The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-18 00:00:00

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, movementsf 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 the territory 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 Iturbide decapitat-'
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 Agustin 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 and concentration to public
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 official notification that the said Iturbide had been
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 days.
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 his
previous (=duct, since he has expiatedby his death whatever offences he bed committed against his
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. consolidat-
Ing_its beneficent Institutions."
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 another country. 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 that 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 allowed, but should 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 Garza, who
was in commend in the province whero Iturbide landed, 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
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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 at Howth • the
carriages of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant 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 this
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 seittics in 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; for
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 the
from
Innocents, and certainly, if 1 might judge
those by which it is surrounded, 1 3bould hardly
have supposed it to have been painted by 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 at
little discouraged when they find that their fines
pictures, relating to the great events of theircoa?:
try, are either rolled up and kept from Pubb"
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).at;
compositions of gold lace and tawdriness,exhibl 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 chg.
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 certi
tainly distinguishes the French Government so
pcoetoicpelernietdi etvielarty
part
thing,
of
the where
Ltains the works of the Old Masters was and
be closed during the modern exposle, that Cheri'
might not be any comparison between them. ,a
oup,ornetic Ns v
hiacrhe not
cote'
call this strict justice, because their works wen'
not, to the most prejudiced eye, bear the comPr
rison. But in all things we should not mere''' .
regard present advantage, but should look -
little to futurity : in doing this act of stricqus;
tire, they raise one of the greatest bars t° tt-eit
improvement. I consider this to bs the 3c-,(:,
Government, and not of the Artists, because (~
vernment does every thing in France, and there
fore must be accountable for every thing* Put
do we not know well that it is from the collisio
of mens' minds that the greatest improvements
spring. if these paintings, therefore, were ,
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 Pulli
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 hell;
the Gallery where some of the best works of the
present school are publicly exhibited. .2.15
Louvre, where the paintings of the Old Alask`eir
are, has evidently bet a second place in t"
thoughts. establisne_,

Ifor.Yrtoon HOUSE.—We are sorry to
from a Correspondent that the Portraits l° ide
Picture Gallery of this venerable Palace ur:s.
threatened with destruction, through the gni
taken zeal of a servant. Our
late visit to the Gallery, found an 01d reTa„l,erted
ii‘nestic busy scrubbing the faces of the
Monarchs with a coarse towel, tied r - the
at seei"gmo,
bead of a house broom. Shocked
visage. of our good King Robert uncedreil la
interce ewith
leis behalf
assaulted, he patriotically
behalf, but in vain. He then attemPtedito of
no better success, to procure the substitolf the
a cloth of finer texture, to wipe the face ° ater
beautiful Mary ; but the old dame had no gre off
respect for the fair Princess than for the g ins
informant, uSoa,
warrior; and despite of his entreaties, "T'ber
dignant tit being interfered with, continue" r.)
destructive operations.—(Editiburgh Obscrve

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