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Foreign. NEW-YORK, MAY l6. LATEST FROM EUROPE. The fast sailing ship Hector, Capt. Gillender , arrived last evening in 32 days from Liverpool. Uapt. G. has favored the .editors of the Mercantile . Advertiser with Liverpool papers to the 13th, and London to the lOih of April, inclusive. Also, Lloyd's Lists to the 8lh. . Home farther disturbances had trkeb "t)Iace at Glasgow, Paisley, Greenock, &c. At no time since the be?;iuiug; of Radicalism , had there been such a general apprehension from iii.it quarter. SerioQs alarms existed nt Manchester, and Iroops "were ordered there to prevent an ex pected riot. AtGlasgow, Paisley, and all the. fteigfi boring country for 12 miles tutfid, placards were placed on the vails addressed to the people of fcngland, Ireland, and Scotland,; calling upon them to come forward j immediately, and effect by force a , revolution in the government, and : enjoining the manufactures to abstain work ftora the 1st of April. All the weavers, and other workmen iu Glasgow, Paisley, afnd^he neigh boring country im mediately struck work, and the streets were covereil with crowds of the idle and discon tented. The tftaglstffetes uf Glas gow had offered a reward of 500/. and the government a further reward of 500/. tor the authors vt printers oi these inflammatory papers. The troops were in motion, and some skirmishing had taken place. Sever al had been killed and others wourid ? ed. At the last accodnts, the weav- .( efrs in Glasgow aod paisley had' generally relmn-d to their looms, as the want of leadersdeprived them of all confidence, tod the power of ihe military pointed out to them the hopelessness of their cause. On the 8th, in crowd assembled ol ? Greenock, to Witness t lie arrival of 5 prisoners who were brought in from Paisley, at 6 hi the afternoon, by the Por I Glasgow volunteers. When file volunteers wete returning, they began to insult, and pelt them with 0 tones and mud. * . i The volunteers fired 2 shot, which tnrly exasperated them the move.~? The parly were then obliged to Are in earnest, and continued a running fiio till they got ocit of Cartsdike* ? Nine of the wounded Weto taken to the hospital, of whom 4 had died, and the rest dangerous; five more were killed hi the to * ik Twenty in all were killed and. wounded. They tore down the iron railing of a house> arid with the arm* thus procured* preceded by a piper* in the evening ^toif to attack Port Glasgow-^-but after proceeding to the house of Mr. Gemrrell, the mob returned. They ^pjroke open the doors of the bride well, and let at liberty the radical prisoners, but** none others. Next morning all was quiet? though luA ins parties were seen about the olttt I "^skirts. r ' ! 1 Accounts from Madrid were to the 28th of Maroli. A royal ordinance of the ??d, fixes the convocation of the Cortui fw the 9th of Jfyly ; they will consist of 149 members for the peninaula, and <80 deputies for Ame rica, selected from the Americans re siding III' Spain. A prlVatfe fetter Mates-? u Terror is general. The Revolution or Death is the order of the dajr. We are not without fears for the lives of the most august per* Sonages." * >lone of {he foreign ministers at Madrid had congratulated the King on his acceptance of the Constitution, who wait for instructions from their < Gquto?the Am ei ic a n Minister alone cx?F?V#vho did not wait for or der?;^ 4 Gaz. de "France. PA HIS, APRIL 6. 'The editors of the Minerve have bo< n condemned Uy the tribunal to pay a fine of 1 8,000 francs, for not, having submitted to the stamp law**? No appeal can be made. NKW-Y0RK, MAY 18. | L.1TE Jf\UOM HiVlW. lJy the ship Belle, capt. Huntings don, the editors of the (Gazette have "received from their Paris correspon dents, -jmpers of that city to the 10th uli. An intelligent passetiger in tlifc , Be lie, in form? 4bat France was in a tranquil state, and that the cotton market was improving. JS othmg was doing in tobacco. The following sumrtiary articles, translated in haste, will be found in teresting : PA WIS, APKIL 5. Letters from the north speak of an approaching war between Russia , a*nd the Ottoman Porte. The em . peror Alexander is at the liead ol 800,000. Tneu, and the moment has perhaps arrived, thai he is about to accomplish the vast designs of his grand-father. England is not in a condition to opjiose a measure that i alarms her |Jt)licy ; Prussia, a prey ( to real fears, and internal fermfcnta tion, will throw no obstacles in the way ; Austria cannot intefere, with out !