The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-03-10
FOREIGN NEWS

London and Paris papers to tho goth Jan.
have been received in Boston and New York.
Extracts follow.
| TURKEY. Letters from Odessa, of the
23d December, contain advices from Tsmail
under date of the 18th. A few DAYS previ-
Gus, tremendous explosion took place on
board the Russian line of battle ship ST.
/ Nicholas: that ship, with four smaller YES
sells, were blown up. The account does
not mention the cause of the event, but
states that great mischief was done to
the town by the vessels and pieces of ice
carried to it by the explosion. Two ware
houses were completely destroyed, upwards
of fifty houses unroofed and shattered, and
400 other houses have not a pane of glass
LETT. The number of lives lost by this catas-
trophe is unknown, but six dead bodies have
been picked up, and forty-two persons are
wounded"
Intelligence, dated Adrianople, Dec. TO-
states that an act of amnesty was issued by
the Sultan, in the early part of the month,
to the Rayas, who, in consequence of the
events of the war, had pursued a line of
conduct contrary to their duty as subjects.
The latest intelligence from Odessa, (2Sth
December) is, that Hall Pacha, Ambassa-
dor Extraordinary of the Porte, has not yet
received his passports for st. Petersburg,
and some persons are of opinion that he
will not yet proceed thither. General as
constituent is excited by the numerous and
costly presents which the Ambassador is
charged to deliver to the Emperor, and
many believe that the Porte hopes by this
means to ifee itself from the contribution
under which it has been laid. Letters from
Constantinople frankly avow this intention,
and mention it as a reason for the Sultan
rejecting the offer of a loan. When it is
considered, however, what immense sacri-
tces Russia has made in this war, and their
dlsproportlon with the indemnity stipulated
by the treaty of Adranople, it is not proba-
BILE that the Emperor Nicholas will make
! further concessions"
| From a military gentleman, who has
! lately passed through the military positions
of European Turkey, we hear that no less
than $4,000 of their troops have perished in
the two campaigns, from sickness, of whom
l2,5OO have died of the plague at Varna
since January last.
GREECE. According to accounts from
( Eplrus, 5000 disbanded Albanese are sconr-
I ing that country, where they commit every
kind of excess. During the whole war the
inhabitants never suffered SO much as at
present.
From Paris papers.
The Heather on the Continent. On Sun
! day, at midnight, the thermometer marked
/ ii $40 deg. below zero, (Reaumurl or Z
deg. (Fahrenheit) Skaters on the Seine
were numerous yesterday, and among them
some females displayed their agility. On
Sunday, at o'clock in the morning, fiery
meteor was seen between the Rue st. An
DIRE des Arcs and the Marche DIES Angus
/ tins, which shed so strong a light, that
sentinel on duty at a neighDoring post, i'm
aglned that house was on fire, and gave
the usual signal; but the meteor soon after
disappeared. The flame rose feet above
the houses.
At Belleville, near Paris, the thermome-
ter marked Is deg. below zero, Reaumur,
on Sunday morning, at o'clock. At Au-
rillac, on the 26th, 184 deg. 1t is appre-
hended that much mischief will be done by
torrents of water, in the event of sudden
thaw of the snow.
In the department of the Upper Garonne,
several persons in that neighborhood have
( died through cold, and others have had their
limbs frozen. So furious are the wolves,
! that they descend into the towns and villa
| ges to seek for prey. A servant in the vi
cinity has been devoured by them, and sew
eral persons, who escaped with their lives,
are dreadfully mangled.
! Near Faux BONES, the curate of the vii
lage, returning on horseback, from visiting
sick person, was attacked by several
wolves, who killed both the horse and cler-
gyman: the latter was nearly devoured.
The postillion of diligence from Toulon
| to Marseilles was so severely frozen that
ne died soon after he reached his des:ina-
! ton. Three soldiers in state of intoxica-
| ton, being unable to find their barracks
upon quitting a wine-shop, were frozen to
death in the street. A peasant was found
lifeless near the botanical gardens, and a
custom-house officer persisted at his post in
the night.
! The ice on the Garonne and the Dor
dogue is so thick, that persons are able to
cross both rivers on foot. A considerable
quantity of wine has been lost, as, having
been frozen, it burst the bottles and casks.
In the country, the flocks and herds are per-
fishing for want of fodder and water. MANY
large trees, even oaks, had spill: through the
severity of the frosts. At St. Scindre and
other places, birds fell dead upon the fields.
The lands are peopled by immense focks of
wild geese and ducks, which suffer them
selves to be approached, and so plentiful is
game of all kinds, that it is sold for triae.
Communications with Spain become every
day more and more difficult, the roads be-
! ing impracticable on account of the ice and
snow.
| The cold is so severe in Spain, that nearly
all the rivers are frozen over to such de-
gree, that loaded carts pass them in safety,
even in the hottest provinces. This severity
OF the temperature occasions incalculabe
disasters. Several persons in Murcia. have
been frozen to death. AT Saragossa the
cold has caused such a scarcity of wood and
water, that alarming symptoms of discomfort
began to manifest themselves anoonc tho