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- LONDON .10U ItNALS. [DAILY EXTRACTS] FROM THE MORNING PAPERS. [Morning Post.] From OPORTO, advices to the 3d instant have 'teen received, brought by a vessel arrived off the ;;tart. These state that a great sensation had been ~ ::`,Podazed by - a . counter-proclamation issued by -.Conde D'Alatharante, who at the head of 5000 troopit.had declared against the Revolution. His. iiro-Oathation is represented as of a very spirited and derisive description. No advices from Lisbon had been received up to the evening of the 9.d, and the general opinion was, that the inhabitants laf'the capital were by no means favourable to the revolutionary proceedings at Oporto. The rumours of yesterday were as numerous as thy were false - and absurd. Among others, it' was stilted that the Duke of Wellington .had been suddealy ordered off to the Continent ; ic that theleench Arnbassad-or had set out express for Pails, to. bring the Royal Family of France to this country ; and that an immediate dissolution of - the British Parliament was to take place.— l';:eeti we observe upon these senseless or tnis 7 chievous statements, that they are alike utterly devoid of the slightest foundation in truth ? Vire are now told, that though Mr. WHIT ERLAD'S sisters did not -accompany him, " three La4irs" did. May we ask their names ? It woiid be very satisfactory. Indeed we cannot cpaceive why there is so much mystery and con cealment upon this subject. It is constantly as serted, that " respectable" and" distinguished" Ladies go to Btandenburgh House ; but in no ope instance are names given. This is very odd! [Morning Chronicle.] Various Runtouns Were circulated in the CITY yesterday, as grounds for the fall of one per cent:' it tiie Funds. The most alarming rumour was, that a squadron of six ships of the line, with some frigates, was ordered forthwith to sail foi. Lis -14011; and assuredly this report received some •couritenance from the certainty that an order ;was issued for tenders of 100,000 gallons of rum, the quantity that would be required for such an equipment, and it is riot now the ordinary time for laying in such a stock. It cannot easily be ac ,couated for, that we should send a fleet at this 'time to the coast of Portugal, as we have nothing Ao do with the internal affairs , of that kingdom. Our Treaty with the King of Portugal would be . obligatory upon us, if attacked by a foreign enemy---but the new Government is established i n nhe name of the King, and he will, no doubt, like the King of Spain, cheerfully acquiesce in .the change that is so favourable to the ultimate prosperity of his realm.—Another report was, t,hat the Duke of 'Wellington was about to go Aibroad to assist at consul t ations with the Allied rowers, at Vienna; but this is in direct Contra diction to the pledge given by the Earl of Liver pool, in his place, that we had no question to scttle with those Powers, respecting the late changes in Spain gnd Naples.—A third rumour -was too ridiculous for contradiction, that of a Dissolution of Parliament ! An appeal to the ottntry, in its present temper of mind, would be to Ministers a dereliction of their places. A Bread deal of animadversion having been znade upon the statement that Mr. Whitbread vias accompanied by his sisters upon presenting Ike address to the Queen from Marylebone PfeilSil, we areassured, from unquestionable an- thority, that Mr. W. was accompanied by three yo'ung Indies of equal station and respectability :with his sisters upon that occasion, who, residing Sri his vicinity at Kensington-gore, proceeded with 'him in his own carriage to Brandenburgh ;'douse, and returned with him from thence ; therefore the mistake in some of the Public Journals was not unaccountable. [JTew Times.] It is a great satisfaCtion to every reflecting tnhtd to obserVe, that amidst all the bustle and clamour of the mobs that are collected together to address the Queen, -scarcely six persOns of known respectability have yet appeared to take theading part in these proceedings. We see, to .1)e sure, the names of Sir cri erard. Noel, Baronet; Peter Moore, Esq. M. P.; Joseph Hume, Esq. M. P.; and Samuel Whitbread, Esq. M. P.; knarnes, impressing the mind with great admira tion for talent and virtue-profound politicians — 'Gentlemen who, among them, have an ample 'share of eloquence, and more than an ample share -of candour and moderation ! But still they are but four. We see the same 'four appearing suc cessively on many similar occasions; and when. look round for other eminent persons, We ;find none but Mr. Thompson, the' Gin-dealer ; :.r. Edwards, the House-painter ; Mr. Eicke, the Ave know not what; and these, with Thelwall and Wooler, and Benbow and Bowie, and• Mrs. Car- . 'Me and Mrs. Thdwall, make up nearly the whole Ilk 'of the public awl - riders who have hitherto '-taken a lead among the iiersons styling them selves "the Queen's friends. 