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TILE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY X.xiraele from the itlorntng Papers, July 15,1828. [MORNING. HERALD.] • The French occupation of Spain was one of the last matters of public importance, and the - ter-past-connected with the foreign interests of the country, respecting which an expleamtion was demanded in Parliament. The Secretary for Foceign Affairs- declared that there was no groped of apprehension, as he had received satis factory assurances, end. so forth: It appears, however, from the French papers, and from pri- Tate accounts, that the French consider them selvas quite at home at Cadiz. The transaction is not very minutely, or perhaps quite correct ly detailed, but it may be reduced to this, that the French flag has usurped authority in mat ters of international communication at Cadiz ; and that the• Captain of an English frigate -who, by the bye, bears a name ominous in this instance, as well as heroic—refused to acknowledge any other flag than the Spanish in a Spanish port. To this may be added, that the Captain of a French brig, on duty at the mouth of the bay, sent a message, which, under other circumstances, would be impertinent, but addressed to the Captain of an English frigate was burlesque—asking who had the.terneriLy to bctard an English packet without his leave ? This buSiness is, no doubt, not yet terminated. —lt is hardly to be supposed that Captain Rod ney acted without express orders from the Ad miralty. The contingency was so obvious upon the French occupation of Cadiz, naval as well as military, that it must have been anticipated and instructions given accordingly. But then Mr. Canning has received satisfactory assurances that the French have no designs upon Cadiz be yond the letter anti objects of the treaty of occupation. This might have some value if assurances of this kind were not as false as they are frequent, and in this particular case, after a recent one, utterly worthless. The assurances given by the French Government of the pacific intention of the Sanitary Cor don, whil , a the invasion of Spain was preparing, were quite as strong, and at the time . described also as satisfactory. Yet, was that one of the grossest instances of petty falsehood in the whole history of diplomacy—this Without reference to the justice or injustice of the invasion itself.. The truth is, that in these times—andtindeed in most other times—for injustice is of all ages—having first the power to do any thing, the easiest thing possible is to find reasons. It is only necessary, too, that tie French should entertain an idea of their having the power. They could even, most probably, obtain the mock sanction of a treaty of cession from the present 'Spanish Government, which is a mere puppet in their hands, and turn round upon his Majesty's Ministers with the counter-question, by what right we keep posses sion of Gibraltar. The Spaniards in London— some at least„ scout the notion of any ulterior designs entertained by the French Government upon Cadiz—for that the French dare not think of it. But the reason is just about as " satisfactory" us Mr. Carfnirig's ". assurances." Louis Xi V. and Buonaparte, dared considerably more when t:iey attempted to " annihilate the Pyrenees.— England and Europe are not, unhappily, to be always in a state of peace. No one since the Abbe St. Pierre had dreamed of " a project of perpetual peace," excepting the Apostle of New Lanark, who seems as much in want of " audi ence meet" ai his predecessor, though he has tried both hemispheres, Considering the interval since the close of the last war, there is even an alarming proximity to, if not excess over, the "verage period that would result from the inter vals of peace in modern history. Now the pro tracted occupation of Cadiz by the French, so as to meet the breaking out of a war, or the pre sectiment of such an occurrence, is not a ques tion to be set at rest by mere " satisfactory as surances." The question pending at present, for it is one that must be settled, may be best under stood by Lein; briefly stated. It is this—whe ther English ships shall or shall not enter the ports of Spain without the good leave of the Fretach. eunr.IC.L,EDGE.R.I • it was all a fable about a change of system in the Government of Spain, as we learn from an article in the French Papers, which arrived last night. The new'l4rittistry, such at least of them . as have made, their appearance on the public