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LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF RUNG'S BENCH, JULY 24. THE KING V. GEORGE BEVE, ALIAS BERE. This was an information filed by his Ma jesty's Attorney-General against the defen 4ant for publishing a scandalous, malicious, defamatory, and seditious libel concerning the King, in a work called The Republican, to the tenor and effect following :—" There is not one vice that the King can put his hand to his heart and say, I am innocent of.— Ile has inherited the obstinacy of his father, the avarice and meanness of his mother, without any of their domestic qualities, and to this he has added all that vice has taught or conjectured."— The. SOLICITOR-GENERAL, MARRYATT, Mr. GURNEY, and Mr. LITTLED ALE conducted the prosecution. The ,lefendant was an 'assis tant in Mr. Carlile's shop in Fleet-street, and it was proved that on the 26th of October last he sold the Number of Carlile's Republican, con taining the alleged libellous matter set out in the information. —Mr. PENDERGAST shortly ad dressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant, ac knowledging his offence, but pleaded his igno rance of the contents of ale paper, and that he was merely a vender of the work without having any controul over its sale.—One witness was called to prove that the defendant was a person of .loyal sentiments, and had often expressed him self with reverence towards the King, but the Learned Judge thought such evidence inadmis sible. Mr. Justice BEST charged the Jury, that a more gross, scandalous libel had never been published concerning the King, or concerning their late Majesties.—The Jury immediately found the defendant Guilty. SAME. V. SAME. This was another information filed by the At torney-General against the same defendant, for publithing another scandalous libel concerning the King on the 25th of November, in another number of The Republican, under the like cir curnoances.—The SOLICITOR..GENER AL declined offering any evidence for the prosecution, and— The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found the defendant Not Guilty. THE KING V. MARY ANN CARLILE. This was an indictment by the Society for the Suppression of Vice, against Mary Ann Carlile (the sister of Richard Carlile) for a blasphemous libel on the lloly Scriptures.—At the request of the defendant, the Jury were asked if they were members of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, but none of them were so. Mr. MARaIATT opened the pleadings. Mr. GURNEY stated the case to the Jury. The libel was • put in and read, and the sale of it by the defendant prov er!. It spoke of the Bible as " a book so full of wickedness and contradictions, that it could not be the word of God." The defendant had no Counsel, but she put in a long written defence, which was read by the Officer of the Court. It justified the pamphlet as a moderate.and argu mentative examination of the Christian religion, from which it could not be the intention of 'the Jaw to shield it.—Mr. Justice BEST interrupted the reading of part of the defence which stated the " common law was a common abuse," and said he could not allow that part to be read, but the defendant, though repeatedly requested to expunge it both by the Judge and Jury, declin ed doing so.-I.llr. Justice BEST charged the Jury, that in his opinion the publication in question could not be considered as fair reasoning in mo derate and respectful language, but, in the terms of the indictment, it was a scandalous and blas phemous libel. The Jury, without any hesita tion, found the defendant Guilty. CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. THE KING V. MARY ANNE CARLILE. This was an indictment against the same de fendant, -at the instance of the Constitutional Association, for publishing a seditious libel in a pamphlet entitled, " An Address to the Refor rner3," printed with her name to it. The first count set out the following alleged libellous mat ter:--" To talk about the British Constitution is, in my opinion, a sure proof of dishonesty. Britain has no Constitution. If we speak of the Spanish Constitution we have something tangible ; there is a substance and meaning al well as a sound. In Britain there is nothing constituted but corruption in the system of Government. Our very-laws are corrupt and partial, both in them selves and in their administration. In fact, cor ruption, as notorious as the Sun at noon-day,' is an avowed part of the system, and is denomi nated the necessary oil for the wheels of the Government. It is a most pernicious oil to the interests of the people." The second count set out the following matter ReCorm will be obtained when the existing authorities have no longer the power to withhold it, and _not be fore. We shalt gain it as early without petition ing as with It, and I will again put forward my opinion that something more than a petitioning attitude is necessary. At this moment I would not say a word about insurrection, but I would strongly recommend union, activity, and co operation. Be ready and steady to meet any con current circumstances."