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. . . in which this purpose, so expressed, bad been tarried into effect. The evidence of Dr. Holland, who stood in so peculiar a situ- Sion with respect to her Majesty—a Gentleman in independent circumstances, and incapable of being influenced, might have been tui-posed to be unexceptionable : ail circumstances com bined to voider him the most unexceptionable witness, and yet he eras rot only not called, but it appeared that be had at no period info - x the 4nvestigation been asked a single question by those WI:0 !,rofessed such an .anxiety to discUter the whole truth ' , ea:). Maurice Credi, who had lived with bet Royal I l',..nness at the very time when this' criminal inter course wlis said to hate commenced, had not been called.— The woman who made the beds at the very time when, if the intercourse had existed there, must have had means of detect ing it in her hands, had not been called. 'She was in this ccuntry, and must have it in her power, if the adultery bad taken place, to establish the fact. Yet that important person was withheld; and 11o*, he believed, remained iii Cotton-Garden. When be considered that the defence had a party to protect, end that there was to exist en the Other side no party bin the mere desire to elucidate the truth, he must say, the House Was hardly dealt with in not having befaie them evidence of this de scription, Which must inevitably lead to truth--(Hear, hear). As to the Circumstances which were enumerated in support of the great charge, as corroborants of• the evidence of a cri ininal intercourse, he. would say, that the peculiar 'situation of her Royal Highness should be considered with much attention. .141 spooking. The French Papers of Thursday and Friday last have arrived. - The Manikin: contain. Royal. Ordinances for re organizing the househdld of the King, and the Army. By the first the Marquis of Lauriston is appointed Secretary of State for the Household ; and the whole of the new organitation is said to have been found necessary, in order to put the Civil Establishment of the Royal Household in complete connexion with the political state of the kingdom. Another Ordinance declares, that the French army, on the peace establishment, shall consist of 80 regi ments of three battalions each ; 60 of these are to be cf infantry of the line, and 20 of light infantry. Gravier and Bouton were eager on Tuesday morn ing to put in their appeal to the Court of Cassation from the sentence of death passed upon them by the Court of Assize of Paris, for firias off the petard under the windows of the Duchess de Bern. On Monday night, after quitting the Court, they were clothed in the habit of the condemned. Bouton had no appearance of mental alienation, nor was he dis turbed except by the horror of his own situation. Brasier still preserved an imperturbable coolness. The Council of Liberation of the Chamber of Peers has declared that there were no grounds for indict ing Captain Francis Clement Villemejane, and Lieu tenant Charles Chanand, both of the 2d Regiment of Infantry of the Royal Guard. They have conse quently been set at liberty, as well as three others, 'who stood in the same situation. At any other time the news from Naples would be considered of striking importance. The treaty between General Pepe and the inhabitants of Pa lcrnio having been transmitted to the Neapolitan Ministry for ratification, was laid before the Parlia ment then sitting, and rejected in foto by that As sembly. 71ius a perplexing state of things had arisen. The people of Palermo had fulfilled their part of the convention by surrendering the forts and restoring the prisoners ; and all these advantages were to be given to their enemies for nothing, by the refusal of the latter to pay the stipulated price. We refer our Readers. to our foreign extract for the al leged grounds of this breach of faith by the Neapo- litans. We subjoin, likewise, an interesting letter, which furnishes the particulars of some of the con flicts preceding the cessation of arms, together with the several articles of the Treaty itself. Further o* will be found a copy of the speech of the War Mi nister on Fresenting the instrument to the Legislative Body ; and another of the Proclamation of the Vicar- General, wherein he justifies the disavowal of Ge neral Pepe's official proceedings. General Coletta was on the point of sailing for Sicily, to supersede General Pepe. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED PALERMO, OCT. 6. " A treaty was entered into by Prince Villafranca, as President, with the approbation of the Provisional Government, that the Neapolitan troops should enter this city on the 25th ult. The Prince, at the same time, informed General Pepe, the Commander-in- Chief, that he could not answer for the conduct of the lower classes of the people when the Neapolitans should take possession. On the 25th, about two P. M. the advanced guard of the Neapolitan army had marched within a mile of the city, when the people, who had possession of all the forts, fired the first cannon at them. At three o'clock the troops attacked the city through the public gardens at Porto lteale. In this quarter the populace were very stiong, and near that spot the fighting continued without interruption for thirty-six hours. During the night of the 25th the Neapolitan gun-boats at tempted to bombard the town, but were compelled to retreat by red-hot shot fired from the Sicilian bat teries. On the night of the 26th the Neapolitan troops were repulsed at Porto Reale, and retreated into the country, about a mile from town, where, on the 27th and 28th, several engagements took place, with very considerable loss to both parties. On the 29th and 30th very little firing took place, it ap pearing to be the intention of General Pepe to starve them into submission by cutting off all supplies from the city. During four days bread and macaroni were very scarce, and at times not to be procured. On the Ist instant the Neapolitan General sent a Bag of u uce to treat for peace; and, after an armistice of five days, the terms have been agreed on, and ra tified on boat d the British cutter of war, Racer. The conditions are as follow : . ART. 1. The troops are to be quartered outside the city, in stick situation as the Neapolitan General may think fit. All the forts and batteries to be put in possession of the Neapolitans. • 2. The majority of votes of the Sicilians, legally convened, .tall decide whether the National Representation of the Two dicilies shall be united or separate. 5. The Spanish Constitution of 1812, confirmed in 1820, shall 1 , • acknowledged in Sicily, with such modifications as the Par liament, whenever assembled, shall think proper to adopt. 4. Every town or district shall appoint one Deputy, for the sole purpose of expressing the public voice, whethet the Sicilian Parliament shall be joined to that of Naples. • 5. All the Neapolitan prisoners, of whatever rank, shall be given up. • 6. The united or independent Parliament can alone alter the existing laws; until it may meet, the ancient laws shall be observed, both in this capital and the other parts of the island. I hs Royal Highness the Vicat-General shall be invited to to ddy them in every possible way for the relief of the People. • 7. The arms and effigies of the King shall be restored. ' 8. A veil to be drawn over the past, both as regards the . . . ' cities as Well as individuals, who have taken part in the lite . events ; consequently all the Deputies who are abroad have leave to retmn to their homes; 9. A Junta seleited Trent the 'aunt 'F a ble citizen* shall govern Palermo provisionally; until • Highness make known his Sovereign will. The Prince Pa wn° to be President, and the Commander of the Neapolitan forces to be one of the Members. ' Ratified on bawd his Britannic Mejesty's ship Racer, thas. Thurtie Commander, in the Read o f. Oats 5,1820. (Signed) Prince PATERNO, Piesident: FLORESTANO PEPE, Lieut.-den: SPANISH PAPERS. MADRID, OCTOBER 23. In the Sitting of the Cortes on the 20th, the Com mittee of Rewards reporting oa the distinguished ser vices rendered to the country by Generals Riego, Quiroga, Lopez Banos, Arco Aguero, Ohati, Espi nosa, and Colonel Latre, is of opinion, that they 'should be rewarded with real estates belonging to the Monks before they are placed to the public cre dit ;to which it proposes—l st, That to each of the Generals Riego and Quiroga be assigned an annual revenue, in perpetuity, for themselves and their suc cessors, of 80,000 reals, consisting of real estates.- 2d, That the said Generals be recommended to his Majesty, that he may be pleased to confer on them Castilian titles of Nobility.—Sdly, That to each of the other Generals above named be assigned an an nual revenue, for himself and his successors, of 40,000 reals.