scene,, entertain more exaggerated notions than their predecessors ; and therefore the nature of the change is perfectly obvious. We foolishly imagined, that the last Ministers were dismissed because they w e re too.servile ; whereas they were not servile enough. The new Minister of War, the Marquis Zarnbrano, has published a confession of his political faith, which protnises him a long ' course of favour, if he has nerve (Tone; to adhere to it. The occasion too .was ~w'ell•selected, as it was in the midst of the. carpi of which he had ' previously - the command, and, ,which he is all ow .' ed to retain, in conju nction with his rniqks terial functions, that lie made the declaration of his political opinions. " 1 swear," says this faith fill servant," never to.contribute, directly or in directly, to 'diminish the absolute sovereignty of the King, and that I will never consent to make any alteration in the form of hii G overnment."— We liave here oreourse the 'secret ofhii advance ment, and a proof, if any were wanting, of the sentiments by ' which Ferdinand is animated.— From the spontaneous act of the,Monarch, it is absurd to expect any r e lie f for the unfortunate naticitt,"Whoie destinies he regulates for the pre- sent. It would be equally absurd, we fear, to count .upon any favourable change, through the iuterference of his allies ; for these, if they were •so disposed, could have Mona since corn, to . makc,a more,temperat use of his unrestricted power. .In the part which the French Government plays, there is .throughout a vein of consummate hypocrisy, because, whilst it alfiects to censure the arbitrary freaks of. ; the. Spanish Monarch, it: has rnade, the least attempt as yet to chec.k te them. .jt, : therefore, pr o . bahle, that he receives secret encouragement, , , from that very Government to act as he has done ; and if the lesson is not practised in France, ' the reason is to be found in the character of the French people, and not in the sentiments of their rulers. It is, therefore, perfectly idle to speak of the liberal views of the French Mini stry—of their recognition of the independence of Hayti, and of their approaches to a friendly inter course with South America. If they are anxious to act a liberal part, let them begin with Spain, which stands so much in need of their benevolent interference ? and till they attempt to redress the evils they have been chiefly instrumental in bringing on that country, their pretended libe rality in other things is nothing but moonshine. [T111: TIMES.] , It is inconceivable what evil may result to Governments and States from the indiscreet con duct of subordinate officers. We learn with some surprise that a French Commander of a small vessel, of that nation • has, on pretence of en forcing the quarantine laws, attempted to stop the entrance of a British frigate into the Spanish port of Cadiz, and othervtise to controul its pro ceedings when arrived. The interference - was re pelled, no doubt with proper spirit, by the officer bearing the King of England's commission. The French entered Spain, no matter on what pre tence, or for what cause. The motives of the entrance—the motives for thus violating the ter ritory of an independent State, were explained to other .independent States ; and, whether up proved or not, were at least for 'a time ac quiesced in by His Britannic Majesty's ,Go vernment. We should wish to know whether one of the motives thus stated by the French, and by us allowed as valid, was the. protec tion of the Peninsula from infectious fever ? Is it among the instructions of the French Cap.: taro, that he, whether the Spaniards were will ing, or we were willing, or neither of us were willing, should take, upon himself to enforce cer tain quarantine laws in the port of Cadiz, against British ships of war ? If both these . vestions must be answered in the negative, then have we a right to insist upon the punishment by suspen sion of an officer who thus hazards the peace of: two powerful nations by hi s i m p er ti nen t inter- meddling. To whatever state Slain may be duced, she is at least able to enforce .in her own ports measures conducive to the general good, upon - the vessels of a friendly power. [BRITISH PRESS.] The French papers. which arrived last night contain no article of domestic intelligence worthy of being transferred to our columns. The end less discussion concerning the reduction of the. Rentes is continued with as much earnestness as if it had been commenced only yesterday. The