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which such relief has given to the various sources of Ou r national weal. On the Stamps ami Post Office Duties there is also a considerable increase. The Assessed Taxes, as every o ne knows; have experienced a great and salutary reduction. The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrived last night. n e Journal des Dads contains the following inte resting intelligence of the proceedings at Cadiz since t he arrival there of the KING and Cortes:— " MADRID, JUNE 26. We have received letters from Cadiz to the 20th inst. a The Cortes re-assembled on the 18th. The nominal appeal prowl that one hundred and ten Members were present, and that c ipher being sufficient to deliberate, the Sitting was opened. 1, The Cortes commenced by declaring that the Regency had deserved well of the country. They received the congratulations of the municipality of Cadiz, and referred to a special commis sion the proposition made by several Members to invite the Go. vernment to indicate the means of rescuing the country from the real crisis in which it is placed. 44 The Cortes afterwards occupied themselves with unitary measures and with regulations relating to the laying up of pro visions. They also declared, that considering the imminent Jager which threatened the country, it was expedient to ap ply the 808th Article of the Constitution, and they directed the Connuittee of Legislation to present without delay a project of law to suspend forms in all prosecutions for crimes of high trea son and conspiracy. The Royal Family was transferred, on the 18th inst. to the Palace of the Custom- House, which it is to occupy. 4 . Sancho Salvador, Minister of War, cut his throat with a Mgt on the morning of the 18th, after having spent the night burning his papers. Ile left a writing, in which he declared that be could sot survive the disasters Which he had witnessed, and that he terminated his life with the consolation of never having committed any crime. " The city of Cadiz refused to admit the Madrid Volunteers, w!:o r_mained in the Isle of Leon. The defences of that island are net far advanced, and the garrison is not sufficiently numerous to defend all the works. There are scarcely five thousand men to guard both the Isle of Leon and Cadiz. General Vigodet has taken the command of all the troops ; Zayas is not trusted. The two divisions of Bourdesoult and Bourmont must have et. fcced their junction on the 25th, before Cadiz. Our squadron had also arrived in the Bay, and must have established its com munications with the land." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received to-d iy, by Express, the Moni sm of Thursday, and a letter from our Private Cor respondent, written in the afternoon of the same day, aneouncing the defeat of the corps under LOPEZ BA NOS. FROM THE MONITEUR. PARIS, JULY 3. By an Ordonnance of the 501.11 ult. Viscount de Senonneb, Secretary-General of the Household, has been appointed the locum tencus of Marshal Lauris ton during his absence. The accounts from Lisbon state, that the new or demf things has not met with the slightest obstacle, but has excited general enthusiasm throughout the whole population of Portugal. The Lisbon Gazette of the 12th ult. contains a long list of the names of the Officers who had the honour to draw the King's cars iage from the Castle of Los Atlas to the Palace of B:mposta. FROM VIE ECHO DU MIDI. AX, Jii NIC On the night ofthe 17th, 600 Constitutionalists left Balaguer, and being joined by 1,000 men of the gar rison of Lerida attacked the division ,of Navarre, amounting to 2,000 men, at Tantarita. The latter did not at first bring the whole of their forces into action, but by placing 800 men in a large church, the Constitutionalists were between two fires; the con scquence of which was, that 600 of them were killed, and they lost all their munitions, a mule loaded with money, &q horses, and two pieces of artillery. Yesterday morning at seven o'clock, 2,000 French arrived at Alas.a village about an hour's march from S,eo d'Urgel. At }Q o'clock a Spanish Royalist di vision took up a position at Calvigna, a small village on a height in front of the fort. Another division is marching on Enserail, which commands the pass of Andorre, and at noon a considerable body of infantry and 200 horse will complete the blockade of the fort. This