Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 17, Number 27, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 August 1826 — Page 1

-f ;WE STERN SUM fe,(BBNERAL MWERTI3EK. "iMMI mmm - - - - - I ! I r I I I f I i r - BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, AUGUST IS, 1826. Vol. 17. No. 87.

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" There will he three, lift 1nrfes. frnm 1 n-iven tn manu nf tlipm ?ri th vimaik fin.

mencing sufficiently under low water ! tories. 1 mark below the falls, for the purposes of ; Prorogation of parliament. At half navigation,) which will overcome the fall 1 o'clock on Wednesday, (says the Courin the river between Louisville and Ship- ier of the 5th June,) the commons being pingport. These will be terminated at summoned to the house of lords, the roytheir upper end by a guard lock, and two al assent was given to 16 bills, and the dry docks, alio! sufficient capacity tore- lord chancellor then read the lords comceive the larger class of steam boats. missioners' speech as follows : The first, or lowest of these locks, is ex- j My lords and gentlemen pected to be laid in September, and the 4 "His majesty commands us to inform pit and materials for this purpose, are you that the state of the public business now rapidly preparing. j enabling his majesty to close the session " There are at present employed up- j at a period of the year, the most conveni wards of 500 hands, and this force is re- ! cnt for a general election, it is his majesgularly and continually increasing ; yet ; ty's intention to dissolve, without delay,

amongst so great a number, I know no case of sickness sufficiently acute to prevent a man from doing his daily labor.Indeed none has come within my knowledge, amongst the laborers employed, since the commencement of the work. " There is at present, perhaps, in Ame

rica, no work of as great local magnitude,

the present parliament, and to direct the

issue of writs for the calling of a new one. 11 His majesty cannot take leave of you without commanding us to express his majesty's deep sense of the zeal and public spirit which you have constantly displayed in the discharge of your several important functions. " His majesty particularly acknowledges the promptitude c discretion with which you applied yourselves to the objects specially recommended to you by his majesty at the commencement of this sessior,; Sc his majesty confidently hopes, thLthe good effect of your deliberations will be manifested in the improved stability of public and private credit. " His majesty has the satisfaction to inform you that the distinguished skill, bravery and success, with which the op eraticn of the British arms in the dominions of the king of Ava have been can ied on, have led to the signature, upon highly honorable terms, of a preliminary treaty with that sovrejgn, which his majesty has every reason to expect will be the foundation of a secured and permanent peace. "His majesty further commands ws to repeat to you, thai his majesty's earnest endeavors have continued to be unremittingly exerted to pt event the breaking cut ci hus'iiitiv.i anjo;,ir r.aiions; anil put an

, has inspired us with new j end to these which still unhappily txtst, opprossed, msiutcd, but ! as vvc!I 5t) Amciu aa:, in Europe." mmous people. M. Vil- I l Gctirloncu of te house of commons."

" liii majesty commands us to thank you for the piovision winch you have made for the service of the year. " Ilis majesty's attention will be constantly directed to the reduction of the public expenditure, in every degrclVut may be consistent with the clue maiifien ance of the security, honor and interest oft this kingdom. 44 Afy lords ind gentlemen, u We are especially commanded to as

sure you, that Ins majesty's paternal Icel

and certainly none which appears to me to be of as great puoiic consequence, as the one under consideration, i lie project cannot reasonably fail to be succesmVic eminently productive to the enterprising gentlemen who have undertaken it, as well as of incalculable importance to the immense vallics of the Ohio, Mississippi and other streams, the fertility and productiveness of which exceed belief. " This great work is to be completed on or before the first day of Nov. 1827 ; Sc there is good hope that in this we shall not be disappointed Respectfully yours, DAVID S. BAILS. GREECE. The Baltimore American of the 18th July, contains the following interesting article in relation to Giece u The declaration upon the floor of flic chamber of deputies, of M. Viilcle, marv isterof France, that the negotiation between the allied powers woiml gam for the

