The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-04-24


ing wear ne i 10 visit Scotland.
"A Lie Boat - building at Ipswich, which
i 10 BE stationed on the Suffolk coast.
Preparations are going on for The Corona
ton of George Nv. King Of England, which II
said ID be fixed for the 9Th AZ June Wes:min-
ster Hall has undergone thorough repair
One Of the hordes OF rufians who iniest the
mountains between Rome & Naples, has made
an attack on TerraoiGa, and surprised the col
lece III that city. The super ior was slain, and
I5 boys we're carried of by the banditIi, who,
from their Businesses, have sent 70 demand Al
bout L.9OOO sterling for their release
On the 22d, on motion Of the Earl Of Liver
pool, tie Queens Annuity Bill was read a
third time and passed. The bill grants her
Majesty $4,000 pounds per year.
The estimate Of expenses FIR The English
navy during he year 1891 j. stated At q -,
789 pounGs l4s. 81. The navy has bel re-
dUced 10 $4,000 men.
Friday being the birth day Of General
Washington. il was celebrated Al The New
England Cofee-house, where large party Of
American Gentlemen Partook Of an elegant
dinner. Various patriotic toasts were given
on The occasion.
LIVERPOOL, March 2.
a number of cases ot manufactured goods,
consisting " muslins aud woolens, were for
warded from the country 10 . shipping agents
here destined for America. On shipping them
on Monday last, il was discovered, by the
searcheTs 90 the quay, that all the packages
had been empted Of their contents. and filed
Up with hav and straw. Immediate informa-
ton was given TO the police officers, bur Il has
not a. yet. been discovered how or where this
ingenius robbery was effected. The value az
The property is about $1,000.
Spanish Cioins.-A writer i'd The New York
Commercial Advertiser las made some sensi-
bic remarks upon The claims under The Florida
treaty. His object i to show that erroneous
impressions have gone abroad, both a. to The
amount and nature Of the claims By The
report Of The Secretary Of Stale last Nav, 10
the Senate Of the United States, Il appears
that there were l42 claims of specific amounts
or supported by documents amounting III the
whole to 81, 1929 $50 1t has been said that
there are ssUen hundred other claims, which Oh
the average Of the former $50 ,32I. would
swell the sum to about SIS 900 600. This u
shown to be al erroneous basis of calculation,
Among the l42 claims are included nearly
all the heaviest pretensons Of the claimants
such as w. D. Robinson's for 1854, 600, RI.
D. Meade's for $500, 900, the owners Of shin
Tyre, Of Providence $500 600, and many
others, from one TO three hundred thousand
dollars any average therefore, founded On
UGH large claims = thought 70 be absurd II ID
believed that even Of this number Of I42
claims, some may be much cUrtaed and some
totally rejected.
The next ground i that many Of the claims
arise on illegal voyages, and will therefore ~
rejected, and ID mary cases a great reduction
will be made, growing out % the character NJ
the charges, which could not be sustained IN y
court Of justice for instance vessel and car
20 cost $4,000 outfit, she j. captured, carried
into spanish port and condemned. "A claim
i exhibited for the original cost Of vessel and
cargo and damages under the latter head are
charged All the proh:s that might have been
made upon her outward cargo ID her fret port
q discharge. and upon The cargo taken III az
his port and delivered at second port il Eu-
nPe, and finally what lie whole would have
produced, Il the vessel had safely returned III
the United States interest i hkewi-e added
~ the account u the tine when the claim was
forwarded TO the department IF state. making
n the whole claim Of $50 600. lis from
such facts, that the writer iniers that some
heaTy deductions will be made from the claims.
The treaty provides only for claims lstx
arising from maratme spoiIiatons and seizures
nj Anerlcan property ID spanish ports. on HLe-
sH preteXls-2d, DAD account XXI tie SUSPENSION
ri dePosItr I New OHeaus-and 3d bv reason
oi contracts made BY our citizens with the
spanish government, and which contracts had
been violated
From bis reasoning the writer draws tbe
conclusion that S5OOO,OO0 ,yW ucrh aenru
c2rer az Tie just and equitable Gains W otir
citizens
The revenue Or France the last
year year vas f37.O00,O 900
The expenditure, $50. 763 000
Leaving an excess ofreceipt AZ 257 600
II i estimated that there will be saving next
summer If FL, 10000.
Ia the United States the revenue the last wear
was about t8,OOO,O00, and the expenditure a-
oout ts,oOo,O 600, including large appropriation
10 the sinking fund.
The following i the average taxes To family
consisting Olive persons id Great Britain. France
and the United States.
Grsat-Britain, f2o,16
France. a 5n
United States, " as
IT. BARsTow has been elected the repre-
sentative Of Essex South District u the next
Congress, ny majority Or about goo votes
over Col TIMOTHY PTrEFRrSc kVhan tha