The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-09-17
SICILY.
GREAT BRITAIN.

a man Of the name of Morley, FIVE toads, (or
| frogs) and previous TO The species making
their appearance, great quantity Of spawn
came from him. During the operation. the
man slept at the public house in the village,
and person who slept with him could dis
tucily hear them crosk in bis stomach.
London Paper.
Curious Mistake. DR. O'Mears, celebrated
as surgeon Of Napoean, being offended with
the editor OF The London Times, waited
bin with horsewhip, which he laid Justify
upon the shoulders OF the editor, as he thought,
coming out Of his house, but who turned out
subsequently 10 be another person, having no
connection with the paper. Query-What
kind Of an apology would be acceptable in
such case. NJ. Y. .4d0.
A Fossil ship, it is said, has lately been
discovered in North Brabsnt, in digging the
fouodalion for a building II is about l6 feet
broad, and 60 Iong--lls form has not ytt been
ascertained, owing to its depth so as to dis
iingulsh the age and country 10 which ii
belonged, but conjecture fixes the period 10
sixteen hundred and foriy-iwo, when an
inundstion happened, so that It has probable
been iour centuries under ground.
! The whole amount of Irish SubsLr iptions,
up TO July 90, is 227, 998t-(si,Ol3, 1874
A very interesting discovery OF an antique
ship has lately been n ade in the Rorher. a
river in Kent, near the site Of The ancient Ro.
man city of 4nderida. II measures Sc feet
inches from stem TO stem, aud 25 feet across
the nidships. The timber is oak, and per-
tectly sound, and il is supposed to have been
wre cked in the latter part Of the 10th century
ENGLISH FEELING.
A small farmer IN the vicinity Of Manches-
ter. not long since killed a COW, and sent part
of the beef and quantity Of suet 10 bis son,
a weaver 10 Blsckely, who hung II up so near
the window, that some one in the night broke
pane aud carried Of the sset. w the
morning the weaver missing bis suet. went 10
the ,iehruse, where he posted up the following
advertisement, which still remains an evidence
OF the right John Bull generosity and spirit !:
i" Whereas last night quantity OF Beet SUI
let was taken from H. house of Thomas VOL
stouecrofi--this i 10 give notice, that If the
person who took il away will appear and
prove that he was forced 10 do so by distress,
The said Thomas Wolsionecrolt will give him
dozen OF -four to make the suet into dump
hngs. Bot If he cannot prove that he was 10
distress when he stole IL. the said Thomas
WoisIonecroft will fight him, and give BIN IS
il he beats him."
An experiment has been made in England
10 ascertain whether he manufacture of spider
5'ebs should he encouraged. Ii would require
five thousand insects to make spider sik sufi-
Gent TO form single pair OF stockings Ii has
been proved, by experiment, that The spider
silk is so exceedingly fiae, that five threads are
required TO form one OF the strength Of the silk
worms. A gentleman in England presented
TO society, pair oi gloves and stockings,
both from the spider web, possessing all the
gloss and beauty ofieal slk.-Bah Morning
Chronicle.
SPAIN.
The accounts from Spain are as contradc-
tory as ever.-One Of the last reports was,
that MoRRILLo had Joined the Royslis,s, that
they bad rescued the King from his hraidom.
and that counter revolution was in full
march, onttcd.
Gibraltar papers to the Slst July make no
mention Of HE counter revolution effected uii-
der McRRILLo, as reported in Paris and Lon
don Journals OF earlier dstes.-Madrid being
only about 500 miles from Gibraltar, and the
mails between them being regular, The event,
we think, could not have occurred, without
having been known and published 10 GIbral-
tar prior TO the 3ist July
II the numerous reports which these papers
do contain, OF events IN the interior Of Spain,
are authentic, there was not province, and
scarcely district Of tile Peninsula, in which
petty civil war did no; exist, between the
Friends Of the new Constitution aided by The
new army, and the embodied militia, on the
one side, aud the psrIizans of The old regi-
enc, on the other. The last are denomnat
ed MaiconeDts, Servi'les, Defenders, of the
\ Faith, and soldiers of the Crown and Cross.
Almost daily renconres between them, were
reported: and sometimes much blood was
she'd. but in almost every instance, the friends
OF the liberal Constitution were victorious
In ibis turmoil, and 10 the conflicting opinions
which exisief in bis capital, King FERDINAND
had very difficult path to pursue ; s. if he was
was not profound hypocrite, be was friendly
% the success of the Consriiuionalists; though
'rTsmongsl their antagonists were 10 he found
many of his relatives, favorite mobiles, and