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8 P ~1 • •" . 1 11" . "' _ - and condemnation of :tit. Burnett to banisimient from the colony ner !he , space of tire line.. and imprisonment in a place of security tool an opportunity offered tut carrying the sentence into exe cution. Mr. Burnett in his defence denied the application of the privet. plea and enactments of the Roman law to the charge that was made against him, and appealed to certain decisions of the kinglish acres. by which it had been detennilnetl that memorials aedressed to the king or Parliament, complaining of injustice or oppression. and praying for redress, are not punishable as libels. He declined enteriogmpon any discussion of the judicial treatment he had ex. perienced from the Judges or from the Government. as he conceived that etteh a course would only expose him to further prosecution, and to snore severe punishment. The ('wart in its sentence declared him to be guilty of an open violation of the laws, tending to disturb the internal tranquillity it! the colony, and to lessen the dignity and power of the Judicial euenorities. It therefure condemned him "to be banished from the colony for five years, on pain of more severe punishment incase of his return, and to be confined in some secure place uotil an op. rnunity should occur of his being sent away." Referring to the former proceedings of the Colonial Courts, as well so to the positive enactments contained in proclamation% of the le•teh Governor', no doubt we think can be entertained of the au. thoeity upon which this prosecution was bowled. It has been frequently declared that the colonial courts were to eteided by local proclamation.; by such of the Bstavian statutes a. were received and promulgated in the colony, and by the laws of the several states of Holland, exelained by the Roman law, to which aereal was to be made where the former laws are silent. inappli cent's. or obscure. The flseal has stated to us that he was not able to tied any enactment in the Dutch or Iherrian statutes, or yet in tire local proclamations that was directly appliceble to the ease. 'l•e laws of the United bates of Ilollarwl and Flanders were thane e'en upon the Roman law, rind these systems In combination have tee: %id the appellation f the Roman-Dutch law, and form the ettr:ne of a treatise composed by a learned civilian of Holland that ens been translated into the English lanetente, and. under the run senes of your Lordship, has been intrieleteed a , authority into the try' .un els of those colonies that have been added to the British eO. 11 : 07 ears, and in which the Dutch laws have been retained. %%'e believe that the British settlers, with whom Ale. Burnett eregetted to this colony, were duly informed before their departure iron England of the nature Pf the laws by which their conduct was to be regulated in it; and we arc not aware that the right that Mr. Burnett claimed on bb own behalf, and that of the other anigrantr, • being tried by the British laws, has been conceded to British sebjecte minding voluntarily from their own country to a British fleev in which a system of foreign law had been found to exist, arti had been continued under the authority that his .Majesty dee niii tram conquest and cession. In the present instance 31r. Burnett undoubtedly was made to feel the difference between the srstem of law under which he had heed. and that to which he had thus voluntarily subjected himself, aea by which the act of ad 're sing a mem tria l to the Governor of •e e: Cony, complaining in vielent and centumelions langeinge of the r nelact of certain fen/lion:tries. and praying fora redrew of the inj is ne% he hail suffered, was in itself, and ineependently of all other, ir cwevances attending it. considered and punished ass criminal act. By the authority of the law quoted by the 1 local, its criminal cha racter and its punishment were defend; and although we cannot . 'teem in the description, or in the consequences that arc ascribed to the offence, in the act of accusation. tad of being "a public • latitm of the laws, and reeding to disturb the internal peace of t:. • releny," yet it is impossible not to discover in the composition of :;:e memorial, an intention on the ;art of Mr. Burnett to de tente tie characters of the persons denounced in it, tied a deeire of gra. tieing personal vengeance, cloaked under the specious pretext or deeouncirg injustice and of obtaining redrew.. I: will not, however, have escaped your landship's observation, the , Mr. Barnett had entered nepeals against the :reverel action., in *tech he asserted that the injustice and corrupt partiality of the ll'ommiseioners of Circuit had been manifested, and it was, there. t tn., competent to him to have pursued those appeele, and to have chewed the professional assistance that is aluays et , corded to tiene whose poverty entitles them to seek it. He, however, ne e:need to mime any course that might hate enabled him to take ate tage of this ordinary mode of redrew', and suffer:d the term id twelve weeks to elapse, within which appeals from screened de. in the district of Uitettliage to the high Court are required t • • preen med. We are not rum are of any equitable ground upon a. net 31r. Burnett ought now to be admitted to recover his right t • eppeal ; nor do we think that is the c vent of arty new inert sti le teesr being instituted. it would be followed by dor, rnit refute.. • plea, therefore, of being compelled to apply to the Gevernor fs memorial, and to represent the conduct of the Cunimiseioners in its true light, by the use of the terms set forth in the act ef licenso r •• . Is destitute of foundation, and it is only necessary to refer to t ••• tremnrial itself fur an exposition of the real motives that roe use to it. Censurable an these were, and criminal when o •• led with the act itself, and tried according to the principles of tee Roman liw, we think that as there is no proof that the me r was attended with any greater degree of publicity than nett addressing it to the flevernor, the Fiscal