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rt3lf.l 114 1 4 4 1 IT ki 4-4 k_ 1 I. SOLEM QUIS•DICERE FALSI.I3I AUDEAT LON DON, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1523. We have received the remaining Paris Journals of Friday. The journal des Debats contains the following Article :---- MADRID, MAY 31. [Extract of a Private Letter.] The Gaceta of Madrid, of to-day, published the following Decree : " The Regency of the kingdom, during the captivity of the. King, our Sovereign, having received authentic information respecting . the horrible and sanguinary crime committed on the evening of the 20th of this month, and in consequence of which a considerable number of peaceable inhabitants of this city were put to death, in the most unjust and cruel manner, in the streets and fields out of the Alcala gate, by the hands of soldiers unworthy of the mune,—tiesiring to give to the heroic citizens a proof' of the sentiments of grief' which this event excites in it, decree as follows :—" Ist. The regiment of in fantry of the line Guatlalaxara, and that of light cavalry Lusi tania, shall be erased for ever from the roll of the Spanish army. 2d, The individuals who have taken part in this hor rible deed shall be proscribed and punished according to the law. Signed by the President and other Members of. the Re gency, at the Palace, 30th May, 11123." By several decrees, the Regency has nominated Lieut.-Gen.. the Marquess de Campo Sagrado, Captain-General of New Castile ; Major-General D. Linen, provincial Military Gover nor of Madrid; Major-General D. Pedro Grimarest, Provin cial Inspector of the Militia.—(This General was one of those who signed the protest of the Royalist Guards against the for mer Regency of Urgel). • Don Vargas y Laguna, who is appointed Minister and Se cretary of State, being still abroad, the Regency have entrusted his office for the present to D. Saes. The two departments of the Peninsula and the Colonies are united under the denomination of the interior. The garden du corps, the hallebardiers, and the military of any other Spanish corps who may be at Madrid, are invited, by an order of the day, to appear before the military authorities named in the order. It seems that the formation of an Army of Spain is going to be undertaken. The C ourier Francais contains accounts from Seville to the 90th of May inclusive, and the interesting, in telligence is as it proves that the Spanish Government and the Cortes were far from being, as has beets represented, disposed to make concessions, and enter into some disgraceful compromise with the atrocious invaders of their country. The proceedings of the Cortes are in unison with the views of the Ministry, and dis play• a truly patriotic spirit. In the sitting of the 16th the following decree was proposed on the report of a Committee, and carried : Art. 1. That the property of all Spaniards who follow the French army, and all factious, be declared sequestrated. Art. 2. That the property in unoccupied territory, of Spaniards or Foreigners, who, living in occupied territory, favour the operations of the French Government, or of any person who usurps legitimate authority, or &ll:ounces or persecutes patriots, shall be seized and administered for the use of the State. In the sitting of the 18th, the Cortes adopted a decree enabling the Government .to dispose, for its urgent wants, of 160 millions of reals, on the extraordinary war service, to be reimbursable from the 7th part of the property of the Clergy. In the same sitting, a message announced the appointment of Don MANUEL GARCIA 11 ERREROS, Minister of the Interior, and of Don FRANCISCO P.AULA OSORIO, Minister of the Marine. In the sitting of the 19th, the Cortes proceeded to vote on the Report of a Committee, which contained articles to the following effect, viz.— All persons aiding or assisting the invading army, or parties of factious—soliciting, accepting, or filling any functions of magistracy or of judicature, in councils, tribunals, municipa lities, Ate., which have been suppressed by the Constitutional system, shall be respectively included under articles 118 253 and 279 of the penal code, and subject to the penalties thereby inflicted. Every individual who directly and actually conspires to over throw, destroy, or alter, the political constitution of the Spanish Monarchy, or the limited hereditary Monarchical Government which that constitution . establishes, shall be prosecuted as a traitor, and sentenced to the punishment of dotal. In like manner shall be held a traitor, and subject to the punishment of death, every S t , tniard who, by act or by counsel facilitates or endeavours to facilitate the entrance of enemies into the territory of Spain or her allies ; or who, by the same means, favours the progress of the enemy's arms against Spanish forces by land or sea; or who delis ers, or endeavours, by act or coun sel, to cause to be delivered to the enemy, any town, village, castle, fortress, arsenal, magazine, park, port, squadron, ship, or manufacture of ammunition, belonging to the nation or her allies. Public