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dad adniitted that it as not only nicessarY to ?e -late tarts, but ihe causes of them, and to explain their view and object. If a Government ahread was. to publish a 'declaration of war against this country, couched in the most insolent terms, any person might republish it as a matter of historical information, though it should be of a libellous ten dency, and he was at liberty also to' accompany it with such observitionS as he might think propene Stud) was precisely the principle on which this snp posed libel had been published by Mr. Peltier. His intention was to amuse and instruct his companions inorile, by pointing out to them the effects of a fattion stated to exist in France: The learned Counsel read the Otle which constituted the first Itbel in the indierment. He next referred- to the im punity with which ne.wspapers were allowed in trans kiting the most violent libels from the French Jour- Inds. A manifesto had recently been translated which related to a subjea calculated to excite horror. It eherged General Smart with wiiting letters, for the purpose of procuring assessinetinn ; and a natiOn ; nntich lead never been stained with perfidy or cite:lty—one which could boast mutinies 'without bloodshed---rnbirs Without violence, and revolts- . Lion without bloodshed, of promising to reward , kim, if successful, with that honourable badge which was reserved only for the most meritorious services. • He reviewed many of the circuit'. mances which had. occurred' during . the progress of the French Revolution, till the as s umption of the k;everninent by Bonaparte, inferring, that after such seenes.of guile eel ateocity as had been practised for long a tier:eel, it was not likely that the disposi • lien and character of the [Tench peciple should have neeoine entirely ameliorated, and consequently that it was very probable the faCtion alluded to in the :Lie had existence. He justified the satirical strain in VhiCil it WaS drawls, by reference to the writings of Swift and Buda-. Tire Learned Counsel after wards (ee:lined the libel supposed to he conveyed in the paredv on• the speech of Lepidus. He in s:sted; if it .rd contain a Ebel, it we's direaed against kceche, the Minister of Police of Paris, it it was poe,ib:y such a man could be the object of a libel. To slice.' that he could not, he rca I the letters of that Miaitter, :e; inserted in a report printed at Paris, •:vhich manifested the most saiwiinary disposition. Having concluded his observations on the libels, he Rated the va: ious examples to be found in the Eng lish histt ry,. against the interference of the Govern ment, at the request of foreign Powers ; particu larly, in the reign of Queen El s izabcth, with respelt fo the fifty thousand persons who took refuge in Eng- • land upon the Revocation of the Edia of Nantes. hie also referred to the unrestrained freedom of the newspaper discussions; with regard to Corsica in the reign of Louis XI V. the two partitions of Po- hind, and the invasion of Switzerland. Upon the supposition ; that this cnuntry had been at peace with - France,. at the period of the tyrannical conduct of Robespierre, Marat, and. Carier, he argued, that had the English mw:papers refrainedirom speaking I f their proceedings with becoming indignation, the Attorney-General would have been one of the' first to have censured the disgraceful pusillanimity of their Editors. Having' enlarged upon these and a leariett of other topics, he terminated, by expressing his firm confidence in the Jury pronouncing a ver aia of acquittal. The Arrourrt Gestim. complimented him upon the splendid speech he had. delivered. Had got the itrevestpoot.esi it heem al t genersl nittire, and avoided particular reference to the libels con tained in the India rent, he 'slioeld . . have found Some dilliculty in replying to observations so elo quently delivered. proceeded to comment upon afew of his points, contending that nothing he had advanced, in the least degree tended to alter the imposition with which he had set out ; that the eh:trader cf the libel was of the most violent and inflammatory nature, and direttiy aimed at the life of the First Censuls _ _ _ Lord EL LEN 1101,40 UGH shortly addressed the Jury. Pis Lordship complimented the defence, as one the itiost eloquent he had ever heard, but observed that it did not appear to him to remove the Attorney- General from that claim he had made of a Verdia against the Defendant. The Jury, after consulting a very short time, pro *minced the Defendant—Guilty. EAST INDIES. The following