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LATEST FROM SPAIN.
New-York, April 14.
The brig Caravan arrived here
last evening from Cadiz, whence
she sailed on the 7th of March.—
€apt. Dill has favored us with pa
pers to the 6th, which contain Mad
rid dates to the 26th of February.
Jle informs that affairs remained
as per our last advices, the people
in daily expectation of the com
mencement of hostilities with
France. Sor ie disturbances had
taken place at Cadiz, but it was
quiet the r e when he sailed.
Fb.e extracts from Madrid pa
’persare of hut little interest. The
only circumstances mentioned, are
that the King was confined to his
bed by indisposition, and that he
was threatened with an attack of
the gout. The Queen was also
said to lie affected with convul
sions. These facts were mention
ed daily from the 21st to the 26th.
Gen. Ballesteros left Madrid on
the 25th of February*, to take charge
of the government at Navarre ad
Arragon. The troops of the gar
rison set out the same day in the
direction of Biturgo. Madrid was
quiet. The latest accounts from
Paris received there were to the
19th of February.
After the taking of Morcc, the
factious soldiers of the Province of
Sargonee were continual!) coming
in, laying down their arms and ask
ing for pardon. Many of them in
deed requested places in the con
stitutional army. “ For,” says the
Cadi* Gazette, “ It is impossible
to describe q,e eltect produced l>y
the notices directed to our j;uuii
ment bv Russia, Prussia, Austria
and France, and the discussions ol
the Cortes on this subject.” The
commandant at Mentblane publish
ed them in the town of Espluga,
the focus of the revolution in the
mouth of Neag, when seventy arm
ed insurgents presented themselves
for pardon. In several other fac
tious towns, companies of militia
hare been formed by volunteers,
who have already performed im
portart service against their late
comrades. “ There is not a Cata
lan in this province who does not
thrill at heaving a French invasion
spoken of—and who does not burn
with sacred rage against foreign
domination.”
LATE FROM FRANCE.
Charleston, April 19.
By the ship Ceres, Capt. Rogers,
in 32 days from Havre, we have
Commercial advices froir. that citv
to the 15th March, and a regular
file of the Paris Messenger,” to
the 13th of the same month—ex
tracts from which follow.
War appears certain—but it was
not supposed that F.ngland would |
take any part in the. contest. The
extracts from Letters, with which
we have been politelv favored, and
which will he found below, all tend
to confirm this event.
A change has been determined
upon in the Spanish Ministry but
is, was asserted at Madrid, ns late
as the 4th ult. that the new Minis
try would not he allowed to assume
•the reins of government, so much
were the populace opposed to them,
and to the object for which it was
supposed they had been appointed
—to enter into new negotiations
with the allies.
Several French Marshals and
other officers had left Paris for the
frontiers, and the marching of
troops in that direction was expedi
ted from nil {mints.
The army of Portugal was orga
nizing, and the first division was to
march for the frontiers of Spain im-
mediately.
M. Manuel lias been excluded
from the Chamber of Deputies, lor
the remainder of the present ses
sion, by a vote of that body. The
proceedings were of the most riot
ous description. He appeared in
his seat the day after the vote was
passed lor his expulsion, and refu
sed to retire unless compelled to
do so by force. A detachment of
the Guards was then introduced,
and the officer in command oi the
veterans produced an order to re
move M. Manuel, which was exten
d'd to the sergeant, who as well as
die soldiers ot the National Guards
refused to obey. The officer then
retired, to receive the orders of the
President of the Chamber, who,
with all the Members except tfiose
friendly to ]VI. ISlanuel, had previ
ously withdrawn. A strong de
tachment of Gendarmes, headed by
a Colonel and other officers, then
entered the house, and M- M. still
refusing to retire, the Gendarmes
took him by the arms, while an Of
ficer grasped him by the collar, and
he was thus dragged out of the
Chamber, surrounded by his col
leagues, who expressed their indig
nation with vehemence.— 1 he ser
geant and soldiers are to be tried
for their disobedience of orders.
