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tFroiit the NfOniteur of B.] .—ln the Conferences Ai'eh haVetaken place at . GiurgewO, between the Russian and Ottoman Plenipotentiaries, it has been' agteed; 'that after the total evacuation of the - two Principalities . of Moldavia and Wallachia, by the arms of theitWb Belligerent - . Powers, there 'shall' be establishirt Divan;scomposed of Bayands, who shall govern those Provinces provisionally, till their •future fate shall be definitively regulated. The Russian PlenipOtentiariei have notified to Prince tia Teri; • that 'in the present Cirtum staaces, the prolongation' of ,his stay at Bucharest may be attended with disagreeable conteqUences;and that he must remove fi;om that city and all WallaChia.. He has, in Consequence,. determined to go to St. Petersburgh. The Hospodars, appointed by , tl.te, Porte, will, in like manner, not make their!aP 7 .pearance till further brders. Two. divisions .of •the : Turkish army still rem,iin on the left bank of the Danube; these are the corps of MUSTAPHA'BAY• •RACTER, which is posted near Giuriewo, and that of PRIAVAN AGA, which is at Ismail . FRANKFORT, SEPT. 30.—The friends of Reli gion and Religiiius Concord, will learn with plea sure that tbOe has just appeared at Brunswick a new German Translation of the New Testament, Intended - for the use of all Christian Communions. It is the: work of two Benediaines, CHARLES and LEANDER VAN Ess, and intelligent critics agree that it is the best there is in the German lan guage. Two editions are printed at the same time, one far the Catholics and the other for the. Protestants; but the former differs. from the la ter 01 11 Y by some additions taken from the VW-. gdte. Both have been approved by Divines of the re- , s PediveCommuniOns.' The twolearned Benediclines ar e now employed in translating the Old Testament 011 the same principles. May they succeed as well the Ministers of Geneva, who have. given us a ',fetich version of 'the Bible, equally esteemed by uatholics and Protestants. • 411 Edinburgh, on the morning of the..2oth inst. the Hon. PETER RQBERT BURRELL, eldest' son of 'Lord GWY1)“( and Lady WILI:OcMHEY, received the fair hand of the Hon. AlisiDnummOND, heiress of the noble House of Perth, from Lord ELPHIN-, STOI4. The party immediat e ly se t o ff f rom F ortune and Blackwell's Hotel, where they have resided, for Drummond Castle, the family mansion of the bride, where they will be joined by their friends Sand rela iiyes, and the nuptials celebrated in the most princely kyle. .Yesterday; as Mr. Edmeadi, of Sloane-street, was hiving his curricle out of Bond-street into Piccadilly, the horieS took fright, and ran the vehicle against the' post t at, the corner of St. James's -street ; in consequence of which the off wh ee l wa s b ro k en , an d IP. Fan:leads thrown out by the 'shock, The horses. .the galloped Inwards .th e White }Line Cellai, g ragglOg the broken curricle after them, and were fortnnately stopped by two brewer's SPrVant 3 . Mr. Edrneads received several bruises • on the right side, but pone of dangerous consequence. The accident via occasioned by the reins breaking. • , / SALT WATER rcida kit/PECTIN FRESII.—A 1/1S- Sivery of high imPortarice to tliC Sea Service.—By is Majesty's Letters patent, 'granted to - Jdtt4 tAMrt, fur IliB Invention of artimprove4 Apparatus for rendering Salt Water perfe(tly Fresh and Puri b 7 Distil lation. The Apparatus is attached td a new COnstrueted ship's fire-hearth, and operates : on a priticiple . neat, simple: 'and superior in efficacy and produa to any hitherto known Or pigyed at sea ; for while a fire hearth fitted on this principle; proportioned to the, 61 ze of. a 50Lgan ship, produces 25 gallcins of .fresh ‘,."i L er pet hour, Without the slightest interrOption to Cum g, it effeas a saving Of one-fourth the van -t4Ption of fuel: The I nvent io n having been honoured by approba tion fro m the Lord s Comtbuisioners of the Admiralty and the. Principal Officeri and Commissioners of.his Alajesty's Navy, in consequence of the satisfadory reports made to thim 'upon ,eXperitnents tried, purr scant to their orders, 'on board his Majesty's Ship Truoy, %Alen at Sheerness, in the presence of her Commander, Capt. HonoseN, anti several Principal Officers of the Navy, it is• no adopted in the Fleet, by order of the Navy Board. Upon the utility and importance of this Invntion to the comfort, the health, and in many easecthe existence of searfatitig men; comment' must be an necessary, The Report made h ' ;Capt. HOD : Git;t4 as to the re;. 