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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE• PAnis, AUGUST 7.—The opening of the As- , IA the Department of Vienne, in which•the iti:x-Oeneral Berton and his accomplices are ex pected to be tried, is fixed for the 2Gth of the pre sent mouth, and according to appearance, it may be resumed that the discussions will be continued until the middle of the monthof September.--:-The ''ourt is composed of M. Parigot (President,) Millet, Roy,. Rangier, Guimard,,Counsel lcrs, and Messrs. Illeward and. Allard, Corzseillers The interrogation of all the accused took place -ate. Monday the 29th July., The act of acensa ,tion. has been notified to each of them. . It is not yet known whether the Advoc a tes en yaged from Paris and other places,_ by several of the, accused, will receive, the sanction of his Ex cellency, the Keeper 'of the Seals, to plead before ,the Court of, Assize at Poitiers.. In the mean .ihue M., the President, thought it his duty to appoint Advocates from the bar. No one refused this appointment. The two sons of General Berton having come from Poitiers to see their father, it was con- 1 eidered . that the seriousness of the charge pre vented all communication between them. We are assured that General Bertim has pro ceeded to get the order of Court by Which he is , to be-brought to trial quashed. , One hundred and seventy-one witnesses are 'collected by. the public prosecutor. Berton' wished to have M-Merilhou, from Paris, as his .counsel. The counsel for the defence are con (-fined to the most minute formalities in all corn ,rnunications with their clients, and they are so .placed between two wickets, that if they elevate -their voices, as they must do, they must be over heard by the turnkeys who attend them.— (Quo tidienne.) • Another liberal Journal this •day repeafs its explanations of the .explosion, which destroyed the powder mills at Colmar, " which," it says, " ought to be attributed to the continuance of a work carried on without the necessary caution." Our correspondent, on the contrary, affirm's, that the real causes of this misfortune are still a mystery ; we reactalsoin a letter from Colmar, that on the day on which the powder magazine -rvaS blown up, attempts had been made to set fire to the interiorof the prison, and that the Magis trates who had presented themselves on the oc casion, had been saluted by tries of " Vive Ern pereur."—( Quotidienne.) We are assured that several regiments, form ing part of the garrison`-of Paris,' are about to depart for the south. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Ara. 6. A discussion took place on a proposition of M. DEQUEUX SAINT-HILAIRE to reduce all salaries and emoluments in the fallowing proportion:-LFrom 2,501 to 'lO,OOO francs, 5 per' Cent.; from 10,000 francs to 25;000 francs, 10 per Cent. ; from . 25,000 francs td 50,000 francs, 1,5 per Cent. ; from 50,000 to 100,000, 20 per Cent.; from 100,000 francs to 150,000 francs, and upwards, 25 per Cent. M. Con RV 0I SI Elt. opposed the motion, and talked of the necessity which the Imperial Government had felt of support_ lug itself by the influence derived from official appointments. 111. Beereeaetter CoxsTaere observed on what had been said of the necessity certain,Governments are under of taking a great deal of monev from the tax payers, in order to hire and . corrupt a great !narthex of functionaries , --i-" Assuredly," said 1 1 ,1 r. B. C. ", this necessity is a sad matter, as well for the tax payers as for`thelunctionaries, for it is quite as troublesome to . pay as to receive the price of corruption; but while we grant, perhaps, that this was the great vice of, the Imperia l Govern ment, have a right undoubtedly to be - astonished, that since Vac: establishment of that which has replaced it, the number of timetionaries and the amount of their salaries has increased in cessantly. If thisinerease is die characteristic sign of usurpa tion, I truly cannot see how it isl advisable - to make it, a proof of the usurpation'of Bonaparte. It must be, undoubtedly, by otter signs that legitimacy is established,' for this is now more . strongly marked than ever. Is it not, Gentlemen, that what ; eve: may be the form of a Government, if 'it happens that a party foreign to the nation gets possession of it, that party finds itself in theaarne position as an etturper?—(A laugh on the left.)—ls it not that the necessity arises for it to buy up crea turees—to pay the services which they render to it, to the great prejudice of the 'nation ?—(Good! Good! on the .left.)