functionaries, anti ecclesiastics, secular or regular, who by exhortations, speeches, or sermons, delivered before the people, or who by edits, pastoral letters, proclamations, or other official publications, cause rebellion, or foment it when it has broken out, shall be declared traitors, and suffer the punish ment of death. After some debate, in which the Minister of Grace and Justice shortly supported the proposed measure; it was adopted upon a division by 107 against 6. The Decree of the Regency at Madrid, which we have given in our preceding article, spews any thing but a disposition on the part of the Spanish Royalists and their French Allies, to publish a general amnesty, or to adopt other conciliatory measures for the pacification of the Peninsula. Strong suspicions have been enter tained that the Duke d'ANacruLEmE, especially since his advance from Burgos, has formed the determination of rejecting all overtures for an accommodation with the Constitutionalists, on any other basis than that of unconditional sub mission,—in other words, that whatever may be the ultimate conduct of France towards Spain, it has been resolved in the first place to effect an absolute conquest of the latter country. These suspicions are strengthened by an article in the Journal des Dads of Friday, dated Head. qualers, Madrid 31 a y 30, from which we extract the following passage : • " The following is the cause that hastened our march to Madrid :—The Spanish General Zayas came to Buitrago, to the Prince's head-quarters, to treat with his Royal Highness, who, refusing to see him, ordered the Major-General to receive his proposals. Zayas demanded to remain in Madrid with his soldiers, who should do duty there together vela the French, and promised, on this condition, to let us enter the Capital.— The Major-General replied to Zayas, that the French would enter Madrid when they pleased. Zaps then contented him. self with requesting that our entrance might be on the 23d, and that our troops should replace the Constitutionalists, to preven t any bloodshed. Zayas soon abused our generosity." &c. &c. The rejection of the propositio►►s of ZAYAS, therefore, accounts for the failure of any results from the resolution adopted both by that General and by ABISBAL. The French may sorely re pent of their rashness and temerity. The reso- lotion of the Cortes to maintain the contest would appear to be undiminished ; and, as the Constitutionalists must now be convinced that their property and their lives are at stake on the issue, the hopes which were recently indulged of a speedy termination of the war, may be con sidered as greatly diminished. The Expresses from Paris this morning bring the French rentes at 88, and Spanish at 4t2 to 43. FRENCH LOAN.—The Monileur contains the official announcement of the new French Loan. Its exact amount is 23,114,516 francs de rente, of which 4,000,000 francs de rente are to be raised on the vote of credit of the 17th of March last, for the service of the year 1823, and theje mainder results from different votes of cre ilit made in the year 1821 and 1822, but not acted on, for the disbursement of the arrears of the national expenditure. The biddings for this loan are to take place on the 10th of July next, in the bureau of the Minister of Finance. The contractors will be entitled to the produce of the rentes from the 22d of September next, but will only be called upon for the capital in 20 monthly instalments, of which the first will be payable on the Bth of August next, and the last on the Bth of March, 18'25. The d'e posit re quired from each party intending to bid for the contract will not be less than the amount of six months of the rentes to be offered for, or 11,557 5 258 francs ; but this deposit may be made either in specie, inscriptions of rentes, reconnois sances of liquidation, annuities, or royal bonds. The parties to whom the contract shall be ad judged will be called on within ten days to increase the deposit to 25,000,000 francs, but which will be restored to them after the payment of the two first instalments. American Papers arrived this morning to the 17th of May. _ _ 'From the Gazette of the 16th.1 FROM ST. SALVADOR. --1 he Portuguese troops continue in possession of the city and the Brazi lians of the country : there was no communica tion between them. The inhabitants of the city were in great distress for want of fresh provi sions. A reinforcement arrived from Lisbon on the sth April with 1700 troops, under convoy of a frigate, making the whole number of troops there about 4000. The Brazilians had upwards of 8000, but were in want of Officers. All the valuable goods had been removed on board of shipping for safety; no ►uilitary operations were expected to take place for some time. FROM TAmetco.—The news by the Nancy is, that the Ex-Emperor Iturbide had been per witted, by a decree of the Congress of April 9, to retire with his family to Iteny upon a salary of 25,000 dollars. FROM CARTHAGENA.