The Sun. — London, England, 1827-11-28 00:00:00

was the praise -due. If Canning had been raisea an or nament to the human species, let hie adniators bring for ward proofs. of this. The tree Was known by its fruit, arek the ertect of Mr. Canning's policy were only mounds of paper lel furnish rags or a bankrupt and impove:iehed ne-- tion. The political, principles, and he would appeal. to Enrope for a confirmation of his opinion, were those of Machiavel, xcept that he never had the manliness to make a distinct avowal of them. Could a,,y thing be more fiendish than his menace last Session—the menace of letting loose all the wicked and unprincipled of every country ; eve.ty imp and demon proscribed by the good and the viitstoos ?" I can answer for that not being the speech made, nor the meaning of the speech made, by that most la , rnented person. To say that a man is wholly insincere in what he professes, to tell an assembled multitude that a statesmen who has professed for twenty long years, in the face of his country, to hold no opinions so sacred, no principles so dear, as those opinion•_ and those principles, and the sincerity of which his conduct has shown, by refusing office and emolu ment, as well as before, again and again, and which haS stamped the test of truth and sincerity; to tell that all those opinions were falsely assumed, that all those principles were a mask for a sinister purpose, and that he, avowing those sentiments, were not sincere, I submit to your Lordships, with abundant confi dence, is not discussing a man's conduct, it is not mooting the question of whether he is right or wrong in the understanding of the subjects; but it is at once stabbing his character by impeaching his mo tives; and he—or now that he unhappily lies low— those who have a regard for his memory, and cherish it in affectionate remembrance, would be en titled—if contempt prevented them not—to come to your Lordships for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him who so charged the deceased. But this is not all, the alleged libel complains of an attack on " every thing decent and respectable in his country's institutions." Now, upon others, high in station as well as the departed Minister : " He claimed indulgence for the violence or his feel ings, while he mentioned the name of Sir John Cop ley and his late formidable Teeth against them—for midable, not for eloquence or argument, but for false hood and malignity. Whatever (said the Master of the Rolls) may be the result of this night's debate, trust it will meet with the acquiescence of the clan try.' What the word acquiescence meant in the vo cabulary of the Learned Judge, he (Mr. French) knew not ; but, if seven millions of Irishmen constituted coun try in Ireland, he could assure hint that they would not ac quiesce —that they would neither slumber nor despair ; he could assure him that seven millions of Irishmen would not sit with folded arms, and bow in acquiescence to the present system of oppression. The Learned Judge miscal culated the acquiescence of the Irish. They would not bear with indifference his sweeping indictment against their loyalty. `o; that speech was calculated, by upholding their oppressions, to torture them into the madness, if not the justice of rebellion. Yes, that son of a miniature painter (Sir J. Copley) would sacrifice the liberties of Ire land to his own selfish interest." It had passed almost to a proverb that there was a certain well known family which could not be born to complain of sedition—within the equity of that ride—though not within its letter—is slander : and they who deal such calumnies about, as those which I have read, and they are but a part, they come with but very little grace to complain of a comment on their own conduct. " Let the King once be invested with the veto, and the Catholic mitre would soon be placed on such heads as those of the Chinch of Sir John Copley, given to men trained in slavish obsequiousness to an iniquitous Government. " The Protestants feared to lose the rich Church Estab lishMent of Ireland, but they need not as yet fear. Its rich pastures would still serve the sons of their ruined gam blers and adulterers—their young Wellingtons now at school, but still looking forward to its green fields—and last, and worst of the numerous tribe, the young Jocelyns. --e(llissing, and cries of hear.)--He would not egain re peat the words, as they seemed to give offence." To he sure, they were uttered to an English audi ence, where the first men of the country in point of rani, but not higher in rank or purer in descent, than pure of character or high of fame—l mean that , Duke of Norfolk, Lord Arundel, Mr. Petre, Mr. 131ount, end nokers, three of whom got up, and protested against deemed to be the approvers of ;ksuch intolerable fialguage. " He would not again repeat the vrords, as they seenied to give offence ; but the young men who 'were now performing their episcopal duties at those pure Protestant seminaries Eton and Harlow; but the day would nevertheless come when these sons of depravity, notwithstanding the efforts of the Peels and the Daw. sons, would be compelled to taste of something besides the necessaries of life. The day of retribution was not marked in Heaven for Catholks alone ; and, as trim and as certain as that the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath, would it at length be found that the green land of Ireland was not made for British Parsons, with their progeny, male and female, but was destined by God and Nature to be the inheritance of the Irish people." Now, as to the means by which the Irish people . . are to obtain their inheritance against the men whose names I will not mention, were used offensively, to • describe the whole Clergy educating in this country; the 'luaus are thus pointed out in allusiOn to the present Lord Chancellt.i.. " Yes, that son of a miniature. painter (Sir J. Copley) would sacrifice the liberties of Ireland to his own selfish interest. Let the King once he invested with the veto, and the Catholic mitre would soon he placed on such heads as those of the Church of Sir John Copley, given to men trained in slavish obsequiousness to an iniquitous Government." My Lords, some men of those who are lavishly attacked, yet live to defend themselves ; but the principal object, is not alive to do himself that duty : if he were, no voice but his own would be needed, to brush away those foul slanders with which his memory has been assailed. Lord TENTERDEN.—You say you have affidavits. Mr. BROUGHAM.—Yes, my Lord, I have affidavits ,of three persons who attended at the meetings. Lard TENTERDEN.—If I understand you right, you have affidavits stating that the subject as printed in the newspaper, is at least in substance that which was spoken by the person complaining ? Mr. BROUGHAM.—Yes, my Lord, my affidavits state that all that was inserted, was uttered, but that offensive parts were left out. Ur. Justice BAILEY--Is that which you have read stated in the Paper ? Mr. BROUGHANI.--YO5, my Lord, and I stated that the observations were made on Mr. French's first speech, as well as th a t which appeared on a former _occasion. Those speeches were two : the one was inserted in the Paper I represent, the suN :" the other was uttered three months before, and was taken from the Morning Papers. The affi davit states, they did not copy the whole of that report from the Morning Paper into their Journal, but only a part of it, and the reporter swears that what was reported passed. Now I have only to add, that as your Lordships seem to be with me, the gentleman must be left to his common remedy, either by action or otherwise, and that he cannot come here for your Lordships' interference. I con clude by saying, it is sworn that nothing was fur ther from the intentions of these gentlemen than to do harm to this gentleman or his family, more than , .aosolutely necessary to a temperate comment upon ..nduct as apublic man, courting, not by . a prudent a seed], public commentary, by a speech which caused him to be charged with absolute folly or mischief, and which any one might have been charged with — upon uttering it on that occasion—the interval be "'ten that great Stateman's death and funeral; but as to any thing like insanity of mind, or any thing that would make him incapable of practising in this Court, or as a competent teacher of the Classics, they had not th e slightest intention, nor have they executed that intention. Mr. --m FnuNcu y servatons, I will be Lords before I begin my ob made.i g to sjate the affidavit I have Lord TENTIIRDEN affidavit—" That the . r This is apart of Mr. Young's Newspaper of the 31steir published in the Sus speech of Daniel French, is°l October last, of the cl-.!Polten at a meeting of the British Catholic Associatione, held at the Freemasons' Tavern, in Greet n w -street, Lin colns-inn-Fields, on the previous day e publ i i t s e h t e a d ke . nan h d abbreviated from a report thereof, Morning Herald newspaper of the said 31st day of October last. Saith that the abbreviations in the report of the speech the said Daniel French, as the same appeared in the SIJN newspaper of the said 31st day of October last, were made, by omit ting what, in the judgment of deponent, appeared to be the more elmo,rious and objectionable parts of the Speech of the said Daniel French." Mr. FRENCH.—Now my Lords ) with your Lord ships' permission, I wish to read my affidavit. Lord TENTErtol.—Well Sir, go on. Mr. Fitt sett then read his affidavit. Daniel French, of No. 1, Hanover-places near the Regent's Park, Middlesex, Esquire, Pa sister at Law, maketh oath and saith that Murdo Young, of No. 112, Strand, London, is the Printer and Publisher, and Patrick Grant. o No. 29, York-terrace, Regent's Park, Esquire, the sole Proprietor of a certain Newspaper called the Sins, and that the Newspaper hereto annexed Was published at the Sort Office, in the Strand, on the first day of November instant, 1827; and this Deponent further says, that the Speech represented to have been spoken by this Deponent at t►he British Catholic Association, and set forth in the said Newspaper, was not spoken by this Deponent : and this Deponent further says that he has for a loug time past taught the Classics to divers pupils, and bath thereby endeavoured with his said profession of Barrister at Law, to gain .a livelihood for his Wife and seven children : and this Deponent further says that he verily believes the Report of the said speech and the observations contained in the said Newspaper re flecting en this Deponent, were published with a view to bring this Deponent into ridicule and contempt, and that it is particularly calculated to injure this Deponent in such classical teaching as aforesaid, and in his profession as hold ing him forth to the world as disordered in his intellects ; and this Deponent further saitb, that he is not under the influence of any intellectual itsalady, as the said Paper, called the SUN, saith; and this Deponent further saith, that he bath not, nada the influence of this malady, ventured to attack 4Vtry thing decent and respectable in his country's lnetitrtlons ; and this Deponent further saith, that he is neither silly nor snischievous—(Great laughter)--ache is stated to be by the said Paper called the Sox : and this Deponent further saith that he verily believes the said Prin ter and Publisher and Proprietor of the said Paper called the Suss, were actuated by corrupt and malicious motives —(continued laughter)— in publishing the above charges : Mr. FRENCH (turning round to the gentlemen of the bar), I hope, if I use any particular expression, it will not excite laughter among my Learned Friends ; if they will refrain from that, it will enable me the better to proceed, who am not accustomed to public speaking : - And the said Deponent further saith, that instead of venturing to attack every thing decent and res pectable in his country's institutions, he most particularly venerates and admires all that is decent and respectable in his country's institutions, as being the offspring- for the most part of the holy Catholic Apostolic Religion, the ancient Religion of this Land, of which he the said Deponent is a Member ; I have not introduced this for the purpose of raising any political or religious discussion, which I shall particularly avoid : the said Deponent further saith that he bath on wort occasions than one, particularly in a Book called " Munusculum Juventuti," upheld, fortified, and defended, those Institutions, as well as every principle of sound loyalty, he the said Deponent, being a most detcrmined and irreconcilable enemy to all jaeobinism and irreligion : And the said Deponent further saith that instead of at tacking all that is decent and respectable in his country's institutions, he has thus spoken of those institutions in the Book above mentioned, called " Munusculum Juventuti" written for the express purpose of teaching true Latin, and at the same time of inspiring the British youth with prin ciples of sound loyalty and admiration for all that is decent and respectable in his country's institutions, whether those institutions be of Catholic or of Protestant growth. Then I have quoted a passage out of my own Latin, but not out of any ostentation, — Lord TLNTERDEN—Go on ; you had better read it. Mr. FRENCH proceeded : Faxit Deus, cujus auspiciis Britannia tot annos verum hospitalitatis nc gloriie domiciliurn extitit, ut nunquam in hanc talem injustitiam prolabatur ; concedat potius ut quanto cteteris nationibus acie prmstamus, tanto simus sequi tate superiores: virtutis vice ad gloriarn connitendu in est: non malls artibus majores nostri hoc tantn►n sibi comparavere imperium, non luxu neque socordia, sed sudando, vigilando, sanguinem swim in omnibus maribus profundendo, malum illud aureum pro quo prunes Mire gentes injure certamen sibi sobs arripere valucrunt: diu igitur apud nos floreant mores consuetudineequo ►uajorum, radices agant in pectori bus noetris t tamdiu enim salvi erimus atque dleep..-. rati,'quatriclitt , ztr s - earth. ...lieu *era tot aliorum poputortun victores nos metipsi tandem avaritim dominatu tenea►nur, omnia bite nobis tam plosclare parts celariter defitteNt. And the said deponent Either said, that in another part of the said book he bath thus spoken with reference to his country's institutions, and to those who labour to subvert them, giving at the same time due praise to a Protestant writer, the great— and immortal Hooker—the great, I have not put the immortal," my Lords, but I will make it so.— (Laughter.) Quicunque, inquit divinus ille scriptor Hookerns id agit, ut populo persnadeat rem priblicarn ab its qui rebus prresunt male tractaii, huic nun quarn 'lefutura est auditorum copia, nulla enim flamina est, quse turn facile accendatur ac seditio, tibi " ignobile vulgus" rapina, vindietam ccedes ac archer omnium generum anhe lane ad perturbandam rempublicarn concionihus exacuun tur, _ _ _ Now, my Lords, does what follow proceed from a man who entertains the profoundest respect for his country's institutions, or does it not ? igitur venerandarum legum excusso filen°, sanguine omnia redundant ; proscribuntur divites, mendici ad res publicas gerendas accedunt serpensque tandem °min de vastaturus, in solio, regis mitis ac placidi ingenii seise col loeat, tuns vero ingemescit populus, ac sero reinis contra as ipsos judicium ferunt, una voce exclamantes " merito plectimur," nemo cairn unquam imperium male qusesitum, bonis artibus exercuit. And the said deponent further saith, he is, he verily be lieves, in a corrupt and malicious manner threatened by the said paper called the Sew, in these remarkable words : Mr. French, we hear, is a scholar ; he may, perhaps, re member a striking passage in Rabelais' Voyage to the Holy Bottle, wherein he observes that there is a certain class of politicians so incurably smitten with self-love, that should they ever be discovered, like Narcissus, by the banks of river, pond, or lake, it would be a debt owing to the public for the nearest bystander to push them into it. Let Mr. French take the hint, " mutato notnine"—he knows the rest. Indeed I do know it. Now, my Lords, I stand in a very awkward and peculiar situation, and certainly would apologise to all my Learned Friends, the majority of whom, I am certain, wish me well, and wish to see me succeeds Lord TF,NTERDEN — This, Sir, is your affidavit ? Now, we have attended to the affidavits on the other side; there are two or three of them, and we can do no otherwise than give credit to those affi davits, which state that the subject matter in the &IN was not the whole that was delivered, but short of that which was objectionable, and they give us a larger detail in the affidavits of what passed.— Now that being so, we do not decide here, that no prosecution may be instituted—that is not our object —but you know very well the rule of this Court is, not to interfere where the party appealing to us, has been conducting himself in a way reasonably to call for observation ; and these affidavits show that to be so. We do not decide that no proceedings may be taken, but if we proceed in the ordinary course, wh a t can we now do but ref u s e to interfere . ? Mr. FRENcx--,-Then am I to be condemned un heard ? Lord TENTERDEN—You are not unheard, Sir. If you will compare those affidavits and contrast them with your own, we will hear you. Mr. FRENCH—But am I to speak or not ? Lord TENTSRDEN—I have directed your attention to the affidavits, and if you will apply yourself to the contents of them, I will hear you. Mr. FRENCH—I was going to the affidavits. Mr. Brougham was not interrupted in his preliminary observations, and why should I not. be allowed to mak e a few ? Is there a peculiar privilege for gentlemen within the bar ? Lord TENTERDEN—We have heard your affidavit, and that contained your preliminary observations. Mr. FRENCII--NO, that was matter of right, I claimed that as such.—(Laughter.) Lord TENTERDEN_Most of it, was observation. Well, now I; have directed your attention to the af fidavits, and that is the only topic. Mr. FRENCH—I have stated in my a ffid av it, I did not utter one word of that speech, which is put into my mouth. Lord T&TERDEti—No, that is not the phrase in die affidavit. Mr. FRENCH—I did not utter one sentence or one word of it, I do not know which is the phrase. Mr. Justice BATLR—Now, if you will read your own affidavit, you will see how it is stated. Mr. FRENCH—This is a short speech, it is only about ten lines. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—If you will only read your own affidavit, you will see whether you deny snaking that speech, or Lny thing of that kind. Mr. FRENCH—" And this deponent. saith, that the speech represented to have been." Mr. Justice BAiLEV—No, that would be perfectly true, if it were incorrect in any particular part: Mr. FRIINcti—I mean the whole of it. - Mri Justice BAYLF:t—Yon do not say so. Mr. Fa.Excit—T say the whole of it. Lord TENTERDEN—You do not state that in your affidavit. Mr. FRENCH-But here is my affidavit, my Lord, and surely my oath is as good as that of others. Mt. Justice DAY LEY—Yon do not speak in the way a person does who means to deny the whole of the speech : you only say the speech represented to have been spoken by deponent, Now that is not the way in which you ought to have denied it, you ought to have denied that you had spoken that or any part of it, or any thing to that or the like effect. Lord TEN'TERDEN—If you compare your own af fidavit, you will find that your own affidavit does not deny you said that or any thing like it ; but only that you did not utter the speech as represented. Mr. FRENCH—WeII, I wish to answer that. Mr. Justice BAYLEY (rising.)—They state you uttered that and a great deal more. Mr. Justice BAYLEY here read a part of the affi davit of the reporters of the New Times, in which they said, that they - " attended the Meeting of the British Catholic Asso ciation, held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on the 19th day of March last, and that the said Daniel French was present, and did address the meeting then assembled, and that the report of the speech, then delivered by the said Daniel French, as published in the New Times newspaper, of the 20th day of March last, is in all respects, a fair and correct report of the speech of the said Daniel French, and of the proceedings of the meeting; save and except that these deponents in their report thereof, omitted some words and phrases, which they considered too gross and indecent for publication." Mr. FRENCH—And is that to prevent me from speaking to it ? Mr. Justice BAILEY—You may compare the affi davits. Mr. FRENCH—I am speaking of my own. With respect to that speech which a dull bull-headed Scotchman sits down and makes for me.—(Roars of laughter.) Lord TENTERDEN—Is dull bull-beaded Scotch man in the affidavit ?—(Continued laughter.) Mr. FRENCH—Ma'am ?—(lmmense laughter.) Mr. FRENCH (again in confusion) Sir!-- , I beg your pardon. Lord TENTERDEN.—Does the affidavit state, Sir, that the dull bull-headed Scotchman made tho speech ? —(great laughter, in which the Bench heartily joined.) Mr. FRENCH-4 say the affidavit was my own. Lord TENTERDEN—But I am contrasting the affi davits. Mr. FRENCH—Then, if you will not allow me to speak ? Lord TENTERDEN—We have heard your affidavit, and we think it is not sufficient to sustain such a motion as you have made. Mr. FRENCH—WeII, then, I beg leave to reail the affidavit on the other side—will Mr. Brougham let me have it ? Mr. BROUGHAM—Here it is—(handing th e affi davit to Mr. French.) Lord TENTERDEN—Now compare that with your Own. Mr. FRENCH—My Lords, I have only one aser;: vation to make ; I don't come here from any osten tation, to have an opportunity of showing off the powers of speaking I may fancy I possess; I come here to prove that lam no ideot. I have a!ways your Lordships will Z vntne.., LnBL I..'=tevapertiliiiFlWiettaii* ati oration totally unpremeditated in a public assembly ? I therefore take it for granted, those speeches were premeditated ; I have them now in my memory, and they are in fact, in direct contradiction to every calumny that has been advanced against me. My speech was printed from my written copy which your Lordships will perhaps say I have no right to read. Lord TENTERDEN—No! you have not brought this before us. Mr. FRENCH--No ! but I mean to say my speech was given in all the newspapers, and they all differ from the garbled copy produced to-day. Lord TENTERDEN—Neither is that before us. Mr. FRENCH—Very well. I have sworn that I have not railed against the institutions of my country, and I do not know one of.those institutions against which I have spoken. Is the memory of Mr. Can ning that one of the sacred institutions of my country against which I have spoken ? What, my Lords, have I not, an Englisianan, (with great vehemence) have I not a right to disapprove of a Minister whom I consider to have lived the curse of public liberty ? Lord TENTERDEN (interrupting him)—Well, Sir; this is not the place where any language of that sort is to be offered against any man, be he Minister or not. Mr. FRENCH—WeII, my Lord, I was . carried beyond myself in the heat of the moment. Lord TENTERDEN—Yes, but we cannot trust you; and I call only say, that if you depart from the affi davit once more, we will discharge the rule. Mr. FRENCH—I will attend with great obedi ence to your Lordship's desire, and not permit myself to be carried away again, for I confess I was transported.—(Great laughter.)—l have stated in my affidavit that the paragraph was calculated to draw down contempt, Are. &c. If I have been guilty of any irreverent expressions against my country, the courts of justice are open, and I might have been indicted, but I deny the right of a newspaper to make comments upon my conduct. — I deny the right of a newspaper to represent me as shattered in mind, because I have attacked Sir John Copley, and because I may hare called him what they say I did, but which I solemnly declare I did not, in that abstract manner I am represented to have done, without many illustrations and apologies, and it was only to illustrate an apt simile to the Duke of Norfolk, I used his name that daY. Now, my Lords, I come here to-day, for redress against a virulent at tack, which goes to deprive me of my bread. It i s impossible that any parent, looking at the manner in which my intellects are spoken of—it is impossible that any parent will hereafter trust his child to me for instruction. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—NOW I will read to you one paragraph— Mr. FRENCH.--I have a right, I apprehend, to be heard ? — Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—No ; but other suitors have a right to have the time of the Court occu pied; and it ought not to be occupied by a case in which it feels certain it can in the result do nothing, and Gentlemen at the Bar, above all others, ought to feel that. Lord TENTERDEN.—Now, here is a passage that is sworn to:— " The Protestants feared to lose the rich Church Esta blishment of Ireland, but they need not as yet fear. Its rich pastures would still serve the sons of their ruined gam blers and adulterers —their young Wellingtons now at school, but still looking forward to its green fields—and last, and worst of the numerous tribe, the young Jocelyns. —(Hissing, and cries of hear.)—He would not again re peat the words, as they seemed to give offence ; but the young men who were now performing their episcopal duties at those pure Protestant seminaries, Eton and Harrow; but the day would nevertheless come when these sons of de pravity, notwithstanding the efforts of the Peels and Daw sons, would be compelled to taste of something besides the necessaries of life. The day of retribution was not marked in Heaven for Catholics alone ; and, as true and as certain as that the Sabbath was made for Man, and not man for the Sabbath, would it at length be found that the green land of Ireland was not made for British Parsons, with their progeny, male and female, but was destined by God and Nature to he the inheritance of the Irish people." Now, really, if a man says that— - Mr. FRENCH.—I will take my solemn oath I never tittered such a thing. Lord TENTERDEN.—But we have the affidavits on both sides; we have two on the other side, and we must give credit to them. Mr. FRuNcn.---Thenhave I invaded the rights of any institution in such a way, that any body is to hold me up to contempt and ridicule, and to deprive me and my family of bread ? • Lord lENTERDES.--No, Ido not say the de fer►dants are right in taking the course they did, but he who asks for the extraordinary interference of this Court must come to it in a way in which he himself is free from blame ; and we cannot think that in the way in which this is brought before us. Mr. FRENcu.--Then I am to be deprived of going into it at length in the manner I had proposed? Lord TENTERDEN.--We must discharge the rule and impose silence on him. Mr. BROUGHAM.--I do not wish to have the rule discharged with costs. Lord TENTERDEN—Very well. AN ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF THE MINNA, OF HULL, IN A LETTER FROM THE OWNER, CAPT. RICHARD CORM, OF HULL, TO ORS. FORTIS, OF GRIMSBY, HIS SISTER. Nordenay, East Friesland, Nov. 4,,1827. . _ My DEAR JANE—It is a most painful duty to inform you of the loss of the Minna on this island, and at the same time I have infinite plea sure to say we have all been miraculously pre served, and are now comfortably lodged, and most kindly treated. I shall give you the par. ticulars of our misfortune. After remaining in the Humber on Sunday with a heavy gale from the N.E., on Monday we proceeded with a N.N.W. wind. When out I did not like the appearance and endeavoured to put back, but could not get in for the tide ; we then went for ward, and had fine wind and weather until Wed nesday, the 316 t, when the gale commenced with fury. We were at that time in a good offing from the land, and had the wind remained we should have a long drift, the gale or rather hur ricance increased with a tremendous high sea ; we lay to all night, not a sail would stand but our treysail, and -at two o'clock in the morning of November Ist our decks, with the bulwark, were clean swept away ; the boats, however, were safe. I soon found we were coining near the shore, and prayed for day-light, yet dreaded the consequence ; at day light we found the land close on our lee, the wind and sea dead on, not the slightest hope could be indulged, the sight was truly awful, and a few minutes would determine our fate. A brig which left the Humber with us was close too with her anchors gone ; we let go ours, but to no effect, for they both broke. We then ran right on the shore, (every man clinging to some thing ;) fortunately it was high water, and a very high tide. We struck about 7 A.M., the sea for a few minutes made over us, but we held fast. I_found the waves had lifted the vessel so high ' upon the.sand that if she did not upset or break to pieces we might be saved. We prepared our boat ; and after cutting the lashings, a sea launch ed her with little assistance ; we then all got in, and in a moment were in smooth water, our selves as wet as taken out of the sea, our boat half full ; that we soon baled out with our hats. We then had about five miles to go to the nearest house on the main land, as we did not see one On the Island • this was unfortunate, as people a re placed thre. on purpose to protect wrecks, an(i l f. give every assistance ; we got on shore about hap ast nine, and went to a very large farm house,but to our sorrow it was kept by a hind anda housekeeper, shall I call her a woman, or rather a 'monster in human shape. Though wet to the skin and perishing . with cold, they stood gazing on us, never offering us any dry clothes, and it was with great difficulty we could get a fir. 1 over 4 very slow one had we to sit half naked to • dry , firer - our shirts and then th e re mainder ; as for my flannels they dried on my hack, all the time experiencing black looks and growls from the housekeeper : then came dinner, bad enough, which I will not now describe. My people had to sleep in the barn ; myself and pas senger were indulged with a bed, and the next morning we rose with only some slight colds. During the day, to our great satisfaction, we were visited by Lloyd's agent, who informed us that if we had gone on the Island our reception would have been the reverse ; to our comfort we arrived there the next day, and found the crew of the brig Sylph, of Leith, in ballast from Hull to Hamboro', safe. There we found another wreck, a ts o-alliot, called the Vrow Maria, Capt. Jan Caspers Uil, with timber from Norway to Groningen ; the captain and crew, his three sons (the youngest not more than eight years of age,) presented a scene too shocking to describe : they were all killed in the cabin by the vessel turning bottom up. This morning the whole of the inhabitants, with ourselves, have attended the funeral, and a more solemn one I never wit nessed ; the minister prayed beautifully, and as sisted by the schoolmaster and a great number of little boys, a hymn was sung over the grave with great order. My mind was awfully roused, when it might have been our own lot : may the im pression long remain, and have a happy effect. I must now give an account of the Minna ; she is so high on the strand, that the tide at high water scarcely reaches her ; to-day the whole of her cargo will be safe on shore, the better half in tolerable ;condition ; we shall then save all her stores for the benefit of the under writers. Two more vessels are stranded to the east of us, and one to the west, making six ves sels within about twenty miles ; and I greatly fear all from the Texel to the Island of Heligo land must be lost, as we were ourselves in the latitude of the Island when the gale came on ; and, after we were on shore, it continued with equal fury the following night ; indeed I never knew it blow harder. We have saved since the gale all our clothes, and such is the honesty of the people and the attention to wrecks, that not the smallest articles were touched. Would to God it was so every where. In gratitude to the people on this Island too mush praise cannot be given. Thirty-two sovereigns and some small money were found in the Dutch vessel, and in my drawer there were nearly two pounds in silver and all faithfully delivered to the Governor! This circumstance, as well as their kind atten tion at the funeral, reflects the greatest credit upon them, and deserves the widest circulation. —Boston Gazette. A dreadful catastrophe happened at a wind mill, near Kimberley, in Isiottingliamshire, on Tuesday: night, between four and five o'clock. Thomas second son of the owner (a respectable farmer, residing e l was engaged in grinding corn at the above mill; somehow or o ther his clothes were caught by a hori-i ° axle in th e m ill (used for dressing dour, &c.), when, d zsvC r °ln e eanl a ti d a f li)' ul to relate, his body was lacerated in a shocking manner; his head was nearly severed from his shoulders,; a nd his legs, and other parts of his body, wine literally dashed to pieces. He has left one child, and a widow far advanced in pregnancy....-Boston Gazette. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, Nov. 26.) PARIS, Nov. 25.—A letter from Lubeck, of the 16th November, says, " A captain, who has arrived here in four days from Riga, declares that the Em peror of Russia was in that city when the arrival of a courier caused him immediately to set out on his return to St. Petersburgh." We learn from Frankfort that news from Con stantinople, dated the sth, had also been received at Vienna, and that every thing was tranquil in the Turkish Capital. The funds were rising at Vienna. The Augsburgh Gazette says, that it is reported that the Baron de Leykam, father-in-law to Prince Metternich, has just been appointed Charge d'Affaires of Brazil in the Germanic Confederation. This news is confirmed by our Vienna Correspon dent, who adds, that the Baron will receive a salary of 20,000 florins. We have also letters from Vienna, saying, that Prince Tatischeff, Ambassador from Russia to that Court, has received orders from St. Petersburgh not to quit the Austrian Court dur ing the present circumstances. We lately mentioned that that Minister had obtained leave of absence. ST. PETERSBURGII, Nov. 9.—The Emperor has addressed the following Rescript to General Pas kewi tsch " The opening of the campaign against the Persians, this year, under your command, notwithstanding the local difficulties, and the obstacles you had to surmount, has been signalised by the occupation of the town of Nakit chevan, the defeat of Abbas Mirza in the battle of Djeven Boulak, and the taking of the fortress of Abbas Abad. " These successes, which add new lustre to our arms, prove the ability of your measures, and the value of the troops animated by your example. For these distinguish ed services to us, we have appointed you Knight of St. %Vladimir of the First Class, and send you the insignia herewith. (Signed) " NICHOLAS." (From the Journal des Debats.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) BARCELONA, Nov. 17.—The following Order of he Day has been published in the Gazelle of this " Division of Catalonia—Staff of the Town.— The French division occupying this place, leaving it on the 16th inst., to return to France, the inhabitants who have any claims to make against the mil:tary, or the employ6s of the said division, hereby receive notice to address themselves to the Staff, before the different columns commence their march, as no claim will be admitted after their departure, nor will those presented on the 28th of this month, the definitive day of the evacuation. " The Colonel Commandant of the Town, (Signed) " POZZO DI BORGO." BARCELONA, Nov. 14.—You perceive, by the preceding order of the day, that the French troops which compose the garrison have already begun their march. The 41st Regiment assembled yester day morning, with arms and baggage, upon the Rambla promenade, where General Count Reizet passed it in review. Immediately after it topic the road to France, and was accompanied out of the town by an immense concourse of people. By the marks of regret and affection shown the soldiers, and which was also a testimony of their good conduct during their residence among us, it might have been thought that the people were taking leave of a part of their own familieg. 'I his very day the military hospitals start for France, escorted by some companies of the 29th of the Line. Many Spaniards who, since the restora- tion in 1823, have taken refuge among us, and who have lived peaceably under the protection of the French, are also making preparations to depart. The 3d Regiment of Spanish Infantry has re ceived orders to repair to Barcelona, and a regiment of the Royal Guard is already in our neighbourhood. The Count de St. Priest, Ambassador to his Most Christian Majesty, came here the day before yesterday from Valencia, whence also arrived the order forthe evacuation of this town. It appears ain m th e it n l:s hile it Excellency appeari : a t r h e i m s t o y ng has us app ti o ll int t e h d e departure of the Freneh troops, and that he will af terwards ,rejoin the Court at Tarragona. In the General Monet to occupy the town and take the command of it, and that Field Marshal Caratala has been named Governor of the Citadel, in the room of General Cisneros, on whom that post had been con ferred, and who has been exiled from here on ac count of his adhesion to the party of the insurgen6. The Court is to leave Valencia the 19th of this month. The journey will be performed by short stages, on account of the Queen's delicate health, and will be so managed, that their Majesties will arrive at Tarragona on the 24th, and only make their entry into Barcelona on the 29th. The celebrated Ballester was hung on the 13th at Tarragona ; and, after the execution, the stand ards of the insurgents, which were taken when Bal lester was made prisoner, were burnt by the execu tioner. The son of the Marquis de la Torre has been .ur rested, as having been the secret treasurer of ..the Directing Junta of the Catalonian insurrection. Several ecclesiastical dignitaries have also been ar rested, having been informed against by that young man tny and Ba t hiesttoarn 1 ds l an s e t g e z ; all l and i Bishop t this, is t ,o i f T s a a r no i r . pt l oo t su h ar a ,d t ias t n he a n.iis c o e n leb aggatriiainet them in . full rebellion ; and the famous Jeps del Estangs ma noeuvres so well in the mountains of Berge, th a t h e gives active but useless occupation to the whole division of General Manso. (From the Quotidienne. PARIS, Nov. 24.—The nominations of the De puties of the colleges of the arrondissonens are now almost all known. Each of the Journals of the morning gives a list of the votes which the Opposi tion and the Ministry may promise themselves in the new Chamber. The Gazette de France (but it is known that for some time that Journal has included the Opposition of the cote droite among the Royalists) reckons 123 Liberals and 116 Royalists. The Journal du Commerce admits, out of 240 known Deputies, 168 for the Opposition and 72 for Minis ters. The Constitution!zel reckons only 160 Oppo sition and 85 Ministerial. The Courier Francais mentions 154 Opposition, and 92 Ministerial ; while the Journal des Debate, which grounds its calcula tion on different principles, gives the Opposition 169, and the Ministry 83 Deputies only. However figures may settle, it is certain to all clear heads, that the Ministry cannot present itself before the new Chamber. The security which it affects is not real, and it must know sufficiently the new elements in the Chamber to be convinced that its ancient tactics—lts secret manoeuvres— which formerly assured it victory, will not succeed next Session. (From the Garette de Prune., dated Tuesday.) " THE ELECTIONS. " COLLECTS OF DEPARTMENTS. " Somme, at .Amiens.—M. Dumaisniel de Lierceurt. Two more deputies to be chosen. " Aube, at Troyes.—M. le Count de la Brae. " Oise, at Beauvaise.—M. Boulard.—One more de puty to be chosen. " Loir et Cher, at Blois.—M. le Count de Sallaberry. " Eure et Loir, at Chartres.M. de Chrevigny du Temple : one more to be chosen. " Seine et Marne, at Melun.— M. le Count Eugene d'Harcourt one more to be chosen " Eure, at Evreux.—Messrs. Gazan, Le Count de Roncherolles, and Mallard de la Varende. " Loiret, at Orleans.—Messrs. de Champvallin, and Gregnon do Montigny. " Seine Inferieure, Rouen.—Asselin de Villequier, Thil. Cabanon, ancient deputy. " Orne.—Le Count de Choiseuil and the Count de Charency, re-elected. M. Chagin Brullemail, Royalist candidate. Cher.--Viscount de Fussy, re-elected; M. de Mont . er. " Seine et Oise, IVersailles.—M. de Bizemont, M. Jouvaniel, and M. d'Oberkampt. (From the Constitutiennel.) " ELECTIONS AT PARIS. " PARIS, Nov. 25.---Messrs. Roman Vassal, Alen auder de Laborde, Jacques Lefevere, and Odieri, four constitutional candidates, are elected Derro# " The college at Versailles has elected to-daY rj constitutional candidates." The Journal do Debuts thinks the notice on 'Change relative to Turkey only so far Sat' # tory, as showing that the Christian Ambass ao d safe, but that there is no pledge of pence in the relations of the Powers of Europe, or in the teros the Ambassadors' despatch. re" The last paragraph, " hopes of succeeding e 1 still entertained when the courier left," looks 11°0 telegraphic despatch, and we should be temP te t believe that it had been re-written in the Cab" he President of the Council. " Five per Cents., 101 f. 30c.40c. 50c. 60c. 65e. " Three per Cents. opened at 69E 10e. Rose to " Last price quoted A manuscript note, accompanying the esP gives the following additional quotations :---6900e. " QUA RTES PAST 3 O'CLOCK. -- Three per Centso v i " HALF PAST 3 O'CLOCK. —Three per Cents., CALCUTTA PAPERS. 61°6.11; nat, C ur A e l.C b U ro l k •T e A, m il it ia o v n t 2 h s e .- 6t A h in m st f a n n i t ny o a t the tloi A' S OP' ie. station of Mominabad, in the Nizam's This information is conveyed in letters 1.21 wa- 0 '4lO bad. The commanding officer received re three of which were from pistol shots--tbe sabre cuts. The other officers had narrow 0;0 Fortunately the mutiny was confined to abee t oe ir squadron of one regiment, and they were 0,01 ately charged by the rest of their own re gime". O f by another which was drawn up on the patatieti.ofi 0, mutineers were cut to pieces, with the excel ) ; it ci five or six who were taken prisoners, and of Ih~ five who escaped. It is said that the cause: af ilt unfortunate affair was some innovation as t iv ° e s r - e - t t o; The surviving mutineers who were take" tried immediately. The commanding oflice l t i ' 1 :0 4 1 date of the letter from Hydrabad, was still site' but thought to be in a very precarious tate. .0 1 p 5 a p writing the above we have heard of Major death. There are many circumstances which h al- ° l ' tended the late meeting against the Suni ) t i o le. TO re a nature to point out, in our opinion, the,. :ec tit il necessity of placing the right of British St'"J: thl t° hold such assemblies on a better defined b as e ly on which it now rests; and we hope A re ts" tion will be framed with that view, that str o ke ° pleasant and unseemly collisions as have lat ely place may in future be avoided, te j " It is with sincere regret that we have t o the name of the Rev. Mr. Hutchings, Chtet t Prince of Wales Island, among the list of t have been carried off by a fever now pre Vaien that Presidency. " The Editor of the Singapore Chronicle 11.9;40' flounced that his Paper has been subjected to " sorship, under an Officer of Government. 13° " JUNE 28.—Tuesday next, the 3d of Jai'til°' been fixed for hearing Counsel on the sta m p co l !' tion. The Court stated that permission ‘ 1 " - d ceded to Counsel ; but denied the right, abado; mated that they would stop Counsel if they abuse of the indulgence. The meeting fo r , Le into consideration a monument to the le' a Hastings will take place on the 9th of JulY• be tot Juix 3.—Yesterday's report announces t pfaur: loss of the John, Captain Dawson, from t he vb er ,, tills, and latterly from Cove-long and Maa";;;l‘.,°. she had taken in salt for this port. S he 5 „ - I r 3 ; the Western Sea Reef on Saturday la st ' - set ved When last seen, part of the crew were ° b as t o thu" the wreck, but nothing as yet is k n oora being saved. ess ioo The-followingCircular' puts us in post e of 00 some additional facts in regard to th e fate crew : l a. ye l°4' andThlaestsflrfoipinJohn, Madras, Ca salt ain iDada parry's ship Windsor, tern Sea Reef, on the 30th ultimo, at 2 130.11L'i P' became a wreck : the chief officer a nd laden struck a 81 ; crew, in the ship's launch, reached the, 11°11 ' t$ night : Capt. Dawson Warren of his Majesty's service, from Alai r- j 01 1" ef/ a surgeon, not named, from the Isle o f Franc six of the ship's crew, were left on the wreel‘•.„e. " JULY I.—The Hon. Company's ship 14 /0 7 we understand, has arrived at Madras. Shei": into the Roads on the 20th ultimo. Wee r learnt what her intelligence is, but in th P i f ite f agitated state of Europe, it cannot fail to b a s h ° resting. As she left Plymouth on the . 1 oi: at lin dthetwonelpvagasicicongoeir•asgi(:si je)oh by March, she most proba bl y brin g s informati?ftjled later date, by ten days , than what was A t 0 the Bombay. he " The chief officer and that part of the ° v s t, ca a kv n .e d spokealirhriever W indsor's reached the Hon. Company's ship WindOreloriositio still r emains unsatisfied as to the fate of th e to °id assistance, but with what success is not y e "„„' st Yesterday the Court heard Counsel aniPat ill stamp regulation. J t o ce h l o n, : kr e h , Mr. Winter co nee mine tbe past four, when adjourned. h P ad ub g!T e ica le o fto , ' : ' : .iii,inzdsoCra,slcbuottaat.s TENACI hwv p i tt iag r :h t kr i e ,iEtn s ign i -e a s l tllivienecilkl speaking Out M. DE CHATEAUSRIAND so uncereml ieusil a 111)/ ' lf ' explicable schi u pd r e m ti TY.—Whert M. de VlLl' ff ' - d. to :: f v or such a laconic epistle, in 1821, a common frier bß a P . , DE CHATEAUBRIAND wished to turn me out, bi; c ,,fas!;i l l an opposition to my law on the relates, and '` 1 D o c more , with the top °;de 6 ;i strong for him and turned him out--this is all. f r,_, never dread a comparison with M. CnATEAvOIh # r any of my opponents; and be assureel that Joot di sh , RABBINICAL TRADITIONS. —TIC 0 - ( IV Rabbis inform ns, that Mossy was ten cubits high,' oli i , B o . l ' after jumping ten cubits from the ground, he 00 to touch the heel of OG, King of Bashes, from o r Of!: has been concluded that the monarch was tir ° e ller ..-. Ilrneetid thousand eubits high. But a certain Jovial' shown the fallaciousness of this - mensuratieg4 10011.0 with one end of the leg-bone of the said Oa' i f - All e l l four hours before he came to the other o°' a , t a sf e). the Rabbi to be a good walker, the bone °- miles long ! til e PLEASURES OF STUDY. HESsICSI9,II tr keeper of the library at Leyden, was mewed IV '5,10,, v i year long ; and that which in some might have b r 7ith !: 9 $ ing, caused in him a liking. ~ Ino s ooner t tc lem i s come to the library, but I bolt the door to we , %tell; lust, ambition, avarice, and all such vices, who be11e..," idleness, the mother of ignorance, and rnelancholi tli,". and in the very lap of eternity, amongst 0 ri'!t e g "; souls, I take my seat, with so lofty a spirit and Ca s t Yoe aeknncligTlunibihmosietfoetrosh.u,is.essckde successful discomfited chfuoel:fimetaei ndniiant;irvoyafi rtoofieege; (ist, Li , tent, that I pity all our great ones and rich men, The Empe r or of Constantinople, A"' ° : l7 not this happiness. ~,t HO 0 , ,irio 0 the Fifth, the great rival of NADIR SHAH , " e ;414. 0 / humble the vanity of that conqueror, a nd 10 %," e t ' O l valued himself more on his superior bodily 1 0 0 0 0 ‘ 41 stentorian voice than on any other qualities, sel ec ,te I envoy to Persia, a porter of extraordinary persol le , P i le and most powerful lungs. The envoy bad Mer e ' , to b ig of a letter which he was told to deliver in pere °l lof t o e King, to require an answer and return. The fiti ll " g ,A wasr• d 5 remarkable diplomatist preceded him ; and A or r advised not to receive him, as his deputation . s ide r y an insult. But curiosity overcame all other o'o e . tions, and he was introduced one day that theretbrolifii; very full court. When the Turk approached t be t ia T' nano., assuming his fiercest look, and cs l i ol e m jt voice to the utmost, said, " What do you desire ° t o; g,' ,o m all ay e r y e e t s ur l n ve t r o e Almost all started, and the hall vibrated to the seal the envoy, with an undaunted air, and a voice of I ,ild j t I which made NADIR'S appear like the treble of 1 1 . ,, r , 0 ;1; claimed, " Take that letter, and give me an soe';000 - m tu y rr in ied ast : teuance grudually relaxed into a smile, and, wrolosoejo courtiers, he said, " After all, the fellow certaiolte fiA . , ju merit." We was outdone, but could not help, liP o O e ed "islTADhentC:owurtholasfrioowl3 rutobitti: HAIII.IEM, respecting in another the qualities he m ipr ie to himself. NADIR is stated to haue retorte d t . 1,10, ove iusult, by saying to the envoy, when he goe,l l h 10/ 1 „ depart, " Tell Maumotain I am glad to 0 __„ e ,4 O r el man in his dominions, and has had the g00d,700 him here, that we may be satisfied of the fac t " ' ."-- Nadir Shah. of the Cabin str ong Chief Dna, colum PRIG' Bank Stock ' • .3 per Cen t. 3 per Cent. 3 , -6 per ('e n Ditty Red .. riittp,lB2 4 Fet Cent Ban 4 -4 At India Stock ttn 13%4 PRi cßs 0 AtlAt r i an E t a z d ian , i ne n°i A . T Coky mbian ol gft", 1824 dnish,Greek Bob Ditto, E i , Guatunaigs ...ktexic a „ 1.10 . 18 25 01 Ae g i o Brazilian Boliva r A Columbia General Hibernia Real del United N British I Bank 3tc•el Consols 3 Gov. St ock Ditto, Nev 4 per Cent Gov. Deb Royal Can Grand Car City Deb. Ragan Oil Amstercla Ditto, at Rotterd el n sf ti nt l y, tri 11.1 "11)1 ton a ir li Ditto; d a Fra nkfurt' Petersburßc Vie n , iete ) en. giadrid ''''' 'adiz '"' Bi b ****** 'ilreek; **** Seville na. Gibraltat Morning!' NINETN tb Wt t)xt Urys ' a ay Ih. ed th ..re, ri tuita -ear l liti ta l El eeti Paper: sider a opene Which half p posted far sat bksad t here ) ti ons c th e las a neeee c arne and fin at tioned of the cause Ulu] a Kni his set Th, tro ops th e re I s t h e of To, reb e iii i 3° Onel it will Ext We 'packet Tagus ill eitisi th e 16