—lt is rot, however, by making functions gratuitous that the evil of fors corruption is to be avoided, I reject this expedient,. not . wi) , because it is insufficient,. but because it produces, an effect d.irettly contrary to that which we pursue. It Would give up the. people to a party; who' would be well able to compensate themselves for their apparent disinterestedness; <a laugh) who, ireetead of an open salary, would take, with- large hands and witheut responsibility, from the public treasury.; and who, erivthg themselves the credit of their-public generosity, would Joeep the profit of unostentatious spoliation. " England has ''been cited. In . England-This is the way thiegs go on. Look at the list of the hidden emoluments of the Arietocracy, published recently under thp,,title of The Black Poi+k, and you will find that functions apparently without sala ries are in Leath richly paid by sinecures and salaries without d es."—(The speech of M. Constant was ordered. to be printed, sev e ret Members of the right, among them .I‘l,..Delalot, voting for it.)—The, motion was rejected. , On the article respecting the revenue from the Stamps, Re gistratioir of Passports, aud Licences to' Carryarhise &c., Aire (itetneexe: took occasion to epeak against the passport yetern. " One day," lie observed, "it will be a matter of eateeislement, that in a country which enjoys a sort of repro seeitative system, and which pretends to call itself freo, impe diments could have been thrown in the wayof the right which every men has of travelling freely. To reserve the right of granting passports, is to arrogate the posaibility of refusing.what there is no righttoferbid. It is to /ay all Frerchmen under a suspicion, as it obliges every Frenehinan who wielies to travel, to obtain a previous declara tion that he is not a suspected person. It is to divide France lett) wade of a prison; since no one of us can go' out of his oatinnursi without being asked for his passport, orarrested if he Lea not got one. Why, then, might they not also be asked for in the streets of Paris ?"—(Murinina on the right.),-What ie there e xtraordinary in such a supposition ? Did not this rotundity exist.in 179.1 ?' At every hour of the dayand night were you not obliged to show a card of safety, which each time compromised that which it professed to guarantee ? The period of 170, you will .say, will not return. But we are arrived at rt e se-fer, as passports are concerned, and I will -soon furnish you. with the proofs of it.—(llear, hear!)—The speaker then referral to a circular of M. De Corbiere, Minister of the Inte ' • rior, Which directed, that in the column of observations - of pals ports delive.red for the interior, the morality, political conduct, and. motives, known or presumed, of travellers should be made Mown. fie recommended especially, that hie instillations in this respect Should be punctually complied with in .the-ease of travellers; who have already excited the attention.of authority. This necessity of taking information on opinions delayed often for several days the expediting of passports, and by this delay, interests of the highest importance were compromised. " You will recollect" (continued M. G.) " that in the last Session I had the honour of informing yen that the Mayor of an agricultural canton had a.mocuneed to the farmers of his commune, that they could not go to market without carrying passports.---(Murmurs on the right; on the left—" It is true," hear !)--The farmers .went to the Mayor to get them; they weregranted to some and filf.64 to otlsers. "Arne Mayor, called upon to tell his motives, declared that he Fr . antad no.paseports to those who were not. of a right way of thinking (qui se pcnsaient pus liicn)—(murmurs on the right, cries of hear on the left). " The Law respecting passports authorises G ens d'armes, Na tional Ouarflc, Troops of the Line in service, Commissaries of Police;.Mtsnicipal Officers, to require from travellers the pre - Santakionof then passports. All this was thought not suffici ently tormenting; the Police, which thinks itself at liberty to de evert thiag, have conferred this right on Postmasters near the capital. Those persons exercise their office with zeal and irtiportOnity,,as they receive four hundred francs a year, from . the peefettum of Police, top; into the hands of Gendarmerie persons who are found without passports. Are you aware, Gentlemen, of the punishment which may bcpronounced against a person arrested for want of a passport ? if you consult the prison registers, you will be astonished and alarmed at the quantity of persons detained in the course of a year for want of passports. You will see, as I myself have seen, these patient, confined in gaols, with criminals under accusation or condemn ation of obtaining passports for the interior. Those which must be overcome, to get them for the. exterior, are still greater. The applicant is obliged to address himself to the Prefect; and the Prefect submits his request to the Minister of the Interior. Calculate the mischievous delays which result from such a state' of things. Even in Paris, more than three weeks elapsed he= tween the application for and the obtaining of a passport. "The Journals tell us also, that Merchants of this capital wish ing to go to Foreign Countries, have not been able to obtain permission. Those who wish, to obtain passports to leave Vrance undergo .a sort of interrogatory. " Then why do you want to go to Germany ? they lately asked a maxi of my acquaintance.