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HALIFAX, JV. & FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 182-.
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THE "FREE PRESS,"
2?y George Howard,
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FOREIGN..
England. London dates to
the Sth ult. have been received
at New-York. In the Courier
of the 4th Oct. we find, in the
course of some remarks on the
liquidation by the French go
vernment of the claims of Brit
ish subjects for property confis
cated in 193, that the sum of
134 millions of francs, or 26
millions of dollars, had been
placed by. the French govern
ment in the hands of the British
commissioners. These com
missioners are authorized to set
tle not only the claims of Bri
tish subjects, but of inhabitants
of the Indian isles, of the Isle of
France, and of any others en
joying the protection and coun
tenance of Great Britain. Thus,
while all other people arc in
demnified for losses sustained
by means of French measures,
taken even as far back as 1793,
the United States of America
are contented to urse their
claims for more recent, and if
possible, more faithless spolia
tions, without even receiving
the civility of an answer. A
Greek from the Ionian Isles, or
a Creole from the Isle of Fi ance,
because he happens to enjoy the
protection ot treat lintain, is
put in possession of his rights;
hut a citizen of the U. States,
free and independent, is rmt
even thought worthy of an an-
r . '
swer, when he complains ol
wrongs sustained. It should be
otherwise.
France. The London Cou
rier of the 7th Oct. publishes a
Utter from France, which says,
that 4000 men were ordered for
Brest soon after the dismissal of
the Haytien commissioners, and
embarked on the 2Sth of Au
gust, and sailed to join Admi
ral Duperrc, off Martinique.
There were more troops to be
taken up and the whole to go to
St. Domingo. It was intended
to get possession of some strong
places, on healthy parts of the
coast, and then enter into nego
tiations. If necessary, strong
reinforcementswould come from
France, and a blockade would
be commenced by the fleet.
CHARLES X.
St. Cloud, Sept. 17. After
H) o'clock the King received
his Civil and Military House
hold; each of the persons, be
longing to it was named as he
passed before His Majesty.
Tht Members of the Cham
ber of Peers and of the Deputies
were presented, and the King
addressed to them with much e
motion,a discourse which made
a most profound impression, af
ter which repeated cries were
uttered of Vive le Roy. .
The following is the Speech
of the King to the Peers and the
Deputies:
'''My heart is too deeply af-
Ifected to allow me to express the
suuiimeius wnicn I lee!,' but I
should he unworthy of him who
has left mc such great examples,
if yielding too much to my I
grief, I did not preserve forti
tude enough to fulfil the duties
which are imposed on me. I
was a brother, now I am a King;
and this title of itself points out
the conduct I ought to observe.
"1 have promised as a subject
to maintain the charter and
the constitution, which we owe
to the Sovereign of whom Hea
ven has just deprived us, , Now
that the right of my birth has
made the power fall into my
hands, I will employ it entirely
in consolidating for the, happi
ness of my people, the great act
which I have promised to main
tain: "My confidence in my sub
jects is entire, and I am fully
v-euam mau snail hud in them
the samn sp.ntimnic
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spectto mc.
"I must add, gentlemen, that
comormably to the institution!
ot the King wnom we deplore,
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I shall convoke the Chamber
at the end of December."
The principal feature display
ed in the policy of Charles,
which has yet been developed,
is his formal abolition of the
censorship of the press. In
consequence of this measure the
Paris, papers already begin to
notice the reception of the Na
tion's Guest on this side. of the
Atlantic. The French editors
may now, if they please, com
pare the honors which we have
paid to La Fayette, to those
which they have paid to Charles,
and let them award the palm of
sincerity to themselves if they
can.
The Greeks. The following
is an extract of a letter from an
Am erican wntlpmin tn liic
r- . . "
"lend in JNcv-iork
"Smyrxa, 17th August. !
"In-the Morea the Greeks
have lately been very success
ful. We have undisputed ac
counts of three .battles they
have gained over the Turks; the
one on the plains of Marathon,
where they destroyed 10,000
Turks Greeks lost 6,000; an
other at Zeilun (near the Ther
mopylae) where the Turks lost
8,000 men, with a very trifling
sacrifice on the side of the
Greeks; the other at Arte, where
the Turks lost 22,000 men.
The Greek Government is in
Napoli di Romana. They have
paid off their troops with the
money remitted from England,
and they are disciplining their
soldiers in the Morca. "The
Greek cause is gaining ground.