news from Madrid is to the 30th ult. The new Minister of War, the -Marquis of Zambrono, is represented as a.rnan of great firmness of pur pose. He has declared his• intention of putting an end to the turbulence of the Royalist - volun. teers. Ile is an equally staunch adherent of the system of absolute Monarchy. The late Viceroy of Peru, La Serna, and General Canterac, in spite of the advice of their fiiends, have proceeded to Madrid, and, contrary to expectation, have been received very favourably. It was expected that they would he required to attend. a meeting• of the Council of State, at which the state of affairs in South America was to he considered. Letters from Saragossa speak of several arrests, in con sequence of the alleged discovery of a correspon dence with the Liberals at Gibraltar. The 10th anniversary of the restoration of the Kingdom of Poland was celebrated at Warsaw-, on the '2oth ult., with great splendour. The Emperor of Russia has given his sanction to the establisment of a Technological Institution at Moscow, the ob ject of which is to propagate the useful sciences .and promote manufactures. - [MORNING CHRONICLE.] We have received the Paris Papers of Tuesday and the Etoile of Wednesday.---A.great subject of discussion with the • Paris Journals for some time, is the conduct of the Opposition Press in this country. The Ministerial Papers are per petually dwelling on our virtuecour mildness, our liberality towards Ministers, the absence from personality, by which we are charac terised, &c.• &c. The Journal des Daats of Tuesday, in a ..long article, vindicates the Paris Press, and charges the Ministerial Papers with ignorance of the real state of things in this country. According to the Journal des Debuts opposition is mute in Eng-. land, because there is nothing to ,find fault with, positively nothing. " Foreign affairs furnish a subject of attack to the opposition among our neighbours—al! parties are agreed as to the policy of Mr. Canning ; for the majority mishes the glory, the wealth, and the power of Old England, and the minority wishes Repub lics ........ •. . . Lord Liverpool, .the Chancellor, Lord .Bathurst, Lord Westmor land, Mr. Peel, &c. are the champions of the aristocratic majority of the nation; the democratic minority and its doctrines, has its representatives in Mr. Canning and his two friends (Messrs. Huskisson and Robinson) ; the combat has finished for want of combatants:" So much for the French idea of the state of things in .this country. We have sometimes had our doubt of the wisdom of comparing a Cabinet of men of every variety of principles—of. No Popery and Emancipation men, of the partisans of Doctrines respectin g trade in vogue fifty years back, and the partisans of the liberal doctrines. now in vogue. We had an idea that Government should not ha- perpetually moving backwards and forwards lik e a wea th e rcock, but steady and consistent.----Our neighbours, however, it seenis, think differently.—" Let an University be composed in France, says the Journal des Debats, on these .principles ; • let .the men the most cep:r-. ble and the most renowned be taken among those entertaining opinions. of every shade ; and the opposition will disappear in like manner among us." That is, let the French Ministry be compos.ed of mein who wish to . build casties. in a.tid• men who, instead of . wasting the treasures of the. people 'in Quixotic .e'Or;ditions, wish to cultivate, :the iirdustey and ieotirceN; of the country : in short, let the opposition' of M. de Chateaubriand and M. Hyde de Neuville be transferred' from the Parliament to the Council, and. France will prosper. It is one way, to be sure, of getting rid of opposition, to transfer it from the Parliament to the Cabinet ! However, we see the benefit of it every day in England, when the Chancellor endeavours, with might and main, to give the favourite measures of his colleagues the coup de grace in his own assembly. [NEW TIMES.] . Some of the French Journalists make it matter of boast, that the ,editions of Voltaire are daily multiplying in France. If the fact be so, it speaks as ill for the taste of Frenchmen as it does for their morals and religion. The most odious fea ture of Voltaire's mind was, that down to the very last weakness of• old age; and long after all natural passion must have been extinct, lielre yelled in a goatish and bestial obscenity; to which we don't believe there ever was a parallel. Let us ask any French critic whether he would