The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-11-13
GAZETTE S'r9IlrARY.
FOREIGN.

Y.
Lr, miles, ve place dependence upon letters
U"A Ic-hOm, OF Aug. ~ (qgire latc.) These state
Russia seems dI> posed tu remain HeJtra id tie
ur,Nrel the Turks and Greeks" II would seem from
t.i, tn1t thc sIulll between the Russians and
links lad hoFn over-BUt
We learn 1y the Frankfort Gazette of Sept Q, that
tie Courier nom COnstanunope with tie UitindtmB
hai reached Odessa but the Emperor not being pres
ent, the dispatches were MT opened. II The opn
ION ~ ministers, that would take place, although
tlC British Prints crdcayOr make il appear that
Alexander does nnt wish t
EgYt-lt j. said that Egypt exports, annually, %
Con,tantinoplc, l.50o,UlO quintas (anceut French
W,ishD Of wheat; 900 900 quinalS Of pulse $4,000
quinlas Of maize, lcNtiIs upn &C.; 100000 Guinal
Ot rice $1,000 quiuals Of flax; $1,000 DO Of hemp; -
Geo do. OF nsce oil p 300 DO OF saffron; lOOO DO o
Indigo pastl; 100000 10. OF soda 600 900 do Of Nj
iron 5C,006 do. Of salt Of rirc $4,000 do Of wool
$4,000 do Of Sugar 10000 90 OF hides. The exports
Of wheat and rice for this year, iUr COnstantinople
nave nearly doubled those Oh ordinary seasons. let
Ter from Grand Cairo Of May - states that the plague
prevails there and Is ye:y fatal, especially Europe
| ans.
! Cape Of Good HoPe.-The British settlements here
arc Ia vary lourislin- condition, particularly Alba
ny and Bathurst town. A new town is forming there
called Fredericksburg house OF worship has LCea
erected Bathurst. The FIST sermon was preached
81 June last. Twelve months a-o this was q waste
solitude mhabit"d vnly by wild beasts.
.5'gjcS.-Sn Hassrin Pacha assumed the govern
ncm lie never put his foot ont az the strong fortress Of
kasSal Al which the Turkish soliery extreme
IN angry bccaUSe they cannot crafty their prOpt
u " T. new revolutions. Lately, however he took it
into his head To tahe walk to the lower town in
sp,,t ihe new Notifications erecting towards the sea
siGy. Upon this. Immediately, there was a gcat bus
tie ~ the barracks anH had not the Dey been speedily
informed ID II, and ryurdcd with al possible speed ~
ka,sbau, the plot would have broken ont and the Dcv
IN AL probability would have Scen killed Such s the
tenure Of dcSrutjSusuCh the means Of security FOR
a u4rp M The glr Ind
agaiu visited AlgpiS.
rAoay.-Datcs Of Aug. IL state that tic Rhine
haC Dvc flowed it, h1rk and caused m inunation lis
uinutary liycrs, also, had oycroWcd their bounds ~
tl'at much Of the low lands, out idc Of the gates Of
Slraohun., are laid underwate At kchl, and tc
IIon al tie inhabitants have been put III Cqasition
% repair the banks Of the Rhine.
( I'Hssia-The censorship imposed upon the press
Terry strict and Li1 sdy, VERY arbitrary. II
j. not confined % pUhtica works, pamphlets and period
lcal publications, but extends to such as aic safety
scientific and literary.
.NaF'c.-t i said that the King, BY 4 royal decree
hse ret>tabshCt the order Of Iesuls in Naples. The
NeapoliJan General Pope has arrived in IcnaOn.
