to the (iron.-ks. it is iiotlriii1$_l°§"_'l‘”"
to ti".rii~;fr:i- illf.‘-lll.":tll‘t.‘. of war to A:=.t=i ivittior,
'ttt«l‘o in~~kr~ ll‘et‘n‘<(‘l\‘€‘.S ru:i.~tvI'S Ol St“)"l‘““-
, . t . .r .« - ~ ~ _ . . ‘ _
It is iiftiihietl that for the (Ext?Cltl‘lOllI;ll‘l:§)‘:‘
(act, the Greelcs have assctnbletl .1 on a r r r
2‘, !)Cd(o‘,(,‘ (Q’()()t_) tmttpa, cztllectcd froin the
RC“ evil l‘il"l1'.'l$ ofthc Art-liipelztgo which liavc
L.«,t,;,-._t-(t the gt-cittivsi e-.:rger'iics:; in the cause of
Til(l(‘l3€It(lE1l:t'r. .‘i'c r:?<i‘i.‘<-_t witll 2""“'l ‘"‘i’"'
liSl‘E(‘.“ the farther tlClL‘iil.‘~ or this plan, tire exc-
ctitioii of whicli must now have CtttltttlCttC€£l-
rpgtc (gt-t-pk ;'\tilllll‘(|ll_Y has cho~.~en the ino-
tt}.-.»-.t when the Crzptaiir Pacha is in the ioni-
air §~'.e:i, anal on the t'e;~.:st ofCaiirlia, \\'ltt‘l'C the
Greeks do not think he can ttlttl$.‘l'l:ll’.C :in_r
1t~,',,,.. ',,,,,,,-,,-tmt_t, l)t‘t".(:tlSC they have been able
to (\;&i)IlfC fora vigoi'oiis tlcfeiicc on all the
pr.-irits that are lill‘(‘{tiCllE-‘-Ll.
1 . ;... ~ l - 1 .-ecuiverl Jocitrve infnrni:i-
'1l.e .i..tr Jar _l_ . .
,3“, 0;‘ (ms tgx()itjltf;01],Illl:'l ii is tor this reason
that it sent lbrahitii Pziclizt with some tlioii—
szrnil lIllO.~Ei) troops to P:2it)ll:t.. . . _
The strcccss of the expedition will princi-
pztlly tttgpentt on the part that the iiii'.iicroii~:
Greelts of Artist take. if they do not mine to
assist the laridetl troops, the latter may be cori-
sideretl as lost, for we must expect that the
Turks will do their utmost to expel the Greeks
from that importrint province.
A report is likewise stiterirl, that the Ciapt.
Paclia has received orders trout {,-nnstautirio-
we (0 ,-em,-H, with the whole of his fleet, to
the coast ofAsi;t §.'iiiicr,' order to attack the
Greek fleet. The expcoitinn projected by the
_t‘\(lu‘.ii'altv will thus far at least have the ad-
vtititzioe of acting; as :i powerlul diversion to
;,,.;t.(,C‘.-‘Q pt,-., Capt-(tit; ‘Paella to leave the Ionian
-Sea and the coast of {S-it-ecc. liHl1El(ll'|Ol yet
hov.'cve.i‘ oiiiltcd the rie';gboitt'lto0d ol f’atrzrs.
. , ,
it is not lotmi-ii \‘t’llI\?. be tliou;2_hl to do on that
Coast, for there is no oppnrtiitiity to .<trikr- 22
t;_reat blow llll‘l'f3, and his land force is, besides,
too small to attciizpt it-.
F,-gm 1,1,3 3935.97; Dflffj/I./?ift‘€7'{fS€?, Sept’. 30.
t§i‘.c}:cr:.—-‘We are rrgziiii ttiririslicil it iili
S.in_'-,'t‘na ;.»apers to the 25th cffnly, fil!_ed with
i!t[Gl‘i.'>llt‘.g iiitnliigencc of the (}0l!l'.~‘t¢ pt events
in Greece. It it-otilrl appear from this iutclli
sauce that the Greeks are on the very point of
bcirtg t:r't;sl'.eri by the superior power of their
eiieiiiy, and that their ruin is the more cerlziiii
‘froin the. w.int ofcorictrt and liarmony among
Il’l€l!i‘~?t.‘l\"t’5. “'8 l¥”l3‘3 ‘i“""‘3 ma)’ be 5‘-“"9 fill-
lacv in these accounts, arid that the condition.
of this uuliappy g:eople is not so hopeless as it
is he:'<-. rcpr“eseuted ; but we feel btittrirl to say
that altlrorigh the tS',u.rc!m’.':2ii' JC‘I'5€’7?l~’-‘c’. “Om
which we dt.-rive this intelligence, has altvays
she.-.vn very little respect for the Greeks and as
little interest in their cause, or faith in their
success, yet we have always found, during the.
period that we havcbcen accustomed to peruse
thisjoiirnal,through the kinduessoftlie friend
_to whom we are iiowindebted, thattlie ll)lL'lll-
gence which it fiii‘r:isltes is entitled to much
more credit thati itiiil which we have obtained
relative to atFuii's in that qnrirter, from any
other source.