3illt of the experiments an board the Trusty, in the Presence df himself and several distinguished Offi.. v ers, states that , " The Fire-heart his fitted on board h ` s Majesty's Ship T rus ty, un d e r his , comm an d, an d fully answers all the intended purposes of the In vctrtion ; that, he feels no hesitation . in saying that the 'invention will , be attended with the greatest r liti litY tit the Navy in general ; that it consumes - a c onsiderably less quantity of fuel, and that the cop er, boil in one t hi r d l ess t i me t h an by a n y 'mode before employed ; that it *duces fresh water from tea' water at the rate of from sto.to 95 , gallons per rut ; that the water is as good if not better than, any he ever drank at seg." t The Patentee i s i n , tt b ss ession o f s e ve ral other-let s a ndeerti fi cates from many respeaable commer- I.Charadters in, the city of London, expressive of to „ e ,"! 11) 4 satisfaction as to the result of experiments ""e ni their presence, and the vast utility of the nveoti ol i. "I:he Fire-he lee 4rths and Apparatus are manufa&ured most reefed' and substantial manner by hs.. lyC l itt '"Poßns Proprietor in the Patent,:and original. N o. lu o taaur er of Ship t s-hearthii, at his . Manufadory, W here o r d ers No. a 7, wer East Stuithfield, London; _or are rec ei ved 'and exeCuted. Chaseu particulars respeaing the Patent, or .the pur ofa part tc,th!reot, apply personally, or by letter, London. ' A MU) No. 20, Pavement, MoorfieldF, MENG'? COIiIIIERCI4L CUpt. Trig Commercial Code of Law, entitled ~F The Gude Napoleon,!'. has been at length completed by the Legislative Body of : France: It occupies, thirty sit columns of the Moniteur, and is :contained 'in four boOks, each, consisting of a different number of titles, as they, are . termed, and some, titles containing Sub Ordinate divisious into SeZtions. We can do little more than give a summary of the contents. of this -voluminous legislative enaetment, which is. to - super sede all other commercial laws whate&r, from Ja, nuary next, when, it commences its operations in France. .It seems proper,. ,therelhre, that the Mer 7 ,, cantile interest of this Country should .have some notion of the system by which their future transac tions with the Subje4ts of BUONAPARTE will la 4 gulated, , if, indeed, any commercial -.intercourse bet Ween the two countries ,be ever suffered to take place. :... BOOK I. TITLE 11.—/Ilin are Merchants. • . • Minori from the age of 18 ; and married women, with the permission respetaively of parents and hus may be considered as such, and be bound by commercial obligations, But they must not be the mere .retailers of the goods,of parents or hUsbands, but have separate or partnership concerns. . Under these restriaions, they may pledge or alienate - their immoveables. But a wile,cannot alienate her marriage settle ment, except under forms stipulated tereafter. TITLE 11.-Of Cominercial Books. Every merchant is obliged to keep.a day-book of all las debts and credits, of his negotiations, accep•-; tances, and indorsements. He .is likewise obliged to file all the letters he re ceives, and copy those he send; away. The bOoks which he. • is. obliged, by the above article, to keep, shall' be visited and examined by one of the. Judges of the Tribunal of Commerce, and May therefore.be admitted as evidence - of debts : none else can be so' received. iii. —Of Partnerships and their Regulations. • This contract is governed by the civil law, the par ticular law of commerce, and the conventions of the parties. * There are three kinds of partnership :-1. Under a collective name. 2. By Commendam. 