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•• Moods% you sA:I use your utmost eudeivnere, fit co-opera t‘un with the Magistracy, to dehtt t 1 e - mscbinatious of those whose projrcts, if succesefol, could only aggravate the este' which it is professed to remedy; and who, under the pretence of Reform, lave really no other object bat the sub version of osit'Sappy Constitution." . .LORDCHAPICLILLOIL, by tin Pullet RigotiET's eiminsand, " Lords, out Camtiemen, " It is the will sod pleasure of his Royal Righnees the Mince Regent, setiug in the name sod un behalf r%T his ,I.ijedy, that this Parliament be prorogued to reeselsy the 24th they of August next, to be then here holden ; and this Parliement is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 24th day of August next?" The Members of the !louse of Commons retired, ••id the Prince Regent withdrew in the Same turn us less observed on his entronice. HOUSE OF COMMONS, TCESDA 4 f, JULY 13. The SPIASEIL took the Choir at half-pet one o'clock. Messengers from the Lords announced their . ILorrlshioa' desire that the Commons would furnish them with copies of the Reports of the Coomois -0/011•111 appointed to examine into the present state of Weights and Measures in Ireland. The Ws :sengers were informed that the Commons :.ecetled to the rtqaest. • Sir G. Hts.t. appeared at the bar, and stated that the Viinve Regent had hero waited on with the Addremies of that House of the 13th of June, nod the 32h, 7111, amid Hilt of July, praying that certain papers should he laid before the Ilouse, and that Les Royal Highness had given orders accord ingly. Ste G. Film. brought up the Report of the An. vital Public Expenditure of Ireland.—Lisid on the tally, and ordered to be printed. RETRENCHMENT IN THE PUBLIC EXPEN DITURE. Mr. Flume said, be would take the present op portutiite-to state to the House those sentiments no the subject of the public expenditure, which he st d , urifortimately prevented from offering on the fuecrding 'Vetting—and he would close Isis observe *mos by moving, that •an humble Address be presented to the Prince Regent, praying that he would he graciously pleased to give directions that strict iiie.uiry should he made into the expendi ture orthe susbliernoney, fur the purpose of Intro sicingass etficient system of economy. His motion would be an echo oldie Resolution which that House and 'the Government of the country had already sanctioned, with reference to the necessity of econorMaing as much as possible. The object of his lUOIIOII Weill particularly to the reduction, as far as possible, of large salaries. He was anxious that no situation which might become vacant. should in future be . 511 ed up, until its nature and use helots* were investigated, and such reduction made in the automat of salary, as circurtastances alight War/aut. Has Majesty's Ministers had, it was true, planed on record a Resolution, expressing their de sire to promote economy and retrenchment—hut, •siotteithstanding - the Chancellor of the Exchequer hid la-t night stated their anxiety to husband the resources of the country as much as pos sible, thil , had not sliewu, ite the course of the Nesition, any disposition to economise ; on the contrary, most of the departments, particularly the military department, were conducted on a orate altogether profuse and extravagant. Those who ttear.l the dehate last night, might be led to sup pope, from what had fallen from Gentlemen on the other side, of the House, that no further r e trenc h . talents cu pid be made—that economy had been posted as far as was 'consistent with public safety. kle was not. however, deceived by such statements. ' he Noble - Lord who filled the sitstarion of Secre tary at War had 'declared that considerable reduc tions had taken place in the military department, at .present, as compared with farmer periods. But, en examination, this did out appear to be borne ...sit by facts. lo 1792, a period of peace, he 1:mod the military establishment cost the country 2,414,000(.—.whi1e the expenditure Of.the last year, also a period of peace, as ,946.0001.—bti0g au increase of . 