The Sun. — London, England, 1823-11-21 00:00:00

te eillea whether the assertion were true or Wee, (though this it eras notsecessaty to decide), it was in my judgment an offence, 4it a or ra s h ly ilittede with a mischievous inten I also a dded, th an making a disclosuretion which mititt produce at such dalligetens consequences, mistook his duty, for it was fit that stiash tacommuniation should he made with the utmost deli t 00l caution ; but then I further added, that if there were tasty agy impeoper delay in making Ithe calamity known, it was within the fair boundaries of the liberty of the press for an editor to call the attention of his readers to the subject in which their Interests were so much involved. r, Harvey said it wou ld not become him to oppose his own i elision Of what had passed to tha t of the Learned Judge r ; ar therefore he would only say, in reference to i ts 1 of ;he time, which the Attorney-Oeneral represented as silent on this topic--- . "Se. Joetice Beieet.tas.--The "opinion which I gave did not found itself at all on the existence or absence of rumours, nor. ...does it proeeed on those grounds uow. I think that if ing there w ere rumours afloat, they aggravated the offence fe " from authority" that these rumours were true ; and that the effence in less . of making such an assertion when there is no ntmour, than of giving to current reports the strength of certainty. Mr. Harvey said, that he was placed in a singular dilemma, whettthe prosecutor, in aggravation, attempted to i show there we re no rumours , and when the Learn ed Jud g e stopped his re ply to that assertion, by observing that it would be better for • his tine if there were none. What a number of papers must the Attorney-General devour at his morning's repast, if he really, without any personal motive; discovered the Sunday Times in the mere course of his o ffi ce. He (Mr. Harvey) held in his hand a paper, called the Real John Rail, a paragraph from which he would read; not, however, with a view of exposing tlits, editor to the tender mercies of the la w-officers of the Crown nor of providing for the Attorney-General fresh employment et a time when It was known that other and pleasanter calculations occopied Ifet , thoughts. (A laugh.) [Mr. Harvey then read a paragraph from the paper,insinuaung that there was some my- n' scary connected with the King's illness.l This was not all; theaucceeding papers contained plainer and plainer intimations of the same kind , till an a rticle appeared headed " (lout, a jesty, and Madness." Mt. Justice BAY LEY.—These papers are not before us, so that we cannot act on them : they . are not verified by affidavit. Mr. Harvey--I am far from wishing to try, Its some have done, how far the patience of the Court will go. I have no ob. ijects out of the cause. - - The Lone) CHIEF JUSTICE,--.-And now, I think, you may, not only without prejudice , but e v e n with bene fi t to yourself, abstain from reatlingteny of those papers to us. You have stated -,generally in your affidavit, that about the time when you pub. Tithed the paragraph before us, the newspapers contained ne. incurs of the same kind ; and I do not take that assertion to be contradicted by the affidavit of the Attorney. General, which applies only to particular papers. . , t he benevolence, Mr. Harvey.—l feel the kandness , l ma y sa y of that suggestion of your Lordship ; and 1 will abstain from quoting any thing offensive; but perhaps I may be allowed to read a passage or two from The Times and the Caurler, which are very differently expressed . The Tintes,l preeunie, is a pa.; per which the Attorney-General sometim es looks at, especially as he avows a predeliction for " Leading articles." The Lone) CirrEF-JUsTICE.—We cannot know, except by affidavit, the fact that a particular paper existed at a particular time. Mr. Harvey—Your Lordship sees the oppressive situation in whictol ant placed—l do not say by the Courniperhaps by my self, in declining to produce further affidavits, as such a course 'must have delayed the judgment. The LORD Cillni-JU sl . lcc In this Court we c an know nothing but by affidavit; the existence of a newaper at a particular time is a fact; how, without affidavit, can we assume it ? that in justice to The COMMON•SEBJEANT rose a nd said, Mr. Harvey, he thought it right to observe, that he had a Courier of the preceding Friday in Court at the trial. Mr. Harvey--I will read one passage from The T;mes ; and if, in his reply, the Attorney.Oeneral thinks fit to aettert that this is not the file of The ?Imes that I hold in my hand, his . Assertion may have some weight.—(A laugh.)