The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-08-25


His saddle and bride trimmings were very
heavy, and all of gold. He has very soho
and Intelligent countenance and piercing eye'
We were very near him, and he gazeo al US
some time as he passed He has certainly ac-
complshed wonders, by way of reform, during
his reipn thus far, and have no DOUBT ne -
tho greatest man that now sits upon thtohG.
Would that he were good as he is great:
is heart chilling to reflect upon the quantity OF
blood he has been the instrument OF shedoing
among his own subjects, to say nothihg % us
.cruelties to the Greeks. 1t is supposed that oy
his order, at least sixty thousand persons nave
been beheaded or strangled. This ;nciudes
the Janissaries, thirty thousand OF which were
massacred in one day.
FAMINE IN IRELAND. Distressses among
the poor in Ireland are very general. Inc
Traiee Mercury states that potatoes were
selling at IS. per peck. The laborIng man
earns but Sd. per day, and his daily allow
ance is insufficient to provide one meal OF
dry potatoes for his family. Thousands
were out of employment, and typhus fever
was setting in. The Ennisk;llen Reporter
saws the present state of distress surpasses
any thing experienced in fifteen years. The
Mayo Constitution remarks 1t IS melan-
choly to behold the hordes of poor who daily
creep about our streets. Potatoes are SELL
,,s by the sack at Al and Sd per stone"
and scarcity of potatoes in the several parts
of this extensive county, especially towards
the west, have reduced the people to the
lowest ebb of human suffering" Not r
shilling could be obtained from the tenant
ry for rents. They were without the
means of paying. The Sentinel asks "where
will all this end?" 4 letter from Dublin says
";Oatmeal which is never thought of as an
article of food in the south OF Ireland, SO
long as potatoes can be had, Is now eager-
ly bought up at 16s. the hundred weight"
At Limerick, oatmeal had advanced to 2Os.
per cwt. Potatoes, Cd. per. stone. At
Waterford, oatmeal 20 to 2ls. potatoes 3
to Sd. per stone of IA lbs. At Londonder-
ry, June %, oatmeal, from Us. to lbs. Sd.
per cwt. of 100 lbs. In Newry, soup
house had been opened, which served pint
of soup and half pound of bread to each
of the poor.-.Salem Gazette.
LIBERAL DISTRACTIONS NJ. de Boigne, a
wealthy individual, residing 70: many years at
Chambery, France, died on the q June, leav-
ing will, the particulars are as follows TO
each of his servants legacy of from ,5OO to
| 10, geo francs. To his brother and his nephew,
property to the amount of 300 900 francs. 10
his physicians, agents, relations, not fortunate
in life, and some private friends, legaclss, to
nearly 100000 f.. To each of his grand-chll-
dren, male and female, born, or who may here
after be born, 209,0 600 fr, payable on their be-
coming Of age. A sum OF fr. per ann. forev-
err to each of the poor in the Hospital of La
Charlie, the Orphan Hospital. and the Refuge
Tor Mendicants. An annuity of 10000 fr. to
his widow. His son is heir to property amount
ing TO between 900 fir. and $4,000, 600 fl.
He has left TO the town of Chambery the re-
version Of a property in which his widow has
& life estate, estimated at about 400, 900 fr or
500 900 fr. to be laid out in enlarging and embel
fishing the town. In his lifetime he made The
following muni6cent donations For the con-
struction of theatre at Chambery, 400 900 fr. /;
Mendicity Depot, 100000 r. to tho Hospital
for Sixty Old Men, 200, 600 FIR. for the es-
Establishment of College and stipends for Pro.
fessors, 300, 900 FIR. for the augmentation of
the Library, 10000 e. to beautify the front
of the Hotel de Vile, $4,000 fir. for opening
a new street, 100000 fr.; for an addition OF
thirty beds in the Hospitals, 300, 600 f.; for
providing linen and other necessarles for prIs-
oners, 1000 fir. TO the fremen of the town
"a 900 fr !; to the ChepGliers TireHTs, 30 900 fr
to establishments for teaching various trades tc
young girls. 100000 fr. The total amount oi
these lioerai ana noOIe oeneIactlons Is no less
than 3,675, 900 FIR.
MEXICO. A passenger who arrived at New
Orleans from Vera Cruz, states that the Mex
lean Republic still continues in a very unset
tied state, and that scenes of outrage and Vio-
| lence were of daily occurrence Guerrero, with
strong body Of forces, which were rapidly
augmenting, was about making descent upon
the city of Mexico, and the last advices left
him encamping within leagues of that capital
On the 4th Of July, as the Dutch and English
Consuls were returning from the house of the
American Consul, on entering the gate of the
city, they were struck from their horses with
the muskets of the soldiers, although they had
permission from the commanding officer on
guard to enter, and the latter severely wound
ed. The captain, officers, and crew of an Amer
| lean brig were imprisoned "a hours, for having