The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-25 00:00:00

0 - • - John Ste !Pori was a clerk of the defendant's, and re membered Mr. Henry bringing a hank note of 1,000/. to their house in done, 1822; he was in the frequent habit of ,ii.emont'ng with them, and in the instance of this bill, Henry salti it was for a person who lodged in his house, whirl, was called the American Tavern. One qnarter per vent. was the charge in Liverpool for giving small notes of any kind in exchange for largeones. Henry said he should wish the defendant to divide the commission, as he (Henry) meant to have some profit by it. It was in consequence of aat that the defendint agreed to take only one-eighth per rim., if Henry was satisfied to receive in the discount part Fills and part cash. This was agreed to, and eight bills were Oven, the interest of which for the time they had to Inn. was allowed to Henry at the rate of five per cent. The commission on the discount was 255. On the same day, they remitted in course of post. the 1,0001. note to Messrs. Williams and Co. London. Witness made a regular entry of the remittance in their book. Two of the bills which were given in payment to Henry were returned diabonoured, ant were afterwards paid by the defendant. Cross-examined by Mr. Scaenerr.—lt was in their day honk the entry was made. They had, of conrse, ledgers a nd other hooks. It was not their practice to enter the -''tails of money paid out, nnless it was to a customer. Hail heap with the defendant for 6 years. Mr. Henry was a customer, and they used to discount bills for him. Henry 'kept a tavern; witness thonght he had been in it, and nas n.'t ashamed of it. He went there to desire Henry to attend this trial, and he did not know that the tavern was one Ire (rented by the commonest sailors and Jews; he had heard nnthine disreputable of the house, nor did he know that Henry had been insolvent. Witness could not say what onantity of gold coin was paid in the discount. He be lieved that Henry was, besides the business of his tavern, a slopreller, but could not say whether slops were publicly exposed for sale, or notified as being on sale from the win dow. Witness had been in the habit of seeing bank notes for 1,0001. Re-examined.—Five notes of 1,000/. have passed through leis hands in one (lay. The defendant bad never had any other dealings with Henry as a banker, except in the way of discounting Isms Henry examined by Mr. Sergeant CROBI, after be ing sworn on the 01(1 Testament-Lit was his handwrit ing that lie now saw on the bark of the note shown to him (the 1,0001. note.) He received it from a Mr. Hughes, a merchant, who hail lodged in his house. In the month of November before this transaction, lie (Hughes) was at his house, before he took his pass ege to America. He asked witness to procure a vessel for him, as he was acquainted with a number of the American captains. Hughes remained at his house for three weeks at that time, and gave him the I,COI I / bank note to get exchanced, as he said he wanted to purchase some goods to Labe to America. 'Witness told him that the note being for so large an amount, lie should have to pay a commission for it, and in answer to his question, respecting the rate of commission, witness said he thought it would be one-quarter per cent., unless, perhaps, that be ing a note of the. Bank of England, they might exchange it for one-eighth. Witness went first to Mr. James Aspi nail's to get the exchange, but he had not so much cash at the instant, and that was.the reason he went to the de fendant's. The letterset first .aid he had not bank-notes to spare for exchanging so large a sum ; but at witness's stizerstion, he said lie had promissory notes, and lie would give they, in the payment, allowing the, interest for the time they had to non, antrthat they would answer equally as well for Mr. Hughes, in purchasing his goods for the American market. The defendant, after examining the IS (HI!. bank note, and saying it was a good one, took out his'porkcrlrook and rdesired witness to make a selection from the hills which it contained. He did so, and the bills amounted to 7101., and he received the remainder in cash and bank notes. Cross examined by Mr. BnouommAsr.—Witness got the balance, 258/. in cash and notes ; there might be about 220/. in bank notes, and about 30 in guineas; there might be one or two 201. notes; will not swear that there was not a•lol.