—Mr. Harvey then proceeded to read from The Times of the lfith May the following paragraph ; uest ions would have been " We were in hopes that tom e q *eked last night in one of the Houses of Parliament, respeeting the state of the King's healt h. The ministerial papers an. rounce that peculiar rumours are in circulation ' respecting the real nature of the King's illness ;' we, therefore, suppose thnt we u:ay at least repeat their statement. The ministerial paper taro complain, ' that the King's physicians are not sufficiently communicative;' we therefore repeat the complaint. Sonic • people speak of the gout with which his Majesty has been tie. verelyrifflicted; but it at to be observed, that the two builetins already . published make no mention of that word ; they talk °my of , the fever'— , the fever is rather Use —a the fever is Ma tainted.' Oh, what woul d his Mujesty now give, if he could real his injured Queen to life again I But the instru ments--the ready instruments, were to blame"— The Loan Cit Mr JUsTICZ (interrupting;).—Cantyou hop e to benefit yourself by reading other libels ? Mr. Ifarvey.—My Lord, after the affidav it put iiiy the Attorney-General, I feel bound to show t hat other pap have been misled by similar rumours. 31r. Justice BA v LEY _The Court acts on certain rules: if we allow you to assume as facts matters not on affidavit, we ?Inuit allow it in other cases, and the consequence will be inju rious to public justice. Mr. Harvey said he wished to show that this prosecution was instituted and pushed against him, not on political, but on personal rounds. If not, why was the Sunday Times se late& end the daisy Titner passed over,—the paper called the leeding journal of Europe, which probably deserved that title, and the circulation and intelligence of which could not •he dieputed. This pa p er contained articles as decisive in pur pose as that for winch the young and obacuro Sunday paper bad felt the iron fangs of the Attorney-General, wishandet this alone was noticed. But I know (said Mr. Harvey, eat energy) that the prosecution is personally directed against met and if I now eat in the House of Commons, as I once did for the town of Colchester , I would im p each the Attorney-Gener fotal can prove that he told the surveyor of Noble s men t Lord, , through whose influence he finds his way into Parli " that Mr. Hervey wa s the g reatest enemy he had." And now ir. , leaving, these topics , h e (Mr. Harvey) would come to those c cutrietancee which would induce the Court to carry into m ust -the recommendation of the jury. In a case oil the jury must find one of four things,—that the paper was malicious and false, in which cane they would find a verdict of guilty.; or neither false oor inalicious, in which case they would acquit; Of malicious hut not false, in which case they mieht perhaps also convict ; or Wee but not malicious, in which case, if they theught themeelvea bound to convict, they would ream. Mend to mercy. At the trial it Was admitted by hie Court -sel to an extent .which he did not exactly intend, that the ontragraph was fiare ; not that ha now meant to insinuate that it was true, but that he did mean to assert that there wee true circumatences which countenanced the suspicion. The jury than retired with a distinct admission that the state. meet ws unrue; the whole twelvedisbelieved that it was ma- lideutt ; a but t six of them thought that what was false was ./iieellous, whether malicious or not, and in this u state of doubt theye c ame to ask the question which they pt to the L of the reply Lord Clu Jureice. Ile did not mean to com p lam to that questitm ; but they might have misunderstood it, and. have .retarned their verdict under the impression, that what was un. ;ems r oust be libelletts. When they returned, they expected the. L or d Chief Justice was to ink the :won of their recom mendation to mercy, and the foreman had a written paper in his .hand, which he would have read in these terms • 'We ream snend the defendants to mercy, because we think t Chief .Ju s tice led by t h e ir authority t " and, on that, had the . 