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of Mexico, condemned, and executed on the 22d of last December.-The Mexican Patriots, by a Proclamation of their Government, and a circular to all the provinces, have solemnly sworn to revenge the death of their defender, and to hold the Viceroy and Spaniards inhabiting the country responsible for the cruelty and injustice of the execution.

It is reported that a Mr. Roberts, an English merchant, has been executed by the Spaniards at Carthagena.

It is positively asserted, that the King of Portugal has promised to support the Royal cause at Buenos Ayres and Monte Video with an army of 15 or 16,000 men ; which will, it is added, be very useful in these provinces, though not wanting in Mexico or Peru.

The following is an extract from Halifax Papers received on the 4th instant :

"Halifax, July 3.-We are concerned to state, that on Friday morning last, at two o'clock, the transport ship Archduke Charles, Captain Brown, from Quebec, bound to this port, having on board six companies of the Nova Scotia militia, under the command of Lieut.-colonel Darling, struck on a reef of rocks near Green Island, to the Eastward of this harbour, and almost instantly bilged. Of those on board, we are happy to state, but eight persons perished-four privates, two women, and two children. On Monday afternoon the survivors arrived here in several small vessels belonging to Eastern harbours, which went to their assistance.

COUNTRY NEWS.

July 15. About fifty colliers arrived at Chester, from the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton, drawing a waggon loaded with coal, with the professed intention of obtaining relief from the benevolent inhabitants of the towns and villages through which they passed on their way to Liverpool. Information having been given to the Magistrates of that City of their approach, they met them in the suburbs of the City; on being informed who they were, the men immediately pulled off their hats, and paid great and respectful attention while the Magistrates addressed them on the illegality and dangerous tendency of their proceedings: they told them that though they well knew and lamented the temporary distresses of the country, and of their business and district particularly, they would not permit this mode of relief, whilst it might legally and more effectually be had in their own parish, where their situation and circumstances were known; they therefore earnestly entreated them to return peaceably to their respective homes, and they would take the coals, and give them money to defray their expences on the road; but if they attempted to go

into the City, they should be opposed, and punished to the utmost severity of the law. This arm though conciliating conduct had the desired effect; the men consented to return. The Magistrates ordered 201. to be given to the men, and horses to be brought to draw the waggon load of coals to the infirmary.

July 21. The weather having much'improved yesterday, an immense multitude of the poor haymakers have got some employment. To this subject we would call the attention of landholders and parish vestries. It is impossible to conceive the distress in which these poor people (a majority of them itinerant strangers) have been reduced by the late incessant rains. At Barnet, on Thursday, a Gentleman, happening to go into the market-place, found about 140 poor people literally starving he ordered them all to be supplied with half a quartern loaf, and to come back next morning for another. On Friday the number that applied for relief was 338, when they got the same bounty. On Saturday morning those (all strangers) who applied were 776, who each received one-third of a quartern loaf, and from the parish a quarter of a pound of cheese each.

At the recent sale of Mr. H. Hope's pictures, the exquisite work of the "Woman taken in Adultery," by Rubens, was purchased by J. P. Miles, esq. of Bristol, for 2000 guineas. The whole collection of pictures sold for about 15,000Z.

The magnificent stone portico at Fisherwick House, near Lichfield, for which 1000l. was bid some time ago, for the new Church at Birmingham, was sold, at the late sale of the materials, to the architect of Lord Viscount Anson, for 321.! This was one of the noblest and largest mansions in the British empire, having been built little more than a quarter of a century back, without reference to expense.