The Captaiii Ptit:l‘t;t landed from his flcetin
the island ofEulitc:i »".*3t¥0 iiicn. By means of
this force the siege ot'C:irist‘o was raised, and
the Tut ks bcgaii in act on the otfciisive. They
burnt tdl the vilages, and C:‘.tit3Z‘.V0lll‘e(l to des-
troy all the lintiscs of the Greeks, and of the.
inlizzbitants a few only saved" tbeniselves by fly-
ing to the tncuntains. To wzrtrrh these a small
fiirce truly was necessary, and the rest of the
Tnrl-is l[‘wttS supposed had urarclied towards
A,t,e,,S_ Agc:)ttJtt5r|'0|l1 Athens attain the 4th
ofiittlv, when it is said that every thing was in
horrible confusion, front its being annoiuiced
en tire lst that l=i,0C~O Turks were atlvancing
upon the city and were already arrived at Li-
vatlia, and on-the '1-ill were oirly three or four
lr::r‘,'It‘t-is from Athens. it was not ltuowii cer-
‘t;tit,'[y whether this was a dctachrueiitof the
()tt.,ttt;ttt army tnarr-ltitig upon the Pelopoiies-
st-,5, or lllt)‘diS',>USeul)lr.’ force front the islairtl of
Eubosa. -
-As soon as the approacli of the Turks was
3.-_tt()vvn, the i_'it‘(')Z‘Il'(£il<gllVt.) notice to the Euro-
pvaiis and others at -Athens that they must re-
1};-e-to itlltlcllllltfl‘ place for s:rlcty,l-ir he coirld
not €mSM,,. Vfm-. what iiiigbt lizippeii. Alttiost
,=_.,.e,.V hotly lied upon this ala_riir—'1‘l_te (Jreeks
M “,6 ‘tsltiud of Salainis, except a little inot'e
tlmti three hundred who sltiit tlierirselves npyn
‘the r-,ir;tricl. They are l'ttrinslied with provis-
ion. for It year, and tlicy caniiot want for wa-
,9,’ t,,,t.‘,ng discovered the ancient spring, of
wt,-,,,i, 3-,; accourit has been gii‘eit,and lilt1l'.t.‘Ll'
it with the citadel by a l)n_st‘io'n. This is of've-
ry diliicult access, and to become master of it
it will be necessary toscale a steep rock and
to force successively five gates. While the
_ Greeks besieged it t'oriiially, altliougli they fi-
red a vast nut'nbei‘of- bombs, they kil_le'd but
two persons. But at present the Spectator
adds, for lltili1iIl'_\"'plll‘p()seS tlie_Turk‘s have-rro
need ofiaking the citadel. his only necessa-
ry to talte the plain, and to fortify’ the Pirens,
which can be easily done. In this place the’
Turltislt shipping would lie in safety. Mr.
Fanvel the French Consul at Athens, with-
drew to Svra,and tlicnce to Smyrna.
wait rite exoepiiott oftlte Acropolis, all the
fortified places on the continent l)tll1vll]l.)Se in
Moi-ea, are in the possession of the Turks, and
ol'tl'ie.=etli‘c~v hold Patrzis, Coron, Motion, and
llle-C-il:ttl'0l't)f Corinth. ’.[‘lictown of Coriiitlt
is in posscssiori of the Greeks. The Captain
Paclta has established himself at Patras, and
from this place he semis his naval detacliriieiits
witliovit being ol)servcrl by the Grecian fleet.
By uieaiis of his fleet he traris=portcd to Pzitras
fi'oiti Pi-eneza 18,000 Alb-ariiatis, who were to
arlv:rucc into the Peniiisula from that direction
Wltllt‘. a larger army entered by the way ofthe
isthiniis ofCorintli. This latter army, to the
iiuinbcr it tvas said of/£0,000 men, UllLl(1l‘Il)l'R-.
liiirt Par.-lta, had already taken [iossession ol
the first dc-files ofthc l‘tIorea, and was waiting
for the -.ti'rival of provisioiis. It is stated that
the plan of opetatiotis was not to advance a
step witliont being assiired ofati abtnidarit stip-
ply of provisions, for an expidition wliere the
army was sure to lirrd only a coiintry entirely
laid tvttstts, In pttrsnance oftlris plan, the Cap-
tain Paclia had procured provisioiis at Patras
irritil there was no longer room to store them.