3 0 - 0 them that they must find malicioutt intender), he was prepared at once to return e verdict of not guilty. If evidence could now l ie giver , of the: facts, he should be entitled to a new trial, or T ether to hove a verdict of " not ilt" entered on the record. lie would now occupy to more o t he ytime of the Court ;he would not appeal to their lordships on those topics of personal coneideration which thoaffidavits Of his medical advieers sug. liested ; in very different cases they were in the habit of re =Liking that Chris tianity was " part and parcel of the law of England," and no part of that divtne as syst thedietance em wAs more ch was be arac- terietic thin the law of mercy. Great now tween him and them, the time was not distant when itware m there ust be rtaidered less ; and . h onoura ble as their occupations wee no man so pure and apotlees consolation not to feel, refl in hi ecting s lason t loue, in looking for m ercy, the of m ercy ,hewn to his fellows. Mr. Chapman d eclined adding any thing to the affidavits reed sm his behalf. Mr. Harvey requested producedle erve, that he had not, AS vote osual in hie situation, p affidavits to character, be ciatiee he could not regard the charge as implying any thing im moral. Ile wits t o to perceive that the Attorney-General heed not been able to lay before the Court any auhsequent copies of the S un day Times in aggravation of the charge.— Ilis case was not like that of the publisher and proprietors of the Jahn Run, who were brought up to receive judgment fa less than five libels, in five succeesive papers, on her Majesty and who were sworn to have pursued a systetn of atrocious ca lumny in every number of their paper. The Lottu Cuoieral ornate—What you mean to say is, that ,no sin e paper is produced containing an thing of tan Offensive nature; perhaps . the remaek bin those eim obseple words ill b e tter for youaltan when accompanied y other ry etionx. Mr. flaevey.--I thank yaur Lordship ; but I also wished to ,call the attention of the Court: to the sentence missed OR.them. Two of the defentlatiu; were heed 1(101. each, and imprisoned for two menthe ; and the third, who ',minced affidavits Of ill Itealth, was only fined SOOkand not imprisoned at all. I, too, have produced affidavits of Dr. Southwood Smith, a most skilful anti eminent physician, and'of Mr. Addington, a surgeon in large practice, an to the state tf my health ; and of these I sus sure I shall have the benefit. The Loan Cum, JUSTICE referred to the book in which the judgments were noted, and observed that it appeared that at the time when Weaver, Shackell, and Arrowsmith were brought up to receive judgment for the libels On on the Caroline Wrottesley, the term of the previous imprisonment (9 months) not having expired. Mr. Buono uAst.—But, my Lord, Mrill ar vey considers it as a topic of mitisation, that this is his.first offence : and that, in this respect, his case is favourably distinguished from theirs. The Loan Cuttr-JUSTICE—Mr. Harvey has been fully benrd, anti I am sure he has done himself very great justice.— The second libel in the John Bid/ was not after the first sentence. Mr. Bitouo tt As—No ; but it was long after the commence ment of the first prosecution. The Loon CIIIM-JUSTICE beg ged out th Mr. Harvey seemed to be seated, as Mr. Justice Bes t had poi at he distressed by standing. The ATTOUNEY-GENERAL addressed the Court in aggra vation of punishment. The personal atteck of the defendant on himself was scarcely deserving of notice. He stated at the trial, and he stated it again, that he knew nothing of Mr. Har vey.as connected with this paper—that he did not even know of the existence of the Paper it was officially brought before hint, and lie had determined to prosecute. Was he to be told that he ought to have accepted the offer, to have directed his prosecution against the h irelin g rather than his employer, who received the profit of his inventions ? The affidavit of the defendant himself proved hint to be substantially the author. of the article: lie admitted that he had directed his attention to the subject ; that he knew its import beforehand ; that he read it the next day; and it was in proof that he caused it to be copied afterwards into another paper, so that he adopted it his own. Ilad he produced any contradiction of the state. went, from the whole tile of his paper, though he himself stated that he investigated the subject, and though be must have soon been convinced that his assertions were totally ' groundless ? he not reiterated the calumny ?—be. cause a prosecution was impending over him. It had been asserted that the daily journals teemed with reports on this sub. ject. This was not so ; but if it had been, there would have been no excuse for a statement as from authority that those re. ports were true. Allusion had been made to other punish ments. Those were not tu , / in question ; nor would it become him to point out to the Court with what measure of punish ment they ought to visit the defendants. The libel was one of a malignant character, anti a most mischievous tendency, not only as affecting the personal feeling s of the sovereign, but the public tranquil lity and peace. It was no excuse for Mr. Chap man that he had given his name for his son, and had noy Ball printed the paper ; for if such a defence could be of a nvail, the wholesome provisions of the law would be evaded, and the security of individual character destroyed. He did not ask f for a sentence disproportionately severe ; 'but the Court would member that the great object of all punishment was thase pr teven tion of crime, anti wou ld p ass such a judgment migh effectually deter others front committing an offence of this de scription. 