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I FOREIGN. I
FKO.M EURO PE. <
Nrw Vokk. Sopt. 12. |
The arrivals of the Jehu Wells ami Crisis, the for* •
mcr from Liverpool, the latter from London, bring our I
dates to the lJtii and 13th August.
The Greek accounts, which are the only ones of;
much interest, seem to be involved in great confusion; |
iiud w« confess ourselves unable to discover, however ;
much wc desire it, that the Greeks were making sue- i
cessful headwav. O/i the water they arc always tri- i
umphant, but die land seems less propitious to them. .
Nothing rerv decisive, however, for either party has
recently occurred. We observe with regret, not less !
at the event, than at the manner of it, that the licrcino i
‘ Uobalina, had perished in au inglorious feud. Iler |
brother, it is said, had by his conduct to a young girl. >
provoked her relatives, who were making a clamor '
around the house, when Hobalina made a sortie upon I
them, and was shot through the head by an unknown I
hand.
The French Minister Villole, will certainly, it now
seems, succeed in his great measure of converting the
b per cents, into 3 and d 1-2 per ccut. stocks. This
operation, which has been once before defeated, and
which has been opposed by the ultras of all sorts and
sjets, is very decisive of that Minister’s continued
preponderance.
Spain is disturbed as heretofore. The King hciita
ting between two Cabinet Ministers; the one support
ed by the reasonable portion of the nation, the other
representing the clergy and fanatics generally, is, to
compare great things with small,, very much in the situ
ation of the long-eared animal in the fable between two
bundles of hay.
Owing to the unqualified repeal of the combination
laws last year, much riotous and dangerous conduct has
been adopted in F.ngland by labourers of various < mils,
to induce their employers to increase their wages. In
some instances, these tumultuous assemblages have very
seriously injured the interest of the masters—and in a
recent one at Sunderland, have been attended with a
melancholy loss of lives, to the deluded workmen. In the
latter case, the seamen it appears employed in the col
liers, or coat carrying ships, thought they were entitled
to more pay, and refused en mrissi to work, unless their
terms were granted. Their employers, without ma
king any discussion, quietly went to work, and procur
ed seamen from elsewhere; w hereupon the union nun,
as they call themselves, resolved to prevent the new
comers from navigating the ships which they had been
accustomed to sail in, aud accordingly, actually board
ed and forcibly detained an outward bound vessel. The
magistrates, accompanied by a small detachment ol the
military interfered, and after ineffectually warning the
• rub to disperse, and undergoing from it much outrage,
ordered the soldiers to tire when seven were killed, and
many others wounded. Peace was immediately restor
cd, and the vessels ready for sea were permitted to de
part. The great evil, independent of the loss of lives,
of such doings, is, that it leads to the pepctiintion of old
errors. Combination laws are, as we hold, unsound in
principle, and their late repeal in F.ogland was there
fore hailed ac the abandonment of a long-rooted fallacy.
'■ nhappily, those, whom it was meant to effect—the la
bouring classes, by taking away the penalty before an
nexed to their combining to raise, by peaceful matins,
or by abstaining from work, their wages, have shewn i
ihatthough they are willing to exercise the privilege of
saying to their employers at wlrnt rate they will work,
they da not fee! di,posed to concede to the other party,
the privilege o'. seeking elsewhere for workmen on their
erms; that is, tiie labourers think it all right that they
should he at liberty to refuse working without addition
al pay, hut do not thiuk it right that the master should
he at liberty to refuse employing them, or to employ
Olliers—lint it is a bad rule that will not work both
ways. Here wo have no combination laws—yet there
\> r.o public inconvenience resulting from it—labour is
paid as it should be, according to its actual value.—
When hands arc plenty ari l jobs but few, wages are low;
when work abounds and woikincn are scarce, wages
are high, and these -matters always regulate themselves
much better than laws rail regulate them.
Underthe Paris head of the 7th August, it is stated
that Ibrahim Pacha, who had advanced to Napoli di
Romania, alter passing alt (lie defiles without meeting
any resistance, had retired, after attacking the post of
the Mills, because be depended on his fleet for supplies,
and had not received any news of it
Accounts from Trieste, of the ‘23d July, slate that the
Captain Pacha hud at length arrived on the coast of the
r.forea—hut much too late to second the operations
against Missolonghi, since several accounts agree that
the siege is raised, and tho Seraskier obliged to retreat,
:n consequence of the events at Saluna, and the deser
tion ol the Albanian troops. Ibrahim Pacha is said to
he surrounded at Tripolilza by Colocolroni with l‘2,000
men; lie is entirely cut ofl' from the coast, and all bis
communication with Aludou intercepted.
London, August 1.
The Paris papers bring news from Aladrid, according
to which lire King of Spain seems perplexed bow to de
* ide on the opposite counsels which he re ceives from Lis
'Ministers Zoa and Dallasteros. lie bos formed a tern
porary source of revenue in granting licenses for the
mportation of foreign produce, and the English are spo
.xcn of as profiting largely bv this arrangement.
