The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-07-25
FOREIGN ITEMS.

Of smoking tobacco he had his hay salted, and
smoked il instead Of the former plant. In his
will he directed that bis body should be car
red to the grave by poor men who were TO be
paid tive shiings each that bis funeral should
take place early in the morning. and that none
If his relations or friends should attend. or any
mourning be worn by them ON bis account,
under forfeiture Of then respective legacies.
Telegrsphs have been erected along the
English coas, 10 give notice OF smuggling yes.
sells
French fashions are at present all the rage
in London. The cone Is The tavorite form Tor
female dress, tight al the waist with prod,g.
Ious sweep downwards. The bonnets of the
ladies' are so crowded with ostrich feathers, OF
flowers, as to amount almost TO q caricature.
plough has been invented by the Rev.
Dr.. Cartwright which works merely by hu--
man power. With two men 10 keep il in mo
ton and third to regulate its course, it per-
forms its Office with as much precision and dis
patch as could be done by any pair Of horses
and plough holder.
As Mr.. Merritt was fishing in pond at Num-
Appleton, belonging to Sir w. Miner, Bart.
be caught pike, which weighed ten pounds
and half; and, when the f.h was opened
three thrushes were found in its stomach. Our
Correspondent also observes, that the " pike
must have swallowed these birds but q few
moments before, one 81 them having some sp
pearance Of life remaining when taken out Of
the fish,"
A German Paper says, that the Austrian
Clergy oppose the intended marriage of the
Imperial Prince OF Austria 4 one Of The laugh
tiers Of The King 81 Bavaria, on the ground that
il would confound the different degrees OF kin
dred in manner moi comfortable 10 The inter
est Of the Church. In case Of the marriage
taking place, the Imperial Prince would be
brother in law to his father; and the Empress
would at The same time be his mother in law.
The Partisan opposition newspapers present
a curious appearance at present; In every
column almost you see a hia,us of ten lines or
more, wherever The censors have objected to
the article. Thus the journals are ike frsg-
ments Ct political essays, and the reader is
left TO Gil up lweniy blank spaces in every
sheet according TO hrs imagination.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
Extract from the late Debate in he British
House OF Commons, on the Droits Of the
Crown.
Mr.. Broul D,m said
In 1917 the sum of 1870 OOOl. fell to the
Crown in consequence ofthe demise Of a rich
lunaiic--at least, so he understood. In 1861
an 'ndn idusl who had no heirs died iniesta,e
his property, to The amount Of 41,OOOl. wen
TO the Grown. In 1916, the Crown got pos
session Of &c ,O00i. in the same wa,.
Oih.r sums, much larger iu amount, were
applied from different sources. In 1904 prize
money To the amount Of los ,OOOi. was rec.iv
ed oo one occasion. 10 the same year there
was another sum Of 4O.OOOl, and third OF
SIS 600. ID 1906. those droits we're augmen,
ed by So, OOOi.. and at one period there come
in nearly The whole proceeds the Dutch pr
zes, amounting 10 l,657,O0Ol-(Hear. hear
From the Spanish COMBINATIONS the sun
oil tro million tro hundred thousand pownds
was derived. So that large sum- we're not
wanting IN the lisi more than small ones. Two
million two hundred thousand pounds ~ere &C.
gxired BY attacking unarmed, dsfsncsisss men.
--(hear, hear, hear !-men who knew OF no
reason for such proceeding, except that they
had dollars oo board their ships. lie vowed
10 God, he had never yet talked to British
officer on the subject he had never spoken
OF il 10 . gallsn, officer NTH whom he had the
honor Of being connected, and who had the
mi.for;une Of taking paH in the transaction
-bu' the events Of that day mere described as
sufficient TO make an English seaman hang hi,
head wiih shame.
The Report Of the French Academy Of Sci
ences, on lis transactions during the year 1918,
contains the following statement:
The population Of Paris amounts to TIA.
| 000--the number Of non. domicillaied or cas-.
usl inhabitants is "a OOO--ihe mean number
Of annual births, 81 ,O0O-the proportion OF
boys TO girls, in the births, 25 to 24-,he nun
Der OF households, 2e5. O0O.-7O 900 oxen are
annually consumed in that capital-9, 900
cows-78 600 calves--34 900 shrep--72 900
hogs--24, 600 900 Of egss-s0O, 900 pigeons,
200, 600 chickens.