—There were six of the Jury talesmen. Mr. GURNEY (with whom was Mr. TINDAL) stated the case for the prosecution with his usual ability, urging the so often repeated topics in cases of this description. The following wit nesses were then examined for the prosecution : James Rignall deposed, that he had purchased the pa.mpl.bt in question of the defendant, at her shop in Fleet-street, on Friday evening, the 9th of March. There were several other topics lying about on the counter. Cross-examined by Mr. Coorrn—l am, and have been for the last 18 months, an agent for, the Society for the Suppression of Vice; and lam also agent in this in s t a n ce f or th e Constitu tional Association. 1 did not purchase any other copies of the tiamphlet. I was employed by the Solicitor for the prosecution, eir. Murray. He told .me to go. He did not particularize what pampfilet I was to purchase. He did not tell me to go and purchase several other copies of this pamphlet. He did not tell me what was his object. It was i:ot mentioned. I have no wages. I don't say that I acted gratuitously. I made a charge for my time. I do not belong to the Society—(With vehemence.) ' _ _ Mr. Coo . PEn—l don't wonder at your being anxious to se parate yourself from the Society.—(A laugh amongst the au ditory.) Mr. GrruNEY.—l desire that no such remarks may be made. By Mr. COOPER—What have you had for this particular job ?—I have made a charge for several other little things I did. —(A laugh.) blr. GURNEY (to the spectators)—l shall certainly move his Lordship to take notice. of some particular persons that I see misconducting. themselves. Cross-exammation resumed—What other jobs did you do for the Associatiox did iis..veral jobs that.l will not deny... How much have you had for these little jobs ?—I declare, upon my oath, I cannot state particularly how much-I have had for these little jobs. I made a charge. I don't recollect ex actly what my charge was. I can tell you pretty nearly the round suns, if that will satisfy you. I think it was about 17 and under seven guineas. I was sent on other business besides this. - . I wish to know what that other business was ?—ls it neces sary to answer that question. I think it is necessary.—Then I will take the sense of the Court upon it. I have no objection to answer that or any other question, if my Lord thinks I ought. Mr. Justice BEST—You had better answer it. " .Then Ipurchased some other different things for the Asso ciation, but it was not in consequence of any general or particu lar orders I received ; I went to purchase those publications which I thought libels ; I cannot state exactly now what they were. Then you did that, I suppose, without any hope of reward ? --I don't state without any hope of reward; I expected to be paid for my time. Then it was not merely from motives of patriotism and pub lic virtue ?—Those were two of my motives most certainly, but not the only ones. Has this been the usual way . of ,getting your living?—lt has for a year and a h a lf p as t ; I have had no other feasible occupa tion during that time.. I suppose you received a considerable sum in the course of this honourable employment ? —I have told you that the sum total was about 71. . Mr. Justice BEST—Do you think that material, Mr. Cooper ? Mr. COOPER—I do think it material, to shew the. sort of Agents that this Honourable Society employs. ln what honourable eniplay m e n t we r e yo u before this ?—I bad a situation in his Majesty's Custorni,service ; I have left any situation. • Have you received a pensi9n from 'the Customs?-1 have not. What is your age am 54. Re-examined—l have been in the employment of the*Society fur the Suppression of Vice for a year and a half; I have been paid by them fo r my services: In this instance,and in some others, I have made some purchases for the Constitutional Association. Horatio Orton' examined by Mr. GZT RNE Y.