military operation, which has been so long de iced, will prevent the garrison from getting any further supplies of money or provisions from the neighbouring towns. It is said that Mina, who had gone to Cenca, had turned towards Ouliana. We are assured that he has been seen in the neighbourhood, and that his troops, who are in a most deplorable state, are charged with escorting several families of women and children, who have fled with him. It is believed that he had encountered in his march the troops of Camarlot and some other Royalist chief, and that he had not time to re-enter Seo, as he had declared he would do. A. second column of prisoners of war, taken on the 15th and 16th, arrived this morning at Perpignan. The town of Cadagues, on the coast of Catalonia, has become the refuge of a great number of Consti tutionalists, who have restored the stone of the Con stitution, a monument which is execrated thseughenstl the whole of Spain. As soon as this seditious,k4sitas made known to the authorities, several of the easel prominent individuals were arrested, and the wahtisin of the refugees driven out of the town. On the 19th, a small vessel which was conveying 800 muskets to Barcelona, was captured by a vessel belonging to the Royal Marine. It is said that Manso, being informed of the occu pation of Tortosa by the Royalists, and that several corps of French troops were on tire banks of the E'.)ro and the plain of Tarragona, had determined on quit ting the latter city, with the whole of his disposable troops, and had to ken the direction of Seb d'Urgel between Vich and Lerida. It is not known whether he has realized this project or not. FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT. " PA BIS, JULY 3, P. M. • " Official intelligence has reached. Paris this morn ing of the destruction of the corps of Lopez Banos, by Bourmont, at St. Juan del Puerto, with the loss of all his artillery. Part of it was already embarked for Cadiz, when the officers of a troop of 300 French dragoons dismounted, - charged one of the enemy's guns and a howitzer, fired upon the hoats and brought them to. Banos escaped in a boat, attended by only two or three of his officers. By this affair the Constitutional Army in Estremadura is completely broken up and destroyed." Madrid Gazettes to the 26th of June have been re ceived. The Deputation of the Grandees of Spain,, as soon as they knew of the force exercised towards the KING at Seville, convoked a General Assembly of the Grandees, when the Duke de SAN FERNANDO, the President of the Deputation, proposed an Ad dress to the Regency. He observed, in doing so, that the former Declaration of the Spanish Nobles had been received •, with universal approbation from the Pyrennees to the Pillars of Hercules!" and had been circulated in foreign countries ; that they were now bound by the most sacred obligations to avenge the wrong done to their Sovereign, to whose aid, ac cording to the old laws of Spain, " all his vassals should hasten, without distinction of rank or even of sex, if he should be held in captivity by rebels;" and that they, therefore, could not hesitate to offer their lives and fortunes.in so just a cause. The following Address was agreed to : 1, TO THE REGENCY. " The Grandees of Spain having learnt with We deepest sor. row the horrible offence, hitherto unknown amongst Spaniards, committed against tour beloved King, in the very sight of the precious and venerated ashes of our holy and glorious King Fer dinand, the Nobility of Spain, which in times past and present, has never ceased to give proofs of fidelity and love to its Sove reigns, burns with the desire of effacing, with its blood, this out rageous insult. " Animated with these noble sentiments, and in order to con form to the wise and ancient laws of our country, it is our duty, in order that those laws may be executed, to be the first to defend, at the price of our lives, our King and Master; the Grandees of Spain will sacrifice all they posses: in the prosecution of so noble an undertaking. " Their Sterne Highnesses the Regency may dispose of us and of the poor remains of our fortunes! Let their Serene Highnesses accede to our wishes, and all the Grandees will eagerly strive to be foremost, as become good and bliyal Spa. niards, to save their King, or perish in the honourable contest ! " Madrid, June 20, 152:5." Above forty names