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• FRENCH PAPERS. irrom the Courtier Francais of Friday.l 3lanairi. Nov. 4. lie auxiliary envy is now very actively Cr :pied with I repara- Zd fur its dearture : the rind movement eon:mrcy ors. and beni p re the close of the year there will be i n s Siutiti •r !y :v4,00/ men, who wdllie stationed' in the t litterent ganisoiss e! pea !he ula These troops will remain until Spain !Mali have rem'. l'rsnee what she o wes her, both for the kei of the lorres sod for the thirty-four millions si francs expended prevtously to the o aseage of the Ilidassoa. The elvision of C r e st men will he as fol. L.W:l—At Cadis, 10.000 at Panipeluna, 2,300; at A'itteria, oust at tit. Se b astian, 1,300 ;at Iladelina, 6,000 ; and at Ft -2.000. They arc about to try the Kiship of Murcia, promoted to that y o iscupal Sie during the government of the Cortes. Two Pre. letol-ries of the o+;,; , :er of Toledo have been directed by °overt .. ment to rtliatr to Murcia, is order to superintend the trial of this Ihelate, who. they say, is guilty of propagating perverse doctrines. '.'he real remit e shich has excited this persecution is, that he re_ lord to give up lit• binh,Kvr it, in spite of the earnest solicitations oi 01.19 e th nieht to get it. 'traits of :!:e toe .tuitional ohicers, who had established their 'domicile at the preserthed distance from the capital, have received ueders t 3 Femme themselves to towns yet more remote; alllollr. the nll:l`ber is the Et -Minister of War under the torte s . M . Zarco sltl Waite, who re.ided in the little village of La Illancha; the order which he has received enjoins him to repair to Seville. ',From the Journal des Debuts of Friday.l MADRID, Nov. 1. I etta row positively assure you, that the hat note received by our 6,:vernment from the Cabinet of the Tuileries respecting the evacuation of the Peninsula, announces that it shall take place in t.ne t:ourse of this month-Ist, unless the Cabinet of Madrid will p greesstise the agreements made by the Genera/a Murillo, R.d. Issteros, rid others. with the Generals of the French army; inef, unless it will not give a complete and full amnesty, except pe only a very small lumber of persons who will be expressly ratte d ; Si, that it shall tint establish a representative Govern overt. To this effect, his Most Christian Majesty utters nix Ara Catholic Maje4ty all the aid that may be necessary. In the event of these proprisithnts being rejected, the French army will ret i re . t eAv ivg Spain a garrison of 10,000 men at Cadiz, 1.500 at St. Sebastian, 2,000 at l'ampeluna, 2,000 at Ft gneiss, and the %elle number at the Stu d'llrgel, which oar. Fi t would occupy those several places until Spain had reim bursed Frarce what she was indebted to her for the maintenance of tie tro;es, and for the J 4 m illions of francs which she had ad. winced for their eepenses before the occupation of Spain. We are new asiured that his Catholic 31ajesty has written, with his own hand, to CM srles X. requesting hint to prolong the OCC:I_ nation of the Peninsula. %Whatever may be the answer of the Ktng of F .nice, it cannot be delayed for mere than four or live days meanwhile the prepnrations .or the evacuation are carried on wi;h much activity. The term assigned by the myal decree, enjoining WIMPS, and all other individuals connected with secret societies, to declare themselves, having eepired, many meats took place to-day cf those who were known to belong to such societies, and who have not attivoneed themselves. All their property has been sequestrated. Front the letters that we hare received front the provinces of lion, the Asterias, and Gallicia, the number of persona already ! taken up in those three provinces amounts to more than 3041, all of t:armlandholdets and rich merchants. [From the Cuust:tetionuel of Sat y.urdal fIVORA, SEPT. 24. T::e cffieial Greek Journal gives the followl:sg news r We has e ja.t received from the Quartermaster-General, eats- Wished on the ions , iers of Thessoly, the following reports : Un the 2-Ith of August. Lieuirnaut.(ieneral lounproa Vireos and Co:o.irl Ta.oulss eti cured , at the head of 2110 .ho . en troops, on a n...st b +I at!.,• k of the enemy's camp at the village of l'alvvia (in lieu of TI erroopylal. and half a leagues distance from Zeitouni. At three o'clock in the morning these brave men entered, sword in rats!, into the enemy's tents, terrified the Turks, of whom they made Brea: slaughter, burnt a groat rumber of tents, and after hay : g &welled the Musselmarts, who thought themselves attacked by the allele Gret k attliv, made a rich Marty. Whilst this affair was posing in the Turkish Camp, cneral Teavellss„ who had com municated with the Commander Lammas, advanced at the bead of a Satote drachment, against a fortress of which the enemy was in possesaien, at a small distance frnm the camp. They quickly sealed, sad made theni,elves masters of it. They found there a number of bums and other valuable made, attd what is more surprising, we hare eot to deplore the loss of a single soldier. Our new regular army makes a wonderful remess, and is daily augraentir,t; a review of the first regiment has taken place within these few dt3s. Many European Officers who were t, admired the skill with which our addicts have been b t, in so short a tare, r. execute with so much facility ell the movements, the ma rearm, and the matches. They pi:titularly excel in the rapidity of their evolutions. The pltna of D'Oiner Vrione have been completely defeated ; attackel by a sortie from Clria.lll.ll7L, do was again beaten at lsteuns. At 3lairilla. this obstinate Albanian received the reward of his hardihood. After a considerable loss he regained his first position s Caroursarm— The Friend of en.: Law. r We are enabled to state from good authority, that the aatelligznee in the London papers, that the Earl of Merl, v is about to proceed to Rolland as his Majesty's Ambassa dor, is without foundation.—Dema Freeholder. Captain Fox and his Lady landed at Cadiz on the 21st ult. They purpose remaining a few days, and will after wards proceed up the Mediterranean to the Malta station. The Lady was in goal health and spirits. A public subtcription is about to be set on foot in be lied, fur the family of the late Rev. Mr. Maturin. We are sorry to learn that the Rev. James Lapslie, of Caraiie, died very suddenly Thursday morning. lie was the p:attA orator of the age.