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tWfc pa*, ties who assent to ami spread
this tale know nothing about the af
fair. Why, fcir?1 li^ppened to call
on Ali^ Titian)', last Sunday, and
"out of mere civility wailed upon her'
to meeting, and believe me, sir, on
the Monday evening; following, 1
heard it pronounced in three or four
different houses, where 1 called to
slop a moment, thai I was paying
attention to Miss Tiffany. Now,
sir, so far am 1 from any such inten
tion, that I always wish tLe d 1
imd Miss Tiffany and many other
Misses that 1 wait upon, and some
times see home in the dark?and I
write this merely to let the girls know
that a man may accompany a girl to
nu'?ting in the day time, and even
to a night lecture?without marrying
'lier immediately^ ? JO.
F O RE 1 G *V.
NEW-YUKK, JUNE 1.
LATE FROM EJS GL.IJVD.
[liy the ship ^linerva-Smyih, Allen, from
Liverpool.3
D(ictor Stokoe, who came to Eng
land from St. Helena, in consequence
of a difference of opinion between
him and Sir Hudson Lowe, as to
his duty respecting the reports of
conversations had with Bonaparte,
lias been examined hy the British
Ministers; the result is, that lie is]
immediately to resume his functions
at St. Helena.
A plan is in contemplation for
enabling the Bank of England to
return to cash payments, and at the
8ame~time to keep the guld in the
country. It is to coin gold pieces,
which shall pass at the value of one
guinea, hut which shall not be worth
more than 17 shillings.y;
The Liverpool Mercury says that
the Duke of Wellington refused to
present to the Hooso of Lords the
lAnti- Catholic petition of the corpor
ation of Dublin.
In a lato publication by Capt.
Itoss, commander of the discovery
ships, it is stated, that wh^n the
?hips were in lat. 76, 12, in certain
atatea of the euiu objects al the dis
tance of 150 miles were distinctly
visible.
The Grand Canal, which is now
making in Egypt, from the Nile to
Alexandria, is stated to be nearly
completed. * Upwards of 40,000 men
are employed in this great work.
Liverpool paper of the 17th of
April states, that gloomy accounts
were received ly the last mail from
the manufacturing districts. "At
Leicester, for the last ten days, 5000
persona aru represented as being out
of employ."
At London, on the 14th of April,
a small parcel of Carolina rice was
eold at auction at 4G a 47s. duty
{Mad.
At Mtfflteh, the Chamber of De
puties taken into consideration the
proposition for establishing a Tribu
nal ?f Honor, for tire prevention of
duels.
The Star, of April 12, says,
"the health of our *ged king has
undergone a change for the worse,
within these few days."
The Sheerness bank has stopped
payment. A London paper says,
many persons will suffer. It bein?*'
the ooly bank in that part of the coun
try.
Baltimore, junf.
LATEST FROM HjYGJUiJVD.
By the ship Mohawk, Capt.
Lircii, in 84 days from 1 Acer pool,
we havo been politely favored with
regular London vihI Liverpool file*
to too 24th April inclusive. The
principal articles we give a hast)!
sketch of.? There is nothing import
ant. 0 1
LONDON, APRIL 16.
Yesterday was settling day at the
Stock Exchange. Notwithstanding
the recent fluctuations in the Funds,
ve have not heard of any defaultei
)ia\ ing been declared on t}iis occa
sion.
1 he first part of nn expedition
Wider Col. Eyre, and destined t??
join Sir (xkf^.oii M*Gkk*ok, in S.
America, sailed on Friday from th<
poit oi Dublin. Vessels are no\
on their Way from Jin^lawd to Gal
way, to receive another part of Cel.
Eyre's corps, ready to embark at
that port, and another vessel will he
immediately taken up at Dublin, lor
a similar pvrpose.
It is with much pleasure we learn,
from various parts of the country,
that there is every appearance of an
abundant harvest this year. The
wheat in most places are well for
ward, and generally, speaking, too
much advanced to be much injured
by any of those sharp night frosts
which may happen during this and
the ensuing month. In the counties
of Kent, Surrey, ami Sussex, the
corn already has a luxuriant appear
ance, and the straw is uncommonly
* %
strong and large. In fruits and vege
tables, the \irospect is equally cheer
ing, owing to the genial mildness of
the seastfn. Potatoes, that must im
portant article of wholesome and
nutricious food to the laboring class
es, are expected to turn up mud.
better than they did last year. We
hope, most sincerely, that all (best
joyful promises of plenty will be fulh
realized.
