The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-06-18
PRUSSIA.


PRUSSIA.
FULrFuMENT or PRoPHFsY.
The JelrS.-The London Jewish Expositor is full
Of details of such astonishing success by Christian
Missionaries among the Of Abraham. as fiji as
with wonder and amazement 1t bears the stamp Of
miracle.
Our limits preclude the numerous details-we select
brief account in the of letter from his
Excelency Sir George Rose, addressed the Society
for missions among the Jews.
Sir George himsefsays, send you copy of
: letter, from Mr.. Becker, whose account Of what
passes IT Posen, would, a very few wears past
have been incredible, Strange Christian Mis-
sionaries go into place full Of Jews, TO whom
they arc unknown, but they proclaim the gospel,
and are shortly, in consequence, obliged to OBJ
tain military aid of the civil power, for their
protection every one will suppose. to save them
from the fury ofthe enraged and bigoted Israel
lies. No it is that they may not be trodden
down BY he crowd of the Children of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob, rushing on them Cor the tiding5
of salvation, through that Messiah whom their
fathers rejected This Joyful intelligence must
afford to our Society, large recompense for its
exertons in this peculiarly hallowed cause,
which, however, was but little felt and under
stood
ITALY.
A private letter from Rome states, that in
town of Sicily, depot Of arms has been dis
covered in which more than 10000 muskets
were found.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Vest India Porfs-The bill for removing The
restrictions on the trade between the United
States and the British West Indies, remained
before Parliament; but there was no doubt Of
its passage, the Ministry beng in favor of it.
0~TThe British Opposition were taking adj
vantage of the agricultural distresses, to make
na hnl batf bo,- hill
10 the system of Rotten Bcroughs, Long Par
liaments, and Ministerial influence.
"A special Congress to take into consideration
the present state Of Europe, was about TO assem-
bic al Vienna.
STATE or IRELAND.
On Monday. Sir F.. O'BRrEN stated, that
famine desolated large proportion Of the SOUTH
crn districts of Ireland. The potatoe crop had
partially failed and, on the banks Of the Shan
non, the potatoes had rotted, from continued in
undatons. He mplored the interposition of
Government for one osEti2nof people acho 'rere
IN dtstress-in starvation for four months they
had nothing TO look for subsistence. One hun-
dred and .fttp thousand persons an Clare trere
SfnrUi"g! Mr. GoULBURN replied, that gen
tlernan had been commissioned to visit those
Districts am that the Irish Government would
after every thing possible was done BY the res
ident gentry, no doubt apply every possible re-
lief What a state of society The agrcul-
tualists of England crying ont against abundant
crops the poor of Ireland starving for want of
food !
Subscriptions arc opened IN London for the
dstrest Irish, and plans proposed, in which it is
anticipated that government will assist TO dis
patch quantities Of potatoes in Lancashire, and
dispatch them from Liverpool.
DISTURBANCES IL MoNMoUTHsHlRE.
Numbers OF men nightly attack the miners
Tho work at low prices. They have also at
tackled some coal Wagons, but the magistrates
having called to their aid the Scotch Greys
quartercd in the vicinity, the populace was dis
persed and not one Of them was injured. The
desertion offarIns by the occuPiers begins to
be alarming.
FRANCE.
SLAVE TRADE.
proposition has lately been made BY the
Duke OF Broglie, in the French chamber of
peers to address the King of France, requesting
him to adopt efficient measures TO abolish the
slave trade under the French flag.
SPAIN.
We hear nothing further of the report and
misunderstanding between France and Spain.
yondon. April 33.-Ietters from Paris this
morning state. that application has been made
to a mercantile house of great responsibility, !
for a loan either bv wav OF lottery or subscrip-
ton, for the Spanish Government. 10 enable
them to equip feet to send to their remain
inc settlements, in South America.-The result !
Of this application has not TRANSFERRED.
II is said that in Spain 10000 of the Priests !
supported bv the State are to be dismissed. and
1913 Priories. &c. suppressed. The saving is es
tinated at $4,000 per day.
At Barshot four women had been delivered !
of children each with the loss of right hand, /
above the wrist" The only way this extraor-
binary act of Providence can be accounted for
is, that the postman who delivers the letters has
the same defect
SOUTH AMERICA.
letter from DR.. Ltchfeld, of Boston. dated
at Caracas, MAY l., confirms the report Of the |
onnihilatioa OF division Of the Royal Army, |
and the retreat of Morales.
The Brazilians appear determined 70 have
their country independent. In the province Of
Rio Grandc, the ROYAL Revenues are now taken !
for the Provincial Treasury. The Prince Re- !
cent Is generally respected, and will probably |
continue as the head OF the new Government.