The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-05-22


at the last dates, the 9Th Of March. The Rev.
oluiion has extended through all the Portu
guese possessions 10 Europe and America /;
and they now are all under The influence Of
X representative and constitutional governments;
that i nominally, for ia fact there il vet no
Constitution Of Portugal, The instrument 50 de-
nominated, not being completed and adopted
by the Cortes. Al the last date from Lisbon
the principal subjects were under The consid-
Grafton Of committees The New York Com
merciai Advertiser says, il looks rstbeg fsrci-
cal for King to give Constitution p his
people, Of morning before breakfast, h1gore
be has time to take OF bis night cap: and Tor
king, princes and people 10 swear 10 ~
Constitution, although il is not made nor The
leading principles of il settled.
Miscellaneous items from late English papers.
The followers Of Joanna Southcote are vet
very numerous. A poor woman was near
stranged few weeks ago, by self elected
prophecies of this sect, who pretended that
she had been moved to kill this woman. This
prophecies has written 10 SIX clergymen calling
I on them 10 embrace the neoc light in aer let.
Ter she gives them the appeIlaton Of sleepy
dogs The doctrine Of these enthusiasts Is
not calculated 10 promote The cause Of mo-
rslity one Of their tenets is, that Shiloh, as
they call him, will soon be born there, and
! ha, bis mother is TO be an unmarried woman.
oh trial for murder, the declarations Of
the dying man were he only evidence against
the prisoner, the wife of the deceased was
called 10 support them she tainted three
times while giving her testimony, it was sup
posed from grief at the remembrance Of her
husbands fate, Till il was discovered that she
was TO have been married on that day TO an
other husband, aud il was with difficulty they
could get her TO court THE deficiency in
the British revenue for the quarter ending
\ April 3, was 235, O5lL--Four persons
were sentenced 10 death on the 5th for utter
ing forged notes.--Jobn Cooper and James
Blandcrot were sentenced to death for re-
turning from transportation: J ohm Dudley for
stealing COW, death VIM. Smith for sheep
stealing, death /: WIN. Lester for horse-steaI-
ing, death. --The Princess Augusta daugh-
ter OF the late King IS about making visit oC
six months upon the conlinent.--The fol-
lowing cadton i painted on board in Lam
casblre, : Whoever is found trespassing on
these grounds, will be shot dead without fur
ther notice. The small pox is raging
about Chlppenham, and many die of il
A pitched battle was fought at LansdowD, be-
tween John Franklin and tailor named Mar
ner the battle lasted an hour and half. end
they fought So rounds Mariner BAD bis Jaw
locked, was carried senseless of The ground
and soon after died THE society for pro.
noting christian know ledge, distributed last
year bibles. testaments, prayer books and
tracts to The number OF ,406 537.--lO,-
OOOOOOt. OF specie IN gold have lately been
coined at the Royal mint Two young
men, brothers, were firing pistol at a mark
on their garden gate, when the ball entered
The eye Of a lady who was adjusting her dress
at a window, two hundred yards distant.
The young lady is expected 20 recover the
eye behind which the ball lodges is entirely
lost, and the bail can never be extracted -
William Thompson was executed at York for
the murder 0t si> wife The cau.e Of The muir
der appeared to be jealousy he took razor
to bed with him and while she leaned upoH
bis shoulder. he did the horrd deed.--A
wretched woman was committed to prison for
the murder OF her husband, she gave him ar
senlc IN roasted apple; she hsd an illicit
connection with young man in the neigh.
bourhood, and committed The crimes 10 Crafty
her dePraved passions, without restrant.--
number Of mechanics il Carlisle have form
ed society 10 promote the establishment Of a
settlement IN America upon Utopian princi-
Piles On the 26h of March David Parry
aged % was married TO Amelia Reece aged
40. Tie bridegroom 90 appearance, the ex-
act prototype Of Sir w. SCOTS Black Dg,rfI
vas conveyed 70 church in low cart drawn
by two dogs "A man was tried al Stafford
asslzes for the wIlful murder Of his son about
5 years old, by drowning him in the Birning.
ham Canal he threw him in once, bur IN a
moment plunged ia and rescued him wb. he
had taken him out. the infant run 10 hun and
clasped bis knees, said " Father, wha lid yot.
throw me into the water for? Do not throw
me 10 again, father, and | will not cry any
more" The prisoner was acquitted On The
ground OF INSANITY The trial was verv affec-
ting 4: The strong affection displa, ed by the
prisoner tor his unfortunate chIld-and his
trantlc expressions on the loss Of his wife. who
had eloped from his house, were brought for
ward 10 such a simple but touching manner,
that there was scarcely dry eye in court
Bridget Butterfly was Committed for The muir
der OF young and beautiful female under
circumstances OF aggravated ierocily: the de-
ceased was found few hours after the muir
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