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the writs of fieri facia', one endorsed to levy 413/. 145., and the other 379/. 165., were put in and read. John Sweet, examined by Mr. GURNEY.—WiI ness was an officer.of the SheritrOf Middlesex, but was then under suspension. On the 21st of. Janua:'y last year, he receivcd a warr a nt t o l ev y 413/. odd upon Mr. Weston's goods, at the suit of Machin and Debenham. (The warrant was pUt in and read.) Witness sent the warrant to Watkins. It was the practice of the office that he should do so: John Handley, Sweet's man, took the warrant on the Saturday at twelve o'clock to Watkins, at his house in castle-street, Holborn. Witness asked him if he was in possession of Mr. Weston's goods. Watkins said he was. Witness said, " Mr. Sweet', compliments, and he has sent you a fi. fa.," ant i • Lave him the warrant. Watkins answered, "It is all right—l'll take care of it, it will save trouble." Mrs. Sweet.—The warrant was sent back at of about half-past nine o'clock with a message. Mr. Sweet came home at eleven, when she gave him tin warrant. Mr. Sweet re-examined.--Witness returned to his house in Cursitor-street, at 11 o'clock, and re - ceived the warrant. He went directly to Ormond- . street, and found the house shut up. It was then bordering on Sunday, and he returned home. Wit ness went the next morning (Sunday) to Watkins, and asked him why he had kept the warrant so long, and had then sent it back, for he had told his (wit ness's) man that he was in possession, and had af terwards sent word he was not in possession, but that there was a bill of sale. Watkins answered witness, " It did not matter, it made no difference; there was a bill of sale, and' there were no more goods than the bill would cover ; Crook had got it ; he would satisfy witness, and if witness chose to in form himself, he might go to the house the next (Monday) morning, and there he would find all was right. Alt the things were there, nothing had been removed since the bill of sale, neither would th e y b e re moved." Witness went the next morning, on the Monday, at seven o'clock, to execute the warrant. When lie got to the house, in Nev Ormond -street, he found a cart at the door, and a large quantity of wine in the passage packed up In readiness to be carried off. Witness then went' to Crook's house, in Skinner-street, and told. him he had an execution against Weston's goods. Crook said the goods were all included in a bill of sale to him from the Sheriff, and he had sold them to Langdon for 600/. on Saturday last ; he had received the money, had gieen a receipt for it, and also an undertaking to make over the bill of sale to Langdon whenever called upon. Witness asked Crook when the books were taken away. Crook told him not to be alartned, for they were taken away the Friday before his (witness's) exe cution came in. Witness then asked why the wine was packed up and in readiness to be taken away. He said he could not tell, he knew nothing about it. Witness wished him to accompany him to Lang don ; but he said he was too busy to go. Witness went to Crook again, and they then went together to Langdon's. They were auctioneers. Langdon, senior, said, he had bought the goods, and given 600/. for them ; they were no more than were co vered by the bill of sale, and if they were attempted to be taken away, he would- bring an action against the sheriff. Witness received that day, Monday, another warrant to levy goods of Weston, at the suit of a ?4r. Hall. Witness had a conversation With Langdon respecting Machin and Debenham's execution. After further conversation with Wat kins and Crook, who both assured witness that the hill of sale was legal, and that there was no other Property in the house . than what was included in it, witness made a return of nulla bona. On the 13th of February,* witness received the warrant, at the suit of TnWn; and apprized the Langdons, Watkins; and Crook Of . it. They each said that none of the goods had been removed, and he should be justified in making a return to it of nzdla bona, because there was not sufficient to answer the bill of sale. It Was at last arranged that the goods in the house (which witness had stopped) should be sold, and the money depovited with the sheriff to abide the event. They were accordingly sold by Crook, on the 23d of February, and produced about 500/. Two actions were brought against the' sheriff for the returns to these writs; Witness saw the defendants frequently, and begged them, if there was any thing wrong, not to lead him into a scrape ; but they amp ed him that there'was nothing wrong. 'Town's action was in the Common Pleis: At the tri 1 Wat)cins; Crook, Miller, and Hale (Weston's clerk), were examined. - ;Vatkins said, " his man had been in possession from December, -1824, until January, 18213. There was a 1 ) ;;11 of sale given to Crook, taken from the she riff to Crook for 501/. 9s. before witness (Sweet's) execution came. Weston bad paid off 200/. of that bill of sale, and lie believed something more. He had received seven dozen of wine, and Weston owed him about 501." Before Crook was examin ed, Lord Chief Justice Best cautioned him not to criminate himself. Crook stated, "he had received 250/. of Weston, and he had received 350/. from Langdon, to make up the sum at which Langdon had purchased the bill of sale on the Saturday night of the 21st of January." The verdict was for the plaintiff. Machin and Debenham's" action was in consequence settled without trial. Witness was called upon by the aiheriff to pay the deficiency, after deducting the proceeds of the goods sold, and w as suspended for not paying it, ans an action was brought against his sureties. An account between Westoreand Crook was handed up to witness, who proved that it was in Crook's hand-writing. The account was put in. A 'bill of exchange for 50/., with a receipt on the back of it, sighed James Crook, for 2504, paid him in part of his bill of sale, was also put in. Sweet's examination continued.—Witness was suspended after the trial, which took place in June. After that he went to Langdon's, when old Langdon said, " It was a very cruel thing upon him, He was drawninto it by Crook. He knew nothing about it till the Saturday night. On that night his son met Watkins, Crook, and Weston. Watkins said he had a warrant against Weston's goods from Sweet in his pocket, that he could not keep out the warrant l o nger than Monday morning: something must be done im mediately. His son advanced 1404, and took away the law library that night, and appointed to meet the next day (Sunday) at Weston's house, and on that day 210/., making in all 3501., was paid. They , were closeted in the little room-behind the drawing room,--4e goods were taken away the Sunday night,—they were at work the whole of the night," Mr. Miller said at the trial in the Common Pleas that the things were removed on the Sunday morn ing to his brother's ,chambers. The wine witness stopped on the Monday morning was 394 bottles, B y the Commow-SeeonenT--Witness got the account from Mr. Weston, then in Court. Watkins said at the trial, " Crook was a real buyer, and that his (Watkins s) man was in possession from the commencenient. Langdon had Advanced the money to pay the ha L use , Watkins's understanding with Weston was, that Weston should have the 'goods back upon paying t he money Watkins had ;W -yanced." When Crook was ex-wined, he said "lie He had reeeived it all fo had advanced the money. the bill of sale. He often pressed for it, 44 had threatened to remove the goods." The witness Sweet added, that the Lord Chief Justice Best said " He had never seen a greater fraud in his life, and he hoped that Crook and Langdon might he in dicted. Re-examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL —The Langdons had given information to witness since preferring the indictment. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not think it right to make use of that information without acquitting the Langdons ; he should not press the case against them. The two Langdons were accordingly, under his Lordship's directions, acquitted. Jane Weston Witness was sister of the defend ant Weston. She lived with her brother. His house was very handsomely furnished. Witness saw Crook at the house on the Sunday evening. Wat kins and the two Langdons _were with him. some thing* had been taken out 94 th e Saturday nig ht. Witness was directed to pack up the wine, which was to he removed to Watkins's house before Sweet come. She did not see Crook go out. She was employed all the night in packing up the wine. They were just sending more out of the house when Sweet came on the Monday morning and stopped it. The goods in the house were worth above 2,000/. Henry Hale, Weston's clerk, also spoke to the furniture, which he thought worth 1,500/. Witness learned from Weston that he expected Machin and Debenham's execution that day. Witness went to the house on Sunday at one. The law library was gone. Crook, - Watkins, and the two Langdons came in the afternoon, and were in the back room up-stairs, drinking wine, with papers before them. Mr. Miller was there in the evening, Witness stayed till after one o'clock ; the next day he took an ac• count of the wine that Sweet stopped, there were 32 dozen and 10 bottles. Charles Way called the hackney coaches until three in the morning; there were 13 or 14. Crook said he would send a waggon to take the wine away. Mrs. Oke, a widow woman, proved that her hus band kept a horse and cart, and Crook's servant brought an order for it to be at Weston's house at five o'clock on the Monday morning. James Wheel, the carter, went with the cart, and received one cart-load, which he took to Watkins's house in Castle-street. He returned, and was get ting another load in, when Sweet stopped him. Mr. Town proved the two actions against the Sheriff, and that he recovered and received the da mages in each. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that was his ease, and he should not affect Miller with any knowledge of the object of the parties. Mr. Miller was ac cordingly acquitted. The COMMON SERGEANT, for Crook, now the only living defendant upon the record, contended that it was the most extraordinary proceeding he had ever seen. Crook was indicted with some persons who were acquitted, and with another person, Weston, then sitting in Court, and who was certainly the foundation of all that had been done. That same Weston had given the documents and furnished the means of information; he was not proceeded against, neither was lie acquitted : there was no ?toll pro seq2ti entered for him, so as to enable him to be put into the witness-box, and to give his evidence. — Two other persons had also been pronounced not guilty, because the prosecutor had received material information from them ; but they had been included in the indictment, and had not, after their ac quittal, been put into the witness-box by the prosecutor. It was utterly impossible for his client to call them under' such circumstances. — If Weston, the arch-conspirator, were to go free, it would be a most extraordinary spectacle indeed, to convict Crook for a conspiracy with him, and yet that be should not be brought to take his trial, but should be allowed to say, " I will give information ; but I will not come forward as a witness." But as the Attorney-General had neither prosecuted nor entereAl a noli prosequi, there Mr. Weston was, sit ting in court with his lips sealed. That gentleman was a conveyancer in Ormond-street, highly trusted, of a good character, and if he were able to obtain on credit goods to such amount as he had done of Ma chin and Dehenham, he must be a person of some manners and no small plausibility, probably far more than would be sufficient to impose upon a man of much greater depth than his client, Crook, who was a respectable tradesman; and the Jury had a right to presume that if he could have been called he would be able to explain the whole transaction, and exculpate Crook from all knowledge and participa tion in any fraud, if fraud there had been. In the Court of Common Pleas, after he was warned by the Lord Chief Justice not to say any thing tending to criminate himself, Crook gave a clear account of the affair, and there stated the bill of sale to have been a real and Bona fide transaction. Watkins also stated that Crook was a real buyer, and that the sale to Langdon was a fair sale for a valuable consi deration which had been paid. The Common Ser geant, at some length, went into the details, endea vouring to prove that the sale of the furniture was free from fraud ; and he contended, that unless Crook and Langdon were both guilty of perjury in their evidence on the trial, Crook could not be guilty of the charge then brought against him. He lamented that the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas had expressed himself so warmly, and had advised .the present prosecution; and he conjured the Jury net to suffer themselves to be influenced from what had fallen from so - high a quarter, but to attend only to the evidence. He should call witnesses of the greatest respectability to the character of Mr. Crook, the first of whom would be Mr. Alderman Crowder, at that time Sheriff', against whom the action was brought. Alderman Crowder, Alderman Waithman, the Rev. Dr. Rudge, Messrs. Wilson, Herring and Ber ridge, and Mr. Birchen, the Under-Sheriff, with several other witnesses, gave Mr. Crook an excel lent character for honesty and integrity. They had all known him for many years. The Jury retired for half an hour, and then brought in the defendant " Guilty," but recom mended him to the favourable consideration of the Court on account of his good character. ARCHES COURT, Nov. 3. This being the first Sessions in Michaelmas Term of the Ecclesiastical and Maritime Courts, Sir John Nichol], Dean of the Arches Court of Canterbury, and Official Principal, attended by the advocates and proctors, after prayers in the adjoining apartment, went in procession into Court. No public business of any importance took place on this occasion. An application was made, in the matter of Lord Portsmouth, for the extension of the term probatory, which was not acceded to by the Court. _ _ _ John Joseph Munden, Esq., and Charles Toiler, Esq., notaries public, were introduced with the usual forms, and admitted of the number of procurators general vtercent in this Court (as supernumeraries), by virtue 9f rescripts from the Archbishop of Canter bury, granted in consideration of their learning, pro bity of life, and good morals. Capt. PIIIDHANI, the Worshipful the Mayor, has follow up the notice he caused to be generally circu lated a week or two since, as on Saturday last, he seized several pounds of butter, which were deficient in weight, and had the names of the persons owning it published in hand-bills. This step, will, no doubt tend, by the dis grace it inflicts, in a great measure, to put a stop to such fraudulent practices. —Devonport Telegraph. At the Dover Sessions, which commenced on Fri(l4y morning, and did not finish until near twelve o'clock last n►ght, Jolty Low, who was in custody some short time since on a charge of stealing a bag of gold on heard the Sovereigx steam packet, from Boulogne, and was ad mitted to heavy bail, did not appear to answer to the in dictment. The Grand Jury found the bill, and in conse quence of the non-appearance of Low, the recognizances become forfeited. On Monday afternoon, the inhabitants of Bridgegate were alarmed by an infuriated stot, which rush ed through the street with a number of dogs hanging by it. A. dog at length ran between its fore-legs, and seizing it by the under-jaw, gave it a summerset, which brought it to the ground, and it was secured. The people in that quarter are often troubled with this kind of pastime, and accuse the fleshers of wilfully baiting the animals to improve the colour of the beef. It is not long since an en raged buil completely lifted out a window with its' horns, and it cost the liesher five pounds. In another instance, a man nearly lost his life. The bull rushed on the pavement, and attempted to gore him, but fortunately its horns struck each side of the wall, and he was enclosed by its head, and it was with great difficulty he was relieved from his dangerous situation. In another case, an enraged animal unexpectedly entered a spirit cellar to the great dismay of the tipplers, who made a hasty exit,-- one of them declaring he had been at Waterloo, but never encountered such a formidable foe. The bull went to the extremity of the cellar, and quietly laid himself down at the fire. An adjoining door had to be broken open, and the animal secured with ropes, It behoves the authorities in every case of this kind to he satisfied that the getting loose 9f the animal is accidental.-- Glasgow Chronicle. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 and S.) ZANTE, OCT. 4.—We are assured that after the arrival in the camp of Ibrahim of Envoys from Con stantinople, a kind of sedition arose, and that all the persons about him forced him to take advantage of the absence of,the French and English Admirals to quit the port, and proceed towards Patras. sailed, in fact, in that direction, in the night of Sept. 30. An English brig of war came on the 2d of October, and gave notice to Admiral Codrington, who had been at anchor in our roads, and put to sea with such haste that he had not time to take on board several of cers who were on shore. At ten in the morning he fell in with the Egyptian fleet, which was sailing along the coast of the Morea, fol lowed by a small number of French and English vessels, which had been left before the Porte of Na varino. The wind did not seem very favourable to the enterprise. Off Castel Tornese the Egyptians suddenly altered their course, and steered directly towards Cape Skinari, which is on the north coast of Zante, where they furled their sails, and to the great astonishment of the inhabitants, prepared to cast anchor. The municipal authorities of the island were obliged to hasten to the beach to restrain the people, who were already in arms on the coast, and part of whom had embarked in boats to oppose the landing of the . Egyptians. The European vessels formed at the moment a half circle about the Egyptian fleet, and an English brig proceeded to the Egyptian Admiral's ship, as if to parley. After the lapse of half an hour, the Egyptian and European ships all returned towards the Morea, and it was supposed that the former being better informed were going to return to Navarino. However, on the 3d, Admiral Codrington returned here on board the Asia, despatched several avisos to Corfu, Alexandria, Constantinople, and Milo, and seemed to make preparations to hinder th e Egyp tians, who were still in sight, from proceeding to Patras. We very distinctly saw the English and French ships form two lines above Castel Tornese, and prepare for battle. The Asia was going to put to sea again at five o'clock in the afternoon, when Lord Cochrane and the Greek fleet came in sight. It remained at anchor for some time, and made sig nals to a brig of war, which sailed towards the Morea. The night prevented us from perceiving the move ments that took place afterwards; but about eight o'clock a heavy cannonade was heard, which conti nued for a long time. This morning the squadrons were not to 'be seen, and it was generally said that Ibrahim had been attacked by Lord Cochrane, and compelled, after an obstinate combat, to return to Navarino. The Asia had also weighed anchor, and disappeared during the night. At present we have only the usual guard-ships in our roads.*—Augs burgh Gazette. TRIESTE, OCT. 21.—A captain, who has arrived in eleven days from Patras, reports that a division of eight Greek ships, among which was the steam boat, had entered the Gulf of Patras, and there burnt, on the 2d of October, five Turkish vessels which had been for some time in that Gulf. It de tained besides three Austrian vessels, which were taking in cargoes of currants for Trieste. Several Austrian vessels which had escaped them had ar rived at Zante without cargoes. It seems that the Turkish fleet has been hindered by the English from entering the Gulf of Patras, for we learn by a ship which has arrived in eleven days from Modon, that Ibrahim had returned to Navarino, with the greatest part of his fleet. The letters from Messina . say, that the Russian fleet was still in the port of that city on the 6th of October.—lbid. MADRID, OCT. Ig.—Perfect tranquillity reigns at Madrid as well as in all the provinces ; in Catalonia alone there is still some disorder remaining: but every body here thinks that that principality will soon be pacified, for every cornier brings us news of further submissions or dispersion of the last bands. The journey of our beloved Sovereign to that pro vince will have produced immense advantages to the country, by saving the people from the impending horrors of civil war. F!GUEIRAS, OcT. 22.—The famous Castans, whose proclamations have acquired him a lament;- able celebrity, has made his submission, as well as some other chiefs who had risen on the sea coast. It seems that only Jep des Estangs is in a state of re volt in the mountains. It is believed, that Saperes and El Carfiicero have taken refuge on the French frontiers. A post of 300 infantry and 50 horse has been stationed at Junquera, to make the inhabitants of the extreme 'frontier easy, who fearing the violence of the insurgents in their desperate situation, had al most all taken refuge in France. There is resson to believe that this movement is connected with the mission of the Count tie Niragol, Aide-de-camp to the Captain-General, who has been sent to Perpig nan."—illemorial Bordelais. " The Austrian Observer, in a letter from Zante, dated the sth of October, confirms the principal facts contained in this article : but it does not speak of Lord Cochrane, though it mentions the cannonade, the smoke of which, it says, was perceived from the heights of Zante.—Note of Editor of the Gazette de France. PRICES OF IRIS: Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent 96% Gov. Stock, per cent. 93U,% Ditto, New 4 per Cent. 100% Gov. Deb. 3% per cent. 94% Royal Canal Stock - Grand Canal Stock 144 City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4U. et - Arrived. Due. o America 0 O Brazil • Buenos Ayres 2 Dublin 2 Flanders 0 1 France O Goti.enburgh 1 1 Guernsey& Jersey 0 s-rocics, NOV. 2. St. Patrick Insur. (per ah.) Royal Irish Ditty — National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank l6ii Provincial Ditto 215% Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland Conimereial Buildings! — Arrived. Due. O Ilamburgh 0 Holland 2 O Jamaica 0 • Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 • Malta O Mexico 0 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 29 minutes after 3.1 Evening ...AA minutes after 3, . RI, --.ti. 0014 * Mllll. LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1827. The Paris Morning Papers of Thursday, with the Gazette de France dated the 2d and 3d of November, reached us last night. The Morning Papers. of Friday were not published in conse quence of the preceding day being All Saints., The Papers which we have received contain no intelligence of importance, and leave the affairs of the East in the same state as at former arrivals. The Gazelle de France copies from th e Augsbvrgh Gazette a letter dated the 4th ult., from Zante, giving some interesting particulars respecting the proceedings of the Egyptian fleet on the first occasion of its sailing from Navarino, but its date being prior to that of Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON'S last dispatches, it furnishes no account of operations which were before un known to us. One fact, however, which we learn by this letter, must be considered as highly important. It appears that the violation. of the armistice, by IBRAHINeS attempt to sail from Navarino to Patras, was the effect of the arrival of envoys from Constantinople, and the clamour which in consequence arose amongst his own people to quit the port ; hence, the object of the Plenipotentiaries, whom we previously knew had been dispatched by the SULTAN to IBRAHIM, was evidently to assure him of his Highness',, determination to resist, and to excite IBRAnn! to vigorous and decisive operations. Stimulated by these commands of the SULTAN, IBRAHIV could hardly decline making some bold attempt with his expedition, and the next accounts may theref ore b e looked for with great anxiety, a , ; likely to furnish intelligence of high importance.. By a letter from Trieste, it would appear that Lord COCHRANE, with part of the Greek fleet, had destroyed five Turkish vessels in the Gulf Of Lepanto, and that several Austrian vessels which were loading with currants had been forced to proceed to Zante to escape from their pillage. The intelligence from Spain is more favour able. CASTAN'S has submitted, and JEP DES ESTANGS is said to be the only remaining ehief in a state of revolt. The Exchange in Paris on London is again lower, being quoted one month, 25f. 15c. Three months, 25f. The Funds are also a shade lower. Extracts of the Papers are given in another column. FRENCH FUNDS, Nov. 2.—Five per Cents. 1011. 70c. ; Three ditto, 71f. 60c. ; Bank Actions, 2,0031. 75c. ; Rented de Naples, 77f. 10c. 20c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 64 644; Rente Perp. d'Espagne, 46k. Madrid Papers to the 26th October have been . received by Express, but they do not con tain any news of consequence. On the 20th instant the KING was still at Tarragona, without any thing particular having occurred. All the rebels who are going into France are pursued by different columns. The QUEEN arrived yesterday 'from San Lorenzo, ,and she departs again for Valencia. Every thing was quiet at Madrid. Up to a late hour this afternoon no fresh in telligence has been received at the Public Offices from Constantinople, although a Messenger is hourly expected. Frankfort Papers to the 30th ult. reached us last night. The King and Queen of SAXONY arrived at Leipsic on the 23d, and were received with every demonstration of enthusiasm, joy, and affection. On the following day the Deputies of the several public bodies of the city and of the towns of the circle took the oath of alle giance to his MAJESTY. An article in these papers; dated Augsburgh, October 25, publicly avows that the political articles in the Allge meine Zeitung, which have so frequently ap peared in the shape of letters from Smyrna and other parts of the East, are the inventions of the Editor—which we have more than once asserted. We subjoin this paragraph, and the price of the Funds at Vienna, on the 22d October : Avosnuiscat, OCT. 25.—The Allgemeine Zeitung daily gives us letters from the East, the contents of which are so often contrary to facts officially known, that we do Lot think it worth while to communicate them to our readers. Of what use can it he to tell us " that the Sultan is ex tremely angry at the blockading of his fleet, and especially because Ibrahim has been authorised to act as be pleases, and to be answerable to his father only," when we know from official sources, that Ibrahim, on the proposals of the Admirals, sent messengers to Constantinople to ask for instructions? Amidst the mass of unauthenticated statements of the affairs of Greece, which the Allgemeine Zeitung in par ticular gives to the public, it has the advantage indeed of daily gratifying the curiosity of the people ; but on the other hand, it is to be received with distrust even in such of its communications as are conformable to truth. VIENNA, OCT. 22. —Metalliques, 92 1-15 ; Bank Shares, 1,091. We received this morning the Allgemeine Zeitung of the 29th ult., but it contains no news from Greece or Constantinople later than what we have already received, although it fully confirms the tenor of the former accounts re specting the disposition of the SULTAN : VIENNA, OCT. 24. The marriage of Prince Metternich and the Countess of Beelshiem, is to be celebrated on the 29th in the Imperial Palace of Hotzendorff, the residence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Wurtemburg. Count Apraxin is gone with despatches to St. Petersbnrgh. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 6. We have nothing new since the last post, neither is there any appearance of a change in the sentiments of the Divan with respect to the intervention. The Dragomans go almost daily on account of their current affairs, which have no connection with the intervention, to the Reis Effendi ; but the.latter, who has beep ill for this fortnight, and shews symptoms of melancholy, will not hear any thing about the Convention of the 6th of July, and the Porte still observes the strictest silence respecting the com mencement of the execution of the Convention at Navarino. The pacification through the Patriarch, as the Porte de sires, will hardly lead to any result, and the Greeks have scarcely noticed it. Tranquillity, however, prevails, but the military preparations continue, and a further supply of artillery has very lately been sent to the fortresses on the Danube. Brussels Papers of the 3d inst. hive been re ceived this morning. The only thing they con tain is the Address of the States-General in reply to his MAJESTY'S Speech at the opening of the Session. As we have already given the Speech, it is unnecessary to give the Address, which is, as usual in such cases, only an echo of the Speech, if we except the following para graph, which, though merely a truism, is yet honourable to the legislative spirit of the States : " We rejoice at every thing that may restrain the fatal influence of the lottery on public morality. " A good legislation is a durable monument, which must perpetuate the glory of your Majesty's reign to the remotest posterity. We are fully sensible of the import ance of the legislative measures on crimes and punishments, and the proceedings in civil and criminal causes, which your Majesty has been pleased to announce to us ; we are happy in uniting our efforts with those of your Majesty to render this legislation worthy of a free people of the enlight ened age, and of the progressive civilisation, of the nation." ,which--- vesse l By the Wolf, Captain is arrived off Dover from Lima, Papers from thence have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, by which we learn, that, on the 27th June, the Government had proposed to the Chambers a Decree of Am nesty and Act of Oblivion to all persons who had been implicated for political offences since the commencement of the War of Independence, except those who were concerned in the Con gress of Truxillo ; the discussion on this subject continued on the 30th, and after having been referred to the Executive, how far such measure could, with safety to the Government, be granted, was finally passed on the 6th July, by a vote of 59 for its adoption, and 26 against it. The scarcity of Quicksilver was such, that it appears to he thrice the value in Lima it is in England. Arrived yesterday at Dover from Calais, his Majesty's steam packet Salamander. A gentleman of the name of NEW MAN came over in her, charged with dispatches for the Foreign Office, said to be from Greece ; he proceeded immediately for London. The following, from the Nuremburgh Cor respondent of the 28th ult. may be interesting to our Agricultural and Commercial Readers : MAYENCE, OCT. 23. Though the harvest in the southern part of Germany has been perfectly satisfactory, the prices are still high, and the great landholders are in no haste to sell. This state of things, so favourable to the farmers, is not owing so much to the exportation by way of Holland, as to the scarcity in the Eastern and Northern Departments of France, where it is said they have hardly made half a crop, and conse quently need large supplies from Germany. The Wine trade is becoming very brisk, and the prices are rising, especially of the vintage of 1826, which is of such a qua lity as to supply the place of that of 1818 and 1819. The steam-boats between' Coblentz and Alayence have ceased to ply for this year. The thick fogs which prevail in the autumn, in some parts of this division of the river, render it, if not impossible, yet highly dangerous for steam boats to navigate it during this season. Gibraltar Chronicles and Commercial Lists, to the 16th ult. have been received. Th e fol lowing is the only article worth extracting : a Spanish corvette and brig of war are at Al gesiras, they arrived on the Bth inst., said for the purpose of taking troops on board to transport to Catalonia. A French brig, from the Medi terranean, beating about to the eastward, got aground off the Rock, near Fort Barbara, but floated again a few hours after. The French convoy, lying wind-bound, at Algesiras, sailed on the 12th, to the westward. Yesterday two French brigs of war, from the westward, anchored in that Port. TRIESTS, OCT. 21.—Arrived the English brig Barbadoes Packet, Captain LOWES, from London. This vessel has been plundered of the most valuable part of her cargo, consisting of Indigo, rhubarb, cassia, bale goods, tin plates, Etc. &c., between Cape Spartavento and Zante, by a Greek polacre brig, of about 280 tons, 14 guns, and seventy-fire men : she had possession of the Barbadoes Packet for two days, and sent 88 men on board, who were employed for sixteen hours in taking out all tide handy and most valuable packages. There are reports to day of several Austrian vessels having been captured by the Greeks, but we have not yet received particulars. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DA Y.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov. 4.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from London the St. Vincent's Planter, Bridge, for Jamaica ; London, Berry, and Castle Lachlan, Smith, for ditto; Eliza, Soper, from Grenada, and the Rover, Cobb, from Brazil. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 4.—Wind W.—Arrived the Portuguese frigate Perola, and brig Tigo, from Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 2 and 3.—Wind W.—Arrived the Tantivy, from Zante ; and Vittoria, —, from St. Petersburgh. FALMOUTH, Nov. 2 and 3.—Wind W. to N.N.W. Arrived the Ponsonby, Carlton, from Cephalonia. The Vigilantia, Jephson, from Nienstradt, to Hull, was totally wrecked near North SOmercoats, on Wednesday, and the crew drowned. The Eclipse packet, from Dover to Ostend, ran on shore to the eastward of that port on Thursday— the passengers, crew, and mails saved. THU. FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TIVELIR 0' CLOCK. To-day, being the anniversary of the Gun-powder Plot, is kept as a holiday at the Bank. Und er the impression of the arrival of important intell igence, which is hourly expected from Constantinople, bo th the Stock Exchanges are open for the transaction of business, but for the paucity of the operations hitherto they might as well have been shut, as there has been nothing going forward but the Bulls and Bears amusing themselves with firing squibs and crackers at each other, and bringing back to their memory their former exploits at a more youthful period on this anniversary. Consols opened at 87 for money, and 87i 4 for account, since which, in the absence of any news, the price has remained stationary; India Bonds are 100 pm.; Exchequer Bills, 58 60. There is literally nothing doing in the Foreign Funds to-day ; Mexican Bonds are 54i The public begin to feel some anxiety at the non-arrival of the expected dollars, and a doubt is entertained by many that another disappointment may possibly take place on this point, similar to that which took place in Colombian St4ck. Greek are still 15i- 161; the conduct of their cruisers has for some time only had a tendency to disgust by their acts of piraCy, an in stance of which is given to-day, which shows friends or foes are all the same to them. The increasing system of plunder must now be met by vigorous measures, for the English flag appears to be no protection, and we may, in fact, be considered rather in a state of war than peace with these d es p era d oes . T m h t, re B e 7l ; India nt Vo n n s d o e le : 1 0 8 0 p 7in ditto for the Ac co t t ; . ; Exchequer Bills, FOREIGN.-Brazilian, 604 1; B uenos A yres , 50 * ; 58 60 pm. Cbilian, 25 6; Colombian, 1824,274 ; Danish, 61+ 4; Greek,ls+ 161; Ikleccican, 5 per Cent., 42 S ; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 544 s ; Peruvian, 25 6 ; Portuguese, 754 i ; Russian, 934 4 ; Spanish, 04 10. MniEs.—Anglo Mexican, 65 24 dis. ; Brazilian, 24 6 pm. ; Bolivar, 44 4 dis. ; Colombian, 4 6 per share; Real Del Monte, 25 dis. ; Tlalpuxahua, 90 70 die. ; United Mexican, 234 24 die. Two o' aocr. Consols have been 87i sellers, but are now buyers again, with little or nothing doing. The most re spectable part of the brokers have been fairly driven out of the house by noise, and suffocation from the smoke of fireworks. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account still continue at 87k 4 ; Mexican Bonds, 6 per Cent., are 54 after having been 54i. ANNIVERSARY OF THE GUNPOWDER PLOT.—The firing of the guns in St. James's-park was dispensed with this day, in consequence of the indisposi tion of Lady GODERICH, who is in her confinement. Earl BATHURST and Lard MELVILLE have been for some days past in the neighbourhood of Perth.— Their Lordships came on a visit to the Earl of MAI , iSFI ELD at Scone, but, on the receipt of the melancholy and unex pected intelligence of the death of Mr. MAMMA M, brother to the Countess of MANSFIELD, theft distinguished visitors departed for Kinfauns, where Lord GRAY is entertaining Caledonian Mercury. a select party of the Nobility.... LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS PO) COURT OF CHANCERY• JFNKINS T. GOULD. agent, manager, Danielma was engaged for him in a great many bill n e el tions ; he had got from Mr. Jenkins a mor t g a g e ager, anduld r was e e e i for y e r many of m y e r a . rs e t n the : n s o s 1 . i ci ag t .l o his property, for the purpose of securing to hig l 4' balance that might ultimately be found due t o Pi e , and he now claimed an immease balance. He hadn el s i, rendered any account or bill of costs, and ti ltimatelYo leged that the transactions had been so numerous so complicated as to render that impracticable. Ile proceeding to sell the estate that had been m ort is' to him, when at the instance of the plaintiff si/ Dfr junction issued to restrain him from doing 50 . Jenkins alleged that the mortgag e was granted a s ' " 6 ,4 urgent request of the defendant, and that the r y was prepared solely by Mr. Gould himself. t o judgment of the Court, delivered to-day Was , ; Mr. Gould ought to have rendered an acc 0°11 " 0 " accounts regularly; that the Master must.no f P o r d ceed to take the accounts between the parties' t o that the injunction should be continued till after Master made his report. MILLER v. ELKINS. His LORDSHIP stated, that in this case 01 0 , Muller was the tenant for life of a house in V:let haugh-street ; Mr. Miller was appointed a re c : o o of it. Several distresses were put into the U . „' i pf for the purpose of recovering the rent, or tiwid out the tenant in possession, tly which a g reat i:d of expenc e was i n c urre d : one o f t h e procel r o v was removed into the Court .of King's Bench. to Miller gave notice that she would have nothinfo do with those proceedings, and now the Betel of applied to be allowed to deduct these costs ou t the rents and profits due to Mrs. Miller. -pteceifes suchio e n os t t h s, at an ti c ie t — herQfd i - h had dismissed The r C i :h t the 'ot' petition. dwe rnas anodf ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. 'GEE, This was an information filed by the Attol General at the relation of the trustees of a ell' fl o o in Essex, described in the pleadings, for the purl ) o f of having that charity put under the manageteel l i be the Court. A decree pronounced declared that property had been misapplied, through a misaPP,b l hension of the Vicar, and referred the matter t o , Master, to appr ove Of a scheme for the future le r , nagement of the charity; the Master made hi s f r port, and a t p resent i t stoo d f or judgment OP °ll e ceptions to that report. t ied His LORDS HIP ' S op i n i on upon a ll t h ose exceP - d if was, that the Mast er h a d j u d ge d w i se l y an d pr°P and that the exception s ought to be overruled . BROWN V. DE TASTET. v de Mr. HEALD replied i n thi s motion that he A- , fkl' on behalf of the defendant on S atur d ay . L°' „ - deti don, on the day he went out o f o ffi ce , made an ° O. directing Mr. De Tastet to pay i nto Court, 18 '„• 0 0 at the same time allowing the def en d an t' s excerpt to the report that made that sum appe a r to b i e t bst from him to the plaintiff. Mr. Heald con ceive ( ' ; ve t as his Lordship had allowed the exceptions be 11 ;00 could at the'same time have ordered th e money ' o il Court, except erroneously, and therefore he aP:d to stay the execution of that order. It was s s. the other side, that the cas e h a d b een before t os Masters, that the first had found an infinitely lare f , o o l to be due from the defendant, and that thougnc t be Eldon had considered th e p r i nc ipl e o n vvh i f"ost second report was m a d e erroneous , yet he fe'" Al hot at all events 18,0001. must be fortheoming,llo he ought to secure that ; moreover , t he doe,' Op ought to have brought the ca se b e fore the . Li ° upon a petition of rehearing instead of a innt i° : t . the The LORD CHANCELLOR was o f opinion, ti , 0 0 case ought to have been brought before 1 4 1° , 1 r / 110 petition of rehearing; it was impossuo- rot he could substantially say Lord Eldon ju d glte was wrong, without having had all the n i rials before him, whi c h a petition of re hei no alone could have brought forward; and there fore felt bound to refuse the motion. Mr.Hoß o N r E d t e i r le onunp,on th be e ha ( l i f ef o e f nd th a e i . it p , ment of the :18,0001, Coa t ' His Loustup ordered it to be paid into on or before the last day o f Term. pl aint i ff , i fi the rt lY 3. fir a short VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT• . Wit.LEsLEV V. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT. t he head. When Mr. PEPYS was about to Open tp ; first, Mr. BEAMES insisted that it ought not to be Ilt There were three ceeded on,as Mr. Wellesley had not been s erved 0 71 ' a copy. 1 er The LORD CHANCELLOR waa distinctly en d lo t petitions presented nnder tre stood by that gOstleman's Counsel, to direct t o he should be stectil with a copy of every Pe t/t n te presented in the cause, or having the most reap,, relation to the interests of the infants, his chi l lo The VICE-CHANCELLOR ---I find that the , r , petition merely asks for a r ef e r e nc e to the gsso, c a e n r d tai h n as re a p c a c i o rs r . din l gly been served w i tp h o sT to inquire whether the children are en titled' the Mr. PSPYS---••Mr. Wellesley is a party to t in the others, and it has not been thought nee 9ss ofthi this tenantsin petition.ta i tail, t o H ce e rt m ai n n estates. hav e n 0 cause, and to serve him with copies. interest &Is t o f The VICE CHANCELLOR TI • . °ll ll' le next pent' a to Is Mr. Wellesley a this cause ? Mr. PEPYS—Certainly not. „ o cet The VICE-CH ANCELLOR .— a. q u If the Lord .•- to l I n lot had direct e d t h at M r . W e ll es l ey be served ' he, copies of all the petitions, and if in point 0 „,, — . o uno has been so served, then there might be som e iv for complaint. for °/' Mr. PEPYS said, that upon these petitions - 0 1; dering references ! it would be as reasonable to,,r, that the grandfather mi g ht b e ser ved on the fatlw.,,, Mr. BEANIES said, that a n Lord Chancellor would be necessary, if his Hon°, • • had been P r ' overruled the objection. A petition a vid seated some time since, for the purpose of 71 a o f some money laid out, and upon the opposiO ed to Mr. Wellesley, a much s maller sum was order be laid out than was required by the petition. e t application to on The VICE-CHANCELLOR finally granted the pre of the three petitions. --- • COI/RT OF KING'S BENCH. (Before Lord TE NTERIAN and a Special Jorp ) BUTT V. FEARNE. ffc' Mr. FOLLETT opened the pleadings, an d t 'ollf BROUGHAM shortly stated the subject of the ac i - : 00 , yeareslargeuh sums sa character which was brought to recover the sum of 2, 681 '„/ from the defendant, who was a stock-brok er, ho d acted as agent to the plaintiff, Mr. Butt, who ' t he o t transac tions money fna c a ! gyd o e n fno s f tor o rtivih n es the Stock Exchange i ri i s o .d m e f e e n Butt,yd aeaanbrtos hadu p t r 6e received,cie) o d c n l. g . of which ri0065 had never been paid over to that gentleman, b li c ' to cU paid by the defendant to the Committee of the to r Exchange, a self-constituted body, who, in co gef it themhuoe unthought he t the propert s s i o l mmse whicho transactions ord ehi.e the he defendant n e fi e t n h n e dha S i ns t t o ht c oa k nv E da ;L O 7 ; r io t for the plaintiff. The defendant obeyed the ° r ti fro of the Committee, and paid over the Pla in 14 money to Mr. fish, one of that Comm ittee e ' o o# whom it was applied to charitable purpose s, ac} Esc' ing to some rule which prevailed on the Stoc_ A to change. If the defendant, however, had appli7 he charity the money which belonged to the plain ti t : of was liable for it. He had pleaded the stet! . i f ; Limitations, but there would be no dilfetl a ite. proving that he had admitted the validity of the P tiff's claim within the period of six years. , 1 Mr. Pattissall, the banker, proved the '_ p it writing of the defendant, and also proved that blot conversed with the defendant several times t he the last six years on the transactio n which vrss_. the subject of this action. The last conversation nolider subject was within three w eeks, and witness " bo re stood that the debt claime d b y Mr. Butt was ! iv 111 2,C00/., and the defendant admitted that the °` s i to cit dispute was paid to the Committee of th Exchange, and not to the plaintiff. rF . • e Cross-examined by Mr. GURNEY-..-The eopv tio es cha n nt gt r te e i ia a nt t Coch rane not hea r t hi stood it -111 %. Butt diffe rences, claim h a d time-ba::ga. the d • /um Was tried at Mr. Gus for Which II present acti Mr . 13 Ro of opinion barffaiiis, hi Lord T t doubt on th 'unsuited. POLIe L t‘ t A t ? 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