are subscribed to this Address, among which are, " The Duke of San Fernando y Quiroga ; the Duke of Vii labetmosa ; the Marquis of Albayda y San Josef ; the Count del Puebla del Maestre ; the Marquis de San Martin; the Mar quis de Valparaiso ; the Marquis de la Roman& ; the Duke of Sedavi y San Clemente ; the Duke of Berwick y Alva ; the Marquis de Villailores; the Count del Montijo; the Duke de Tantames; the Count de Miranda; the Duke del Infantado; the Duke de Moatemers, the Count de Fuentes; the Duke de Castro.torreno, &c." Frankfort Papers to the 29th ult. reached us this forenoon. They contain intelligence from Constan tinople to the 27th of May. The Ramadan, or Lent of the Mussulmen, began on the 10th of that month, and was likely to pass over without those ex cesses which generally attend it. These papers con tain no intelligence of importance relative to the Greeks, but they state, that in Asia, affairs have taken a turn very favourable to the Porte. The PACIIA of Egypt has just landed a rein forcement of 6,000 men, which has obliged the In surgents to raise the siege of the important place of Canea, which was already reduced to great extremity, and where the plague still rages.—The following are extracts: CONSTANTINOPLE, MAY 26. The Ramadan, or Lent of the Mussulmen, began on the 10th of this month. According to all appear ance this season (which formerly was almost always signalised by some excesses), will pass over this time , very quietly. The most rigorous measures are still adopted to prevent disorder amongst the corps of the Janissaries. A' very severe example has been given within these few days. The Usta of the 59th Orta, who was banished some time ago to Asia, had 'ventured, with some of his companions in misfortune, to come over secretly to the coast of Europe, and he thought himself in. safety by taking refuge in an old barrack of the Ja nissaries with Daud Pacha, not far from the Capital, which had enjoyed from time immemorial the priii lege of affording an asylum to all criminals and fu gitives. From this pretended asylum he bad even entered into seditious intrigues with some Yamaks in the Castles on the Bosphorus. The Sultan being in 'formed last friday of these facts, went in State to ;she Mosque, and commanded the Aga of the Jogs laries to bring to him, dead or alive, the guilty Usta t, 4nd all those who might have joined him. The Aga, with a strong escort,' immediately proceeded to the barrack : the Usta was given up without resistance and strangled, with some of his companions, and their dead bodies were publicly exposed in the quarter of the Janissaries. HILDBURGHAUSEN, JUNE at. We have been ordered to publish the following Sovereign Rescript, addressed to the Censors of the Dorfiseitung:— ' " We, Frederick, by the Grace of Coo, Duke of Saxony, Sovereign Prince of Hildburghausen, &c. " The Dolmittate has published, in its 113 d Number of this year, page 97, an article, in which the account, published also In other Journals, of a change of some Russian Ministers and Ad jutants-General, is represented in a false light. As this escaped the Censorship for the want of other accounts that did not ar rive soon enough, we order that our high displeasure at this re presentation, which is quite inconsistent with the respect due to friendly Powers, be stated in the next number of the Dedleitung. " Unremitting attention is to be exercised in future, that similar . • . improprieties may sot recur, and that we may not be placed under the disagreeable necessity of employing more rigorous measures against an establishment, the utility of which in many instances is acknowledged. FREDERICK, DUKE OF SAXONY. Hildburgbausen, June 16, 1825.": THE ARMY. This morning the Duke of Yoax, attended by a numerous train of Field-Officers, reviewed, in Hyde-Park, the first and second Battalions of the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards, of which Regi ment his Royal Highness is Colonel. On his arrival, his Royal Highness was received with military honours : after which he passed along the whole line. The Battalions afterwards passed his Royal Highness in slow and quick time. The usual ma noeuvres followed ; and, at the conclusion, his Royal Highness expressed himself much pleased at the high state of discipline, and steady conduct of the men under arms. The fineness of the morning attracted a great number of