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a THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Eztracts from the Morning Papers, Sept. 7, 1825. [THE TI)IES.I The pressure of more temporary subjects has, for some weeks past, prevented us from turning to a public document of the highest interest, —name ly, the fourth and last volume of Evidence pre- Wilted by the Committee on the State of Ire land ; which appears to us superior, if any thing, in fullness and importance, to all of those which preceded it. The opinions of Ecclesiastics, Pro testant and Catholic, having occupied a share hich may be called a large one, of the time of tNe Committee, and of the printed reports, we are more desirous of laying before our readers, as occasion may offer, and during a period of lei sure and tranquillity, statements proceeding from resident gentlemen, less open to the suspicion of being warped or influenced by controversial heat into distempered views of a question which is really political, not religious, than clergymen of either church may be, who have already put themselves conspicuously forward as champions of a particu }ar policy or doctrine. The relations of magistrate and party, and of landlord and tenant, are the most prominent in which the two extremes of the Irish community can be said to stand to wards each other. They are the precise relations also, which the monied men of this country must be presumed to look at with the deepest concern when they make Ireland the subject of their meditations ; since, if they seek employment , for their capital, and an extension of their commerce, in that island, there can be no questions more desirable to ascertain than, first, how justice is administered, or, in other words, how a man's rights are secured, and his property protected ; and, secondly, how property in general is dis tributed and conducted, which goes so far to assist in settling the nature of the subsistence allotted to the poor, and the rate of wages for which an English capitalist may expect to have the use of their labour. The Committee have not attempted so to manage their examin tion of witnesses as to furnish the evidence on any given branch of inquiry in a conse cutive and unbroken form, nor, perhaps, would so strict an arrangement have been on the whole satisfactory. Much is gained by letting men talk on freely, and follow the current of their own habitual reflections, which afford a greater variety of lights, and help our judgment by a greater multitude of bearings and associations, than we should have a chance of obtaining from dry responses to the formal and exclusive interro gatories. In the excursive and somewhat irre gular shape, therefore, which the printed testi mony has assumed, and which may be consider ed as presenting the public with a series rather of essays on the state of Ireland, generally, than of answers to restricted points, we beg in with the information communicated by Robert de la Cour, Esq., a resident gentleman and magis trate of the county of Cork, who touches on many essential circumstances in the condition of the lower classes of his countrymen, embracing both the topics which we have alluded to, and adding some very striking and just remarks upon the subject of Catholic emancipation. [NEW TIMES.] French Papers to Monday morning were re ceived last night. They contain accounts from Greece, exactly similar to what has been received from that country any time the last three months. The Greeks say they are getting-daily advantages over the Turks ; the Turks attack them in their fortifications and are repulsed, and the Greeks sally out and seize their baggage. Thus matters seem to be going on at Missolonghi, and thus they may continue to go on for Years. Greece is in this respect exactly like Spain : the Spaniards and the Greeks are individually brave and patriotic, but they have not the bravery of armies, or the patriotism which inspires consistent political action. Messrs. Lafitte and Baring are mentioned as likely to take the Haytian Loan of seven millions sterling. When we carry back our recollection for half a century, and imagine any individual talking of a Paris and London banker lending seven millions of money to a Ne gro Republic, we must be struck with the changes that time brings about ! There are some vague accounts of an insurrection in the island Of 'Cuba, which it is said was soon put down ; but much blood appears to have been spilt on the'ocCasion. The celebrated Dr. Francia, who hail made himself a sort of Sovereign of Pa ragnay; who is said to have declared him self against Bolivar, and to have taken into his service the remains of the Royal Army of Perth professing to support the authority of King Ferdinand over that part of South America. Others accuse Francia of having, by his intrigues, promoted the war at present raging between the Bretilians and Montevideans. This is a lamentable - view