-61a$gew Parer. Dor r., Nov. 11.—The intercourse between this country and Fence, in consequence of the strung south-west files, Le been very limited during the present week. For three days there was no oilier arrival than a mat boat I,:onaig to this 'Jam, which brought despatches. On liday evening, late, his Majcsty's packet Spitfire came killing Sir Charles and Lady Stuart, and many other pesstat ; and the same packet sailed yesterday morning, with six eirriages, and about :evenly passengers, amongst them were Air. Stuart and Lady Caroline Wortley, Sir Ilidmitt Acton and family, &c. &c. The corpse of Mrs. le.ke Yarherough was landed, and interred in St. James's Lurch here. There has been no arrival from France to es!, and the only departure was a French merchant vessel, tttrbing the Hon. Mr. Bingham, son of Lord Lucan. ln . te is a very stroim report that the Rapid steam-vessel, ran herween Brighton and Dieppe, was lost on ;Lursilay m5:1% in going into (Mend —thy crew and pas an raved. On Friday, the Sth inst. the gentlemen of the King and CliCtulion Club, to the number of 83, dined together at Kays, the Golden Lion, Sunderland, the Marquis of Lon- in the Chair, supported by Sir C. Sharp, Knight, t: ,,, 1-president, when a most excellent dinner was served cnsisting of every delicacy the season could afford. 14-: sines were of a superior flavor, and the evening was t'.4bened with many excellent songs. A hall in the even rat the Assembly Rooms, patronized by the Alarehioness L..ialoaderry, brought together a large portion of the "'II? al:‘1 fashion of the town and neighbourhood, who th tyr.t,tru‘l hour it on the light fantastic toe till long after of night. The hall was led off by the Marrhiatiess and Sir Cuthbert Sharp.—Durharn .1113nel:111T or CIIANCERY.—TUCIIIhy, Mr. Thomas l ' ul 'ftan, of Sligo, applied to the Lord Chancellor, and P" , :red some papers, which he said were petitions from Ole UM:din:nits of Dundalk, fur the removal of Lord Cler e,mt from thy Com in iasion of the Peace, on the ground of I '''',(' fmictions ag M i st his Lordship fur assaults. 'I , he a•, radlor premised to have the matter investigated.— h.': ~ p uic ,. !'• Latham has announced himself as a Candidate for ttiu 1 oatity of Cork at the next Election. Ile declares it to he his iatention to support any measure tending to free ha l'atliolic brethren. , i l r. CuUlburn is un d ers t oo d t o hav e p r epared a Bill, to ie ntralueed next Session, for lighting, watching, cleans- I ' , Paving, and flagging all cities, towns corporate, , ",r,:!illytn , l market towns in Ir e land. , I ti,. in Wowing Promoti o n s an d Appointments have taken i'•sce n the Royal Marine Corps, by the at cession of Lieu ,,man.ColonelsLong and Dunstnuire, and Major Dalzell, •rlin the service, vizi— ...l.tiatenatit-tolonels 31iirliell and F. Williams, As be Majors in , "rIA. thy ninner to Chatham, M e latter to the Portsmouth ea ,,hin i the public will not think these Olken' prematurely ad ,.'14.'11 1 0 alt' present rank—they have been ferny-three years attain "' I W. Ma l y s S t i r li ng and •Glilir to be Pay-Captains at the 3 inOUlll itivis;o n , vice 3lit e h t ll and Duns ttttt ire. First Lieu -I,:.!,:ns—Ealwarti ilancoik, LLeweses Henry Patten (who has been ...itf.s years o , e o f 'ti e Adjimuita of the Portsmouth diviaum), i 'e' 3 . Aug. lizt, art- iyornweil to the rank of Captain. First nifaanr J31114...A Irwin Wines (who was Adjutant of the 31(artne 7Pln'n In America, under Sir f:euree Cockburn), to be Adjutant tpr Puruunomh dir,,ion, vire fatten. allN!rre. Iri I E! .l.:Gi.Ner..—topper Ores sold at Red , nhi Nov. I I .—'4795 tons.—Average produce, stl.—Qua n of tile Copper, 'l.ll tons, 3 cwt.—Amount of Sale, .m . ist• ...4. bd.—A verage standard, 1114 1211.—A parcel r4 : 11 Ilitanack, two tom, being m alleable copper, is not --,: '..,1 l:: th,a calculation. It sold at 43/. per ton. AIItERICAN PAPERS. By the John %V is we have received New York Papers to the *4th October. The news from Mexico is highly favourable. The Si:preme G:irernment is no. :thnly con solidated, aril acts with firmness and moderation. The intelligence from the l'acitic in the Boston Online! is a new version of the ridiculous calumnies which have latterly been propagated with so much activity against Bolivar. We beim: not one word of the whole paragraph. It is strange, however, that we hare no authentic information (ruin that quarter. We begin to be anxious respecting the Peruvian war. The resources of Colombia will hardly be competent to carry on hostilities in a distant and dis affected country. One thing is quite clear as to South American news: that we might to receive it with the utmost caution, come from what source it may, the interest to fabricate and misrepresent being nearly equal on both sides of the question. We cannot however be long now before our uncertainty be converted into knowledge. The domestic intelligence in the Papers of the United States relates almost entirly to the intrigues connected with the approaching Presidential election and the tour of General Lafayette. The struggle for the Presidency seems to lie chiefly between the Democrat Crawford and the Federalist Adams. Great hopes are entertained by the Federalists that their candidate will be successful. The " nation's guest," as the French revolutionary veteran is styled, has paid a visit to the tomb of his friend Washing ton. At the American capital a public entertainment was given to the General by the President, and dl honours. civil and military, rendered to him during his vieits to the national institutions. A suggestion has been made that the pay of Majar-Gencral should be continued to Lafayette during his life, with the arrears since the war of inde pendence, in order that he may be induced to take up his abode finally in the United States. (From the New Fork America-al „, NEW Vosi, arCT. - - - - - - - The following letter from Lima is front a source that may be de pended on, and is as late as any thing from that quarter. It would seem to discourage the idea of any battles having been fought be tween the patriots and royalists, notwithstanding positive assertions asd accounts porporting to be (anal of such an event. The policy hinted at as that adopted by the Spaniards, of avoiding any action until