The National Register. — London, England, 1821-12-02 00:00:00

i"- F 308 AMERICAS I'APEItS. NEW YORK, Nov. I.—The ship Sea Fox, Capt. Wye;, sailed from Sandy Hook, on Saturday morn ing last, bound to Port-au-Prince, with a fine wind, and nothing material occurred until eleven o'clock, when she was struck by a squall and capsized. Mr Dawson, one of the passengers, states, that the dead lights not being in, the water gushed with great violence into the cabin windows, which filled it instantly ; he immediately seized his sister, Miss Matilda Dawson, with whom he attempted to get on deck ; the water through the cabin window forced them out of the companion way ; the strug gle was so great. sand the companions so very small. that his sister fainted, and could not get up. Capt. Wycr, who was still in the cabin ut the time she capsized, reached the deck, but was instantly swept overboard, and remained in the water near half an hour, when he provitknitially reached the ship again. The following are the names of the passen ger who were drowned in the cabin:—Lieutenant E:stersbrook, wife and two children; Mr. C F. Speyers, of New York ; Mr. J. 0. Walker, of Port nu-Prince; Miss Matilda Dawson and servant, of New York; and the cook and seven seamen were washed from the deck. The following were saved: Capt. Wyer, Lewis and George Dawson, W. Rees, a coloured man, amid font of the crew. In a Paper of the 27th October, there is a Pro clamation from General Jackson, in Pensacola, dated the 29th September : _ _ _ (AssTnac-r.)-1t makes known to the Spanish officers to withdraw thmiselves. as they ought here tofore to have done, from the Floridan, agreeably to article 7, on or before the 3d of October next ; after which day, if they or any of them shall be found within the Floridan, all officers, civil and military, are required to arrest and secure them, FO that they may be brought before him, and be to dealt with according to law. (iipned) ANDREW JACKSON, Governor of the Fiuticlas. FROM PERNAMBUCO..--..We have seen a letter from Pernambuco of the 28d ult. in which it is stated that the Revolutionists were at one time within three miles of the town, which they then might easily have taken, as their approach caused great consternation, and a large number of inhabitants deserted the place. Their indiscretion saved the town, of which the Governor took advantage, and fortified the parts as sdlable, as it is supposed the contest is now doubt ful. Business was dull. The brig Nymph sailed from Pernambuco on Sunday, Sept. 23, at three p. m. at which time the utmost consternation prevailed, and several families, particularly the female part, of the first distinction, sought refuge on board the shipping. The major part of the Portuguese vessels were getting ready for sea, and several in the outer roads, ready for a start, watered and provisioned amply. An attack had been made upon the advanced posts of the Royalists, near Olinda, The piequets had been driven in, and some skirmishing had taken place, and some Patriot prisoners brought into Pertiatubuco, «ho were treated rather roughly, their hands being pinioned behind and brought in like hounds, two or three tied toge ther ; this occurred on the 21st September. lhe firing could be distinctly heard, and the smoke seen, from the bridge of Recife. At the same time the royal piquet at Aficogados, a village in an opposite direction, about three miles from Pernambuco, was fired upon out of the houses, and they state that the women hove slack lime out of the windows in order t..) blind the royal troops. But lot the provocation be what it may, three field pieces wereordered down, and a murderous cannonading was kept up all the afternoon upon the houses. It was stated that neither man, woman, or child, was spared, and in one instance a poor old man was bayonetted upon a sick bed. This business was distinctly beard like wise in town. The number of the unfortunate innocent victims that perished in this sanguinary massacre was stated at between three and four hun. Bred ; some people doubt any cause but a fracas between some of the native Americans and part of the picque , , composed of European troops, wiled Algarve,. This insurrection, or rebellion, or what you may term it, commenced at Guiani, at town about 20 leagues to the north of Pernambuco. It is headed by Juan Martin, lately returned from Bahia, who is a brother of the same Martin that was at the he.al of the last revulutioa, and who was beheaded. He has been in prison since that period in St. Salvador ; he is the military leader, and the political trader .s a Pr.t at i a ued Fratiscisco Paula Sitnon da Silva, who acani.attied this division, composed of 3,000 troops well equipped. particularly the cavalry, but r..t at ueheimit in field al tillery but the firms ex pe,:ted to join them front other quarters will form an ut ten thousand men at least, us a revolt had taken p ace to the southward near Cape St. Augustin, and likewise to the westward, authentic information of whidi was received. Thc ostensible cause is, they accuse the present Governor of arbitrary and despotic acts—they want him deposed, and want the Colonel of the Algaive.: 417Lt1. - THE NATIONAL REGISTER to resign the command of that regiment; but peo.. plc seem to think that nothing short of the expulsion of all Europeans from power will satisfy them, as they imagine they can manage their own affairs. However, they march with a full-length likeness of the King and Prince Regent in front, and the word " Constitution" on their banners. This revolution has been in embryo for some time, and it is thought the expectation of troops from Lis bon shortly occasioned its breaking out sooner; how ever, the first blood has been drawn, and where or when it will terminate time will develope only.