of the state of things in South America, and seems but too much to confirm the sentiments of Mr. Mathison,. recent and impartial traveller in that part of the' world. " A very long interval of time," says he, " must necessarily elapse be 'fore 'the anticipated blessings of independence can be enjoyed to any great extent. Crimes and plunders, alternate periods of anarchy and ty rannnate still likely to prevail for years to come : !atleast there is at present no visible check to the perpetuation of such miseries in the moral and intdiectuil condition of the people ; for talent, 'influence, consistent principles, and superior re spectability, are gone with the Spaniards. With 'the . birth and slow education of new generations, the necessary mass of knowledge, skill, talent, and, it is to he hoped, of virtue also, may spring up,'to assist and direct the labours of the future - legislator ; but taking the most favourable view of the actual state of things, it must be confess ed,-that notwithstanding the sanguine expecte tiOns' entertained by modern speculators, the , prospect which South America displays is far less brilliant and cheering than the friend of humanity would desire." [BRITISH Plt uss.] We have seen several letters from Greece of a late date, which speak in the -warmest terms of the devotion and docility of the people, but, at' the same time, the writers lament the want of union that still exists amongst the military leaders. One letter states, that Miaulis is a noble excep tion to the discontented chiefs. He is ready to join in any enterprise, and with any person, in order to serve his country. The following passage will show his patriotic zeal ;--it is from a letter from a young Englishman now serving in the Greek navy. He says, " I have never met with so fine an old man as Miaulis ; his courage, activity, good humour, and, above all, his patriotism, are beyond all praise. He sits on the deck of his vessel night and day with his spy-glass in his hand. He has a curious trick of tearing the soft leather of his shoes. During the pursuit of the Turkish fleet, which was a v.!ry perplexing operation to him, his shoes were torn to ribands." In a letter from a gentleman, just arrived in Ireland, from Greece, it is stated, that Lord Cochrane's services would be peculiarly valuable to the Greeks, but the writer says, that his Lordship ought to lose no time in departing, and that, arrive when he may, it will require all his energy and firmness to in sure success, in consequence of the dissensions , of the chiefs. [MORNING POST.] French Papers to the sth instant, reached us last night by express. They do not contain the least additional intelligence from the Peninsula, from which it may be inferred that the execution of Bessieres and his accomplices had at once re pressed the insurrection, for had any important movement followed that event, another telegra phic communication would have undoubtedly been made to the French Government. The accounts from Greece, we rejoice to say, con firm those which we published yesterday, and announce fresh triumphs. They are dated Corfu, August 13, and after stating that Redschid Pacha had lost one half of his army in the various defeats which he had experienced under the walls of Missolonghi, they inform us that the Greek fleet had not only raised t h e blockade of that place, but had succeeded in burning two large Turkish vessels and capturing a brig of war, after which the rest of the Otto man ships had fled for refuge to Mona, where they were closely watched by Miaulis. Several boats which had reached Corfu on the 12th ult. from Prevesa and Calamo had also brought the still more important intelligence that the Greek troops which were at Salona having arrived to succour Missolonghi, had concerted measures with the besieged, in conse quence of which a simultaneous attack was made upon the enemy in the night of the 7th with the most complete success. Almost all his baggage had fallen into the hands of the Greeks, who are stated to have pursued the flying wrecks of his arm as far as Vrachori. Of Ibrahim Pacha no thing more had been heard, which proves that if he had not been reduced to surrender, he had not been able to cut his way through the nume rous Greek corps by whom he was surrounded, nor even to transmit any authentic account to explain his movements or situation. At the very moment of its supposed extinction, the cause of the Greeks is brightening on every point ; and as the efforts of the Porte in the course of this campaign have been the greatest which it was in her power to make, the. victory gained over them cannot fail to be attended with proportion ately beneficial and decisive results. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The following is an extract of a letter from Madrid, dated Aug. 20 :—" We travelled from Perpignan to Barcelona, which is a complete French town. There are 5000 French troops quartered there. We left Barcelona in a large and comfortable Diligence, drawn by eight mules. We had a guard of ragged soldiers all the way from Barcelona to Veentia ; they were on foot, but had no difficulty to keep up Kith us, and they were relieved at every relay. From Valentia to Madrid is about 252 English miles, which we travelled in 4 days. This city, from the distance, is remarkably attractive,well built, and the streets wide and airy. It was reported a day or two back, that a troop of the' regiment of St. Jego had revolted, and bad proclaimed Charles V. (the King's brother). There is no doubt of the fact, for they have marched from Madrid, and a regiment of the Cuirassiers have been sent after them, and it is strongly suspected that they will Join the rebels. Charles is the favourite of the priests, on account of the disposition that he has always shewn to call back the Inquisition, and to favour coercive and not conciliatory measures.— 'This revolt is said to be premature and hasty,antl will on that account be easily quelled. There have been many arrests throughout the whole country within these few days. No less than 196 people were arrested lately at Seville,many of them priests and some merchants, amongst whom, I have been told, is the British Consul. There is also a re port that the French have ordered an Army of Observation in the Eastern Pyrenees ; we, how ever, saw no such preparations, and there were only 5000 men at Perpignan, and two regiments at Figueras. There were 5000 men at Barcelona, and we have two regiments of Swiss here ; one of them attends the King at the Granja ; all the Ministers went down to him the (lay before yesterday. Mr. Lamb has been there for some time. All the roads, on . the Bayonne side, are terribly infested with banditti. — A friend of mine has been robbed four times within the last three years. As he is a very good Spanish Scholar, the robbers put a cloak on the ground, and told him that his party, had nothing to fear for their personal safety, provided he would assist them in robbing the others. As the request was made under the disagreeable accom paniment of a couple of muskets, pointed at him, he very soon made a collection on the ,cloak of .ill their watches, purses, and other valuables. There has been seldom an instance of their using violence like their brethren of Calabria." [THE PUBLIC LEDGEttI Direct advices were received yesterda . y . from Napoli di Romania by a. respectable House in the City. They are dated the . 21st of July, and are the latest by several days from that city, which may be ❑ow called the principal bulwark of Greek liberty. At that time the utmost order and tranquillity prevailed there, and not the least apprehensitin of a. second hostile visit seems to have • been je,Oertained. So far, indeed, was confid - ence :.restored in- this respect, that the inhabitants had resumed their ordinary occupations, as ,in times of pro found security. The Government, too, received best of all assurances of public regard, in the zeal and alacrity with which the measures it deemed necessary to the public safety were car ried into effect. Things had, in fact, assumed so favourable an aspect, that the President of the Government (Conduriottis) thought he could take advantage of it, without any in convenience to the Public, to visit his family, whom, at the season of the greatest alarm, he had placed at Hydra. He set out only a few days before the date of our a,dvices, and was expected back on the day subsequent to it (the MI.) Captain Hamilton, of the Cam brian, was still at Napoli, with four other vessels ; and that his presence might not be liable to mis representation, he declared to such as it concern ed, that his only object was, the protection of Bri tish trade. The conduct of this intelligent officer has given universal satisfaction, which is no slight compliment to his discretion and judgment, where he had to conciliate persons of the most conflict ing opinions, and to arrange matters between parties, whose interests were, in most cases, at complete variance. Where his duties have br'ought him contact with either of the belligerents, he has always conducted himself with the strictest impartiality; and we merely mention these things, to she w the injustice with which he was charged some time since in the Foreign Journals, of having aided the Turks in their designs.— This charge is the more unjust, as it is well known that Captain Hamilton's sentiments are of a very different character, though we have not heard that he has, in a single instance, given way to them, so as to tamper with the spirit, or even the letter of his instructions, which enjoin him to observe the strictest neutrality. [MORNING HERALD.] Throughout yesterday morning the Funds exhi bited a very uncertain appearance, the most knowing ones, with all their profundity, seeming to be quite undecided whether to buy or sell for the Account. Consols opened at 87ii, but there was very little done beyond the delivery of Money Stock, which had been sold last week for yesterday, until the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Debt purchased at 87k, the price for the Account having then receded to 87ifi. From that time they improved until they reached 883, with alternate buyers and sellers, and often a slight fl:ictuation ; they closed at 84 sellers, the general appearance of the Market being not at all steady.