Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1821-11-20
FOREIGN.
ATE FROM EUROPE.
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 4.

Liverpool, the editors ofthe Commercial
Advertiser have received English paper
to the 10Th September. The harvest il
Great Britain had been much injured b.
succession of heavy raius, and grea
advance had taken place in the price o
Hour.-The owners Of the ship, we un
derstand, received the intelligence yes
terday, morning, and Immediately des
patched expresses in every direction.-
During the day large quantities of Aoul
were purchased for shipment. Thirty
hive shiIlings had been offered in Liver
pool, Tor cargo of Philadelphia flour
and refused.
Ii is affirmed, by several editors Of
Continental Journals, that Me Emperor
Alexander has positively made his las,
arrangements for an immediate attack
on the Turks, and that he is only wait
ing tor the assent ofthe other great pow
ers OF the Holy Alliance, to whom, as
we'll as to Great Britain, he has specially
communicated the nature ofhis plans and
the principles of his policy.
The Paris Moniteur, the official
French Jour- al, says, il is affirmed that
the Emperor Alexander, faithful to the
principle which forms the basis of the
Holy Alliance, will take no decisive step
without the previous consent of his high
allies and, on this account, couriers had
been sent off TO the European courts.
The Monileur contains an article from
Frankfort, dated the 5th instant, stating
that the Russians had passed the Pruth /;
but their presence on the Turkish terri
tory would be no interruption in the ex-
lst'Ds amlcable relations between the
continental Powers. "A Declara,ion,"
adds this article, ais shortly expected
on the part Of the Russian Cabinet, de-
claring that the operations of the Rus
sian army IN Turkey have the same OBJ
!eet IN view, as the occupation OF Naples,
ny The Austrian army :"
The London Courier Of the l4th of
september, says, "wiih respect to the
probabilities of war at the present me-
ment, we have from the first sc en- no suf-
f,cient grounds 10 justify strong belief
that 1t would take place."
The Russian Ambassador had left
Constantnople, and arrived in safety at,
odessa, on the evening of August 18th.
1t was reported in London on Change,
that the Turkish goverhment had offer
ed Tree pardon to all The Greeks that
would return to their allegiance, within
three months from the date of the pro-
clamation. -.
The plague had made its appearance
at Algiers and Morocco. Barcelona re-
manned nearly in its former state.
"A naval action took place between the
Greek and Turkish fleets on the asth Of
July, in the channel between Sanos and
Chios, which lasted three DAYS, and
terminated in the destruction of the lat
ter, consisting of II slnps of war, and
- transports with $4,000 troops on
board.
In the Morea, the Greeks had been re-
duced to submission.
A desperate battle had been fou ght, in
which the insurgents had been deleatedI
with loss of 5000 men. Tripali,za
had been reduced by the army Of Ypsi-
lan,i. -
The people of Madrid were in daily
of disastrous, events in that
capital. Those who had any thing to
loose were leaving the city. Gen. Mo-
rillo was said to be at the head of
counter revolutionary project. He had
been put on his trial. The Minister OF
War had been dismissed, to satisfy the
club, Fontana Or; and all his COL
leagues had threatened to give in their
designations in consequence.
The King of England was on his pas
sage from Ireland, having been detained
by contrary winds.
The squadron aaving the King on
board had been obliged to put in,o Mil.
ford Haven, whence they departed on tie
ilth. A part Of the vessels belonging
to the royal squadron arrived at Ply
mouth on the l2ih. The arrival OF the
other ships with the King was moment
ly expected. The London Courier of
the 18th says, "Our letters from Mil
ford, Bristol, Plymouth, and Portsmouth
giving no account of his majesty's APP
pearance, we must conclude that the roy
81 squadron, in its attempt to beat round
the Lands End, has stood over to the
Irish shore; and if the weather was as
on that shore as it was here
on Wednesday, his maJes,y would per-;
haps be obliged to put into Cork har-
bor." as - T
y The widow Of General Moreau died
IN Bordeaux in August last.
The Duke OF Wellington had return
dto England. A report was published
in the London paper, that son oil Mar
shal Ney had challenged the Duke,
which, in q note from the Duke. under