would better have con. s• Mel the feelings of the community if he had exercised the dia. :,ben with which his inetnietions invest him, and had declined a praenrution that had the effect of es citing the pubic attention, and {{'maps its sympathy, in favour of a person who by his iolence of le ;plane and demeanour her! deprived hintself of all claims to peel '.c estimation anti respect. MIT residence in the Albany district. In the early pa-t of year Ill• 21, we observed a general disposition amongst the re sp.ntable classes of the settlers to a ithdraw themselves Irani all c teeexian with Mr. Burnett, and to disclaim all corneaueity with leen in ary public proceeding ; and we believe that neither the ennination of his collodion with the district, nor the entharrase r nits in which he had involved himself, excited any feelings of te ur regret. le the interval that took place between the prong •ciation of Vie se.•:ence of banishment and his departure from the col my, Mr. I:tureen resided in Cape . Town, and wen suspected of having been e-.. , : , cetr.ed in the composition and publication of an infamous libel, ti et had been seen by only two Tersons in a eonapicuous part of the teen, and that reflected pointy upon the honour of the Governor. A very creditable feeling was evinced by all chute of the inhabi. taco upon this occasion, and n great anxiety prevanea to discord the persons concerned in such an act of infamy. In consequence of information that he received from three persons, the fiscal upplied to the Governor for permission to search the lodgings of Mr. Iture nen, as well as of certain other suspected individuate ; and upon tt• permission, authority was given by the President of the Court en J . :ant:eta a commissioner to proceed in execution of the weed t; Vtese forms being always observed when any search of the hewn., ol persons of the rank of burghers is considered necessary by the 'l'Leapplicatiori for the warrant was founded upon the sworn and de ect testimony of an Irish servant of William Edwards, who was I . J! tined in the gaol, and under sentence of transportation to New need: %Vale*, for addressing two libellous letters to the Governor, ar.d. it was found that Mr. Burnett had paid frequent visits to hint. company with others who had incurred the suspicions of the fis- I and whose names were also included io the search-warrant. Nothing material transpired from the search of Mr. Bishop Bur ✓ett's lodgings, but in proceeding to the prison roam in which Ed_ warts was confined. a paper was found, containing a copy, in the It :mins citing of Burnett, of a placard elm. had Inen recently dis covered and brought to the fiscal by the ofiicers of the police, writ tee on the same sheet of paper that had been used by Edwa.da as a corer for his letters to the Governor. Mr. Burnett acknowledged theft the hand.writing was his, but that lie had been able, from me mory, to furnish it for the amusement of Mr. E. after a very cursory pretest of another copy that he had accidentally seen. In conse. querce of further information received by the fiscal, he obtained pretension to make a second search in the lodgings occupied by Barnett, when, amongst his papers, was found a composition reflect nig severely upon the character of his Excellency the Governor, the late landdrost of the Albany district, and upon that of a most reweetable individual, now deceased, who had filled the situations of Fiscal and President of the Court of Justice. No judichil notice was taken of these documents. butt the Fiscal having con. gelded that Mr. Burnett was abusing the indulgence th••t had been 'omen to him, by being allowed to be at large niter his appeal had been decided by the full Court against that part of the sentence of the Commissioners which required his confinement in • place of security until his banishment from the colony could be effected, rase orders to the officers of police to arrest him. Mr. Burnett • ::ceded for some time in eluding their attempts to wise his per. • at -1 at last obtained a passage in a vessel that conveyed him colony. We have, &e. Sined I JOHN THOMAR g Wtt.t.tem M. E COLEBROOKE. T.: :11C Right lion. the Lad Bathurst, E.G., ite. (G.'S' OF A LETTER FROM LORD CHARLES Imlay ROSIER st. a' TO EARL MATIII:RsT, DATED 2GTH MAY, MR; CON -1 AWING lIIS 011SERWATION ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS:— London, 2fith May, 18Sil. 1141- LORD,—I have read the Report of the CommisAtr.ers of li..ittiry upon the subject or the petition of Mr. lii.hn , Burgett, your Lordship diree'cd to be communicated to Inc. 1 regret duit there has not been time to admit of my entering into a detailed examination of the valuminous Appendix attached to that Benno; but I am not aware that this circumstance is of any mate:jail importance as respects the gravamen of the charges brought I.) the prtitioner against the Governor, and other persons holding Myth civil situations at the Cape. I have only to observe, that in referring what I must regard as tt•e libellous memorial of Mr. B. Burnett to the fiscal, to be dealt u ith ai.cording to that colonial law which as Governor I had sworn to administer, I cor.sidered (as I now consider) that I was act i ng i n sirict dtschargeof my public duty, in which I am supported by the anaturtd opinion of the first legal authority in the colony. I have, &c. (Signed) ChARLIts HENRI' SO3IERSET. F.Arl Bathurst, LG.. To PRESERVE Po •.% TOES.—Wash them, cut them in plexs, steep them forty-eight hours in lime water, then forty-eight hours in fresh water • (Iry them in an oven. tae hundred parts of fresh potatoes will give thirty so pre pared and dried. In thi= state they may be kept for years, er ;r ound at once into flour. The flour, mixed with a third 'art of that of rye, is said to make an excellent bread. The same author proposes to moisten potatoes dried as above with olive oil, and thin to grind them, and use them c.s colfri e. .-.