— It is said that money is not as scarce in the house as it is out of doors, but it is admitted that 4i per cent. can be obtained on the very best security, and under those circumstances it is not to be supposed it would be invested in Consols at the present price. Exchequer Bills were again rather lower ; the large ones were 3 5 to par, and those advertised to be cancelled from 2 to par. Great anxiety was manifested to see if any further im provement would take place in the rates of Foreign Exchange, but they were fixed at nearly the same rate as on Friday, and by the last accounts no favourable change has yet taken place on the other side of the water. There are still heavy complaints against the bankers for not discounting commercial bills. There was a little bustle in some of the South American Securities, but it produced no material alteration, and, it would appear, nearly all the Foreign Stocks now hang in suspense, dependent on the price of the British. There was some trifling dabbling in some of the schemes, but it was chiefly confined to the gamblers in the alley, and of little moment. FLAX TRADE. The following. letter was received at the Bal tic Coffee-house, yesterday. Russian Consulate, London, Sept. 6. SIR-I beg to inform you that I have received an official communication from my Government, which I think may not be uninteresting to the Baltic merchants, and others, namely ; —that several merchants in Revel have united to establish a Flax Trade, in order to augment as much as possible the ex portation of that article. They have, for this purpose, engaged an expert person, well acquainted with sorting the different qualities of flax, and purpose shortly to send different qualities of Esthonian flax to the different places and countries that trade in that commodity. I remain, sir, your obedient humble Servant L. A. DE DUBATCHEFSKY. To William Wilson, Esq. Secretary to the Committee of the Baltic Coffee-house. NEW CAT•BLOCE.—Yesterday a newly invented cat-block I intended for the Druid frigate, fitting at this port, was tried on . 1 board of his Majesty's ship Britannia, to prove i ts strength ' before sending to sea, and the result being perfectly satisfactory, it has been delivered over for sea-service, in order to ascertain the merits of the invention. This improved block, we un derstand, is the invention of Mr. Bothway, gunner of his Majesty's ship Bellisle. It has been got up in the dock- ' yard here, by order of the Honburable Commissioners of 1 the Navy Board, under the superintendance of the inventor, ' and should it be found to answer, of which there can be little doubt, its general adoption will be of great convenience to the service. The chief merits of the invention consist in the de creased weight of this hitherto cumbersome article (the present block only weighing about two-thirds of that usually employed) and in the very great facility with which it may be booked to the anchor, in consequence of the alterations in its construction. It is rather remarkable that there had hitherto been no improve ment in the form of this machine within the oldest memory. We may remind our readers that Mr. Bothway is also the in ventor of the excellent machines for raising and supporting in valids in bed, now introduced into the public hospitals and medical establishments, with the high approval of the faculty. (Devonport Telegraph, Sept. 3.) The following is copied from a SNUFF..BOX, made from part of one of the beams of the Glasgow Cathedral, the only building of the kind in Scotland that was saved from destruction at the Reformation :—" Respect me for what I have been. Once I was a young and hopeful plant of nature : in the course of years I became tall, the birds of the air were happy under my shadow, and returned me their sweetest notes for the protection ; by the hand of man I was cut down, and stripped of nature's robes ; I afterwards became an arch in the Cathedral of Glasgow, and for upwards of 700 years have been a cover to the teachers in 'that sanctuary; 1 have screened alike the saint and sinner from the stormy blast ; but now I am an OUTCAST from the house of God, become a gazing stock in the hands of Man, and a part of my remains made a snuff-box.-1824." SAGACITY OF A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG.—SOIDe time ago a child was walking out with the maid-servant in George's-square, Edinburgh. The child was throwing a ball before it, whch happened to run into the middle of the street, and the child followed it. The servant just then happened to meet some one, with whom she stopped to converse, and at that moment a carriage came quickly round the corner of the square towards the child. A large Newfoundland dog, which was lying upon the pavement, darted forward, seized the child by the clothes, and laid it safely down at the feet of the servant. — (Edinburgh Paper.) A discovery has lately been made in York shire of an immense cavern, situated in the Se condary Lime-stone, described by geologists as the grandest continuation of caverns hitherto ex plored. The access to and through it is perfecfitnlye easy, and after traversing various windings ( cave scenery), you arrive at a beautiful archway, from which a passage is made through to day light, where the subterraneous v isitors arriveat an elevated terrace, nearly on the summit m ma an n d ti i e n . est o h u a r D iii: vo ro a- - I mountain in which the cavern is situated,ofcotmhe gsctehneefir; I • shire Cavern. It has obfeetahenleiegri THE PLAGUE. PARIS ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-SEC TION OF MEDICINE. At a sitting of this Institution in the last month, M. Lassis presented a Memorial to the Academy, stating his reasons for considering the plague and yellow fever not contagious. " Ancient Rome (said M. Lassis), like France, was un known to America and to the East, but nevertheless they both suffered from the yellow fever and the plague. Whenever an epidemical disease exists, it is produced by local causes, which cannot always be explained. The yellow fever is nothing but a very intense fever, accompanied by the laundice—the plague is nothing but an intense fever, attended with buboes, paro tides, &c. These pestilential buboes are absolutely the same as the pustules of the nature of carbuncles which we notice in all parts of France, and which are in a manner endemic in some of the provinces. The disorders called yellow fever and plague appear continually in all parts of ranee ; but as they are called by another name, no mention is made of contagion, and no precaution is taken. It is for this reason that they are not attended with the fatal consequences which always follow the official declaration of these maladies. The measures which are called sanitary, occasion all the accidents which they profess to prevent. At Cairo, as at Constantinople, when the plague has a contagious influence, it ravages only cer tain quarters, whilst others more healthy are always exempt from it. The plague which exists in Lower Egypt never pene trates into the Upper." M. Lassis then made some observations relative to the late epidemy at Barcelona. A Committee was formed, which de clared unanimously that contagion was but a chimera ; this Committee published the reasons upon which they had formed this opinion, which were so conclusive that they effected the conversion of a celebrated physician, who had before been at the head of the contagionists. M. Lassis presented a list of ten communes in Barcelona, inclosed within the cordon sani taire, in which 300 sick took refuge. The inhabitants commu nicated constantly with the city, but no alteration took place in their health. M. Lassis concluded by declaring that he not only did not believe that either the plague, the yellow fever, or any other typhus, was contagious, but he denied also the exist ence of infection, and he thought that the adoption of this latter opinion did not cause less - calamitous results than the idea of contagion itself. At the conclusion of the memoir, a very interesting discus sion took place in the Academy relative to contagion. M. Laennec commenced the discussion, and interrogated the au thor as to whether he absolutely denied the exitence of conta . gion in every species of disease, without restriction. M. Lassis replied, that he always excepted the measles and syphilis, but he excepted those only. Since M. Lassis," continued M. Laennec, " assimilates the malignant pustule of Burgundy to the pestilential buboes of the plague, and as he pretends that these two disorders are the same, would it not be better, according to him, to begin by making experiments on the disorder which we have now be fore us ; and thus arrive at the conclusion which, in the opi nion of non-contagionists, might be legitimately extended to the plague ?" N. Lassis replied, that the malignant pustule of Burgundy is not more malignant than the plague ; but that the experi ments which might be made on it could not undeceive the pub lic. " 'We must strike at the root of the evil," said he ; It is the plague of the Levant which is feard, and it is to the plague of the Levant that we must address ourselves." 