The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-12-17 00:00:00

he character of . their !Maris 4411111 the impstation of neali• pence, and were, therefore. Marled, considering that thw . Stikartke ilei neatlen was their own. ' .Me.-Alstice Bannoneit, In falling the attention nf- the MI fortnewincipal fack of the case, said that the chine. ter of the soy-wass Of as,itayelf value to him as the character • ot, the clerks was to them r and she Jury would weigh well the statemeots made on both sides before they decided •'s . • Ilitt plaintiff —homages NM ..,r7: _ . ,_ ... ...,........„ .. , 4, _ . • PORTION INTELLIDENCE. --smalwes- -• ! • - '.,,, (rwo Till STOILII,IIATCD SATUODAT.) . k 3 1 ii•sakil that the Marian and Kristian Ambassadors to ' 'Ai 'Court of London have received instructions from . . ttlrbe.wespeetive"blevetonsents ' relative to despatcher from • • e . limmisbOrs, transmitted by Baron Binder, the Austrian ...-- ; Minima . to the Collet of .Portugal. These instructions .- • aoto.said to have been communicated to the British cabinet, tig ; the preppie of arceetaissieg the views of that Court, N s the present Emperor of the Brasile should persimmt in iitigiiig his title, which would force the treat Powers to tans fritirou'r for trderinx it on.ler the dominion of Per lis ldtia : intessofointity to a resolution which is said to have ' - been • ben at Cseteowits by the Emperors of Austria and . . . tea. ;Mt to recognise the independence of the .. Wan.. • • • . This slay the Cone Royale confirmed the two judgments .cif Csweestional Polite against the Editor of the Derteatt .Runes by Which he sins 'sentenced to live da3s imprison m • i swineeetut a fine, of 1511 retail.. ~ ~ .• - • .. - le. . (IIIII•Al-T111.. Elrt Le. DATE* DIFTIOAT..)I /411‘J ON Dec. 7.—e'l'ks 51siesty has decided that French . • -*Ades telitch arriee.in,the ports of Spate shall only pay the • -dirtier tonnage slinrhich ,Spanish 71111ip4 pay in the ports '• • -WI Yew., caraf e Wy - to the enactments of the said 'Bina Order of thi Intli.oi May, -ISI 7.' ' • Pii.stsisvonr, Dec ri.—ln the 23•1 Sitting of the (ter *ni:mitic.Deet, held on the 27th ult. M. *e Baron de Mons li 'lt ilineheuero, Minister of Austria, President of the • ..:A.sw nihiy. essinmeni..ated to the Dirt :that M. the Baron de • .Waiigenlarim. the Nlinister of Wirterabargh, has noiniod to .-.. I .` • Nisi hie- recall. The King of Wirtembit•gli appears deciil - .. •es/ -riot to Onominate any Minister to the Germanic Diet, .' - ''• 'until the diplomatic relations with eh , other (Jour's of I ler -': eriany be rowstablislied on their ancient footing, and their &Ministers reside at Stetgard. . V.INA*PANTIN,PLE, Nov. 1.1.—1 t appears that all the flit ..feat-aces between the Ottoman Porte awl the Christian I _thence an •Ismei•leilly adjusted. It is 'Binned t h at the • S';ultissi, hy a Finnan, dated the 3.1 instaut, has otilained rise or-establislimint of all the relations with Itussfa on Omit ancient footing. . • •m J . (PROM Ine IIONITEI:ll or SUNDAY.) • - • ?1 , 01 °vete' At. PINT. . • . le coot fruity wins the law of the loth - Merels, ISIS, the sots distr. whose time of service Is completed. brine to be d I Selll 4 rged , ... At' time of peaecon the 31st December in each year. the au bal. ' Was and privates of the class of 11417, as well es the others 'otiose time of ectimperviee esieres on die Slat Deceinher, ISIS, are to he dischiled from the corps of the army both at ... • .•• home and abroad. The Nlinisteelof War has given orders to • ... comme;Mit the operation on-the ttuth, So that It o ill be ended on the 31st. ' - • , * : - .l:he Academy of the Fioe Arts of the Institute of France in • its Sittings to dcy has elected M. Rossini the m u sician, and • • Thewat!seu the statuary, Foreign Corresponding Members. - • The Von.itar is almost entirely-occupied with articles Ma. •• • - Wee to netfetes given by the city of Paris, with regelatismns of • • nee Police to rrevent'confution, and !sally with the conclusion 1411o:trial of Lecouffe, and his matter, who are condemned to death , . . • iIIYONNZ. Dec. 9.