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P4RIS PAPERS. (From the .Etoile of Saturday, Nov. 1.) POSTSCRIPT. —BY :EXPRESS. " Badalona, below Barcelona, Oct. 25, in the evening. 46 An armistice was signed on the 24th ; on the 25th the articles of the capitulation were accepted ; the garrison and fortresses of llostal rich and Tarragona are 'included in it. ". MXNA has declared that the King of SPAIN might depend on his fidelity , and devotedness. .Our troops are going to occupy all the fortified places.—l'ive le Rol P' .[From the Journal des D.Thats.] The German Journals have published a long ole, , presentell to the Divan on the 30th of .tgost, by Lord Strangford, the English Aruba sador. it is only .an energetic repetition of the tktnatids made by Aussia in the, Note of Count Nesselrode, Which we have already pnblished. It is comparatively of little interest, now that the diff eren ces which existed .between Russia and the Porte, relative to. Wallachia and the trade if the Black Sea, leave been nearlN adjusted. The following passage in the -Ambassador's Note is, however, deserving of remark : The Pork in error if it &MIAs the unity of t iews, infra. 'ions, and desires, which :presides over the deterni:na ionsof 't'e Allied Courts, if it doubts the unanimity of all the Powers. giand will be the first toreeognise on principle and in formal terms the justice of the remonstrances of Russia against the innovations, vexations, and infractions, to which commerce and -navigation are exposed. This unity of views will also preside at the 'European negociations relative to the future fate ,-Of" Greece, as to which every people and all .parties have but one wish. ROYAL CO RAMPON DENCE IVHICII PRECEDED THE SURREND.ER OF CADIZ, (No. I.) MY DEAR ,BROTHEIi AND COUSIN.—The de. Olarations which 1. made to your Royal Highness in my letter .of the 21st of last August, have not had the effect I had reason to expect, and in de spite of them innocent blood has .been spilt on both sides which might have been spared. '['he obligations I ant under as a King, and the senti ments by which I am actuated as the father of my subjects, impel tne to take another step in order to put an end to the disasters of the pre. lent war ; and, fully convinced that-your Royal Highness must be animated by a similar 'desire, proposelo you a suspenSion of hostilities, •even ,though it should be without prejudice to the blockade, in order that, in the mean while, it nay be possible to treat of a peace decorous to both nations., Lieutenant-General Don Miguel Ricardo de Alava, the bearer of this letter, goes authoriied by me for the purpose of conferring with such person as , your Royal Highness may be pleased to name, if,you should so think proper. In this'. manner it will be possible to obtain those red.', procul explanations which are so necessary to create an understanding- and facilitate 'olterior' sreasuresi and if /our Royal Highness, us I have IPlery• reatm to expect, should think proper to agree to my proposal, the' ahove.mentioned t;ortnpiiiioner is, also furnished with toy authority. tit once, ta agree to, and un armistice ;or should it be deemed necessary, .1 will confer -upon Ikcut my Solt pow4trS in due form. God. Orrierve your Royal Highness, m dear 'Brother-and Cousin, the many years I wish you. ant your Royal •Higtiness's affectionate,Brother and Cousin, (;s4'dz, Sept. 4, 18'23. —. • (Signed) FERDINAND. (No. II.) MONS:1:111t 1110:4' FRERE ET COUSIAT--J'ai re'u, tette Dllit; la lettre de vutre 111ajeste du 4, dont elle avoit charge de le laletitenant.Okteral, Alignel tie Alava ; j'ai Phonneur hil repotire par le Alareelial tie Camp Duc cle ()niche, mou ?rimier .tide de Camp. .4c nu phis triter tie riett'qu 7 avec .vutre Majeste, settle et libre. Quand ce but sera atteint, rengagerai AVCC in vutre I,accorder tine timnestie generale, et a derm a, do as plains volonte, flu au moms is prornettre, teller institn. tiers% jugera duns tlit Angesse convenir le plus au3Cmceurs et Au caract4e tie • ses peu plc:, pour BS3urer-leur bonheur et leur tranquillize, et qui putssent servirde garranties pour l'avenir. Je the regarderai comme hien hettreux, si dans quelques jours, je po mettre aux pieds tie votre Majesti rhommage du pro. fond respect avec lequel *penis, Monsieur mon Fare et Cousin. vutre Prlajeste, le tree aifectionne Fr 4e Cousin et Serviteur. d (Signe) MAAS .ANTOIN E. De Mon Quartier Genial de Port Sainte .Marie, le c Septembre, 18'23. TRANSLATION. My.. DEAR Rxo'rEn AN'y COITIIN--I received, this even. ing, your Alijeety's letter of the 4th, which you had entrusted to the tare of Lieut.-General Don Miguel de Alav:i. I have the honour to reply thereto through the medium of Major 'General tits Duke de (niche, my first A id.tle.Cartip. lean treat of ntititing but with your Majeety, alone and free. htli this object shall be a tt a ined, will urgently pres 4 your I,Y .l'ilajcsty to grant a general amnesty, and to give of your own ' free will, or at least to promise, such institutions as in yeur Join you may deem most suitable to the manners and to the character of your people' in order to ensure their happinese surd their tranquillity, and marterve as ptuarantees for the future. I shall esteem m y s elf extremely happy if, in a few MIS, I ant able to lay at the feet of your AllsjeSty the homage of that profounti respect with which am, my dear brother and ccu4n, your Illajesty's most affectionate brother cmasin, and vrvant, (Signed) LOUIS A STO I NCI From my Ileadloarters of Port St. Ncry's, this 6th of Sep. tetnisl, 0113' (No. III.) Y nrt. It nor rt / , 14 1) 'CO trim—l have received' the `letter of your Royal Highness of th is day, which has 'just been 4,4lvered to nie try itialor-blen. the Duke de Ouiche ; and as your Royal Highness deelarea to the that sort eau treat of net!,ing but wttli nie, alone and free, I hope that, in order to be able to determines() iniportant a ,point, ,With all the necessary information before ma, ,your Royal Highness will he leased to tell me what is rettuiretkilir nie be considered as