111. Geoffrey Saint Hilaire observed, that he would commu. nicate to the Academy the result of the observations which he had himself made in Egypt. " I have never made them pub lic," added he, " either in my lectures, or by means of the journals; and though the communications which lam going to make do not positively refer to the fundamental merits of the question, yet I think they are not entirely devoid of all in terest. The plague does not reign exclusively in Lower Egypt ; it ravages sometimes the Lower and sometimes the Upper, but never both at the same time ; and it is always subordinate to the influence of the overflowing of the Nile. If this river rises very high, Upper Egypt is attacked by the plague, because it is influenced by the exhalations which rise from the damp earth heated by the sun. The lower country. On the contrary, situated beneath the place where the emanation of deleterious gases takes place, is exempt from it. The upper country remains healthy, because it is exempt from humidity • but Lower Egypt being in its turn subject to the influence of' damp and heat, is ravaged by this destructive scourge. It is, therefore, to the Nile alone that we must at tribute the plague in Egypt ; and to deliver that country from it, it would be necessary to take away that river. The Nile, throughout the course of the year, dominates over the health of the country ; and its variations totally change the medical constitutions of the regions which it waters ; and it results that these constitutions have an energy of which we have no ex ample in this country. This energy is such, that when there WI a reigning disorder, any cause of interruption to the health I whatever, produces always that disorder, and no other." Al. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire supported this position by a number of facts, among which is the following :—A waterman, after vio lent exertion, had the imprudence, whilst in a state of perspira tion, to throw himself into the river. In any other situation he would have contracted a cold or a pleurisy. In Egypt, however, the plague being raging at the time, he died the day after com mitting this rash act, as was predicted by M. Geoffrey Saint- Hilaire at the moment when it took place. The same thing happened to a soldier who was addicted to drunkenness, who having one day escaped from the vigilance of the persons ap pointed to watch him, drank to excess ; his misfortune was also predicted. "It would be useless," said M. Geoffrey Saint- Hilaire, " to enter minutely into the detail of other facts which I could cite. I have in my remembrance five or six cases exactly similar to those I have detailed. With another con stitution, the same men who died of the plague would have con- I tracted the ophthalmia of the country, or perhaps an affection of the intestinal canal ; in short, in every month, whatever we may do, we can never contract any thing but the reigning I malady; and it is possible to say with certainty before-hand such and such month I shall have such a disorder, and such and such month another. M. Louver-Villermey related a circumstance which appeared to him to strengthen the opinion as to the identity of the plague with the yellow fever. " One of the most enlightened men of America," he observed, " told me that at New York, when ever the yellow feVer manifested itself at the sea-side, the inha bitants of the port alone were affected with it ; whilst merchants and persons in easy circumstances who lived upon higher situa tions were preserved from it. Those alone who came into the plains contracted it." A similar circumstance as to a street which traverses New York, and separates the healthy from the unhealthy part of the city, was mentioned by M. Desormeaux. M. Bose related the same fact, but stated that persons might descend into the port every day without contractin the Conta gion, but that they could not with impunity make it their usual residence, or even sleep there. M. Laennec observed, that in spite of all that had been said, as to the climate being as powerful an agent in the production of the plague as the yellow fever, he thought there was no reason to believe that an identity existed between those two disorders. It was requisite then to divide the question, and to make iso lated experiments. The author then reverted to his first proposition, relative to the malignant pustule of Burgundy, and observed, that re searches on contagion should commence with an inquiry into this. 111. Pariset said, he was astonished, that in this discussion the most notorious facts relative to the late epieenly at Barce lona alone should have been brought forward. It seemed to have been forgotten that Tortosa was infected by a patient, who, on leaving Barcelona, took refuge there ; as was also Palma ; and that in the port of Mahon similar communi cations had caused the same disorder. A vessel from Lara, finding the ports of Spain shut, put into the lazaretto at Marseilles. This vessel had communicated with Mahon, and almost the whole of the crew perish e d a t M arse illes. " There is s