—there might be; there might be a 301.; witness changed some of the notes for doubloons, not to his know ledge; it was not a '5O. Mr. Hughes went down aboard his - .hip with his portmanteau—witness sells cluthes—Cheap CI. the is on leis board—no old do, do, do. (Yon know the cry. said Mr. lironeloam.) Witness,-1 know it now, but I never sold old clothes. Mr. Aspinall, to whom the se-istess first took the note, was the person of that name who failed some years ago.as a banker; he is now a bill broker; —his place of business was about a quarter of a mile from that of the defendants. There were two eminent banking houses nearer to the witness in Water Lane than the de fendaut's. Mr. Scsrmerr, in rising to reply, said, that his learned Mend bad thought proper to charge him with a studied silence upon part of this singular case, and with passing loosely over the rules of law as applicable to the questions of currency between man and man. Now this charge was misapplied, and the Court would do him the justice to be lieve. that he ors not a man to waste the public time by dwrliing 'lron distinctions, with Which every than in trade must be supposed to he perfectly conversant. Indeed his learned friend load been rathefguilty of suppression ; for • in the very case which he had quote'', "Miller and Race," won!eh be found adtlit'onal expressioEs of Lord Mansfield • beyond those which his learned friend had maintained ; for Lord Mansfield had there said, that although an innkeeper might in the way of business exchange a note for a robber who had just stolen it on the highway, yet if from the circumstances there was no reason to suppose him to be free from any collusion or. suspicion in the transaction, or knowledge of the theft, he would be entitled to retain the money, for be was necessarily exposed to receive in payment whatever stoney strangers of respectable appearance thought proper to tender him in the way of his business, and Lord Mans field's words were—" Had it been a 1,0001. note, for instance, instead of the notes ordinarily in circulation, then indeed the complexion of the case would be altered." Here then was that very exception, here wastbel,oool.note, and covered with every degree of suspicion. Had that note been tendered by a re spectable person, who might have taken it in the due course of business, then it would - be different. But Imre was a note which bad throughout the country been advertised as lost or stolen, and here was a man appearing with it at a bank er's, covered with every suspicion respecting his property in it. Did the defendant know Henry, or did be not? If he did, how came he to lull his suspicions? If he did not, how came he to take such a note from a stranger, and keep so singular an account of the details of the transaction? Upon the latter point there was much to be said. What consideration bad the defendant given for this Bank of England note of 1,000/. according to his own account ? He, a banker, had avowed that nobody was present at the time but Henry and himself—he kept no cash account of his dealings, to show the precise nature of the monies be paid and received : the way, forsooth, that he regulated his cash account, was not by the inconvenient written registry in books of account; but as it were by putting into one pocket what he rival ved,and taking out of another what he paid, and perhaps on the Saturday in each week striking a balance be tween thetwo pockets, and they were to be told this on the part of • man who averaged en amount of 400,0001. annlially in his banking account in London. The Jury would, if the statement before them were true, see a motive for so much studied obscurity ; it was convenient for the suppression of unpleasant dealings which were not fit to be disclosed.— The clerk bad said that at the defendant's the practice was • to enter all notes down to 201. Henry admitted that be believed be was paid one or two of 201. where, then, was the entry of them ? If that were forthcoming, then might be traced the endorsements of Hughes, the notable American merchant,and his man of business, re. Henry. But would any man in his senses believe, that Hughes, if there existed such a man, would pay one quarter or one eighth per cent. to get a Bank of England note exchanged—and for what? For promissory notes of private hands; and this, too, wen. able him to purchase goods for the AnteriL greater convenience. If a min really warn !weld he have passed the respectable bat ;Roscoe snit Co., Leyland and Ce. and of in his a ay, before he could arrive at the di laths% be, according to the old adage,' feather flocked together," went to deal wi man . his owl. heart? In conclusion, he should only remind the Jury, that here they had not to consider, whether the de fendant knew the note to have been stolen or