Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-12-07
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LA Ed RUM Il UNITE
New YoaK. Dec. by the arrivals
~ this port. and the Rasselas at Bos.
n, we have Liverpool advices to the
2Sd of Oct. and London dates to the
10th inclusive.
By the Criterion, from Havre, papers
from that place to the Slst, aud from
Paris to the 10Th of Oct. both inclusive,
are received. They contain no intelh.
Gence of Importance.
LONDON, Oct 10.
The proclamation of the Governor
OF the Ionian Islands against' the GresSs,
excjtes universal odium. The French
j surnals spsakof it in terms of an
measured Reproduction, and our own pa.
pers are all loud 10 its condemnation;
nav, we have good reason for stating,
that Ministers themselves disapproVe
of the step, for it is not contended
that thew wore not entitled 60 view the
ships under the English flag conveying
troops. ammuDitioD, sc. for their enc
mics, as Turkish in every sense of the
word, and that they were entitled to
treat them as enemies. The order to
seize and detaiu all armed vessels, or
vessels carving armed men, fitted out
by or under, or acknowledged the au.
thority Of the Provisionsl Government
of Greece is a piece Of insolent basha.
wry which no one can defend, and no
one attempts to defend. Such PEI
rem psory mole of proceeding woold
not certainly have been adopted towards
q powerful State, and it is utterly un-
worthy of the Government Of great
nation like this. to adopt line of pro.
csediDg towards people In the situa-
&ion of the Greeks, which it would not
adopt towards powerful State.
Information from Corfu to the 18th
Of Sept. i. avery way satisfactory to the
friends of Grecian liberty, for it ap-
pears that on the llth of that month,
in the nsishborhood of Cos, the Gre
clan fleet, to the number of SO ships OF
all descriptions. encountered the con.
bined Turkish and Egyptian fleets, and
after severe contest. the BsrbsrlsDs
sustained another signal defeat. Two
of their frigatss were burned during the
action, and 50 transports were destroy
ed. Three corvettes we're captured,
and the loss of the Mussulmen iu lives
was very great This infor nation has
been received by way OF Legborn,
Trieste and Marseilles. The London
Courier, ackDow lodges that the Greeks
have gained great advantages over their
enemies, and that little chance now re-
mains of the Government of Mahomet
beiog ever again restored in the classic
and Christian fields of Greece.
This was holiday at the Bank of
England. and also on the English and
Foreign Stock Exchange. On the
ROYAL Exchange a great deal of busi-
ness was done in various descriptions OF
Public National Securities. The Con-
sols for the Nov. settlement, opened at
e6a buyers: during the day some heavy
sales were made at 974; but there exists
much confidence in a considerable adj
vance soon occurring in their value,
and they closed very firmly at the
opening price There were many buy
ers Of Greek Scrip bot at the present
prices none of the real holders will part
with their property. An advance OF
fully 8 per cent on Saturdays prices
were freely offered, but the Proprletors
could not be tempted. for the success OF
thi. nation has created as much conf
deuce 10 its public credit, as it's public
virtue has excited upbounded sdmira.
ton. There is trifiiDg decline 10
Portuguese Bonds. Those of Spain
have advanced nearly per cent siDce
Monday, Mexican Bonds have oontinu.
ed very steady at COZ, and a considera'
BILE quantity of business has been done
in than Old Colombian Bonds are IN
demand at 79 a 80, and those of the Iast
loan a, 7Sa 20.
Average prices of Grain for the IL
maritime Districts, for the week en6pg
October o, 24:-Wheat, 500. Cd;
Rye, 34s Cd; Barley. SIS I'd: Oats, 2os.
Sd; Bsans, Sc. lid; Peas, 38s I'D.
Pans Oct. IL.
Letters from Odessa, of 26,b of Sep.
tember. contain nsws from Constants.
nople of the 18th. AT that time Lord
Strangford had not Quilted that capital.
He seems to be under some embarrass-
msnt The Courier, who brought him
from St. Pe.ersbugh the official iofor.
nation of the appointment of the Mar.
ousss de Robeauspierrs to the post of
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