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based-wcitiag; that of " John Peale" was ►is wraiig.
witoeso the. looked at the transfer of the lid March, and
he believed the signature " John Petro" to be the Pei-
eastes haa4leriting. ha all the sishoequient trusters, ex-
alt. two, the witness expressed the same belief; of those
two he eisold nut speak with the same degree ^f certain'''. He
Sue marched for the transfer tickets tee all these transfers,
and has sot been able to Bad any.
Irsireseeninlioed by Mr. Glannow.—Other darks had the
flume apportuelties of with/ Mr. Toner. write, awd might
be welt acqinsiutrd with his hasd•writiug: Ike othe► clerk•
had been questioaed Soon Ike tobjpet at abs Bonk, as well
a■ himaelf,,but he vise t►e only woe who could speak to it.
If Ike %ignitions " John Prior" hail bees Amon to witness
totally by itself, be ab.•old net have been prepared to go so
tar no fir say it was Mr. Torooeshrind.writhig. If it tad bees
whew* to biro, wholly detached from all Bash lossiness, he
dues oot think he tueld have brawn it to Is,l his liapd.writo
tog. It rat nos from its being mixed op wit; other gut-
ters, sad with other words to his hard writing, that he was
enabled to speak to it.
Mr Guassv—•' Pray, slid not you raise the account to
Mr. Peon'-1 slid "
Mr. filuttgir—" And yea are the only pesos called to
prove the band writing Ti.."
After a few twoilseuts consideratioa with the other Cons.
tot for the (Ilene,—
Mr Gouger raid, " I most ask yen one more question,
•llhoogh I nitrot to du sw—How have you ►ees sworn
Witness—" On the N. Tessaraeut."
Mr. Goortgx—" And do you belh:we in it?"
Witness, after a pause—" I du mot litiow bow to answer
that crestiou."
Mr. CUallsY--0 It is a very plain question, sad easy to
answer."
The wittiest, parsed again.
Air. GUallOY—" Do you believe it to be of ditties reve.
latiori ?"
Witne-s palmed some time sod then said, " Yes.".
Mr. Gunsaw--" Do you believe that the peewee whit
wrote it were inspired?"
tVitnees+.4 Yes."
The witness was further questioaed, and stated that be
believed in a (more state, and that he bed d►nied his
tidal of the Seripturea, or that they were of theism reve-
lation.
Joseph Marling called again.—l transferred the 1,00411.
I boliglit of the Prison► oa the neat day, sail received the
prod:tee.
Mr. GOMIS,/ submitted that in point of law the indict-
Meat could lint be sustained, as the receipt alleged to he a
forgery could have too operation on the Bask of Eugland ;
neither could U at all erect Mr. Starling, 0110 had dispoird
Of the Noel• sad receirrd the money. Therefore, the
iudtrt-
meel improperly alleging that it was wi h Ingrid to defraud
the Beak of England and Mr. Starling, could out be HD-
t 1514.41.

