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FRENCH PAPERS. [The following extracts from th Dale dated Thursday will shew the successive states of 'his Majesty's health PARIS, SEPT. IG. Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, the King was plunged Into a profound lethargy, that the most lively nu , easiness was spread immediately in the Palace, and from the Palace to the crowd assembled in the Place du Carousel; but at half-past three the King recovered from this lethargy. Lie was perfectly sensible. CHAMBER OF THE KING. NINTH BULLETIN. 66 SEPT. 14, NINE P.M.—The alarming faintness (syncope) experienced by his Majesty in the middle of the day was followed by a calm which continued six hours. This evening the fever has become stronger, and renewed all the uneasiness that was felt." (Signed by the five Physicians.) TENTH BULLETIN. " WEDNESDAY, EIGIIT O'CLOcK p. M.--The night has been most restless (orageuse). The fever increased this morning with reiterated anxieties and weakness. The respiration is more and more difficult." (Slimed as before.) ELEVENTH BULLETIN. _ " SEPT. Ib, EIGHT A.M..—The debility of all the functions continues to increase." (Signed m before.) TWELFTH BULLETIN. _ " SEPT. 15; . Y;(7) of the King has not ameliorated since eight o'clock." (signed as before, vith the additional name of Count Damns.) It is four o'clock : the King is still In the same state. It is hoped there will be another bulletin at half-past six. Yesterday, from eleven till four o'clock, the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family, the Duke, Duchess, and 'Mlle. d'Orleans, and the Duke de Bourbon, remained with his Majesty.— The Archbishop of. Paris, the Bishop • of Iferino- polls, the Chancellor, Prince Talleyrand, the 3larquis de Sernonville, Grand Reforendary of the Chamber of Peers, also remained with his IVlajesty. The Miuisters have remained in the Palace. The Infant I)on Miguel, the Papal Nuncio, and Prince Castelcicala, Ambassador of Naples, also came to the Palace. This morning, at half-past five, their Serene Highnesses the Dukes of Bourbon and Orleans, the Ministers, the Archbishop of Paris, the Pro feet of Police, and a great number of dignitaries, rt paired to the Tuileries. PARIS, SErr. 1.5.—Th0 strong , constitution of the King has again triumphed this morning over a crisis like that which took place -yesterday. Tie same symptoms have again produced the same alarms. The King desired that the prayers fur the dying should he recommenced, and being unable to repeat each response, he only said that .he attended to the whole, and responded men . tally. Ile caused a crucifix to'be given him, and ...kissed it several times. vbe persons who were _present at this august scene couldrcall to mind the death of the chief of the noble race or the ilourbons, and %%bat is related or it hi a manner so affecting and simpla by big faithful servant Joinville. A t the second crisis the , King's heart was af fected, and the sentiments which his voice. could . mat express were evident in Ids countenance. Nothing could give un idea of the grief of the Royal family, did not the affection which the people of Paris feel make every one easily un derstand that of our Princes• On Sunday morning his Majesty, though suffer ing, thought fit to be present at the family break fast. Their Royal Highnesses seemed in con . sternation. The grief of Madame was so great, that the• King asked her to approach ; and taking her by the hand, twice pressed it to his lips . with great emotion. CROWN OF FRANCE. Louts XVIII. is succeeded by his brother, Charles Philip Count d'Artois. Charles X. Is nearly G 7 years of age. The foll o wing are , the other members of the House of liourbon„.of.the male sex, in the order of their succession to the . French Throne : ' 1. Louis Antoine; Huc d'Angonleme (now Dauphin), horn August 6, 1775. 2. Henry, Duc tie Bourdeoux, on of the'Duc de Berri, born September 29, 1820. • 11. Imitis .Due d'Orleanit, born' October 0, .1773, who married Alaria.A metal, daughter of the King of Sicily, by whom he liatt male. issue. .4. Ferdinand, Due tie Chartres, born September 3 ; 1810. 5. Lo u is Ciiarles, Due do Nernoens born October 26 1814. ' Francis Ferdinand, Due de Juinvine.„ born Aug ust 14, 1818. 7. Charles Ferdinand, Due de Pentidevre, born January 1, .18211. 'B. henry Eugene, Due d'Auinale, born June-113, 1022. ,Of that illustrious branch of the Bourbons, the House of Conde, there is but one individual re maining,'Louis Henry Joseph, Duc de .Bourben,' Vorn.April 13, 17b6, who is the ninth in .sucues -alma to the French Crown. of this Prince, who was the father of the Duc d'Enghien, an anec ! dote is related, .which chews a trait of singular .delicacy. On the death of his father the Prince of Conde,` the title fell to the Duo de Bourbon, but as he has no family, he refused to assume it, "Y 44, " am not worthy to be the last of ,the Con iix3fl ." 'An Irish Gentleman having been found one • 4its.y by aft iota practising; with hitsworti against the v.-ainseot .befort. elinoeT, and. being 4hittai the re*aon i'Or his assiduity at this exercis-!, replied, " I have mine company coming to-aay that f expect to quar t o witio lii Yew Curti cues..