Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1830-04-13

TO 40 l-2, in consequence Of the arrange
ments which had been made by the three
powers relative to the government in that
country. The Courier says, I" We think
it proper to state as a fact within our
knowledge that the arrangements on that
subject are defnitively completed and
ratified. The supreme power is to be
be vested in the hands Of Prince Leopold,
with the title, we believe, Of Sovereign
Prince"
From the London Courier Of February %.
We last night announced the fact of
the appointment Of Prince Leopold to The
Sovereignty of Greece. The title which
is to accompany this accession Of power
and dignity is not, we apprehend, defni-
lively determined, but, as we already stat
ed, it will most probably be that Of Sove-
reign Prince.
! There are many reasons which lead us
to believe that this selection, made by the
three great powers TO whom Greece owes
her regeneration, has been the result Of
wise and considerate policy. In antique
/ ~ Of descent, and splendour Of alliance,
the Prince will stand comparison with
any, or with all Of those who have been
named as his rivals for the vacant throne,
while the moderation and firmness of his
own character, the habitual steadiness and
circumspection by which he has been uni
formIy distinguished, afford fair promise
of a prudent and conciliatory rule.
| noodlocc IN insist ,,,,on ha o1vo n
tage to the infant State of coming under
the government Of a sovereign recommend
ed by the concurrent suffrages ofthe three
great powers, and, at the same time, pre-
senting in his own person combination
of many Of those qualities which contrib
ute to the happiness and tranquility Of the
governed. A Prince, firm, moderate,
economical, and enlightened, if not exact
| ly the person fitted to confer dazzling
| splendour on the coronet with which he
is invested, is infinitely more likely to as
suage intestine animosities, to revive COM
mercial and agricultural pursuits, TO pro-
mote judicious and permanent establish
ments, to give consistency to national in
stitutions, and (if we may so say without
offence) to recall his own lawless and de-
moralized people to those habits of order,
regularity, and industry, without which
their continued existence as aflourishing,
or even an independent State, must be, at
best, extremely problematical.
The Norwegian Parliament (Storthing)
began its session on the LIST inst. at Chris
tiana, which is now the capital Of that
kingdom.
The reported arrival of HALL Pacha at
Petersbutsh 10 i-s-,ature. for, with all the
advantage of driving over a compact sur
face of snow and ice, he could not reach
that capital before the 18th inst.
From the banks Of the Rhine there are
letters Of the 10Th and 18th inst, which
in that country as here, was the time the
temperature changed from frost to thaw.
The conAux Of the Rhine and Moselle is
at Coblentz the ice on the surface of
the Moselle broke up suddenly on the
10Th, and drove with great violence
against the ice in the Rhine, which being
firm and solid, resisted the shock so that
the ice Of the Mosele was propelled over
its surface, carrying along with it number
Of barges and small vessels. Next day the
ice on the Rhine gave way, and the wa
tiers rose from the general melting of the
snow in Upper Germany. Vessels in ex-
posed situations were now driven against
projecting points of the hanks, or against
/ the piers adjoining the river, while num-
Der Of the villages in low lying districts,
| and even parts of the towns were flooded.
This took place on the llth, and the ear
| ly part of the 18th, but towards evening
on that day the waters fell, the masses Of
ice were partly melted. partly carried
down the stream, and communication a.
cross the river by boats was likely to be
soon re-established
LONDON, FEB. 22d--EvENING. This
day most numerous meeting was held in
the Egyptian.hall, Mansion house, Of the
merchants, shin owners. manufactures, and
traders ofthe City Of London. to take into
consideration the present distress pervad-
ing the commercial and agricultural inter-
ests. The Lord Mayor in the chair. The
meeting was addressed by Messrs Legg.
Whitney, Young and Richardson and Al
dermen Thompson, Wood, Waithman,
&c. and series of resolutions adopted,
descriptive of the general distress, TO be
presented to Parliament. Mr.. Hunt NOV
ed resolution in addition, which was
unanimously adopted, which stated, that
the distress was to be attributed to the
long, bloody, and extravagant war, waged
and carried on agaips. the liberties Of
the people of America and France, during
the reign Of George the Third. which war
was. it is true, sanctioned and allotted by
very large majority Of selfelected
House of Commons and that these dis
tresses will never be relieved till there is
real, effectual. and radical reform in the
Commons House Of Parliament.
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