Plight of Irish districts details famine distress and relief
A Liverpool report from Irelands districts details hunger across four districts with 400 to 1,600 people in want. Letters describe deaths from famine, children eating grass, and widespread privation in Connemara Mayo Sligo Cork and other areas with relief efforts and concerns about pestilence.
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Liverpool Mercury
State OF Ireland
Liverpool Committee
Tuam
Liverpool
Connaught
Castle Raven
Sligo
Dublin
County Court House
Ballma
Seymour
Connemere
Ballynahinch
Clonakilty
County of Cork
T. S. Lindsay
Mayo
Greek Courage and Turkish Defeat at Patras
Letter from Athens by a French trained officer now leading Greek artillery describes the Greek cause flourishing. It notes important gains at Patrasek and the near destruction of Turkish troops at Patras. The Turkish fleet disperses, with ships wrecked or driven toward Barbary and Egypt.
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Greece
Athens
Polytechnical
Ypsilanti
Patrasek
Patras
Constantinople
Barbary
Egypt
Destruction in Scio and Greek Plight Report
A letter from Marseilles dated May 17 describes Scio’s ruin through Turkish sacking and arson. Churches desecrated, families enslaved, and refugees housed by the French consul as Greeks and Latins flee. The writer notes famine threats and seeks further updates from Smyrna.
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Marseilles
London
Scio
Caichio
Thimiano
Vassilonco
St. Nicholas
Frangoyuni
Alexandria
Smyrna
Mir
Trieste
Athens
Spain
Court Interventions Over Greece Confederacy Aims
Fragments describe European courts and agents tasked with interceding to secure a political existence for the Confederate States of Greece. The text hints at diplomatic efforts and mounting pressure on multiple states to recognize or support a Greek confederation.
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Europe
Greece
European Intelligence Summary From The New York American
The latest British news notes reform petitions rejected in the house of commons. Canning gains a corn regulation change allowing foreign corn to be ground for export. A testimentary injunction seeks 15,000 pounds to Olive, princess of Cumberland, with possible royal sanction. Ireland’s distress eases yet persists. Irish subsidies rise and prospects for crops in Clare look bright. One year’s noncapital trials total 6000, capital cases 2500, with varied conviction rates.
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Europe
Hercules
Liverpool
Boston Patriot
Great Britain
House of Commons
Canning
Olive
Princess of Cumberland
Charlotte
George II
Duke of Cumberland
Ireland
Clare
Spain and Portugal Sign Treaty on Mutual Military Aid
A treaty reportedly binds Spain and Portugal to aid in emergencies with troops. Portuguese forces are said to be sending a large body to Bahia with 600 men from Rio Janeiro having arrived at Paris. Madrid reports agitation in the Canaries with calls for independence, while pamphlets urge king’s overthrow. Spain remains unsettled but not yet in open rebellion against institutions.
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Spain
Portugal
Bahia
Rio Janiero
Paris
Madrid
Cadiz
Canaries
Quotidienne
Tercerola
Tribune
Greece in Turmoil Wracked by Strife and Destruction
Report describes Smyrna still in tumult and bloodshed as the oppressor presses the Greek cause. Scio remains in ashes after recapture by musselmen forces. Some inhabitants continue to resist in the mountains while a Greek fleet moving toward the Morea in May aims to aid Samians.
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Greece
Smyrna
Scio
Morea
Russia Turkey relations rumor claims peace. Odessa letter cites arrivals
An Odessa letter dated May 10 reports 50 to 40 vessels reaching Constantinople with word that all disputes with Russia were settled and that peace is sure, causing an improvement in exchange about four percent.
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Russia
Turkey
Odessa
Constantinople
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