—On business ; was the answer. " What sort of business ?—To receive rents that are due to Me. " Have you the tides for theM ?—Yes, undoubtedly. " Then you must show them—(Murmurs of incredulity on the right.) " In fine, in order to obtain a passport he was obliged to pre sent an inventory of his fortune. " Terror is, believe me, a bad mode of Government ; it is in its nature, transitory. It lasted eleven months, when it was exercised by the people against the privileged classes. Exer cised against the people, how long do you suppose it could exist? You will scarcely believe, Gentlemen, what passed at St. Ger mains on the 9th of list month. Two citizens of Paris passed the day at St. Germains ; they slept there because they could ' not get places in tha evening to return. On the 9th, at six in in the morning, a Commissary of Police, accompanied by two (lens d'Armes, presented himself to them to demand their pass 'wrt's ; they 'had none, but they were perfectly well known. They requested permission to send for their papers to Paris, which was refused them.—(3lovernent of astonishment and doubt on the right.) " They were conducted to prison ; a Quartermaster, comes to them with a file of men, and orders one of them to take off the sign • of honour which decorated his button-hole. Why (said he) ? Because lam going to put you in irons,—to carry you to Versailles—(Murmurs of indignation en the left—laughter on the iight.)—The prisoners requested to he taken in a coach, binding themselves to pay all the expences. This request was refused, and two brave men were chained and marched along with a condemned criminal. • ,„ M. HUGUET DE LA CAUSSADE, Deputy or the right, rose and said,"-" I also was arrested at St. Germains. I declared that 1 was a Deputy and I was released." [General movement hi the Assembly ; the right side seems confused ; all the left cries, " see what a specimen of freedom. You were released because you said you were of the right.") After a long interruption, M. GEkAItDI37 continues:—" They thus passed through St. Germain, humiliated and exposed to public curiosity, and subject to the most unworthy suspicions; they reached Versailles, where they requested to be conducted to the Procoreur du nth: They underwent an interrogatory ; the Magistrate, convinced that there was no charge against them but that of not having a passport, passed them from 'brigade to brigade, to the Prefecture of Police, where they were put 49 hours in lose confinement, and then permitted to re turn home. These two citizens are well known persons—dis tinguished officers—one is called Constant, the other Bonin. The latter is a Knight of the Legion of Honour, and lives at No. 149, Rue St. Honore." GEnaarnirt, after referring to the example of the Con stittient Assembly, which , had abolished the passport system, concluded that " the tax on passports should be repealed, as the , only means in 'the power of the Chamber of putting an end to the system." ' The origjnai article, however, was adopted. VIVINAj Jur. - Y 23.—The Aulic Council of Waciliave addressed to Captain A. Armin, com nuading the Austrian naval division in the Le vant, a dispatch, of which the following is the .substance • " By reports received from Corfu and Trieste, we have re ceived the disagreeable news that the Greek insurgents had dared - to declare all the toasts of the Ottoman Empire, which are not in their power, 'in a state of blockade, and in conse quence .of this declaration they have carried into Missoloughi: some Austrian merchantmen, with their captains and crews. On accountof these acts of violence exercised by a Government which is not. recognised by any Power, our Ministry has ob taMed the assurance that all the English and French com manders of naval divisions stationed in the Levant Seas, shall be ordered to protect, by force, all commercial Vessels, without any distinction of the flags, which may be exposed to such a danger and its intention is, that the Austrian squadron under your command shall concur in the execution of this measure. ; " Communicating to you this important information, the Aulic Council of War enjoins you to correspond with the En glish and French Commanders, as well to deliver-the said Aus.; trian vessels, carried into and detained at Missolonghi, or else-' where, as to prote'ct all other vessels which, in the course of their voyage, may bd threatened with similar danger. " The Council of War, that to you this important commission, is coiiVinced,. that by the aid of the concert above mentioned, mid of the information which you may obtain from the Consuls-General, the Insurgents will be obliged to abandon the arbitrary and illegal measures which they have ad9pte'd, and our commerce will enjoy the protection to which it is entitlel" The President of the Aulic Committee of Com merce has communicated this, measure, to the Committee of Merchants at Trieste, in order that it may obtain the necessary publicity. Accounts from the frontiers of Moldavia of the 14th, say—" The, evacuation of the Princi palities is hitherto' confined - to the Janissaries. Letters received from Jassy by the two last posts state, that the Paella has received a Erman, or= dering the retreat of the Janissaries, but nothing is at present said of • the departure of the other Turkish troops." AUSTRIAN FUNDS, JULY 26.