'rite .1 UDOEs consulted for more than half an hour, after which Mr. Justice BAYLEY addressed the defendants. —It was, he said, his painful duty to pass on them the sentence of the Court, for a libel, of which they , had been found guilty by a Jury, on evidence perfectly satisfactory to his mind. The Jury had accompanied their verdict by a recommendation, to which the Court always lent a willing ear for they were anxious, in all these cases, to press as lightly on parties brought before them, as the interests of justice would allow. In the case of Mr. Harvey, affidavits of medical Gentlemen had been read, which they had taken into their serious consideration, for they should be sorry indeed if any sentence of theirs materially added to b o dily infirmity and physical suffering. The libel itself was " a most of a very aggi• ava ted nature ; asserting, " front authority, alarming circum stance, which authority turned out to be the mere information of the editor o f a newspaper, a nd accompanied by comments which no man of a kind and compassionate heart would have introduced, had he believed the statement ' 1 to be true. The editor of a public journal ought not to over. state the authority nn which he made assertions of moment : if he knew them of his own personal knowledge, let him say so; if he heard' them front one who professed to have ,1 such knowledge, let him mention his author; if he only knew them to be rumours, let hint mention them only Its rumours ; but let hint not pledge himself to that of which he knows nothing. Mr. Chapman produced affidavits, front which it appeared that Mr. Harvey, havi ng g the acted withotfi - per. sonal kindness to him , he gave his name Stampce as printer, though he never really was so ; but WAS he aware that lie had sworn himself to be the printer in express part of Mr. Th Chapman,e adavit was, at least, very incautious on the and of dune who allowati to wear tt ; and, at all events, subjected him to the full responsibi lity, of the situation which he had sworn he was to occupy. The Court had taken all the circumstances into their careful and compassionate consideration : they had not been unmind ful of Mr. Harvey's state of health : and they had resolved on its sentence, which, when at an y time they reviewed their judg ments, they would not lament as impropeshorly uld severe pay a fine . The se ntence of the Court was, that Mr. Harvey to the King of 200/., be imprisoned in the custody of the Marshal for three calendar months, and in give security for his good be. haviour for five years, himself l,OOOl. and two sureties in 500/ each ; and that Mr. Chapman should be imprisoned in the same custody for two calendar months. The defendants left the Court in custody. The Loan Cum JUSTICE left the Court to sit at Mni Prins, immediately before Mr. Justice BAYLEY began his ad. dress to the defendants. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 20. This . m orning Mr. Justice Runttou ens and Mr. Just ice PARK sat to hear motions of course, and attend to matters of justificatory bail. The proceedings were entirely devoid of interest. At eleven &clock their Lordships adjourned the Court until to-morrow. ---.. PARIS PAPERS. (From the Courier Francais.) PARIS, Nov. 18.—Landabaru, whoa body, according to the Journals of the South, was dug up at Madrid on All Saints' Day, was, it will be recollected, an officer of the Guards, and massacred by the soldiers of his corps. His death was the first signal of the insbriection of July, 1822. Having been 18 months in his grave, he might seem to have been secure from the fury of re•action. • The Gazette of Nuremberg 'announces that the Pope has granted a General Amnesty to all per sons imprisoned or banished for political offences. This Journal adds, that in a little provincial town, which it designates by the initial N— alone, there were between 500 and 600 persons in prison. The And de la Patrie of Brussels says, several English in the service of their country have re ceived orders to repair to England, to complete the complement of the army. (From the Constitutionnel.) There were in Barcelona, it is said, at the time of the capitulation, 7,000 men ; 3,000 mi litia. The relations with Catalonia are now re established as before the war. The Journal des 'Mats contains the following observations in allusion