Conversion of the trench Debt.—By ilie letter1; and
papers of Saturday last, received from Paris by express,
:t appears that M- de Villele, as we predicted, has real
ized the Gist part of his plan for the conversion of the
French debt, the amount of assents to the conversion
into the three per cents, being 20,688,263 francs de
rr,tte. This result is the more remarkable, inasmuch
as it was generally understood that np to Thursdav the
conversions extended to little more than half that
amount. But the assistance rendered to the Minister
on the last day, proved to he very powerful indeed; and
one letter mentions, that the house of Rothschild alone
effected the conversion of more than 8,000,000 francs
dt rente. The Bank of France, it is .aid, did not con
vert. a very singular instance of opposition by such an
establishment, and under such a system, to the Finance
Minister of t:ie day. After Friday lust, a-sents to the
conversion into three per cents, could lie received, hut
the books are to remain open, in conformity will, the
law, till the 22.1 of September next, to allow the con
version of rentes into a 2 ! 2 per cent, ‘feck at par.—
When that amount is ascertained, M. de Villele will be
enabled to judge how far the sinking fund w;il be ade
quate to the reimbursement of the unliquidated rentes.
It is to be applied, in the mean time, to support the value
of the new three per cent, stock; at all events, it is pre
sumed that no loan will be attempted, especially if the
amount of unconverted rentes remains verv great, be
cause tiic period of redemption has been left optional
with the French Minister, and, perhaps, for a still hot
ter reason, because ft would he difficult to negotiate
one Without depreciating the value of the whole French
debt.
IV/ri'v, August 1.—The Augsbiirgh Gazette, under
the date of Trieste, July 18 and 19, gives the following
intelligence:—
Letters from Corfu of the 10«h July announce that
Ibrahim Pacha had possessed himself of Tripolizza after
a strong 1 distance on the part of the elder Colocotroni.
He afterwards continued his march upon Argos. Se
veral actions were previously fought, hut all of them to
• he disadvantage >t the Greeks. Every thing indicatf
that their energies are paralysed.
While all the account.-, of the maritime operations ol
the Greek, against the Turks speak oulv of victories
the most recent information from Clorfn, of the 9th July,
stales that Ibadiim Pacha continued his advances mtt
The Moron. The conqueror in several actions which
he had with the two Colecotronis, fatherand son, he ha
marched upon Tripolizza. As soon as the Greeks saw
The impo, ihility of saving that capital, they set fi e u
it wqh their own hands, after having before d estroyed
all the villages that lay in their route. Ibrahim Pacha
afterwards entered Tripolizza, and continued Ids viefo
rions march as far ns Argos. However alarming this
intelligence may ho for the Greek cr i , , i: is iiu longer
possible to doubt the fidelity of GnJncotroni, fr-r nil id;
property L mg in the e:n dons ot Tripolizza, he himself
gave it up to destruction.
f)o>cr, .lug. 7.—The Enterprise steam packet far
India, iitesed to the westward yesterday morning at day
get this mmsiing ea; ly *he was seen off here fthe en
fines tu>t acting;) she remained so until about ten j
o'clock, when she prix'ceded to the westward, the en
gines uppaiently in order; wc think she may have sus
tained some injury in the machinery in yesterday’s gale
when off lieachy Head, and drifted back duiing the
night.
From the Loudon Courier of August 0.
0[}' Camlin, June 12, 1025, on board ) J
the Jf/itrr, Admiral Aliuuiis. S
With a most favorable wind we arc now set out on 1
our expedition to Suda in Crete, where the united fleet I
of the Ottoman Power at present lies at anchor—in all |
1 JO sail. We are, however, upwards of 60, and 10 bru- i
iots. 1 have the greatest hopes of our success; but |
shall give you the details when it is over. Our latest 1
news u as follows:—On the 2 till of May, the Turkish j
squadron passed the Dardanelles, their intention being j
to sail for Prcvcsn, where 15,000 Albanians are said to i
be ready to embark forthc north of the Morta and Mis
solongbi. On the 1st of June following they were met
by Saetonri’s squadron in the 'trait between Audrosand
Capo Doro, in F.upma. Our fire ships were as usual,
success I ul. One ship of 60 caution, a fiigate, and a
corvette, were burned. 'Flic ship bad on board almost
all the treasure and 750 men, and the corvette J00, six
or eight transports were taken, laden with ballis and
powder, spades and other useful apparatus. The squa
dron which escaped immediately scampered in the direc
tion of Rhodes, and has since joined the Egyptians at
Suda, where they had previously entered on the 1st of
June, tor the purpose of bringing fresh troops and pro
| visions to follow up Ibrahim Pacha’s late successes in the
; south <d the Morta, where lie is now repairing the for
j tifloatiun ol Navarino, rebuilding the old castle, and
i planting batteries on the island. On the 4tb, .Sactou
i ri’s squadron joined us off Falconcra, and wc put into
• the. harbour of Milo, where we have since remained,
j careening, taking in provisions, and waiting for wind,
; which we have at last got. On the third or fourth in
stant, a coivcltr, separated from the rest of the Turkish
J !lrct> was chased into the port of Lyra by throe of our
shins. A capitulation ensued, by which the Turks were
to give up the ship to the Greeks, if allowed to escape
on shore. I his was agreed to, bet instead of observinnr
it, the Turks immediately set fire to the vessel and esca
ped. The Greeks pursued them on the island and took
j I JO prisoners, who are at present on hoard a ship with
us, and trill I hope, he sent to Napoli. I mideistand
j that some irregularities were committed by the Greeks
j on the island. I?y land, Colocolroni is again at the head
ol lhe Morcotcnriny, and acting against Ibrahim Pacha.
Wc have, however, had no news of importance as vet.
