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FRENCH I'A PE RS. We cstcnlay received the Et,.;te of 'fliitrs,lay, and the other .loornalli of IVatlnestlay. The following arc txtrarts I Fnan the Cortrt;,.r. F:nnea;cl l'Amic SEPT. ?2. The King heard Nat to day in the chapel of the Chateau. The I take el Itrle:ms visited the King. The Count de VlBele transacted business with his Majesty. We are assured. ways the Qtrotidi one, that the cold rein 6f the rei,ln of Pirtle. X. will be of the value of '25 and tip Mutes. The mass of the Bectitient, which we celebrated yesterday at Notre 'hone, and at which the Prefect. tit the Seine, and 01 the Police. the Maim-111AI Corr, and other public bodies assisted, attrnocd a large ConCutill•• Ut spectators. (From Gutienaii;', .Ifrtvwesr.l Yestetday dolfiltng transacted basil... 4 wall the President of the Conned, the lIVIIIIIster fur Foreign .Itrairs, and the Chaneellur of the legton of Honour. Yesterday the I htuphin went to fileudon, and the Dauphines' to Villeneuve Etaug. The lieneral 1 Mice's of the army, not on ditty in Park, who in tend to join the proctssion of the Lite Kin_ g's funeral to.tutwvow, have received notice to assemble on the Place du Carrousel, at nine o'clock in the morning. It is fully expected that the King's funeral with ram by the Place Voithone. the Itue de la Pais, and the Boulevards, to the Faubourg Si. Denis. Upon the presentation of the Petri of France at St. Cloud, the Itaaphiness is said to have addressed the Viscount de Chaumont beiand in the moo flattering manner. A Conned of Mini was held yesterday at the boom of l'ount de Villele. The .ifoositor, in its of part, contains the progninime of the t'eremonial to be tilitarvol, its conveying the body of Louis XVIII. to the tourch of St. Denis. A great number of the military were to be in the procession, and pieces of artillery, sta. tinted along the road, were to be discharged every lit t e initiates. The King. Charles X. has given the title of Royal Highness to the pokes of I Irleans anti Bourbon. lln Tisessilay the King transacted business with M. de Villele, the Minister at War, and Duke of Tarentuni. The M.-nlieser 1 , 2. a black bottler mend it, fur the first time since the death of Louis XVIII. [From the Etoik of Thornlay.l SI. MI.IN. Sr f 7. 27. \Ye learn from authentic letters of the 13th of August, that Omer Brione, Pacha of Janina, has been declared a rebel by the Sultan. This new. is highly interesting for the Greeks., who are delivered twill a powerful newly, who must become their ally.— .risrp'orre3 Gazette. TA-MITT. SEPT. 10. After a long intercoprion we hare received news from Smyrna. The (*Gillian Paella left 3litylene on the 9th, and appeared en the 11th before SAMOS. The )(reek fleet followed hitn at a avant ill.. ranee. All the popolation of Samos is ender arms. The central Government of lrrece has promised its aid. According to hi. Majesty's intention, the Museum and other public places. which have been closed, will be re..upencd on Friday, the ?lib of this month. A telegraphic despatch announce., that the squadron of evolution which sailed from Cadiz on the k h of My, under the cimirtiand of Vice Admiral ltuperre, WAS on the 111th of Toulon. It was in the hest condition, anri hail not 10 sick. Since its departure fur Culiz,sibe squadron had hint no communication. VG it Ft' ns.• —Pasts. Sr.t.r. 21.—Vive pet eenb. opened at 90 tat; closed at IN 00. Loan of 1923, In. Bank Stuck. 1.902 S. Nempolican Five per ('ents., in ducats, 8114; Bente* ill:spastic. Itl3. I { , l - 3 1 Spanish Loan, 1823. 37. Eactuinge on laindoii, I 2 3 months, 23 S. The Helves closed (for money) on IVeiliicsday at Ithtf. 13c., a rise of inure than half per tit. DUTCH PAPERS. We Isst night received Dutch Papers to the 23r. inst. The following are extracts : Faswitemer, SE I . T . 17. We have no later news from the Lev - ant,tffan of the 7th, limn Smyrna, and the 17th August front tonatantinutil ; the contents of which arc already known, and so we have nothing new respect ing the Egyptian and Turkish fleets. The „Ostrow, 'lbstrter gives extrarts from the Journals Of Hydra, to the Illth July. in order to prove the it told the truth in stating that the loss of the Turks in Irani was not so very great in these Noontide the number of the Turk. who were in Ipsera at the time of the landing of the Greeks, is estimated at no more than 2.1100. 'l' lie booty made by the Egyptians In the Isle of f'asita was immense. Besides 55 vessels, or which IS were eimipletely equipped, they found large magazines of -coffee, rice, silk, and even large soma in relUly 1310fler. A letter from a European officer in the Egyptian expedition, fins been intercepted. Ile affirms that the Pacha would never hare consented to expose his troops in an attack on the Mores, unless the say had been mepareil hr villany and Ite:PCM. In fact, these journals affirm, that Pions fire, whirling sn long opposed the Central t:ircertiment of Greece. has actually all nniler standing wish the Paths of Egyrt, and that a regular corresporti donee is carried on between l'a amata, where he'commaadr:aval ('andia. The Greek paper' also contain a proclamation to the effect, that those individuals in the islands, who seek to alarm and discourage the people, shall be ICIIII,IIOI according to the laws. PROM Tilt: 'UAW r, SePT. 17. The important works that attivound the city of Coblentr, me very far advanced ; those of Elsrenbrechstien also arc carrying on with great aotrity. The exchiSive scale on which these works are planned, the solidity it magnificence with which they ale built, recite great admiration. ASI iTEIIIIAX. I.T. 21!. If this city -ens deprived, two years ago, of one of it s gre a t e st ornaments, by the unfortunate destruction of the new Lutheran church by tire, we have now the satisfaction of saying, that the da mage is .42 far repaired. That the Cupola was liniducil to-day, and a fag hey the workmen, exactly two years after the calamitous event. it is hopol that the whole building will speedily be coat pleted with greater magnilicence than ever. Exchange on LOndims, Ii; 2 tounths,ll9 F. ItRAZIL Yesterday Rio Janeiro Guzefks to the sib of Anrust woe received. by way of Memory. They were I ght by the Twu Brothers, which kft Rio fifteen days later Eau the packet. The palters inisounce that the Empress was safely de liver d of a daughter on the preveding day. tht the same day Lord Cochrane sailed from Rio for nrhanibuco, with a division of the Brazilian fleet, carry ing 1.0 n troops, under the command of if,:tieral Nforat.l, thtstiotsl 1. , art against Camas), the Reptablican t . ueernor /if Ptiostillowo. lln lb, 2d alma arrived at Rio the Brazilian frigates Nolierhully Piranga, and the brig Bahia, all from Bahia; and the ::ritish sloop of war Sparrowitawk, (runs Portsmouth. Extract of a letter from Itiu Janeiro, aura July '26 : " The accounts from Pernambuco are *nom unsatisfactory. They &ice, Wiwi re r, to rouse the Government to a sense of impending thinger ; and it is 'determined to send up i:o -tnediately I .sim soldiers. Lord Cochrane is to be actively employed oil that port." At 7.