The government is in undispu
ted possesion of the direction of
both army and navy. All the
sailors have received three
months pay in advance.
"The Turkish fleet left Scio
on the 12th for Samos, and as
yet we have heard no positive
news; the story, however which
appears the most-accredited is
that the Greeks have destroyed
nearly all theTurkish transports,
and that they have driven the
Captain Pacha himself from be
fore the island. There are up
wards of 30,000 Turks at Scala
Nova waiting to be transported
to Samos. They are said to be
suffering a great deal from dis
ease, and there, are more than
,8 or 10,000 disabled men in
their camp. They all begin to
murmur, and in fact we have
seen many of them return here.
un the . Island of . Samos the
Greeks are perfectly well pre
pared to receive the attack, and
are determined to defend them
selves to the last. We hear
they have closed all their wells
and poisoned their wines and
spirits." vV
Leghorn,- Sept. 20. A re
port, is in circulation. hern, thnt
the Greek fleet had defeated the!
Egyptian fleet near Rhodes.
By a latter from Zante, dated
the 3d of this month, we Tiave
the following particulars re
specting the naval action off Sa
mos, which having; been made
known by the two Greek Vice
Admirals to the Governor of!
Syra, was brought thither bv a
ship from Syra, in four days:
The loss of the Turks was as
follows, in the first action, an
Admiral's ship, two frigates, one
corvette, and forty transports::
mi iiu'WMiips. i ne second ac
t;on. twontv-nmn
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that the Turks have lost in all
seventy four ships, burnt, des
troyed, or taken.
"Mr. E. Blaquiere had also
arrived in a ship from Hydra,
in five day s and confirms all
these particulars. He adds, that
the remainder of the whole
Turkish fleet, consisting of se
venteen ships, had retreated to
Boudroun.,'
A letter from Bucharest an-
nounces the receipt of letters
from Constantinople of August
30th which slate, the operations;
of the Captain Pacha against'
uamui iiavu noi succeeaea, ana uuu men, nad at one time ap
that this Admiral has suffered' pronched Calcutta, with excited
considerable loss, but without considerable alarm. ThnlnhoK;.
giving any detail on the sub-,
j " - niai u.c
lPPf. hie otfop o,MD 4k Ulli;.. o t . i .i
u reeks have interrupted for the!
moment, the direct communica
tion between Constantinople,
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and the Captain Pacha, by the
aid of a division of their flotilla.
which cruises at the entrance of
the Dardanelles, and has captur
ed a good many Turkish vessels,
laden with ammunition & other
articles for the Turkish fleet.
Spain. A letter from Ma
drid, dated Sept. 12, states
"Amongst the prisoners taken
in the late affair at Almeria,
were , a citizen of the United
States of America, and two Bri
tish subjects.
The American;
n i ... i f r t
uusui mieriereu in iavoroi nis
countryman, and succeeded it
getting Ins case reterred to
Madrid. The American Min
ister herb demanded, that the
misguided man be tried accor
ding to the law of nations; and
if found guilty, thre could be
nothing said against justice bet
ing executed on him. The an
swer was immediate a free
pardon from the King, on con
dition that the man be sent out
of the country. The two En
glishmen were executed, and for
precisely the same crime and
measure of offence committed
by the American; for they were
taken in the same act, and were
together at the same moment.
I have not been able to learn
whether any attempt was made
to intercede for the unfortunate
Englishmen."
Defeat of the fishantees.
Despatches from Cape Coast
Castle, dated the 12th and 18th
July, have been received in
London. On account of the
absence of Earl Bathurst they
were not opened, but it appears
uuui uik statements ot private
letters, that the principal battle
took place on the 11th July,
wnen tne Asiiantees, headed by
their king, and in number about
15,000, approached to attack
the Castle. For the first time
our troops were enabled to bring
field pieces against the enemy,
who suffered tcrri bly from the
grape and canister-shot poured
upon them. During the action
the left wing of the allied and
British force wheeled round and
burned two of their camps. The
loss on our side was estimated at
500 killed and wounded; but
that of the Ashantees was much
greater, and their main body
was in full retreat. On the 12th
and 13th skirmishes took place
with some detachments which
had been left to ' cover their
rear, in which they also expe
rienced considerable loss. On
the 22d of July nothing further
had bet n seen or heard of them,
ami it began to be thought they
were on their way back to their
own country.
War in India. The Edi
tors of the Philadelphia Gazette,
have received information from
the supercargo of the ship Fac
tor at that port, that the Bur
mese War continued to raire.