At Arcadia, a small town about twenty miles north or
the Navarino, on the coast. Pappa Flessa, the Minister
{of the Interior, was stationed with 200 men, when they
were surprised by the Egyptians, and himself and 100
men cut oil. I fe is, however, no loss, as he was a man of
, ino-d despicable character.
niissoiongm is suit tjioclraitccJ, but lias provisions for
la shot t time. Four slops and one brulot bare been
despatched lo its assistance by the Admiral: they have
daily skirmishes with the enemy, and arc usually suc
; oessfnl. 'I lit* Turks have possession of Salona: but in
Attica all i* quiet. At Spezzia the Amazon Hobalina
has been shot about ten days since. Her brother bad
seduced a girl, whose relations were making some da- '
mour about the house. Hobalina made a sortie upon j
them, and bad insulted them, when some, unknown I
hand drew a pistol, and shot her through the head. All
nmv depends oil our affairs at .Suda. " If we can burn ’
the ball' of the ships, we can prevent the intended dc- !
barkment at the North and South of the Morea. Tbre«
or four ships will be sufficient to blockade Modon and '
t 'oron—a few more can rescue IWissolonghi anu take I
Patras; and we can cruise before Navarino, and prevent ,
any landing of troops or provisions, so that Ibrahim Pa !
chamnst tall an easy prey to Colocotioni; and the Mo
. rea is free.
; June 15. I have delayed this letter for some time, in
! hopes of concluding it with the news of our successes,
, but as yet the wind has been unfavorable or too feeble
i 10 attempt any tiling. Yestcrdav, about *2 o’clock
tliere being a slight breeze, the Admiral gave the s-ig
• na^ *'or attacking about forty ships of thcenemv. which
lay outside the mouth of the harbour. We bad an en
gagement ot two hours, hut the deceitful wiud ceased
I almost as we commenced, so that our brulots ume al
mosi useless. We, however, burned I corvette of ‘21
I guns and ‘200 men, and drove the remainder into the
. port, where the weather would not permit us to follow
them. The entrance of the harbor is defended by a
small castle on an i. land at the mouth, which mounts
some excellent cannon, and these, together with the
good position takon by the enemy within, render the
attempt desperate, even with a good wind, and impossi
j l,|f! without one. The news to-day from Missolonghi is
I good. I lopes are entertained that the succours sent will
be sufficient to save it. 2000 Turks are at present
blockaded in Salona, where it is expected they must
soon capitulate, as they have no provisions, folot otroni
is in I ripolizzn, making all preparations to start for
Navarino. W e yesterday took five prisoners from (he
wreck ot the corvette, who represent that (lie enemv
j have the greate-i difficulty in collecting the soldiers here
j (Suda) for the Morea; and it is probable thev will be
( detained here for some time vet.
j dune 1 “•—I have an occasion to day for Zaote; for
i two days back the wind lias been such as to prevent any
; movements against ttn. enemv; there is no fresher news
bj land than what iny letter contains; everv where there
are great hopes, and but little actioo.—Colocolroni,
i however, has much in his power.
j Pah is, August 1.—The Augsbtjrglt Gazette, under
! the date of I rieste, July i ’ and 19, gives the following
! intelligence —
j no AnDoavsruiors of I ranee. Russia, Prussia, and
I Austria, alter having received instructions from tlieir
! respective four's have transmitted to the Reis KlFendi
j ■' ^0,0 containing ’.heir :<rt:r of mediation to adpist the
j ditrei cneeR helvvoen the Porte am) the Greeks To this
i N°le was added the result of the conferences which
1 tn<’h place at St PetcrMniigh, for the* same object, be
I tween the Ministers of those Powers. The Note in
i MUCbtion, and t! e important matter to which it relates,
. have occasioned several extraordinary meetings of the
Hivnn. I* appears ih.it there were tong discussions on
j '.,ir s,,hirf't. an-; that the rejection of all mediation was
finally determined upon. However, the Porte had not
jiidgf d if expedient to iep'y officially I»v a short note.—
The Re i.- I trendi was merely instructed to declare ver
I hal'y to each of tlie Ministers of France. Russia, I’rus
-:a. and Austin, in particular, that the Porte con hi not
' t the proposer) intervention, in a question which
conet r?u d i's reli. l ious subjects, inasmuch as such an
act would b< derogatory !<» its sovereignty. We shall
now see whe!her tliegi e.it ( ontmental Powers will fake
ariv ulterior steps. Hugland was no party to these ne
gotiations.
( oriri , July G.—Persons, who describe (hcmsfdvc
I to have been cv e- witnesses, who left IMissolooghi two
i da\s ago, assert that Rescind Pacha has raised the siege
i of that place, and retin dnpon Uiacliori, in consequence
; °f a sortie of the garrison, by which he experienced, if
j i» said, a very considerable loss. If we give credence
; to the Greek reports, if will appear lhat famine and the
| continual combats whit'ii lie has sustained have, put it
mi! of Ins power to undeilnke anv fresh enterprise. It
! must certainly be confessed that the reverses of the
( aptain IVciia, which have hitherto prevented him from
roiiung in the assistance of the Scraskior must neces
sarily have a groat influence on the operations of the
i latter.