In Glasgow, one of the curiosities shown to strangers, and one of the greatest curiosities in Britain, is a Cow-house, set up on his own plan, by a Mr. Buchannan, an old but a very skilful and successful master-weaver. In this cow-house are kept constantly about 300 cows in the neatest, most clean, and healthy order. The house (one room) is a square building, the roof supported in the centre by iron pillars. The floor is boarded, washed clean, and sanded. Small long stages, about a foot above the floor, are erected, each containing perhaps twenty cows. These stages are just as wide as the cow is long, and behind the cow is a trough to carry away what falls from it. They are kept two and two together, are fed regularly with grass of some kind, and watered; women attend upon them and groom them as men do horses, but during the nine months they are in milk they never change

their situation. They live upon about
six square feet each: yet their skins are
always sleek and silky, they are fat and
beautiful. The moment they become dry,
they are sold to the butcher, for whom
they are highly fit. The owner has a man
or two travelling about the country pur-
chasing new ones, coming into milk; the
owner, too, keeps a farm, which the cows'
manure enables him to dress well.
this way the business goes on like clock-
work, it being but secondary to his weav-
ing-trade, and has gone on for eight
years no bustle, no confusion; and he
sells his grass-milk for half the price the
Londoners sell their nauseous mixture,
though land is dearer around Glasgow than

around London.

In

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. Windsor Castle, July 6.His Majesty has enjoyed good bodily health, and has in general been tranquil throughout the last month, but his Majesty's disorder is not abated.

In the night of May 9th, a most daring robbery was committed, near Greenwich, on the Coromandel hoy, proceeding down the river with seven chests of dollars, each The vessel was weighing 4000 ounces. boarded by a party of upwards of 20 men, who forced those on board into the hold, Sevewhile they carried off the treasure. ral persons have been apprehended on suspicion, and part of the dollars recovered.

Thursday, July 11.

The freedom of the City of London was this day presented, in gold boxes of exquisite workmanship, to their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Kent, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Gloucester, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Saxe Cobourg. Their Royal Highnesses arrived at Guildhall about half-past four o'clock. The applause of the multitude was loudly testified on the approach of the Prince of Cobourg. Having been introduced in the Council-chamber to the Lord Mayor and Common Council, they were ushered into the Hall, accompanied by Lord Erskine and their suite. A very respectable assemblage was there prepared for their reception; and the worthy Chamberlain, after reading the Resolutions of the Court, and administering the oaths, presented the boxes successively to the Royal party.

Mr. Chamberlain then addressed the Royal Dukes as follows :-" Although the Court in their Resolutions have chiefly dwelt upon that virtue which more immediately attracted their notice, they are not insensible to those other graces and accomplishments of your Royal Highnesses which add lustre to high birth, and give dignity to the Princely character: these are, however, in their nature transitory. But Charity, in its extended sense, is im

mortal; and as a learned and excellent Prelate of our Church has justly observed, will exist, when Faith shall be lost in sight, and Hope in enjoyment. Permit me, Royal Sirs! to express an ardent wish, that,after a long and happy life, you may be for ever engaged in the exercise of that virtue in the company of celestial beings, and particularly of that youthful Monarch of blessed memory, to whom this City is indebted for those splendid Establishments which have given our Metropolis a decided superiority for acts of charity and benevolence over every other city in the Christian world."

Mr. Chamberlain thus addressed the Prince of Cobourg :-" After the recent congratulations offered to your Serene Highness by the Court of Common Council on your auspicious Nuptials with the virtuous and amiable Princess Charlotte Augusta, presumptive heiress to the throne of these realms; and their eulogium on the dignity of your Princely House, and the great personal qualities of your Serene Highness, it would ill become me to enlarge upon that which has been so well expressed by our learned Recorder, and so graciously accepted by your Serene Highness. But I hope I shall not be thought intrusive, if I avail myself of this occasion to offer my individual expressions of admiration of the glorious and never-to-be-forgotten exertions of your Serene Highness, in that momentous struggle for the independence of nations, which has terminated in the overthrow of the greatest tyranny which has for ages afAllow me, flicted the civilized world. Sir! to express a wish, that you may long continue in the possession of connubial felicity, that your Royal Bride may crown our wishes with a race of Princes who may inherit the virtues and graces of their parents, and be willing and able to protect the Citizens of London in the enjoyment of those invaluable privileges which have been handed down to them by their ancestors: the preservation of which is not less essential to the interest of the State, than dear to those whom your Serene Highness has condescended to call your Fellow-Citizens."