to the discussion to which SAVARY'S pamphlet has given birth:— " We are assured that Prince Talleyrand, justly indignant at the odious recrimination on which M. de Rovigo has endea voured to establish his innocence, wrote to the King, supp licat. ing his Majesty to order an inquiry by the Chamber of Peers ; it is added that his Majesty replied, that the proposed inquiry never should be authorized by him. The reasons which the King deigned to give for his refusal have even been mentioned. An inquiry appeared to the King to be contrary to the salutary principle of oblivion, by which his Majesty wished, as express ed in the charter, that all acts anterior to the restoration should be buried. " What confirms the reality of these reports, and even gives them a character of authenticity, is the following fact, which cannot be questioned, since it was public, and occurred in the presence of the Court. On Sunday Prince Talleyrand came as usual, to pay his respects to the King along with all the great oflit.Trs of the kingdom and crown. His Majesty took that op. portunity of addressing to Prince Talleyrand these gracious words:—' Prince Talleyrand, you and your friends may come here without the fear of unpleasant meetings.' We are per suaded that these Royal words will put an end to the scandalous insinuations raised by the man whose punishment they announce. We have already stated that the Duke of Rovigo's future ap. pesrance at the Tuileries is prohibited." TRIAL OF CASTAIGN. SENTENCE or DEATH. The Trench Papers which arrived last nig' contain the termination of CASTAIGN'S trial.. 1 has been found guilty on two counts—the su traction of the testament and the poisoning o Auguste Ballet, and acquitted of the charge of having poisoned Hyppolite. Sentence of death has in consequence been passed upon him, and he has been condemned to make restitution to 1 Madame Murtignon of the 100,000 francs, with interest, which he huti rritteivod from Anf. , ,u9te.— The favourable nature of the opinions expressed by the majority of the Physicians had induced many to think a different result possible : for as they denied the existence of poison and of poi sonous appearances in the body after death, they had removed the only positive proof which could be given, and left nothing to determine the deci sion of the Jury but presumptive evidence. That evidence, however, has proved too overwhelming for the accused. It is even clear that it had pro duced a deep impression on the minds of his own counsel : for though they made some eloquent appeals to the feelings of the Jury, whenever they approached the particulars of the case, they ventured to do nothing more than to raise doubts of which they wished their client should have the benefit : they defended him, in fact, as men convinced of his guilt, and struggling ail the time against the horror with which it impressed them. It is also remarkable that as soon as they had finished an evidently , odious task, they retired from the audience. The Court expressed its surprise at this conduct, and ordered the Solicitor for the defence to take notes whilst the Attorney- General should make his reply : but Castaign solicited some delay, which was granted, and one of his Counsel, Mr. Roussel, returned ; but Mr. Berryer, jun. who had spoken last, remained absent, under the plea of ex haustion. As Mr. Rousso!, who had a right to answer the Attorney-General (the last speech is always for the defence in the French tri bunals) contented himself with declaring that he had nothing more to say, he might as well have remained absent too. At nine o'clock at night the Jury retired into the Chamber of delibera. lions, and at half-past eleven they returned and delivered the fatal verdict. On hearing it Cas taign Was thrown into a state of dreadful agita tion, as will appear by the following broken and rather incoherent sentences which , escaped from him, according to the report of the Journal des Debuts:— " Yes, Mr. President, t know how to die, though I may be very unhappy, end surrounded by circumstances which plunge me into the tomb. I shall go and find my two un fortunate friends. lam accused with having assassinated them in a cowardly manner .... Oh ! yes, there is a Providence ! If there be something divine in the being that lives. Yes, that something alkali go and find .... Oh I yes, shall find Auguste and Ifyppolite Ballet. These are not vain declamations; I do not implore your mercy ! I implore nothing that is human ; I implore what is Divine, I call it, and I shall walk with rap tore to the scaffold Oh ! yes, because my conscience will not accuse me even when I shall feel .... (putting his hands to his neck).