—taince the '.:Bth ult. an embargo has been laid on all the shipping iu port, in consequence of an ex pedition fitting out against Pernambire.f. The squadron sailed un th.. 2.1 instant, and is confounded by Lord Cod'. I ram, who seruts confident of success. A further force of ?,..a men for the same rarter will take its departure on the loth. His I.ljesty s brig Sparrowhawk arrived on the 3.1 inst., and has brought in spetie to the amount of 300 , 00 0!. sterling, reported to be on account of the loan contracted fur in your city fur the use, of this country. The arrival of this money is most opportune, and will do mare fur the Emperor titan all his tine speeches. We have no accounts fru:u Peru. Extract of a letter from the Agents to Llov.l's at Rio Janeiro, dated 7th August :—" The Pedro Primeiro, of 71 guns, Admiral Lord Coehrane, Captain Crosbie ; Carioca corvette, Maranhao' brig of war, I limn/one and transports, sailed from hence the ld inst., and, aftet hinting detachments of troops (about '2,000 men) to reinforce the Imperialists in the province of Pernambueo, trill proce e d to blockade the port. The following Ilritkir men-of-war have arrived here, viz.—July lit, his Majesty's ship Tweed, from Cork ; July his Majesty's ship Doris, from Bahia: and, August his Majesty's ship Sparrowhawk, from Per.smouth." A Liverpool paper sava—" Expresses hence to London have, iluripg the last Month been regularly pent otf, oil the arr i va l o f t h e New York° packet-ships. They are, it miderstood, forwarded to, and at the expense Of, persons connivers! with the Me‘i•ltl and Sorrel .‘merican funds. 'Pies are ab,rut twenty hours on ihr road." Tile Act of Parliament for repealing.the stamp duties on law inometlings takes effect on the loth Octobs'r nett. Stamps rendered useless may be sent to the head Stamp ofice• and exchanged fur other stamps, within six months trom that date. • itr no on, St TT. ?2.— The fine weather of . the 1a..4 Wm!: ha.; loured very seasonable to the hop-growers in the North Clays : most of the ' , Lint:nitro. which a ( ow days ago Lwtk l an towering and beautiful, have now the appearance of desolation—the poky lying in all directions dism.antled of their heavy load, and the 'Mies (strippc4l Of the precious burr) nearly rustling the god. The gene rality of the plantations, however, have turned nff very light : several of the old hop-growers arc much dmeiv4.•;l as to the quantity. SPAIN. [racist ova vonstrticostitur.l Alanatn, SECT. 12. I lately informed you of the alarming spirit a Vetige• mice and reaction which ditecrs the measures of Govern ment, and with what animosity the creatures of the Apostolic J are filled against the men in place, who are of the Alotlemte Party. I thivil Dow give you some ilea of the state of anarchy in which the provincial :Mini iii,trations are at lids moment, and to what a wretched state of corruption the el,rizy are fallen. It is from the otlicial act.; themselves that I leave yomtn judge of the evil.; that afflict this unhappy country. The Governor of Vitto ria lately published a decree, which was it 1111 l ediatily adopted lay the•Governbra of all the oti , er provinces, and which recalls to mind the most dreadful times of the French Revolution. This decree goes oven so far as to include those who may he unfortunate ettotOt to be called suspected. It is drawn up as follows : Article I. Every pirate wait:: is forbid to those who had any part in the Revolutionary Govern cot, to the volunteers called Na. tional, and to all those whoa in an way whatever manifested their adherence to that Government ; it is also forbid that they should assemble in public to a number tweeditie three, under pain of a fine of Uhlman (W. 101.) No excuse will be admitted. and the delinquents will be held responsible for the consequences when:ver the publi: tranquillity shill be troubled by their slitinfiedienee. 2. All pesions of the above claws e.hnll he subject to a line, who by their words or actions express revoloMmary Write, and shall draw upon IllettiselVel4 the hatred of the friods to the King. 3. it is turbid den them to publish any alarming news, calculates! to disturb goal order ; and they are admonished, that if they shoal.' find themselves molested from these motives. they must blame their want sr rnntenre in having rendered themselves suspected, and they will nut oily have to pay the fine buil upon, but they will be tried nod ileliirerni over on the third day to the executive Military Commission, to be punished at-sanding to law. 4. Every individual belonging to these classes is bound to give tip. within live days. all aide and lire snits (les arnts blanches .os i fees) in their possession, and if after that time any nrnis be found in their houses sir mem theist, they shall pay the tine, wain: looked mem as suspected persona. hi. No insisvislaal comprised in these classes fall pass the night out of his own house, without a rule dr sari unless lie has ob tained n special permission from time polic.• of the town, or from the Ale:doles of souse other town of the province. after having declared the object of his journey, the place he is going to, and the period of his absence; but if, in contempt of the present order, any • shall absent himself for one night only, witholit permission, he shall pay the fine, and be proceeded a,, , aitist as a suspected person. 8..11l persons resident in this province since the 7th March, 1820, and every individual having changed his residence since that epochs. is bound to present himself, within fifteen does, before the police, to answer for his conduct, designate Where hi has resided formerly, the cause of his arrival, the object of his journey, and the means of his existence. It being understood that those who do not sit pri-sert thenoalves shall pay the line fixed upon, and be liable, besides, to the mast rigorous measures against them. The Authorities in charge of the execsition of this.snler, and the Arnied Royalist Volunteers, shall watch the actions of the :na -1 peeled. Long live the King, and wo be to those who oppose the un. 