American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-05-26
From the Ner York .1mericnn, May 10.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.

The arrivals siom Europe last evening, bring US
very late lnellig ncr--of which, we tear we must
say the certain fall of MissoloLgbi and the maSsa
ere Of all its Inhabitants is the chief and most dis
itesslng incident. There is indeed some confusion
Of dates, but thr article below, from the Journal
des Deba. explains that too well ard inaamuch
as the Vaiilad-s an isolated fortified rock in the
marshes OF Missoonghi, and defending its passes
had y 4doub'edly oeen taken by assault, on presi
Gus day, which lays western Greece open to the
inroa1s and dcsssai ions of the Baf barians has not
happened Great as this disaster undoubtedly IS,
il will not tits hoped prove fatal 10 Greeian liberty
letter 70 the editor from General La Fayette oil
the 10Th April, thus speaks OF this event, " The
news OF the taking OF Missoonghi, while il has
afflicted every honest and liberal mind Is not. how
ever death blow to the cause" Aud very GER
tably thousands and tens Of thousands OF honest
hearts and liberal minds Throughout; Christendom,
will jim in fersent aspirations that il may mol,
prove
The next incident Of the deepest interest is the
rejection in the House OF Peers oil the law proposed
by the French ministry, rendering estates hereda-
~, and re-establishng the right OF rrimogennure.
THIS is no1e homage by the Peers, TO the enlight
encd principles of the age, a. OF the fundamental
character of France. The second clause in III,
proposed law, which was adopted is, when dis,
nected from that concerning primogeniture. harm
less. II merely gives father the right. under Ger
lain circumstances, to choose among his chiltrer q
successor to his estar, and to email il tor wo gen
eratGns.
TIVE French papers as far as they are permitted,
and our privte letters concur in express he b.
lief, that both Russia and Poland are in state Of
termenta ion
The Joufne DIES Deba,s OF the 18th Of April.
thus speaks IN relation 10 the fall oil VI s.olonghi.
Tbs is Chateauhriand's organ, and he is prom.
nen friend OF Greece: II must, therefore, We fear,
be taken authentic.
The last lingering doubts as 10 The fate of Mis-.
solonghl have disappeared, The news Of the day
before yesterday IS unfortunately confirmed The
confusion Of dates which yesterday caused US TO
cherish raw Of hone istxp!antd. 1t was the 9Th
March OIL Style, or the goth New Style that Nils
s)longh defended BY 4 OF 5000 men only capable
Of bearing arms. yielded to an assault which cost
the lives of some thousand Of the assaants The
bishop Joseph was burnt al slow Are the sick
the priests, the and the children, persisted
IN the flames of beleath the swords OF the Turks
he ma shes Of Mssoloughi are checked with the
decd The bulws k of Western Greece has al
len! - And why did it fall? Oh, nex.in
gu shaoe shame Of the French Ministry Two
french othte rs conducted the Rats armed with
nons-two French officers taught the ferocou:
Egyptian where TO place his batteries SO as mos
sffectualiy to ctush The Christians"
a Con.tanlinope paper Of The 18th March says
Mr.. Cunning has already had an audience with tn.
Res EHendi, and that he had sent him note ir
favor Of the Greeks.
London, April i6.-The Duke Of Welline,o OF
has, we learn, reached Br'lin on his return. H,
extremely well received by the Emperor: b1
HIS tailed TO effect any thing, and the question d
pace or war with Turkey remains precisely whsr
II did, excepting that the desire for war IN The peo
PIE and army is much more ardent than when hi
Grace left England. We are given to understan
that the Empress NJ .ther {wno governs) must 5
added to the people and army.
The Intelligence received from Greece since on
last leads 10 hope tina, the DOUBTS we expressed
TO the az heolieity Of the intelligence respec,in
Nissnionshi, WI" be couh med The journal d,
Eeoas OF Ft'd4y states, upon the au hority Of at
wees from Aneona o. 50 April, that il was on P
ros, place 10 the { ward of Anroiico the sttac
sas made which caused the report of the captn