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The Royal Dukes severally expressed their acknowledgments for the honour conferred on them; and the Prince of Cobourg read a paper, and with a very distinct English accent assured the Lord Mayor, that it would always be his ambition to assist in promoting the commerce, interests, and prosperity of the City.

After this interesting ceremony the Chamberlain conducted the Royal Visitors to his parlour, where the duplicate copies of the Honorary Freedoms and Thanks which have been voted by the City for a succession of Mr. Tomkins, the years, are reposited. writer of them, being in the room, the Chamber

Chamberlain, in his usual handsome manner, was pleased to introduce that gentlemau to the Royal Visitors. The Duke of Sussex, after many observations, inquired if the Freedoms in that room were all written by one hand, and how many years since the commencement. His Royal Highness, being informed by Mr. Tomkins that the date of the earliest was 1776, replied, "You must have felt yourself very happy in having had it in your power to transmit to posterity, in so ingenious and tasteful a manner, records, so honourable to this Country, and to the distinguished, great, and revered Characters, who have so nobly exerted their exalted talents in its service." The Dukes of Kent and Gloucester and Prince of Cobourg each expressed their surprise at the beautiful variety displayed in the designs and the powers of the pen; and congratulated the Chamberlain, in possessing the most interesting room to a Commercial City in all Europe. [There are fifty of these splendid ornaments chronologically arranged the first six written were unfortunately destroyed by the fire some years ago at the Chamberlain's office.]

The Royal Dukes then adjourned to the Mansion-house, where a splendid entertainment was given by the Lord Mayor, After dinner, the Lady Mayoress had a numerous evening-party, consisting of not less than 2,000 persons, among whom were many distinguished foreigners. The Royal Guests did honour to their Host by their hearty and friendly enjoyment of his fête but the Duke of Sussex was the only one of the Royal party who danced. The Prince of Saxe-Cobourg retired about half-past eleven, and was soon followed by his illustrious relatives.

Thursday, July 18.

The Semaphore began working between the Admiralty and Chatham. The com. munications by this means very far surpass the Telegraph recently in use, both in celerity and perspicuity. One among the great advantages obtained, is, the distinctness of observing the apparatus from one station to another, which is accounted for from the late one being of a square form, and thereby holding the density of the atmosphere, and the present being simply an upright hollow mast. The Telegraph, it is well known, consisted of six shutters, or flaps, and could not by any means produce one hundred combinations. So superior are the powers possessed by this machine, that with only two arms it produces not merely letters and words, but whole sentences, and upwards of two thousand different symbols. The publick are indebted to Admiral Sir Home Popham for the improvement and adoption of this important invention.

Monday, July 23.