1.611.00 C/. Such were the prospects held out to this country. suffering as it was sutler the pressure of heavy taxation. Notwithstanding the immense sums that were yearly called fur, the different Members who delivered their sentiments on the subject of the expenditure of the public money, declared that economy bad been stretched to it. utmost extent, and that no exerti hod been wanting (to the part o' Creortintritt to • contract the outgoing of the public money 136 111111C11 as possible. lit his opinion, many items could easily be pointed out, on which very considerable . s.trielge might yet he made. Ile was sorry that an Member (sir IL Martin) who, on the pr. ced it.,g evening had defended the administration of the metal dep.irtment, to which lie btlutigul, hod not examined sire subject more minutely, and he would I've trwmtl the expense four-fetd what it was it. 171te. ;or istold of theestablsshmrutre,mnretrd w tilt the. nave. Thos. is 1794, the Atlratralty. Navy. Pie Office,Allte. east 11411,11171..--for the preselit ye..r rite ',lunge was 174,36.4. In 179-2, the expense or the out-ports. Ste. was 45,080/.—ill the present rear it was 87.6591. 'Dem was, however, one ems. islisluneut under Governottait, which lie singled ant from all the rest, as unparalleled, with r. elect to its lavish audextravagaut gsiwnditure. in thus or any other country.. He alluded to the department of Storekeeper-General. Great as was the extra vegiliCe in *thee deparimeals, this left all the wheys at a distance. This uMce origisseed in 1756, wader the superintendence of Mr. J. Ttor• ter, of Soho-square. In was farmed for the par rsw of having dare care takes of sold stores, irshich, nests-ad of beifreg waif, were retained, and kepi in eater,- tittG.smysisnetit wanted them again. or a e n,.nt..reble period, that eatsldishittrot was eon. ducted sn'the ms-t economical manner, mod the piddle derived great advantage frotu it. Foe 15 yeses:. slaneg-till of which the active operations 5-r war.aseesscanarel oar. and in which time the then Stosekrepoe-General had a far greater quantity of *bar avkaced smiler his charg e than the present, the was 25/.939/ being 011 the average 18 Stid.,a-)'ear. Wails a view to still gtra:er ecooo. foe.. 444* putsent department of Storekeeper-Gesserai s al mu 1808—and, he bslieverl, the turista d• al whit owleriook them inagement of the office, v. a exittcied nut merely to cantioue the establish ment at the then existing raft of etpeolie, but even to reduce it. But. instead of a decrease or ex- Pilot'', a great addition web lilsdk to the expendi ture, in the very first year after the alteration. Ile (Mr. Home) had, on thk preceding evening, been very much 'Alined for not bringing this subject be fore the House at an earlier period ; but he could not do so, until certain docusiients were laid MI the -table—end, he midst &vein., that the Maras for which he formerly Moved had been kept back either through wilfult.ese or negligence. Papers which had moved for on the Inth of June were not pro. doted until a lase deriod—rind after he hail repeat. edly represented the necessity of their production to the proper authorities. When the alteration in the dep.irtmeut was made, thirteen clerks were found sufficient to iterform all it its duties- - --but the Store keeper-General had gone on increasing the number till they amounted to ninety-three, which alone created an expense annually of upwards of 7,000!. The expenditure iu 1808 was 30,674 i., being an ra cers over the preceding year of 13,813/. In 1813. the charge had risen to 135,0001.—in 1816, it was 141,0001.—in 1817, • period of peace, it was no less than 93,000/. It would be here proper to ob. serve, that, about this period. • Committee sat for the purpose of considering what offices could he abolished, or what retrenchments Could be made in the expenses tttt 'rota with them. Iti ISI6 they reported, with respect to the Storekeeper-General's iley's 'morn!, that it had been found very advan tageous during the war, but that it might then be reduced. or its duties transferred to some other de. pertinent. Instead. however, of being properly reduced, the expenditure. in the second year of peace, was upwards of 93,0001.; and in 1818, it was 73,6791. ‘Vhea the House was aware that the whole of the stores delivered to the Storekeeper. General amounted, in the three years 1816, 1817, and 1818, only to the sum of 153,32 N. they must be quite surprised to find that the expense of the de. pertinent, during these three years, formed an ag. gregute of 309,4034—being nearly twice the amount of all the stores delivered to the Store keeper. General during that period. There was another peculiarity connected with this department to which also he wished to call the attention of the House. and that WAS the facility with which indi. viduals connected with it were enabled to retire on pensions. The system pursued here was not war. ranted in other deportments, where clerks were not entitled to any pension or allowance, unless they had served for a considerable number of years. But look ing to this return, lie found pensions were granted to the amount of 7231.7*. 