they could ascertain whether a royal fleet was to aid them, seems probable enough, as we know that such a fleet, consisting of the Asia line of battle ship, and some corvettes, left Cadiz for the Pacific last winter, and must, in the ordinary course, have soon ap peared on the coast* of Pent. Nothing can, however, be more confused than the accounts of the military or political state of that country. They are, t r the most part, so disguised or ', m tge. rated, that little reliance can be placed in them. The writer cd the following letter has been long in that country, and, at any rate, speaks according to his belief and best information. Extract of a letter front Enna, dated June II :—" alteration has taken place in the state of this country since my List. The army of Bolivar is said to have strengthened itself somewhat, and to have moved in a direction towards Upper Peru. Ilia friends have all confidence is his success, but some others who have seen the state of affairs under the other llovertunent, and have observed their operations during the last two years, think differently. It would seem that the Royal army must have received order, from the Vice-King not to risk a battle yet awhile, probably until it be known whether a Spanish naval force is coming to these seas or not. All late acmunts from Valparaiso and Buenos Ayres agree that an expedition had left Spain with this object. In the mean time • speedy conclusion of the war here, I think, does not seem se pro bable as when I wrote before. %Ve have had several of the Patriot squadrons off the port of Callao during the past month, with the object of blockade • but oa a new system—that of permitting veusebi to enter the blockaded pens on paying them a certain per tentage-1 believe they have de. minded 2 t. 0 per cen on the value of their cargoes. Neither the English nor American vessels of war have given into this new. fanglvd system ; and all the arrivals under those flags have conic. (ovule been brought in by them. How far they might submit to blockade declared and enforced on peeper principles remains to be seen. The Preoba. Captain Guise ? was in l'isco by last ac. eouLts; was said to be leaky, and going to Valparaiso. OCTODEII 16. By the brig American. which arrived this mornmg, in the short tsar :sage of 19 days from Rio Janeiro, we learn, that a vessel sr tivel at dust place from Lima, on the 231 August, which brought intelligence that Bolivar was waybill against the Spanish forces with an army of 8,090 men. [From tht Nes York Daily Advertiser.) NEW YORE, 0CT.20. . . - Arrived the brig Merced, Russell, frcnAl;arLL'Cariledijth Sept.), with cochineal and specie. % e learn from Captain Russell, that when he left Alvarado, every thing of a poiitical nature wu quiet, and the minds of the people generally perfectly at ease. General Victoria, it is thought, will be elected President, contrary to the expectations of a large majority of the people of the republic of 31exku. 'f lie votes stood, at the latest accounts from Mexico, viz. Victoria 11—Bravo 6—Scattering 2. Only two or three wore Ft3tet to be heard from when die Merced sailed. Matters and things were also quiet between Vera Cruz and the CasF.e of St. Juan de L !log. CIIARLISTOS, OCT. 11. FROM HAY•NWAH —By the schooner Usan,tapinilill4idd, we have Havanoth Paper to the 4th inst. The widow of Iturbide had been carried to Louisiana from 31exico, in the American schooner United S:atcs, which vessel hi•l since arrived at liavannah. 203,G18 cajas of sortr, and 323,601 arrohas of coffee were ex. ported from Havannah from the ht of January to the Sthit of Sep. tember last. 976 vessels entered the port of Havaanah,during the lame period, •ii—l 73 Spanish merchant vessels; 714 Foreign ditto ; 43 Spanish vessels of war; 39 Foreign ditto. The Supreme Executive Power provisionally named by the General Constitutcnt Sovereign Congress, to all who shall see and understand these presents, know—That the said Sovereign Con gra' have decreed as follows: No. 62. The General Constituent Sovereign Congress of the United Mexican States have been pleased to decree as follows:- 1. The commerce and traffic of slaves is for ever forbidden in the territory of the United Ale:lean States, from whatever nation they may cure, and under whatever flag. 2. Any slrea:s which may be introduced contrary to the tenor of the preceding article, shall be free as soon as they teach the 3leat...th territory. 3. Every vessel, whether national or foreign, in which slaves hare be.n transported or introduced into the Mexican territory, shall be immediately confiscated, with the remainder of its cargo; and the owner, and the purchaser, the captain, the master, and the pilot, shall suffer the punishment of ten years' imptisotiment. 4. law shall have effect from the very day of its publica tion: but with regard to the penalties prescribed in the prec.aling article, they shall not gs into effect until six months after, on cc count of the Colonists, who, in virtue of the law of t:te 14th October List, on the colonization of the isthmus of Iluazacueles, are land ing slaves, fur the purpose of introducing them into the 31exican territory. _ . . The :-uprerne Eseemive Power shall tam this to be understood, and shall take the tr....asurcs ne•estary fur its fulfilment, by having it ptinted, published, and circulated. Itl NA CI ( t 7.A LDI VA President. DOMETRIO DE CASTILLO, Dep. See. JOSE lONACIO tiONZALEZ CARAIs- MURO, Dep. See. . . . Mexico, July 18, 1824. Su is atainr.-0 eneral Victoria having been sent to Cajaca, on &CCUYiIt of sonic difficulties, his aruty was freely admitted into the citi, ar.d effected an immediate unconditional submission to the gen:ral Government, without shedding a drop of blood. The people have thrown themselves on the clemency of the confederacy. Some dinulletion and disturbances exist iu the province of Snake, but chef produce no serious concern. The prospectus of a new paper. begun at thiadatad a e, called El IVii.t 1. promises to furnish notices of American antiquities, to ge:ht r with statistical and other important information contenting that interesting comdrv. The Congress of Vero Cruz, on the 19th of August, page(' a de cree, to prevent the debarkation, on their coast, of iiaasenvers, brought by a SpaniA squadron from llaeannali, to the castle of t; Ilea, until the will of the Supreme Government should ha signi tied. It was at first ri nutted to belong to a great Spanish tket, but the alarm subsided on tinicurery tf:at it contained only passengers, and 4 or :stfit soldiers for the fort. The sovereign Congress has published a decree, recognizing the " United Provinces of the Centre of America." not including, how ever, the province of Chiapas, to which another decree relates, dated in May last. 1 trort the Dorton Centinell FROM THE PAClFlC.