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Foreign. NEW-YORK, JUNE 18. LATEST FilOM ENGLAND. The Criterion, caul. Avery, briog* London papers to the 3d ult, inclu sive. Ton execution of Arthur Thistlewood, James Ings, Thorns* Brunt; Kicluud Tidd, and Wm. Davidson, took place en the 1st of May. T;*e {remaining six, win. pleaded guilty to their indictments, were respited daring the king's plea sure. A subsequent order directs * the transportation for life of Strange, Bradburn, ^Cooper, Harrison and W ilson. Gllidirist -has. been respi ted without mention of (he commuta tion of punishment. That part of <!?? sentence which directed those who were executed to be quartered Was remitted. A minute account ojf the execution i* given in the . London , papers, oc copying five columns. The crowd ?which assembled to witness ity?was beyond all calculation. In the event of riot, the lord mayor was prepai red with Urge hauuers, ready to he exhibited should it become ne cess ai ry to read the Riot Act* with these word9 inscribed upon them?" The : Riot Act has bean read? ^disperse immediately.'> But no occasion of fered to have recourse to them. . At 0 minutes past 8 in (be morning, the Rey. Mr. Cotton, who preceded the prisoners, ascended the scaffold. Thistlewood immediately followed with a firm and resolute ete.p ; Mr. Cottoi?<endearored to engag^llr at tention, which he declined. The rope being fastened round Thistle wood's neck, a signal Was given and Tidd come. forward, lie run up the ladder in a hurried but firm manner, ?nd appeared perfectly indifferent, to ?Ids fate. Ings next rushed up the _stej> ladder with ^impetuosity, and agave tltree cheers, In which he l was joined by the throng. .He afterwards Mid, while the rope wis affixed to the beam, " here we go ny lads!? Yon see the remains of Jaraee lugs," Brunt ran op %lte ladder. He ap peared dispoeed toadd rese ttle crowd, but they were at -a great distance, and the executioner wee-quick at IQpr work- Davidson .appeared last, his Conduct was the most decorous,- and he was evidently makiug. the beat use of his time. During the preparation, there were several exclamations from the cfowd-^auch as " It was Monument ibeottghe-iyoo' tor* this :,^vi'|MuideiJ* ?wwOod^lesa you,'*' &c? In otiier respects all was quiet. ' At fr minutes atterS, the. drop fell, Add the wretched men were launch-, "cd iuto eternity. They all (M wlth oat a stttggle, ? excepting Inge, who iSNs |;IUtJe:)P^vplfie<^;/:-^^-4:>| pTh'e cere mortjrof rutting off the With tto,e^amation, JHThis la the >|m| .??? ^riplor/'.jywts then perform* ed. At this display, the hisses attf) hooting o#a part/ of the. were vehemeu'. -L is Next day, the friends of the fam. ftliee of th? unfortunate mtapetitien oil lord' Sidmouth ffiat '^te bodies mlgltr W giv*fc'np to jpem^for the purpose of exhibiting tl.ein for the ^leneAt^^OKlr families, which were literally starving. The request was refused, ffipy 1? the House of {Jom tubus, Mr. Brougham jrtid, H Aa long mr stjch meu ai'Thisllewood exidtcd in the world, government was not only'ju*> titled but called spOtF to employ such ?%Vjj ?s M 'dward?, f*- Letters from Lisbon state thai (be ?IRrgency has adopted the most vigo rous measures to prevent the intro duction of the (Spanish newspapers into tlie realm. The celeltrated Volney died at Pa ris of ati Inflamation of 4be bowels. llevw as conscious of the danger 01 his situation, and met his faltf ' wltL l a truly philosophical courage. The trial uf I -novel, it is expect ed, will not lake place before the lOtf instant. Two person* employed iu the Sa dinian Post Offer, charged wii : having introduced into Sardinia eouui copies of the lata Miiierve have been ent to the Fort of Fenestrelles. BRUSSELS, APRIL 87. > Wt? le ?rti from the French fiou liers, that the recruiting has every v\ here beeu completed with the great* est regularity. Several subalterns and soldiers of the old rrmy have been put upou active service. As the censorshy of journals^ is much more strict in the departments than in the Capital itself, several papers of the opposition have ceased to give NEW- YORK, JUNE 20. latest from Spain. i Cant. I Hilar d, of the fatft Miting brig American, jrasf*wretl the edi- * ton - ef the Mercantile Advertiser with Barcelona papers to the 6th of containing Madrid dates to the jl ^ ?? Tie King remained at Madrid, and all was qniet to Spain. The^ elections of members