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~~~-, professedly for the purpose of liquidating a debt due to the firm, yet no part of it had been re-ap plied, although more than sufficient to pay the debt due by Jackson had already been received from his estate ; that Mr. Egar had at an early period been guilty of forgery ; and that that f ac t, coupled with several acts of deceit commit ted by Mr. Egar since his return to, England, made him (Mr. Hoskins) strongly suspect Mr. Egar'sgood faith and integrity. All this, and a good deal more of a similar nature, was contained in Mr. Hooking's letter ; and the consequence was, that Mr. Sutcliffe refused to proceed to execute the order of the Master of the Rolls. Not only had he refused to do this, but he had also refused to deliver up the papers to Mr. Egar, who had employed him as his solicitor; and Mr. Egar was therefore obliged to apply to that Court, and claim the interposition of its authority, in order to compel Mr. Sutcliffe to restore what he so unjustly retained. These were the circumstances under which Mr. Egar had the misfortune to find himself placed. After commenting at considerable length upon the merits of the case, the Learned Counsel submitted, that the Court had nothing before it in the way of evidence to refuse his motion for the delivering up of the papers into Mr. Egar's hands. This was the extent of the motion. Mr. Egar was willing that the order for the payment of the money should be suspended until the validity of the power of attorney could be investigated. Mr. RotwEr. followed on the same side. Mr. HEALD, in opposition to this motion, declared that Mr. Sutcliffe had resisted the delivery of these papers under his advice as counsel. lie had felt it ids duty, as the legal adviser of Mr. Sutcliffe, to re commend his taking the opinion of the Court before lie subjected his professional character to any reflec tions in giving up his'papers, after it was positively SNVOCU by Mr. Hoskins that his power mast be a for gery ; and he contended that in doing so, he had ncted a wise and honourable part. The VICE-CUANCELLOR thought the most remar kable thing connected with the case was, that al though the power of attorney suspected to be forged seemed both signed by the same person, yet the handwriting differed very materially from that of a letter written by Jackson, and acknowledged to be so by, both sides. He suggested the propriety of allowing the matter to stand over until Thursday _next, in order to afford time for their production. As the VICE-CHANCELLOR was about to rise, )Jr. WAKEFIELD begged to remind his _Honour that the outer-bar had not been called upon to move during the whole day. The VICE-CHANCELLOR could not possibly help that. The Seal had occupied several days. • Mr. WAKEFIUD—And yet the motions were not exhausted. ...... _ The IV iCE-CHANCELLOR did not see bow this was to be remedied. Mr. NITAKEHELD said, it was not for him to die ' tate a remedy to his Honour, nor had he any wish to do so. • He did not speak for himself individually, but spoke as the senior of the outer bar then pre sent. In Sir Thomas P'—ier's time, the Court called upon as many (i :r bar as were pre- Fent, and then began with Cu:7! :fluter bar, which it never left to return to the ;mice ;far until it had called upon all the outer bar present. Sir John Leach altered that practice. . Mr. ITE,...LD said, it did not appear to him that if that practice were recurred to, it would remedy the ;matter Irma. They could never get the whole of ihe inner bar to till in. The VICE-CHANCELLOR again intimated his inabi lity td.Apply any remedy to the inconvenience com plained d. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dec. 8. 111.11tlaY L. REEVES. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, to recover the sum of 1051. from the defendant, upon an nndertaking which he had given as an attorney. The defendant pleaded he was not liable, and there upon issue wAs The facts were. shortly these Irishman of the imme of Shearer was some short time ago in volved in pecuniary diffiCulties, from which he sought to extricate himself by megnm of the Insolvent Act. A day was appointed by the COmmissioners of the Insolvent Cote for the hearing of this petition. On that day his discharge was opposed by the - present plaintiff, Mr. Murray, one of his creditors; and his petition was ordered to stand over for further hearing on a future day, on the ground, as Mr. Attorney- General stated, and as Mr. Campbell denied, that he had been guilty of a fraudulent concealment of property. Before the day arrived on which Mr. Shearer was to be brought a second time before the Commissioners of the insolvent Court, Mr. 'Reeves cAlled on Ir. Murray, and induced him to withdraw his soppesition, by undertaking, on behalf of the in- Folvent, to allow him to be appointed assignee to his estate, to furnish him with a copy of his mar riage settlement, and the names of the tenants of certain houses Co Limerick which he held under it, and to pay him s lithin a given time the sum of LAM for tho use of the creditors generally. That time had now elapsed, ai:d not more than 20/. had been paid 'to the plaintiff on Behalf of the insolvent. The plaintiff was therefore undfr the necessity of bringing his action to recover the baslanee due to him upon that undertaking. The ATTORNEy-GENERAL contended tii:.At the plaintiff could not recover in this action for two rC..'l - :—Firs that he brought this action as assignee of an insolvent, without having obtained the consent of the major part of the insolvent's creditors, as the act required; and secondly, that the undertaking on which the action was brought was contrary to the policy of the Insolvent Act, and therefore void. Mr. CAMPBELL, on the other side,contended that the plaintiff was competent tobring this action either in his individual capacity or in his character as an assignee. On the suggestion of Lord TENTERDEN,' it was ngreo that the plaintiff should take a verdict for 1051., with liberty for the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit, on the points just raised, or to make such other motion as ha might think fit. Lord TENTERDEN, at the conclusion of the cause, intimated that these compromises, which put an end to the. inquiries before the commissioners into the property of an insOlVent,itere a species of contract which in his opinion ought not to be encouraged, nowieLL V. 13A 1110017. Mr. CARRINGTON opened the pleadings. This was an action of trover brought by the plaintiff to recover possession of a box of c lothes from the de fendant, 'rue defendant pleaded " not guilty," and thereupon isT.uc WIIS joined. Mr. PoLLocg said tha the 1 ; tiff p_a_n____ vvae a w oman in a