The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-08-20


One hundred end sixty five houses were de-
stToyed by ire at Subzbach on the 10th May.
GREAT BRITAIN.
GsEcIAN AFFAIRS.
| Ga the 23.h of June, it Was inquired by Mr..
! w. SMITH, whether ministers had received any
| Official accounts, which enabled them 10 Judge
OF tie correctness of the accounts in TIC papers,
that number Of the Sco Hostages had been
fnassacred at Co,.StCssiiHoyte ;--And Sir JANIS
i'iAckIN rosH asked, whether any dispatches had
been received by Ministers, from which it could
be ascertained whether any Of those persons
VINO had been murdered by the barbarous ty
rants at CoDstautinope bad been underline pro
lection Of the British Minister, Lord Strangtori,
or had surrendered themselves to the Turks un-
der any pledge, PROMISE, or assurance Vi safety
IRON that NobIcmau IL Hear lie would also
take the opportunity of asking the Noble Mar
qnIs, whether it was mentioned In any of
the recent dispatches lie had received, that the
markets OF Smyrna and Coustantinoplc were
filled with amiable Greek ladies aud children,
offered 20 the capriccs OF barbarous Mahomme-
daa vo.uptuaries
Lord LONDONDERRY, in reply, stated, that
government was IN possession OF The fact, that
ten or twelve of the hostages OF the people OF
Scio, had been executed al Scio, but the details
lad not accompanied the iacI--the calamity,
lac said, had occurred tfom some peculiar acts
OF oarbarity which had been perpetrated on
both Stdcs during the war in Sci0.-Acts Of bar
barity, lie repeated, had been committed on both
sadtS.-The Greeks lad themselves committed
certain cruelties, which, though they did not
Justty, led 10 the transactions complained OIL
He believed, 10 addition, that 30 80 intiyldu-
ais had recently been executed IN COnstdaittlo-
pie, but several OF them inhabitants oI the
.rOrcd, and, as he was informed, not more than
~ 70 - OF them hostages from Scio. Those
persons could not be Considered ln any degree
under the protection oi the British Go, egnneni,
or IN such q situation as 10 require our In.srier-
enec upon the principles Of protection. Upon
the principle OF good Offices, Lord STsANGFcRD,
mGcu to his own lionor and that OF the Govern
n'ent he represented thuar,I Lad frequently in
terp0scd- That ls;erposition had IN general
been fIvOrabiy received and there had once
been reason ID hope that the hostages from SciO
were ia perfect security. How tar the deter
Iulnaton of the Turkish Government upon that
point had bcen altered by subscq cent lnforma-
tom he could not tell (; for, as To the hostages
from Scio, I've had not al present sufficient iniur-
nation.
1t i proposed in London that every family
should 60 without dinner one day, aud con
tribute tie saving to the fund Tor the relief of
sufferers IN Ireland.
1t is now calculated that about 100000 hands
or persons, chiefly children, are emu yed in the
spinning of cotton thread, technically termed
twist. These make, il Is said, as much thread by
the power ofwater steam, and the application
Of the new improved machinery, As could have
been done formerly by 23,300,00O persons by the
fingers only.
Russian .4ncricdn cldim.-Tl.e decree Of the
Emperor ALExANDtR respecting tie North
West Coast boundary has been warmly canvass
ed by the British Ministers, who have announ-
ced 10 Parliament, that they have protested a.
gainst the claim d tie Autocrat. All sides ad-
init, that the prctcnsIons OF Russia are absurd
they Of course will be abandoned by Monarch
so well disposed IS ALEXANDER is generally
considered TO be.
.Nisery-The editor of the Liverpool Advcr-
tiser, expresses great sympathy for mr. Welles-
ly Pole, who (POor nan is now in such redu-
ced circumstances, as TO be obliged TO live on
his WIGS ointure, Which is only about seven
thousand pounds sterling, or something more
than thirty thousand doitcrs, year.
The property 10 which this gentleman became
entitled by his marriage was GO,0OOtp per annum,
besides large sum IN cash. Al this he garnb-
led away, ana incurred such debts that lie was
obliged 10 ify ms country. For the last three
years every effort made To bring lis creditors
10 a compromise, and at length The sale Of the
princcly establishment az W anstead was deter
mined as the only means Of adjusting their
claims. His residence ID that place seems 10
have been productive * ruin rather than OF adj
vantage TO The MAJORITY Of the tradesmen. To
the poor carrier OF the village, he owes 1901; to
a travelling fish m0nger for fish for the stew
ards table, 400l; TO one butcher, upwards Of
6OOi and so on with all classes These we
think, have stronger claims on tlie sympathy OF
their countrymen than the man who by his vices
has ruined them, and who has still enough left,
in shape of his wife's Jointre, TO enable him to
live in spicndour.
The London Courier, June 90, says" The
peace Of Europe will not be disturbed. The
Congress that is to be held at Florence in Sep
tember, will be removed from thence 10 Tero-
na"
A public dinner was 10 be given in London TO
the Columbian Minister.
The net produce Of the Revenue or Great Britain.
exclusive Of Tire arrears Of the war duty malt and
property for the year ending July 5, 1922. 81
325 568t being increase the conesp pending
producs Of the preceding year Of l,654,05l The in
erase the customs $780, 1861 and the excise
79l393l.
ITALY.
The Pope has issued rescript strongly en-
forcing the reading of the Holy Scriptures.
SPAIN