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~i t I o. L 41 FRANCE. TIWBUNAL OF CORRECTIONAL POLICE., N0V.49. TRIAL OF M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT. • This day the Tribunal pronounced judgment in the ease of M. Constant, who was accused of having pub lished a libel in a letter which he had publicly ad dressed to M. Mangin, the Procureur.General of the Royal Court of Poitiers. The Court was excessively crowded. The *proceedings in the cause had pre viously occupied two days. Upon the first day, M. Constant* addressed the Court at considerable )apgth, in order to prove its incompetency to proceed in the trial, on. the ground that the letter which formed the ground of accusation had been written by him in his character of Deputy, in defence of the opinions which he had delivered from the tribune, and which had been grossly attacked by M. Mangin. M. BILLOT, the King's Advocate, in reply, main . tained .that the letter which was the subject of prose cution was not written by M. Constant in his cha racter of Deputy. The Judges declared their competency to try the cause, after which the..-Tribunal adjourned till the fol lowing day. On the e cond day, M. CONSTANT commenced his defence. kle declared that - he had considered it his duty to reply promptly and publicly to the imputa tions which M. Mangin had cast upon him and the party to which he was attached. M. Mangin had gone so far as tri say that he (M. Constant) had writ • ten a letter to M. Gorgel de la Senile, one of the pri soners tiled at Poitiers, stating, that if an insurrection took place, he would proceed to any place of which the rebels might obtain possesi imputation whole offence consisted in having repelled The which was attempted to be fixed upon him, that of seducing, and afterwards abandoning, a band of unhappy men. He trusted the tribunal would deliver such a verdict as would not give cause to imagine that the Repre sentatives of the Nation— men who were invested with functions—were the only persons in France who could he insulted with impunity; that every descrip tion of insult was to be permitted on one side, and all defence prohibited on the other. The KING'S ADVOCATE was heard in reply, and was followed by M. MoLLoT. After a few words from M. Constant, the Tribunal then adjourned to this day, when the Judges declared M. Constant guilty upon the first count of the indictment w hich charged him with having libelled M. Mangin; and acquitted him upon the second count, loy which he %vas accused of having libelled the President and the Maoistrates of the Assize Court of Poitiers. The sentence of the Tribunal was—That M. Con stant be imprisoned one month, • and do pay a tine of .500 francs. The copies of the libel which had been seized were ordered to be destroyed. TftlA 1. OF M. 'MARQUE, A MEDICAL STUDF.NT. LI r;UTENA NT-COLONEL DE.NTZEL, COLONEL FADViEIt, AND M. LATOLTCHE. The tribunal proceeded to the trial of the above tnetitioi.el individuals, who are accused of having at tempted to bribe the keeper of the Bicetre, to con nive at the escape of the prisoners who were con. demnesi for their conduct in the affair of Rochelle. The prisoners were saluted by a great niinit:ser of their ft :ends. Vbvier and DentzrlexhibiteciThe riband of the Legion of Il'atour in their button-holes. The Pre-ident proceeded to inteirngate the pi i srner,. Ile first a !dressed Colonel Dentzel. The President.—Wvre you not present at many meetings, in Liet the ne....na of effecting the escape of the prisoners was dist,:ssed? Culenel Ihmtzel.--4 tried to aid their escape; but I soon alx.reloned the idea, fv,ding that it was impracticable. D:rl you send 30,000 francs to Marque to cot rupt the jailer ? I did nor know that it was intended to corrupt the jailer. The President to M. Marque.—You have -aid in your inter ngatorks that one of your irieuds brought you money from Lieutenant-Colonel D-ntzcl? M. Marque.—The Lieutenant-Colonel often declated himself Eterested in favour of the prisoners; but I never said. nor ever can say, that the money came from Lieutenant-Colonel Deutzel. All yocr plans were discussed and agreed upon at Asper, near Garre, were they not 7—No, Sir, nothing was decided upon at that time ; it was subsequent to it that everything necessary for Ili: execution of our &sign was agreed upon ; Lieut.-Colonel Det,tzel was a stranger to the resolution that was adopted. The President to Colonel Fabvier.—When Mr. Dowling, an Fi:glish traveller, was arrested at Calais, a letter was found upon iota, addressed by you to tht. Sicurlt. Marian, a Piedinoutose re:vgev, in which you not only statis your opinions, but declare intentions hostile to the King's Government. Colonel Fabvier.—:`.Pow t•s explain this matter. Money was owing to me in England, which I despaired of being able to obtain, bnause it was necessary that M. St. Marian should pre viously obtain permission to proceed to England. Tiis circum stance railed my temper. The President to M. Marque—Did:you ever see Colonel Fab vier at any of your meetings?—No. Did your friend, who brought you the 30,000 francs, tell you from whence he got the money?