—There was • a tumult at Orcnse on the - • tc.td tilt. on occasion of the fete in honour of the nomination of . s . the Pope. ' A reeiment that was ins the town quarrelled with the Royalists; 17 -sere wounded. Genersi Guiltemlnot hay . ••. iii, returned to Paris (yesterday), it la said no more expresses . • . will come from Spain. . : •.• :. • , (nest Tetictivitfittrstaelsis.) .. • •••- tailleffl, Oct. 20.—We heir:Rom Athens that that city . ~.. ..•k twin defended by MO (tesilik.. : ' Millie g dei hive been • Acallsid sir- 'scent thlst whielsidi closet° the citadel ; new 1 • - galtrties lustre been erectedorail the fireeks are full of COO I MCC We learn foes thir•Morea that Constantino - • Tde ... hotratis, the brother of Marcos •Who was kilted, leas 11&!.• Iced the 15,010 Tooke who had advanced On MissO• fonglii. Before comMenting he was joieeilehy Cariaskiski, • • • fore) Romelia, who commanded a corps of •2SIKI Suliots. • • Ttiii second battle was net - followed by any d-lismitive Olken*, but it proves that the Cireeks do not Huila them selves to acting on the defensive behind the waft of Alioso- Ilinglii, hut go forth with ardour to seek the enemy. The : • ..ildsmid.otEgina is defended by two Meek vessels, both of • • !sallicim are commanded by women. According to the latest • . - Otters from limn, the Oreek combinmel fleet entered th at ...... :ba:boer to procure water, and is to go again to sea. '.('the f4erks soy they only lost two fire ships near Atomic . Atho s ', end they blew up before reaching the Turkish • vessels. • . . . (PROM Till /TOILE Or MONDAY.) • PAWS thc.l4.-11. de Saldantia. Count of Porto Santo, ' . . . - 0 , (1 6 44t0ct0r of Portugal in Spain, is appointed Minister I . 'of. the Marine and Colonies by His M ost. F a ithful Ma• •. - . •• . . lesty. • , • - • Mioshil Moncey arrived at Perpignan on the sth, at 1 six in the evening, he entered by the gate of N ot re Dune. '' '.•The troops which arrived on the Gal en'ered by the gate •• •• .of Roge, And passed under the triumphal arch. `' .• deutit Oeilleminot arrived at .Baysiene on time 7th, and set mit for Paris oa the tith in the evening. • - • "tie N.ldtid Gazitte of the 4th instant rives a long and ' ... tabottred inisver to the assertion of England ; that time •.. • Nduth American Colonies are de faCtoin. lependent; and ' • eliumentes.sereral extensive districts, particularly in Peru, .. wttf4e it, isscrti the inhabitants to be decidedly attached to : the Spalish Government. • .c• ' • - s • •. , - . ASSASSi NATI ON. • e The trial of Lecouffe ar.d his mother. which we . lit re al • ' • Ready noticed. Concluded or. Saturday, when a very singular -••• exilic was exhibited ir. the Court of Assize, or at least one •••Whkli woutd fouv'e appeared so to an English spectator.— be fellowiog is a sketch of the proceedings ▪ • Sense Sophie Virginie Baqueonact said, she saw the violas tercauffe only on theevening; she was then acceon ••.' 4g/soiled hy her. son. tVitates heard the female prisoner say • it Was the ate . Cattle that niorniee..-for- the Alto. Tbeliiiire prisoner liftirp her hamlets Ili-been, denied. ..etittereeit solemnly.. and said that her son brought ' let (lie plate ; and that her eel; guilt was sot her tag' ease-need her Child. • • • • • - • The Paestpcsos-..The witsesiee-est haws ea leterest le • ,▪ ititiog.sway your life. • •.. . • - • Litetseffe—Do you think that 1 mill - admit what's a false-j 11•041 .. if is false ;it is Nee... • •••• ' • • The-Blear Chevalier peered 'bet the smother 'Levee& 'left the plate in the onoraiag t She. solemnly declared Sot it;. ' was left b# her we, sod bad not eves I. **leeched it, • ' • . . • • • 1.