— The loss in that affair of the advanced posts at Olin da was variously stated. The Royalists lost fifteen killed and wounded. The Patriots, as they are called, lost 20 killed and wounded and 25 prisoners Fit 6.1"C11 PAPERS. PARIS, Nov. 25--The Duke of Orleans yester day visited the King. His Majesty afterwards trans acted business with the President of the Council of Ministers. Nov. 26.—Letters from Berlin state, that the rumours of peace, at least during the present season are every day acquiring greater credit, but that in the event of a war between Russia and the Porte, the Court of Berlin has engaged to furnish an aux iliary corps of 30,000 men, or an equivalent in money. The account of the defeat of the Turkish fleet on the 12th of October is confirmed. It lost thirteen vessels, and had several others much damaged. The trial of Mazian before the Court of Peers has concluded. He was found guilty of being an abetter of, and accomplice in, a plot against the safety of the State. The President pronounced his sentence of imprisonment fbr five years. Letters from Nuremberg of the 17th instant state, on the authority of accounts from Hanover, that the Ministry offered to the King before his de parture a present of 10,000 gold Georges new struck. Lord Sidmouth having refused to pay the Atx LA CHAPELL E, Nov. 18.—A rumour is ge neral in Berlin, that in consequence of a negociation entered into at Constantinople, the commercial re lations between the Russian ports in the Black Sea and those of the Ottoman Empire would be re stored on the same footing as at the departure of Baron Strognoff from Constantinople. If this im portant intelligence is confirmed, there is reason to believe that peace will be maintained between lie two powers. However, letters from the frontiers of Turkey hold a language altogether adverse to the result of the negociations which at present engage the attention of ministers of the great powers in the capital of Turkey. ODI ISA, OCT. 23.—The reports circulated in fo reign countries, with respect to the possibility of a rupture with the l'orte, are as not yet confirmed : and although the intelligence is often placed under the head of Odessa, it is nevertheless certain we know nothing of the statements which, it is pre tended, have been received from here. We have no certain intelligence of the advance of our army. Prince Suzzo is residing in our city ; but the for mer Hispodar has been conducted into the interior of the country. VIENNA, Nov 14 —The Austria's Observer con tains the following :—" Accounts from Zante, of Oct. 11, state, that a division of the Ottoman fleet, having troops to the number of 1500 on board, had been dispatched from Patras to Galisidi, in the gulf of Lepanto. The division burned that place, which was the principal rendezvous of the Greek pirates who invested that part of the coast, destroyed some of the Greek ships in the harbour, and brought the rest to Patras, On the sth and Gth of October, the greater part of the Ottoman fleets left the gulfs of Lepanto and Patras, anti sailed for the south, as some say, to attack the Greek navy at Hydras and Spezia, or according to another statement, to con voy the troops which are to be embarked on the coast of Asia for the Morea." NUREMBERG, Nov. 16.—Several thousand Greeks have already left the islands in the Archipelago and the Mediterranean, where the Turks are masters, to take refuge in Egypt. The Paella, who has given ample proof that he hated every species of fanaticism, has remonstrated strongly with the Turkish com mandant in Cyprus, who had inflicted dreadful cruelties on the Greek; although he could not help executing the repeated order to place at the disposal of the Porte a squadron with 1,500 troops on beard. yet he would not allow his son Ibrahim to depart, who had been appointed Pacha and Commander in Chief in Macedonia ; he even prohibited him from going to Constantinople. By leaving such a hostage in the hands of the Porte he had rendered himself entirely dependant ; but by a political manteuvre, whilst a part of his forces is joined with the Turkish fleet, he is supply ing the Greeks with warlike stores, and has made very advantageous proposals to the insurgents in Candia, to persuade them to put the island under bis protective. ...... The city of Metz has been for some time