not ; all they had to bear in mind was, that lie did not prove he had given, an adequate valuable consideration for it; that he hail psrti'cipated in the profits with the wrong possessor of the note, and had thereby rendered himself liable in the eye of the law. The Learned Judge then charged the Jury. The clerk of the defendant's was again called to as coun tfor the entry of two bills of the same amount the same number, and the same acceptor, in the bill, book. He said that by the mistake of a boy, who first, entered it, be entered it himself over again, and made a me morandum of it at the time. He made it the same day the no.e was discounted. Mr. Sc. Kl. Err addressed the Jury again upon this point. He said that in the course of the 3:?. years experience he had, he never knew a proceeding of this kind after his Lordship had charged the Jury. His Learned Friend bad not thought fit to explain this point till he had found the force of his (Mr.. Scarletes) observation upon it and now he recalled the clerk to attempt to explain it, away, but he had no doubt that this was a mere fabrication to account for the two bills, which only added more to the shame of Mr. Threlfall. His LORDSHIP made , some further observations to the Jury on this point ; after which they retired, and hum , . diaiely found a verdict for die plaintiffs--Damages 1,0001. Costs 40s. lAN. A the society, 1 ascertained Mt these particulars. has occurred to me once to hoe the pleasete of as• in the restoration of a drowned person and sub ly, in those very baths, the scene of my accuse _ have . laboured effectually upon another body more .i two beide. These points all bear upon the case, as .tustrative of my ;mown habits, and thus immediately con nect themselves 'with the Subject of the reports so nuCharit ablycirculated. • At the commencement of May last, the evident ill health of a lad, whom I had frequently noticed almost from a child, together with the application of a young man on his own account, led to those examinations upon which so accusation is founded, but which I considered as merely surgical. The depositions of the parties sworn before a Magistrate, being also of this description, are for this rea son alone not published ; hut copie4 of them are deposited with Win. Stott, Esq. solicitor, No. 2fi, Bucklershury ; Mr. George Wm. Cockerel', No. 59, Blackman Street, South wark ; and Mr. R. Sorrell Young, Union Row, Peckham; for the satisfaction of any who may eish to consult them. The originals will remain in my own possession, when thee will be equ•dly accessible, ■t 5, Brunswick Place, Deptford. I will therefore only affirm, that whatever was then done, might have been done before any spectators as with the object of the investigation; that half an hour afterwards, in'returning from my walk, I was inform• ed by one of the parties examined, that some of the work men had expressed injurious surmises relative to what one. or two of them professed to have seen (for I intended no thing to be secret), and that 1 immediately called them to gether, explained the business, and demanded if they were satisfied? adding, that I would rather die than lice under such an imputation uncontradicted for half an hour. They professed themselves perfectly s ttisfied ; and to my surprise, three months afterwards I find this accusation propagated. , dewing my absence from London, and giving rise to all tbe horrible rumours under which i am now suffering. " Subsequently another report obtained—relative to a warm bath, which, it was said, I had taken with some other person—respecting which also improprieties were affirmed, but of what kind I have hekrd nothing definite. I recollect taking a warm bath a Year ago, under circum stances of indisposition, in the presence of a medical gen tleman, who had recommended it, and who attended me on the occasion, for the purpose of regulating its temperature, and of observing :ts effects; bat I am utterly unable to conjecture what evil constractions can be put upon a prac tice of daily occurrence, more especially, as in my own person, on a . fortiter occasion, the absence of medical assist ance, ender sitnilar circumstances, was productive of results of an alarming description. " The circumstances which have arisen have but too sorely shown me the impenitence of the things which I have thus stated, and which I lament did not earlier occur to me : their criminali:y has been created by misapprehension, malignity, and misrepresentation; and let any man ask himself, whether he has not been occasionally in a situation to which surmise and malice might give a criminal colour