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Jci Jatnrc, by nomination, and *I*MI continue S' for, three years from the tune »f the r appointment, and until a new *PP° 11 merit shall be made. . p,». .-bid be it father enacted, rhat the cninmirwioners of the free sc l. ,,m * s 1,1 , .power to determine the * ltU!,t . 10 " " f A school* ill each district, to for each school, end to remove them at |*a- sure, to arrange the system of instruction until some genem) system be or S nm/.ed ; to deeidoon the admission of scholars, and tin preference to he given in all eases ordoub or difficulty, and to superintend generally th« iimnageiiient of schools m their respeclivi districts, and shall have power to draw on the comptroller li>r the sums appropriated for tlm schools in their respective districts. fill. And be it further enacted, That when ever the commissioners or a majority of them in any district, shall he of opinion, that (he object of this act would be better promo te) iiy increasing or diminishing the number •of schools allowed to such district, the said commissioners shall he, and they are hereby empowered to increase ordiminisli the num ber of schools in such district, and to draw for, and apply the whole amount allowed by this act, to such districts, to the support of the schools so increased or diminished in number. 07. And be it further enacted, That the- commissioners in each district, shall meet to-, gether annually, ou the fourth Monday in January, in each y ear, and quarterly oil the fourth Monday s of April. July and October, ami at their anniversary meetings, shall an- nunHyAdect a chairman and secretary, and shall'fill up the vacancies which may have happened in their hoard. And oil the death, resignation, or absence from the state of the chairman or secretary, of any board ofcom- inissioners, the members at the next quarter ly meeting provided a majority be present, shall appoint a successor. f>3. Aid be it further enacted, That tltc se cretary of each board of commissioners shall beep a regular journal of the transactions of the said board, which shall be always open to the inspection of the legislature. fit). And be-it further enacted, Tint in all cases where the sum of mone.y allotted by this act, for the support of each school, shall be found insufficient to maintain a master for the whole year, that then the commission ers shall be authorised to employ a master the greatest length of time, for which sum a competent person can be engaged. 70. .hid ue it further enacted, That ev ery board of commissioners throughout the state, shall, at their quarterly meeting on the 1th Monday of October, m each year, make a regular return to the legislature, or to any person whom the legislature may appoint, of the number of months during the year preceding their said meeting, which each school in their respective district, has been open for the reception of scholars ; of the number of scholars that during each quarter attended the respective schools; of the sums drawn for, on account of each school, with the date of the drafts ; and may transmit any observations on the state or regulations of the schools, which may appear to them ne cessary or important. And in order to regulate and check the expenditure of the money, which by this act is appropriated for the support of the free schools: 71. Be. it enacted, That as soon as the commissioners in each district shall have bl eated the schools in their respective districts, they shall designate each school by number or by name, and give notice thereof to the comptroller of the treasury of this slate ; and every order drawn on the comptroller, fur the money appropriated by this act, for the support of each school, shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of the hoard of commissioners for the district in which the said school may be situated; shall express by name, the school on account of which the order is drawn, and shall not be for a smaller suin than seventy-five dollars, unless on death, resignation or removal of an in structor, the sum so drawn for shall be the whole amount which may he due. 71. And be it further enacted, That until the number of schools established by the ■.state, shall be sufficient to educate the chil dren in every mart of each district, the com missioners shall lie authorized and required, if they think it expedient or necessary, to remove the schools annually, into different parts of their respective districts: Procieied nevertheless, That no school shall be estab lished in any part of any district, unless the inhabitants shall, at their own expense, pro vide a sufficient, school house for the accom modation of the scholars. 