--4thly, To (01. Latre, in like manner, a reve nue of 20,000 Teals. That this affair be recommended to the Government, and that henceforward no repre sentation shall be decreed by the Cortes, tending to ask rewards for services performed in the restoration of liberty, but that it should be merely recommended to the Government. The decision on this Report was deferred till his Majesty shall have sanctioned the Decree relative to the Monks. In the evening Sittings of the 20th and 21st, the Cortes were entirely occupied in the discussion of the 31st Article of the Project of the Law on the im portant subject of Public Instruction. CRAP. 1.--• GENERAL CASKS OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. Anr. 1. All instructions paid for by the State, or given by any Corporation, by the authority of the Government, shall be public and uniform.—Approved. 4. In consequence, the method of instruction shall be the same, as well as the elementary books destined W it. Senor Polarea thought, that to confine public in struction to the same elementary books, was esta blishing a kind of literary despotism ; andi besides, as we have not such ourselves, in all branches of learning, this uniformity would be of no use with respect to some ; as would be the case in the sciences of mathematics, natural philosophy, &c. Senor Vaigai Ponae, one of the Committee, cons tended, that every inconvenience would be avoided by establishing a Board of Education, charged to attend to the improvements that might be made, and occasionally to adopt the best elementary books. The Article was approved. 3. Public education shall be gratuitous.—Approved. 4. The preceding Articles have no reference what ever to private education, which shall be absolutely free, tile Government exercising no other authority over it than what is necessary to maintain the rules of good order, in other professions equally free; and to hinder the teaching of doctrines contrary to the Divine Religion which the nation professes, and tending to the subversion of principles sanctioned by the Political Constitution of the Monarchy.— Approved. CHAPTER M....DIVISION OF INSTRUCTION. - ART. 5. Public instruction is divided into three classes; first, second, and third.—Approved. The rest of this Chapter, to Art. 17 inclusive, relates to the first, on primary instruction, confined to the first elements of education, viz. reading, writing, com mon arithmetic, a short catechism of the dogmas of religion and the maxims of good morals; arid ano ther, political, explaining the rights and duties of citizens. The Articles regulate the number of pri.' wary schools, according to the population, the elec tion of masters, &c. CHAPTER 111. Treats of the second class of instruction, which is to comprise all those branches that serve as prepara tions -for applying afterwards to other more ab struse studies, and constitute the general civilization of a nation—Approved. This instruction shall be given in establishments to be called Provisional Uni versities, of which there shall be one in each province of the kingdom and the islands, and in the chief cities of the transmarine dominions on the continent and islands of America, and also at Marcella—Approved. The following Articles, to 31, relate to the branches of learning to be taught, and the number of professor ships ; and the Articles were all well approved, the same as they stood ; others with corrections proposed by different Members (to be continued in the next Extraordinary Sittin;). In the morning . Sitting of the 21st, the Project of Law upon violation of the Constitution was presented. ART. 1. Whatever persons, of whatever class and condition, shall conspire,• directly and de fade, to overthrow, destroy, or alter the political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy, or the limited hereditary Monarchical Government, which the same Constitu tion establishes, or to confound in one person, or body, the legislative, executive, and judicial powers, or that they be pliced in either corporations or indi viduals, shall be persecuted as a traitor, and con demned to death.—Approved. 2 He who shall conspire, directly and da facto, to establish another religion in Spain, or cause the Spanish people to cease professing the Catholic . Apo stolic Religion,shall likewise be prosecuted as a traitor, and suffer the penalty of death. The other crimes against religion shall be punished as the laws pre scribe.—A p proved. The yellow fever is rather diminished at Cadiz ; the deaths on the Bth, 9th, and 10th, were eleven.