low condition x. 4 life, who in September last became a servant upon trial to the defendant, Mr. Barnett, a gentleman residin in one of the streets near Bedford-square. After She OA been in hi s ser vice for four days, she becatne disconteted with her situation and left it. On the next day she pent for ,her clothes. Mrs. Barnett refused to deliver them up without first receiving from her a tamith's wages, on the ground that the contract between tbem was founded on the principle of a month's wages or a month's warning. In consequence of thAt refusal a writ way sued out against the defendant, and imme diately afterwards, on the 30th of f.7.4eptember, the plaintiff received from him the clothes he had de tained. If the costs which the plaintiff had incur-, red at that time bad been discharged by the defend- "t ,- he would have heard nothingmore of this action . The J4 r7 returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da- Images Is. Lord TENTLR,EN..This is a disgraceful action, and ought not to have been brought. "iLti r s e. JOSXPII. Mr. CArtntticrosl opened t h e pleadings. This was an action brought b y co mpensation in damage, the plaintiff to recover a for the injury which he bad sustained in consec. , .-na! ( ! rlf sundry defamato r y wor d s s poken of hi m : , y the,' defendant. The de fendant pleaded thathe w ' i.-,","tgtri, 'witness called.lty," and there upon issue was was joined. Solomon Solomons was * the first. He was dressed in a white great coat, and wore a oragin cap on his head all the time he was giving fg his testimony. His manner was very energetic, and not a little theatrical; and his enunciation so rapid, that the Court was obliged to stop the torrent of his words on more than .one occasion. He deposed as follows :—" I know the defendant Isaac Joseph. I must have seen him in the month of May last, because I was in the habit of going at that time every day to a place where he was. lam afraid that I - cannot come to the particulars you Wald', without entering into some preliminary discussions." The witness here flew off at a tangent from the question usk'd him by Mr. CARIZINGTONOVIIO was examining him. Being called to order, he continued, " I cannot answer your question, without giving you some previous account as to Lord TENTERDEN.—You can, you must, and you shall. The witness proceeded.—l understood the witness to say — Lord TENTERDEN.—You can't understand hint— give us the words—what did he say ? The witness proceeded—The defendant said that Mr. Phillips, jun. had been With his elder brother, Mr. Phillips, sen., to serve a writ, or something in law.—for I don't exactly understand your law phrases—(a laugh)—upon a lady, and that, whilst Mr. Phillips, sen., was engaged in executing the legal business, Mr. Phillips, jun. bad appropriated to himself some plate that was lying on the table or the sideboard, I cannot tell which; that the lady, who had her eyes fixed on a looking-glass, saw him pocket it in the reflection, and that the matter was subsequently hushed up through the mediation of Mr. Phillips, sen., the plaintiff's elder brother. Mr. CATRItINGTON-6ive US exact words he used. Lord TENTERDEN-Why, he has given you the words, and, with the exception of one point, as you want them. Mr. CARRINGTON repeated his question. Witness—You put me to a hard task. You ask me for the very words of your declaration. How am Ito give them; if I meet you or any other friend in the street, and you ask me " How do you do ?" how em I to tell you three months afterwards whether your words -were " How are you ?" or " How do you do ?"—(Loud laughter.)—l have not recollection for that, I assure you.—(Another laugh.) - Mr. GURNEY—What are you, Sir ? Witness, with great pomp, and apparent self content, replied, " I am au imppovisatori. '—(Roars of laughter.) Lord TENTERDEN—Are you sure that the de fendant's words were " appropriated ?" Witness—l can't say that they were ; but they were something to that tenour. The words laid in the declaration not having been proved, the plaintiff was nonsuited. GILKES V. BARFOOT. Mr. WIGUTUAN stated the case for the plaintiff. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a man in a humble station, to recover a compensation in damages for a false imprisonment which he had sus tained through the malice of the defendant, a publi can iu Curtain-road, Shoreditch. Two witnesses, of whom the watchman who re ceived the charge from the defendant was one, were called to substantiate the plaintiff's case. Mr. TALFOURD, for the defendant, admitted that the plaintiff had been sent to the watch-house, but not upon a charge given by the defendant. Mr. WIGHTDIAN replied ; and after a short charge from Lord Tenterden, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Dameges One Farthing. ADMIRALTY COURT, DEC. 8. IN THE MATTED OF TWO SLAVES NAMED JOHN SMITH AND RACHEL. This case which was argued in part the third ses sions of this term, it will be recollected, was an ap peal from the sentence of the Vice-Admiralty court at Antigua, on an information at the suit of an offi cer of the Customs, who had seized the two slaves in question, on the ground of a contravention of the sLive laws. The two slaves originally belonged to Mrs. Kirwanof Antigua, from whom the property in them came to Mrs. liavercamp during life, and after her death they (along with others) were to be the joint property of her daughters. Major Watts, an officer in a West India regiment, the husband of one of the daughters, took these two slaves with him as domestic servants to Gibraltar, where lie gave them a certificate by which he liberated them, as far as he was concerned, and they were sent by General Don, the Governor of Gibraltar, to Barba does. On their arrival at that island, application was made to Lord Combermere, the then Governor, by the executor of Mrs. Kirwan, for their being given up, and his Lordship accordingly sent them to An tigua, where they were some time after seized.