—IVIetallics, 79 7-16 ; Bank Shares, 780 4-5. VIENNA, JULY W.—Letters received from Jassy last. week already informed us that the entire evacuation of Moldavia by the- troops of the Sultan was to take place in a week. Later accounts, of the lc2th and 13th of this month, fully confirm this intelligence. The Janissaries really left Jassy.on the 13th of July, at seven o'clock in the morning, and commenced their march back to the Danube. Kutscbuck Ahmed Pacha had taken such vigorous measures of pre cautioh, that no disorder .of consequence occurred on this occasion. The Commander-in-Chief sends out parties to pick up the stragglers, who are immediately bound, and Sent after the main body. BUCHAREST, JULY 6.—The Journals have published the Bonjoudi, or order for the evacua tion of,the principalities issued by order of the Porte,,by the Pacha of Silistria, as Seraskier, or Commander-in-Chief 'of the Turkish troops in Moldavia and Wallachia, to Hadschi Ahmed Pacha, his Kiaja (or deputy) at Bucharest, as commander of the corps in Wallachia:. The order issued from Silistria to the Kiaja in Jassy was in the same terms. The Hatti Scherit(or Supreme Command) sent froth Constantinople to the Pacha of Silistria, with the Sultan's own cipher affixed, and which has never before been. intb fished, is as follows : , " HAT T I SCIIERIFF TO THE PAC*IIA OF SILISTRIA. " Those who act among the valiant Of the empire, hear what follows, and do accordingly, for it is.my supreme will. Know that thy report on the state of the two Principalities Which are committed to thy care has found approval before my throne, and induced me to order what follows :—The people from Anatolia, who at the call of the Porte have voluntarily crossed the sea, and carried their arms into Itumelia, to co-operate in destroying the plots of the rebellious Rajas, with the help of the Great Prophet, (his name be praised to all eternity /.) shall break up and return to the Danube. You will take care that they perform their march in due order, in single detachments and to this end order your Kiajas to send Mainlanders With them, that they may be supplied with provisions on the way, and that when they reach the Danube, they may find every thing ready for their reception in BUlgaria. My brave Janis saries, the equally brave SpahiS, Suporigi, Cossacks, and Tar tars, will suffice to maintain tranquillity, and to till the distur. bers of peace with terror. Thy rare, shall go yet farther.— Know that thou must be answerable that the troops remaining in the Principalities chi not oppress the , peaceable Rajas, .angi 'do not burden . the poor.—The Eiajas mast be reTon.- sible to thee for' it, dad thou shalt take care with inex , ; orable ,rigour, that no excess, by' whomsoever committed, goes unpunished. AR this is to be enjoined the Baschis and Agas as my supreme will. Every Commander must answer for those under him. For, this purpose this Ilatti-Scheriff is addressed to thee." [Copies of this 'supreme order were -coffrmunicated by the Reis Effendi to the Diplomatic Body at rem.] AUGSDURGH, JULY 29.- - Accounts from Mis solonglii, which however _require confirmation, mention the taking of Patras. The Greek's, to the number of 10 or 12,000 men, had invested it since the middle of May. Colocotroni, their com mander, seeing . that the fortress, which was well provided with artillery \and provisionsy could not be taken by force, had recourse to stratagem. He tempted -the Turks to frequent sallies, in which the Greeks always retired; so, that the Turks grew bolder. At length he caused a feigned attack to be made by the greater part of his army, on which the Turks sallied out,sand were • drawn by the Greeks, who feigned a re treat, to a great distance from the fortress, in which Colocotroni with 2,000 men, with whom he had lain in ambush, made a sudden attack on the, fortress, and surprised it. The flying Greeks the!‘ turned and drove the Turks back to the fortress, which they found already occupied by Colocotroni, so that they had nothing left but to abandon it, and to embark for Lepanto. PETERSBU Rall, JULY 19.---The Conservateur of to-day, contains the ukase restoring the, free port at Odessa, dated July 9, and consisting of 16'articles. The line is nearer the bounds of the town than before, the better to prevent smuggling. Some goods for the use of the town pay 1-sth of the duty. FRANKFORT, JIIL 9.B.—The news of the suc cess of the Greeks has excited general satisfac tion iu.Germany. .Subscriptions to be, opened in several large towns, and young men, both mili tary' and students, successively depart for the Peloponnesus„ to combat under the standards of independence. At Geneva a subscription has been opened at Messrs. lieutsch and Co.'s, for the relief of the Irish. Switzerland will doubtless the more rea dily concur in this measure ; it will thereby atonce fulfil the duties of humanity, and pay a tribute of gratitude. The English have at all times been eager toyelieve Switzerland in its calamities, and the indigent Swiss who are in London daily ex perience the effects of. English beneficence. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Atro. 9. GORDON' V. GORDOA. Mr. MoonE said, he was instructed by the defendant to move that • the Court would grant an order to sta'y all, proceed ings which had formerly been directed in, this case, on the grounfilithat a petition for rehearing was before the Court. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to detail the facts of the, case, when The LORD CHANCELLOR interrupted him by stating, that he could not' grant the order which was prayed. The Court always gave itself credit for being in the right in what it ordered, and therefore the procelslings which it had directed must go on. You may make 'any application you please during the course of the proceedings, but what the Court may do upon such an occasion, I cannot by anticipation promise. Mr. Moonu said, that after what had fallen from the Court, he would not attempt to,argue the case farther. . During the remainder of the day, his Lordship • was occupied in hearing petitions, the greater part of which had been be fore the Court on former occasions, and possessed no general interest. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Av G. 9. EX-PARTE CHELSEA HOSPITAL IN RE ABBOTT. Mr. Eml, on behalf of the petitioner, Sir Charles Leong, treasurer of Chelsea Hospital; applied to - the Court to allow. the sub-treasurer of the..hospital to prove a debt, under the bank rupt commission of Abbott, to set. aside the assignees chosen under that commission. The Learned Counsel stated that the Commissioners, as he conceived, had unjustifiably iejected the proof of the Sub-treasurer, and tiled the Act 34 Geo. 111., com monly called the Prize Act, to show , the power of the Sub treasurer to prove-under the commission. The act distinctly authorized persons appointed by the Treasurer to do all matters and things contained m that Act. Mr. BELL, who was on the other side, contended that the clause in the act cited, related to persons specially appointed by the act. The sub-treasurer was an officer performinghis duties long previous to this act. • , The COURT concurred in this suggestion.. As to the choice of assignees, the Court never interfered excepting in extreme ,cases, where Commissioners had acted with a disnanest inten tion, or where such an error had been't ommittcd by - themes to exclude nine-tenths of the bone fide creditors. - In this peculiar instance, the Commissioners had acted properly in rejecting the proof of the sub-treasurer.- Mr. HEALD proceeded to argue the case in support of the petitioner. Ile thought he could show the Court the necessity of ordering fresh assignees to be appointed. The assignees, it would be found, were not competent to undertake the duties imposed upon them. The COURT would be happy to hear any case . cited in which that principle had been acted upon. At present, it seemed that the Court could go no further, Mr. HEALD apprehended, that in this peculiar case, the Court would consider the public interest, and act, even' if no precise precedent could be found. This, the Court Would re collect, was an application on behalf of a great body, and both Greenwich Hospital and Chelsea Ildspital had consented. - The assignees now appointed had no knowledge whatever of prize business, and this was absolutely requisite in conducting such important concerns. One of. them was an auctioneer, a very good sort of man no doubt, and knew well enough how to knock down an estate by the hammer. but was wholly ignorant of prize business. 116 thought, therefore, the Court would here deviate from its usual course. The COURT said it - would not deviate one inch from its usual course. Mr. HEALD would . not trouble his Honour any further with the petition. Mr. BELL observed, thatin fact there was no prize business for the assignees to decide upon, excepting the mutter now be fore the Court. The Court said, that even if there were prize business, that did not form apart of the prayer of the: petitioners. It was not averred that the assignees - were incompetent to discharge the duties.. In none but. extreme cases hid the Court acted, in ap pointing fresh assignees. • Mr. HEALD thought the Court might order the Treasurer to prove under the Commission. Mr. BELL said that Such an order would be unnecessary, as the Act before cited gave the Treasurer a power to prove in the same manner as individuals. The COITUT thought that.in case it could be shown that the assignees were so grossly ignorant as to be\ wholly incompetent to undertake the task imposed upon them, it would he the duty of the Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital ,to present a petition - to the Court, stating the fact. In that case, the Court might be induced to act. As the matternow stood, the petition must be dismissed without costs. , ' Proceedings against the Bishop of C The tWo watchmen, Clegg. and Clarke, who gave evidence.against the Bishop or Clogher, attended at Marlborough-street "I::fice yesterday morning, when one of them was immediitely dispatched to Ireland, in order to go through some usual form In the .Ecclesiastical , Court, prior to the other witnesses being sent over to give their evidence., The whole of them will shortly, be forwarded to that country ' in. th e a when the proceedings will take place above Court to deprive the Bishop tof Clogher of his dignitits and office, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCLTIT.-DURHAM, Atm 6, LTHEL. • ' THE. KING J. WILLIAMS. This was an indictment by Lord Stewart, for a paragraph copied from the Irishman into the Durham Chronicle; reflect ing on the late Marquis of Londonderry. Mr. ,BROUGHAM stated, that Lord Stewart having assured Mr. Williams that it was totally untrue; - he authorized him to say he believed it to be so upon his Lordship's authority. Mr. Serjeant ihri.Locw. expressed his Lordship's satisfaction' with this apology, and consented to a verdict of Not Guilty. BLASPHEMY. A poor old-man, named Christopher Hodgson, was convicted of uttering abominable expressions respecting the. Bible, the Saviour, and the Virgin Mary, at Bishop Auldand, while a Missionary from London was preaching in the market-plaCe., He was sentenced to imprisonment for two calendar months.. M. A. Taylor, Esq., as foreman of the Giand Jury, made a report of the state of the gaol, after a full investigation of com plaints alleged by one, of the debtors. Every circumstance of. complaint was entirely disproved, and - the eondtict of" Mr. Wolfe, the Governor, proved - to be extremely correct, humane, and judicious. MURDER. Robert Peat, aged AO, *as tried for the murder of Robert Peat, in Darlington, on the 24th of June last.. The facts, as proved in evidence, were these :—The prisoner, being cousin and heir at law to the deceased, had been left a legacy in a will made in 1808, but having given'offence to the tettator, another will, made in 1815, left the whole property, to the testator's wife. The prisoner contrived' to get possession of the wills, and was charged with having given poison to the deceased, in order to obtain his property as heir-at-law. .The prisolter lived at Ravensworth, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and came into Darlington, every Monday, being market.day. He always called at the house of the deceased. On, the 24th of June, being a Monday and market-day, he called at the house of the deceased. ,The wife of the deceased had put a piece of lamb in a quart of water on the fire at. ten o'clock, and went out to market twice, The prisoner followed her the last time she te turned, and told her he had been in the house in her absence, and that her husband was then in an adjoining room. 'He then saidithat he had read in the papers, that persons had been poison ed by water. The deceased and his wife, after having partaken of the broth and lamb, sickened and vomited. The prisoner called again at 4 o'clock, and saw them vomiting. He had never before called more than once in a day. ,The deceased died at half past 12 at night. No medical man was sent for.. Several neighbours who tasted of the lamb sickened.. The prosecutrix observed pieces of a 'broken phial on the hearth. The prisoner had bought a phial of laudanum from a chymist, which he said was foiladies at Middleton, but which he told the chymist, after some suspicions were created, he had still in his possession.— Before he was sent off to prison, he wrote to his wife, in which 'he directed his son to give up the wills, and then added— , " Think no more of me, my chance is very bad." The de ceased was buried four weeks before the prisoner was charged. A medical man gave laudanum to all who 'tasted of the lamb, and they recognized the same taste. The medical man was 'of opinion that the deceased died of the laudanum in the lamb. 'broth—Guilty. WEDNESDAY; AVG. 7.—An objection to the indictment was taken into eonsideration till this morning, which the Chief Justicaover-ruled, and in the most solemn manner sentenced the unhappy convict to be executed on Friday next (yesterday). OXFORD CIRCUIT. THE GENTLEMAN AGAINST THE LADY-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE• TrtomAs v. JONES. In this case, David Thomas,,Esq. sought a compenFttion in damages against Miss Hannah Jones, for a breach of promise of marriage. - - Mr. TAUNTON stated that it was rather an unusual circtur stance that a gentleman should . have to present himself as a plaintiff upon - such en occasion; because, to the honour , of-the ladies, in engagements of this sort, they were generally faithful; • but cm this occasion the . plaintiff had to complain of an ex tremely serious injury_not merely to his feelings, but also in consequence of the lady's caprice having put him to consider able expense in preparing for that happy event,' which, at one time, he unquestionably