illa n g o e in thet'perh world aps continued 111. Pariset, " a more healthy ' than Carlotta. Situate on the declivity of a hill, and removed from all species of forest or stagnant water, the air there has a free circulation, the streets being s ixty feet broad ; and yet this spot, so healthy and delightful, has suffered from the yellow fever, which had been brought there by patients affected with it. It has been said that the villages in the vicinity of Barcelona were exempt from yellow fever, in spite of the number of sick who had perished there ; but it is certain, on the contrary, that when an infected person is assiduously taken care of, either by a parent or a friend, the person who had constantly come in close contact with him is sure to contract the disorder. It is, however, true, that the new patient would scarcely ever transmit the disorder himself, for all contagious disorders lose their force in passing front an individual, other than the one who first propagated it.— Numerous facts might be cited of muleteers who, in trans porting merchandise, had brought the disorder into places where it not before existed. These facts are notorious, and I can assure you, upon my honour, that the great majority of Spanish physicians do not in any way doubt the reality of con tagion." The President observed, that as the Academy of Medicine, were to discuss the subject of contagion when the report was presented, it would be desirable to close the debate upon the subject. M. Lassis, who was about to address t he Academ y be fore closin g was ordered, contented himself with observing, that it would not be difficult to refute the assertions of M. Pariset. TRIAL FOR MURDER IN FRANC It will be remembered that we mentioned Sot months ago the assassination of M. Paul-Lauis Cou rier, was shot in a wood near his own country seat. His murder, cited a great sensation, as the commission of the deed was at ascribed to political motives. M. Courier had been long 0Z ponent of the Government, and a formidable enemy Ultras and the Fanatics. His satirical writings apPeareu , twice time to time as subjects for ridicule occurred. They. 'lO exposed their author to prosecution and imprisonme at, A his temper could not be subdued, nor his pen restrainew";,, Latterly they appeared without any printer's name, a Pil o ported to come from the press of Brussels, but were ktl ° h to be printed under his own eye, and circulated througe the medium of his friends and admirers. They alwaYs fo re t tss h httir e irusecp s ot i ui g rob n inll a iis t ac u atc r thti e hoan o er af,cthPeer. scandalousai . ec C tceohdutrhtioeeribeaabp usurpationsup t analw h y e when s u h e e s Judget n e d c a f , l l A ec oo , t tetlf his productions only circulated amo d his opinions, or enjoyed his wit, and could not be obtained tiT, booksellers. No publication, therefore, could be proved , Al f any evidence of his authorship adduced against biol• papers were always of a playful and humorous character, 1 1 4 . 0 agor of thosehis i name, i o e . s a h l ten in a quint ironical style, and pointed with surprisini, e".O, against arbitrary power and hypocritical cant. The ./ e W"at the old Noblesse, and the Bourbon Dynasty, were the constiso themes of his attack. It is remarkahle that a man wit ° t a tD appeared to devote his life to writing of political s quibs, o , l3 „ t a i l court popularity by exposing himself to persecution, -and have been both one of the best officers in the French servier,Ter the second, if not the first, Hellenist of his country. vollta, Buonaparte he had attained the rank of Captain of Engirt the and might haveexpected rapid promotionhad he continued iO4 army under the Bourbons. But his political principles Igo" not allow him to retain his commission. Even under NaP ° t , of h w e ha sh t o h w e e t c h l ohuisghitnitlhepeefnolleinesceooffdlneincdo,uarnt.d Whendared to lau to g n o gentry began to resume the deposed de, which market:letter; be people of family, 111. Courier was asked how he woult troduce the honorary particle into his name. To this he Tel d+ that he did not think of changing his title, but if lie d.'," d i e s. could think of nothing better than • P. L. Courier des Known to be thus of what are called Jacobin principles, fi r st hostile to the ruling party in France, his death was /it ascribed to the effect of fanatical zeal. s of The trial of the assassin came on at the Court of Assiz e „ r o- Tours on the 31st ult. The following is an outline of the r ceedings of the first day : w as At eleven o'clock the proceedings began. The accuse" ee d introduced. His demeanour was calm,' and his face ev irj c oat great simplicity. He answered the questions put to hitt), and his name was Louis Frimont, that lie was 39 years age' Th e that he had been gardener and forest keeper to M. C o uriet ° . t act of indictment was then read, by which it appeared at the Courier left his