11d. to seven individuals. none of whom had served more than four years : one amongst the number, who received 891. 14s. 7d. per annum, bad only been in the department • year and four months. Those pensions consisted of' one. half of the regular salary—and the persons receie. fug them were on a much better footing than half pay officers of the army or navy. He could scarcely imagine that his Majesty's Ministers were acquaint. with the extravagance and expense which distin guished this department, since the termination of the war—but their ignorance of the fact, would Duly prove that they did not feel a sincere disposition to reform the different departments, and proceed on a system of economy. The Resolution which they bad agreed to would be productive of no good effect. unless it was followed up by an Address to the Throne—mod, humble as he was, lie would not be doing his duty as • Member of Parliament, if he did not propose such no Address. If the Mar quis of Camden deserved the thanks of the House for the voluntary sacrifice he had made, there was an individual mentioned in the Store. keeper-General's return. who. at the first view, seemed to deserve them equally well. He ob served in • note. affixed to the return, that Mr. Deinity-Storekeeper Smith lied notified his intention to resign Isis pension in September next. He came forward, it would appear, and patriotically said, " I will not burden the public with ray pen sion—the country is distressed, and I will give it elp on the 24th of September." One would sup. pose flint this individual deserved thanks—but the inittement appeared to he • little erroneous. The fact was, that this individual, having been found guilty of improper conduct, instead of be ing disinis-ed forthwith, was recommended by the Storekeeper-General. and procured a pension. As to any letter, expressing his desire to resign, nothing of the kir.d was produced—and„ in fact, a hen a motion was made for its production. it was discoiered that no such letter existed. The Honourable Member was proceeding to state, that tne expenses of this department were its the ratio of al t 181 peV cent. as compared with the stores given in chart4e, when the guns, asinounciiig the arrival of the l'inice Regent at the House if feces, i began to tile, and effectually interriipttil the pro gres• of the Hon. Member. Winn the first dis. charge, which was remarkably bind, took place, there was a gelietal burst of laughter. The Hon. Member proceeded to read his oration—hut, trout the noise of the artillery, it was Impossible to hear it di-iilicily. It MON, in PIII/Plailee— " Thal an honitole Address be presented lo his Boys' Highness she 1 7 rince Regent, praying that he a ill be era. cionsly pleased, with a view to setretschment and cc tttttt nsy, In direct that Ministers will apply themselves to a vigilant superintendence of ihr expenditure of the Mate; that a new revision of the modes of collecting she revenue may be institided ,• that an investigation of the salaries of all offices that may happen to become vacasit, easily be set 01 foot, in 1 older that Muse salaries may be adjusted with referevee lea She increased value of Ilse currency; mod that every lieu may he made attic+ can be t fkcted without detriment to the public niter. W." . - - Tl.e Cum.:TU.l.oft of the EU:III:Qt.:FR (whose abserveiiims were rendered mote Onto in audible by the report of the gout, con t 1111 l tit tiring) complitiireti of the c,,u;ise tArii by the Hum Gentleinsii. Theuppottointy lie 1.. , (1 se lected for this attack woe as extraordinary as it was un6ir.—(l./ear, hear, !war )—lf the Iltinnurable Gentleman thought proper to repeat Ins state. meta in the next Ses:•iiiis of Parliament, lie would he able to annoyer tyro), hart of it satii.fitetolily.— Short on the time wits before their sqiuration, he would advert to one or two points w the hots Gentleman's speech, which would be very ealuly set it rest. The hots Gentlemun ',toted, that the ditties of the former Storekei per were south nitre extrioltd above of the 'orient . . This, how ever, was out the ease. lii Is yturs the 'doers thaerd under tlir charter of Alt. Trotter,. of Soho, • aiduaiitid to I.Boo,oooL—while, in a - shorter pe rit,d, • dors s to 'the amount of 3,500,0001. were pissed under the superittleudenCe of the present , Storekee r _.: r. Trtttet not ,fnlig, ei ae cheap ill 'reit as the flan. dtatlemmts for, independent of all other benefits; he loved a profit of tun per cent. on thitind amount of stores sent