—News had been received from Capt. Parry that General Morales having sent a detachment of 500 to re-capture that. place, they were intercepted by Geaeral and '2OO prisoners were taken. Accounts had been received on the 13th of April that the Carabobo regiment of 800 men, of which 350 are the remains of the British Legion, had arrived on the Bth instant at Rio de la Ilache from Laguira. This reinforcement would allow General Mon tillo to assume an offensive attitude. BALTIMORE, MARCH 18.—The Budget ar rived here yesterday from St. Thomas's. It was reported here that Porte • Civello was to sur render to the Colombian forces, under. General Paez, on the 14th April. The blockade of the place was closely kept by Commodore Daniel. On Saturday, at a quarter past six o'clock, his MAJESTY left town for the Lodge► at Windsor, accompanied by Sir WILLIAM KNIGHTON. The weakness left from his MAJESTY'S severe attacks of the gout, during the last five months, obliged him to be carried to his carriage in a chair. CANAL IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.—This sheet of water is ut present in a very offensive state ; and as the warm weather advances, is likely to prove exceedingly unhealthy to the neighbourhood, and in particular to the public offices. It is now, we understand, under the process of drainage; but from the slowness with which that much required ope ration proceeds, we apprehend that the summer will have passed over before its completion, un less three or four men are employed for a few days in giving the water a free course to the drain.— The officers should adopt prompt and efficacious measures for the correction of this nuisance. The whole mass of the water is most offensively putrid. _ The Gazette of Saturday contains a Royal Pro. clamation for putting in execution the law made to prevent the enlisting or engagement of his Majesty's subjects in Foreign service, and the fitting out or equipping in his Majesty's Do minions vessels for warlike purposes, without his Majesty's license. The Proclamation, after reciting the provisions of the 59th of George 111. concludes as billows:.--Ilia Majesty, there fore, being resolved to cause, the provisions of the said Statute to be effectually put in execution, and being desirous that none of his Majesty's subjects should unwarily subject themselves to the penalties thereby inflicted, had thought fit, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to Issue this his Royal Procla mation, and (loth hereby strictly command, that no person or persons whatsoever do presume to commit or attempt any act, matter, or thing whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of the said Statute, anti the true intent and meaning thereof; and that the said provisions of the said Statute be punctually observed anti kept, upon pain of the several penalties by the said Statute inflicted upon offenders against the same, and of his Majesty's high displeasure. - 13ucitAnEST, MAY 10.—Another great misfortune has be fallen this city, which, as well as the rest of the Principality, has so severely suffered without any fault of the inhabitants, through the wicked attempts of foreign adventurers, and which has no hope of relief but from time and a mild and beneficent Government like that of the present Prince. On the sth of this month, at three o'clock in the afternoon, a fire broke out at a baker's, which was so rapidly spread by a violent north-west wind, that before sun-set four hundred buildings (large and small) were reduced to ashes. Though the greatest exertions were made by the public authorities, the Prince himself being constantly present, and! his sons even personally assist ing, the progress of the flames' could not be checked before night-fall, partly because the engines, &c. were insufficient, and partly because the spreading of flumes was favoured by the beams with which the streets were laid, instead of being paved with stone. Being Easter Monday, many householders were in th; country with their families, and knew nothing of' their misfortunes till their return. Immediately after this the city was alarmed by another event, which, however, passed over without doing any mischief. On the 7th, at half-past six in the evening, two violent shocks of an earthquake were felt at an interval of a few seconds from each other, and in a per pendicular direction. On the 9th, at three, P.M. there was another shock, accompanied with a noise like the roaring of a storm, which was the more remarkable, as the air was per fectly calm, and at a temperature of 20 deg. of Reamur. tiffs have not heard, however, that serious damage has any where been done by those shocks. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord Viscount Tamworth, Lady Tamworth, and the Hon. N. Curzon, at Hakes's Hotel, from Chortly-castle ; Anthony Wilkinson, Esq. atditto, from Durham; the Marquis of North ampton ; the Earl and Countess Beauchamp, at their mansion, Portman-square; Viscount Maitland and ,the Hon. Captain A. Maitland, R.N. at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from Dunbar; Mr. and Mrs. Mackinnon, at their mansion, Hyde park-place; General Onslow, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn. street, from his seat in Lancashire; Sir Wm. Barton and Miss Russell, at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, from Liverpool,; Colonel, Lady, and Miss Wood, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from their seat, near Windsor ; Lieutenant-Col. and Mrs. Cooper, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish square, from Bath ; Geo. B. (heaves, Esq., Mrs. Greaves, and family, at ditto ; Count Esterhazy, at ditto, from Maidstone. DEPARTURES.