LATE FROM MEXICO.
Ni-.w York, April 9.
The vrry fast sailing schooner blij,
Captain Boyer, arrived here yesterday
from Vera Cruz, having left that port
on the evening of the 21st ult. V\ e
are obligingly favored by Captain 15.
with the following account ol the state
of affairs in Mexico, up to the date oi
his departure, and from our knowledge
of his character, we feel authorized to
vouch for its correctness, i Ids ac
count elucidates many of the recent
occurrences in that quarter, which
have hitherto appeared mysterious.
On the 26th of January, ncgoci
ations commenced on the part ol
the Imperial army then besieging
Vera Cruz, with General St. Anna
the Republican Chief. Many prop
ositions were made by General
Echavarra, the commander of the
besieging armv, all of which were
rejected, until the Ist ot February,
when the stipulations ol St. Anna
were complied with, and the siegt*
raised. In the afternoon of that day
General Echaverra entered the city
amidst the huzzas of the people,
lie was met by General St. Anna
at the gates of the city, and recei
ved with open arms,and was (lienee
lowing day he departed for Jalapa.
On his arrival there, a correspond
ence commenced between h;m and
the minister of war, which resulted
in nothing of importance. On the
17th, the great Republican Chief,
Guadaloupe Victoria entered Vera
Cruz with every manifestation of
jov.—ln anticipation of this event
the crown of Iturbide had been
burnt in the public square and the
Tree of Liberty planted upon it,
under which Victoria passed on his
way to the Palace. On arriving at
the palace, he with St. Anna, pre
sented themselves at the balconies
with wreaths of laurels on their
brows, which the people insisted on
their wearing. A few days alter
this, the Marquis de Vibaneo com
mander of the Imperial troops at
Puebla, declared for Victoria, St.
Anna, and Liberty.
The Emperor, immediately on
his hearing of this, dispatched to
Puebla two Commissioners. Gen.
Negrete, and Herrcre, Secretary of
State, to treat in some manner for
the preservation of himselt and his
Crown. On their arrival, Gen.
Negrete immediately embraced the
popular cause; and Ilerrere, re
turned without any particular audi
ence with the Republican Chiefs.
The Emperor then proposed to es
tablish the Congress and to proceed
ngiecably to its decrees. This was
refused and a demand was made
of his Crown, with a promise of
protection to his person, until a
Congress should convene who alone
should direct in what manner he
should he disposed of. The Empe
ror on receiving this, left the city
of Mexico (after arming'all the
Indian population with swords,
knives and muskets) for Tucabayo
one league distant. He also formed
an alliance with the Grand Cado,
an Indian Chief of the interior,
who has engaged to furnish him
with ten thousand Warriors, upon
condition that he shall be Emperor
of one half of Mexico, and Iturbide
of the other. This chief hacl left
M cxico for the purpose of fulfilling
the terms of the co-partnership.
On the 21st of March a despatch
was received at Vera Cruz, dated
at Puebla on the 14th, stating that
the armv was to move from that
place on the following day to sur
round Iturbide, who it was said,
was about to depart from Tucaba
you for Valadola, supposed for the
purpose of forming a junction with
his Indian colleague.
The Republican army is divided
and directed as follows:—General
Bravo advances for Chaleo; Inclou
for Toluca; Negrete, for Ayotta;
Echavarra, for Guadaloupe; and
Barragan for Guatillau. Another
division is ordered for St. Augus
tine de Las Caevas. General Vic
toria commanded at Vera Cruz. —
General LolurtO was at Guamunt<e
with 600 men. Ihe whole Repub
lican force was established at 7 to
8000, that of the Emperor consisted
of 1000 to 1500,
General St. Anna sailed from the
Island of Sacrifice (one league from
Vera Cruz) on the 21st of March,
with a squadron of 1 brig and T
schooners, having on board 300 to
400 troops forTampiro. The sup
posed object of this expedition was
to intercept the shipment ofa large
sum of money belonging to Iturbide
said to he on board a Spanish packet
which was to sail next day ior
Mavana.