• tower to IV spestior s. pet-by the President, the sildbw Lecooffi she Was a poor anforturiate uotnee. was imp e' of. .eirplaining _herself properly. 1 • flecksie, said' she, that all which the vitnestes hare.stated I had the misfortune of doieg well -thing 1 efould - to sei s e m y sae, end Yon an how- the ungrateful Uorrieefirigeites me. 14,61- sot bring blurtsp to tk• a tloitf ; • el it £(he bad listened total ediletceeitherhe ern 1 Shoeld '4. la thii situation mow ~~ ~~. ----.-. .7- • "be. -4: ...tuatioi. w. 'll4 ion. in tears. said..l Imre supported you entirely " byway labour.Have yen any thing .tQ veprepach me with 7 • • ;111. .other. for the first titatymsaistinws•low'iod anew tiOiste totteof voice, said. 'tide. sty An/Nl:l4ft sotbiag I. leproseh von with." !. ..y •:•••••‘• ••.! ''-'. ib-!. ::: • Thl soa , weepieg bitterl y. h* 11106 - cdl4lll di for ^!••••;* • .1 ;t4• i . • THE STATESMAN .you,?-1 pawned„ for your support and that df my hrothus: mytolover, my mattress, my sheets. and rit'y 'Wank eta. lay for 5 months oo any shop board without any covering bet a rigged petticoat. The world know this. I call Gov ; to witness whether any person-could do snore fur his mother oend.hrothers. - - . -" The mother—Why did you sleep on the ground? Who forced you to do so ? • Wlsv•did you not come to sleep with Torre-brothers Pierre and Adolphe? I pressed von coati mistily to do so. You preferred sleeping in. a cold shop in s the midst of winter. Is that my fault? .Ytta kpow I went every• eveninz to close it un the outside, and pot op the shelters. If you had neither mattress nor shoat, it, ma pot int fault. * The son, sighing—lt was for your sake.l lived in wretch:- edness. The Mother in broken accents, cried •nt—" How the wretch endeavours to convict me. If he should Me guillo• tined. it will he for Isis lies. My child, what have I &mato you ?" (Here she covered her eyes with her hands, arid the son fainted a way.) One of the keepers of the Conciergerie said, the prisoner leeenuffe seemed to hint to he weak in intellert,but not quite an ideot. Ile was not, he said, subject to epileptic shack•. hot seemed very ill whenever inesstion was made of Isis mother or wife., When the latter visited hirit he embraced her. and appeared eery t r anquil. . • 'flae Jury, after deliberating till one in the morning, found.rhe son Guilty on all the counts. The mother•was ' declared (toile! of concealing the stolen property, and of being an necessary alter the fact in the murder. 'flsey were • b sill sentenced to suffer death. i!Cne .etatesStnatt. who ate' sepiring to . Its .seats. A toui with Irani atul ' politics was, therefore, toast conve i sicat for the pro. fessinn ; anti the Committee are. • left to . collect contributions Tor „ the Tribute." without • convoitting either themselves or the subscribers to any principal at, all. if the monument proposed for the noemert:torti" Erskine be inten.led to be kept as much in reserve as the - chewier of his f‘irdslii, was en the cueing of their maw 143 e ConunitteWill doiiistless have it erected in the Hall *here they thensassesubled. lf, on the contrary, they wish their uninorial to be &rioted, ae'the original was, to the service of the puletic c tieerviill place it in a conspicuous statibn, In the centre of the square. The space now Occu pied by ip obelisk, presents a belie as appropriate u any that rit(i be found. According!. adeirei (nous Carareas of the 7th of Octo ber, ',tots hail been r.eeivad in that cis,' fruits the illustri• oos lloliear, written after •the sulking:dm,' of Vast°, and • edistrly hvfore his departure for Peru. lu these the President ! takes leave' of his friends in