ing? Unconscious of crime, either in act or intention, I am nevertheless exposed, by concurrent circumstances, to criminal constructions. " Such are the facts: my friends who know me well, and have known me for years, will not think me guilty. A public life of more than 20 years, always open to scrutiny, and de voted with no common ardour to public duty, upon which no stain has been affixed, nor moral slander breathed, until the present wine. t, ought to have some weight in the balance, when a piaia statement of facts (the only resource left me in my peculiar eircumstances)on my part, is to he weighed against the vague reports of persons unknown, untried, liable to mis takes from ignorance (to say the least), and possibly influenced by improper motives, who, upon their own showing, have suffered a matter of so much moment (supposing them to be lieve what they have directly or in•arectly circulated) to rest for months undisclosed. I Dave reason to hope, that a consi deration tpf so much importance will not be overlooked by the candid part of the community, in reference to accust'ions so easily made, and so difficult to be refuted. On this ground, principally, I consider the mere imputation the greatest cals. nsity which has ever befallen me ; I should deem it far less if I were a private Individual : I know that Caesar's wife ought not to be suspected.' and that such a suspicion awakened re lative to a minister, is likely to 'Produce results equally fatal to his usefulness antlitis character. lam in this alarming condi tion ; I have eat shrunk from scrutiny ; I ha•e not shunned the public ; conscious of innocence. I could not submit to appear guilty. I will not attempt to conceal the agony which this fearful imputation has occasioned me; although I am sensible that the greatest, the best, and the purest of characters have' sometimes incurred it. I can only speak the truth, I have no power over the issue, I had hoped to have finished my course without stain, if noteffith jojr—at all events, I trust I shall not go down finally into my grave with dishonour " August 22, !VI " W. H. COLLTER." In addition to the above letter, which Dr. Collyer has thought it proper to publish, we have only to state that he yesterday performed Divine Service, in pursuance of his advertisement, in Hanover Chapel, both in the morning and in the evening. The crowd which attended was im mense, and highly respectable. The great majority of the congregation consisted of females. Upon Dr. Cullyer's Entering the pulpit, he seemed in a trifling degree affected; hut still his demeanour was, as usual, placid and dignified. The tendency of the pryers and observations were calcu lated to afford consolation to one suffering under worldly wrongs, and impress on the wounded spirit the necessity of resting its hope on " the Lord, who sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord who sided' King for ever and ever." This, if it could be considered an allusion to the re ports in circulation, was the only one which was made throngliout the service-, and the circumstance is equally creditable to the delicacy and judgment of the Reverend Doctor.—As if in anticipation of the possibility of some disturbance, two of the principal officers of Union•hall were in attendance. PARTS, Atm. 2-I.—Yesterday's number of the Prapeast Blanc was seised, on the ground that it contains an article tending to defame the Astthorities of the Department of the Gard, and to bring into contempt the King's Govern ment—(Frout the Etuile.) A letter, containing a statement of cruel treatment to wards the female child of a chimney 'weeper of this town, was last week given to one of the parish officers of St. Marv's, in order that he might ascertain the correctness of the facts therein mentioned. On inquiry it appeared that Joseph Cooper, formerly of Jail-yard, St. Ann's-street, bat wow living at Barak's*, in Staffordshire, used frequently, when living in Nottingham. to put Isis daughter Kevina into boys' clothes, and employ her in climbing and sweep• ing cliiinnies. He afterwards took her to Lane-end, where he hired her for two years to a sweep, by whom she was employed in the same manner, and in other respects ill treated. From this place she ran away, and is now ram bling about the country in a • tate of vagrancy. It may not be proper to add, that in the course of the mcniry, the wife of a sweep in this town, informed the officer, that when a girl, she frequently, under the directions of her father, wore boys' clothes, and was trained to sweep chim neys. On tlid officer expressing in pointed terms his disap• probation of arch npractice, he was Interrupted by another female of the same fraternity, who exclaimed—" Aye, in deed, what's a girl's flesh better than a boy's, as she msyn't climb chimneys?" and on inquiry, if the practice were com mon, she replied, Why no, but you see sweeps don't like to lose their customers no more nor other folks ; if they've girls, they tarn 'em to climb, so if they're at any time short of a boy, they send a girl in his place."