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U • 'V' 'c+` - • Cent . s • • • t di •4. • • o urr Qz ± .4 7 o-la . . • • • 11 1111 C- S ic • a • • • kAtir.4 MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27 [il.:Es Et 7, l pxyqc E. f NUMBER 12,414:j .13e the 30th will be published, FRENCH PAPERS. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, No. VCR. for DECEMBER, 1326. • With a Map of the Seat of .War in Greece. Comm I. Di Vasari—A Tale of Florenie. By the late 'Chutes Edwards, Esq.—ll. Greece. No. 3.—111. Gillies's Ger- Msan Stories—lV. The Meeting of Parliament—V. 01 , th:sties; of Africa—Sierra Leone—Liberated Africans—Vl. Christmas Pre 'note—Vll. Works Preparing for Publication—Vlll. Monthly Lilt of New Publications—lL Appointments, Promotions, Ste.— Xe Berths, Marriages, and Deaths. Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. CadeU, Strand, London. FROM THE MILL CONSTANTINOPLE, Om 26. 'MUM Or • f &if [CT Or roLtet, AND /MLA NATION IllatiteTlNO THE GREEKS. Letters from Geneva of the 20th inst. announce that the weekly subscriptions in favour of the Greeks, pro. posed by M. Eynard, have been already commenced in some towns of Switzerland. At Nijon, a small' town near Geneva, the population of which does not exceed 2,000 souls, 397 subscribers have presented themselves, and offer to pay three sous each, weekly, until the har-1 vest of nen year: it is expected that the number of the subscriber's will soon be 450; at Rolle, and other small towns, where there are 1,200 inhabitants, 250 sub scribers hate been found. Geneva is alio on the point of opening subscription', and it is especteil.f:om 4 to 5,000 persons, out of a population of 24,000, will inscribe their names. If this example be followed in other countrie , the Greeks may, at all events,- derml on relief from the pressing famine which menaces them fr om the devastation of their _lds. Those subscriptions in Switzerland are instituted with the sole view of giving bread to a nation, which other wise must perish ftom *ant of the common nece satin , of life.. liiis work of pure Christian chalky most be approved by men of all ranks and parties, whqerier be their opinions or their wishes with Regard to the Greek contest, politically considered. not very particularly attended appeared upon the Neapolitan that eatly age, distinguished ft frequently accompanying the o lying there, and continuing in night. That, on one occasion, the performance of a game cal a most indecent exhibition, pert ors in a state of nudity. Mad &twit, positively contradicts ea meats, all of which are absolut This day was publkshed. In post Bvo. price 10s. Bd. she was not born at Naplet, hut in 11 never did perform at the Nespolitai she educated at the Convent refer never was on board ship, as alleged, her life witness the game of " Hunt woik then kontinued—thit, being mother to this country, she was und, .a person called " Dick Wilson." Al.ac thit she never knew Such a person. THE LAST of the LAIRDS; or, the LIFE and OPINIONS of MALACHI MAILINGS, Esq. of. AUld biaings " What's the Laird doing, Jock ?" " Doing ! what.hhosil4.be.he doing, but sitting on his ain loop ing-on stane, and glowing frae him?"—Sage Sayings of Jock the Lairds Man. • My the Author of " Annals of the PAHA," " The Entail," 84c. Sidttefor W. Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cade% Strand, Liodon. • •. . - Or whom may be had, by the same Author, I.. The AYRSHIRE LEGATEES; or,,the PRINGLE FA MILY: Second Edition. Tu which is added, The Olerecauto of thy Wass.. l2mo. 7s. S. ANNALS of the PARISIL Second Edition. limo. Bs. 3. Sir ANDREW WYLIE, tel that Ilk. Three Vuls. 12ino. Second Edition, Is. 4. The PROVOST. Second Edition. limo. 7s. 5. The STEAM-BOAT.iimo. 7s. 6..Tbe ENTAIL; ck, the LAIRDS of GRIPPY. Three Vols.l2mo. CI Is. CONCIIOLOGY. MR: THOMAS begs to atquaint the AMATEURS of CONCHOLOGY, that he will have the honour of SELLING BY AUCTION, IN LOYS, At his Great Eliot*, 58, King's-street, Cogent-garden, TO.hl olt ROW, 28Th November, and following day, at Half-put Twelve n'Cloeki very punctually,' ONE of the richest COLLECTIONS of SHELLS ever of fered fur Sale In this country. It embraces some UNIQUE serciaturs, and hoer specimens of several rare species than are elsewhere to be seen, as well as must of the rarities and beauties from celebrated Cabinets that bare been sold within several years. Tble viewed before the Sale, and Catalogues to be had (One Shilling each); at Mr. Thomas Offices, 38, King's-street, Co vent-garden. On MOIDAT next will be published, . In ()tie t4ick Vol. royal fivo. DART 1. of the PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY and REVIEW for 1526 ; containing the DEBATES of the last Session, carefully revised and arranged tinder appropriate heads. Price xss, • On the Ist Jan. 1 887„; pill be published, PA If T• 11. -- The eXIII.I4SIENTAIt Y REVlEW—con taining Es.ays on the principal subjects discussed in Parliament together w ith an Tsai ll i l 'aim) of the Arguments employed in debate: as speedily as. possible, PART Ttl.