Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-05-08
foreign 9utei!igcnce.
BY an arrival a. Bottom in - day, from Liv-
erpoo,, Loa4sa papers to March Is, are re-
ce.ved: From which the following are


ce:yea. From which the following are
EXTRACTS.
MARCH rs.-Thc Gazette Of SAT-
urday contains notification from
Mr. Secretary Canning to the Mimi
ters of Ncatral Powers re!idcnt at
this Corrt, that his Msjeity has judy
Cd it expcdient to eltabsiih mott IL
gorous block ldc OF the lies of Maui
r.,ius and Bourbon.
MARCH There is reafon to
believe, that the intelligence relative
70 Sarago1a in one of the unofficial
Paris papers, is not true, and that
that noble city itil! holds outlet
rers have been received from the i'm
mediate neighbourhood of Sarragoha
which fate that on the 7sth ult.
j. was till in poncilon of the Patri-
oss-The French papers had itated
ii to have been surrendered on the
AFT.
Private letters from Holland re-
port, thar according to iecret arti-
Gle of the recent treaty between
Great Britain and Turkey, the Porte
is to Join with Au.tria in the war a.
painlt France, and Great Britain is to
furniih the Turkill. Government with
arms and ammunition at Malta or the
Morea. This Intelligence, it is faid
comes from Malta.
MARCH rs. The re6fance made
by Sarragoha will be tranfmitted to
pofferiiy as an luxurious proof of
what can be achieved by men of real
patriotifm and invincibIe fpirit' In
its fall and expiring ftruggle we re-
cognife every charaeteriitic which
diltinguifhes gallant and loyal peo-
pie, contendipg for the independence
and happiness of their native foil.
a refillance like this from an open
town, may be claned among the ex-
,raordinary events which have amaz-
ed nankind fince the 6rit revolution
a1y exploGon in France. The Iofs OF
the inhabitants is ftated at 10000,
executive of 1900 Priioners, and
1900 lick and wounded. The VIC
.orious ARMY mutt of ccurfe have ex.
perienccd very comfortable lois.
After the capture of Saragofia, the
next undertakings of the French
were TO be the ficge of Valencia, and
an attack upon Andalulii. King Jo-
ieph was to conduct this latter enter
prizc in perfon. A paris paper an
nounces, that before the end OF
March the ;nfnrection was TO b.
finally at an end.
Portugal is, VIC fear, long before
this time in the cnemy's poilshlon.
All reliance in that quarter matt
have been fruitleis, againit the fu-
perior force defined to enter il.
This morning arrived mail from
Canterbury, with intelligence to the
eth ia!t. The King of Sweden leems
unalterablc IN his determination TO
profecute the war.
Ii is flow affirmed with Tome ap.
pcarance of confidence, that Bona
,artc has fent the Royal Family OF
spain to South America, and that
they are actaalIy on board the fquad-
rn which lately efcaped from Lori
ett This ltep would certainly De
m ..ter.piecc of policy, if they can
be prevailed on TO act in fnbfcrsi-
enc: TO the projects of Bonaparte.
Che preface Of their lawful mon
ar.h would probably reconcile the
different parties which reign IN
South America, and unite them UNI
der one head bat whether Bona
rrte could long preferve his iniiu-
ence IN a place which his armies
cannot reach, is at ieait very doubt
ful point. BY great addrefs and a
concilia,ing fpirit, Great Britain
mioht iucceed in elfabliihing AN al
ceadency III that quar.cr, which
might ultimately prove the nor VII
liable of all foreign connections.
MARCH 1--WE have received
Paris papers to the 9TH init. The
tone in which almof every article OF
intelligence from Vienna is given'
indicates, every day, more itrongly
approaching hoitilities between
france and Aultria. We fele9 a
scw of thef- warlike notices, which