into his department. a dhow the way in Winch this model of economy cnndncte the establiihenent, he begged leave to quote a few words from the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (then Lord Henry Petty) on the 21st of May. 1806. lie said, that the hospital vtores, which always formed a very expensive part of the equipment of an army, had, for six successive years, cost the country 700,000/. Such, however, was the zeal and industry of the Storekeeper-General, in the service of the public, that he was, at one and the seine time, the manufacturer of some ar ticles, the purveyor of others, the contractor for others—and. finally, he was the comptroller of the expenditure. On that expenditure, he was al lowed ten per cent. over and above all the profits he made by acting in those different capacities." This was the statement made thirteen years ago — end, as it was founded in fact, the Treasury, in 1809, deemed it expedient to provide for a more correct discharge of the duties of Storekeeper. General. Sir B. MARTIN said, lie would repeat, what he had last night asserted, that the oalculasions rela tive to the Navy Department (and, indeed, he be lieved, all the departments) were incorrect, and that such statements tended only to disturb and alarm the public mind. At this moment Sir Thomas Trrwhitt, Gentle man Usher of the Black Rod, knocked at the door—and, being admitted, announced, in the usual form, the commends of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. fbr the attendance of the Commons in the House of Lords, for the purpose of hearing the Parliament prorogued. _. . The SPEAKER (who Ras d din his state robes), bearing in his hand the last mt.ney-bill, ac companied by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER. Lord CASTLEREiou, and several other Members, immediately proceeded to the House of Lords. The qiiestion, of course, was not put on Mr. Hu M E'S motion. Ott the return of the Srsaamt, he read to the Members, who surrounded the table, the Speech from the Throne—after which the Assembly broke op. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. " LOUVAIN, JULY 9. Trade every where around us continues in a state of torpor—nothing doing. The harvest advances with the most inflame prospects, and promises abun dance; the rain, which was so much wanted, has fallen, more or less, during the last three weeks, and been of infinite service, but came too late for the meadows and forage crops, which will be short this year; in other respects we have only to desire a vent for the produce of this rich country. Grain in general is at a very moderate price, and much of last year'. growth on hand. The farmers are all rich: its many instances they hate purchased the fee simple of the land, with two years' crops, and farms have augmented one-fourth in value since the corn trade with England.— Colonial produce but little in demand. Heavy losses have been experienced by purchases of coffee made in the Colonies ; an American, a friend of mine, refused 60,000 florins profit on his cargo before he sailed from Java. He made an excellent passage home, and sold his coffee at Antwerp 40,000 florins less than it cost him. A new tax has been lately laid on coffers ■nd sugars, which causes great discontent in Holland—here in Brabant they don't grumble so much. Tobacco is ■ very dull article here, as well as with the Dutchmen, who are the great holders as well as manufacturers. British goods sell at low prices, yet people in that litre seem to do well enough, and the manufac. turers of this country complain bitterly they are all ruined. The great bar to the trade and industry of this land is, the Custom-house system, both of their own Government, and that of Prussia and France, their neighbours. A friend of mine, en Englishman, who lives here, has just returned, and gives me a dismal picture of the state of poverty and distress of the working classes, ■nd the discontent that exists. The latter is a disease that seem■ to gain ground every where—here, in Germany, France, Italy, 8,.c. All, or the great many, com plain, and ale by no means satisfied with the blessing■ of peace. The fact is, taxes augment hourly, and vexing taxes, and the means to !my them decay every day ; and , in England, that Queen of islands, it appears you sutlii more than • 'la , 16REIGN INTELLIGENCE... 