potions ; and, amongst the numerous groups, there were several Ladies of rank. ' The Ist Veteran Battalion was on Thursday week reviewed at Galway. Monday the Members of the Third Troop of Ipswich Yeo manry Cavalry, under the command of Captain Car, had a strong muster at Eye ; and went through their evolutions in the mea dow belonging to Rosear Marx Coasor.o,• Esq. They after wards partook of a collation at the house of that Gentleman. Monday, Lieutenant-General Lord Comusmafts, Sir Cot:- 4171101 M G WM?, and several other Officers of distinction, reviewed the Queen's Royal Regiment in the Phcenix•Park, Dublin. The corps was commanded by its Colonel in person, •Major-General Sir H. TOMLIN!, K.C. B. &c. Adjutant-General to the Forces, and the new system of manauvre introduced by Sir Hexer, and to be adopted by the Army, was displayed by a *rapidity of move ment and precision which drew forth Vae commendation of every one present on the occasion. The 14th Light Dragoons, lately quartered in Birmingham, left on Thursday, for Kingston, and are to be relieved by the 2d Re giment of Dragoon Guards, or Queen's Bays, from York. The Cavalry Barracks at Newbridge, in Ireland, sustained considerable damage by an accidental fire, on Friday night. The entire of the near wing has fallen a prey to the devouring element; and much property, belonging to Colonel Ross and Quarter-Master Jou.v, has been cOnsumed. The fire happened in consequence of a soldier incautiously leaving a candle alight. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Faumnrit, Jars 3.—Wind N.—Arrived the Union, from London. Sailed the Elvin, O'Nsss, for St. Übe's. Pxvisourn. oxv 3.—Wind N . — Arrived the Amanthea, Rower?, from Palermo, in 63 days. • Poo:mourn Jour 4.—Wind &W.—Arrived the Nile, &maw, from kip. Sailed the' Rorer. Grouse, Pawns Re tinue, and Rovat. SOVERZUSS yachts, for Cowes; also sailed the Borodino transport, for Chatham. His Majesty's ship Grads oow came into harbour to be paid off. Doves, JULY 4.—Arrived off the port, the Coldstream, from Bengal. Dear., JULY 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and remain, the He roine, Orme, from the Isle of France for Antwerp ; and War ren Hastings, Mason, from Bengal for London. Came down from the River and remain, the Lovely Maria, Surrn, for St. Domingo; and Kerswell, Aasteraoxq, for the Cape of Good Hope. Half-past Six—The Warren Hastings is proceeding for the River. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. PURSERS. Wm. L. Freeman, to the Argus ; John Goldsmith, to the As traa ; Wm. Coningwortb. to the Bustard ; John Aiclideacon, to the Camelion ; Thos. Nisbett, to the Columbine ; John Samp son, to the Ganges • Pat. Duffers, to the Larne ; Thos. Rowe, to the Mersey ; RObt. Mann Read, to the Pelorus ; Jos. Wil liamson, to the Quern Charlotte ; John P. Lanny, supernume raries Wm . Askew and John Nairne, to the Ramillies; Wm. Braund, to the Redwing ; John Frills, to the Revenge ; Jas. D. Keely, to the Rifleman; Thos. Goddard, to the Royal George yacht; John Curtis, to the Sianey ; Geo. B. Harrison, to the Spartiate; Abr. Sugden, to the Thracian. Fauns or en' Sun.—The Sun will be eclipsed in the morn sag of Tuesday next. This, however, will be but a very partial obscuration, as the following particulars suliciently skew : Beginning of the eclipse 15 min. 49 sec. after 5 in the morn. Middle - - 27 2 Visible conjunction 24 41 • End of the eclipse 40 27 Total duration - 26 31 • Digits eclipsed 21 deg. 23 min. Saturday, Dr. RICHARDSON, upon returning to Dumfries, his native town, after traversing the Polar Regions, with Captain FRANKLIN and his party, was presented by the Magistrates with the fzeedom of that Burgh. Provost KERR, on delivering it, ob served, that generally the ceremony was -meant to express only the Corporation's regard for the indivi dual who received such a mark of its favour ; but that the exercise of it, on the present occasion, must ' I gratify every individual in the town, as he was sure no one could be found who did not feel proud that so distinguished a traveller was his townsman. Doctor RICHARDSON, in a few words, but with neatness and elegance, returned thanks. A letter from Captain HECOHAN, of the Thomson's packet of Dumfries, to his owners, dated Pictou, the 21st May, says, they had landed their passengers all well, and would proceed that day to Richebucto. In lat. 43. 