free, and, in this case, in what manner you propose to treat with the. As soon as I receive this exPlaustion, without which I cannot make up my mind, .1 will reply to your Royal Hi g hness, pledging znyNelf, in the mean wink that hostilities shall not continue. God preserve your Rapt% Highness, toy dear brother and cousin, the many years I wish you. lam vour Royal High. m ess's brother and cousin, (Signed) tERDINAN I No. IV. MONATEVE. MON FitemE ET COVBIN, • J' t i su Phonneur di. recevoir la ettre de a votro IN 6 lajest6 d'hier. La Fr ance ne f:Ait 4p:time ni votre Aljest ni l'Espagne, mats au partj qui tient votre lilajcsU et s , :in au aste famille captifs Jana Cadiz, Jtt ne lea regarderai en it avert( flue lorsqu'ils scrota AU milieu tie [Tres trOUpe,l, :;o it suit It Port Sainte 111.rrie„ votre he mieux. Si d'ici a. ce je , ill pas,une repos , : .satis. faisante ceue eC L't not, quo j'ai comninnitpi4 au Oethril Alava, citncernant la libcrt 6 de votre Alajeste et de derv.io, et l'occup?tion Cadix par mes trour . s, je regar toute negotiation comtne romptie, je itec is plus profond revect, Monsieur Mon lire et Cou sin, de votre ISlajeso the tres aifectionne .frere, cousin ct tier. vireos, (Si &1 . LOUIS A.NTOINE. Port Sainte "Aiarie, ce 6 'cip tem b re , 1823. TitANSLATIO N. MY D'EAR. limwrticit AND COV3IN.--1 had the honour to receive y . our Majesty'i letter o 1 yesterdily. France does nut wage war either against your Majesty or against 'Spain, but agauott that party who keep your Majesty and your august family prisoners in Cadiz. I shall not consider them at liberty until they are in the midst of my troops, either at Cadiz or at Port St. Mary's. as your Majesty may prefer. lf, before evening, I do not receive , tt satisfactory answer to this letter, and to the note which I have caused to be communicated to General Alava, concerning the liberty of your Majesty and your Royal Family, a nd the occupation of Ca di z b y. my troops. I shall consider all itgociations broken off. lam with the most profound respect, my dear Brother and Cousin, your Majesty's most affectionate Brother, Cousin, and Servant, (Signed) LOUIS ANTOINE. Port St. Mary's, this 6th Sept. 1023. (No. V.) ,MY DEAIt BROTHEft AND COUSIN-4 have received your Royal Highness's letter of yesterday, and from the explanation you give me in it, I see, with deep regret, that your Royal Iliglinefis shuts all the doors against peace. A King cannot be. - free by going from among his subjects and placing himself at the discretion of foreign troops which have invadeti his king. don ; nor does a Spanish fortress, when within it there are no -traitors, ever surrender unless when honour and the laws of war justify the act. J nevertheless wish to give to your Royal ',Highness and to the world every proof that I fail in nothing, in order to spare the; effusion of blood; and since your Royal Hi g hness refuses to treat with any e e xcept mysne,elf, and alone and free, I am ready to treat, uur t on wo selves alo at free liberty, either on any.spot, at an equal and proporti o n ed distance from the two armies, and with all suitable and Ted. procal security, or on board of any neutral vessel, under the faith of its flag. Lieutenant-General Don Miguel icardo tie e Al av a returns, commissioned by me, in order to deliver i the hands of your Royal Higlinese this letter, and I hope from your Royal Highness a more satisfactory answer. God preserve ,yous.itoyal Highness, my dear Brother and Cousin, the many years' I wish you. You r R o y al Hi g hness's most affectionate Brother anti Cousin, (Signed) FERDINAND. Cadiz,' Sept. 7, 1023. The answer to the above note was brought back by General Alava, and in rendering an account of his miss i on to the King and his Ministers , ie informed them " that lie had, on the preceding day, delivered the Ring's letter to the Duke a'Atigouletne, who ant refused to agree to an interview .with his Majesty anti his Royal. Family in a neutral vessel, be cause France did not wish that any other power should inters I ferein the affairs of Spain, except herself; and that he appointed Generals Bordessoulle and Guilleminot to treat with him .re specting the most suitable means which could be devised, in the actual situation of things, for an early termination of the , war. " The inclosed memorandum," he added. " was a copy of the proposals made to him by the aforesaid Generals, and •he regretted that he had only been able to obtain a more ample explanation respecting the second paragraph, and the modification of the fourth, .as contained in the aforesaid memorandum: . in the explanations respecting the second paragraph, he stated, " that he had been assured, in the most positive manner, that 413 home after his Majesty should have arrived -on the other side of -the bridge(the Suazo bridge a is meant) he would issue a Pr oclamation promising to grant Constitutional Government which should -be in harmony with the enlightened , state of th e a g e, as well as the wa w n as assured, ts an wel fare of his people. The in terests of Fiance," he ", required thatthis kind of Representative Government should be established in Spain for her tranquillity and repose, which cannot be indifferent to France; and be was also assured that his Majesty would publ'itsh was a generaladded," oblivion is necessary of all thfor t e past his than . No other guarr.stee, the confidence which the welt-known scrupulosity and probity of the Duke d'Angottleme in fafilling his word ought to inspire. It was established that the foreigners who were in Cadiz ;should be allowed to withdraw to whatever country they might prefer as long as that was not their own, and for this purpose the necessary passports should be granted to t h em., " With re. gard to the general amnesty, it was a settled point; so also to the cancelling of such confiscations as had already tak d en pl very a nd that -these -should 'henceforward be prohibite. X , Spaniard who should wish to withdraw to a foreign country, int:hiding France, shall be allowed to do so freely, and the ne., evisary