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I as Courier, be had brought up vritaeiseti. re Was only a limited agent, who bad been employed ►y the I%Man Com as Courier, and that he had procured evidence. If th- Milan Commission was a party in thes. proceedings, it would not only be necessary to p►ove that Kasten' acted as an . went, but that he so acted with the authority of the Conimis sion. But he had only been employed as a courier, to apply to 'visors to come to Milan ; and, under such circumstances, was 7er ithing that he said or did to be supposed to have had their sanction? He would go still farther. If it was even proved tl;at Rastelli was under the authority of the Milan Commission, tile acts of this man could not be brought as evidence in this , cause. Ile would not admit that the Counsel for her Majesty had come to the defence unprepared; they had fixed their own time, and even been allowed more time by their Lordships than they asked for. Ile concluded by opposing the evidence attempted to be produced. Lord ERSKINE said it was necessary to have all the light that could be thrown upon the dark transactions of the Milan Commission. All idea of charging the Noble Lord opposite with having advised that the Commission should take such a shape as that in which it now appeared to the public eye, he dis claimed; but it being the fact that such a Commission had been appointed to enquire into circumstances respecting the Queen's conduct, which Ministers might have apprehended to exist, and that the suggestions of that Commission had been acted upon, it was impossible that a cross-examination could take place, if the evidence of Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Powell, and the otkers employed upon the occasion, were not taken. The House had one of two courses to pursue, either to allow her Majesty's Counsel to proceed in their own course, or to call Rastelli and e:tzarnine hint upon the disputed subject, by which means' the present witness would be supplied with the undoubted ':ght to contradict him if his deposition should be false.— The former course 1w thought more advisable. Was there not so agency admitted upon the part of Rastelli? A corrupt agency f:(l,,iittet ? And was there any Noble Lord who Could say, looking to what had already been stated with respect to the Commission, of which he was the corrupt agent, that that agency did not extend far beyond what was publicly known—(Hear•). Lord LIVERPOOL said, he wished it to be understood distinctly, that !-.e had not the slightest objection that Mr. Cooke, who had been employed on the Milan Commission, should be examined r o ost thoroughly as to every transaction connected with that Commission. Neither had he the slightest objection to the examination of the other gentlemen who were employed 'yon the occasion. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was obvious that Ras telli had he: n employed by the Milan Commission, from his wn acknowledgment, but there was a most important dis tinction between an acknowledged agent, and a person active in the service of the Commission. Rastelli had admitted that he was the latter, but had denied that he had been employed in the former capacity. Here the Noble Lord read a great part of the evid.:nce in proof of the admission; and concluded by a:ting, that their fairdships might, consistently with the forms the House and with justice, call back ltastelli, and examine with reference to the question disputed. (To be continued in a Second Edition.) Yoterday, the Prince GUSTAVUS and attendants dha an audience of the KING. Signor GIOACHINIO FELICE and his son, two wit nesses for the QUEEN, art ived in town yesterday from the Continent. A Meeting was some days since held at the Swan Inn, Norwich, Mr. E. TAYLOR, in the Chair; at which it was resolved to set on foot a subscription in aid of the General Fund in London, for the purpose . . of presenting a Service of Plate to the QUEE N . Con tributions from each individual were limited to Is. The election of a Member of Parliament for Aber deenshire, in room of Mr. FsuousoN, is to take place at Aberdeen on Tuesday next. The gold medal was played for in Montrose Links, on Wednesday, by the Members of the Golf Club, when, after a keen contest, it was gained by Mr. PAralcic MASON, merchant. The Members after- wards dined in the Turf CoffeeL house. ICs farewell Benefit at Liverpool netted him full £250; after his performance of Othello he was loudly called for by the audience, of wham he took ky.tve in a neat speech, which was received with the loudest applause: he takes his departure for America is the ship Martha, Captain SKETCALEY. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marchioness of Exeter, from her seat, Langley, Kent. The Dowager Countess of Cardigan, from her seat in Surrey. Count Caraman, in Portland-place, from a tour. Countess of Carnarvon, from Hampton-Court Palue. Viscount Carleton, in George-street, Hanover-sq. from a tour. General Garth, pper King's Mews. The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, from Dropmore Lodge. B. Gaskell, Esq. M. P. from his seat, near Wakelield,Yorkshire. Countess Stanhope, from Chevening House, Kent. .Lord Stawell, in Grosvenor-place, from his seat in Surrey. !lon. Robert Smith, M.P. in Whitehall-yard, from a tour. Bight l lon. W. llushisson, M.P. from his seat in Sussex. Countess Cowper, from her seat, Pansanger, Ilerts. Lora Chas. Manned, in Sachville-street, from BelvoirCastle. The Earl of Barrymore, at the Claremont Hotel, Bond-street. 1). Davenport, Esq. from his seat in Bucks. lion. Miss Irby, at Lord Boston's, from Hedsor Lodge, Bucks. An Ordinance issued by the King of FIANCE, an nounces, that the baptism of the infant Prince shall be made the occasion of returning solemn thanks to PROVIDENCE for the signal blessing rendered by the birth of this child to the Royal Family of France, after so many years of sufferin and sorrow. On the day of this ceremony, the KING will be surrounded by all the Great Dignitaries of State, the Marshals and Ministers, the Members of the Legislative Chain !lets, and Deputations from all the Municipal Bodies of the kingdom. The marriages of fourteen girls, to whom the City of Paris will give marriage por tions, are to be celebrated on the day of the baptism in the several districts of the City ; public rejoicings are to take place in Paris, and every town in France; an amnesty will be granted to all deserters from the sea and land service, which will be extended to all ! prisoners who shall have conducted themselves pro perly during the period of their confinement ; and finally, an extraordinary promotion will take place in the Royal Orders of St. Louis and the Legion of Ho nour, and in all the branches of the publice service, civil and military. The day of the baptism is not fixed. The adv ices in the French Papers from Spain, state that an Anti-revolutionary Club has been discovered 7 .`:ltncia. It consisted principally of Ecclesiastics, several of whom have been arrested. Sixteen of the prisoners were transferred to Alicant, where they are to await the determination of the Government. The cpidemic fever seems, unfortunately, without any doubt, to have extended itself to Cadiz. The malady rages with violence in Xeres de la Frontera. 4 letter from Lisbon states, that the Constitutional Junta of Oporto had entered j,isbon, and formed an tniun with the Junta of the capital. This event was accomplished in perfect harmony, and the greatest tranquillity prevailed in every part of UV ktpgdom . Portusal. law atUltell Ar CHELSEA. Yesterday having been appointed for the the first stone of the new Church at Chelsea, by Duke of WELLINGTON, preparations sere made the accommodation.of the spectators upon an exten sive scale. A large space was railed in, in the shape of an amphitheatre, for the company, and a platform was erected with all the n !cessary apparatus for the ceremony. So early as twelve o'clock Gentlemen and Ladies, elegantly dressed, began to arrive, and in a short _time a numerous company were assembled, ex pecting with great impatience the arrival of the illus trious Duke. At half-past four his Grace's brother, the Rev. GERALD VALERION WELLESLEY; came for ward and read a letter from his Grace, itating, that he was detained by his MAJESTY on business, but that lie would attend at half-past five. This assur ance seemed to appease the rising discontent of the • company; but half after five came, and no Duke arrived. Some more time was spent in idle expec tation, and it was finally resolved to proceed in the ceremony without waiting any longer. The Bishop of LoNvott and other agents in the scene then came] forward, and laid the stone with the usual formalities' —being the only instance of the first stone of a Church' being laid after sun-set. The company then began to disperse, full of disappointment and dissatisfaction. There was much clamour among the crowd, whose disarprobation was expressed in loud hisses and groans by some, while others filled the air with shouts of—. " Long