Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-05-20
INTERESTING EXTRACTS

Of litter fran, one sf or navaf oDscers, 70
biz friend in Bsfoa, dated at Cadiz,
Maycb orb
:" In January We again failed for III
giers. The batteries Of the itrong city
again prefent formidable appearance.
The Dey has finally concluded TO accept
our treaty, though when ligning il be
faid he was on his back while We pre-
tented knife TO his throat-but of this
you probably know more than We do.
In January we reached Gibraltar, We
found the celebration of the Carnival had
rendered il much gaysrthsn ufual Some
nights the ftreets and houfes were filled
with pcrfons masked. Mafquerades arc
found to be 70 demoralizing (if the word
may be ufed) that they have been pro
hibited by mott of our fate legihatures.
On the 10th we departed and anchored
here on the 28th nit.
"Cadiz is regular, we'll built city,
nearly INFLATED, containing fifty fix
thousand inhabitants. 1t has public
fquares, and the alameda, for walks -
this is next the fca and has p.eafant
profpect of the bay, &c. A church that
was commenced fome time in the 10Th
century, is admired for its architecture.
Ii will never be completed for reafon
that checks many acknowledgement Of
funds. II isreported that his Catholic
Majefy is hottie towards the U. States.
The people of Csdz have not eyincrd
fuch difpoiition to nay knowledge The
mutual changes in the feafons that have
produced 70 much diitrefs in parts of Eu-
rope, and our country. appear TO be ex
tending to this neighborhood. Though
this is faid to be always a time of the year
when rains are frequent, none has fallen
for conGderablc time paif. Procef-
iions are otter met in the itreets, invok-
ing the faint, Whole buGnefs it may be
TO furniih water, to let them now have
a fupply. The only public amufenents
in this chriftian country are 20 be feen
at the circus on Sundays.
Resrenchment and economy are the or
ders of the day in every part of Europe.
We have before US another proof of it in
late Vienna gazette, which announces
that the Emperor, in order TO give an ex
ample, has abolifhed all the perfonal ei-
tabiihmen's of the Imperial family. On
the 9Th February. and for the hrft time
for many years, the Court all dined to-
gether and there were prefent at the
fame table the Emperor, the Emprcfs the
Archdukes and the Archduchesses. This
is beginning at the right end.
Royal Lang vtty.-Therc are now liy
ing Gxteen Soyereigns 10 Europe, who
are of or above three fore years Of age /!
The Britifh King is the oldelt, having all
mott completed his 10Th year the Duke
of Anhauk Dehau is II years old. The
Pope 75--the Elector of Hefe 74-IIen
ny XII of Reuls 10 the King OF Sweden
90 the Langrave of Hefe -Hemburg
6e 4; the King of oaxony 81; the King
of the Two Slci.ies 90; the King of Sar.
DINA 60; the King of France 90 the
King OF Bavaria 81 the Duke of Olden.
burg 81 the Grand Duke of Mecklen-
burg Schwerin 90 (; the Grand Duke of
Heiie 90, and the Grand Duke of Sake
Weimar 90.
1t may amufe the reader to learn the
ages OF the other Potcntates of the old
world
The King of Portugal ia 50 years of
age the Emperor of hultria 10 the
King of Denmark 4o the king OF Prus,
fla At the king of the Netherlands az !;
the Emperor of RufIia 10 the king of
Wurteuiburg SO ! he king of Spain "a ;
The Sultan Mahomct 81 the Duke Of
Sake Cobourg 81 and the Duchefs oil
Parma (late Empress Of France) IS. The
latter has renowned hertitI of Empires.
n Proclamation before Us begins :-s We
Maria Louisa, Imperial Princefs and
Archduchefs of Aultria, by the Crate oil
God, Duchess of Parma, Placen,ia,
Guastolla,' SC. SC.
a French trigs ate has arrived At ST. Do
mingo,with dispatches from the black mon
arch Of Hsyu; but being addressed 10
General ms cad OF King Lhrislophe, they
were returned
A subscription is forming in Virginia to
defray The expenses Of Monument to
Washington, 20 be erected il that State.