Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-25
From the Me1U- York Eusn,ao po,,

h'hs' we AVIAN ourselves oil the following .,
tracts from letter dated London, which D."
pears in morning paper, Containing sor.e
respecting the present state of affair; !. IVY
kingdom, which we think will be re,d S'
some little avidity. VI"
Ertracts Of letter from London, LAa
If you rely upon our newspapers Won nu,
altogether in the dark as to the cordi, %~
Great Britain. They are the worst am l,,'a "
in the world. The Times, (Which csII s'i. D.
'lhe leading journal of Europe, has f,r .' "
last twelve months, done nothing bar sr."., VIZ
alarms throughout the empire To ifjooE."
its columns, the whole country is b,SL. "un
starving, and ruined. On the other b,nd 4PP5
Courier affects 70 be in the confidence oS Wy
nsters, and as in duty bound, will no, s1m;.
that the country is jim any danger of s,sry,,o"
or bankruptcy. The editor, who is CORN
lent, jolly, good-natured fellow, of my Dsnirn,
lar acquaintance, tells his readers that there :,
to be sure some distress in some of the mann
featuring counties, but ut will soon pass avav
if the factions are put down and the povern
ment remains firm. But to speak the Dlsir
truth, there is much distress, and distress #
the most heart-rending kind, in large Dart Of
the island. Professional business called me las,
week into the country as far as Durham. and
on my return | crossed over to Liverpool. and
thence 10 town. had thus an opportunity Of
observing (though very rapidly the general
condition Of the manufacturing popuace l.
is really terrific. The poor wretches who have
been thrown out of employ, are wanderinga
bout the streets and along the high roads, ina
state Of manifest restitution. When wplss,
ed some of these gangs" Of starving artisans,
was alarmed lest they should attack thecollh
take no merit to myself for saying, that ny
journey cost me, in shilling donations, three or
four times as much as intended il should il
is no wonder these miserable people are 2lmos!
desperate. However, do not apprehead aDr
thing like an Instruction The public qatho,
rites are so strong in civil and miIitars Ouv-
er as TO be able 10 put down any show o, com.
motion 1t is not easy to say how the22 dis.
tresses are 10 end Their causes rs Tot
apparent than their remedies. Eut * have
been SD often in similar condition aac haw
always triumPhed at last, that ia"er mT,
self that we shall once more escane roMH.
in. Ruin! really if stranger were 10 base
his opinion on London and LondoE baElis h.
would never suspect that We were an hing
but highly prosperous people. Cur SlTees p
bound With the evidences of wealth and baPJ'
ness. Carriages choke the public waT palace.
are building for the King and the Huk? Ot lori
the hotels lhronged with opulenr 5pendthri'j
the parks, theatres, operas. race cource2 x gan.
bling houses all crowded with the Sotarlcs Of
pleasure.
Only years ago, I heard the ChaOceI~
boast for three quarters of an hour OF our Hour
ishing condition, amidst the cheers 0! Inc
House Of Commons. In months all the pros
perity vanished, and nothing but resduOm
misery was left In 1918 and 1914 there VASE
similar tempest brooding over the empire "
passed away at the proper season, and we %l'
this will do the same.
All our information comes from some lalD"l
source / think the Turks will ultimately"
vail They fight witha singleness OF puFPo@,
and religious fervour, which must beat cow
the distracted, fucluating and i'll manage a
fairs of the Greeks. Some people think "0TI
rane will do much. | doubt it myself, g'SF'P'
Gallant and able as he is, he will lind II liPY'
sible to act with Greek sailors An otrcei Wv
has been stationed three years at Coru, 'oG Wv
a few days since, that from all his o3SeF'G,O'
he believed the Greeks, (alone) must YISIa,
The Greek committee here makes gre@' w.
but fear it is too hampered by clrcufnS'S"'''
to be of any very essential service.
You Yankees are the most interesting p'0P.
after all. From a mass of American newsPaaP'II
which | accidenlly met with the other cSh,
have learned more of your actual condition IVA,
ever before knew You are certainly the NV.
extraordinary people that ever existed w. ".
that which is almost as extraordinary a. ~,
rapid and extensive progress ofAmerca, = u,
ignorance which prevails in this country az
her and her concerns. For myself nave
therto scarcely seen more than single oHs'
Cling, Imprinted, undressing AMT "a.
newspaper. Very few of our home-keePl'S. ~
liticians, have seen even SO much. uu' ,.r.
newspapers tell US nothing. lhe7 .Uai,ei
themselves with saying: eve have Ss0, zinc
files of American papers which contain DO'' lin
of interest" Nothing of Interest! Ava ro.,
these paltry evasions. We dc not "F"' .LCa
messages, speeches, and political essays; W" h
are, indeed, of no interest. We ""D, I,s,.
proofs Of your social advancement, Jo1: ~,
tisements and statistical anecdoes. J: - ,;,a
Boston, New York, and Philadelphia =. 70 ~
to read of, but Buffalo, Cincinnati ar" -; e,aa
is. Pray have mercy on our darkne1S, 'Hu S:ar:,y
me over by the packet ships, all the ?'0'5 ras.
Gazeates you can beg, buy or borrow e gcri
ing Of America, we are TO have on1 oof.
..;,+and Druru IIa1t'