in additioii to these two armies, a third was
3.'~SCllll)ll!tg near Thermupylzc consisting of
several bodies of men from the provinces of
.l7llll’t)p€‘»'ctll Turkey. Ve find littlcaccount of
the preperations inaltiug by the Greeks to re-
sisttliss forniidable invasion. It is said there
"ssi':l.' a want ofhariiiony and sultordiuation ti-
inorig tliern, and that Ulysses has made an of-
fer to join the Turks on condition of the ar-
t'eat's due to his corps of 2500 inert being dis-
r:.ltar_;crl. It does not appear that the offer
was ticccptcrl, and it may be doubted whether
it .was made. It is certain, ll()\V€V('l', that he
‘has not perforincd those exploits which rumor
has attribitted to him, and that tlieplan of car-
rying the seat of war out of the Fclcpotiessiis
was never C?{£‘Clll(‘tl.
The Egpytiaii fleet, corisistiiig of-‘l3 sail of
vCSs.e.ls, two of wliicli were super"b frigates, urt-
dcr the comirizitrtl of (:ill)l‘ttll€l‘, had sailed
from Alertaiidria, lraviiig on board a body of
5200i’) troops, destined for Caiidia. It stopped
at the is.l:tu.'l of 1-‘diodes, Wllt't'e some excesses
'.tt'l‘C cotriiiiitetl by the Egyptinri troops. It
had sailed agaitron the aid of5n3y. It was
said that the viceroy of l5gy't‘)t had trnrlemikeii
the p'.tr'ticiilat‘ charge. of l‘(}(ll.lCll1_'_'_ the islandiof
Catidia. The Gietrlts coutiiiued in posscssioii
ofthc interior of the country, hit! the 'l‘tirk'.s
were in pnssessioii of the four principal places
Candia, Rc:t'.uto, Cauai, and St‘-(lC. The E-
gyptian fleet was seen on the Gilt nfJuly irear
the isiands of Sapicnce, and it was siipposeri
that it worild lard its troops in Candia about
the 220th.
.‘E3ncli is the picture of the affairs of Greece.
as itisrli-av.-it froin a variety ofarticlesiu these
papers. We liopc it may prove a false pic-
ture. "Ne have no doubttliat the accounts
are exngigerrtterl in some oftlicir details. We
shall give some translatioiis, containing fur-
ther particulars hereafter.
The report ofthe grerit fire at Constantino-
plc is confirnre.d. It was with great difficulty
the Palaces of the Captain Pacha, and Capt.
Bey were preserved. An old ship ofthe litre,
a fri_g:tte, a corvette, and some vessels on the
stocks, and all the building timber, were de-
stroyed.————Tlic greatest tranqtiility prevail-
ed atSinyrna.
LONDON, Autr. 9.4.
Poit'i‘t7G.iL.—Lislion ])(l()t.’l‘.‘i to the 10th
inst. are received. The private letters state
that king John was so unwell that no.audien-
ccs had been obtained from hint for sortie
time. hlany, liowever, tho’t that the Qiieeifs
party prevented his Mtrjtssty from sccitig any
of his late advisers and friends. “ Things
here iiiust very shortly change, for a most
powerful and distiiigtiislietl party is “row in
activcopcrzition agairist the present Ministers,
and it is expected that they will speedily be
ovcrthi'owii.” etc. '.l."lic Paltucla and Pam-
plona system is, to sliake offtlie Britislt yoke,
as they term it,and to siibiriit the goveriiitieiit
oftliat part of the Peninsula to the influence
of the Continental Rulers. To effect this,
and to aid the geiicral views of the Miiiistry,
the Duke ofAiigoulcine had been seriously
solicited to inarclr 915,000 Freirclt soldiers iii-
to Por'tiigal in exchange for a Portugitese ar-
tiiy of equal strength, and by these inearis it
was expected that einployincrtt nriglit have
been obtained for the discontented Portu-
guese soldiery. Mr.“/artl, the BritisliCli:irge
(l’Affaires,protested against any such proceed-
ings, and iinuiediately acquainted the Minis-
ter Palrncla of his instructions to cease acting
as British Furictioriary, tliermoment any for-
eign troops iiiterfered in the internal affairs
of Portugal. The dispositiori of the Portu-
guese army contiiitied to cause the utmost tin-
czrsiiiess against the friends of the absolute
King, and during "two or three days pi‘evi.'itis
to the sailing of the packet, repeated instan-
ces had been given of their state of excite-
uieut. They were claiiiorons for the re-ap.
poirttnrent oftheir old officers, anti refused to
obey the cadets whom the Queeifs party had
placed over them. They also openly declar-
ed that they had been driped, and it was tlio’t
that they" were ready to follow any Constitu-
tional leader who might again head thein.—
Whilst this was the state ofthc public feeling
in Portugal, the Government was using all
the powcrof the kingdom to assist the French
against Spain. On the 6th of Aug. the brig
of war Provideiitia, the schr. Nymph, and a
ship tran.~pnii, sailed from the Tagos, hound
tr) the Giradalquiv_er, loaded, by the present
Portuguese Government, with artillery, war-
like stores, and ainmuirition, to assist the
French ariny in the attempt toretluce Cadiz.