— It was contended, first, that the slaves, being free Gibraltar, were induced to return to the colony by the idea that they were really manumitted, and that therefore their return was not voluntary. Se cond; that on their transit from Barbadoes to An tigua they were unaccompanied by the bond and licence required by law, and were consequently for feited. Dr. DopsoN (in the absence of Dr. Jenner, who is still confined by indisposition) now replied on behalf of the owners, who were the respondents. The Learned Advocate admitted that the slaves were free at Gibraltar. lie contended that there was no legal fraud, as was alleged, in the removal of the slaves from Gibraltar to Barbadoes. The instrument of manumission was informal ; it bore upon the face of it a doubt on the part of Major Watts of his right to enfranchise the slaves. As to the possession of the slaves having been given to him by the owner, and thereby an implied power to manumit, it appeared in the evidence that the slaves, whilst absent at Gib raltar, bad been so registered by their owner. The Learned Advocate was then proceeding to argue that the lapse of time put the appellant out of Court, when Lord STOW ELL observed, he 'should not decide the case upon that ground. His Lordship then gave sentence. This was as char a case as had ever been brought before the Court. Tice slaves were not the property of Major Watts or of his wife at the time when the pretended manumission took place. As the property did not vest in that officer, he had no power of disposing .of it, On the death of the grandmother, the property became tile mother's for life ; the possession was vested in the executor. He applied, us 90011 as he was called upon to assert his claim, to Lord Combermerc. His claim waa ad mitted. It woo the law of the Colony, that an executor should be ,entitled to the possession of the slaves, responsible to the owners. The bequest of the slaves had been made by the grandmother to her daughter for life, with reversion to her four grand daughters, between whom the property was to be equally divided; " and I cannot conceive," said his. Lordship, " what right these people had to proceed against the slaves, or to interfere in the matter." General Don, who sent them to Barbadoes, because there were other persons going there, sent there in the most convenient way ; there was no occasion for' two 44 three ships to be employed. They were sent, pot to their place of destination, but for convenh•nce to Barl,,adoes, where Lord Comber mer.2 had acted with respect to them in a discreet and proper inauuer. He was not bound ho ;tatutes respecting merchants; he was a cam - pander-in-chief and governor. ." lam not," said his Lordship," to watch sitar a transaction as this with suspicion. I do not think that suspicion ought to be indulged towards persons who • are appointed to those high situations on account of their trustworthiness. Neither do 1 see any impropriety in the manner in which lie cat Tied the measure into execution. As to his not consulting his law officers, lie did consult them; he did not act on his own authority merely. I see nothing in the esse)which is not perfectly clear; I have not a single doubt upon the subject. I there fore pronounce against the appeal, and affirm the sen tence of the Court below. Costs as in the other case. IN nix MATTER. OV A SLAVE NAMED JACX In this case th e f ac t s , wh i ch were not in disPut e ' a re shortly these :---The slave in question ran away from Antigua, and entered on board his Majesty's ship Cygnet Whilst that vessel was in the road stead of Antigua, he was taken out of it, with the consent of the commander, who gave him up, and he was returned to his owner. In January, 1826, he was seized by the same officer who had been the seizer in the other cases, and proceedings were instituted against the owners on an information, in the same terms and to the same effect as the others. The Vice Admiralty Court had pronounced in fa vour of the owners. Dr. Dons -o», on behalf of the owners, supported the sentence. This was the case of a runaway slave ; it was alleged that he was taken from on board the King's ship in 1810; but he was really taken thence in 1800; and the statute was not in force till 1807. He would admit, however, that the transaction took place in 1810. It was the opinion of all the Judges m the Court of Common Pleas, in the case of " Williams and Brown," that a runaway slave returning to the colony he had quitted, might not only be treated as a slave, but be punished. The KING'S ADVOCATE, for the appellant, said, that us this slave had enjoyed his liberty, had been employed on board a King's ship, which was Bri tish territory, and had beeu taken thence by force, he submitted to the Court that the circumstances of this case distinguished it from the rest. The de cision, of the Court of Common Pleas was not to the effect that slaves might return to their former state of slavery. _ _ tord STOWELL—It was settled so. The KING'S ADVOCATE—I iiubrait that it was no part of the case before them. Lord STOWELL—They had a right to decide it, and they di..l decide it. TheKING'S ADVOCATE.-1 do not wish to con tradict your Lordship. Dr. LUSIIINGTON, on the same side, relied upon the case of " Forbes v. Cochrane," in the Court of King's Bench. This was no case of voluntary re turn; the slave had been forced from on board a King's ship, in which he served. No such circum stance had occurred in any preceding case. The decision in the present would govern future cases, and if adverse to the appeal, would give the local authorities power to take out of his Majesty's ships of war any black slaves they might have in the ca pacity of mariners. In the case which he had quoted Lord Chief Justice Best had it down that it was the privilege of a British ship of war that the persons on hoard it enjoyed the same rights as in England, and he added, that if in the case before him any at tempt had been made to force the slaver from on board, and death had ensued, the persons making the attempt would have been guilty of murder. The point in this case was of considerable importance; circumstances might require King's ships to recruit their crews with black seamen ; the consequences of a decision in this case might occasion great danger and detriment. Dr. DODSON thought his Lordship would have no dotibt upon this case. Lord STOWELL—None whatever. I have no doubt in affirming the sentence, They go back to a history of twenty years of this man's life, telling us of all his pursuits, and that he was a jolly fellow. Had he been properly discharged from the King's service, he might have been a free subject in virtue of his discharge. The KING'S ADVOCATE hoped that it would be considered that his Learned Friend (Dr. Lushington) and himself had done no more than their duty in bringing these cases before the Court. Lord STOWELL—Certainly. I have now, said his Lordship, finished the review of the cases brought before me. I have discharged them to the satisfaction of my own conscience, though not per imps satisfactorily to others; that I cannot help. It is •a duty incumbent on me to remind the parties who bring forward these prosecutions, that it is a matter which requires considerable caution, and more than they happen to have shown in these particular eases. I am unwilling to dwell upon the subject, and I impute no improper motives : they have been mis led by their own views in proceeding to the extent they have. His 'Lordship then adverted to anotller' matter of complaint,—the want of information to which *be whole case was subject, .owing .!;:bl;ab- Bence of the necessary papers, which eisebahbased the laborious and painful inquiry which the Court bad to go through. if nay similar case should again arise, his Lordship hoped that the Court would 'be furnished in proper time with the proper evidence to guide it. His Lordship repeated his satisfaction at closing the subject. Dr. DonsoN stated, that another question re- : mained—whether the slaves were to be restored, or their value. _ _ Lord STownu.