7d. And be it further enacted, That in all districts where a school nr schools are alrea dy, or may hereafter he established by pri vate funds or individual subscription, it shall be. lawful for the commissioners of the free schools, at their discretion, to unite such part or parts of the funds prov ided by this act, for such districts with such school or school*, in such manner as may appear to them best calculated to promote the objects of this act. 71. And be it further enacted, That the numU r of commissioners of free schools in each election district throughout this state, shall be as follows, viz: For St. Philip’s and St. Michael’s, thir teen ; for St. John’s, Colleton, five; for Prince William’s, five ; for W'inyaw, nine; for All Saints, tlirre^; for St. James’, Gonse- rreek, three ; for St. Paul’s, five ; for Wil- hamburgh, five ; for Kingston, three ; for St. Helena, five ; for St. Luke’s, five; for Barn well, seven; for Clarendon, five; for Ches terfield, three ; fur Edgefield, thirteen; for Greenville, nine ; for Saxegollia, five; for Lomsburg, three ; for Marlborough, live ; for Orange, five; for Richland, five; for U- nion, seven ; for St. Andrew's, three ; for St. Peter's,.five ; for St. Stephen’s, three; for Liberty, five; for St. James’, Santee, five ; for St. John's, Berkley, seven ; for St. George’s,Dorchester, tliiqe’: for St. Bartho lomew’s, nine; for St. Thomas and St. Den nis, three ; for Christ Church, three : for Abbeville, eleven; for Chester, seven; for C Vccmont, seven; for Darlington, five; for Fairfield, nine; fur Kershaw, five ; -for Lan caster, five; for Laurens, nine; for New berry, nine ; for Pendleton, thirteen ; for Spartanburgh, nine; for Yorkistvcn. 75. Whereas, from the number of orphan rfhilik'Jii from every part of this state, educa ted and supported by the munificence of the citizens of Charleston, in the Orphan House of tliat city, an ample opportunity is off-red, of making a judicious selection of talents fk. genius ; ill order therefore, to further the pa triotic and liberal views of the patrons of that Institution;' 7iJ. Be it enacted, Tout 1 rum and immedi ately after the passage of this act, tin- emn- mi.s.iionera of the Orphan House, in the city of Charleston, shall be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to select, annu- r.lly, one youth from the number educated and maintained on the. bounty of that IriSti- tution, for the purpose of completing his e- ll'Jpti'm at ihc Soulb-Carolina Cylb'ge. gra dilate and receive the ilcg! res conferred at the said college. 77. And be it further enacted, That the trustees, president and prof* shoes, shall lie, ami they are hereby directed to receive, and cause to be educated, and allowed to gradu ate nt the Soc.th-Carolinn College, the buys to he selected ns aforesaid, subject neverthe less, to all the rules, orders and regulations of i lie. said South-Carulina College. 78. And be it further enacted, That all ex penses incident to the ctluciilion and main tenance of the said boys, so to he selected, (clothing excepted,) shall he defrayed from the amount annually appropriated by the. legislature to the South-Carolma College. 7J. .lnd be it also enacted, That as the youths so chosen, shall graduate, or in case of the death, expulsion or removal of them, >r any of them, the commissioners aforesaid, ire hereby authorized and empowered to fill up any vacancies occasioned thereby. 80. .‘lad be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and forty dollars he, and are hereby annually appropriated for the hing ofenclt of the said boys, vvh™ they remain nt the said college: Provided never theless, That they shall nut continue beyond the Cl. II haras, AVdliam Burnside, Zaduiri- nh Bailey, James M’Malmn, James and Wm. Jjiuw, trustees of the WudslI^Ri- ville Poor School, in the district of Laurens, have petitioned the legislature to authorize them to sell, alien and dispose of such lands ns cannot he rented or leased, and which was left by the last will and testament of Thomas Wadsworth, deceased, for the sup port of a poor school in said district,' And ickereas, Henry W. Desau-isure, hav jug been appointed by the will of the late Thomas Wadsworth, deceased, a trustee, to give ef fect and operation to his will, for the estab lishment of a free school, is willing, and lias agreed that such lands, which cannot he lea sed or rented, may lie sold, in order to carry the intentions of the said testator into efll et. 82. He it therefore enacted, That the trus tees of the IVndsivorthville Poor School, in the district of Laurens, and their successors in oilier, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell ami convey, in fee simple, to nny person or persons who .-ball purchase the same, all or any part of the lands left by the last will and testament of Thomas Wadsworth, deceased, for the sup port of a free school in Laurens district, which rannot be leased ( , r rented ; Provi ded, That the proceeds arising from the sales of such lands shall be applied by the said trustees, to the support of the said poor school, in such way and manner as slmil be best calculated to carry into effect the inten tions of the said testator. YOIVttUUW LATE FROM ENGLAND. Philadelphia, August 17. By the arrival of the ship Factor, Captain Sneed, in SI days front Liverpool, the Edi tors of the American L'etitinel have been fa- vhred with the Liverpool Advertiser of the 8th ofjuly, containing intelligence from Eng land, 8 days later than th.it heretofore receiv ed. Copious extracts w ill he found below.' Disturbances appear to have taken place at Bres’ and