Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-09-17

Lord Exmcuth returns to England; and
we remain in the Mediterranean a. flag
fhip Of admiral Penrofe. Lord Exmouth
arrived from London this morning, and
the Queen Charlotte, his has-fhiP, Is
now under weigh There is veflel now
aloDgGde with 4ooo cannon thot tor u.s.
Pirntical Oufrage--With great grief we
fate, that in the beginning of lait month,
leveral row-boats manned by roya!ists,
on the little inand Of Patio, near the north
ern Bocas, in the entrance into the GulPh
of Paris, and which belongs to England,
and robbed, plundered, and murdered
great part of the inhabitants on the
charge of being patriots. Among other
re6nements of the high minded .dignifed,
and generous Spaniards. in their treat
ment of thefe unfortunate people, they
put feven Of them TO death by cruci6xion
yes. eruejfsd )evsn BritJ6 Jayeets, and
by other means put to death all that tell
into their hands
Sandwich Ndnds following is
from a French paper "A new Com
mcrcial nation has arisen in the Sand-
wich lizards, the whole of which have
become iubject to the chief, poaessed of
great talents, .fpeaking the Eng ilh Ian
guage, and CONFORMING to Englifh man.
ners. He has taken into his fervice, a
great number of English and American
sailors, and has procured from the latter
some venels, on the model Of which he
is contracting others, and forming ma
tine. This prince carries on lucrative
commerce with China, which, together
with his commercial relations with the
Enel and Americans, have procured TO
his country great wealth and abundance.
Hymsn on Crstcbe..-Earl Pon!ett has
lately received in marriage the, hand Of
Lady Smith Burgess, at her ladyfhip's
houfe on Picadilly Terrace. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. Mr..
Carr, brother OF Sir Henry Carr. The
Duke Of Clarence gave away the bride.
The bridegroom is in his Off year
the bride is about the fame age. He re
ceived with her 10000 ready money,
but her ladythip'sproperry is much more
comfortable, as her former hufband, the
late Sir John Smith Burg.fs, left her the
great bulk of his fortune.
Ageyine Expedtim'-Much furPrife has
been excited by the return Of the Thames
and Dover frigatrs into port. They ac-
companied Lord Exmouth. The g1ea-
ter afouilhment is produced on hearing
that they are to be paid off. l, was fup-
poled TO be the intention of government
to take permanent poAeilion of Algiers,
but this conjecture has been disproved
| BY the return Of these frigates. and BY a
nearer acquaintance with the force en-
barked fuired to the land fervice, which
would be wholly inadequate to fueh a
purpofc.
The Dey of Alsiers has united all the
other Barbary powers i'll his caufe. Al
Lsrache, town belonging to the Empe-
ror of Morocco. feveral Chriitians have
been afIaainatcd, the ihips in the harbour
burnt, and their crews tent into laveTy.
Turkiih fquadron is about to be fent
to Algiers
Mjfeilaneous LnfeMgenee.-Lord Exs
mouth failed from Portsmouth on the
morning of 2sth July.-It is faid that a
further reduction is intended in our mil
itary efablifhment-A letter from Paris
fpeaking of commerce, fays the itagna
ton fill continues colonial produce is
in little demand sections have fallen, and
cofiees are in no requett but fugars have
experienced iligh. increafe by the
Bruflels papers, We find that the Ruflian
miniaer, Count Czernichiff is now on
his way to Vienna, charged with impor-
tant difpatches to the Emperor OF Auf
tria.-Ihe French papers ailert that the
harveit in Spain is 70 abundant that plas
ces cannot be found wherein to fore the
grain. :. ...yys.s.
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