'limited rights of his august Throne. (Signed) VALENTIN DE VERASTEQI'I, Deputy-General in charge of the Police of Vittoria, 4th Sept. 11121. the Province d'Alava. . . . . . Yon may judge from the latitude and encouragement given to inf rs, and the little security insured to the accused, to what excesses a sanguinary populace will proceed, who are excited to murder and pillage by a fanatical clergy. You may also judge of the arbitrary measures which will be adopted in the administration of justice; and recent ex ample will give an idea of these excesses. The day after this order was made public, and placarded in the streets, two Royalist volunteers brought beMre the Deputy General pf the province, who is diargeil with the police, an indivi dual whom they accused of having torn down the printed orders. The accused declared that it was impossible he could have committed this crime, not haring left his house the whole of the . day, and he further offered to bring wit nesses to prove that he was ill, and hail not gone from home. That is false, replied his accusers, and as a proof of what we advance, when we saw him tear down the placard, he had on a pair of white pantaloons. I never wore any other than black, replied the accused, and if you choose' to examine my wardrobe, you will not find any white ones. The Judge won'd admit no excuse, nor listen toasty ex planati ll , but condemned this unfortunate individual to be tined .10 ducats, and be conducted to prison. However, one of the persons who were present begged permission to br hearth, and he athrined that it was not the accused that *ae guilty, but that he saw (with Lis ow eyes) Mr. Za r !:e tear down the order, and that when he cominitted this act, he hail on a pair of white pantaloons, as the Royalist volunteers hail declared. Mr. Zarate was accordingly sum moned to appear before the Deputy. On seeing him, the two first witnesses acktiowlialged their mistake, aud de clared upon oath, that it was 3lr. Zsrate who was the really guilty person. Ile was not allowed to reply, but was fined the .$Ol ducats, and further was ordered to quit the town in three days. Perhaps you may suppose that after the discovery of this mistake, the former person was absolved from the fine: no such thing, he was forced to pay it as well as Mr. Zarate, who, it was afterwards found, was nu c guilty than himself, fur the next day a p:raoit of the first respectability deposed, that the order was torn down in his presence by sonic children who could not road, and who do doubt thought it was a play-bill. Facts like these need no commentary to excite the indlg nation of every honest person. However, there are acts committed still more odious, which are ordered in the name of the Goo of Peace Batt of Mercy ; who constantly recom mended the forgetting of lido:n.B and forgiveness of of fences. There have been Circulars privately addr.ssed to the curates of Catalonia, which :thew what contempt the Catholic Bishops have fur religion, since they dare propose to those who are its ministers to descend to the vile employment of agents of police and secret informers. A copy of one of them has been communicated to me by the curate of This ecclesiastic, the only honest one perhaps in his diocese, replied with horror such pro posals, and tendered the resignation of his curacy. Tlwre is no doubt that his noble and courageous conduct will draw upon his head the most violent petsecutions. The following strange and ridiculous story is given in the Pottery 3fereury, us an extract of s letter intik! La tluavra, slated August tit, addres-cd to a (lentleman in the l'in terics :—" The Colombian Government have issued orders to shut up all the warehouses of English merchants, and prevent their trailing, until they swear allegiance to this country, or pay I'2,thle dollars for their citiacuship ; but our countrymen are not to he trifled With, or forced into measures like these, and have resisted it in a way that has procured a temporary suspension of the general order. I have just sism the British Consul, who has forwarded to England all the particulars : you will therefore see them. The stores are full of inerehanilize, eatted ; and vet ves sels are daily arriving front every part. There is no pro duce to get, and ships return without a cargo; surely this will tell the facts, and causes more correct view tube taken of this State. The population is almost ilestroytil by the late drainage for Peru ; groupes of miserable half-wild creatures are lest through the town, who are caught in the interior, fastened together with cords in long strings, as horses, are at the fairs in Yorkshire, and are shipped off to Peru, to me: nettle's the army. Poor creatures ! the mind shudders to look at them ; for they have less the appear ance of civilization about them than I had ever before witnessed." The following is an extract of a letter which we recently received fr New South Wales dated 6th Derettibri, igti:—" IV heat was last week sold for ti. 7 ?tl. per bushel .; maize, 'atift. ; barley', ; MOO., SA. per cwt. ; fowls, 3s. per couple ; butter, Is. 6.1. per lb.; cheese, 1... ; lk r doses ; the loaf of 2115., 3. 1 1 Since last year we hero received several hundred emigrants. All may do well, if industrious and 50b•? ; if not, they are ruined. In this land the surplus of British population with may find ample room. Manufacture's are much waffled. - Posteript, dated itith February, 1624: " Wheat is now at 35. 6.1. per bushel." 31vsvxatoes Discorray.—A few days since, while the workmen were employed in pulling down an old public house on the Sands, Hear Brampton, one of them, on mot. ing some flags in the parlour floor, experienced considerable annoyance by a nauseous smell issuing from theearth ; and anon after, at the depth of a yard from the surface, struck his spade is;:ainst a hard substance, which, on being taken up, proved to be part of a human skeleton, supposed, from the sire of the bones, to be that of a man. glow these remains cause to be deposited in that place, remains yet a secret. On Saturday the II do instant, a large Cormorant was shot near Burton-upon-Trent 1,7 Mr. Edward Chawner. It is almost the only instance of a bird of its unwielilly flight and marine habits having been seen so far inland. THE BRITISH PRESS. CHARLES THE TEX7'H. ll'e extract from the Etude eitelollowing reminiscences of the new Monarch of France ,— " Few words will suffice to leoomtwend to the love and admiration of the pub:ic, the French Prince whom Provi dence has just called to reign over than. The Count d'Artuis was esteemed by Louis XVI., his august Brother, as much as he was beloved by him. Approved devotion, eitivalroul loyalty, unerring judgment; these formd the title of this; Prince to the countenance of the Monarch. It is not yet forgotten that Louis XVI. 