The squadron lately purchased
in the United States hv Iturhide, is
entirely hauled up, with the excep
tion of one gun boat and one
schooner, and the officers and men
with the exception of a very lew,
discharged.
The British sloop of war Ranger
arrived at Vera Cruz on the 23d ot
February, with a Mr. Mackay, an
agent of the government on board,
who was to have proceeded to the
Emperor, but on finding the country
in the hands of the Republicans, he
embarked on board the Ranger and
sailed, as was said, for Havana.
FROM HAVANA.
Charleston, April 22.
Hr the schooner Jane, M Milliini,
arrived yesterday in 5 days horn
vana, we have received our tiles ot
the “ Diaro del Gobierno ’ to the 10th
inst.
Pirate, Captured.—-1. Warner, esq.
1 late American commercial agent at
Havar.na, came passenger in Hie
.) am\ and reports that the schooner
pilot, of Norfolk had been some time
| )a ,ck captured by the pirates, and was
fr t O** I‘•=■ ‘ 1 i rU. llin v : ■"ificn 1 4P 1 ’
vict'. ,Shc did considerable damage
to American commerce. About she
9th instant, two of Com. Porter’s
squadron were dispatched in pursuit
of her- They came in sight of her oft*
Havana, and Lieut. Stribling, with
two armed boats came up and com
menced the attack. The pirates after
considerable resistance yielded ; the
Americans on taking possession found
two killed, several wounded, and one
prisoner—-the others effected their es
cape. No damage done to the Amer
icans.
The pirate h as been put to some re
deeming service, by being added to
the American squadron, in order to
catcli the sh arks, to whose voracious
company she formerly belonged.
Com. Porter’s squadron was con
centrated in the vicinity of Havana,
and of course afforded every aid and
convoy to iner chantmen.
City Gaz.
Capt. Kearny, of the U. S. ship De
coy, and the Jac-kall sclir. were the
first vessels of Com. Porter’s squad
ron, which entered the port of \gua
dilla, Porto Rico, after the death of
Lieut. Cocke. At St. Johns Capt. K.
had much difficulty in convincing the
suspicious inhabitants of the place
that he was an American officer, nor
were they satisfied of the fact, until
the remainder of the squadron ar
rived. Courier.
Ch vkj.kston, April 21.
From Nassau. —By the packet sclir.
Swift, capt. Burger, arrived yesterday
in 3 days from Nassau, we have the
papers of that place to the 17th inst.
ami files of Jamaica and Loudon pa
pers as late as had reached that island,
but not so late as previously received
at this port.
The Nassau papers contain the de
tails of several piracies, of which we
had previously imperfect accounts—
Amongst them the Dutch brig Miner
va, capt. Sbackel, from Amsterdam,
bound to Havana —the captain anil
supercargo had arrived at Nassau, in
a destitute state, -and were relieved
by the Chamber of Commerce at that
place. The British brig Ceres, of
’Whitehaven, capt. Branthwaite, from
New-Orleans for Liverpool, arrived at
Nassau oil the 21st ult. having been
captured on the lath, a few leagues to
the windward of Havana, and within
sight ot the Moro castle, by a piratical
schr. manned with about 50 men,
apparently Spaniards—who plunder
ed her ot every thing valuable, abusing
the captain and crew ; threatening
to hang the former, if he did not con
fess lie had money on board. Capt.
B. protesting there was none on board
his vestel, they put the rope round
his nerk, and hoisted him up from
the deck until he was nearly sense
less, when they let him down, thev
repeated their demand for money ;
and on his again denying that there
was any on board, they beat anil bruis
ed him with their cutlasses, knocked
him down,, and leaving him sense
less upon the deck, proceeded to use
the crew in a similar manner, in the
hone of extorting monev—out failing
hi their efforts, ll'*7 c < jt , lhe
small boat adrift, hoisted out the long
boat, in which they put their
and left the brig. The mate, who had
been all this time on board th c P 1 ™“-
was treated in a similar manno I'* 1 '*
crew of the above mentioned ( Dutch
brig were then sent on board i |l( 1
res, and she was allowed to pro cee,l >
and put into Nassau for supplies.