--. The new Temples of Wor— ship erected under the Act of Parliament, in and near the Metropolis, begin now to make a re gular appearance. Many are finished,and others nearly ready. The new Churches for the pariah of Lambeth are not remarkable for sculpture or architectural ornaments, but in each there is a d ece nt neatness anti plain style •of building.— Th e ildW Church onlitaiworth Common, near the Albany-road, that at 4rixten, and one in Waterloo road, advance rapidly towards com pletion. MEXICO. CAPTURE AND EXECUTION OF ITURBIDE. [IIIO3I TIM TIMES.] The Ex-Emperor set sail from England on the 11th of May last • on the 17th of July he disem barked on a distant point of the Mexican terri tory. His arrival on that point, though selected by himself, was not hailed by a single partisan. He was arrested by an old comrade as soon as his person was recognized ; two days after his appre hension, he was condemned, and shot, in confor mity with a decree passed three mouths before ; and the intelligence of his easy overthrow and death was published in an Extraordinary Gazette at Mexico on the 26th of July, eight days after his landing from the English vessel. Here the persons in authority in one of the most remote districts of the Republic are found to have done their duty, and the roads, which we were taught to believe were infested with robbers, allow of an uninterrupted and comparatively rapid communi cation of the news through several lines of coun try. We know of no event which so nearly re sembles in its circumstances the fate of Murat, both in the imprudent temerity of the adven turer, and the general apathy of the people whose support he came to claim. From the capital the intelligence must have been trans mitted with great dispatch to Vera Cruz, (not withstanding the bands of Gomez,) for we have Mexican papers to the Ist of August in London in the middle of September, or at the distance of about six weeks. As all the circumstances con nected with the arrival, movements f conduct, and fate of Iturbide, may be interesting to many of our readers, we shall first give a translation of the chief documents in the Gaz,etle Extraordinary published at Mexico on the 26th of July, and then subjoin such further particulars of the state of Mexico, and the proceedings of the Govern ment respecting, the h'x-Euiperor's family, as we gather from our file of the Sol, which extends to the 31st of July. The dispatches from Vera Cruz, enclosing proofs of turbide's departure from England, spew the vigilant eye which the Government has for some time been keeping on his movements. GAZEI`TE EXTRAORDINARY OF THE SUPREME OOVERNMENT OF THE MEXICAN FEDERA TION, J uNE 26, 1824. • Tho Supreme Government has received the following dispatches by an express, which arrived yesterdy evening from Vera Cruz : DOCUMENT, No. 1. Most Excellent Senor,-1 transmit to you the copy of a private letter, which an inhabitant of this place has this day received from Landon, relative to the departure of Iturbide for this Republic, in order that your Excellency may communi cate the same to the Supreme Executive Power. With the same view I transmit to your Excellency a para graph, translated from a London Newspaper, relative to the saw subject, promising to send you the original paper by an oilicer who is about to proceed with the dispatches, in which Don Francisco Borja de 3ligoni speaks of the same events.— God and Liberty, MIGUEL BARRAULAN. Jalapa, July 23. To the Minister of War and Marine. DOCUMENT, No. 2. COPY OF THE LETTER REFERRED TO ADOPT.. " London, May 17, 1024. " By the annexed you will see how I have learned that bur bide embarked at Southampton on the 11th current, taking with hirn his wife, two sons, anti servants. lie certainly pro ceeds to your coast. I send this information through various channels, and therefore cannot say much, because I um • busy in transcribing copies to be directed to you by ditfe tent ways. (A true copy) • DOCUMENT, No. 3. [This is the translation of an article from the Public Ledgcr of the 21st of May, in which letters from Italy and Paris are referred to, which speak of the departure of Iturbide as an in trigue of the French Government. By an express; arrived at 6 o'clock this morning from the States of Las Tamaulipas and of San Luis Potosi, the follow ißg accounts have been received : DOCUAI ENT, No. 4. Herewith your Excellency will receive No. 1, the copy of the letter which the Secretaries of the Honourable Constituent Con gress addressed to me, whereby, and by No. 2, the copy of the Commanding General's letter, your Excellency will learn that the evil disposed Don Agustin de Iturbide _notwithstanding the decree of the Sovereign Congress, dated April 28th of this year, declaring him a traitor, and placing him out of the protee non-of the law, if he should set foot on th e terr i tory of the Con . federacy—has hired to contravene the said decree, and to intro. duce himself', disguised, into the States, doubtless with the de sign of disturbing the public peace and tranquillity, us may confidently be inferred from his past conduct. These