Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-10-28


many, agreeably to The regulation of the
treaty of 1915 and return to Peters
burg by the way of Warfaw
LONDON, SEPT. /.
On Friday lait, the Lightfoot, arrived
at Whitehaven, from Havre. 1t is said
The is the 6rf vessel direct between the
two ports f. more than forty years She
brought, as proof Of the forward Fate
of the feason IN that part of the continent,
branch of an apple tree loaded with
hne fruit.
1t appears by the papers, that feveral
agents Of the Spanish Payiots are at
prefent in England, and have invited ma
ny of our half-Pay officers and other
young men into the fervice Of the Span.
iih Patriots nay, more, they have fuc.
ceeded to great extent, and by promise
of commissions in the patriotic army,
have induced many to embark. Are
thefe Engliih gentlemen aware of the
awful and perilous condition of the fer
vice into which they have entered ! Are
thsy aware that by an express article in
the law Of nations 1.-THE two governments
Of England and Spain being at peace
they are fu5ject to an infant military
execution I the being HUNG upon the
firR tree If taken prifoners by the Royal
;(fs. 1t IS ;necd almoft matter of al
continent 10 us, that the government
and magiAracy suffer this kind of enliit
nent, which is little lefs than entraPping
the youth of the country. Many Amer
leans have already been executed under
these circumstances, and we have no
doubt many Englilhmen alto, though
their names have not reached US.
is reported Spain is about to fed
re.ooo troops againit Buenos AyrS,
and THAI France is to furniih transports.
The Portuguese Government are un-
derftood to be about to withdraw th6r
troops from the banks of La Plata.
They write from Poland, that fores-
ter having head that reward OF 500
crowns was offered to any perion who
would kill woE which was the terror
Of the neighbourhood, refolvsd to obtain
it. This furious animal being accuitom-
ed during the late campaigns, to live up
on the dead bodies of the folders, would
NOT artack the hocks but would fly upon
the fheoherds aud devour them. The
forrfler took has child, oaly about two
wears old, and faltened it toa Tree near
lie cottage, with view to attract the
animal, while he remained upon H.
watch w.ea a musket. The wolf came,
aud was inffantly killed; the infant Gus
tanned nc injury, and the man claimed
the reward.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT 10.
The weather lately has been very ia
vourable for the harveif, great part of
which has already been houfed, and is Of
very good qualiiy.-In confequencc of
Will prefume the ports of this king
dou. viii be fhut against the introduc-
ton Of bread stuffs the next quarter"
The Liverpool papers say "pienty,
commerce, and happiness begin 70 revive
around us, and even without ssform In
Parliament, which Burdett, &c. faid vas
indispensably necefary 70 TINS revival.
An article under the head of Client,
Sept. +, fays, Many veiIels Of war and
nanfports have failed from different ports
of France for Spain, TO be employed in
an expedition to America"
A London paper says " Every idle ap
prentice thinks if he can get to Spanifh
America, he fhall become great officer
a sketch of the Military and Polit.
;cal Power of Rulia," has jua been pub
liihed ia London.-It is attributed to
sir Z. Wilton. There appears in Eng
land considerable dread of the Power Of
Russia