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I i the West, the ex-Emperor should have found his way opened. and the command of the army conferred on him, by an-the, Git cia in the East. lire papers before us supply us with little information on.the internal state of the country ; h it from a paragraph, under the head of GuadUlaxa:.., it would appear that Garcia, though defeated :and taken Pr ironer on the 2:ld June, had not been execirt - citxt the lit July. It is even said that the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of '!'epic, where he was capyred, Lti tra;iso.itted a petition to General Bravo, soliciting the purser vation of his life. The General, it is added, returned an airsoltite refusal to this applica tion. If the accounts in this paragraph, or in the official dispatches of Gen. Jeri, can he az all relied upon, the factious Iry ce in the West is e.'tirely subdued, and the among holds of infl:rence in Guadalaxara, G.tan :jata, and Valladolid are now in complete pos se ,sion the ['tends and supporters of the existing Government. Tire General was to leave Goad alarara on 111.- 7.11 or 8:h of July. "It is almost incredible," adds a letter quoted in Al " how much good he has done in so stn.' t a time. " After freeing our city from the horrors of civil war, and its consequent calamities, he has established order, and rectified opinion, which had been industr iously mis led. 1 - lis conciliazing spirit, his frank and amiable manners, have produced greater results than could have been expected ; and if we are soon to enjoy peace and security,we shall owe these blessings to General Bravo." It would be rather a singular circumstance, if, after this defeat of Iturbide's partisans in the west, lie should be received with favour in another quarter. In the meanti me,t he Congress and Executive of Mexico seemed to manifest no alarm. The former body proceeds in its deliberations with all the calmness of a season of peace and security, and the Government is receiving from the provinces such reports as the following :—" Oajaca, July 2.—The c:ouds which hung over us have been dis sipated. Our provincial Congress has acted with an energy which merits general approbation, and the dis affected see public opinion declaring against them." We observe in the proceedings of Congress on the 6th of July, a rather interesting discussion on a project presented by a Mr. Ilium, to supply as much quick silver from the soil of Mexico as would be sufficient to work the mines, without any foreign importation, pro vided importation was prohibited. The projector en gaged, that if he did not find a sufficient quantity of the 'petal within a specified time, he would surrender all the advantages of his contract, and his machinery into the bargain, for the benefit of the nation. This pro ject Was favourably reported on by a commission, and its conditions, thus amended, were accepted. " As soon as the projector shall produce as much quicksilver as the mines of the Republic shall require, and shall prove the same to the satisfaction of the Government, the in troduction of foreign mercury shall be prohibited." In the numbers of a Sol which lie before us we observe a well. written theatrical critique, and some philosophi cal articles. A Morning Paper published a copy of the first Procla mation ss hich ltui bide issued upon his lauding, and of which the following is a translation : " MExioans!—On placing my foot upon our shores, after greeting you with the liveliest affection and kind ness, my first duty is to inform you of the reason why I have returned from Italy, as I now come, and with what object. I trust that you will listen to my voice, and that you will allow to my words the credit that is due to one who has adhered to truth on every occasion. Experience has taught you, by a series of transactions which required the greatest delicacy in their manage ment, and must be well known to you, that when !hal e undertaken operations of public imp irtance, it was not without due -meditation; 'that those tverations had uni formly sprung from a desire to promote the true and solid happiness of my country, and were carried on in a spirit of prudence and of justice. I should but offend your feelings if I used any arguments to convince you that Spain is under the protection of the Holy Alliance, and that she is not yet reconciled, nor ever will be re conciled, to the loss of the ktiost precious jewel in her Crown. Allow me, however, to observe, that it is im possible for you to be ware of the numberless intrigues which arc actively in motion, not only in distant countries, but within this our proper territory, for the inn pose of restoring it again to Spanish domination.