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. 4 ; r :1T•:3)1 4:8 ifiglitdbrebt.o llll l l o/ 1 COVEIINKENT, Td •M 1 lifFSSA , _.:iii.' CI-CAROM:I ,_ ___ _ CONGREti or 1814. N Fellow.citittnes .'f the Senate and of the Clamber et Bei wesnalcaives. 44 The present Congress meets under More favourable auspices than the former. Last year the enemy still occupied some important posts in the Republic, from,. whence, spreading alarm to the neighbouring depart ments, he redoubled the efforts of his power to gain a fortunate blow, to which the machinations of the disaf fected, whom we generously tolerate in our territory,. might contribute. Happily their enterprizes were checked, and their projects have only served to consoli date the public opinion, and to give additional lustre to the glory of _Colombia. You come to deliberate for the benefit of our constituents, in the tranquil days which PROVIDENCE has granted us, by the constant sacrifices of the Colombian people and army. As un certain may •be the continuation of the present calm, the Executive feels itself animated with the most lively ' pleasure, to present to you a most faithful picture of the Republic, and to offer. you the ideas which experience has furnished, persuaded that you will neler have a greater field than in this Session, to employ, with success, your patriotism and talents. " The Go'Vettimnt Of his Catholic Majesty persists in its ancients farms of disavowing the justice of our emancipa tion, and the power which has placed the Republic upon the level of Independent States. The Cortes of Cadiz, in its last gasp, denied the recognition of the new American States, insisting upon the measure of sending "Conimissloners out, who niight hear our peti tion. The Executive had no knowledge of the Commission relative to Colombia, and attributes it to the explicit -declaration made to nlntreis in the former Message, not to hear or admit any negocia- Watt the part of the Government of Spain, which should not We'll* its basis the !trot acknowledgment of our national so -1 : rtotwithstandirrg, 'the Exechtive has not let pass an peeition or 'favourable juncture to persuade the 'Spirit& Go- Wittli'ent *that we arc ready toil:net our -grievances, to pat- an indkh"the war, and to promote the hapPlness and prosperity at lidittlsitions; hut the eatattrtsphe width •the present In the:Tenin rota has just tittered; reduces . Os to the of m ai not expecting anything but by the force of amts. The - lag (Ferdinand) has been restored to absolute poster, , Ily the aid of a FitinchrAsthy, to which the Spaniards themselves uffsededialaist saw. zlitietfliclal seta, as far as regard the sew - Americus. Ikatee, ihtlirdeiely that be intends to renew. Ihe wur..oto subject us to desosatiebe odinus•aertitude of Spin. If the, Ham/tier does-not , ... . .. . . *gat the views of the Cabinet . I.lll4adrid,•sieither does it doubt drat toss Mooesurbich the ltepublivwill "itenae to it, will be. of such a nature as, in the end, to save it, independence, its tiuvernraeut, and its laws. Conga's:se has a very esseutial study in completing our defence, by granting - to the Executive the meant of preserving the external and internal tranquillity of the Republic; and I hope that SiordrslbboarsviilPforward so important an object • sod for that purpose_ I refer to my communication of the - 9th May int. " Oar-relations 'with the Government of America Ihtit thlren 'growth and consistency. 'The military situation of Peru has cartied air warriors to that country, and the President—the igkiiillarnsitig' the permission of Cowen. has undertaken the lifilettlltig them to 'victory. The presence of the Liberator in Peru' liar etSanibuted •strongly to save the State from the terrible cahMitles.nf :civil war. 'The co nlidence which the Peruvian Go itinnient and People have reposed IA the Liberator is a happy pre staenf theft liberty; and there is no doubt. if on our port, we fur- Atli' other auxiliaries, the war of 'Peru will terminate favourably, and Ahe fate of 'Sant America remain secured. The succour which theileptilifie hisArinted. to Peru exceeds its obligation by the T at ,libtanse which the - Executive, with your consent and Z 1 1u:tlfied;' hot as the geographical position of that lLof itself with the lot of Colombia, prudence tells usi'tiat4n - Peru Vle are acting in our own &tepee. The Pe ruvian Congress • has ratified, without alteration, the Treaty of Alikatic° and Amity with the Republic, and the Chilton Congress will have ratified t heirs with the same modifications. The