a:nide AA as received by the Com lany's shin the Sav,telsr, iium 11.mbay, the I.sth inst. : TRANSLATION of the VERBAL. ANSWER by AKA Mn- KA m mu) SSEN, the Nephew o f the late Pk;RSIAN Nt WASS ADO it, tipog hearer rem the Declaration of Excellent, the Mutt Nuble the Go oc -GrN E- J rN g A L. to the bon g'ful WA :wiser of Events, th• t t w h a t z . ve; L Ind thow• along with In:: all of ;is the devote,/ servants at the Shadow of GM), the King of pc.R s A) had ,conceived and thoroaOily r:leeel on, res,eacting the penile 21:ney of tlia friendshi;, unity between the two na tllus, frodi•the ut.igisinitnesus and b:nign dispos:tion of his I:Aceleney the Most Noble the le:nvernor4;eneral, tx:i, in-theacrrus of his Liceelkenefee present declaration, con. shorted ai.d realize/ • rind sine:, front the kind attention of Dt:Yerar, the di:weenie here, and the skilful care of the i•xe , ,,lent*Stitgetera tln attended me, my wound, are now FS ter advanced in tiseir car, that I have ree ,vexed strength to 4 4 1 , 1 eii by my own handl ean A.lte to hi: Exeelloney the No %Vat-Lk:kitty, the einotent and renowned C'everitor .•,.Ve.tentl. of Instil, ai arswes to tas fevouratie ionical pstg. rtenripw te inv. I shah accordin giy soon hate alfiltappehedeto repute titled steliverliseessunc for transmission to hiiEscelletief " I have also Brett Pleanare ie tLe present oppoital ty of expressiog my fullest sense of the lune Atto and consolatory c.ere be-dewed on kis Caring thy confinement, by MT. P,reabicat, in the interval tk' tt preceded the ar- Aral of di/Venter Dustcart from the N nithew4ed (§lgeeii) " MOH Ahi MN) H USSEN ." Published by order of the . Fionouraftie the Co s.:inmost in Council. A. Gaiter. Sec.. so GOMlgnent. witty Cook,. Sept. 17, 1842.* THIRD ilt44.E. D RURT-L4Ar E. ' EVE 1111)A3 will be presented a New thetuercal 21/y, in There Ads, anal 1-lEitO OF THE WiORTH. will be add ed, Wnss AtTER MAVAGE. MITRE-Ror2l, co FENT-GARDEN. TFUS ‘EVINING will b peefurited t riode4Pera THE OABINrn • .hiat .tt mut • . r i ll. REVIEW; ur, The WAGS 41VINDSOk. I : '1 I THE. BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, TUESDAY, FEB. 22. No foreign intelligence of any importance wa3 received in the course of yesterday. The thy was, however, produ&ive of domestic occurrences of con siderable interest.—We allude to the verdia ob tained against Mr. PELTIER for a libel upon the nest CONSUL of France.—We also allude to the execution of Col. Dcse Pt RD with six of his associates. Tile trial and condemnation of these men furnish many observations ; but it would be crud, illiberal, and indelicate to descant upon the subjet.% while any doubt remains with respea to the fate of the three 'remaining convias. On Saturday His M A.l f StY hunted, for the first time since Christmas. HIS MAJESTY left Windsor at an earlir hour on Saturday morning, attended by Generals MANNERS ; GARTH ; and GWY NNE ; rode to• Ascot Heath, where they were met by the Earl O SANDWICH ; and a nurtsber of oth.ir Noblemen and Gentlemen, by apprintment. 111: deer was then turned out of the cart, and the day's diversion com menced. At first starting the deer ran wi great swift. tyss!)ySwinley; shethen took to t'o left of I:a , 7shi:: and blackwater, taking across thz forest to the right. After several hours cr.:celltnt chac, , she WAS taken near East Hampstead park. IF, M s.:..;TY and al tendants iturirad to Winds‘lr to dinner. Their MAI!..STIEi and the ParKt•ES.;ti are eicßeft2d at th. Qieen's house between three and fuur o'ciudc this day from I .Vindsor. Th.: Sermon vas preached by the Rev. Dr. b. fore their M aJiarrrs and Pa iNciAoirs, on Sunday, at St. Geore:e's Chapel, Windsor, from the General Epistle of St. James, the first chapter and 22d verse. b, y • dolr: I,f the word, and not hearers cei.ia,l your own u•lve.." The ROYAL FA mmv, after attending Divine Ser vice, took an airing to Fraz,more, attended by Ge nerals MANN . EItS,GA rsi it, and GWYNN Equcries in waiting, Lady CALOLINE DORMER and Miss V vsE. The expe,Fted del )ate yesterday in the House of Commons, on the Motion of Sir WI ci.l A NI EL Foi; o, had a very singular lermination. Mr. Fox, and a remarkably full Flouse attended through the w•liole of sir Wii.i.tast's long and elaborate speech ; and a warm ccnversation at least was looked for ; when, to the surprise and disappointment of all, not a Member stood up to second the Motion, so as to put it even in a train of discussion. Yesterday arrived a l)utch M.til of the 16th inst. The accounts which it brings arc of no importance. The Dutch Descriptions payable after peace are