-rile did not. The interrogatories having closed the Tribunal proceeded to the examination of witnesses. Simon, the keeper of the Dicetre, was the first witness. He deposer! that Marque was the person who first proposed that he should permit the prisoners to escape. He received the proposal with indignation ; but, in order to serve the King, after having given infoeinaaon to the Public Authorities, he pretended to agree to every thing. It was then determined upon that be should receive 60,000 francs, 10,000 of which were to be paid down immediately. M. latouche was acquainted with all these' circumstances, but neither he nor M. Marque mentioned the name of any person. M. Marque produced the 10,000 francs, and was immediately arrested. M . marque—With the exception of one fact, all that he has said is true. He did not receive my proposals with indignation, but with enthusiasm ; he appeared to be affected even to tears. Ile wished to do everything gratuitously, and said he would part with his last shirt to save the prisoners. It is true that his enthu siasm did not last long, and it because necessary to proceed in another manner with regard to him. He himself named the sum of 00,000 trancs, and required 10,000 to be paid on the spot, to provide fur the expenses of his flight. Senors—lt was only t. on: attachment to the Royal family that I pretended to accede to ya.r proposals; but it is true that I at first received them with indignation. M. Marque-11 that were true, should I have dared again to repeat them? the King's Advocate.—The facti speak' for themselves. The • jailor has dune his duty, and these observations are, at the least, toeless. _ Marque.—The observations are useful, and very useful, to my cause. If the jailer bad not listened to my proposals, I should not now be here. M. Belhomme.--.A restaurateur near Bicetre deposed, that on the 7th of September Lieutenant-Colonel Dentzel dined with M. Marque at his house. Upon one occasion the Curate of Bicetre ordered some coffee at his Louse for the young men who were wider condemnation. The witness proceeded to obey the order with alacrity, and did not fall to augment the usual quan tity of sugar and coffee. His zeal was remarked by Simon, who pressed him to go and see the four young soldiers ; the visit, he said, would afford them pleasure. The Tribunal here adjourned to to-morrow. FOVESIBER 20. This morning the Court was even more crowded than yesterday. The Knia's AZIVOCAT2 addressed, the Tribunal. and called open the J4tdget to convict the prisoners. M IVfarque afterwards spoke. He acknowledged that it , was his intention to have procured the escape of the prisoners, and snatch them from the scaffold. Lieutenant-Colonel Denton 'also addressed the Court, and denied that he knew of the scheme for liberating the prisoners. The Judges retired to deliberate upon their verdict, and - after being absent for an hour aad a half, they returned and acquitted Colonel Fabvier, but declared MM.Latouche and Marque, ai,r Lieutenant-Colonel Dentzel, guilty. The two former were condemned to three months' imprisonment, and the payment of a tine of 100 francs each; Dentzel was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, and to pay afine of 300 francs. 1 UK EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1822. STUCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the earlier part of the morning little business war doing, and Consols were 81i to e; soon afterwards an express arrived from Paris, and it was reported that Government had received one from Verona; the operations immediately commenced more actively in the above Market, when an eminent Prcker soli about 50,000 Consols at 81i, and offered more it 81k, but could not find any person to take them. Various reports were again in circulation, such as that the King of France is dangerously indisposed, that the French troops on the Spanish frontiers are in motion, and that the French Funds have fallen, though the exact price is (up to this hour) kept a secret; the reported price, however is, 86f. Ooc. and 87f. 50e. AU the 13rolscrs are selling, and great confusion prevails. TORRIGN MA RICZT. The above Market appears very heavy up to this hour, and .but little business doing; there are but few persons on 'Change except the City Chancellor, wbo made his appearance very early, and cannot be approached, except at certain periods, owing to the numerous failures. We understand that great orders have come from the country to different Brokers to sell their Foreign Securities, which throws a great damp on the above Market.— Chilian 771, New Spanish 591, Old 71, New Prussian 88, Old 87k, Russian 87, Danish 90i, Neapolitan 77i, Colombian 791, Peruvian 79k, Spanish Scrip 41 dis. STOCK ExctlANor., ONE O'CLOCK. There appears thy greatest fermentation in the marhet. The most alarming reports are in circulation respecting the French Funds. War with Spain, and the Death of the KING of FKANce. are the reports which are in circulation, and which, in a,great measure, have obtained the credit of the people on 'Change.