3. Ano -nymous._ • •'The first is an ordinary partnership, with joint stock. The second is one where one or more of the part ners hire stock, who are called Commenditaries. The third does not exist under a common name, bit is carried on by agents [in the manner of our Insuranee Offices, Bre.] ' A minute of the Contraa of partnership must be sent; within a fOrtnight Of its date, to the Registry of the Tribunal of Commerce, in the distria where the commercial house is established, in order to be hung up three months in . the Hall of Audience. If the society consists of different houses in diffe rent disrtias, the minute must he hung up iu each of them. . The minute must contain the christian andsur name of the partner 4, their rank, and place of abode ; the reason of their uniting in a commercial partner. ship ; the designation of those who are authorized to manage the business, to administer and sign fer the rest ; the amount of 'their joint stock, either aolual or in commendam ; the time when .the part nership begins, and is stipulated .to end. Exclusive of these partnerships, other con uercial associations for an encpress ,objet are allowed, and are not subject to the above restriaions. • • SECT. Disputes. between Parinees. These are to be - referr . ed to arbitrators, from whose decision there lies an appeal to areourt of Appeal.-- In case qase 9f a division of the joint stock, a super- ar - bitrator is appointed:forthe.purpose. TITLR V, This regtilates the separate property of partners, In cases of marriage-Settlements, divorces, &c. dotal rights, and,claints orieparate matotenance. V. treats of the 'Cltaiige, and its Agents and Brokers. . Shear. t. explains the nature of the 'Change itself. The result a the transaetions opon 'Change deter- Mines . the course of Exohange, Of merchaudize, of insurances, of freight, of pbblic eleals, and 11 other things of which t he cdurse is susceptible of valuation. ,S*CT. ii. -Of 'Change Agents' and Brolecrs. The acknowledges such, but they are,to .b e clarned by the Emperor. They:liave the e)4:ltisive privilege :of, conduBing public rneintiy.4ranseetiOns; and negotiating all kind olcorotuercial pat)ers, of stating the coUrSe of 'Change; •the current price of. public conitricaties : in cafe. °flaw-suit; •on thii species of property,. of trans lating, if such translations be necessary; all declara-'• tions, insurances, checks, acknowledgmenti,Bce. The same individual may unite the fon6tio9s, of 'Change agent, broket rrierchandiie and insu rances,' inter and'.coiiclualor he on no =dint '(on pain Of a penalty not . tieeedi ng 3000 franks, deptiVation of his'office, rind further liability to an action of damagcs),'engage iti'any banking or commercial operations on' his oWneecount: Hecan. hot engage; either direally or indirealy , in any com••• rperCial enterprize. He can neither' paynor .feceive 'money for the parties for whom he ig,,agent....'"lle cannot even become guarantee for the execution •of the bargahl he makes, • ;iyrtz.vr.••••SECT. Enaors (Coninassli?naires) in genehil. Such •persotis are to have gOodi entrusted to them, bn.,Which they may make advances, - and secure themselves hy taking the gonds for sale into their Own warehouses; or placing; them in public depUts. The fa&ors, in'caselhe principal fails, have preco - over the other creditors. • .SP:O‘. it. andity. • They ate- divided into two classes,. land and sea They may sell the merehandize before their arri val, 'make advances„ and are answera4le.for _ . . . I , . - ,Trri,it VII. relates to purchases and sales, : and the I'M testithonies of them. ! ITif;11 viii. is a very extensive . one, containing i ! t tititeetiibetions, which regulate all the minutim of i' ot i eyfnattets' - ; by bill, check, &c. the time alloWed ! fild-itieirvrobning our; the rights of the bearer.; ac; ceptan&Y; promissory notes, drawers and acceptors of such;* Whether payable ,upon sight or upon date; .protests, .paymetits,...direa or intervention; in short,. confines all tho . vagrant streams,of corn stnerail. speculation, which ought to ,overflovv,and eniich the land, to certain defined; nariti4, artiti cial channels. . . When letters of exchange are drawn from trance, ,payableabroad, and are protested, the drawers May be come upon, in two months, for those that were payable in Corsica, the Island of Elbe, Capiaja, or in England, and in- the States bordering on France ; in four months; for those payable in the Otliti• States of Europe.; in six months, for.the Levant, and the . ' northern Coasts of Africa twelve. montbs.for the West 'lndies; and two' Years for' the East. B0f)K 11. TITLE 1. - relates to 'vessels and sniah craft on the sea. They are termed rnoveatites, and are liable to aII debts. There are regulations for their tackle, sails; equipage, crews, tonnage, wacrei, Sce: - TITLE ri.