A letter from Mexico of t...
The Times, 1824-06-19T00:00:00

A letter froma Mexico of the 26th of March- has becil received, *vhich states that the country enjoyed perfect tran- quillity, anid that the elections of mncmbers fir the Congress or the states of Mexitco bad taken place ,n every part, with- out atny opposition awhatever.Tlie Government 1a receivecd iutelli-ence of the. departure of the. ex-Emmperor Iturbide. from fialy, and of his arrival in England ; in consequence. of wvhiel the General' Congress' had passed- a lecree for- annutllinig t'he pelnsion of 25fl6b dollars, assigned to him on, his abdication. Yesterday tlie despatches for Bengal by the ship Prince. Regent were closcd at the East India-house, and delivezed to thc- purser of thatship. VAUXIIALL GAitDars.-Yesterclay; being the anniver- sary of the battle of Watcrloo, it was comenmorated at these gar- dens by a grand military fete. Fa2s of all he nations of Europc waved from the trees, whose dark foliage eas finely contrasted with the uncommon bnlUianry of the lamps, of which there were.upwards. of 12,000 additional, arrangcd in various devices.. A transpatency- of the Dlulke of Wcllington preseRted itself in. thenmect conspicuotus part of the gardens,flanked on haclside by the word " Waterloo" in variegatedecolours. In 1he ballet of the Cldncae Wedding the Mimuet de-la Cour, the- Gavotte, aiul a quadrille, were introduced'b&. the pupils ofAloiisieur llullin. Thecomcert eonsisted ofappropriatt: military songs, &c.; ant amongst the cosmoriunas was one \.iccr. painted. exptessly for the occasion, representing the l3attHlq ofi Waterloo. The fire-works were more tban usuaUy spletid*s'.d; concludcd with adoubleglory ofsixty.two rays, with 'W5s,ipg'ton"' in the ccutre, and the words - oiFongiay he livc.'" ,he company was nunierous and respectable, comrprising nmany persons of fashion- .and, upon the whole, the fete passeoff rfwith cousiderable eclat. SIGNOnA STORACE.-We understand tl at a citatiflql has issued, calling upon the executore of a will of the late ITZ- nora Storace, whiich1was proved some years ago, to bring into. t E. Prerogative Court the probate of such will, as having been 6btaincd .upon an undue description of the deceased, &x It is probably nor generaly kuown that this distinguished vocalist left a very eosider.' able fortune behind her; no part of wlich, owing totbe disposi_ tions of the will in question, antI othler circumstances that wilt speedily bteome imatter of investigation in the Vpirltual courts, lias been hitherto inherited by;Mr. " SpencerBralain,," wos6 near rcla. tionship to thedeccased, as wcU as her repeated declarations of in, tended testamentary bounty in his favour, seem to have induecci asT expectation of a difi'eeent result, as to his interests, from that wlhicht bas ensued upon the lady's death. PIerliaps, however, it would bh improper to enterzt present into any patdculars, more especially as the facts of the eas aire upon the point of being deve'oped in a legal inanner, before the Prero6ative Court of Canterbury.. 'They are likely to excite a consideraole interest in the nublic. A geutleman, who attended yesterday at the police-of:: fice, hatton-garden, related the following robbery, wlhicb was comn- mitted some time ago at the house of MAir. Lewis, in-.St. Joln's. square, Clerkenwell :-About four o'clock in the afternoon', a man: of 'genteel appearance- anid address knocked at .Ir. Lcwis's. door, and inquired if lie was at home. (It is supposed he kuew to the centrary). On receiving an answer in 'the negative, he expressed a wish to see Alrs. L-ewis. . He was accordingly shown into tire di- ning-room, stid on Alrs. Lewis going to him he said, he -had an ac- count to settle witlh iMlr. Lewis, and, that he camle to pay him; and as he wasnotathome, lie rquicsted pen, ink, and 'ipaper, to leave. a note for hinn, These were furnished himn,and lie wrote a note to Dtr. JLewis, and in the presence of Alrs. .Lewis lie enclosed two' 101. Bank notes in it. Observing sonsei-ine in a de-, 'canter on the sideboard, lie said he would take a glass. lHe walked-round the room, and adtired the pictures. Ile then sat down for some time, -and after conversing on indifTerent aubjecis, took his leavc. 'Soon afterwards Air. Lewis returned, and on open.. 'ing- is inote lie found it contained ithe 'ollowing words:-_- *ir having occasiorit fora'litt,le silvcr plate I have tiken the liberty o. ,bortowingitoif. yoeu;'Teenclosed will serve as security for my re., 'urming it.",; xOncamining the supposed ten poun& notes,- they. proved to beihanm isotes, not, worth a fatthing;.ansd, on looking round to'Zdiscoivet what iilate the gentleman had borrowred, lUir.. 'Lewias oon rnisaed& frorn the sideboard 'a large gravy spoon, four table.spoons, and ten tea.spoons, vhich, previous to the gentle. man's coraingsin, 'halbeen lying on the sideboard. Hewvuaman of genteel appeutance, dressed in black, and about6 years of age.