a feeling and pa• thetie manner, and announces that he was setting off Or Peru, at tise head of Iti,ooo soldiers, with the determine' lion of . not returning to Colombia until peaces was restote l ' ' in the sister republic, anal the tranquillity and happinecs of L a own country thereby for ever ensured. Thirmastr piece of his milityyjrinry Bolivar trusted to h4ifffe"th achisvi before a year ba• elapsed, and hail adopted , thy . ' re•alutine, as soon as it was acroutglt•hrd, of•retiting from active life, and terminating his days quietly in the• city which gave him birth. . . 11y recent letters from the Island of Sumatra intelligence. bas been received. that the Natives hal been very trooble some in the interior of the Pcirlsng Settlement' anal destroyed. nosey of the district troops in several engage ilients. Reintircements, however, had arrived from Bata, Ida, anti it was expected that the Dutch AncliorirkS - would e.oun tie in a condition to acton the defensive. TIM choler•,' ',wove had been prevalent at l'adang, and had carried oil many of the inhabitants. Act:omits from Messina, of Nov. 19, give the following mei melody intrlliget u e•— " In the night of the lith Of this month, a terrible storm of thonder and lightning, arid very heavy rain, burst over this city. 'l•he water, which pastured in torrents from the surrounding hills, entered the ocerthrowing anal • laying waste whativever opposed its progress, destroying church, mills, magazine•, cottages, and flocks, and rover- Ng . the lit Ms mid tardens with sterile clay and stones Many of the inhabitants were surprised and fell victims to this slid/iris eclainity. Time waters did• not spare the limy itttv , l; but did sere eousillerahle injury; the damage is es ! tinicied at two millions ofnnnces, and the 'comber of dead bodies hitherto found is 139. Leger% were yesterday received from Constantinople to the II th ult., and from Smyrna to the 2•2 d of (Woler. At th e f or mer pl a ce intelligence had been received of the death of the Paeha of Soluniea, from a chronic complaint. On the 31st of Oct. there were at Smyrna big Majesty's ships Medina, Rose, and Hind ; the former was about to sail oft the following day fur Yrsterday was the Annie PP PP y of Prince leopnlil's birth day, when Isis Royal fligbres• completed his 33t1 year. His Royal Highness's tradespeople illuminated their houses in the evening. - - Mr. Secretary Canning, though still suffering from gout, is al.le to attend to hnsinets....it iron Vagel and M. ralek, o w;onsßuikaLby Mr. Wynn, had a lung conference with the, West lion. Gentleman on Monday. The Earl of Liverpool and Lord Ortnville called on Mr. Canning, at Uloucester Ledge. yesterday. Sunday morning :shout eight . o'cloek, the It die of - Vot t ic • - ••• ;Hour 1111IPP1iii3 IN141i.1:11; ENC E. De at, Deeentber .B.W. to W.--Arrived aod wallet; for the Riier the British Union, Coath, front Cadiz; Deiron4liire• Tanner, front Rio Janeiro ; Europe, Swiss, fro. New York ; nod the Brynsrd,.---.. from the South tame down from tile River and remain the Huardiaa, Sather. land, for Retnain. Poirrertortert. DeettietteP 16-Wind ILlr"—Arritettfrimi the Do ens the Hamel, Shepherd, and Mary Ann, Craigte, for Do.nhey ; William, And4rson, fur the Mediterranean ; Mar s Ann, Hall, for the Medlterraftean" Lady Holland, Powell. and Relipie. Hearn, for Jamaica; sod Importer, Deeper, for ltio Janeiro. • Fa Lit 0 VIII. beCPMber 111.—Wied Calia.—Arrived the Pallet, -, from PcnjailCti fOK • • • tAnrel, December 14.-Srillei tbe. Alacrity. Findlay, from the Isle of Franee,lis telt weeks, all melt, for orders, a d d Louis Laurie. from Lundy,* for Gibraltar. 1.111.31rJ4.1,. December 15.