—Don't lot me Lave any more questions, I beg. . . THE MALTA. This was a suit for wages, instituted by John Walker, the mate of the Malta, Captain Young, which vessel was condemned by the Vice-Admiralty Court at Sierra Leone, for slave trading, for which offence the Captain was tried at the Admiralty Ses sions in Oct. 1826, and acquitted. The vessel has been sold, and the proceeds are in the registry, pend ing the result of an appeal to this Court. Dr. Dopsolv, for the owners, offered an allegatioa exceptive to the testimony of two witnesses. Dr. LusnmvroN, for 'the mariner, opposed. its admission, and complained of the delay of the suit on the part of the owners. The Cowl/. rejected the allegation, but rescinded the conclusion of the cause, to admit the evidence and the former allegation. The KING'S ADVOCATE, on the part of the cap tors, moved the Court to permit the sum of 15n1. to be paid out of the proceeds, for the expencee in curred in removing the vessel to England. Dr. LUSHINGTON, who \vas Counsel for the owners in this motion, opposed it as irregular and unjust. The COURT refused the motion till the hearing of the cause. The first Salisbury Ball for the season was held at the Assembly Rooms on Wednesday evening', and was attended by most of the principal families of the neigh bourhood.—Dorset Chronicle. FRENCH PARTRIDGE NATURALIZED.-- By the following statement we come to the conclusion, that the attempt to breed the French or red legged par tridge in this country has proved successful. On Monday, the 12th tilt. a sportsman of Newbury, wounded and cap to a and w ond tured, upon the Manor of Combe, Hants, a very singular though beautifully - coloured partridge. The bird is of the usual size of partridges , the beak and feet deep red, the neck encircled with cuckoo - coloured pen - feathers, the breast wood pigeon; b vewith u sof b t ack, sky-blueand tail each side of the breast the feathers are completely varie gated. Indeed this little stranger, take it all in all, is far more handsome than that beautiful bird the..pheasant. Th e alie feathers, u similar partridge{ilar bird is recovered from its wound, and is now in the posses sion of Mr. Barn), of Newbury.—Berks Chronicle. SUPERIS SADDLE.—At the last siege of flliurtpore, when that redoubted fortress, which had suc cessfully resisted all previous attacks, and had been deemed impregnable by the whole native population of India, was reduced by Lord COSIBERMEILE and his gallant army, the state saddle of the usurper DooaJuN SA UL fell into the hands of a young and meritorious officer, the son of a re spectable merchant of this city, who transmitted the trophy to his father as a monument of the achievement in which La had participated: Soon after its arrival we were favoured with' an InSpecticn of this highly curious and interesting p i ece of workmanship; aril we can safely way it is the n of the kind we ever had an Opportunity i o f o s s e t superb e i ng .l ti n ling form it somewhat resembles that of the saddles used by the 51ameliikes ; the neat is of rich crim son velvet, stuffed with the finest cotton ; the ponnuel, which is c onsiderably raised, and ornamented with a figure somewhat r esembling the pendulous ears of an elephant, is of silver inlaid with gold ; the posterior part is also of silver ; the flaps and breast-plate are composed of stuff richly em broidered iu silver ; in short, it is altogether a magnificent thing, and when we consider to whom it belonged, and tinder what eircurnstanc!rn it was obtained, fully as carious as magnificent. . as the lia r* , and t h e st i rrup . th emse l ves The 41,111 p -straps were of the same richly embroid e r e d stud Of massive silver ; but they have unfortunately disappeared. This interesting relic deserves the immediate attention of the So c i e t y o f Scottish Antiquaries, who, we trust, will not lose a moment in securing it f or their valuable an d daily inc reas i ng collection of raritim. Caledonian Mem. FOREIC4N IN'TELLIGTNCE FRENCH I'M 'RRS. . (From the Gazette de France of Saturday.) We take the following from the A uysb4eph Gazette : ODESSA, Nov. 16.—The letters from Constantinople of the I I tlr confirm the news that the Porte is preparing to answer by an energetic resistance to the measures of inter vention resolved on by the Powers ; but when we think on the means which it has at its disposal, we can scarcely imagine that they can lead to any result. The greatest tranquillity had prevailed up to that time at Constanti nople, and the embargo on the ships of the three Powers, a measure which it has considered as hostile, wits tire only act of reprisal that had been executed. Our commerce in the Mediterranean will suffer severely by it. It is believed here that the army will soon pass the Pruth with the consent of the other Powers, and that the occupa tion of the two Principalities must be considered as an European measure which cannot give them any uneasiness. JASSY, Nov. 10.—The Russian Commissioners have just arrived here, who are appointed to settle the demarca tion of the frontiers according to tLe stipulation of the Con vention of Akermann. A Russian me s senger has passed through this city, on his way to Bucharest. Nov. 16.—1 t is affirmed that a Hatti Scheriff of the Sultan has been received, which orders the Mussulnians to rise en masse. " Our hereditary enemies, the Russians," says this document, " must not escape the punishment which they have merited; and every good Mutsulman will feel it to be his duty to inflict just vengeance on them."— Hitherto the Hospodar has hesitated to publish this doeu ment ; the vicinity of Russia imposes on the Authorities of the two Principalities the greatest prudence in the' execution of the orders which they receive from. Constan tinople. The llnssi,m army is so concentrated as to be able to march on the shortest notice. It is said that in this case, the command will be taken by Count Wororixow, who is expected irons St. Petersburgh at Kischenoff. ltuctiAwtsT, Nov. 14.