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from ilut Sup pit Oliver up hi- I'MHiirn'j, with the evidence tf rfMtd, be vttult either the taking him or by from ts.rm justice of the peace, committed to the coo hh ii 1 of the countv there to remain until he -ha I exhibit the same for the purpoee afore said i And the assessors of such town, plantation, if parish ate he reby empoweted to take the du plicate or copies of the of such assess if the same are recorded, and the fame cop.f to deliver to the collector chosen as last aforesaid, wno having received the saroe, and a warrant therefor shall proceed to finish the ti of the rates and taxes in the same ed, of the perioni who did not pay the -ante to the cot stable or collector taken as P'ortded alxcayi, That the collectors chosen to finish the collections aforesaid, on averment of payment by the person or persons assessed to ihe constable or collector taken as aforesaid, ai.d denial of payment to the collector for finishing the said collections shall not proceed to distrain or imprison any person unless a vote of such town, plantation, or parish, is first had therefor, and certified to the same collector by the dork of such loan, plantation or parish. Sect 49. He. if further enacted, That where any town shall neglect to choose a con-table or collector, or if any plantation ahaiI neglect to choose a collector to gather the rates or taxes graded by the Legislature, that in such case, the sheriff of the county, or his deputy, shall be and hcieby is empowered an 1 directed to collect such rates or taxea, haring received an assessment of the proportion of the several persons rateable in such town or plantation, together with a warrant under the hands oi such ai shall be appointed by the Court of Sessions in the county where such deficient town or plantation lies, or under the hands of the assessors of such town or plantation duly chosen by them respectively. Sect.

50. Be it urther enact'd, That if any of the plantations aforesaid shall neglect tochoost constables or collectors as aforesaid, cr if the con stables or collectors chosen by any such plauta tion and accepting such trust, shall be remiss, oi their duty, every such case, such plan' talo -hall lie proceeded with id the same manner as by this act is provided in the case of den cient towns, and such deficient constables or col lectors shall be, and hereby are made liable tc the same penalties, to be recovered by the same as by this act is provided in the case oi deficient const ables or collector? chosen by towns bECT 51 Be it further eruefed, That the shcr iff or his deputy, upon the receiving such asses? ment and arrant for collecting it, shall forthw itl in seme public of the town or tiou assessed, an atte-ti copy of such assessmen and warrant, and shall ake no distress for any ol the sums so assessed, till after thirty days froa his posting it up and auy person or peitons pay ing the sum or sums respectively assessed on htri or them to the sheriff, before the expiration of the aforesaid thirty days, shall pay at the rate ol tivi per centum over and above the assessed tc the -herifl tor his fees, and no more hut all such as shall neglect to pay the sum, or sums assessed beyond thirty days, after up the copj the as afon 'aid. shall be proceed ed against by the sheriff by way of dn'resr 01 Commitment to gaol in the manner collectors ari by act directed and empowered to distrain commit to goal and the said or his dep Uty. may require suitable aid for that purpose, ant they shall each one pay the lees lor the service and travel in other cases where distress is made or the person committed. Sect 52.

Be it urlhrr enact'd, that wher any 'A- appointed for collecting any rate? assessments by virtue of any warrant, shal' for want of goods or chattels whereof to distress, take the body ol any person aod com mil him to prison he shall give an attested copy of hii warran unto the keeper of the prison, ami there, upon certify under hand the sum such is to pay as his proportion to the assessment, with the co-t ol taking and committing and that foi want of goods or chattels, whereon to make dis tress, be has his body and such attested copy with the certificate thereon under the hand of the officer, shall be a sufficient arrant to require the prison keeper to receive and keep such person in custody until he pay his rate 01 as at resent, a imprison merit wiih thirty ihrce cents lor the copy of the warrant Provided ererthelns, Any person comxui to gaol for his taxes, shall have the liber tjr ol the gaol yard, upon his procuiing suffirient bonds as is by law directed for other debtors. Sect. 3. Be it further enacted. That when any person standing committed as aforesaid, for any tax due to the State, or to the county, shall be liberated from such commitment, by virtue ol an Act entitled 14 An Act lor the relief of poor prisoners confined in gaol lor taxes in every the town or plantation from whose assessors, Hie wrarrant by virtue ol vhich such prisoner was committed, was issued, shall be holden pay the whole tax of such town or plant Sec.