'speaking one day of very hazardous counsel which had beefn given to him at a most momentous crisis, said aloud, ' I oppose it, I know that my Brother, tho Count !)'Artois, wutld never give it the sanction of his approbation.' " The moment arrival too soon, when France had occa sion to admire in a Prince of thirty, /biter iiiii Knit and pru dence, which are ordinarily but the fruits of age and ex perience. Louis XVI. hail convoked the Assembly of the Notables, for the purpose of confenin,, ,, with them on the au) jeet of the reforms which were made the pretext for the Revolution. A Prince presides) over each Bureau of that Assembly. On opening their Sessions his Royal Highness pronounced a speech, in which this phrase was remarked— Vrenclimen, like you a subject—liki! you, I will justify the confidence which the King, my Brother, manifests, by the utmost frankness, and by the most perfect submission to the orders which he may be pleasol to give for the hap.. pir-ss of his people, and the glory of his throne.' " Already the 'omit d'Artois foresaw the fatal projects of innovators. They were all unveiled to I • by the open ing of the StatesA ieneral. Ile saw that that Assembly would prove but the instrument of a faction and he was the first to sign that ever-memorable paper, in which the Princes of the House of Collide Joined with him, to an. nounce-L-we may say to prophesy—to the unfortunate Louia XVI. all the calamities which were about to fall on him and on France. As soon as a handful of wretches had wiled on the Bastile without resistance, and unpu nished assassinations served for a prelude to the horrors which the Chiefs of the Revolution meditated, the Count d'Artois anticipated but too correctly, that the King, his Brother, was a captive ill the han d s of rebels, and with- drew, with the two young Princes, his some, to the dosni- Mims of the King of Sardinia, father - in-law. "The Emper - or Leopedil 11. invited this Prince to a secret conference at Mantua. This conference was very long. Those who then surrounded the Emperor have not forgotten, that that Prince, who was endowed with no co 11111 l on Mtilligence, :aid aloud, in retiring from the in terview—. I knew that the Count &Artois was a Prince of brilliant talents, but I did not expect to find in him a Statesman equally judicious and well informed.' " It is known that Louis XVIII. on rejoining the Count d'Attlis and the Prince of Conk, after their separation, quoted these fine verses:— Oui puisque je resois we plus fennessppuis Rome n'ett plus dans Rowe, elk est foot je suit " Every holly is a'• arc that, after the failure of the first attempts to snatch Louis XVI. from fit:. hands of his gaolers, the Empress Catherine 11. expressed a desire to receive the Count trArtois at bee Court. But every body does not know, that on his return from Rest% the first care of this Noble 'rince was to divide among the faithful ser vants of Louis XVI. the rich presents which he had re ceived from that grist Princess. It was by similar traits that Europe recognised him, to whom it decreed the glorious title of the first French Knight, and in whom the Knights themselves, assembling round him, recognised the grandson of the good Henry, like 'him always affable, always bene volent ; like him, he might say, ' Le B,'areais is poor—he gives what he has.' " NORWICH GRAND MrSICAL FESTIVAL. The first perfortnance of Sacred Nlusie during the Fes tival, took place on Wednesday morning. and the selection was in every way excellent. The absence of Mr. Sapio would have been most severely fdt but fur the kindness of Mr. Vaughan, who lertook all the parts that were to have been performed by that gentleman. The Concert commenced with the opening and first chants of the " llettingeu re. Demo, • which was executed in a very masterly manner. This was followed by an air from the " R•slemption," sung by Miss Carew, accompanied by a grand chorus, which was effivtively given by the members of the different choirs that had been engaged for the Fes tival. Mrs. Salmon sung " Holy, holy, holy, Lord God." Miss Stephens gave, " In sweetest harmony they lived,' from Ilandefa Saul. The Concert ctmcluded with a grand chorus, arranged, with instrumental accompaniments, ex pressly for this occasion, by Mr. Edward Taylor. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex expressed his gratifi cation in the wannest terms throughout, and his feelings were strongly participated in by all presynt. In the evenmg of Wednesday, every seat was taken at an early hour, and numbers were obliged to Ftantl during the whole of the performance, happy if they could do even that in a spot which would afford them any conveniente for seeing as well as hearing the performers. The piece se lected fur the commencement was one of Mozart's 'yin. phonies, which was immediately followed by the " Battle of flohenlinden," sunglby Mr. Bellamy, in a very fine and impressive manner. Miss Stephens, Miss Carew. Mr. - fermi), Mr. Vaughn's, and Mr. Bellamy, gave the Quin tette, " Blow Gentle tales," front The Shire, in which they were most deservedly encored. Mrs. Salmon afterwards sung a little song, to afford Mr. Nicholson the opportunity of a second time astonishing and delighting everybody by his performance on the flute. Signor de Begnis gave scemt and aria front " II Fanatic° per la Musica," with infinite comic humour and effect, and was utmost rapturously encored. The overture to The Freisehutz, played most excellently, concluded the performances for the evening. Tits (haves Assoctarto:47- I The Dublin Patriot nays—" A few secrets have trausrired, which in due time must be laid before the public. fhe faction has divided, and must rapidly fall to pieces. A certain knot of the gentry convened a meeting to consider the conduct of a certain lo films which they were excluded ; and the reason assigned, although in any Miler community a very silly one, was in perfect acconlance with the history of the Association's fracas and disunions." otEmrst.