—The air of perfect indifference with which this was uttered, gives reason to fear, that the employment of girls in the black practice of sweeping chimneys, is by no means of rare occurrence and we deeply regret, that no e ffi cient means are ado pted, if not to suppress, at least to check, such unbecoming and improper practices.—(Nottingham Rebiew.) 1 4 • TH TESN ean'tt t, w' titles of ailed t has It has ha ►nking sistiog in titers w • sequently defendant's? done, to " that birds of a than two with a man after illtietratit THE REY. W. B. CULLYER. It is with sincere pain we feel ourselves called upon to notice the prevalence of the most unpleasant rumours dar. ing the last and preceding week, respecting the moral con duct of the Rev. Divine whose name stands at the head of this column, and whose character as an evangelical preacher bas stood high in public estimation. These rumours are of a nature so revolting, but at the same time so vague, that had not the Rev. Doctor himself frit it eitpedient to meet them by a public refutation, we should not have ventured to allude to them even in the most distant manner. The subject, however, having now become a matter of very ge neral discussion, we shall, perhaps, be excused for alluding to it u ith some partitularity. Some of our readers are, perhaps, aware that Dr. Collyer has been in the habit of preaching at Salters' Hall, as well as at his own chapel at Peckham. The latter chapel having been under repair, he has of Celine had no opportunity of appearing there fur some weeks. His residence up to Midsummer last, we be lieve, was at Camberwell ; and here, we understand, he was in the habit of receiving patients, from motives of charity, who were afflictool with particular diseases. So far back as the month of May something was observed with regard to the treatment of one of these patients which excited remark, Dr. Collyer having hea.sd of these remarks, felt it his duty to explain the nature of what had tiken place, and he was led to believe that be had satisfactorily accounted for that to which 111111 l ternary exception bail been taken. At Mid summer be quitted his house at Camberwell, and removed to Deptford, wl.ere his residence now is. Subsequently he went anodic country, and dating his absence the occur rence in May was again alluded to in more precise terms, and this uas accompanied by some allusions to the Rev. Doctor's visit to a bath, which was opposite his house at Camberwell, of a nature equally painful. lit fact, matters went so far that depositions were actually taken before a Magistrate upon oath; but floes?, toe have been informed. were of a nature to exculpiste rather than to afford confirm. ation to the malignant aspersions which were afloat. We have also heard that the friends of Dr. Collyer, felt it their duty to investigate the charges more minutely, and that they were full:: satisfied of their want of foundation. In obis state of things, Dr. Coker arrived in town, and on being informed of the manner in which lie had been assailed, he lost no time in consulting legal opinions as to the course which it wuuld be proper for him to pursue. His feelings were of course deeply wounded by what had occurred; and on Sunday last a letter was read by the clergyman who offi ciatoA at Salters' Hall, announcing that the Rev. Doctor world not again do Linty there until the reports which were &calved to his prejudice were fully and satisfactorily contradicted. Subsequent to this annunciation, the repairs of the Rev. Doctor's chapel at Peckham have been com pleted. find in order that no further prejudice should be excited by his not appearing in public, he has during the last week iewsrted the following advertisement in several of Cie daily papers:— " Hanover Chapel, Peckham—This,place of worship hav ing undergone the necessary repairs, u ill be re-opened to morrow morning, the 24th day of Aug. The Rev. Dr. Wire will preach morning and evening, as usual." Preparatory to this step, the Rev. Doctor has also tie eulated among his friends printed collies of the following letter : DR. COLLTER'S STATEMENT. " The time is arrived when it becomes necessary-and pro per for me to