>eing in danger of tosing Gralicia. and seeing I tally free herself from a foreign dominion ; and France, for merly the ally of ? tirkey, is hoi in a situation to defend die empht du Cr oaai ant. Spanish Ajfailrs.^- The constitu tion of Hie Cortes was proclaimed a Hilboa on the 20th March, amid the ' acclamations the people, not with standing the opposition that was evinced to the adoption of the new constitution. rhe kth? continually expresses hi> satisfaction at having acceded the constitution, and his regret at not , having done it sooner. He has be come very popular, and gives au dience to all who wish to see him. ; The Cortes were to meet on the 6th July. The Peninsula sends 149 deputies; 30 Americans, taken from the number found in Spain, will re present the colonies. | 4 Civic feasts take place every* day : at Madrid, The dukes and Mafr quisses are eager to join in thera* and are proad of receiving Hie title of "citizens / Ferdinand has breveted Quirogf , Heigo, and Areo Aguera (chiefs of the insurrection) ieUtanarshal*. By a royal decree of tfcte 25th of March, addressed to all the authori ties by the minister of wat*, all indi viduals Comprised in the proceedings instituted against field-marshals Es posly Miuay Don Juan Diafc Porlior, Don Mtiriarro Ilenovales, gen. Lacy, ttie commissary, of Vrat V incen t \i ic|i ard, as well as In the proceedings at Valencia in 1817 *ftd 1819, ^nd otheis of the same nature, have been reinstated in alt their honors and cx> cupations. . a Accounts had been deceived that geYi. Kreyre nncl Villavicencio hacf been arrested at Ca<li?, accused of being fire instigators of the affray, and of liming, ordered the , troops to (ire on the people* They were both in prison* waiting theft trials. The province oF Galicia was iii a great ferment ; the militia were arm ing, and a camp of observation was forming at Villa- Franca ; they will remain under arms, till the great work of "the constitution is accom plished throughout Spain. Great excitement existed at Valen cia on the 19th and 20th March. ? The 'people, naturally irrascible and demanded the head of gen.. Elio, who was shut up 111 the citadel. ? The civil and military authorities could scarcely restrain the fury of the populace. v, , | A cutter hnd l>een dispatched to the island of Majorca, to bring whom the deputies and other persons of distinction, who had been exiled. The Madrid Gazette of Ma^ch * 30, contains the following decree of Ferdinand : " As the constitution to which I have sjvorn is the fundamental * law which rules the rights and duties of Spaniards towards the throne and nation,' considering that those who | refuse to recognize the law ot the | land, thereby renounce the protection which it granU them, ami the ad vantages winch society acknowled ges, and also lite privilege of liv ing iu the territory of the country, 1 dec lare, couforjp&iily Co the decres* of the general ami extraordinary Corles of August 17, i8i?, th<J every Spaniard w ho refuses to ao I knowledge the political constitution i of the monarchy, or who, in swear I ing to il, does so with restrictions contrary to the spirit of this charter, is unworthy of being regarded as i,such ; that he he legally deprived ot honorary distinctions, civil employ, emoluments and prerogatives, and separated from the territory of the monarchy ; and if be ati ecclesiastic, he shall be deprived of his living.^ I enjoin, under the strictest responsi bility, on all Uie political chiefs and othev constitution of th're my decree. u Given at the Palace, March 26,1 820." KEW-YORK, MAY 2. One day later from Kngtand. The ship Cineinnatus, (iris wold, which arrived oh Saturday, brought the editors of the Commercial Ad vertiser, from their -attentive corres pondent a London evening paper ol the t?th ult* ? one day later than was received by the Herald at Boston. The trial of Thistlewood was con cluded on the evening of the 19th, out the verdict of the jury had not >een returned w hen the paper w as ?nchjsed to us. * Hie new parliament were to as semble on Friday the 21st of April, u nen the meml>ers would be sworn "in and proceed 16 ^lect a speaker. ? On" Tuesday the S5th, his majesty would jH*oceed in state to open tiie urst parliament couvened in his reigu. A letter tYoin 1-ieeds, April 10, says, " It Would he vain to conceal that matters wear a \most alarming appearance, altnough at ^ present all is tranquil in the neighborhood. ? The people are kept iti a -constant state of alarm, from appreiiensiotis of a terrible explosion. Several persons concerned in the H udders ihld plot, have been committed for high treason/' All the additional information fur nished