Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-05-07

| Representaiive Eiecf,on.-The meeting fol
the choice of Representatives was holden in
this town yesterday. The result was, the e.
! lection of sis full bIooded, uniform advocate.
Of EMBARGOES, WAR and TAXES.
Hail Commerce Hail Columbia happy land
We have received London dates 70 the 2sd, and
Paris TO the 3ist of March but the papers contain
| no news Of Importance. Ireland is 10 unsettled
state. The plague continued to ragej the Adri-
atic one village had been burnt to stop its rava-
! ges aud others were to share the fate. The
French Legislature about to adjourn, having
published declaration of their determination 10
adhere to the constitutional charter to protect
the rights Of property as they now exist; to sup
port the family the throne, and maintain the in
terests of religion. The sentences Of death passed
upon Gen. Debeile, has been committed into i'm.
prsonment for ten years by the nterccssion of the
Duke d'Angoulemc.
Gen. Rigand is shortly to be tried By the First
Council Of War, for corresponding with Bonaparte
while at Eliza.
II is stated that Ad. Plumplin is to have the
| command at St. Helena, in the room Of Sir George
Cockburn. .s
The foreign papers confirm the intelligence Of thu
death Of the celebrated dramatic = iicr Kofsebue
entitled "The Russian Prisoner Of War, /" ritten
by Mor,ty Won Kotzebue, son Of the celebrated
Kotzebue, who is Lieut.. Gen. in the Russian ser.
vice.
Louis the 18th has given orders for erecting stat
ues in honor Of tue celebrated Generals Pic.egrue
and lMoredu.
Letters from England mention that the Prince
Regent was much lndsposed with dropscal com
plant, which was thought to be dangerous.
0hA t0ttA anf Aho self 81 -. Al. -
fortunate Queen of France, will excite much inter-
est. It seems it was delivered to the person
to whom twas directed, but was intercepted and
delivered to the human butcher Robespierre. after
whose death it fell into the hands of Courtos.
British Pariiamenf.-On the 18th of March the
question, Whether the far Incomes. (being redu-
ced fifty per cent? should be continued for ,co years
was decided: for it 201, against il esq, making a
majority against the ministry of 81. This vote is
denominated The triumph Of a6'uence and arariee
Deer poverty and labour." The income tax did no,
affect the mddng and poorer classes, as all those
whose income was less than 20 dollars year. were
exempt. This ought to serve as lesson TO caution
the people not to place the government in the hands
Of saary-men and ofiice-hoIders, who are always
ready to vote themselves clear.
The PiagH.-The accounts from Bosnia furnish
Tue uioet metauCbofy uetals OF the ravages of the
Plague. The population of this Turkish province
is one million--and it is estimated that nearly
100000 persons have fallen victims 10 this fatal
distemper The Plague Of Separation has seized
similar proportion OF the citzens of Maine, and
will prove, in civil sense as fatal as that of the
Turkish Province.
Bonaparte's Brother 10, who as patented King
of Spain, has taken up his abode on the SchuyIkil
about four miles from Philadelphia once
Royal SLOVENIAN" has only to proc lain that he il
good democrat, aud he will be as great ia, orite
with the pretended equaity-men in this country, as
his republican brether Napoleon was, and would be
now--if he was in power.
The U. S. frigate Macedonian, capt. Warrington,
sailed from Baltimore on the 29th ult. with Chris.
topher Hughes, Esq special Commissioner from our
government to Carthagena, to require the release of
the American citizens who have been imprisoned
and their property seized by the Spanish authori-
ties, under various pretences.
Another baiot Of Paper .Money-C Congress have
agreed to issue another batch of Exchequers, Trea
sury Notes. This food of paper money furnishes
profitable matter for SPECTATORS, but in the end
must be redeemed by taxing the people--sO we go.
=" Never more prosperous"