iforeigm Petersburg, Oct. 3. -From Liv erpool, our advices by scvearl re cent arrivals at New-York are as late as the 2nd September. Of political news the articles are few and unimportant. We perceive indeed that in Portugal, a party composed of Priests and Nobles, have manifested u n equivocacy mp- toms ot dissatisfaction with the new order of things: But this was to have been calculated upon from the first the malcontents have doubtless been sccretlv en- couraged, if not stimulated to ac tion by the agents of the Holy Al liance; and probably the King of Spain, who has more reason for alarm than any other Royal Mem ber, has not been an idle spectator of events passing so near him. We however presume that Eng land, who it is believed recom mended the existing Constitution al System, will feel the obligation to protect the nation against for eign aggression; and surely the Portuguese if left to themselves, the great mass being at least con tent to live under a free charter, will be able to reduce to submis sion the Priviledged Classes, who are powerful only in name. We have no certain intelligence of the movements of Lord Cochrane; al though sufficient time had elapsed for the Turks to have felt the pow er of his arm in some of their mar itime strong-holds. The next ar rivals may bring us interesting ac counts of him at Alexandria, Smyrna, or Constantinople -notwithstanding a portion of his force, awing to defective machinery, has been detained in the English Ports . We con fess we have no extraordinary reverence for the motives which have prompted this adventurer to devote his talents to the service of the Greeks xvc certainly think him rather stimu lated by a hope of gain, than a love of liberty or regard for the rights of man but as fortune and fame unite with the cries of suffer ing humanity to summon him to 4he theatre of War in the East, we entertain the strongest hopes that, under Providence his bravery and experience will not be exerted in vain. With respect to Commercial af fairs, a slight improvement is per ceptible in the transaction of the markets; although we have but little confidence in the assertions of the London Prints, that any beneficial change of consequence lias taken place in the internal situation of Great Britain. The evils under which she labors, we fear, are too deeply seated for the application of private charities, bow liberally soever exerted, or temporary governmental expedi ents, to reach them her Mam moth Debt, her enormous Poor Rates, her costly Monarchy, with its trappings, have borne her down, until at length she is unable to meet the impositions which the necessities of her rulers demand She has no employment for her army or navy -her manufacturers, her commercial marine, are idle 1ier poor are starving. Where is a remedy for a state of things like thisl True, there are eras In her history, when like a gallant ship overtaken by a storm, and all the world despaired of her fate, she has nobly breasted the waves that threatened to overwhelm her, and by courage and constancy trium- plied over every aimcuiiy irue, there are many of the present gen eration who have seen her at sev eral periods stand in arms against combined Europe in array: But Knirland now. owinir to tnc cir cumstances we have mentioned, is not what En si and was in those days and her Ministers, able as they undoubtedly are,, will have need of all their fortitude to meet as Patriots the approaching crisis, and all their talents as statesmen, to preserve the integrity of their system. It appears that the British Gov ernment have determined to pro hibit our intercourse with their West-India Ports on and after the 1st of December next. This, we believe, has originated in no un friendly feeling towards the Uni ted States: and is done tncrely in aspiritof commercial rivalry Mr. Gallatin, we hope, before the day fixed upon for suspending the trade having a thorough knowledge of the subject, will be able to obviate difficulties, and place things on a better footing for both countries. Oct. 6. Since our last, we have no later accounts from Europe. Indcec weavers were about embarking! Petersburg, Oct 6; New cr(1) VOiion is uuw neeiy urounm j - - . t for America, in consequence ot tiie distress of the times. . An Knorlish naner savs that rinln Fnnfchnw' has been sent to Bermuda, by theBritish Govern ment, to' examine the defences of that Island,' us it is to be made a -. . . ... great naval depot, 'in the event ot another war witn tne u. ouues. This is taking time - by the fore lock. Greece The London Times states, that the affair of the steam boats destined for dreece, engros ses much attention. No obstacle is nrpsnnted on the part of the go vernment: but it is feared the de fects in the machinery will render them wholly unnt tor tne service intended. The most serious part of the affair is that the sum of JCIGO.OOO. nearly the whole re maining resources ot Crreece, has been expended in the construction of these vessels. A number of vessels, were fitting out at London said to be destined to join Lord Cochrane. . ; Reports continued, that a dec laration or manifesto would short ly be made by the European pow ers, relative to Greece. South America.. ..An arrival at Baltimore furnishes the important the more recent arrivals 'intelligence thnt thn dp1nrnt.inns have been in such good time, that from the republics of Columbia, nays oi even weeks may elapse I'cru, Guatemala, and Mexico, at before furtheradviccs arc received., the Congress of Panama, now Ta Our latest South American news