Treaty entered Into with. the Government of Buenos Ayres will be pre sented for your examination and approval, along with that which has been made with the Governineut of Mexico, if, in proper time they -airive in the capital. AU these Treaties have completed the American Confederation which the Government of Cotomuh. tot 'llerttiok to fOrm,'.to give stability to the Independence of the New 'World; and; os such an important project has commenced to pew. date hi' Rorope the effects which we foresaw the Executive wank rat until it, see,s,antheti, the • Congress of Plenipotentiaries' of the Vete Anterican'Govenmient. " The political situation of Mexico is very different to w s aat it omolast year. ilte Mexican 'stride and army, excited lgallist ' the administration of their Chief, Iturbide, re.estab hiked the authority of the Congress—dethroned and banished that apersunage. to Europe. This event may, have eradicated all Alio mooatchical.principle. which had been ptoclaimed, and will iteue as the basis of a popular Representative Government. ''• the new Mexican 'Government marches along this path with Alsnetkrantl-irnmess.—its measures to reunite the Congress, prohibit trade with subjects of the Spanish Government, blockade the fur. seilsoM;Saiphsaa de !Mos, and expel the disallected from its terri- Vpsise eathciently demonstrate it. The pi °winces of the old Cap.. Calln:Generalship of Guatim.ila have orzanizxd an Andependeot Bisset and fcr its first act, it is known that it has adopted the pop*. bmilepieseutative System. Same people of its intisdietion sought refuge iu Colunthi.i, in dr:epoch of the agitation cat the imperial ,Fpotreriamput ; but. as the Executive ought nut to COUlltellAtiCe the trtitaiitilLithin Of the other States, or to extend the territory of the 31Itillibh'c against its fundamental law, I limited myself to interpose latilittood sitfeoes with the Govertuntait of Mexico in their Amour, and I °tiered au inviolable asylum to persecuted patriots. This or, torviicirs come favourable,to declare that the Government of ilia never has adopted the pernicious doctrine of interfering biqiij internal :stairs of other independent States. '"flie residence in this capital of the Minister Pleni potcsitia,eyolthe United States will afford us the means tif; strengthening the relations of amity which exist be tween the two tiovernmetits, and to favour the interests of thedllenulilic. The Minister of Colombia was tie- , etiVedinWashington with the consideration which•his' Ataracter, and the identity of principles of both nationii '9404 to exact. llic President of the United States has iipssolised his administration with an act eminently jessteved- worthy of the classic land of liberty. In his titstMessage, to Congress, he has declared that he looks inion any "interference of any European Power, directed .taapptess.or violate the destiuie4 of the Independent Governments of . America as a manifestation of hostile dispositions towards the United .States. That Gore: n- Meat considers any attempt on the past of the Allied Pirwers, ,to extend their system to any portion of the !American -hemisphere, as dangerous. to the peace and security or the berorc-mentioried State. -A similar po , lcy . of . die human race might give to Colombia . A powerful alliance, in case its andeperkdence and liberty by .the. Porters. " The Executive. cannot be indifferent to the tura , which Il>F politics of the Ulitzd States have talen 4 and 6 occupied sciently in ,rednciug . the question to (104 effigy tive..aad decisive points. Colombia, cannot ebe accused of anything by the. Allied Powers;' , ishe and. her Goyeohme.nt Ore hi g hly • respected the, rights orSuvereigois,.(nidtllosesit theii.snhjects. Read, to open to 211. nattrins the fountain ioi" her nations() rights, , she does not requite any. other (obligation than that the respect. her independence and her institutions. •But aoevil, genius . .should raise up ,psw enemies, time wi prutel,tbat the .Gov.erncoent . and the Cotorwhians hiya sistlivient patriotism to make the most costly sacrificers fu/lour Igdependence and kAnst liber t y: In a mercantile view% ivtnageo.l to lieepAe" ef acuities our reli4tions wits f llitrUOnej4tates..asd!the protection of our. coerce, by means of the appointment :of Consuls and ilier!ts t and publishing and observing scrupulously our ots and statutes. 