— The number of patients on the 10th was 134; nine less than on the Bth. Tuesday night, a little before 12 o'clock, a destruc tive fire broke out on the premises of Mr. BALING; grocer, St. Augustine's Back, Bristol, which en urely destroyed the same, and much damaged the two adjoining houses. The family had but shortly retired to rest, and Mrs. Bru.nroz, who is far ad vanced in pregnancy, was obliged to escape ever the tops of the houses. b MAIL hI ru Papers arr * yesterday,- to ;AL §• red • The following is tie only article worthy of lotice: VIENNA, OCTOBER 18. ft is said, that the Ambassadors of England and France have received, from their respective Courts,' instructions to receive, at the approaching con ference, - the proposals whiEh may be made to them, relative to the late events in Naples, Portugal, Scc: only ad referendum ; and immediately to transmit them to their Courts. BRUSSELS, OCTOBER ss: In the Sitting of the SecoSid Chamber of the States General to-day, a Report was presented by the-Cen tral Section on the Project of Law for the continu ance of divers taxes in 1821, upon the same footing as in 1820. The Project had received the approba tion of all the Sections. It was ordered to be printed for the Members, and to 'be discussed on a future day, which is not yet fixed upon. DARMSTADT, OCTOBER ie. Great joy prevails here, and in the whole of the Grand Duchy, because it has been made known, that instead of the Constitution issued under the date of tfie 18th of March, we shall have another drawn up with the concurrence of the States. An important communication to this effect was made by the Coun sellor of State, Hoffman, in the Second Chamber, on the 14th instant. STOCKHOLM, OCTOBER 13. A ship was fitted out at St. Barthelemy, which has captured a privateer with a crew of 20 men, fitted out by some merchants in the neighbouring islands. ST. PETERSBURGH, OCTOBER 4. The weather remains very mild. Our import trade is very brisk. The importation of rum and raw sugar is very great. Yesterday his MAJESTY, attended by Colonel SEv moult, his Equerry in waiting, attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal. Dr. STANIER CLARKE was the Clerk of the Closet in waiting. The LORD CHANCELLOR had an audience of the KIR° yesterday. Yesterday the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Princess AUGUSTA visited the KING, at his Palace in Pall-Mall. Saturday, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited his MAJESTY. Saturday and yesterday Princess AUGUSTA dined with the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE. Yesterday the Duke of GLOUCESTER went to Blackheath on a visit to his sister Princess SOPHIA. MATILDA. . Friday evening Prince LSOPOLD, accompanied by the Duchess of KENT and the Princess FEODOR, left town for Claremont. It is reported to be her MAzisres intention to go to the House of Lords to-morrow morning. Mr. Alderman WOOD was amongst the numerous ♦isitors at Brandenburgh House yesterday. Her MAJESTY has fixed Monday, the 13th inst. for receiving such Addresses as may be then ready for presentation. The following Addresses are now waiting to be received by her MAJUTY : Bray, in Berkshire Wigan, Lancashire Females of Bray Dissenters of Truro Clifton Bast Kent Militia Cabinet-makers of London The of the hie- Goldsmiths and Silversmiths tropolis of London Buckland and Rivers,near Dover Leigh, in Lancashire Irvine, North Britain. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Saturday evening a young Lady . made her first appearance in the cha racter of Polly, in the Beggar's Opera. Her voice is not devoid of sweetness, but wants cultivation and strength for a large Theatre. On giving out the Opera for this evening, it was announced that Miss . Povex would sustain the character. Madame VIM TRIS was excellent in Macheath, and the remainder' of the characters were admirably acted. The scene where one of the impure delivers over Macheath to his enemies, is changed from a tavern to a ridatta,, with a representation of Old Mary-la-bonne Gardens, and some good dancing was introduced. The House was fashionably and well attended. We have received Neapolitan Papers to the 18th October, which, agreeing in their contents with the French accounts, which ' we have given in a pre ceding column, state, that the Military Convention has been annulled by the Neapolitan Parliament. mie Convention was submitted to the Parliament of Naples on the loth of October; and rejected, on the motion of General Gabriel Pepe, the brother of Flo restania Pepe, who had concluded it. The speech of the farmer General was extremely warm.