— Consols continue heavy at Bt, and Spanish Bonds sr:l I. Plt !CRS OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 24-7 1 / 2 217 3 per Cent. Reduced SO V., 1 / 3 2 per Cent. Consols 81 1 / 2 80% 8 3'/ per Cent. 92%-4- per Cent. 93 97% 4 per Cent. Nev 101 Y 3 % 1 / 2 Bank Long Annuities 20 7-is 9-16 India BondN 425. Exclieq. Bills (C 1,000) ss. 6s. 41.--Small ss. 7s. Cons. for Account 81 1 / 2 81 'A 8078. A private express arrived in town this day, at one o'clock, from France; and by this conveyance we learn, that on Thursday the Ktxo's health had as sumed so alarming an aspect, that a Meeting of the Marshals of France had been held at the Thuil'cries, and although the result was not generally known,. the French Funds closed at a late hour on that day at 86f. 30c.—a fall of three per cent. on the price of the preceding day. The Paris Journals of Wednesday have reached us by the regular Mail. The evening papers of that day contain the result oldie trial of Colonel DENTZF.I, and his compa;licris, which finished on Wednesday after noon. This trill, with the sentence of M.BIMIAMIN CONSTANT, will be found in a preceding column.— The Honourable Deputy, for defending himself against a foul and atrocious calumny, has beem sentenced to one months' imprisonment and a fine of 500 francs. The intelligence from Simin, in these papers, is not so important as that communicated in a private letter from Paris, which states positively, that MINA had entered Seo &Urge], the former seat of the rebel P-e -gency. The families ofthe Marquis of MATAFLORIDA and of the Governor of Urgel had arrived with all their effects at Llivia, a village of Catalonia, near to the French frontiers. It is also stated that the alarm in the Army of the Faith was at its height, and that the soldiers were deserting by - hundreds. The troops at Puyeerda were closely shut up in Barracks, under the fear of a general desertion. Though the threats of war have subsided in Paris, yet little else is thought of in the Provinces. A letter from Bayonne, in the Courier Francais, dated the 13th inst. says—" Though peace is still spoken of, the preparations for war are going on here with an activity of which the preceding war with Spain did not even give an example. Very considerable sup plies of provisions are collected. Cannon have been, landed, and at the Chateau de Marac a park of ar tillery has been formed, the entrance to which is formally prohibited. It appears that it is intended to fortify the little town of Daz. Batteries of artillery are organized, and ready to depart at the first order. We expect immediately 500 horse artillery. The ma gazines of this place alone contain encampment effects for 40,000 men, and yet the whole Army of Observation does not present nearly this ; number of troops. The Insurance Companies of Bourdeauz have suspended their transactions. Specie has become very scarce in this town ; the Bank has raised to five per cent. the discounts which were formerly done at four and a half." The Journal de Lids goes so far as even to give a plan of the campaign against Spain, and says the conquest of that country would be but an affair of not more than three months. Experience ought to have taught this gasconading Frenchman better.— According to thit Journalist, the defiles of Tolota i and the fort Paucorvo are unworthy of attention, and Vittoria has only a lied wall and a fosse, which does not surround the town. Valladolid is open, and the I Castle of Burgos, celebrated for the defence it made under General DUBRZTON, no longer exists. It would perhaps be necessary to fight for the passage of the Sommatierra ; but it will be recollected with what facility it was forced by Marshal Brastettes. This Journal adds,' that the Spanish army still counts in its ranks a great number of soldiers accustomed to be beaten wherever the French engaged them ; besides. that they are badly armed, and commanded by bad Officers I" The Journalist concludes that 60,000 in fantry and 6000 cavalry would force their way even to Madrid. According to him, the great difficulty would consist, not is insuring the success of the expe dition, but a in procuring means of subsistence for the army in a country in which there was neither population nor the means of transport." The writer would have done well in pointing out some means to get over this difficulty, before he thus insulted a whole nation, and an army that have already been proved. Accounts from Bayonne, of the 14th, state, Out General O'Dortugt.t. had arrived at Irati, and that, according to the report of the Officers he found there, the Insurgent force in Navarre amounted to about 1,500 men, exclusive of guerilla parties on several points. Admitting this report' to be accurate, it is not likely that O'DONNILLL will obtain any brilliant results from his expedition, since QuEsarm, with a force much more considerable, was several times de feated. Besides, the Constitutionalists expect :hat Bri gadier Tonnuos will Immediately deliver Navarre from the factious. He has under his command 2,000 infantry and 300 cavalry, and is said to be more ac tive than his predecessor.