Star.
London, England, 1824-09-17 00:00:00

ITURBIDE.

We have now before us copies of the two letters
written by Captain Quelch, of the Spring, to his owner
in London, from the bar of Sotto la Manna. The Gist
is dated the 20th of July, and it begins by stating the
safe arrival of the Spring after a fine pleasant passage,
all in good health, without having spoken to any vessel
during the passage. It had been, we understand, at first
arranged that the vessel should touch at J tmaica, for
the purpose of obtaining intelligence there ; but the let-
ter says that Geheral Iturbide did not consider it neces-
sary to call at that island, off whickthey nrrivel on the
12th of June, and that he preferred to proceed to St.
Bernard's, in the bay of Mexico, where the vessel an-
chored on the 28th of June. The boat was immediately
sent on shore, with Colonel Benesqui, and one or two
others of Iturbide's suite. Benesqui is a Pole, who had
been in Iturbide's service when he was Emperor, and a
man of devoted courage. At ter being absent about three
days, they returned to the Spring, without any informa-
tion, as they met with no persons but pour Indians,
whom they could not understand.
The following day (July 1), the vessel weighed and
made sail for Sotto la Marina, one of the points of de-
barkation which had been fixed on before the General s
departure from London. They anchored off the bar on
the 13th of July, and the boat was sent on shore with
Colonel Benesqui, who, on his landing, was immediately
known. He lost no time in proceeding to Sotto la
Marina, which is aborit fifty miles from the coast, and
upon his arrival there he went to the house of General
Garza, who recognised him, and received him very
politely. Garza
_was in command of the province of
New Santander, in which Sotto la Marina is situated.
He informed Colonel Benesqui that Santander, the ad-
joining provinces, and, as far as his information went,
all the provinces of Mexico, were in favour of Iturbide's
recall, and that the whole country was in an unsettled
state. With this information the Colonel returned to
the Spring on the morning of the 15th of July, and in
the evening of that day, General Iturbide, accompanied
by Benesqui, went on shore. They were recognized on
their landing, found horses waiting for them, and rode
off to Sotto la Marina, where they were received by
General Garza, who had the troops drawn out, and
Iturbide was proclaimed Captain-General. of all the
troops. On the 17th July, an order came from Iturbide
for his Lady,-family, suite, and baggage to be landed,
which was effected by one o'clock in the afternoon of
that day. On quitting the Spring, one of the suite, who
spoke English, told Captain Quelch that the General
would send him some presents. Nothing was !Iwo-
tioned about the hiiiivg of the vessel, but the Captain,
when he wrote this letter on the 20th, says, that it sva,
his intention to wait until the 25th or 26th, and that if
he did not then hear from any of his passengers, he
would proceed to the Havanna!), as he could not get
any water where he then was. Ile says, that after they
were gone, he heard that everything was going on
prosperously, and that it was supposed that Iturbide'
would be in Mexico in two or three months."

Captain Quelch's second letter is dated from the same
place, the 23d of July, up to which time he had no corn-
munication ith General Iturbide or any of his suite;
but the reports were,. that he was doing very well.—
From their being so far in the interior of the country,
and from there being no regular post, he says it was im-
possible to get any correct accounts of them. He then
mentions the report which he heard from some Ameri-
can Captains, on the morning of the 2`2d instant—that
Iturbide had been shot on the 19th. The report was,
that Iturbide had been taken to a hut fifteen leagues
(forty-five miles) from Sotto la Marina; and, after -sr
short trial, was shot ; that his executioners only allowed
him six hours to prepare himself; that he pressed them
in vain to wait for the decision of the Congress of
Mexico; and that all the males of his suite were put
into prison, to be shot the next day. The American
Captain said that he had left Sotto la Marina on the
120th,. and than on that day he saw the troops return
there who had shot Iturbide; that, moreover, he saw
Madame Iturbide when the letter announcing this event
was delivered to her, and that she and her female ser-
vants fainted. Captain Quelsh says that he does not be-
lieve one single word of the report, and concludes by
stating, that as he had not heard from the General,
and was in want of water, which he could not get " at
that miserable place," he made sail for the Havannah.
Captain Quelch wrote a third letter, dated from the
Havannah, 10th August, in which he states that he had
brought a letter from one of the American Captains who
gave him the information of Iturbide being shot, and
that not one word of this report was stated in that letter.

