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London, England, 1824-02-04 00:00:00

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke and Duchess of Bedford and family arrived on Mon. I
day at their house in St. James's-square, from their seat, Woburn
Abbe.
They Duke of Grafton arrived on Monday evening at his house
in Clarges-street, from his seat, Wakefield Lodge.
The Earl and Countess of Darnley and Lord Clifton arrived yes-
terday at their house in Berkeley-square, from their seat, Cobham
Hall. Kent.
The FAA and Countess Stanhope arrived yesterday at Lord Car-
rington'a, Whitehall, from their seat in Kent.
The Earl of Jersey arrived yesterday at his house in Berkeley-
square, from his seat, Peliddleton Park, Oxfordshire.
The Bishop of London and family have arrived at their house in
St. James's-square, from Fulham Palace.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and family have arrived at Lam-
beth Palace, from Addington Prk.
The lion. Mr. and Mrs. George Lamb have arrived at their
house, Whitehall-yard, from Su ulk.
Mt. and bins. Carrington and family have arrived at their house
in Montague-square. from their scat in Bucks.
The lion. Frederick Lamb has arrived in town from Earl Cow-
per's seat. Pansviger, Herts.
Headley, Esq. has arrived at Warren's Hotel, Regent-
street, front a tour.
Arrivals at fititild's Hotel, Jerrnyn-street :—Lord Charles
Townshend, from Warwick ; soli Sir George Nugent, lit. from his
seat, Taplow, Bucks.
Mrs. Courts has arrived at her house in Piccadilly, from
Brighton.
Lord and Lady King and family arrived yesterday, at their
house in Dover-street, from their seat, Ockham, Surrey.
The Earl of Euston has arrived at his house in Grosvenor-
place, from the Duke of Grafton's seat, Wakefield Lodge.
Dewtures from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street:—Mr. and
NT& Ruggles and family, foe their seat, Spain's Hall, Eases, and
Jobs Getlim, Esq. for Oxfonl.
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Villiers arrived in town yesterday, from
the Earl of Clarendon's seat, the Grove, Herts.
Sir John and dad (dower arrived on Monday at their house in
Charles-street. Berke -square. from Bognor.
Arrivals at Longsl otel, Bond-street .—Colonel Piper James
Saurin, Etq. ; and R. Jackson, Esq. from Ireland. Departure-
-1 Sir John and Lady Broughton, for Kingston.
Captain Martin, R.N. has left tows foe Portsmouth.
files. Benyon entertained a small party of fashionable, yesterday
seeping, at her house ist Grammer-square.

FOREIGN I AITE LUG ENCk%

FRENCH PAPERS.

Let night we received, by express, the Paris Journals
of Sunday, from which we copy the following:—
iFrom the Courrier Frarareis.l
PAidlll Fill I.

The English journal, the Sun, assumes that the King of Eng-
land will, at the opening of Parliament, formally announce his re-
cognition of the independence of the Spanish Colonies., The
Jaw-nal des Aber, alarmed at this statement, hastens to con.
indict It, and affirms, that the Speech from the English Throne
never contains any thing explicit or precise, " it being a parlia-
mentary maxim' " says the Editor, " that the Speech should be
couched in such general terms as will admit of either this or that
side of a ques"on being embraced, according to tireumstabccs,
and the course which the debateslof the House might take."
—This supposed maxim, of the Journal des Debate, does
not exist tn England ; we could quote many speeches from
the Throne, ice which the measures of Government are set
forth in the most clear and formal manner. The Statesmen
of that country are not required to exert their powers in con-
struing sentences void of meaning, with a view that they might,
by some subtle interpretation, find it to indicate this or that mea-
sure, of which, till after the speech was pronounced, they bad never
dreamt of. Such a course would only be proper with a Al inistry always
ready to yield to every influence; wavering from day to day, without
one settled plan, having only the wish, under every political system,
to preserve their power In spite of the rival ambition of those who
seek to supplant them ; for such a Ministry such a speech would
be an admirable thing, where the public would And nothing, and
the Government all that it wished. But in England the Mi-
nisters have a system and some fixed design. We do not pretend
to say that it is not their intention to recognize the independence of
the Spanish colonies ; but if it were so. it would be raid so, and
they would disdain an Artifice which would do them a service by
such disreputable means.
From tite Journal des Deleate.l
COURT OF ASSIZE.
PARIS. JAN. 111.