—Alas! it is easier to feel what I feel, than to ex press what I dare not pronounce • • .. (with a weak voice)—You have wished for my death, you now have it !" During the deliberation of the Court with respectect to the ap. pli c ation of the punishment inflicted by the a aign leaned towards hie Counsel with the accent anti the lesturem of a man in a state of delirium. " Come," he exclauned, " re-assure Yourself Roussel s turn towards tue, you have believed my innocence, I am innocent . . .... Embrace my father, my too. ther, toy brothers, my daughter ......... and you young men who have witnessed my trial, you, my c ontemporaries, be also pre sent at my execution ; My firmness will not. belie itself; a prompt death is the only favour that I ask for I should blush to implore clemency."—At twelve teclock at night the final sentence was pronounced, which Castaign, grown ,calmer, ••• heard without saying word. BANKRUPTCY OF THOMAS THURTELL. At a meeting of the Commissioners in the case of the above bankrupt, which took place yesterday in Quality-court, Chan cery-lane—Mr. Steadman, proprietor of the house, No. 4, Cumberland-street, New-road, in which some ,furniture was deposited, supposed by John Thurtell and Hunt, in the name of Brown, and which the Com Missioners now claim as belonging to the bankrupt, underwent is long examination, anti several threats were held out to him of committal to prison, unless he ' immediately gave admittance to 'the Messenger of the Com mission or surrendered up the property in his possession. Mr. Steadman positively refused to do either one or the other until they gave hint sufficient proof that the furniture did belong to Thomas Thurtell, and an indemnity against any future claim from any other party, for instance the Crown, or perhaps the very persons who left the property in his care under the name of Brown. -- Ballard, an officer of Marlborough-street,who resides in the next house to Mr. Steadman, was also stictly examined as to his having given any advice to resist the interference of the Commissioners: but there appeared to be no ground whatever for such suspicion ; and in the end both were discharged without any step being taken against Mr. Steadman, as was threatened, who when he got home found that Burly, a man, who by stra tagem got into the house on Tuesday, on the part of the Com - missioners ; and who had been ever since locked up. in the pas , sage, being regularly starved out of perseverance, called out for mercy, and had been suffered to depart from the house severe pounds lighter in weight than when he entered it. The. following ^ G entlemen were yesterday called to the Degree of 'Barrister-at-Law by the Honourable So ciety of Lincoln's Inn :—John Sitncoe Saunders, Esq.; Wm. Wildest, Esq. ; Bennett foaling, Esq. ; Alfred Stephen, Esq.; Stephen Williams. Esq. ; Theodore Dickens, Esq. ; and James Paingle Barclay, Esq. NEW GAS COMPANTe—A project is now ill agitation —or ruttier a resolution has been adopt ed--to establish a company in Edinburgh for the manufacture of oil gas. ir4crhinimitcs.—On Tuesday night last a fire broke out in the stack-yard of Mr. J. CARTER, at Shudy Camps, hi this county, by which several corn-ricks and bay-stacks were burnt. There is every reas on to believe that it was occa sioned b y some incendiary.—(Saffak raper.) FOR THE SUN. SPANISH LOAN. MR. EDlTOR—Permit me to offer, through the medium of your widely-circulating and very va luable Journal, a hope that, in upholding the cause of Legitimacy, Spain and all Europe will found that Legitimacy on the rock of good faith. This, Sir, is a moral epoch, in which the reigning Sovereigns of Europe have demonstrated their regard for justice and sound credit. Spain, I trust, for the interest of morality and civilization, will not become an exception : she possesses im mense resources within herself—her credit above all things will stimulate her industry ; these, conjointly, will draw capital to her shores, which the latter will re-produce a hundred-fold—the atrocious reports of a Government de facto, which must, by all the world at the same time, be held to be a Government de jure, as accre dited by the residence of all the Foreign Ambas sadors of Europe,--I say, the atrocious reports require that the Bourbon dynasty, which I firmly believe at this present is a real blessing to France, wilt rescue itself from a charge which I trust is as false as it is foul, and become a similar blessing to unhappy Spain. I remain, Sir, yours very respectfully, NO DEALER IN FOREIGN SECURITIES. Lower Grosvenor-street, Nov. 20, 1823. PRICE a THIS DAY AT Bak Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. U2 83 3 per Cent. Cons 838 t 36 per Cent O 4 per Cent. ld( 098 i New 1U 5 per Cents. 