The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-01

Admiral Rigny would forbid them. He was at VOurla. and has already sent nOtIce to SciO and the government of Greece. As Lord COchrane was informed, few months ago, that the allies would forbid the Turkish and Greek vessels to land on coasts not immedi- ately dependent on them, it is supposed that similar course will be followed in the pres ent case, and that there will be no repetition of the massacre of Scio.
 We learn from COnstantinOple. that the persecution of the Armenians continued, & great distress prevailed by the exile of thou sands of families who had no resource, but what arose from the voluntary contributions of the European legislations.
 Spdm.-The fears, as well as the hopes of the imbecile Ferdinand and his cUurtiers, are easily excited. monk from Havana has alarmed him with declaration that there is a tendency in that Island to revolution, and that if the pay of the troops should be de- layed the standard of rebellion would be i'm mediately raised. It is added that the com munication was listened to with attention.ss
 The King has quite recovered from the gout. A rumOr has been circulated within few days that the Royalist party had .un- furled the Spanish flag at Porto Cabello, that General John LOrga, was sent thiIher imme- diately from the Havana, andthat is expect ed that Barcelona, La Guayra, and Cumana, will follow the example. The Government has despatched orders to Ferrol, for the new frigate Restoration to be sent as soon as pos sible to Cadiz. It is added that battalion of light infantry, will he embarked for Terra Fcrma or Havana. Whilst the government dreams of recovering its ancient colonies a letter has been just transmitted to the Coun cil of the Indies, which was addressed to the King by monk of the Havana, in which he gives most alarming intelligence of the situa- tiOn of the Isle of Cuba. @
 France.-The proceedings of the Cham Der of Deputies had assumed an interesting and promising aspect. M. B. Constant and M'Dupin the elder had introduced proposi- tions said to be highly important, on the lib. erty of the Press Both of them demanded the legislative authorities to be produced un- der which the minister claimed the right of establishing the censorship durinc the recess of the chambers and one of M. B. Con- stant's plans has for its object to deprive the administration of the taking away prin- ter's licence, after his condemnation. A Pa ris paper expresses hope that the censorship will be nothing more than name, under the management of a chamber composed of the real. chosen Representatives of France.
 The French ship of the line Breslaw. which suffered extremely at Navarno, has been repaired, and was to sail from, Toulon for Milo very soon, and to be followed by frigate.
 The Viscount Debouchage has sbcen i'm prisOned for a debt on four bills of exchange accepted by him and not paid. although he is a Peer of Frrnce: there being, as it is de- clared, no law to prevent 1t.
 Welast week published an account of a most dreadful catastrophe, that occurred in Engand,by which about 40 persons were kill led. Late papers from Liverpool. received at New York, contain the following particu- lars of another distressing occurrence. Forty seven dead bodies had been discovered in the river when the packet sailed from Liver pool.
 ANOTHER CATASTROPHE.
 It appears that the New Quay Company at Manchester was to launch new fiat from the yard, and that she would be full rigged for the occasion. The time appointed was one o'clock, an hour at which a large proportion of the working classes of the town. consisting of men, boys, and glrls employed in the diff ferent factories are at leisure. great mum Der then succeeded in getting on board the vessel, supposed not less than three hundred. Precisely at one o'clock she glided along the cradle to her destined element. As soon as she got into the water it was observed that her position inclined to the righ. side; in moment after she struck against the opposite bank,and then turned over on her right side, her mast striking deep into the water. The consequence of this sudden occurrence was, that nearly the whole of the individuals who crowded the deck were plunged into the wa ter. The scene of this awful moment baflrs all attempts at adequate description. The spectators appeared to be panick struck, and alarm and terror were visibly depicted in ev- cry countenance. In the river the groans & wailings of those who were drowning and the cries of others for help while struggling to gain the shore amidst the dense mass of per sons immersed in the water. were lamentabIe in the extreme. Scores of men and boys were to be seen swimming towards either shore. some bringing companions with them; whilst others had the greatest difficulty to save themselves from destruction, owing to the attempts made by drowning persons to lay hold of them for safety.- While those painful sights presented them selves, many unhappy persons, unable to ob- tain assistance, were observed to disappear from the surface of the water. In few mo- ments the greater number had succeeded in reaching the land but very many particular ly boys and girls, who had sunk more than A \ n1