—" What will Europe say," exclaimed he, " when it comes to know, that, in the moment of the nation's most fervid enthusiasm, we were terrified—we had so degraded ourselves as to enter into a treaty with a handful of the populace—even the refuse of the populace ? What will the Nation say, when it learns that all the measures which it has offered, and which it is ready to offer, have been refused by those who wished to seal our shame by the blood of our brave friends who perished under the walls of Palermo?" After this speech, several Members followed, who spoke in the same sense, and the Resolution for rejecting the Con vention was finally agreed to. The rejection of the Treaty seems to accord with the general disposition of the Authorities and the popular feeling of Naples. A Proclamation was in consequence issued on the following day by the Vicar-General, declaring it void, and-of no effect. General Pepe was imme diately recalled from Palermo, and Coletta, with a force of 6,000 men, appointed to succeed him, and to reduce the Palermitans to an unqualified submis sion. The accounts from Palermo were of the 12th, at which period affairs continued in a tranquil state. The citizens had so far fulfilled their share in the Convention, as to surrender the forts and batteries, together with all their Neapolitan prisoners. No at tempt had been made, however, to disarm the Sici lians, who remained, therefore, in a state sufficiently formidable for the recommencement of hostile opera tions. It remains to be seen how far Naples will consent to receive benefit from the stipulations of a Treaty, the final ratification of which is refused by the Parliament. Captain HAY, Lieutenant H. V. Howri.ev, and Mr. I'. Munson, Purser, are appointed to the RED POLE ; Mr. R. REDDELL, Surgeon Of the EURYALUS, is appointed Suygeon of Jamaica Hospital, vice MAC. NAMARA, deceawd. • • . • • OLD BAILEY Stssioksi. On:Pridit; ibt pribows were tiled; 'air of whout were convicted of felony, viz. W. Beckett, Dad W. Thompson, for 6teallng a ttautity of leaden pipe; W. Lacey, for stealing a chaise harness; J. Davis, for stealing a coat ; W Cooper, for stealing Who great goat.; eidgns, for stealing a man's cwt; T. Clebony, for stealing a coat; F. Abrahams, for stealing 66 lbi. of iron; J. Richards, for steering two strings of coral beads, and a gold clasp; , J. &Waders; for stealing a watch ; W. Penny. for stealing a watch ; E. Lovell, for Stealing a watch; J. James and J. Jones, for +healing a silk handkerchief ; E. Jackson, for stealing a gold watch; J. Bell, for stealing a handkerchief, fined ls. and disi charged ; "I's Lawrence, for stealing five lbs. of candles ; W. Brown, for stealing two saws, two planes, &c. Cath. Roach, Pot. stealing a quantity of bed furniture; It. Newsham, for stealing a plane and a saw ; T. Nowiand, for stealing 16 lbs. weight of mother-o'-pearl; R. Berry and J. Chick, for stealing a piece of bacon (transported for seven years) ; G. Wilson, for stealing a black silk handkerchief; Ells. Marshall, for stealing a scarf, a shift, &c. H. Wrenham, for stealing several brass Caddy feet ; and J. Temple, for stealing 17 dodo and a goose. And 15 were acquitted, viz. T. Freeman, W. Messenger, sen. W. Messenger, inn. G. Cradgington, J. Maky, T. Wicks, & Huntley, J. %ft, J. Dodds, D. Crane, C. Marsh. G. Gray, J. Cotter, and J. Fisk. Saturday morning the RECoRDKIt passed sentence of death on the following prisoners, viz. . Charles Griffiths, for horse-stealing; Daniel Gentle and Wl? Ham Reid, for stealing in a dwelling-house ; Charles King, for sending a threatening letter, demanding money; John Wilcox, for house-breaking in the day-time • Thomas Eaton, Thom* Hunt, and Thomas Hughes, for highway robberies ; Sophia Andrewtand Mary Leonard, for stealing in dwelling-houses; Martin Feeley, for burglary; John Pritchard, for highway rob bery; Charles Goodwin, for house-breaking in th e day-time ; and Richard Scott, for aliciously cutting, &c. Sixteen were ordered to be transported for life ; twenty for fourteen years; and three were sentenced to imprisonment in Giltspur-street Prison, two Newgate, and twenty four in the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, for various periods ; several of whom were to be publicly and privately whipped. Five judgments were respired until the next Session; five were privately and one publicly whipped, and dis charged ; and thirty-four were discharged by Pro clamation. Sessions were then adjourned till the 6th of December next. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, be. fore the Right Hon. Sir Roses r DALLAS, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Com mon Pleas,•at Westminster, in and after Michaelmas Term, 1820: IN TERM. Tuesday Wednesday Wednesj LONDON. Nov. 7. Wednesday - 15. 