M: nv • a captain*, arrived from Candia, report that
the O'.-'-ks have again recentlv burned or taken twelve
'' belonging to the fl, rf „r Captain Pacha.—
Howi-.cv encooragioj; theso repors may he for the
• rcek«. it is, neve: 'hole?-*. surprising that upon the
principal theatre el the war in the Morea. Ibrahim Pn
cho on’., in a c, his p:<_,c--. ami has even occupied Tri
poli/./Private letters from Napoli di Romania, of
.. uiiC lb, have already announced this event.
f A ugtlmrz CitizcUt.
\ i nri, correspondent of the London Timm state*,
1 l.1 V '-'n '' T °f the mint at Paris made it an
■ n ■-! m nmhi.iun to strike olT medals in honor of the
i : ... -liicJi the barbarous Fnvoy, of a barbarous power,
'■ ' 1 ■' «»f funis, made to that Royal establishment,
■ r». ,o immortalize his own name on the reverse in such
a connexion, he refused to permit though the minister
’■ f c Ltilled States proposed to defrav the expense of
. it, the striking some medals with the head of Lafayette'
on them. 4
V
STILL LATER FROM EUROPE.
N'i.w York Sept. 13.—The packet ship Florida,
h’apt. Tinkhain, has just got up from beiow. She sail
id from Liverpool ou the lbtli.aud lias brought papers
lo that date.
'i he public sale (noticed in last advices) which took
place on Friday, the 12th of August, was well attend
ed, anil all that was offered was taken at better prices
loan were anticipated. The range of sales was from
3d. to 11 id. On Saturday, 13th, ‘2,000 bales were
sold, and on Monday, 15th, 1,700 bales at full prices of
the public sale. The demand was good and indicated
a return of confidence in the market, as the trade came
forward more readily than for sometime previous.
As we feared, the pernicious and ill judged specula
tions in cotton, bill fair lo h ave the wrecks of many
lortunes in their train. Another extensive house in
Liverpool, connected with a house in this city, has tailor];
ami as other failures are anticipated, great consterna
tion prevails in this city. A letter from Liverpool
speaks of these failures as very distressing cues, and
says that other houses must follow, unless the market is
speedily relieved. A letter from the same place, pub
lished in the London Courier appeals to the capitalists
of the metropolis to step forward and stay the evil; and
says: —
“They need only inquire into the state of the case to
be satisfied that they could not embark in a bettercause,
or one that promises greater advantages. Nothing is
wanting but an animated and extensive demand forcot
ton, though only at the reduced prices, to enable needy
holders to meet tin ir engagements, 3lll| prevent the ab
solute sacrifice of property. The spinners give little
aid to the market; they still buy sparingly, apparently
afraid to yield an me!: of die advantage they feel they
have gained over their Ir^ wealthy neighbours. And
have we not here a convincing pioofthat the trade is.
and has long been, an mmatuial one; the merchant
runs all the risk, the spinner and the manufacturer get
the total of t'ic whole profit; >n short, to use a nautical
phrase, they have the complete “weather gage.”
It is added, however, that Cotton must he higher, and
j that ere long, in spite of their utmost efforts.
; “ 1 lie annual forthcoming Report is now pretty ac
i cuiatoly ascertained; and, taking (lie consumption at
I ‘2,000 hags per week, the quantity allowed on all hand-,
J we are not likely to have p. stork at the end of the year
, of more than l 2d.000 hags. Now supposing the next
I crops to fail, a thing more than probable, from thecoin
j I’lexion of the advices both from the United States and
: llrazil, what would bo tbe situation of the spinners?—
Hut thi; problem I leave for them to solve at their lei
sure. !n the mean time 1 do not ct.vy their feelings;
•hey have much to an sw er for; they have inflicted the
present distress; it might and ought to have been spared;
! and what adds to (he «in, trillion* any prejudice to their
i o'.m i: '(’rests: hut so ii i , and a day ri retiibution will
eotnr* ”
i he del/s of ;!.r ; st hdU'O tir •■•top;)'’ d p:i"inont in
Liverpool, in corHcqucrjco of the cotlon speculation,
amount to upwards r»i -100,000 pounds sterling.
A journeyman baker in London has just gained, by
Lo.tciy, the barouy ol I orliiccshen, in (he principality
ot An-each; and is now in possession of 120.000 francs.
I he lirst use lie made of bis riches, was to buv 70,000
loaves of rye hio.nl, which he distributed to the poor,
with a pot of brer to each.
Gunner.—It is with the most undisscroblcd sa'isfac
tion that we are again enabled to announce, with much
confidence, intelligence from Grei ceofehe most joyous,
nay, glorious cliaracter. The dark cloud which lower
ed portentously over the IWorea, has, we have reason to
hope, been dis|>el!ed. The details of tin's intelligence
will be found belmv. If true, the defeat of the Egyptians
has been signal; and the success of the Greek arms
elsewhere, must terminate this fourth and most formi
dable campaign. \\ hile indulging, however, in these
expressions of exultation, we must still allow room tor
disappointment, as the Austrian Observer of the 1st of
August, contains an article said to have, been furnished
by a person who visited the fleet of the Captain I’acl.a,
which represents the Greeks to be on the verge of min,
and floats the accounts, unfavourable to the Turks!
which have been published, as being, for the most part,
mere delusions. I'lie Courier speaks doubtingly, ‘ be
cause although the same facts are stated unou the au
thority of various j .-isuin arriving at Leghorn from
Hydra. Cyprus, kc. yet there is a defiency of dates and
names oi places. Tliishowever, (it is very justlv add
ed) is not sufficient to throw discredit upon the concur
rent accounts which have been received. A few days
will probably determine the matter by supplying „s
wit , the official intelligence, if so great a victory- has
really been achieved.” A letter, moreover, from Con
stantinople, ot July 10, appears already to anticipate
the defeat. It says —“We generally suppose here, that
ibrahim I acha must retreat from the interior of the
IMorca. as he has neither provisions nor ammunition
necessary to maintain his advanced position, besides his
force, originally, never exceeded 1 1000, an army bv no
means equal to the undertaking.” '
SiMix.—Advirl-s from Madrid are to Hie SJflth July.—
Lie necessity ol having experienced officers in the corps
which are going to America, ins induced the Minister of
U ar to employ a great number belonging to the ancient
H-iny. Who harejiol yet undergone any sentence of nurili
| cation.