'Me tieeutive had (limed its Ae_lat‘p . to .. Eptopp ....with Great Btita .. .o parti.ularly, sr:lose poLL ics appear ' L able to the cause ' of 46_4'tt — i igeriCa 'AI ss. ' rtieVeill' teladonx slave • 'We iiiisi'd eittlinWe lib. ire. The ityMpittef of ltitfklyklfiati 'Of -tilt British blic smd Its, Govenuient, ilispireike!Eixecutive with rr the most flattering hopes. Lens sorry that I cannot tommunicate to you whatimerbe die ultimate resolu hin Of the'Gbeeenment of his thitannic hitjetfy, with 'respect to 'the Republic. A enitunission front theSsiglish Government is now actually in this . capital, from whom 1 / 4 ve have received satisfactory proofs of the interest with 'which our State inspires the mind of the tiragnaninlous . Ipeople of England. The security *Which it iris given !us against the rumour that Fran& Win *list In the tens 'which Spain intends to•begin anew, to reduce us to her 'obedience, places us in a situation of - not fearing such , an occurrence. The Executive, as well as the Republic, ;have highly estimated their declarations, eat can assure Ito Congress, that in the progre s s of the Itegociation ich may come on the carpet, I will not lose sight of the dignity of the Gcrvernment, nor of the interests of the Colombian people. If the union of the physical and moral power of the Independent States of America f the order and regularity of our association, respect to the law, uniformity of opinion, the progress of learning, and • the adherence of the Government to the path prescribed By our fundamental laws, ought to weigh in the poli tical balance of nationsi we ought to hope, with entire confidence, that neither Great Britain nor the other Powers, will disavow the power and moral force which the Republic of Colombia has acquired, to put herself upon a level with them. I am determined_ to take ad vantage of any favourable opportunity to extend our relations with other Powers, whose friendship can be of sufficient interest and utility to the Republic. " The negociations with the Apostolical Chair being still depending, the Executive continues to expel fence the difficulties which I announced to Congress last Ses sion; and I have to beg of you anew some certain regu lation to avoid the prejudices which we suffer. It is probable that the ApOstolical Chair may accede to the solicitations of the Executive, for the benefit of the spiritual necessities of the Republic. "'Teel the greatest satisfaction in informing Con gress, that the Republic. is extended to all the territory which the fundamental law fixed. In all its vast ex tension there does not remain even a relic of the expe, ditionary Spanish army, and the Constitution and the Laws have fixed in it their . empire. Odra few men of the Cauton of Pastollaire-withed to live by disorder, and the Governmentlas been obliged, with pain, to employ arms to crush this bud of disunion. ."-Public education has had an increase this year in the establishment of new Schools avid Colleges. That this important branch of common felicity may be ex tended, it is necessary to leave it to the work of time; for neither can the people support the amount of con tribution for. education, having still to• ounteilsute to. wards the stability of their independence, nor have we sufficient preceitors. If the Congress authorises the Executive to appropriate a sum from the . Public Trea sury for the purpose, and sanctions the general plan of studies that I presented last ,Session, which, according to its wisdom, it mardeees applicable to the circumi. stances, I believe that its progress will not be doubtful. " Few objects merit so much the attention of Con gress as the administration of justice. In this branch the people suffered much, as much from the judicial districts being very extensive, the superior tribunalsl being placed at greater distances, as the complication and contrariety of Spanish. Legislation present doubts, delays, and even injustice. I know well that the abso• lore vernirrat ea . ri•ii end nr;tirt:risi isa; ll, tiedi is not the work of one Session; . but I am convinced that ;hi m sent Congress can begin. this important otos ni: '• . rating it from the cognisance of _the Intendants and Governors, the contentious patties of Justice and State, multiplying the Courts ofJusticeas our actual situation, points out, organising them on .a more simple and econo mical scale than those of the three judicial districts, and approving of the penal code which has been presented, '1 with those alterations which your wisdom and experience believe useful to the happiness of the Colombians. " The administration of justice, public order, and the wawa of the people, our constituents require a quick reform in, although it be only provisional