— lint I, who from my residence in Europe, found myself in asituation to learn much, and to perceive more, upon this subject, saw in the clearest . manner that ruin was impending over you—and could I be indifferent, my colonryinen, to sour destruction? Need I say, then, wherefore it is that I return to you, journeying from such remote regions, triumphing over the obstacles, and eluding t!.e toils which this same Holy Alliance was ansiote-ly prei:aring to prevent me floor achieving my purpose' ." I return not as Emperor, but as a soldier and a Mexican, attracted Lb you even more by the sentiments of my heart than by community of country. I come as the first person armmgst you, interested in the conso lidation of our cherished itide i .endence, and our just liberty. I come influenced by the gratitude which I owe to the affection shewn me by the nation in general, and without any recollection of the heinous calumnies w ith which my enemies—the enemies'of our country— have sought to sully my name. 44 My only ohj-ct is to contribute, by my counsel and my sword, to the preset vation of the liberty and inde pendence of Mexico, or never to survive the commence. meet of this new and most disastrous slavery, which powerful 'rations are preparing to inflict upon it, and that too through the instrumentality of some recreant sons of cur soil and several ungrateful Spaniards. It is my wish also to reconcile the differences which exist amongst you—differences which of themselves would be suffi cient to plunge you into ruin—to re-establish the invalu able bessing of domestic peace, to support that system of Government which may be most conformable to the gene: al wail, without any restriction whatever, and to co-op:rite with you in effectually promoting the pro. speritv of the nation. " Mexicans ! you shall soon again bear from your most sincere and affectionate friend, AG.UsTIN DE ITURSIDE" si , 4 i , v . PRIVATE COURESPONDF.SCF.. " MADRID, SEPTEMBER 2. " Affairs are here in a lamentable state. Every hour brings with it •ome fresh act of atrocity and horror. The events of Tarifa are put forward as deman.►it.g and justif> ing that exterminating system to whit') the Apos tolic Junta urge the Spanish Cabinet, and wh;cll is but too n.uch to the taste of the King, and but to) accor dant with the di:position of his courtiers. You will have alteady seen an account in the official Gazette of the 31st ult. of the unfortunate persons executed with- - _ out form of trial, belonging, some to the expedition of Herrera, others to that of Valdez. Upwards of a hun dred more victims, distributed in classes for execution, have already suffered the Most cruel outrages in the public squares,and the most excruciating tortures in their dungeons. A few public functionaries, less vindictive than their colleagues, have been dismissed from office, for having manifested sentiments of humanity, and e x . pressed a slight disapprobation of these proceedings. At the head of these is M. Arjona, the Superintendent of Police; who, although his measures were rigorous, was, nevertheless, anxious rather to soothe than to exas perate. the public mind. The pretext for his dismissal was, that he ought to have been well informed of the movements in Andalusia, and have taken proper mea sures for their prevention, Don Itufino Gonz Iles, his successor, is just a man of that cast who can prefit by mi-for tone. When displaced from his situation, lie retired into Navarre, where his actively intriguing spirit awakened the attention of the Cortes. Thinking it pru dent to decamp from thence, he wandered through seve• ral of the provinces, till he at last arrived at Made i !, where he lived in obscurity until the restoration of the King. Since this period, helms put himself forward among, the most ardent partisans of the system of persecution and having associated himself with the Apostolic Junta, he stands distinguished as one .of its most subset vient and devoted Members. He began his political career by exclaiming Viva el Rey absoluto et meuran los Negros. (Negros are the Constitutionalists, so called from wearing a black badge of distinction in their hats). He was no sooner at the head of the police than he called for a list of all the persons employed under him, throughout