have the shameless profligacy to put Voltaire's Pucelle into the hands of a sister or a daughter ? Let us ask him if he can read that horrid mixture of lewdness and blasphemy without loathing . ? We say nothing of the false opinions of the wretched Author in religion. Hobbes and Spi nosa were perhaps more deeply imbued with errors of judgment ; but at least they were sincere ; at least they thought pro foundly, and pursued an irreproachable moral conduct. But the Mind of Voltaire was cor rupted throughout by the union of vanity and sensuality. He treated the most serious con cern of human life with horrid mockery ; and to render his scoffings palatable to the most depraved taste, he clothed them in language to which no modest ear could listen. Nor was it only in a single production that he evinced this turpitude of hr-art and soul ;it recurs in volume after. volume of his numerous . publications; in deed nearly one-half of them is made up of such diabolical ingredients. But it is said these pas sages are. to be excused, iii consideration of the talent displayed in other parts of his work. To :this we cannot accede. We do not profess to be 'accurate judges -of French literature, and we are willing to believe that Voltaire may have possessed greater power of intellect than we have .ever been able to discover in his works; • for, to say the truth, they appear to us seldom to rise to the sublime, and often to sink below medio crity. His Ilenriade is miserably prosaic, and his Newtonian Philosophy is fit only for a school boy. But , if .they had been the most brilliant effusions of human genius, they could never have compensated for a hundredth part of the gross ness to be found inxeveral of his other compOsi tioni. We should tremble .to see such books in the hands of a youth ; "and the female, young or old, who could .willingly peruse them, must be no better than:a prostitute.. .[MORNING POST.] French Papers to the 13th instant, with the Etoile. of Wednesday,: reached us by express last night. They contain some intelligence from Greece of a mixed character,- in which however the fa vourable preponderates. • Besides this, all that is dark -and. menacing is extracted from the great sources of „hostility and misrepresentation, the • Austrian Observer and the Quotidienne..• They complacently publish a long report, in which. the Austrian Major Randiera, Commander of the fri gate irethusa, endeavours to depreciate, not being _able .to deny altogether, the advantages'stated by the Dutch Colonel .RO - fliers -to have - been gained by the Greek fleet at- Modon. • lie• admits the number of vessels destroyed to be about the same, but represents• them as of inferior force, turning frigates into brigs,: and new transports into old ones, with wonderful facility. He also endeavours to detract from thenoble defencemade by the small - garrison of Navarino against a power ful army, and evidently anticipates with plea sure the possible subjugation of the Morea, and the consequent annihilation of Grecian in dependence. Meanwhile, however, the Almighty ann which has carried Greece triumphant through worse dangers than these, is not withdrawn.— The spirit of patriotism, which alone prompt. ed, and . which alone can accomplish the great enterprise of national regeneration, had derived fresh vigour and activity from the momentary check which the glorious cause which it sustains has experienced. The Moreans, who were on , willing to fight under Conduriottis, are said to be rising- in mass, now that Colocotroni is once more at their head, and - to have already form. ed such a force.-that it was deemed sufficient - for the protection of the Peninsula, and the troops of Continental Greece were to be sent back, one part to Missolunghi to resist, and we trust repel, Redschid Pacha, the other to Eubcea, to block ade Negroponte, the Turkish gdrrison of which had lately made incursions into Bceotia. The report of negociatimis • having been opened by the Senate of Napoli di Romania with the Turkish Government is mentioned, but merely as an ex pedient adopted by the latter (if adopted at all, for th e ne ws w a nts c o nfi rma ti on ) t o gait, time in order to organize a more power ful defence.