—Advises have been received in Ja maica front Panama and Clinics to the Ist September, many days the latest. They report. that Itiilivaes army still remained in the departments of Guartiptil and Truzillii, and consisted of 11.000 Colombians. and 4.0tn0 Pertivians.—that the troops a !itch had beer sent to hint from Chili had beili ordered home, in consequence of their Chief, Riva,tuero, having been superseded by 134ilivar that the Spanish army in Putt amounted to 70 ,Otn) —th a t Bolivar was suspected of anabitiou newt, and that his object was to be come Emptiror as well as Ph:boor—that fiT accusing him of this design, two Colombian Colonels and a Lieutenant-Colonel had been shot—and, that both Buenos Ayrenn and Chaim Go vernments were opposed to Colotubis, which they considered an a common enemy. These 81 , COU:.:A evidently are coloured by per sons hostile to the Colointii-ii Republic, but they chew that the reports which have been circulated fur weeks and months, that littiiYaT had recaptured Lims a td l'anao, were forgeries, and that he had bum :one inactive. THE BRITISH PRESS. "Further Extracts from the Ca::utta P a p er g Cm( tT r 4 111.orn: • FUNERAL OF SIR JOIIN MACDON.II;I;:k.(' It Sir John Macdonald. K.C.8., a Lieutenant-General in the Ho noutable Company's service, died in talm.ta on Sitill!‘;:ly Lot, aged 71f. llis remains were ii.ttrr..tl yeme. day ev.aniog, b. live and six o'clock, atte! tied by his Excellercy the 'o:Ftitai.tt , r. in-Chief, all the General Stall: and a large body of t'iviliaaf, Fo essembled to pay the lam tributa of roircrt to ore ig the Officers of the Honnurable Cooniany'a service In I something in a Military Funerals , particularly column 101.1 i.t•- pressive, that callous indeed limn that lour 1.., which ran wit ness unmoved a Procession similar to the one it is our tit; duty to relate, and few there ere, we are sure, who 'le:tall to tiiet hon.cs, without experiencing in full force, those awful aml striuns reflections attending so iolen.n a duty. Every respect, which the Uoverinuent is ever ready to show to a long life of meritorious public service, was evinc,til ie. the funeral we witnessed yesterday evening. At about a peat five o'clock the Right honourable the Cori rnor-Ceneral's Body-guard, with its galloper guns, commanded by Captain Sreyd, together with all the European troops in Fort Irilllams the whole commanaltal by Lieutetant-Colonel Vaughan. Fort Major, were drawn up opposite the residence of the late Sir Jehn Macdonald. On the body being brought front the house, the funeral party presented arms, the tranupets of the Body-(Huard sounding a funeral dirge, the bands playing the Venetian hymn. On the coffin being plaCed in the hearse, the party moved off in slow time, flanked by thousands of natives (many of whom had been partakers of the deceased's charity), to the burial-piace In Park.strcet. I)urit•i; the pro:elision, 111111llie guns were tired from the fort, the trumpets sounded at intervals, and the muffled drums beat their solemn rolls, until at a proper distance front the gate of the burial-ground, when the cavalry and invantry halted, and were formed into a street, through whicn the corpse was borne. Ou the coffin being laid in the grave, the guns of the nods-guard fired twenty-scven rounds, ant! the infantry three rallies. ending a ceremony as imposing in appea:sacc as it was aw ful and solotan in its erect. BUENOS AY/: ES PAPERS. t Front thect te to Sept. 6.1 [The paper of the bit is neatly tilled with European news, parti cularly the speech of Mr. Canninic s on the pension of the Mer chants of London, in favour of the recertition of the independence of the states of South America.! _ _ CIiAMBEIt OF KEPEESENTATIVI:S. fn the sitting of to-day the Chamber authorised the Government to employ a sum of 16,000 piastres for the mission of a Alinister Plenipotentiary to the republic of Peru and Colombia. Front the note of the Government requesting this authority; it is Inferred that the object of the mission is to determine and draw closer the relations of this Government with those States, and to co-operate in concert, and with better success, in the conclusion of the war in Peru. It does not appear who is the person to be charged with this mission._ l'heChamber, considering the numerous affairs to be despatched this tkitsion, and yesterday being the end of the pe-iod fixed by the law, 1111 resolved to prolong it or.e month, and to sit every day. EX ACT OF ♦ PRIVATE LETTER, DATED COTACIALITA, JILT . _ On the 14th of this month Colonel Raya and Colonel Don Felipe Marquiegui, with sixty men, at six o'clock in the morning, sur prised General Carrot*la in Potosi, and taking him from his bed in the sight of his troops, carried him oft amidst the fire of both parties, with the loss of only two men killed and some wounded, and taking his two Aid-41.!-Camps at the General's request, because they are his brothers-hi-law, and that they may accompany his wire. For this action the officers have been promoted, and the soldiers have received a present of ten reals per nian. It is said that the Brigadier Vigel has been surprised in Chu quisaca, with the garrison, by the Commandant Lopez. Aguilera has enriched himself (sr ha crom.l) in the war, and, as it is affirmed to-day, the first viii be united wish Castro, in La Paz, taking the rear of General Valdez, who las 2,3110 men of all arms. At Are quipa Colonel Benavente, with the whole force, has refused obedi ence to the Viceroy ; and according to this, General Olaneta, it thought, will also fall out with him. General Radii, with all those who accompanied him, has bens killed; among them l'a)ol and other officers. There are various accounts of this; some saying it was with the whole division or brigade, and others a small force that was in ambush. Some affirm that it was the troops of Bolivar; others the mountaineers of Paseo, who advanced to Guamanga and Guaneavelica. In short, I have not seen it ; I ray what I have been told. The General who has been taken prisoner arrives toialay, conducted by Marquiegui in person, who comes to take more troops and horses from this platy. They aze ringing the bells. (Extract of another letter, dated Salta, Aug. 5.) The past is resting out this moment, just as a respectable person' has arrived, in four days. from Memo, who has given me the fol lowing information : Tile Constitutional party took the point trappui, which Olinda bad at Tareja ; they touted the battalion of Chicas under Valdes ; the Commandant llaca, with his squadron. 