--Arrived the New Venus, from Liahnn ; Jnh^, Major, from St. John's, New Grimly/ice: Westmorland, Warren, and Friends. Wilson, from Buenos A yes ; Ann, Ware, from Rio Janeiro; Lima, f r „,, Pernambuco; John Wills. and Mary Lord. --, fro m New York ; ToPeko, fron Chatlaton ; Crookshm a Castle, and ‘Vitlinas Fell. from New Branswir.k ; Propos', Holt, from Miratnichi ; and Mary, 13a!e„ from Trieste. . The Wined Ite4ent, Stanton, from Liverpool, to St. John's, New Urcilswick, near Nlachias, crew sated. . . , . . BOW ISTIt iiiv r ,—, ( Turs. Dais.) . s.Rs9l,mtits sIIOM . WAIL. r Trippp sits- this day isrottight: . up. in custody by *lli P was this _ up in custody by his hail. he havi..sg abscondridamsl fallen to appear at the Ns Middlesex Session% to answer to • erarge of assault. • The persdn who dptiled him stated that he met the prisoner this mornMg, end took him into custody. lie at first mad, his escape tor a time. but was subsequently secured sad lodged in St. Atorlin's . wat'efilionse . . 'rile hail it 4sr wished to know how lie was 'o net with him, as he was misfile to lodes him by itimgellr, and haring become Lemon fur 44. he had 114 other resource than to Seel:ft him, end thus save his reeogel zeners. • - he Worthy MAGISTR STr directed him to apply at the SA sinus Muse. where he would obtoirs the necessary laurea tion ; add the prisoner woe ordered to be detained. .Q(MF:N SC/CA NE -.(I . 11IS DAT.) . • - Fe AVM:Li/MT REMOTA L OF Goes: —Mr. William Adkins. of was charged with assaulting JOhn Richards, a She riff's older,. in the exerution of hissiuty, it appeared that a tradesman in Westminster, WIN made bankrupt, and the complainant was put in charge of the prs• perty ivy the Assignees. hut by some means the friend. of the bankrupt contrived to carry off and conceal, a portion of Me goods. Therompiniment at last discovered that some of this pre pert y was-concealed upon the defendant's premises, and he pro• cored a search warrant, which he went to execute. lie a. tint met only clam the defendant's. wife, and told Iti.n the purport of kis visit. She seemed reluctant to let hint search, but Its found pert of the property which he was In quest of. H...r Intstmed, who had beets absent front Lome, then returned, uneeremeniously seized the complainant, cud bundled bits o•rt end heels into the street, before he could pr.eince nis authority. Richard Rowland, n teen who accompanied the compleMare, confirmed his evidtmce in every part/cuter. 'rite defendant said he emisidered they had trespassed epos his premises, and denied heard a word about authority until they were both in the street. Hit Mother was called to sopped the evidence, an I added toes the complainant hat geossly abased the defendant** wife, and accused him of beteg the reed Ter of stolen goofs, dtc.witich pro►oked the defender.•. Mr Rogers, the ancrney, altroderl for the assigeres. Ile wished the complainant to prove morn fully late finning of tM bankrupt's goods upon the delattcleat's preetirea; but the Me gistrete said that was a subject fur another Court, and the oily olise before hint was tke assault upon the talker. Ordered is Mid beiL I •' MAILS. . _ A OD. THAL ..1111 It. DUE, I ....Dublin 0 0 ...Holland . 2 I....Waterforl 0 0 ...Hamby* ...... ..4 I ...Ci at J ly:te y 0....Fran0 ..... .t... 0 O.... Lisbon 0 0 ...K1anart5.......1 0 ...Gottenbrri 4 0....Ma1ta. ...0 * --- -------- PRICE OF IiTOCKS THIS DAY AT ON OCI•04*. Rank Stnek. ?NI lndia stock • 3 per Ct. Red lag 1 Oitto linnds..• • •••• •• • 94 4 p•Ct. Cons no 117 pm. 3) percent O9 MAC 4 per Cents ,•191 --MX.. 96 84 pm. Now Fours I..mg Ants • 11' 11-144 l•r•tteryTotketsi, • • ..19/. 10‘. Lap. 3 per Ct WEDNESDAY EVENIND. HEL:I33IIBER 17, 1823. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE u'CLOrK .