Litchfield enquirer., 1829-11-26


According to one Of these letters, should il |
succeed in re-establshing the form ofgovern-
ment which existed before the Revolution, |
the commercial regulations now ia force in |
the Island Of Cuba would be extended to
Mexico-that is to say, the trade with foreign |
nations would be left open.
The MrXicans in Paris, even those Danish |
ed from their country, hold, however, Il very
different language. They maintain that the
project Of establishing Spanish dominion 10
South America is ChimcrcaI, that the Mcxi-
cans will unite in opposing every attempt Of
the Mother Country 10 regain her former as
cendancy.
Spain.-The National debt is to be redu
ced by a reduction Of the revenues Of the
Clergy.
Destructive Rre.--On the morning of the
eth of October, a fire broke ont in ManChes
ter in the exteosive warehouses bniOnging ~
the company OF merchants trading TO and
from Liverpool Leeds, York, and Halifax.
and communicated to the warehouses of
Messrs. Barnaly and Faulkner,carriers to and
from Manchester and Hull, which, with the
company's were destroyed. About half past
| five the FIRE appeared to assume most for,
midahlt aud terrific aspect four barrels of
gunpowdcr, which were on the premises, be-
longing to Messrs. Holland and Curtis. drug
gists, exploded. and shook the lettering tim
| berS like earthquake, and caused them to
| fall instantly down, and with them part of
| the brick work. The warehouses, being full
of bac ST cotton, burnt with a rnpidity that
may b, EASILY imagined. One fireman was
killed bs the falling of the walls, and several
badly injured. The extent of damage sus-
tanned canDot AS yet be estimated: 700 bales
Of cotton IN the c"mpany's warehouses, be-
longing ~ ariOus persons in Manchester and
the towns ia the neighborhood. together with
500 loads of malt were amongst the property
destroyed.
frmed by our latest English papers. As late
AS the 4th Of September it held out against
its besrigers.
A rapture is said to have taken place he
tween the Pacha of Egypt aud the Grand
Seignor.
Sir Hudson Lowe, celebrated for his i'll
treatment to Napoleon Bonaparte at St. He
lena, lately died at AK la Chapelle.
COnstantinople, Sept. 1.-THE news con
sPiracy of the Janissares was defeated Just be-
fore it broke out. The object is said to have
been TO murder all the great men of the EN-
pire, and all the Franks now here, and to re-
store the ancient order ofthings. They were
proceeded against with the firmness peculiar
to the present Government.
The occupation Of Adrianople perhaps
heightened the courage of the Janissaries, on
the superstition that they would be supported
by the Russians, as even the heads Of the
Guilds, who were always connected with the
Jauissaries. positively refused to obey the or
der OF all Mussulmep to take up arms. AT
this critical moment began the arrest and ex-
hN f,f
Daud Pacha, where the Seraskier resides
When they were got rid of the execution of
the others at Consfantnople commenced, and
there are still daily executions here at the
corners OF the streets, and in the market pla- |
ces. Several coffee houses frequented by the |
conspirators were pulled down. The execu-
tons took place in new manner, have
several. Formerly the criminals
were beheaded, standing with their hands tied
behind them. the execrtioDer holding by the
lair of the head; now they are made to
'neel, their bodies bent forward, and the
cad bare. The executiOner puts an olive
ntO their mouths, makes them speech in
heir fashion, and fourishes his sabre several
ines as if he were going to strike. In some
Instances this continued some time, probably
o prOlong the criminals fear of death in
'thers the speech was very short. The sabre
8 two feet and a halfiOng, carved towards the
'0lnt; and the executiOner Yields it with
10Th hands with such ease, that the point al
Ways struck against the pavement. The head,
\ hich sometimes rolled several PAGES, was
'laced under the criminals arm with tina face
urned towards the feet. The heads of those
Who were not Turks were placed between
heir feet. label in the form of a heart sta
ed the crime of the delinquent it was fixed
IN the body, and both left exposed. For
nerly the exposition was for three DAYS, but
low the bodies are cast into the sea the fol-
owing morning. The number of those lately
executed is said to exceed 500. Among them
ire 16 Of the Chiefs Of the Guilds all the
others are deprived of their Offices. A Jew,
Who had love intrigue with Turkish fe-
male, was hanged. A Greek was beheaded
or saying to "A tailor. " 50 you still make
hose trOwsers' wiz. for the new regular
ra0ps.) AFurkish woman was hanged in a
ack for attempting TO fire house. The
anne fate was allotted Ia two Turks for at
empiinS TO set fir, IA fortnight ago. To the
euitan's new Palace, on the Asiatic side of
ne Bosphorus. Only one instance is known
n which the Seraskier, who directs the in
'estIgatI"n, showed some indulgence pardon
was not TO be Thought of. One Of the Janis.
'arirs begged for his life, saying he had wife
anu ch'iuren to support; the Seraskier sent
Tor tnem, and said, Your children are now
my children. and your wife shall receive
monthly sufficient for her support you may
therefore be easy The children were imme-