11114 passed through. carrying the General Carrclata, prisoner of Rays ; Matta was at Sibilivi, with about 3.000 men, cut off, without having a point d'uppai which may open hut a road hither. It is possible this may happen, because his baggage, wife, and family have been now three days in the post at Marque; under the protection of our amts, the lady having asked permission to come to Jujui, which was granted, with particular charge to afford her every thing neces sary. With these data, it is not doubted that Olaueta will ap pear in a few days with filarquiegui and the officers who &owns piny him. MESSRS. M.4E.511 AND CO. TO TUE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. SIR—We think it necessary to declare, that we have not inserted, or been instrumental in inserting, any statement whatever in any public journal, relative to Mr. henry Fauntleroy, since the 10th tLiy of September last, except two paragraphs or lettas, to which our names have been affixed and published. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, WM. MARSH. J. li. STRACEY. London, Nov. 16, 1024 G. E. GRAHAM. Petitions on behalf of Mr.llcirryFauntleroy are lying for signaturts at the following places, viz. : hlr. Forhees Office, 6. Ely-place, Holborn. Mr. Ilaruicr's Office, IC, Hatton-garden. The Percy Coffee-house, Ilitthhonc-place. The Dispatch Office, 139, Fleet-greet. Batsoa's Cotfee-lituse, ('urchin. Bloom Cumming atul Co. to. Beech-street, Barbican. No. 306, Begun-street, Osford-street. Angel Inv, High -street, Islington. Horns Tavern, Kennington. Mr. Hicks'', grocer, 2, North-street, Larnheth. Gan Tavern, Pimlico. Museum Tavern, Black Iriars-road. New Globe, Mile End-road. Mr. Herbert's, grocer, 7, Tooley-street, Borough. Mr. Donoldson's Library, Btighton. It is understood that the Recorder's report is expected to be made in a few days, and it is therefore desirable that those humane individuals who propose to sign the petition should lose no time in so doing. The Report (says the Dublin Freeman's Journal) that the Earl of Bristol is shunt to succeed the present illus trious Chief t:overnor Jr Ireland, is wholly unfounded. There is not the least likelihood of the Marquis iVelles ley's removal. Lord Bristol is a friend to Catholic Eman cipation. CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE Bintr.—A meeting between the Catholic priests and the clergymen of the established church, was held at Carrick-on-Shannon, for the purpose of arguing the propriety of as indiscriminate perusal of the Scriptures. Previously to the meeting, the Magistrates were applied to by several respectable Roman Catholics of the town and neighbourhood, to prevent the discussion; but they, after a long consultation, refused to interfere. The Grand Jury room was the place appointed for the meeting. The meeting terminated as might have been foreseen, leaving the parties immediately concerned in it just where it found them, each equally firm in his own opinion. Although there were but six speakers, the discussion r,m to an extraordinary length, and it was not distinguished by any very eloquent or powerful dis play of oratory. DRE PFU r. Fi at.—On Friday evening a tire broke out on the premises of a farm called Hill Farm, at Broome, near Bigglemade, in the occupation of ltlr. Barber. The flames ',mead with great rapidity, and in a kw hours the whole of the buildings, with the exception of the dwell ing-house, became a prey to the devouring element. We are sorry to add, that ei,:ht tine horses and ten fat theists were destroyed in the conflagration, besides a great quan tity of corn and hay. MELANCHOLY °MI RRENCE.—On Friday last an In quest was held on the body of David Jones, many years Mail Coachman from Corwcn to Bangor-ferry, a sober and industrious man ; some dispute arose between the deceased and W. Jones, of Ty-coch, Esq. respecting the delivery of a parcel, on the arrival of the Mail at Itangor-Gray. 111 r. Jones was in his carriace, and had possession of the parcel or parcels, and ordered his coachman to thrive on, which the deceased resisted, by seizing the horses' heads. Mr. Jones's driver went off, and in consequence, we are sorry to say, the unfortunate man was thrown d own , an d t h e w h eels passing over his head, killed him on the spot. After an adjourned Inquest to the following day, the Jury returned a verdict of—" Manslaughter."—Suri4 leaks Gust:lr. INOTIIER DREADFUL 1•'I1:1Z NEAR FLEET- TR h: E T. About a quarter !:score f 101 t o'clock last night some of the see: kinen of Messrs. Sum the eminent 'Jinn:lour rs the sloth side of ..,titl::ate-111.', distaive red the ; r pert of heir extensive yea-, hetee s it: the rear cf th.ir peemisel it. livle Eridge-i•irt et, leading front treat ••• the Broadway, Etat kfriars, to be ei: Cr :• o.e evesei of le loch is as yet mere conjecture, and before any ineate: coitla Le adoinell to check the progress of the flaws, they c eninonic..ted to t 4.• other parts of the The 11101 employed in the upper warehouses ! had seaecel+ ewe to escape before the flames ascemitel with tremeioloits and destructive fury, enveloping the whole of the warehouse, the various d. ligaments of which ' were attired with splendid furniture :mil upholstery, no: a particle of which was rescued from the destructive element. Fruits the inflammable nature of the stuck, the flames spread with incredible and unthating velocity, communicatiog to the building on the right, which was used as Messrs. Wil klnsons' stables : here the scene became dreadfully die tressing, as two horses were with difficulty extricated, in the &Mg of Which they were actually dragged through the flames ; this service was performed by a few individuals, who were first attracted to the spot by the alarm. The ware:melee, the stabling, and a vast quantity of provender, wen• now included in the dreadful ruin ; and now one ex tensive and uninterrupted body of flames, arose above the houses in Crescent-place, and illuminated the atmosphere to a very considera‘,le extent. Crowds of persons were attracted from all parts of the town ; the current re port being, that Apothecaries' hall was on fire, the the immense glare of light proceeding from that quarter confirmed the report, and every avenue to that place was blocked by the multitude by eight o'clock. In a very few minutes the Norwich Union engine arrived, followed by the fland-itt-!land, Mamie, London Assurance, Sun, Beacon, and others, which had considerable difficulty in approaching the moil:lg.