now at 671 a 68, but without sellers. The business of the Loan was to have been discussed on the 10th in the Legislative Assembly. • Yesterday morning arrived a mail from Lisbon, brought to Falmouth by the Duke of . rori packet in. eight days. It brings no news. A lecture was to have been held upon the science of Galvanism last niht, in Cateaton-street, but it did not take place. ilt reason was, because the rooms Were not licensed by the Loan The public, however, did not fail to attribute the disappointment to a very different cause It was reported that the bodie.; of some of the persons executed yesterday, fin- high treason, would be in troduced, for the purpose of making galvanic expe riments upon them. This rqort, - however, was without foundation. A grand Masqueracde was given, last night, at 1 the Pantheon, Oxford-street. The building was most splendidly lighted up : the muse was excel lent, and • abounded in variety. The company, which were numerous, displayed considerable diver sity of charader, and a more than ordinary share of wit and gocd humour. The supper was prepared by Mr. WARD, and did him much credit. The new Play, entitled " The Hero of the North," attracted a full House at lltory-Lane Theatre, last night. Some scenes have been entirely omitted, and others arc cut down. The effea of this com pression is very advantageous. The Piece thus im proved, must have a successful run. We are happy to a:•nounce, that Lord Amnctus Br AucLEito is so much recovered after the opera tion, as to be now announced out of danger. His Lordship's complaint ha been a quinsy in the throat. He underwent a most severe operation. Lord CASTLEREAGH gave an elegant dinner on Sunday, at his house in Cieveland-row. Among the company* present we noticed the following, viz. Earl and Countess of CAMDEN, Lord Dc I3L a- Q UIRE, Countess of CLARE, Sir .1. and Lady BL AC K- • WooD, Sir SYDNEY SMIT:I, Colonel MEADE, and Mr. and Mrs. JONLS. . _ _ Lord :ARBOROUGII, and his son Mr. Prim.% m, - - -• arrived from Paris, at his house in Arlington-street, on Sunday night. They came by way of Boulogne, where they had a narrow escape of their lives : as the ship was coming out of harbour, by some mis take, she ran against the pier-head ; the shock was so great that they expeBed she would go to pieces. Mr. PELtia sr is perfeßly recovered from his late in disposition, which detained him so many months at Parrs. It is the Marquis of DOUGLAS; and not the Mar quis of LoaNIL, who is the suitor for the hand and heart of Lady Marty TAy Loa, the daughter of the Marquis of HEADFORT. Loi;cl W. BtNriscx takes his passage for Madras in the Ea.-I Houle, Capt. ROBERT lluaitOwEs. His Lordship will be escorted by a Frigate, under the command of Capt. Luxo, nephew to Mr. WIND HAM. The extraordinary expenses of the army for last year, according to a printer'. statement before the House of Commons, amount to 2,636,0641. of which 1,032,1511. remain still unprovided for by Parliament. The public dispatches tOor from Lard CORNIVAL.• us, and suchother public or private letters as were intercepted by Tirroo, during the war in 179 t, have been lately found. at Seringapatam. They were eiritully packed bp, and, what is more re. tnerkesl4. not mote than thteeor tour of Ow letters had been Opead. The teals of all the othas were take. Lord o%oll . .eitoei is eletsed Member for 'the 4o south Of Ste ti ynio na t i In the toot* of ROBE aT *HHait s . ).4. who has his elealon to serve for . the Be' rough of Shaftesbury: .XIGfl DRE4SOM EXE9UTION OF COLONEL DI SIIARD ADM HIS ASSOCIATES. Yesterday &timing COI. EDWARD MARCUS Des- Vann; THOMAS BROLTOHITON, JOHN FRANCiS, AR THUR GRAHAM, JOHN MACNAMARA, JOHN WOOD, and J. SEDGWICK WRATTEN, were executed, at the front of the New Prison, Horsemonger-lane, in the Borough of Southwark, pursuant to their sentence, fur High Treason. The following is a faithful ac count of that awful event, and of the circumstances that immediately preceded it.—As soon as the war rant for execution was received on Saturdat night, it was communieat.4 to the above seven unhappy men, by the governor of the prison (Mr. Ives), in the way least likely to alarm their feelings, and with all the humanity th a t has distinguished his conduct, duringthe whole time in which he had the prisoners in his cuttotly and care. We believe the fatal tidingswcre expeatd by all 2 —and by all they were received With fortitude and resignation. Colonel DESPARD ob served, upon the communication being made to him, that the time was short: yet he had not had, from the first, any strong expedation that the re commendation of the Jury would be effeEtual. 