This evening the ceremonial of the marriage of the Princess Mary to the Duke of Gloucester took place. The Ministers of State, Foreign Ambassadors, and the rest of the company invited to wituess the nuptial ceremony, began to arrive soon after seven at the Queen's Palace, in the grand saloon of which a temporary altar was erected close to the throne; and the crimson velvet and gold lace of the bangings, together with a costly display of massy communion plate, presented a very magnificent spectacle. The Palace was brilliantly illuminated, and the grand staircase had all the state arrangements usual on drawing-room days. The Princess Sophia of Gloucester went in state. At twenty minutes past eight o'clock the Duke of Gloucester arrived in state, with his suite, in two carriages. The Duke and Duchess of York followed immediately. At half-past eight the Prince Regent arrived, accompanied by the Duke of Clarence and his attendants. At a quarter before nine Prince Leopold arrived with his suite. Soon after, the arrangements in the grand saloon being completed, the Lord Chamberlain retired, and introduced the Duke of Gloucester, and presented him to the altar. He then retired again, and, with the Duke of Cambridge, introduced the Princess Mary; and the Royal Duke presented her Royal Highness to the Prince Regent. The formal document of the Royal assent, sigued with the great seal, being shown to the Archbishop of Canterbury, that Prelate, assisted by the Bishop of London, proceeded to perform the solemn ceremony, and the Prince Regent gave away the Princess in marriage to the Duke of Gloucester. At about a quarter past nine the guns fired a signal that the marriage was concluded; and the Princess Mary, after giving her hand to be kissed by the female attendants of the Queen and Princesses, retired with her husband and the rest of the Royal Family to the private apartments of the Queen. In the mean time a profusion of choice refreshments was served to the company, among whom the Queen soon re-appeared, with most of her family, to receive their congratulations. At a quarter before ten o'clock, the bride having taken off her wedding-robes, and put on for her travelling-dress a white satin pelisse and bonnet, came leaning on the arm of the Prince Regent, and fol lowed by the Duke of Cambridge, who both saluted their Royal Sister, and handed her into the travelling-chaise at the side-door of the Palace: the Royal Brothers then embraced the Duke of Gloucester, who stepped into the carriage, and the new-married pair drove off to Bagshot,

amidst the buzzas of an immense multitude, the band meanwhile playing God save the King. The pleasant old custom of distributing wedding cake was not for gotten on this auspicious occasion.

The report from the select committee of the House of Commons appointed to consider the means of accommodation for transacting the business of the Court of Chancery, recommends that two courts be erected for the Lord High Chancellor, and Vice Chancellor of England, in Lincoln'sinn Gardens, on the North side of the Newsquare. The expense is estimated at 23,0007. to be defrayed out of the Suitors' fund in the Court of Chancery, which now yields, after paying the various expenses charged upon it, an annual surplus of 12,000l. and upwards.

CIVIL PROMOTIONS.

John Kidd, M. D. Anatomical Lecturer, Christ Church, Oxford, vice Sir Christopher Pegge, Knt. resigned.

Rev. Richard Davies, B. D. Head Master of the Free Grammar School, Leicester, vice Bullen, resigned.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

July 16. Rev. Herbert Marsh, D. D. recommended to be elected Bishop of Landaff, vice Dr. Watson, dec.-Gaz.

Rev. James Griffith, D. D. to a Prebendal Stall in the Cathedral Church of Bristol, vice Chapman, dec.

Rev. E. Goddard, B. A. Lingwood Pérpetual Curacy, Norfolk.

Rev. J. Metcalfe, B. A. Minor Canon of Canterbury Cathedral.

Rev. J. Holme, B. D. Freckenham R. Suffolk, vice Bates, dec.

Rev. B. Bridge, B. D. Cherryhinton V. co. Cambridge, vice Holme, resigned. Rev. Dr. Manley, Filton R. co. Glou

Long investigations have taken place at Bow street, lately, to sift out a conspiracy of a novel and most atrocious description. Vaughan, the Bow-street patrole, is charged with employing four others to entice young thieves to commit burg-cester. laries; and after arranging the plan, Vaughan lies in wait to apprehend them, in order that they may be brought to trial and convicted, and he and his accomplices share the 401. per man conviction money. Two of the accomplices, named Drake and Mackay, have disclosed the particulars of several burglaries thus executed: others are expected to be developed.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
New Pieces.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

July 2. Is he Jealous? an Operetta. July 20. A Man in Mourning for Himself! A Musical Farce, from the French. HAYMARKET THEATRE.

July 22. Exit by Mistake; a Comedy in Three Acts, by Mr. Jamieson.

GAZETTE PROMOTIONS. Carlton House, July 8. Rt. Hon. John M'Mahon, Receiver General of the Prince of Wales' Duchy of Cornwall, vice Sheridan, dec.Maj. Gen, Benjamin Bloomfield, K. G. H. and M. P. Auditor and, Secretary to said Duchy, vice M Mahon. Foreign Office, July 9. Archibald Gordon, esq. Consul at Havre-de-Grace.