1797 Rankidong Ann.2o 15.16ths 21 Imp. 3 per Cents. F STOCKS ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bonds 78s. 795. South Sea Stock Old Annuities — Ex. Bills 46 46 Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Ace. 83ii PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS ix LONDON, Nov. 21, AT ONE O'CLOCK. r Five per Cents. 891. 1 Scrip, 11 . Six per ents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 83i. Five per Cent. Bonds,_ 78k. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Di t t o 1821, 2. • Di tto 1823,1 8. Prussian Five per Cent. Bondi, 8 7. 1 Ditto New, 871. Danish Five per Cent. Ronds, 00. Cbili 60i. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 591. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Portuguese Scrip, die. Poyais New, 4i. Bank gares £OO Os. Seven per Cent. 000. American Six per Cent. 00-009. Five per Cent. 00-000. Three per Cent. 00 00. t 1011 w ATE: R AT LONDON BMW= TO-MOR ROW , lorning. 44 m inutes atter 4. Evening, 8 ta.inuteit utter 6 French Neapolitan Austrian Britain and those of Austria and Russia, and, if possible, either involving them in a war, or at least producing such a degree of estrangement and distrust as may have the effect of distracting the attention of England from the ambitious projects of France, and of diminish ng the vigour of her resistance to the aggrandiz ing policy of the latter power. The system of fabricating false intelligence, and misrepresenta tions of every kind, and of effecting their circu lation through unsuspected channels, and even of causing the appearance of the falsehoods having originated in quarters whence truth alone could be expected to proceed, has been brought to such perfection, and is employed with so much assiduity, that it is more than ever necessary for this country to beware of covert hostility, to take counsel only from herself, and to guide her policy by the principles of her own Constitu tion, and by her own well understood interests. CITY, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened this. morning at 83ii ; for next Account -1. with scarce any thing doing. Up to this hour Ide not hear of any Express front Paris, no doubt owing to there not being any difference in the prices of the French Funds since those lot quoted, nor any news worth sending by Express. We are very dull in the City for want of infor.. mation, which causes an entire stoppage to all speculations. FOREIGN MARKET.—LittIe or nothing doing the above Market. The only speculation this morning is in Spanish Bonds, which opened THE SUN. SOLEM OVIS DiCERE F.ALSUAI AUDSAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1823. if a letter from Brest, which has appeared in the Gazette de France,is to be credited, it would appear that the French Government is taking measures for reducing the number and comple ments of the ships of war at present in commis sion, The letter states, that the Minister of Marine, " in ordering the dismissal of the crews of many of his Majesty's ships which are to be disarmed, has decided the first dismissals shall be in favour of married men who have families, &c.&c." The same letter also Mates that the new levies of seamen which had been ordered for the maintenance, and even for the augmenta• tion of the naval armaments, have been counter manded. These proceedings, if (as we have al, ready premised) they have actually taken place, are all very well, and are stronger indications of a pacific disposition on the part of France, than a thousand professions of disinterested- ness and moderation. But it is impossible to be too cautious and distrustful in vigilantly watching the actual movements of the wily statesmen of the French Cabinet ; and it is very far from being impossible but that the Brest letter, so unostentatiously inserted in the Gazette de France, is nothing more than a ruse, ingeniously calculated to lull suspicion. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 30th October contains a paragraph of a very ditrerent kind, and which deserves at the present moment serious cousidera. tion and inquiry, viz. that between three and four thousand French troops had embarked from Cadiz, in the night, on board of transports and men of war, and that their destination was un known. In addition to the naval preparations, which have been for some time making on the part of this country, we understand that two more ships of the line have been ordered to be fitted out forthwith. We have reason to believe that certain parties in France have resolved on employing every ar tifice for the purpose of sowing jealousies and suspicions between the Government of Great at 26 t. GREECE.---(SEMLIN, OCT. 28.)