give every explanation in my power relative to Etas upon which the most malignant and revolting reports have been circulated respecting nie. I deem it one of the alleviations of this cruel case, that these had reached some respectable individuals before my arrival in London t that inquiries were immediately instituted, and the parties them an lets examined ; and that those who acted with such can dour anti promptitude came to a conclusion satisfactory to themselves and exculpatory of me, as to the suspicions ex cited, certainly altogether uninfluenced by me, because prior to my knowledge of the prevalence of such a slander. °`'f o throw any light upon the origination of the inju rious reports in circulation (and I have yet to learn their full extent) I must premise a few facts, which were well known in my private circle, and which are now important to be stated to the public. They are these :—1 have for years attached myself to anatomy, surgery. and medicine, although not as a study —I have been in the habit of fee quenting the Borough Hospital, with different medical friends—of examining different cases in which any peen liarity existed—and of attending occasionally the dis secting-room, to obtain anatomical information. This was also well known to the lower classes of society, some+ of whom have availed themselves of my influence, and have it seems, repaid ins with insinuations intended to be de structive of my character. The principal reason which I had for relinquishing a stated dry for receiving public calls (Wednesdays), was the overwhelming accumulation of ap plicants for medical relief or for pecuniary aid. I distri buted both, so far as my knowledge, influence, or ability extended ; for some, I obtained admission into the hospi tals; some 1 sent to infirmaries and dispensaries; to others I gave cards to private practitioners, as the nature of the case required : all cf them I personally examined, to deter mine what sort of assistance the particular case demanded, My brethren in the Ministry must all remember, and will cheerfully, testify, how many cases of hernia they have re commended to my attention, from their knowledge of my long connexion with the City of London Truss Society, and with its officers. These I examined, certainly not of necessity, bat because 1 Was disposed to enter upon every investigation relative to the atiences of which I have spoken. Many a poor boy, almost naked in the street', bus 1 directed to my house, and placed under the care of the Marine Society. As I bad no means of securing this object but through the medium of the surgeon of that establishment, and as I knew the institution had fixed its own regulations as to age, stature, and soundness. unwil ling to encroach upon his influence,unless I was certain the objects would be eligible, in all respects, according to the DIARY fOR Tlll2 WEEK. /lug. 21, S. Thirteenth Staid. aft. Trin. ST. BAH:m(4.nm r Tr. High Water, Morn. 34 in. aft. 3.—Even. 46 m. aft. 3. 25, M. Moon rises 47 in. aft. 7. High Water, Morn. 59 m. aft.3.—Even. 15 m. aft. 4. 26, T. Day 13 hours 56 m. long. High Water, blurs. 32 in. aft. 4.—Even. 51 in. aft. 4. 27, /V. Sun runes 3 m. after S. High Water, Morn. 11 in. aft. s.—Even. 32 m. aft. S. 29, Th. St. Augustine. lAWEatig l . 11ota. IS mdse . . .poom -- r.'.yr, J. magnet belt. MOAN LAIII et'Alt. AT 6 moan. High Water. Morn. 53 in. aft. 6.—Even. V in. aft 7...1 • -- 30, S. Night 10 hours IS min.long. Hiss Wmar, Mora. 5 in aft. 6.—Even. 45 al: aft. T NATURALISTS' CALENDAR.—To enable our Renders to judge of the Season, we select from the Calendars of the Rev. fir. White, of SeJburne, sod 31r. Uaricwidt, of the neighbourhood of Rattle, the date* of the following familiar necurreoces, which have been observed during a course col years and which may usually he collected about the present period : Milk Tni.tle llowered.—W. Aug. 24.—M. April 21,July IS. flop picking begun /Y. Aeg. 21. Sept 17.-3/. Sept. I, IS. Deceit turned yellow /I'. Asir. 24, Sent. 27.—M. Sept.s,l2. Somprort O. Aug. 23—. Y. July 19. Aug. tl. Swallow sings W. Av. 23.—.1/. April I I. Aut. 26. AIM,* prmier E. ll'. Aug. 311. Sept. 2.—.1/. July 30. Sept. fa. MA DM I 2'. 0 9.... Waterford.... 0 I ....G & Jersey 0 0.... Lisboa I ...Gotte there— ♦MR. . tLS. . to I.! IS. V A !. . . Holland 0 r.... ti ambro I I .... franee 0 I... Flanders 0 0.... Malta ...... 0 MUCH OF STOCKS THIS BaukStoeic 3 per Ct. Etwd ..... .864 i 1 3 i p. Ct. Cons .f? WWI 3i per Cent 4 per Cents 1014 101 i New Fours 10111 102 1 Lo.isr Ann... Bl 3-10 Imp. 3 per Ct DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. hulk stock Ditt.rE %ads 69 pm. —BO &Is pm. 10001. —303 S Small . —32 33$ pm. Lottery Tiekets...... 