The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-24 00:00:00

BRITISH AND SPANISH COMMISSION.

In THE SUN of the 16th inst., we exclusively
stated, that Commissioners had been appointed, on
tho part of this country, ns well as on that of Spain,
for the purpose of ascertaining the validity of the
claims preferred by British subjects against the
Spanish Government, and for arranging their
payment out of the fund voted for their
liqui-
dation by the Cortes. We now subjoin an
official letter addressed by Mr. CHOKER to Messrs.
EWING and Co. of Glasgow, which confirms
our statement, and which of course proves,
whatever may be the wishes of the French,
or whatever the intentions or the decrees-of the
Spanish Regency, that the English Government
will exact the rigid execution of its treaties with
the Constitutional Government of Spain, what-
ever may be the final result of that unprincipled
aggression upon the Peninsula, to the partial
success of which the Madrid Regency owes its
formation :

Admiralty-office, June 17.

GENTLEMEN—In further answer to your memorial of the
dth inst., respecting the loss of goods which' were shipped on
board the Aurora, condemned at Port Rico; I am commanded
by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you,
that Mr. Secretary Canning has informed their Lordships that
this case will be referred to the Commission about to be opened
in London, for the examination and settlement of claims upon
the Spanish Government.
I am, Gentlemen, your very humble servant,
J. W. CROKER.
Messrs. James Ewing and Co., Glasgow.

FRANKUORT, JUNE 16.—The last number of the German
Observer arrived MAny. It-contains the following notice ad-
dressed by the Editor to its readers
" According to a Resolution of the Diet of the 26th ult. the
German Observer is ordered to be suppressed, and that Reso,
lution was yesterday carried into effect. Seals have been placed
'upon the remaining copies. The continuation of the Journal
is interdicted, and the Editor, S. G. Liesching, is prohibited
for five years from editing any other periodical Journal having
a political tendency.
" All that is still permitted to us, is to thank our readers fur
their kind support.
THE EDITOR. OF TIIE GERMAN OBSERVER.
" Stuttgard, Jutie 13, 1023."

1 A Continental Journal states, that there is a
brilliant Soirc"e every Tuesday at the Hotel of
the British Embassy in Paris, where all that is
distinguished at Court and in the City appears—
the Ministers alone excepted. They are never
seen there on those occasions. Sir CHARLES
STUART, it is added, receives Messieurs TALLEY..
RAND, MOLE, and PANTHER, in the•most cour-
teous manner, particularly the latter.
The Spanish Courier, who brought the dis-
patches from the Regency at Madrid on Wednes.
day night,accompanied Mr.\VILLTAMS, the King's
Messenger, late 411 Saturday night to Paris, on
his way back to Spain.,
The DUke of CUMBER LAND returned to town
yesterday afternoon, from his visit to the KING,
at Windsor Lodge.
Yesterday morning Prince WILLIAM of SALms
breakfasted with the Rev. Dr. BLOMBERG, at his
residence in Amen-corner, and- afterwards, at-
tended by the Rev. Doctor, proceeded to view
St. Paul's Cathedral, and from thence to the
Mansion House, &c.
THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF CA R DLGAN.—
Yesterday morning at eight o'clock expired at
her house, .in Seymour-place, the Countetsi
Dowager of CARDIGAN,- after a short and• painful
illness. Her Ladyship' was daughter of JOHN
Earl of WALDEnuAvE, and aunt to the present
Earl. She was• many years Lady of the Bed—
chamber to. her Majesty Queen CHARLOTTE, and
was universally admired for her amiable end vir-
tuous qualities.
There was a grand review of troops at St; Pe-
tershurgh on the 30th ult. The EMPEROR, at.
tended by a.very numerous and brilliant Etat
Major, appeared in:the Champ de Mars at eleven
o'clock. The military, to the number of thirty-
slx thousand,. mustered: an: hour sooner. As
his MAJESTY rode . along the line, each bat-:
talion received him With Abe loudest hurrahs.—
Their,lmperial Majesties, the Empresses, were
also .present_ in their grand..state carriage. An
immense .crowd * of
,persons, of all ranks, also
attended . the iinposipg ceremony. was four*
in the afternoon before the troops began to march
off the ground. 'Nothing could exceed the disci-
pline and noble appearance of the military. Ge.
neral Count AV TTU ENsT N occupies apartments
at present in the Paißce Taurid.6 at the express
invitation of the Emperor. His Majesty, the two
Empresses, and the whole of the Russian Court,
will pass some months at Moscow this Summer.
A recent Letter from Stockholm says, accord-
ing to the est Mut to of the GovernMent Committee,
the loss on the, shipments of grain from Sweden
to Italy in 1821, on account of the State, amount
to at least 200,000 Dollars. Banco.

The Hay-harvest is begun in severnl pnrts of
the neighbourhood of Carlisle—the crop in ge-
neral a heavy one. Fine fresh herrings, from
the Solway Frith, have lately been plentiful in
that city at from 14 to '2O for sixpence.

_
MELANCHOLY AccintNT.—A truly-melancholy
accident happened on Thursday night No, ut
Walker colliery, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
An old shaft was being opened out, and for that
purpose six men were' employed in the unddr-
taking. The shaft which they were breaking
out afresh having been filled up upwards of
twenty years, no idea was entertained of Its
breaking att•ay upon the workmen, as during
such a long period Wither aggregate mass, it was
supposed, would have been converted into per-
fect solidity. Unfortunately it was otherwise ;
and the consequence has been that six poor
Industrious men met with a premature death, by
the entire lodgement in the shaft suddenly giving
way and burying them in the ruins. Amongst
the sufferers are a father and son, and Mr. Wil-
liam Sutherland, one or the under.viewers of the
colliery.

THE KING.
WINDSOR, JUNE 23. Yesterday we were
gratified with seeing his MAJESTY, attended by
a Gentleman, drive through the town in his little
phaeton, down Thames-street and Datchet-lane,
and round the Park wall by Datchet Bridge and
Old Windsor on his return to his Lodge. As
soon as it was known that his Majesty was going
through the town, the church bells set up, a
merry peal, and in the evening the Town Hall
and all his Majesty's tradespeople were splen-
didly illuminated. The King, we are happy to
say, appears extremely well, and takes an airing
every day in Windsor Park.— The Rev. Mr.
Sumner performed Divine Service, as Chaplain,
yesterday, before the King, &c., at the Lodge.—
His Majesty received the Duke of Cumberland
on his arriVal at the door of the Lodge yesterday
mor►►ing. The Royal Duke, accompanied by the
Marquis of conyngham and his son, afterwards
rode on horseback from the Lodge to the Castle,
where his Royal Highness staid some time, and
then returned to the Cottage to dinner. This morn-
ing, at a quarter past twelve o'clock, his Royal
Highness left the Lodge for London.—The Duke

of York arrived at the Lodge yesterday, and
dined with the King and Duke of Cumberland,
and a little before twelve o'clock the Duke of
York left for London.—The Marquis of London-
derry arrived at the Lodge yesterday morning,
to pay his duty to the King on his return to Eng-
land. The Noble Marquis left the Lodge about
half-past six o'clock in the evening.—The Earl
and Countess Harrington and family left Wind-
sor Castle yesterday•for London.

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