Letters are received from Cadiz
up.to the 25th ult. If there be any
truth in the report which was men
tioned in a Morning JPaper of yester
day, as to a mutiny among the troops
embarking for S. America, the af
fair is kept very secret. The letters
state there was no news, and that
every thing remains tranquil. The
advices from Madrid were to tin
4th inst.; they contained no politi
cal news of any inter st.
We are sorly to state, that very
unpleasant intelligence respecting the
plague in Baibary was yesterday re
ceived. The letters were dated the
17th of March, at which time the
plague, which had been decreasing
tor some months, had returned with
redouble! fury.?The deaths were
greater than had been experienced
during the last fatal year. The in
habitants were neglecting all theii
usual avocations, and were shutting
themselves up in their huts.
_Ilis Royal Highness the I>uke of
York has by a fall, about 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon broken the bone
of Ins right arm three inches above
the elbow joint. The fracture was
set very soon after by Mr. O'lteilly,
of Windsor. His Royal highness has
passed a quitft night, and is this
morning free from fever, and doing
in all respects as well as under the
circumstauces can be expected.
APRIli 10. J
Willi regard to tire subject of the
diminution of the duties on British
ships, the Portuguese Government
had not come to apy determination.
The captures by Insurgent privateers
were so frequent, that a number of
trading vessels were detained at ttio
Janerio, Pernarftbnco, and other ports.
The squadron in search of them^
which had been out ciuiaing in Janu*
afy and February, had cleared the
seas of only a lew of those which
saijed badly.
The following rt an extract of a
letter from the agejitof the liuarian
company in London, by which it
will he seen that the important re
duction of 10 per cent, on all goods
imported and exported from Russia,
has taken place. It will ateo be
observed, that rum is allowed entry
on the same terms as other spirits.
PErEKSBUltU, FEB.
An ukase has been issued, direc
ting, that in the levying of duties in
(lie different custom-houses, for the
year 1819, the silver rouble shall l*e
taken at S rouble, and 00 copiques
bank notes, which make a reduction
of 10 per cent, on the duties of all
imports and exports, excepting to
those that pay ad valorem*
Home persons having claimed the
right to pay duties on goods import
ed last year, and still in the custom
house, at the new rate of 3 roubles
uid 00 copiques, it lias been decided
that the old duty shall be charged on
ill goods which shall have been re
? 9
< eived at any custom-house, previ
ous to the receipt of tire present or
ler.
1 have further to announce, that
<ie order from the department of for
012,11 commercc to the Petersburg
'cu^torn-house, dated Vehruan '
has beeu %m*de public, authorial
the importation of rum at the s.-ur
duty as is levied on brandy antVr
rack, viz. 10 rouble* per anker,
(silver) and 1 hope to he able to bend
a copy and translation of the ukast
by an ?'arly conveyance.
In the mean time it is necessary
0 understand that the duty on all
spirits is levied according to thei?
strength, that the lowest doty is u.
roubles per anker, ami iH belt* *.
and not above w hat is here deno
minated ten degrees.
If above 10, and not above
egrees, is. considered pure spirit,
and pays 20 silver roubles per an
ker.
APRIL 17.
The Stocks experienced a fur < ?
depression yesterday, i tinsols leav
ing ott* at7? 1-2. two defaulters wer^
declared, but not to a la?j;e amount.
The understanding as to a new Loan
heing in contemplation, must of
course tend to low er the funds. The
expected amount of it is variously
estimated ; some reports stating it at
15,000,000/. whilst others extend ii
.it 22,000,000/.
*_ ; ^^ _?
Commerce continues in a most dis
tressing stale of stagnation. Two
houses in the city connected with the
Manchester trade have stopped pay
ment, one of which is.staled to have,
paper out to the amount of *2,">0,000?.
" Humors 11 j ou rumors continue
as to the ways and means and sup
ply of the year.?Consols \> \ui h fluc
tuated yesterday from 73 1-4 to 72
T-2, lelt olt" at 7a. Tins morning
1 hey opened at 7^ 7-8 &ud are now
at 7S 7-S?
Upon the above Stock Exchange
rumors, we must beg that our silence
may not be constiued, as some of
our cotemporaries have done, into an
admissiou of the correctness of them.
We know nothing as yet of the in
tentions of government, and we must
naturally suppose that much wiil de
pend upon tiu3 opinions and report 01
the bank couunittee. The Budget
a ill not be brought forward till alter
that report is presented and takeu in
to consideration.