Caen. The Emperor of Rus sia is said to have addressed a declaration to all the European courts, relative to the late political changes in Spain. Hopes are entertained in Hanover that the King will visit that country during the ensuing autumn, and the palace of Ilcrren- hausen is said to he preparing for his majes ty’s reception. [ From the Liverpool Advertiser, July 8.] The concern* of the Queen have made considerable progress during the present week. The report of the committee of the Huuse of Lords was brought up on Tuesday night, anil it was couched in no equivocal or qualified terms. The Queen is charged on the evidence of various persons, in differ ent parts of Europe, with having carried on an adulterous intercourse with a man whom she lmd raised from the rank of a mcnitll ser-, vant, and she is charged also with general licentiousness and impropriety of conduct.— The very serious weight of this accusation, it must be confessed, lias rather gone beyond the public expectation. That an unfavora ble report should he produced was a matter of course, because no accusation was ever brought forward which did not appear suffi ciently vrtlki before the defunct! was heard. Such is the inevitable rflVft of an examina tion of ex- parte evidence hi any case, but es pecially in a charge which is supported by witnesses employed to collect evidence, and ienumerated for their testimony. But the report now produced is certainly more grave in itsaccusations, more unhesitating in its as sumptions, and more direct in its language than had been generally anticipated. The Queen herself seems tone somewhat shock ed and surprised at its unexpected severity. She still, however, remains confident in her ability to show, by the most satisfactory proof, that Hie testimony against her is false, and the witnesses corrupt. Hit own evi dence will, of course, be liable* to I he same imputations, and thus the affair, as far as res pects public opinion, will remain exactly where it is. The partizans of the Queen will discredit all the asseverations of the ac cusers, whilst her adversaries will equally dis regard all the evidence in her defence. n this way, the w hole dispute, though simply a question of fact, will serve only to exasperate the fury of contending parties, with senrcely any chance of producing con viction on either side. We are mnch gratified to learn, that the demand fur cotton and wool from most of the principal seats of thatextensivcjnanufac- tore has been, for a few months past, gradu ally oil the increase. We have the comfort of knowing that Ylio distress w hich it issaid, now prevails amongst all classes of people in this country, is, at least, not universal. * THE QUEEN. The Marquis of Lansdownn ami Lord Erskine having signified to the House of Lords their wish to decline serving on the committee appointed to investigate the rhar- ges preferred against the Queen, their resig nation w as accepted by the house and the Earl of Hardwick and Lord Ellenhorough Were appointed to serve in their stead. The addres es of the city of York and the town and neighborhood of Nottingham, were presented to her majesty last week, and wa re most graciously received. Addresses were voted yesterday week to her majesty by the Common Hall of Lon don, and by the borough of Southwark.— About six o’clock tin*, same afternoon the Queen went to Guildhall accompanied by Mr. Alderman Wood. Her majesty was received at the door by Mr. FavcM and seve ral gentlemen of the common council, bear ing wands. Her majesty was particularly anxious to see the statute of the late king anil was accordingly led to the room where it stands. The common Council Chamber was crowded with well dressed ladies, who waved their liRufikevc'hiefa as her niaicst walked through their ranks. One lady knelt down, and ejaculated a fo'rent prayer for her majesty's prosperity. M’tie Queen raised her, and spoke a few words of thanks to her, in a manner that showed she was greatly affected by the incident. Her ma jesty was received with loud cheers by nil who had the honor to be admitted into the ball to see her pass. Her carriage w as draw i by the populace, in spite of the most earnest remonstrances to the contrary. The Queen, it appears, has now taken the resolution to pass her future life in England; which lact w>>* announced to the livery of London yesterday week by .Mr. Alderman Wood. On Saturday last, at ten o'clock, Mr. Brougham hail an audience of her majesty, to present on affectionate and loyal address from Preston, signed, in a few hours by some thousands of the in.militants. Her majesty returned the folli-wing answer: “4 thank Hu- good in epic of l’reslau for this mark of regard. The object of iny coming home has been the vindication of my honor, anil I shall perform the sacred duty which I owe. alike to the country and tw myself without making myself a parly to the political divisi ons that at present exist. But I never can forget llie gratitude 1 owe to the English na tion, or cease to fee! the-liveliest interest in its prospi rity.” On Saturday afternoon her majesty took an airing to Blackheatli, in a private carri age. She returned through the city,-and called at the shop of Mr. Alderman Waitli- inau, oiT leaving vvhadi she was it cognised y the populace, who, notwithstanding liei majesty’-* remonstrances, took the horses from her carriage, and drew it themselves. Loxdox, July 4. T11E QUEEN. Jn the-House of Lewis yesterday, a deal f routine business was transacted. Lord Dacre presented Hk> following petition from her majesty: “ Caroline ft'pin*. The Queen observing the most extraordinary ro- ortmade in the House of Lords tty the se cret committee, ami now lying on the taWe, represents to the house, that she is at this moment prepared to defend herself against it, as far as she can understand its import.