in the terri torial division of some departments and provinces, more particularly in the south. Although this matter supposes ' exact data, without which it would be difficult to ac complish a division beneficial ,to the people, it will not be prejudicial that Congress make an essay of what I point out. " The laws relative to the naturalization of strangers, privileges of navigation, and alienation of uncultivated lands, have begun to beexecuted,and offer us fundamental hopes of contributing strongly to the prosperity of the i Republic. Four hundred thousand fanegadas of .uno cultivated lands, in different , provinces, have bons alienated in virtue of law of the 7th of June. Thei Executive will•pass to the Congress the applications for, the privilege of steamboats in Lake of Maracaibo, } the Frith of Guayaquil, and coast of the Pacific; and,' as I do not doubt the good success of them, we .may flatter ourselves that it will be of infinite consideration to the improvement the Republic will receive..igitsan-1 ternal productions and commercial relatioes. “ The constitutional organization has contiaturd pro gressing with regularity. All the authorities have en deavoured to observe the Bill of &gins of the Colom bian people, and if the difficulties which war, in a country so fatigued with its ravages, throws ill litS.Avtaff' have forced me to use the . ,extraordinary preregatiivet which the law grants me, I have never exercised kali', my own accord, nor longer than danger warranted if. The regularity of our political ca r ee r oug ht to be par i -: titularly satisfactory to .us, and; iberespect!that yre frit' fess to the Constitution has.inspired. civilised., 'lawns with a very favourable idea of the• Republic; and , we. have still to hope for events of: greater importance tb, . our security, dignity, and power. " The National. Fund nill be for some tirne. an. Pbjeci of serious meditations, and unfruitful, and perhaps, pro- judicial essays. To create a national fund in a coon try impoverished by the political regimen of the old Government and 'laws, wasted by a lontf.and disas trous war, cannot but .be the work . of peace, of ex-, perience, and the lapse of time. The Congress can infer from these principles, .and those they heard last, Session, what have been theufffictions the Executive has experienced in the course of the year, and to what an extraordinary degree kaye beentbe efforts employed to l drive the enemy .from our terrikory,_or to give solidity to the Republic. • I confess, with. the most lively plea-, sure, that . without the pure patriotism of the Colombian. People, and without'the heroic, sufferings. of. our_war-, ,ions, we should not have come off. victor-?us ill tilg i struggle. Although the resources. which the JastsCons. gress afforded have not yet been reared, coon tieg u pon t them,' 1 have made bold 'to . hive recojipcJoAllell means to facilitate the course of Administration. I' xR that the Ciigfressitifit toilsoitty; tritilfie ecutive may fulfil its promises, and comply with • ii,juqus and importantduties the Constitution imposer. i esteem it for the bettering of ihe National'Trea• ittry tb ' , change the system of administration and Ant tips of theßevenne. A Chancellor of the Exchequer's Office, stationed at the ice of Goyerument, will faci tl* adthinistration of finance, as well as an ma litiSkureat tsf Departmental Exchequers, where the ac tounts are to be presented as early as possible. for their revision, and to be audited. This regulation contem tes the abolition of the Aceomptant-General, the same offices in the Departmental Treasuries, which saving will be sufficient for the expense of the new offices. The Congress will receive a Separate plan, which will clevelope this idea. " I return again to recommend to Congress the or tganisation of the Tobacco monopoly. This branch of illevenue, receiving the support which may be expected. fie. in my opinion, to increase the payment of the itt iterest of the foreign national debt, at the same time 'producing an acknowledged benefit to the cultivators. The Executive has issued orders to apply the product of this Revenue to a considerable part of the loan de creed by Congress ; and it only remains that the loan may be organised and its administration made uniform, leaving to the Executive sufficient authority to follow the influence of circumstances, which may be variable during the recess of the Legislature. The revenue of tithes, which, above providing for the Clergy, affords to the Republic some resource, requires also