5 Pr i be iifurther enacted. That Wlieu any i er wh shall be impriao td for the non payui ntol tu proportion of any tax, shall be discharged irom r.l hy virtue of said act, the colie', tor or constat such merit, shill not he disci arged of propoiti which due from such person, shall be den to pay ihe same, unless such imprisonBi'iit shall be made within one year next atier the commitment of such tax to such collector or constable, or unless the inhabitants of such town or place, in legal town meeting shall see fit to abate the such collector or constable. Sect. 55. Be it further enacted, That in case of distress or commitment lor the non ment of taxes, the officer concerned therein shall be entitled to the same fees winch sheriffs by lawr are, or may be entitled to lor levying executions saving that the travel in case of shall he computed only from the dwellicg house of the officer making such distress, to the place where the distress uiay be made.

Sect. 56. Be ft further enacted, That it may be lawful for the inhabitants of any town within this at their meeting in the month of March or April annually, to appoint their treasurer, a collector of taxes in their said towns and the treasurer so appointed shall be aod he hereby is empowered to substitute and appoint under him such number of deputies or as may be necessary which deputies or assistants, appointed, shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duty, in uch sum-, and such sureties, as the selectmen of such town shall think pr. per and the said collector and his deputies shall have the same powers as are vested ui collectors of taxes chosen for that purpose. Sect.

57. Be it further enact'd, That all such inhabitants of the said towus, who shall voluntarily pay the said collector or his deputy withiu thirty days next alter the delivery of (heir tax bills, the amount of their respective taxes, shall be entitled to an abatement of such sum as said town at their aeuual meeting may agree upon, on the amount of their said taxes and such as shall voluntarily pay their taxes to the said collector or his deputy withiu sixty days after the delivery of their tax bills, shall be en titled to an abatement of such sum as may be greed upon aforesaid, on the amount ol their and alTsutli iihluiUoti ilihkll fall taxes fn'arily pay to the raid collector his deputy, within not hundred and twenty days after the; delivery of their tax bills shall be entitled to an abatement on the amount of their said taxes, of such sum as may he agreed upon as aforesaid. 58. it further enacted. That all such taxes as shall not have been paid in agreeably to the provisions of the fifty-seventh section of this Act.

shall and may be collected by the collector or Ins deputy, or deputies, agreeably to the other provi-ions of this act. Be it further enacted, That the assessors ol any town, which shall at their annual meeting, regulate the collection of their taxes, agreeably to the provisions of this act, shall assess their taxes in due form, and deposit the same in the hands ot the treasurer for collection, together with a warrant for that purpose, after he shall have been duly qualified, together with hn deputy or deputies, and at the same time shall post up notifications thereof, together with a copy of tlie fifty seventh section of this act, in one or more public places withiu said town. SEtT. 60. Be it further enacted.

That it may be lawful for any town treasurer who may also have been hosea a collector as well as treasurer, as is provided for ia the fifty-sixth section of this act, to issue his warrant to the sheriff of the county, or his deputy, or to any constable of the same town, directing them to the person or property of my person or persons, who may be 1 delinquent in the payment of taxes after the ex piration ot the time fixed for the payment thereof by any vote of such town which warrants shall be the same tenor with the warrant prescribed to be issued by selectmen or assessors for the collecting or gathering in of the State rates or assessments, mu atts mutandis. Aud the said shall make a return of their with their doings thereon to the said treasurer and I collector within thirty days from the date therej of Branded That nothing in this act shall prevent the said treasurer and collector whenever there may be a probability of losing a tax, from distraining the person or property of any individual, before the expiration of the time fixed by the votes of said town. Sect 61. Be it further enacted, I hat it shall be the duty cf said officers to execute all warrauts they may receive from said treasurer aud collector, pursue the same process in distraining the persons or property of deliqueuts, as collectors of taxes are authorized to do and perform for collecting the sum of money due on said warrant. receive the fees that are allowed by law for levying executions in personal actions Prot tided houtrtr, Befce the said officers serve any warraut, they shall deliverto the delinquent, or leave at his or her usual place ol abode a sum from said treasurer and collector, stating the amount due.