4 ' Lamentable in 'deed would it be, that a Queen- of F.,1 - ,igland should have no other, or more respectable friends, than those we'have mentioned ; but her Majesty's real friends must belong to one of two' classes : .they must either cherish a hope that she will he found wholly innocent, or they must believe that Ler indiscretions will . be 'found to have been at:. 'Companied with many extennaticg circumstances, and in either case they must feel it a 'duty not to interfere with the. course of justice: We say it -is satisfactory to find that this is the conduct ac- tually.pursued throughout thekingdorn at large, .b y persons o f a ny known weight or influence. With , vin'y few 'exceptions, the Meetings -have beery Clnducted by nOtoriolis RadiCals, and at ten.d4l, by a mere rabble; whilst the,Gentry, the Map - JO:racy, the Members of learn 4 Professions, ,and tie principal Members of the Agrictiltural, .C'ointn l ercial s . andX4nufactuAnrrintageiiS foiborne to state an}( opinion on a case which is still depending in judgment. [The Times.] THE QUEEN.—We call universal attention to the following alarming but authentic statement. Milan is the theatre : the persons implicated by it we need not name ; nor shall we weaken the impression which it must inevitably make by a single word of comment : " Two persons arrived yesterday morning at eight o'clock with dispatches for the Queen ; the.; left Milan on the 7th September. They report, that notwithstanding all the professions of impartiality which have been 'made, and every recognition of Mr. Henry as her Majesty's'agent, passports were refused to witnesses summoned on her behalf. In consequence of this, a messenger was dispatched to Vienna, wino took a letter to Lord Stewart on the subject, and returned on Monday se'ennight with an answer, enclosing Lord Castlereagh's letter to Lord Stewart, which it appeared his Lordship had laid before Prince Metternich, who replied that the Austrian Go vernment required a letter from her Majesty or from Mr. Brougham for each witness—a thing of course impossible, unless her Majesty or her At torney-General were present there. On Wed nesday se'ennight Mr. Henry applied to get a passport for a Venetian witness. He was told that. he must be sent to Venice to get his pass port, and it was not until after remonstrating strongly against such abominable shuffling., and a declaration that Mr.llenry would advise her Ma testy not to proceed any fur titer in - her defence under such circumstances, that he obtained the passport.—Colonel Brolan sends couriers daily to Como, who pay witnesses for the Queen to stay away, if they fail in inducing them by bribes to depose against her Majesty. None of the,mili tary will go as witnesses for the Queen, as orders have been given forbidding them to wear their uniform the moment they ;and in England. Until this restriction is removed, and until the Austrian Government order them to go to Eng land, and moreover convince them that they will not suffor any loss by it, not one will leave Lom bardy." COL. BROWN.—(We insert the following state ment, in . justice to the respectable classes in Italy) :—Extraat of the minutes of the Society of Orphcei, at Milan : " In the meeting of January 20, 1920. various persons Were wind fled as members of the society. In the same sitting admission was refused to Colonel Brown, wiso,;;ad in favour 9 aizainst 40 rotes, and who was thus rejected." *;* We trust that some authorized contradic tiOn of the above statements will appear, though, as Tine Times is so notoriously hostile to Go vernment, they will of course be received with general distrust. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. 'We recommend to the attention of the People at large, and to those to whom the Government Of the Country is intrusted, the following judi cious observations on subjects domestic and fo reign, taken from The Birmingham Chronicle Of . Thursday last : Satisfied that the public mind must be fully, sated with the everlasting- recurrence of one dis gusting topic; and as anxious to escape from the Queen's trial, as her noble Judges must doubtless have felt to be relieved from their wearisome at tendance on it ; we shall dismiss the subject, for the present, with a few brief observations. The evidence for the prosecution, if such it may be termed,iis now placed on record. It may be ex amined, weighed, awl sifted at leisure. If it is marked by gross prevarications or palpable con tradictions. the credit of the witnesses must sink at once; and if there are even to be found in it any of those smaller inconsistencies and disagreements which may cast a shade of sus picion over their testimony, these will not 'escape the rev •ce and searching scrutiny to which it may now be submitted. If is to be hoped, then, that all loud and confident talkers on the subject will