considerations, and the above-mentioned law, which definitely condemned him, without doubt induced this Honour able Congress to decree his decapitation, ordering me tacarry the same forthwith into effect; and this proceeding being in conformity with the intentions of the Supreme Authorities of the Federation, I have made arrangements fir fulfilling the de cree as soon as the traitor (Iturbide) shall he delivered to me. 1 make this communication to your Excellency in order that it may he brought under the notice of the Supreme Executive Power, with the assurance that, according as circumstances may permit, I shall, for your information and further arrange ments, report to your Excellency whatever occurs. Cod pre serve your Excellency many years. Padilla, July 11L JUAN PHANcIsco auTrunnEz. JOSE ANTONIO FERNAVDEZ, Sec. To the Secretary of State for home and Foreign.Atfairs. DOCUMENT, No. G. [This is the No. 1, referred to in the preceding letter.] LETTER Or THE SECRETARY OF THE PROVINCIAL •COSt. GRES3 TO TUE Lti ESAL COMMANDANT OF THE STATE 0)' TAMAULIPA:3, Da'rEa PADILLA, JULY 18. Excellent Sir,—On the information of the General of the Armies of the State, that Don Agustin Iturbide arrived at Soto- Marina _hi an English ship, this Congress -has decreed that • the decree. of the sovereign Congress General of the 28th of April last shall be carried into or.ecution ; in which decree it is declared that Iturbide is out of the pale of the law, under whatever title he presents himself on the territory of the fe deration. This resolution is communicated to your Excel leney, that you may cause It to be executed, charging you, 41 . ) . 0 - !1 Jour strictestresionsibilitY, to see Iturbid e d eca pi tat -' alloWing' the proper time to prepare himself for death like a Christian. The Congress likewise orders you, that without losing a moment you call forth all the civil militia of the State, and cominand it to be ready for further tAdets. You will commu iiicate these orders to the Supreme.Govemment. DOCUMENT, No. 6. " BARRAGAN.' [This is the N 0.2 referred to in the preceding letter cif Gutierrez.] Most Excellent Senor—On the 14th inst., the 'English bri gantine Spring arrived off the bar of this port, after a pasrage of '64 days, from .London. She was stated to have on board the foreigner Charles de Beneski, and a compassion of his, come to Mexico for the purpose of treating with the Government on a plan of colonization, having to that erect powers front three Irish capitalists, merchants ir. London. On the following day I was waited on by Beneski, whom I wished to interrogate respecting Don Augustin Iturbide; his views, and projects on this country ; and Beneski . having as sured inc in a manner which appeared sincere, that at the time of his sailing, iturbide was living privately with his family, he returned to the vessel to bring on shore his companion, whom he had left on board. Yesterday, at 1 o'clock p. m., the Commandant of the de tachment at the bar informed me, that Beneski was walking on shore, with another person, who, being disguised , could not be known. I immediately marched wither party of troops, irrencl ing, if necnsaly, to examine Beneski and his companion.— About half-past four in the evening I came up with them in the Paraje de los Arroyos, about six leagues from this town. I discovered that the person disguised was Don Ag u stin Itur bide, who, addressing himself to me, stated, that all who ac companiedhim were his wife and two young children ; the rest of his family having been.left in London. He was conducted thence to this town • under a competent escort, and his security was etrected to my satisfaction. Cinder any own responsibility, notwithstanding what is pro. I tided by the law of the 211th of April relative to this individual, and considering the defenceless and submissive manner witii which he presented himself tome, as if relying only on his good faith, I have determined to send him to the Honourable Con gress of this State, that they may resolve upon what is fit to be done; I shall .therefore march this evening for Padilla, the place of the sittings of that Honourable Assembly.—God and iberty. PHILIP DE LA GARZA. Soto la Marina, July 17. To the Secretary of State for the Affairs of War and the Marine. DOCUMENT, No. 7. Most Excellent Senor-1n conformity with what I stated to your Excellency, under the date of the 10th, the Citizen-Ge neral Don Philip de la Garza arrived here yesterday, having in custody Don Augustin de lturbide, 'whom he immediately placed at the disposal of the Hon. Congress of this State. The Congress, desiring, the fulfilment of the sovereign decree of the 21.0 of April, by which the said Iturbide is proscribed and out lawed, directed that the Citizen -General should order the pun ishment of death to be inflicted, as was his duty, according to the aforesaid decree; and the same was carried into effect by shooting the prisoner yesterday, at 6 o'clock in the evening. This event will certainly suppress all the commotions which were every moment to be apprehended from the proselytes of Iturbide ' and will give uniformity an d concentrat i on to p u bli c opinion