Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1818-03-17

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Town Officers was holden In this town yes
terday.
ISAAC ADAMS, Esq.
was chosen Moderator, and the Municipal Of
6cers of the past year were reelected with
out opposition.
AT he meeting holden on the same day, for
the purpose of voting for County Treasurer,
ELIAS MERRILL, ESQ. received a unanimous
ballot for that office. The articles relative to
raising monies for the support Of schools, the
highways and the usual town expenses and
the general police of the town were commit
ted 10 various committees 10 consider and re
port at the adjournment, which is TO be on
the 30th instant at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
The British authorities at Eastport, Moose
Island) are making preparations for the i'm
mediate restoration of that place 10 the Unit
cd States and Massachusetts.
The officers of the U. S. Army who now
receive bIeyet eDouments, are only two
Brig. Generals, three Colonies, three Majors,
fourteen Captains, and three subaltems.-To-
tai g7. Ali the army brevets amount TO ~.
-a%e-
Recent arrivals from Europe have furnished the fol-
lowing articles of intelligence.
Jerome Bonsparte has been refused permits
sion to reside in Trieste by the Austrian Court
on account of breach of promise. Lucien
was at the Hague.
Las Cassas was at Egra in Bohemia deliv-
cred over to the Austrian authorities, it is said
be is to be confined at Graltz.
The Earl of Dalhousie is to relieve Sir John
Sherbrook as GOVERNOR General of Canada
and Sir James Kempt is spoken Of as Cover
nour of Halifax.
The London Gazette notifies the appoint
ment of Mai Gen. sir Peregrine Maitland 10
of Canada, in the room of B. Gore, Esq. re-
signed.
A report upon the military state Of France
has been made in the Chamber of Deputies,
stating the necessity of providing for the hour
Of danger, an auxiliary force proportioned to
s. the necessities of a legitimate defence"
This report had not been discussed.
The AIgerne Squadron infested With the
Plague had returned to Agiers and was dis
mantling.
An Austrian Consul General has been APP
pointed to proceed TO the u. States ofAmeri-
ca.
A levy OF 1900 men year for four years
has been ordered in Spain from the unmarri
ed persons between the age of IL and 36.
Handsome Compliment TO the u. S. Ship
Frarlklin.-The late arrival Of this formida-
BILE vessel in the waters OF the country which
once possessed the supremacy over the land
where she was built, has excited much atten-
ton and curiosity in our shipwrights and sea-
men, some of whom embraced the opportunl-
ty, while she lay at Spithead, of inspecting
her construction and equipment. Nothing,
we have been credbly assured can exceed
the manner in which the Franklin is fitted out
both below and above the gunwale,-He rig
ging is neat and adroity managed by one Of
the finest crews that ever navigated ship.
Her hull is perfect model of shipbuilding,
and the interior combines every possible ac-
commodation and comfort, with the most ex-
cellent arrangements for the deposit of stores,
in which respect she is stated to he decidedly
superior TO any one Of our ships of war. Her
means Oh annoy dHCe are Oh Similar scare Oh
perfection. the whole equipment is a
chef d cure, und nanifests no small attention
10 the American Navy, on the part both of its
government and its seamen."-Truro Gag.
By decree ofthe King of Spain (Which
appears in the London papers, Spanish SUBJ
iects are prohibited from trading in slaves on
the coast of Africa, north Of the line, under a
penalty of transportation for ten years to the
Philippine Islands-and restricts the duration
of the trade south of the line, on the same
coast, to two years and FIVE months, from the
date of the decree, which was in December
last.
An extraordinary fine horse colt is in the
possession Of Mr.. May, of the Red Lion Inn,
borough. 1t is only six months old, Ia hands
high and il issremarkable for the 6neness Of
his symmetry in every respect but one, and
renders him an object of great curiosity, bu'
unfortunately is useless. lie is made on the
haeE pr.s:.alx. III . and tho upfprIne-