—SamueI Gist, Esq., Mrs. Gist, Samuel Gist, jun., Esq., John Gist Gist, Esq., anti the Misses Gist, from, Thompson's lintel, Cavendish-square, for Bath ; John Norris, Esq. and Mrs. Norris, from ditto, for France ; Mrs. Brook Kay, from ditto ; J. Jones, Esq., from ditto ; Henry Fowler Mackey, Esq., from ditto ; Hon. R. Quin, from Fladon's Hotel, Oxford-street. to Southampton ; R Vachell, Esq., from ditto, to Coptfold Hall, Essex; C. Hughes, Esq., from ditto to Brackhatn, Wycomb. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. WATER. Excurtsmx.—The Duke of GLOUCESTER and a numerous splendid party had an aquatic excursion on Friday, on board a steam yacht belonging to Mr. Jolliffe, which was launched upon the occasion, and is intended to go to Calais. The Royal Duke and suite went on board at the Tower Stairs, about nine o'clock, and proceeded to Sheerness, the packet went at the rate of ten miles an hour. A sumptuous entertain ment was provided by Mr. Jollifre for the Royal Duke and party.—T he packet returned to the Tower Stairs a little before eleven o'clock at night. DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S GRAND PART 1.-1-16 Grace gave his last entertainment for the season on Friday evening at Devonshire-house. The following fashionables were present : --viz. The Foreign Ministers, Duke of Grafton, Ladies Fitzroy, Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Duchess of Rutland and Lord F. Manners, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdown, Earl Grey and Ladies Grey, Countess or Jersey, Duchess of Somer set, Ladies C. Seymour, Duchess-Dowager of Rutland, Coun tess Cowper, Duchess of Portland and Ladies Beminck, Duke and Duchess of Wellington. Earl and Countess Grosvenor, Lord and Lady King, the Earl of Carnarvon and Ladies Iler bert, - Marquis Graham, Lady-Gwvdir, Earl of Fife, Countess of Harrowby and Ladies Ryder, Lord and Lady Morpeth and Miss Howard, Lord and Lady Granville, Lord Ancram, Sir Joseph Copley and :Miss Copley, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lord Alvanley, Lord F. Gower, Lady C. Poulett, Lord A.' Hamilton, Countess of Tankerville, Sir William Elliot, Earl and Countess of Surrey, Earl and Countess of Liverpool, Mar quis of Exeter, Lord and Lady' G. Cavendish, Mr. Anson, Lady F. Mackintosh, Mr. Greville, Mr. Cavendish, Mr. 1l owara, &e. &c. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ccinyngliam entertained Viscount and Viscountess Granville and a distinguished party at dinner, on Saturday, at their house in Hamilton-place. The Earl of Derby entertained the Duke of Grafton and a distinguished party at dinner on Saturday, at. his house in Gros venor-square. The Alarquis and Marchioness of Lansdown had a large party to dinner yesterday at Lansdown house, Berkeley-square. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS for the WEEK. Tins EVE I N G.—The Duke of St: Alban's and the Ladies Beanclerc's Concerts, St. James's-square ; the Countess of Jersey's Rout, Berkeley-square ; the Countess of Normanton's Assembly, Seymour-place; Lady Cockerell's Juvenile Ball, Piccadilly ; the Marchioness of Ni'atsrford's Concert, 51accles tield-street ; the lion. Misses Grimston's Ball, Upper Grosve nor -street; the Earl and Countess Manvers' Party, Grosvenor square. To.Monaow.—Lady Campbell's Assembly, Baker-street ; Lord and Lady Henniker's Party, Grosvenor-square; Mr. and Mrs. Egerton's Party, St. Joinies'square. IVEDNESDAY.—AImack's Ball; Mr. and Mrs. Egerton's Party, St. James's-square. TituusdAv.—The Duke and Duchess of Wellington's Party, Apslvy House, Piccadilly ; th e Marchioness of bans down's Rout, Lansdown House, Berkeley-square ; Dowager Lady Astley's assembly, Cavendish-square ; Mr. and Mrs. Egerton's Party, St..lames's.square. FRIDAY. —The Duke of Devonshire's assembly and supper, Devonshire House; the Marchioness of Exeter's Party, Privy gardens; Mrs. G. Smith's assembly, Upper Harley-street; die Marchioness of Camden's R ou t, Arlington-street; Sir Thomas and Lady Farquharson' s P art y, St. James s-street ; Mrs. I lope's Rout, hi an s tiel d -street. SAT II DAY.—Lord Chief Ju s ti ce Abbott's entertainment , Russell-square; Captain and ' Mrs. Bowlegs Party, 11111-street; Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis's Entertainment, Privy-gardens. Su }thay.