7 :: PARIS PAPERS. Alopiprtko.. • . • PARIS, JOtT 10. At it trotter to five yesterday his Majesty arrived iit t.CluUd. The National duard Was tinder arms to receive him. rri4ed in 111 e saloon of Mari, Isis Majesty was addressed by the Ilrel4ti ed the pleasure felt by the DePsrtniesit on the 0.. esaion. The King answered, " Here I sm. lam very liwrpy to be among you." All the houses. of St. Cloud were decorated with while flags, and his Majesty was saluted with shouts of Vine le Kai. The King yesterday heard man in the Castle Chapel, and then drove to Marty. An accident happened in the night before last at the Theatre of La Porte St. Mortise, during the performance of the piece L'Epee de Jeanne d'Arc, which, though of little importance, excited u lively sensation, in consequence of the melancholy catas trophe. A balloon, launched from the stag., rose to the friezes, hut the cord broke, and the balloon falling on the ►tage, wounded one of the male dancer►. He immediately received medical assist ance, and the injury was found to he blight. A quarrel took place on the In instant in Metz, between the legion of the Pas de Calais and the Swiss in that garrison. Several were slightly wound ed, but none killed, and by the activity of the offi cers order was 'perfectly restored. The Count Capo d'lstria arrived at two o'clock this day. lie resides at the hotel of the Russian Ambassador. THE BRITISH PRESS. .b.. NE IV GRANADA. Extract of a letter from the Bay of Brest, on hoard tile French frigate the Go/d, 10th June, 1819 : For two days we have been at anchor here, after a voyage et thirty•two days, in the F1e,11.11 ship of War the Colo, pro ieeding f • Martiniro and touching at Jamaica. At the lime of liar sailing, the state of the force of Cen. M`Cregiir off Porto Bello, was, 409 men from England, 300 from Jamaica, some from Park; Bello, slid the speedy Onion of Aury, with 460 men, was expected, as well as 500 niore who had 'Will recruited at Kingston, withstanding Ike scantiness of the mesas to effect this, and the little dis. posit ttttt of the merchants to encoulnge them. [Thus, al thirigh Al•Cregor should subseqiiently have lost 400 at roots Bello, there still remain 1,200 to continue the war nadir hint or some more prudent Commander, without reckoning those on the passage from England and America.] In the tame ship with me has come hither the Captain of frigate Don 7brquruu Pardroli, with an express commission to wake human to the King the necessity of a•aistance in order In oppose throw projects. [A strong proof of the weakness of the Royalists, and of whet fii`Gregor might have dime %with enointon pruilet,ce..] The affairs of Veto 'wl& proceed pm:pet-misty. Ii is bat a shoat xti le 1011 C. I I. ft that C./Usury, and I eau assure you that since the firm political trausiormati oo of that country, it has never post( Gard in arms and munition. the abundance winch it at it.., moment has fur the purpose of insuring' its liberty, :Huithin will mike 1111 progre.s in this campaign, haring bad to repass the Avulses with the loss of irno ravaliy—ei misfortune holueed•by the euxiliary corps re cently arrivid from Enghinti, stud confirmed by the ap. prusehinz Mondatioos of the Plains, whirls will resider general action.' impu.sible not il next somme2, dleanahile, nothing prevents the operations of Genera gssitanth r (*him I hat e lead the pleasure. of seeing), who receives Pf al4l !MCC by- thezo, alfteltsits, both in arms mid in intositinn., and has' assembled' in' Vas:ware 4,000 mess from elttrieetit prnrinee+: - Mello* 2:torches signiori the is. terror, with the ioniistolity of not encountering wrestler forte than he can uppn.e . to It, and having the loud wishes or, the people at the same time in his fsvonrr • LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1819. The Panics REGENT proceeded in state yester day to the House of Lords, when, after the usual address from the SPEAKER of the House of Com mons, and the Speech from the Throne, the LORD CHANCELLOR, by command of his Royal Highness, prorogued Parliament until Tuesday, the 24th day of August next. Our readers however are, we presume, in general aware that this early day is specified, not with the intention of assembling Par liament actually on that (I,ly, but solely for the pur pose of securing to Members, by short prorogation. from time to time, their parliamentary privileges, which would determine if both Houses were to stand prorogued for the long space between July and January. The appearance of the House of Lords on this occasion was extremely magnificent. With the exception of the front bench on either aide, the body of the House was filled with Ladies, elegantly, and in numerous instances superbly dressed ; the Peers, who occupied the front bench at either side, were in their robes of state; and at the upper part of the House, at the right hand of the Throne, were the Austrian, French, Russian, Ba varian; Persian, Algerine, and other Ambassadors, in the court dresses and costumes of their respec tive countries, attended by their several suites. The Dukes of YORK and KENT took their seats in their respective chairs at the left hand of the Throne, near which the Officers of State also ranged them selves. Soon after two o'clock the PatNce RE GENT entered the House, in a Field-marshal's uni form, most magnificently attended. The Peers and Ladies all rose, and bowed to his Royal High ness. 