-,11.4... : m-_,--- - (,„,, --:-.:-4,,i r • --:'',s' - . c r. . -.:‘:' -.."'"'' .,-17-• Ehr BrittOlt iirtOgi. ENGLIS:II OPERA nousr.. ?tie Evening, FRI I) 55 , Angtt , t In. will be performed the new Gran/ Serio-Comte Opera of THE OWICMiI; or, TIE.: INTERRUPTED SACPIFICE. The principal Ctiaiisei rt. by Al.issri..l. Blond, Perkins, J. O. Atkins, If. Mild" Sapio. awl Thur Ile ; /11, Ilamition. and (toward. After which tie M 4:31 EnDrtalntnent of LOCK AND Brummagem, Mr. Bartley ; Ralph, Mr. ti. Fenian; Lnura, Dliss Roden, Fanny, Mira Goword. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. Under the special Patrunacc of his Mort Gracious Majesty. ONLY FOUR NIGHT: , MORE. The Proprietors respect tinily amp:Mei the Public that. the Royal Gardens will CLOSE on Friday. the 1 •t of ze:•i I.•iiiiior. This Evening, FRIDAY. August V., a rt.nrinnt sueces.ir n of Amine. ments will be given moll. , the whole of the Evettin, commenr.ing with A SllA:xim, Principal VJC.7II Perforreers.—Miss Travis, 'ill , . Helm., noel Miss Love. Mr, Braham, Mr. Sinclair, :•nil Signor de Mr. Tailor, Mr. 11.1rnenstie, Mr. Rubinson, Mr. 'Pinner, and Master Harker. Leader of the Dana, si 'nor Spionolciti r Conductor, lfr. Diahcp. Tire I....turiful Scene of THE RUINS OF AN ITALi tN ABBEY, Produced by Mr. Stanfield, of the 'theatre Royal, On uryrlane, will be again eirltibited. The celebrator' Mi. Wilson will agiin ositiblt his elegant performances :10PE. On this INentng, fur the seventh time, till be performed a new Ballet, • entitle; ) ...... CORONAMEN l E DELLA ROZIERE, Compoged by X..., It. Ve.i.b.; Mlc by Mr. (1. 11. Rorbvell the Scenery by Sir. 'lb-nue. The twu ithlyway.) will dance an entbely new tirclesque Pr* de Dent. During the Erunlne. 'tr. nr, tC fi MORE will go thrc'igh his turpriaing Evolution, on the MACK ROPE. To conclud. with a grand VISPLAT of FIRE-WORKS. In the laM Grand Piece of which the YOUNG AMERICAN will make his TERRIFIC ASCENT to the iNitrorisls Tower, von,l lb,cend antid4 Voltrn ell of Fire. Private Roux to he had of Mr. A , I. ew 4, flAti.rtrett. Doory open at seven o'Clock.—Con:vrt bolus et llalLpast Ei3ht Sat:o.l4los 4v. Th• BRITISH Parmq commenced publishing yesterday inoming at five o'clirck. LONDON, FRIDAY, AuGuar 23, 1826. We received last night the Paris Papers of the 22d, and the Emile dated the 2 Ith. The Cun4tibitiounel contains a long extract of a letter from Lisbon, according to which an English packet had arrived at that capital, with despatches from the English Nlinistets, who therein threaten the Go vernment to enforce the proutulgatien of the Charter by the expedition of en English army, in the event of any difficulty being made against its .acceptance. The Efrite, however, contradicts this pretended intelligence from Por tugal, which, indeed, we are much inclined to believe, was fabricated at Paris. Anotl er article, in the Courrier Fiancais, announces that the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE will not be present at the fetes intended to be given at Moscow, on the occa sion of the Coronation; and seems to speak with irony on the important necessity of his remaining in Poland. We Jo not, as yet, pretend to guess the motives which require the presence of that Prince at Warsaw ; but, until we are better informed, we shall be disposed to attribute his stay there to his extreme aversion to fetes and all kinds of show which do not partake of ii,i!'aary preparation, and to the decided taste he has, 4iliCe his last marriage, evince,' for private life. The following are extracts:— (From the Elvik, dated Wanes lay, August 24.) CoNsTaxTlNortE, .Jcr.Y 11. CONCLUSION OF THE Ttitb:A Dl6 ;OLVING THE JANIS. NAHIE?. " The name of Janissary shall no lon;cr exist ; In their stead a %Wildcat number of troops OW be re.or ; :rtnized, under the name of Monsurri (victorlous troops of 3fahoinet), who will serve the state and religion with honour, and in future wHi know how to meet the enemy. The actual possessor of the Land. schak of iludawentlikiar (Untssa) is appointed their General in Chief, and sh ill have his reshlercz in the palace of the Aga of the Janissaries. This palace t•hall henceforth be called only the palace of the Seraskicr Pula, and the barracks and guard.houses shall be occupied only by his troops. The tit:es of Aga of the Janissaries, Aga of Cater, Aga of Buloe. ate entirely abolished. The latter Aga of the Janissaries is raised to the dignity of Capidgi Basch' chamberlain), with the rank of Emiri Ahoreivet (chief equerry); and the late Kul Kyavassi (Lieut. of the Aga of the Janissaries) is adjoined to the Seraskier Pacha, with the title of Min Ahearn Wachs of two tai!s). The Z gardiche-bneehi (Chief of the Keepers of the 11,,un Is) and the S m pan Isehi.basehi (Chief of the Keepers of it t Bull Digs) are appointed Capia;i Baselti ; the other officers, known by the name of Bulat Agoleri (Generals of Ca valry), who have rermo ed faithful to tie Government, arc raised to the dignity of Sil a h rs (equerries); in short, every one ha received aceurding to his rank marks of the Imperial munificence. Those who have laitherto:o:cuphd the place of Yayabuluk Matiau rifi (possessors of military be.trfices or forms) shall be considered henceforth equal to the mher Zait s (Ito:dirs or military fiefs) in the quality of Desnite Alie Yedeklussi (htemovable dignitaries), and employed in othev itonoomble offices %ruler the Sublime Porte. . , •• As hr the Janissaries s ho hare in their bands assignment for pay or daily allowances, they shall continue to enjoy them without any diminution for the rerr.ainder of their Eves, under the shadow of t h e ever-charitable Frotection of the Soblinot Porte by means of staled bens, which they are to present =it have registered. It tray be relied upon that injustice shall be done to nobody. Thus t h e m u 4 ,o m m people, great anlsmall, the Ulemas, and the mens. bas of the corpotatio..s, in a word, the whole Musaulman nation, will form henceforward only one body. All must consider each other as brethren In the faith ; no disunion, no mkunderstacding, must pnvail among them. The great must look upon the little with commiseration, and the latter show respect to the great. In • ward, all