: It is said Hint a battalion of the 3.1 R,-,.,. of S..n..«s1,
I 1-1 ne has revolted at Sam: Amleiain consequence of their
having received orders to embark for the Havana. They
were disarmed lioweve:, nn i compelled to embark.
A'nvs from the Spanisr f.ontiers, to :i,r :3lst, smtes, that
I * ,c I'r'’PP,st bas been ar.esied at Logrono, and sent under
1 a good escort to Pampelur.a; mention is made also of the
1 arrest ofJuanitn.
I I he Gkkkks. A cornstjOfi'lencp fr»*»iu HenerAl 1'ochc
,s given in Hie P: :is payers. 'hi ted f,om Napoli di Romania,
| the last letter being of the 28th of June, addressed to the
| society established at Paii- ; -vmn of the Greeks Re
tails n;e given .f the progre-. ..f the Egy,,tin.» troops, of
thei navmg taken poss- .-mi, of C -i unatn and Tripolir/a,
lan(l ",r bur,'"‘-,! ;'"'l devastations which
j sPr,’a, f aI ',c :olatb''-. f>ad would if continued, reduce
the Pelopw .rsu- to a desert.
On the 25th June Ibrahim Pacha appealed before Na
poli di Rumania: and began an attack at five in the mor
! "‘"6 "" ?" ,^’?r,an' railed f.e Mills, which was
i '*r fended by Prince N psilanti, and a small body of Greeks,
| aided by thecounsel md pir-ence ,.f General R-v-he The
1 Egyptian forces consisted of 5.G0-) infantry, and from f, to
700 cavalry. In sp-le of ti «• great inequality of numbers,
I the port wa« bravely maintained by the Greeks, and afi-r
| a resolute resistanre r.g tins! .,!! the attacks oi tl, • | lr|M
rwnc .he- -re ,j.„ ,.v,„ht.. in ,lllVln,
I away lb’ ■ m - I aclja. -viil, flu loif of four hmidred mm.—
lie (liifcte -. h:s ■■'■treat by ti.r rond win. n i, ;i both to Yri
poiizza • nd f aktmata. lit wa-, expected the want of
piovi-ions would form b . wb.-.lly to -ithdraw, while the
Guerilla* were order, r! Jo follow and harass his march in
every possible way.
btv r. I b tter?."d;.md Trieste, CSth tiif. give most impor
tant intelligence, and are. we hope, from circumstances
entitled to mr„c credit. Two vessels had arrived tmm the
Levant with nearly similar reports respecting great succcs
!v (1? " ,,u‘ Greeks: one of them had been spoken by an
> Austrian vessel off Cape Matapan, the other by a Greek
.cruiser, rite Captains had reported that the Greeks had
bem completely surccssfol in the vicinity of Napoli di Kn
1 mania. Ibrahim Pacha liad found his situation so critical
that be commenced it rapid retract, but the Greek forces'
j having taken possession of oil the passes, hewn* brought
i!o action, and completely defeated; himself a prisonei and
brought to the capital severely wounded. Both accounts
*grec in this general outline. AVe are, however, sorry to
state, that the Egyptian fleet had succeeded in throwing in
reiforcements into Navarino. Between five and six thousand
men are repotted to have landed in the neighbourhood of
Navarino.
A letter from Leghorn,of Aug. 1st, states that the *ame
intelligence had been received there by an Austrian vessel
from Constantinople.
The Neckar Gazette of the 8th August says, that on the
16»h June, fO. S.) they observed from the rampart* of Napo
li!1 R°mat«a,a retrognde movement of the Egyptian army.
Inwards midnight the government rereived the news that
I-n t a™"1 l’"H *"Hr*r*'hr "ar of th0 Egyptians and
tiler 300 men. On the 17th the enemy was'already not
of sight of the fortress; on the 20th it was that Ibrahim Pa
cha had sustained fresh losses near Tigea. Colocotroni wa,
there at the head of 16,000 men. On the 2-lth information
was received that dm Egyptians had sustained a new defeat
at Phioros, and that Ibrahim was surrounded in the defile
or that it vt ill be difficult for him to get hack to the coast of
Mcema. General Roche, who was sent to Greer, by ,|,e
committee at Parts, to obtain inf. rotation respectin'* the
tatcoi affairs, writes from Argojoftltf 2d July, that the
Feiopoticsus hail f.iu iu ir.aij, and that th« Egyptian ar- I
tny was annihilated. IVevei was a popular movement '
more terrible and more just, for the life or death of u poim- i
lion of 400,000 souls was at stake.
From the A'ctv York Daily .Advertiser.