• directs the seizure and sale of vessels for debts.. • TITLE 1 11. relates to ship:-owners they. ; a're an swerable for'the faults of their captains and .crews;' to the owner whose goods they convey. trma iv. contains forty-eight articles, respeaing the Captain, his duties and obligations. He, is to choose and pay his crew ; he must keep a register ; he is personally to have the command at . the entrance and quitting of all -liirbours, - ports, and stations. On entering any foreign port, he is bound to visit the French Consul, to report to hint what ever he has observed, and to receive from him a certificate, stating the time of his departure and ar rival, the condition and nature of his leading-, TITLE 1 v. regulates the engagement and wages of sailors: Thelhip and its freight are always answer able tothe legal demands of the•meiL . TITLE vi. relates, to charter and freightage4. TITLE vit. bills of lading. TITLE VIII. freightage or bargain between the °Whets 4r)f - ships and thine Of therchandize; TITLE IX: 'loans npon the gross. TITLES x. xr. insurances, underwritings, and wastes:. TrrLas mt. mit. xiv. are the-other titles of this book, and relate to throwing of goods overboard, &c. BOOK lll.—Failures and Bankrvpicies. This book contains five titles, with a great variety of sub-divisions. The bankrupt must make the declaration of his stopping payment to the Registry of the l'ribunal of Comtneice within three days of the event taking place. All coinmercial acts for the last ten days preceding this disclosure are invalid. A Judei, Comthissary, and Agents, are appointed to conduia the affairs of the'bankruptcy. These are to be paid out .of the' bankrtipt's property, except they are themselves creditors, in which case they receive no remuneration. , A bankruptcy is fraudulent,, when the bankrupt conceals his books, his property, his debts ; has chased immoveables in 4nother name, •8:c. and and his 'accomplices are immediately to be trans ferred to the criminal tribUnals. BOOK 'iv; and last, relates to the ConstitutiOn of the Tribunals of Commerce, and Commercial Juris prudence. These, Tribunals are to be stationed in every ar rondilseinent. The ntimberof Judges in each are not to be under two, nor above eight, eiclusive of the President. - - They are to be chosen out of an assembly of re speCtable merchants (commerfani notables). They must • be above thirty;, • of age. • Can only he el e &ed for two years. • A Registry , and Book-.keeper ,must be appointed by Government. . •, liThe matters that:clinie undeAheir jurisdiction late to every transaetion of every t . pc.ription•betWeen traders, merchants, bankers,., agents, faClors, conj.. missioners, 'brokers,: &c. The h Lourt of AppeaLbv no power over their juriSdiairiii, except in aid odso • , of sums exceeding 1,000 franCsr Sneh are the limitation; and rtistrAions by' whic(i a Warribf has thought' tit to Csirifilie and direct the commeriAl Operations of his 'sObjeas. It was a wise saying of the Minister to a great,. Monarch, Who sat upon That - throne.whereon N vot.eoN 131)9:4,9 , 0” is now placed, when the 'latter deinanded Of him what he,could do in faVoUr '' Merchants :" /..es ei' Let them 'alone,," • F,4l' he, Phis does noVseent to liaveVenr ednsidered hi the present in stance. A fortunate General and a metaphysical Divine, it' will be found", ,we haVe no doubt, what ever their other talents May be, are not competent' judges of the nature and soil in Which alone cam:- 'none can thrive : the force of trie'One, and the dex 7 teriti'of thoother, may 1)011;10 bend th 6 plant to their wily but &constraint they impose will inevit 7 ably stint its ltixnriatiCe and Span' it'4'growth: . . . The curinsity that ? naturally , prevails, to, get a sight of. the _Comet, will, we trust, be speedily gratified. the last • observation it appears that the parabqlic line of oacifion it now adopts presenti it in its aphelion, and consequently it will increase in magnitude to the inhabitalts oc-the•arth .fora - short time, as it will also increase. : in, splendour, un, lesS its course be - More 'eccentrie than the b es t cal culations hitherto.make it.. At, present it i s b are l y visible to the naked eye,. but by the aid of telescoli& it is seen very distinaly, The position in whichito find it is in the direetion,a West and by North ) , a little above _the horizon, ,from , a- twarter past seven . till halt past, oihe. „Tim - , observer; however,- must 1 take his views ; little distance . West of ;bp -at was phere-of London. - . ARRAHAM.WOOD is said to be again matched to run . Captain BARCLAY for a thousand guineas a side, over Doncaster Course, in the Spring,, ,. WooviS to give Mr. BARCLAY five miles in five honrs running; l'iVelitindred a side have been put doWn by. the 'Manchester people, ,and 'to name when the remain- . der of, it.hemouey is to be ,put•dawn:- Woon is to 4e trained hy'little old BIM, the famous Lancashira tr ii)er, and is to go into training about the Middlg (it November. -•- e • " It is reported; that- nearle've'llty men belonging to it respe6tabie Voluuteet: Corps in 'the City of We'qiininster, after having - been inspected on Thurs (ray,- and-the ammunition being brought for them, to proceed to Hyde Park; left their ranks with out orders, and..would not return, Omagh' called back by the order of' the Conm tanding Officer Their oodles have been taken down; and, We un der.tand, will become the sale& Of a' serious invel tigatlOTl. CT. 23. There ?S' no ttuth In the accounts of the appear, ance of a French Privateet off this coast . on Tuesday last; The following is. said to, have been tic real cause of itlartri. The master of .a Coal -lessel had; .it seems, afire in his heat kindled by the bright ty'eg Of a Pastry-Cp,;k's daughter of this tOw n.fie hal therefOre . a,wys c o tne on shore ?S well to diseliarg his iable',eargo, as to pay homage to the goddess of hiS"atrections. MEr.vits•,, the. a4tor, .trade an otVet, to "visit 'the Vessel, from , motives of curiosity, but nobody would accompany hitn. A Obseription has. been set on foot for the fan\ily of the poor iNherinan who perished last night, and it is to be hoped that benevolence. will be strongly exerted' on the occasion. Mrs. Tnomsorr, of Wick Rouse, gives a pi*te cqncert thisevenink, at which all our - tshiouablei are expected. • Are received elirly this morning The Brighton Herald of this day, ii•oni which we ha4e extraaed the following articles " Thursda)- last We experienced a dreadful, catie, the 'wind which had been due h the greater part of the day, en a sudden veered round to the South:-eait; the principal .part of the 14sh lug boats were at sea at .the time the gale cami on, and were obliged to make ,the nearest shore . they cduld, arid all of them (One excepted) arrived some at Rottingdedn; others at Seaford 'and Hove; About eight o'clock the beach was lined with p er sons of every description. The boat Sophia, SaMitei Carden, Master, was upset between the But •Groiti and Coothb Rocks,' ,and we are sorry to relate; that one.Of the men, named Nathaniel Harman, unfor tunately- perished ;. Garden, and Simon Harman, nephew Of the deceased, saved theniklves by getting on the bottom of the boat, by which means they reached the shore, in a weak and feeble state; but mediCal assistance being immediately procured, they were soon recovered:. The boit, which was nearly new, was completely dash e d to.pie.ces against the rocks. The unfortunate sufferer haS left a wife and seven children to lament his 104.- Report . says, (hat some General Officers, with re-inforcement of troops, are to be sent off to Egypt. THR THRATRE.—The Beggars' Opera %v.'s repre sented ,last night at Covent-Garden Theatre.