--I'AItLIAMENTARY A BST lt A CTS—contain ins the Substance of all important Papers presented is each House during the Session. Printed fur Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. tCANOMY IN GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHES. A. SUIT of SUPERFINE - CLOTHES lot ISs. AT 146, LEADENHALL-STREET. WILLI A WELSFORD takes the earliest oppor., 'unity of informing such of his Fiiends whose object I. Economy in the article or Dress, that in consequence or an advan tageoui eonnection - he has entered into with some eminent Woollen Manufacturers in the West of England, he is enabled to offer a SUIT of SUPERFINE CLOTHES "at the unprecedented low' rate as above, leaving the experiment to decide for itself. He is conident that no Establishment in London can surpass his own for the excellence of the Materials, the Elegance of the Fashion, the Exquisiteness and Durability of the Workmanship, and low-1 mess of the l'rice. Merchants and Captains supplied with every Article in the Trade at the shortest notice, anti on the lowest Terms, it being understnod that no Credit can be allowed. THE MANDARIN; OR, UNEXPECTED PROMOTIONS. A CORONATION INCIDENT IN HYDE PARE. . YDE PARK on the day of the pageant display'd Jt.a. Its groupes s of Pedestrians in gay Promenade; And much of attention an Officer drew In Cuirass envelops) of luminous hue, A question.that rals'd, as to which would reveal Superior attraction, apt incident backing The merits of either—the Cuirass of Steel, Or Boor ornamented with WALRUS'S JR? &ACM° ? An Amateur passing array'd in the Jar, iiis Boors by three Lancers were quickly beset ; Their shadows who viewed with tumuit'ous remark, And led by the magnet paraded the Park, Admiring their forms. by reflection thus seen, And often salaming the great Mandarin ! The car by two elephants drawn till it came, !Exalting their friend then, to prominent fame, They hoisted him, maugre the keeper's attack, Mott as their Chief, on an elephant's back ! " Inglise Nlandsriti!" while they raise thus the cry, " Inglise Mandarin!" countless thousands reply! The Amateur often expressing a notion Of leaving his seat of distinguish'd promotion; Wu forc'd by the crowd his new rank to sustain, And frequently dieted, in ironical strain, The ardour of mirthful cemnsotion between, With a Long liv e th e dignified, great klattgrin r Good humour prevall'.l—and the fetes of the day This incident aptly and curiously backing; 1, he ?Torts of the Park the late spectators SRL Wet t: laughably aided by WARRILL'S Jar CENG. This Easy Shining and Brilliant BLACKING Prepared by alio/ i'atezen. 30, STRAND, London; And sold in every Town in the Kingdom. LIQUID in Bottles, 6d. 10d. 12d. and lad. each. Abu PASTIt BLACKING, in Pots, Hd. 12d. asd 18d. etch. A Shilling Put of P.iste is equal to Four ls. Bottles of Liquid. 0- Ask for WARRIM's Blacking. TN GS NUL Seeing . that, fo r somelt time pAst, it has been found difficult to execute the laws and ordinances of the empire, all things have departed from their ancient sphere ; and the It tjahs*, among others, have indulged in practices, utterly oppos-d to their condition as Ra jahs. In consequence it is the supreme will of his High ness that all things should be restored to their respective, 'limits, and that a Prefect of Police, chosen from among the Capidji Bechi, should be appointed, to whom that, task may be committed. Every opinion being in unison with regard to this measure, it has been adopted; and in the ordinance which has been issued on the subject,' and which is clothed with the author it y claw autograph order of his Highness, it is strictly forbidden !oeyers R.ijah to carry iu ruture large kalpaks, to be clothed in cloth or stuff of the colour or cut that is assigned to Mussulmen, and they are forbidden to wear any thivit bet bet . tich and djii6a (long dresses,.which merely di ff e r from each otherits the length of the sleeves) of darroW black cloth, of the cut at all times: assigned for the R ; they must not be seen abroad otherwise