must be united as long as it shall please the Almighty to . . _ . accomplish the great work of the new system, which hos been unanl. mous!) , chosen and tolop:cd, chiefly with a view to glorify, accord. tag to the will of the holy law, and to diffuse the word of the pro tecing (led, and to animate the religion and the law of the Prince of the prophets. Beware of permitting any person whatever to dare to speak or act in a contrary n:ainer, or to oppose the decrees of the Government. If this should happrn, know that the resolu. don to employ, with the :I'd of Cod, tl a sword of the law, is al ready taken, and that every thlng memory will be done to carry it into execution. " As all these measures will ha announced in Romelia and Ana tolia, and in the whole empire by particular finnan*, you will summon the Imams of the quarters which are under your direction ; you will acquaint them with the state of things, and furnish them with authentic copies of the present tirman, that each of them may read it in the mosques and places dedicated to prayer. You will signify and will explain te the people that the sole cause of the dissolution of the Janissaries is the necessity and the wish to vivify reVgion, to fortify the Ottoman powers, and to ameliorate Islam. Ism ; that for this reason the statutes of that corps have been changed, and exercised troops put in their place, under the deno mination of victorions troops of 3k/hornet t that no reduction will b e ma d e lu the ray at the Isle Janissaries that their assignments will be punctually paid during the life of the possessors. You will invite all those who have the faith . , and are submissive to God and to his holy book, is address thanksgivings to the supreme Bring fur this happy event; to five tranquilly under the protection of the most powerful Patlischalt, who is the shadow of God on earth ; and nut cease to implore with him the benediction ofileaven. Lastly, yuu will inform them that whoever shall maintain the con. tray will be punielted in title world and in the other. You will therefore watch with the greatest attention over this, and whatever concerns the commands of the law. The 11th Zekkadi, 1241. (16th June, I 826.)" PARIS, Auo. 23. The Curretittitionarl sap to-day, that the certificate or the oath taken to the Charter by the Infant Don Miguel has been received at Lisbon; and alto a deapateh from Mr. Conning, announcing that if the orders of the Emperor Don Pedro should not be executed he would send an English army, to cause than to be carried into THE BRITISH PRESS. effect. These are two new inventions of that Journal; and the note of Sir William (I'Al:eon, to threaten the Spanish Govern ment with a declaration of war from Great Britain, if the Portuguese soldiers contintie to be receives in Spain, is probably as real as the protcht of the Austrian Ambassador at Lisbon, which the Constituthomet so long maintained, and which it has at length given up. The news given by the Drapean Blanc, of two armies of 15,000 men formed in Spain, one by the name of the Army of Observation, the other of the Army of Reserve, has no more fourdation. (From the Courtier ruiner:is, Aug. 22.1 The Itlinisterial Journals, in their solicitude relative to the cause of the Jesuits and the Congregations, which, after all, is their OUT., have endeavoured to misrepresent the check it has lately re ceived from the legal condemnation thrown upon it by the denun ciation of M. Mont'osier. Feigning not to perceive the conside rations upon which the Royal Court hiss framed its sentence, they have merely admitted the declaration of incompetency whereupon the question, according to their view, was referred in into to a political power suspected of connivance with the denounced sect t whereby impunity, undisturbed toleration, and even rehabilitation, are premised to time Jet nits. . Nevertheless public conviction could not be altered by the deceptive Intention of a similar stratagem ; the sentence of the Royal Court i 3 leo clear and precise to leave room for the least equivocal interpre tation, and not to be perfectly understood by every one. The Jesnitie..l Journals, therefore, heap sophism upontophilm, in the hope cf de•ecting contradictions in the decision of the High Court. The Dropeou Maw of this day says—" The Court declare , ' itself incompetent, and yet performs a competent act in pronouncing that tl:e. ancient and modern 12gislation oppose themselves to the esta blishment of a religious society." To answer this objeetion, it would suffice to transcribe 'here the text of the sentence; we shall content ourselves, however, with merely stating the teaor of it. The Court had to pronounce on two questionit--lit, whether the ancient awl modern legislation opposed themselves to the re-ostablishmtht of the Jesuits among us; and 2d, whether the Magistracy was qualified to direct ag►inst their in toitution the laws which condemn it. The question of right and legality has bzen reso:red affirmatively by the Court; and it is merely with reference to that of furl —to the application of the laws—that it declared itself incompetent. - . esterday, Mr. Mello Breyer, Minister of Portugal to our Court, gave a splendid dinner on the occasion of the oath being ad ministered for the new Constitution. All the Portuguese of dis tinction were present; among them were three Peers of the Realm, and General Pamplona, Count Subserra. The only stranger was the Baron de Pedra Branca, Brazilian Charge d'Affaires at Paris, Several Portugurs ladies were likewiae present. According to letters from the Polish frontiers, of 7th August, it would appear that the Grand Duke Constantine is not to be me scn at the fetes which are to take place at Mesrow at the Corona tion, his presence, it he said, being required in Poland. tin Midi contains the following paragragh:—" The two Infants, Don Carlos and Don Francisco, were proceeding, accord ing to their holy custom, with their august families, the Pincers dr Beira and her son, to the Church of Notre Dante d'Atocha They met in the street of that name the holy viaticum, which