- The restoration of Colocotroni to the command of the army, is said in a letter from Constantinople, dated June Ithh, to have excit ed great sensation in the Divan, where the Rus sian party had . immediately revived. It-was no longer supposed that Ibrahim . Pacha would ven ture into the interior of the Morea, but it was thought that heivould confine himself to an at tempt at raising the siege.of Patras. In order to gratify the populace at Constantinople, the heads and ears sent fromSalona twi , barbarousßedschid Pacha had been exposed at the gate of the Se raglio. After receiving an Imperial Courier from Wars, w, Mr. Minziacky had demanded an audience of the Reis-Effendi, which was granted, and soon after the French Ambassador had sent one of his Aides-de-Camp to- the Morea to con fer, it was thought, on the subject of the commu nication,: with , the Greek Government. This letter confirms the accounts of three of the largest vessels of .the Captain Pacha's fleet, with his 04'n frigate, haying been-destroyed in the last engage ineut-:,:with Admiral Sachtury:• •The remains'of ~ r 1 .... both fleets (Turkish and Egyptian) had taken re fuge in the Island of Candle. Letters from Spain, given in the Journal de Paris,antiounce that several arrests had taken place in that country under the pretence of a secret correspondence having been discovered with the Liberals at Gibraltar. They also state the arrivals of Generals Laserna and Canterac at Madrid. The King, on the 23d, assembled the Officers of the Royalist Volun teers, and thanked them publicly for the con duct which they had observed ; and the new Minister of War, the Marquis of Zambrano, immediately after his installation, addresed the cavalry of the guard, and declared to them that he -7ould never consent to the slightest dimi nution of the rights or absolute sovereignty of of the King, or to any alteration in the form of Government. TURIN, JUNE 28.—The following notice, re lative to a great mechanical genius of this place, will at once astonish and gratify the public. His name is Guiseppe Ma sera; he was a simple peasant, and was born in the village of Mentefalcone, near Chieri. He spent his youth in feeding sheep or driving the plough ; and the first discovery of his genius was on beholding an ancient watch and an old pendule with wooden whet:B, in a short time after which he became the vil lage clock-maker, anti subsequently succeeded in making pen doles with music, figures, &c. ; but one of his most remarkable productions of this nature was a small throne of polished brass, upon which was seated King David with his harp, the whole contained in the head of a cane. This machine was wound up as a watch, and produces the sound of an 'organ with Stich exact ness, and the figure followed the sound with such accuracy, that it would be really imagined that the sounds proceeded from the motion of the fingers. H e, however, never took a lesson in draw ing or music, and his idea was simply taken from a figure of the Prophet painted on the walls of the collegiate church of Chieri. In the composition of this and various other instru ments of a similar description, 31 asera lamented the want of an instrument that could render an indefinite number of airs. To remedy this defect, after a variety of experiments and the most persevering industry, he succeeded in performing, unassisted by the aid of musical knowledge , an instrument which has received the name of the illusicoGrafo, which has the look of a piano-forte, and which, by its internal mechanical con struction; receives whatever air is played upon the keys with a most astonishing exactness. To this is added another instru ment, called the Pantosono, which will repeat the notes com municated to it by the Musice Grafi, and which may with facility be adapted to an organ or piano. But this is not his only effort of genius ; being desirous of engraving some musi cal signs on an ivory tablet, he found his hand unable to per. form the operation ; lie afterwards applied himself to the in vention of an instrument, by the use of, which the art of engrav ing will be highly benefitted. By the use thereof the graver directs his tool with the greatest nicety, so that lie can desciibe two lines very near approaching, yet without the fear of unit ing, and with greater nicety than the finest miniature painter can describe the lines in the skin. In addition to these useful inventions connected with the fine arts, he has communicated to the Royal Arsenal, a method of turning and polishing gun barrels 10 or 12 at a time, and for polishing all kinds of metals; it is turned by means of. water. A machine of this kind was many years ago invented in France, and had been lately intro duced into the Royal Arsenal of Turin. His method of polish ing arms was totally