We found yesterday in the Custom 1 louse, a London I
paper of August 15th, one day later than we had before
received, which our correspondent had Rent us by the
Florida.—It contaius the ordinance of the King of
France, acknowledging the independence of the French
part of Hayti, which we copy below.
It will lie seen, however, by an examination of that
extraordinary document, and a perusal of (lie remarks
of the editor cf the Paris Etoile, either that France has
at last succeeded in her exertions to bring the Haytians
to a half way submission to her authority, or else is de
termined to give her treaty a most false and injurious
! interpretation, and to gain by a base forfeiture of her
faith what she has hitherto been unable to obtain by the
force of her arms, or her deepest skill in ncgotilaion.
We express doubt mi this subject, because, after a
recollection of the various circumstances and documents
relating to it, there appears something equivocal on
the part of Hayti, and much that is irreconcilable in
the couisc pursued by France. 'Flic treaty, wc be
lieve, has not yet been published, although the Haylian
government have lately been remarkably prompt in
printing the history of their negotiations; and the speech
of Karon de Mnckan, who went to Hayti to conclude
the business, seems in indirect terms, and in a verv
guarded manner to claim for Franc o the sovereign right
to dispose of the island. The meaning of some of the
expressions in his speech, which yve published on the
j 12th of August l:i-t, is however so uncertain, that it
cannot be defined with perfect confidence; and it has
I probably been universally supposed to ho favourable to
toe ll.iyti.uis. In 1- ranee the business appears to have
been conducted with equal caution; lor a little bciorc
the publication of the king’s ordinance, one of the pa
j iwrs stated that tlie independence of Ft. Domingo had
been fully recognized, in the otdinary meaning of the
I word; and on the fu st reports of the fact in England, the
Fourier claimed it as an unequivocal proof that the
1 reach government had at last yielded the nrincinlo of
j Legitimacy. ' 1 1
It will he seen however by the following ordinance
of the king, and the comments by the Etoile. that this
Principle is not relinquished, at least not in name_The
kingof France stii! calls Hayti his colony, and the l’a
ris editor calls him the Amy of that country.
From the Mouitcur of Friday, Ang. 14.—Official Fart.
Department of the .Marine rad Cole airs.—Karon de
Macltau, in the navy, sailed from Rochefort on (he -1th
cf May last, on board the t hree frigate, with orders ta
proceed to St. Domingo, and to carry thither the follow
ing ordinance:—
UKUliNAXCE or THE KING.
Paris, April 17.—Charles, by the Grace of God,
King of 1 ranee and Navarre.
I o all to whom these presents shall come, greeting.
Considering aiticles 14 and 73 of the Charter, desiring
•provide lor what is called for by the interests'of the
I tench merchants, the misfortunes of the ancient colo
; ruesot St. Domingo, and the precarious situation of the
j present inhabitants of that island;
We have ordained and do ordain as follows:
Art. 1. The ports ofllie French part of St. Domingo
j arc open to the commerce of ail nations.
| Ti,,‘ duties levied in the ports, either upon vessels or
j merchandise, w hether entering or going out, shall be
I crj»inl_ and uniform for all flags except for the French
li.rg, i.i favour ot which these duties shall be reduced
one half.
2. The present inhabitants of the French part of St.
Domingo shall pay into the C'aissegenerate ties Depots
ft itcs Consignations of Tranee, in five equal instalments,
liom year to year, the first of which will become dueon
the 31st of December, 15125, the sum of 150.000,000 of
francs, destined to idemnify the ancient colonists who
shall claim an indemnity.
3. We grant, on these conditions, hr the present or
dinance to (he actual inhabitants of the French part of
the Island of St. Domingo, the full and entire indepen
dence of their Government.
The present ordinance shall be sealed with the —-eat
seal.
^Given at 1 aris, at the Palace of the Ttiiiieries, the
1 /Hi of April, the year of grace 1025, and in the first of
our rein.
f*v Die K i ng, C11A R LES.
Hie Peer of France, Minister Secretary of State for
the Department of Marine and Colonies,
Sealed, Count de CARROLL.
I he Keeper of (hr Seals of France, Minister Secre
tary of State for the Department of Justice.
Countersigned, Count de PEYRONNET.
The I’resiJeut of the Council of Ministers.
iM. DE V1LLELE.
T'i otu thr Dloite, dated Saturday, Jtug. 13.
T, ' T Aug- 12.—A journal had announced that
I-ranee was negotiating with St. Domingo, and even
, went so far as to speak of the stipulations of a pretend
j ed treaty of the French Government with the Oovern
> ment of Hayti. We protested against such a snpposi
tton, not that we then knew the secret af the Councils,
j "«!l because we had faith in the policy of the Kin- of
* rnnfj0* , J'1,c ordinance which wc publish above
completely answers our expectation. It i- full
i , l!iat di?nitV which legitimate royalty knows
i ''°'V to ,,r,Press f!1 Ml its acta. After 33 years
I separation, during which all the principles the
most opposed to legitimacy, the most subversive
j f ;or,al or(,or- '*ave been loudly professed, and even
‘a ,no,i;f,r|t the cclol of triumph, the King ol
I I ranee. Using the full exercise of his legitimate sover
I eigntv over one of his colonies, opens the port of St.
Domingo to the commerce of all nations, and lixes the
J tank ot duties, for all flags, reducing by half those
whirm the commerce of France shall hencelorlt. pay.