The only offset we have for these
disgraceful acts < f piracy, is the
solution that one of their vessels has
been captured by the boats of tin’ Brit
fish ships Tyne and Thracian, alter a
sharp contest of fifty-five minutes, in
which 10 of these desperadoes were
killed, and about 30 taken prisoners.
A passenger in thc Swift informs
us, that the ii rates taken, had all been
carried to Jamaica. They were most
of them naked, or nearly so, having
a handkerchief only tied around them;
they had stripped themselves in order
to escape from their vessel to the
shore by swimming; but many ol
them were killed in the water, and
others drowned ; some, as was suppo
sed, in consequence of having dollars
tied up in thc handkerchiefs which
were around them. Courier.
Baltimore, April 7.
From Cam peach <./. —We are indebted
to the politeness of Captain Shearman
of the brig Sam, arrived at this port
vesterday, for the latest intelligence
from Campeachy. In the province of
Yucatan a convention was held, atten
ded by the military and all the disaf
fected of Vera Cruz, which declared
in favor of the Congress. A complete
revolution had taken place at Campea
chy, the imperial governor had been
turned out of office and imprisoned,
and anew one elected by the people.
All the prisoners who were confined
by order of the emperor Iturbide were
liberated, and nothing was heard or
seen but rejoicing and illuminations.
emperor’s person was conside
red very unsafe, as the general cry
was “ down with the traitor, long may
the Congress exist.” Disaffection every
where reigned, which was heightened
by the prohibition of the sale of
tobacco in that part of the Peninsula.
Capt. Lawrence, 16 days from La
guira, arrived at Nevv-York, informs
that the squadron under com. Daniels
had arrived at Laguira. Gen. Bolivar
was on his \yay to Caraccas. An or
der had been issued directing that all
goods coming from Spain after about
the first ot June, shall be confiscated.
Neic Southern State .—Some time
ago an article appeared in some of the
northern papers, in which it was stated
that St. Salvador of Guatemala, the
most Southern of the provinces of
Mexico had declared its independence,
and solicited ot our government an
union with these states. There was
so much of the appearance of impro
bability in this statement, that we
were entirely incredulous, and threw
it aside as unworthy of notice. Others
who noticed it, supposed it to refer to
the provinces or states south of the
Isthmus ot Darien.—"Fhe following
observations, however, show that there
is more truth in it than we at first
suspected. Georgia Journal.
Captain Tyler, who brought the
document in question from Honduras,
was requested by bis consignee to give
it extensive publicity in this country ;
and it contains, in its original shape,
irrelragable evidence of its referring
to these United States: mention is
made of the number of inhabitants
which the province should contain, in
order to entitle it to admission into
our Union, also of religion existing in
toe two nations; and the Congress
express the conviction that, notwith
standing, as there is in this country
no national religion, or anv known to
the constitution, all being equally
protected, they shall be allowed the
undisturbed enjoyment of their own.
Repeated allusion is likewise made to
the principles of our free constitution.
Fhe original manuscript has been
transmitted to the Department of State.
After several days of extremely
warm weather, the earth was refresh
ed and the air purified yesterday af
ternoon by a copious shower, accom
panied by hail, thunder and lightning.
A house near Spring Hill bridge, in
the suburbs of the city was struck by
the lightning, and a person named
Cushman, killed. The fluid entered
the root, and in its course did some
damage to the building. Seven per
sons were in the house at the time—
none of whom were injured except
the unfortunate individual we have
mentioned, who had only time to ex
claim, “ 1 am struck,” when lie was
stretched a livid corpse.
The roof of the jail was also struck,
but received no other injury than the
displacing of some of the slates. No
further injury we believe was done by
the wind, which was high, than the
orcaking of a number of the l’ride of
India trees.