-I was a wit ness before the Grand Jury. On the 10th March I purchased another copy of the pamphlet in question from Mary Ann Carla; I had it from her own hand. Cross-examined . by Mr. COOPER—How came you to pur chase this on the 10th of March ?—I was directed by Mr. Mur ray, the solicitor, to purchas?. it. - This is the gentleman (pointing to Mr. Murray in Court) ? Yes. He is the Honorary Secretary to the Association, and the dis interested attorney for this prosecution?—Yes. I was sent by him for the express purpose of purchasing this pamphlet : I should not have gone if I had not been directed by him. What is your situation in the Society ?—My situation to the Association is as clerk. Clerk to Mr. Murray ?—No; I am not in Mr: _hurray's office. In the Society's , office separate from the attorney's office ? Yes. In what situation were you before ?—I used to assist my bro ther in his correspondence with ccuritry newspapers. Not for the town papers for himself ; he takes the re ports of the House of Lords' proceedings, and transmits them to the Editors of the•country papers ,• I used to assist him in the copying, and he p a id me for my trouble. Is your salary in your present honourable situation fixed ? No, it is not fixed. It depends upon your exertions ?—Yes. You don't work by the piece ?—No, I do not; the Committee have not yet come to a determination about my salary ; I have not made any demand liar salary; I have not proposed any suns: I mean to swear that ; not any sum has been proposed to me; I don't say that I would work for the Society gratuitously ; if I want 51. I know where to go for it ; not of - the Association ; I can have it of my brother ; I expect to receive something from the Association. In your modesty, what may be the extent of your expecta tions ? Mr. GURNEY submitted that this was not a proper mode of cross-examination. Mr. GoonEn--I think it is, and I shall persist in it until 1 am told by my Lord that it is irregular. Mr. Justice BEST---I don't think any part of the cross-exa minatibri is approaching to any thing like regularity. Mr. Co opErt—lf your Lindship says I am not to be allowed the same latitude which is allowed to counsel on other occasions, I shall not persevere. • Mr. Justice .13Esr—I have no objection to your taking your own course, but 1 think this cOirt",,e of -examination ought to have been stopped long ago. I think every fair and reasonable indulgence ought to be allowed to counsel in such a case, but if this was a mere civil case,• I should have stopped you long ago, Mr. COOPER—Then I shall proceed in my own way, with your 'Lordship's permission. Is this the_ first job you have been employed in ?—I don't re collect any other of this kind. • . . Are you sure you have been employed upon no other job of ' this kind ?-1 cannot bring to my r eco ll ec ti on whether I have been employed on any other. I may have been, but lam not aware of any._ ' Do you know a man named King ?-,-Yes, perfectly. Do you recollect doing a job m which ; he was concerned ? —I don't recollect doing a job of: this kind against King. mig_ht, if I saw- the pape r b e f ore me w i th my mark upon it. There are so many of them, that I cannot recollect any in particular. Have you not made an affidavit in the job against King ? Yes ; but that is since this. I cannot recollect whether I have ' done any other jobs. I have been in the employment of the Association about six months. I commenced on the filth of Ja nuary. Since the 10th of March, I don't recollect how many jobs 1 have been engaged in ; they are so numerous I can't re collect. The orders whiCh Mr. Murray gave me were, to go and purchase the ReforMers Address at the defendant's shop. I had not any general directions to buy at this or that sh o p_ not from Mr. Murray. I h a d, f rom other persons, general di rections to make purchases of works ; one cf those persons was Mr. Sharpe. He is the Honorary Assistant Secretary !—Yes. [All the preceding questions excited considerable sensation amongst the audience, and produced a chorus of humouroirs tittering.] Mr. Justice BEsT.