—According to'the last accounts from Constantinople, the Ambassadors of the three AI Powers Were still in that city ou the I I tit, and seemed to be engaged on the answer to a note from the Porte, which they had received on the Bth. It was not known whether they would ask for their passports after deliverk their reply, or whether they would wait for further instructions from their Courts ; it was thought, however, that they would consider it incompatible with their dignity to remain any longer at a Court where their mission might be con sidered as terminated. The Plenipotentiaries of Prussia and Austria, and dime of the Powers of the second rank, continued their inter course with the Porte, and did not seem to be making any preparations to depart. The Porte was snaking the most serious preparations. The public officers and functionaries of every rank had assumed the military habit to comply with the general appeal. The Janissaries in the fortresses on the Danube were to be immediately assembled on that line. Fresh troops had been sent to Redschsd Pacha with orders vigorously to support the operations of Ibrahim. Nov. 20.—The Ilospodar has to-day received news ac cording to which the three Ambassadors quitted the (vi tal on the 15th. The Porte in its answer to their last joint note, is said to have demanded an indemnity for the dis asters at Navarin, the suspension of the executive measures of the 6th July, and a reparation for the infraction of the law of nations. PIOUS, Dae. have not received from our cor respondents any news from Constantinople of a later date than up to the l2th. The result of the interview of Count Guillewinot with the Nis Etlluidi was looked forward to. The van-guard of the Russian army entered Twirls on the 24th October. It took prisoner Maysn Khan, who is considered as the chief author of the war. (From the Quotidivine.) MADRID, Nov. 26.—The insurgent leader, named Es eudero, many of whose followers had been taken and shot at Alcala, is now a prisoner, and will soon suffer the punish ment due to hie crimes. It is said that the Duke of San Carlos, our Ambassador to Paris, will immediately receive instructions to demand, in concert with certain foreign Diplomatists, the evacua tion of Spain lay the French troops. (From the Constitutionnel. ) MADRID, Nov. 26.—There 18 D. report here that a regiment of infantry, in garrison at Grenada, hare de serted to the Carlists of Catalonia. The Royalist volunteers of many towns have addressed the King, praying that he would change his Ministers. There is a great dispute going on at Tarragona, where two Priests, a Canon and a Monk, have been condemned by the Secular Authority. .-The Ecclesiastical Authority refuses to degrade these individuals, and without this for. reality of degradat*na no Ecclesiastic can be subjected to the punishment of death, or any other punishment either painful or ignominious. It is said that the Count d'Es pagna has determined to dispense with the formality, a thing without auy precedent in Spain. A Coun c il o f Ministers was held on Saturday, the object of which is said to have been to devise means for raising money to provide for the necessities of the State. (From the Journal des Debuts.) PARIS, Nov. B.—lt appears from the examination of the results of tho last elections that out of 428 Deputies, which compOse the new caumber, only tBl formed part of the old, and that there are full 247 ne , 7 Deputies. Deputies Deputies. re-elected. new. Total. By the 247 Colleges of Arrondisse- nit '79 Ditto of Departments 82 88 165 6 Ditto Unique 9 7 16 ,t4l 428 Of the 332 Presidents of the Colleges of the Arrondis sements and Departments, 50 were Peers of France ; and, consequently, the number of Presidents as candidates was reduced to 282, of which 119 only were elected. 47 by the 247 Colleges of the Arrondissement. 73 by those of the Departments. 3 by the Colleges Uniques. . _ _ 163 Candidates out of the 282 have not been elected. All the Opposition Deputies who sat in the former Chamber, amounting to 81, hare been re-elected, with the exception of 10. Thus, of the 181 Ancient Deputies, 71 are of the Opposition, and 110 Ministerialists ; of the 157 new Deputies, named by the Colleges of the Arron dissements, there are reckoned 137 of the Opposition, and 20 Ministerialists ; of the 83 new Deputies, named by the departments, they reckon 52 of the Opposition, and 31 Ministerialists. ' In fine, of the seven new Deputies, named by the Col leges Unique, five are reckoned for the Opposition, and two for the Ministers. So that the new Chamber is as follows :-- _ _ Opposition. Ministry. Total. Late Deputies re-elected 7l 110 181 New Deputies. In the Colleges of the Arron- dissements In the Colleges of thQ Depart- meats In the Colleges of the Uniques 5 2 7 Total 26b 163 428 Out of which we must deduct for double nominations 2B 1 29 There will remain on opening the Chambers 237 162 399 (From the Gazette de France, of Dec. 9.) FRANK: oar, Dac. 4.—lt was in consequence of the complaints made by the Legations of France, England, and Russia, to the Diet at Frankfort, that the journal of this city was obliged to insert the declaration in reply to its ob servations on the three European Admirals. PARIS, DEC. B.—The Moniteur of to-day publishes a Royal ordinance respecting the rules to be followed in our colonies for the acceptance of donations and legacies in favour of the churches, the poor, and public establishments. In conformity with the King's intention, the officers and corps of the division of Barcelona are now re-entering France, as we have announced ; and as soon as they have arrived place themselves on the peace establishment. The general officers, the officers of the staff, &c., receive the Perpignan notice of the destination assigned them by the Minister of War.—Echo du Midi. Seguier, first President, after opening yesterday the sitting of the first Chamber of the Royal Court of Jus tice, repaired to his Cabinet, where the preliminary pro ceedings relative to the events of the 19th and 20th of No vember were continued. A great number of witnesses were heard, and a great Many more r emain to be ex a . Wined. LIES OP TIIE DAY. The Courier ..Praneuis.—.— ,, Me A srs. de Pastoret and de Martinac have refused to enter into the Ministry. " Four of the Alinisters have tendered their resigna tions, Esc. The King has accepted all these resignations, and has chosen the Prince de Polignac to organise a new ;Ministry." (The Gazette de France doers not contain any intelli genes whatever respecting Turkey.) (From the Quotidionne.) PARIS, nEc. B .—Letters from Alexandria in Egypt, which have leached Marseilles, A n no unce that the Iva. ~,; ; t. ctu have apin revolted against the Paella of Egypt. Somr troops which were sent against thew have been beate. Ar•ording to letters from Corfu, of the Ilth November, Ibrairn Paella, since the battle of Navarin, has been en camyenear sfodon, where he remained in a state of inaction. (Front the Constitutionnel.) 