Maj. Gen. Sir S. Beckwith, Knight Commander of the Bath.

July 20. David Douglas, esq. a Lord of Justiciary; James Wolfe Murray, esq. a Lord of Session; Alexander Maconochie, esq. Lord Advocate; and James Wedderburn, esq. Solicitor General in Scotland; also John C. Dunlop, Sheriff Depute of Renfrewshire; and Andrew Clephane, esq. Sheriff-Depute of the Shire of Peebles.

Rev. Robert Watson, Christchurch and St. Ewen's RR. Bristol, vice Dr. Ireland, deceased.

Rev. Richard Tomkyns, Great Horwood R. Bucks.

Rev. Charles Barker, Hollym with Withernsea V. co. York.

Rev. George Mountjoy Webster, B. D. Codford St. Mary R. Wilts.

Rev. John Powell, Cotes Parva V. co. Lincoln.

Rev. O. W. Kilvington, Brignal V. co. York.

Rev. Thomas Thurlow, Boxford R. Suffolk.

Rev. Alexander Houstoun, M. A. Hartley Maudit R. Hants.

Rev. Jóseph Eaton, M. A. F. S. A, præcentor of Chester Cathedral, elected Chapter Clerk of that Cathedral.

BIRTHS.

May 13. In the Rue Royale, Brussels, Lady Thurlow, a son.

June 24. At Rankeillour, co. Fife, the Countess of Hopetoun, a son.-28. At Walton House, Cumberland, the wife of W. Ponsonby Johnson, esq. a son and heir. 29. At Edinburgh, Hon. Mrs. Dundas, of Dundas, a daughter.

Lately-In Gower-street, the wife of J. Harding, esq. a son and heir.-At Acton Burrell, the lady of Sir J. Smythe, Bart. a dau. At Fleurs, near Kelso, the Duchess of Roxburgh, a son.

July 10. In Grosvenor-square, the Marchioness of Downshire, a son-At Hawkherst, Kent, the wife of David Jennings, esq. a dau.-15. At Westwood, near Southampton, the lady of Rear Adm. Walter Otway, a son.-At Irvin Hall, near

Ongar,

Ongar, the wife of Adolphus Hume, esq. a dau.-16. The wife of Alfred Wigan, esq. Stamford Hill, a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

June 14. By special licence, the Hon: Hayes St. Leger, only son of Viscount Doneraile, to the Lady Charlotte Esther Bernard, second daughter of the Ear! of Bandon.

20. At Paris, at the house of the Ambassador, T. Kidd, esq. Staff Surgeon, to Mrs. Beresford Brunton, widow of the late Capt. B. Brunton, and daughter of the late H. Shaples, esq. of Liverpool.

At Florence, at the house of the British Ambassador, Claude Alexander, esq. of Ballyamyle, to the eldest dau. of Col. and Lady Martha Keatinge.

Lately-Rev. William Rayer, rector of Tidcombe, to Jane, youngest dau. of the iate Sir Thos. Carew, Bart. of Haccombe.

At Gartur, co. Stirling, the seat of T. Graham, esq. Mary, eldest daughter of J. B. Garstin, esq. of Wakering Hall, Essex, to William Hay, esq. of Drumelzier, Scotland.

July 1. At her Brother's house in Montague-square, (according to the rites of the Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches) the Earl of Kenmare, to Augusta Anne, second daughter of Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart. of Osmaston, co. Derby.

Rev. Edw. Mangin, eldest son of the late Lieut.-col. Mangin, 12th drag. to Miss Nangreave, only child of the late Lieut.col. Nangreave, of the East India Company's service.

Rev. Charles Lane, third son of Thomas Lane, esq. of the Grange, Layton, Essex, tó Frances Catherine, eldest surviving dau. of the Rt. Rev. Bp. Sandford.