take this opportunity of making themselves acquainted at least with its pre sent bearings; and that none who have the least pretencelo justice or impartiality will join in 'the vulgar clamour against Italian witnesses, un til they can findin the evidence itself some proofs of that baseness and perjury which the trumpet tongues of faction and sedition have so impudently proclaimed. if any shrink from the labour of investigating this mass of evidence for them selves ; or feel incapable of deducing from it a distant idea of the nature and extent of.the facts _alleged against the Queen,and.the intricate com bination of circumstances by which they are esta ' Wished ; to those persons we recommend the clear, judicious, and temperate statement of the Solicitor-General ; a statement which does equal credit to the powers of his mind, and the quali ties of his heart, and spews that the_ provoca tions and calumnies which have been.sO unspar ingly .heaped upon the cause he is professionally engaged to support, and on all concerned in bringing it forward, could not tempt him to forget the, gravity and dignity of the noble per sonages lie was addressing, or to lose sight of that duty -which he owed to them, to justice, and his country. _ • We have examined this im portant statement with all the attention we could bestow : we have endeavoured coolly and impartially to weigh the evidence itself : to trace it through its various ramifications, up to the hideous facts which it purposes to• sub stantiate ; to consider . it in all its bearings, to scrutinize with becoming- jealousy the con duct, and motives, and character of the different witnesses, as disclosed by a cross-examination unprecedented, as we believe, in its. length, its minuteness, and its. severity. Wo hesitate not plainly.to avow our opinion that their credit re mains L at present unimpeached. We are. far, however, from saying, that it is unimpeachable. el he advecateS of her Majesty have yet to bring rornara 'her . case—what they may endeavour to disprove we cannot anticipate—they may shew that some or all of the witnesses are unworthy of belief; that some or ail. of the facts.alleged never occur- But if:thesejacts bg,true nay,if .any -dis tinct portion of them be true ; if.the conduct al leged to have taken place at Naples, or at Genoa, at Milan, at Venice; or at the Villa d'Este ; at Catania, or on board the polacca ; at Aum, at the Barons, tit Carlsruhe, or at Trieste, be esta blished beyond contradiction, what must be the inference ? Can it for a moment be contended, that such evidence has not been furnished " as will lead a reasonable and just mind to a conclusion of guilt ;" or that " the cir cumstances are not sufficient to strike a plain man ?" It may be easy to scoff at all this ; to turn with a contemptuous sneer from the ques tion ; or to meet it with a bold countercharge of calumny, and perjury, and conspiracy. But scoffs and sneers are not arguments ; nor will they long be allowed to usurp,the place of them; and no man 'has a right to expect, that witnesses who are upon their oaths, will be disbelieved, merely because those who are not on their oaths venture to charge them with perjury. If the al. legations are false, let their falsehood be proved; if the witnesses are base, and bought, and per jured, let their baseness be established by res pectable testimony ; and let the price and the purchasers of their perjury be exposed. But, until this be done, we are bound to oppose the factious clamour which has been raised against them ; and in so doing we have a right to expect the support and applause of those, who, in the case of her Majesty, have so loudly exclaimed against the injustice of imputing guilt until it has been proved. It is however obvious to remark, that, of all attempts, that of establishing by perjury such a charge as is now brought against the Queen, is the most hopeless. Great as would be the villainy of those who could project it, their folly would be still greater. The Queen's Attorney-General himself will tell us, that no skill could conceal subornation of perjury in such a case from detection ; and that any endeavour to tamper with witnesses, or to de feat the ends of justice by withdrawing them from the search of those who required their testi mony for the full disclosure of the truth, would infallibly entail disgrace and contempt on its contrivers. But we are told (and the confidence with which the assertion is daily repeated seems to increase, as to a common apprehension its foun dations appear to be giving way)' that the inno cence of her Majesty will be established beyond the power of cavil or dispute; and that the foul conspiracy of her enemies will be completely de tected and exposed. We wait with patience for the accomplishment of these predictions. We rejoice in the .certainty, that her Majesty's triumph must be speedily celebrated, if the