,lIhe Monarch, who has just closed (lie last wounds of
the revolution by indemnifying the emigrants, could not
forget one of the greatest misfortunes produced by it
and unfortunate colonists, who for so roam- w ar/l J
j lost even hope, are going to find the resources which the
j wisdom oi the King has just created for them.
“It was calculated that (lie revenue of the colonists
! was thirty millions. Deducting the half for the expenses
! , cultivation, there remains fifteen millions. The one
• hundred and fifty millions nhicli tiie king lias decided
" the inhabitants of St. Domingo shall pay into the
• tx rdts Depots, make, therefore, 10 yeais of the re
venue of the ancient colonists; and landed property
: SC n,° 1,?her »,r',:r throughout the Antilles.
“Ail the efforts of Bonaparte hail failed in an enfer
;mnc, the advantages of which, even after hav ing suc
needed, cou.d not he equivalent to what some words of
i , , K'Pff ha,ve Produced. It is with respect and grati
tude that the inhabitants of the French part of St.
Domingo have received the orders of their Kmg, and it
■ i« nn (in after this act of submission, this recognition
I Of the sovereignty of France, that the King has conce
I ded to &t. Domingo the independence of its f-ovrrn
ment. Who, then, would not have faith in the fortune
of f ranee confided to the descendants of Henry IV?
' '• '.TV* ^ 's "I order, all increases and dcvclopes
' 5j i L°r ' V Witimacy is always a principle of life
and liberty for nations—Revolution i3 death.”
This changes at once (lie whole aspect of things.
Supposing the Haitians to have assented to the agree
ment ip this sense, they have swerved from their origi
nal determination, never to confess even the nominal
i PX , a,,(,S»r'nce long insisted on by France, and
humbled themselves before their ancient masters, in
stead of asserting the independence they had for more
han twenty years maintained. We cannot believe
they have taken a step so unnecessary, so degrading
and so dangerous. They must be too clear sighted, not
o perceive the difference between renouncing and
maintaining their rdaim to independence. If not, Ihcv
will probably find their contract, (for treaty it can hardly
>e called,) productive of much more injury than advan
tage. Ft will not recommend them to other nations to j
admit a principle so unpopular; and it will probably j
prove that France has still some mental reservation to
disappomf them. Kmg Charles, in the Ordinance,
grants independence to the “actual” inhabitants of'
Haiti. Ji this word embraces only the present gencra
ion; t nr privileges will not be cheaply purchased at 150 !
1s Besides, who is to define (he meaning i
of the word “independence?” Unless it should be found !
very strict.y defined in the dtigina! instrument, it will j
be liable to divers interpretations. The royal crJiuar.fi
h evidently very far from yielding to Haiti the respect
due to a nation; but on the contrary, pretends to regii
lale the commerce of that country on the authority of
Fiance. What then, it becomes Boyer to enquire, is
the meaning ot this word independence? Is it not what.
France once before proposed, an independence in the
plan and operation of the interior government of the
island, with a submission to the king in all its exterior
relations? By agreeing to a contract like this, Haiti,
in plain English, would only buy dependence with otio
hundred and fifty millions of francs.
Besides the above, these papers contain a private cor
respondence from the Isle of France dated, April 11 and
I U consisting of misrepresentation respecting the war in
India. According to this French account, Kagoon is
re-taken, and the English every where defeated.
FROM GREECE.
! ScptC,nhor V2~W'n are permitted to copy
rro,n — •»«—
“Lf-omoun, July SO.
The cause of Grecian liberty approaches near to
that period when they will he fore ver emancipated from
Mahometan slavery. By letters yesterday from the
Morea, we have the copy or a letter from Colocottroni
commander of the Grecian troops, in which he assures
he Senate, that he has so encircled Ibrahim Pacha that
he will be in a few days compelled to surrender. With
this prisoner they will be able to repay the loan in En
gland, as l<e is immensely rich, independent of his fa
t.ier. He had the imprudence to penetrate thirty miles
into the Morea, where he lias fallen into the snare, after
losing about the half of Ids troops. Me has with him.
by the latest accounts, only GUOO”.
The letter proceeds to relate the defeat of the Turks
at oalono, of which we have had repeated accounts, the
defeat of the Turkish squadron, and the raising of the
siege of Missolonghi, respecting which ire have had
contradictory accounts.
“Admiral Miaulis is before Suda, with fifty Grecian
ships and ten h,idols. He has written to the Senate
|hat he will perish or destroy the w hole of the squadron
, in . uda. I Ins is composed of about 50 Egyptians. 27
I "’hich escaped from the destruction of (lie Turkish
squadron near Alliens, and Algerines and Tunisians
, which may he lo to Id; in all about 00 (o 100 sail of
, ships of war and transports. Modon, Cornn and ]>a
!lmr, are so closely blockaded, that not a fishing boat
I <5an ftn,er or «c»|»e. Thus I have in haste, and in a
few words, given you the pie«cnt state of Greece. On
lioard of the )7 Turkish vessels brought into Hydra
were 15 Austrian Officers, who it is said wore put tJ
death. I he other vessels nearly 00, were burnt or
driver, on shore. In those taken were found immense
quantities of provisions, ammunition and clothing_
Among these were 2000 hands of powder, us much iu
j cartridges, many besieging caunon. scaling ladders, rafts
, and every implement of siege. When soldiers me ta
| {rn “ ,s a,waJs a "eh booty. Every Turkish soldier
| has on an average thirty dollars in gold in his belt be
sides Ins musket, a pair of pistols and his sabre. They
in no wise resemble European soldiers, where not as
many pence arc found as dead bodies after a battle.”