uniformity in its administrative regimen, and a check upon the clan destine inversion of its pr oduct. The direct contribu tion, although the most congenial to a liberal system, is involved with obstacles and difficulties, which have occupied the vigilance of the Legislative Body. Its en tire reform appears necessary, reducing it to terms less confused and odious and more productive. I feel the same on the other laws on indirect contributions. The tax of one dollar on each mark of gold, for the National Museum, ought not to exist: the product of this contri bution, compared with the deficit which results from the clandestine extraction of metals in bars or dust, which it causes, is so little, that it ought to be done away with. " The department of the Post Office ought to occupy the attention of Congress. The boundaries of the Re public are immense, and whilst the use of steam-boats and good roads shorten the distance, the Posts ought to facilitate the communication among all the citizens, and between them and the Government. This revenue ought not only ti accomplish such important objects, but be productive to the National Treasury. I think I do not deceive myself by being sure that, by improv ing our actual revenue, it will be sufficient for our ordi nary expenses, when we have paid for the rudiments of war which we possess, and the army be placed on the peace estaniunatent. 44 There is not time to know the result of *the opera tions of the Executive in arranging and settling the loan of March, 1822. The interested in it have pro tested against, the law of the Ist of July; but as the Esecutive .has endeavoured to fulfil the views of Con gress and the wishes of the friends of Colombia, I hope to terminate this business to the satisfaction of the par ties interested, and to facilitate the negotiation of the new loan. Then we will have given a noble example of the good faith of the Government, and establish the credit of the Republic. Posterity will not have to blame us with having uselessly burthened it with a superfluous debt to satisfy fictitious necessities: no. to posterity we will leave our country and liberty. gs If now come to speak of the glories of the Army of Colombia. On slu t g e t, i f,A ufrwi t. el& . ries !allows- caibo was resicTrecTio — lEillepii after various suc cesses to our arms, particularly in the glorious naval combat of the 24th July. The Chiefs to whom the Exe cutive gave the direction of the sea and land forces cor responded exactly well with the hopes of the Republic, and, in virtue of the instructions which they had, granted to the General of the enemy a capitulation, the merit and generosity of which cannot be denied by the Spa niards themselves. Scarcely bad the Republic congra tulated itself with the triumph of the Army of the Zu lia, when its attention was . called to the acquisition of Puei to Cabello, on the 6th Nov. in a manner which will always reflect honour on the army of the department of Venezuela and its Chief. This post had constantly re sisted the forces of the Republic, and in it the enemy had established a rallying point for their operations.— Since Puerto Cabello unfurled the Colombian banner, Venezuela has been restored to tranquillity, and actual war is concluded. The Executive has not seen with in difference these successes in the decrees which will be presented to Congress ; I have presetved the recollec tion and approbation which they have deserved from the Republic and Government. " The army of Colombia, which has made war to conquer peace, independence, and liberty, to whose constant and eminent services the Republic owes its tranquillity, whose arms are the strong shield which defends the Constitution, this army, as much the friend of independence as of liberty, such sufferers in priva tions, as well as valorous in the field of battle, deserve laws to. preserve them from oppression and vexations, and to secure to them a decent subsistence, to open the door to honour, to favour them with justice in the dis-I tribution of their rewards, and that their families may not be forgotten after death. These laws I ask from the Congress of Colombia, entirely with the con fidence that the Legislatnie of e Republic feel as sen sibly as the Executive the eminent services of the de fenders of its independence and liberty. .."Our small force of Marines, a very important part • thearasy, has accomplished important services, and wiA always achieve the like, if they are placed OR the footing once before I said they ought to be. Some ob stacles have