— Tile Queen also states, that there are various matters touching the same, which ilisahso- utely necessary, with a view to her future defence, to liavo stated in the present state of the proceeding. The Queen therefore rays that she may he heard by her counsel touching such matters."’ Lord Dacre then urged the propriety of counsel being heard on behalf of the Queen, and said that if the petition was agreed to, lie should vote that counsel be brought in. Lord Liverpool stat-, d, that after he had obtained leave lo bring in the bill, he should move that a copy be presented to the Queen, and then the petiti on might he regularly taken into considera tion. The petition was strongly supported by Lord Grey and other noblemen on the side of the opposition, Imt the motinnnf lord Dacre that counsel he heard, was negatived without a div ision. \ x The Earl nfLivcrponl then rose to submit to their lordships the lull of -which lie had given notice Iti doing so, he was convinced lie would best consult his own feelings as well as llivise of their lordships, by abstain ing at tin- present moment from entering in to any-detail of Hie important matter to which this hill had reference. The pream ble would speak for itself, and develope that charge; the allegations of which it would be the. duty of those officially employed on the occasion to-prove by evidence before their lordships. He had on a former night argu ed the propriety of instituting an impeach ment rather than a bill like the. present—-but he was still of opinion, that when a doubt was cast upon the legality of such proceed ing in this particular case, on account of the circumstances of the criminality not being that which could he established in the man ner required by the common law, there was no course which tlie.ir lordships could suita bly adopt, except a bill of pains and penal ties. The consideration then a rose, by which house of parliament ought the proceeding to originate. Under all these circumstances of the case, he .thought it advisable the hill should he introduced before their lordships, as their judicial habits and forms would en able them to proceed more eflcrtwt'Jy in the progress of the distressing enquiry. {Hear, hear.) As to the bill which lie.tneaht to intro duce, the preamble would state, with as much particularity as the nature of the of fence admitted, (lie specific charge. It would then, proceed on the assumption that that charge was substantiated bri'ore their, lordships in ev idence, go t > deprive her ma jesty of her rank and tit luas queen, and con clude w ith dissolving her marriage with the king. There were no penal consequences over and above w hat lie had mentioned in cluded in this hill. 'With the except!) .1 of the degradation of the queen from her rank, and the dissolution of her marriage, should the alleged ci im-o he substantiated against hoy, it was not intended to hear more severely on theindividuaHliaiithecascactually called for. The charge: contained in the. preamble were then to he gone into, and if the house should lie assured by the evidence of tile corn cfness of these charges, their lordships would goon to the second reading. He ti ustedthat their lordships would discharge theirduty as they had done on every other occasion wherein they had been railed to exercise their judici al character, so as to secure, as they well de serve, the respect and confidence of the country. He would then propose that the bill should be read a first time: after which he would move most respectfully, that co pies of the bill, when printed, should he de livered to her majesty the queen. Then their lordships would be able to postpone the second reading until the queen should be consulted as to the period in which she would prefer that the bill should proceed. It was a matter of indifference to him. If she wished it, the second reading might he de layed, as well as intermediate proceedings, until her majesty's council were ready to go, into her defence—otherwise, if it. was her wish to proceed forthwith, it would be for their lordships to fix an early day. He would propose that duy fortnight—in the mean time he would propose next Friday or Monday for further proceedings of an inter mediate nature. Their lordships had a pain ful nuil distressing duty to-discharge: since hi* majesty had intrusted the administration of the executive government to his present servants, he [Lord Liveipool) had not heel* called on to perform any duty so painful and distressing to his own mind and feeling*.