—The nutrtiq Slur gives an account of the elopement of a young and beautiful wife from Dublin, with a man named Vitch, who has a wife (now on a bed of sickness), and three children. The injured husband. a Mr. Carlile, followed the fugitives to Belfast, where he dis covered them, and *as grossly insultasl by the adulterer and adulteress. The former stepped forward , - and said that he would only part with the lady with his life, and the husband was then forcel by his friend from their presence, to pn.vent any set:ous consequerces. Mrs. Carlile, imme diately on her limband retiring, sent him her welding and desired he should be informed that she had left her locket and other trinkets (the pledges of their mutual faith) behind her in Dublin. This Mr. Vitch had lately a property in the comity of Westmeath, which he contrived to dispoac of, together with all his p7ate and furniture, on rretenee of meting his establishment to Dublin, for which it was, he said, necessary to have a new service of plate. It is supposed Mr. Vitch has 7,000/. in money, he. side: f.ve or six trunks containing property to a consith.7- aide amount. His family is highly respectable, and two of his brothers were on the eve of matrimony previously to this distressing occurrence. A notice was on 'Thursday issued from the Post Office, flirt mails will, in furore, be regularly made up on the first Wo.litcs,Lv iu c:wh tottoth, for Cartha.mtia, in Co lombia, and for Vera Cruz or Alvarado. in Mexico, to be taken out by the Jamaica packet ; and that on the third Wednesday in every month, a mail will be made up for Lagnavra, in Colombia, to go from Falmouth by Ahe ward Island packet. The total number of assessments in the parish rate-book this year, is viostitri; the amount atetocii. ; being an in crease in the former of 609. in the latter of 11.66;/. We i observe by a notice on the Church thaws, that the new rate of Is. 64. in the pound, Stated to he fin the poor. &c., 311. fur the county, and Id. fur the CitUrclicv and Clergy, was allowed on 1 4 1turday last by the Magistrates.—Liere pod (*.wrier. Another smuggler has been captured by the revenue cutter atationol off Ikarton. &c. under the command of Lieut. Botcher • she was loaded, and was towed into Dia tun on Wedneray evening, together with her crew, who are loZgeil in linton gaol. SUSPENSION OF THE REV. ALEXANDER FLETCHER. UNITED ASSOCI•tTE SYNOD. The Synod of the United Secession Church met on Tuesday in the Reverend Dr. Hall'. Church, Waveform Place and was opened with an elegant sermon by the Reverend Hr. Itel:ragc of alkirk, the Nlitlerator, descriptive of the grulual progress and diffusion of Christian knowledge, from Isaiah xi. 9. After the call. ing of roll, the Synod proceeded to make choice of a new :Wale razor. whit tlic We trend „lames flay of Alyds was chosen. The evening sedermit was principally employed in devotional exercises. after which the various committees uu bills, overtures, &c. were appointed. On It'ealnesilay the Synod took up an appeal from the Reverend Alexander Fletcher, Minister of the Albino I duped , Ltmtlon, from a decision pf the Associate Presbytery of London, refusing to, put into distinct propositions the charges which they had substantially adopted against hint ; and also a reference of the whole cause by the Presbytery, in respect to the firma against Jlr. Fletcher, that he had violated :I promise of marriage which he had plighted to the daughter of a highly respectable member of the Secession Church ; and also a complaint to the Presbytery, against 51r. Fletcher, by several cf his elders, that lie had dispensed the Lord's Supper in opposition to the trill of the session. _ . _ . A civil action, &rising out of the first charge, had previiiitely been determined by the Coort of King's Bench. The short-hand writer's reports of that cause, and a mass of incidental documents, conse quently became evidence in this ; and the reading of them occupied the Coutt the whole of the early sederunt, which lasted fr,mi II A.M. till half-past 4. P.M. as also some part of the evening, when the Synod again vie at io'clock, fur the purpose of bringing this important case to a conclusion. A petition (Own the members and seatholders of Mr. Fletcher's Congregation having been read, Mr. Reid, one of the Coe ..... ission era trims the Plesbytery of London, said, that havin A become at. 'ainted with the circumstances under which this petition had been prepared, he dished to know whether it was to be received by this Court or not, because it was considered by die Presbytery of Lon don as a gross libel. lie. HALL said, it had already been agreed that all the papers timid be read, and that it would then be high time to determine whether this or that document should by received or not. A petition, of the same tenor as that front the members and mu holders of the Albion Chapel, and containing the saute number of subscriptions, was presented as the petition of the seatholders of the same congregation. A petition of the same nature was presented from members and seetholders of the %Veil's-street (London) cen gregation. All these petitions prayed that the cause rhould be dis missed by this venerable Court. Alter 11.1411Miliscumion as to the proper time for reading it, a peti tion was then read from the Rev. Alexander, Fletcher himself, who apologised for his not appearing, in obedience to the synodial sum mons, trusting that the Court would eifend their usdlilgence to him on indelicate an occasion, when he could not be present With out violence to his feelings. It complained that the Lady's father hail submitted hie cause to he tried by strange lawyers, instead of , sulimitting it to be judged by the brethren, as enjoined by their ' holy religion ; that, after putting hint to die eepense of 500 f. for law expenses, It: had excited his kirk-session against him, and as a consequence the ordinances of religion had been interrupted, and dissensions stirred up among his congregation; whence the present charges against hint, It concluded by iwaying, that if this refer ence and complaint should be entertained by the Court, they would be pleased to refer the whole case to a committee to ascertain the specific charges against him, and that he may be allowed until the neat meeting of the Synod, to prepare his writhe% defence, which Ise trusted would be received. and that his personal appearance would not he required. Bated London, Sept. 7. Among the papers transacted by the London Presbytery, there was a letter limn Mr. Fletcher to the Clerk of that Presbytery, in which lie charges die elders of his session with having violently op. posed and obstructed the administration of the (seed's Rapper, and also with sacrilege in taking away the communion plate ; there was also a letter front one of the elders, stating that the plate had been meowed, for the purpose of preventing the irregular administrations of the Lord's Supper, lint that he had subsequently offered to re store it to Mr. Fletcher, and on his refusal to receive it back, It laid been deposited ate hanker's. Mr. KMI[AI.I/y, of hondon.l come fotwani at this early stage of the business because I think it necessity to furnish infiteuratiun with regard to IMAM points, or. which the most of this court will be necessarily