house at eleven o'clock on the morning 0 ' bie 17th of April, and that not having returned in the e vening' t he long absence excited alarm. Search having been made °l,(let' following day, his body was found pierced with three `OOO- slugs, which had been fired at him. The prisoner Wee pected and arrested. He could give no account of what " doing or where he was the day of the murder. A leaden pipe was found, of which a part had been c ut o s ' The lead found in the body of M. Courier exactly w e e l :l es what the pipe had lost. Part of a journal had been h e de' wadding, which had likewise entered the bodY t OO 4 ceased, and this journal was missing from the rim ofF ri The when the preceding and following numbers were found' defence which the accused made to these circumstances of was contradictory. The examination of the witnesses for the prosecu commenced. urie r k tv Sieur Moreau, garde-champetre, stated that 'M old C° tended to sell part of his property, and that he ha t h e w oe ness that he would appoint him wendkeeper, as F ri e rli gore ° to leave his place in the month of April. On the lilt' he ecle went to seek for M. Courier. He found the body on to ,! of the wood, and cried out—" Ah ! here is our me 9.0 01 1; When Frimont came up, Moreau said to him, l4 ° T rop k c" master is no more." Frimont looked at the body, an ,„,t, "' It is true." He showed apathy, and was no way Int",:d ths Mier'anie Courier, the widow, was called.—She deP°'',etsbe, she was 22 years of age. Her voice was at first feeble_,T; boa e gradually recovered from her agitation. She was f a l- t ? ter , at the time of the murder, and returned two clay b s immediately suspected Frimont, though she had much confidence in him. Frimont, instead of coratnFer to ted,. as he had used to do, avoided seeing her. M. C 1 1,0 .1 long been dissatisfied with Frimont's coneuct, and c l e dismiss him, The prisoner had been kept in his fie ; Pl3 Pe; through the iterference of the witness in his favour. got drunk, was extremely violent, and his ma vi st ab a : t t i o o tt tli t i : e e ' , , i t n erni ten i t n io e n d . to T di re w iss itn h e i s m a . dd ed, had come to the conclusion that a man who had heL ni t. years a faithful servant was the murderer of her hus"%/0 CoAurilearb,owuarsern,ewxtheoxahmadinewda_nteodnttohepurnrocirinagg of saw Louis Frimont, but they could not agree about Frimont stood out for two francs, and would not coa2 ° ,,, ee lleo_ er He got into a passion about his master, whom; it se s ea' wretch and a brigand, and added, " He will pay than he imagines." a fter The prisoner denied having used this language . other important depositions the Court adjourned. mth°antt it was w aaswv,a.ri et with ofdare rntil,el) COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Sept. . ti. e• instel dam ig Ditto, at Sight iq 4 . _ Rotterdam . -j• Antwerp . 37 i i U p fiamburgh .) -1 I O ti ' , Altona .. -t , ''''''' 02 0 i s Paris,B Day's sight Ditto Ilourdeaux, ditto Berlin Frankfort on the Nlain ''''' . • • Pete' sbnrgh 9 " t ie Vienna 9 59 fire c, , , _ 4' : Trieste si tre cl o Mad rid • - ' 31 P Cadiz .................................. llilboa ................................. 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Lady off , 08 At Henley.park, on the 3d inst., of a son. i . r/ e i Yesterday, in Upper Seymour-street, the - -. 1 • Esq., of a son and heir. t be Wif e Yesterday, at his house in Russell-squa re, °i ll Platt, Esq., of a daughter. the 16" At Bloomfield-lodge, Norwood, Surrey , _______,/ Hamilton, Esq., of a son. the lady 01 Kent of 50 MARRIED. ~..,, CO the Ly o2 l, l‘ R lo . n N d . E ., ty t , n th t e ,n s e t y h i i , n n s u l i . s ,: ------- at yTehuaizeess. t vLt t ti ° g %ter o ii i e ° o oie' ri n l ' o ; Lord Edward Fitzgerald. ' i l l y. 0 .-if o c On Monday, the sth inst., at St• John's, ' t i l e i a o f daughter Hon. East India Company's Bengal. ruilitarY s v. r , 1 )- r ; 0 , y' • - to W s ' E P s i O r g i h .: o r to n hf e , former place. o tl o3ffd p R ii Ti e neh l ds d ot -m.ll, Lion-square, t g n e_ Bils , igra( t ujr o aatdirnw : r a l a bseqll,a 0 1' 1 thate rli ri t i i c , :: v ,.. tsf; ,01),T pert'' DIED J 5 g E s O q. n , nSfultVoaeyd,-htlninL.s.4e,thEinnssit..heanti,l3o,rnocatfitili; i‘ ci f f 5 1it. ..L: 41;5 5 :4 1r; treor c Lieutenants, and a Magistrate for the cot siw o h tr• 4 On the 28th ult., at her son's house at, he la te ' ilio r' year of her age, Mrs. Bugden. widoi or t''' I,lo' l ' Bugden, formerly of Great Tower-street' M °11 1 ° 1; # 1 0 . " cl‘llZsrtt,:stelsill 6W(Ir livarlt; On Monday, the sth inst., at his hes ea r Of q v, ~ Walworth, Mr. William Gles, in the 13: 6, ' Xf of ' . life' W e On Thursday, the let inst., Anna, the roof dale' coate, Esq., of Lindfield, Sussex. f tiir iCe6' On Monday, the sth inst., Mr• Batten' ° ctotlei wyn, Herts, aged 74. 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