1 Thursday - 22. I Thursday Nov. 'B. 16. 23. AFTER TERM. Wednesday - Nov. 29. I Thursday - Nov. SO. MANSION-HOUSE.—Saturday, M r.Ctokes, of Lom bard-street, attended a second time, at the request of the Loan MAYOR, respecting the bill he had printed, intimating that a General Illumination, in comme moration of the Qvcan's Defence, was expected to take place this evening. The Lord Mayor-- ,, Mr. Stokes, I have requested your attendance to know if you will give up the name of the person who em ployed you to print the bill ? If you do not, the Act of Parliament empowers me to levy a fine of £20." Mr. Stokes-4 , My Lord, I shall decline giving up the author." Mr. Eicke— , 4 My Lord, it is not with- ' out feelings of alarm and a apprehension that I venture to address your Lordship, when I find my worthy client proceeded against under so tremendous an Act of Parliament as that entitled, 4 An Act for the Sup pression of Seditious Papers and unlawful Assemblies, for the purpose of overturning the Civil and Ecclesi astical Authorities, and the Constitution, as by Law established.' My friend, Mr. Stokes, is well known to your Lordship, and throughout the City, as a fel low Liveryman, and a man of the greatest respect. ability, and one utterly incapable of printing any. thing which has a tendency towards sedition. But really, my Lord, I see nothing in this bill likely to overturn the Civil Authorities and Constitution as by law established. I think Mr. Stokes is perfectly right in declining to give up his author ; and your Lord ship may now take such course as you think proper. The bill may certainly be called inflammatory, inas much as"—. Mr. Newman, the City Solicitor, here interrupted Mr. Eicke, and said, that any discussion was at that time out of place. As Mr. Stokes had given a denial to the request of the Magistrate, he would be proceeded against by information, as di rected by Act of Parliament; and Mr: Eicke had better reserve himself until the information was heard, when he would have the liberty of making whatever observations upon the subject he thought proper.-- Both Gentlemen, with their friends, then left the Office. The RECORDER was on the Bench with the LORD MAYOR, and seemed perfectly recovered from his indisposition. Mr. Stokes was served with an in formation, under the Act for preventing Seditious Meetings, &c.. at a late hour on Saturday night. Bow-vrazar.—This Office was on Saturday even ing kept in a state of disturbance by the conduct of Thomas Preston, of political notoriety, arising out of the following circumstance daughter, Anne, was brought to the Office upon a Bench warrant, she having been indicted for assaulting and wounding Jane Fortesque Williams. The bail .offered were Preston, her father, and another man, a tailor. Upon inquiry neither of them proved to be housekeepers, and of course were not received. Preston entered iuto an abusive attack against Mrs. Williams, who charged his daughter, and her husband. After a considerable time baiKwas procured. After the Ma. gistrate had agreed to take it, Mrs. Williams referred a charge against Preston, for having threatened her life repeatedly, and particularly on that-evening after his daughter had been apprehended. She considered that she was in danger of some bodily harm from .him, and that her life was in danger. At this charge against him he became outrageously furious, insulting the Magistrate, charging him with partiality, and threatening that be would make him an example, The Magistrate informed Preston his violent conduct tended to confirm the charge preferred against him; he should therefore call upon him to find bail to keep the peace. Preston said he would not find two Man • to bail. The Magistrate then agreed to take his own bail, which he refusing to comply with, he was or. dered to be committed. Costs Excuattos, hiaitit-Lsigs, Nov. o.—The 8,14 of Wheat was rather large this morning from Essex, besides a conalderabio quantity which remained over from last week's arrivals s the saki of which was exceedingly heavy, and Ss. per quarter cheaper fly all descriptions, except pnme samples, which obeli:l4km iateck`g prices. Fine Barley, being scarce, said Is. per quarter higher than this day week, but the inferior qualities were dull sale, and rather cheaper. Beans It* is. dearer. The Gams& was dull, at a &char of is. per quarter.. In Fees sad nthsjs7 the there is no alteratiOa•