and that unless the same is paid i within ten days from the time of leaving Said i summons, into the town treasury with twenty i cents tor said summons, his or her property will distrained according to law. ''txT. 62. Be it further enacted. That the ffi vit of any disinterested person taken before a justice of the peace, of the posting notifications required lor the sate of any land which shall be sold by any sheriff-, constable or collector in the execution of his office, may be used in etidence of the fact of notice npon any trial of the validity of such sale Provided, That such affidavit made on one ol the original advertisements, or on a 1 coj of one of them, shall be filed and in the Registry of Deeds of the county or district i where the land lies, within six months.

Sect. 63. Be it further enacted. That if the estate ot anv inhabitant or inhabitants being an assessor or assessors of any town or plantation) shall be levied upon and taken as directed the twenty second section of this act, he or they shall have an action or actions against the town or plantation, to recover the lull value of the estate i so lev.ed upon and taken, with iuterest thereon, computed at the rate of tweivc per centum per annum, from time the said estate was taken, ith legil costs suit And at the trial, the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall be admitted to prove the real and true of the estate so taken, at the time the same was levied upon. Ami in order that such action cr actions may be supported against a plantation 64.

Be it further enacted, That each plantation in this State, from which any State tax or taxes now remain due and unassosseri, or from which any State or county tax shall hereattcr be required as aforesaid, be and hereby is made a body politic and corporate for the purpose aforesaid. and liable to such action or actions, with full power to defend the same in the same manner as towns by law mav defeud suits agaiusi them. March 21, 1821- Approved WILLIAM KING. Foreign Articles. Latest from Cincinnatus has arrived at with intelligence from ndon to the 20 ih of April we have made extracts of the most interesting articles.

The public attention is turned from Italy to the affans of The revolt ol the Greeks Wallachia and Moldavia against the Twits, a very serious aspect and it w-ip expected lobe geneial throughout the Ottoman empire. Vast numbers of the Greek inhabitants ol the Russian dominions have unieeied their services, to join the army. Great enthusiasm seems to be awaked among hem, which has teen heightened to deadly animosity the of the Greek Pa inarch at Constantin it was re polled an insurrection had taken place. SLAVE TRADE. A vessel has arriveJ in the Downs from Madagascar, having on board Prince Katafe and ten other Madagascar youths.

Ratafe is a native Pi dice, and has been to England by Radama, King of the Island, on the occasion Of A RATIFICATION OF A TREATY WITH HIS MAJESTY BY WHICH THE SLAVE TRADE HAS BEEN FINALLY ABOLISHED IN ITS GREA TEST ARKET IN THE EASTERN HEMISPHERE. NAPLES. A Royal Edict (signed by the Marquis de Circello, President ot the Provincial Govern has bten issued at Naples, subjecting to extraordinary measures, ail secret societies. ir iniivictuals who shall favour them directly or indirectly. An corps is marching for Genoa, and will take jO'-e-sion of it in the name cf he Kmg A pm ate leiter, inserted in the Milan Ga zrt that the total loss uf the Austrians, tlio campaign against Naples, seven killed and fifty wounded Not an Austrian was taken papers April 17th.

Tue following article frox the us a strong impression of th magnitude ot the city ot London what the ot a city, winch contains with its confined a population equal to that ol ihr slates ol Ma-sachu-etts, Maine. Rhode-1-laud and Delaware Yet such is true the city ot London. IVe cannot wonder (he re tore at the multitude ot its mobs, the number of its riots, and ihe frequency ol crime nor that the different parts of its immense popu a should be straugers to each diier, and even unacquainted with the progress of improvement in different portions of die society. I HE CAN AL. Fife magnitude ot this oily, and the vastness ot its population, might were there means of calculating the extent ot the little communication that appears to et't between the remote ex treimUesui it, anftlrom the muiual ignorance which prevails of im mediately passing in its distant quar.ers.