in this paper from the disturb* ed district of Scotland, is contained in the following, article from It Glas gow paper of Saturday the 13th of April. r / ! "Thursday night, at half past teu, a strong party of Military, con sisting of a troop of Hussarfe a com pany of Artillery, with a field piece and waggon, 30 of the tine brigade mounted on two spring , waggons, drawn by four horses each, the Ed-| in burgh troops, about 100 strong, under the command of sir John Hope, and 20 of the Glasgow light horse, proceeded to Kilmarnock* n They arrived At half liast three, ami were joined* by a party of th6 battalion from Ayr> when, after taking pos session, eleven prisoners, against whom warrants had been issued by; .the Lord advocate, were lodged Inl the town hall. In the mean time, the Glasgow troops and a party of Hussaffc, rtfter taking possession of Galston and New Mills, sent five prisoners to Ayr. . The ?dinbugh i roop were left at Kilmarnock with Hie charge of the prisoners* The, others returned to Glasgow* "Could we! give a view of the actual situation of the country for many miles round this city, such as it is, could scarcely be credited*}? We stinty mention one fact regarding Galston, which, shews the audacity of the radicals in a striking point of view ; A respectable gentleman, last week, on his way to tbis city, in passing through that village, saw, in hrodd day light, several individuals sitting at their doors, deliberately sharpening their pikes ; and such, he learned, was the power of the radi* cals there, that not an individual durst open his moutb, who was of a different way of thinking frdm them selves f and he further learned, thai the printipto was predominant in ai> the surrounding Villages. Scarcely a day has passed during this week, but numbers of tlie radical leader* have been apprehended in this dis-l trict, and committed to prison. I Paris dates are to the 10th; but coin- ii? no nn\s. The lun^s health continues (u improve. On the otb Jnne, it is exprctetl the court wouhl proceed to |?ass the summer at St. Cloud or Fontain bleau. Louvrl is not to be interro gated again previous to Ins appear ance before the Chamber of Peers. A Vienna article mentions a re port that the Emperor of Austria ind King of Prussia will, together, visit St. Petersburgh the presem 'summer. London, april ly. The Queen. ? The report of the speedy arrival of the Queen, is still more strongly prevalent, and is now combined with certain rumors of consequent changes in Adminitra tion. We are still incredulous as to the intention of her Majesty to re visrt this country, and aTe yet lrss inclirtded to give credit to any iu muurs of Ministerial Changes. It is said tliat the i^ueen has appoint ed Mr. Brougham her attorney-gen eral, and has invested him also \vitli some other authority, winch she is understood to have a right io dele gate, but which has not been suffici ently explained. In the certainty of her majesty's actual return^ it is un derstood that some investigations will positively takts place> winch it was determined to avoids unless fier own act af)d deed might render them absolutely necessary on grounds of the utmost importance. rne treatment wtrrcti We tiuder stand that onr Ambassador h as re ceived from tlie new Government of Spain has been of suqIi n naftti'e that we should not be surprized t6 bear x>f,his sudden return, even without the formality of faking leave of the i present Sovereign of that country.? i \ bun. * SPAIN., . \ ; i Extract of a letter from Madrid , dated i April ttw , ' ? All the monasteries twre to be j Abolished > with the exception of a { limited number, ami these are to be < confined to particular orders ; and | as it is undefrtood they have engross* ; ed one third of the property in Snain, ^ this alteration must serve migbt^y to | replenish the national treasury. **The army from about 200,000, ? is to be reduced to 80,000 mpnv , ?4 Tbe King) whose control over i the treasury waj Absolute, is to have i a fixed revenue-^4di000,000 of rials. | Since *4 81$, it js understood, he has ( deposited large sums of money in j the English Fund*., ! Thfc Duke del Freins> about to set out as Embassador tp London* is to have a f-evenue of 830)000. ' The Duke del lnfantado* the 'richest man in 8pain> resigns his re giment, and all his offices, and re* tiles to the countty, with the resolu tion1 never to accept of any official situation. ? It was the Duke who Founded the British system of etluoc* ! tioii Iiere for 300 boy *v and the whole expenses of it have been hithei to ex clusively paid by himself " ItAvas the Duke of Alngoft