By letters received yeste...
The Times, 1824-10-13T00:00:00

BY letters received-yesterday from Madrid, it appears that on the Ist instant, a p2ity of Constitutional Guerillas en- tered the town ofITarracon, about 12 leagues from that city, and put to death the Alcalde, three others of the civic authorities, and eleven. of the townspeople. I'his dlaring act *vas in revenge for the punishment of two of their com- rades who had been put to death at AMadrid for beinig con- cerned in a movement ii favour of the Constitution. The guerillas were enabled to effect their retreat from Tarracon withouit molestation. By the Hercules, arrivc(l at Holvhead, letters from Buenos Ayres to the 18ith of July hiave been receivedl. They report a rumour, %bich was mentioned in the pre- ceding arrivals, of the death of Val1ez, the Spanish Royal- ist General, and one of the ablest supporters of that cause in Perui. These letters bring intelligenrce from the armny of Bolivar, thc datef fwhicb, however, is not mentioned, stat- ing that he had reviewed his army, which was in the best possible condition. The reinforcements from Colombia lhad not arrived: but transports had been despatched to Giuava- quil to receive theem, an(d they wvere thereforedaily expected. The C,ommissioners of the Sinking Fundl yesterday pur- chased stock to the amount tf 26,0001., being about 8,0001. more than the daily sutm appropriated dulring thc hlst quar- ter to that purpose. It is understoo(d that thc anmount ap- plicable to the Sinking Funid for the existing quarter will not he iers than 1,250,0001.-a suin which, in a(ldition to that accruing from the savings' banks for investmnent, inust absorl) a conisiderable portion of the floating stock in the market. I LA(lvertiselnenit.1-AUSTRIASr LOAN NEGOTIA T ED, BY it . N. M1. ROTnISCHILD IN LONDON.-Thic half yearly di- vidend on the said loan, falling due on Monday, the 1st of November, will be paid oni that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted) between the hours of ten andl two. It is requested that the dividend warrants, with a list thereof in numerical order, may be left one day previous, for the purpose of being examnined.-New-court, Sept. 29, 1m24. Sir John AMacdonald, KIC.B., a Lieutenant-General in the Hon. Companv's service, died in Calcutta on Saturday last, aged 7,f. His rennias were interred yesterday evening between five and six o'clock, attendcd by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. all the General Staff, and a large body of' civilians, who assembled to pay the last tributte of respect.to one of the oldest officers of the lion. Companv's aervice in India.-BoAe ay Courier, Jumme 19. The late Miajor Cartwright's will was dated the 9th of June, 1824. ffe bequeathed the wlole of his property (enmunierat. irg as a part of it his half-pay-as an officer of the navy, and an an- nuity from thc Duke of Somerset) to his wife, whom, with his niiece, Frances Dorotliy.Cartwright, spinster, he appointed his executrix - aisd-in eaze-ef-4is wife' -previous denise, substttitted the latter as his sole legatee. They both' survived Ihimn, but his niece only took probate of his will, power lm4ying been reserved to the other execu- trix. The effects-were sworn unader 8001. The grant passed the Prerogatiee seal on the 7th instant. MNr. B. Littleton, the gentlemaei who fought a duel on Saturday with a MUr. Rogers, -near Primrose-hiill, and who was wounded in the side lies at his residence in Portiand-street in a very precarious state. Tie ball graized the side, and the report was that the wonu.l, wvhic perforktelibe fdesh nearly half an inch, was not dangerous; but on Sunday morning symptonms were very unfavonr. able, attended with much fever. The quarrel arose about a bet at the Doncaster St. Leger rAce. T'he sale of his Royal Highness the Duke of York's fine estate at Oatlands is effected-. Mr. Uughes Ball has become the purchaser. This fine pro prty, it is eaid, has sold for the sum of 160,0001., and aboutB0,0001.valuation of the timber.-Ev'eningpaier. The Duke of Buckingham has purchased from Mr rar- quhar the valuable estates irG Backs, lately belonging to Mslr. Coke, situate at lilleaden, Buckingham, and Preston Bissett, withl valu. able church preterment in tbose laces. The Commissioners of ~Iis Majesty's Customs have caused large bills to be posted at illargate and along the coast, offer. ing 1001. for the discovery of tbe person or persons (supposed to be smugglers) who, a shorttime agb, earried off, in a boat, one of the seamen belonging to the Preventivc Service, stationed at Bexliull, in Sussex, whom, it is supposed,. they murdered, as liis body was at' terwards found washed on' shore. A melancholy shipwreck occurred in Castleton Bay, Isle of Al na, in a dreadful gale, about twvo o'clock en 'Vednesday after- noon. From the report of Captain Oman, of the Majertio steanm- packet which was then on herppssage from hence to Iiverpool, we Icarn tbat the vessel was the Reyitolds, of about 200 tons, and bound from Liverpool for a foreign port. Before she struck on the sunken rocks of Castleton Bay, she wa seen on her ibroadside from Castle Rushen and the crew, ten in number, clinging to her. In despair thyc took to their boat, but were soon swamped, and all on board perished. No assisthncecould be given from the shore, nor was the la.jeestic able to render any. The brig soon went to pieces on the roceks-.Edinbmurgh Star. As the 1lfracombe fishing-boats wvere, on Thursday last, returning to that place before the heavy gale that was driving thenm, for slselter, a sea struck one of them, upset her, and precipitated the crew into tile water, two of whom were happily, saved by the exer- tions of n'boat's crew in company, but the third, named Thomas Fosse, unfortunately peilshebd.-Exeter cArsw. *'xAvgAsE ' AssoCIATIOmi iN PAISiJEY.-Last week a numlerous meetingof operatlve weavers, amounting to upwards of 1,200, met in St. Jaues'ssereet chap,el,- to consider the propiiety of fotsminga sraion, to prevent, asu for as lossible, the reduction of p2iees, and to obtain a unifnrmsd fair remuneration fot tbeir la. DOur. Resolutions in a ordanca ivith the objects of ihecmeeig i7eweadoFred. -