ignorant. Some members of the court may usk why no decision 11141 'actin given by the Presbytery. With regard to this question, Ire hail to say, that the number of enders who could meet in the Presbytery were few, two ministers exclusive of Mr. Fletcher, and four elder. were all that could Attend independent of the nioderater; three of the members of court appeared to have made up their minds en the decision which ought to be given --one appeared undecided, and the other was attention that the husiness should stop altogether, for, if nut, he would assure the Coto t that the congregation of Albion Chapel would not he repreaented again, and Mr. Fletcher instead nut make his appearance at the Synod. The decision to which the Court must have come, involves such important consequences, that the majority of the Presbytery voted that the papers should be sent as they were to the Supreme tourt for their decision, In addition to this, it may be remarked that Mr. Fletcher did not deign to attend several meetings or Presby tery, though rigularly summoned so to do—when be ippeaiied his conduct was invarialdy extravagant and oufrigeons; it was hoped that before the Scared he would manifest a behaviour more repel. ful and better Mud to promote the ends of justice. The next point in which the Members of this Court may require information, will be regarding the petitions from part of the congregaiions of Albion end Well Street, which have been read along with the oilier partite. 11'ith regard to these petitions I have to observe that they come from only a part or each of these congregations; 4.aths of the Session of Albion Chapel, and a considerable number of the most respectable members of that congregation, are in open and decided opposition to their minister on this subject, and this is the portion who alone are in possession of the facts of the case. lam credibly informed that the most unwarrantable means were had re. course to in order to procure names. Tho same statement applies to the petition from Well Street, Sate ml y that in Well Street, the &mann% is more equally ihilded. The last point on which it may be necessary to furnish information to this Court, is the state of public feeling in London on this question, and the consequences likely to ensue from the decision which may at this dine be given. Ainong all persons acquainted with the subject., the strongest feel ings prevail against Mr. Fletcher, and I tear much if he remain longer in the connection with our body. it till deeply injure the cause of Presbytery and the Secession in London. Mr. Itirce tr. wished to know, whether Mr. Fletcher was here as a party , or not, and whether he might nut be considered as pre. sent Ly has letter. MI. LOTH tat said he saw no ground or excuse whatever for Mr. Fletcher's not appearing here, if he abides by his protest and ap peal, and his absence showed that he had no standing in that part of the cause. If he had sent a medical certificate of his ihability to attend--if he had been arrested by the hand of Providence, that would have been L sufficient reason for putting off the cause. But under the existing circumstances, the case comes on without any appeal, and must be decided in the absence of the ACCUSC*I, because he was Aunt onetime-lonely and unconstitutionally. Mr. Toon eso st, of Culdstteam, said if they allowed an indi vidual three or four months to prepare his defence, after the trial hail commenced. they would do what no other Court ever did. Mt. 11AT thought to grant Mr. Fletcher's request would appear like a stating aside or blinking of the question. If they were to appoint a week or two hence fur his appearingp, here, it would only be so much time lost, for they would then only receive from him some fresh :vindication, and perhaps on account of his weak nerves, he would demand leave to appoint conimissioners to whom he I might entrust his defence. Mr. Et.Litt—air. Moderator, I think that the road is now clear for entering on the discussion of this business. It is evidently a complex business. but vou must take it up in the complex shape in which yon have it ; I believe you must view the conduct of dlr. Fletcher in several branches of it. There is -Ist, The charges rt, leered against him by the Presbytery, on the information furnished ; to them by the family of the young laxly. There is, 2d. The charge against hint arising from his uneonstitutiottal and disor. derly conduct in the Presbytery, which obliged the Presbytery to ! fist their procedure; and there is, lastly, the complaint of 'his own session against him, for most disorderly and unconsiitutional duet in trampling upon every thing like Presbyterian order and church government. So far as I have been able to attend to the business of this day. I think the case is comprehended in these particulars. It is just the airgtaeated ease of sinful duplicity, and dishonesty. and a departure front the most solemn obligatiens. I There is also contemptuous conduct towards his elders. etc. by . setting aside that influence and authority which he owes his ac.. I ' %ion ; and, upon the whale, the mincer in which he has conducted his proceedings wake.' this a insist atigrevated ea.e. It is, a very complex case, and you must just take it up as it stands. I do not see how you could take it up better than ae the reterence by itself. Mr. Titus. ' , sox, of 'ohlstream, conceived that the mtestion as tenthe protest had fallen to the ground, and that row to be eonei. tiered was, whether Mr. Fletcher was guilty of the charges bought , against him in that statement or not. If any members who heard I hum entertained any doubt on this subjea. let them rise and give their opinion. For his part, he hail no doubt on the marzr. It was necessary to the existence of the Secession in L tadon, that they should art decidedly, and come to a conclusion on this mica ;ion. It might seem presumptuous in him to say how they should decide it ; but if no other member proposed any measure, after all agreed in t'te truth of the charges. he would move that they ex press their high disapprobation of such cenduct, and pronounce a suitable COMM.! on the individual. %net should distinguish the Secession from the Established Church, if it was not a mine rigid and a stricter discipline. Mr. Commie. of Pennyeuick—Suppose Mr. I'letclier's bre•hcr had gone in.td, was that a Laved reason foe rooting out a well. grounded affection ? Ile 1.3i.1 no. La belch.) lit. Ilata. was of opinion that the charges were fully sobstan- I I timed. and Mt satisfaction from having expressed his opinion to that effect, in two letters which he had addressed to Mr. Fletcher, and in which he hail urged him to make a suitable cenfeasion. In the first instance he alwahl propose only a rebuke, and to suspend further proceedings until Mr. Fletcher hail an opportunity of 1.. X.