'The Duke of WELLInoTosr bore the Sword of State, and stood on the left hand of the PRINCE. The House of Commons being summoned by Sir THOMAS TYRWHITT, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, the SPEAKER, accompanied by Lord CAsTLEREAGH and the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, in the 11'indsor uniform, and a great number of the other filembers of the flouse of Commons (who entered very tumultuously), ap proached the bar, amid addressed the PRINCE. —The Right Honourable Gentleman chiefly re ferred to the measures adopted by the House for restoring to the country the old metallic standard of value, and to the addition of three millions of taxes to the bin - delis of the people, for the purpose, as lie said, of maintaining the good faith and credit of the country. lie then presented a Bill for ap plying to the public service the sums therein speci fied, which. with several other Bills, received the Royal Assent. The Speech delivered from the Throne by the PRINCE REGENT referred to the mine topics as had been noticed by the SPEAKER of the House of C1111111101) , I. and, besides alluding to the (sown:mince of the KING'S indisposition, and to the assurances rt ct ivitl by his Royal flightless from Foreign Powers I f their It-lewdly di-pic.itiou towards this country., expmsed regret at the attempts which had been 'node in the manufacturing districts to excite a spirit of disaffection towards the bonito timus and Governine, t of the country, and pro mised that his Royal Highness would employ all the powers intrusted to hint by law for preserving the tratispiillity of the country. It w.ts remarked, that, in reciting this pint of the Speech, his Royal Highness trituke w a firmer and more energetic toile than lie seemed to hove thought it necessary to use in the (giber pats of it. We have no doubt of the determination of the Government strictiy in enforce the laws against all who may so fir violate them as to disturb the ge nt ttauciodlity, and in so doing the Ministris of the Crown will well deserve the gratitude of the country. But 7t 7s impciiiilsle not to lament tint dress angry spirit of &Content; Which now unhairee seems to prevail among otirneinos classes of tilt. people, and which bas nedoehtedly *risco from' the severe influence of povertt d had nut kt au earlier period attracted the attention of the tlotern. rand. The close of the Sessio n p resents g ftritt!rig contrast to the tenor of the Speech delivered 6'l; iht Lento Comtnitmonets ,Illt ;1,0 commencement: Parliament was then told d commercial are Linty, and of industry revived, and from these the necessary inference must be a contented people. The picture was re-touched by Lord CAsti.x.. ae.sast in the House of Commons; but the data. pion it created was momentary, and we sow find even the Ministers tardily assenting to the truth of the statements made both in Parliament arid of the Press, of the extreme misery which was let throughout all the manufacturing districts. Tl,er are driven to the alarming but unavoidable rept dieut of promoting the emigration of their ueli people, from the impossibility of finding them em ployment or subsistence at home, and hoer pilled their Sovereign to assume in the pre,.l, ec of his Pashametit the character of a "eyrie gistrate, when it is his interest thin hi. people should know him in no other light than us au is. indulgent parent. This. however, is nut the hitt instance in which the Minietere of the Crown hove endeavoured to reverse the wise mum of gum. merit, that " the Sovereign should be seen to act only in mercy and benevolence." The Paris Papers of the 10th instant love ar rived. The two Chambers adjourned on 'nun cio)! to Saturday. having, like our owu, brought ti business of the Session to a close. The inetwut per. are, therefore, without any account of tire proceedings, of late become their principal ft. The 5 per Cent. Consols were, on Friday, 71 f. Bank Actions 1,4471 f. Two reasons are assigned for the prorogation of Parliament for vo short a