40. long. 52.30. they fell in with the ship Lord Wellington, of Whitby, which had run upon an iceberg, and damaged herself; they lay by her till they had.tried every means to stop the leak, but in 'vain, when the crew left her (19 in number), with eight feet water in her hold, and came on board of] the packet, and were safely landed in Pictou. We are happy to find that the Irish papers received this morning, do not mention a single outrage on thei much dreaded Ist of July. In Dublin the Royak I Standard was, as usual, hoisted on the Bedford Tower, *Web was the only honour which marked the anni versary of the battle of the Boyne. The persons arrested at Doneraile have been ad- muted to bail One of the Dublin papers states, on the authority of a letter from Moy, that a party of dragoons stationed at Magherafelt, who had been 'taken out for the purpose of repressing illicit distilla tion, had been attacked and fired on by a party of Ribbonmen near Stuartstown, county of Tyrone.— iThey, of course, returned the fire ; and, it , is said, that eleven of he Itibbonmen, two dragoons, and three horses, were killed on the spot, and seve ral se riously wounded. NEW INSOLVENT Btu..--The most important alte ration in the above Bill is, that it subjects the pri soner who does not prove his insolvency to have arisen. from mil fortune, to be remanded for eighteen mouths, unless three-fourths of his creditors, to number and. value, consent to his discharge. GRAND SPANISH FETE. The Fancy Ball under the above title, took piece last night at Covent-Garden Theatre. The company was highly respectable, and comprised many indivi duals, who, by their votes in Parliament, opposed rather than assisted what were regarded as attemrts to commit us in the present war. No mottos, in scriptions, emblems, or allegories, referring to " the cause" met the eye—no display of foreign orders— indeed nothing bearing the slightest political allusion. The front of every box in the house was waving with banners, theproperlies of the Theatre, which had a very pleasing appearance. The pit being boarded over on a level with the stage, formed a space dint would have contained many thousand persons. From the proscenium to the back of the stage there ran on each side half a dozen pillars supporting the cover• ing of a very splendid tent; and between the pill is the spectator could view the whole " Peristrep'a:c Panoramic" view of his Nlaiesre's voyage to Scot land, with which our Readers are familiar, from its having been a leading feature in the last Christmas Pantomime. Three circles were roped in for the dancers of quadrilles and waltzes. A capital Band occupied the three boxes next the stage, on what is called tire l'rince's side." The seats and partitions between the four centre boxes were removed, and under a canopy were placed a couclnd chairs for the Ladies Patronesses. The Band 61 - the Sd Regi ment of Foot Guards occupied the three boxes on the second tier. • The galleries were hidden from view by silver drapery. There were many additional chande liers; in short, everything was well arranged. The company began to arrive about half-past ten. At half•past eleven the Patrons and Ladies Patro nesses made their entree; amongst them we observed— Ills Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of Argyll and the Ladies Jane, Agnes, and Frances Paget ; the Duke of Devonshire; Earls Grey, Tankerville Rossiya, Glen. Lords Ellenborough and Clinton ; the COuntesses of Jer.. sey, Grey, Glengall, and Grosvenor; Ladies Dacre and L. Lambton; Mrs. M. A. Taylor, Mrs. A. Baring, &c. A few minutes before twelve o'clock dancing commenced.— The principal quadrille party was led off by the Duke of Devon.. shire and Lady Jersey. In the same set were Captain Locke (Ist Life Guards) and the Countess of Uxbridge, Mr. Leicester and Lady Frances Paget, the Earl of Glengall, &c. &e. Amongst tlie company were also the Duke of Argyll ; the Earls of Jersey and Sefton ; Lords Dacre, Erskine, Foley, A. Hamil ton, Nugent, W. Russell; Sir Ronald Ferguson, M.P. Sir W. W. Wynn, M.P. Mr. N. A. Taylor, M.P. Mr. J. G. Lambton, M.P. Mr. Luke White, M.P. Mr. A. Baring, M.P. Mr. John Williams, M.P. Sir Wm. Congreve, M.P. Colonel Davies, M.P. Mr. S. C. Whitbread, M.P. kgreat proportion of the company, Ladies and Gen tlemen, wore plain dresses. There were many in full Court dresses; but the