—The effect of these questions, Mr. Cooper, you must feel. You cannot wish, lam sure, to excite the sort_of response s w hi c h come f rom below the bar. You must see that it is done on purpose. You cannot wish, lam sure, to produce that effect. CooPER--My Lord, I am the last man in the world to do any thing inconsistent with the gravity and decorum of a' Court of Justice. I disclaim any such intention ; • and I must disdain the insinuation of Mr. Gurney, that I have taken up this case for the-purpose of adding to the public odium in which this Honourable Association is held. Mr. GURNEY said, his Learned Friend Mr. Cooper was mis taken • he had never insin ua t e d an y thi ng o f t h e ki nd. Mr:Justice BEST-1 - am sure no Gentleman at the Bar would wish to produce the effect which all the questions put by you have had below the bar. Mr. COW:En said .he could not controul the feelings of the auditory. - He was only anxious to do his duty to the best of his humble ability, and nothing shduld deter him from discharg ing that duty freely and Undauntedly-. Re-examination resumed—What is the office of the Honorary Assistant Secretary ?—lt is to do every thing at the office. To superintend the business of the office ?—I consider hints the acting manager. Then the honorary Secretary has a sinecure ?—What does the word honorary mean but a sinecure ? The alleged libel was then put in end read, and the case for the prOsecution closed. Mr. HENRY COOPER then proceeded to address the Jury on behalf of the • defendant, in an able, eloquent, and powerful speech, in which he evinced great acuteness, much force of ar gument,- and a commanding strain oforatory which produced a visible effect on the Jury. We lament, however, that our limits will not allow us to enter into any thing like detail. He was upwards of two hours speaking. The Learned Counsel ex pressed his regret that the conduct of the ,defence had not de volved upon some more able advocate, considering the mo mentous question which the Jury were called upon -to decide. For his own part he had the more reason to pray their indul gence, in consequence of the very limited time allowed him to address his mind to the subject. It was true he was told three weeks since he should probably have the conduct of this defence, but it was not until late last night that his brief was delivered; and therefore lie had been obliged to rob nature of her due, in order to prepare himself in some degree for the arduous task be had undertaken. Imperfectly prepared, therefore, as he must necessarily be, and in no inconsiderable degree depressed in ani mal spirits from want of rest, he felt himself unable to do that justice to the case which its vast importance required. He called upon the Jury to endeaVour to divest their minds of that preju dice which the very name of Cathie was but too apt to excite, from causes to which it was not necessary for hire to allude. Even in his own behalf he felt it necessary to bespeak a eandid consideration of the topics he proposed to urge, considering that even the Advocate in such a case had to combat prejudices of no pleasant description. For himself personally, however, he was perfectly indifferent as to the consequences ; and though so in significant an individual might be thought worthy the animad versions, and even the scorn of certain persons, he should derive the greatest satisfaction if his efforts-were successful in rescuing the unhappy defendant from the peril with which she was threatened, and look upon the malice of his enemies as the most honourable. testimonial of his exertions. The Jury were the Judges of the law as well as th e f ac t i n cases o f t hi s desctias - tion. They were not to suffer their judgments to be warped by any by-gone precedents, or the decision of former juries on similar occasions," for if there bad been 10,00 convictions for political libels of this tendency, they ought to have no effect upon their decision in this instance. Good sense progreSaWly made its wayin surmounting the prejudices of mankind. There was a time when the venders of - hops - were-liable- to, and had been subjected to criminal punishment, for selling that whole some herb as a poison ; but would any man in these times.com mend the prejudices of our forefathe rs , w hi c h cou ld so f ar wor k injustice, so detrimental to their-own interest; ?a The same 0.- servation and the same princinle were applicable to the subject of libel. Adverting then more immediately to the question before the Jury, he contended that the defendainwas entitled to a ver dict of acquittal, considering, who were the authors of the prosecua tion—an unauthorised, an irresponsibl e com bi na ti on o r indivi duals, whose conduct was a reproach to the laws, to the justice, and to the Government of the country-; for if this supposed libel were a fit subject for prosecution, what had become of the vigi lance of the Officers of the Crown, who were paid for guarding the sanctity attic Constitution ? Was not the abstinence of the Attorney and Solicitor General decisive proof that they consi dered this - publication as beneath their notice ? But what would the Jury say in a case, where the unhappy defendant was abso lutely seduced to commit the alleged o ff ence by thi s A ssoc i at i on itself, and by its hired myrmidons ? Was there a tittle of evi dence that this paper would have ever met the light, but for the industry of these jackal's, who had enticed their unhappy vic tims to the insatiate jaws of these conspirators-against the liber. ties of the country ? Would the Jury find a verdict of guilty against a person so betrayed, so tempted, so seduced a Devils, not men, could become the tempters; end then the accusers.