Greek-, what it vas proposed to aequne

by force cf arms hopes for that

brave fc magnanimous peop

le's would not dare to in i.e such an asseition on light grounds; ho siands in too responsible a stale ; too matiy eyes are upon him, for mm to srxnt ligntly with his word. We then taeihe lact to be as he has stated it namely, ttiac tne Gtccian cause is now a mutter ot negotiation between the itllicd powers ok Europe that they do not look on, and with no other than a cold and calculating anxiety, behold the slaughter of their brother christians. Tn accordance with this de

claration, it may be further added, that 1 1"s have hci n deeply affected by the dis iho nMrrt nf thr. duke of Wellington's tlcsses which have prevailed among tin

mission to the court of St. Petersburg has ' manulactuung classes ol his majesty's never been explained that the emperor ' su.bJecls ancl by thecKcmplaiy patience of Russia has made some demand of the I wnh wh,ch distresses have been Turkish divan we likewise know," but i Sraliy borne. have probably misapprehended the object ; ' Hi.s majesty trusts, that the causes out that demand, it was stated, had rtler- ot wnich the partial stagnation of employ

er to thr. r.vnr.nation of Moldavia and ! u,cni nas arisen, are, untler tne oiessings

Wallachia but subsequent accounts inform us that the grand seignior, so far from having acceded to these claims, is actually increasing his forces in that quarter. Combining therefore this recent mission from St Petersburg to the Turkish divan, with the declaration made by M. Viilcle, wc think that Greece was the object of France, and England, and Russia

a combined Russian emperor s interven

of Providence, in a course of gradual abatcmcnt. .

His majesty is confident, that yeur

presence and example, in your several counties, will continue to maintain & encourage the loyal and orderly sprit w hich pervades the gi eat body of the people. 4 And his majesty relies upon your disposition to inculcate the great intei ests of the country, upon which the common

aggcrated. Thousands or persons, it ia said, arc yet imprisoned because of their supposed participation in the former conspiracy ; and, it is added, that many have been put to death. Greece. Napoli and Athens are both menaced by the Turks and Egyptians.-. There is reason to hope a portion of tho garrison of Missolonghi escaped. This hope is founded upon the solicitude of Ibrahim to prevent-any communication with the coast. Ibrahim had, according to the Journal des Debats, given oiders to kill. all his prisoners, and even unarmed peasants, in order to complete the number of six thousand heads c paiis of cars, thnt the sultan had ordered him to send to Constantinople. It appears he could not" makeup his number at Missolonghi. The c!c3th of Canaris, by a cannon ball is confirmed. Turkey, it is now said, has not given that entire assent to the demands of Russia, that was stated and is victualling her fortresses on the Danube. Colombia Paez was still in a state of rebellion. He was levying money & men to defend himself. 1 he authorities and the people of the adjacent provinces all appear opposed to him, and were prepared for any emergency. We hope, however, that the afl ;r will be settled without bloodshed, though Bolivar was not expected to at rive for some tine Mexico It is stated that com Porter has accepted the cotnniand of the Mexican navy The tdi.ur of ihe Nan. nal Gazette, has received Mcxuan p&pcrs np to 'he 4th ult. 'lit supreme conguss hue. expropriated $1,5( 0 (-00 tmtards rtpuinr.g tho castle oi : Juim dt U.ua, and ihe fortifications ot Veia I'm, Can. peachy and Tau pieo. Piesideni Victoria, in his message to ti.e cot giesj., siated that the administration did not conceive the expiessions in Mr Monroe's n cssage ol Dec. 1823, to amount to a filedge, Sc addtd that Mexico was able to dtU nd hers 11 1 he M'-xican ministers to the coi.giess of Panama, had sailed on their important errand. Buenos Ayres. The Chilian squadron, purchased by the Buenos A) tcans, had actually saihd for the La Plata horn Valparaiso, under the command of admiral Guise, consisting of three Itigates, three corvetts and fnir brigs, and should they get into the La Plata in time, an opportunity will be aflbrdc d for the exercise of all the talent and experience which the old Brazilian admiral may possess China The missionaries who lately contrived to get a peep at Canton within the wahs, desciibc the sin ets as very narrow-" horn three to seven feci wide only. East Indies. An article published in the Prince of Wales Island paper, mentions an arrival in the port, which was certainly a novelty, and excited much attention. His Cochin majesty's frigate, Toy Lang, mounting thirty two guns, commanded by Woyang Viaifang, and his majesty's brig Bucluanfc. Huong Kingston, commandc, from a ci uWe, last from Singapore, anii ed on a visit to the island these vessels v ere lately built under the superintendence of a Frenchman. The ship is a neat model of a vessel, measuring about 350 tons. The hulls, masts, &c. are painted inavciy fantastic.manner.