At the house of the English Ambassador, Paris, Lieut. col. Wylly, Assistant Adjutant-gen. to Mary Anna, only dau., of Michael Keating, esq. of Lower Brookstreet, Grosvenor-square.

2. Thomas Foster Barham, esq. eldest son of T. F. Barham, esq. of Penzance, to Saralı, second dau. of the late Francis Garratt, esq. of London.

F. C. J. Pemberton, esq. of Trumpington, co. Cambridge, and Colonel of the Cambridge Militia, to Frances, second dau. of Benjamin Keene, esq. of Westoe Lodge.

Capt. Bradshaw, R. N. second son of R. H. Bradshaw, esq. M. P. to Eliza, second daughter of John Blagrove, esq. of Jamaica, and of Ankerwyke House, Bucks.

Robert Hibbert, jun. esq. of Birtles Hall, co. Chester, to Lætitia Catherine, dau. of Henry Augustus Leicester, esq.

At Londonderry, Lieut.-col. Thompson, 27th foot, to Harriet, youngest dau. of

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Wm. Lecky, esq. formerly M. P. for that city.

3. Rev. J. Fisher, to Mary, eldest dau. of Rev. Dr. Cookson.

Mr. Robert Matthew Imeson, to Anne, eldest dau. of Mr. Wm. Smith, of Wittam's Buildings, Old-street Road.

Capt. Greville, son of Hon. Mr. Greville, to the only dau. of Gen. Despard, of the Grange, near Ellesmere.

B. J. Spedding, esq. second son of R. G. Spedding, esq. of Harefield, to Char- ́ lotte Eilen, eldest daughter of Leny Smith, esq. of Sydney House, Homerton.

4. Barron Field, esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law, to Jane, second daughter of the late A. Cairncross, esq. of Montague-street, Russell-square.

6. Rear Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Hotham, K. C. B. youngest son of the late Lord Hotham, to the Hon. Frances Anne Juliana Rous, eldest daughter of Lord Rous.

Count Jules de Polignac, to Miss Campbell, sister to and co-heiress with Hon. Mrs. Archibald Macdonald.

8. J. J. Johnstone Hope, esq. eldest son of Sir W. Johnstone Hope, K. C. B. to Alicia Anne, eldest dau. of George Gordon, esq. of Hall Head.

At Doneraile, co. Cork, Jonas Stawell, esq. of Kilbrittain, co. Cork, to the Hon. Charlotte St. Leger, eldest daughter of Viscount Doneraile.

9, Lieut.-col. Brownrigg, eldest son of Lieut.-gen. Sir Robert Brownrigg, Bart. G. C. B. to Emma, dau. of the late Maj. gen. Colebrooke Nesbitt.

10. Major-gen. Sir Dennis Pack, K.C.B. to Lady Elizabeth Beresford, dau. of the late and sister of the present Marquis of Waterford.

11. Robert Milligan, esq. Captain in the 25th Foot, to Elizabeth Margaret, only dau. of Matthew Baillie, M. D.

Rev. T. Penrose, Vicar of Writtle, to Mrs. Johnson, of Orchard-street, Portman-square.

Thomas C. Strade, esq. to Mrs. Spencer Vassall, widow of the late Col. Spencer Vassall, who fell gloriously at the storming of Monte Video.

S. Scroggs, esq. late Lieut.-eol. of the 53d reg. to Sibyll Jane, only dau; of the late Col. Dansey, 59th reg. Aide de Camp to his Majesty.

Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. of Lochnaw, to Madalene, youngest dau. of the late Sir David Carnegie, Bart. of Southesk.

18. Thomas Cooper, esq. of Runcorn, Cheshire, to Eleanor Frances, second dau. of Henry John North, esq. of Woodstock, co. Oxford.

23. By special licence, Rt. Hon. Earl Paulet, to Lady Smith Burges.

Lord Charles Bentinck, to Lady Abdy.

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