— Consulting his own feelings, he Should not have said any, thing upon the character and aonduct of this' Association-, but thus much had his indignation wrung fiiim his eontemept. The Learned Counsel then adverted to the terms - of the supposed Libel, and argued that it was capable of an innocent interprets don, more especially when the whole paper was taken together., The spirit and substance were perfectly venial, and would the Jury then convict the defendant merely by the rules of verbal criticism ? The free subjects of this country were not to be doomed to rot in dungeons for mere - metaphorical language and figurative expressions. But was there not the highest authority for saying, that the substance of both the obnoxious passages in dicted was perfectly true ? Was it not a matter of history, de livered by the mouth of the late Speaker of the House of Com mons, then the first Commoner in the land, and now a Noble man of the realm, that there were corrupt practices in the Con stitution as notorious as the sun at noon day, and at which our ancestors would have started with horror and indignation ? Mr. Justice BEsT—'Where do you get that from ? Mr. CooPEn—l get it from all th e news p a p ers o f th e d ay; and from the Annual Register. It is' a part of the history of the country, which will be handed down- to posterity. Mr. Justice BEST—I beg to state, that whatever passes in Parliament cannot be acknowledged any where else. - I - have no means of knowing, nor have the Jury any means'of knowing whether Lord Colchester did my that or not. Mr. COOPER—But, my Lord, the whole country knows it, and I am quoting it as a part of the history of the country. Mr. Justice BEsT - -If he said it any ?Mete else he was a li beller on the Constitution of the country. If he said it in Par lhunent there he was privileged, and we cannot hear it without being guilty of a breach of privilege. Mr. COOPER—It is found in the recorded and authentic speeches in Parliament. Mr. Justice BEST—There is no recorded speech delivered in the House of Commons to which we can listen in this Court. _ Mr. COOPER —The speeches in Parliament certainly are not recorded like the judicial proceedings of a Court of Justice, so that we can give them in evidence, but the Journals of the House of Commons are matters of record. If lam at liberty to refer to what happened- two or three hundred years ago in Parliament as matter of history, I apprehend 1 may for the Janie reason refer to what happened aen years ago. Mr. Justice BEsT—Why, you' know perfectly well that a: speech delivered in Parliament, if published out of Parliament, may be libellous, and subject to criminal prosecution, as was held. in Lord Abingdon's case, and. in , the King v. Creevey. Mr. COOPER —.Those were the cases of libels on a private in dividual. lam adverting to thii its matter of history. Mr. Justice BEST—Perhaps the best thing is to let you go on your own way if you don't choose to submit. Mr. -- CooPEat--My Lord I am disposed to pay every respect to the deciaioia of the Court, but 1 trust I am not irregular in alluding to the history of the country. Nita Justice BEST—Why you know that the King's Bench decided this a few Terms since. Mr. COOPER -4 feel every dilakosition to bow with respect to your Lordship's decision. . Mr. Justi ce B EST —I d es i re you will go on. State afiy thing you please. Mr. COOPER then proceeded. and repeated Ae memorable words of the late Speaker, contending that the imputed libel was only the echo of the sentiment therein contained. He also adverted to the speeches of Lord Chatham, of Lord Chester field, and to th e sent i ments of t h e immortal Locke, upon the subject of civil government, and the freedom of the Bless. Ile argued that prosecutions of this kind were highly impolitic and dangerous to society, inasmuch as they gave birth to a spirit of persecution tending to aggravate the evil they were meant to re medy. They made men stubborn martyrs to the cause of free dons, whose noble enthusiasni, goaded to desperation, excited the sympathy of their fellow-creatures. This was true of reli gion, " for the blood of the Martyrs was the seed of the Church ;" and it was equally true of politics. Neither Athens nor Rome bad fallen by a free press, but for th e wan t done. Destroy the free press Of this country, and curb- even its licentiousness ; and that moment would its liberties be consigned to- the tomb.