The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-03

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FOREIGN.
He NAVAL AcrIo> orr Po4ro CAyEIto.
From the v. Y. Mere Adv OF Nav p.
From perfectly anfhentic source we learn
that the hattie fought By Commodore DANIELS.
was, on ms side, as gallant an action as ever
took place at sea. IL excited even the admira-
ton OF The Spaniards themselves SO far that the
Commandant of Puerto Cabello wrote cosnpli-
mentary letter to General Soublette. the IN
PENDANT OF Caracas extolling the gallant con-
duct of Commodore ID. ard prornisiaq 10 treat
him with every respect. His wounds are not
dangerous, and there are even letters arrived
from hun TO his family. When he recognized
the Spanish squadron TO be enemies, he bore
down and boarded tue frigate in superior style,
and the damage the Spanish vessels sustained is
50 great. that it is doubtful whether they will
ever be able to quit Puerto Cabeo they were
so disabled that the Boyer, which came up at
the close Of the action, far from steering of,
chased the Spanish corvette, which ran into
Puerto Cabelo with difficulty.
The Prince Regent of 100 guns was lately
launched in England The length Of her gun
deck is 205 feet, and her whole length 244 feet.
Her greatest depth i Ga feet, and her width SO
10 feet She is 1920 tons Her head is deco
rated with colossal figure Of the King in an
Admirsl's uniform and a sword 10 his right hand.
She is commanded by Sir Benjamin Hallowell,
Port Admiral.
Old Wines.-The passion for old wine has
been sometimes carried 10 very ridiculous ex
cess; for the g thick crust" the g bees wing"
and the several other criterions of the epcure,
departure of some OF the best qualities of the
wine. Had the man that first filed the celebrat-
ed Heidelburg tun been placed as sentinel, to
see that other wine was put into it, he would
have found il nnch better al % or 80 years old,
than at 100 or 150 had he lived SO long, and
been permitted now and then to taste it.
At Bremen there is wine cellar, called the
Store. where five hogsheads Of Rhenish wine
have been preserved since the year 1875
These FIVE hogsheads cost t200 francs. Had
this sum been put ont to compound interest, each
hogshead would now be worth above 2 thousand
millions Of money bottle Of this precious wine
would cost q ,799, 480 francs and single wine
glass, o,723,803 francs
Maria Scurman, native of Cologne, was well
yersed in twelve languages, and wrote five clas-
sicany. Excess of genius and learning made her
Melancholy mad. She died from debauch in
eating spiders.
A Frankfort paper states, that in the canton
of Zurich, in Switzerland a young woman pre-
tended that Bonaparte had appeared to her. and
inspired her with the resolution to die. TO save
several thousands of souls The sacrifice was
Immediately resolved upon. Men, women, aud
young girls prepared instruments for the execu-
ton, fastened the Young woman 10 a board, and,
amid her cries Of joy, drove nails into her hands
and feet tore her breast, dashed her head to ic-
ces with malet. and sung pious hym0s to eel
citrate her death. Six Of the perpetrat tors were
In custody. A sister Of this woman had also per-
islied in the most crne; tortures inflicted by the
bands Of her brother-in-law, who boosted Of hay-
iTiT committed this horrid attrocity in fuflInent
Of the will of God
TsIegrcpbs-The method of communicating intell-
gence by signals has been brought 10 great perfection
Ia France. News can be conveyed from the northern
extremity OF the Kingdom to the southern, distance OF
Geo miles, IN % minutes. A new line Of Telegraphs
is TO be erected from the Pyrennecs intersect the
old line from Toulon to Paris
"A aacel PROJECT Capt J. II. Johnston, Of London.
has offered plan for convey Ing PASSENGERS letters &c.
from the East Indies by carriages and boats by
the way Of the Mediterranean, Red Sea, &c. The
whole distance is 5000 miles, only 1900 by land.
French and Spanish oGairs.-It appears that the
p0licy fthe French government is to divide the
government 10 the system of 1919. For this purpose
provisional iuna has been establishes At re head
quarters Of the duke d Angoueme, with Gen. Equia at
its head. IL is said the English government have pro-
tested to the French ministers against this measure in
strong erms.--E Eng land strictly maintains
trail position and ministers have ayOwed their inten-
lion that no prvateering should be auihOnsed.--
Notwithstanding the petenslOns Of the French govern
Tent that captures of Spanish merchant vessels
would be authorised one has been taken and peruis
sion most have been given early as February
Pvateers in different ports of Spain only waiting
hear OF the Of the French troops Spain
10 sail on a cruise II reported that the French
frgae Guerrier had bcen taken by two Spanish
ed vessels, ia sight Of Best A ship den with grain
is also said 10 have been captured by Spanish
sair and carried into St. Seba n.--Accouni from
the armies are various. There he doubt the
French troops have entered Spain that they have had
some partial successes; aSd that the Spandrds have
retired before them. The French accounts say they
welcomed BY the Spaniads and their very
prosperous. Other represent the Spaniards
re'irins and leaving the country without provisions
and forage reduce their invaders want and carry
on guerilla warfare. The French army marches in
3 divisions upon Soloso. direct for Madrid; one
upon ranpeuna aud one upon 81. Sebastian. The
last named places invested but, Nv the last
accounts had heen ausctci II is said that Irtp
and BuFros have been abandoned and that Guetaha
has surrendered. News had arrived Paris that the
French army had entered Vittoria and Bilboa.----
French that St. Sebastian was provis
Toned for months and had garrison Of 1000 men,
uuder o Donnel Also that a French council Of war
had advised that e. Sebastian and Pampeuna be re
drced before moving too far forward.--A Bayonne
reports engagement st. Sebastian, IN
which the French had 90 killed and 500 wounded
The royalist hands form the flank guard of the French