• pressing his penitence. On the of the rebuke would depend whether it would he neceoetry or not to pronounce a higher degree of CMIACM at the next meeting of the Synod. 311 r. OTLeitOIST of 111.Inie, said, the interest of the Lyndon Secession was connected with their decision this erentng. With what consistency evn it Assume its high gmund as a seceding Church. if it should be found •o cheriAh such gnus faults in its own bosom ? f.w it would be lint:, betty than fostering the vice which it censures, if it st.tre to visit them with so light a sentence. It was time for' his theorem, Cart to passe, and otorider, whether she has not relaxed her discipline, 0041 whether chi dem not gawp in her own bosom the evil which she abjures, and Thisbe gha boo pot admitted into her bulwarks the damp which ball sup hev Iredada. tinns. The errors. the faults. and the vices of the Church were to he checked Isere. If, in this Assembly. which was the standard ut the Church, they appeared to treat such condoct ea a light aline:, what would be the effect? Sense were fur priposneing al ordinary rebuke, . a hinder expression of disapprobation t but he hoped none were for dismissing the case shorfieirer. Ilion could such • proposal be iustified ? Not solely by his kering given satisfaction to the remiplainer in a civil action ; dot was mot satisfying the I touch. Nor was it on the small degree of moral Ruck that such a ticience could be rested ; for the charge implied repeated depar tures from the truth. In the character of a Ilmg.tried and deviled admirer, he proetises on the unsuspecting disposition of a fellow ereeture. The character of the young lady was not hurt, hut her feelings, and all those expectations and idens ell are formed in that interesting a nd enxioua season of life, must have been cruelly sported with. She receives from hint alto bad ransacked the re. gams of fancy and of feeling fur the ittot ardent expreesions of att. miratien, a letter without any word dl' kindness or allecion, rn which he ;toys 'she retinni be his wire yet; for it is true diat mar tinge is only delayed by his letter ; out then he immediately turns round and nada, ** serer," at least, while her venerable and notch valued father lives : such wag the import of his commuuticatiou to the sister. The excuse assigned for this change was not the co. - duct of the yolimg lady, but the oftrageutis conduct of his own brother. Rut this engagement 1/.01 entered into when these ono rages, or similar mats, were w;11 known, and the young lady does nut rest satisfied with this pretence. Mr she replies that she was aware of the hrtolier's conduct, and mill °fees the solace of her at-. feetion. When Zeprived of this excuse, arid lie neglects to atone for his coldness, and the lady's father, oar discovering the muse of her uneasiness, addressee a letter to him who is the cause of her at - fiction. lie tleterininos to cut all connexion with such a (entity. And all this proceeded from the violence of his brother ! IVhat had the conduct of Race' to tin with thou of Alexander Fletcher? and why was the lady to be blamed for the letter from her fader, granting it to have been severe, though the Court would rot think it so ? The Inconstancy was indeed without the shadow of an ex cuse. As to the sentence, 14 as he presumed, they would not du - miss the case st, , ,eficitite. there were three courses open is We Toy nod : A solemn rebuke, eitspenefon, or deposition. The first Might be sufficient If there wit any evidence of hit being truly penitent. A 4 to his apology in the Court of King's !tench, that wits merely to serve a present purpose, and it enabled him to escape the sweeping damages with which he teas threatened. (In the petitions in favour of Mr. Fletcher, lie need'unly say. &it they were irrqtelat. Alter aasetiahling a iimmisenous audience, without the consent of 1114 session, this man harangued them fur the purpose of inducing them to sign petition's in his favour. Ile asked if fatale justice could he answered by merely calling Idni before the Synod, and re buking his conduct. Without any suepaision ? Why, he would re tort, to lamdon, and say, no censure had been pronounced on Ins conduct, in the same manner as he represented his trial to have been compromised in the Court of King's Bench. Ile thoOght the Rev. Oentleman should be suspended until he exhibitOd an in.- proved temper of mind. Mr. Yuman, of Perth, Said, this question occupied the minds of tht Secession Church, nut only in lainddit, but la Edin burgh, rid he triisted that it would he decided towelling to the real facts and merits of the fame. Resting on what he knew to be the discipline of the Church, he saw in the whole frame or Mr. Fletcher'e correspondence, a cold. blooded Indifference to that heart which he had first interested, and then Wounded. If he had been a young man of 29, he could have better aecounted for such conduct ; but this is the condect of • man and a mi nister of mature age—condact at since ko cruel arid so dellberou. that I am perfectly confounded by it. A think of this kind muse not be 'initiated. The ministers of religion were like cities set upon hills, and what they do their people will imitate. Rey. Mr. l%tusrux, of lilasgow—l shall not occupy notch of your time to going over what 111/14 been 'stated. There or; two questions before us. The Pest Is, his Mr. Yktcher been gui - ty of an offence which deserves censure ? i t appears to m,. front his own leeers. that he is guilty of a breach Of promise of marriage, and that hie conduct has been aggravated by dupli city aCtee he had confealeil himself guilty. Ile has besides been guilty of contempt of Presbyterian Order in dispensing the Lord's Supper, In express opposition to the decision of his session. These are the two Cille4tloll , lTof your consideration, arid when these are Jr. tided, the only question which remains is, what censure ought to be inflicted. I propose, with same degree Ef hesitatioo, to the ma .y other objects which you hare i n vi e w, that you el a n appoint the Presbytery of ',melon to meet upon • day to the sporihed by you, to ordain Mr. !':etcher to appear at the liar of the Presbytery. and be there solemnly rebuked tar the offences of which he hest been guilty, and upon his contumacy or refusal us listen to such admonitions, that they ehall forthwith suspend him, and fCUII: to this Court to inflict a higher punishment. Rev. Mr. Mar, of Kinross, tnoVVIt, that this Court hold Mr. Fletcher guilty. and suspend hint from his ministerial functions. aye, and until he give us eridettee of his reoentante. Mr. Tooateeott, of Coldstream—Would you nut specify a time ? lIICIIitDSON, of Freuchie—l rcund the motion of my brother, Mr. flay. I "timid any a wittl eh two ow the evidence of Mr. Fleteher's pilt. I tun persuaded that every person in this Court wi'l be fully convinced that the charges that have Ertel brought against him have been proved—the censor of which he ills been guilty Is a crime accompanied with no smolt tppiravalellt. It is impossible for me to give you any idea of the a tiering' of th•s lady—though he had met lire on the highway am: robbed her. an.