The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-05-31

gives his ear too readily 10 the inslnua-
lions of ill-disposed and innovatiDg re-
formers. Ii adds, that the Government
itself seems now inclined to attend to the
subject, and plan is said 10 be in con-
temptation TO employ these mercenaIies
in time of peace, when moi engaged in
military duties, on works of public utili-
". This vii! be the bondage of Egyp-
tan slavery, and only disgust the soldiers
more deeply. A mighty revolution is
evidently gathering 10 Russia-the first
heavings ofthe earthquake are already
feA-but it will burst IN unmitigated iu-
ry II no distant day. Not a syllable is
said of the Greeks or Turkey in these
papers; the Press of Petersburg is un-
der too strict q surveillance"
LONDON, APRIL 90.
Uuder date Of Corfu, March 23, we
find an article which describes lbrahim
Pacha 10 be on the point of making a
grand attack on Missoonghi from differ
ent quarters, and with every prospect
Of success. Greece is stated 10 he in
great danger, but it is mentioned that
thu Lord High Commissioner Of the lon
, ian islaDds had acted in such manner
as 70 create an impression that he had
received instructions 10 prevent Misso-
loughifrom falling into the hands of the
Turks. Russia, France, and England, are
saidto concur in wishing TO bring the
contest to . close. Ii IS added, that on
= the Goth, Sir Frederick Adam had re-
J CURED thai the operations against MiSso-
e longhi shmld be suspended. as he under
e stood an rider to conclude an armistice,
: if not alFady received, might be expect
e ed :omConslantinople. To this lbra-
e him P,fha objected, on account of the
i Sacrifices which had been made by the
Port. Sir F. Adam. is represented to
haw replied, that if he did not yield
With good grace, to the common wish
A I the Allies, submission would be COM
+ pelled.
= Nothing is here said of the fortress.
J. he Greeks are reported to have OBJ
=. Iained some naval successes.
e Courier.
The Constitutional states, on the cred
!. OF letter from Lisbon of the 31st OF
d March. that Don Pedro was proclaimed
J. King of Portugal on the 9th iimmedi-
l. htely after the arrival of an express
rom London; but the editor of the Brit.
Bh Press seems 10 doubt the truth of
he statement.
= ], is said, that GOO slaves have been
captured and liberated on the coast oil
Afrjca, during The last twelve months,
is by the squadron under the command OF
h Com. Bullen.
II Distressing .Acconnt.-We lament 10
state, (says the Liverpool Mercury Of
7 April 81, that SO great is the depres-
b sion of trade throughout the country
+ generally, aud in the manufacturing
Fl places in particular, that thousands vi
\ unemployed people are reduced to
4 famine and misery, In Dublin there
q are 1000 looms lille, and Is 900 per-
sons unemployed, all of them in a state
of starvation. At Bradford. 5000 fnmi-
les require charitable relief. In Glas-
e gov, affairs are still gloomy, and i, is
IS supposed 10000 operatives are idle.
: TThe stock of goods there is. however,
u believed to- be low. Great depression
s is also felt in the iron trade, and in the
birmingham manufactures. la Man
y chester the distress is great.--There,
I 10000 Of the necessitous poor are re-
ceivng the benefit of charitable cOntfi-
; buttons, dispensed in provisions of the
4 cheapest description At Hume the
2 poor are partially relieved in the same
Fl maonar. The Bolton paper gives a
! frighiful account Of the dreadful misery
1 prevailing there. " Hundreds of tami-
: lies (says the Chronicle) are reduced to
7 one meal per day of thin oatmeal and
water porridge; and many cannot obtain
full meal of this. Hundreds are with
out bedding, and are compelled TO sleep
with TO other covering than the rags
which they wear in the day time ; the
greater part Of their clothes and bed
, ding having been pawned or sold 10 get
dren. and every veslige of furniture
seized by their landlords, for rent.
There is scarcely house in which dis
ease has not followed 10 the rear OF
sgualid poverty aad medical men.
when called in, declare that il is ou' OF
their power to afford any help, as the
only physician required are the butcher
and the baker. The small pox,o pecu-
Ga"iy MALIGNANT nature has made its APP
pearance upon Bolton Moor, and is raging
with terrific violence" The subscrip-
lions are nearly exhausted--At Black
burn, during the last nine weeks, $4,000
individuals, more than half the popula-
ton Of the township, have been reliey-
I'd weekly with food.-This has saved
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