— Where was the line to be drawn ? Th e advantage and the evil were so shotten, that in the attempt to separate them the whole fabric became endangered, as in removing a speck from the eye, the. vision itself was often destroyed. After a most power ful address, to which we cannot do justice, he concluded by ex pressing the most confident expectation of a triumphant ac quiteaal. Miss Carlile fainted from the heat of the Court, and was car ried out during the trial. • Mr. Justice BEST, in an animated appeal to the Jury, told them that the Court had nothing to do with the question who were or who were not the prosecutors. The question for them to consider was this—was this a libel, and was the defendant the publisher of it? He had .no hesitation in declaring it to be a foul libel; but the Jury were also to form their judgment upon that point, and if they had no conscientious scruples *upon the subject, they were bound to administer justice according to their oaths. The Jury retired a little before four o'clock. At eight o'clock in the evening they came into Court, and said they could not agree. Four of them appeared to be for acquitting. They were then ordered to retire again, upon which the Jury sent mes sages home to their respective families, that they would not be home probably before morning. When the Paper went to press this morning at three o'clock, the Jury had not returned their verdict.—(Morning Paper.) It is rumoured that JOSEPH KAYE, Esq. will shortly retire from-the office of President of the Law Society, which he has so long filled with ho nour to it and himself.. V - esterday the State Lottery finished Drawing when N o . 4,4 21 was drawn a Prize of TWENT Y - THOUSAND POUNDS, Consols, and Shared by J. and J. SI V EWRIGHT, 37, Cornhill ; 11, Holborn : and 38, llaymarket.—Messrs. J. and J. SI VEWRIGHT have also the pleasure of an nouncing their having Sold in the same Lottery, 1,416 - - _.e4,000 12,730 - - P 2,400 9,182 - e 2,429 19,023 - ,22,100 Besides Eight Minor Capitals. The Public are requested to bring them in for Payment.—A New Lottery will be Contracted for on Thurs day, and if J. and J. SIVEW RIGHT are the Con tractors, they will h ave the pleasure of submitting to the üblic a very brilliant Scheme. - Yesterday the State Lottery finished drawing, when No. 6,231 was drawn a Prize of 13,000, 3 per Cent. Consols, which was shared by Bisn in One Quarter and Twelve Sixteenth Shares.— BISII also Sold and Shared in the previous drawings of the same Lottery, the following brilliant list of Capitals :- 14,041, a Prize of £21,000 10,830, a Prize of X 2.0,000 19,515, a Prize of R16;000 Besides several of 1'2,000, ,el,OOO, &c. &c. too numerous to insert in an Advertisement. A New Lottery will be on sale in a few days at 4, Cornhill, and 9, Ch ar i ng- C ross. BISII'S Offices: THE SUN. QUIS DICERB FALSUM AUDE.it? LONDON, IVEDNE,S'DAY," JULY 25, 1821. We received this morning the Paris Journals of Sunday. The follewing are extracts : " ST. CLOUD, JULY 21.—The Duke de Ri chelieu transacted business with the King. His Majesty took his usual airing at four o'clock.— (Mowiteur.). " PARIS, JULY 22.—We learn from Berli❑ that the object of the conspiracy. ; which has. just been discovered, was the introduction of the Spanish Constitution into Prussia. A . Nobleman, residing near Dautzic, was at the head of the conspirators, and had formed the plan of seizing by surprise the town of Stargard, in which there is a magazine of arms belonging bathe laudwehr; he expected to find there also all the other means necessary for the execution of the ulterior plans of the, conspirators. Fourteen persons have been , arrested. " Our private correspondent at Vienna, on whose authenticity we can rely, informs us that intelligence had arrived on the 11th instant of the Turkish troops having entered Jassy on the 26th . of June, after having completely destroyed every thing that was opposed to them. The de tails were not known when our correspondent's letter left Vienna.