live the QUEEN r-- Non mi ticordo 1 ." acc. _ An unknown. benefactor has sent to the new Free Church, built in James-street, Bath, a magnificent donation of Sacramental plate, consisting of two handsome flaggons, of an antique form, two beautiful chalices, and two small and one large silver salver; the whole is richly chased and highly wrought. The flaggons and chalices are gilt inside, and round the rim of each piece is neatly engraved " An offering of gratitude to ALMIGHTY GOD, by a native of Bath." The plate was packed in an appropriate oak plate-chest. It is with regret that we have to mention the unfor tunate circumstance of a man being rode over by the coaches of the Christ Church Address, in Blackfriars road. He was immediately conveyed to the nearest Surgeon, but expired shortly after he was carried into the house. While we deeply deplore this unfortunate event, we have the satisfaction to state, that not the slightest blame call be attributed to the drivers, who were going scarcely at the rate of four miles and a half in the hour, and who, in the darkness of the night, were ignorant of :be lamentable event having occurred until afterwards. No human foresight could have calculated on the imprudence of an individual attempting to cross the road in the midst of a closely wedged line of carriages. The unfortunate man has not yet been claimed by his friends. Saturday, the body of Thomas Roberts, Waterman, was found drowned at Cox•green, three miles above Sunderland. He had been up for coals in a boat, and had fallen into the water. Saturday, S 9 convicts were sont from Edinburgh Jail to Leith, and embarked for the hulks. Among them were the nineteen Stirling convicts whose sen tences or death were recently changed to various periods of transportation. A handsome new Theatre is now building at Exe ter, which is to be finished by Christmas, It will be much more convenient and tasteful than the late one, which was last year destroyed by fire. The salmon fishings of Kinnaber and Comiston,l on the Northesk, now rented at £650 yearly, were lately let at Montrose by auction, on a new lease of four years from Candlemas next, at 1.2420 per annum. In the garden of a Gentleman, near Bradford, in Somersetshire, a peach of the Port Royal kind was lately gathered, which weighed the extraordinary weight of eight ounces and a quarter. The Harewood foxhounds have not yet com menced their hunting season, but the whole Pack are in high condition to take the field, and the foxes are in great plenty in the covers ; much sport is certain. A letter from Stockholm, of the 23d of September, says—" On Tuesday last his Britannic Majesty's frigate, the Iphigenia, anchored in this port, having conveyed from England Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald, the English Minister. This beautiful shici, which car ries forty-two cannons, came into the harbour firing her guns; and the salutes were returned from the Castle and the batteries on shore. Mr. Fitzgerald was admitted to a public audience of the King, being conducted in the royal carriages with a nu merous and splendid suite. His Majesty received the English Mission on his Throne, surrounded by his Ministers and Great O ffi cers of State. On pre seining his credentials Mr. Fitzgerald addressed to the King the assurances of the unchanged sentiments of the British Government towards his Majesty, and of the attachment of the King, his Master, to the Swedish Nation, one of the most ancient Allies of his Crown. The Grand Chancellor replied in terms of high compliment to the King and People of England. The other Gentlemen of the Mission, and several English Officers, had then the honour of being intro. duced. After the public ceremonial had concluded, his Majesty received Mr. Fitzgerald and the Gentle ' men who had been presented to him in his private apartment, and conversed with them for some time. The presentation was the most numerous that had occurred for several years." Cain OF GOOD Hovz.