cubaya, concluded, on the 15th is rather of a more pleasing cast, of July, a treaty of alliance and than the intelligence heretofore perpetual amity between those re received had led us to anticipate.; publics. In the general Congress, all the; A letter from Caraccas, rcceiv Repubhcs appear to have met cor-;ed at Philadelphia, says: "I must dially and deliberated . in harmo- inform you that Mr. Watts, U. S. ny. From Colombia we have in- Charge d'affaires at Bogota has formation of the arrival of Boli- been assassinated. I am not ac var, and it is stated that the delu- quainted with the particulars; but ded followers of Paez were fast the brief is, that he was in intrigue I uuiinig me sianuarci ot the m-1 with a ladv of that place, for which surgent chief, and flying to the 1 camp of Bermudez, begging for- but was refused; he accordingly pvcus aim protecuon. vve took the opportunity one day, (af hopc next to hear, that the return tor Mr. Watts had been to dinner, of the Liberator has been suffi-.and laid down to rest on his sofa,) cient, without a resort to force, to! stepped n aiui accomplished his nuuijuiiiny. UIIU IIHIL eil( continued presence will be as oil thrown on the troubled waters of his country. Int. i i i i n nnrl mofits with rnnnv snlr nt n. 10 cents Corn, S3 50. Wheata 33 cents. Int. ' Corn. In the present short, riess of crops which exists in ma. ny parts of our State, it will be in. tercsting to state that Corn of the new Crop has been sold in our market during the present week at 50 cents per bushel. Edcnton Ga:. Charleston, Sept. 16. A frm. tleman who arrived in town yester day, from Wilmington, fN. C.) in. forms us, that it had become quito sickly in that place. Cant. Afpr. ritt, of the brig Miller, of this nort had fallen a victim to the prevalent fever, and his mate and most of his crew, were down wjth the samo disease; and also many of the crews of other vessels in port. lhe Wilmington Recorder, in noticing the above paragraph, states that the death of Capt. Mer- ntt was caused by his own lniDru- dence, and that there wTere never so few instances of 'mortality in that place, during the summer "and tall seasons. Great Britain. The most im portant article which presents it- sen to tne American reader, is an Order in Council, which was a dopted on the 28th July, (but was not published until the 18th of Au gust) which among -other provi sions, goes to prohibit our direct intercourse with the British pos sessions in the West Indies, &c. after theirs day of December next. It is confidently alledged that a very evident improvement has ta ken place in the state of the trade, in every part of the country; but the distress is still very great. On the 31st ult. four defaulters in in the settlement of the time bnr- gains for the last account of Con sols, were declared at the Stock Exchange, and a considerable number of failures had in addition been privately arranged. The accounts were rather more favor able of the state of trade in Man chester and other, manufacturing districts. A number of Blackburn Xarijorottsl), TUESDAY, OCT. 10, 1826. We are under the necessity of attend ing Halifax Superior Court, which com mences week after next, as a witness. Our patrons residing jn that vicinity, who feel desirous to profit by the ad vance payment in our terms of publica tion, are informed that we will be ore- pared to receive Court week. it at Halifax durinjr Stump Eloquence. As ward meetings are shortly to be held in tins city, we have published in our first page a Speech copied from the Raleigh (Tarborough) Free Press, N. C. as a model for such orators as may wish to exercise their lungs in the primary assem blies, and are at a loss for topics. New-York Ev.Post. PIriscrtctlin our paper of the 19th ult. Raleigh, Oct. 3. Jude Man- has so far recovered from his indisposition, as to be able to at tend the Superior Court lor this county, which commenced yester day. There is confined in our jail, one person charged with mur der, two lor assault with intent to kill, and one with petit larcenv, all of whom will probably be tried du ring me wTeeK. Oct. 6. The trial of Wm. II. Roystcr, charged with the murder of John A. Browm in this Citv. came before the Court yesterday, and resulted in the acquittal of the Prisoner. Ren. Suicide. On Tuesdav last, Mr. Roderick J. Powell, Merch ant of Newborn, and formerly of Smithfield, Johnson County, ter minated his existence, by shoot ing himself through the heart. We have never heard of a more deliberate act of self-murder than this. Mr. Powell had come to Raleigh, on his way to New-York, but failing, as is supposed, to ac complish the object of his visit to this place, on Tuesday morning retraced his way towards Ncw bern. Mr. Taylor, the Sheriff of Greene county, who was travelling m a gigin company with Mr. Pow ell, says, he observed nothing sin gular in his deportment. About ten miles Yrom Smithfield, Mr. Powell got out at an old house, and wrote something on a, paper with a pencil, after which, resum ing his seat, they drove on. When wrthin a mile of Smithfield, Mr. Taylor says, he heard the report ofiirc-arms; and instantly M. Pow ell fell from his seat the ground he crawled a few steps, and died. Ih each hand was a pocket pistol, which having bared his bosom, he had discharged simultancouly, for Mr, T. says, the report was but that of one. In his hat was found the paper which he had stopped to write it contained directions to a friend to have him interred by the side of his motherland a!s

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