of the Cortes, . were going on. i vC"-. ',>* MAuitJO, AflUL 23. By my decree of the 15th instant, 1 thought proper tore-establish in j full 'force all the' decrees, which the general Cortes, m well extraovdina ry, as ordinary, /during their ?ea sons, direrted to the regeucy of .the ; kingdom in fiivor of the inhabitants of the provinces beyond seal but being, desirous to avoid -every doubt, ? ettd to-express more folly my relative to a matter that deserves my greatest care, and justly called attention -of cortes, which *is to' dispense* ^decided favftr and protec-'. tion <o the Indians throughout XH|r<u marine Spain* 1 have considered it [highly expedient to order the most', 'scrupfous fulfilment and execution ?of the decree made by the said gen*: eral and extraordinary Cortes on the 9th of November 1818, abolishing the divisions, partitions or distribu tions ( repuvtimieiilorsj of Indians, or any other personal service, which ] Wider those or. other .names may have been introduced, together with every. ' thing also expvessed in tbe same de- : <*fee. This you are lo,. understand, and to communicate to whom it ipay concern for its most punctual. fulfil-' meat. Fake* SSd April, 18X0. , To Don Antonio Porctl. BARCELONA, MAY 6. TheKing has issued the following decree ? The expressions of eorrow of the Spaniards who had taken refage in France for having adhered to'tjbe in trusive government, and the priva tions with which tbey were threaten ed by a change of circumstances, moved ray compassion, to permit them m \mmm- decree of the S6d <# this month to enter the Spanish ter ritory- Hut it being^coper to recon cile a? much ae possible thes* send- . ments of my generotaity and -benefl ciehce with the of theCortes ' on this subject, I Jhave ju#t ordered } fflpNthe Spaniards who 4re oi"tnay' lia*e been refugees in France for , having adhered to the intrusive gov ernment, jWjiom 4 liavte permitted by* mjf said decree io enter the Siwiisb* territory, majr establish themselves fctfthe present hi <me ef 4he ' pr6 Alftl, Biscay jpSuipn/.coa arid<i?8tile as far aa';'ltargus, Jrom' Vr hence they are not to remove until the Cortes shall lie assembled and shall determine whet tliey may deem just; ami in the mean time the ex traordinary decree of the *lst Sen teiubter, |8|K W remain in ftp" force jW^'^'^-VWpaiH^^W.this description Who may' have already passed or Amy intend to pass the limits prescribed to them in this dei" Cree, shall he obliged to depart' im mediately, inasmuch as it is not com- ' I^Mihem to remain at pegaerit iu any other provinces of '.the .Span ish monarchy than those designated. ^yru w? ^ understand,, and to; ommnnicated to whom it may con- > cern for its moat piinclnal Ailfilment. ralace, 2fl(h April, 1820. . To lion .kitinio Parcel. JUNE I K We have received ad vices from Spain ?o the 18th' of April. .The Council in Madrid were then busily engaged in placing tb? couutrv in the old con stitutional state. lAll the old uflicers have been replaced iu the several provibces- ? Some distinguished outs called into Executive Departments in the Metropolis, and all, both domes tic and foreign, who are not in favoi of the new institutions, have l*eu | turned out, without respect of persons^ Fears are entertained that there | will be attempts made to effect a counter revolution, which will very I probably be realised if an opportu nity offers. The King and his par ty of priests and friars, with the multitude cf Custom and Excise Officers who have lost " the loaves and fishes" by the new- clianges, form iio inconsiderable body, and they comprise, besides, a large share of Ilia talent^ and a still larger one of the tceulih of Ahe country. It is uot to -be supposed that they wiR be idle during 1lie Ihree months which Were allowed &r assembling the Cortes i)n the other hand, we are assured, that to ^counteract their machinations the greatest precautions have been t&kefi by the new Council, in conjunction with the tried patriots of b|>ain. Officers ami men are place in the four points of Andalusia, (particularly in Cadizand Ista) in Gallicia, Navarre and Catalpnia, that can be depended upon; and *s these posts can certainly be math* tained against the power, -of all the riqL of the kingdom. It is to be hop* k ped and believed, that, the early oc cupation of tli em by men of distill guished patriotism, M constancy, will effectually serve to keep iacheck any measures