Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-08-07

successful attempt to penetrate into Little
WallaclIia,. they were beaten back by the
COssacks and Pandours. =.
According 10 the Hamburg Reporter.
the letters from Bucharest represent the
city in a statS Of the utmost dependency.
and state that all who have the means of
doing Il are preparing TO leave that abode
OF pestilence and misery, and to seek re-
tuge IN Transylyania. At Kallafat, &C.
coiding to the same letters, the Turks
had been repulsed in an attempt to enter
Little Wallacbia, but in the vicinity at
Varna they had succeeded in cutting off
two Russian cavalry regiments.
| There is a London paper Of the 18th
IN town, which states that the Russians
have extended their blockade to the whole
Turkish coast. including Smyrna.
On the third Of June seven Spaniards
were arrested by the French authorities
near the commune of La Rogue, which
borders on Spain. Thev were armed with.
guns and pistols. and among them was,
Gen. Milans, who it was supposed was at
Montpelier. The Paris Constitutional saws.
that this Milans was a creature Of tbs,
Count DEspagne, Governor of Catalonia,
and that he with his men under him. tried
to get up mock insurrection on the from
tiers Of Catalonia. in order to induce the
Spanish COnstitutionalistsi in the south of
France, to Cross the Spanish line and ioin
their supposed friends, when they might
be delivered 70 the Count D'Espagne.
An article from Rome of the Both May
says. that daily earthquakes fill the inhab.
itants of Monte Albano with CONSERVATION
and an eruption of the Monte Cavo was
apprehended. The water in the two lakes
fell Is feet, and the trees began to wither
and smoke in various places.
Mr.. OConnell was making rapid nro.
gress throug h the county of Clare, in Ire
land, on bis electioneering tour. The
streets from town TO town, as he passed a.
long, are said to have been literally lined
by the population. The people are descri-
bed as IN state Of the most extraordinary
excitement. Sir Vesey Fitzgerald is his:
opponent. The Dublin Evening Pos,
says, that there is an ascertained majority
in favor of O'Connell.
There does not appear to be any i'm.
provement in tine trade of any description
in the manufacturing districts throughout
Great Britain.
Great fears are entertained from tho.
continued heat and dryness of the sum-
mer, oil short crop Of potatoes in ireland.
Large shipments have been made to Liy-
erPool and other places, and there,haye
been riots, IN the vain hope OF preventing
exports ofthe article.
Still there are rumors about the retire.
ment OF the Chancellor. The Duke of
wellington has endeavored to get in some.
OF the heads of the Tory party, but thew
relying upon the influence of the Duke Of
Cumberland with the King, and calculate
ing upon coming IN altogether, have Yefu-
sed to JOIN him. He must, therefore. have
recourse to the Wings. however little ha
may be inclined towards liberality.
FOURTH BULLETIN OF THE RUSSIAN. hamr
Camp before Silistria. May29
The operations ofthe seiee have alreadx
begun, and on the night Of the Goth the
hrst parallel was completed. In generals
the enemy gives us very little Interruption
IN our work. fn'the night Of the 9th.
however, he attempted sally in pretty
considerable force which was chiefly d.
rected against our LEFT wing, but he was
repulsed with loss
General Roth is engaged in completing
the UNION Of his corps before Koslandii
The Grand Vi8ier remains in his camp am
ShuJnla, and has only an advanced guard
at Balarik--[P russian State Gaz. June o.
London, June H.
Hall past seven O'Clock. Dreadful ru-
mors are current this afternoon respecting
Portugal. 1T is stated that upwards of 30
persons have been either poisoned in pv,s.
OIL or publicly executed. AMONGST Them
is Is, SAID to have been wealthy lady named
Mendez, whose only crime was refusing
to purchase her liberty by drawing from
the English funds, for the use ofthe usurp-
er, the whole OF her property in this coun-
Try. have endeavored to ascertain heth-
er 'heSe accounts are true, but cannot
learn. They are said to be dated Nav
SUN, but the Portuguese ambassador has
no letter of later date .han the Odd.
send you the letter Of that date, received
mere from person Of high respeciablity.
Lisbon, May %, 1899.
Our city has been for the last three days
IN the greatest agitation in eoBsesuenceof
several bands Of volunteers securing the
streets, headed by the cura tie of Barre;ro
,nsnls'Dg and attacking all those they took :.
ioi .he Pafnaans OF legitimacy, and COM.
uniting all kinds Of disorders.
| These disgraceful scenes have been,
carried so far, that to-day even some per-.
sons OF the lower orders (who had bther-
10 taken the part Of Don MigueD proceed.
ed to defend the insulted persons, attack
ing The satellites Of Don Miguel, and dis
persed them with stones.
In the prisons, scenes Of the utmost dis
tress and misery were daily occurring in.
deed, despair had arisen to such pitch