afflicted by one of the plagues of Egypt—frogs. Several streets were thornd covered with these animals, and no one could imagine from whence they came, until a Marchande de Cirenouilles explained the mystery by applying to the tribunals, and claiming his pro perty. He had shut up 6000 frogs in the troughs and buckets of the fish-market, and several children, who discovered his depot, set every one at liberty. The frogs, delighted with freedom, spread themselves in every direction. They entered the houses, and the inhabitants could not relieve themselves from their visitors, without considerable trouble and difficulty. Extract of a letter of the 17th November, written from Barcelona, by Sister Saint Vincent, to the Su perior of the convent of St. Camilla :—" What a horrible pest! More than 16,000 persons have pe rished, and 100 die daily. The French physicians are not spared, for at this moment only one is able to walk (M. Francois). M. Bally expects to be able to renew his labours in three or four days They have courage and devotion that religion only could inspire. We hope to quit this place about the 15th or 20th of this month, and undergo quarantine at the Abbey of St. Jerom, two leagues from the city, there we shall remain twelve days before we can re-enter France. The country is magnificent. The heat is nearly the same. The fields are covered with orange and pomegranate trees, bearing delicious fruit ; but the cities otter a spectacle of honor and desolation. You must see it to judge of the terrible effect. We meet nothing in the streets but coffins, and the Saint Viatique that they carry to the dying. The shops are closed, arid all work suspended. It is piteous to see so much distress. We distribute to the utmost of our power the produce of a subscrip tion sent from France, which does much good. Mi sery of every description is so prevalent, that the place is a valley of tears." A most atrocious murder was recently committed in the commune of Disse sur Soureillou (Sarthe.) At nine in the evening two individuals presented themselves at the door of an isolated cottage, and prevailed upon those within to open it, pretending to be overcome by want and fatigue. The young son went into the kitchen to get some wine. The too strangers followed, and nearly cut off his head with a knife. The father, aged 50, hearing groans, armed himself with a gun, and went into the court yard, where the assassins suddenly attacked him with swords, and finally cut his throat. Two daughters, who remained in the house, ran out, on hearing the cry of their father, and threw themselves upon his body. One of them was dreadfully wounded, and left for dead; the other contrived to escape. One of' the wretches pointed a gun at the untortunate fugitive, but happily it flashed in the pan. She soon contrived to alarm a few neighbours, who proceeded to the cottage, and found every thing plundered. Fifteen hundred francs, produced by the sale of. lt pipes of brandy, were carried oft'. The police are in search of the murderers. Count Lagarde, Minister of the King in Spaii., has transmitted to the Municipality of Madrid 2000 reals, towards the subscription open in that capital for the sick at Barcelona. The young Prince Ypsilanti arrived in Paris some days since, to continue his studies. An individual has been several times before the Police Tribunal, charged with an offence which ex ceeds in boldness any perhaps known of late years. He entered, during the night, the chamber of a lady, who was sleeping alone. She took him for her husband, and did not discover her error until she heard the robber make a noise in the act of removing a gold watch from a hook near the bed. The cries of the lady soon brought the neighbours to her as sistance, and the offender was secured. He stated, in his defence before the police, that during the commencement of the Revolution, he became so im moral and depraved, that he had never been able to act upon the rules of honesty, or distinguish right from wrong. The tribunal, without regarding his extraordinary excuse, sentenced him to two years imprisonment. The Chamber of Peers is occupied daily with the trial of Mazian, charged with being one of the con spirators of the 19th of August. The Committee of Health, at Perpignan, have ordered four individuals who were taken in the act of breaking through the cordon, in order to return to France from Spain, to undergo a rigorous quaran tine of forty days, in the lazaret of Arles, and when they are pronounced free from infection, they are to be tried for the offence by the tribunals. NUREMBERG, Nov. 15.—The Correspondent of this day contains a letter from Prague, of which the following is the substance.— " The hope long cherished of seeing the Christian Powers of Europe sustain the cause of the unfortu nate Greeks, by other means than political measures, has been considerably weakened during some weeks. It is, however, thought by some, that the Secreta ries of Mahomet will not keep their faith with in fidels and that Russia will act in aid of the Greek cause. _.