clothed ; their Patriarch will give them speedy information on this head; and if they are found tragsgressing by the Prefect of Police, aler the publication of this ordinance, they will be immediately seized and punished. It is known that certain of the Rajahs, foolish men, in divers plies, and on the canal, allow themselves to transgress the limits assigned them by their condition of Rajahs, that their daughters appear in public in the Bosphorus, in Eta, at Ketlikaha, and other places, dressed like Franks. The P: efect of Police is ordered and enjoined to punish any Rajah 'whom he shall:in future meet, dressed in a way that is not allowed; and the care of this is not committed to him atone, for we ourselves will see to it ; and if we shall hear of any con travention of these our orders, we shall reserve to our selves the power of inflicting other punishments. For these ends, Boulouruldi shall be sent to the Armenian Patriarch, and to the Jewish Khaliambachi, and thou too—thou shalt see that it be well understood of such of the Greek nation as need requites, that henceforth every one must clothe himself after the ancient mode; and that-every -part of their conduct, and all their actions, must be regulated conformable to their miserable con dition of Rajah, and that none do depart from the same; and whoever contratenes these presents, shall be pu nished without mercy. The 25 Safer. 1242—(end of September, 1896). PARIS, Novntess 24. The Austrian Observer confirms what we have an nounced, that the Grand Seignor, on the Roth of Oct. ratified the additional convention concluded at Aker mann on the 6th, and that a courier set out the same day from Constantinople; to carry the ratificatloc to Akermann. The Gazette of Augsburg says, that Daoud Aga, the Persian Agent at Constantinople, wished to make a visit to M. de Minziacky, and had asked for a passport to proceed to Russia. It is thought probable, that the receipt of the bulletins of the Russian army has led to these conciliatory steps.. M. de Minziacky refused both the interview and the passport. • /Wok, probably from the Hebrew Raca, is a strong term of contempt for a Great. The last Gibraltar packet. the Marchioness of Salis. bury (captain ROICRTI, acting commander), landed at Falmouth firemen, whom she had with great difficulty, providentially delivered from a situation of extreme danger, in the Bay of Biscay, on the morning of the 20th ult. The men, who were Portuguese, had, by the violence of the winds, been driven out to sea, in a coast ing vessel of twenty-two tons burden, and remained for six days. When picked up by the Marchioness of Salis ; bury, they were scudding under bare poles in a heavy sea, in which it was impossible their bark could long have survived ; and had been several days without water or provisions.. Oa the previous night they hailed a Dutch galliot for assistance, without success. Captain Roman humanely took them on board his vessel, and treated them with the utmost kindness. They had some bags of specie and a small cargo of figs. The boat was abandoned to its fate, but the specie was preserved, although the Captain, in the endeavour to catch one of the bags which had dropped from his hold, fell over board, and was nearly killed by the concussion of the two vessels. Not the leAst satisfactory part of the trans action will be the restoration of the men to their friends in Portugal, who Must, no doubt, have regarded their loss as certain. Advices from St. Helena state the Governor to be very popular there, in consequence of his exertions to improve the state of the island. He had established an Agricultural, Society, and in order to encourage the farmers, caused fairs to be held semi-annually, at which prizes were awarded for the best cattle, barley, oats, and vegetables. He had also established a market out side the gates, where the shipping are supplied with meat and fruit without going to the tows. The market was under the superintendence of a clerk, whose duty it was to see strangers not imposed on, the prices of the articles being regulated by bins. The tonnage duty had been taken off, and a ship may now , stop at the island, and take in ten tons of water at Si. 641. sterling, and 4s. 6d. for a water certificate: Accbunts from Carthagena of the 26th September inform us, that a messenger from Brut VAR had arrived there on the 24th, and proceeded for Lasoiyra and Puerto Cabello. His object was said to be that of call ing a meeting of the population of every town, and if the majority wished a Convention held before 