was returning front a sick man. The Princes, the Princesses, and their suites, immediately descended from their coaches, and, to the ad miration of every one, and with serious devotion, accompanied the Holy Sacrament to the Church of St. Sebastian, out of which it had been taken. The two Princes had stationed themselves at each door of the coach wherein was carried the holy viaticum by a priest, to whom, when the coach stopped, the Infant Don Carlos lam , clf openel the door, and, with his august brother, as. the priest in ,descending. What a touching spec tacle, to see two brothers of a King, their august spouses, the Princes and Princesses, their children, also the virtuous Princess de Beira, and their suites, all walking on foot, and accompanying in most respectful silence the King of kings ! Tears of admira tion fell all round in abundance, and all the people were in meta cies !" Similar traits, which would much bc:ter have belonged to the 13th century than that in which we live, are every day collected, and spread about by the Congregation with evident design. They are intended to teach Kings that the acts of a religious life see the most important to their duties, and to teach to the people the species oft orship they owe to the priesthood, when Monarchs do not fear to humiliate themselves before them. COURT OF ASSIZES OF THE srANE. AUDIENCE OF TIIE 2111 T AUGUST. Twenty-one individuals, accused of having participated in seve ral robberies, figured to-day on the bench of the Assizes. The ful. lowing are the facts stated in the act of accusation : At the beginning iif last February, the Police discovered, at Paris, the existence of a numerous and organized band, which, for several months, committed a consideaable number of robberies in various parts of the town. Julien Poulain, a grocer in Rue St. Jaques, No. 63. was signalized as being the receiver of the stolen property. Ilis premises were searched, and an immense quantity of d:ffi.rent kinds of articles not belonging to his line were disco vered in them. Whilst the police agents were going through this search, several active niembers cf the bard came to the shop to de. posit the produce of their thefts, and, not being aware of what was going on inside, proceeded without fear, end were all at rested. If we arc to judge from the different professions to which the meraiiers of this band belong, it must be supposed that its ramifications are extensive. The act Of accusation states the particulars of sixteen robberies, every one of which is attributed to the accused. Almost all of them have made confessions, but most of them have, according to custom, since retracted. The brothers Poulain protest their igno rance as to the robberies, and maintain that they bought the things without being aware that they were stolen. A singular circum. stance affords to the accusation a proof which is difficult to refute. On the 31st January several pair of shoes, a pair of pistols, and a slipper, were stolen of Mr. Dodeneau, clothesman, who produced the fellow.slipper to the one found at Poulairea. The debates relative to this business promise but little interest, and will very likely occupy four sittings. We shall make known , the result. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAR Is. Atm. 22.-5 per Cents. 100 f. Gk.; 3 per Cents. 63f. 30c. ; Bank Stock, 2012 i. frOc.; Rentee de Na. plea, 72f. Rae ; Rentee d'Espagoe, 6, ; Royal Spanish Loan, 46,; Haytian Loan, 070 f. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 65e. —Corr: Authentigue. The line of policy which England has all along pur sued with regard to Portugal is alike adverse to any undue interference, on her own part, in the internal affairs of that kingdom, and to the permission of any such interference on the part of other nations. At the time when Spain was about to be invaded by France, Mr. Secretary CANNING wrote to Sir CHARLES STUART, to talc. an opportunity of obtaining from M. DE VILLELE some information respect ing the nature of the communications between the French and the Portuguese Governments. This step was rendered necessary by the situation in which Portugal then stood, in regard to its internal regulations—which being of the same nature as those of Spain, might have afforded France a si milar pretext for interference. M. DE VILLELE was then perfectly aware of the difference between the cases of Spain and Portugal, arising from the connexion of the latter with this country ; and Sir C. STu.kar, in his de spatch, dated Paris, December 12, 1822, stated that the Duke Maviii FIT ns Mo NTMORENCY had shown him the correspondence of the French Ministers with M. DX Lea sers, from which it appeared that M. OLIVEIRA, the Por tuguese Charge d'Affaires at the Court of France, called upon M. DR VILLELX in the course of the summer, for the purpose of representing the anxiety to which the assembling of a French force on the Pyrenees had given rise at Lis bon, and requesting a full explanation of the views of the French Government with regard to Portugal. M. n Art t.r.a Le assured him that " nothing could warrant any feeling of uneasiness on the part of the Portuguese Govern ment ; that the distance of that country hail not permitted him to contemplate the possible effect which the concentra tion of troops in France could produce upon a nation, with whose institutions or government the French Ministers could Lave no desire to interfere." Such were the sentiments of M. us: VILLE! 