Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-01-04
From a London paper.
CHINA.

uou HooioHdiy DoliStJs IcsH1cHt tHeIc'"
That extensive empire is greatly agiiated,
and apparently on the eve of reyolutionizng.
The country is filed with secret societies,
which numerous executions cannot put down:
one hundred per month are executed in tue
single province OF Danton. The names OF
some Of the societies are ludicrous enough,
viz. White Jackets. Red Boards, and Short
Swords! A dreadful earthquake and famine
lately occurred in China, and which the su-
perstirious natives consider as portending the
fall of the present dynasty.
Tienna November 8.
1t is said that the conferences between the
Ministers and the several states Of Germany,
will be opened on the Eth inst. All the pub.
lie prints have announced Congress of So
vereigns to be held here at the same time. of
the arrival OF the Emperor Alexander, of The
King of Prussia, and other Monarcbs. were
mere fabrics, as it may be positively asserted
that IN the approaching ministerial conferen.
ces nothing will be treated of but the affairs of
Germany, and strictly confined within the
limits laid down by the Diet, in its sitting of
the goth September.
1t has been judged necessary to take ,eri.
Gus measures against the banditti. whose
numbers have greatly increased Of late. and
who endanger the public safety. Detach-
ments of troops Of the line have been sent a.
gaInst them, but at their approach they have
retreated into the defles of the Carpathian
mountains, whittier il is very difficult 70 fol-
low them. Bands of robbers also jnfest HIM.
gary, but they are pursued, and we may be
assured that they will soon be destroyed.
1t 10 we'll known that the British Ambassa-
dorat Constantinope, Mr. Robert Liston. az
Ter three years negotiation, has concluded
treaty with the Ottoman Cabinet, by which
the town and fortress of Parga, with its de.
pendenc'"s, returns under the dominion Of
the Porte, which. in return, recognizes The
inhabitants OF the Ionian Islands as being uo-
der the protection of Great Ieitajn. After re-
captivating what is relative to Para. which
has been tor some time under the protection
OF England, The act of ratification says. "As
the Isle of Corfu, Cephalonia. Zapte St
Maura, Ithaca, and Cerigo, known bv The
name OF the Seven Islands, were formerly
un6er the dominion Of the Sublime Porte and
acknowledged as being its tributaries and
protected subjects, but this state of things
having undergone changes by the revolutions
OF time, and these Isles having finally passed
under the dominion of Great Britain. that
court has given notice that these Islands have
been placed under the immediate and exclu.
s'Ve protection of his majesty the king OF
Great Britain, and this in conformity with the
arrangement concluded between the four
great powers.
IN consequence, the court of England was
amlcabjy requested, that in future his Br;-
fannie majesty may be considered as the So
Yerelgn protector of these islands and their
Inoaoltants as his protected subjects, and
that they be treated in the same manner as
British subjects that besides these subjects,
when they visit the countries of the Ottoman
empire, tor the purposes Of commerce, be
ireed from all restraints, and be permitted to
carry on their business on the same conditions
as are observed in favor of the other subjects
OF his majesty, and that they be personally
treated in good and friendly manner. Now
as the court OF England has been from the
most remote time the intimate friend Of orr
Sublime Order, we satisfy their friendly re-
quest on the footing pointed out. In conse-
quence the Sublime Port recognizes hence
forth the inhabitants of these, also as project
ed by the Court OF Great Britain, in the man.
ner mentioned above, &c. The English am |
bassador, Sir Robert Liston, having engaged |
to have the treaty ratified by his court within |
few montns-[t is agreed that no change
shall be made in these stipulations, and that
they remain in full force, as long as nothing
contrary to them is done on the part of Eng
land"
The New Year comes upon us wrant |
II snowy mantle, as if to forewarn us
how idle all our earthly authorizations
are. How beautiful docs futuritv ap-
pear when dccked out in all the rain
bow hucs of fancy the year comes up
on us manlled in froWns and in storms:
but in the course Of few more reyoly.
n ~ nnptbs wn chat hn /, o,;n c,I,,to,I |