the whole of his department, declaring, that notwithstand ing the dismissions that had previously taken place, it required a further cleansing, as it was still infected with Revolutionists, whose practices escaped punishment un der cover of their offizial employments. " In Ole latter end of last month a conference was held at St. Ildefonso, at which all the Foreign Ministers were summoned to attend, not omitting even Sir Was. A'Court, whose departure is daily announced, but which some pretext is always found to delay. The Duke de L'lnfantado and General Digeon were also present at this conference, but the utmost prec aution has been taken that nothing should transpire is to its object. Thus far is certain, that the most extensive powers have been vested in Ugarte, the favourite of the King, to raise, in conjunction with the French Commandant, from ten to twelve thousand Spanish troops." " SEPT. '2.—There is a report, here of a conspiracy having been discovered at Malaga. It appears, that the intrigues and secret cabals for the re-establishment of the Inquisition are still going on, and even with in creased activity, and its well-wishers seem to be higher in hope than ever. Notwithstanding this state of things, the populace seem as enthusiastic for the present regime as if it were the most prosperous possible. They con tinue to vociferate songs in its praise, one of which is as follows: ' Aunque la Espana Sea infeliz Viva Fernando! yo soy servil.' The translation of which is, 4 Let Spain be unhappy, but long live Ferdinand—l am a servile.' " Letters from Andalusia confirm the news of a de scent having been made by some Constitutionalists upon Huelva; but they add that the insurgents fled into the woods on the approach of the troops sent against them by the Captain-General of Seville. About eighty re tired Officers, who chewed some signs of satisfaction on hearing of the appearance of the insurgents, were ar rested, and conducted to Seville. While passing the bridge of Fuesia, the populace insulted and pelted them with stones, and on the Officer commanding the guard which escorted them, endeavouring to restrain the bru tality of the multitude, he was himself attacked and mortally wounded. The knowledge of the affair at Tarifa has been, in various parts of the Peninsula, fol lowed by fresh outrages towards unfortunate persons suspected of being Constitutionalists; All moderate perstins here look loserard ,with fear and trembling to wards the Ist of January, when the French troops are, according to treaty, to quit Spain. " The letters from Catalonia are filled with accounts of robberies, assassinations, and peisecutions of the Ne gros. It appears that neither tank, age, nor sex, is spared upon these occa,ions. The affair of Tarifa made such an impression at Barcelona, that the municipal of cets assembled at the town-house, and declared them selves in permanent sitting. They sent a deputation to the Spanish authorities of the town, to prevail upon them to publish an order for the shutting up of the Theatre, cafes, taverns, and public-houses, forbidding more than three persons to be seen together, requiring all the ex•officers and other suspected persons to quit the town, and finally requiring that a great number of persons pointed out by name should be imprisoned." 44 CAM", AUGUST 24. " Nothing can more plainly exemplify the weakness of Spanish plans, and the inanity of Spanish enterprise, than the late affair at Tarifa. 1 speak of both parties, for I do not think there is a straw to choose between them. Valdez, a desperate outlaw, had collected at Gibraltar a few wretched exiles like himself; and as their situation could not be worse than it was, they agreed to set forth upon an expedition, which, in fact, was wholly destitute of common sense. They were to land and attack a strong fortress, without the least pos sible means of carrying it, if defended. But the negligence of the Spanish garrison supplied to the as sailants the want of arms and artillery. The place may almost be said to have been taken by two men. The assailants divided themselves into three parties, and ap proached quietly to three gates. One individual knocked at one of the gates, and was admitted without hesitation. However, a Custom-house Officer who was on duty, conceiving some suspicion, fired at him. He immediately thew out a pistol, and shot the Custom house Officer dead. The rest of the guard, instead of seizing the stranger, scampered away in all direction., and