—The Marchioness of Salisbury's conversazione, Arlington - street; Viscount an d Vi scoun t e ss Granville's Party, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square ; and Airs. Ellison's Party, Pall-mall ; the Earl and Countess of Scarborough's Entertain ment, Grosvenor-square. HYDE PAM—Notwithstanding the unfavourable appear ance of the afternoon yesterday, the Park was fashionably at tended. The carriage drive was particularly thronged, hut we did not observe so large a number of coronets as usual. Among the most splendid equipages Gentleman, as a ti n, that w o l f ; oITI Grunt understood the bievento Russian Ambassador. A G be a foreigner of distinction, exhibited a very curious four in hand vehicle, which he himself drove: it was something on the plan of our mail coach, but of a peculiarly light and elegant construction ; it was drawn by four milk white horses, with the traces and saddles of black leather, and the collars and rims of light brown. The driver seemed to be an expert whip. Amongst the pedestrians we observed the Earl of Glengall, Lord Alvan ley, lion. Col. Stanhope. and several Members of the House of Commons. The Marquis of Anglesea was among the eques trlans. On Saturday last was played a grand match at the Royal Tennis-court, James-street, Haymarket, between Mr. Cox, Proprietor, and Signior Marchino, against Monsieurs Mune and Louis, two eminent French players, which, after a hard contest, was decided in favour of the tinnier. The court was extremely full ; all the Noblemen and Cientlemen Amateurs in town were present : among whom wero-Ilis Highness the Prince of Saxe Cobourg, Duke of Argyle, hind Granville, Lord Lyndock, &c. The following is a Copy of a curious Monu mental Inscription on a Brass Plate on a Stone in the Cross Aile of Enfield Church : Here lies entered One that scarce err'd, A virgin modest, free from foly, A virgin knowing, patient, holy,. A virgin blest with beauty here, A virgin crown'd with glory there Holy virgins, read, and s a y, We shall hither all one day. Live well; yee must Be turn'tl to dust. of Busimead, i n ye C M ' of Bedford, Esquire, who To the precious metnorie of Anne Gery, daughter of Ri c h ar d Gery, dyed the 31st of August, Ao. Win. 1643. the Kim's Household,enlayDivl Divine a Service hice‘sra Palacesper i form n Pall- Mall, by the Rev. Dr. BLomuEno.---Pritice LEO porm attended Divine Service yesterday u t St. Philip's, in Regent street. Yesterday the Duchess of KENT, Princess FEORDORE, and Prince REUSS ERNSDOFF in 81HS'catteudrdthe a; B ev r e it t i i s in h g U a a rr i l le ve rY d . at Portsmouth, the AThh \VEST, w i t h a cargo of coffee and sugar, (for orders), from the :Mauritius, in days. Passed by, for the Downs, hav ing landed about fifty passengers here, amongst whom w ere the aro n fin e t y : Li?, Captain theJACKSON, lat e r cea n R an iN the d G ß , enwti, llf a i f i t i e f T am a long passage. J • t. ~ ... : • Ner..l\ -‘,'. - ' . • - .'CA, .i E R - of i y_x .•• 1 . .? A ' • 3 , 0 3 ' .* ~ A TIIE War o.fficc,..fune 7, 1823. lit Regiment of Dragoon. Guards, Lieut. lion. Charles Wes team, from the half-pay of the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Lieu tenant, vice George F. Clarke, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 7th Ditto, Lieut. Francis Day Chalmer to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edmund Power; who retires ; Cornet Hugh Aldborough Bowen to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vich Otl iner ; Francis Dunne, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bowen. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons, Surgeon Roger Chambers Walker, from the 39th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice French, ap pointed to the 34th Foot. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, Ely Duodecimo Wigram, Gent. to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Setkieantson, promoted. 6th Ditto, Lieut. Alfred Alacbean, from the half-pay of the 93d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas George Carme, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 14th Ditto, Lieut. John Hay Crawford, from the half-pay of the 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Simon Kent, who ex changes„ 18 iii Ditto, Carey Seymour Knyvett, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Forbes. 22d Ditto, Archibald Dunbar, Gent. by purchase, vice Ogle, appointed to the 4th Drazion Guards ; John Foster Alills,Gent. by purchase, vice Majendie, promoted in the 119th Foot—to be }Amigos. 32d Ditto, Lieut. Thomas Harrison, from the half-pay attics 65th Foot, to 'be Lieutenant, vice Hector NV. Bower Monro, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 34th Ditto, Surgeon Thomas French, M.D. from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice James Allardyce, who re tires upon the half-pay of the sth Garrison Battalion. 39th Ditto, Surgeon Charles Waring, from the half-pay of the sth Garrison Battalion, to be Surgeon, vice Walker, ap pointed to the 3d Light Dragoons. 51st Ditto, Lieut. Edward St.. Maur, to he Captain, by put.. chase, vice Storer, who retires ; Ensign William Timson, to be Lieutenant, by put:chase, vice St. Maur. 52d Ditto, Lieut. George Harley Love, to be Adjutant, vice Alonins, who resigns,the Adjutaticv only. 89th Ditto, Ensign John itoutledge Mikiendie, from the 22d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Cruhan, who retires. Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, Lieut. William Mayes, from the half-pay of the 10th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Joshua Fothergill, who returns to the Retired List. 3d Royal Veteran Battalion, Lieut. Thomas Pilkington, from the half pay of the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieu tenant, vice Collins, who returns to his former situation on tho Retired. List. HOSPITAL STAFF.--hospital Assistant John Hutchinson Walsh, from the half-pay, to be Hospital-Assistant to the Forces, vice Simoens, whose appointment has not taken place ; Hospital Assistant David Brown, from the half-pay, to be HospitaLAssistant to the Forces, vice James Hawkins, who resigns. ROYAL NAVY, &c. PORTSMOUTH, Ju:s E 7.—Yesterday afternoon Rear-Ad miral Sir CHARLES ROWLEY, late Commander-in- Chief in the 'West Indies, arrived at Spithead, in the Sybille frigate, Capt. J. R. Rowley, having been succeeded by Com modore Sir Edward Owen, K.C.13. The Sybille left Port Royal on the 20th April, and the Havannah bth May; the Phaeton, Captain Sturt, accompanied her three days sail from the llavannah, and then returned to Jamaica. The news pre. valent at the liavannah, from the Spanish Main, was, that the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa (which commands the entrance to Vera Cruz) still held out for the Mother Conntry ; that the emperor Iturbide had been defeated by the republicans in his attack upon the city of Vera Cruz, and was taken prisoner.— The three republican Chiefs afterwards constituted themselves a Regency, and summoned the general Congress, to consider what alterations should be made in the Constitution, and what should be the fate of the ex-emperor. The only other force in the Royalist cause was in the distant province of Maracaibo, about 2,400 men, under Gen. Morales. But an Independent force of eight thousand men, under General Montilla, was in • full march against him ; and, though a clever and experi enced officer, the dissolution of his command seemed certain. Morales is the officer to whom Sir Charles Rowley sent a re monstrance, for keeping possession of British property which had been landed at Maracaibo previous to that place falling into his possession. We understand he gave up such of the property as he found afloat in the ship Harmony, but that which was on shore be condemned, as it was consigned to a Spaniard who had betrayed his Sovereign's cause. The pi rates at Cuba were strictly watched by our cruisers ; the boats of the Tamar, with the Lion and Union tenders, under the command of Lieutenant Hobson, had recently destroyed three vessels, the crews of which escaped on shore at Cape Antonio. A number of the men taken in pirate ves sels had been executed at shillitiCii.—The Scout sloop of war was also stationed at Cuba.—The American flotilla - had destroyed one small vessel ; they afforded a weekly convoy . for all ships from the Havanualt to the double-headed-shot hey, which is clear of all danger.—The island of Cuba was quiet, and decidedly well-disposed towards the mother country. - he Glou cester, 74, (Commodore Sir Edw. Owen), Tyne and Itingdove, were left at Port Royal. The Thracian was destined for Cartha gena and Santa Martha.—The Forte, Sir T. Cochrane, would remain at Barbadoes ; the Hyperion, Captain Lillicrap, was at Cuba; the Pyramus, Capt. Newcomb, was removed to Ja. maica ; the Eden, 2ti, Capt. J. Lawrence, C. B. was gone with convoy to Mexico ; the Grecian, Lieut. Cawley, with convoy to Honduras and Ornoa, on the Yucutn-Coast ; the Falmouth, 20, Captain Purcell, sailed from .Jamaica, for England, with a convoy, the 20th April ; the Esk, 20, Capt.' Warner, will bring home the June trade.—The Sybille, brought home Captain Walcott and Captain Mildmay, of the Navy.—The following Promotions had taken place Captain J. W. Roberts promoted to command the Tyne ; Lieut..l. G. Graham to command the Icarus, vice Matthews, invalided ; Lieut T. Stopford, to command the Carnation, vice Capt. Alildmay ; Lieut. A. Forbes, to commtwd the Thracian; Mr. W. Hotham Weller, to be Lieut. of the Scout; Sopland to be Lieut. of the Hyperion'; Mr. Griffith, to be Lieut. of the Surinam, vice Geary.—When Sir E. Owen takes the entire command in the West Indies, Capt. G. F. Rich will be promoted to the command of the Gloucester, and Cupt. E. L. Rich will remove from the Bustard to the Ringdove.—The island of .Jamaica was healthy, and the ships of the squadron remarkably so.—Sir Charles, Lady, and Miss Rowley, set off for London, soon after the Sybille anchored. ' On Thursday the ship William Shand, Capt. Kerr, arrived here, direct from Port Jackson (New South Wales), which place she left on the Ist February, not h a yi ng touched any where, and made her passage romni Cape Horn, in four months and five days. She has a full cargo of wool and seal oil ; the former, principally the produce of the flocks of Mr. M'Arthur, and is much improved in fineness, in better condition for market, and is altogether superior to the tirst-clasi Spanish wool.