— Their lordships must endeavor, notwith standing, to discharge that duty with firm ness and resolution, hut vvilii the utmost pos sible lenity and mildness to tin; illustrious accused at the same time. If the charges which were to be advanced should, after be ing proved, fail to convince their lordships of the necessity for proceeding with this measure, it would not be only the impunity of guilt, but the triumph of guilt. They had a straight forward course to pursue, from which they were not to lie deterred, they ought not to be driver l»v the effects of pre judice nr pi polar clamour. Tie then moved that a hill of pains and penalties for depriving "Caroline Queen of England of her rights, privileges, and prerogative * should he read a first time. The bill, of which the following is a literal copy, was then rend by the clerk: “ Whereas in the year 1811, her majesty Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, then Princess of Wales and now queen consort oft his realm, being at Milan in Italy, engage. 1 in her ser vice in a menial situation, one Bartulnmo Pci garni, otherwise IJartnlomo Bcrgami, a foreigner of low station, who had before ser ved in a similar capacity : “ And whereas, after the said Partnlo.no Pergami, otherwise Bartolomo Bcrgami, had .unentered the service of her royal highness, the said princess of Wales, a must unbecom ing and disgusting intir. v / commenced ba- tvveen her royal higlinesi- and the said Barto- Inino Pergami, otherwise Bartolomo Bergu- mi: “ And whereas Iter royal hignesa not only advanced the said Bartolomo Pergamiolher- vvise Bartolomo Bcrgami, to a high situati on in her nival bigness’s household, and re ceived him into her service, and that in high and confidential situations about her royal highness’s person, hut bestowed upon hiw ntliergrent and extraordinary marks of fa vor and distinction, obtained for him orders of knighthood and titles of honor, and con ferred m*oii him n pretemli d order of knight hood, which her royal Ingnessliad taken up on herself to institute without any justice or lawful authurily: “ Aril whereas her said royal highness, whilst the said Bartolomo Pergami, other 's.ise Bartolomo Bcrgami, was in her said service, further unmindful nf her exalted rank anil station, and of her duty to your majesty, and wholly regardless of her own honor and character, conducted herself to wards the said Bartolomo l’ergami, other wise Bartolomo Bergatui, and in other res pects both public and private, in tile various places and countrieswhich her royal high ness visited, with indecent and offensive fa miliarity and freedom, and carried on a li centious, disgraceful, and adulterous inter course with tin- said Bartolomo Pergami, otherwise Bartolomo Bcrgami, which con tinued for a long period of time during her royal highness's residence abroad, by w Inch conduct of her said royal highness, great scandal and dishonor have been brought up on your majesty's family and this kingdom. Therefore, to manifest our deep sense ad such 'scandalous, disgraceful, and vicious conduct on the part of her said majesty, by which “he has violated the duty she ow i d to your majesty and lias rendered herself un worthy of the exalted rank and station of queen consort of this realm, and to evince our just regard for the dignity of tile crown and the honor of Ibis nation, wo, your ma jesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the lords spiritual and temporal and commons in parliament assembled, do hereby entreat your majesty that it may he enacted by the king’s most excellent majesty, by and with the adv ice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal and commons in this house assembled, and by tile authority of the same, that her said majesty Caroline Amelia Eliza beth, from and after the passing of tiiis act. shall be ami is hereby deprived of tile title of queen, and of all the prerogatives, rights, privileges, and exemptions appertaining to lirr as queen consort of this realm ; and that her said majesty shall, from and after the passing of this act, forever be disabled nnd rendered incapable of using, exercising and enjoying the same, or any of them; and moreover, that the marriage, between his ma jesty and the sa’nl Caroline Amelia Eliza beth, and the same is hereby from licnce- foitli forever, wholly dissolved, annulled and made void to all intents, constructions and purposes w hatsoever.” The Karl of Liv>:nPOOL moved that the bill should be printed, and ropics of it deli vered to the Queen. Earl Grey wished to know if any other sort of communication were to bn made to the Queen ? I le put it. to the noble lord whether the same informa tion ought not to accompany the bill, to point out lo her majesty the particular occa sions and circumstances which were alluded to. He wished to know also if a list of wit nesses were to be given to her legal advisers. The. Earl of Liverpool thought that it would he time enough on the second reading to discuss the. matters referred to. As to giviug the accused a list of witnesses, it was wholly unprecedented in parliamentary pro ceedings, whether