The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-11-05

|" i they had arms and ammunition for all who
are able and wiling among them to fight,
thew are capable of defending themselves
against tue Turks, without the assistance Of
Russia" They were in possession OF all the
Morea except two or three fortresses, and
their feet consisted Of 81 or So sail, with
which they kept the Turkish navy in conn
plele awe, although the latter was far super-
or in bulk and number Of guns. II we should
Continue 10 withhold The requisite aid. and
" h i, IS IN the power ct many individuals
Ia LUIS country so easily 10 give, how deeply
will We have 10 deplore their want Of success,
II the Greeks should fail in consequence Of
our mistaken policy. z. Spectator.
GREAT BRITAIN.
An nreni5n has just been brought TO per-
fiction 10 ngland, for cutting, spreading and
twisting of The wick of candles, by which
piece Of machinery single person can cut
thread and twist five rods in one minute, by
which more than one half Of the manual
labour in the makiug OF candles is saved.
The iarges silver waiter ever known in
England. II being upwards Of twelve feet in
forming part Of service Of plate preparing
Tor the palace at Coustao,ipoplc.
.Host important Discovery Sly veek
since. application wss made 20 2 person for
the loan of one hundred pounds 10 young
chemist, who had made discovery he was
too poor to substan,iate by experiment
rnorey was obtained, and in few days re-
paid hv The borrower, already raised 10 sud
den affluenee by the private disposal of his
invention IL is a new mode of tanniug skins.
combining such rsridi,y and economy, as
promises 10 the public an immediate and i'm
mensc advantage. Raw b;,ies, hitherto lyiag
twelve months in the tan pit, and subjected 10
= process otherwise detective and precarious.
are now perfect feather within six weeks. and
~ less Than half the expense The gentle
man who bought The invention. has paid him
Ten thousand pounds down, he has given obli-
gatory deeds. securing him 5000 on the Isl
of Jan 5,0O0l. per ann. for The four years
next succeeding. and afterwards eleven thou.
sand year for life II is expected the price
Of a pair of boots will not exceed sbilings.
and corresponding fall will be produced in
all ayic e. OF leather manufaciure-[on. Pa.
In Scotland, the present year, Apples have
been at the same price rs potatoes. They have
also been uncommonly abundant in England.
The cider harvest in Devonshire has been the
greatest known for many years. One farmer
made between 5 and GOO hogsheads! 70 bushels
ef barley have been gathered from one acre and
few rods Of land in Sussex
Apples, of the description called .N-ones1tcb
rf4-.fc l.-T l.
ginning Of September that they were hawked
about The streets at 4d per peck
In consequence of dispute the hack drivers
at Edinbrrg all returned their licenses in one
day--and on the 1lth of Sept. not a single hack
nev coach vas TO be seen in the streets of that
CITY
The Clergy of Glasgow Presbyterv have.
through the medium of the civil authorities in
tcrdicted the sailing Of the Steam Boats from
that city on Sundays.
A person named Scotland, lately had two SER
wants named England and Ireland.
FRANCE.
DssfruGioeness Of Mice.-The Journal De.
Debates says, " The department Of the Low
or Rhine has been for the last four months af
fiicfed with scourge which has thrown the
inhabitants into the utmost CONSERVATION. ard
exposed them TO situation truly deplorable.
The suiferings of this district have arisen
from the incredible ravages Of mice The
arrop dissements of Savern and Siratsbureb
have been most exposed to their depradaiions.
Those destructive animals have multiplied
there 10 such a degree shat in The district Of
Savern, $40, GOO have been taken in fort
night, and nearly as many have persisted in
their boles.-The crops have been nearly
destroyed III many communes and The 90.
faioes, the last resource OF culiivators. are
now attacked and threatened with disiruc-
ton. What the mice have spared has been
carried away by bail storms On The o3d
dresdiul storm burst over the town and on
virons Of Straisburgh. especially over the dis
iricis OF MsTienheirn and Dsppinhem. where
The troops were almost entirely DESTROYED
and the loss is estimated at 100000 Francs. ~
London paper.
Several caricatures have been recently seized
at Paris, as seditious. One represented man
and wife quarreling for pair of brooches.
sOUTI+AMERTCA.
BraS1'S.-Rio !aneiro papers, received n Phil
al lphia to the 3lst August. represent tbe Rro.
ais TO be in very unsettled state. The tone
c. few addresses, lately presented 10 the Prince
licgent, and the language OF manifesto a. tbe
FRIENDLY governments aud nations. give strcnq
reason 70 suspect, that some underland Mot i
goiag on 70 play off farce similar tn that 81
Gently exhibited in Mexico Tic Prince Re.
ge.i talk argely of his legitimate authority and
SPEAKS p ne king being prisoner at Lisbon.