in favour of the system which we have happily adopt ed ; for, one of the causes of vacillation being removed, its effects must necessarily cease. I therefore hasten to make this communication to your Excellency, in order that the Supreme Executive Power, on being inthrmed thereof, may be pleased to sanction this proceeding with its approbation ; and at the same time to direct what is to be done with the family and suite of Iturbide, who are detained in Soto la Marina until the de termination of the Government be known. I leave it to the Citizen-General, as he is most proper, to give your Excellency an account of the whole transaction. as he is best acquainted with all the details. God preserve your Excellency many years. JOSE IIERNARDO GUTIERREZ DE LARA. JOSE ANTONIO FERNANDEZ, Secretary. Padilla, July 20. DOCUMENT, No. IL Most Excellent Sir—l wrote you from La Marina under date of the 17th, in what circumstances i arrested Don Augustin Iturbide, anti that it appearing to me proper to mitigate the law of the 211th April, in consequence of the circumstances in which I found him, I proceeded to present him to the Honour. able Congress of the State. At 0 o'clock this morning I arriv ed at the city ; at three in the afternoon was delivered to me the declaration conformably to the said law of the 20th of April; and at six on the same evening it was necessary to execute it, as appears by the certificates which I enclose, without depo sitions or other examinations, lest public feeling should be coin. promised if it was delayed. I beseech your Excellency to make known this intelligence to the Government, and express to the country the sacrifice of my regret. Padilla, July 19. (Signed) PHILIP DE LA GARZA. To the Minister of Niriir. DOCUMENT,No. 9. In the city of San Antonio de Padilla, on the 19th of July, 1824, the illustrious Junta of the said city being met, we declare. on the force of truth, that we certify as far as can be done, that we have seen Don Agustin de Iturbide as a prisoner enter our city, on this day's date, conducted by citizen General Philip de la Garza, and that he, In conformity with the decree of the 28th of April, of this year, transmitted by the Constituent Con gress, was shot on the stone day, at six o'clock in the evening. We declare this to be certain, and that we have seen his dead body ; and that it may be proved, we have, on the request of the Citizen-General, given our present certificate, with which we pledge our faith, and which we sign with the above date. JOSE RICARDO ACEBEDO. JOSE ANTONIO PAZ, First Regidor. IGNACIO SENA, Second Regidor, JOZE LUIS DE LA PUENTE, Procurer Syndic. DOCUMENT, No. 10. I, cithen, priest, Jose Miguel de la Garza Garcia, member of the Honourable Congress of the State of Tamaulipas, and curate of the city of Padilla, certify tint the dead body, which is deposited in a house near the parish church of this city for the purpose of interment to-morrow, is the same as the body of the person of Don Agustin de Iturbide, whose entrance I ob served this morning, and whom I saw shot in the evening. That there may be no doubt upon this subject, I give the pre sent certificate at the request of the General who commands the army of this state. (Signed) JOSE MIGUEL DE LA GARZA GARCIA. July 19. DOCUMENT, No. 11. [This paper merely states that General de la Garza Was shout to return on the 19th to Soto la Marina, to see if the fatuily papers and baggage of Iturbide had been landed.] DOCUMENT, No. 12. TO THE MINISTER OP WAR. Most Excellent Sir,—As I mentioned in my letter of yester day, which I transmitted by an extraordinary courier, the neces sary arrangements were made, that the armed force of this state should occupy the frontiers. In the same manner, all the gar rison of this capital was prepared to march this afternoon at two o'clock, for the purpose of advancing upon Iturbide wherever he was to be found; but the whole of these movements have been suspended, on my having received from the Honourable Congress an o ffi cial notification that the sa id I tur bi de h a d b een shot in Padilla on the 20th current. (In the other statements the 19th is mentioned.) Penetrated with the danger which.the appearance of Iturbide on the territory of the republic presented, and the necessity or crushing his views before they met with any support, I did not hesitate for a moment to make the object of my expedition his overthrow at all hazards ; and if I was so resolved from the nature of the case, I found.myself no less secure of the result in consequence of the zeal and activity with which I was se.. conded by all the authorities, and the enthusiastic desire which all the officers of the garrison testified to arrive at a state of things in which we could sit down without risk, and say that we are free and independent. Ile pleased, therefore, to assure the Supreme Government that the garrison of San Luis Potosi has given an unequivocal proof of its love for liberty, and re commend to its high consideration the zeal and obedience of which it has given so many proofs in the last days of the revo lution. —God and liberty! Luis Potosi, July 23. JOSE ARMIGO. DOCUMENT, No. 13. 