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London, England, 1826-07-08 00:00:00

of Freedom."

" ACT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CARACCAS.
" In the city of Centeno on the ath of May, 1826, the 16;h
year of Independence, Senor., the political Municipal Chief of
the town, Domingo Navas Spinola, the first and stead
Municipal Alcaldes, Francisco Ignacio Serrano, and Jeronimo
Pompa ; and the Couresellots Lorenzo EmasabeL Antonio Alad
fledillo, Juan Jose Jimenez, Fernando Acosta NirCIIIIMI Han finer
Manuel Lopez Jose Francisco Crapides, Jose Dionisio Flores, and
She Municipal Procurator Syndic, Jam de Iribarren, assembled is
Council Extraordinary, by "wine of the declared will of this tom,
in consequence of the movement which has occorred in Valencia, by
reason of the suspension of his Ezsellency the most deserving J. A.
Pam, resulting from the Senate's admission of the accusation insti,
'uted by the Chamber of Representatives against his Excellence,
deemed fit not only to assemble the citizens in public meeting, bac
also the authorities s, for which purpose the Intendant of the Dr.
partment invited the Judges of the Superior Court, the Minim)!
Commandant, and the chief Ecclesiastic. Be it known, therefore,
hereby, that the Political Chief, as soon as he had notice of what had
occurred in Valencia, sought an explanation from the Intentlant,ehe
returned him a certificate of the municipal act of that town, submit.,
tine tacit to the command of the General, by reason of the grievous
evils and disasters to whirl, the Department was exposed, sed
which had begun to shew themselves by some violent deaths:
which act of attbmimion had received the unanimous vote of the
Municipality, and the acclamations of the whole people; the.
restoring him to the full exercise of the authority of Genera!
Commendant, both respecting the direction of the wit and la
other necessary powers. The said Political Chief &Yee], the
the silence of Caraccas is an event of such itnportance as might
bear a sinister imerpretation : it therefore became necessary to
enter Into communication with the municipality of Valencia, and
to send them an official communication. as well as another to
his Excellency. the Commander in Chief, Santiago Marino, is
the city of tictoria. Hereupon the Intendant expressed a hope
that no question would arise as to the recognition of his Excel.
lency, Gen. Paez, by the civil authorities as well as by the stray,
in the full enjoyment of his functions, which the Procurator Syn.
die followed by desiring a categorical recognition of General Part.
in like manner as at Valencia, by the municipality and people of
Caraccas, if they should agree to it, and that it was their will._
The Intendant (of Caraccas) felt etnfident that nothing should
enter into their determination but what was in accordance with the
laws, which he believed this proposition not to be; and, therefore,
believing the Act founded upon it to be illegal, he desired to sepa.
rate himself frcm office and retire. The aforesaid proposition of
the Syndic having then been submitted to consideration, and dir
citation had upon it, it was agreed by acclamation, and by the
free and spontaneous vote of the people, to declare the recognition
as it then was, and hereby is made. of his Excellency Jose Antonio
Paez, as Commandant-Genesisl of the Department, the Municipa.
lity and people of Carateas agreeing thereto.
" After this declaration, repeated riva.r were raised to Dere.
ral Paez by the whole assembly. And it was also determined,
with the same unanimity. by the pecple aid the municipality, that
a commission of two persons should be formed to act fhb the said
General Pans, with-full powers to arrange respecting the GOTeIY•
ntent, and ail relating to the good of the country, and they were
named with the public consent, Senors Jose Nunez Caceres, and
Pedro Pablo Diaz. It was agreed that another Commission should
be appointed for his Excellency Gen. Santiago Marino, in order to
congratulate and give him lull intimation of thoe resolutions ; and
the election fell upon Senors I'. Lander, and Ferdinando It.ve.
It wee also speed, that the Cemmissicit entrusted to Senora Noel
and DlazabOuld communicate to the Municipality of Valencia for
gratitude of Cameras, as well as the friendship, hanr.or.y. sod
identity of their principles. It was finally agreed that every pub-
licity should be given to this act : that it should be immediate.:
printed at the public expense, and fixed in the public ways. T!,-:
proceedings of the meeting were fomnally subscribed by the mere.
hers of the Municipality, together with Jose Maria Pelgron, Jose
Cordera y Tomas Gozales Oreliano, in order that all proper
deuce might he reposed in the publication of tide act, and et i,:t
our signatures will testify."
[Here f how the signature?.]