. , _ [Dotty Jldv.
DOMESTIC.
Fires are now spreading desolation in many of the
forests of the state of Maine. The Bangor newspaper
of the 1st ot September observes, that “Never, since
the settlement of this country, were the fires in the
woods so numerous and extensive as at prescut. We
have continual accounts of them from every quarter
Several are raging in this town, and county, and the
' illage is almost enveloped in smoke. It is’impossible
to estimate the damage already done. Many of the un
Sfl 11 , i,nbor ,0'vns’’ l>nw in so much demand, will
shoulo there not he rain shortly, he left almost value
less. The Augusta paper, of Sept. 3, says that, on ac
count of tnc drought and fires, “vegetation was wither
ing; the picture was gloomy—the woods had been on
hre more than a week. The atmosphere was filled with
smoke, the sun presented hut a dim and lurid disk, and
the air was dry and parching. Objects could not be
| scon at a great distance in the daytime, hut in the night
I tbe.p’3o,v °[ ,nde,3 extended fires, and the crimson and
| tuckering flames upon the distant hills, exhibited a m>cc
I tacle truly grand, but one which could not be looked
j on v. ithout |>nm. On returning from Waterville. some
l ev on.ngs ago, we were struck with a scene of this des
cription. Some of the most elevated hills of Sydncv
! '‘ctr? c?verr“1 VTit>* a and as the opaque figures were
, not to lie seen, there seemed to he unnumbered flames.
| g.armg with unequal lustre in the sky, several degrees
| above the horizon. Several times in the early part of
j this week, the people of Hallowell and this town were
j alarmed by the approach of fire in the immediate nei^h
jhorhood, and thousands of persons have been busy“in
! • "mi bu'l<3,,1Fs and fences from the consuming ele
j ment. he Bangor and Belfast papers give us like ac
j COUDto extensive fires along the Penobscot ”
r, J. „ . , H Ar.i.owM.j,, Sept. 7.
I Shod,me A,-muni.— A gentleman from Wiscasset
; ,nfo,ms us’ ,bnt nn Monday last eleven men were se
verely wounded while blowing rocks in the street near
| toe el ranee of the village. One died soon after the cx
I plosion, three are not expected to recover, and the re
! mainder will be crimdes for life.
On Monday last week, the house of Mr. VVrn. Petti
grew, (hat of his son, Win. Pettigrew, jr. and a bam
iwcd by both of them in Clinton, took fire from the ad
jacent woods, and were entirely consumed. Of the con
tents of these buildings, nothing was saved, except one
Kvl, which a woman had the precaution to rarrv to an
adjoining field, and covered wi:h earth. The next day
another house, (supposed to have been Mr. Joy’s'in
: the same vicinity, was destroy ed; and the owners them*
| selves escaped with difficulty, (he mao losing even his
| hat. fhe writer of this paragraph was in Somerset
! county last week; and tlie fire was spreading with dread
ful rapidity over the whole face of the country. Scarcc
I ly any business was thought of, except the protection of
I property from the rage of the flames. Several build
1 in"s ',a(* been buint in Norridgcwock, ard it was rc
i hi Madison, Athens, Sec. On Tuesday night
; the woolcs on almost every side appeared in a blaze: and
i r,n y ednesday, from Skowhcgan falls to Sidney, the
| smoke prevented objects from being visible at a great
; er c.istnnce Ilian halt a mile, on either side, during a
, journey of almost a whole day. The rain on Wedrfes
day mglit probably checked the fire in some degree- but
! !i c^nnoHiave effectually stopped it. Should the wea
liicr continue dry, beside the other ill effects, an im
mense loss by tire may bo apprehended, and many will
be the sufferers in the back country, rendered house,
less, naked and destitute.—[Guz.
—9©©—
Nr.w York, September H
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT
\ csferday afternoon between three and four o’clock,
fimr ot s,x new two story brick houses on the south side
of iteed street, between Greenwich and Washington
streets, tumbled down and arc a heap of ruins. The
carpenters were at work on the roof at (he time, and had
nearly completed the board covering. They were pre
cipitated among the ruins. Before night, seven men
were dug out. six of whom were sent to the Hospital
dreadfully mangled—the other man was seriously but
not dang-erovsly injured. It was not known that there
were,any ether persons buried beneath the rums.—
*' e did not learn the names of the master builders nor
lvh!V exc,,sc ‘W £a" offer for erecting buildings in so
trail a manner. 1 hey will undoubtedly have to suffer
severely for their conduct. In the mt-ah time we would
suggest that the proper authorities look to the oibcr two
buddings and take measures to prevent further expo
sure to the loss of lues by their fall
W e are informed that a consinderablc shock of an
Earthquake was felt at Stater. Island about 2 o’clock
on Sunday morning.—[Jffcrc. JJdr.
-90©
Pntt.ApKI r-HM, fo
i csferday afternoon, soon after 2.c/00 pounds of gwD
powder, the whole work of the day, had been carried
into the Glazing Mill of Dupont’s factory, at Brandy
wine. an»explosion took place, by which one roan was
wounded severely. 1 wo others slightly, and a horse kit
, Die walls of the Glazing Mill were much shat
tered, and the glass in the windows of some houses in
the neighbourhood, were broken