passports shall be granted to them. The provisions -which are In. La Isla maybe conveyed to Cadiz, but not the ammunition.'" Ile added, " that the Duke d'Angouleme had totally re. jected the proposed conference on neutral or intermediate •ground between the two armies, because he could not consider the King as being free at long as his family continued in Cadiz„ .and because he did not see that such a conference could lead to any result." lie also added, that it was a settled point, " that the Representative Government was not to be the Cortes by cameo, but those formed out of an equal representa tion of all the provinces:" [The I,receding Report was give n In bye General Alava on, Sth Sept. as the result of hi s conference,-and as contain in g the alarm-awn of the Frencll.l ' copy ow THE. ME3IORANIMAI ABOVE ALLUDED To. .le vie puts traitorde :ten qua le Rut SCI o it libre. ue le Rot et In fondle Royale se rendent, soft Chiclana soh au Port Sainfe Marie, a la vulontd de Sa Majeste. .ruserai tie toute mon influence attprs de 53 111.3iCSte pour qu'elle promette et donne, sit pleine volonte, teller institutions qu'elle jugera convenir Au bonhetir,. aux besoins, et it la tranquillite de see peoples, et pour qu'elle annonce qu'elle oublie.le passe. Totes ceux qui voudront quitter l'ESpagrie pourront se retirer patriot o 4 bon leur semblera ; des mires seront dormer; en consequence l'Admiral. Line division Frangaise entrera dans Cadix pour y maintenir l'ordre, y empecher lea reactions et protege! tout le monde. Note.--Cc dernier paregraphe etE modifie de la maniere snivantet—Les troupes Trancaises occuperont l'lsle tie Leon jusques et .y compris Cortadura et le Fort Puntales. Le terrain entre cos points et la place sera neutre. L'ariniatice avec is place sera de deux moist les relatioas comrnerciales se tont retablis. TS A NFLATION. I can treat of nothing until the King is free. Let the wing and Royal -Family repair either to Chiclana or Port St. Mary's, es his Majesty chooses. I will use the whole of my influence with his Majesty, in order that he may promise and grant, of his own free will, such institutions as he shall judge to be suitable to the happiness, wants, and tranquillity of his people; and orderthat he may announce that fie forgets the pa, — All those who wish to leave Spain may withdraw wherever they think proper ; and in conseq uence thereof, orders shall be I riven to the Admiral. A French division shall enter Cadiz for tile purpose of maintaininw order there, preventing reactions, and prote cting every one. The last paragraph was modified in the following manner:— " 'The French troops shall occupy La Isla de Leon, as far as and inclUding the Cortadura and Fort Puntales. The ground between. these two points and the town shall be. neutral. The armistice with the town shall be " for two months. Commerc ial relations shall he re•established. AIR. SECRETARY CAN. ING. On Wednesday last the freedom of the Borough of Plymouth was presented to Mr. CAN NINO, by Sir W. ELFonu, Bart., the Itecoider. The free ! dent was enclosed in U. very elegant box, cut from a tine piece of Breakwater marble. The design was ingenious, and the workmanship excellent. Sir W. ELFURD, a gentleman highly respected for public spirit,as well as for taste and skill in the line arts, addressed Mr. CANNING in a brief, but pertinent as well as appropriate speech,, and the lion. Gentleman answered as follows " Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen--I accept with thankfulness, and with greater satisfaction than I can express, this flattering testimony of your good opinion and good will. I must add, that the value of the gift itself has been greatly enhanced by the manner in which your worthy and honourable Recorder has developed the motives which suggested it, and the sentiments which it is intended to convey.' " Gentlemen, your Recorder has said very truly, that who ever in this free and enlightened State aims at political emi nence, and discharges political duties; must expectto have his conduct scrutinized, and every action of his public life sifted wi:h no ordinary jealousy, 'and with no sparing criticism ; and such may have ,been my lot as much as that of other men. But, Gentlemen, unmerited obloquy seldom fails of an ade quate though perhaps tardy compensation. I must think my self, as my Hon. Friend hat said, eminently fortunate, if such compensation, cs he describes, has fallen to me at an earlier period than to many others.;,ifl dare flatter myself (as his par tiality has flattered .me, thOhe sentiments that you arc kind enough to entertain tor me are in unison with those of the country—if, in addition to the justice done me by my friends, ' may, as he has assured me, rely upon a candid construction; even from political opponents. " But, Gentlemen, the secret 'of such a result does not lie deep. It consists only in an honest and undeviating pursuit of what one conscient iousl y believes to be' 'one's public duty ; a pursuit which, steadily continued, will, however detached and separate parts of a man's conduct may be viewed under the in fluence of partialities or prejndiCes, obtain for it, when con sidered as a whole, the approbation of all honest and honour nble minds. Any man may occasionally be.mistaken as to the means most conducive to the end which he has in view ; but if the end be just and praiseworthy, it is by that that lie will be ultimately Judged, either by his contemporaries or by poste applause.)- Gentlemen, the end which I confess .I have always had in view, anti which appears to me the legitimate object of pur suit to a British Statesman, I can describe in one word. The language of modern philosophy is wisely and diffusely benevo lent—it professes the perfection of our species, and the ame lioration of the lot of all mankind. Gentlemen, I hope that -my heart beats as high for the general interest of humanity—l ' hope that 'I have as friendly adispotition towards other nations of the earth as any one who vaunts his philanthropy most highly, but I am contented to confess that, in the conduct of political affaire, the ,grand object of my contemplation is the interest of England.