—(Gazetie de France.) " The question relative to , the most valuable of our public liberties is still undecided; the law proposed by the Ministers relative to the censor ship of periodical writings, can at present be considered only as a projet; and if, as we may be permitted to hope, this projet should not be adopted by the first political body of the State, at the expiration of a l'egishitive Session which is near its end, we shall return under the empire of the CHARTER, and the protection of the common. law.--(Journal des Daats.) " If any credit can be given tam letter insert ed in the Journal of the Department of the North, the town of Wurtzburg has just witnessed a mi raculous cure, which has produced the most lively impression. We all recollect that unfor tunate Princess of Schwartzenberg, who in 1811 fell a victim at Paris to her maternal love, when a fire broke out .in her dancing saloon.-- One of her daughters, the Princess Ma tilda, has' from infancy been afflicted with a dreadful disorder which has produced a carious of two of the vertebrz of the dorsal spine, and was pronounced incurable by the most eminent physicians of Vienna and Paris, among others by Dr. Dubois, who, after having attended her for three years, declared that she might live, but would never be able to walk. A young man, however, has appeared who has falsified the pre dictions of the Doctors, and who has said to the young Princess, Rise and walk. He is a German peasant, brought by Prince Alexander of Hohen kite, an ecclesiastic, to the house of the phy sician at Wurtzburg, where the Princess's friends had placed her, and who, after hav ing repeated a prayed, and asked the young Princess if she firmly believed that God had the power of working her cure, effected this miracle ! On that very day the Princess Matilda went down stairs to the family chapel in the house, and walked a long ,time in the garden before an immense concourse of the inhabitants,who flocked thither to convince themselves of this astonishing fact. Such is at least the account given by her governante, published in the Journal above men tioned.—(Journal de Paris.) " The French Chamber of Deputies have voted the Budget by a large majority. FRENCH FUNDS. July 21, Five per Cents. Bank Stock 1520 f. c. " A tyc;stmacr, JULY 14.—Commercial letters from Vienna and Odessa continue to state there will be no war between Russia and the Porte, and that the public funds have risen a little. It is said that the great Powers will act as media tors between the Turks and Greeks, in order that certain provinces may be assigned to the Greeks, which are to be governed by their own municipal laws, like the islanders of Chios. JULY 16.—Patras, Tripolizza, and some other places in the Morea of less consequence, are yet in the possession of the Turks. We have received no confirmation of the reported ca pitulation of the Ottoman garrison of Patras ; nor has the report been contradicted officially The successes obtained fey the Greek fleet over the Ottoman squadron which lately passed through the Dardanelles are fully confirmed.— The Turks have lost several ships of war, consist ing of triples, corvettes, and other vessels A k a smaller class:. Tile troops on hard these ship, fell into the hands of the Greeks, who o❑ this occasion did not massacre them. STOCaIIOLM, JULY 3.—The King transmit ted on the 28th of last month a message to the Diet of Norway, stating that he had read the ad dress of the Diet concerning the. liquidation .of the debt due from• Norway to Denmark, and it appeared to his Majesty that the resources of Norway were inadequate to form au independent State, if tiffs Kingdom were not supported and defended by Sweden. " Conformably to the Convention of the Ist cf September,. 18,19, 'the eight bond.; given by the Finance Department of the kingdbm of Norway, amounting to the surrr of 3,400,000 thaters, being the balance due from-Norway to Denmark, were a • remitted yesterday, together with the interest or dividends due on them, to M. Fitzgtrald, the Minister of the Power under whose mediation the loan was' contracted." A New York Paper has arrived this morning, one day later than the last arrival, : NEW YOBS, JUNE 2#3,—The Chaplain of the Nfacedonian frigata died at Valparaiso, and was buried with military honors- Judge PREVOST, who was ordered away from Buenos Ayres , had arrived at Chili in a British brig. His successor, Colonel FaunEs, was graciously received at Buenos Ayres, b. Conse quence, it was said, of an understanding that he came as a pub lic Ambassadorof the United States, instructed to acknowledge the independence of South America.. RUSSIAN TIIADE.—Sixty-six American vessels, bearing" nearly 16,000 tons, were engaged in the year 1820, in the Petersburg trade. This estimate is little less than one-eleven th of the whole tonnageemployed in the trade of that place ; t he exports in American vessels were of Iron, more than cal` - half, of Hemp, nearly one-sixth, of Cordage, more than ow:- third, of Sail Cloth, Ravens Duck, Sheeting and Diaper:* nearly seven-tenths, of Feathers, five-eighths. These fact' prove that no part of the compl a i nts ma d e b y Russia, 05 ) die unprofitableness of her trade d ur in g th e p as t year, can a p ply to that portion of it which has been prosecuted tiy America- We received this morning one Lisbon and On e , Hambargh Mail, and we annex their contents G 4 LISBON, JULY 4.—During the sitting of t he Cortes yesterday, a note from the Minister of t he Marine was received,. stating that the squadron In which his Majesty returned was in sight. T his information caused some embarrassment, as it " I ' s not possible to arrange, before mid day, w hat was necessary to receive his Majesty in a pro Per manner. The Cortes proceeded to elect bY ballot 24 . persons to be presented to his Majesty, that he might chase from. among them 8 to for' his Council of State. While. the ballot was pro' c-eeding a message arrived at 2 o'clock fronrt he Minister of the Interior, stating that the deputa tion composed of the President of the Regen c Y 7 the Minister of the Marine, &c. were gale ()la hoard to compliment his Majesty and had nut turned, and that it waited to know whether bjs Majesty desired to land or not.—At 4 ah° ther i messenger came to ask whether the depntatio4l° the Regency was to wait on board far that 0 f the. Cortes, or whether it was to retire, leaving only the Marine Minister? after some debate it w es resolved, an account of the lateness of the boor, which made it impossible to send a deratati°33 on board in a proper manner, the Regency 5.:° uh be informed that the deputation w hich it has sent should remain with his Majesty till the-00r tes sent - theirs, and that his Majesty 911°111d be asked at what hour he would receive the "e' tation of the Cortes, which would meet the nest day at the usual hour. the " LISBON, JULY s.—ln the Sitting O f l ,t - Cortes yesterday, which began at half past e1g . . 1 :o'clock, the President communicated , sev, r , a , Notes from the Ministers of the Marin and 1- 7 11 1 Interior. The first stated that the DePlit' i tg, of the Regency had remained on board his jestyls ship, as the Cortes had ordered. Th e cond, that his Majesty would land at ten o'cle c t i• The third and fourth, that he would no t la f g o , till four o'clock, and that his Secretary for ale reign Affairs should have a conference wit" .iaf, President of the Cortes ; but the "Cortes I' l os e previously decreed that his Majesty should cb t some hour before noon, and he having k r t i e pointed tell o'clock, his Majesty should 1 111 , 0 to this, and the Deputation of the Cortes, compliment and accompany him at that a r iitate Meantime the ballot for Councillors e' oui pli" continued, and the Deputation went tO c oc ell' e ment his Majesty. At a quarter befor e , / ,,jest fr i o'clock, a Message was received that his' would land immediately. It was live o cor tegj „ c when his Majesty entered the Hall of th e de re supported by the Secretary Falgueires, cc gir by the Deputation of the Cortes, and ae se holu nied by all the Officers of his Royal W a le , t ite and having taken his seat on the Thr . V to Book of the Holy Gospels was present e " 15 1i 4 by the President, on which his ;(„ his hand, pronounced the following 0 3 `:Coll i s t ',;,, - ( i " Jong VI, by the Grace of God, and bY, iitraz„. l l tion, King of the United Kingdoms of Portiig l ", the 1ia,"6.", Algarve, swear upon the Holy Gospels to maint sl- o bserve u ii_ lic, Apostolic, Roman Religion, and cause to be vorae.'"a bases of the Constitution, decreed by the General. nary, and Constitutional Cortes of the Portug ue s e all P- the Constitution which they shall make, and to be spects faithful to the said nation." he P r° " After this solemn oath was tak en, t atheti4 dent delivered a most energetic a nd P *.* The pressure of temporary matter obliges us to postpone THE COLONIES till to-morrow. For "-P.:0." on Ourricisbf, see the Fourth Page. • PRICE OF sTocits THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent..fted. - ,7611 - IndiaZonds 3 per. Cent. C0n5...............73,-Ii; Excheq. 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