unknown, hitherto always having been performed by manual labour. His Majesty has given him an employ in the Royal Arsenal, and an exclusive privilege for twenty years for the manufacture and sale of the different inventions. We extract the, following from a late number of the New York Evening Post:---" New York never saw such days as the prestnt since it was a city. All kinds of active business prospers, ex cept lawyers, which, if we may believe the loud and general complaint of the profession, with scarcely a dissentient, languishes. Such has been the tide of population which has, during the past and the present year, set towards this city, that habitations cannot he had : shops and stores command double rents to what they did last sea son, and still the demand cannot be supplied. The streets are so obstructed by the great num ber of buildings going up and pulling down, that they have become almost impassable, and a scene of bustle, noise, and confusion prevails, that no pen cam describe, nor any but an eye witness imagine." One °Mlle Saint Petersburgh Journals, dated the 18th June, says—" M. BEIwGREN, a cele brated Oriental traveller, had just arrived in that capital. During the years 1820, 1821, and 1823, he has visited Turkey, Syria, Meso potamia, Palestine, and Egypt: lie is the last traveller, after Seezen", Burkhardt, and the Count Vidua di Montana, who has seen the interesting ruins of Djeraza, in the deserts of Ifouraan. It is said he intends publishing a French and Arabic Dictionary, which will be a literary performance of great advantage to travellers. Amongst the curious MSS. which he has brought from Syria is The Secret Law of the Druses, which M.' Be rg gren, with the aid of Professor Senkowsky, pur poses to have printed at Saint Petersburgh, with a French translation. This MS. is considered as one of the most valuable that ever was brought to Europe." Wednesday the LORD PROVOST reported to the Council, that Government had agreed to erect the Western Pier at the public expence ; and that the 240,0001. were now at the command of the Council, on condition that the City should carry out the East Pier, and deepen the Old Harbour.— ( Edinburgll. Paper.) A severe storm of hail and snow was expe rienced at Driffield on• Tuesday week, so much so, that on the very spot where but a few days before the children of the towsi were seen-play ing amongst the new-mown hay, under the vivid rays of the summer sun, they were observed,:aur rounded by the hoary signs of winter, throwing snow-balls at each other, and shivering from the bitterness of the unseasonable .blast. The learned Mr. %VANLEY, in a letter to Dr. CHARTLETT, says, " I cannot vouch for the fol lowing bill of fare, which the Czar (PETER the G►IEAT) and his company (thirteen at table in all) eat up et Godalmin, in Surrey ; but it is averred for truth by an eye-witness who saw them eating, and had this bill from the land lord :—At breakfast, half a sheep, one quarter of lamb, ten pullets, one dozen of chickens, three quarts of brandy, six quarts of mulled wine, seven dozen of eggs, with sallads in pro portion. At dinner, five ribs of beef three stone weight, one sheep fifty pounds weight, three quarters of a lamb, a shoulder and a loin of veal boiled, eight pullets, four couple of rabbits, two dozen and a half of sack, and one dozen of claret," On Thursday morning, the body of a man, In a putrid state, wan found on the Sands at Leith, opposite the Glasshouse. It proved to be the body e a German sugar boiler, who had arrived at Leith about 15 days ago, on his way to Glasgow,and had been missing ever sinee.—(Edinburgh Paper.) A larp snake, that had for some time past fre quented a pond on Rook's farm at Neymer, and destroyed a great number of duCks on the pcnd, was shot, a few days ago, by one of Mr. Bine'i l hhourere, struszlEng with a duck which it had seized.-4 13 rightor, cantle.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE, 11, 1asstole-Hotst.