—(diuch applause.) " Not, Gentlemen , that the interest of England is an interest which stands isolated and alone. T he situation which she holds' forbids an exclusive selfishness ; her prosperity must contri. bute to the prosperity of other nations, anti her stability to the safety of the world.—(Burets of applause.)—But intimately connected as we are with • the system of Europe, it does not follow that we are therefore called upon to mix 'Ourselves on every occasion, with a restless and meddling activity, in Abe' concerns of the naticms which surround us. It is upon a just balance of conflicting duties, and of rival but sometimes in compatible advantages, that a Government must judge when to put forth its strength, and when to husband it for occasions yet to come. " Onr ultimate object must be the peace of the world. That object may sometimes be bes t attained by p . pt exertions — s o m etimes by abstinence from interposition in contests which w e cannot prevent. It is up on these principles that, as has been mostarttlyobeerved by my worthy friend, it did not ap pear to the Government of this country to be necessary that Great Britain should mingle, in the recent contest between F ra nce and Sp r. n.—( A pplauSe.) " Your worthy Recorder has accurately claimed the persons who would have driven see into that contest. There were un. doubtedly among them th ose who desired to plunge this coun try into the difficulties of war, partly from the hope that those difficulties would overwlieltn the Administration ; but it would be most unjust not to admit, that there were others who were actuated by nobler principles and more generous feelings, who would have rushed forward at ante from the sense of indigna tion at aggression, and who deemed that no act or injustice, could be perpetrated from one end of the universe to the other, but that the sword of Great Britain should leap from its scab , bard to avenge it.—(Applause.)—ut as it is the province of lawn) controul the excess, even of laudable passions and pro pensities in individuals, se it is the duty of Government to re strain within due bounds the ebUllition of nationalesentiment, and to regulate the course and direction of impulses which it cannot blame. Is there any one among the latter class of per sons described by my Hon. Friend (for to the forme! I have no thing to say) who continuo to doubt whether the Government did wisely in declining toobey the precipitate enthusiasm which prevailed at the commencement of the contest in Spain 2 (Applause.)--3s there any body who does not now think, that it was the office of the Government to examine more closely all the various bearings of so complicated a question, to con. sider whether they were called upon to assist a united nation, or to . plunge themselves into the internal feuds by which that nation was divided—totaid in repelling a foreign invader, or to take part in a civil war.—(Applause.)—Is there any man that -does not now see what would have been the extent of burdens that would have been cast upon this country ? Is there any one who does not acknowledge that under each circumstances, the enterprize would have been to be characterized only by a term borrowed from that part of the Spanish literature With which we are TIIOSt familiar—Quixotic —an enterprize ro mantic in its origin and thankless in the end ?—(Applause.) — " But while we thus contront even our feelings by our duty, let it not be said that we cultivate peace either because we fear, or because we are unprepared for war; on the contrary, if eight months ago the Government did not hesitate to pro claim that the country was prepared for war, if' war should unfortunately be necessary, every month of peace that has since past, has but made us so much the more capable of exer tion. The resources created by peace, are means of war.— (Applause.)—ln cherishing those resources, we but accumulate those means. Our present repose is no more a proof of in ability, to act, than the state of inertness and inactivity in which 1 have seen these mighty masses that float in the waters above your town, is a proof they are devoid of strength, and Incapable of be i ng f itted for action. You well know, Gentlemen, how soon one of those stupendous masses, now reposing; on their shadows in perfect stillness— how soon, upon any call of patriotism, or of necessity, it would assume the likeness of an animated thing—instinct with life and motion—how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage —how quickly it would put forth all its beauty , and its bravery "collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder.--(Lout; and continued thunders of applause.)--Such, as is one of these magnificent nutehinee when e pinging from inaction into a display of its might— such is England herself, while apparently passive and motion less, she silently concentratee the power to he put forth on an adequate occason. But God forbid that that occasion should arise ! After a war sustained for nearly 3 quarter of a century —sometimes single-handed, and with all Europe arranged at times against her, or at her side, England needs a period of tranquillity, and may enjoy it w ihaut fear of misconstruction. Long may we be enabled, Gentlemen' to improve the blessings of our present situation, to cultivate the arts Of peace, to give to commerce, now reviving, greater extension and new spheres of employment, and to confirm the proserity now generally di•ffused throughout this island. Of the blessing of peace, Gen tlemen, I trust that this borough, with which I have now the honour and happinese of being a ssociated; will receive an ample snare. I trust the time is_ n ot far distant when that noble s tructure of' which, as I leant from your Recorder, the box with which you have honoured me, throngh his bands, formed a part, that gigantic barrier against the fury of the waves that roll into your harbour, will protect a commercial marine not less considerable in its kind than the warlike marine of which your port has been long so distingaishetan asylum—and when the town of Plymouth will partictpate h comniercial pro sperity as largly as it has hitherto done in the naval glories of Isitgland.—(The Hon. Gentlemen sat down amidst bursts of cheering, which lasted for several minutes.) After the applause subsided, the Meetinglispereed. The populace who had collected outside Goildhall in great numbers most enthusiastically cheered the Right ITon. Gentleman, both as lie entered and retired from the Hail. In addition to the Right Hon. the Earl of Morley, Mr. Canning was accompanied front Saltram by Mrs. and Miss Canning, Limsa an d L , dy Grenville, Lord Howard, Lord Geo. Bentinc, and Stud Wortley, anti several other persons of distinction. THE LATE HORRIBLE MURDER. CORONER ' S VERDICT-WILFUL hIURDEEL AGAINST THREE OF THE PRISONERS. ,„,L, ELSTItEE, SAT tiItDAY.--- .t. ins morning, at twelve o'clock, the Coroner and Jury re-assembled at the Artichoke Tavern. The Magistrates of Watford Robert Clutterbuck, Thomas Haworth, J. F.Mason, awl George Watlingtonsatsgrs., were in early attendance, and many Gentlemen of the greatest re. spectability in the county. Before the Jury were impantielled, or the Coroner bad ar rived, the prisoners, Protiert. Hunt, and Thomas Thurtd:, who had been confined during the preceding night in St. Atnan's gaol, arrived in three chaises, attended by the local police. A considerable crowd was collected in front of the inn, whose ex. p res sions evinced the strong indignation which this foul murder has excited. The prisoners were conducted into separate rooms, under the care of the officers.' They were relieved from their irons, and front all unnecessary coercion. Soon after the Ma gistrates had taken their seats, Mr. NOEL, the Solicitor, entered the room, and addressing them, said that Thomas Thomell has expresese4l es wisn, before the examination pro ceededato baye some communication with hint (Mr. NOEL) and the Coroner. Mr. CLUTTERBLICL asked if the Coroner was come. Mr. NOEL said not yet, but he was expected every moment. The Magistrates said they saw no objection to this course if the prisoner wished it. Mr. NOEL then quitted the room. The new sac k in which the body was found was then produced before the Jury, and laidon the table. It was split from top to bottom, and at the bottom there was a large stain of blood—this was where the head bad rested. A plan of Probert's cottage and grounds was then produced. It was neatly executed, and gave, a complete key to the circumstances which were detailed by the witnesses. Information was also given to the Magistrates that Hunt and Probert, on their way down to the house of the latter on Fri. day night, purchased half-a-bushel of corn from a baker of the name of White, at Edgware, and took an old sack with them. They also stopped at the house of a publican of the name of Clarke, at Edgware, with whom they were acquainted. Hunt I, entered into conversation with Clarke on the subject of the bill of indictinent which had been preferred against the Thur.l tells for conspiring to set their house on tire in Watliog 7 street Clarke, who knew the Thartells, said it was a had business : on which Hunt took out a newspaper, containing a contratlic- 1 tiolitto the statement that the bill had been found. Probert now seemed very impatient to be off, and Clarke, while they stood in the house, heard another chaise and horse drive b y .— They at last set off towards Elstree at great speed. On the Sunday morning John 'rhurtell called at Clarke s, as. he was oing.down to Probert's to dine; he asked if Mrs. C. h ad any lemons, Clarke being out, and took some with him, as he said, to make puoch. He afterwards met Clarke in Edgeware, and shook hands with hint ; Clarke remarked that he looked very ill, and he assigned his agitated'appearance to the pressure of his own private affairs : he then drove on. Clarke saw Hunt on Friday at Elstree, , and in consequence of some suspicion that he had been conveying information from one prisoner to the other, he was called before the Magistrates ; but upon being questioned, he stated that he had been merely speaking to Bunt of the atrocity of his conduct. The Magistrate asked Clarke what he had said to Probert ? Clarke said, that the words he used were these :—" Good God, how could you call and drink and joke, the way you did at my .house, when you had concerted, and were about to commit such a horrid murder ?" The Magistrate asked, if that was all he had said ? Clarke replied, that he believed he said to Pro bert, " that it was a horrid and brutal piece of business, and be believed they were all in it." Clarke declared that he had not spoken to the other prisoners. The Magistrate then said, that it was untrue that he convey ed information from one prisoner to the other"; and dismissed him, expressing satisfaction at his explanation. On Friday Hunt was spoken to by a person whd bad been an acquaintance of the deceased ; he asked him, how he could have joined in such a horrible transaction? Hunt replied, " I did not do the act, I certainly knew of its being concerted for some time be. tare it took place; and a fortnight before, I went to Mr. Rex worthy's, to inform him of the intention to m urder and rob his friend Weare ; but when 1 was about to communicate the fact to him, I had not the heart to do it." The Coaorera gave orders that no perso n whatever should 1 lie admitted to the prisoners as it was important to prevent co nversations taking place, which may be convey e d from one of the accused to another. The Coroner having arrived, the inquiry proceeded by the examination of the following witnesses : Charles Lewin, of Watford, wine-merchant, was called. In consequence of infortnation he received he went with Mr. John son to search for the body.' They arrived at a pond called Hill slough, on the road to St..Alban's, in the parish of Eletree, on the right road as you go to St. Albats's. After searching for five minutes, a ladder was got, and the body was found.— ' A sack was over the upper part of the body, and the legs were naked—the mouth of the tac k was tied round with a cord, at the end of which was tied a piece of stone, and a handkerchief filled with stones to prevent the body from fleeting. There were stones also in the sack.' Mr. George Jones, of Stanmore, was present when the sack containing the body of the deceased was cut open. The hands were crossed on the chest—under each arm pit was a large flint stone. The legs were also crossed and confined with a cord, which secured the sack round the body. There was a red shawl handkerchief round the neck of the deceased. Mr. Heward was then called in • He stated that lie was the proprietor of the cottage occupied Probert at Gill's-Hill ; it was it'leasehold, and he let it furnished ; witness lives at 03, Hatton-Graden ; knew Probert for four years ' • on Wednesday last had Probert's goods seized for rent . He had heard some. thing of this affair, and therefore he made the seizure. Wit. ness saw a carriage in the yard of the cottage on the Tuesday morning before he had the seizure made, and understood Pro bert was going to move. Witness was in the house on the Sunday after the murder. lie saw a person at the kitchen door on that day e he believed front description that it was Hunt ; he was brushing Isis coat. Witness, on the same day, went with Probert to Mi. Nicholls. They were in converse- tion about the house when Mr. Nicholls said—" By-the-bye, Probert, do you know any thing of a gun going off in the night down your lane the other night r I suppose it was some of your friends got groggy, and fired a ,pistol to alarm some one going by. nave done the same thing in my younger days." Probert said lie did not know any thing about such a cir. cumstance. Do you riot recollect any thing being said that night about filling up a pond in the garden ? On recollec tion, witness remembered something was said about filling up the pond, and he said they ought to drag it first, as there was a good stock of fish there. There was sonic large fish there, for he had put some weighing a pound three years before. After they talked about the fish, Philip Smith said, that on Friday night, about half-past eight, as he was going along the lane with his wife and a Mr. Osmond, he heard a gun go oil; and after. wards groans, and would have gone to see what it was, but his wife would not let him. He described the groans as violent, and said he :stopped and listened till lie heard the last of them.. Three or four minutes might have elapsed before he heard the last groan. When the conversation finished, Mr. Nicholls said 4 . 1 thought it was a joke, but nosy I think it was some- thing more actions." Probert was present the whole of this time, but said nothing particular; lie denied all knowledge of the affair. Witness afterwards returned to Probert's house, and he said to him as they walked along the road, what is all this about ? and Probert said, " I don't know." On the sane day he saw John Thurtell and two other persons come toward Pro. bert's house; one of them was Mr. Noyes, and the other be supposed to be Mr. Thornas.Thurtell, as he had beard he was expected. John Thurtell and Noyes were in a e;ig, the other was walking. Supposed they all came together. Witness then retired, and saw Hunt ' • lie could not swear to him. The per son he saw was a black whiskered man. The CORONER said, the prisoner Hunt had large black whiskers at that time, but he admitted lie had since shaved them off The witness thought it was a black coat the man lie saw was brushing. Nicholls, as well as Smith, said on the Sunday that it was a gun they heard go off. Nicholls did not say he had a pistol anti a Italie Wilds possession. 'Witritsis believed he said he had been to the spot in the lane t and saw some blood, but lie did not make the slightest allusion to the pistol which since appeared to have been then in his possession. He said some thing of the hedge being . broken. On Tuesday morning wit. ness met Mr. Phillip Smith in one of his fields. Witness was shooting. Mr. Smith said, "he believed there was something more serious in what they bail been talking about on Sunday." " Why ? said witness. " Because," said he, " I have been at the place again, and have seen some blood, and the hedge is broken, as if a body had been dragged through ; besides, a pistol and a knife were found." " A pistol !" said witness, in surprise, and Smith answered in the affirmative. Witness then said, " Good God ! how could you keep it a secret ?" Smiths added, that it could not rest now, and on witness asking where the pistol was, he said he supposed the Magistrates had got it by that time.—The Coroner here remarked, that Mr. Nicholls having complained in a letter addressed to him of the observa tions which he hind felt it his duty to make on his conduct in keeping the fact of finding the pistol a secret, he desired it to be understood, that the present examination was to shew that those observations were fully justified. The witness considered that Mr. Nicholls was extremely cul pable in not disclosing sooner the fact of his finding the pistol. After he left Smith on the Tuesday, he met Nicholls, who said to him, " Why this is likely to be a serious matter that we were talking about on Sunday night ;" and he added, that it seemed as if there had been a murder committed. Witness lunched with Probert on the Tuesday, but nothing was said of the suspicion created in witness's mind. lie knew of no pe cuniary transactions between Probert and Nicholls. Some conversation now took place between the Magistrates, the Coroner, and Mr. Noyes, the Solicitor for the prosecution, as to the course which it nnght be expedient to take with re- speet to the confessions of Bunt. The Coroner said it was his duty to inquire into all.- the cir-. cumstances of the murder, and use every exertion in his power , to unravel the whole affair : he should, therefore, have Bunt brought before him, and whatever he thought voluntarily to state, it ass his duty to hear; but he would hold out no pro-. raise, nor would he give him any hope from' any disclosure he I might choose to make. The prisoner, Hunt, was the n called I in. His whiskers had been shaved oft; and he came forward apparently not much affected by his situation. The CoRONER then addressed him to the following effect :=- " I have thought proper to send for you, Hunt, to ask you whether you choose to make any statement to the Inquest wh ic h is now assembled ? I think it my duty, however, in the hrst mstance, to explain in whit manner I shall receive what yol! may think peoper to say c—l shall not receive it as evidence; nor shall I examine you on oath ; if you think it right to say any thing, I am ready to hear you ; but from me you are to understand that yeti - hay:l no sort of promise, either of reward or otherwise. I have nothing to do but to receive your y ol s l- taty account of the horrible transaction, to which our attention is now dicected." • Mint said he was ready to repeat what he had Already said. Mr. Nom.. the solicitor for the prosecution', now appearinK anxious that the prisoner should not act under a misapprehen sion, interposed, and said that the confession made by him be fore the Magistrates coul-.1 not in any way interfere with the proceeding in which they were engaged that day . . The Ma ghtrates would, in good faith, and at the proper tine, submit the .confession be had made to them to the consideration of the Court, in order that it might operate in his favour. 4 t hat he might now say in no way compromised the Magistrates, and must come froth hiMself on the terms stated by the Cu- ro sa n y.m er to . r.o Gentlemenlsom.--Thanktthebediyneaoguth,stoiflilas,n Willi a m lit, um% ; s‘t h l ,aet a m a tr lel ready any c s hi o n to StUSWer Ciliation: CORONER.—I am now ' eady to hear . any thing you have to led into any mistake, desired that he might retire. Heving left the room, a couvetsation took place o to the ex pediency of taking his statement, When the Coroner thought that with the caution he had received, his story might be fairly heard, and he was bound to receive it. prisoner should not Hunt being again recalled,' ' . .. Mr. Noel. addressed hint thus :—" Since you have been out of the room, a discussion has taken place on the part of the Magistrates to whour you made a confession un der a pletigee and. they think it proper that you should unders tand their pledge does aot extend to any thing you may say here. They wits state your confession to the Under Secretary of State, with the circumstances under which it was taken, and it will no doubt receive a fit consideration. You will now use your own nitreise tion, and either tell your story to the present Jury or you think proper." The CortoNEn—W e are willing to receive any statement - you may give us, but we do not aele you to commit yourself in any way whatever before this Jury. Hunt—l perfectly understand, and I shall tell the w hole truth. He then gave the following statement in a cool, col lected, and precise manner, occasionally sighing heavily, as he paused for it to be written down. • , HUNT'S CONFEsSION.--(FURTHER PARTICULARS./ In consequence of an indictment against John Thurtell and Thomas Thurtell, for defrauding the County Fire Office theof 1,900 and odd pounds, Thomas and John Thurtell left .• Cock Tavern, in the Haymarket, and took their residence. at a Mr. Tetsell's (the Coach and Horses) in Conduit-street , Bond-street. I was invited to dine with them. I called there on the friday morning, when John Thurtell invited me tp e kung' tak a walk. I walked with him as far as High-street, ork.- bone. We stopped at a jeweller's shop ; w hile we were 100 there, John Thurtell observed a pair of pisto ls, which he said he would go and look at, fur he wan ted to purchase sole. They were marked U. 17s. fid. John Thurtell observed, Ile wanted them to kill cats, and paid for them 11. fie. From therhu e we returned to the Coach and Ilorses, and dined. John a Tr tell asked rue after dinner if I knew w here I could get hint o He gave me 11. Ns. for the gig, for whi ch I paid 1/. 51. n told me not to say that the gig was goin g te Hertford, but to Dartford. I returned with the gig to the Coach and Horses about a quarter before five: John Thurtell immedietely eg into the gig, said he- could not -wait any longer as he bed * (lentleman to meet. After he was gone, Mr. irobert said tO . me, as John 'Morten has gone down to the cottage,ehave (t)' being out against him fur the conspiracy, inost likely any objection to take a seat in my gig, as he (John Thurtel )!.$ spend ti pleasant evening together. About six ()se clock op r i: t h l. ' obliged to be out of the way, in consequence of the watren4 & fli t: or e : , a a wit v .‘ f e oa. u n r l x e sar Lu g , rpi l e po, li rts . rti c i . 0 , l e lA ,e sit r tor t. o. : ; s lip : t re, d : , i i),..ae w .tr L tt , as said pork oi r dh r o kt o ws g. we gi shop, mi t i t. o u; the tww tlei e d : jwies, of out and purchatted a loin of pork. We proceeded from tlieee ei far as a Mr. Harding's, a publican in the Edgeware-rod , where we had a glass of brandy and water. From there e l proceeded as far as a Mr. Clarke's, another publican, sedTe two more glasses of brandy and water ; from there we precte"4 to this house. We had three, but from what appears fool, 1 ,,," landlord (Mr. Field), we had five more glasses. We di,‘':;, - 2 : get out of the gig here. Mr. Probert observed to Mr. Fie l4, ' - the friend that was with him could sing a very excellent sotl', Mr. Field said lie should be very happy to hear one. Mr. i r l i , ) ,l bent wished me to Mug a verse, but I declined. We Pll f d ee from this house about a quarter of a mile. Mr. P. stoppe d t;t e iliel and said to me, "If unt, you get out , and wait m y return; in, so. About half an hour or more might have elapsed wheeoeei P. returned, and desired me to get into the gig, and we w e j it Make the best of our way to the ( onage. Wen we tali"' o i4 the cottage, John Thurtell was in the stable. Mr. Probertio to me, " Hunt, take that loin of pork out of th e gig 4 „ Vi t ,Jf. into the kitchen, and desire the cook to dress it inneo', 4 4e es I took the pork into the kitchen, and retnained in tbe h "i t - fa!' about ten minutes, when John Thurtell and Mr. 1"N` 4 0 ,10 . lowed. We went into the parlour. I was introduce d t o pe' Probert. John 'novel' then called me and Mr. Prob k e r e el, so rash an act?" John Thurtell immed the garden, and said, " I have killed that -e--- it H i rsh' of 3001. at Nina hoary" (a game at cards)- --- ilt, - said Mr. Probert, " John, study yoa liave not been te'l)„o.eit you bet ° pocket a very handsome gold watch, Tad" hi' D° wil ,llte me now ? and if' you will go with me, yo u - . I shies ward, „ Th „ hat lies dead behind a hedge." Mr. Probert then , et otel taken such an effect on me, that I must retire and a g sbt otel b o brandy." We then went into theparlour; thenreP e ; ve ,lit d' )s r in, which consisted of Turk chops, the loin I on` , &Ole . and se ita having been cut into chops. I eat five chops, , eare pliii„, Probert. John Thurtell declined eating ant' , al" le - went le of being extremely sick. Mr. Probert and 1 the n .4 Set 4 e. the garden again, when Mr. Probert said to nle , ,, 1 ow, lade . lA' Hunt, this titan has not been guilty of In ~, wo g) ke l served it looked very , suspicious, he (Jolla '''' d i and ° s e Well, tOOK ut, ing so valuable a watch. John Thurtell followe , _ ee d_ ee , Mr. Probert and myself if we would accomptenYtoo )eirrir,f sist him in carrying the dead man. During ti, 115 0 . ne ith er Probert wits gone to bed. John Thurtell gait' , ent il,P op e you will assist, I will go myself. He accortlinglY woe pre, ':, it self, and was gone about ten minutes or a ettat tl to , `, alit Daring the time lie was gone, Mr. Probert Old ev e ,e., this is the case, Hunt, that John. Thurtell has ro" t rilYi et t, man, it will, ultimately, be the ruin of me and niX,,,1 1 . 0. 0 ; J. Thurtell returned, saying " After this conversation was over between ine antl i. -2 e ' y e tel qe s and if you won't, assist me, I shall put the b,, rte and throw the dead man across has back." t il e p r elO tt et , put the bridle on his horse fir that pnrpose. intoAl.r' ,ire r; 1 0 , , , me, while he was gone the second time; went 1 Ileetes anti he said to me, " Hunt, this has taken such et ~, l ee and I am so agitated, that I don't know what to o l t ;; o esiv e ie what will my wife think? I observed to M1'4 0 11 0 1, 1 01 may do as you please about going to bed ; e , e ftr e r t eet., bed, as 'I am confident I shall not be able to sleeP , y ea l eo se,l heard this horrid account from John l'hurtell.e, I . ?cob , j ele then returned to us in the parlour, and said to M . f r lobpe, mself " I have thrown the dead man into M is t tt , o , 0 This ---. is too ecene ivy .Wit " } Then by ----, Sir," said Mr. Proberte ' 1 1 " ~rePar , it' immediately going and taking him away, arm) . rd.e, ii tv, d witetl +;00 i bri` best, and John Thurtell went to the s o i l _ b ,,e , a , ~, toes of a man, or we hail at least evetyasn to elei ttUo tl such conduct will evidently be my ruin." M e $ e 6 41 tt ° ' a man according to his own statement. John ? ere ei r • i e eot a fine or rope and threw it round the feet, 11 ,;, e 0 . ),,tio„ Mr. Probe* " don't give yourself a ntoment tin I tp)ro 1 i q . , man shall not remain here long—you Well kn o w, .. or 'iO o l if 4,4; 4 said "you are that would injure r u ov lle, f it V I would not do any thing We t hen went into the parlour ;J. Thertell.tiew , jr. Deeyeee it to .the centre of the pond. John 'Thurtell I'" es oinr, t ,tir. some chairs. Mr. Probert went up to his wtfo_t . e , t i t 'l e r,? in an arm-ehair. Nest morning, after breldnlort_Viipl I shalrexpect you will return to-morrow (.`,, ii't i t t 0, 4 which I promised and did. Mr. Probeit sen . J ul , et , ceoo,o, " Mind and bring a piece of roast beef with •besiteptieil have nothing for dinner." We then left tt , e,eo , e e to„o„ to London. I left John Thurtell at Mr...ieflor.a,ol/o,itei! and Horses) with his brother Thomas. il' itg eg to ttf 4 i,4, going to town,". to tue and .1 e l i t _o,, 4 l „ te l eo, we left Mr. Tetsell'e in a horse and gigs tm . i t A i a J t iot 4, 1 .r 0 , of roast beef and two bottles of runn,, ivy lin ) thie f to me, when we got as far as Tyborn, ,„,, e .,4 0 . ,„ 1 of ' a-head and Thomas Noyes." (Thomas 17;l'fbotte" indite of Mr. Probert.) \Viten we got to we DUTCH PAPERS. We received 'lust night Dutch Papers to the 2d inst. They contain no articles of any inte- rest, except the following : " IIitU3SELi, OCT. 28.—The Hint; has commissioned the Minister far Foreign Affairs, the Dirntor.Cieneral of the affairs of the Catholic Church and the Minis er of the Netherlands to the Papal See, to negcciate with the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Holiness the Pope. FitAxicroaT, OCT. 22.- Vince Stourdga, Ilospodar of Moldavia, lies sent a deputition of three Moldavian Dojos from Jassy to C4anowitz, to pay their respects to the Emperors of Russia and Austria. This deputation was received on the 7th by the Emperor of Austria, and on the Bth by the Emperor of Russia;" ---.................................... SINGULAR OCCURRENCE. —Last night, about eight o'clock, a eery strange occurrence took place in Oxford-street. A gentleman, very gen teely dressed, accosted another, with " Pray, are you not Mr. Long ?".--- 44 I urn that person," was the reply ; upon which the inquirer struck him a blow in the breast. The person accosted el‘claimed " lie has stabbed me," and so saying, ran down the street with all speed. No person attempted to take charge of the accused, who stood still and never attempted to escape. To a person present he stated, that the villain whom he had attacked had been his friend, and was al ways in the society of his family, consequently the greatest confidence was placed in him. Ile had treacherously abused that opinion, by se ducing his wife, and he had the night before detected her and her paramour, ►allying from a house of ill fame. lie was therefore determined to avenge his wrongs on the villain.