1830, to take into consideration a change of Government, the President intended to accede to their wishes. An at tempt at insurrection is stated to have taken place at Quito, a few days prior to the departure of the messen ger. One of the regiments stationed there, lormed of enfranchised slaves, mutinied, and proceeded to the public square, crying Long live King FerJinand I" &c. They were put down, after being tired upon, by which about 120 were killed, and se►eral were executed afterwards. Bolivar is represented as having pledged himself to be at Bogota on the 12th of Octobei. •LAW REPORT. • COURT OF CHANCERY, N0v.25. , rant v. of 7AmT. The application in this. case s , made by Mr. HART on the p.trt of Mt. Lopez, was for she payment of a sum of 16,0001. out of Court; and the grounds upon which the motion chiefly re,ted were, that the sum in , question had been declared, by a verd;ct at law, to belong to Mr. Lopez, and that every eff or t h a d been made, and every species of delay (many of which, it was well knows, presented themselves in equitable proceedings), had been resorted to, to p r e v e nt a fi nal decision. The effect, of course, had been, to keep Mr. Lopez from the possession of the large sum so paid into Court, to abide the issue of the suit. The LORD CHANCELLOR would carefully read over all the papers in the case, to ascertain whether proceed- ings had been actually resorted-to, for the purposes of delay. It was, indeed, most important that this question should be strictly examined, and sifted to the bottom. He would, for this purpose, look through all the pro- ceedings, and declare his opinion as soon as possible. WIII.LiSLIT V. VII Dull or itAUFOILT. When this matter was last heard, Monday was fixed for the production of the afficiavits in answer to those already filed. Mr. Haas, at the tising of the Court, expressed a wish that a late* day might be appointed, as the affidavits would require more time for prepara tion than had been allowed. He should wish someday at the latter end of next week to be named. The LORD CHANCZLLOR thought the first Seal after Term would be a convenient day. It was probable that at the latter end of next week he might be engaged in the House of Lords. He was desirous that, .before the affidavits were read in open Court, they should be sent to him, that he might be put .in full possession of all the facts they contained. Mr. SIIABWSLL promised to comply with the request. The first day after Term is therefore now bxed for the further &mission of this cam. • roura lanTss. A poor female suitor, at the sitting of the Court, handed op a letter to the Bench, and earnestly peti tioned his Lordship to read it. His Lordship said he would very willingly read it. He hoped, however, the letter was in her own hand-writing, as he had, he was sorry to say, received many letters not written by the suitors, but by persons paid for it, which did incalculable mischief to the parties ash...mere interested. The case of tho " Liverpool Corporation v. the Mersey Naviga tion Company," was heard until the rising of the Court, before four o'clock, and was not then concluded. The bankrupt petitions specially appointed for tu.day, stood on the Hat, but not owe of them was beard or disposed of: .COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 2Se 71111 CUITOM-MOVIIII.-tug into V. I'ItTO. _ It will be recollected by our readers, that this cause was tried last Term, and a verdict given of one issue on the part of the Crown, and others on the part of the de fendant. The first issue on the part of the Crown was,' that there was a stratum of gravel on which the found-. ation might have been built. This morning Mr: SCA RLETT and Mr. Denham; at-' tended, on a rule to chew cause why judgment should nut be entered up for the Crown. Mi. Scantarr read the specification, and contended, that it was no specifica tion at all; that it only set forth that cettlin actions were 'to be performed at the direction of a surveyor appointed by the Commissioners, consequently the performance rested on the direction of the surveyor, and not 'on the specification. After further comments, he added, that on one occasion Mr. Peto gave notice to Mr. Lang, the sur veyor, that, in his opinion, the piling was insufficient for the foundation, and that it ought to be projected on some other plan. Mr.' Lang, however, returned for answer, that they were to adopt oak piles instead of beech. With this direction they were bound to comply, and did comply according to the terms of the specifica tion. He also