-anon, it being so confined and surrounded by buil:lines ; however, as many as could con ' venientiv, took their stations in Little Bridge-street, Cock court, the Broadway, and St. Martin's -court, and the water pipes were carried through the houses in the vicinity, and the various passages contiguous; but all these allots were, we are again under the necessity of stating, rendered abortive by the inadequate supply of water. In about half an hour, this obstacle was remedied by digging up the main plugs, and the elements were opposed to each other with surprising alacrity ; yet notwithstanding, the ware houses of Mr. Blades, the pass -manufacturer, in the rear of Wilkinson? warehouses, fell a prey to the destructive element, and were soon reduced to a heap of ruins. The court was partly inhabited by poor tradespeople, amongst whom the alunn was dreadfully great, and in the attempts to save their little property, destrOyed a great portion of it, and finally, from the increasing danger, were compelled by the firemen to desist making any far ther attempts. The flames now entended across the way, and a gallery, built entirely of wood, communi eating with the back of Messrs. Wilkinson? house, on Ludgate-hill, soon caught tire, and acted as a conductor for the flames to the rear of these spacious premises, the back of which was soon on fire, and it was feared would burn through to Ludgate-bill ; this apprehension had mach an effect that two engines were carried round to the front, and the pipes conducted through the premises by the shop and first floor windows. At nine o'clock the whole of the engines were in full play, and the flames experienced ■ slight check, but not before it was discovered that the extensive warehouse of Mr. Blake, the wine-mer chant, which was behind those of Mr. Blades, was in eluded in the devastation, as also sonic small wooden build ' logs that surrounded the scene; and at this period fears were entertained for the safety of the hoetsea in Crescent place, but the firemen having directed their prompt atten tion thereto, they were preserved. The alarm and confusion that prevailed in the Broad way, Blackfriars, was beyond description, the inhabitants having very probably fancied that the whole line of houses would be reduced to ashes, in consequence of the wind blowing the flakes of burning materials over the houses, which fell in many places like a shower of are. A number of men were engaged in throwing off the burning embers from the• roofs into the street, to the no small inconvenience and discomfiture of the assembled thousands. Mr. Brown, the City Marshal, and the whole of the City Police, were on the spot, and under his judicious arrangements a clear passage was pre served for the persons removing their property, and for the firemen to work their engines, and had it not been for these arrangements made by that efficieut officer, the most incalculable dtpreelations would have been committed.— At eleven o'clock the devastation was dreadfully great, em bracing the whole of Evangelist -court, and such was the eonfuaion that it was utterly impossible to ascertain the extent of the mischief occasioned by the calamity; but from the best information our Informant could collect at twelve o'clock, it a t •,tears the flames were confined to the court, and could only by chance communi cate to any of the houses on Ludgate-hill. ITURTBZI rairierLans.l The following are the names of the parties who are at present ascertained to be soarers by the above calamitous event :—Messrs. IVtlkinson and son have suffered damage to an enormous extent ; Mr. Harvey, the linen-draper, the back of whose premises are considerably damaged; Messrs. Barlow and Blake, the wine -merchants, have sustained a great loss ; Mr. Blades, the glass-manufacturer, is also a grat sufiCrer ; James, the Foreman to the !land-in-Hand Fire-office, had his house entirely destroyed, as was also most of his household furniture. The houses of Mr. Larkin, a glass-cutter ; Smith, a rocking-horsetmaker, Gregory, Jones, and Holland, in Evangelist-court, were extensively injured; all these houses were mostly let out in tenements to poor labouring artisans. As yet it is not precisely ascer tained how the disaster originated. At one o'clock the walls of the burning pile fell clown with a tremendous crash, and smothered the fire, but still an immense column of smoke continued to ascend : although the flames were thus subdued, it was yet found necessary to continue pouring in immense bodies of water. We are sorry to state that one of the firemen belonging to the Beacon Office is missing, and it was feared be was buried untl.•rneatb the fallen materials ; and during the night anxious inquiries were made after individuals who could not be immediately found, but we trust nothing fatal has happened to them. The light-fingered gentry were as usual on the alert, and made a successful harvest upon the property of the persons, assembled, and that of the unfortunate sufferers. TO THE EDITOR OP THE BRITISL• PRESS. Stit,—ln your account of the disastrous fire which took place on Sunday morning, you mention in strong terms the want of water a considerable time after the arrival of the engines. This complaint has been uniformly made after every fire that has happened lately, and it is certainly time that it was remedied. 1 beg leave to suggest a plan, which is very simple, and I conceive would answer the purpose completely.