lion that an effort is making by ncgoii- ! prosperity of them all essentially depends.1 ;

ation in the first instance to restore peace

between the grand seignior and his former subjects of the Morca that the progress of this negotiation has been kept a profound secret while its issue was dubious that it is now drawing to a prosperous termination, so much so, that M. Viilcle does not hesitate to speak ol it in strong and decided terms that in case negotiation cannot effect this object, Russia, France and England, will be prepared to have recourse to arms, in behalf of the Greeks. It is scarcely possible in the nature of things, that the sovereigns cf Europe have beheld the massacre of their brother christians without having even attempted any thing to prevent so deplorable a catastrophe. It neither comports with the spirit of the age in which we live, nor with the principle of Christianity, to believe otbervic." FROM XILF.S REGISTER. Great Hritain end Ireland The English arc cutting down their 74 to make frigates of a heavy class The Barham, Alfred and Dublin, three 74s arc hcreaf tor to be called frigates, each carry fiftytwo long 32's. The distresses of the people were subsiding, because that employment had been

France. Order has been restored at

Rouen. The debates in the French chambers were lively. A projected rtncwal of the censorship of the press is vigorously opposed. The amount of the subscriptions for the assistance of the Greeks, collectcdatParis, was about 90,000 dollars, and increasing. Spain. The duke del Infantado has been refused permission to visit his estates in Italy, &c. Fresh plots are spoken of new victims, perhaps, being desired. Letters and papers from Madrid, on the 18th May, furnish no political news. Copious rains were destroying the locusts, and the Swiss troops march in religious processions, their muskets behind their backs, and their caps under their arms. Hungary One thousand houses have been destroy ed by fire in the town of Nagy Koros. Russia. The emperor Nicholas has issued an ukase against bible societies, Sc a stop has been put to the printing of several versions-Wrxisiaffy. There are rumors of new disturbances in Russia amounting almost, to a general insurrection at and near St. Pctersburgh. Tho accounts arc probably cx-

In !he National Journal, we find the following interesting letter, dated U S ship Cyanc, Rio Janeiro, May 27tb, 1826 . " Wc arrived here on the 20th it st. in fourteen days from Montevideo. Piobably you will be anxious to learn every thing in relation to war in this country, c I know of nothing that would gratify me mote, were I placed in a similar, situation, than a correct statement of facts concerning the subject, which, as a matter of course, I shall give. In the first instance, I perceived in the U States papers, that the Patriots were in possession Montevideo, which is incorrect It is besieged by less than one thousand Buenos Ayrean or Patriot cavalry, and garrisoned by between three and four thousand Imperialists, and the mount which commands the city is garrisoned by about one thousand Imeriai'ists : We left here about nine weeks since, arrived at Montevideo in two, where wc stopped two days, took a pilot onboard, weighed anchor at midnight, and proceeded with a liht breeze up the river. At day light discovered the Brazilian blockading squadron ahead, at anchor, distant three leagues, consisting of one frigate, 4 corvettes, four brigs, and six schoolers. Cleared ship for action, on our approach, and beat to quarters. Two corvettes and three brigs made sail and stood for us.