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Mr. Ammar followed en the same side.
Mr. Justice RICHARDSON overruled the objection; Mr.
Baron CHAHAiy red with hens in opimium, that there
was nothing in the objection.
The Prisoner was then called on for his defence. He re.
%nested Ilie isdulgeace of she Court to retire for a few
minutes, preeimis to making his defence.
The COLaT granted I be permission, and the Jury also re.
tired.
Um their return into Court, William Lewis and Juba
Campbell acre eecalled, and in answer to a iiinition frees
Mr. Justice litenantaseaN, they stated that both the primary
Ind duplict I. bottle were kept in the bank in the day time.
The Prieuner then rune, and from a written paper read his
Oftener, which he delivered with peculiar propriety and firm.
ores of manner. He acknowledged ibis the statement
which he h.d made to the Beak Directors was suspicions;
hut relying us; the candour and juntice of s British Judge
and Jury, hevras satisfied that with them suspicion would
have leo place. To prate his innocence was manifestly im-
powaibk, as the only witneees who could du it was the nisei
for whose iniquities he warn now 'offering. Ile Mated tint
he haul been eighteen yea,. a faithful at of she
Binh of England, and during the riots of MO his tether,
Sir Barnard Turner, bad praeaeved the treasure of the
Illatth. The way in u hick he was entrapped was this :
A man, in the garb of a Gentleman, applied to hum
for • WI., and referred him to a credit of 10,0001.
in the hooks of the Bank of England, which some
tamely revues required should stand its his name a little
t'inSer, He repreameted himself as a mate of substance, re.
aidiwg at Highgate; his appearance was respectable, and his
uffne liberal and honourable. Having examined the ledger,
Mud ferry thing appearing regular, he catenation] no snip..
rain, and 011 the nett day advanced him the snni which he
required; and thus began those pecundiry • lions which
had chased by placing him an a Proutto r aloe he mow good.
costinned to art its I he broker of this iiecontplished r windier,
and uecartuually repaid himself are advances he hail nude to
bOra melt of money received lon hies, which accounted for billy
Back metes being traced to his possraaton, and not to Penn's.
blow, kr flout.' ark the genii. men of the Jury, could he
•uspect this man? It bad been suggested that the ins goiter
hoofer sod entry in hi. name is aliogether hellions* tend
ensile by him (the Pri•uncr.) Had the ledger accoetat been
opt tied by him, there would have bees some ground for the
'opposition; but that account was opened by Mr. Pet.
dears, and he muldt hate been satisfied of the regu-
larity of the transfer before he would have opened
it. Tao months bad elapsed before any discovery took
plater, and in that latent be had been absent her three weeks
al Hashers, and if he bad beep guilty, might have escaped
to the opposite coast, bat *Weed of which heisted reletrwed
to the Bank, the scene of inevitable detection and ruin.
Would any man of common sense, much less a man of sub.
thety, arrange a coati leant* of the sort imputed to him, bare
so acted, mad that at a time when the plot was effected, when
the plunder must be supposed to be safe iu hie postreseion.
lie was present when the discovery of irregularities was
node in the office ; tint no witness spoke of any alteration
of his tountenance ur manner, indicative of guilt. Ile
had even stayed twenty minutes beyond his used time,
nail dint had gone to lie own habitation, where Le
remained accessible to every visitor. It was alleged
that he tore out the missiag leaf; but if that were so,
why haul be sot tore out the other leaves which had been
brought i i evidence against him ? This WAS • peculiar case,
ie *hick the Jury would look at the probahilities os each
de. There was nothing in Isis past life or conduct to
eillgantewsuere a charge of dishonesty ; no creditor had ever
trailed twice on him for mosey; is fact he owed none.
He could prove that he had paid some debts of his deceased
parent, which he could not have been obliged by law to
discharge. His income from the Bank was abundantly suf-
ficient for his expenses; add to which, two years ago by Ike
'Walla his mustier he received 2,000 f. and be received with
his wife last year 5,0001.; and three sit the clinks of his
department owed him hum Chi/. and had dose ma for monthly.
tss that it would appear th.t be, a mate of temperate habits
tad moderate expense, had rushed on infamy and death
without cause or motive. He haul been nonrated to • con-
siderable amount by nosily brokers, and could have realised
* largo lust than 10,4100 f. without auy risk, and befoul,'
Mate ear iched himself without a tenth part of the risk, from
bus situation giviug bum a control over the dividend enamours.
The fault that he must seknowledge was having bees &dope,
but nut a *MAI% The ICOIIIIIII he now gave he hod given
to the Iteuk Directors •ithout prenteditatiews, lust when he
found they were resolved to drag him to that bar, and when
the Bight of Pena burst upon hien, and conscious that an.
gum.' would sot restore hint to society, be hist his sense.,
rod scarcely knowing *hal he was about, be did seek either
escape, or what he tbuegbt mere probable, certain death.
He entreated the Jury to balance the probabilities, and they
opald dad that to prouosinee hiss innocent they had only to
believe that be bad given ereniewee to an artful villain; whilst
In convict hum of guilt, they meat believe that he forged
the transfer of in Boiled Peel, and imposed no the vigil-
ante of Isis clerks, through whose seperviume it peeved ;
that he tore the teapot of the teamster book, and afterwards
darned tif aims sleek in the eiNDOIIOII market; sod they loam
Worn that whes dimes/cries were evade bus maid at the *Bice
to mamas beyond his lime, sad thew wows to his habitual
reenieteee, sod Owl is 4411111 this with /AMC is Ma powars.
s;os. glad 4111. °wise to him bum Heats in the Wise. Sy
axis/este:* end the Primmer is etruslooios, 4 hear epos
pose breath; fee is eases Me the, after esterieteste; to Iwo&
foe nteveroses bordwar. C ewe rot off, I implore yes, in
tion eery tiontrase of say peens; for the sake of these whose
donates we .stained I ask It—ter the sake of wombed