submitted, that by those terms the piles of the specified length would not reach the stratum of gravel, therefore the issue for the Crown was immaterial. The Mirmusav-Gzsmaat. was heard in reply until the rising of the Court, when the further argument and the judgment were ad. jourued till Monday. COURT 0# KING'S BENCII, Novntsta 25. • VHS UM a. nuacousa. Mr. SCARLICTT moved for a rule to :hew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the defendant, for a series of libels, concerning the plaintiff,. contained in a publication, called" The Memoirs of the Paddle and Private Life of Madame ;rabic." lhis work was published in numbers; and, on the appearance of the second number, the Solicitor for the prosecution, Mr. Hartley, wrote to defendant, threatening this step, and hoping that such threat might deter him from con tinuing the publication. It, however, has not had that effect, and they were obliged to make this application, for the purpose of putting down this shameful indecency and great scandal to public morals. In conformity with its title, it proceeded to state that this Lady we:born at Naples, and received the early part of lwr education at the Copycat of St. Marguiretta, where her morals were •”•••• VW WV I% LUGS& ,stated, that her mother, by whom she was encourages in a course of profligacy, had actually sold her younger sister, Louisa, to a /%I,ble Lord (Lord Petersham). which she swears is totally false ; as is likewise the state. ment of her (Madame V.'s) connection, of a simnel- na= tare, •with a Mr, Hone, and a vast number of otbet persons to whom the work refers. She never was in the presence of his Majesty, except in public; and the dig. gusting details of her intimacy with that Illustrious Personage, when Prince of Walei, and which are em. bellished with an indecent print, are altogether and ab solutely false in every particular. She admits that-she is acquainted with Captain Best, but denies that she ever was Under his influence, constraint, or protection. That she never knew Lord Barrymore, or was refused a benefit at the King's Theatre, or had any criminal in tercourse with any of Bonaparte's Field Marshals;—.ill of which this WOl k charges her with. In fact. said the Learned Gentleman, she distinctly denies every one fact alleged, and almost every name. Mr. Justice Barz.ay..--Take a Rule to shew cause. To make the case more intelligible, we subjoin the af f idavit at length. " Sahli, that the father of deponrtit did not at any time, to the best of her knowledge and belkf, get into any scrape which ren dered it necessary for him to leave England; and that he did not leave F.ngland, and land at Naples, in the year 1789, snd take up his abode in the environs of Strada de Toledo; and that the father of deponent did not live and die at Naples, as in the said libel is stated; but, on the contrary thereof, lived principAly in England for the last forty years before his death, which occurred about four 1 - )rears _ " Saith, that Madame Bartoloszi, the mother of deponent, cams to England when she was six years of age, and is still residing in this country, and that she did not at any time support herself as in said libel is stated, or receive any pension from the Casa del Monte, or any other institution whatsoever • that discord never did at any time rage betwixt her (deponent) an% her said mother ; nor bad she (deponent) at any time neglected her said mother ; but that, on the contrary thereof, there has always existed between her (deponent) and her said mother the greatest affection and regard ; that said mother of deponent never married a second husband of the name of Burke, or of any othei name; but that her said mother has al. ways hitherto been, from the death of her late husband, (the father of deponent,) and stiU is, unmarried; that her said mother never bartered with Lord Petersham, or with any other person whatso ever, to dispose of her child, Josephine, the slater of deponent, as in said libels is stated. • " Saitb, that the deponent was not born at Naples, antleducated under the superior of the Convent of Santa Margaretta, on the bill of St. Elmo ; but that the deponent was born in London, and educated in England ; and payer has been, during any period of her life, at Naples; that she, deponent, did not appear, in the year 1804, at the Theatre San Carlos as a mere figurante, or at any other time, or in any other character whatever; but that the first appearance of deponent on any stage, was in London, at the King's Theatre, as principal singer, In the year 