—The %Veer Companies complain, that when a tire happens, the peopk run for the engine, but do nut think of the turn-cock. The situations of the eneiman arc public and well known—the residence of the It:Ts:rent turn-cocks by no means so. They frequently dwell at a considerable distance from the scene of mischief; and it is probable the turn-cock is not in the way, or he may be in bed, end a considerable time may elapse before he reaches the spot. Note, I think the attendance of the turn-cock may be dispensed with altogether. Some of the Water Companies have announced, that their main pipes arc always charged—let the whole be obliged to keep them so, and . let all the tire-cocks be made of one bore, so that one hey would open the whole; then give a master key to the keeper of each tire engine. By this means, ups❑ the arrival of the first engine, water would be immediately procured without waiting for the turn-cock. This plan may be atteneetl with some expense in altering the cocks, and making keys, hut I have no doubt that, if neeessasy, the different Fire-Offices would readily come forward with a subscriptions fur that purpose. 1 martin, yours, &e. J. S. It has been clearly ascertained, that had there been an immediate supply of water at the late fire in Fleet-street, the flames would have been =tined to Mr. Bond's house, where it originated. LAW INTPLUGENCE. ---,- COURT OF CHANCEY, MONDAY, Nov. IL 171:11.LEff AND witLmt. In this Ca .Ig the part it were vtrtnuoned appenr. her9te tile Chat. , , •r, cciseque:,ce of Mir% r. cilln a Ward it t . !mry. Min A 3 ; tit ITlfttl of the name of Crampton. Tb.. 1. en. and the matter waa(iirporall ..t in hit. fxr I , :to.bcr. . . _ :ILatA:in 1:07: r. JlLAcxnunNl:. (rErra Asia ISAAC.) • "f herr .irern titre r pets:ate(' to the Coort in 'hi• matter. I! ti art and Sur. r:••he.l bill:. to a considers/lie amount for Peter, •nu el•ur Isaac lll.l7kburr.e. The two latter we.r.l partnere In s:te. Ut this tact the former were at thi time i7nnrant. Ilarkbarnes b,eattle bankrupt, and Husband and on claimed azparate .:,.• v.imit.m. After this claim they udn attest is •; v.:re aware of the partnership prior to their ar.il at tI sure time they required to make their claim I. n rt r, (14 A .4.. i.r.t.n it was of opinion that the admissies 9s rt of the pviii inners thar p they were aware of the partnendrkp •n chin), threw a Com iderable difficulty in their way. Ha ir.r; Medb , thi,,k they had made their election, end taken a step w!iic.l they could not recede. His mind holieeer Was sat 4e.v up; he would look into the authorities, and give Es judg• IL).):1W APPEAL.. wrt.LOX v. nHODIS. TI a teetator devittd venous legacies to be paid oat of certain holt...nes r • teased by him in Chelsea and Hutton ; and the quite Con wet. watt` er these legacies were to be considered asspeeikc or general. The Vice-Chancellor bad been applied to, and had made a •iterel upon the subject; and an appeal was made In= hia llunnor't ()trice. 31r. Fi..NU!.agQIIE argued that his Honour's opinion was that the. t- legaciee should be looked upon as syndic, and yet. fmtn the lone manner in which the decree was worded, and particularle from tba introduction of the words felling these estates" (that is. the testator's property at Chelsea and Houma), the decree was made to beer a meaning and aignidcation quite the reverie. and hAtil the bequests as general. lie therefore Loped his Lordship would rec tify the decree, and make it consistent with the to gof his Honour. The Logo CITA/MELLOR wall of opinion, that, he toot any such step, be should tirstdiwioter what tl7eVice..Ch eel:or dui mean. Mr. Mars) was also aixious that the decree ahculd be amended, and argued that the Legacies should be held as general._ The lACD CitewcEhaon thought in either case the decree was wrosig, and should he amend al, u it put a construction upon the testator's will that had occurred to no person whatever. He would net take upon hint to state whet the meaning of the Vice- Chancellor was: he could only look to the language of the deers; and one Judge should not take upon him to decide upon the meao• ing of another without having the benefit of his advice. The decree was nut probably drawn up by the Vice•Chantellor ; iveras ea• greased icy other persona out of Court. Mr. liEs*.ti said. it was directed tie his Honour in Court. The Loan CHANCY. aLOZI wished to know what was the meet • ing or the words •• failing theseestates." Was it, that if thz kga.. not were paid ten shillings in the pound out of the property as Chelsea and iloston, the legatees should go fur the difermce the residue an a fund Mr. Hrea.4 said, it should be thst if the Chelsea holdings were insutficice. the residuary property should tr.ake up the deths,ency. l'he LORD CI ANCELLOa said. the question was nut what should be. but what was Raid by the decree; and In either ease, wheihet the legacies were to be considered as general or specific, the decree was of such a nature that it could nut be executed ac cording to the emergency. The decree, it appears, wan drawn up by an officer of the (limn whom they had lost, and shorn they all lamented, and was matte out in the general manner of making at! the testator's personals liable to he. legacies. Ile would have =Le explanation with the Vice.thaneellor upon the subject. • file. HEALD said, he would state what he had just learned, set what would perhaps let In some light noon his Lordship's mind uo the subject. In the will of the testator he had said, that his other property should be auxiliary to the Chelsea holdings in paying the legacies. The meaning attached by his Honour to the word * auxiliary" was, that the property to which this woad was attached should be looked upon as a primw.y I.*nd for the payment. The LORD Coaxer:lA.oa said, the question at tree wet, whe ther the leasehold interests at Chelsea alone sLotdd be held ream slide for the payment of the legacies : that is. whether the legume should be held as specific, or the testator's entire property be held liable, and the legacies be general ? In either case, ar m point of view, the decree could not be executed. It could now be. held applicable to either meaning ; and thus it . put a construction upon the will wh:ch the taunter never intended it should bear. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Bloxoar, Nov. I. His Howoua wog occupied the whole of the day In hearics arguments in cases alio public importauce. COURT OF IEINITS 13ENCII, MONDAY, Nov. IL THE LINO CLEXERT, PROPRIETOR OP THZ /10/ISISO CHIOXICIT t Mr. Or al; ET moved fora rule to show came why a 'Timbal information should not be fled against Mr. Clement as sole printer, publisher, and proprietor of the /Worming Chronldc. The COL'IT intimated to the Learned Counsel, as he was about to proceed in his statement, that he should raise his voice to audible tone, which however continued very feeble and indistinct through the principal part of it, so as to render his voice occasionally almost inaudible even to the Bench. _ Mr. G eager readmeti.- - The Plaintiff; on whose behalf he tips . peered, was William Kenrick, Egg a Welch Judge, and who also fulfilled the important duties of Recorder of Dover, and a Magis trate of the county of Surrey. The defendant was registered hs sole printer, publisher, and proprietor , of the Mendez Cheunir.r. and the present application was made tn coracequence of a series of lihrllons articles which appeared in the newspaper which he lupe:, intertled, against Mt. Kt nrick. The articles elsichwere prircite:ly complained of icy .Me. Kenrick, appeared in the NoraligChre. wick of the 3d, 11th, atn, 6th, 7th, Itith, 11th, and 24th of last August, and in subsequent numbers of that paper. The circurc. stances which induced the present application were theses Xt, Kerriek was a 31agistrate of the county of Surrey. residing at Dorking. In his immediate vicinity lived John Franks, a fanner • and freeholder of the county. A piece of wood, which was des sailed as a slab of oak, was found on the premises of Franks, and was alleged to be the property of Mr. Kenrick. Franks was accordingly apprehended, brought before a reighbonring 3121f:i5.. trate, and committed for trial. The value of the shad did not ex ceed one shilling. Franks, in consequence of his apprehensiou and committal, was confined in Ilorsemonger.lane goal for several weeks; he was subsequently convened, with other prisoner., it s abide his trial at the Guildford Assizes, and owed his acquittal. as . stated by the Counsel, to the absence of a principal wittstse. Previous to his trial remonstrances were tried with Mr. Rene.ek, to induce. hint to forego the prosecution. His wife had re ere. &entail the large family that were dependent on him for sem,:ort and it was further repieseeted to Mr. Kenrick that he would loss the profits of a benefit which he a.% to have had at a certain club. by his confiorment in gaol. Mr. Kenrick, through compassion tie the situation in which t.‘e tinnily were placed, evinced a diiposi•ise. to withdraw the charge, but on finding that it could not be with drawn. he directed the attorney fee the prosecution, in the event t f a conviction, to recommend Franks to mercy. Franks. as he betere stated, was acquitted, owing to the absence of a principal wst^eNs. The Learned Cocri , el proceeded to react the 'several stets:cost:ls which appeared in the Morning ('hronirle, In wort:nee to the sere he bad stated. The trial was first deteiled, aid this wits felit”6.a by animadventioes en the 31agistrary generally. Nor was 't henriek :shine who was the object of the animairersions of tr.: writer. Ile dealt indiscriminately with the whole Al agistraei f ••., county of Surrey. and made them the objects of his ianen oc cc. - sure. He (Mr. G.) would read the following from the ..lfcc..ing Chronlek: of the Ilth of August : . " Slaking as we do the beauties of the magisterial, system our peculiar care, we cannot but esteem it a pies of particularly nr st fortune that we have under our eye. as it were, those public ft.!: e tiotiaries who are, by their own confession, the very picks of nory . : terial perfection. Leery county has its pride. Ptyon gl o rie s it. hs cream, Cornwall hi its hog* !a • hinghl, Kent in its men, York its jockeyship, Norfolk boasts its dumplings, and Surrey is famous for alagistrates. (Much laughter.) Many shires, Estes and Cain. bri.lge more especially, style themselves the gardens of England ; but beyond all dispute, Surrey is the garden of Justices. Our geographical position, bounded as our view is, to the north by the Strand, on the south by this favoured county, would seem to con stitute nos its natural supervisors; we therefore look upon our locality, in this respect, as a piece of particularly good fc:ture. and when we are elwallirg on those wrongs and toolcnces s.tn which the world abounds, we turn our ey.a to the great hi Is of lutreeyy, and exclaim. Surely. it justice were banished ft • a the re. icainder of the world, it would find a resting place in the comm... sion el the peace of that rightem.s land! It is ti,trc that M r. Ssairey lava down the law, sulk Mr. Allen approves it ; it is tutees. that Mr. lienrick improves the estate; that the cuitray is bltsstit with the mild cnunteitarie of :dr. Mole San.ntr, and rejoices in the sway of I.onl Ec..cor, Mr. Hedger, and a host of tither venerated personages.ritat reuse them sel mod the Quarter Session s. It was 1.1.4..01 that Mr. Kenrich had been actuated in his cond-cct on this ocemi o n by the circumstance of Franks haying occupied a farni which Mr. Kenrick wished to possess himself, but w roch was refused to hilt, as Franks received it front his fither and grand. father. and was therefore proud in the possession of it. The news. paper further *rued, that Franks' wife list been ta m p ere d ~,m.t o obtain a ask of the freehold, which she refu•lai. Again it was al l:Tod, that :loris.g two months that Franks was in gaol, his son wail the sole support of the family, by a little money which i.e had raved. It was said that Prank: was coi..ined at.l treated as a MM. mon felon : he was Inuled with iron* and conveyed from Horse. monger-Ike gaol to chained, with a waegon.full of idols. Ile was acquitted, but at the true of his acquit:a: was so emaciated as to be incapable of a•.crtion. In Whet articles on the same sithject„ the Magistracy of Surer, were d... scribed 311 •• the wourge of the whole county." Franks was poartrayed as `• an excellent charaertr." Mr. Kenrick's ce , e. duct was alleged to be an act of opprestion, and an Instr.:we . 4):* " the power which the law permitted the rich to possess ct.r• the poor." The olservations were a ttoinpanied with strictures the administrattan of justice in England and Ireland for the last century, and that there had not been within that petivil a sitythr Institute a committal by aSt ti llabstittitc In Scetlaati. • i i t+ ~~ ~; r ' ,14 1 1 , -'i •> • 7 •i 4