1: at the time. when Portugal was governed by a Constitution similar to that of Spain, against which the French Government had declared its hostility. It i s not, therefore, at all probable that the French Ministry will feel any disposition to assist Spain, if her Sovereign should feel inclined to take part with the 'lmposts party in Portugal. In fact the present case of Portugal has no resemblance to that of Spain. The Constitution of Por tugal has been conferred upon it by the free will of the legitimate monarch. In the speech of the King of FRANCE, delivered at the opening of the Sessions of the Iwo Cham bers, on the 29th January, 1923, the following expressions are used:—" Let FaRDINAND VII. be free to give to his people institutions which they cannot hold but from him, and which, by securing their tranquillity, would dissipate the just inquietudes of France. - Hostilities shall cease from that moment. I make, gentlemen, before you, a solemn engagement on that point." This language evidently im plies that the only object of the French Monarch was to place FERDINAND in a situation to legislate with freedom ; and it would, therefore, be totally inconsistent with this principle to do any thing against institutions es tablisluel by a legitimate Sovereign, or in support of the factious, who have placed themselves in opposition to their Gdvernment. With regard to the supposed attempts of Spain to countenance the seditious in Portugal we con- Bider it superfluous to make any remark, because it is ob vious that Spain neither can nor dare act without the con currence of her neighbour. The only other aspect in which the affair may be viewed is in the manner in which it has rather too frequently of late been the practice to view such questions—as a question affecting Spain imme diately, and the great Powers of Continental Europe indi rectly ; but it is obvious that in this case the principles of the Holly Alliance cannot be invoked to " afford to Spain that moral support which would give to her proceedings the whole force of the alliance, and would produce a salu tary fear into the revolutionists of all countries;" because the efforts of Spain would be in aid of revolutionists, and the measure would in fact be a departure from the principles of the alliance, and a direct attack upon legiti macy. Again, in the case of Spain, military anarchy was complaiieel of—whereas, in the case of Portugal, Spain could only place her hopes in exciting military anarchy. Not only would the principle of interference be recognised if this country were to admit any such right as Spain is supposed to claim ; but a direct infringement would be made on the rights of this country as the Ally of Portugal. It therefore appears to us extremely wide of the truth to suppose that any attempt by force will be made against the Portuguese Constitution ; nor do we believe that the Spanish Government will persist in harbouring the Portu guese malcontents when those representations are made to it which this country and Portugal are entitled to make on the occasion. We have received New York Papers to the 25th July. Their contents do not furnish us with any attlitional in telligence of importance. The following are the only pa ragraphs of importance : NEW Vona. Jura 22. The Sarafega &nand of Tuesday states, that the number of 'hikers at the Springs continue to augment hourly. Count Sur sillier, (Joseph Bonaparte) and Prince Murat arrived at Saratoga on Sunday evening. At a meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia, held the 14'h, to adopt measures to express their regret on the death of.lohn Adams and Thomas Jefferson, it was voted that the subscriptions to the Jefferson Fund shall ha paid to the daughter of that decea'ed Pa triot and Statesman. The charity will be twice blessed by this appropriation. COLo3lllll.l.—From many accounts it appears certain that strong indications of approaching " pell-mell havoc and confusion" tn. anted in Colombia at the last date. The constituted Authorities were organizing a force to compel General I'a z to submit to the laws and Constitution of the Republic ; while, on the other hand, lie was augmenting his insurgent forces, forming magazines, arid levying taxes on all the towns within t he reach of his bayonets. Anil the worst of the business is, that many cf his; followers think that Constitutions and laws were not made to govern a victorious Chief, and that the civil ought to be subordinate to the military authorities. LAGrAY . IIA, JI:NE 17. General Pees is making exertions to stret.gthen hiniself , and . has levied, on his own authority, a tax of 50,000 dollars per month on Caracas and this place. We have learnt, says the Baltimore Chronicle. from a source en tirely to be relied on, that Mr..lefferson left a will, in which he gave all his property, "the legal estate and actual possession" to his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Mr. Frist, a gentleman who married one of his granddaughters, and a Mr. Garrett, one of his neighbours, In trust for the sole use and benefit of his daughter, Mrs. Randolph, and appointed his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, his sole executor. DEATH OF DESNA !—A letter received in Philadelphia trom illentown, Kentucky, states that Desha has cut his throat in pri son. After the surgeon had entered the gaol, when he was first discovered, he observed to Dash& that his moments were but few, and the better way would be to make a confession. Desha pointed to a piece of parr besprinkled with blood, upon' which was writ ten, `• Innocent of the charges alleged against we." The surgeon asked him to affix his signature to it, which he did. The writzr says he has no doul-t of the authenticity of the statement, and adds, " It would require stronger proof than the words even of a dying man to make me believe that any other person than Isaac D. Desha mur demi Francis Baker. The same letter gives additional particulars of the death of Beauchamp and his wife; the former was hung, not withstanding he would hare expired in a few minutes, from the stab by his own hand. Mrs. Beauchamp put an end to herself the same morning, in the gaol, with a dagger. Three different wounds were dis covered just below the I.:ft side of the heart. They were both put into the sane coffin, and interred in the same grave. Thus ended one of the most bloody tragedies that was perhaps ever witnessed in env country. . . . . . . The Spanish squadron, which has been cruising off Carthagena, has returned to Havannah; it Is said. for supplies. There arc said to be tiom 10 to 1200 visiters at the Saratoga and Ballston Springs. A letter from Vera Crux says that Commodore Porter Is highly gratified with his prospects. He is to receive the I:ppointment of Commissioner of the Navy or Naval Officer, in which office he will have sole and exclusive power in governing the naval establishment. The Mexican papers speak of him in strong terms of praise. It is considered quite doubtful whether he will sail in the squadron to the command of which he had originally been appointed. (From the Kehtacky Commentator, of the Bth J uly.l IloattlßLE TRAGEDY.