The Litchfield County post., 1826-08-22
LATEsT FROM EUROPE.

London dates to the 18TH and Liverpool
to the 21st Of July, have been received at
Boston by the Packet Emerald, Capt. HOwes,
in the remarkably short passage of % days
from Liverpool. The Cotton market contin-
ued in very depressed state, and there was
no inthe manufacturing districts,
in some of which fresh disturbances had oc-
cured. fs-,..
The latest Liverpool paper says" The
condition and prospects OF the manufacturing
and mercantile classes have seldom been so
gloomy and unpromising as at present with
one solitary exception, all appears to be stag
nation and dependency"
The distresses in some parts Of Ireland were
so great that the bakers baskets were robbed
in the street.
The elections to Parliament were compile
ted,--an unusually large number of new men,
bers-one account says 170-had been retur-
ned.
The prisons Of London were overrun with
criminals, and the papers of that city COM
plain of the rObberies committed in the shops
and houses, which were more frequent and
numerous than at any former period.
Mr.. Price, the " American Manager" had
taken the Drury Lane theatre.
MIR. Southey, the poet, had declined taking
his seat in Parliament.
Mi. Beaumont's election expenses for North
cumberland were estimated at 100000 -
those of Mr.. Riddell and Mr.. Bell at ESQ, 200
each.
Another Arctic Expedition, under the COM
mand of Capt. Parry, designed to visit and
survey the coast of Spitzbergen, is to be fitted
out the next season.
The Liverpool and Manchester rail way
had been commenced with great vigor. 1t
is calculated that it will be completed in three
years.
In consequence of the long drought, there
had been extensive fires in Scotland, near the
rivers Don and Dee. 1t spread extensively
where there was peat moses and hills. Much
injury was done-and great number ofpeo-
pie were employed in digging to. check its
progress. A heavy rain also had more re-
Gently aided in getting it under.
It isstated in the Liverpool Mercury ofJuly
21st, that Sir WALKER Scott is not the writer
Of the Waverly novels. This assertion is
founded upon the declaration of Scott himself
in letter to a French gentleman, the transla-
tor Of these novels. Sir Walter had been
appointed Kings printer for Scotland.
Spain.-According to official lists sent to
the ministers of Justice, there arc in the Pen
insula 800, 900 beggars. Offhis number, An
dalusia furnishes about one third and it's one
to every third family. .s-
The King of Spain has issued new ordin-
ance, commanding all persons having books
or manuscripts on masonry, or other secret
societies, to deliver them up within week,
on pain Of being considered guilty of high
treason. =
THE GREEKS AND TURKS.
It is said that the Greeks of the island Of
Spezzia were evacuating their island, to con-
centrate their means obedience at Hydra. 1t
was said that the Seraskier had been beaten
by the Greeks at Attica.
An important revolution had been made in
the Turkish army. A letter dated Constan-
tinople, June 10, states that scheme has been
promulgated for introducing the European
method Of organization among the troops. 1t
was estimated that this measure, when carried
fully into effect would give the Porte an effect
i've force Of SOC, 900 men. In consequence Of
this measure, an insurrection of the Janissa-
ries broke out, which, it appears by a letter of
June 10. has been quelled. The rebels. to
the number of IL, 900, having retreated to their
Barracks, the barracks were set on fire, when
the chiefs surrendered, and were afterwards
strangled, to the number of SO, and the men
were put to the sword on the spot.
A letter from Trieste, of the Cd July, in the
augsburg Journal, contains the following par
ticuiars :-The packet boat from Corfu has
brought US news from the Ionian Islands of
June a8, and from Napoli di Romania Of the
18th. Redschid Pacha had not yet effected
his junction with Ibrahim, and was near Sol
ma, having made three unsuccessful attempts
to take that town. That part ofthe garrison
of Missolonghi which were able to escape, ar
rived at Napoli on the 7th, to the number Of
1900. The young women crowned these inn
mortal heroes with flowers. The new gov
eminent seems to display in its measures
more energy than the preceding; ITO Hydri-
Of and Spez2iot vessels, of which 40 are fire.
ships, are in the port awaiting the arrival of
Lord Cochrane. Col. Gordon had arrived,
and announced to the people, who were in
toxicafed with joy, the sD'eady arrival of the
English Admiral. Ibrahim is in want of pro-
visions and ammunition.
Christian Missions.-On our last page will
be found an article from the North American
Review. in reference to the progress Of ciyili-
cation at the Sandwich Islands. We do not
insert the article as containing any new intelIi-
gence upon the subject; for such Of our rea-
ders as interest themselves SO far in the cause
ofChristianity as to noticeits progress through
the earth, have long known that where mis-
sionaries, endowed with spirit from ON high,
have erected the standard of the cross, there