Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-01


Turkish troops; unruly and ungorernabIe they
were, but their slaughter and dispersion Is an
irreparahle loss to the empire. Often have
paused 10 admire their noble figures, the syme.
try of their limbs the arm bare to the shoulder,
The naked, noble chest, the fearless though
lawless look-these, too, were veterans, a. leas,
large pl oportion ofthem-men who would
6ght 10 the las, in the field, and had rooted
jealousy for the honour Of the Ottoman arms.
But they are gone-and long will it be ere the
Sultan can raise body Of meh to supply their
loss. Could these men have submitted to the
discipline, and adopted The European tactics,
the result would have been tremendou<. Europe
has never seen, not even when The fierce Sara
cen issued forth from the interior Of ASIA, a
more terrible or formidable body of men than
these janissaries, whose number was one hum
dred Thousand, would have been. About two
hours after noon the review began to draw TO a
close, the janissares began TO file OFT, not IN ST.
lence, 5ul lalking loudly and tumultuously as
they passed along, marching more like body
of Bedouins than disciplined troops. Many an
insulting wold some of them gave US as they
passed along; lhl, u, haviour was conhn how
ever To a very lew; in general they are content
I'd with Look, sometimes a good-natured and
smiling one, naughty and grave one, which
is in gsnei al what they are pleased TO adopt
Poor fellows! | have received kindness IRON
many Of them, whose heads, as we'll as The
countless ones Of their comrades, were not
long after piled in heaps at their master feet,
or thrown into the Bosphorus.A Travellers he
membranes.
Items selected from late English papers, re-
ccived at the Office of tie Aurora.
His majesty is in the Ell joyment OF most excel.
Ter, Health,
| The battallons That compose the British ar
my in Portugal will embark, towards the close
Of the present month"; Tor their respective des>
tnaions-abroad and at home.
NJ. de Metternich is on his way 10 London.
The troops are about evacuating Cadiz
The ministry of France and the Chambers
are in an unsettled and excited state.
There are letters in town from Lisbon This
morning, which speak very different language
! from the public papers. Whilst the latter were
congratulaling the people upon the sincerity OF
| Don Miguel who had taken the oath 10 the con-
stitulion, the former effect TO doubt his Royal
Highness's sincerity, express fears for the sta
billy of the new Constitution, and announce the
appointment OF Ministry hostile 20 the Con-
stitution. The cries Of Long live the abso-
Lutte King, Don Miguel The First" are vocifrr-
ated by the populace, and are not depressed by
the military:
We fear that we shall have 10 announce some
dreadful shipwrecks upon the Spanish coast, of
t. anspor,s and other vessels from this country.
The fate Of ole transport, the Amelia, is already
known: she had passengers & goods on board
masts, spars, chain cables, Sc. for the Mediter-
ranean.
The Edinburgh Advertiser OF March l4h
con, aims an advertisement Offering reward Of
7oolf oi the apprehension of the thieves and re-
covery Of the money stolen lfrom the Green
ock Ba nix on the 9th March The robbery
was committed about O'Clock Sunday morn
ing. The thieves, three in number, entered the
bank by ans Of false keys, and bore off, III
gold & bank bills, upwards Of So,oooi sterling.
A letter from Hlvre, cf March 10, per VIM.
Thompson, says--"The duty on Rice has been
raised from $50 10 "a, per 100 kill. The ar
,icle is dull. Cotton is in good demand, wilh>
out alteration in price Cochineal has declined
considerably-sales have been made az fig"
The SroPPAGE AT 2AwDEN This DISASTROUS
affair seems TO deepen in gloom. 1t appears
that at the period Of the suspension here, from
900 to 100000 were due by Mr.. Jeremiah
Thompson, the partner in New York, TO the
branch Of the aolshment in this country, and
Mr.. WIN Thompson, the partner on the En-
glish side of the Atlantic, was despatched 10
America by his creditors,t TO look after this sum.
Jeremiah, 10 he mean time stopped likewise,
and, according to Yankee fashion, made out
list of preferable creditors 10 whom he stood
indebted. The consequence is, that his bro
theirs brarch ofthe finn IN England will not be
able 80 recover shilling Of the money due from
n. York, and the hopes of the English credi,
tors from that score have, of course, vanished
into thin air. Mr. VIM. Thompson is,we learn
on his return hume to explain the business,
wher the mater we presume, will be finally
wound up-Leeds MteLlgencer.
Why is a percussion gun like Death? Because
it is a DET-A NAToR-(d-bt o na'ure)
The Subscriptions for the completion Of the
Thames Tunnel amount only to abou, 2,ooOL
and the directors have Iii the whole a fund Of
about ,ooOi The sum required for complet.
ing the work is at least 5,oooL
The ships Bengal Merchant, Phoenix, William
Miles, and 3ussorsh Merchant, are now on the
eve of sailing TO New South Wales and Van