Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-08-29

II. B. M trigate artar, Comtiouoie ",
q Collier. arrivedsat the Havana on The blu
inst. having on board. as PASSENGERS MS
Grace tn. Duke of Manchester. Governor
Of Jamaica, and the Governor OF st. VIM
cents. r..
The Tartar was from the Coast OF Africa
and last IRON Jamaica, and sailed on the ON
for England. Sir G. Collier confirmed tne
reports heretofore given Of the Death o. DO
naparte.
The Spanish sloop of war Ceres, arrived
At Havana on the 9th inst. from off Cartha-
gena, having in company bne copper-ool-
toned schr. which she had captured Oh that
port. in the act of landing ammunition, &c.
for the Independents. The schr. was under
English colors. and was from Jamaica.
The u S. schr. PprpOise. Lieut.. Com
Ramage, sailed from Havana on the llth
n cuize for two OF the vessels belonging
TO her convoy from St. Augustine, which
had not arrived. after being out twenty SIX
days.
There was considerable sickness amongst
the strangers in Havana. Capt. Williams. OF
the brig Charles Miller, of Wiscasset, died
on the 10th inst.
| In the month o. July, la6 vessels arrived
a, H vana, of which rs were Atner'can-
and there were SO departures, OF which 50
were American
The accounts from Vera Cruz, received
at Havana, reached 20 the 29th June, and
those from Mexico, the capital, TO the 18th
OF the same month. They represented the
interior to be in much more tranquil stale.
The Vice Roy had appointed Military
Board, or Commission. presided by himself
10 direct with greater precision, the move
ments OF the different armies Yturbide was
pursued by an army of 5000 Royalists.-
This chief had suffered severe repuse, in
an attack on the city OF Queretaro, and was
Lom PEELED to retire with considerable loss
He experienced The same fate before the
walls of ToIuca. 1t was reported, that Col.
Cruz had defeated bustamenie, who wa:
second in command to Yturbide.
No apprehension was elt at Vera Cruz
for the safety of the place, for although
there were no veterans in them. the bate
ries were manned, and the military service
performed by the National Guard, and
the Marines and Sailors belong .ng to tb'
men of war and merchant vessels in the
h,rbor.
Two armed schooners had been sent il
quest of d 100000, to Tampico, in which
place the creates, Tranquility prevailed.
The Spanish soop of war Diamante, the
armed schr. Maria, and two merchant yes
sells, sailed on the 9Th inst with troops o,
board, for Vera Cruz.
London, J4lyG.
Madrid papers 10 the gid ult arrived Ives
terday Spain is suffering severely in her
commercial interests from the pfohibitOry
system which The Cortes introduced in ,heIl
infancy of legislation. with the vain hope
: as the event has proved. OF enc ouraging anC
obtaining the preference to native produc.
tions. |: has given rise TO contraf and
trade, chiefly through the medium Of Gibral
tar, 10 50 extraordinary an extent, that the
usual channels for commerce are abandoned
v. this is more particularly the case in the
southern ports of Spain, from whence com
i. plants and applications for redress ar.
!, transmitted in great numbers 10 the capital
Meantime associations have been formed il
D several districts to put down the illega
J.. traffic by force, and 10 punish those by whom
:, il is conducted-The temptation OF larg,
D profits, however, is likely to render their Ell
-; forts, until they are seconded by the aban
!; dOnmeDt. or relaxation, on the part OF TIT
i; government, of the prohbitory system.
10 the sitting of the Cortes OF the 18th, a
letter from Gen. Quiroga was read. renoun
) cling, in behalf OF the state, the pension pro
: posed TO be conferred on him for his service
) in the commencement of the revolution; bu
: that assembly. after short discussion, re
= fused TO accept his remuneration. The pur
: sui, of Merno, and OF Zaldivar, sinila
> disturber of the public peace, who is lurking
in the neighhorhood OF Seville, still cont
, nues; the attempts to apprehend them, tho
: made the subject OF official communica tons
:. bear greater resemblance 10 the pursuit Q
robbers by the police than 10 military ope
:, rations. Both appear to be weakened by
:, gradual diminution in The number Of thei
:; followers.
3 The private letters OF the same date wit
l. the papers, supply some additional paricu
, lars; and we have also received, through al
! express from Madrid TO Paris, advices of tb
; 46ih ult from he Spanish Capital. 20
> pular ferment seems to have been appre
hended at the former dale on account of tn
hesitation shewn by the King on til. conyo
cation of an extraordinary Corles. By tn