—The Arab, convict-ship, landed the culprits she took from Cork, at Van_ Dieman:s fiend, in November, and the Marchioness of Harcourt landed her's : , In Decemher.—Both ships after wards proceeded to Batavia, fot pepper. . The Satellite sloop of-war, Capt. M. Conic, was at Sydney. Trade was tolerably brish at all our settlements in that quarter, and the crops had been productive. The 48th Regiment, and nearly the whole of the :hl Regiment, were (parted in the Colonies ; the ship with the head-quarters of the latter being daily ex. pected.—The 42d Regiment was expected, when the 48th Re giment would proceed to Ceylon. On Tuesday the Ramallies, 74, in command of the lion. Captain Spencer, went out of harhoitr, and proceeded -to the Downs, to lie there for the Coast Guard service.—The Severn will be paid off at this port.—Capt. Edward Brace, C.B. has commissioned the Ganges, 84, which ship will have a comple ment of MO men. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, JUNE B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the William Money, Jackson, from Bengal ; Sisters, Deethwait, Demerara; Del:ron:1, Young, St. Vincent; Happy Return, Shellwhear, Seville ; Ex-Welcome, Murrice, Mar seilles; and Esther, from Demerara. Put back the Jupiter, Park, for Van Diemen's Land. JUNE 7.—Wind S.W.—Came down from the River the Francis, Hunt, for the South Seas ; Mercy, Beazley, for Bar- Woes; Mountaineer, Hillary, Quebec; and Trial, Flock hart, for Halifax, and remain in the Downs with the outward bound ; also, and sailed the Camden, Johnson, for Jamaica. His Majesty's ship Eclair also sailed for Portsmouth, and put back again about b PoItTaMOUTII, JUNE 7.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Albion, West, front the Isle of France ; DelafOrd, Young, St. Vincent's. • JUNE O.—Arrived the Southworth, from the Cape. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Her cules, Vaughan, from London for Ceylon, to take Sir B. Barnes and passengers. Sailed the Tribune frigate, for Gibraltar. Arrived the Vibelia transport,' from Chatham, with troops. FALMOUTH, JUv.O 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived tae Lady Arabella packet, from Lisbon. THE THEATRES. KING'S THEATRE.--The last Opera composed by ROSSINI, and performed for the benefit of CAMPORESE, under the title of -Ricciardi) e Za raide, was repeated on Saturday. The following is a sketch of the Plot : The piece commences with the return of Agorante, the Nubian Prince, to Dongala, after the defeat of Ircano, the Asiatic ad venturer. Agorante brings back, among his trophies Zoraide, 11-cards daughter, who had been the lover of Riociarda, the Christian. * Her loss had interested France, and the French -Ambassador is involved in this African intrigue, for the purpose of restoring the lady to her lover. Rieriardo, passionately de voted, disguises himself as one of the suite, and adopts the rather unexpected costume of a Turk. The A mbassadori makes his way into the Palace, and beguiles the African with a t a le o f elopement. Ricciardo discovers himself to Zoraide, whose agi tation develops her secret to Zomira, whose jealousy delivers up the lovers to Agorante's vengeance. Ircano, venturing within the precincts of this formidable place to vindicate his daughter's cause, is seized at thesame moment. All is now on the'point of ruin, and Agorante orders the preparations for death ; when the French Ambassador, suddenly converted into a warrior, bursts in at the head of a body of troops, attacks Agorante, who nukes a resistance altogether unworthy of Nubia, and turns the terror and the execution into joy and matrimony. GARCIA was Agoranti ; CIJIIIONI, lticmardo ; REINA, the Ambassador; Pott.ro, Ircano; CARIPORESE, Zoraide; VESTItIS, Zornii a ; and GRAZIAWI, Fatima. • On the whole, the music of this piece, though not nee, consists of so many good passages, partly derived from former works of the same Com poser, that it is by no means deficient in science, taste, and pleasing effect. It was well received altogether, but not warmly applauded.—G A ItCIA excellent as an actor and singer, and CAMPO- It ESE, were the chief performers, and the Opera wanted no support that they could impart to it. The little bullet of Justin and Lisette was re peated withSUCCPSL—A numerous audience. _ Co vaNT-GAuney.—The Tragedy of Venice Preserved was represented on Saturday for the benefit of Miss F. 11. KELLY. The Boxes were filled at an early hour. The Pit also was thronged soon after the opening of the doors. The respectable connections of Miss K ELLy, and the propriety of her own character, will account for the company in the former, and the number of visitors in the Pit may be construed into a proof that her talents have made a considerable impression on the public at large, particularly as the Theatre in general, was well attended. The part of Bcleidora admits and requires such a va riety of expressions, that if a very juvenile► Actress comes on' tolerably well, no liberal Critic would too " curiously consider " the per formauce. Miss KELLY brought at least great feeling to the task, in some passages produced a powerful effect, and iu general