Savannah ‘Georgian, %stli inst.
An order has been issued from
the Adjutant General’s office at
Washington, directing the new first
class fortress at the Narrows, below
New York, to be called Fort La
Fayette, in commemoration of the
revolutionary services of that dis
tinguished officer.— Sav. Geo.
CO M. PORTE ITS SQU A DRON.
Norfolk, April 12.
A number ofletters from the of
ficers -if Com. Porter’s squadron, to
their friends in this town, were yes
terday received by mail. 1 hev are
dated at Matanzns, 30th and 31st
March. We have been politely fa
voured with the perusal of some of
them, and permission to publish
one, which we give below. 1 hey*
confirm the afflicting intelligence, ot
the death of Lieut. Com’dt. IVm,
11. Cocke , by a shot from the Mom
Castle, at St. John’s Porto Rico,
which has filled all the officers with
grief, and the most lively resent
ment towards his murderers* for
such was it considered by them, as
an act of revenge for the capture of
the Panchitta—Com. P. had not ta
ken any measures in retaliation, but
intended representing the treacher
ous act to his Government. The
shocking outrage is said to have
been perpetrated on the 6th March,
when Com. Porter being oft’ St,
John’s and about to sail for Agua
dilla, was desirous of communica
ting with his Brother, Capt. John
P. and sent Lt. Cocke in for the
purpose. Shortly after, thev heard
four or live guns fired from the
Moro, but as the Fox kept her course
no suspicion was entertained that
the guns were fired at her, and the
Commodore sailed without hearing
of the sad affair, but the schooners
joining him immediately afterwards
communicated it.
Lt. Coin’dt. Cocke was the only
person injured by the shot, which
took his arm off, and cut his bodv in
two. He lived only 8 minutes—
He expressed his regret that his
flag had beer. .struck , (as he suppo
sed,; but which was not the case,
and hoped that all were satisfied he
had not provoked or merited the
aggression. Lt. Vallette was ap
pointed to command the Fox.
The officers and men of the squad
ron were well, and very actively
employed. The most judicious
disposition had been made of the
squadron, the details of which we
omit, for reasons unnecessary to
mention. No prizes had yet been
made.— Beacon.
Matanzas, March 31.
“ I returned to the ship last
evening, after an absence of eight
davs in the Boats among the Keys,
and along- the North side of Cuba.
VVe made very diligent searches on
every Key, and particularly on Key
Romano, the spot on which the
gallant but unfortunate Allen fell,
but were completely unsuccessful.
We boarded a number of vessels
during our absence, who were no
doubt pirates, but they managed in
such a manner that we could not,
with any propriety, lay hold of
them. Our Squadron are all dis
persed in different directions ; the
Shark has gone to Caraccas with
some secret message from the
Commodore. The Weasel, Terrier
and Ferret, commanded by Kenon,
Henley and Rose, are cruizing oiv
the south side of Cuba, and are to
join us at Thompson’s Island, in ar
few davs. A large fleet of merchant
men, of diff-.ont nations, are lying
here, to sail in a few days under
our convoy: heavy piratical schoon
ers have been cruizing off this har
bor for some time past, murdering
and robbing every thing they fell,
in with. News has this instant
reached us of the capture of two
American vessels, by a large pirat
ical schooner, about 15 miles to
windward of this place. We arc-’
now fitting out our boats again with
all possible despatch, and will leave
here in about an hour in pursuit of
this schooner.
“ Ere this comes to hand you will
probably have heard of the death of
our brave and ever to he lamented
brother officer, Lieut. William M.
Cocke, commander of the schooner
Fox, who was wantonly and mali
ciously killed about 3 weeks ago, bv
a 42 lb. shot from the Moro Castle,
at St. John’s, Porto Rico, while in
the act of entering the harbor. It:
would he needless for me to attempt
to picture to you the feelings which
this circumstance has excited
i among the officers of the fleet *
J suffice it ti) say that there war
scarcely a drv eve tp be seen.
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