The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-10-03

ask aid with reluctance; ~ their extreme
destitution cOmpels them to accept it.
In consequence Of the exhausted state Of
their funds, the committee for the relief Of the
poor in Manchester, were under the painful
necessity Of. disseminating the distribution
Of provisions to the suffering manufacturers.
Advices from st. Petersburg are to the Cd.
The Emperor had issued an order TO the
Russian armies on the subject Ofthe execution
of several couspiratOrs. He remarks: THE
Army is purged of the c0ntagi0n which men
aced it and the whole Of Russia"
*, LoNDoN, Aug. 10.
The Paris papers of Tuesday reached us
last night. 1t is stated in an article Ofthe Pr
Tote, under the date of Madrid, Aug. Sd, that
the Queen of Portugal has been persuaded to
embark on board British ship Of war, for
the purpose of being conveyed to this cOun-
try.
1t would appear from the same article, that
Spain has strong inclination to levy an army
against Portugal, but il unable to find means
for raising sufficient sum to meet the extraOr-
binary expenses which would thereby be in
Cured.
Thus nations, like individuals, are some
times prevented from committing wrong acts,
by the want of pecuniary means to accom-
plsh their desires.
Brussels papers reached town last evening.
An article from Berlin contained in these pa
pers, asserts that when the Duke of yelling
ton was in st. Petersburg, a treaty was con-
cluded between Russia, Great Britain, and
Prussia, embracing all the great questions of
general policy which at present engage the
| attention of all the cabinets, and on which, a
declaration Of those three Powers will be pub
ilshed immediately after the coronation Of the
| Emperor Nicholas. The article goes to as
sumo, that this Declaration will embrace the
affairs of America, as well as those Of Europe,
including the destinies Of Turkey and those
of Greece.
| A Paris paper of August 18th, speaks oil
the great extent of the opposition from the
Janissaries, and says they have many who ia
YOUR them, among whom are Dervises and
petty Pachas. The conduct of the Sultan
towards them is pronounced to be unjust and
| rash. -
The new ordef Of things in Portugal is pro-
ducing alarm and opposition among the Le-
gitimates. .s,There is general but concealed
movement OF present agitating the diplomatic
corps" The new charter is supposed to be
| the work OF the British Ministers. The Lib
erals in Spain and France approve it; but the
Olsras condemn it. In Spain it is proposed
to send an army to prevent the adoption Oi
the charter. But Castanos rdicules the pro-
ject.
CoMMuNIcArBD.1
| Downs Cs. SMiTH.-This cause was tried
| during the past week, by the County Court
now in session in this place, and involved the
question whether Eagle Bills, paid by the de-
fendant to the plaintiff, after the failure of the
bank, Doth parties being ignorant of the fact
was sufficient discharge and payment of
pre-existing debt. The question was discus
sed by S. Church, and C. b. Phelps, for the
plaintiff, and N. b. Benedict and r. Smith,
for the defendant and the Court after ma
ture consideration, expressed the opinion that
the bills, if there was no fraud in the defend
ant, (Which was not claimed by the counsel
for the plaintif,) constituted full and COM
piete discharge and payment Of the debt
There was however question Of fact involv-
ed in the case, as to the authority of son of
the plaintiff to receive the money Of the de-
PENDANT, which the plaintiff denied, and which
it was necessary for the defendant to establish
to make the payment good. Upon the latter
pointthe jury returned q verdict in favor of
the plaintiff. A.
VERMONT ELEcTloN.-TheV Vermont Watch
man of Tuesday last, says -'As to the re-
suit of the election for Governor and Lieut..
Governor, we are still in the dark. Our be-
lief is that Mr.. Butler Is elected but we are
by no means confident. There does not APP
pear to be anxiety enough. on the subject, E.
ven TO furnish what few votes were given.-
Judging from appearances, s.nobody knows
and nobody cares who is Governor. This
is not as it should be-. When the votes are
counted, we Will tell the people, il we can,
scho they Uoted (er.'
"CoEGRxssIoSAL ELEcfioN.-v-Int the First
District there is no election. In the Second
and Third Districts, Messrs. Mallary and
Wales are elected, without. opposition. In
the Fourth District, the votes, so far as we
have returns, are pretty equally shared be-
tween Messrs. HI. Allen and Swift; but a
sufficient number, we believe, have been thrown
for Messrs. ]. H. Allen and Crafts, to prevent
choice. In the Fifth District Mr.. Buck is
elected"
MAINE ELEcrfoN.--Hon. Enoch Lincoln
is elected Governor without opposition. In
Cumberland District, John Anderson; in.
Kennebec, Peleg Sprague; in York, William
Burleigh; in Lincoln, Joseph r. Wingate, are
elected members Of Congress. In the coun-
ties Of Penobscot, Somerset, Hancock, and
Washington. no choice. In Oxford District,
uncertain. Forsmemberse Of the State Legis-
lature, the election in most cases has been