presented themselves in attaining this, but I have confidence that they will be overcome by the .wisdom of your laws of organization, and the constancy of the Executive. The Secretary of Marine will inform you the use I have made of the authority granted by the law of the la of July. I hope that the Congress, bring ing before them the memorials which the Secretaries of . Correspondence piesented by my order last Session, may turn their attention to the object therein described. They provide abundant matter ior the Repre.entatives to employ their talents and experience in favour of the heroic people, our constituents, whose favourable votes we may be sure of, while we devote ourselves to their happiness and tranquillity. " On finishing this picture, I ought to confess that my heart is full of bitterness to see that I have not been able to do all the benefit for the Republic which my • conscience dictates to Me. It is to your talents and your power. that it is left to all Colombia with prosperity, • nd ;QAerre. CI the errors. which k may have involnn tat ily,matle.,in course of .my, administration. It ierves..me, hoWetrar,,,as a comfort, to present you Co loibia free fur the first ticake'rrnm her enemies, ad ttitia fil i d ) !rev se =font, trinquirin its interior, &Irk et'entio the Constitution. Und er such luttpt s, yob Mire the' most precious opportunity to open the fountains of public prosperity, and to tocipro. sate the confidence whkh the nation has placed in yon. Count upon the promptitude of the Executive in C'e observance and perfection of your deliberations, and bliss absolute consecration to the well-being and e . curity of the Republic. " FRANCE CO DR 'SANTAN ULU. " Bogota, April I, 1824-44." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.. BOW-STREET. Famm.—Yesterday Aden Felam, an aged man, of decent pearavae, was brought before Sir It. Entesit, charged with havit7 falsely anti fraudeiently obtained the sum of WM from Mr. !hint s Gunny, under the peculate of having the power to procure him Gowevonsent situation. After hearing the evidence, Sir R. Blaine put some Ties:k n ., •the prisoner, and said he knew him to have been a long tum, ths trade.—The prisoner was committed for further eilmita•vn i Thursday next, and orders given that Mrs. Newman, Mr. S!' , l't rr, and Lord Liverpool's potter, should be required to attend up ol , that day. H ATTON-G A R DEN. 'toast Sitannta.— Yesterday Joins Jay, alias No lf," was brou g h t up for examination, charged with stealing a horse, the pi opett l of Mr. Daniel Pool, a farmer, residing at Upsninster, near Brompton. The prisoner in defense said, that be was in great distress ; he had a wife and three children dependent on him for support, who were aknost in a state of starvation.-- , He was fully committed fur trial W. Akins, a baker, living at 20, Lower Smith.street, Northame. tnn-square, aerkenwell, was charged on information with having . on his premises a quantity of sal ammonfrae, for the purpose of adulterating meal, flour, or bread, contrary to Act of Parliatur.ir, by which he was liable to a penalty not exceeding 10/. nor less that' 40s.—The defendant was convicted in the penalty of 401. and cost>. UNION-HALL. Yesterday morning, a man of respectable appearance handed to the Magistrate a paper, containing the names of several puhlic err, and charged them with adulterating their beer with love powders, and other combustible matters. The persons he had named were sent for, when the complainant igen said he had drank at one of their houses the previous evening, and the following mornin6 hz. felt himself very uncomfortable from its effects. He had not er;.::k too much, bus he attributed the illness he experience,l to the lore powders, &e. in the liquor.—. The publicans denied most pothie e : f that they had used anything of the kind in their porter or liquor, and that there was no truth in the charge. The Magistrate was of a similar opinion, and dismissed the complaint. The following is an extract of a letter from Ole S,ra nish Main:—" We understand that the Hyperion car ries instructions to the Agents in London of one el the Independent Governments, for the purchase of vessels of a large class, for the purpose of coping with the Spa nish force expected in those seas." FATAL ACOIDENT e -.-STIRLING, JUNK 17.