anticipated. The defendant, Miss Hannah Jones,- had not to urge, in her excuse, the levity and inconsistency of youth, because she,hulattained to full years of discretion, having arrived at the mature age of 46. Had it happened that his client had been-guilty of that fickleness, it would have been matter cf complaint, on the par( of his Learned Friend, that he had shown that sort of levity which younger per sons sometimes indulge in—he being but 38 years of age. The parties were respectable, and possessed of property ; and the courtship was carried on, not clandestinely and. secretly; bnt under the eye and with the sanction of Miss Jones's mother. The Learned Gentleman observed, that it was no light matter for a gentleman, under such circumstances, to be pointed at in the country as having been jilted. Suppose he should wish to make an engagement with some other lady, would the ladies be so glad to receive hire now, after this treatment of• Miss Hannah Jones ? It was impossible to state this case without a smile, but he trusted the ~ury would notpermit the amusement which the cause might afford them to get the better of their sense of justice ; and he trusted they would in the end give his client such damages as in their sober consciences they thought he ought to receive. Mr. Justice DAYLEY, in charging the Jury, observed, that actions of this nature were not common, but still. this was a case in which an action would lie, and that the promise and the breach had both been clearly proved. it therefore became a question for the Jury to consider what damages they would . give. The Jury consulted. for a few minutes, and returned a ver dict for the Plaiiitiit—Damages, 1001. ' WESTERN CIRCUIT.-CORNWALL ASSIZES. BREACH. OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. COCK V. moss. Mr. J. CARTER opened the pleadings in . this case by stating that this was an action brought by the Plaintiff against the de fendant, to recover compensation for a breach of promise of marriage. The damages were laid at 2,000/. Mr. Sergeant PELL addressed the'Jury in an eloquent speech. The Learned Sergeant stated that the plaintiff was the daughter of a respectable farmer in this county, who has eight girls and two boys, and who is now in the 73d year of his age. His daughter, Harriet Cock, is now in the 23d year of her age.— The defendant is an officer in his Majesty's service, and com mands the Eagle revenue cuttrx. At the time he gained the affection of Miss Cock he lived at the house of his mother-in law, Mrs. Whitehead. Two years previons . th his. going to sea„, Mrs. Whitehead and the family of the plaintiff were upon terms of the greatest intimacy, and were constant visitors at each otl;2r's houses, in which parish they had lived nine or ten years, but afterwards went to reside at a place called Ivliloc, in the beginning of 1818, where the defendant resided, and was always received in the plaintiff's family as the intended hus band of Miss Cock, and his mother well knew he was received as such. At the time the defendant paid his addresses to the plaintiff she was in the 20th year of her age, the flower of her prime, and possessed at that time many accomplishments of person and mind, and the defendant by his letters pro fessed the most ardent affection and attachment - to her. This continued until he formed a connection with a Miss May, when he most cruelly left the object of his former care to pine and lament her misplaced affection for one who ill received it, and Who returned that affection' in a manner most reprehensible. The Learned JuikE left it to the Jury to say what the plain tiff was entitled to for the loss of that peace of mind the &fen-, dant had been the cause of depriving his daughter of ; but they were to banish from their minds vindictive damages.— They were bound to consider the situation of the defendant, and his pecuniary means ofpaying them. The Jury consulted for a short time, and gave a verdict in favour of plaintiff for 2001. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. ,ussian Chili Itussian o:croup; Auo. 9.—(Pre;:rments.)--Tuesclay the Rev. Albert Jones, A.B. of St. John's College; in this University, was elected a Vicar Choral of Hereford Cathedral.—The Rev. J. Cubitt, A.M. to the Rectory of Overstiand, Norfolk ; patron, Lord Suffield.—The Rev. J. H. Monk, to the Deanery of the Cathedral Church of Peterborough, and Living of Fiskerton, Lincolnshire.—The Rev. S. L. Noble, - B.A. to the Rectory of Frowlesworth, Leicestershire.—The Rev. James Young, M.A. to the Vicarage of Heathfield, Sussex, on the presentation of the Rev. Mr. Fulham, M.A Prebendary, Chichester. Bow-STREET. Yesterday two men under went a long private examination before' G. R. Mixsuum., ' Esq : charged with erasing, by means of a chemical process, the writing from a W. stamp sheet of paper and other valuable stamp papers, for the purpose of issuing the stamp a second time for sale. On one of them being taken into custody yesterday morning in the City, and searching him, 20 valuable stamps were found in his pocket which had / undergone the chemical process. Mr. SYKES, the Solicitor to the Stamp Office, at tended to conduct the prosecution. Mr. ALLEY Mended for the prisoners. The prisoners were committed for farther eita urination, to be, kept separate from each other, and not to be allowed communication with any person, except with a third authorized person. .