14/. 14s. nn. for Aect.. . 52114 Zttft iD 4 tateoman. MONDAY EVENINO, AUGUST 25, 18. STOCX EICLIAXGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.—Consols opened at 82k, 83, at which price they remain, with little doing.— The Expresses from Paris this morning bring the Rentes at 93, 20, and Spanish 42g. This day being a grand fete at Paris, the King's birth day,it is expected that something important will be announced there. Spanish Boods opened at 371, Colombia, 678, Russia, 064, French scrip, !j prem. We have this day received by Express, Paris papers of yes terdny morning. The Decree of the Duke d'Angouleme, issues at Adujar, a copy of which appeared in our paper lest west appears in the Etoile as well as the Pilote, and no doubt Is ex. pressed respecting its authenticity. EXTRACT FRONT THE " riLort" OF YESTERDAY: ARMS OP TN 6 ['SIMNEL& MADRID, Aug. l6.—Lieutenent-General Bourck sent me an account, dated the 7th of this month, that his batteries were ready to fire on Coronas, and he was going again to summon the Governor of that place to surrender. After having waited twee hours for the return of the officer with the flag of truce, the Governor sent him a negative answer. Ten minutes bad only expired. when the garrison fired from all their batteries . Half an hour afterwards, General Bourck unmasked his batte ries, and commenced firing on the place. The result was Wte t Ewa was set on fire in three diff, rent places. The fire was burning when the General wrote his letter. Although during the night of the 6th, we only had a few men wounded and not one killed, nor have our batteries been damaged. By aro'ller report of the same date, this officer ammo , . crs the taking of the fort of Bayona, a little place at the extremity of Galicia, by the troops under the order of the Count Carthagena. (Signed) DUKE REGGIO. FROM TUE ETOII.I or AUOUST 23.) PERPIGNAN, AUGUST 16.—The Marshal visited, co, the 2.11, the cantonments of our troops near Barcelona, and is going to return avian to Villa-Franca. On the 7th of this mouth a sortie was made from Figueras of 8 to 9,000 men; but they were repulsed in all directions, and retired to the fort in disorder. MADRID, AUGUST 16.-1 Informed you that the President of the Regency, the Duke Infantedo, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Saez, were going for Saint Mary's. It appears that this resolution has been changed, as they have not quitted Madrid. The following ordonnance has been published here. (Here follows the Decree of the Duke • d'Angouleare, as it appeared in " Tae STATESMAN" of Wednesday last. hi ATARO, AUG. IS.—L'Eseadron, who submitted at the same time as General Mango, is arrived at Mature. The Head Quarters of the Marshal are at Dick. He has catmd the enemy to be pursued, who are in full retreat on the Seu Urgel. Marano, Aug. 12.—Rotten has hid a discussion with Mina, who wishes to remain in Barcelona, and refuses to take the field. Pe/tell:mix, Aug. I.—We learn to-day that the fort of Hostarlick has been evacuated by the Spanish Constitn tioualists. They went ofr, abandoning their wounded. P. S. We have just received the following news by an Extraordinary Courier:— Viol, Aug. 17.—ilen. Fromelin and Baron Eroles was yesterday at Prater de Cluzzanes, and were to depart at at 2 o'clock for Gironeila, where Milaus is with his rear guard. The army wishes to gain the plain of Urge), or 'tie position he occupied at Mont Blanch. By the arrival of Dutch andflanders Mails this morning, we havelecelred Dutch papers to the 23d instant, and Hamburg papers to the 19th. According to an article from Trieste, dated August 4, there are accounts of the Greek Admiralty being engaged in preparing to transfer the thea tre of war to Asia Minor, and to make themselves masters of Smyrna. It is affirmed, that for the execution of this project, the Greeks have assembled a flotilla with a body of 12,000 troops, collected from the several islands of the Archipelago, which have shewn the greatest eager ness in the cause of independence. The Capitan Pasha is in the lonian Sea, and on the coast of Candi., where the Greeks do not think be can undertake any thing important, because they have been able to pre pare for a vigorous defence on all the points that are threatened. The Divan,it is said, has received information of this expedition, and basset* Ibrahim Pacha, with' ease .t.tous..nd chosen troops, to Natolia. He ie to tale the i 1 r i ~: pr wl Pr ixp pert hut strii oug by s . f Sec Se am vont Fri d Cum, ing lend A'(.74 grr, bags