—The fol lowing particulars regarding the overturning of ti: e Glasgow and Perth mail have been received from an authentic source :—On Wednesday the 9th inst. at nine o'clock, the coach was on its return from Perth, and had one inside and four outside passengers. As the coach entered the east end of Crieff, the horses became un manageable, and made off. The guard attempted to throw on the drag, but without success. They accord ingly drove through the town at full gzllop, the coac:i man quite unable to restrain them : the consequence Was, that when near Mr. Robertson's inn, the coach was overturned on the middle of the street, and the pasen gers, guard, and coachman, were dashed to the ground. An inside passenger, Mrs. Fenton, from Leith, but ori ginally of Crief, and who had again returned to 'reside there, had her arm broken above and below the elbow. She is, however, in a fair way of recovery. John M'Gregor, gamekeeper to Wirliam Stewart, Esq. of Ardvorlich, and officer to the St. Fillan't Highland Society, had his skull fractured, and from the quantity or 'goo," issued from his mouth, it is supposed he had received some severe contusion from his dirk, pistols, or powder-horn, when he fell, as he was in full Highland costume when the accident happened. Un fortunately for his wife and family, he died at eleven o'clock the same night, much regretted by all who knew him. A Gentleman from Dunfermline, who was sitting beside the coachman, and who actively assisted to stop the horses, had his leg much hurt, and his body injured; but was, in the course of the afternoon, able to resume his journey in a post-chaise. Peter M , Laren, from Dalremcb, near Comrie, overseer of Mr. Angus's woods, had his shoulder dislocated, and his face and knee much cut, but is now in a fair way of recovery. A young girl from Perth, going to General Drummol,d's, of Culdees, received some contusions, but she is also in a fair we/ of recovery. The guard and coachman re ceived some contusions, but not of a nature so sea icus as to prevent them from resuming their occupations. One of the horses is since dead. A RETURNED CONVICT.---The person whd was taken up in Chelnisfcrd on Friday, the 4th instant, Od suspi cion of having in his possession a stolen horse, and who gave his name as Spring, has been recognised by Mr. Jousrson, the Governor of Ipswich jail, as 'Thomas Briggs, who was convicted at Bury Summer Assizes ; 1819, of a burglary, at Bramfield, and received sen 4 tence of death, which was commuted to transportation for seven years. He confesses to have escaped from New South Wales, and having reached the Sandwich Islands; he there bartered some fire-arnis for the llea.fs of the Chieftains which he exhibited. Bs iggs, it ap pears, formerly drove a stage waggon from lialeswortii to London. He is fully committed to take his trial next Assizes for the escape. One day last week. a genteel lad** man, apparently about CO years of age. called at the bone of Mt. Lewis in St. Jo!ir...- square, mid Inquired for Mr. Lewis; being told he war he allied to see Mrs. Lewis, and was shewn into • the &Ling rums, where Mrs. Lewis speedily attended him. Ile misi her he was ismiebted to Mr. Lewis, and rNfaested tna:cri..ts NI Write a sae, With Which be was supplied; and having so done, be iodated what appeared to her to be two ten pound notes, and then Walked round the room, pretending to admire the picture=, ai.d hawing retooled his seat, on seeing some wine on the sidi:ix.rd„ he requested to be obliged with a glass, which was compid mad after conversing ort indifferent subjects, took his leave. (hi Mr. Lewis's return be opened the note, and found two flash no: es with the following words :—" Sir, having occasion fora little pi.ite. I have taken the liberty of borrowing it of you ; the enclosed wid serve as security for my returning it." 11. Lewis supn ppts , egi from the sideboard a large:gravy-spool, fop table-spoons, and tea.speeos, preus to his coming in, had been lying cn it MARRIED. June 15, at Gateshead. the Rev. James Green, Curate of 1V... 4. ingtou. to Mira Mary Berkeley. DIRU. June 1, at Makers, lieutenant-Coelenel Hugh Houstoua. At Weymouth. en the igth instant, is his 30th year, George Melia*, Esq. of Pertliddre, having arrived In England from (:+i sutra, in the liioptosp . fisily Melee days before. hi A I I.S.—THIS DAY. •SR. SUL 1 0 1 Francs 1 0 Hamburg\ O 0 Flanders 1 0 Brazils 1 0 Gortenburils O 0 Amalfi Oublin Waterford Gaernsey sod Jersey Usboo Holland Jaina Asa. OM 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 • ..MON DON I . tr. 0 041 AP& Wit #4 ,11 by ifIRTIK &in t Plebot- Nor, Temple-Nei .. . , • • ... jummi l i l ljgg l ija • VV . TH I MP Ned.' - '-' 1 011ippr ir iiiEssAek s oii i•iiN TI6E-PliESMEHtbret CIORGED WITH THE GOVEENRIENT,