HoLiaHd-Leuers 10 the last Of August inform that
the harvest has been very abundant, tho ranalc5 tu
and the price Of corn low
G.cat Br;,aia.-A proposition las been made To
iulIt a palace for royal residence at Dublin. The
hiHI has announced his determination to hold Court
every third year al D1Jliu. A handsome monuments
n be erected. id amECTsmlth Church. to the memory
Of IT,, late Queen Il Is said the reduction Of public
salaries VIII Do the Of 10 per cent on all salaries
or0cr lh0ti. per eEnum; srd = Per cert n IocOL
and ai- auucC 4 reduction Of 1900 of tic present
military establishment was detCrmineG-tO take Elace
lith SEPT. ttAcr retrCpchmCntS have probably been
Aade, ii other departments If IIHbc service. There
are strong indications Ct a liberal system in IA
voy Of the Roman Catholics The Duke OF W elingtcn
has returned to England 1t stated that tie water OF
the river Thames has become unfit for use and even
poisonous from the effect Of the gas discharged
INTO it. The river is contaminated a visible extent
Of 500 yards from tie GAS
In YATES the continued rams have dCne great inu-
ry to the crops. In Scoil@ the crops Of wheat are
gooA-barey and oats nave declined-potatoes are
5OOd--gldSs Ii-ut.
III Epgiaad tile weather had improved. and the corn
fever was EhIting. 4 letter from Liverpool ner-
chl1t to his correspondent here, directs not 10 give
more than $500 pen barrel lcr iour.
The Rev. Mr. Bacow has been convicted IL the
Lam lster assizcs Of a 5, the lae Queen uttered
ITO the pulpit, during Ter trial lie made his Own de-
:cncc, IL a speech of three hours and an half and
stanuousy contended that tie had spoken nothing but
the tfIth Ills sentence has not yet been pronounced
The CITY Of London has instituted suit against the
London Gas Company fora nuisance, IN poisoning tho
waters OF the Thames, by the 1 water discharged into
it.
FraHc5.-TaIeyrand, it is mmoured, viii soon Be
recalled the Ministry. Manufacturers throughout
the southern departments o. FRANCE. said to ~
tending and improving rapidly, by the aid Of English.
SWISS and German WOIkrltH.
The widow Of Gen Horcau died at Bordeaux, i'll
Aug last.
VEST LN'DIES-- Hlrricane.-A Tornado did
much damage al Bassetene (Guadaoupe) on lst Sept
II ragged fer % minutes only Turing which time The
shock OF cdrhJulke increased its SO h0us-
6 have been thrown down. and 229 others more
less damaged. Several persons were buried under the
RUNS, OF whom siX amCng them lady ard her infant
were hled.-Numbels were severely wclndcl -Four
American vessels were in the road: of them, with
four men on board, 1oundtrcd al her moorings Ore
Of tho men Avere saved by a Capt. Calo-tWO we're
thrown upon Auce Ia BARGE, and one peTishvd The
second vessel was lost in endeavorng get So
ana man only Of four was rescued ~ the same
Capt. Gallo. The fate Of the thiId vessel was not
known. The fourth afterwards discovered appar-
entity safe SeN era public buildings: the barracks and
guard hors"s were destroyed. Great destruction il
made al Antigua also.
Eduti.-Madame ChristopLe (Ex Queen, her two
daughters, ARD Of her late Court have embarked
from Iavti Tor England. They are accompanied by 4
British officer, and she is said TO be extremely rich.
Cyacod-EXtra0- Of letter. dated Curacao 10Th
Get received at y. York, by blig Onto, which arriy
td recently.
Iais morning about 8 o'clock the Spanish prva-
ter CCutcl!a, Capt. ---, mounting : guns and
manned by $50 men, entered this port Tor the purpose
VI Obtaining supplies, and land the second officer Of
a pa,Iiot priyStCcr which she captured few DAYS
since, after action Of three hours i'll which
Several were ECG and wounded on both sides-among
Ihe latter file officer alove entoned. From the cir
CuulStanCe Of Spanish pluatceTS having Of late CON-
laittd considerable depreciation on tie commerce If
This colony, being several in numOcr which lest the
coast ana LAYING lately taken Dutch schooners from
Ar-fa tor fhis bort and them to Porto Cavello-
the Centcl,a mad sooner entered than tile Governor
I'D arrest UpCn hsT, and after an investigation IL