Loans and funding are still insist
ed upou by the buyers, who have
even fixed the definite sum for each
?fifteen millions loan and ten mil
lions funding. The house of Roths
child are even preparing lists for the
loan,"
apriL 20:
Stoclc.? We have to notice again
to-day a ?till further decline of the
funds, notwithstanding the depres
sion which has continued for a con
siderable length of time. Consols'
for the account at one time in the <'ay
fell to 7i 5-8. owing to the uncer
tainty as to the intention of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer with
respect to raising more}, mid the
market closed at the following prices:
Red Aim. 71 i s?Consols 72?
Ditto for account 7# 1-8.
MVEKHioI., APRIL 28.
Cuah I'aymeytts.?-The Liverpool
Courier contains 4he following cheer
uijj intelligence, which we transcribe
toI gladden the hearts of those
whose faith may he little more live
ly than our own upon the subject:?
u A fa'-* 6f great public import
ance was stated on Wednesday week
by Lord Harrowhy. it is this; that
the Bank is at present in possesien of
treasure fully equal to the discharge
of its engagements."
To this pleasing intelligence we
most fervently say?Amen !
OF SPJLY.
Extract of a letter from A lad rid, dat
ed . March 87, received in London.
u An express, travelling with the
greatest liaMe, and despatched by
ueneral CyDonnell, from Cadiz, ha.-,
arrived bere> and the contents of tha
despatches have spread a most visi
ble alarm among ministers.
i4 A most sensible alteration is re
marked in Lozano de Torres and
figuaia. A great bustle has been
created in the departments under their
charge, and as thfy * are the chief
barometers in which the public judge
ofaflairx, curiosity has (>ecn consid
erably awakened : as fcr as it has
possible to from sym^/on's
attended w ith iini^u tl mystery and
alarm, as well as from what it ha
been possible to gather in p hat
channels, it is believe*! mat (Je.i. i..
O'Donnel. the Commander iri Chiel
of the irraml ex'jt-uiii ?n, h:>? dUco\ -
w i 7
eied a plot, prepared hy the disaf
fected tailed upon to embark. It is
rumored that he expresses hi* dis
trust of some officers who have con
siderable influence umoug the men,
and that besides mnnmiis on account
of pay. kc, there is a great clashing
of feeling and sentiment, some being
Serviles, others Liberal*, and some
again .Tf'ancesad'js, aud a fourth
class, imn who consider themselves
under a state of compulsion. It is
thought he has requested fresh in
structions and powers, w hereby much
dilemma has been created, though
jiie government was well aware that
this new service was not liked, and
some difficulties at the moment of eni-J
barking were even anticipated-?to
remedy which, it had been propos^
? hat the King should go dow u lo^Ca-j
diz, under a hope that his presence
w ould give greater eclat and overaw e1
ithe discontented.
" i Ins certainly w ould be a novel
ty, fur Spanish monarchs have sel
dom quitted the capital, unless on
hunting parties; but it is whispered
the "King has a particular antipathy
to visiting Cadiz ; a tow n so lately
devoted to the Cortes and new order
of things.?The malevolent might
say he was himself going to Ameri
ca, as they did of his father, when
Tie thought of visiting Andalusia.?
Besides arrangements are on the tap
as for the King's third marriage.?
This dissatisfaction among the tronp
has been caused by the general dis
like to Ik* sent out to serve in An.eri
? a, which has always been consider
ed a kind of banishment, and ac
counts received from Morillo's armv
*
have by no means tendered to remove
it. The conduct of the party on
board the Trinidad transport, has
been publicly talked of at the nies
se*> dndappT?vednsfar it was dar
rd. The Spanish army never wa
fond of a ciiief who is a rigid dis
ciplinarian, and austere in his man
ners.?This is the rase with O'Dori
nell, who kfeeps them tight at work.
"The disturbances at Valencia*
have not yet terminated. Klio is
constantly alarmed by pasquena
dtfF. and anonymous letters The]
oioouv euicis ne published have ex
cited general discontent.
" The cession of the tHoridas i
talked of here as a measure long j?g
resolved upon by this government.
Sud its being carried into edict was
up posed to he delayed only by the
iufluence of another power, jealou
of North America. The* Spanish
government is not now, however, so
punctilious. Little, ov uo gratitude
istelt towards England, wjiofce gov
ernment, it is supposed, secretly fa
vors the Insurgents. A considera
ble sum will he obtained out of tlx
grants of land in the Florida*, madt
to the King's favorites, the Duke dr
Alagon and Puno-Eurostro."
[Translated from Havana Pujiertfor t/ie
CharlcMton Times.]]