12TII EATTALION OF THE LINE.—TO THE MINISTER FOR FOILFICIN AFFAIRS. ' By the extraordinary dispatches which your Excellency will receive along with this, I have been informed that the traitor Don Augustin de Iturbide is on our soil. Your Excellency may assure the Government, that I shall have the glory of being the first, if necessary . , to fly to the exteiminatlon of the monster—God and liberty I (Signed) JOSE JOAQUIN DE AYESTARAN. San Luis Potosi, July 22. 4 DOCTIMENT, No. 14. [Thin is a dispatch written. by the same zealous chief, de.. chain that the news of .Iturbide's execution was received at San Lute Potosi with tears ofjoy.l Such is the short history of this striking miscalculation of talent and means—of this most nerveless of all efforts to recover a usurped throne. Had Iturbide got to the west, instead of landing on the east, and had he arrived on the Mexican 'territory about the time he was setting out from England, he might have had 4pme chance of suc cess from the zeal of his friends and the distracted state of parties ; though be has shown by the result of his operations that he never could place much reliance on his own experi ence of mankind, ,or the resources of his own mind. But by the overthrow of his partisans in Guadalaxara, all his hopes had been blasted in that quarter; and the Government having been made aware of his designs, and provided for his apprehen sion in case of landing, had made it almost certain death for him to appear on any part of the eastern coast. It will be seen by the above documents, how the intelligence of his arrival and execu. tion was communicated and received in the province where he disembarked. In Mexico the news seems not to have been welcomed with any unseemly exultation over a fallen enemy, or any tumultuous feeling of recovered security. The Sol only publishes the ollitial bulletins, and gives not n word of com ment the first three d a y s . On the 29th July it contains the following temperate and generous remarks " We have received various communications relative to the death of Iturbide; but we think that we ought to insert none of them in our paper. Humanity and policy equally counsel ttsoot to disturb the ashes of the dead. His misfortunes ought to make us forget hi s previous (=duct, since he has expiatedby his death wh a t ever offences he b e d comm itt e d against hi s country. Such at least shall be our conduct on the present occasion. Whilst Iturbide lived and was dangerous, we con. stantly endeavoured to expose the manoeuvres of his partisans, to put the nation on its guard against them, and events have confirmed our predictions. He is now dead, and this circum stance changes the state of things. Let us commiserate his misfortune, and let us endeavour to sink into oblivion the mournful divisions into which we were about to be plunged. — Let this be the epoch of reconciliation; and, forgetting the number of parties which drag us to our ruin, let there be no party but the nation —no desire among us but that of. consolid at- Ing_its beneficent Instit ut i ons ." The Sovereign Congress and the 'Government seem to he actuated by the same feelings of moderation. and mercy. While addresses were arriving from the provinces, congratu. lad ng * them on tire adventurer ' s fate, we . find a consklemble party the Congress disposed to provide liberally for his widow and children. On a proposition being made in the Sit.. tins of the 27th of July, to authorize the Government to send his widow and her children out of the country to any place they thought proper, many Members delivered their opinions. The Minister for Foreign Affairs said that the Executive was far from wishing to aggravate the misery of an unhappy family; but it considered, that till their institutions were consolidat ed, it might be dangerous for this family to inhabit the Repub lic of Mexico, or any place from which they might easily re turn to it. A Senor Bastamente was of the same opinion. He thought that the factious should not be allowed such a rallying point as the eldest son of the Pretender, who, he heard, was of perverse inclinations, and disposed to follow up his father's tyrannical ideas. 'Several Members admitted the propriety of banishing the family, but denied the right of Con gress to fix their residence in anoth er coun t r y. After a good deal of discussion, the first article for empowering the Govern ment to dispose of the ex-Emperor's family was agreed to. On the following day (.July 29), the debate was resumed on the mode of disposing of lturhide's widow and children, when the following proposition was made and discussed, namely, " The Government shall punctually pay to Donna Ana Hecarte, 8,900 dollars annually; and her children, on her . death, shall enjoy a corresponding allowance under the rules of military pensions. —Several Members supported this proposition, on the ground that the crimes of Iturbide furnished no reason why his family should be deprived of the decent provision made by an ante rior Congress. Public decency dictated th a t sonic provision should be made for persons who were, for reasons of State, condemned to reside out of their native land. One Mem ber proposed as an amendment, that the above sum of eight thousand dollars should be allow e d, b u t s hould be lodged in the bank of Philadelphia, and drawn only so long as the family should reside in the Republic of Colombia. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs saw no opposition between this amendment and the original proposition. The Government would of course reserve to itself the right of with. drawing the pension, if the family neglected to observe the con , dition of residence on which it was granted. Two members objected to the granting of any pension, on the ground that other widows and orphans deserved better of the Republic, and ought to have their claims first attended to. The first part of the proposition, granting the pension to Madame Iturbide, was agreed to. The latter part of it, extending the same to her family after her death, was postponed for further consideration, and we have not the result in the papers before us. The following are a few of the miscellaneous facts in these journals :—The Sovereign Congress have passed a decree, which has received the sanction of the Executive, acknowledg ing the debts of Mexico under the Vice-regal Governments, up to the declaration of independence. The same decree acknow ledges the debts contracted by the Independent Chiefs before the reign of Iturbide. Let Ferdinand of Spain look at this, and justify his refusal to acknowledge his obligation to the creditors by whom he was clothed and fed under his constitutional sway. A robber has appeared in one of the missions of Sierra Gorda, who promises to be as admit and celebrated as Gomez on the highway from Vera Cruz to Mexico. The disturbances in Yucatan and Tabasco had not been en tirely appeased on the 22d June, as appears from a letter dated Campeachy, inserted in the Su/ of the 15th July. 'The agita tors were soon expected to be overpowered. General Bravo, after putting down the disaffected of the pro vince of widalaxara, and restoring the country to tranquillity, returned to Mexico on the 27th July, where lie was received with great distinction and aplause. In a discussion which took place in Congress on the 13th of July, aymposition was made to approximate the Government of Mexico to that of the United States, by creating one Presi dent Instead of an Executive of three persons. If this project be carried, it is supposed that General Bravo will be appointed First President. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MEXICO, DATED JULY 28. " The important events of the arrival, apprehension, and execution of the ex-Emperor Iturbide will of course cause great sensation with you. Here they were all announced at one and the same moment, so that, most fortunately for the quiet of this country, there has been no time to concert any measures to favour his designs. By the Gazette, which we enclose, you will find all the details made known to the public. This well timed and energetic measure, adopted by General G a r za , who was in commend in the province wher o Itu r bid e l an d e d, has given the death-blow to the hopes of all parties who wished to arrest the march of this country towards establishing a rational independence. There is no one powerful enough here to menace the tranquillity of the state, which had hitherto only succeeded under the pretence ofrestoring the Emperor. The hopes of the old Spaniards have long since been dissipated of reconquering this territory, and the intrigues of the Bourbons, or indeed of any of the Potentates of the Holy alliance, aro not worth men tioning, so long as England maintains its present defensive atti tude in favour of American liberty. " In a financial point of view, the death of Iturbide is of in calculable advantage ; for if he had advanced to the capital, so much disorder would have beau created, that it would have been next to an impossibility to &collect the various branches of the revenue. " The insurrection in Guadalaxara and Oajaca were very fortunately put down in time. A nephew of Iturbide, Gar cias, with some other rebels, were shot by order of General Bravo there. Another of his nephews, and a priest, have been arrested at Tampico, anti orders have been sent off for their immediate execution." MR. CANNING'S VISIT TO IRELAND. The Dublin Freeman's Journal of Wednesday says, " Mr. CANNING has not yet arrived. It is now under stood that he meant to pay some visits on his way to Ireland, and therefore, although he is expected by every tide, be may not reach town for two or three days." Mr. Secretary Canning, wha is now on a visit to his Excel lency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, may be expected in lAver pool about the middle or e latter end of next week, on his Gentleman will be who will spend a Luse. We under stand co o vi t e r dc t i t a : f sy r sv ni trhs )(uf,: r. Gladstone, . ng The and 1 ,5 1 g ti ss t s i ht ac l af i on o rnt n hi . n.gh stand that Mr. Canning contemplates a tour into Scotland, and that he will visit Mr. Bolton, at his delightful residence, Storrs, Windermere, on his way thither.