*lgo orbs be lama Op her Itappiiiim in mbehrilar Ms=
1 ask it who OM hereafter forget the EOM with
Tat Ws *Aire.
of the Primate caused a coosideroble emotion
The following witnesses were then called, who all spoke
the highest teems of the ebarseter of the Prisoner, as
exemplary in every retaliate of
illitirrre, the High Coastable of Westminster, had kerma
him from his birth, Led knew that about two years ago, he
came into possession of 2,0001. by the death of his soother,
and that he received 5,0001. ow his marriage, which toot
place about a year ago. J. Serioey, the Priswier's mule;
Mr. Carter, an attorney, a seighboor of the Prisoner's; the
Rev. Mr. Onslow, the Rector of Newington (the parish in
which the Prisoner resided) ; Mr. Hubert Hill ; and Dr.
Powell, sll spoke to the uoinspeachable character of the
Primmer.
Mr. Justice RICMARDIPeII then slimmed up the evidence
with the utmost precisiou. He observed, that the Prieoser's
defence was drama up with singular shinty, but it coistained
not a syllable respecting James Smith, the stuck-broker, mid
it was remarkable that stone of the witnesses who hod been
eternised knew any thing of such a perms except Idor
Prisoner. The recount the Prisouer had gives to the Bask
Directors (according to Mr. Kaye's evidence) of the
first acquaintance with Mr. J. Peso, was, that he had known
him about three years, hot is his statement now, he says
Penn introduced himself to borrow mosey from bins,
which he was induced to lead him on being referred
to a credit of 10,0001. standing in the name of Jobe.
Penn, in the kdger of the Navy 5 per Cents. though Peso
hid no credit in those books till the 90th March 1821, and
there was oothing that would talons the Prisoner that the
person call ng ItiniselfJoho Penn to him, was the John Penn
who had 10,0001. in the Bank batiks. ft was for the Jury to
judge as men of business sod the world of the probability of
that accuant. If they had the slightest doubt on their
minds they would give the Prisoner the benefit of those
doubts, sod of the irreproachable character be bad hitherto
borne.
The Jury retired for as hone and a half, when, at nine
o'clock they returned with a verdict of—Not Guilty.