—Bcauchamp, the assassin of Colonel sharp, has expiated his crimes. The sentence of the law was executed upon him at the fork of the LexingtOn and Woodford roads, in the edge of Frankfort, at half. past one o'clock yesterday. An idea had gone abroad that he would address the people at the fallows ; but he made no atiempt of the kind ; he was evidently too eeble, probably rendered so by his attempts to comnt't suicide, by taking hudanum and by stabbing himself. Soon after arriving at the place of execution, he observed that he whited to die; and requested the music which belonged to two in dependent companies. which had been called out to preserve order, should play "Bonaparte's retreat fromMoscow."which having heard, he desired the officers to perform the execution, and took his derth DEATH or Alas. IiFIAUCIIAMP.—Iiurini the trial Beau champ, his wife was brought to this town, charged with being ac cessary to his crime, and committed to prison with him. She was examined and acquitted ; but, at her own solicitation, and his, was permitted to return to his cell, where she remained until the day of his execution. They ba:h constantly held out the idea that they would die together ; and, on Wednesday last, apprehensions that they would make attempts upon their own lives began to be se riously entertained, and a guard was placed in the room with them, to prevent any improper conduct. They were, however, in possession of a bottle of laudanum, and, on Thursday night, took such a large dose—so large, that it operated as an emetic, and failed to produce the effect which they expected. In the course of the forenoon yesterday, they told the guards that, as his last hour was approaching, they wished a few moments' private conversation, and begged the guard to retire. The request seemed reasonable, and the guards retired. They presently heard some noise, and returning found that Mrs. Beauchamp had been stabbed in the Itft breast, with a butcher's knife ; and Beauchamp hark inflicted some wounds upon himself, not, however, either mortal or dangerous. Mrs. Beauchamp's wound was mortal ; she lived but un hour or two. So perished Ann Beauchamp, one of the most unfortunate of women. Whether she died by her own hand, or by that of her husband, we have not been able ro ascertain with certainty. It is said his account was, that she herself inflicted the wound, and that when he attempted to slab himself she caught his arm, and prevented him from doing it effectually. 13eauchamp was removed to A room of' the gaoler's house. A reverend gentleman who was present speaks of the dying scene as one of the most touchiog Le had ever witnessed. She was anxious to see her husband. Ile was brought in. She had become speech. less, perhaps insensible. Ile was placed at her side upon the bed. lie placed one hand upon her forehead—with the other Kid Bar pulse until she cspittd. Then, " Farewell," said Lc, " Lire well, child of sorrow !—Farewell, child of persecution and antis, tuna I—For thee I have lived, for thee I die !" Twice he en a b m i c i her, and was t h en removed. By an arrival at Philadelphia, from Batavia, papers and letters have hero received to the 4th April. 11, 1 „ Car. tents, though not quite so late as those received in Holland, are of considerable interest. BATAVIA, MARCH 2(1 We have no eventsof consequence to notice with ttgftiroil: insurrection. It is certain the insurgents intend takir g the I again when the rains cease. Fears are entertained for the 10ya1. .1 the Emperor of Solo and his subjects The ch3nge in the currency inn have $ tendency , to rrcrnore volt, as at present rate a rupee can be exchanged fir only which At old rate paned for 120. The simple ' , wives do not u n c stand how that can be, and in truth it falls Ite4vy op on Oar,. the dolt in the baz do will not purchase more food, or aLy !!.:.!,; than under the old rates. g Some few hundreds of troops have arrived within a trenr•a from the Netherland:. This number will mint mike imp kr i• bey of deaths. In a genera view the affairs of Nctltt:rl ir . are in a gloomy state, and very energetic ntemi,mirt, e.,,, , peace and ensure the existence of the Ihitth 1()%1 r. tary force is absolutely ne,tensary, and tirit mother country. Ye hare'adviaes from Manilla and riwir %then Siam I , lath February. At the former plan: magus it as fr 2 and 7 dollars, and the market gleaned. To- in; in, but there is no probability of the price fr thin year. At Siam sugar was six dollars, it • iIU. Pepper on the west coast six and seven doiuu, Co about nine Spanish dollars, all charges paid. The agents of the Nctherlantls Trading Cninpat y menced operations. We cannot torn) any opinion to e they may trade, the manner of carrying. it "on, or what ; alleges the King may grant thttm.