--(Liverpool Advertiacr. ) ar. Canning is expected to arrive this day a t H ow th • the ca rriages of his Excellency the Lord Li e utenant are to he in attendance to convey him to town. Should Mr. Canning ar rive, he will be entertained at dinner by the lord Lieutenant at the Lodge, in the Phamix Park, where a select number of the Nobility and Gentry are invited.. —( Dublin Morning Poet Wednesday.) THE CORPORATION OY DUBLIN'S ADDRESS TO MR. CANNING. ( From the Dublin Morning Post.) Yesterday there was a Meeting of several Members of this Body, tOr the purpose of framing an Address to be presented to the Right lion. George Canning, upon his arrival in this country. Alma forty minutes after one o'clock, Mr. SUTTER said, " Mr. Sheriff, we have been now wait ing nearly an hour beyond the time at which our attendance was required, without any business being done; I therefore move that the Clerk be directed to read the sunnnonses." Which, having been accordingly done, Mr. SUTTER. again tOSC end said, " As there is no appear ance of a House, I have a right to avail myself of every ad vantage ; disapproving, as 1 do, of the measure in view, and as I despise the conduct altogether of the Gentlemen on whose account the Meeting is called, I now require the persons present to be counted, and if there be not a sufficient number to form a llouse, I shall then move that you, Mr. Sheriff; do leave the Chair." Mr. EDWARD JONES, of Dame-street, (recently elected by the Guild of Merchants,) begged leave to second Mr. Sutter's motion : he felt great pleasure in coming forward to support a propisition that would lead to an adjournment, and uphold the consistency of the Corporation. Mr. A nRAHAM LANE said, that though there might not be a sufficient number of persons in attendance to constitute a House, so as to enable them to proceed with business, yet it did not follow that an adjournment should take place. Mr. SUTTER having reckoned heads, and ascertained that there were cnly 26 members present, moved that the Sheriff should leave the Chair. The Sit ERlFF—Gentlemen, Is it your wish that I should leave the Chair ? Mr. SUTTER--I never knew a Sheriff to refuse at once to do so, on the House being counted and found deficient. Mr. LANE-011, this is a good way to get rid of a question you dread to meet by fair discussion. The Sheriff having left the Chair, the Bleetifig broke up. We are requested by an intimate friend of Lord COCHRANE to state, positively, that there is no MA in the re port that it is his Lordship's intention to return home, in order to canvass for the representation of 'Westminster in the next Parliament. On the contrary, he has most unequivocally de clared he never will enter Parliament again, or take any part whatever in politics. Neither is there any real foundation to suppose his Lordship intends immediately returning to t hi s country.—( Times.) Yesterday the pugilistic champions Chinn and Sraiga exhibited their fistic powers to a crowded audience in the Circus on the Mound. In the course of the exhibition en Edinburgh mason of the name of 11uzit made his appearance in the arena, and shewed a considerable degree of sei ttics i n a few rounds with spring..—(Edinburgh Obeerver. PAItIS, SEPT. 14, 1824. EXHIBITION OF MODERN PAINTINGS AT THE LOUVRE. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] All the places of amusement being now closed, I have leisure to give you some little description of the Exhibition of Modern Paintings which has been open for a short time at the Louvre. lam sorry that I cannot give the most favourable ac count of it, particularly as I had hoped that, from the advantage they enjoyed, it would have been worthy of the present day. It was pool' pously announced some time ago, that the delay in opening the Exhibition was to give time to the Artists who were painting the late events in Spain ; but it seems that neither the Govern. meet, the Artists, nor the people, were expected to be excited in any extraordinary degree; fo r instead of giving that eclat to St. Louts which was supposed, they consist only of about a dozen sketches, hardly larger than a kit-cat canvas' How unlike the battles of BUONAPAIITS I need not say. The mixtures of all kinds are very nu merous, but executed in very bad taste. historical picture decidedly good is one by COavIET. It is a scene from the Massacre of th e from Innocents, and certainly, if 1 might judge those by which it is surrounded, 1 3bould hardly have supposed it to have been painted b y a Frenchman. It ; -s grand, has sentiment, reelieg, fine drawing, and excites the utmost interest. The other historical pictures cannot be men' Coned with this ; indeed I think that the same spirit does not animate the French Painters as some few years back,and probably they feel " t a t little discouraged when they find that their fines pictures, relating to the great events of theircoa?: try, are either rolled up and kept from Pu bb " view, or possibly destroyed. of Tiu KING is tame and insipid, and that The only In Portraiture they have not improved traits of the other branches of the Royal Faolii which, by the bye, are very numerous, are I) . a t ; compositions of gold lace and t a wdriness,ex hibl e ing ugly