-..A number of applications have recently been made at the Office of the Colonial Department, respecting the intention of Government to permit any settlers to go to the Cape of Good Hope on the terms prescribed by the Treasury, and stated in the Commons by the CHAISCELLOR of the EXCHEOUSIL The numbers who have applied are very considerable, many of them of the most respect able character, and of trades which might prove use ful to the Colony, An answer, however, has been sent to the applicants, stating that Goyernment have, for the present, relinquished any intention of com plying further with the terms formerly mentioned, as the number of persons applying has been more by far than the sum voted by Parliament will allow. Government, at the same time, have no objection to permit settlers to emigrate with their families to th e Cape, provided they can cultivate the land; and the Governor has the discretion of granting or refusing sigh quantity of land at he may think proper; he may refuse any grapt of IE4 if he ie *et satisfied as • to the qualification of the applicant. nis liot t 77 OP MAttStlAt After Marshal Brune had submitted to the 'tom JovernMent, he" resigned the command* of Mar seilles, and or the Sth military division, about the end of July, bill, to, the Marquis de Riviere, the present Ambassador of France to the Ottoman Porte, , who furnished him with passports to retetn to Path. A certain presentiment, which Mitt of high spirit are often too proud to follow, determined the Marshal to embark at Toulon fck some part of Bretagne; and thence to proceed to the capital. His effects had been already conveyed on board, as well as those of Bedos, the Chief of his Staff. False shame, And the fear lest he should be thought to betray some weakness by those who urged him to travel by land, and who described the road as perfectly safe, in duced the Marshal to change his mind. Escorted by a squadron of horse, he pursued his way through Provence, followed by his Aides-de-Camp. M.Bedos embarked according to the original plan, and the se quel but too well justified hit caution. On reaching the Durance, the Marshal, impelled by a kind of fatality, dismissed his escort. On Tuesday, the 2d of August, 1815, about ten in the morning, he arrived at Avignon, never to leave it again alive. He alighted at the Palais Royal hotel, where he and his Aides-de-Camp breakfasted in a room by themselves. One hour, one unfortunate hour, had elapsed. The Marshal was just going to remount his carriage, when he was recognised ; a soldier, standing with some other persons at the door oi; a c offee-house on the opposite side of the street, atintioned his name. The appearance of the veteran Officer excited among the spectators a respectful . curiosity, which was converted by a word into a very different feeling. A wretch, who joined• the popu lace, assembled round the carriage, exclaimed, a Ad.. mire the murderer of the Princess Lambelle!" At these words, legions of banditti seemed to spring up, as if by enchantment. Confused cries -were heard. The carriage proceeded, but was de tained at the gate, where a post of the National Guard assumed an air of no small importance at having to examine the passport of a Marshal of France. The Officer on duty insisted that this passport, which was "wholly in the' hand-writing of the Marquis de Ri viere, ought to be submitted to the inspection of Major Lambot, the Provisional Commandant of the Department of Vaucluse. Every moment's delay augmented the danger ; an infuriated multitude ob structed the way ; a shower of stones was thrown at the carriage, which had already passed the gate, when some of the maddened mob seized the reins, and con ducted the Marshal back to the hotel which he had just quitted, the doors of which were immediately closed.. The dauntless soldier endeavoured to cheer his Aides.cle-Camp, who trembled for his safety alone; they were parted from him, and he was kept by him self in a room, where, with the firmness of a hero, he awaited the catastrophe which he foresaw. The inhabitants of the whole city were assembled before the house : the atrocious calumny, first broached in the infamous publication of -, passed from mouth to mouth. Persons, whose names are known, were seen running about among the populace, re. pealing and commenting upon the slanderous report. A cry was soon raised, demanding the death of the veteran, - whose blood had so often flowed for France, though it is but justice to observe, that some of the Officers of the National Guard exerted themselves to the utmost to prevent violence. In the first moments of the uproar, the Marshal wrote a note in the following terms to the Austrian General, Nugent, who was then at Aix You know our engagements ; I am a prisoner at Avignon, and. trust that you will hasten to release me." What be came of this note is not known. • M. de Saint Chamans, the new Prefect of Van cluse, had arrived in the preceding night, and was incognito at the same hotel. Roused by the tremen dous noise, he rose, and sheaved himself to the peo ple. His authority was not