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London, England, 1821-08-16 00:00:00

FRENCH FUNDS.

Aug. 11, Five per Cents.
Bank Stock 1342 f. 60 c.

Spanish Papers to the 2d instant reached. us

his day.. We annex their contents

" MADRID, JULY 31.—According to accounts
which the Government has just received, and
which have been sent express by the Board of
Trade at Cadiz we learn that the party of Itur-
bide is making great progress. General Cruz
had capitulated in Guadalajura ; Colonel llevia
had been killed in an action ; and the insurgent
troops occupied the whole Province of Vera
Cruz, which place was reduced to great distress.
This news is given by the Municipality itself.
MADRID, AuG. I.—The Universe/ of to-day
gives some remarks on the article which we pub-
lished yesterday concerning the late events in
New Spain. If the news of the capitulation,
and that of the death of llevia, are certain, as
appears to be from the information we possess,
and which the Universel does not contradict, it
is evident that the situation of Vera Cruz, which
was very critical before, as appears from the
Diary of events which we have published in our
Journal, has become considerably worse ; and
this fully justifies our expression, that the place
was ' reduced to great distress.' We are
ignorant whether the Universe! knows this, but
we are pretty sure that the Government knows it.
For the rest, we shall receive to-morrow,regularly
by the Post from Cadiz, the Diary which is
usually sent us of all the occurrences at Vera
Cruz from the Bth of May, where we left it, to
the same day in the month of June, and by this
our readers will learn what they are to think.
For ourselves, we have known for some time
that if America is lost, it will be because those
who govern us would have it so. Posterity will
do justice to the motives of their conduct, and give
to their e.4)stinacy in disregarding disinterested
and prudent advice, the name which their contem-
poraries will give it, when they shall obtain an

accurate knowledge of the events which are not
concealed from them."

Notwithstanding all the-attempts of the fac4
tious Journals to disguise Creir knowledge 01
the arrangements which had been made for the
removal of her MAJESTY'S Remains, their con•
duct proves that they were fully aware of it,
and were determined to' have_those Remains pro•
ceed through the metropolis, else why were the
roads broken, and carts, &c. placed, to prevent
them from observing the course which Govern-
ment had settled? It would be gross folly in'
deed to suppose that the men actually employed
in. making those obstructions did so without

orders, or were not paid for their labour'
Why also were such mobs collected is the
intended line of the procession, for the pur-
pose of opposing new obstacles to it ? These
are plain and simple facts, which admit' or
no contradiction, and which sufficiently expose
the artifice of affected ignorance and doubt ill
the minds of the mob, and prove that all their
nocturnal labours must have been the effect of
au organized plan, for which the mere agents to
doubt received due payment from secret leaders
and directors. But what puts the matter be-
yond all possibility of doubt, is the correspoll‘
dence that took place between Mr. WAintg“
and Lord LIVERPOOL on the day before tr'e
funeral procession. His Lordship, in answer
to Mr. WAITIIII AN, informed him of tb

course which the procession was to pursue'
and referred him for particulars to the Chet'
berlain's Office. Mr. WAITIMAN, therefore/
was fully apprized of all that the public was
anxious to know, and finding that the public
mind was in doubt, it was his duty to promalte
his knowledge. lie may, therefore, in some de-
gree, be considered as responsible for the frilsl
consequences which ensued, and it is rather his
duty to explain the reason of his silence than to
interfere.with the duty of the. Coroner. But, as ".°
have before said, the obstructions thrown in. the
way of the course officially determined, piainif
demonstrate that a certain part of the pee
were. fully apprised of the intended route, fr°l
whomsoever they derived the information.

If ever there was an occurrence respectirl"

which it was incumbent upon all parties to pre-
serve themselves from the influence of pas,iouale
feelings and political prejudices, it is that Which
so fatally distinguished the funeral proce3sio9 0f
her late MAJF.STY. Whether Governtneh)
cided right or wrong, in determining that the
'Opal Corpse should riot be conveyed through

ie city,-the result has proved that the decisi°3

was an unfortunate one, since the course adopted
was not only subsequently abandoned, but Alice
the attempt to adhere to it was productive

of bloodshed. This melancholy fact is aloa*
sufficiently painful to all reflecting and hu-
mane minds, without the bitter aggravatio3
which is industriously attempted to be added, Or
those persons who are eager to represent evert
public occurrence in the most unfavourable light'
Amongst the principal charges brought agail
Ministers, on this unhappy occasion, is that
having appointed a military guard to accoruPanY
her MAJESTY'S remains. It is said that this mare
of honour and respect can be construed only °5
an intentional insult to the memory of her MA-
JESTY ; for, as a Guard of honour was refused t°
her when living, it is mere mockery to bestolf it
upon her when dead. Though there is sOnle;
thing plausible in this remark, admirably
adapted, as it is, for the meridian of the popular
understanding, its fallacy becomes obvious
a little examination. For, whatever 'WI
have been the reasons for withholding certaill
distinctions from her MAJESTY when living, th°s!
reasons necessarily ceased with her MAitsfY
life. Generally speaking, a living Queen maid
conduct herself in a manner unworthy +I
her high station, and may therefore be II
fit object of displeasure, and may `with 1'17:3;
priety be deprived of a portion of those
flours which are usually conferred DPon her
rank. A dead one, on the other band, ocapa-
au unft
ble of offence, and is therefore altogeth-
er
object of resentment. There may be such a dif'
ference between the character and
conduct of two
living Queens as to entitle the one to all the bce
flours of her Royal dignity, and to subject the other
to punishment or degradation. no
There can be
difference in the merits of two dead Princesses'
and, though the memory of the one may perhaps
be honoured with extraordinary marks of respect,
both become equally entitled to all those ordinarg
testimonies of distinction with which the Royal
Dead are usually consigned to the tomb. Thouglt
her late MAJESTY was excluded from the
one C
of her Royal Husband and
Sovereign,
no •
for a moment contend that consistency required o:i
that the feeling which produced her exclusion

4.11' en alive should be maintained towards her when
dead. Though it might have been quite proper
that, the Court should be closed against her
41AJtsTy during her lire, it would have been
I(c.eedingly improper, because at variance with
the
is usual decencies of society, to have with.
held from her remains the honours of a Court
i‘ I°l4ning. Though his MAJ EST y had . deter-
tniN to withhold all marks of personal re-
sPect from his Royal Consort, while she re-
Ibliued in this state of transitory existence,
ever! one must applaud the propriety of feeling
Nil,' •
4crt has induced him to put on the outward
garb of sorrow, and to seclude himself from the
festivities of his Irish Capital, during the time
°c"Pied by the conveyance of her MAJESTY'S
e,°;llse toward its final destination. Even in
°4linary life, though a husband has been long
41)arated from his living wife, decency requires,
at her death, that he and his family should as,
•zte the customary semblance of woe, and that
"-°lould wear the external marks of respect to
thn memory of her whom he banished from his pre-
tet'ce whenalive. It is therefore manifest, that the
t'Plu7rnent of a military escort, independent al to-
"-
4-4-01---pruclential motives, was, as a customary
r 7 r•-,.
ef respect, not only justifiable, but as neccs-
sar•Y' considerations of mere propridly and de-
eerie-9i ,a 5 tis for the Court to go into mourning, or
for his MAJESTY to seclude himself fora proper
3"50u from unconstrained intercourse with his
Pe°Ple• The omission of either of the two last
,marks of respect would have been not only
"Y unbecoming but reprehensible, and the
emission of a military escort at -the funeral of a
l'heen Consort would have been not Tess hide-
ent,---not
e less deserving of censure and condem

bation.