hour of its celebration is to arrive at all ; we know that the truth, whatever it may be, cannot by any sophistry be much longer concealed ; and that the impartial decision of a tribunal as honourable as it is wise, as just as it is patient, will soon relieve the public mind from a painful anxiety,and a still more painful subject of thought and discussion. While the attention, of the nation is singly di rected to matters of domestic interest, clouds and darkness, the forerunners of commotion and mi sery, are gathering unheeded in the political ho rizon. At any time but this, with what a deep and fearful interest should we have discussed the intelligence which every foreign mail brings home of the progress of the revolutionary spirit through out Europe ! Another nation has become its victim*, and still we are not alarmed. Spain, Italy, and Por tugal have fallen under the rod of military revo lution. France has hardly escaped ; and though the foul and bloody conspiracy, which was to have plunged her once more into the abyss from whence she has emerged, has been detected and prevented, scarcely does she dare to congratulate herself upon her safety : scarcely does she pre sume to hope that her visitation, though delayed, can be avoided. And yet we sleep on in secu rity, as if we had learned no lessons from past experience, and could derive no warning from the fate of others. Our own army has indeed most steadily and honourably withstood the contagion ; and 'Lon! , we trust it will continue to blend with the gal lant. feelings of the soldier, the steady and loyal attachment to the Laws and Institutions of our Country, which should be the pride of a Briton. But woe to the nation which depends for its safety upon any army, however loyal, gallant, or brave ! Englishmen should know how to defend themselves, and their Country, and now, when domestic treason is abroad, and derives confi dence from the success of foreign traitors, they should rise in arms, a patriot band of volunteers, prepared to assert their liberties and their safety against internal foes, with the same ready and determined spirit which formerly united them against a foreign invader. We trust, that the warning voice of experience and observation will not he raised in vain ; the cry of discord and con fusion is abroad, the spirit of evil is stirring ! If we would meet, and resist, and quell it, our ex ertions must be specAy and effectual. Look back for a few short months, and who would have anticipated the misery now endured by Spain, by Naples, by Sicily and by Portugal. Let us look forward to a few months more of apathy, and what may be the state of England ! ! Mrs. DAVISON is engaged at the Barnwell (Cambridge) Theatre, which opens on Monday next, to perform in both the comedies and farces for four eveni n gs. A water-spout was observed from Maidstone on Wednesday last in a south-west direction, and it since appears that this singular phenomena burst over Pembery, in Kent, and its neigh bourhood, which in consequence were deluged with torrents of rain, but fortunately did no very material damage. Bow-STREET,--Yesterday Henry Hart, driver of one of the Hampstead stages, appeared to an swer.tp an Information laid against him for carry ing more outside passengers than is allowed by the statute. The facts being proved, he was con victed in the mitigated penalty of 51, and costs. COUNTRY NEWS. OXFORDSHIRE. On Tuesday last the Anniversary of the Pf e bury Auxiliary Bible Society 'vas 'held- in t National School, which was most numerously al , tended by respectable inhabitants of that bo rout , and its vicinity. Addresses were delivered b 5 el F. Stratton, Esq., Dr. Macbride, the Rev:Da: l . l f; Wilson, of London, the Rev. T. W. Lancaste," Vicar of Banbury, the Rev. W. Wilson, 0° Rev. Mr. Jeffreason, the Rev. Mr. SipaPel/ the Rev. Mr. Searle, the Rev. Mr. 80tt93. 11 1, the Rev. Mr. Cloake, Mr. Holden, &C. .•• Ladies' Association has been established s in ' 4 the preceding Anniversary, in union with th ' : Auxiliary, which added considerable interest t° . the proceedings of the Meeting, and much pair, is due to the Ladirs, who have most assiduoll s q promoted the object of the Society since t . O, formation of the Association. It appeared PI the Report, which was read by G. F. Strattot, Esq. President, that upwards of 1000 copies °` the Scriptures had been circulated since this Ato, l ' liary was established, and that 226 1 . 13s. 5Tk had been collected during the last year. Upwart!! ' of 211. was collected at the Meeting.