AVe have authority to state, in consequence of what ha:
a ppeared in one of the Morning Papers, relative to the pm
m ent by the East India Company of 700,0001. in advance
to the Government, for tea duties, that no sum on n.:
of those duties was paid in the last quarter, which was i,ct
d de at the time the payment was made.
The Board of Admiralty have (It termined on fitting sot
another expedition to the Arctic Seas. The direction and
in in ciliate objects of the intended expedition, however. are
different from those of the former voyages, and the pro-
motions of the interests of our fisheries forms a very mate-
rial inducement for the present undertaking. To the dis-
grace of the ago, our knowledge of Spitzbergen is aitin,A
entirely confined to its western coast, and a wide fi, r
discovery remains unexplored on the eastern shores of t!:,!
island. The first object, therefore, of the intended esro-
dition is the survey of its eastern coast, where it is expected
that new and prolific fishing ground may be discovered,
which will be attended with great benefit to our nortban
fishery, the seas on the western side of Spitsbergen brit::
nearly exhausted. Captain Parry has been selected for
this interesting survey, and the Ilecla is to be prepared let
the performance of this service, during the next year. A:t
ultimate and still more interesting object is subsequently
to be attempted, which will require all the energy and en-
terprise of the distinguished officer to whom this servieo is
to be entrusted. We understand the Hecla will take out
with her, boats or small vessels of peculiar construction, in
which Captain Parry and a party of the Hecla's officers
and men are to attempt actually to reach the North Pole,
leaving the Heels in the neighbourhood of Spitsbergen.
This attempt is to be made at the suggestion of the Royal
Society.
I'Ve had some showers on Saturday, and some on Men-
day, but they were quite trifling in quantity, and, owing
to the extraordinary heat, have not made the slightest its-
. pression ou the ground. The effects of the drought ore
beginning to be very alarming, and the markets are every-
where showing a tendency to rise. As very different DC'
couuts have been given of the heat at Edinburg's, we may
mention, that the highest temperature observed here WAS
85 degrees. We bad a pretty heavy shower about 'wells
o'clock yestcrnight.—Scotsman.
Another week has passed over our heads without a single
drop of rain having fallen ; and our readers may easily
conceive the consequences. Every species of crop is set-
, feting; and our prospects at this moment are truly of an
' alarming and melancholy nature. What with the scarcity
of water, and the almost total want of grass, the poor cattle
; are suffering extremely ; and even if rain should come sron,
weeks must elapse before the scorched and burnt-up pas-
tures can revive and freshen into any thing like verdure.
Fodder at present is actually an article of the first necess:-
ty—a rare occurrence in the month of July. We know or
farmer in a neighbouting parish, who has to supply iley
head of cattle with oat straw twice a-day, and where tha
, article is not forthcoming, rye, grass, hay, whether new
or old, must be used as a substitute. Where the coat
have calves they contribute nothing whatever to th:
i dairy, and one individual, not far from Dumfries, has
I buy milk and butter for his family, although he has
eighteen Galloway and Ayrshire cows in his byres at
, night, and in his field in the morning. The produce cl
the gardens is not worth a tithe of its usual value ; and
our whole hopes at present rest on the new moon, stitch
changes on Wednesday at seven o'clock, a.m.—Mott"
I Courier.

HORRIBLE Cm at E.—Another horrible crime, apparently
the effect of madness, has been committed in Franc,.
A woman, whose mirth had been strongly inflamed by r,-
ligious feelingsotill it became actually deranged, strangled
her young daughter during her sleep. She effected her
purpose by means of a cotton stocking, which she drew
round the neck of her victim. This woman is in the
hands of justice, and ha; already undergone several il:
terrogatories.

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