We have thus far detailed the contents of these three
letters, so far as they relate to Itur bide ; and, before we
make any comment upon them, we shall premise that
General Garza is an extei;tive land proprietor in San-
tander, of a highly honourable character. lle held a
command under the Spanish Government at the time
of Hidalgo's insurrection, and, like hurbide, he opposed
the insurgents, amongst whom was General Bravo, Vic-
toria, and other members of what may be called the
Ultra-Democratic party, who are now in power. When
Iturbide proclaimed the independence of Mexico, Gene-
ral Garza cordially united with him ; but when the em-
pire was established, Garza was accused of being dis-
, posed towards a republican form of. Government. He
was ordered to Mexico, and placed under arrest, but
upon examination, the charge tu► ned out to be false, and
Garzs was not only instantly liberated, but received
into the intimate friendship-of hut bide and his party.l
Garza', however, is said to be in principle a Republican
but he strongly participates in that jealoti.y- which is I
felt by all the new and respectable insurgents, towards'
the insurgents of that earlier period which we have
before noticed. These facts account for the cenfi•
dente which Iturbide reposed in him, by placing him
self in his hands, and repel the supposition that Garza
would have returned that confidence with treachery.
—Had Garza intended to betray him, why proclaim
him Captain General of the army? Iturbide was in his
power, unarmed, and accompanied only by Coloael
lienescpa ; and it he was resorved to obcy the Decree
A Congress, lie would have at (MCC placed bath under
arrest. O.ie of the American Captains, who gave (belch
.hs infoimation in que:tion) stated that c:. the 20th he

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saw at Sotto la Marini the troops who shoe Iturbide
at a hut, forty-five miles from that place, the day be-
fore. Is this probable? Thea the males of the suite
were to be shot on the 20th, but not one word is said
on that subject. The American Captain says also, th Lt.
he saw Madame Iturbide, when she received the lever,
and that she and all her female•servants fainted. Lo s
not this look like a pule invention ? Were the Amt
Captains jealous of the presence of an English meicitaLt-
man in that quarter ? Did they fear that he might floc!
ovt what goods sold best in that nifighbout hood
Were they at all anxious for his departure from that
place? If the story wete true, why did not the Ameri-
can Captain mention it in his letter to the Havannah ?
His purpose was accomplished by sending away Cap-
tain Quelch, who, it may be further observed, sailed
for the Havannah on the 23d, aLhough he had pre-
viously arranged to stop until the 25th or 26th. This
depatture of Captain Quelch two or three days before
his time sufficiently accounts for his not having received
his presents, or any letters from General Iturbide or his
suite. They would naturally,- wait till the latest mo-
ment to send the Genet al's child, to (six.of. whom ate at
school in this country) the fullest aitcounts of his suc-
cess and future prospects. Having made these obser-
vations, we do not say that some doubt does. not yet
hang over the results of the expedition, but we leave the
reader to form his own conclusions.—Morning Paper.

SPAIN.
' MADRID, SEPTEMBER 9.
The King and the Royal Family still remain at St.
Ildefon•o.

The Captain• General of the Kingdom of Grenada has
transmitted to the Minister a list of the Revolutiooists