KINGSTON, (JAM.) MAY 7*
Letters were yesterday received in
his place from Curracoa, which state
that Brion's squadron, composed o
nearly SO sail, which had sailed from
Margaritta for Cuuiana, had expert*
enced a severe gale, in which the
whole squadron had t>een either dis
masted ov otherwise injured, and that
the Commodore's ship had with
great difficulty succeeded in returning
to Alargaritta, with 9 feet water in>
her hold. These letters add, that
out of 800 British troops which had
arrived at that Island, 200 bad al
ready been carried off by disease,*
although it is considered the most
healthy of the West-India Islands.'
Other advices say, that Bollivar was
completely paralizid in his military
operations.
MAY 18.
By the arrival of H. M's ship
Sapphire, in 12 days from Porto
Beilo, we have receive?! the follow-,
ing intelligence: It appears that a)
forcc of:000 10 ur.O turn, ininrcT, 1
ed l>> ('fit. lLoro, he^nn their iu?.u I.
<.>n ilie CS?h ul*. from Paman* for
Porto ik'iU>. and on the 1st in*t. :vt
tacked the plate while the. Instil
2"v itK \\e?e ni bed. M'oregor es
caped \% i:h peat dlfllculty, in his
5?11i11, by jumping out of a w iudow 2 J
feet hign, and to save his I'.fe run to
the slime, jumped into tire m a, and
swam to m hooner, from which he.
v\ as conveyed to the brig Hero. In
the action about 100 men wore killed
anil wounded, and (ion. Lopez ami
t'ol.O'Hara lost their lives. Nearly
300 Insurgent troops and 70 officers
\v ere taken prisons & sent to Panama
?only 12 esoaped. The Insurgent
squadron left the port dining tlm
confusion.
Another account says?On the
30th April General Uore attacked
M'Gregors force at 0 o'clock in tho
morning, and surprized it, but he hud
the-good fortune to escape I,y leaping;
from a window "of the Government
House, 20 feet from the pound.
The foolish adventurers who follow -
ed his standard, have been all either
killed or taken prisoners, and (h ir
baggage has fallen into the bands of
Gen. Hore?7^ officers and 300 pri
vates were taken prisoners and
marched otV to Panama^ JVVGregor,
who knows much better how to leap
than to be a military_?ommandeLvin
stead of retiring to the fort and there
defend himself, abandoned his men
escaped on board of a vessel. The
Insurgents kept up a brisk iho of can
non and musketry, hut the l|ny>Llist?
experienced very little loss. Gen.
I lore was to leave Porto Hello for
t hagres on the 3d of May, and
won Id then return to Panama to give
some rest to his brave troops.
Ext met of a Utter from Porto Bel
lo. dated the Ith of JSlay.
"On the night of the 30th ult. the
Spanish forces of Panama, command
ed hy Gen. Hore inarched intirthe
neighborhood of this city, intending
to make an attack at daylight on thtv
lovsn m conjunction with Col. San
ucluz's division* according to pre\i
?uh anungemetits.?This division,
no.wever, did' not arrive as soon as
\ as expected, and Gen. Hore was
:? consequence about retiring when
t appeared?and i.t 0 in the morning
,e entered the town without the
smallest opposition. The Spanish
s
roops occupied at the same time, all
lie different posts?the Insurgent^
ho were exercising in the square,
were immediately attacked, anil the
greater jmrt of them compelled to
mrender-?Colonel OTlara received
iwo bullets in his groins as he \\ah
,;uing into the Fori, and was taken
prisoner?lie died the second day af
ter he wa? put into the hospital.
M'Gregor was iu l>ed at the time of
attack, and to escape leaped from a
w indow into the street, ran to tho
-hore and swam oil board t!* brig
flero* Governor Lopez, who slept
in the next room, was killed in bed.
Colonel liafter, with a few followers
retired to a Fort on the l>eech where,
ueing attacked by the loyalists ho
was compelled to surrender.?Tho
loss of the Insurgents anionnts to 80
killed and aliout 50 wounded. Tho
Spaniards lost only 4 men, w hich
must l>e attributed to McGregor's
having been completely surprised,
on account of not having a single
centinel of piquet stationed out of
town. Seventy three officers wero
matched off'to Panama, and General
More, after making all necessary ar
rangements respecting the disposal
of his forces and the security of the
prisoners, returned to Panama byway
of Chagres. The greatest care has
been taken of the wounded and sick.
After the capture of Porto Hello,
Gen. IIore issued a Proclamation,
promising to provide those of the
prisoners who were mechanics with
the means of following their respec
tive trades; and all of theln have
keen treated with great humanity."
The Aurora, of the 9th inst. con
tains some interesting intelligence
from Venezuela. The following is
i summary :?
The Copgress of Venezuela \vm