representations of not very handsoma personages. On expressing my opinion to t Frenchman, he slyly observed, that it was,r, perhaps altogether the Artists' fault, as eel Al was certainly no subject, and the rest of th osa Family were but bad ones—for a picture. In whatever sense he might mean this, i di for from him as far as the Artists are concerned' for their skill should be shown in giving the ch g. racter of the person, and in remedying any natty ral defect, so as to produce a striking, 0° 44 pleasing resemblance. the irr - Conastent with that strict justice which cer t i tainly distinguishes the French Government so p co e t o ic p e le rn i e t d i etvielarty part thing, of the where L tains the works of the Old M a st e rs was and be closed during th e m o d ern ex p os le, that Che r i' might not be any comp ar ison b e tween them. , a ou p , o r n e tic N s v hiacrhe no t cote' call this strict justice, because th e i r works wen' not, to the most prejudiced eye, bear the comPr rison. But in all things we should n ot mer e '' ' . regard present advantage, but sh ou ld look - little to futurity : in doing this act of stricq us ; tire, they raise one of th e grea t es t b ar s t° t t -ei t improvement. I consider thi s to bs the 3c-,(:, Government, and not of the Arti s ts, because (~ vernment does every thing in France, and there fore must be account a bl e f or every thing* Put do we not know well that it is from the collisio of mens' minds that the greatest improvements spring. if these paintin g s, therefore, w ere , lowed to be compared with those of merit, the most beneficial results would folle. w . not only to the Artists, but, what is of still greate.r. consequence, to their existence and their fame./ in the improvement of the public taste, which present certainly vitiated. So much are . I ‘ ll , c e Painters devoted to the indulgence of the Pull i taste, and so much are the public wrapped the supposed excellence of the French ArtisT that the first question put to you by a French lady or gentlemen, when speaking of the Arts, try' " /lave you been to the Luxembourg ?" that hel l ; the Gallery where some of the best works of the present school are publicly exhibited. . 2 . 15 Louvre, where the paintings of the Old Alas k ` eir are, has evidently bet a second place in t" thoughts. establisne_, Ifor.Yrtoon HOUSE.—We are sorry to from a Correspondent that the Portrai ts l° ide Picture Gallery of this venerable Pala ce ur :s. threatened with destruction, through the gni taken zeal of a servant. Our late visit to the Gallery, found an 01d reT a „ l , e r ted i i‘ nestic busy scrubbing the faces of the Monarchs with a coarse towel, tied r - the at seei"g mo , bead of a house broom. Shocked visage . of our good King Robert unce d re il la interce ewith leis behalf assaulted, he patriotically behalf, but in vain. He then attemPtedito of no better success, to procure the substitolf t he a cloth of finer texture, to wipe the fac e ° at er beautiful Mary ; but the old dame had no gre of f respect for the fair Princess than for the g ins informant, uSoa, warrior; and despite of his e ntreaties , "T' ber dignant tit being i n t er f ere d with, continue" r.) destructive op era ti ons .—(Editiburgh Obscrve —.................... . the fp f_ o o o n igi far e longing o the to e o t the e ight, 10° ,1 FIRE AT GLAsuow:—On Suuday 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in the workshop of Alessi's. (''' ° t ips J. B rown, hardware merchants in Gallowgate, Glasg e f e ; 0 g ex th ti e ng e u vi i l sh . ed; "without doing much damage. l e be Preen s4te( in es were immediately on the spot, and the t,g uro g se nt to, t o l l : tae ffi wi ce no_gu r r t sonrelf:o)l.();(l),iviccieiri,gdwisccohaiscvkhesrlediwiehysoicsFizetedhoefyathenxdesuPleieur, and t r othe n d tr ilte v well cl* ' We understand that it is now the practice fli e d trade, ce-°flic4. I , truests a since nd seizures ceti erßo o f powder f o i ler ne i h ic a h v bo e ü b rs. ee n T made hi s e w n e d_ w fi ou n ,n e e , ei r„ ot h o o f Id M c° ',posed person in this city t h a e n p d o we wd e co r , n a si n d d e consider 1 that iu thus cac e ut n itio t I no o n n o tt c , :f e t the blic Police agm a n c s e t: u t o bseit.onrge only n h l e y t a t r y tie daftci.;: tial communication to the Superintendent of Police AS in s lf t he inhabitants. The quantity of powder seized on t hese oecilio, y en alarm was immediately given and the e n g incs tpr we ° to give such ee n l e ad i i n t su a r t e h t e he b : ine:fia s e fo n : sufficient to have blown up one half of the t. woe the spot, nearly an hour elapsed before anYlT„ e "Agh. who kindly exerted themselves to extinguish . except what was thrown in buckets bY ""1 - s ines• The roof was totally consumed, and a great many of "'i v fot will destroyed. th During the time one of the workmen was away the Company, key the police broke into an adjoining cellar, rent by when they found among other ardelell_joAl- ,nth e containing . 137 11 b5. of gunpowder, which they cane' onice.-4 Glasgow Courier.) WI the.,, tools. isootsstlefOrojasroorureieanuenv.-ugsuleodil,rhrsenmedylyw.