time as the :24tts uj August. One, the spirit of discontent nianife•tiql is the country ; the other, that the LORD CHAN. uxt.r.oit, who is expected to leave town about that time, may not have his vacation broken iii upom by his bring shortly callrd hack to town, as wad; be the ewe were the prorogation fixed fur a 1.41 period. Comniodore Bow Les, who leas so long command. ed on the South Americen station, and su IRMA to the satisfaction of the British trade, has I , i-retested to be recalled on account of ill health. It is said that Commodore HARDY will SW:Creed him. The 1-lon. East India Company's shirs7l/urgair of Ely a n d Larkins, outward-bound, separated during the night of the 4th May, in lat. 40. YO. N. long. 10. 30. W. ; the Larkins was all aril la lat. 3. N. lung. SW. W. on the 12601 Letters have been received from Port-au-Prince (St. Douiingi.), dated June 4, which mentoni the StriVOl of APCILEGOR at that place, after los escape from Porto Bello. He came in the brig N'Gregor, formerly the Hero, rod bearing Curthaginisoi co lours. The object of his vibit to Port-au-Prince wog not kiwi's,. On Saturday two troops of the 7th Dragoon Gourds, under the command Of Lieut.-Colonel Dun N. arrived at Gloucester from Exeter; and na Monday they pursued their roust for Nuttssighstn. where they are to be followed by the remainder of the corps. The Hon. Dotiar.As KINN AIRD ha been chosen Member for Bishop'. Cattle, Salop, bye majority of four, over hie opponent, Lord VALENTI*. The numbers were—For the Hon. D. KIN N•laD, 77 Lord VALENTI A, 73. The contest for the representation of Wiltshire last year cost the Candidates la bum little short of 36,000!. ; and now there is to be another The independent Electors of Wiltshire are very fortunate ! Extract of a letter from a young gentleman at Buenos Ayres to kit friend in Glasgow, %Jowl April 9. 1919: — The euniniumeation with different parts of the Intel ior :9 now inure regular and safe, for the Chili post arrives 111 its usual period. The army writ to quell the laisogeuts at Siesta Fe, and surrounding country, seem.. to do in effecting tranquillity. Laid C 414 hrissic has brew spuk, !.c one of his Slajesty's ships very near Ulna, and, rosiider,c the strength of his stpraitioes, mid the ehas Rehr of the mar, there is very little doubt that by this time sousithire,: o been dose, of which we say saute expert to hear ilre parti calan; but, at the same lime, we have aerostats of the state of Lima, which eastern' a cons:derable body of troop.. and, from an apprelieusiou of an attack, the Vi(et•tyls*4 put it in a posture of defence, prticulai ly collected a naval force before the isms, and order protertioa of the batteries. 'f be talk of au invasion 411( this comory still strung, notwithstanding the various runitrara of a in Spain ,• there is no doubt that the is endeavour ing, by a strong effort, to make au 1111pielraiioN ins lure (as , isles, but the point so which she ailltS IS Hot 47 oafs 11, .0. while the belief continues of the destinatiou, being Coe"' Ayers, it proses a complete check on the ISPATINIIetaIi atilt{ Guvrntmenl against Peru ' &c. Thi• other day Clare win two french officers shot, for pliattitig against slur authorities hare aid in Chili WI IN-II Wide.' ifeu*P* ll •• and he 1.1 high ranks, cause of them, 1 noilerstaod, he' been • Nlarquis. They were shard ii Ito ir Ray to Ch-i about three months ago, were tried, cuovictexl, sod 1.4 Sa turday executed. The execution was attended with great pomp; all the mascara, or militia, na.ieturj In make liar re. remarry as Dolma as possible. The pour 14.14b1i• rallj+ , 4 4 in their conduct a strikinc exami k of ruol aoil heroic hr havitoir; one of them iu particular, a youirignisnaboot .411. walked the short distance between the house of prerwaiiim and the place where they were shot with the same ,tart aid deportment, Mtliongli his legs were 10311.41 i isms., soil palsied any et the surrouuding specamots a t, be kurw, vat passing along, stilt perfect composure sof •thibility. They we're iateresnag looking stem. •MUTHIIt LETTIat. DATED APMIJ. 10. ilia Majesty's ship Andronsaette returned on tlm Bth ult. num Liam, end 1 sat sorry to add that Captain Uliessif not hero able to litioeced to getting the putt ul Callao open.' to forrigu cosata• rre. The commu rciallsudit aof Lima 11.:4* ittreral au supply the Talton with what moors he may ovine fur the suppost of tlrr army. The Andromache till as lugs Lord Cuelnam's squadron •itliio twelve burrs sail of Celt* Commodore Bowles sailed fur Lim■ no the 8111, Old Wards mating proposals foe the opeuisl the trade.