181 S. That she, deponent, never was at Salerno with any person of the name of Spencer Smith, or any other person. whatever; and that she, deponent, never was on beard the Theseus sloop of war, or present on board of that or any other ship, or in any other place where the game of " Hunt the Bather," or any other such game as in said libels is de scribed, was played. That she, deponent, never wis on board the Theseus, or slept in a hammock of the Captain's cabin, in that or any other ship, as in one of laid libels is stated. That she, deponent, never paraded the streets of Naples, or of any other place what. ever, in the dress of a midshipman, w i t h C a p ta i n O wen Or w i t h any other person whatever. " Sikh. that she does not, nor did she ever know,' or was ac• qualrited with any persons of the names of Spencer Smith, Nicholas, Sir Charles Cotton, Captain Owen, Captain Johnson. Mr. Petre, Lady Hamilton, the Marquis,Carraccioli, or Lord Nelson ; and that she never did, from any m o ti ve w h atsoever, counte n ance any report that she was at any time protected by Lord Nelson ; and that she, deponent, never had any interview, conversation, or communica. don with them, or either of them, at any time. "Saith, that she, deponent, never was at Civita Vecchia, Freida, or Mount • Vesuvius, with Mr. Holmes, or any other person what• ever, and that she never kn e w or was acquainted with 'astir person t he name of Lieut. Holmes; that she, deponent, did not - see her husband (Vesttis) at Reime, but that she saw hint in England for the first time,.and was married to him in London, and that dept. neat never was at Rome at any period during her life; that she, I ,,deponent, never was in any way known to, or acquainted with, the 1 , Duchess of Devonshire, Mr. Upton. the Countess of Albany, or Jerome Alfieri, and never had any communication, conversition,or intercourse with them, or eith e r o f th em , at R ome , or i n a n y ot h er place wha tsoever; that she, deponent, never was engaged for the English Plc Nic Theatre, under the direction of Captain DrOVIt End Mr. Junes Donnelly ; and that she never was at Von Mahon, or in any other way acquainted with Capt. Drown or Mr. James Don nelly, or either of them; that the deponent never knew, or avu acquainted with„Lientenant Colonel Carr, nand never resided with him or any ocher person, and never was at Mount Love ; that she, deponent, never bad thoughts of taking the veil. and becoming a nun, at Minorca, or any other place; and that she, deponent, never was at Minorca. " Smith, that she did not at any time play at the Garrison Maestro at Gibraltar, and that she, deponent, never was at Gibraltar; that she, deponent, never appeared at the Lisbon Theatre, under the protection of the Marquis Villa Real, or any other person; and that she, deponent, never knew any such person as the Marquis Villa Real, nor was she ever at Lisbon or Cintra with him, or any miter person whatsoever. " Saith, that she, did not at any time perform at the French Theatre of a el n e irlOrt Lord, or of any person whatsoever. in St. James's-square, or elsewhere, under a fictitious name. • " Sakti, that she admi ts i t to be true that she, deponent, is slightly acquainted with Captain Best, having been introduced to him by Mr. Cord: but that she was never at any tim e fin nibbe d with instructions by him, the said Captain Best ; and that she, de ponent, never was in any way under his influence or control, or accompanied by him in her provincial engagements ; that she, depo. • Dent, never lived with said Captain Vast, with the mother and sister of deponent, or with any other person, at N 0.32, Brydges. street, Covent-garden, or at any other bone* of that description ; that said Captain heat never, on any occasion, carried tier, deponent, into the Fountain, a notorious brothel—end that she, deponent, never was in that, or any other house of that description with Said Captain Best, or any oth e r person whatsoever; th a t said Captain Best never accompanied her to Manchester on a theatrical engage ment, or on any other occasion whatever; that she, deponent, never accepted any engagement to play at Manchester; that she, deponent. never did perform at blauchester--and that said Captain Best never. slept in the same bed, or hid any et - 11111nel Intercourse with her, deponent, at the Wheat Sheaf, or any other place whatsoeve:r, as in said libels h stated. " &kith, that she, deponent, never dii meet or enter into any eon aeration with his Majesty the Mils, in l'all-mall, or in any other