( left her halt dead on the road, her feelings would not perhaps have been so much injured, and the pun ;intent would have heels duct by the laws of the country. Now I put it to you and any other member to say fairly the punishmeot that should be inflicted up.'tt him. I sec o nd the motion of Mr. llay. that Mr. Pletcha ought to he suspended from the communion of the Church to which h • belongs, and nut relgored till he give evidence of his repentance— this is the slightest censure that you can inflict upon so tgregieer a crime. Ain FiLtariso of Went Caller—The motion that 11 *mild submit to this Cmirt is, that Mr. Fletcher has been guilty of the crime charged or libelled ; and that the raid Aletsnder Fletcher be solemnly admonished anal rebuked et the bar of t'iis Meeting In May next, and that he be regularly summon:l to appear. and that he be suspended till that time, of until +twit time .is he disco ver signs of repentance fur the crimes alleged to be libelled against him. Mr. Loris lASI, of FAlinburgh-1 conaider this mate of para mount importanee. not only as it respects the conduct end charm:. ter of a Minister of the metropolis of the empire. the son of x mnst venerable father and mother, It nephew to a most honourable mere. bee of this Church, and otherwise connected with the most vener able men and distinguished ornaments in it. I therefore feel grieved in my mind tinit I am obliged to speak against his ion. duct ; but in judgment we must know no man after the flesh, Kit must consider the merits of his case. There has been a great deal said, and well said upon this subject of censure; and such is the complexion of the case before us, that there has not been one voice raised against it. I believe there are from two to three hundred members present, and I have not heanl one sun that this Minister ought not to be censured, notwithstanding the feelings of relation. sympathy. and acquaintance, that must exist in his favour. Such Eft the effects produced on Vie minds, both of 31:rfs'ers and people. by breach of promise of marriage, and the unconstitutional conduct of which he has been guilty. .tlr. Lothian concluded by moving that lie I suspended front his office, and from Church fellowship, till next meeting of Synod, and that ire shall be sum. mooed to attend said meeting, in order that he may be rebuked at the bar of this Court, and hardier dealt with as they drill ate cause. according to the rules of the Church. Dr. HALL arguesd in favour of Mr. Kidston's motion. Mr Ficastit, of Neanoway, proposed that he should be sus. vended fur three menthe: if he is penitent, then restore him t it he is impenitent, the n depose him. 311 t.i.. of tilasgow.—l regret that 3n. Fletcher is not here, but he has hints •If to blame. Of the Curdy ha has in.Mred. I will venture to !nos that there is not one more excellent or honour able within the whole circle of nay acquaintance. The fame of that family is beyond the reach of enemies, and the praise of friends. I am acquainted with the lady herself; she is endowed with a most eteellert understanding, and possessed of as honourable a mind le any of her sex : and if there is any thing that family have reason to regret more than another, it is the listening to the solicitations of Mr. Fletcher. whose conduct is entertain aggravated by his being a Minister of the everlasting Carpel, and by the slur he has thrown on religion, by employing scriptural language to cover Lis unhallowed and criminal cotidue. with the garb of piety. This. Conceive. is one of the most aggravated train, of his conduct. Ile is also charged with the commission of acts which ought not to be tolerated in a Presbyterian Church t that is, of dispensing the liaceameat in the fare of repeated decisions of a majutity of his session, to the nu...trail annoyance of Christian feeling. Ile has also added to the disgrace of this nciinn by taking a Minister of another connexion to assist in :he perfontiatice of it. Wiles I con. eider all these e ircunus:ances. nod tha! the order and discipline of the Church ought not to he relaxed. anti considering the peculiar local situation (lour Society in London. I en of opinion that suspension ought to be the pumsaintent inflicted ; bat I harlot the propriety it extending it to next meeting, and feel eiepoatel to agree that Mr. Fletcher be suspended, by authority .f this Court: aye, and until he appear before the Presbytery of London, and make satisfaction for his past cot:fires, and rewire to art a urn wonity pest in future; and in the meantime, I hope the wisdom of this Court will provide some supply tire die eaigencies of this congregation. 'fr. lion•Linintr, of Dundee.—Were we to comply with this motion, and say that we Impend 31t. Fletcher omit he satisfies the Presbytery. we would lust be sending the matter b ac k t o th e m to grapple with the difficulties a Inch they implore us to decide. My opinion is, tint he be suspended now, had at all events. that thit suspension continue till next meeting. Mr. Biowm. of 1141kcith.-1 sce no reason why we should not remit m the Presbytery of London to execute the suspension ; I beg to call the attention of the Court to this fact. You are per. haps not .ware of the danger that will follow if you Frocerel waft extreme rigour. I think, at pres:nt the best way s, that the Pres bytery of London should h• assisted by tire or is members from this Court. Ido not kit is requisi eto push the matter too far, and considering the confessions Mr. Fletcher has already made. think three months' suspension is quite sulkient, and then we might consider Cie matter wi:h the report of Pr.sbytery ut Leaden: before us. 31r. rstonsox, of l'oldstream. What I w:tuld propene sou should do is, to suspend him tn . .) of three titonths-1 °said say two inonths—and I t hint then appear before • Committee spe:ially appointed for the purpose or a meeting of the Senate called ail 'bow . - licePoie. and thrat . if he has anythicg to say in psiiis:•• of his irulLet, let hi:n do so, tr. appeal there wilt