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such conduct be a crime, the criminal, in this
case, erred from teens of virtue, anti if vie*, wit
crime, who would wish to be guiltless ? The fielistire
lively, ardent, nod impassioned as it ants—whirls
dictated the letter of the worthy Baronet does hint
honour; it p • the warmth of his attachment to
the principles of social order, and to the safety end
liberty of the people. It is to be homented that twelve
English Gentlemen should have been found, who, uu-
connected with lite Ministers and. the Magistrates of
Manchester, should have thought it wire to identify
the MK with the other—who could' not nyuiptoloi..e
with that glow of hottest inifignatiom that trout on
such nos occasion from the patriot—or who atleast
could scot find in the peculiar circumstances of the
moment some apology for the. use of some lan-
guage not nicely tempered by tirudroice, when they
must !lame felt that the distinguisheol individual
who stood in their presence could liaise been itc7.
fluenced by no feelings ineonsistent with the purest
nth.ctinti for his country's good. For SI/ FRANCIS
BuRDETY we hope there are few men iu the coon,-
try who do not cotertniu u sincere respect for the
purity aid integrity of his principles, moil admi-
ration of his talents. That such a man should be
pow placid within the walls of a prison can he no
disgrace to him, and it undoubtedly reflects but
little credit noon those who detnntioled the judg-
ment of the Court with a view to well a result.
We understand that soon after the judgment of
the Court of Kin's Bench was pronounced. yester-
day upon Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, several Gentle-
-111/.11, the most distioguialied- among the ranks of
the Opposition in Parliament, waited upon she
worthy Baronet, and requested his permission that
a suloseription should he proposed to the public
for the purpose of thereby 'rising the sum of 2,000/.
to pity the fine imposed upon him. The request was
secompanied by an assurance that the acquiescence
of Sir FRANCIS would be esteemed as a favour by
This political frieelds, who, considering the princely
fortune and munificence of the worthy Baronet,
could, in proposing such a measure, have nu other
object is view' than to obtain the messes of
,express-
Mg their concurrence io the feeltnos that prompted
him to woire the letter which has hronght upon
him the unfriendly notice of the Ministers. We
learn that Sr FRANCIS BURDETT expressed his
g.a.itude for the proposition, bdt requested that
time may he allowed him to consider the propriety
of accepting the;r offer.
Mitt!' •
The measures contemplated by the Allied So-
vereigns in reference to the domestic concerns of
Naples, were uvula noticed in the House of Lords
yesterday evening by Earl GARY and Lord Hot.-
LAND. Lord GREY gave notice that he should on
Monday next move the House for thee production
of further information respecting the conduct of
the British Government in relation to the proceed-
ings at the Congress of Troppau.

Those who voted in the House of Commons against
the Marquis of TAYISTOCE'd motion, in the hope that
by so doing they should put on end to the agita-
tion of the questton respecting the treatment of the
QUEEN, must feel themselves very much disalr-
pointed when they find Petitions night after night
presented to the Howie anon this subject, which•
lead necessarily to further discussions. Nut:wrens.
Petitions were presented boat night from cartons
parts of the country, praying fur the restore-
tion of her MAJIUTT'S Horne to its peace in
the Liturgy. The Ministers vainly hope that
the people of England will alter their feel.
illicit upon the conduct of the Governmeet
with regard to the Queen, or, as Lord CASTLE-
REAGH calls it, " come to their senses," until the
Ministers shall have complied with the earnest
wishes of the people in this particular. On the
subject of the •• hole-and-corner" Addresses, which
the Treasury writers veuture to represent as con.
veyiug the sense of the nation, we beg leave to
refer our readers to an explanation given by Sir
K. FERGUSON. The speech of the Gallant General
•so completely exposes the trickery of the ass.
tem, that we ehonid only weaken its effect were we
to describe it. The speech indeed relates only to one
of these Ministerial Addressee, but—ex uno discs
wanes.

A Petition was presented from Birmingham last
night by Mr. DUGDALE, complaining of the dis-
tressed stute of the trisionfsctutes of the country.
It gave occmion to some intimated strictures upon
the remissness and inattention of the Ministers to
the most impoi taut intere►ts of the State, which we
trust will rouse them to a MOW of their duty to
the emp:re.

We have received Brussels Papers to the 6th
instant. The following are extract,. :

VIENNA, J.LNUARY t 4.
Ast extraordinary courier dispatch. d from Laybach has
brought sleets tha► the Sovereigns have already bud several
important cookie-met*. The !Moister* of the Italia. Courta
arrive successively at Laybsch, and t►e report of a Cook-
deration of the When Prince', Ike the Germanic Confede-
►ation, is again circulated.

Our military preparations are going 'on, and the public
opinion again inclines to believe m the breaking out of
war ; some people ryes. go so far as to say that if the
Neapolitans du nut submit to the deeisinua which will be
made at the Converts, hostilities will begun towards the cod
of February. The post mid mail persona belonging to 'the
borrow' of the Lead-quarters are out fur the army some days
ago. It is said that tbr misty will be reinforced by 30,000 men.
Field Maralsal Count Bellegiirde, President of the Antic
Council of War, will shortly aft out, It is said, for Laylutch,
to writ.' the iustructiuue of the Emperor. lie will then

got, the bead-quarters at Treviso, to lake the Camases
*Chief of the army in Italy. Many °Minn of distiac-
Hos have left this city for Treviso.
The Government is hulas some works executed in Min-
im,. The forlineatinait of Mown, originally netted by
• 'llk Marquis de Chastener, hen been eoesiderably emptiest.
eft Phis place is considered es oar of the chief bislwark• of
She kingdom towards the frontiers of Turkey. There watt
elm an intention of building Iwo new fortresses- toward'
Hw Posner. of Austrian Poland, hat the great expenses of
the military preparations in Italy have obliged the Govern-
ment to postptioc lite execution of this plan. 00 the other
band, the fiirtificaiion. of Rash, in Hungary, have brew
completely demolished by the inhabitants themselves, the
Conertiment hewing given them the materiels which should,
be obtaimed by this demolition.