recognized, and one of the ringleaders of the tumult had even the effrontery to declare that he was invested with the functions of Prefect. The generak was beaten ; the Mayor, the worthy and spirited M. Puy, assisted by a company of the National Guard and some gens-d'armes, re pulsed the furious populace for a moment. He went to the Marshal, and sought in vain to favour his flight. He again addressed the rabble, but the latter endeavoured to force their way through the national guard, who opposed the most determined resistance. The Mayor, at their head, cried out to the rioters— " Wretches! it is only over my lifeless body that ye can reach the Marshal r and placed himself in the midst of the bayonets, by which the door of the house was defended. In the meantime, others of the banditti scaled the walls in the rear, and penetrated into the hotel. The Marshal heard them approachin, and desired the sentinels before his door to return him his arms; they were denied him, and in vain he offered one of the soldiers a purse of gold for his musket. Some of the assassins forcibly entered the apartment. The Mar sbal, who was standing before the fire-place, unco- I noed his breast, without uttering a word. A voice repeated in his presence the calumnious accusation, which served as a pretext for the rage of the depraved populace. "My blood has flowed for my country," replied he, to his executioners ; " I have grown old -under the banners of honour. I was 60 leagues from Paris, when the crime of which I am accused was perpetrated."—"You must die," cried one of the vil lains, interrupting him. "I have learned to brave death," replied ire General, " and would fain spare you 4 crime; give me arms, and allow me five mites to make my Death !" shouted the murderer, discharging a pistol at him : the ball grazed his forehead, and tore off a lock of hair. The undaunted Brune folded his arms, and awaited. the second shot. The pistol bung fire. " You have missed," said another of the assassins; "make room; 'tis my turn now," and with a carbine the wretch ex tended on the floor 4 warrior, whom glory had ac companied in twenty battles, and crowned with the laurels of Mincio, Verona, and Tavernelle. It was two o'clock. The murderers burst into the apartment and plundered the effects of their victim ; they found, among other things, a sabre of great value, which the Gland fieignior had presented to the Marshal. After the •cOpopktion of the bloody deed, I doe of the murderers appeared on the balcony, adorned with the wbite feathers from the General's • bat, The savages under the window set up a hideous. • Arioataiiiiiiiat 6vtille bear shrAllii he thitwn AM tO dam The 'apt?* wally ,nrerthelen, placed iipsa a Wet', and carried towards the Church-yard ; buxom fury of the mob was not yet appeased ; twlt a l pees from the hotel they seized the body dragged it by the heels, - with beat of drum, to the. ninth arth of the bridge, where they threw it ioalill the Rhone, having first horribly mangled it withail; s of Weapons. The General's Aides-de-Catetp were withdrawn by the master of the hotel and an► other person from the rage of the populace, and they were kept concealed for several days, tin they could leave the town in safety. All the horrors of this infernal deed are not yet related. Females, not belonging to the lowest class, danced the farandola in the public square that was `yet stained with blood; and a being in human shape composed a song of triumph in the popular style, in the midst of these hlegeras. It is said that a prom.. verbal was drawn up, attesting that Marshal Brune committed suicide. If one of the principal actors in thieatrocious scene were not yet bidding defiance to justice, we might almost believe that Pnovioanon itself had undertaken to punish them ; for the first instigator of the crime expired a few days afterwards in.the most agonising tortures of remorse and despair. The Rhone carried the corpse of the hero to a spot between Tarascon and Arles, and there threw it upon the sandy shore ; but such was the terror which the murderers of Avignon bad spread around, this; no one durst consign the mutilated body to the earth. For several days it was left a prey to ravens, till ac length some humane persons removed it by night, and covered it with quick-lime. A citizen, who had taken a long and dangerous journey to rescue the mangled remains of a General of the old French army from the birds of prey, collected them with religious care, and returned to Paris to deliver to his family the mournful