A burst of applause took place iu the Cow►t when the
verdict was priiouuced.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ,

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS, SEPTESIIIRR 14.
Since the arrival of Baron Strogoooff, couriers
have been disp itched from Odessa to all quarters
of the empire; orders have been sent to M. Pound,
the Rahman Consal.Gesieral in Wallachia, who,
since the late disturbances, had retired to Cronstadt.
in Teensylv.auir, to instruct the subjects of Itusria
who are at Bucharest to arrange their affairs as loon
as possible, and provide fur their own safety. It is
calculated that 180 Christian families left Constan-
tinople in company with Baron Sll.ollllllolr.
The courier who arrived on the day before yes-
terday at the Office fur Foreign Affairs, was, it is
said, the bearer of a new declaration of the Flu.
peror Alexander to the Ottoman Government. This
explanatory declaration hail been drawn up pre-
slow; to the arrival of the Porte's reply 111 the first
declarati.m, insccurately denominated the vitiate-
/am. We are assured dna diplomatic article con-
tain! the expression of his Majesty's sentiments of •
pacific nature; at the same time it again brings
forward the demands already made relative to Mol-
davia. Wrilachia, and the religious liberty of the
G.eet.s. At the departure of the courier, the snore
prevalent opinion St. Peteriburgh we., that it was
probable the Porte would accede to the Emperor's
propos' lions, and that peace would not be interrupted.
Several Turkish courierr had arrived with the inter-
val of a few days unly,and the reports in ci►cul:ation
relative to their missions, made nu mention whatever
of the approach of hostilities. It was alro believed
that most of the European Posers had represented to
the Cabinet of St. Peterrburgh the consequences
which a war with Till key might produce, and that
throe remonstrances had been the more favourable•
received by the Emperor, as they Recorded with the
character of moiler:pion which distinguishes that
?.io'rareh.

PIAMEFORT, SEPTEMBER 8.
Baron Gagern, Minister of Hesse Darmstadt to
the Diet. has just replied to the appeal made to
him by Baron Dalherg, relative to the project of a
Cu usade in Gertnany in favour of the Greeks. His let-
ter puts us in possession of the disposilion and tem-
per of the Cabinets of the Power* of the second and
third rank in Gerinaily.
M. Gegen' begins by declaring his apprehensions
lest his measures in lavour of the Greeks should
prove rather injurious than useful to their causes
" Should a public appeal be frustrated, or prove
successful in a very trillisig degree only, from the
Germans bring unaccustomed to the formation of
such asrociations, such an event would only throw
ridicule ion au enterprise or ii cause which is, not-
withstanding, so worthy and canab:e of being treated
iii the most serious inuniser. There is DO fear of the
Greeks bring totally folaiiketi. The commauce-
meta of the struggle is violent, the event mud
prove more fortunive.
" The Cabinets ate already aware. that, however
unseusonable this affair Wily prove to rotor, it is
however in existence ; that it cannot lie klispip•trd
by delay, neither can they cause it to be forgot-
ten, nor abandon it, or suffer die danger of a total
oppression. If it be granted to some of theta, a hat
they readily apprehend and htlirvr, that there
have been vaunting and deception; that the enter-
prise of the Greeks is ennui-civil a Ith Other blame-
able attempts ; it 1-, lintMllll}llllltillog the question
is tio longer of this small ii.siiiher of slime hundreds
of men who ere culpable iu their eyes, but of se-
veral millions who have hero excited, implicated,
persecuted, precipitated thus 11110 incalculrhlr
dangers and misfortunes, millions of persona who
are of our species and our religion, suit who are for
the most pert front the same quarter attic world as
we are, sod fur whom an actual stare quo ante
bellow cannot be more absolutely procured, even
should the thing be selitit•sible. It sill not un-
douhtedly be seriously maintained, because several
of the Gicek have been guilty of revolting ex-
cesses, and that the national character fur a lung
time past has been extinct, end that in their pre-
sent condition they would with difficulty be ren-
dered fit for or susceptible of a good constitu-
tion. At the time of the wars of Switzerland, and
the separation of the Netherland-, we had not mild
or moderate conduct on either bide ; but the Greeks
ought to know that in proportion to the generosity
and chivalrous spirit mandisted by them, thty
ought to calculate ou our interest and efforts., The
energy with which they have commenced bus al-
ready removed the idea of a total deterioration, and
without any particular reflection in that respect, it
ally mice I. observe that every amelioration
suet hare a besiaaiug."