that 'had 90 long Been the adviser of the I king, % previous to the hte happy change, and whose beatl^tvas de manded by the mob that surrounded1 the palace when the king agreed toj the constitution* He has fled from' Madrid> hut it is npt kuow what fouie be has taken. "The new national cockade hoist*' ed is red and gteen* the size of aj crown piece? it is put over the usual* Spanish cockade. ? I have just heard from a gentle man of information* that a colonel,! lately liberated after four months captivity in the inquisition) mentions; that a machine had been fixed to him> insnch manner, that part of it, like! the pendulum of a clock* should t>eat constantly against his forehead* so to produce his death slowly. , " Biscay is believed to be the principal pari hi Hpain unfavorable to the idea of a constitution, as it is a tort cf independent State, and en joying many exclusive privileges* iuch as exemption from stamps and particular duties, &c. The king is ?illy Lonfof Biscay/' The Duke of Montego, an nd Mer, formerly, of the king, is ban ished." Domestic. NEW YOU K, MAY ij. Whale\ ? The pilot l>n:it Clin ton, Capt. Sawyer, sailed on Wed nesday on a W haling Cruise off San dy ? Hook, properly manned ami equipped for the jwrpose, and re turned yesterday afternoon with :\ young sperm, whale, about foi ly-tivc feet in length, lashed alongside, and which will he exhibited this day iti the large store at Brooklin . This whale was harpooned on Saturday afternoon tit five o'clock, near the outer har, awl ran about thirty miles before it yielded, having been pene trated several times w ith the harpoon before it expired, two hours after the first attack, when it sunk in seven fathoms water. It was raised yesterday morning after two hours labor, and Nvill pro Iraldy yield forty barrels of oil. ? Tiie beat's dew was composed of the following |>ersons : ? Capt. Jen Wins, barpooner; Oaptaiu Caboone, steersman | Oeorge Henderson, line coiler; ieretfrinb Baktr, H.h. Kul linger, arid Isaac Van Dozer, oars men* Cajrtain Edgarton, with anothrr boat's crew, tame up aud assisted in killing the w bale. ? . may 17. W* understand that the receipts Tor a view of the Wbale on Monday, .mountvd to upwards of 1300 dol lars. ? The storm yesterda\ must liave operated much against the ex jrbition. K A LEIGH, MAY 26. A coroner^ inquest was held cu he 19th hist. x>ver the body of a vhit$ person, not correctly ascertain ed whether male or female, which ft Aft found turned m a swamp ahout * i ha VP a ttile tfcit of Wllmingtony n this State. *-flThe body was enclos ed m a'plain black coffin, the lid of which \vas not nailed, nop was it com* pletely wvefed. Prom the apprar mce of tto body, and the secluded place bi which it was found, the ju ?y were convinced that the deceased HMDe to his or her death by impro per means, and re til rued a verdict of murder by some person or persons unknown;. It is not conjectured who the person is that committed the act, not* the one tfiat was the victim of the rtittage* 4 The body must have re mained in the situation in whiclfit was found from three to four months. augustA> May 26. We are happy to announce (6 our fViends and the public the arrival in port, . of the new and well con structed Team- boat, very appropri ately tailed I he Gen to h of Gtorjfia. This ingenious piece of mechanism Was projected and built hy Mr.? WiLi-tAM Birto, of Kfftngham coun ty, tofcar the village of Kbenezer.: ? The inventor of Ahe Genita of Geor gia has certainly done. much credit to the genius.of his state. rFlie idea of Team-Boats has long been re* 1 garded as Visionary ; and several at tempts to carry them into operation have proved abortive. But,, though we do not profess a very accurate knowledge of mechanics, still we will hazard the opinion, that if the Team- Boat cap succeed on any prin cipled* It m;.st do so on thos* on which the Genius of Georgia is con structed. To effect the object in tended, we do not recollect to have seen any machinery so simple. And we cannot let this occasion slip, with out once more paying the tribute of our, praise to this additional demon stration of the originality of Geor gian genius. SAVANNAH, MAY SOw Ah attempt was made 1o fire (he eastern part of our city, this morn ing at ll o'clock, by setting on firo a small out-house on the lot owned by Mr. Barnard, adjoining Air. ralim. The wretch finding the per sons who reside on the lot absent, and the gate open, took a small piece of light wood on fire and placed it in side the house, betwixt the shingles and the plate on which the roof rests ; which took immediately, and but