present. Friday last a truly melancholy accident occurred at the hotise of Mr. WOODWA RD, in the parish of Liangarren, in Herefordshire, in consequence of the blameable practice of leaving fire-arms charged with shot, in situations where they are liable to become the instruments of mischief in the hands of the thoughtless. A person who had been shooting on . Wednesday, bad placed his loaded gun in the even ing, in Mr..WOODWARD'S parlour, and on the Friday a young ,woman, who had been playing with the gun soon after it had been deposited in the parlour on Wednesday, and pulled the trigger, took it up, and in sport pointed it, first at one servant, who hap pened to be in the room, and who fled behind a screen, and then at another, when it unfortunately went off, and the whole charge struck the young woman on the chin . and neck, and she instantly fell dead. An inquest was held on the body on Monday, by W. PATRSH4LL, Esq. Coroner, and a vet diet of Accidental Death returned. ...Wednesday se'nnight, two lads, named Rowe and Wills, were together in a house at Lamellion, near Liskeard : Rowe, in a playful manner, took up a gun, which was in the room, and, not conceiving it was loaded, levelled the piece, and told Wills he would shoot him : unfortunately he pulled the trigger, and lodged the contents, a charge of shot, in the neck and head of his companion, who was so desperately wounded that he lies without hope of recovery. There was a large shew of sheep at Heckington Fair last Friday, in which, as well as foals, owing to• the scarcity of keeping, but little business was done,• and the principal part were unsold. At Peterborough Fair on Monday, the quantity of wool was large; what little was sold went off at la ferior prices. Cheese was not so low in price as at Northampton ; for the best 9s. a stone was asked.— Onions as low as 2s. 6d. a bushel. The beast fair was small, and few things were sold. The ram shew was larger than ever seen before—not less than 500 were exhibited. At Retford Michaelmas Pair, on Monday' and Tuesday last, an amazing quantity of. hops were brought in, which sold very tardily, especially on the first day ; prices from £2 to £.B per hundred. The cheese fair was crowded to excess, the sale tolerably brisk, and prime sorts fetched £3 per cwt. Horses Were plenty, yet but little in demand, and so on with other cattle. Nottingham great October, or Goose Fair, com menced on Monday morning ; the great horse and beast fair was held in the fields, and on the road to the west of the 'town. The shew of horses was very large, and there was a considerable declension in the prices of all descriptions. The number of fat beasts was smaller than usual, notwithstanding which they met with a heavy sale, and many of the best things were taken out unsold. For beasts of an in ferior kind there were more buyers. Milch cows sold well, but stores met with few buyers, and reL duced prices. There was a large quantity of cheese; on the first day, new milk cheese averaged about .595. and 60s. heavy sale, and much was left unsold ; on the second day, the price was reduced to 565. ot Os. and on the third day still lower, with but few buyers, and much was at last taken away unsold. The Athlone Herald says, fi The Fair of Ballina sloe commenced on Thursday se'nnight. Upwards of 100,000 sheep were exposed to sale, net more than about half of which met with purchasers. The re. duction of price on those sold, was very considerable. Prime sheep went off at 1.55. a head less than thb last year, and inferior ones at the rate of 71. The bullock fair opens on Monday." LEIPSIC, SEPTEMBER The fair is now really begun, and has hitherto proved very favourable, we have only to wish that it may continue so. There are numerous purchasers from Greece, Moldavia, Wallachia, Poland, and Rus sia, and much business has been transomed this week. The number of. Jews bets is considerable, bet there are also many SNOW' ' t French, and No. tis erlinders, with large magazines of goads, of which extraordinary quantities We arrived here within the last three or four weeks. Coax EILIMANSZ, Oceans but Stile Br ett of Suffolk Wheat kft ever from Wedaesday'a whet, fine neap from those Counties met ready sale on full as good terms ggess Monday, and picked samples of white obtained an advance of Is. per quarter, bat there Is not the keel amesdneent In *, kk► feria. qualities. Barley is ts. per sourer w* dull sale et that decline. Om me Is.gegwers-PaviPlakaa loge arrivals tiara ivedieseax• Jfrepsse ts es alistsaen. W •.1 4