The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-06-19
Foreign articles.

TO May 4.
THIS arrvaifurnishes IS with many articles in
relation Ia the Affairs Of holdavia. anc Wal
schia, Cou;tanunopIe, &c. They are OF con
siderable interest, though very contradictory.
The Revolutionary army IS generally com
puted al about e000 men bot they have neIih
e. received, nor are they likely to receive,
ans foreign aid. It's affirmed that two differ
ent parties in Wan><es have declared aga nst
toe Ottoman authol n; but tba, there is
want Of harmony ID esu themselves. It i
added 'bat fortune has become favorable 10
Ali Pacha, aid that he now numbers no less
than $4,000 men unJer has standard.
The sacred standard OF Mahomet, We are
told, and the mos, reverend insignia 0! the
Mussunen, have been displayed from The
ais OF the Santa Sophia. This standard,
and these insignia, are never produced, except
when the political safety OF the Empire, or the
existence of lsanism, is menaced. If they
inspire he ierocious tG.basiasIn which is de-.
sired humanity viii h5,s 10 deplore scenes
OF carnage. and modes Of destruction which i.
is fearful 10 think Of There will be blood
enough osatIsy The most cslcuIaring specu-
uaor in revolutions.
The troops which the Porte has succtssively
sent from ConstaDtlnople 10 the Isle Oi Gambia,
have been yanquished.
. The King Of the Netherlands has issued
decree prohibiting The importation OF slaves
into any Of bis foreign particularly
that o. Surinam.
A letter from Madrid OF The 10Th of April,
says .--'' II is with much satisfaction that
have to inform you OF something more than
mere prospect of the acknowledgment CT The
independence OF South America. By the Span
ish government, which win, it admitted, PIT
a stop 10 any further eiiusion Of blood on The
other side of the Atlantic. The negotiations
which are going foru ard, are Of very con.
ciliatory naiuIe."
II is said that since the termination Of he
Austrian campaign in Naples, The affairs Of
i1aly have become lively object Of discus
sion among the allied powers. Russia and
| France wiSb-to Diminish, The Influence Of Aus
lila in Italy,
4 paragraph from Viena, April IA, observes,
hat the Emperors OF Austria and Russia will
soon repair to that capital, and that they VIII
have interviews with The Kings of Prussia,
the Low Countries, Bavaria, and Wuftem,
burg.
Earl Fiizwiliam, ia considerations Of The
PREVAILING depression in The agricultural inter
es.s, has directed bis agent to return IS per
cent TO hls tenantry, at the approaching rent
days al Wentworth House.
! We have some reason 10 believe. saws the
Dublin Patriot, that, whenever the Catholic
I cha III bo I-f..
VIII be introduced, under specific modltica-
irons, as Cabinet measure.
GREECE.
Extracts from The Courier. Fronca;s of.aprat
25, 1921.
Extract OF a communication from Koloky-
this, in The Merea, the couatry OF tie Mai |
notes - III
A great number Of tbes most DISTINGUISHED
Greek families Of the Peloponnesus have a.,
rived in our neighborhood 70 put themselves
under The protection OF the free aud armed
Mainoies. part Of this brave nation, who
descend from the ancient Spsrians. has taken
arms and SET out 10 join The Suols. beyond
the lstbmus OF Corinth
Destruction Of Tie Tunisinn Aag.-The fol-
lowing particulars appear in letter dated al /
Tunis, Feb. So 1t bad beer long since re-
solved in the council Of The Bey, that strong
feet should be ready al the beginning Of the
Spring tc sail from the port OF The Golerta. 10
cruize in the Mediterranean, and TO plumber
the christian vessels which might fall in lis
way. Nothing had been neglected which
could insure the success uf this formidable
enterprise. The squadron consist ed tr nine
vessels, well equipped, and provided with
every necessity, and witlf numerous and well
discip!ined-cieus. The brass cauuon mot to
mention those Of Ifop) AMOUNTED 10 800. The.
hlth OF this month all the vessels were assem-
bled IN iefharbourof The Goletta Tie 9Th
was liked for putting 10 sea. TIE Bey al.
ready devouring in imagination the riches in
chrisiendom, set out from tire Bardo Che name
OF The Dey's palace and bebed with barba- 4,
rous pleasure, The various manoeuvres which \
the squadron performed IN. his presence
This review being ended, The vesse Is received
orders TO sail The following day. Bat in the
night between the 9th and 9th, violent tri.
ononiane wind suddenly closed The mouth Of
The harbour, aDd increasing in violence and
fury during tire 6lh, 9Th and 9Th, raised the
waves OF the sea, and sunk and totally des-
iroyed that formidable hotiIla. The iremen.
deus tempest did not leave any time TO guard
against il; all he mariners, crews and soldiers
perIshed--and on the 9Ih. he sen. still agits-
Ted, showed 10 the astonishcd spectators the
broken masts and sails, and TIE floating corp
ses, as monuments Of its fury. The Bey saw
ide Hover 9th navy and army vanish before
ms eyes, Three thousand men were sub
merged I'M tbs dreadful hurricane In seems