numbers who live east ol the Roy al Exchange have never witnessed, and are ainio-t unconscious of, the many extensive improvements that have within tbt last tew years made, anti are daily ma king, in the iciniMut the two Houses of Paiiiaiueut, ill llie lie hour hood ot Pdl Mai and thence northwards to the New Road, Kegeui Jit. While, among those wboiiw in tne inure polite district of this widely spiead town, may be tound thousands who have never seen (he mint, the New Custom House, and those useful and splendid rnonu meins ot national giandeur and wealth, the West and East India Ducks. are led to these remarks by the receir opening tne Canal, which, occurring at a moment when the mind was much agitated, was not noticed in a manner proportionate to either the tnlerprizmg spirit of the design, or tne probable importance ol its consequences Here we have an instance ol a gieai work going in for years upon the whole northern border of the metropolis, but almost unknown, both in its origin and to toe majority ol the people living in the southern division ol the same town, which, suppo slug a line ol separation to be drawn from Ty ouin to Aliie a lull mote ly ot its inhabitants. 1 his canal commenceat I audiugton, where it joins that branch of tne Grand Junction which is called the Pad ding on Canal, and thus communicates with ail tire navigable rivers, 4'C. in England.

I roui tins point it proceeds in a three Ut.n ami parses, t.y means of a tunnel of yards, under Maidahiil; then round ihe Re gents lark, through Camden-town (where ii lakes an ea-terly arm Somers-town, I which it enters a second tunnel of 970 yards, and penetrates Ishngtou-hill, burrow mg beiow the bed of the New River It emer ges again near brick lane, and continues near i direction through the parishes at Leonard, Shoreditch, and St. Hackney, traversing it) these districts the kiugsland and Hackney-roads, and Cam I heath i nen entering the parish ol Bethnal green, if bends to the south, passing ihiougii tne fields adjoining Mne-eud ana S'epney, ami, cros-mg both ihe latter as ai-o die Coniniercial road, it opens into spaci -u- dor formed ai Limehouse, which couqm its ihe navigation by' a direct communication with the i hame-. The line ol canal is nine miles, running chiefly from west to east, over winch are thrown 36 sub-tantial oriages jt descends eighty-six teet to the river by means ut twelve double locks, besides a tide lock. Its average breadth is lorly eight teet, and ihe lowing pa is twelve feet, which together occupy eighty acres of ground. The tunnel of more than halt a mile in length, winch ihe Canal under a pari of the town of Islington, and also oene the iseventeen feel and a halt in -ith, a nine teen and a halt in height.

Ol tin latte. ice. seven feet and a hall the depth of the water, and eleven leet and a half remain be tween the of the canal and the roof of the tunnel. It is jas-ed, without any aid trom tpwing tines or poles, in from fifteen to seventeen minutes, and i- vvell worth the notice oi those laudable cuiio ity and de j'-reot knowledge have never been gratified oy an opportunity of seeing so striking a proot ot ihe with vvhicii sc.ence bainvested ihe civil eng neer. it was begun 13 Id, and opened on the Is! ot last, the expenca amounts to about hpou the utility of the Canal system in general, it is needle-s n.w to expatiate ol the advantages that will trom this particular, time alone can enable us to judge wi any degree accuracy.

When the en oririous uxpence ot carting heavy article's tioni ihe wharfs on the of the river to ihe northern side of the town, the adjacent viiUges, js considered, appeartpnte reasonable to believe dial much mu? be gamed by water carriage tor it is wn Uidt tiie povvtr ot one horse applied to a fi a mg vfeigbt, js equal the strengih of thirty, drawing the same on 1 he celebrated Gentian bard, Gleitn. men gO(! a painter to paint his purtrah and ihat ot friend, the Poet Happen ug to dine about this time wi the Dean oi-, a nobleman in the company, vvho was the (fiend ot both, said to Glenn, I hear you and Jacobi have had your portraits pa I sup at toll length replied Gleim, that is only (or that vve may see their spurs; we iitve no occa-ion for this; tor with us the head is the chief Trapping of bill for five king ot iLiigland coronation exceeds 40.000 pounds sterling, of which 11 000 tails to the furrier share. For the black -p tni the ms'de of the robes, no fewer than 000 Astmean kuib's teet have been requited. Mails. Tiie wing is the result of the rotrs several ot amendment Ihe Con ot Massachusetts proposed by the Convention.

