Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-04-21
FOREIGN.
From London papers Of 18th and Liverpool Of
the 18Th March.

restrictions and charges were
about TO be done away in the case of
vessels arriving from the Mediterranean
with clean bills OF health.
The Liverpool Advertiser of the 18th
of March, says, otis with pleasure we
announce that Mr.. John Quincy Adams
has been elected President OF the Uni
ted States of America"
Two fast sailing vessels had been dis
patched from England for Batavia, to
purchase all the coffee and o:her pro.
ductions Of that island. The average
price of wheat in london on the 5th
March was 65. II.
Colonel Stanhope, brother of the
Earl of Stannope, had committed sui
eide. lie was subject to fits of %insani-
ty, occasioned by a wound he received
in Spain. Col. Sutton, brother to the
Speaker of the House of Commons.
died on the 9Th March, in the 42d year
of his age.
Lady Byron is said to have been con-
fined to her room ever since she heard
OF the death of his Lordship. The Lady
of Lord Cochrane had been pronoun-
ced out Of danger by her physicians.
FRANCE, Settle object of
Prince Metternich's visit TO Paris. i,
now said to be an union with Austria
and France to oppose the aggrandize :
ment of Russia.
The freedom or grossness with which
The French Ministry are treated in the
Paris papers of the first order, NAV be
illustrated by the following editorial
sentences of the Journal dns Debats:
''Ihe head of the Ministry declared
6,utishly IN the Chamber of Deputies.
&c. He spoke like one who had never
addressed men; like a depository of
supreme power, ignorant of the true ma
ture of the royal authority and deliber-
alive assemblies, like the leader of a
party making il bis sport to insult and
degrade his party"
This language is not the strongest
specimen that could be cited.
The Chamber of Peers has adopted
the Piracy Law, 1870 to 10. We pre-
sumo the law relates tn the suppression
of piracy, and conforms to the princi-
pie recognised ia the laws Of nations.
INUNDATIONS-lt is stated that
III the kingdom of Hanover, the water
covered an extent of twelve square
leagues. About 1000 houses were I'M
der water, and upwards oftwo 200 per-
son persisted.
TIE CREEKS-The latest ac.
counts from Greece, mention that the
Greek government was well aware that
the Turks were making great prepara-
tons tor the next campaign. and felt
fully persuaded that it would be the
last their enemy would be engaged in.
The Algemeine Zeitung repeats the ru-
mour of the surrender of Patras to the
Greeks. The Oriental Spectator, which
by the bye is a very doubtful source,
states, that the funds of the Greek loan
contracted in England, are all expended
and that The subscriptions raised by the
Philhellenist Society have likewise been
employed to pay troops, who otherwise
would have followed CoIocotroni. The
proceeds Of the new loan contrac-
ted at London were therefore impa-
tiently looked for.
The Paris papers state that Greek
committee has been formed in the
French metropolis to receive contribu-
tons and otherwise assist the Greek
cause. 1t is composed o ftwenty per-
sons, all of them of high rank and repu-
tation. The Journal des Debats ofthe
2Sth February remarks, that the French
loan to the Greeks, the objects of the
SC. are but indications of
the national sentiment towards them
will be'seenin amore marked eff
ficient manner-and that great events
are II preparation, such as the settle
ment of the policy of Europe, with re-
gard to Greece and South America, be-
fore the end of the present year.
The town of Santa Maura, in the
Ionian Islands, and several villages in
he island Of Leucadia, were DESTROYED
IN the 10th of Jan, at noon, by an earth
lGake-about 90 persons were buried
n the ruins, and a much greater num-
Der were wounded.
SPAIN-The Spanish Cabinet is
aid to have been unusually active, in
consequence of dispatches from Eng
and aud Russia.
Under the Madrid head there is lit
lie except the history of King Ferdi-
lands indispo>ition and convalescene.
The Gazette Of the 10th says
Yesterday, His Majesty dressed him
eff at eleven O'clock, and remained up