calculated to -effect the ^Constitution or the tranquility , of the country. -A The meeting of the Cortes wiH1>e an interesting crisis. The Constitu tion will most probably undergo some important alterations. In the opiu ion ot" well informed men in that* country k is vary1 problematical whe ther it will not he moulded to such a demucratical form as to jrender ihe services of a Jfrng uiuiecessary. ? That the jMre&n^iucarobent of the ' Escurial will meet with a strong* and ' patriotic and intelligent bedy of ler gislators willing to grant him a res pite fromhk political labors, appears not to be doubted ? and (hi* party will be considerably augmented by the reco)le&ion of bis treacherous ad* hesion to the same Constitution on a former occasion* A But there is no speculating upon Spanish politics.-^ W e must take tilings as we find *bem baffling .41 human .calculation and foresight. At present all 4s quie|, and the new order ojf things organic ? o * * %?-? v- u1 j 7-f tag as well air can be expected, but, to use one of Mr. Phillips's figures, Uie present repose may -be but 4he ?" truss and .flowery surface^ under which the earthquake slumbere." ?Vv" . juije, 16. \i FROM SPAIN. 'Since recebttl late intelligence from Spain. The ?report oft^e Committee of Foreign relation!, .authorising the Rresideht to take pofsession of Florida, had been receipted at Madrid, from Abe Spanish Charge des Affairs, At Washington, upon which a Council ?f State ?a? held on the JJ8d ?f April tfho recommended a solemn protest to he entered, but no hostili ties to take j?lace, ?a they confessed themselves not in .'.a siittatkm.' to do any thing. The President's Mfes sage, which nuM have reached Mad rid previous to tbe-assembTmg of the Cortes, will change their tone, and no doubt conciliate Hie angry feelings which Jthe report, as might Jmye beea expected, has given rise ta $ Mr. Forsyth waa not in Madrid wheii the report of the Com. of Foreign Relation* arrived, having left .jffieie four days before, (April 19th) tat Paring jon-,;* visit to Mr. Gallatin.? -Of course no official com munication on the subject, baa been made by hiln to the Government of Hpaiu. i Indeed^ S until >, instructions could be received from Washington, he could have held no further inter course with that Government. V. One of out letters, of the date <?> May 1st, jiay^'|t^trmolutio in Spain wfil Liii ? your merchants in fuin if they continue sbij>ping.pro vision* ia hopes of obtaining war prices for tlitm ? In Cadifc there is no demand, ami in Gibraltar, of 4 cargoes of floor that have arrived there, tlie bales bave been from 86 1-8 to d 1-2, at>d fite la tier price cannot be for a cargo from Alexan dria, uo\V!i? the bay ? Over &3 will {U>tJ*e dj)en. Ueef and pork, but ter amMard, no sale. A revolution in Spain cannot affect the price of provisions, with all Europe at peace and a super- abundance io supply her with." * fw T w0 Patriot privateers have lately been in the Mediterrean, doing some >mi*chief \ one of them under the Artigas flag, and commanded by Don Kichmd Luna, which being translated into plain English means Mickey AluonJ CHARLESTON, JUNJS 2NL . ' One of our late Havana papers j states, that Quif'oga and Jliego, the. conspicuous leaders in the late reve- ; lotion, have declined accepting the"; appointment of Major Generals, con- >j ferred on them by the King of Spain; ; assigning as the reason, that - they could not 'accept of any jiromotion as a reward for their services. [y Oin translator informs as, that (he Address of the King-of Spain to the inhabitant* of South America, which appeared a few days since in ?the American papers, is t very incorrect; and imperfect translation of the .yri-/ ginaj, as published to jhe Havana papers. The army of Gaftacia, which had been formed for U)e defence of the new v Constitution, lias been since ; dissolved, by outer of the King. , ! ? The bones of Gen. Lacy, hnd ar rived at Barcelona, fiom Majorca ? and were placed In the Cathedral un til the necessary preparations could be made for the pompous futteraV honors with which they were to be honored. tVOVKR, PA. JUKE, -1/v noon last, our peacetime "village was sish becoming the theatre of carnage anJ hl^Iedl*?? | tleupfe fttte ? dram major,! other -aft "dEj tprratifMill H- lwUUVNa T^an r "T* w"^ ?poiuts of honor," according ? mode pursued by gentlemen of rank, in such <xwes. Seconds were fccor l?4B 1 tbeir respective stations, ?t? ? agreed upon : at t be word given b o?? ?f the seconds, they both flw This W repeated ? second '?_ third time Neither was injured.? Wben loiJ it appeared tbat the condi had mutual)> agreed to the balls lit loading the pistols, consequently no hjood could flow. ? (A wise method, which we would recommend to gentlemen of irascible round, the combatant* shook hands ? declared tlK-mnelvt^oatiefted ? pro ceeded toa taveroL/ind mode such copious ihrndone, as^mkfasd them] unable to< distinguish " shell beans 3 A (.KM, J UN* 17. During the thunder s bower of 1 Thursday afternoon, ^ melancholy eyeni tow place at Middleton./ The hmtsfi improved as,* ttvem by Mr. Rbout 14?e?rt of" *&, was instantly killed, ?The electric fluid descended by the chimney, and after passing into several apartments of the house, shattering some windows, &c. struck the young man, who was standing in thf door way of a lower apart ment, jhst Upon hit fiead.teanng is bat, his clothes and ahoe upon ?lis right side, to pieces. There . ere eight or ten other persons in the iouse at the time, but none of them ] ?re injured, and the housp tJ Lut little damaiie. Mr. Brau^ C? # slreet was upon a Led in u chamber which ihe lightning enter**), ajid from the traces it must have pas sed immediately over hiu?. CHAULfc^TON, JUNE 24. Explosion. ? A ifi^r Boat, be longing to Mr. Moore, i f JVLanclie* ter, t?. C. and loaded principally with materials fur the Board of Pub lic Works, among which were some atone lime and kegs of powder blew up off Dewee*' Island, on 'Saturday last, in consequence of the lime get ling wet and communicating with a keg of powder.- A Negro W oman / and child were blow n overboard anit the child drowned? one of the Bout Hands seriously injured and the Boat ?rendered unlit for repair, tohe r.e turned to town yesterday* CAMDEN THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1820. ' * * " ? - ? Y ORIGINAL PAGE ( S ) MUTILATED ib ant ujmg m.c\ct com on ppe of the prize aetts is ouw on an average, seven feet high. " li id supposed that Major May-* BANT and Major Tiieus, are the gentlemen who will' most pi obably win the prfawu* 1 V Vj% **' ? An extra Court of Common Plena, for Richland district, will commence" in Columbia, on Mond&y ne*f, the 3d day of J uly State Gazette . ?*V vN. v ,1 L*' ' ^ Jlrms of the State qf .Muine. ? The legislature of our robust eastern sister, Maine, are busily at work organising the new government, awt proceed with great harmony and un- . annuity. The following is a des cription of the Seal and .Arms of the state, adopted on Friday last. ? ? A Shield, argent, charged w ith a Pine Tree; a Moose Deer at the foot of it, teoumbenL Support ers ; on dexter side, an Hvwand^ Han, resting on a scythe ; ?b sinis ter aide, a Seaman, resting on an anchor. la the foie ground, repre senting land and sea* and under the Shield the name of the atate, in Urge Roman capitals, to wit? MA INF. The, whole surrounded by a Crest, the North Star. The motto, in a table interposed between the Shield and Ore?t in small Roman capitals, "im^?DiRioo"? /gutie, or 1 directs "'A committee of the House pf Re. jiresenta lives on the subject of Sala ries of the governor and other state officers, reported onSaturday, and recommended fixing that of the gov WM or, at 81500, ' attorney genera], at 1000; 'adjutant general, secreta ries of the treasury and state, 000 each; the chief justice, 1800, and \ associate justices, 1000 each. The Portland Gazette says, con sidering the eittffttion of the state, the salaries recommended are quite respectable, although the edit<*f Pinks that iwlSlhe governor - and judges, ought to have been a little higher. ?>*Tbe salary proposed for the governor, is 0400 more than is allowed the governor of Connecticut ; and the other salaries nbont doublet the amount. Tlie salaries allowed the governor and judges of Connec ticut are pitiful in (lie extreme. - " - jr. r. Bv. Port. Legislaturc of Maseach use#*.? A committee has reported in (kvev of calling a*; convention of delegates of the people, to make such alterations in the constitution of tho state, aa may, have become' necessary in c on. sequence of 0>e separation from A hill has been read, providing that after the first day of March next nonerson over ten years of age and under sixty-five, and in good heal Hi, shall be entitled to support and maintenance - from tbo'V'ommoii |?eallh. TT$5rJ: ' '