'lid mediation of Lard NELSON—the petition to the Crown, were tried ; but Colonel DESPARD was con vinced, as we have been informed, that they would be unavailing. From the moment of his conviEtion Ile had begun to prepare himself for that last mo ment that was to close his mortal course, arid by an ignominious and painful death, to terminate a life that opened with the most flattering prospects, and seemed in its early progress to lead the way to the highest pitch of honour and glory. During the whole of the iiitcrq between the period of the -passing and the executing of his sen tence, he behaved with composure. Much of his time was employed in writing, some in reading, the greater part with his wife, Mrs. DE.st4altri. Soon after the warrant was received, all papers, and every thing he possessed, were immediately takin from Co',Awl I)Esp Ait D. He was strialy searched, to discover whether he had any knife or means of self-destruction concealed about him, and every thing that it was - thought might enable him to put an end to his existence was conveyed out of his reach. There is no reason to suppose he had the slightest design of committing suicide ; but these are the usual and necessary. precautionary measures. Mrs. DESPARD was greatly affected when she first heard that his fate was sealed ; but, on Sunday, she recovered her fortitude. Accompanied by another lady, she had a last interview with him about three o'clock. The lady wept bitterly ; but riper M DasPet‘o, aad thess the CmIoPPI. re proached her with her weakness. Mr. and Mrs. DESPARD bore up with great firmness, even in part ing; and when she got into a coach, as it drove off, she waved her handkerchief out of the window.— The other prisoners bore their fate with equal forti tude, but conduaed themselves with less solemnity than Colonel DESPAD. Their wives, &c. were allowed to take farewel of them on Sunday.— The scene was extremely distressing. Five of these men attendea chapel on Sunday morning—a chapel within the goal, and for its inhabitants MACNAMARA, being a Roman-Catholic, did not attend, neither did Colonel Desr Aso, who had constantly refused the assistance of a clergyman. The erection oldie apparatus of death, on Sunday morning, gave full information to the populace of the approaching event, and great crowds continued to arrive and retire, during the whole day. All the 'Bow-street patrole, and many other peace-officers were on duty all day and night, and the military near London were drawn up close to it. Mrs. DESPARD, after having taken leave of her husband at three o'clock on Sunday afternoon, came again about five; but it was thought adviseable to spare the Colonel the pangs of a second parting, and she was therefore not admitted ;nu!, the prison. After Mrs. DESPARD had left the Colonel on Sunday afternoon, he walked up and down his cell for some time, seemingly more agitated than he had been at the period of taking leave of his wife -,-Between six and seven in the evening, he threw himself on the bed, and fell into a short sleep. At eight o'clock he awoke, and addressed ene of the 011icers of the prison, who was with him, in these words Me—they shall receive no inforMation from me- , -no--not for all the gifts, the gold, and jewels, in the possession cf the Crown."—He then composed himself, and remained silent. After Mrs. Des, Ana had left the Oolonel, he was visited in the evening by the gentleman who had aged as his &dicker, who came to ask him where he wished to be buried ? He was silent for some minutes, and at lebgth replied, that be believed several of his coonfryitten were buried at Pancras : he therefore desired to be buried them The Clergyman of the Prison, as we stated yes terday (bk. Illinteorris) had made oveitures to the Coked to commie= wioh him. But the Co lonel declined the Clergymen's ever. thanking him. Mr. Winewolex repeated. his request yesterday, but meting& the same semer. Mr. Mamma= *shed. (Liao to ic i ctit a book - ' from him, which he also declined. The Coltineror we understand, said, that he was not particularly se. lathed to any Torm of religion, and,that his mind: . was entirely made up upon religious matters. Most of the other prisoners, howeyer, passed much of their time in prayer, and with the clergy.. men. Mac NA MAaw being a Roman Catholic, was attended by a .Roman-Catholic .priest. G#tAti , Axe and two of the other prisoners requested. Mr. Rpw.. LAND HILL to send a clergyman to them, which he did. They remained great part of the night is deep and earnest piayer. When Mr. Ives went