—A Gentleman, who is connected with the Stock' Exchange, came to the Justice-room yesterday, to request the Lord Mayor's advice and assistance under the fol lowing circumstances :—The son of the woman who kept the house in which the applicant has offices, is a smart boy, about 13 years old. A letter was sent to the applicant's firm, cne of the new Companies, containing a certificate, entitling the bearer to receive a certain number of shares, upon his paying to the bankers of the Company a deposit upon each share. The boy, by some means, got hold of this letter, opened it, and findiag it to be a negotiable document, took it, without further ee; e mony, to the Alley, to make as much money of it as he coati -Ile soon found a man in the Alley, who had formerly been member of the Stock Exchange, and who readily undertoc k to negociate the promised shares, which were at a prerniurn' , ' , —The Jobber sold th e l e tt er , and gave the boy five poundsai The deposits were paid at the banking-house where the They rectors did business, and s oo n , i n th e rap id trans i t i ons of w h at is called property on the Stock Exchange, passed into hands wholly unknown to the party who in the first instance made sale of the letter. It was ascertained, after a good deal of in quiry, that the shares had gone through the hands of ten per sons. After the jobber had disposed of the letter, and the ap plicant found that he lost by the robbery about 3W., the boy's mother, who is a very respectable woman, was greatly dis tressed by the circumstance, and the applicant did not wish to, proceed to punish him, in the hope that he would be placed Un der a proper controul. He, however, was determined to do all he could to punish the jobber who had acted in the double capacity of tempter and thief, for he had every reason to be lieve that this alley dealer had urged the boy to steal the let' ter, and he had sold it at a much higher premium than he pretended, and put the overplus into his own pocket. —The LORD MAYOR said the case was one of very considerable difficulty, and quite new to hint. He fearect, that in the eye of the law this letter could not be considered as property. It was merely an order entitling a person to certain shares, u pon paying a certain sum of money as a deposit at the. banker 5. . The documents obtained u; on the payment of the money might' , be considered as property, but he should feel much hesitation • in committing a person for the robbery under the circumstances stated, although it was, morally speaking, as serious and . wicireci an offence as if the ca s h h a d b een sto l en . I t appeared to 111 1 , Lordship, however, that the boy and the jobber might be in dicted for a conspiracy to defraud the applicant, and bethought. it a case in which the decision of a Jury might be of consider"' able importance to those who interested themselves in specals"' tions on the Stock Exchange.—The applicant said he cons' , dered the letter property, as well as any other document, ins!' much as he could obtain money tin. it in the market, where it was known to have been negociable.---The LORD MAIN° asked some questions relative to the evidence that might il e ; adduced; and the complainant had a private conversation his Lordship, who seemed very anxious to interfere, if possibori, in so nefarious a transaction. • Row-STAtvr.—(Ertensive Fraud and Forgery.)—,A 'ref respectable, well-dressed, middle-aged man, named 1101,' White, was brou g ht b e f ore Si r RICHARD Brnlim, c harge(' with obtaining a sum of 291. 10s. under false pretences, fr°l the Commissione rs o f th e Stamp-office. The circumstance were these—The prisoner applied to Mr. Samuel Truml l o l Clerk in the Legacy-office, at Somerset House, for the rettiV ri . of the legacy duty, amounting to 291. 103., which had bed paid on letters of a d m i n i strat i on, purport i ng to be taken out • the estate of John Markham Covenant. He produced the usua l affidavit, stating that he was entitled to the money dernandt and also a receipt. A warrant was given, empowering hirsi receive the money at the Receiver General's Office. The j l e ; ceipt produced by him was s i gne d Willi am Smith. Chg.` Norman, the chief clerk in th e R ece i ver G enera l' s Office, trae; duced the warrant, under authority o f w hi c h h e h a d pa id t' l 4 • sums in question. Th a t money wee paid to whoe ver produt l , , it, but witness could not rem em b er t h e person of t h e i n di v idtta' • Thomas Gwynne, Esq. Solicitor of the Legacy Duties, ea c i that this seas all the e vid ence h e was at t hi s moment 1)1'0°1.',4 to produce, and that at a future neriod he should be enabl to prove that these letters were fictitiows. -•hie Mr. HARDIER, who attended f or t h e pr i soner, se ia that was undoubtedly a prima facia case against his client. T h y empowered the Magistrate to hold bin, to bail, and that 3 % , further testimony, which the prosecutors might be enabled .