Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-09-24
INTEMPERANCE.


. ne Outch have squadron ElDg at
Gibraltar ard several moe ships ar ex-
pected TO join them, when they intend ma
king an a ack on AlgieTs in connection
with the fGglish heet.
The Ouch character does no, stand
very high, as they pass so much Of their
time in port; butt was refsorted, however,
,hat Que Of their trigases had taken IN Al.
gerine, after d spefase battle, IN which
the for mer lost l60 killed and wounded.
6 Gibraltar is complete garrison.
There are nearly eight thousand soldiere
stationed there, the finest loosing fellows I
ever beheld. he streets are filled with
people Of all nations, among them ] saw
some Algerines, most frightful looking OBJ,
jec,s. From morn till night there is a con.
linual buzz, it seems like fair.
81 visited the different batteries OF that
extraordinary far.ress. About live hum
bred fee, nearly perpendicular we entered
gallery, No !. It's "a battery cut out Of
the solid rock, ten feet wide, and eight feet
high. and extends nearly three quarters OF
mile in length, no light en,eringD except
,hrough the portfolios which gives il
gloomy appearance. No one without see>
ing il, can form any idea Of such an Her.
culran labour here are several other
galleries, also some remarkable caves no
end 70 one Of which has yet been discovered.
The top Of the rock Is seventeen hundred
and eighty fee, higs, from which YOU Can
see great distance into spain Here
g. pound carronade and long - are
mounted, how they Got them there Cannot
conceive.
Son our arrival At Naples we found
several Of their men Of war in the harbour,
but they instantly seem suspicious Of US,
and hauled i..to dock, rs soan as they dis
covered who we were. hey lave order
d us under quarantine of,wen,y one days
(Which does ~, look very friendly merely
because we Stopped al Gibraltar.
"FIom wacrc we nov lay, we can see
the place whsre once STOOD the city oil Her.
culaneum, alo the tomb Of Virgil, which
places intend to visit. Twas disappointed
in The view OF tie bay Of Naples. Think
il Boston harbour had few an,ient castles
20 set i, off, il would be vastly more beau.
,iiul Mount Versusius is however grand
sigh,--ln the day you can see about a.
much SIN Ike atisarensly as proceed. from
chimney tina, has been recently on fire-In
the nigh, you can Discovers blaze ohtars
emily Aboul thee or four feet high.
"We expect to visi, Messina, Palermo,
Syracuse, Algie.s, SC"
We may shortly expect to hear of,he at.
tack of the English and Dutch on Algiers.
The distance from Gibraltar is only about
l.. 4
pedilion mus, wish to decide its fate before
the au,umnal equinox In all The attacks
on .4lgiers for two centuries the elements
have remarkably CONQUERED 10 defeat them.
TIE FAMILY OF BU0NAPARTE
Remain scattered, and in noiseess repose,
The Chief. ~ ST. Helena, mot wihs. sndinr
al the silly f.b,icstions respecting himl g adam.
ing himself TO his ciTcums snces, as. wise msn
ught.
,sEpH is in Americs. making arr.urem.n,.
f,r the enjoyment Of que, old .ge, with hin
family.
Luc,EN. a, Rome. pursuing his studies, and
~duca,rg his children.
JeRoMa, At the court of his fuher-in.,sw in
Go m ~. doing nothing.
LouIl, at Luccs. playing his old part Of the
F." E.sy Man."
ne cas- anf arnts, and sleeps, ard then
lie eaas ard drinks andseeps asaia."
MARIE-LErirIA, The mother, and he, ,hre>
d ughie 5, ere u X me, and m the ne, caborin,
.9on'ries. They all have ample properly, aud
aeno. tsrnA'ed 20 NEEDLE with political If.
isl:s.
The war in ladi, ,as ended in new az.
qulsiliohs 10 the immense posscssions nf
Inc EEgish in thai Qpalye,.