Asretire s 0 Me RI/El.—This day the trial of Antonio Bre-
' rhea was resumed for an attempt to murder M. !sachem, the
Greek priest, and the woman named Saulnier.
11. Isacharus brought into Court the vestment worn by him on
the day of the attempted assassination ; it bore the marks of bay-
ing been cut in several places by the razor of the assassin.
31. de Broe, Advoeate-thneral, then addressed the jury for the
prosecution, and particularly pointed out the enormity of the pri-
soner's crime, and clearness with which it had been proved in eel-
qi
deice. In alluding to the testimony of the t, the Advocate
examined its claims to belief, and observed t bad a
for its truth in the touching words with which closed=
shim :—" As spriest (said the old man), I ought to pardon s and
I desire that justice will also pardon my murderer."
ill. Lateens:le, advocate for Brochetti, then addressed the Jury.
Ile said tdat the prisoner was cot strained to leave a trade which
produced a spitting of blood, and n aterially injured his health, and
to engage himself as a domestic servant. In this capacity he passed
a long period with several masters in Italy • but unfortunately
losing his wife he resolved to expatriate himself: he accompanied
an Italian %larquia to Paris, who won afterwards left the French
capital for England. leaving Brochetti behind him. Thus deprived
of the means of exister ce, he was recommended to 'sachems by
two respectable nuns, sod by the Abbe Delprade. Ilia only object
was to obtain the means of returning to his own country. On
the 10th of November he went to the house of Isacharus
with no other intention than that of soliciting his pity. He
knew that Isacharus could not himself relieve him, but he relied
upon his benevolence to direct him to those who had it in their
power to give him assistance. The prisoner asserted that what
parsed at the meeting with 'sachem% had not been correctly stated
in evidence. Fidler from despair, or from stratagem, he menaced
Isachams, that if he could not obtain the aid he needed, he would
commit suicide before his eyes. These words "to neamneaza,"
(I will kill myself) were mistaken by the old man for " lo !:'assn.
mezzo," (1 will kill you.) latch:inn, alarmed at the sight of a
razor, endeavoured to disarm Brochetti, and in this attempt he
received dime wounds which were the foundation of the present
unfortunate proceeding. The Counsel then shortly addressed him-
self to the charge of attempting to assassinate Madame Saulnier,
and the President asked Brochetti If he haft anything to add to the
defence of his Advocate?
The prisoner replied, in a language half Italian and half French, '
" I deeply regret the injury that 1 caused to M. lascharus ; but I
dill it without intention or premeditation. If I had intended to
kill him, I should have thrown myself on hint when I entered t
and shookl not have requested the loan of money. Why should I
have killed him ? It was not certainly to rob him, for he had no
mosey, and I always believed that the ofaires (the sacred vases)
which he had in his possession were oi copper. I have always been
an honest than, never having led a Mail life, end men then com-
mit a crime like the present, they must have commenced their
career as thieve,.

The President summed up. and the Jury deliberated for two
hours, whesi they found Broehetti guilty of attempting the murder
of the priest, hut discarding the circumstance of premeditation.
On the oth4 r charge he was ac9uitted. He was. then sentenced to
hard labour for lite, to wear an von collar, and to he bninded with
the letters " T.P." The prisoner heard his sentence with great
smug froid.
[Frown the Journal Jr. Debt;ts.l
- PARIS. JAW. 31.
_ . . .

The Smckpoole (-rise is postponed till the Bth.
fo.rnorrou the Prince de Carignan, accompanied by the Sardinian
.toubassador, will have a private audience of the King and all the
Royal Family, to take leave on his departure for Italy,
[Front the CoNstitafioarecLl
PERPIGNAN. JAN. 24.

(EXTRACT )ROM A PRIVATE LETTJER.)

" The news received from Valencia is not very encouraging to
the Conetitstiewelista Two hrtretl are groaning in the prisons
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of Alicant ; and the prisons of Valencia not being sufficient to
contain the whole of the persons that have been pot under arrest,
they have been disposed of in two great howls, which are made to
serve as prisons."

We received Lisbon Papers yesterday to the 24th of last
month. Their contents are generally uninteresting.
The Lisbon Gozeb's of the 21st and 22d contiins two Royal De-
crees relative to the wine trade, the nature of which is stated in the
summary annexed to the Decrees, as follows:
`- Alvaro, with the force of a law, by which your Majesty, re-
riving the military dispositions of the Alvaro of the 20th Septem-
ber, 1710, aml of the Decree ni 27th July, 17115, respecting the in-
' truituction into these kingdoms of foreign winos and other liquors,
has been pleased to preatizibe, with respect to these and other pro-
hibited articles, the necessary measures to check smuggling, pruhi.
biting the reshipments, re-exportations, and exemptions of the
said goods ; all in the manner above declared.
DARTIIOI.O3IEA DA NOIINEJA BALDAQUE„
" Jan. 7, 11124. Secretary of State for the Home Department."
" Law Waste da Lim by which your Majesty has been pleased to
revoke the laws of the 19th of September:lll9l, No. 120, and of the
14th of November of the same year, No. 137, which by the execs-'
sive favour granted to the dealers in wine, ardent spints and oil, of
the port of I'iguiera and other ports of these kingdoms, violated the
equality which ought to prevail in commerce, and to make new regu-
lations on the subject," &c. Ice.

DISCOVERY or THE Boor or ME. PIERCE, or Bair-
Tot.—We are authorised and requested by Messrs. Ciarke,
itichards, and Medealf, of Chancery-lane, to state, that
they have this morning received letters from their cor-
respondent, Mr. Palmer, of Bristol (the late partner of
Mr. Pierce), announcing that th. water in the Bristol
harbour was yesterday again drawn off, and that, at one
o'clock, the body of Mr. Pierce was found in the float. At
the time the mail quitted Bristol last evening, a Coroner's
Inquest was left sitting on the body, and to-morrow we
'may expect to receive the result of such Inquest.