The Royalists carried their pretcritions and
claims to an extent ivlricliexceeded impu-
dciice, in so far as it borrlerecl on insanity.-
Grmeral Paiiiplo_na,tlte _Marqtiis ofLo‘ule and
Condido Jozc Zazier claimed, froin the ex-
hausted Treasiiry. their pay whilst in the
French service and whilst they were employ-
ed by that Government against their own
coiinti-y. Puinploua fought against tlicDtike
of\‘v'e"llitigtoii at the battle of Busaco, and
now requir'es to be the titagcs of his lllt--
patriotic c‘oi‘t'duct. His demand ziiiioiints to a
sum equal to 10,0001. sterling. Many of the
letters from Lisbon expi'ess-ar°den‘.t prayers Ol-
a change, for the continued lfitillislltllelltsfllid
iinprisonments reiidererl the situation 0| all
the inhabitants uticoiiifortable and precarious.
in the extreme. . ~ .-
' The Portuguese Squadron.— Lxtract of a
letter from Fayal, ‘Aug. 30‘: ‘ We have been
visited within the last week with er'glt.le-en sail
oftlte squadron and convoy that evacuated
Bahia, consisting of~o.ne,sl_ri'pfof.tlre litre, tliree,
frigates, one sloop of war, nine (‘.Ol'V8ll.68 and
four transports. They '£i‘i'r'iv'cd here in a very
destitute’ situation, having left Bahia with on-.
ly S0 rations per man, and had 46 days pas-
sage, which was a favorable one. They were
pursued by Lord Coclirane’s single ship, from
her superiority ofsailingand rnantcveriirg,was
enabled to liarrass this srpiadron exceedingly,
and but t'or the favorable state ofthc weather
during 17 days, would have succeeded in cut-
ting oll'some oftlre smaller ships. Several of
the transports were boarded, and their tnasts
cut away ; among those tlrtis tieaterl, were 2
bearingtlic Russian flag. The convoy con-
sisted originally of upwards "of one hundred
and fifty vessels, on board of which it was es
timated wcretwclve lllt)llS1lnt.l souls.’
\Vc donut recollect to have read of any
Hitler Spout, so destructive as the one de-
scribed in the following article, wlriclr we
liave translated'froni the Paris Journal des
Dcbats, oftlie 30th Airgiist.——JVuli'mzal Gaz.
A meteor extraordinary for its violence,
rapid inoverncnt and injurious effect, has just
spread alarm and desolation in several parts
oftlicdistrict of Dreux ct Mat'it'es.—0ri the
.‘l6th‘Aug. about 3 P. M. the great lieatof
the atmosphere produced a storiir which took
the directioir, from the soiitlr-wt-st, towards
the village of Boncourt: not far front this
place, there appeared, suddenly, a water spout
of extraordiir'.rry dirucnsions, whose broad
base rcstetl upon the ground, whilst its top
was lost in the clouds; it appeared to consist
ofa thick and black vapour, in the centre of
which flames were freqnciiily perceived in
several directions. Moving impctiiously with
the storm, through the ripper rallies and over
the iuouutains, it uprooted, or dashed down,
in the compass of a league, seven or eight
hundred trees of different sizes ;and in reach-
ing the village of Marcliefray, deiuolislred in
an instant one lialfofits liorises. The walls
shaken to their foundations. fell in on every
side, and the ruins were scattert=d to the dis-
taiice of half a league, before the zcrial tor-
rent. Seine of the inhabitants who remain-
ed in the villages were crtislred or ivoiinded
by the fall of the houses; those who were
\\ or-king in the fields (ltickily the greatest niim-
bcr) were thrown down or borne along by the
whirlpool, that destroyed at the satire time
the harvest and the cattle. It discharged
hail as large as the fist, stones and other for-
eign bodies, which struckisouic persons and
caused severe contusions. Waggoirs lteavily
laden were dashed to pieces ; wlieels, of the
largest size, torn off, were‘ found at the dis-
tancc of tlircc or four litindted feet, from the
placesin ivliit'.lt they were struck. One heavy
vehicle was carried upon a tileltilit,whicli was
razed. A steeple, several hanitlcts, a ritriirber
of detached houses, some new walls, were
tumbled down, and other villages than those
mentioned, suffered consider-ahl_v. Tojiirlge
from the rlevastation which it spread, this wa-
tr-.r-spout must have been about six hundred
feet diameter at the base. It has deprived a
niultitude of individuals of their means of
SUlJ{;lSli1ltCC.