of impeachment, or on a bill of pains and penalties, nnd was never al lowed even in criminal judicature, except in tin: single ease of high treason. Her majesty would he allowed her choice, as to whether the accusation should he proceeded in, or be stayed, in the first place until the defence was ready. Lord D.vcrf. felt it necessary to move that the counsel should now be heard on behalf of the queen, that they might be enabled to state those weighty circumstan ces alluded to in the petition. He did so on information received very recently. He moved that the counsel should be called in. Lord Liverpool thought it would he better to put it oil* till to-morrow, when it could he done without any irregularity, nod at w hicli time he would not attempt to oppose it. Af ter some other general observatipns by Earl Grey, lord Liverpool the lord Chancel lor, and lord Holland the hill was read a first time, nnd copies were ordered to be de livered forthwith to the Queen by a gentle man usher of the black rod, to the Queen’s attorney and solicitor-general, and to the King’s attorney general. In the buns* of commons, Lord Castle- reagii moved for the appointment of a com mittee fo examine the journals of the house of lords, in order to ascertain whether any and what proceedings had taken place in that house with respect to her majesty, and to report their opinion thereupon to the house. The. motion vva.s agreed to, and the committee appointed accordingly. The no ble lord then said, that he had submitted this motion "with the view which it implied ; and if,from the report of the committee, it should appear that the. other house, had in stitute'll any proceeding, lie should then con sider whether, pending that proceeding, the notice of a motion which lie had given for tn-morrow should not he dropped, and also whether lie should not to-morrow move the reading of the order for taking his majesty’s message into consideration on Friday, with aview of ntovinj the postponement of that order until some future day. This postpone ment he should fuel to lie proper, in order that the house might wait tiio result of t|ie proceedings in the house of lords, still re serving to itself the right of taking his majes ty’s message into consideration, if that should be thought necessary. But until the result of tin! proceedings of the lords should be made known, lie submitted that it would be very inconvenient to adopt any measure.— Sir E. M. Ridley expressed his hope that the house would nut agree to the conn proposed by the noble lord, declaring that if no other member would take the sense of the house upon the subject, lie should him self feel it his duty lo do jp. DESPERATE RIOT. Glashow June 20. Last night an alarming affray commenced in tile Kail market, between a party of the l.ith regiment of foot on the one hand, and the police and inhabitants on the other, which, fur tile time it lasted, had the most dreadful appearance; more so, perhaps, than was ever witnessed in the streets of this ci ty. It began between seven and ti o’clock, audit issaid to have thus originated. About a dozen of the soldiers walking by the Halt market, were hooted and howled at by a number nf hlnrkguard young fellows, when tli" soldiers,in their defence drew their bayo* i. The police in the mean time arrived, but such was the terrific appearance of the soldiers, that no one dared to approach them. One of them, however, having separated from liis companions, was made a prisoner, and, after a severe struggle, carried to the police office. The rest of the party had by this time reached the Cross, and bad com pete possession of the Trongatc to the end of the exchange, the inhabitants living by the back of the Tontine and through every opening i\ here they could find access. The crowd soon considerably augmented, and stones were flying at the soldiers frqjri all quarters, and some of the more daring rush ed in upon them, and attempted to wrest the bayonets from their hands; in one or two cases this succcdcd,but the soldiers keeping so well together those who attempted it, in general paid for their temerity, as they were often knocked down, and severely struck with the sides of their bayonets. A sort of running skirmish continued, for about half an hour; the police in large bodies repeated ly rushed in upon them, though with little effect. The whole of tiiis took place nearly opposite the Tontine, the soldiers often turn ing, as if iuclinud to go by the Galloxvgate to the barracks. At last a largo stone struck one of them, and brought him down at the north-east comer of the Cross, where he lay in a state of inanimation for some time. The soldiers were at length overpowered, and sixteen of them carried to the police office; when peace was restored. All the sixteen soldiers sent to the police office were more or less hurt, and two of them were carried to tile military hospital. Some of the police officers and patrole are also hurt: A civil and military inquiry is now going on. It is said that one of the soldiers is dead. The Glasgow Chronicle says—On the soldiery being put into the hall "at the police office, they seized a noker