-te in S is i o r n ß ei, produce, would be deferred till the case came to be heard et te .! Quarter Sessions. B an l d it ' N no i E a attendant circumstances within his own knul, a t n h t at were this the only case against vised. But it was a different case from a mere freud on a shy"; ledge, he should have no objection to treat it as Mr. Harmer e . keeper. It was a fraud of a most dangerous description, wbe r e the publi c interest was concerned, and, where, from the characrE r • • of the persons, whose situation enabled them to practice feau rig ' detection was always extremely difficult. e ff s re tratir Some conversation then took place betw e e n t h e A.a, when—Ralph Dunn, ESq., the, solicitor or the South Sea P 2.44 Pany, came forward. He was desirous that the prisonere7 , be detained o n ot h er groun d s; not mere l y f or a fraud, b4' a forgery.—Thos. Wright Ellis, a clerk in the Transfer 4 ei at the South Sea House, stated, that the prisoner had 0 10° him a few days since, and 'claimed certain unpaid clic l o stti• standing in the . n a m e of, John Markham Covenant, dec _. late a Capt a i n i n the Hon. East India Company's serviee!oite" received forty - seven w a r ra nt s f or different sums, and after leity was paid the:money due on them, to the amount of sortie 11 deeds of pounds. To entitle him to obtain these warrer r t e : , produced a warrant of attorney, s i g n e d " William 5 11 2, 4 41. 0 .`, He then went in the n ame o f H enry Whi te. Th e witl-re' not know of his own knowledge that the power of attorney forged.—Mr. Dunn sa id, f rom i n f ormat i on h e h a d ree d/• had no doubt that the warrant was forged and coun terfelt'' c or Sir R. Hen HIE, on thi s ev id ence, or d ere d hi m to be mitted for further examination. We understand that the unfortunate prisoner is a such and formerly enjoyed an ex t ens i ve pract i ce i n Spring-gird The Copenhagen papers o f th e 18th ult• s idi et no e , that a non-commission e d o ffi cer belonging t° o n • of the regiments ' in garrison in that citi f , confessed himself guilty of murder last vn u ' e ts He said, that as he an d one o f hi s com rades li re l passing along a bridge, they got into a (1 0 :01. with a man, whom th e y• k noc k e d dO w n and ed, and then threw the body into the water' Re , accomplice had since committed suicide, or e morse, and the stings of a wounded consq t if' led him to make discovery of the deed. remarkable, however, that at the period fool tioned no person was missing, and beyon d declaration of the individual, there certa ip, " . , no other evidence of the crime at present. APT SCHOLARS.—A Lady the other da; verb :'' Z ing of two very fine young children, said they come ° ,,: t idesd fast in their learning; only th e y h a d got an habit of 04- one litter for another. sL BIRTH. t At P.lgham-lodge, Walthairistow , on the 14th i r " Robert Gillespie, of a daughter. MARRIED. oP I 4 On the 14th inst., Miss Copl a nd, daughter of a', C DOA,/ Eng., of Store-street, Bedford square , to Mr. A lestnriae r ca sor, of Devonshire-street, Portland-place. The haPr left town immediately. 00. DIED. On the 11th inst., at Prospect-house, Kentish -town' .., Thomson, Esq., aged 82. filotv' ' On Monday, the 11th inst., Thomas Jones, Esq' lc' o ic ham-place. ~ mo os , On the. 12th inst., William Thompson, Esq., °I eel , square, in the 69th year of his ag^. a le- 4 " Al l, On the 12th inst., of her house in Upper Wi„,TIP,„ - ,00- 1 4er, Mrs. Colville, relict of Robert Colvill"., Esq. of ri e , i "disoP • Cambridgeshire, and Heasingstone-hall, Suffolk, a a " 4 44 t• of Sir Charles Asgill, Bart. atar,o On Wednesday, the 13th inst., at her house, A' f , ;c o+ - . Hackney, Mrs. Richardby, wide o f th e l a te John 1 " 10 Iv ESq., of Gracecliurch-street. ~ . t 11 011 On, the 13th inst Mr. William Rudge, of --' A iit C* ~ grand, in his 211th year. • ~a 1 e/ 11 0 . On Thursday, the 14th in 1• 74 hyear, ,-, 14 , 01,T inst., his t . Esq,, of Hampstead, and Lombard-street. ' , te r 1 ";,,, v,;' ' On the 11th June, after giving birth to a tlaugri l e ;',', - e IP vivefl but a short time, Anne Arabella, wife °. t •of t•• $ 1 1; Parkins, of Gresford, Denbighshire, second datOtte'son,, William Boscawen, Esq., and niece of George iw, s te c r a red at fr of Trevallyn-ball, Denbighshire. She was ' 11 ,`. 0 .4 a l- t yy , ,' family vault in Gresford Church, and the funerP A 0 0 0 spectably attended by the neighbouring gentry an o f te ..- ._ • at t he , Printed and Pubilshed, for the Pnopnivrcls'obto: OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. " It •