—Journal du commerce. These Papers contain nothing but vague reports from Verona. It was reported in Ilaris that the Con gress had resolved not to interfere in any manner in the affairs of the Peninsula, but to leave France at liberty to adopt such course as her particular policy might f:ictate relative to the Peninsula. La Rue quit . (zinc announces that the Allied Sovereigns, in Congress, have decided, in principle, that arms and money ought to be.supplied to the partisans of tl.e Regency. If this decision is in principle only, and not put into practice, the insurgents will not much profit by it. • The Funds at Paris on Wednesday were—Five per Cents. 891. 30c. After the termination of the regular busine.,s, a fall of about per cent. took place in the rentes, in consequence of a new report circulated of a xdden attack of illness of the KING. The report had not received any confirmation at the departure of the couriers,v.-hich was late in the evening, and was there fore supposed unfounded. This forenoon we received intelligence from Bay , onne to the 16th instant. BAYONNE, NOVEMBER IS. The military operations have become extremely complicated within about a month ; Mina will hardly be able to undertake anything on a grand scale be fore winter, partly for want of a sufficient force and partly florn the obstinacy of the Catalonians, who fight like old troops, who are well paid, and have great advantages over the Constitutional troops, viz. their knowledge of the country and the support of the inhabitants : the last news state, that both Bala guer and Agramont are evacuated by the Royalists, but en the other hand it is affirmed that Gerona and Fig ueras are closely pressed by Visas and Mosen Anton. It can hardly be believed that Mina, braving the rigours of the season and abandoning the coun try in his rear, will run the risk of losing the flower of his troops in the inaccessible mountains of Puy cerda, especially since, if he leaves his line well guarded, he has at this moment scarcely 4.000 men at his disposal, which is by no means sufficient to force the positions of the Royalists on the Segre from Pons to Puycerda, not to mention Berga, which is, another Castelfollit. The want of money had, per haps, contributed to increase the disorder which be gan to be perceived in the ranks of the Royalists ; 1 but it is affirmed that at the beginning of the month the Junto of Urgel received from abroad twenty mil lions of reals. We have before said that the two banks of the Ebro gave some trouble to the Captain- General of Arragon, that the Trappist had made a fresh incursion at Babastro, and that Rambla threat ened to raise an insurrection in the Province of Valencia. The troops on the banks of the Cinca have received some small reinforcements, but insufficient to check the Royalists; and the column Tolosana has likewise been reinforced at Crape. The request of the Con stitutional Comminders for reinforcements cannot be complied with by the Minsters, who, for want of troops, have just ran the risk of sending to Catalonia two battalions of the Guards, whose anti-constitu tional spirit is but too well known. Mina has been undoubtedly beaten; but it is certain that he had pre- 1 viously enlisted from 5000 to 4000 men in this coun try, and that it is easy for him to repair any loss, so that we may expect soon to,hear of him again. Quebilla stil I hovers on the banks of the: Ebro, from Miranda to Reinosa, at its source, and commu nicated with Merino. The bands which desolate the three provinces continue their incursions, and have carried off 800 young men within the fortnight. Some of the above soldiers have served to re inforce them, others have been sent to Navarre, by way of Bayonne, Irati, &c. Happily for the Consti tutionalists, these bands of Za Barristia, Goros tidi, &c. are very ili-ditetted. the same is not the I , ease in Navarre, where the Junta has e,t,thlisbed order, as far as circumstances will permit, having checked in some degree the excesses that the troop s committed; they even flatter themselves, that on the arrival of General O'Donnell, all will assume a ti gular form. The Constitutionalists, on the contrary, hope tem General Torrijos will soon make this faction disap_ pear from Navarre. His fot ce amounts to 2,000 in fantry and SOO cavalry, on different points; and that of General O'Donnell to about 1,600 Men, withou t reckoning the various guerillas detached in sever a l directions. O'Donnell arrived at Irati, on the 136, and was complimented by the Officers of the garri, son, and four Members of-the Junta, who came from, Ochagavia to meet him, We have received Charleston Papers to the 2Sth of October. The following are extracts : FROM THE CHARLESTON COURIER OF OCT. 26. YELLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS.—We yesterday received New Orleans Papers to the Ist of October, and we are sorry to find that the yellow fever is making rapid progress in that city. There were deaths on the 21st and 22d ult. 24 on the 23,!, 23 on the 24th, 21 on the 25th, and SI on the 27th. FROM HAVANNAH. By the schooner Comet, arrived yesterday, we re ceived our files of Havannah Papers, to the 13th iits:t. The United States' ship of war Peacock arrived Havannah about the Ist inst. The flavarmah X. ticcro of the 11th inst. says," The news which we ha , : lately received from New Spain, by his sloop of war Tamar, which arrived in this port )c... tesrlay, is of the most disagreeable nature : the rating hero (Iturbide), who promised so much happi. ness, has turned a cruel tyrant, declared war again.: liberty, and adopted the most infamous and 1 1 measures. THE KIAG'S COURT. Yesterday, at hall-past twelve o'clock, his NTA V:: held a Court at his Palace in Pall-Mall, which attended by...— Their Royal Highnesses the Lan of York and Clarence, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the Lot .l Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, th' Chancellor of Exchequer, the Secretaries of State, the First Lord of the Ad miralty, the President of the Hoard of 'trade, the President the Board of Controul, Viscount Sidmuuth, the Lord Chief tire of the Court of King's Bench, the Per,ian Alinister, !he S , :r. dinian Minister, the Saxon Minister, the Master of tlf! Cerem - flies, the Master of the Horse., the ..ord Steward, the Trva4urer of the Household, Lord St. Helen's, the Laird in Waitine, S.:: Hillgrove Turner, the Groom in Waiting, the Earl Ca:licar, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Marqu's of Hertford, the 7..l:;rrt:', of Anglesea, the Earl Spencer, the Earl of Winch•lc , a, 1",:-1 of Lansdale, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Record ...r of Garter King at Arms, Black Rod, &e. &c. The Kira held a Chapter of the Oreer of Garter. The Knights assembled in the tobing. %there they 'were dressed in their robes; th, y p• ceeded to the King's Closet, where, the names c: Knights being called over, they, together v. Officers of the Order, formed a ptocesion to Chapter Room (the Grand Council Room). The Knights present were— The Marquis of Anglesea, the Earl Bathurst, the Earl of Li verpool, the Earl of buts&le, the Earl Spencer, the Earl of Westmorland, his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, his Royal Highness the Duke of York, bis Majesty the King, th•• Sovereign of the Order, his train being held up by Matier Tor rens, the Page of Honour M Waiting, attended by the Great Officers of State, and the Attendiiits in Waiting. After the KING, and the Knights and Officer; the Order, had proceeded into the Chapter !en.. with the usual ceremonies, and had taken their rr spective seats and places to form the Chapter, t: Chancellor of the Order 'signified the Sovereig:; . i commands for filling the vacant Stall in the Roy Chapel of St. George, Windsor, vacant by the ti,!- cea , ,e of the late Marquis of LONDONDERRY. Ti.: Chancellor then proceeded to collect the suffragfi from the Knights assembled, which were given by each Knight on large sheets of paper, and the Chan cellor presented them to the SOVERLIGN. The Chan. collor then, by command of the KING, declared 11:r Marquis Of HERTFORD to be duly elected. Garter King at Arms and Black Rod then retired from the bottom of the table, making their obeisances to the SOVEREIGN, to the adjoining room, called the Old Throne Hoorn, where the Marquis of HERTFORD was in waiting. Garter King at Arms and 131:rck Rod were accompanied by the Marquis of Ith:GLESF and the Earl BArnuttsr, the. two Junior Knights present, who introduced the Marquis of Marron!), preceded by Sir GEORGE NAYLER, Garter King Arms, carrying the Insignia of the Order and e.t! Blue Ribbon on a crimson velvet cushion. The Noble Marquis being introduced .% ith the usual forms, his MAJESTY was pleased to confer the hono..rs ofthe Order in the usual form by putting on the Garter. The KING was assisted by the Duke of YOCK, Senior Knight. The Noble Marquis received the congratulations r ' all the Knights present, ;•ccording to their Seniorit:. upon his Election to the Order. The Chancellor of the Order then pronounced r?..0 usual admonitions to the Marquis, upon his Electiz.‘, to defend the Order, &c. The Noble Marquis did not receive the horirtr Knighthood, having been previously Knighted •A he received the Guelphic Order. The Chapter being ended, Garter King at Alf ll4 called over the Knights Companions, and the cession returned in the order in which it had be,:r made when it entered the Chapter Room. His MAJESTY appeared in excellent healt:l. After the Chapter the KING retired for a s! 107 time, undressed from his robes, and then pro,:ce,ied t.) his Closet, when MIRZA MAIIONINIED Persian Minister, was introduced to his MAst,:s . ry by the Right Hon. GEORGE CANNINC. His Excellency presented his credentials, and was most graciously re ceived by the KING. • The Prince of BENTHEILI was presented to his nt- JEsTY on his arrival in England. The Count D'Aocre, the Sardinian Minister, and Baron JUST, had audiences of his MAJESTY ; the latter on his Excellency's return to England. The Kro then held a Privy Council, when natAiliDall was introduced, And • nude his Tel at CI I ' I 1' i I o.°,