1 3 .trus,JtC. 8.--There is a report this evening in the political treks about a change of Ministry. The change spoken of could be merely a continuation of the Ministry of M. Vil let. We feet some difficulty in giving credit to a report what includes the names of individuals whose ac cession to rich a coalition would deprive them of all that public esteem Nhich they have been labouring for some years to olutin. i (Front the Journal des Davis.) PAatef,DECEMBER B.—;-The inquiry relative to the events o the 19th and 20th is going on with activity. There ar great many depositions yet to be taken. The inquiry 14nincipally directed to ascertain whether the gen darmernond the troops of the line', before they fired, sum moned t r t assembled multitude to disperse, according to the formprescribed by law. These who were arrested, as well as tae inhabitants of the Rue St. Denis, declare they heard n( summons. The 4dy of the late Baron de Stael has been safely deliveretfof a son. It is a subject of rejoicing that a name, having s 4 many titles to glory, is not likely to become extinct. . The return to the Catalonian division of the French troops commenced on 6.: ',Moth November, on which day the 41st regiment of infantry entered Perpignan. THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN. (From the Gazette de France.) RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. (Extraordinary Sapplament of the Journal de St retersburgh.) Sr. PErEnsawacit, Nov. 20.—An estafette from Flo rence has just brought the official news of a great naval battle fought between the united squadrons of Russia, Eng land, and France, and the Turco-Egyptian fleet, on the 20th October last, in the Bay of Navarin. Ibrahim i'acha had entered into an engagement with Sir E. Codrington and M. de Rigny, commanding the naval forces of France awl England in the Archipelago, to ab stain from all acts of hostility till the receipt of orders he was to obtain from Constantinople and Alexandria. As early as the 15th of Oatsbar he violated his engagement, but the bold manoeuvres of Sir E. Codrington obliged him to re-outer Navarin with Lis whole fleet. The details of this first advantage, due to the firmness of the English Admiral, have already been made known to the public. On the 16th of OCtober the Russian squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Count Heiden, effected its junction with the English and French squadrons before Navarin ; but it appears that from the time of his re-entrance into that port, Ibrahim Pacl , s Peremptorily rejected all proposals for en. armistice. In order to ensure t:,e overtures they had made him a more favourable resntion, the three Admirals on the 20th of October adopted the bold resolution of entering into the Bay of Navarin itself, without, however, coming to'blows, or al .A lo l w i t i lie d ng2oth themselvesof Octob er , a t two o ' c l oc k in the afternoon the' Allied Squadrons to con s entere i d m t i h t e an p y or l s ios i t u ile tw ac. o t On columns. The hue to windward was composed of English and French vessels, the other was formed by the Russians. The Asia, having on board Admiral Codrington himself, led the way, and quickly cast anchor between an Ottoman vessel bear jog the flag of the Capitan Bey, and that of Moliarem, who commanded the Egyptian fleet. On seeing the movement of the Allied Squadrons, the Ottomans ranged themselves in line of battle. Their line firmed a vast crescent ; their largest vessels placed themselves in the centre, the lighter vessels filling up the intervals. Sir Edward Codrington, however, animated with an ardent desire to avoid blood shed, had given all the Allied vessels orders, which were strictly observed,' not to begin the fire ; and wishing to engage Ibrahim Pacha to establish a de facto armistice, which had been proposed to him conformably to the stipu lations of the Treaty of London, he sent Lieutenant Fitz roy, of the English frigate the Dartmouth, with a flag of truce. But when the boat of that officer approached an Egyptian vessel, a discharge cf musketry upon her killed Mr. Fitzroy, awl several of those who manned the boat. Almost at the - same time some balls struck the Sirene, which bore the flag of Vice-Admiral De Rigny. The latter replied by a discharge of cannon, And in a moment the battle became general. The three squadrons and their commanders rivalled each other in bravery, and we have the satisfaction of announcing, on the testimony of Sir E. Codrington, that the conduct of Count Heiden and M. de Rigny was admirable. For some time the vessel commanded by Moharem Bey took no share in the action, but at the instant that Sir E. Codrington sent him his pilot to assure him that be would not be at tacked, the Egyptian Admiral suddenly opened his fire. His vessel, and that bearing his colleague, the Capitals Bey, were soon entirely destroyed by the Asia. This vessel had much to suffer after this, finding herself engaged between the second and third Egyptian hoe. For four hours a ter rible cannonade was kept up without interruption. Never theless, although superior in number, the Turco-Egyptian fleet were unable to resist the Allied Squadrons. Fright ful explosions were soon heard. The Ottoman ships blew tip one after the other, their crews being unable any longer to manage them, and setting fire to them with their own hands. Towards evening the Turco-Egyptian fleet was almost annihilated. The Allies, on their side, have expe rienced some serious losses. The Asia, the Albion, and the Genoa, English ships of the line, are so much damaged that Sir E.lCodrington is obliged to send them to England. Captain Bathurst, of the Genoa, is among the dead. The other details of this victory, especially those concerning the losses of the Russian and French squadrons, have not reached us. As soon as we have them we will hasten to communicate them; but in order that . the results of the battle of Navarin may be appreciated, we will give here the state of the respective forces before and after the events of the 20th October. Ist—Combined Fleet—Russians, 4 ships of the line, 3 frigates; English, 3 ships of the line, four frigates, 1 cor vette, 8 brigs ; French, 3 ships of the line, 2 frigates, 2 schooners. 