left him to throw open the gate to his compa nions, who immediately proceeded to open the other gates for the other two parties." FIRE Al' ST. CHRISTOPHER'S. ST. KITTS, JUNE 22. Between the hours of one and two o'clock on Sunday morning, the inhabitants of this town and its vicinity were aroused by an alarm of lire, which was discovered to proceed from the premises of Joseph Adlam, Esq. opposite Baker's Corner. hundreds of persons imme diately repaired to the spot, where the fire had com menced in a shop contiguous to diedwelling-house, to which it communicated with such astonishing rapidity, that the whole structure was in a few moments one en tire mass of flime, raging with a violence that for a considerable time defied every effort to arrest its pro- • r.""' I...airktm...agi gress. At this dreadful moment the whole town seemed devoted to destruction, from the itnmense volume of the devouring element which issued from the build ings, and the sparks which ascended and fell around. Most providentially, however; the wind was light, and southerly ; had it been Blowing from the northward, the houses on the opposite side of the street must inevitably have taken fire, and in all human probability this valu able town would have been at the present moment one general heap of ruins. From Mr. Adlam's, the fire eached the pest house, on the same line, occupied by Mr. Benjamin Watson; this was a brick building, and the flames therefore had not materials to feed upon tu' such an extent as at Mr. Adlam's, whose buildings were of wood, and in whose cellars a large quantity of rum and brandy heigistened the conflagration ; but the roof, windows, and every consumable part of Mr. Watson's house were reduced to ashes. The flames, yet unsub clued, it was feared,would extend to the adjoining houses, and it was accordingly deemed necessary to level them with the earth, which was effected, after great exertion; but this tact ifice to the general safety has placed their late inmates in a state of painful destitution. The con flagration did not extend beyond Mr. Watson's, and about day-light the danger was at an end. Notwithstanding the imminent peril to which many respectable and worthy individuals fearlessly exposed themselves during the whole time, there was no loss of life. Several, however ; were bruised ; and among them- Lieutenant Clarke, of the 4th Regiment, who received a severe contusion whilst exerting himself in a distil). guithed and exemplary style. The Captains of some of the vessels lying in th• road, and Gentlemen from the neighbouring estates, were also on the spot, contri buting their assistance. From the circumstance of the shop in which the fire broke out having been closed in the evening, and the lights carefully extinguished, it is very strongly sus pected that the dreadful event which followed was the work of an incendiary; and the suspicion is strengthened by the fact of an attempt having been made on Sunday night to set fire to a house in College -street, which was fortunately discovered before the combustible matter in tended to accomplish the demoniac desiga had burnt out. A militia guard (which has been nightly mounted since) proceeded to the spot, and apprehended a negro man slave to whom suspicion attached, and who has been judicially examined and committed to jail. Another man has been sifite taken into cu stogy, and likewise committed. THE KING OF FRANCE. ---Now.-- THIRD BWLLETIN OF THE KING'S HEALTH. 0 MONDAY, Sm. 13, Riau!, A. W. " His Majesty experienced a respite from pain during some hours last night, but his weakness is extreme. His pulse beats more slowly and weaker. He remains at present in possession of all his faculties. (Signed) " PORTAL, " DUPUYTREY, "A LI BERT, " THEVENOT. DISTEL, " The King has received the Sacrament from the hands of the Grand Almoner, in the presence of the Royal Family, the Grand Chamberlain. the principal Officers of the - Household, the Prince de Casteleicala, the President of the Council, and all the household. " After the ceremony, the King caused the members of the Royal Family to be called to him, gave them his blessing, and embraced them. (Signed) " Count DA M AS, " First Gentleman of the Bed-chamber." FOURTH BULLETIN. " Two o'Cioce. r. x. " The King is tranquil ; be has taken broth three times, and is at present free from fever. his weakness continues. (Signed) " A LI BERT, " DISTEL. " First Gentleman of the Bed-chamber, If Count DAMAS." THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCH NGR. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The chief conversation upon 'Change Is concerning Ivuaaina— some believe in his death, and others do not credit it ; it is certain that during his residence in London, be had a spy who was con ; tinually watching his moillments, for which he was well paid by the Mexican Government. Consols opened this morning at 94}, I, for the Account, with scarcely anything doing, at which price they remain up to the pre sent hour. FOREIGN FUNDS. In the Foreign Market this morning there was a geod deal done in Mexican Bonds, but scarcely anything in other Securities. Current Prices :—New Spanish 15, Old 193 20, Russian 933 3, Mexican 493 3, Colombian Scrip 123 di.. Colombian 933 94, Chi. Tian 7.53, Alliance Shares 103 11 pr. French Scrip 103 3, Austrian 943 3, New Prussian 963, Old 983 99, I'orto4uese 873, Buenos Ayres 5 43 dis. Braz. 33 a dis. Peruvian 55 56, Greek 1615 dis. FOREIGN F.XCHANGES. Hamaiiam, SEPT. 10.—On London, 56. 53. 2 Us. 36. 23. PiTtiStitlltOU, Ace. 27.—0 n London, 9. 3. Leusic, Sum 6.—On Loudon, 3 M. 6. 143. Beaux, SEPT. 7.—On London, 6.203. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock shut-3 per Cent. Reduced shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 94 1 / 2 94 IA 1 / 4 -3k per Cent. shut 4 per Ct. Assented shut-4 per Cent. Old shut 4 per Cent. New 106 1 / 4 106—India Bonds 86 84 £l,OOO Eacheq. Bills (2d.) 42 3; (1 1 4 d.) 41 2 40 Baulk for Acct. 235 1 ,% '235 Coshols for Acct. 9434 16. Up to two o'clock this day no official intelligence had been received by our Government, of the Death of Louis XVIII. The latest accounts are dated Monday, and state, that the KING had that morning taken some refreshment. Two Exprestes reached town this forenoon fipm Paris. One of them is said to bring intelligence that the King of FRANCE died on Tuesday morning, and that in the afternoon CHARLES X. was proclaimed, The following extract from a letter was received at Lloyd's this morning : Y DOVER, SEPTEMBER LI. a Our last letters from Boulogne are dated this day at noon up to that hour no advises of the Death of the King of VIA lieZ had ar rived, but were hourly expected. lle was alive on Monday evening. Intelligence has at length been received of the adven turer 'runtimes arrival at Mexico ; and there is strong reason to believe that his enterprise has terminated fatally. Captain Quecsit, of the Spring, the vessel in which Irunaros sailed from Southampton, has addrev.ed a letter to his owners in London, in which he states that he anchored on the 13th of July off Soto la Marina, a port about 150 miles to the northward of Tampico, 0 'where one of General Ittnntnes suite landed. On the evening of the 15th, the General himsel landed, and proceeded on horseback to Soto la Marina, where Ge. nerd GARCIA, who commanded in that district, received him, turned out the troops, and proclaimed lAm, hint- BIDE, Captain• General of all the troops; On the 17th; Madame Ixtrantor., the family, and baggage, we re landed, and it appeared the whole were very well re. ceived. It appears that Captain QUELSH remained oir the bar of Soto la Marina, which is 16 miles from the shore, until the 23d of July. Up to the previous even. ing he continued to receive favourable reports from the shore, that all was going on well ; but on the of the 22d, he was informed by some Amer ican Cap. tains, thatlroantos; had been shot on the 19. h. ft i s said also in another account, that some people who h a d come off from the shore in boats had stated, that they had themselves seen the • party of soldiers returning horn the execution of ITURSIDE. Captain QUELSII, It is said, did not believe the report ; to us *appears strange, that he did not wait until he ascertained a fact of so much importance. He say s Irunatrat pornised, in case of his success, to send him some pesetas, as a compliment for his civility, but that, after waiting six or seven days, no presents reached Inni, but a report that the whole patty hid been entrapped into a military ambuscade, seized and shot. Indeed the reception given by GAaCIA is of itself suspicious, as that Officer was one of the srst to resist the tyranny of hutustnE, and had the full confidence of the present Government of Mexico. Had lummox succeeded he would have found some means to make his success known to Captain QUELBII, were it only for the sake of quieting the apprehensions of those members Of his family he left in England. In a receding column we