and the forms, Si proceeded to force tlie doors and smash the windows. Just as they had forced some pannels from the door of the constables’ room, one of their officers entered and ex postulated with them, when one of lire infu riated madmen made such a rush at him with the poker, that the point of it entered the wood work of the door. The gentleman seized the poker, and wrenched it from the ruffian’s gr.jsp ; lie then entered and again addressed them, and while he was speaking one. fellow lifted a form and broke two win dows. Tlie officer then left them, and they forced the constables room after every thing had been removed from them of a defensive kind : A desperate battle now ensued, and they were, after a hard fought battle, beat back. Nineteen of the 13th were secured, and taken tn-the police office, from w hence tivii of them were carried to the hospital at the garrison, where the operation of trepan was performed on one of them this morning. In all, there are six of the soldiery so badly wounded, that it will be necessary for them all to be taken to tlie hospital ; at present there, arc four in it. Of the patrole there are ten wounded, principally about the head, many of them bayonet wounds. One man dressed as a mason, had a bayonet wound in the guard ofhis arm ; and report says that several of the inhabitants have been wound ed. During the fight and smashing of the windows in the hall of the police office, a number of men belonging to the Bell-street Flesh market formed themselves into a body to prevent their escape.” LATEST FROM EXGLAM). New-York, August 21. By the America, Capt. Rossiter, the edi tors of the Mercantile Advertiser have re ceived Liverpool papers to the 11th, Lon don to the tltii, and Lloyd's List of the 7th of July. The affairs of the Queen continued to oc cupy the attention of the government &. the people. The coronation was put oft'. It was not to take place on the 1st of August, but nt some later period not yet agreed upon. A motion to this effect, made by an opposition member, was seconded by Lord Castlereagh who, however, assured the House, that this procrastination was in no degree occasioned by the proceedings in the case of the Queen. [The Times thinks he told a fill.] In the House of Lords, July (i, Lord Da- cre presented the following petition from the Queen: “ Caroline Repina. “ The Queen lias heard, w ith inexpressi ble astonishment, that a bill, conveying char ges and intended to degrade her and to dis solve her marriage with the King, has been brought by the /ir3t minister of the King in to the House of Lords, where her majesty lias no counsel or other officer to assert her rights. The only alledged foundation for the bill is the report of a secret committee, pro ceeding solely on papers submitted to them, and before whom no single witness was ex amined. The. Queen has been further in formed, that her counsel last night were re fused a hearing at the bar of the House of Lords, -at that stage of the proceeding when it was most material that they should lie heard, and that a list of the witnesses, whose names are known to her accusers, is to be re fused to her. Under such circumstances, the Queen doubts whrlherany other course is left to her but to protest, in the most so lemn manner, against the w hole of the pro ceeding ; but she is anxious to make one more eft'ort to obtain justice, and therefore de-ires that her counsel may lie admitted to state her claims at the liar of the House of Lords.” Lord Dacre moved that the counsel lie culled in. The counsel having appeared, demanded that an immediate investigation of the char ges in the bill should take place.' An inte resting discussion arose on this demand, and it was finally agreed that the subject should lie taken lip on the following Monday’. It is staled that the Queen has written fo nearly lilt) persons in Italy to come to En gland to give evidence, many of whom arc of the fir-t families. Six Italians, witnesses against the Queen, arrived on Thursday e- veuing in the Dover coach, and remained the whole of yesterday nt the Blossoms inn, Lawrence Lane; they were of tlie lowest, order. Losjion, July 8. Our readers will observe, that jf the adul terous intercourse with Bi-rgnnii is not pro ved, the bill again; t the Queen falls to the grouipl. We have reason to believe, that when the charge comes to be Investigated, it will appt""' p-sfrt'i'y •»V>«uixl, rnOM SPAIN. The ship Edward, which arrived last evening sailed from Cadiz June 20th,— Mr. Meade and son are passengers. All remained quiet in Spain. It was settled that the Corte9 were to meet on the 8th of July. The members elected were almost u* niformly friendly to the constitution and new order of things, and the only fear* that prevailed with the considerate peo ple, were that they would not be able to control the enthusiasm of the nation and settle upon a calm and rational govern ment.—Phil. Cas. New-York, August 1C, FROM FRANCE. The ship Belli, capt. Huntington, arriv ed yesterday from Havre, which place she left on tlie 8th of July. VVe have received Ikris papers to the Oth, which furnish no thing of interest. The Belle hurried from Havre through fear of a countervailing ton- nape law, w Inch had not yet been published, but was hourly expected at Havre, to ope rate upon all American vessels arriving after the 1st of July. Paris, July 4. SPAIN. Madrid, June 23.