--COssols opened this rimming it cti44, an.l went down ton. Some business was doint in the rarlier part of the waiting: The Expresses which left Paris on Monday; brought the French Remelt at 9M, and Spanish at 3a ; which is a still fnrther decline. We do not hear, as yet, of any further information from that Capital, concerning the Old Spsni-h Loan , • nor the operations of the new one; bat the Oen• demon who left London, respecting theta, could only have arrived at Paris when the courier left. Poet/awl Foam—Spanish Bonds opened at 2SI. to 29 ; bun soon aftetwards fell to 2$U, and were again done at _ _ . Spsnisli, 2811—Colombia, 591:—Chili,fi96. : Russiot .1 t4S: to .13.—New Ptu.slo. 921.-0111, tl. We Lace received this morning the Qmotidicnne of 31i,nday, but it (roes 'not contain any infOrmalthn. PARIS, Dec. If.—The King save a priest, asilienca , to his Excellency the Baron Vincent, Ambassador of Austria. After Mass hi , 31mj. sty received homage from the Ain broadors end grand officers of the Household. the Chan cellor of France, Ministers, and Mat-4145. The above paper is chiefly occupied with accounts of the Fetes esti at !saris. New Yost: Papers arrived this morning to the 2511 Nov. but are very barren of neu s The following is from the New Ivek Cazcitc of the 24th Nor:— Avon:A.—Accounts from . Si. rrs Leone to the 24 Sept The Asloantre Negros were approaching Cape Coast in great numbers, with the intention of making an attack and plundering that Colony. iit C. M•Cattby was to direct th e operations against them; and Csptain Laiug had collected an army of ;I:fo0 turn, principally natives, to resist them. Two British vessels of a•ar nem of Cape Cs•str, ant its safety appears certain. Two or three native Kings bad lately been deposed in Africa and other persons plsced on their thrones. No little disappointment is expressed, by some of the papers of this morning, at the mode in whit:lithe proceed' ings of the meeting in Lincoln's Inn Mall were cond.'s:v.ld on Monday evening. It is demsndrd, why an occasion which furnished a theme worthy of the twist .brilliant powers, sad a subject rendered interesting to many of time profession by numer•ms reminiscences on Which it would hare. been delightful ,to dwell, was siiiretrsi to pass oil, without tholeastatternift to display the striking features of the cliariiiter, whose memory the assembly bad been convened to honour? One rcasim assigned is,. that the meeting having hew contemplated as ocouposeCof gentle men of different parties and politics, it was nuderstood, tbat.to secure &large subscription, Party and Publics were to he excluded from view. ft would have been ilitlicnlt to bare expatilted on the character of L,ll :Erskine, without displaying that consistency, with which through life he adhered to the party of the %Vhigs ; aA I this dis play might have been more mortifying to those who hail deserted the party, or areal inconsistently with it, than to such as never belon s ed to or even to 'staunch Tories themselves. It would hied been, itriposilde to have dilated on the pronsin'ent passages in • Lord er-kine's history,withont dwelling on the noble straggles he in to .establish the Rights of Juries, the Liberty of the Prertand the Independence of the liar ; anti any encomium on these . exertionscould not be grateful either to those whO,ltave uni• formly opposed popular politics, or to such as are disposed to temporise. The successful stands which the animated advocate .afteit: made against the dictatorial' teMper of the Bench, would have been an example equally, grating to dose who ire now conciliating its Giotto,. as to those • • ME REV. C. C. COVI 4 O/Ir. , - Logi* left iambi in his travelling Carriage Mid lone for Su i .trn • • MIST or C AMMINtioNgFts _ to p Tg. near Woodbridge, Suffolk, the se ac of the Masques,' of Yesterday being the third and.last Melbas of the CORP Hertford, to enjoy the sport of shooting, for foot or ily. i • i s mono r. t ir4 rinArisshankrispter,ron , i.l.rshle dots. nowhere of persons were •ttrartett to the COtltt of Com* Fatexcu Decision TooIINTON'S missionera, It ssingliaH Street ; amongst whom were many By a letter from a Correspondent in a Nlorning Paper. it, of rise personal friends and acq.aaintamees es( the Reverend would appear that the French Tribunal has decided nzainst,. lianitrapt. Cubsnel'fituraturi's; will. The same instrument, therefor , . The Commissioners were John Ileanclerk, Jefferirs is held bad in France whirls was held good in England. Sprenger, and Jousts Dynely, Esauires. Amongst the The judgment was delivered on the 12th instant. The gentlemen present the trryst , rious disappearance of the Freud% Judges declared that Colonel Thornton's donde I hankropt was the solsieet of animated discussion ; and the was in Fratice; that consequently the French Jaws alone I last time he was seen hy 4ay of them was is St. Ann's were competent to decide un the validity or invalidity of Cor.rs, Prince's Street, 'Soho Stosre.--Ilse first sfebt his will ; and that by those, aws the will in question mos proved wasalste to Mr. Charn.an. jeweller. Piccadilly, to Nom. and . VOID, which they Accordingly proesontsced it to the amount ef 2iiSt. 3s. 1(11. for diamond and ruby hue he. The grounds of mdlity,declsrel by the French Judges. rings. Me. Cis truisms .replied to a question from the were understood to he two; lire, m , that th e property was Commissi. , rs, that he supposed the jewellery was for tie bequeathed to the -Coloise)'s mistress and her child, he Reverend lien•leman's own else. The debt was admitted. being a married man; and, secondly, that the property was Time next delsrptoved was doe to Sir John Lubbock, Bart. mstailed in a 'titmice contrary to the laws of France. ,frooker ; the tod:Not having. overdrawn his account to c „,,„,„"„ „ I li a „ug NQrr- she asn.oitit of 43i. A debt of Is2i. was proved in totem of Messrs. lloares,bankers of FWet Street. Mr. Smith, as fty.—We are anthorised to sate. that the Sittings of*Piet: in Mai kman Street, in the Mirough, p a liamentary Commissioners of Revenue I effoirri in.. o ilman, Dublin. sill probably terminate this wick.—(Preeemn'e de bt °f Itt'• "Pon a I'lll pliti by the h eated tt Jortrauf) • to a Mt. Liornsfor I. for clearing wine (row the , Darks LonD ERSKINE — lt is said that. Mr. Henry Cooper, the' Mr. Wheeler, a wine inereliaot in Clutched Friars, claim Barrister, Is ss declared it his intention to write the life r.f ed to prove a debt doe to him by the estate of .1401. lk the late Lord Erskine. The cominnee •tneht„ an mem • . produced two of the bankrupt's hills for th e amount, sal biooraphydo the band writing o f the deceased, is reported e corsiderations given for the bills weir various quanti• to be in exigence. ties of wine. This gontleusan's debt was rejected hydra On Monday laata foreign gentler!) in placed Mt ;tithe Commissioners at the Second Al eying. o t the ground tbst hands of an eminent banker in the City, who has nohly the wi:.e was sold by Idol ,to the Revereud haskript. exerted I* pelfin the cansc of the Patriots of Spain—smeu knosvingisitn to lw a trailer. Mr. Wheeler now stand. %also Isaveflown to England as an asylion from the fury of a that the n inn was sold by Isis desk to the b stskrupt, wit* Despot—to he applied to the relief of that patriotielently,—* told him:" that the bankrupt wss a Imo of the int This humane person desired his donation to he slescribedas respecialrility, assi wait jtulge of nines." He did merely coming from a •• Strauger."—(Hurning . ' Oro. mot know that the wine was nut for the bankrupt's own aide.) .• nee. The debt, under these circumstance*, was des TusiWotmerr.