—Mrl. bicxons' was the Polly, and she sung the airs with great skill. In some of them' she was encore;!. The rest of the charaaers were supported by (he Usual performers. The farce was ifrtiltation,.wi.tich was written chiefly to diipl a y t h e t al ents of Etwu.4, 'and.'af which he is the "main prop, though LtsTotz also affiirded. much entertaiment The house; whic:s• was but indifferent at first, had a numerous audience aleY the second act`of the Op*, new after piece is soon expected. at Covent Garden Theatre from the pen of Mr. C. KEMOI.E. IVtATTOCK:S O gccording to theatrical annals his been 43 years on the Stage. There are few jti venile AEttesses - whe have more spirit and loco-mo tive power than this veteran Priestess ofl'hALLi. It is said that harmony is likely to be restored id the Operatic world, Is the two parties have go;ne to 'sotne arrangement Which' promises an end to jars. In Consequence of this c-Xpeaatitin no le;se than two hundrectanetskrty piideas,. It seems, are now offered fora box, even on the third tier." Cl ow are we ruined 1" • ~When. Simmons, who lately , continitted dreadful murders , at, Hoddesdon, was taken to .Hertford Gaol, he confessed the whole. transit 'diva ,to, the Gaoler. lie said he attempted to stab the .. e aidin the neck, but, the knife went into , her hand,; ',and,' at the tripinc.nt be was ma'king the second •r( he heard an ocld kind of buttering noise i *buSt him, ana : on looking back, 'taw .a hrpOn fi n at i tre, with wings extended, which frighted him so 'finch, that be : let the 'maid take the knite eta of his bend, ant,l crawled' out of the baek7dooi-, .oti qtis hands and knees,` and t h e fi gure followed 111111. to . the,gardeu gate ;" that he then saw no more of it, and tied to a, co!,v4 : thed some yeay and co.; vered himself over with straw, 'whei:e he lay %mg be,was taken;. itrtd.. i that it. is impossible tio• any . person to conceive the state tyfhis mind at Inent. , . . . . . Sutoini.—Yesterday mo rning. an awful scene' presented itself in .the prison of Toth ill-fi id s ; and considering the situati oe -*of th;,place ‘% here it was committed, as 'well . as the means used by the wrei,.!)- 4dand 'Undone iedividual, it is extraortlinniy : , ,.:1 Singular how he conld p oss ibl y have accompl;-!; ' ., i, the dreadful purpose which he eventuallycompleteci. At the usual hour of locking up, all 'the pm,oners Wqrp in their respeaive and .designated apartments, as ordained by the vigilance and . care of the 'perso n Who has the controul ,of the place. In, that where the unhappy subjeo of this catast ro ph e was confined were six other prisoners, and they in common with him- went to rest at an early hour. , • Powell, the mi,' serable objed.tO whom ,we all u d e , h a d b een com mitted for the lowest species of theft, that of net: styling, and was to have taken his trial,this morn ing for that offence j bu . t by self,destrualob he.pre venied the intervention of the law,,and, at au early ' hotir,, as soon as his fellow. prisoners' awoke, was lound to have strangled• himself. The meets which the unhappy wretch had devised were somewhat singular. - ' He. was found nearly seated-on the iloor of the room, his fiend suspended tothebolt of the idoor bpi : rope round his neck, and*ceMphq e ly d ea f . ; iFrom the iuitudc in. Which. he was -discovtred, it • klpetired.,that•he must haveleken considerable pains , to - a pc otiiplisilt-his purpose, as h e was' tfearly seated. Flint the, rope being . fixed . to. , the. bolt of the d,, , ,,r, 0114ra:stetted round his•neck with, a short 'coil, it is .. supposed, that having turned- •his.,head‘ and body so much until h e .procttivd a, considerable twist 1:e ' Om heft p, he:then threw himself' off .from his b.i.: - ' lanco,"and so. etreeed, the objed of strangulation. MiserY of the most extreme kind, :e4wited by the most abandoned excesses,- led, it is thought, to this . laSt at of huma n. d estru6lion. In the ~. '.early pair of his life, he lived in some of the most reiPeaable 'families as foot Man, and until . Wretchedly s.. depraved, still found among some i,,t• the 'most qiealtecl personages marks- of con-i..ierat ion.. :He hn'el`b'4ett some time in . the household of the ,Minisfer 460 ".NORTH, and .wzs kn own as it servant i . theillrOrdles. ' Vice and poverty in the ex- • er me det'it4 at last reduced him to, the mendicant at ,d miserable: mischief efrt:ste,alinV.ind, uw it tg e any longer tdendure the disgr 4 ce of so degr a d e d A situstionkbe sut Itinto self-demation to end it: