The Sun. — London, England, 1823-01-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PART'', JAN. 14.—The Patriarch of Lisbon, who inhabits St. Peter Pitube, is seeking in the environs of Pau, for a residence for her Majesty the Queen of Portugal.----(L'Etoile.) A. drummer of the 38th regiment of the line, condemned to death by a Council of War for strik ing his corporal, was shht on the .).(1 insf. at Pan. Yesterday afternoon the King transacted busi ness with the Visconnt Chateaubriand, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and subseqnently with the Pre sident of the Council of Ministers, M. de Vill‘de. Some changes in the French diplomatic corps st7e talked of ; it was, it is -said, in contempla tion to begin with M. deZaraman, Ambassador at Vienna, with whom , the present Minister of Foreign Affairs appears to have had some diffe rences (d'etiquette), at :Verona; but it appears that this change is postponed in consequence of au observation made to the French Mini ter, that his removal would not be personally agree able to the Emperor of A ustria.---(Constitutionnel.) The Journal des Debuts gives nu article, dated Constantinople, Dec. 10, from the Austrian Ob- Igrror, which states that the ,head of Haleb Effendi arrived in that Capital on the 2d ult., and was exposed on the 4th in the outer court of the Seraglio. .During the three days that it re mained there, a,great crowd of people perused with avidity theft/flu, or inscription, affixed above it. 1 t was conceived in the following' terms " This head, which is exposed to the inspection Of the public, to serve as a warning, is that of Haleb Effendi, formerly Nisclranschi. lie was elevated to the first dignities of the empire, and ; loaded with the favours of his Sovereign. The object of this favour was, that he should serve the State with Uprightness and fidelity, and that he should labour to maintain the spirit of concord Which present circumstances render above all things necessary among true believers, in order to make them a singlearps, to lead them to renounce their taste for luxtist, condemned by the Holy Prophet, and to inspire' them with a zeal to save the iaitb, by the sacrifice of their private passions. Such were the sacred duties of this perverse man. Far ftom fulfilling them, he abandoned himself to the impulse of his perfidious character. He employed all sorts of artifices, of which a great number of unhappy persons have been the victims. He was in the habit of sowing schism and discord between trite believers, &c.. &c. This conduct, so opposed to the intentions of the Sovereign, having been discovered, a traitor so perfidious had nothing to expect less than capital punishment, which he received by an order of the Grand Seignior, ex pedited to the place of his banishment during his journey." AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. PATITS, JAH:1;1:---f0strpPosetbat peace and neighbourly fellowship can long subsist between two armed nations, the one, of which is ruled by a Monarchical Government, and the other a prey to factions and brigands, could only be the dreaming of a political philanthropist, whose awakening might become fatal to that of the two nations, who, reposing in deceitful security, might have thought to find moderation where only crime and violence exist. `the barbarous and anti-social act, by which the revolution of Spain has just signalized the violation of our territory to strike its victims, proves that there can be no national communion between legitimacy and the usurpers of the Peninsula. This violation of the soil of Prance—the soil of hospitality and heroism— has beet] differently judged, according to the opinions and interests of several parties: The re volutionists at first denied it ; politicians now ex tenuate, and still not fail to view it as unconnect ed with the public will of the Government of the Cotes. Doubtless a deliberating revolution has not decided that a troop of assassins and execu tioners should make an incursion into the French territory ; but If the brigands who have tarnish» et! the soil of France, were not acting under the authority of the Cortes, will it be denied that they were not impelled to it by the revolutionary spirit which animates them, And it is against the p ri ciples of this revolution that our Ministry would not make war, which is now inevitable ; every .thing proves it ; every thing accelerates the course of events. France can no more escape .her destiny, than Spain that which , awaits her and the destiny of France is to be the protectress ,of honour, fidelity, and Monarchical institutions. On Sunday an extraordinary courier arrived in Paris, bringing from Madrid the dispatches of the Spanish Government,in answer to the notifications which have been made to it; but this answer,which is dated Jut,. 6, can only be an acknowledgment Of their arrival, since the diplomatic reply will not be returned until after the Council arid Cortes have deliberated thereupon. Every thing indi cates that Spanish pride will leave few chances to a temporizing policy, in spite of the efforts of our party to obtain a tardy and moderate answer, and notwithstanding that we are enduring the mecessity of a. war which every thing skews we ought in duty to impose upon revolution. it isnot ';', l l. the Duke de San Lorenzo who personally prosecutes Os the Quotidienne seems to in timate) MM. Ouvrard and Rougemont de Lowenburg, for the fact of the qualification of the Regency of Spain given to the Chief"' of the 'bands of the Faith, in the prospectus of the loan .that these capitalists are endeavouring to raise. fit is the Ambassador of His Catholic Majesty, in the name and according to the special order of the King, who demands exemplary justice for this outrage to the dignity of the Crown, in the capital of a nation which can alone recognize the .Constitutional Government of Ferdinand VII.— (Deapeeu Wan.) According to news from Peycerda of the sth inst., Mina has turned his attention from Belver to the Seo, which )U reached on the 31st of De cember. The next day he established himself in •the town, anti orders were given to the cavalry encamped in the environs not to leave their can . tuuments. The besieged continued to fire upon the town, and a great number of houses had 'suirered from the bombs and ballets which were red 'from the fort. 'The news of the taking of Balaguer by the in . surgents is altogether fabricated ; their bands tecome weaker aver) , day ; and although Mosen An ! n; echo, owing to sickness, had quitted the coand, has resumed it 'again, the individuals under his orders appeared not on that account less discouraged: On' the 6th of this Month they hail not received at Perpignan any important news from Catalonia. The.movement which had taken place among the French troops cantoned at Elm had been rendered necessary by the entry. on the French territory of a column of 400 soldiers of the Faith, a part of the :division of Mises. Thele refugees, who were cantoned at the extreme frontier on the side of St. Laurent, received an order to repair to the district or Fort les Rains, in the rear of 'our troops. • In this state of things, it is difficult to conceive how PRcho du Midi allows itself to announce, under t he date of the Bth January, that the Regency' 'has contracted with various hatters of Touloose for a considerable purchase of schakos, and other military. fiats. It however gives the fact for certain, .and concludes from it that the Regency has got a large fund at its disposal, and that It counts upon mustering numerous soldiers to second its deligns.. If we may believe !'Echo du Midi, General °Tomei has a foot frost-bitten, and must have some toe, at least amputated ; it is on this account be has re-entered Fraece.—(Journal du commerce.) A letter froth Ax, tinted Jan. 6, says—" One hundred and fifty men from the Fort of Urgel have lately made a sortie to go and cut wood.— The constitutional troops surrounded them, and cot off their return to the fort. They imme diately threw themselves into the valley of An dorree, where they met with the best reception ; they returned in very good order into Spain, to endeavour to regain the fort of Urgel ; should the thing be found impossible, they will unite with the other Royalist corps which traverse the Spanish frontiers."—(Quotithi?mc.) A private letter from Perpignan, dated the 4th, states.as follows ;—" In the memory of.man there has not been known such a season as' that which we experienced in the latter days of De cember. I . informed you in one of my letters of the disasters which had happened at Fort Pe drone, and which was occasioned by the snow. —To-day I learn from an inhabitant of Saint Laurent, that in that quarter, and as far as Arles, there had fallen such a quantity of snow, that they were forced to clear the roads by manual labour, in order to convey bread to the soldiers who were placed in cantonments. The same thing had happened on the side of Sorede. deavours are now making to organize a regiment of all the soldiers of the Faith. A great many have already been • enrolled ; but several re fused."--(Gazette de France.) EARTHQUAKES IN SYRIA. A Meeting of the Merchants and Gentlemen of the Metropolis was yesterday held at the City of London Tavern, to consider of the fittest mode in which relief could, be afforded to the unfortuunte sufferers of Antioch and its vicinity. At one o'clock the Loan MAYOR (who should have taicen the Chair) had not arrived ; and Mr. II UMI4IIIEY MARTIN . stated to the company, that, being engaged in an important affair of police at the Alasion.house, his Lordship would not be able to meet them for half au hour to come. After some delay, Mr. Alderman ATKINS was called to the Chair, and briefly addressed the assembly upon the business of the day. There was no need, lie said, of eloqu'ence, for the case was one which svke for itself; 'nor was it necessary that he should describe the lamentable state of Syria at' the present moment, for that had been done sufficiently in all the public papers. Much praise was due to the Gentlemen composing the Levant Corn. pany, who, the moment they heard of the calamity, had caused 500/. to be distributed among the sufferers,—a benefaction which, from the promptitude with which it was afforded, did probably more good than ten times the sum could have done at a liter period. He was happy to inform the meeting that the Provisional Committees, aided by the Levant Company, and by 3001. given by the East India Company, had (over and above the 1100/. !already distributed) caused 1,000/. to be remitted upon the strength of future subscriptions. In Syria, the value of money was much greater than in England. The smallest donations would be of much importance, because if so small a sum only as 10,000/. could be raised, it would be the means of preserving hundreds of thousands of persons from destruction. The worthy Alderman sat down by observing, that the money contributed would have the advantage of falling into excellent hands for distribution ; it would be sent, through the Levant Company, to Mr. John Barker, their Consul at Antioch, the greatness of whose exertions on behalf of the dis. tressed persons could scarcely already besufficiently commended. Mr. G. lironEnr. (Secretary to the Levant Company) then read Mr. Barker's printed report of the earthquake at Antioch, dated the 13th of September, 1822. It describes Aleppo, An. tioch, and five or six villages totally - destroyed ; 20,000 persons killed, and at least an equal number injured ; the survivors without shelter, and almost without food, buffering dreadfully from' ophthalmia and dysentery. ShockS continue to be felt frorrutime to time. The Jews have suffered the most as to lives; but Christians, Jews, and Mahometans, all stand, at present, in the same deplorable condition. At this point of the proceedings, the Lord Mayor arrived. !iris Lordship apologized for his absence (having been engaged in a public affair of great nicety), and took the chair. A letter was then read from Mr. Barker, dated the 18th of November, stating that the shocks still continued at intervals ; and a further letter, from Theophilus Datibuz ' Esq., Tre a sur e r of the Levant Company, stating that 40,000 plasters (1,0000 had been forwarded to Mr. Barker for distribution, and that instructions had been sent to Mr. CartwriFht, Consul-General At Constantinople, directing hint to confer with the Turkish authorities ;—the money to be shared, as advisable, among the Sufferers without the least preference or exemption on account of religions persuasions. Mr: Alderman Vv.NADLES was satisfied that nothing but the distant scene of the calamity had prevented it from exciting even more attention than bad been given to it. Hitherto, how. ever, it hid been the pride of Great Britain never to limit her charities either to distance or to nation ; and he , trusted that the same admirable feeling would display itself on the present occasion. In the year 1755, when Lisbon was destroyed by an earthquake, Parliament had instantly voted 100,0001, for the relief of the sufferers ; and no , doubt, independent of serving the cause or humanity, the interests:---the commercial interests particularly—of England were much benefited by such liberal conduct. it wax then moved, seconded, and carried unanimously,' as a resolution,-- , t‘ That a subscription be entered into for the bane. fit of the sufferers at Antioch, and elsewhere, and that this Meeting does appeal to the Public to support it." Mr. Alderman AT IMO begged to refer to that passage in Mr Barker's letter which described the Jews as having suffered moat severely, ile trusted that upon the respectable gentlemen of that persuasion in England that fact would not b?, lost. A Committee was then named, consisting of the ortgidal Previsional Committee and many other Gentleman standing high in the city, to conduct and forward the affairs of the sub . seription. gir It. WlcinAsf suggested the propriety of adding some Gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion to the Committee. No one present being authorized to nominate any Gentle man, however, it was resolved—" That Gentlemen of the Jewish persuasion be invited to add themselves to the list." The subscriptions already received were then stated, which amounted to a considerable sum. Mr. HIJOHES, Mr. MARTIN, and Mr. BENJAMIN WEST, bore witness to the dreadful character of the calamity. Thanks were voted to the Levant and East India Companies, for their exertions, and to the Lord Mayor for his conduct in the chair. It was then resolved that the town and country 'linkers should be requested to receive subscriptions, and that the resolutions and facts should be advertised in such papers as the Committeemight deem eligible; and the meeting adjourned shout half-past three o'elsck. IT F, ARMY. AN IMPORTANT GENERAL, COURT-MARTIAL, AT NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, NIAY 1, 18 0 '2 . —The proceedings of this General Court Martial 13 flow brought to a close, his MAJESTY having-been pleased to con. firm the whole of these extraordinary proceed. inks ; by which it will be seen that the Court found itself nut competent to come to a decision without submitting certnin queries to the Judge. Advocate. General in England. GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL. TRIAL OF CAPT. W. N. WAT KI NS,4BTII REGIMENT or TOOT. At a General Court-Martial, holden at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 10th January, 1822, and continued by adjourn meats to April2l, 1822, Capt. WI weal NowELL WATxxxs was arraigned on the following Charges, viz.:— , First—For having addressed a letter to his Excellency Go , vernor Mac tetT Anti:, exhibiting charges against Lieut.-Colonel rr EnsxtE, without comin g th roug h t h e Commanding Officer, such conduct being unofficerlike, and a breach of military dis cipline. Second—For having, in a letter addressed to his Excellency Governor MACQUARIE, dated George Town, November 21, 1821, endeavoured to asperse the character of Licut-Colonel ERSKINE, his Commanding Officer, in the most serious manner, by accusing him of the most palpable, malicious, and vindictive perjury, with a variety of other expressions and ob servations contained in said letter highly improper; such con. duct being ungentlemanlike, unofficerlike,- insubordinate, and in breach of the Articles of War. Third—For having addressed a letter to the Captains and Subalterns of the 48th Regiment, enclosing a copy of a letter of the 24th June, 1621, to his Excellency Governor Meet/mutt n, written in the most inflammatory and insubordinate style, re flecting strongly upon the character of Lieut-Col. Ensitieru, his Commanding Officer ; such conduct being unofficerlike, insubordinate, inflammatory, subversive of all military order, and in breach of the Articles of War. The Court having proceeded to take into consideration the . charges and evidence recorded and set forth in the minutes, „ find, in coming to judgment, certain points of legal discrimina tion and difficulty, in respect of which, not only as affecting the merits of the p re sent c h arges , b ut as involving general principles of serious weight and influence upon the service, anti with regard to proceedings before General Courts Martial, it seems fitting to obtain the most satisfactory information and advice. In this respect, therefore, the Court direct, that reference be made to the Judge Advocate—General in England of such points of Inquiry as have been specifically approved by the Court, to be transmitted by the Judge-Advocate, so as thus best to ascertain what importance and decision may legally belong to the same; and upon the resolution of which, the Court would only judge itself warranted in proceeding to judgment and sentence, But, at the same time, inasmuch as great delay, owing to the distance of this settlement, will hence necessarily arise, the Court consider it due to Colonel Erskine not to keep back, in the mean time, the opinion of the Court : That the evidence, produced by and on the part of Capt. Wat kins, has not afforded the least possible ground for the asseve. rations of Capt. "'Watkins, or cast the least shadow of reflection on Col. Erskine, as having been guilty, in detail or invention, of any, though most trifling, falsehood in the examination al luded to ; bits, on the contrary, that Capt. Watkins has entirely failed in making to appear that Cul. E rs ki ne is justly ch a r g e. able with perjury ; or that, upon the proof adduced, Captain Watkins would seem to the Court at all warranted In suggest. ing to his Excellency the Commtuider of the Farces, as having. ground for any civil proceedings against Col. Erskine, for any such offence. The Court further direct, that a copy of this memorandum, and of the queries to be forwarded to the Judge-Advocate- General in England, be transmitted 'to his Excellency the Commander of the Forces, so as fully to advise his Excel lency of the premises, with whinn is respectfully left the pro propriety of making publicly known the tenor of this especi a l memorandum.—Adjourned. Nell' South Mks, April 14, 11122. ea--I am directed by the General CourteMartiul now as eta bled at this place, 'upon charges exhibited by the Com manding officer against a Captain ache Regiment, respectfully, as Acting Judge-Advocate, to solicit that you will be pleased to effect that due information and advice may be atlimied the Court on the following queries, so materially affecting, and involved in the present charges (a copy of which is inclosed), as for the Court to have deemed fit, that all further proceedings should be stayed, until the same shall have been thus referred and satisfactorily resolved. FiasT QUERY-1s the Court justified in proceeding to judg. ment and sentence, where it has been urged by the prisoner during the whole of the trial, " for having endeavoured to asperse the character of his Commanding Officer, by accusing him of perjury e " until all these witnesses, wheresoever they may be, have been forthcoming and examined by the Court, whose evidence, it is averred by the prisoner, would prove, in some instances, the allegations made, and which, from its na ture and the general eircinnatatices of the case, appears not to be so irrelevant as to exclude all possibility of such proof being adducible?, , . SECOND QtrEttY—Can an Officer be made chargeable under the Articles of War in respect of a letter transmitted imme diately to thelCommander of the Forces for leave of absence, in older thus, as suggested, tohave the means of taking civil pro. ceedings in the Court of King's Bench against his CoMmand ing Officer. The charge exhibited suggests the prisoner in such letter to have endeavoured' to asperse the character of his Com mending Officer; such letter being transmitted by the Com mander of the Forces to the Commanding Officer, and no pro ceedings whatever, civil or military, adopted by either of the parties before the exhibition of the present charges to the Court assembled at the instance of the Commanding Officer? Mini) 9uEnv—Can a charge be supportable against an Officer for insubordinate and unofficcrlike conduct in respect of a letter addressed by him to the Captain and Subalterns of the Regiment, the contents of which only became known by the prosecutor, his Commanding Officer, causing the seal to be broken, and the letter to be read at a meeting of the. Officers of the Regiment, convened by order of the Commanding Officer, the Officer who had written it being absent ;• when the Cap. tains and Subalterns so addressed,. had determined not to open, and therefore to return such letter (the hand-writing of the ad, dress being recognized), and had committed it for that purpose; to the Paymaster, who had accordingly direCted and sealed an envelope, enclosing and returning the letter several daytebefore the ;laid envelope was OPEN En at the meeting of the Officers, and the seal of the letter; enclosed also broken, and the contents read aloud by order of the Commanding Officer, who exhibits the present charges in respect thereof Til US PUBLISUED anti charged as reflecting upon his character ? 1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) JOHN WYLDE, Judge-Advocate. ANSWER. Head-quarters, Sydney, Apr* 17, Iff22. Stn--I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th inst., conveying to me, by desire of the Gene. ral Court-Martial now assembled, a copy of an especial memo randum inserted in their proceedings, with respect to the charges Ereferred against Capt. Watkins of th e 48th reg i ment , by,C o l. rskine, commanding that Corps and also a copy of a com munication, addressed. by yourself to the J tidge-A dvocate-Ge neral in England, as therein referred to. having attentively pure:led, those documents. and maturely considered their nature and tendency, and the effect likely to big,roduced on the su bordination anti discipline of the Army, should the Court per severe in adhering to the Resolution, contained in th e memo randum therein adverted to and entered on the proceedings, I must request you will he pleased to convey to the members of the General Coirri-Martial my entire disapprobation of the measure they have thus adopted, and that I am decidedly of opinion that they should proceed to pass judgment on the ri. saner, is being now too late, my opion, for them to adopt any other course. I accordingly request you will be pleased', Sir, to re-assem. ble the General Court-Martial for the purpose of revising their proceedingi, and passing sentence on the prisoner, which,, if they should still decline doing, I must further request that this letter may be entered on the face of the proceedings of this Court. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your mast obedient Servant, (Signed) L. MA CQUARIE. Major-General, and Commander of the Forces, in N.S.W. To the Bon. Mr. Judge-Advocate Wylde, &c. &c. The JuDGE•ADV'OCATF, having immediately written to explain his motives, on the grounds which appear in the next Memorandum, produc ed the undermentioned answer 'MEMOItANDUM. On the point referred by the Court, as to being called on " to revise" at this time , its proceedings," and to proceed to " pass sentence on the prisoner," the Judge-Advocate has to submit to the consideration of the Court, that, by the 1:Ith Article of the 18th Section, it is ruled, "That no sentence of a tleneml Court Martial shall be put in execution till after a Report shall have been mate of the whole proceedings to his Majesty, or to the officer commanding in chief," &c. while this power is again controuled and limited by the 15th section of the Mutiny Act, which provides, " That no sentence given by any Court ffiartial, &c. shall be liable to be revised more than once ;" hence it seems, that except in the case of a sou tence having been awarded to be put in executon, no autho. rity appears to be vested by the Articles of War, of the Mu tiny Act, in the officer empowered to convene General Courts Martial to direct a revisal .of the same. The mode of procc dure, as the responsibility arisin t g upon it is.left, in every other respect, to remain in charge v:i the Court alone. (Signed) JOHN VI'LDE, Judge-Advocate. llead,quarters, Sydney, April 17. 11122, • Half-past Five o'Clock, P.M. Sir—l have the hnnouf to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day, dated four o'clock, and have only in 'reply, to refer you to my former letter of this day's date, requesting the General Court-Martial to" be re - -assembled ; and that my lettetuaddressed to you should lie submitted to the Members when so assembled. In ca►e you decline to comply with this second requisition, I shalt direct the President of the General Court-Martial to re-assemble the Court, for the purpose of conveying my senti ments to the Members. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient Servant, (Signal) L. 31ACQUARIE. To the Hon. Mr. Judge-Advocate \Vylde, &c. &c. The Court determined to revise the proceedings, and pro ceeded to consider of the judgment and sentence. The Court having maturely and deliberately considered the evidence produced i n support of the charges preferred, as also that adduced and what has been a ll ege d in defence by the prisoner, have and do adjudge that the prisoner, as to and in respect of the first and second charges respectively, is Guilty. And as to and in respect of the third charge, that the prisoner is Not Guilty. And the Court in respect of such judgment have and do ad judge further, in sentence, that the prisoner be placed at the bottom of the list of Captains of his Majesty's 48di Regiment, and that he lose three years rank in the Army. Previously to closing the proceedings, the Court judge it fit to animadvert in strong terms on the various addresses of the prisoner, couched in general slanderous invectives, while the Court have to suggest that such obServations would not have been suffered on the occasion of delivery, or to remain in re cord upon the proceedings, but that, in conformity with gene ral principles, obtaining on the subject, it seemed fit to await the present opportunity of remarking upon the same, as long as the observations did not absolutely wander from the subject matter of the charges. (Signed) . GEORGE DRUM', Major 48th, and President. To the lion. Mr. J. WILDS, Judge Advocate. I approve and confirm the sentence of the Court. (Signed) L. M ACQUI R E. Major-General, and Commander of the Forces in New South Wales. New South Wale', April 22, 1822. . Detachments belonging to the undermentioned Corps, under the command of a proper proportion of Officers , are ordered to march from Maidstone, Portsmouth, and Albany Barracks, to Chatham, in order subsequently to proceed to Gravesend, for the purpose of embarking, about the middle of next month, on board the ships Atlas and &Hie Castle, for Madras. 13 g L oo ig n h i t D:11.. .. 1 Corps. N u m b er From. Date of Date of of Men.• March. Arrival. 23 - Maidstone • ' - 31st inst. - 31st inst. llethßegiment 1 of Foot . - .I 15 - P(Yrtsm"th . 22d ditto - 29th ditto. 41st ditto - - 150 . Ditto - - • 23d ditto - 30th ditto. 46th 'ditto - - 175 - Ditto •- -•-• 24th ditto . 31st ditto. 54th ditto . . 75 . Albany Barracks 23d ditto . 31st ditto. 69th ditto - - 50 - Ditto . - . 23d ditto - 31st ditto. 89th ditto - - 100 . Ditto - - - 24th ditto. lit Feb. Detachments belonging to the 11th Dragoons, and the 16th • Lancers, are ordered to march to-morrow, from Maidstone to Chatham, preparatory to their embarkation at Gravesend, for Bengal. One troop of the Ist' Royal Dragoons marched, yesterday, from Ipswich to Norwich, where it will arrive to-day—Another troop of the same corps will march from Canterbury to Deal, to. morrow, where It will arrive the same day, EXETER COACH ROBBERY. Almisititv liatisr..---Yesterdny Win. Thomas, a person of very decent appearance, but tbr some time known to the Police, was brought before the LoRD ,SlaY on by Marian, the officer, charged with robbing the Exeter Subscription Coach of a parcel of Hank-notes to the amount of upwards of 1,100/. on the 6th of December. The notes were the property of Messrs. Sparkes and Co. of Exeter. Since the robbery was committed, Messrs. llankey and Co. the Bankers, who are connected with the Exeter firm, have been unremitting in their effiwts to bring the thieves to justice. The officer stated, that a person named Dennis came to Lim and said he believed he knew one of the men who robbed the Exeter coach. Witness accompanied Dennis to a publie.bouee in Tash-street, Gray's Inn.lane, and there saw the prisoner drinking with a ,woman ; called him out, and said he wanted him on suspiCion of the Exeter coach robbery. The prisoner said he knew_nothing at all about the robbery, and t h at h e would not go; but the witness laid hold of him, and then he offered no opposition till he reached the top of Gray's Inn.lane, when he said, " I am now in Middlesex, and 1 will not go with you." The witness then forced him into a coach. There were eleven sovereigns in his pockets, and a small gold watch. Thomas Dennis, No. 17; Crown- court , Goswell-street, fire. work.maker, stated, that on the 6th of December, between six and seven in the evening, as he was going with work to Broad. street, St. 011es's, he saw the prisoner with-three other men, near the Old Bell and Crown, Holborn, and knowing them to e bad characters, watched their movements; the old Salisbury coach came out of the yard, and the prisoner and-his companions ran after it; , but as the coach went on at a quick pace, three of the men, of whom the prisoner was one, got with speed i into a coach, near Middle-row, Holborn, and drove after it ; witness, - who was accompanied by his brother thinking they were about no good, followed them till they reached Piccadilly ; the Saha bury coach turned down a street, which they did not; and the prisoner :and his friends arrived near the White Horse Cellar before it, and at once leaped, out of the hackney -coach ; they were Scarcely out, when up came the Salisbury coach, and atop. ped at the Gloucester coffee-house. The prisoner's two com. panions ran up to it, and looked about inquisitively; but it seemed to be full, anti they left it and ran over to the other side of the Street, where they were joined by the prisoner.— At that moment the Exeter subscription coach drove up. Witness then saw the three men about the Exeter coach.— The prisoner ran to the oft' sitle of the coach while his two friends seemed to be handing a lady out at the pavement side. The guard had a light in his hand, and was looking over some boxes which lay on the pavement by the hind wheel. The prisoner at that instant seemed to be on his knees looking about the coach, and then went to the door-of it and brought away something like a parcel, which he held to his breast. He was immediately joined by his two companions, and the three of them walked on towards Berkeley-street. Mr. flan BIER __Why did you nut give notice of their Con duct at once, as you suspected they were about nothing good? Witness-4 dki not know whither they were doing right or wrong.. The Lone MA . Voit said it was extraordiala7v that the wit. mess should take so much trouble if he did not' hink they were doing wrong. Philip Dennis, brattier to the witness just examined, stated all the above particulars of the conduct of the prisoner from Holborn up to his departure front Piccadilly. Mr. HARMER. asked wherher the guardivas spoken to by any of them..--The witness said not. Thomas Rowe, a ticket porter, stated that he believed the pri saner employed him on the 7th of Dec., at between 10 and II o'clock in the morning, to get change of some notes. The pri toner came up to hini,gave him five 51. notes of lianbury, Tay lor, and Lloyd's; told him to get cash for them, and that he Would wait in Angel. Court, Throgmortori-street, to receive the money : witness got sovereigns for the notes according to order and deliveied them to the prisoner, who met him before he got to Angel -court ; the prisoner then gavehim six Si, notes, saying, " You may its well get me these six,sl. notes changed at Iloare and Co.'s ; witness remembered the latter notes were of the Tavistock Bank ; he got cash for them and brought th e m to the prisoner, who p a id him a couple of shillings for his trouble; witness did not see the prisoner count the notes. The LORD Mavon--" Did itnot appear odd that he should ask you to bringtlim the money in the street ?" Siitness—" We sometimes do it for gentlemen who wait at coffee-houses for us. -I never saw the prisoner before that morning, and I thought what he asked me to do was improper at the time; but I had been away from my business three or four days, and was willing to get what I could, and took no particuler notice. The witnesses against the guard of the Exeter coach, who was committed some time ego, were here asked whether they knew the prisoner to be the man who asked him for the parcel. They said they could not identify the prisoner. The ticket. porter, however, declared, that if there were a hundred men to. gether, he should think the prisoner was the man who had em ployed him. Mr. Ilan stEn observed, that the guard's ram! received quite a new. complexion.frotehis - evidence, as it was palpable from it that there was no understanding between him and the three persons affected by what had been ,ust stated. The Solicitor for the prosecution said, that if the bard Mayor remanded the prisoner, he should move the Judges at the Old Bailey not to go on upon the indictment against the guard until next Sessions. Those were his instructions, and he should act upon them. The prisoner, upon being asked where he lived, said, that was not a fair question.—fie was then remanded. STOCKS ON C o'at.oo l t. India Stock ....... India Benbis••••••• — "' Sandy-Sea t.;tock --•"' Old A nnu ities ......... Ex. Bills ......... I Ditto Small ........ Bank for Act....-""' India for Con. ed.. t f e l a ' p E ol ti al F I FOR FOREIGN I } (3 ,i % N . e perS TO C C en t K i. o . S l l o N i f l o a r l s 1 4 , 0 1 C7NC:fri O U , AT t N i , 91 ; i AT ONE O'CLOCK. sßptaisiisahn t sr•F Five ciivr te: p iN e: C e 884. (Six per Cents. 00. i r en t w. :e .i n n ts i ..(Metallic) DI% Austrian Fire per Cents. (Metallic) 0 0 - ( Five per Cent. Bonds, 51 /- - a ' New Ditto, 61166 (Scrip, 133 . disc. THIS DAY AT Bank Stnck 246 3 per Cent. Red. 1141 3 per Cent. Cons. 7.1 3.3 per Cent. 4 ./2tg 4 per Cent { Old oo4s New 991 g 3 ,ler Cents. 1707' Bank Long nn. 20 9-Ithns Imp. 3 per Cents French 1 1) ru an s i 4 sh ian 83'. Five per Cent. Bonds, .: , .1 . L'iy tto e pe N r e e w cm , 83t..Bonds, 86. Six per Cent. Bonds, C 3. al9:2liiilirnvilan4n . ( il s 7 l. l4 i a e x .w n p : k ,t " s r i c ): n t e r n 'es t. 77 .C . 2l . SS. . American 21/ 4 — 9O . -) Five per Cent. 9A-98. kTltree per Cent. 694. N t PRICE OF IRISH STOCK, 1 1 4r Bank Stock .............. —.2514 (band Canal 1. 4411 ' 0 0. , Gal'. Deb. 3i per cent....... 934 —Ow d P er ..'' Stock, 34 pee ct . Gov. Deb. 4 per cent .. ii — l — Royal CitnwalL4rtv;..; Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. Wule-street Co y l• e . --Stpck, 4 per cent. lf Do, Deb. with t t i 5 pdl Treasury Hills, 5 per cent. Pipe Water I) c,"' al City Debentures, 5 per D o. ......... v s„, .- 2 i ,Ballast 01Ece v:,„,, Lying in Hospital 4 per et. 5 per cent. ..... . Exchange on Lou co, 'Jan . 10, Sl' 1 i PO BRIDGE TG . - 0 0 Evening, 5.1 otoni Mail WATER AT LONDO: Morning., 34 minutes after 5. , r r I 4 0 '4 S • J i ‘ • OP SOLE."' QUM DIOERE SALWM LONDON FRIDAY, JANUARY, 11, 1 7; 16;10 Erttom A COItRESPONDEN T J (j i STOCK EXCHANGE, Half-past Theired;isi This being Settling.day in the nO re ' v e - coi most persons are busy in settling O r n ot o Consols opened this morning at 86 g o; tioi 81,- at which price they remain 5161 , 0 this hour. We. do not hear or ar i l f i li t i dt present - in Colombia. The Market le"' owing to the ince r tit u d e o f the rflt. i6 the above Loan. We d, ) no t bear, lir s: present hour, of any Express having ortiv Paris. • FoniioN,Fusias.—Sorne business moraing.in Spanish and Colombian 1 0 % if latter opened a t 66i, b ut a f ter ward s the owing to the state of the finances P' J 1 Every day serves to illustrate mare IP 4 „ r he slend er groun d s on w hi c h the rested their confident predictions of hostilities! It would appear that th ere ,4 even a pretext for the invasion of SP ein for ° alleged vi o l a ti on o f t h e F r e nc h t e rrit4 one to thO h ea t e d i m vi ti ations of the fanatics, and to the more criminal de sic ' or two w r it ers in England, who are P: ii a . s itr war party amon gs t the French i n to employing thei r p ens to urge France th i test which is inc ons i s t en t w ith the j ' their own country, and which migh t to France herself, i t i s now , bowe l- iv ', pletely proved, that whatever anal be (V issue of th e p resent cr i s i s , t h e Feelic-il off meta had taken its resolution in fae' s/r The ultimate decision had passed feels the Spa n iards th e msel v e s , and Pe rbs lo /35 0 1 1. Chamber of Deputi es . E ven the Prat e ri in a furious article respecting the,serP ° cci tion of the French territory by tlie d ote tionalists, says, 44 And it is againi t etr i pies of this revolution that our sweet not make war !" The Drapeag 0 0 1 t a t' tately enough, concludes that the v ie- s pi' territory has rendered war inevitable O T ' joices extra vagant ly a t th e prospec t vt fil thus obtain e d Of .the fulfilment loildt But the war was with equal confid ence - ibt he inevitable, at any time dati" 0$ 01' months immediately preceding t be oll I e 514° aggression on the part Qt. t C OLOMBIAN LOAN.—Having, ag t i onlbia t n o n ti o le nds ßeso , h l e u lt t l io a n t o ti f ie t c he ity M o e f eti Lo ng of the mlonl,av liol tril tle i, day, the 11th inst., met this day at the (Hike of thee( for the Loan for account of the Colombian Goverarn Contractors have exhibited to us a COPY of the 31ENT of the ACCOUNT which they inform us rendered to that Government, (transmitted the MI of I last), by which it appears that the Contractor; have ap proceeds of this Loan in the foll Owing manner, for the Colombian Governmer.t. Paid principal and interest of Debentures, 11 issued by Mr. Zea _ 77 5 , 5 • Discount allowed on prompt payments of the Loan - • 1 3,3 - . - - Various supplies and specie provided for the Colombian Government, sundry payments made bY orderof Mr. Zea, and charges, about WO Reserved for payment of four half yearly divi dends, (of which one dividend was paid the Ist of November last, amounting to COOK) 2 40 m Amount of bonds remaining unsigned at the time of Mr. Zea's decease, and not issued, 43, 6 . 51,550/. at 80/. per cent. - - Balance remaining at the disposition of the Colombian Government 172. 0 X 1 ,0, 1" (Signed) GEORGE BRIT )/?, TIIOIIAS W 11;?, London, Jan. 16, IV3. THOMAS ROW ► PRICE