Expo;-taliorz of Lr1dies.—A letter from a
gentleman in Van Dienran’s Land, to his
friend in Edinbiirgh, may furttislr a useful hint
to the disciples ofMr. Malthns, as to the prac-
ticability ofpreventing any improper iiicre-use
ofpopulation in this country. It ap'pcars that
the best article oftraffic in that country would
be respectable females ! Ono specttlator pro-
poses to take from l00 to 200, as a first order;
and so certain is he of di:<po.sit‘ig of them to
advantage, that he only stipulates that they
shall be under 50. lie nt't'ers to remit the
cash advanced as ficiglrtrtge with the least
possible delay. Bcsitlcs, the Govcrrior ofiers
a bounty, on the iiiiportrttion, of front 50 to
100 acres oflanrl. ‘Vt: hope that sortie ofour
inercliants will attend to tlris.——Brisl. ./Lt"ci'c.
M.'tg7zeh's22z.—It is recorded, and generally
believed by Maliniiredans, that the tomb of
their Prophet is supported in the air, at Mec-
ca, by the action ofequal and potent load-
stoties. The possibility ofsuclr an Ot‘t5lll't't’.tlCt’
has been justly ridiculed as false and fabulous.
Notwitlistanrliiig, it appears from the Leed’s
Tndeperirletit, that it is pi'actir~.ablc to siispciid
a person by this means. Mr. :\l)l‘2tl1lllll,d lec-
turer, on this subject by way of illiistration,
suspended by means ofan artificial uingitet, a
young gentleinan who, with the apparatus,
wcighcd upwards ofscveu stone.
The inliabitants of Methven for sortie weeks
past have been thrown into a considerable de-
gree of alarm, from the circtiritstzurce of it
great body of rats taliing possession of the
church-yard, and by their riiiceasing opera-
tions, have almost threatened the rlisiuter-
merit of the dead. On 1‘tIouda_v a meeting of
the town and ncigl‘tborli:)od took place in the
scliool-hoiise, when, without ptiusing to give
the unwelcoiue colonists notice of reinoval, a
subscription and resolutions were entered in-
to for the irninediate exicriniiizitioii of these
disturbcrs ofthe mansions ofthc departed.
A curious circumstance in natural lristnry
hasjiist taken place at SliiifioCrag,Nortlrurn-
berland. A turkey cock founrl the nest ofa
coiumoii hen in the stack yard, with ten eggs
in it: he took possession. and sat upon the
eggs for three weeks till they were hatched ;
and he is now bringing up the cliicltens-witli
the greatest attention.
On reiuoving, last week, an old partition in
the house of Mr._Cliarles Reesby, miller and
baker, the skeleton of acat was tliscoveretl,
wedged between the partition, and the wall ;
and what constitutes the singularity ofthc dis-..
covery is, that between the extended fore legs
oftlie cat,the skeleton of a rat was also founld.
The inference is, that the cat, in pursuit ofthe
rat, forced itself into so lltl|‘_l‘0tV a cavity, that
it could not retreat with its prey, btit instinct-
ively continued to hold it in its patvs,till death
relieved both aiiiinals from their Sl|ll‘(.'l‘ll)gH‘.,
The following extraordiriary account has
been transmitted to us by a cnrresporideiit of
utrdoubted veracity :—‘ Tradition has lianded
down from fatlter to son a story of a titan
having hanged himself with a liay-i-ope oi-ct
aha'_v~'r'ick at Beriybusli, in the county ofSel-
l{il'l(§, 105 years ago. Two inert lately employ-
er! in casting peats, renienibering the tale, cri-
r'io‘sity prompted them to dig abouttlie spot.;
and to their astoirisliineot, they discovered the
body ofa tiran,witlr a liay-rope about his neck,
by_"wlriclt they pulled him orfthe moss ; nei-
ther body nor clothes were the least decayed.’
Jurcriile Pcdcstrian.—-A little girl,who was
matched to walk 50 miles in 8 hours and a
half, accornplished her task on Monday, in a
quarterofa mile circle,ou Penirenden-heath.‘
She performed the distance with apparent
ease in 7 hours 57 miniitcs, liaving 3:5 tirin-
utes to spare. The weather particularly uti-
favoralile, it rained liear'ily a great part ofthc
time. Her uaine is Eiirina Matilda Freeman;
she resides at Sirood, and is scarcely 3 years
old.-—.-’Ccnt I-Ierulrl.
Pi-nfessorLapostolle, ofAiniens, has discov-
ered that straw possesses the quality of ser-
ving as a condrrctor to lightning and hail.—
Repeated experiments have convinced him
that strawsnniterl together, serve equally well
as the iron rods now fixed upon buildings for
the former pinfpose, at the same time that
they are not attended with similar inconven-
ience. [n coiiseqnence oftliis discovery, the
coiiiiuon buildings may be secured from the
cfi'ects of lightning in the most economical
tnanncr.; and even crops on the land may be
protected from the nivtigr-.s which they soure-
times suffer from hail.—Lcrrdon paper.
In the early partofJunc,there was so heavy
a fall ofsnow near to Argtrati, in the Papal
rlominions, that it -reached the surprising
lieiglitof 392 feet. Forty-eight persons were
buried in it. Prompt cli'orts were made to ex-
tricate them, but from t.welVe the vital spark
had flonn for ever.
Horrid Ccrcmom'es.—’I‘lie following narra-
tive is extracted froin Adams’ ‘ Reinarks on
the country extending from Cape ‘Palmas to
the river Congo:’— »
“Tire period had arrived when TacltyMen-
sir, ‘rt wealthy trader and inhabitant ofAnua-
intiboo, had to make custom for his ancestors.
Five victims were to be iminolated to the
names of the deceased, and gunpowder, bran-
d_v,.cloth and pt-ovisioirs distributed to the iiuil-
titudc. A vast nninberof persons assembled
‘zit Annainaboo, from diffcrciit parts ofthc re-
public cf Faiitee, to assist at and give iuiport-
ance to the ceremony. A little before day-
l'r|'Cz\l{ in the morniirg, when the obsequies for
the deceasetl coiirineiiccd, volleys nfintiskets,
tlienoise ofdittins, and savage shoots were
heard in every direction; rinrfabnut 8 o,clock
a large concourse of people of both sexes and_
all ages had collected at or near Tacky Meir-
sa’s, to whom brand_t' was distributed in large
qiiantities. Firing, sliouting and drinlziiig
continued till mid-day, when tlie five victims
were brought out from a litrt with -tlieir liaiids
bound, with ligatiiics made of the vine of
a creeping plant surrouriding their heads, and
which came over tlreir eyes and noses, and, by
introducing pieces ofsticks and twisting thcnr
rornrd,inaltitig what sailors call Spanish wind-
lasses, the bones oftlicir noses were forced in,
and their eyes sunk deeper in their sockets.—
One ofthesc unfortunate beings was a very
old Asslraritee man; the remaining four were
natives ofCltanrba, and all men, two ofthcm
were middle aged, one very old, the other
young. Before they were led to execution,
every effort was niado by the Europeans to
purchase them, but without effect. The poor
creaiiires, in this state ofsuffering, were par-
aded throiiglr tlictown, and received every ig-
iioininy that savage cruelty could devise or
iutlici,witliout a sigh escapingtlieni, and were,
nltiinzztcly, taken to the beach, under the very
wallsoftlie fort, where they were butchered,
amidst the most savage and diabolical SllOlllS
ofthc multitude. Even females assisted at
the horrid ceremony, and marked tlienisclvcs
with the blood of the wretched victirns as ill
flowed from their lreadlcss trniiks, and, horri-
ble to relate, libatioiis ofbraiidy were poured
into, and drank from, lruman skulls, which, a
few minutes before, had life and lreiiig. Vol-
lcys ofinusqueti'y were fired, savage dances
perforiirod, iiitoxication was carrierl to c.\‘r:ess
during the tlrree days and three iiiglits, when
the custom making ccascd. ' he.ir CLl'il()ll‘lS.
or obseqnies to the, names of deceased ances-
tors, are often cariierl to such excess by indi-
viduals as to leave them in a state of extreme
poverty: but all men ofcoiiscqrrotice are com-
pe.lled,at some period of their livcs,to perforin
this sav:i_:_:e act of duty to those who have
boenlotig iuitnbr=.red with the dead, or they
would be (lt'3'_f_t"r]tletl and held in the lowest es-
timation by their coimtrymcri, htrt more es-
pecially by their own toivirsnieri.”
At Lagos we liear of another dreadful fes-
tival. ‘ The liorrid custom ofimpaliug, alive
:1 young f'3llldl€ to propiziatc the favor ofthe
goddess prt--.sitliirg over the rainy season, that
she may fill the horn of plenty, is practised
here aiinu:ill_v. The imuiolation of this vic-
tim to SltpCl'Slillt‘;llS usage takes place soon af-
ter the vernal equinox; and along with her
are sacrilicetl sheep and goats, which, togctlt-
er with yrrms, lteails ofmaizc and plaiitairrs,
are hung on each side oflrer. Females des-
tined thus to be destro_vcd, are brought tip for
the cxpr'css purpose in the king’s or caboccr’s
seraglio; anrl it is said that their minds have
been previously so powerfully wronglit upon
by the fetiche riteii that ihcy procecrl to the
place Of(?.\'(fCllll()tl with as much clieerfiiiness
as the 'rnl'ain;tietl illntitio v.-ouicn who are
burnt with their liusbands.
E.‘l'f7't1Ct of a Irl-.’erfi'om the house of .?.’cs.vr'.':. ./I.
Barclay] 8; Co. dated Gottcrzbtirgir, ‘20t.’i Ju-
ly, 18523, reccivrtd at ]30.~f0?1..
‘ \"r’e have now to request that you will ac-
quaint our coi'r'espoiirleiits thatwe have pri-
vate iuforination froin S-tockliolrn, saying that
an order will soon conre down to our Lttsmm
House to cliauge what we call the ‘nnfree’
duty on all West India Goorls imported here
by American vessels, which will he set-et~t~l_y
felt on some articles, such as coifrar-.,coco:r,aiirl
white sugars, btit wiil not ainouut to much on
yellow and browtt raw sttgrtrs, [titles 53¢, 34,,-_
where the duty is small. V The iiufree ditty is
near 60 per cent. ltl_L’lll?I' than what has been
clrrtrgerl lritliertn on siicli goods in .‘\lllC|'lCal)S
from the United States.
Furl/it-rf.'rJm S,'2.'r.t'n.—-—'i'.‘lic. following is an
extract ofa letter received at Providence, da-
ted on board the U. S. frigate Constitution, at
Gllmllhlra Septeurber S.—.l]crca2r(’t?1e ./1:11).
‘ Since we have been here we have had a
fine view ofan engagement between a Span-
ish fort and two Frcnclr ships-, whit,-It lasted 2
hours, when the ships httuled oii"—tlie fort has
since capiiulated, as the French were erect-
big a battery on a height ivliich coiiiiiiatided
is now residing on board our ship, as he can-
not get to Cadiz. The French General Lal-
lemand and Sir Robert Wilson, who are now
engaged in the Spanish constitutional cause,
are irow here and have visited our ship. We
have this day received letters which statetliat
we shall be relieved by the. Cyuue in Nov.
The following is an extract from a letter da-
ted ou board the Constitution, Aug. 13.
_‘-Yesterday, at rletachinent of 3000 oftlie
French ariny took possession ofSt. Roquc,
and to-day, at one o’clock, of Algesiras: both
towns are in sight ofour present anchorage.’
Gibraltar papers to the 26th of Aug. (says
the Mercantile Oct./l.) are received in town.
Gen. Riego arrived at Maiaga on the l7tli of
Aug. in a small vesscl from Tariflir, and took
coiiirnaiid. In letter from Malaiga of the 9-.lst:
it is said he inustered at that place about 5000“
iirfantry, and 800 horse. The later accounts
from Gibraltar state that his force had increas-
ed to 8000. V.
Another account fsom Malagzr, says Geri.
Zag/as, (who acted under Ballasteros,) as well
as several officers and priests, have been arres-
ted, and sent on board tr ship in the port.
\Ve have received by the Catharine Rogers
a letter frotii Gzbraltar, dated Sept. 3d, which
states that the French had been repulsed at
Taiilfa, with the loss, it was report;-(l, of 800
men. The writer adds, ‘ Malaga is in a dread-
tiil state at present ;the coiirinaiirlcr has tirade
it requisition of $100,000 of the merchants-—
several who i'et'ii.scd to pay, have been sent to
prison, among them the Aiirerican Consul,
and several have been sltot. The Englisli
frigate Tribune is to proceed from here to
bring the English incrclr-ants from that place.’
PARXS, Aunt. 21 .—The grirrisoii of§arcelo-
na consists of 8000 militia and 3000 regulars.
Miiia often attends the meetings oftlre Patri-
ot Societies, and delivers addresses calculated
to excite the fury of tho .l{evolntionists.—
Tliings have arrived at that pass that whoev-
er has not clearly taken his side should be pre-
pared for an arrest. The victims once in pris-
on, Rotten has the charge of despatcliing
them. The curate of Barres was shot on the
5th. It is said that the niiiitber of priests and
iironks which lritely wztsabout 8000, is now
reduced to 2: or 300; aml tltese must give one-
quivocal proofs of their attachriierit to the
Uorrstitutiun to escapethe fate ofthc otliers.
-zadfitia-»
From t/re Boston Palladium.
SOUTH A.ui:iirc.r.—'I'he following infor-
mation from Lima, &:c. was furitislicd by nas-
srngers in the Patithcr, who left Czilloa, some
time after Capt. Austin, and Carrie on board
the ship at Rio Jaiieiro.
‘ Limrz, Jimc l.—Tlic whole force ofthe
Sp:iiii;.irds is concentrated at Xanxa, and a-
uiounts to 70 ‘-0 iuliiutry and 1000 cavalry,nn-
der Baltlcs and Canterac. The accounts of
yesterday state the foriiier to have resumed
his march back to the coast. wb'tclt It-at] been
left wholly unprotected. The liberating ex-
pedition to the Intermediate parts wliicli sail-
ed hence May 24, in 9.1 transports, is compos-
ed oft5400 incu, under the coininand of Gen.
Santa Cruz ; 2500 tirore froin Chili, are to
joiutheiii and both divisions will arrive a-
bout tlic same time at their places ofdestina-
tioit. On the arrival ofl$oliv:ir, hourly ex-'
pected, he is to coiiiinaud the united armies,
tit. will march to Xaiixa, with t'::l0t) troops ac- ,
customcd to service. The Governrnerit is
very popular, and tincomirtoiily active. Riva
Aguero, the Pre:.ident, is a man ofabilities,
and the utmost confidence is placed in liini,by '_
all classes. -An Agenthad arrived on account
ofthc loan ctfccterl in England, with authori-
ty to draw for S millions. The rest of the at-
inoiint is expected in specie.
A sin-.ill squadron would sail immediately,
to blockade Monte Vido. The Brazilians but]
5000 men, under Gen. L7-icore, before it.
The Panther put iirto Rio, July 6 for wood,
water, kc. and made a report of all she had
on board, EL the object for \\lli(:ll she stopped.
On the 1°.’tli, being re.id_v for sea, she was
boarded by an oflicer from the Custom House.
with a large reiiune of subordinate ofiicers ;
the ship unloaded, all the specie seized and
carried on sliore—Capt. A. thrown into the
coniinon jail, and after rcniziiiriiig there :1 ‘
inoiith, obtained his release airrlthe restora-
tion of the iironey, through the persevering
€.'\'Cl‘ll'.)l'lS of the Americari Clirirge d’Affuir;.
The Eiiglisli brig Estlitw, with 320,000 on
board, had been seized, and the Capt. thrown
iiitojail, tinder circttiirstaiirzcs siiiiilar to the’
above. The Captain was released after fotn‘
weeks lItlpl'lS0l]:llt?|lI. The specie was expect-
ed to be -restored.
The last air. from Peru bro’t accounts of an
expedition having sailed, eeiisistiiig of 5000
men for the Interrncdios, (Upper Peru] The
Royalists had abandoned the attack ofLinia,
as the Patriots had been reinforced by 8000
of Bolivar’s. B. was daily expected, with
more troops, which would make the Patriot
force strong enough to resist any attack. The
Royalist forces in Upper Peru,v‘vere said to a-
mount to 12,00!) inert; the most pat't were with
from Lima; the remainder under Valdez,
near Anguipa. The Peruvian .<.quat.lron ltarl «
commenced another blockade from IE.’ to 29,
30, S. 011 the «'.’th ofM:iy, under Adm. Guise,
with 8. frigate and sloop of war.
From tire St. Louis Rrzpublicarr.
Arrived here yesterdziy morning the Rain-
per Mississippi ;) ainoug the passeiigr-r's, Lt‘.
Rtissel, oftlie 5th infantry. AlsoiZSivissfatn-
ilies from Sclltir-lt’s establislitnent on the red ‘-
River ofHndson’s bay. We learn that the
that colony, by lord Selkirk, will evacuate the
conntt‘,V l>}’ every opportunity. They coni--
plziin of itie extrcnic severity of wiiitcrs, short
siritiiners, liaving hardly a day exempt from‘
frost ; these, witlrrr constant dread of Indian
oritrage, and bad treatinent, render life in that=
tlretiry r9_t:ion, almost a burden.
When the United States shall possess the
cotiritry ofthc north, a lucrative traffic ofpro-
visions, in exchange for rich furs and pe.ltr'ies -
will be carried on. Even at this titue a trade
is carrietl on by the citizens ofthc upper coini-
H urison Brig/. '
“'6 We ittforntetl by Captain Bruce that .1
‘ short time before his arrival at St. Anrltoiiv.
an eirgzrgeitieiit took place betwr>en the Sues‘
and Soux Indians. The Sacks had 7 killed
and 1‘: or 1:7; wounded, the Sacs lost 11 killed ‘
and 12 woiinderl.
the for-t.—Mr. .tVe.’son, our Minister to'Spaiii,- ~
Cautarac at Pauxa, 60 miles in t-he interior, .
blcr, cnpt. Bruce, from fort St. Anthony, (rip- '
agrictiltriralisis, Scots and Swiss, located in -
ties of this state, with the scttlcnients near
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