The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1818-05-26
FOREIGN COMPENDIUM.

The death Of the Dey Of Agiers by the
Tlagae, on he hrs; Of March, j. confirmed,
Cavaili, late Prime Minister, was proclaimed
the same day lis SUCCESSOR by tie. discharge
o. cannon
higiers Feb 25.-The rate of things
here become worie and more dreadful
every day,
The plague continues TO rage'in ter
rible,manner. This distemper, of which
above so perfons die daily in the city,
lafts in general only "a hours, without
any previous indispoGtion, without hav-
ing felt any fymptoms of the difeale
other perlons frequently fall victims Of
death from the infected air, and the ufe
of unwholefome food.--The plague "a
ges alfoin the neighborhood of Algers,
and farther in the interior of the count
ry. To.this we may add mortality a.
mong the cattle
/" His Highnefs the Dey caufes daily,
and without reipect to perfons, people to
be arreited, executed or baniihed, and
graciously feizcs on their property.
The new Dey of Algiers. Coggia Ca
vailli. has taken.thc name of ibrahan Pa
cha. He has Ggnaized his advancement
by an act of jutice. in ordering fome
young female Chriaians and Jews, whom
his prediction had feized, and confined
10 his feraglio, to be iet at liberty.
The latef intelligence from St. dele
ma, fate that Bonaparte continued to live
in the mott iecluded manner, which had
bad effects upon his health. He had
been told, that unlrfs he took exercife in
the open air, his manner of living would
prove fatal.
According to advioes from Madrid the
falling of the expedition from Cadiz has
been pofponed for 3 months. The
caufe of the delay is itated TO augment
the force which is TO confft from IL to
$4,000 men, Ii is conjectured the ex
petition is to proceed in the 6rf inftance
to the River Plate. and commence its
operations by expelling the Porsuguefe
from Montevideo. A comfortable divi
fion will then be fent round Cape Horn,
to fupport the Royaliits in Peru.
The London Gazette Of tie Th Of April,
announces the appointment of the Duke of
Richmond, to be Captain General and Cover
nor in Chic. of the Provinces Of Lower ana
Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, New Bruins.
wick, and the Islands of Prince Edward and
Cape Breton.
Sir J. c. Sherbroke goes home, on account
of ndisposition. Sir Peregrine Maitland,
son-in-Iaw to the Duke of Richnond, comes
out as Governor of Upper Canada.
The editor of the London Courier seems to
dwell, with delight, upon the subject of the
late dispute between Com. Perry and Cap
tain Heath interpreting bis own remarks
with extracts from the American papers.
The Prince of Hesse Homburg was MARI
ed 10 the Princess Elizabeth, al the Queens
Palace, on the Tth Of April.
II Mad ELEPHANT Late Calcutta papers
fate, that fngdlar occurrence took
place in the Birth Camp in India. An
order being given for a movement Of
the army, one of the baggage elephants
fuddcnly fet off in violent rage, with a
man on his back who had Attended to
adult the baggage, and ran 10 all direc-
lions through the crowd. He Gngled
out one man who had been his leader !
and trampled him to death The officer
would have fhot him but couls not take
him in petition to fire at him fafeiy.
Another Elephant was brought 10 the
fpot, which was Immediately attacked by
the enraged animal. After three or four
hard knocks at each others heads, and
teeth, the mad elephant turned and ran,
the man the whole time in imminent dam
ger remaining on his back. He was
soon out of fight, but the rider effected
his cfcape, clinging to the branches of a
tree, under which the elephant pafed.
1t is faid, that the financial concerns
of Spain arc 70 much reduced that Che
finds il impollible to fit out the aeer late
ly purchated from Ruiiia.
The cold in Siberia the laft winter,
cauled the mercury to freeze.
BY THE NAILS.