taken at Tarifa, and shot at Almeira. They were thirty-
two in number, amongst whom was Lieutenant Colood
Juan Luz, Captains Bernardin Bustamente, Louis de
Rute, and Charles Mier, and Ensign Joseph Verbis. We
remark in this list the name of a certain blositsrlot.*
Sir William A'Court has received from the King his
audience of leave. He has set out for Lisbon, as Ant-
bassador to his Most Faithful Majesty.
Extract of a letter Prom Madi id, dated August 30,
Int :—" At the express desire of his Majesty, the Am..
bassadors of Prance and England (this latter is on the
point of setting out for Lisbon), the Dike del Infantado,
Viscount Digeon, the Russi in Ambassador, and M.
Ugatte, Secretary of State, assembled at the Palace of
Granja, and held a conference, the object or result of
which has not as yet transpired. However, since that
meeting, it appears certain that the new War Minister
att.! Viscount Digeon are to act in concert in organising
a body of Spanish troops, to the number of 10,000 men;
and that his Majesty, with that view, has given them
the most extensive powers. The dismissal of M. Cruz
from the War department, and the removal of M.
ci*Oljona, (named member of the Council, of Clatilti,
from the place of Supvicintendent General of Police, are
attributed to she affairs of Tarifa, for although befo e •
that affair the disgrace of-the War Minister was looked
tor, yet it 114 S ceitainly been. hastened by that event,
for it well known that the King very severely repri.
manded M. Cruz for haying allowed Tarifa to remain
in so unprotected a state, aol M. O•jona had also to
liven to a Royal lecture for having been ignorant of
the preparations snaking at Gibraltar for the descent
upon the toast. Don Rufino Gonzalez, who replaces
Otjona in the Police department, is well known for
his devoted attachment to the Royal cause, and for
which he suffered various destizutions and persecutions
under the Constitutional regime. However, he now'
seems determined to take his revenge, for he commenced
the exercise of his functions the day he tcok possession
of his office, by crying, with a voice of thunder, Viva el
Rey absolute, and declaring to his subalterns, that be
had sworn to exterminate the cursed race of Negros..
He theta demanded a list of those employed in the police
all over the kingdom, for the purpose of erasing the
names of some suspected of liberalism. His first public
act has been to order a strict search to be made in the
house of every one suspected of Negroism, lest there
should be arms of any kind concealed in them. This
order has, however, not yet been put in execution. M.
Aymeric, who had been named Minister of War Fee
interim, owes this favour to the persecutions he suf-
fered under the former Government. However, he
only holds the situation until the at rival of M. Canspona
or M. Livan, either of whom, it is thought, will be the.
finitively named Minister. It is yet doubtful if the re-
signation of M. Ballasterot,' Finance Minister, will be
accepted by his Majesty; be that as it may, three per-
sons are already named as those most likely to succeed
him—Messrs. Marco del Pont, Vincent, and Vallado-
lid. The latter has the protection of the Infante Don
Carlos, and the two former, the reputation of ce tall%
real or pretended financial talents. The regivfors of
1814., who, for having remained in office a ve; y shoit
time in 16:20, under the ConAitutional Gnversment, ti:l
their successors were named, had been confined to tl.eir
own hots es, under the surveillance of a guard, have at
length been relieved from -any further restraint, though
they are still to be brought to aid. The other segidors
nwminated by the Constitutional Covet nment are stilt
I detained in prison. the last few days, four in-

dividitals were brought in hei e pi isonei s from COI U1:11:4
they ale stispe:led of having Liken put in the nitirtiti
of Vinuesa. The Bishop ut Valladolid, De Nlechoacan,
has been tionsferred from the Convent of St. TiIOU:A.,
whew he has been confined since his ariival in ti.e

capital, to the prison of the Court. He is still in s';.l--
tary confinement, because he refuses to answer tic i..-
terrogatories of the Judge of lostruction, insistiug that
he is not amenable to the civil authority. It is sattl,•
that near Vigo, some vessels bearing the Coloothi-oi
Rag have been seen. Letters from Andalusia talk of
the appearance of a body of insurgents At Hce va.
is expected that the Gazette of to-morrow will contai,.
suiplement, giving ..orue Intel citing details upon the
late events at Gijon, in the Asturias. The scarcity mid
dearness of provisions is becoming most alarming bete.
lfit should continue, I believe %se shall shortly be re-
duced to live upon herbs and garbage. There is but too
ouch realms to dear a renewal of the dreadful ravages
'caused by the famine of 181 t."

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