—Tlel here now t ie in all busi less of Government. sell the Coffee of the I is sold them for 12 years, say :10.941.1picula per ann. I is a bahle they will have the spivs, tin, copper, amid perin,p, „, tea &c. ere long. The commencement of their business has not prn•:ul l'!, Many merchants are closing up business, and within one yc.:.r. More than one-half of the most List:l%r, • be away. 13t1g Franklin, Tread well, of Salem, was nrik;:a lat. 40.13. S. long. 33. E. bound to Padang, all wail. F • there were two American shins and floe nanits DT. k loading pepper at Penang at 7 and 7, dollars. Übi SC:it :11:0C1 lee at P, Our accounts from Semarang try this day's post are The insurgents are moving in two columns towarils l communication between Silo (the heed-quarters (;erne) is said to be interrupted ; the number of Im cl, t:co and a great mortality is raging among then. I: ;3 rebels will not attempt Semarang, but they nia . ,l s!ar- - e,l except that part bounded by the sea. General 1),: ;:o re L. yesterday Li the steam-boat, and we regret :o Nt dr.. with any troops. Now and then a ship ;• soldiers from Europe, just enough to keep up 'lie do not doubt there were Bor 10.11110 troops elems:c.: : r the Netherlands by February, or as icon :is icc bre,kc I : c:.eral ~ t'an AVith feelings of pleasure we announce that Fri: re k. left Solo 24itt inst. with 15,000 clivice soldiers, disciplined, in pursuit of the Rei.el Chief 1)1c.o followers. The Prince is prominent in corrot!, war—is nearly allied to Ike Emperor. whose i•iy by Lite liberal presents of mnnry to 1.6 p,. , ; kanagora's wends, when takirg leave of the others a! Salo, were, " I will never return un•11 I thing worthy of the occasion." We look tyith (.1 goad accaunt of the rebels soon, as the Prince is losvii - gil,4i them, placing them between Samarang and hiinsilr. Amur I " I can give you the prices of nothing; every thing is nome this moment ; nothing in demand, and rio:hia..; ?me ; nese at a stand, and all the house.: either leaving M.; r( of doing an, or lying upon their oars till the commelcid, clews up and shows them what course they can ly steer. contracts are nit red at 23. the picul at Alatan. n.l less at ;.• rang; the high duties on Sugsr and Arr::ek Ii 1V:! (I‘. , r - cultures in Java, as well as Pepper and India. now but 300,0110 piculs of Cake, Rice, matters." d The political parts of the letters are not inteteving. T y t-: tion the arrival in Batavia of a new ComtMss.ioner, h making efforts to repair the blunders of his prelere, or, and r,Nu:e the trade, finances, &c. of the colony ; Coat I 0,11 , 1.1 in , it pected to arrive in Java, and that a new Du:zii C•erma eroablidted at Batavia, the effe:t of wh'elt it w N be the ruin of the Dutch houam, but i; rican trade. A mot. 2,3, p.x.—Nothing new to add. .fate We do not know what credit can be given to tlie formation which reaches us by way of Nes from Monte Video, but it is asserted that the town is not i❑ fact besieged, the Buenos-Ayrean fcrces in its vicinity not exc'eding a thousand men, and these In:ing pine :Tully cavalry, while the garrison of the city is estimated at besides an out-post of 1,000 men, stationed on a hill width commands the town. It is added that notbiiig but want of energy in the officers prevents the garrison from sallying out, and dissipating their besiegers. We beg to refer our readers to a letter, sipcd " .1. G." in our columns of this day. IVe have made some inquitics respecting the delay to which he refers, but cannot learn, with any degree of certainty, how it has happened that the steam-vessels which were to have been ready for sea by December last should have remained incomplete to tic present hour. The whole business, indeed, ..,)pears to be involved in mystery. A great number of individuals, we are told, have busied themselves in the affair, and, using a vulgar adage, "as many cooks spoil the broth," the delay may be in some measure attributable to this circumstance. We have ourselves also seen a letter from Corfu, dated the 2d inst. ftoin which we learn that the situation of IBRAHIM is becoming every week more critical. Accord ing to the last reports receive! at that place InuAti m had had several skirmishes with the Gret k forces, in which he had sustained considerable loss; and the quantity of provi sions he had received (and which, by-the-by, it is most pro bable he would not have received at all if Lord CocunANc had had the flotilla of steam-boats at his command) was so small, that it was confidently expected lie would not be able to have the position he then occupied, in order to un dertake the offensive operations he had previously con templated. CITY, TIIIIDSDAY EVENING. In consequence of this being a holiday, both the Bank and Stock Exchange presented closed doors, and the muster of operators in the Consols Market on the Royal Exchange was very limited indeed, nearly all the leading men being absent. It was but occasionally that Consols were men tioned, and then without any business-like disposition ; of course, therefore, no alteration is to be noticed in their quotation, which is 78, 1 ‘ ,1 for this, and 78i for the October Account. Among the Foreigners mustered on 'Change there was a good deal of speculation in Mexican Bands, which, doting the day, advanced to 41t ; but, at the close of the Marker, The jobbing in these did not reach beyond 4G; 47. Secu rities was said to be assisted by a letter received at the North and :south American Coffee House this morning, el which the following is an extract : " Jamaica, Jure 11. " The Britomart, brig of war, which arrived a few Bays age from Vera Crua, fell in, during her voyage, with Ws Majesty's ship Tweed, Captain Bunn, from Tampico, to the Havanna'', with 100,000 dollars for the latter place. Captain Hunn informed Captain Charmain, of the Brimmart, that the Anglo-Mexican Mining concern had totally failed. About 700,090/. sterling w as reaely at Vera Cruz to be shipped to England, to pay off the in terest due on the Mexican Loan, and a regue.t had been made to theCommaadcr-in-Chief on the Jamaica station to sand a frigate to take the specie, s a d to grant a passage to the Mexican Minimr and his family to England. The Hussar, Captain Harris. it is said, will, on her return front llarbadoes, proceed to Vera Croz. So much for the letter ; but then the date. Information from all the places and ships mentioned in the letter has been received to a subsequent period, and therefore little reliance can be placed upon it. It is also said that the writer has made a vital' mistake, at any rate, in stating the amount which was ready for shipment, and, by the addition of a cipher, has made 70,0001. into 700,0001. A si milar error once caused a brdier of eminence a considerable loss. It is fair to presume that this letter could 110 t help the market much ; but, had the Niagara, by which $11'1) it MAn(:l ~-n lonia- Alb.