—A Co erispondent has favoured is with .a admitted to 14. proved. Mr. Hawley, jeweller, albs stitinsetat of the diferept rates of toll o hicts are levied on Strand, and Mr. tiasiot, Allied: Lane, were chosen A• one bored gaits (varying from 4.1. to it I. ,at the Te.peetive signers to the estae. toll gates obs the rostl.4 brtwren this pl and Persson, Ti.c harbropt will Ise deilarefl so Outlaw if bedoed tog Holton. 11 Insley. &c..antl complains lousily of -the gross appear by 13 o cluck this night. impositiOns which are practised on the public in this respect, and tibial fall particularly severe on. small faeuere and other industrious ferrous travel/in;' to sinst from its respective markets. —We have looked judo o.e. Am; km cannot find any schedule or table of tolls f r the earrX alluded td: We will nest week insert the elsketis of the Act; and' sill also refer to the proceeding, tet,mre the Landon Nlagistrates, instituted by Mr. Colehett a s • m ia,e the. Knightahridge and other collectors its the vicinity of the metropolis.—(Bigekburds Journal.) • • Tau 6.15111 Laws. - -.loather instance in point, to prove the baneful i oflisesice of those mischievous etstotes, ori•orre4l in this neighbourhood. - The gatuelteelwr of Ilotehtoo 41:4111)1' 11114Villf srt a spring anti for the purpose of killing or maiming pe.schers or others who might on any ar',ols. t trespass on the lands, discovered that the nitre wets' cot to prevent i's taking effect. Suspecting from this circurn• stance that the nightly prowlers iptensted to pursue their vocation. the keeper took his station ilia field un 'l'bortiO4y night the • 27th ult. for the purpose of watching theii proceedings. He bull not been long at his post when a' gun was tired at him, the contents of si hick lodged in Isis hand, and presently another discharge took away one side of his hat rim aud scarred his cheek. '1 hot tlsime.a he was in no Attention to pursue his akaslante, but made the best of his way house. Is reward isms beets offered for information respecting the p erpetrators of this . morderoub' outrage; hat we have nut heard that soy .411:4:pvkry ihas been made likely tat had to their detection. —(r restos Algid. nide.) • Ifort era avd hi .Imtl , Mayor dreill ir - (Joliet if AlderMilll at Guild,' al t.for., die seneratilispick air businets preiwm to . the Christ Mat Recess, at whiek Mr itereslorti,the stood Ciefit to Chi Sifting Justices at Guildhall, was appointed" he the Prinii, al Clerk ,• in I lir nom of Mr, Payne, deces k o l e ond the in Kt Court Was appuiLted for the election of S suvrissm to Mr. lieresford. Several *persons were al. lowed and scorn brokers, and sundry coal undertaken lii CtI.VII, :1 lA , ge spot has been 1 racvraiug the sun's disk foreleg AT tin days 1.04, whir+ is rather of an uncommon size.-e. It apprars to he about the' 111th part of the sun's diaineter, and is consequently shoo: nine thousand miles io brratlllt• When seen ti1..4111g 1 1.4 telesefpf magnifying - shout eight, times, it appears 101.3r1y of the figure of an Jefegishif lOW ion, surrounded with an umbra. or fairtt ritatle. 0 1 esn ell f the 0411 w figure; which loans a presusnotise 101"4. ule4 the spot and t! e umbra are intimately connected ; and Ns question is, is hillier 5....16 an appearivve preeerdakres immense excavation in the sun's body. or from s kir" 1. 1 " . minener 11.. int from his surface. • •Tt•is 'sprit is in 4 1."..! veeitni towards the north-westerniseet uf the disk, aMIIIOI ' llls ,ppear in too or three 1144. I r user he. stir itailly ties liar 4 telfS:Ope CV:leAli6 i 44 sic or eight time% snot n 0 ..! persons viti. , ll4y o 'Mille organs of vision might tireadd 1 7 distingstish ituitkileir oak al eyes. Another luau( insert ,:tviller dimentior, may also lay seen apptOtrhlnf t ,wee'' Sender. Fur saints time past,. few large snot* .WO here sbler.rest oil the .disk ut tino inutimiri.,..(ildh t.' Geier.) ' ' • . ; • tar i'yt I ti I 7 I a a