The British had boon Knntnn it
several nlaees. 1 Hit h.ir? final I v
succeeded in taking Ragoen, and
were closelv hrsiprrincr Am Tt
is also slated that5 the Burmeh
Army consisting of nearly 200 -
tants had commenced packing
iijuus etc DUt DV ThP
timely arrival of reinforcements
the enemv were forrpd hnh
$G000 per month was offered
I UHVi (,U
for vessels to convey the British
troops up the river.
From the Dublin Mornintr Tosl
Sept. 24.
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rIrJZS !dtnaf--
Yesterday, a nuptial nartv was
assembled at the. house of a most
respectable gentleman in Up
per street, when a scene
of rather an extraordinary na
ture occured, whereby the nup
tials of the "happy pair" have
been postponed ad H7fi,
Carn?es were in attendance to
convey the bridal pair and com
pany to church, when an alter
cation took place between the
bride elect, and the bridegroom
that was to be, which ended in
his making his escape through
the window, and over the raTls
in front of the house, halloed
and pursued by a crowd which
the uproar had collected. We
understand that the young lady
has ten thousand pounds to her
fortune. '
Hayti.A letter has been
received in Philadelphia dated
Porto Rico Oct. 19th, which
states that a French fleet had
been seen passing down be
tween the islands of Dominique
and St: Lucie.
Capt. Stanwood, arrived at
Boston in 16 days from Cape
Haytien, informs that an inva
sion by the French was expec
ted in the spring and the great
est preparations Were making
at the ape, and throughout the
' island, to repel them every
man capable of bearing arms,
was oruerea in requisition.
Smith America. The Bos-
ton Palladium of Tuesday week
states that a gentleman in this
lty, who left- Truxillo on th
7th September, corroborates the
uiwucuuc which we puniisncd
i few days ago, relative to a rL
vil-war in Guatemala. Hpc
that a massacre of all the whites
nad taken place at Leon, amoun
ting to 110 men. wnmpn
children; and that the communi
cation with the interior, and
liuxillo, was cut off Tht
cause of these unhannv commn. .
lions was supposed to arise from
tne ammtion ot a few Creoles
who-were desirous to crush the
government and place every in
dividualon an cqualitv as tp
lates to nronertv. An inri.v
criminate plunder of all proper
ty of the whites took place Af
fairs wore a most dismal aspect.
From the Hartford (Conn.) Times.
Electioneer in sr. An evhlhi.
tion of a novel kind for a meet
ing-house, took nlace. in East.
Hartford on the day of the elec
tion. T likenex nf Jr,h n
ftdams was suspended in front
of the pulpit, in full view of
uie meeting! This gained for
him twentv-fnur vntfc
J 'VIVO U6
told. We should like to be in
formed in what manner those
who voted for him evinced
their adoration for the image
when passing it to deposit their
ballots,
Detroit, (Mich. Ter.) Oct. 22.
Fatal Rencontre. Last
Tuesday an elderly man, named
Laurent, who lived jn the vicin
ity of the River Rouge, about
six miles from this place, per
ceived two Indians in his field
digging potatoes. He immedi
ately went up to them "and re
quested them to leave the field
they refused; on which he
took one by the shoulder and
endeavored to push him out of
uic-iiem me inaian resisted,
and in the scuffle, threw Laurent
the field the Indian resisted
down. A son of Mr. T- a m,itl,
about sixteen years of age, at
this time saw the situation of his
father, and catching a club, ran
to his assistance. On comin0,
up, he perceived the Indian that
was unengaged, with a knife in
his hand, in the act of striking
his father and struck him so se
vere a blow; upon the head, as
to cause his immediate death,
and then rescued his father from
the hands of the other. A num
berof Indiansja few hours after,
assembled near the spot, which
caused some alarm in the neigh
borhood, and in the evening a
party of troops, under Capt.
Webb and Lieut. Walker,
marched to the place; but it was
ascertained that the Indians as
sembled only for the purpose of
burying their comrade they
have shown no intention to re
venge his death.
Mr. Jacob Tripp and wife,
exhibited in this village, on
Thursday last, a child fourteen
months old, weighing fifty six
pounds, and which measured
two feet seven inches in height,
two feet seven inches round the
body, nineteen and one quarter
inches round the head, twelve
i'n(hp round thp naf r U i
1 and nine and a half inches round
' the arm. Dutchess Y. Y, Ob$