have given some intelli gence from Mexico, together with a Proclamation said to have been issued on the landing of frumps. This protlathation was, we believe, written and printed in London; and we presume that it is by this means, and not by ally arrival from Mexico, that it appears in print. This morning we received liamburgh Papers to the 104 instntt: One of thew states, that the lonian Go vernment Gaziette of flit 24th June contains an Orden name against piracy, by which it is to be punished with death and confiscation of the propet ty cf the pirate, for the benefit of the ptiblii treasury: We are sorry to see Russia following the example of Drankfort in the persecution of the Jews. An article from Warsaw of the 29th of August, in the Hanzturgls Correspondent, states, that by an Ukase of his Majesty the Emperor of Runt*, all Jews who ate not physi cians or established merchants, are ordered to renounce by the year 1825, the petty commerce they have hi therto carried on, trades, &c. and to return to the occu pation of their ancestors, that is to say, to till the ground. —For this purpose, the Government will assign them land in the temperate climate of European Russia; provide them with everything necessary to commence their agricultural operations, and found their new set tlements, and allow them exemption from taxes for some years, if they conform to the supreme will of his MAJESTY. On the other hand, they have no other alternative but must entirely quit Russia and Poland. The publication of this Ukase has caused great conster nation adiong the numerous Jewish population: The following are farther extracts PETERSBURGH, AUGUST 28. His Majesty the Emperor set out this morning early from Gatschina, on his tour to the southern provinces of the Empire. His Majesty will stop the first night at Romantschino, a country seat belonging to the Mar quis de Traverse, Minister df Marine. The Duke of Serra Capicula, Neapolitan Ambassa dor, had his audience of leave of their Imperial Majes ties on the 19th. Supplementary articles have been annexed to the former regulations of the Commercial Tribunal. A resolution of the Minister of Finance, of the 21st instant, orders that all foreign oil shall pay a duty on importation, only according to the nett.weight. STOCKHOLM, SEPTEMBER 3. The two Members of the Norwegian Committee of Legislation, who are to concur in the labours of the Swedish Committee of Legislation in this city, are not expected to arrive before the winter. It is thought that one of them will be Mr. Counsellor of State Kaogh, President of the Norwegian Committee of Legislation. BERLIN, SEPTEMBER s. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived at Konigsberg, but is expected shortly at Breslau, at which last city the King and the Crown Princess, the Princes Charles and Irederick, and Princess Louisa; have already arrived. Tlll KING. WINDSOR, SEPT. 13.—The weather being fine this morning,the KING left the Royal Lodge in his phaeton, and proceeded to Virginia Water. where his MAJESTY was expected to take an excursion on the water. The Band of the gd Life Guards attended, and played in the Long Walk, which was thronged by num bers of the neighbouring Nobility, who came in their carriages for the purpose of piomenaditig: Earl BArGuitsr came to town this morning, for t? e first time these three weeks, and transacted business at the Colonial Office, in Downing -street. The CIIANCULLoR of the DICIIEQUER and Lady SA /Ali Roniusos left their residence. in Dmkning-street, for the seat of Countess Ds atter, at Wresthonse. &hoe, Bedfordshire, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. HUNTER, the King's Messenger, was sent off fruits the Foreign Office, Downing -street, on Tuesday evening, with dispatches for Sir CHARLES &WA RT, our Ambassador at Paris. Prince POLIGNAC, the F:ench Ambassador, trans• acted business yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. The suite of the KING and QusEN of the SA NDW ICU I4LANDS have protracted their stay until Monday, when they will take their departure, accompanied by two English artizans, and a asan•servant for the Ciovernor. bucb is the spirit of adventure• , .... ~.., lam bra Wall it Ii Pal 4 - rap . 1 abir "at d spell vie, that I rimed actiyl In the calla him I April he as 3L bet, Plied aken ;owe Th data (A la be wi this w ter et i n Ti posed ii Cowl 11 wia sl now I Pedla be or more Long to the b atet ballad the at Pr on. 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