—After thy.. Meeting at the School, many friends to the WI stitution dined together at the White Lion In* when the Rev. D. Wilson read some interest letters received by the Parent Society, and th e party separated about six o'clock, highly plea at the cheering prospect of the continued succ o of the Society. YORKSHIRE. On Monday last, a disturbance took place 11' tween some of the inhabitants and a party °4. soldiers, belonging to the 6th regiment, that b at ' just arrived from Halifax, and which, hut for tbe active exertions of our Chief Magitrate, and th e interference of the Officers, it is very probable/ would have been productive of serious cog' quences. The alarm at one time was s 6 great 13riggate, and in the adjacent streets, that most to the shops were shut up before seven o'clock in th® evening. The Postmaster-General has consented to e s ' tablish a ride from Wakefield to Leeds, will will afford the opportunity to the inhabitants ° the former place of answering letters from Liver' pool, Manchester, Szc. by the same day's post. The Wakefield troop of Yeomanry Cavalry was last week disbanded, in consequence of sou° misunderstanding amongst the Gentlemen cots' posing that body. An address of thanks was illy animously passed to their Lieutenant-Colonel,S ir Edward Smyth, previous to the final separatio° of the troop. The sentence of Oldjield, who was convicte4 of the murder of his wife in August last, has bee: commuted to two years' imprisonment in Y or ' Castle. SOMERSETSUIRE. BATH.—A remarkable crop of Onions has bee f ' obtained this season by Thomas Cole, gardenett of Wellow. The bed in Which they grew .corn prises about 17 poles in extent ; and the prods l was 21 sacks, fit for market. A great num ber°. the onions measured from 12 to 14 inches in Gil . ; cumference. No manure whatever was, appliev The late F. Partis, Esq., of Bath,. has left sum, said to exceed 40,0001., for erecting 471 : a field he purchased a short time ago, thirty ne a t cottages, for the free residence (with endo c ; ments) of the widows or daughters of ten P° p clergymen, and the widows or daughters of te, reduced professional 'men, and the widows F . daughters of ten decaycd merchants, for ever. On the Gth inst. as Ann Leonard, of Harktlai lli was returning from Bath market in a waggon, if company with some other women, just as the/ reached the top of Ne.wbridge-hill, Newt ol l; the horses suddenly turned, and ran down 6 , 1 hill full speed ; the women being alarmed, IP jumped from the hinder part of the waggon, °%; cept the unfortunate sufferer, who, jumping frDr the fore-part, fell down, and the wheels, pas s 4 over her head, killed her on the spot. She left a husband and 4 children. SCOTLAND. 0 GLASGOW, SEPT. 11.—The wetther having most favourable appearance this morning, a v.o . ' great number of shearers were hired at the CO: but not the whole that appeared. Wages fr °, 18d. to (22d., but those who went to a consit ier able distance got proportionally more. JOHN WORTH, Esq. of Worth House, nf r Tiverton, is chosen Mayor of that Borough L c the ensuing year, MARRIED. MARRIAGES IN Hiatt LIFE.—Lord Frederick BentincU lead to the hymeneal altar, this jav, Lady Mary Low t , l4l ,- second daughter of the Earl and Countess of Lonsdalof Miss Caleraft, only daughter and heiress of the late Gl:nrefie Cal Craft, gave her band on Saturday last to Edward Coliiie wood, Esq. of Dessingtou Hall, in Northumberland, et Abbey Church of Great Mai vern.-1/ornitrg Paper.) , "r• •On Thursday, the 14th inst. at St. George's, Hon of square, Mr. Wm. Liveings, of Harwich, to Miss OrV e '; SoOtth ut :11.1ton-reet Thursday. the . 14th inst. Charles Rugg, Ecq• r` c toc becea, third daughter of the Rev. John Simons, LL.D. of Paul's Cray, Kent. - t Lately, Sir Edward Knatchbuil, Bart. M.P. for N" Miss Knight, o Wm. Kerf Godreersharn. Last week, shaw, Esq., of London, to lac ties Charlotte Durand, daughter of the Dean of GIIertISCP DIED. FA' Yesterday, aged 79, Mary, wife of John Henderson. . of flidgrave-place, Pimlico. coll ° ' Very suddenly, on Sunday last, nt his residence i" '„.rlf square, Charles Tielawny Breretun, Esq. aged 63. fortn',l3, Alember of Parliament for the Borough of Saint: Micil3Foo; and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Culditream Regime nt 0. Guards. . • . o ber On Friday, the Bth inst. Mary, wife of Mr. Samuel Yr' • of Upper Thames-street. _......•••_!!°°--' t 9 6 " ° LONDON: Printed by.). B. CARSTAIRS, : 1. —A • Ormond-street, Queen-square; and pn,blished hY Stog SCRIPPS, of No. 7, south ,Nlolton-street, a t To oido si Office, No. 112, Strand ; where Ariveitiseinetitss Letters, &c. (post-paid) mast he addressed. * 9l 0.4, '% IEJM OF F . j'Es: I"l'ihe; It , - .a.esday . , v 'C IO ~ in aNip LD 'IDs brok e Fqe Epiln 4nciPieces, B a 7. 4 e who P'64, Cip,/ Royal dr4 p e_ prtl rel ni w, ; Tt ( Li PRA •it ti mi S 414? r v; Bi 0, TILE of gi tztl tn 4°4 As, t4eN r are ° WEI Lh„t SI ti lre of A 4, 1 E Gene t.oundi ~eA kku ; Putp, 4!► 4, 0 , 4 h ti re, reeei to 4, BLITHS. W l ' On Wednesday, the 6th instant, at the seat of Sir 0 " 1 .., ford, in LeiCestershire, the Lady of Frederick Coventry) F'" of a son. ii t At Stratford Green, on the 14th inst. the Lady of Fre— def Goode, Esq. of a daughter. —.."