2d—Turco-Egyptian Fleet before the Action-3 ships ships of the line wrecked on shore ; of the line, of 150 men each ; 4 double Egyptian frigates, of 500 men ; 19 frigates, 15 Turks and 4 Egyptians, 450 men each bTa c 4 eod 2 - E gcorvet tes frigatepti ans u ; Fn k l l e 4: tbsri afterg s,4t frigates Turks e A 10 double -banked e e l t a i and t ° t n— r e 11 of gate stranded, with her masts standing; 15 corvettes burnt and sunk ; 1 corvette knocked to pieces ; 4 corvettes stranded ; 4 corvettes leaky, and abandoned ; 9 brigs burnt and sunk ; 1 brig stranded with her masts sunk ; 4 brigs leaky and abandoned ; 6 fire ships and 3 tran s p orts de stroyed. We should think ourselves wanting in the duti es of the roost legitimate gratitude did we not a dd that t he conduct of Sir E. Codrington is above prai se. B y his resolution, the boldness and ability of hie r nanceu v res, he has taken his place in the list of those •seamen whose names his country justly cite with pride. (From the riampshire Telegraph. ) We have this morning received letters from our Corre spondents at Malta, via Genoa, which furnish many inte • resting particulars of the battle of Navarin, as well as of the antecedent occurrences, and supply a deficiency in the London Gazette account of the action—the loss of the Russians in the engagement. The following are extracts MALTA, Nov. 6.—The battle of Navarin, fought on the 20th October, offers a fair field for an interesting nar rative ; and I shall endeavour to give you one, though the accounts of the force of the Turco-Egyptian fleet vary so much, that it is quite impossible for me to vouch for the correctness of my statement as far as that is concerned.— The highest English estimate makes it amount to one hun dred and three sail ; the lowest Turkish account says but sixty. On our side it is admitted that several of the one hundred and three were unarmed, such as transports, vic tuallers, &c. ; and, on the other hand, the Turks, in say ing sixty, mean to exclude all less than corvettes; I had better take the medium, and say their force was about eighty sail of armed vessels. The operations before Na min, up to the end of September, must be already known in England ; and, in continuation, I have to add, that the English and French squadrons being dispersed on the con clusion of an armistice, Sir Edward Codnington went with the Talbot and Zebra to Zante, to water, leaving the Dart mouth and a French frigate (l'Arrnide) to watch the Turks. Scarcely. bad the Asia, Talbot, and Zebra, commenced watering, when the Dartmouth hove in sight with the signal flying that the Turks had put to sea ; our ships in stantly weighed, and went in pursuit. On coming up with them, it was discovered that the force which got out con sisted of six large frigates, eight corvette*, and twenty-three brigs. The Talbot was detached to warn their Com mander, that if he persisted in his :ntention of proceeding to Patras, the British ships would impede him, if possible, by force whereupon the T ur ki s h sq uadron returned towards Navarin, followed by our little squadron. On their way thither, however, thGy were joined by the whole of t;<4 Egyptian fleet; 10;411 avgllaePtcd their force to fifty .six nail, sixteen of which were heavy frigates. Ev e ! with this force, the Turks did not persevere in proeeeditty' to Potrae, but returned to Navarin, where t 1 were watched as before. The ships which had been se„ : , to Malta to refit (Genoa, Albion, and Cambrian) , w ere, I!, extraordinary exertions, completely set to right s in six da)! in which time the Albion had a new main-yard, her for? ;, yard fished, the Genoa a new topsail yard, mid part 0 .. suit of sails, and the Cambrian new foremast an d bowspril" besides very extensive supplies of all descriptions t o all t11:17, ships. By these means, those three ships, a.s well B,as4, . French and Russian squadrons, had joined the ,1,„, Admiral by about the 15th or 16th of October, and t - v the three Admirals took decisive measures for carry io lc.le effect their instructions] , and fulfilling the condition / M Treaty of London. The Turks, however, wore both ° ll _ ., stinate and equivocating, and two or three days were; hansted in fruitless negotiation ; at length it was 'l' tamed, that the Pacha, despairing of getting to Patrat,„.l, sea, had advanced part of his force towards Using, no committed the most horrible devastation, driving wretched ieliabitants of the country from their 16 °7W into the mountains, where many of them perished &?' ono and hunger ; besides which they burnt and destror 4 or thing which came in their way, thereby commen cieg s ot to of extermination to the Greeks. On the last letter sets re. Ibrahim Pacha being returned unopened, Sir Edw ar o ve solved to go in with his whole force, and attempt to tio o, the Turks to return to Alexandria, by personal nego cill under a display of it. As the intentions of the Ottou:d, was neither clearly known, nor, probably, cosie ctil l,k: the ships were made clear for action ; and the British mind, in a short but very spiritedly written address, E tre4 „eti enjoined all the ships under his orders not to lire A o r!,' except in case of offence on the part of the Turks; r, eluded by reminding the various Commanders of a niebenitiels able saying of the hero Nelson, that no Captain 0 ,, do a ery wrong who placed his ship close to an eneole e, Thus prepared and excited, it was resolved to put this e°oo,e, measure into execution on the 19th of October , but, ft it want of wind, it could not be effected until the 20thf . : • noon, when a light breeze sprang up. The combined sq u ' bi • dross then bore up, the Asia leading the line, followedej, the Albion, Genoa, Dartmouth, Talbot, Rose, reilsone Brisk, Musquito, Racer, and Hind, English; T.A", 5 2 1 1 3 4: 60, Le Scipion, Trident, Breslau, 74's, L'Are lw "eises L'Alcyone and Daphne, schooner", Frencif ; Asoff , ' ander Newski, Hargood, Ezekiel, 74's, Helena, V re e v at nie, Constantine, and Kristin, frigates, Russian ; of a great distance, by the Glasgow and Cambrian, b2—tStes which bad been detached. On opening the Ws of Turkish fleet was discovered laying moored, in the foto a horse-shoe, on the l e ft flank of which stood the toll, , Navarin, the fortificati on s o f which, in th e e nsuing bibs did much mischief to our ships and their friend , . s Turkish Admiral sent a boat off to desire our equad o ;t to come in, but to communicate by boats; this sue°fiset was quickly sent back, with an assurance that the o ti would not only come in, but oblige the Bashaw to ° liter with the desirea of the three Allied Powers ; sou to this, a Brulot was seen by the Dartmouth very Agtilleet a making preparations to act, and Captain Fellows ,e an d ' boat to her, upon which the Turks fired with musketry, th killed or wounded the whole crew. The Dar t ire and Rose then sent other boats, protected by th e e st of their awn small arms, about which time Rome corve fired on the F r ench Admiral, who returned it ; the D3', mouth fired nex t, and thus began the decisive and sale:: nary battle o f Navarin, at about aquarter after tw o o'cl ;" on the 20th day of October; before this, however, lit )° , 9 l , inform you, that the Admiral had dispatched a boat w", a flag of truce, in•which the Asia's Greek pilot went ti , lo interpreter, and who was foully anal deliberately shot ft° th e Turkish Admiral's ship, as the boat was going 31 t r c e side. The Asia, supported by the Genoa a-bead, - e • Sirens a-stern, having all (as all the other ships Jib!: chores], was placed opposite theiTurkish Admiral's , h 1 1; whose second a-head was a 60-gun frigate, and a- , te rn „ - s line-ef-battle ship, the Albion a-head of the Genoa, 3- I , opposite the third Turkish line-of-battle ship. The Frea line-of-battle ships were purposely opposed to the VA T Egyptian frigates (mostly commanded by Fren ch Officers)' the Dartmouth and small craft to the batterie s. Th e Ree s miens had the opposite side of the bay to thems elves, except the Talbot, whose gallant Captain, relying on su W e e from the ships astern, ran her into a position where sb, had to withstand-the fire of three frigates and a c urvet ; this she was opposed to about twenty minutes, and her oe struction must have been inevitable, but for the nobl e le , duct of the French frigate L'Armide, which pushed in tween the Talbot and her too-powerful adversaries, o ' l9 o ceeded in capturing one. Another, a frigate, struck t ° fr f Talbot, and was found shattered to pieces, and Oa ho " 7 bodies on board. The third frigate was engaged/2 1 ; an hour afterwards, by the Alexander Neweki, gru-' O l t half an hour, reduced her to a wreck; she took fi t° blew up. The Turkish ships opposed 'to our three lino, of-battle ships were destroyed ; the Admiral bloong:1s with his second astern, the third sunk, under the fir e ° ‘ i s ll Genoa and Albion. Two of the Russian ships,had four of their frigates, only got in when the firing i g nearly ceased; and the Glasgow and Cambrian, from h e t f soourfasinsoaffllpast five o'clock. Seve r3 ; co .. e • mendous conflict, more particularly the Hind c utter , Iso with four or six 12-pounder carronadee, man ned sv' t ",. b e, vesselsdid not a fi ct r e e d until n y t e il r men from the Asia, and commanded by Lieutenant l ' — of of that ship. This vessel unluckily fell on board (we s be Y prominent part in tla:t the Turkish 74's, the cutter's main boom hung in The stern-post of the Turkish' ship, and held her lot' id not Turks made very strenuous efforts to board her, I ),L ° (Lieu" succeed. The conduct of the Hind's eoniniaol er este? tenant Robb) is spoken of as perfectly herois; n" I • i s little but he lost four killed and eight wounded out 101 l crew. The Rose had a narrow escape, from the "r.,l by of a fire-ship, the effects of which were coun terat 7 the intrepidity of Captain Davies, w ho hardly quitted hei in time to save himself. The Philornel gunk . a fire -ship u/r the second broadside ; and the Brisk, without help, d r , stroyed another. The result of this Action is the tow s destruction of all the Turkish fleet, except one frigates e 13 s maller vessels of war, and the transports, See The s e ; tion lasted from 2. 15. p.m. to 6. 15. pAss-, in wh i , e is, time several of our ships suffered 'severely in their Wl' ' t masts, and rigging ; and the combined squadrons have le 6 , about 172 killed and 485 wounded. Captain Batharr; Was killed early in the action. The lowest statemen t 61 force in guns, makes it appear that the Turkish and F4,YP e i tian fleets mounted 016 guns snore then the cornb , n squadron which engaged them. ch I forgot to mention , that all the Tuekiah ship& vib l , ti surrendered were d estro y ed by our ships the day after : e b a ttl e . The Russians took sonie booty, anal a few P r.- soner s ; but tlee English, and, it is believed, the Fr ench, did not bring away any thing. MALTA, Nov. 4 7 31 re were thrown into the utmost state of surprise and •'natant by the as" anxiety on t h e let t rival at the Palace of La Valetta of intelligence of the de- struction of the Turkish fleet at Navarin; and we have since had the arrival of several of the lons ducks. rijo e ship of the line and six frigates are coming here to refit The ships have suffered considerab l y. Our French AP: Russian Allies behaved a dmirably. The Turkiah OP; consisted of 79 sail of ships of war, carrying 2,24 a - besides the batteries, The Allied force amounted t es a° ships, carrying 1,824 guns. Therefore, the Turks °l a . ° superiority of 53 ship s and 016 gnus. Oar 'ZOO prised 452 guns, the F renc h 372 guns, the Russians 54,E guns. We had 74 210 wounded; the Freoeo jed. killed, 138 wounded; th e Russians 57 killed, Ig7 wollon„e Total killed 172 ; woun d e d 465 ; 657 g ran d total. I 'd Aroff (Count H e id en ) sustained the greatest lose • either fillip, having had 24 men killed, and 67 wound,i The Asia (Sir Edward Cndriugton), had 19 killed , _ A " wounded ; the Armide (Admiral d e Ri gn y), ki I1 7 1 : 25 wounded. The contest was desperate, as the ten:, proclaims. The Turkish force were all sunk, blovria'l, or destroyed, except 30 of their small vessels„ and they l. , 6,000 meth The Asia su n k a T ur kish line-of-battle Si'4' ' the Admiral (Sir E. Codrington), had his watch str ti e ,'"; out of his fob by a spent shot, which battered the er; very much; his escape was miraculous. His son, a on " young Midshipman, was wounded twice on the same ler h . flesh-wounds. The Asia's poop was cleared twice. es i mercantile part of the comnutuity at Malta are paralr, at the circumstance, as there is much Maltese pro Pe r" afloat among the Turks. We are working double tides t 0 get the ship; ready for sca apin. The following is A copy of the return made of the r !.: l*- sian loss Azofl; 80--24 killed, 67 wounded ; ed good, '74-14. killed, 87 wounoled ; Ezekiel, 76--- 13 - 0 18 wounded; Alexander Newsky, '76-5 killed, / w °ll ded ; Provery, 48-1 killed, 2 wounded • Constantine, b r — non e killed, 1 wounded ; El ena , 48 none ) wounded ; Caster, 48• —none killed nor wounded." Our Martinmas Market, wilick we noticed in our last, was upon Friday and Saturday very throng, llVti' a considerable deal of business done. Butter sold at from 18s. to 225. One lot of 50 atones, was purchased .11 baker at 17a., and Cheese from 6s. to Bs. per stone. - ' Home-made plaidings, tartans, &c., at Is. to Is. 6d. Pe s. Scotch ell. There were a number of horses in the Market, but very few sold; tho prices for draught horses were from 17/. t o 26/. ; and for p on i es f ro m 51. to 12 1 . fed cows in m a rket which bought fcom 4 1 . to en„.l„vcroo Courier. ' en.lins OF Stock [F itt o, :, or e, Per Cent. ''''''''' ott. '''''''''' !Val Cknzsettoeke'2l 'It't4,7(1 1):""al Stack ,- ,11 • 4 ' b ft It. 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