—Since the death of the heroic Marco Boner', his brother Constantine has made himself known ; and, according to a letter freenVlno, dated October 13, and which has been received at Nissa, he has avenged the death of his brother in a manner worthy of him. He is said to have completely defeated the Pacha of Scutari, who had advanced with fresh troops, towards the end of Sep tember, and to have destroyed the greater part of his army. Among the prisoners were 600 Latin Christians, whom 130% . tar' sent to their homes, after reproaching them fur having fought against their Christian brethren. May all the Christians of the West appreciate this conduct. According to the l a test private letters from Macedonia and Thessaly, we learn that, a$ far as the Peloponnesus is concerned, the Greeks have nothig n more to fear. It is true that bags full of h uman ears, stated to be those of slain Greeks, and for which the Pofte, accordirS tj ancient custom, pays a certain sum, are sent from time to time as trophies to Constantinople. But the Franks are no 1 00 P; deceived by this, as it is a certain fact, that the 'rucks Cut the ears of their own dead, which they deliver to the fora " thus: of Christians. THE BISHOP OF MEAUX.—The following att the terms of the letter addressed by the 13ii1IoP of MEAUX to the Curate of LA FERTE, on the sti" ject of M. MANUEL : " I have just learned, my dear pastor, that the spoll4e °Flll°' person at whose house rhomtne aux repugnance: alighted arriving at Laferte is delivered. It is possible that Mou e ' may be proposed as godfather. I need not tell you that iff ic; cording to the strict rule, he who does not fulfil his Pu gh : i duties cannot be permitted to present an infant a t thObsPtisrn. font, there is much more reason for not conceding that Per i l; sion to him who in his speeches has frequently site" birns b e e irreligious, and aho has lately been expelled from te Ch' n of Deputies, on account of his anarchic opinions. Sht nlid T i ft have any reluctance to take this determination 011 authorize you to place it to my account, It is a settled: nic, I think, indeed, that it is better it should be attribated ~,,a b le as it is possible that it might be attended by sonic dii ll ° - ._ s af, consequences to you. At all events, if Manuel present hi v ' es his —and he is capable of so dUing, for his late conduct Pt% s.A , audacity,—he must be repulsed. Religion cannot sanct o a scandal." - _____ t ALEXANDRIA 9 Tt e ,SE PT. . 1 , a r‘ has hired fift Y ships — to convey ammunition, Prorisl°ns, 4' inforcements of troops to Canes. iriceroy of F:7 P, Ingilneo „„ l ac FRANKFORT, Nov. l'2.—iiis S erene A-- c the Duke of Brunswick Luneburg has been pleo ed tp • l ' l ll 'oi t ° ° ‘ to the Senate of this city that he had assumed the rein vernment on the 30th of October. Iv free` SWITZERLAND, Nov. 7.----" e lol a sw io S_chwitz, that M. Aufder Maner, formerly Col ooBl °,id tuA v Regiment, in the service of the Netherlands, is 10 1- ', A9' . drid, to propose to King Ferdinand a plan for r aising but lisf; meet of Swats Guards. He has no public mis_tion io bob s Ing failed in his projects for the service of ; 41 DP turned his thoughts tt) ip i d n . ~ •—•••• 01 0 10 ."*" . itli Ili' WINDSOR, N usual suite th„,.°Y. '2o.—His MAJEOII* to le Royal Ca l ---ui ► an airing this marni n f o rt . the C as t' age.—Sir CHARLES LOG Castle to-day for London. Ob ° Yesterday afternoon, at two O'Cla k ' 11 'l li° ''' Council was held at the Foreign 011ice,t)e.°;`,00' street, poo which was attended by the Ear l 4 , 0 6 ' t, Earl BATuuttsT, Mr. Secretary C',,cjiti' Lord BEXLEY, the CHANCELLOR. Of '1 he , of i ll 1 4 U En, and several others.. The Cl* deliberation till about five o'clock. Y ester . 'l' he Duke of CLARENCE came CO toolioness day morning from Bushey. His Roya l .1 1 4 0 er. returned tr in the afternoon to Blishev, t°Tolictotler The ,Gibraltar Chronicle of the 30tilf`voiencl'; states n as an on dit, that the regiment °I att li ' i garrison at Ceuta, had been remove"' lifoie French troops were exp ected thereof) tl"3 jure day from A • n__ , htestras. 1.1 hen the Marquess and Marc lend} telir'ij ErDERRY (who are at present in fe i l l i speo, the lamentable accident that recent'. por)lo,,i at c Rainton Colliery, in the county .° 1 pr i t c7 s , the instantly transmitted to th eir d poa i j , agent there the sum of three huldre le ice $ tO authorizing him at the s ame time t nor, pr 1111, dition to it that he migh t think neceoilt, P , 0 , relief of the immediate necessities °`, l ttitl;ve lives of the unfortu nate sufferers Le to 01 10 0 lantholy occasion. It is unnecessarilloodf. that this prompt libera lit y is hi that to the ferlings of the distingaislle''