—The most tran- qnili/.ing news are received from our z\merican provinces. The republican party in Venezuela, which appeared so exalted, has sent deputies to the royal ist generals, to declare to them, that as soon as the constitution of 1812 shall he sworn to at Cameras, they are ready to lay down their arms, and submit to the constitutional authorities. It is the Congress of Venezuela itself, sitting at Angostura, that has sent these deputies. We learn that gen. Bolivar and his troops are animated w ith the same spirit of con ciliation. There remains then no doubt, but with respect to Buenos Ayres, and it has been known a long time that ma ny distinguished men in the government of that republic have testified their con viction of the necessity of a constitution al monarchy. Every thing, then, gives reason to hope that the Spanish nation, in both hemispheres, will reunite under the sceptre of Ferdinand VII, The city of Victoria is filled with fu gitive exiles returning into Spain, and who dare not pass Burgos until the Cor tes shall determine on their fate. They are in a state of great wretchedness ; many of them are perfectly naked. A subscription has been got up by the in habitants for their relief, who have dis tinguished themselves in their behalf. The famous General Quiroga, this day made his public entry, amidst the acclama tions of an immense croud of people. Ilk came in by the gates of Atocba, and went through Alcala and Great streets, to the Ci ty Hall, where he took breakfast; and at noon, on his arrival at the Palace, he was presented lo His majesty. The Corpora tion entertained him with an excellent din ner, to which persons of all classes were in vited; such as grandees, clergymen, officers, farmers ami mechanics. The public enthusiasm of the Provinces, increases every day ; and although there are wicked persons who prepetraie secret projects, their plots are frustrated the mo ment they are delected ; and as lung as Go vernment preserves its strength, acquired by union, there can be noting to fear. Madrid, June 2G. CORTES. VIRST PREPARATORY ASSEMBLY. One hundred and fifty Deputies already arrived in Madrid, met together this day, at 11. a. m. in the Great Hall perpared for the Sessions. All the Secretaries of State at tended, to make up, in this instance, tho want of a permanent deputation. The Se cretary of the Interior brought the list of tlia 1U0 Deputies aforesaid, who had exhibited their credentials—consequently the Secreta ries withdrew. The Deputies agreed that Mr. Castanedo, on account of his old age and station, should take the chair ns president pro tern.; and that nie3srs. Mastinez de la Rosa and Cle- mencin, should, in the same manner, act as secretaries—while an effective election of President and Secretaries, should be entered on ; who by the same gentlemen were at last confirmed in their respective stations. Mr. Ramos Garcia moved, that in all e- lections, the appointment should extend e- quallyto American and European Deputies.; which motion was opposed by Mr. Cepero, seconded by Mr. Tcreno, declaring that all were Deputies of the same Nation, and that it was highly necessary that any vestige that might convey the least distinction among them, should be done away. Whereupon megsrs. Traver and Couto were elected tellers. Mr. Martinez de la Rosa read the names of the Deputies. While delivering tlie.ir res pective ccredentials to Mr. Castanedo, the Lord Bishop Quiepo, on delivering his, an nounced, that on account of his deafness, it was not in his power to serve as a deputy ; and tendered them his gratitude. Messrs. Cano, Manuel Calatravn, Q::!roga, Giraldo nnd Lopez, (de marcial) were ap pointed a committee to examine the powers of all the Deputies; and messrs. Cepero, Ramos, Arispe, and Baamonado, a com mittee to* examine those of the Deputies under appointment. The President deliver ed to the committees, two papers, containing a representation on the elections of substi tutes for the Provinces beyond sea; and n- nother, particularly concerning the island of Cuba. Am! upon adjournment, the 1st of July, at 10'o’clock, a. m. was the day and hour fixed fur the second preparatory ass sembly:—Cadiz Mercantile Journal, VERY LATE FROM S. AMERICA. New-York, August 17. To tlie politeness of a southern cor respondent, we arc indebted for the Cor rea del Orinoco, of the 13th July ; and, also, the copy ofa letter from a gentle man at Angostura, dated July 20, in an ticipation of the regular mails. Wc make the following extract. Should any thing he found in the paper of importance, wo shall present early translations. Extract ofa letter, dated Angostura, July 20. A few days since, Gen. Morillo sent a ting of truce from las head-quarters in Caraccas to the “ Congress of the Re public of Colombia, ” with the object of ascertaining if the Congress would re ceive Deputies, from Spain, to treal on the affairs of America, etc, The Cop.