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eO ra A a ft A A A A A C6 ftr -3 2-3 -O 2 2 A A A A 2 ft a Distribution of the Army, Agreeable to a late act of Congrest. AH riLLERY Foui Regiments, thirty-six ht'iy-five non commissioned ofli cers artificers, musicians and privates, 1980 Eniiste.d men for ordnance duties, 5G INFANTRY Seven Regiments, -eventy companies, of fifty-one noncommissioned officers, musicians and Noncommissioned SlaffOfficers, 36 Total First Regiment of Artillery, Distributed in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island, Connecticut and New York. Colonel Porter, Boston. Lieut. Col.

Bom ford, Ordnance. Major Walback, Portsmouth. Brevet Maj. Dalliba. Ordnance.

Fort Sullivan, Eastjwrt, Ma-on first Lieutenants Dana and Brett; second Lieutenants Walker and Jones. Fort Preble, Portland, first Lieutenants, Simonton and Patrick second Lieutenants Ramsay and Davidson Assistant Surgeon Jos. Eaton. Second Fiegiment of Artillery, Distributed in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Michigan Territory. Colonel Towson, Lieut.

Col. House, Major Ordnance. Third Regiment of Art'll cry, Distributed in Maryland, Virginia, NorthCarolma, South Carolina and Georgia. Colonel Armstead, Lieut. Col.

Archer. Ordnance. Fourth Regiment of Artillery, Distributed in Georgia, Florida, and Lou t-uana. Colonel Fenwick, Pensacola. Lieut.

Col. Mac Rea, New Orleant. Major Eustis, St Augustine. Wade, Ordnance Regiment of Rouge. 2d Regiment of Harbor 3d Regiment of and Chicago-At Greenbay 8, and Chicago 2, companies.

'4th Regiment of 5th Regiment Infantry-St. Peter-, Prairie du Chien 2, ami at Fort At St Peters, 7, at Piairie du Chien 2, aud at Fort Armstiong 1 company. 6 Regiment of Bluffs. 7 Regiment of and Red companies on the Red River, 4 on the Arkansas. All officers whose names are not inclu ded in the list, are disbanded on the of June next, except quarter masters, commissa and storekeepers charged with the safe keeping of public property, who will remain service until specially relieved from their Georgetown, (D May 14.

We have-een in operation the ingenious Cooking Machine, invented and patented by Mr. Joseph Harmer; and were wirpri-ed at ho convenience and expedition with which it complisbes process. As neither wood coal are used in the machine, whatever put inio it comes from it perfectly nd free trom smotte. Its value as a saver of fuel ought to bring it into general and as the cooking of a small family can lie done with it at an expense not exceeding two cents a (Icy, there is little room to doubt but that it will. We are informed that anv number of them can be had at the tin shop of Mr.

Clark, on Bridge-street, at two dollars and fifty cents a machine. A hhnd named Gregion, about 12 ve: of age, exhibiting at Philadelphia, whose smell is so exquisite that he can trace game with all the facility of an ordinary and he can bit an object itfi an arrow at 30 paces distance, taking aim by the So says a communication in one of the papers. Look sharp to your Trees i There are enemies lying in ambush in tlieir branches, which if not speedily destroyed, wdl defy your future exertions, ami effectual rob you of the comforts of good old or char You can destroy an hundred cater in a nest easier than one on a limb. Ccntinel. (Piiax PORTLAND ITJESDAY, MAY I ji.