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HAMBURCH AND DUTCH HAILS.
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HalloVlß. SEPTEMBER
The Duke end Duchess of Cambridge arrived
here the day before yesterday, and Prince George
yesterday, in good health. At Eimbeck. where the
Priuce slept, great numbers of the tolsobStants
went to the hotel, attracted by the wish to see this
branch of our Royal House. Childreu of the first
families in the town, strewed Basal Were the
young Prince.
The Duke and Duchess. as their way hither,
stopped at Webeanie to view the preparatious
making there, and to give several orders relative to
the arrival of the King, who will pass there the last
night before his arrival at Herreuhauven. His Ex-
cellency Count Munster will arrive hereon the 7th.
The troops which will be assembled in the neigh-
bourhood of this city during the stay of the King,
consists of eight regiments of cavalry, seven regi-
ments of infantry, two brigades of horse artillery,
end several brigades of artillery on foot.
A Counsellor of the Government of Lippe Dd.
mold, has arrived here, consesimioned, as it is said,
to conclude a convention with this Government, by
which Hanover will take upon itself to furnish the
contingent of cavalry which the Principalities of
Lippe have to contribute to the army of the Conic-
derution.
BRAM, SEPTEMBER 8.
The Court has put out mourning for three weeks
for the death of her late Majesty the Queen of
Englauk. The Court of Saitooy has tokenise gone
into mourning for her Majesty.
taIRISTIANIA, AUGUST 2s.
The Storthing is now dissolved in theinatiner pre-
scribed by the Constitution, and all the members of
it returned to their homes, penetrated with gratitude
•for the virtues and elevated reutiments of their
august Monarch, who, while he brought back to
order minds that bad erred and displayed in this
view the necessary firmness, imposed on himself
the duty. worthy of his generals character, to re-
spect the constitutional forms of this country, and
to effect a good purpose rather. by the same Con-
stitution than by violeut measures, which he
certainly might hive employed if it had been
his will. We are therefore informed, from what
we believe to be good authority, that if the
Storthing, during its late important discussions,
bad suffered itself to be hurried into precipitate re-
solutions, contrary to the respect due to its Sove-
reign and to the true interest of the country, the
resolution of his Majesty was already taken, mutely,
to assume absolute power for the purpose of remo-
deling the Constitution, as:d to separate from it
whatever may be defective. The course pursued
by the Stortimig has prevented such a denouement.
FROM THE MAINE, SEPTEMBER 7.
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It is reported that several &vs-reigns will meet
at the and of September, at Wilhelnishari, near
Hamm, where the King of England is expected.

FROM THE DANUBE, SEPTEMBER 4.
The latest accounts respecting Turkey are to the
following effect :—No successor will, for the pre-
sent, be appointed to Baron Strogahoff. M. Von
Lutzow, the Imperial Austrian liiternuncio at
Pere, is commissioned to receive end present the
reply expected from St. Prtersburgh, with respect
to the answer given by the Porte to the Russian
ultimatum, and also to conduct the future negocia-
twos between the Cou►ts of St. Petersburgh and
Constantinople. It is firmly believed at Vienna,
that the differences ►ubsisting between the two
Powers will be amicably adjusted.

HAARLEM, SEPTEMBRR 14.

Ilitaria Journals of the .Bth of April, dive an
account of a terrible earthquake, winch took place
on the 49th of December last, on the south coast
of Celebe..

It did tininense damage, especially et Boe'cie-
kornha, where the sea rose several times to a pro.
tl!giuus height, and then falling with incredible
rapidity, alternately deluged and left the shore, de-
stroying all the plantations from Bantam to Boele-
koinba. /11.iny hundred persons have lost their
lives. The fort of Boelcakomba was much da-
maged, that of liontain less so.
On the 4.h January, this year, there was another
shock of an earthquake, but we do not learn that it
did any damage.—(Dutch Papers, September 15.)