The Portland gazette., 1818-08-11


pers requelted 70 make it as public as
poihble. for the Information Of the fub
iccts of the United States, engaged in
the Fiihcrlcs. The remaining three, diff
covered ffhing in hsrbours 70 the eait-
ward of Halifax, are now libelled, and
will, very fhortly. be brought to trial
in the court Of Vice Admiralty, where.
we have no doubt they will be condemn.
ed.
Tn. lenity thus ihewn, by Rear.Ad-
miral Sir DAVID -MIln, to the veaels
which he has liberated, NUT conviucc
the government Of the u. States. Of the
litsong ds6rc he feels to prcferve the har-
mony which at prelent happily fubGifs
between Great Britain and the United
States and we lnccrely hope will 70
operate, as to deter for the future, As
merican veiIels from committing GmiIar
tye!pailes. AT the fame time His Maje(.
ty's iubjects in his North american do
minions mutt be fatishsd, that it is the
Rear AdmiraI's determination to guard,
from every infringement and violation,
shofe rights to the Fifheries which ex-
cluGyely attach to them.
The lateR and mott authentic acrounts
from Algiers iate that 1900 psrlons
had periihed in that city by the plague,
which was increaiing and sweeping off
from 40 to 50 per day. The tyrans Ha
lgai iii, died on the III March. His
,luccessor is. sepreiented asa moderate
man, and dispoied to act on iuR princi,
pies. Upon the reques. Of the Ameri
can Conful, he had given orders to his
cruisers not 10 board Americap vessels.
Il late Halifax paper iays, /" While the
Americana arc robbing the Spaniards on
the d,,hey are,plunderlng Englifhmen,
on the ocean.--Ihey infef the harbours
in this Province, and the itsairs Of Lab,
rador, and have NOT only driven the Brit
lifh 6fhermsn from their Ahing grounds,
but we underifand have taken from them
by force fuch articles as they thought
proper and by accounts recently re-
eeived from Louisbuyg il appears. that
upwards Of eight hundrcd fail Of Ameri.
can vessels are bound up the Straits Of
Labrador. We trnn thar fpeedy and
efeetual meafures will be adopted not
only to protect the trade, bat 10 pun;h
shefe people tor their semerisy"
| From the Panopl,sls Postscript, July 2s.
Arriual Of Missionaries at Bombay
The ship Malabar, Capt. Orne, arrive d
on the 24ih at Salem in LOG days from
Bombay ,and brought letters from our Mis-.
.ionaries. Latest dates 6th April. x !.
The Rev Messrs. John Mich OILS and Al.
len Graves, with their wives, and Miss
philomsia Thurston, who embarked on
board the Saeo, 5lh Oct. Ia,,, arrived at
Bombay, on the 25d Feb. Their passage,
though rather long, was pleasan: one.
Al the time Of their arrival, and at the la
test dates, they were all in good health.
They were eceived BY the missionaries
there, Messrs. Hall, Newell and Bardweil,
with mos, afFec,ionste tenderness, and ioy,
and thanksgiving and by the Gov. Sir
Evan NePean, with grea. courtesy aud
Alndness.
Il was determined that MIR. Graves
should have his station a, Maxim, on The
northern part Of the Island Of Bombay, a.
bout miles distant, and Mr.. Nichols, at
rsnnah, CD Salsette, about IS miles dis,an,
from Messrs. Hall, Newell and BardweIl.
The marriage oft Rev. Mr.. Newell,
with Miss Phiomela Thurs.on, was so.em.
ni7ed 26th March.
The mission at Bombay is in a very
prosperous state. The schools Of the mis-
sion are now II the children and youth
belonging 70 them, Jewish, Mahomstan,
but chiefly heathens, are about 1900; the
average number attending from day to day,
about 600.
The latest intelligence from ceylon was
Of the 9th March. The Rev. Msssrs.
Warren and Richards were then thought
to be little better yet they were both
quite feeble, and fears were entertained
respecting their recovery This is At pres
ent the only cloud upon our Eastern mis-
sions. and on acco4nt Of this, ferven, and
unceasing p,aysrs win be offered, by many
thousands, to the Father Of Mercies and
God Of oil consolation.