Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-21

bers to 10, 900, have been mainly supported bv those spinners who remained in full work II in other places, particularly in Manchester, Hyde, and the neighbOrhOOd. The master | resolved, in consequence, to ! reduce the wages of those employed, while l the turnout continued, and published an ad- l dress to the operatives. who met m great numbers tO consider it, at the Norfolk Arms in Hyde. The club room in which the meet | ing was held, is 15 yards long and yards wide. Six or seven hundred persons, inclIi- ding females, attended at half past 8; and m about an hour afterwards two beams gave way by which about 800 persons were precIp'tateo into the room below. The floor of that room also gave way and the whole mass deecen. ded into the cellar. The noise was heard all over the town. A scene OfhorrlDIe confusion eusued. Twenty mine were killed, and ten or twelve others were not expected tO recover.
 National Tribute to OConueA.-Severa' parish meetings are about to be held m Dup lin, in furtherance of the object to present a tribute of national gratitude to MT. O'Conneil for his exertions in the cause of civil and re'I- gious liberty.
 Eroof;ers of Moldauia, March &C.," Ac- cording % the last news from Jassy, the Rus s;an headouarters will march by way of Folks chan to Bucharest, and arrive there the 27th Anril. but still there are few preparations at Jassy on account of this removal. Ihe marching of troops towards the Danube, ny wav of Fokschan, and to Bulgaria, by way of Isaktscha, continues without interruption hut of the cavalry many are dismounted' ana win not get their horses before the end ot A. nr;l. The provisions which the army receive ont of the South of Russia, are very great, particularly immense quantities 0f hay' trans norted from ThekutZ, and FOksehan 10 GaI- iaez and Brailaw. A chief magazine will be established for the army in Bulgaria., ana pontoon drawn over the river at PeroIestkoi' at the entrance of the Jalanitza, into the Dam ube. The building of the bridge at H'rrow IS urged on very much but the conveying the materials gives much trouble, as catt'e TOT draupht are scarce, and the want of forage and Excessive work, have produced sensible ravaees amongst them. The Danube IS quite
 frae of ice near Gallacz, but at the breaking
 mn many lives were unfortunately lest. The
 roads are very bad.
 There is little expectation that the opera
 t;ons in Bulgaria will commence before the
 hepinning of May. The Divan of Moldavla
 was recommended by the commanding Fle'o
 Marshal to engage to furnish in the course o'
 this wear 24, ,OOO oxen, and also to take care of 80. 900 horses, which will pass Moldavla m inc course of May. At the head quarters
 of Jassv 100, ,OOO ducats have lately been re-
 ceived.
 A bloody but indecisive action. in which a. bont 80OO were engaged. Is mentioned as hav- ing taken place in the neighborhood of Bazaar dix. jik Letters from Odessa to the 14th ult. state, that a considerable portion of the Russian ar my, under General Paskewitsch, had receiv- ed orders to embark at SebastopoL, for an sx= tam footing at this place, with any consid- erable force, they will cut off the cOmmunica- ton between SchOumla and COnstantinople, whilst the Russian fleet will intercept all sup plies by way of the Black Sea.-Other let ters from the same quarter conjecture that the troops embarked at SebestOpol for Bour- gas, are designed to make a direct attack on Constantinople.
 According to letters from Corfu, apprehen- sions were entertained there, and at Constan- tinople, of rupture with France. This is said to have been prevented for the time on- ly by the strenuous efforts of Sir F. Adam It was feared, however, that the removal of Redschid Pacha from Greece, to the post of Grand Vizier, would greatly augment the danger of military collision between the Turks an0 the FreOCn.
 Letters from Eucharist of the 9lst ult. state that wounded soldiers were arriving daily at that place, and that there were frequent en- agreements between the outposts of the hostile enemies. A division of the Russian army had marched to invest Silistria. GhiurghevO 1t is said was regularly besieged, and the thun. der of the artillery from that quarter was in- cessant. The Russians mean to attempt throwing wooden bridge over the Danube. it is supposed near Ghiueghevo. Count Pah len had left Jassy and proceeded with the troops to Siberia.
 IHe Earthquake in Spaia.-A letter from Madrid of the SOth ult. gives the following summary of the damage and loss of life sus- tained by the dreadful cOnvulsion of nature
 "Murcia, capital of the prOvince-Not a single chnrch or edifice that has not been considerably damaged. The bridges of Sc- gura, which unite the two parts of the city, have suffered materially. Several houses have been ruined, and a great number of per sons perished. Carthasena-1'he quarter of Serrata has been ruined. Saint Fulgencia has disappeared. Rojafes, La Granja, Cox. San Miguel, Callosa, and several other cities & villages have suffered great deal Ofinjury. La Mata is a heap of ruins the earthquake has dried up two salt lakes.-Torre- Vejo- Not single house is standing, the number of killed and wounded is very great. Orihuela Some edfces have fallen the number of