to communicate the war rant for execution to two of the prisoners (Wow" and GRAHAM) they said, that they wished to have some conversation with him: Sunday afternoon he went to them, attended by the clergyman lA.. WINKWORTH.) GRAHAM then entered into a Wig conversation with him, upon the motives of the meeting at the public-house where they were appre hended ; but we do not learn that he threw any,, . new light upon the subjeo; or made any discoveries •` of importance. MAC NAMARA spent the whole of the night ill prayer. The Roman-Catholic Priest left him at a late hour on Sunday eight, and came again carlr yesterday morning. GRAtIAM, W RA7Tbv , and another, (Wool), we believe) were the greater part of the night engaged in - a similir manner : they. were DiSSCMCI'S. B&W:CI:MN and Fit ANdig OM" of the Church of England persuasion. Col. Drs- P•RD slept from three to half-past four : the re mainder of the night he passed in walking up ant down his cell. The . rest of the prisoners slept about two hours. At five o'clock yesterday morrtiog the trumpet sounded, at the Horse-guards, as the signal for thr cavalry to assemble. We understand that four re , gimetits were on duty. Three troops of the Scotch Greys, from Croydon; arrived about half-past seven, and were stationed in a field opposite the Elephant and Castle. Th 6 Guards were under arms in the Tower, at Knights bridge, Scc. and Horse-guards were stationed in Horsemonger-lane, around the prison, and along the chief roads in St. George's-fields, while the Bow_ street patrole mixed among the crowd, and paraded round the neighbourhood. About six there was a very numerous assemblage, as numerous as that narrow lane could contain. There are few houses in front of the prison ; all or them, however, were crowded with spectators. The Dyer's grounds, on the left of the prison, were gra dually filled, till at last all the parts that had a view • of the scaffold were completely crammed. We: suppose that 20,000 persons might be assembled.— They behaved. in a very order?? manner. At fife — o'clock St. George's bell tolled, and continued tolling' for about an hour. At half-past six the prison belt rang, the signal for the unlocking of the cells. Mr.. WINKWORTH, the Clergyman, and Mr. GILIFF/TEI. the Roman-Catholic Priest, (the same gentleman: who attended O'Colcity, who was executed at Maidstone) came to the prison, and were imme diately admitted to the prisoners. At seven o'clock, five of them—Baouctrrom, FRANCIS, GRAHAM; WOOO, and WRATTEN ; went into the Chapel ; Colonel DESPA CD remaining in his - cell, and MACNAMA RA praying in his cell with the Roman-Catholic priest. Ihe five prisoners- con, dated themselveswith much decorum in the Chapel. They attended to the prayers with great earnestness, but at the same time without seeming to lose that firmness which they had displayed since their trial. Before they received the sacrament, four of them: confessed they had done wrong, but not to the ex tent charged against them by the evidence.. The , fifth (G nttA M ) said, he was innocent of the charge!' brought against him, but that he had attended two meetings, the second at the instigation of FRAN CIS. It was En st.v it, he added, who call "'ouhim to take him to the meeting, by FRANCIS'S desire. For some time the clergyman refused to administer' the sacrament to FRANCIS, because he persisted in. declaring that he had been guilty of no crime.— The clergyman said. to him, ";You admit you at. tended meetings ?" Ile replied, " Yes." You knew they - were for the purpose of overturning the Cunstitution and Government of . the Country? L by no means wish you to enter into particulars--d . only wish you. to, acknowledge generally." Fam.- cis then shtilect—it seemed Vibe the natural charac ter of his 'countenance ; he answered, "I admit r • have done wrong is attending those meetings.'.... The Clergyman then asked each of them, " How they found themselves?" Ftweets, Wean, Baouon.. T ON, and WRATTzs said, "they Were UP= hap. pier in their Hem." Gaastak kimainea slum The sacrament was then administered tor then, service in the chapel lasted three-quartos a an hoer. Before it was over, Wand Ileszaaas and, Mactt.uka.a.L were brought down Irons their Their irons were knocked oft and their arms a a a hands. bound with ropes. estlenei Dsztehl(l) walked up zed down beftite the chapel door, bap iL of enter the duel PiaorpotAitk wanted about is earnest. conversation with the Roman Gat& teat, and with a book In hind. Colonellharnan *as at the dowel die ---- ~'E_ "14 ;Fir ~ ~"~ _ • 41. to ol 1 I '~ . ~~ 1 . I 1 I ~.~■