excited much applause. Mr. C. KENBLE, as usual, acquitted himself with great feeling and judgment in the part of Jaffier, and Mr. MACREADY, for the first time, took that of Pierre, which he sustained with a manly and gallant spirit. The farce was Three Weeks after Marriage, and Miss KELLY performed the part of LadN Racket with so much spirit, that we are inclined to think that comedy is really her forte, and that she will do well to cultivate her talents in that province. Between the play and the farce, 'Master BALFE, a youth of about fourteen years of age, performed a concerto on the violin with ad mirable skill, and was most justly and uni versally applauded. THE WEATHER. Extract from a Meteorological Journal Pr May, 1823, kept at the' Observatory ty' the Academy (Dit. BURNEY'S) Gus- port, Hants:--- " This month has been dry, particularly the first and last part; but the air was moist and hazy in the mornings and even ings. Strong gales of wind from different points of the compass have prevailed on thirteen days, which is somewhat singular in May. At the cessation of these gales, the winds were very variable; and it was ascertained, from the motions of the clouds, that two currents of air frequently blew from different quarters ; sometimes at right angles, and at other times in nearly opposite directions, one above the other. These crossing currents being of different temperatures, they therefore produced' thunder clouds of a very electrical quality, and occasioned much. blight, as is usual at the latter part ofSpring. " The mean temperature of the external air is one degree higher than the mean of May for the last eight years, but two degrees and a quarter less that the mean of last May —at the close of which, it may be recollected, that new made hay was put up in ricks in this neighbourhood; and that vegetatiOn and the young wheat were tree weeks earlier than at present this, however, must be attributed to an uncorvoionly mild winter and aping in 1822. Although this month cannot be termed cold, yet the sudden changes in the temptrature of the air were much felt alter the hot sunny days. The mean tempera.. ture of spring water is nearly two degree and three-quar ters lower than in May, 1822. From making these comparisons we have reason to believe that the mean temperature of both the external air and spring water will not in the ensuing limn mer be so high by two or three degrees as in the last. " The atmospheric and meteoric pluenontena that have come within our observation this month, are one parhelion, two parasekna, one lunar and eight solar halos, four meteors, one. rainbow, lightning and thunder in the night of the 20th, and distant thunder on the 27th. Also, thirteen gales of wind,. or days on which they have prevailed, namely, two from N.E. one from S. and terefrom S.W. " The parasektur ' with long white trains, were very conspi cuous on each side of a faint lunar halo that was upwards ut deg. in diameter, from eight till after ten o'clock in the even ing of the 9.3 d instant : the distance of each paraselenx front. the moon's centre was 22.40., and they showed faint prismatio, colours. " Evaporation for the Month, 31190 inches. Rain in the Pluviameter, near the ground, 1125 inch. " A summary of the Weather,—A clear sky, 4 ; fair, with various modifications of clouds, 15 ; an overcast sky without rain, 7 ; rain s.—Total 31 days. ..A scale of the prevailing Winds.—N. 1 ; N.B. 3 ; E. 4 ; S.E. 5 ; 5.:3 ; S.W. 10; IV. 2; N. W. 3.—Days 31." THE MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, JUNE !) The arrivals of Wheat, Barley, anti Beans are net consider able; but there is another immense supply of Oats, ehietiv from Ireland • and the quantity of Flour is also lar ge . The primest parcels of Wheat have obtained rather more money than this day sennight, but upon the whole there is not mucit life in the trade. Barley remains as per last quoted. Beans sell heavily, and rather lower. Pelts of both kinds rather ex ceed the quotations of last week. Our Oat buyers are almost punic-struck at the immense quantities that continue to come in, and this article has further declined la. per quarter. Wheat, Red 42s f;;Is 1 Pease, ‘i' lute .........Ms . , - White 504 67s I - ( hot 358 37x Rye 34s 311 s Beans ... 2fts 3iitt Barley "us .10s Oats ,q,:.,,,, Malt 42s 63s Flour ,...t0s (KM ARRIVALS LAST WEEI English Wheat, 3,9l9—Harley, 760—Malt, 1,335—0ats Io,699—Beans, I,s97—Peas, 30—Irish 00413, Flour, 8,355. AVERAIII.: 'PRICE OF CORN 12 , 1 ENGLAND 400) Witf..ES. Wheat, 62x. Id. ; Barley, 345. tkl. • Oats, 275. 7d. ; Ry e , 355. 3d. ; Beans, 345. II d ; Petis,t3tis. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Whims made in the Week ending the 4th day of June, 11123, is 335. 2itl. per cwt. SMITHFIELD :MARKET, Jittxt 9. There was a good supply, at market this morning of all sorts of Cattle, but partictilarly In Sheep. Prime Oxen obtained high price, s ome were sold above .ss. per stone; were rather shy in purchasing the above article, us they could-not mate the price in the retail. Mutton and Lamb maintain lust Altai day's prices.