Kino yesterday forenam at half put 12 repaired to the Senate chamber with the council, and in their presence reigned the office of Got emoub The Hon William D. illiamson President of the Senate upon whom the duties ot Governeur devolve by the constitution, was present a nd sw orn into office by Mr Counsellor Governor King, on retiring fiom office, addressethhe council in an appropriate speech. He said, that having received an appointment from the Executive of the United which upon mature consideration he had accepted, the office uf C.nef Magistrate of the State was consequently made had therefore taken measures that the pelBi constitutionally qualified for Ihe office should be present in order that no interruption should take place in duties. The Governor then spoke of the difficulties with which the discharge of his duty had been attended of the many office seekers who had teen disappointed in their expectations and of the anxiety which haJ been produced by endeavoring accomplish an equalization of office he finally closed with a commendation ot the labours of the council, which had been so serviceable to him during his administration, and which he said had bean attended with an impartiality which must be approved by their own consciences. Hon.

Mr. Wood replied on behalf of the council regretting the necessity which removed a chief magistrate chosen with much unanimity, and whose election bad been productive of so much good to the State. After the secretary of State had made proclamation of the qualification of Mr. Williamson, the latter gentleman delivered a hhort address to the council and they soon after adjourned. A number of spectators were assembled in the Senate chamber.

Lord the demise of Robert Stewart, Maiquis of Londonderry, who died ou the 8th of April, in the year of his age, the present British Secretary of State, Viscount Castlereagh, has succeeded to that rank title but as this is an Irish Peerage, he does not, in consequence of that succession, become a member of the Hous- of Lords. It is said that the Secretary prefers retaining seat in the Hou-e of Commons, to becoming a candidate for election as a Representative Peer of Ireland, and will therefore resign his seat in Parliament, as a member from Downshire, and be returned from ihe English Borough of Plympton. The late Matquis was in 11 b9, a member of Ihe House of Commons from the county of Down, which he had represented many years: in that year he was created a Baron, in a Viscount, in an Lari, and in 181G a Marquis Lord Castlereagh is his oldest son by bis first wife, anti Lord Stewart, Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, the eldest by his second wife. Asa me nlrer of the house of lords, Cas lereagh now Marquis of Londonderry, might have continued to hold his present office, but it is thought necessary for part of the Ministry, for obvious reasons, to be members of the lower is represented in the House of Lords by 23 Peers, who are chosen for life. Seventeenth Virginia and New York tbe elections for the seventeenth Congress have taken place.

In ihe former state whose delegation consists of 23 representatives but 5 new members have been returned. While in New York out of 27 representatives 22 are new members. Upon this subject the editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser the following just remarks. The above statement exhibits, in 3 striking manner, the circumstance to which Virginia owes much influence she has heretofore in the national council'. The pie that state reward faithful public servants by a continuance of their corifidence and support.

I hey do not turn out their representatives every season to make room for a new swarm. The people understand that every experience a representative more useful to his valuable to his country. The representative knows he has no other course to follow but tbe plain path of honesty, and the people ill rarely desert him. Kvery represent ire from Virginia in the hist congress is re elected who would consent to save one, and that one had been bit a sinele session in congress, hi) election having been warmly contested in the first instance. Mr.

Tyler, Mr B. Smith, and Mr. Parker of the last congress, positively declined seeing again. Mr. Byrwell, it will tie reel ec'ed, died during the last session, after serving fitteen vears.

The remaining eighteen members are reelected, all, except one or two of them without serious We under-land that Judge Freeman has obtained an accurate draft of this town, presenting its situation at the moment tbe fire from the British had taken effect, 1775, taken by an eye witness ot the event, it represents distinctly every bouse in town, over part ot which tbe fire is carrying on its ravages it also the vessels bombarding 'the town, and the inhabitants flying through streets bearing off their property. The draft in hat'd) of the engraver, and the Judj.e intends, should additional subscriptions warnnt the add tional expence, to enrich il work he a pub'i-hing, with the w. We hope, public curiosity fsil of the gratification, which this little thus additionally recommended promises, by want of patronage sufllcent to -we it b-rtb La-t week tie subscription papers gained names so slowly, that 'be author was about giv ing up bis undertaking, in despair of ob aimng enough reimburse the n-o of publication but as this fact was known a number of -enters came i. fuarJ at once, to assist the venerable author in.