IMMIX, FEBRUARY 27.
The King received the Curtin de Chatessibrinud in a
private audience on the 1711§. as success.), to M. de Bunnay
in the pus, of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo•
tentisty of France.

eMeerttUext, vinstuattY 3..
lesterdsy there wits great bustle on chrome; it has been
discovered that there'll', forged coupons. of Hope on IM Spa-
nish paper. II wee wet difficult to counterfeit them, fur
they ar.• primed on ilustsinpeit paper, and the signature is
Poleveed. This discovery has caused the paper to fall
Loot 59110 57, and the coalponsof 25 florins to 131 florins.
The alarm is vtliers4, it is no boomer known what is rood
of the 30 mallows which are In citesilation. It is, however,
believed that the amount of the false corm,: is nut above
2 or 300,000 The person accused of this crime is
arrested, he belongs to w respectable citizen's Calmly at
Brawls. It is proper to publish ibis fact, which caimot
credit the Spanish paper; the truth wi,l soon. be known, as
to the extent of Ow probable loss uti the whole miss of the
coupons that have been issued, and means will doubtless be
found to distinguish she false from the genuine. If she
cause of su considerable and sudden a decline wire nut
frankly explained, a certain party would not fail to invent
something sew, unfavourable to the cause of liberty, which
would be cuummed with this event.

CaIIrfANTILNOPLE, DECTIMBIR 28.
The deputies from 5c,,,.., who have bee■ here fur some
time, are on the point of returning home. it is said the
derision of the Porte is more favourable than use expected,
for that it will grant them a Greek Hospodar to govern
them, bat insists uu having Turkish ganisuow in the fur-
tresses of &rain.
it is raid that Choruchild Pacha has refased the chief
command of the Turkish troops against Ali Paella, &leg.
flog his ill health and advanced age. His successor is not
bosun. The corps of Turkish troops which had retired
while from Jeannine, has re-appeared before that place, after
receiving some reinfo►cements.

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We hare received letters rand papers from Oparto
to the 27th last, containipg the lullowmg worm(
of the rtceut overflowing of the Douro, and of the
injury done by the inuodaiion

COPT OV A LETTER.
As soon as the °set flowing of the Douro hes
.0 much subsided as not to cause us very great un-
ea►iuess, though we are not. perfectly free Iron. ap-
prehension, I take ray pen, not to describe the un-
heard-of violence and fury with which these waters
flowed for the space 0.'48 or 50 hours, but merely
to relate some part of the many ravager which this
sudden event caused in sight of this city (Oporto).

An the vessels at• anchor. in the river were in
the mutt imminent danger of perishing, and some
of them in fact met with this misfortune; all the
_paters suffered, some ;sore or some less.
" The English brigantine the Fair Ilibernias,
•aibiell lay here almost ready to sail for London with
'a cargo of wine, was forced from. its moorings by
'Ole current, which bore it to the Cabedello, where
it was upset, and unhappily four men who were on
beard perished, the pilots, with all their exertions,
•bring unable to .afford them any assistance.
" The Matilda, another very handsome. English
brigantine, which had some wines on board, and
was shortly to sail for Greenock or Dublin, was also
carried away by the cuirent, and ran aground at
Sampavo.
6' The Hanoverian ac•huooner Anna Margoreua,
with a cargo of sugar, bound for Genoa, was car-
ried ever the bar without any prison on board, and
ran aground on the coast of Argozata, four leagues
from this city, whither some persons interested in
ire ship and cargo sue gone, but it is hated that,
nolwithetentling much labour and great expense,
but little wiH be used.

•' Two Portuguese yachts upset in the river, and
disappeared with the current. A Spanish yacht had
the same fate. A great many boats and small ves-
sels, both public and private, are lost. The da-
mage sustained by the vessels which escaped, in
their hulls, musts, cordage, and rigging of every
description, is beyond all calculation.

" immense dalage, which it is impossible to esti-
mate, has hero done owl/bore. The water rose to
a very great bright, and boat+ plied in sonic parts
of the city. The liconws which were visited by the
water sut&red extremely. At Villa Nova a great
part of the magazine of wines were ifestruyesi, but
the puiticulurs era not yet known. A great many
lives mire slubd to have limo lost in the country by
the very sudden and rapid rise of time waters."
oroaTo, JANUARY 23.

Yesterday being the auntvereary of the birthday
or ner Royal Highness Maria Leopoldiita, Princess
Royal of Portugal and Brasil, who completed the
24th year of her age, war celebrated• with the usual
demotosinotiuna of joy.

We have received the Paris papers of Mon-
day last. M. BIibLART, the Procureur-G,rierel,
• had u long private audience of the KING on Satur-
day. The conversation no doubt related to the recent
explosion of gunpowder at the Tuileries, as M.
BELLART is one of the principal snagiatrates active-
ly employed with inquiring into the circumstances
of tine case. Police regulations have been posted
in Paris rtspeeting the sale of powder and artificial
fue-works.
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We have received Dutch Papers, from which we
have made extracts.
Spanish Papers to the 27th last have arrived,.
but they conitti.o no jutelligenee of any interest.