* For SIDNEY, Letter XIX.,-see our Fourth Page. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS . DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. Bank Stock 63 5 , 62a -3 per Cent. Red. . 8? 3 per Cent. Cons. B O3 A t South Sea Stock ............. 3j per per Cent ' 924 Old Annuities ...... .. . ...... (Old 7 8 8 Pr' , 5 4 1 itnnddiiaa Bonds Stock '49 2491 2,19 99ii Ex. Bills 4 per Cent. New ..... —.994 4 Ditto' Small ' ... 4 ,_, _ ............ —.. , 5 ,)er Cents. 1797 - ' Bank for Cons. Act. ...... ... , Bank Long Ann.... 21 1-16th • India for Con. Met. ...... .„. Imp. 3 per Cuits. --Cons. for Actodnt.. ....... _?1? PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDONc 11,9. 4 .;'?" French Five per Cents. 9250. • .- • . j Five Per Cent. Bonds, 89. • Prussian I . Ditto lew,, 86g. {Old Ronda, 00. • .- ' Colombian . Six par Cent. Bonds, 861. 1. Ditto r Scrip, 00. 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We shall g ive sl' amble . account of all the circumstances atten dil4 the Royal Departure on Monday. wr l e N d re rnesedtkayii.edT' m hey co o n rn ta i t i l n g i t i l o le ad P d a it r i i o s n P a l a P i o e t r e s i ° s , l gone from Spain ; but the Q uo to en ne says, th t an express had arrived at Paris on the 6th inst. from Madrid, with important news without mentioning, however, any further particulso' In the Chamber of Deputies, on Tuesday the discussion on the Budget was resumed. We have -given, under the head of Foreign Intelligence' 0 a copious abstract of the debate on the P ro p -i orti'. tion• for continuing the duty levied on rise M. GIRARDIN addressed the Chamber at COP : cleiable length, arguing against the use ofhig ports in the interior, and moved the r epeal n oi ' f tile tax as - The only means in the power Chamber - of putting an end to the P ass been system, which he contended to h ave pp,° Ir one of the evil creations of the 1 . „ 0 . tion, and to have been 'perverted. for litical purposes. Ile adduced two re eent stances (which will be found amongibert% of gross abuse and encroachment on the 1 oil P of individuals which exceed in petty tY ranD f 11)1 'that has been related of the' wor st days ° penal despotism. our extracts, • ,) e 5 . .:1 o n A t h U . a . . 7 ; 5' t. ' 4 :5 4. : : ( N ) : Exchange .r ol V Lo 'Nc o n a Five per Cents 92. 9V " Bank Stock • 1620 f •-•-c• • Three Months ' 25 f * c. ;rife di Since writing the above,' Paris Paper :' CI by express, to - the' 9th AuguSt. T he `.--' orde r Mid i contains. the following extract of the•- pti• of the Day of the 27th July, of the g 01.• Army in Catalonia : ,..:j00e,/‘ ": His Excellency M., the General-in:Chief, 11°- tfo": a le v , VALERO, has the satisfaction to make knowp to eivea under his orders the agreeable news which he has .P 1 ; 0 , ' lc ' that the town of Mequinenza, in the kingdom O f An 'rye, fended by 400 men, troops of the Line and .?"3°lit' was taken by assault on the 23d ult. c AO l/I°. " General-Chief, - i ' 1 jai i A Letter from Barcelona of the ' 2'2' ,lii' , t i is''' 3 , states, that more than thre.e 'parts °' -lc , f o r t' - tants of Catalonia hive formally decla rei ' m . ef t:" KING and .for the antient form of O ver° re' ---aa, leo Bayonne Paper's to the 31st ult. ha. * : e d e iloa n ve il ceived.. They contain .a long art° e " .e h I°' •'e ing the exaggerated statements viiiic ' f i ctO e e , i , the circulated • throughout Europe, of - vi.h' . Carci °l ao 00 0 strength of. the FrenCh Sanitary ,„j at 4 ' ' observes thatit may fairly be estinul" bie re' a men. It however admits tha t consider 3 . hao , ~ Wh lc • 4 1 forcements have ,lately• • d i t° re" joule , ; t ith e e ' . 3 c 0° the active preParationS now maki"g e r oe , i t to provide ammunition', it infers that s° ha n , t l other re 1 3 '' expedition is meditated. On th e ° office I I hous e or '' states that the. French CUstorn- a ssag e ,ii' very vigilant in preventing the P ,be pet • to ' •o kinds of ams awl .arnrnwiition ... e vi , i t " •‘e 0 suta ; notwithstanding which , rece ly e oeoLs - Ttiei enough that the Spanish insurt, ...-- rrit°ll. Ad' sistance from the French te , t ile ~f Papers also contain transcripts 0 ' / 0 0 % ''. to t he f t he dresses which have been sen t . 00 0 - 1-wilts" i .00 , 1 Co n' SPAIN,and to the Permanent -I' ; • oti ti le k fro' COrtes by the National Militia a 110. • toW ns ' tional Associations of various . lei aPer , l obg p th fo rme rained ho ut. i4 forc eibel s er i ot P4bli lin • tkaati to iti Lap s stary We W ort 44d . a toti, 41 a114 oel v oul tai l r e ,, ~~ di m 3 r.ltttc of for lila th e exa P4 ncel Sig faith was ti W, of lug 1 /int ( hiive va r i o c4 r ,, Pr e; Sta, r,~~ to - o n Ca t 14 , th e tan