majority of the Gentlemen were in uniforms of different grades. Many Ladies wore beautiful fancy dresses, the most striking of which were decidedly those of the Duchess of An- GYLL and her lovely family (the Ladies PAGEr and the Countess of UXBRIDGE.) There were also Spa nish, French, Italian, and Swiss peasants, with a very slight sprinkling of characters amongst whom were seen a Chinese, a Persian, a Canadian Chief tain, a Highlander,- and, of course, a few Spaniards in full costume. Amongst the real Spaniards pre sent were - Admiral JABAT (the Spanish Ambassador), and the Duke of SAN LORZEZO. On the whole, the company was highly respectable, and we might pretty nearly say select—there not being one-half the number present that were expected, front the interest excited. Tickets had been issued for fourteen hun dred, but at no period of the night did there appear to be more than six hundred in the whole House, ex clusive of the spectators admitted to the third tier of boxes. Tea, coffee, ices, and confectionery, were served in the saloons. As a measure of finance, the 41 Spanish Fête" could not have been very productive; but, being divested of its political character, we have seen few public balls that appeared to give such general satisfaction. yesterday, about twelve o'clock, the Duke of G Lou casTea, accompanied by Captain FOREVER, left his residence in Park lane to proceed to Dover, on his way to the Continent for a short time. The Duchess of CLARENCZ, accompanied by the Duchess of SAXE WEIMAR, honoured the Italian Opera House w th their presence on Thursday night • The two Duchesses left tcwn for Bushey. Lord CLANWILLIAII, who succeeds Mr. Rose as EngVsh Ambassador at Berlin, arrived at Frankfort on the 26th ult. Mr. HUGHES BALL and Madame MERCANDOTTI BALL have been residing for .some time at West combe Park, on the borders of Blackheath. Monday, the Hon. Air. EARDLEY gave a Cvrand Rut al Elltertainment. of the most brilliant description, to a numerous party of the Nobility and Gentry, at Belvidere, the seat of Lord EARDLEY, in Kent. Three elegant marquees were erected on the lawn—cne for dancing, the other two for the banqnetting tables ; whilst some smaller ones were erected in the pleasure. grounds, containing the choicest refreshments. , The Bands of the Royal Artillery and Nl:nines at Wool wich attended, in full uniform. The major part of the company proceeded by water. The pleasure grounds afforded a most intetesting view of extensive country, the Thames, shipping, pleasure-boats, &c. the whole formed a delightful camp-deed. Sorrel:se:on or Fats.—ln consequence of the complaints of the respectable inhabitants of the Parishes of Camberwell and Peckham the Surrey Magistrates held Sessions yesterday at Union-Wall; and, after hearing Counsel In support of the Frain, resolved to suppress them. Edmonton is alto likely to be de prived of its annual Statute Fair. We hear of no attempt, ever,how to suppress Saint Bar th olomew's festivities. ancaster Races commenced on Tuesday, when the Sweep. stakes of lugs. (five subscribers) was won by Mr. Bre:het-torts ch. g. Mercury beating two othen.—The Town Plate of SOgs. was won by Mr. Ferguson's b. e. Sir Anthony beating four otbers. On Wednesday a Ten-guinea Sweepstakes (five sub scribers) was walked over by Mr. Strickland's b. c. Wanton -- The.CSO, given by the Members fur the Borough, was also wee by Mr. Ferguson s b. c. Wanton behting three others : H AYMARKE T THEATRE. ••••• 'll,:he Beggars Opera, which was performed last night at this house, drew a crowded audience. The principal characters were well supported—Madame VEsTrus appearing as Cap. tarn Macheath, Miss PATON as Polly, and Tzstav as Peachuns. How happy could Ibe with either," wa s given by Madame VOTE is with great spirit and effect. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.-.---ThiAllNlGijkiimeof (A rr. 'don the Gipsey, which met witty-such soces; lait sea.' son, was performed yesterday evening with deserved applause. ch Th ara e- ct F er ar s ce wi o th f T 4re ise a ,Bee t effect. Mr. Homan. Hive followed, i s: which Ml KELLY• and Mr. Wagircu perfotMed th e . principal made his first appearance in the part ci Mingle. This Gentleman possesses much yivacity,_ and acquitted himself w the spurt suibiactie,a the audience. f! 1 •••; , 11 f . • " . OA Aar r st- F5 B . l a st the an of ibll In is pore )ulse ~'