1,10"0 understand that the same allowances of
tieruirt'leg have been issued to the Members of
to ;bate MA J EqTY'S Establishment, as were issued
fl.",°se of her illustrious predecessor Queen
toT
The
at if Remains of the QUEEN' will be received
uodearwich by 200 men from Chatham garrison,
bkodr the command of a Field Officer, with the

Bo and King's colours of the 86th Regimen
k-°,I3LOGNE-SUR-MER, AUG. 10.—The day o,
tor' Webster Wedderburne's trial here is fixed
re: the 23d instant. The man is expected to
i;rer•----(Morning Post.)
t„esterday, at half-past eleven o'clock,
.the
i:rke and Duchess of CLARENCE, and the reign- of Sala MEININGEN, attended by their
!eral suites, left their residence at the King's
'Clace, St. James's, to proceed on a visit to the
of•
tA !ems tt -• GREMONT, his seat, at Petworth, SIIF-
-10,w
" „to Bvguer, Portsmouth, the Isle of
, Yeste,,,
1"47 morning, at ten o'clock, her Royali
thep !ss the Duchess of KENT, accompanied )y-
-tend:lficeSSeS VICTORIA and FEODORE, and at-
seilesl.l by the Baroness DE SPAETH, Mademoi-
left X4EliG.A!sr Capt. CONROY, and Dr. MATON,
1, ensingten Palace for Bognor.
11441:eaday the Duke of SUSSEX had a grand and
s'isnus dinner party at his residence in the
.tuns
Ivey; gtralace, Kensington ; among the company
Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the
ng Duke of Saxe Meiningen, the Duchess
‘)ck-n,t) the Princess Feodore, the Baron Baum-
tir)l4 4
,r 1:. Scc. After dinner the Royal Party ad

_ .
%fie •to the apartments of the Duchess ofKei.
lei:Where they were joined by the Princess
lh
Ntto ''lcellency the Duke of:GnAmoNT and
Sk"ailts arrived at Dover about eight o'clock
illt eb,uhndaY evening, and about ten the next morn-
mltarked on board the French packet, the
tipne, for Calais.
leel' 841.'ren, the King's Messenger, who ar-
tt t„,°Q Tuesday with dispatches from Dublin,
ate ;" Yesterday at three o'clock on his re-
"ter,;° that City, with dispatches for his MA-
it T.
hc, ,
sg4t tI- last accounts from Milton Abbey state,
41', )3"'e Countess FITZWILLIAM was rather bet-
kThy
Ilt still continued very unwell.
h lii Baronetcy of JOHN DUGDALE ASTLEY,
"I'dr • lOr Wiltshire, was revived in him, as the
vli est relativeof JOHN Asmey, Bart., to
on, „ e _
sta"cin firsthonour was granted hi the year 177. 2.
°ltti e'r(3r which the ship will sail from Harwich
Mahe'll". MAsesx-g's body, is upon the River
.gidistant by sea from Harwich, about 400
114403(4 miles. Stade is within the kingdom of
i 3 aboVZ, and the distance thence to Brunswick
4iptio-; 110 miles over roads of the worst des-
)
ri 4 hn...,
1,-4co„lcisorne monument, from the chisel of
Itel 4: "as just been erected in the Chapel of
ale 4:ell-bridge, near Halifai, in Yorkshire, to
WaS f0..113rY of the late Rev. Dr. FAwCETT, who
The above half a century the Pastor there.
4141 e), riew Church of Windsor, which is an un-
ed6ol il n,IY handsome edifice, was completely
la On Saturday last.
1 L.,11,,,
143,14-sittalli?TlON OF DIVINE SERVICE.--On Su.n-
an • Sermon was preached in the High
17.2lcilithe Cathedral, 'Chichester, by the Rev.
ilg to-i LLAND. The Rev. Gentleman, wish-
Irew
aneokate the duties of religion and morality,
ttage.comporison between the throne and the
IWO 4 Lady (whose name we forbear to men-
re ) arsted, and it may be said, paralyzed,
attenti
toe, 011 of the congregation by speaking in
lit ) not at all accordant with the harmony of
sacrod , . a
,1, - cnoie and place, addressing the
li • cr thus . c,
11 ee fur Politics. : The Pulpit is not a. proper
ire ."----An awful consternation was
w mediate effect !—(Brighton Chronicle.)
t'te understand that the man who was carried
41;ti Greoeges
Hospital, in consequence of a
'te, last
",eived On Tuesday in Oxford-street,
L .„I_,
'O"L--(iiritisla Press.)