Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-04-20
VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND,
New YORK, APRIL IL.

NEW YORK, April. ii.
The packet ship Columbia. Capt Rogers, ar.
riveo this afternoon from Liverpool, whence
she sailed the Sd March. By this arrival
the editors of the Commercial Advertiser
have received copions files of English papers
ana prices CnrTent to the day of her sailing.
Several petitions have been presented in
the House OF Commons from the radicals in
GIierent parts of the kingdom in favor Of
Hunt, confined in leicester gaoi.
The French Minister of War has publish.
eda letter honorably exculpatiug the I'D reg.
iment of artillery from any participation in
the conspiracy OF NAMES. The Minister con-
sdars, tina, all fears of internal commotions
10 France have wholly subsidized.
Tine debates OF the various pa, IS of the law
respecting the press lii France have finally
closed in the Chamber of Deputies The
votes on the adoption Of the law were, ayes
2l9, nays Is? majority 50.
Some Doubts are entertained whether the
laws re. tric;ing the press in France would be
ad"pted by the Chamber of Peers, as they
hsIf PASSED the Chamber of Deputies.
Ehc Continental papers are devoid Of much
interest An article dated Frankfort, Feb.
II. says, that Prince CantacuzeRe was on
his way to st. Petersburg. charged with
mission m the part of the provisional gov
Di SlSCSe AT hDSOS, 10
implore the support of the emperor Alexan-
der tor the Independence of the Greeks, and
10 submit to the Russian government The de-
cisio0 agreed to by the Congress Of Argos on
The subject os the introduction of monar-
chai constitution, the bases Of which are on
ly to be established with the consent of the
great European powers. Letters from Vi
emma announce that great events may be rr-
Pecfed an March, and that goar 6etgeeea Rus
SEA and the Porte appears inevitable bat
thousand letters have said so before.
The Spanish Cortes have recently decreed
that al Spanish vessels employed in the slave
trade are to be forfeited, and the owners fit
tiers out, masters, and officers, condemned
TO fen years hard labor on the public works.
All foreigners entering Spanish ports with
slaves OH board shall be liable to the same
penalties: and all slaves found on board shall
be SET free. We trust these regulations will
be seriously carried into effect
Mr.. Wilmot, the British under Secretary
of Stale, has denied, in The House CT Com
mons, statement which appeared in the
London Globe, that Instructions had been
cent to the West Indian Island, that the por,s
should be opened TO the direct trade Of the
United States, upon the principles Of reclpro.
city proposed by the American government
A rumor prevailed at The Royal Elk change,
on thu evening Of Feb. q, that the bank will
at length be induced to discount paper al four,
instead Of five per cent.
SITUATION OF IRELAND.
The stale of unhappy Ireland continues to
grow more aud more deplorabs. We cannot
possible give extracts this evening, and ruust
content ourselves by stating briefly, that
murders, roobeties, and buTnings, become
more frequen! every week: and the commits.
BOD OF these crimes continues 10 b. attended
by the most aggravated circumstances. In
the mean time. the strong arm Of the govern
TDent has thus FAR been exertet in vain to re-.
press the blood. chilling outrsggs
The Speci1l Commissions at Cork had Just
closed their sessIor, and, on lbp last day, sen
te1ce of death So0s passed on Mi1ty fee of
tie Whste JoyS! Many were sentenced 10
be tran pnriet Some If he worst If the OF.
Tenders were ordSfsd for en- e,rly execution:
and il was di,tinc'ly stated, that the pardon.
ing over would no. be extended TO one "
Aem, unless change wa' effected in the
nispo.itioa and conduct Of the people, so that
ffaUqulity .hould be restored. THREE Of the
thirty five we're recommended 10 mercy by
a7 jury
4 ne Star of The 18th Feb, states That
the Royal Assent was given on the IL,
20 n Irish IUsurreeIion Bill, ard to
che Il ssas Corpus Suspension Act.