The National Register.
London, England, 1820-11-19 00:00:00

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PARIS, Nov. 11.—Yestcrday the King heard
mass in his apartments, and transacted business with
the Duke of Richelieu and the Minister of the In-
terior.
M. Emile d'Espinc, a gentleman in ordinary of
the King's chamber, arrived front Naples some days
Ago, and had a private audience of the Duchess of
Berry on the 9th inst. .

The king has signified his intention to remit the
capital punishment to which Gravier and Baotou
were condemned by the Court of Assizes, for dis-
charging a petard under the windows of the Duchess
of Berry.
According to all the letters from Vienna and Ve-
nice, great events are expected immediately in Italy.
The Austrian advanced guard is concentrating at
Terrona. There is a report of the sailing of a
Russian squadron for the Mediterranean.
Mr. Canning regularly attends the important trials
in the Court of Assizes.
Private letters lions Madrid state that the Pope's
Nuncio had obtained passports, and was preparing
to depart.
A letter from Bourdeaux says—" A few days ago
were discovered among the ruins of the Castle of
Castleman, in Medoc, several silver coins or demi-
gnus, of Aquitaine, which exhibit on one side the
effigy of the Prince of Wales in a ducal attire, armed
with a sword, standing under a Gothic canopy; and
on the reverse flaws de lyt and two leopards, sym-
metrically separated by a full cross, marked with
six points, indicative of the value of the coin
Round the portrait of the Prince is the legend—ED.
Po. GNS. REG. Am. B. (Eduardus pri "'agendas
regis Anglia, IL); and on the reverse—Aerr.
Pitiveys. ( .Iquitauce Princeps.)
VIENNA Oct. 30.—We have this instant received

intelligence from Troppau that couriers extraordi.
nary have set out for Italy, where important events
are to take place.
Romig, Oct. 28 —The Austrian regiments recently
arrived at Treviso continue their march to take up
the positions assigned to them. These troops are
concentrating in great numbers on the frontier of
the march of Anima.
The government of the Holy See continues much
occupied, and its relations with foreign cabinets are
very active. Every thing announce% that we are
on the eve of great events.
PALsano, Oct. 19.—We now begin to breathe
after five weeki of tumult and torment of all sorts.
Our town owes its existence to the wisdom and mo-
deration of General Florestan Pepe, and to the
firmness of the Prince de Paterno, a respectable
octogenaire, who has fearlessly exposed himself to
the greatest dangers in order to calm, divide, and
disconcert a populace thirsting for bled and plun-
der. In effect, all our alarms arise from this class
of people, whom we monot make to understand that
the conventions granted by General Pepe, which
guarantee the independence of Sicily, fulfil all that
Sicilians can desire.
LISBON* Oct. 20.—Different letters of change
payable before the end of the year, and making a
total of about 2,500,000 francs (about 100,0001.
sterling), were sent by the Court of Rio Janeiro to
the Regency of Portugal, to provide for tie current
expellees of the service; the 30,0001. sent by the
English ship Le Vengeur is not included in this
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colonel Cabriera, appointed to the military nom-
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\al the Province of Algarve!, has informed the
it eement that the meeting of the two Juntas
the \tilt greatest satisfaction in that province;
egia.LIFOIV ,W by public rejoicings. This refutes
the ef' reale province of A. lgarves did not
.Ives,kingdom in the great work
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the B.7••wrowld I. • 'Nitenant-ral Wimp.
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lens services of
SON' hating' the'im.)., of Spain during the
the "country:lt nl the name of his comrades and
wee met non of a they wit.
organize . en, that
-lit be included in
sad je aslde, hy ie present ann. . This demand
thoeki na IVa/yed ,ftsing to or% 'er of the day
be fle• to_ tna. • - . 3 regiments
senrott
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-.art fur their sertirts in ti.
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Tie Cortes hare also deternalkea Mot,. it
with
Bay Guark Ivaviain; the *mg*llurs„rat h e line.
s the troops
eturrnien, te'snt ....._ymenit bee made in the ►u.my,
Severn other n corps
with the view of amalgamating privileged
with the national troops.
OM Morena Guerra hasp roposedcritoothoeocAlteiputtital:d
wend amnesty for all political 6
between May, 1808, and 9th.tofw:slarexchpecastetd.
to
one..oppoied atist
before the
and
assembly
again
ittee of Legislation, before the
in the regular
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ype of the thetheCCealortes, which it is supposed ledl,take
place before the Sth of Not.entbet
The Minister at the Mantle has obtained, without
ditti,uity, the so milli.= of cc: il5 wl.f lh lie required '
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for tl:e construction of 20 middle-sized vessels of
war, to protect the coasts and commerce of Spain in
the two worlds; but on this condition; that every
thing for the construction and outfitting of these
vessels is to be taken from tho forests and amends
of the nation. . _ _

An active correspondence is carried on between
our cabinet and that of Naples.
It is not thought that the king will -remain at
the Escurial longer than the 18th of November.

The Courier de Brest, of :Sc Ist of this month, cots- ,
wins the followinx act of courage • .
On the it#24l of October, about noon, the eiriatl-leatse
Saint Frangnis, Captain Fruneati, ran in the Reach of
Wieland, flea: Qiiiberon, where she was carried by the
sea and a heavy gale of wind towards a chant of rucks
stretching out front Tiviec, upon which she must ine-
vitably hare been dashed to pieces; in that state of
danger an enormous sea laid her upon her quarter withiu
a quarter of league from the coast. The tempeat was
then raging with the utmost force, and, to avoid certain
death, the Captain "case to a resolution to get out his
Twat. lie had then on board, as passengers, a lady and
ha daughter, an infant six years of age. The poor
woman, shut up in her cabin, expected every instant,
with her child in her arms, that death would terminate
her agonies. Having heard the sailors preparing to quit
the vessel, she with the utmost exertion got her head up
the hatchway to look for the Captain, who said to her
coolly, " Madame recommend your soul to God—you
and >our child are lost beyond all hope of human as-
sistance." He then lett her, and joined use seamen,
who, with another passenger aged thirteen or fourteen,
were ready to leave the vessel. They abandoned the
unfortunate mother, wno was deprived of her last hope.
She had always expected they would have saved either
herself or the Odd.
Wben they gut ashore they were received by a crowd
of persons whom the event had drawn together. They
ansunisly inquired if all were removed from the wreck'?
The men said there was still a woman and a child on
board. limiest indignation wa • ediately felt against
the wretches who had thus abandoned the suderers.--,
At that moment one of the spectators, named Kerhero,
a sailor belonging td Kerostein, in Quiberon, launched
his boat, and obeying the impulse of true courage,
pulled out to sea. having braved a thousand dangers,
he reached the wreck. " Give me your daughter,"
said the brave and generous sailor to the lady, " and be
assured if I succeed in saving the child, I will return
liar you very soon." His aims were crowned with
happyrasecess. The infant was carried safe to shore.
and faithful to hiso 1111 l ise, Kerhero again ventured on
the fwuhing waves. Ile got to the vessel, and Wildly
landed the soother. He was received with all the
applause his generous and perilous devotion ao justly
demanded.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
The danger of convicting on circumstantial evi-
dence may be seen from the following
ti~ct►:—
A farmer was tried at the assizes for the murder
of a neighbour, under the thllowing circumstances :
—The evidence went to prove that the deceased was
found recently murdered; and by his side lay a
pitchfork, evidently the sort of instrument by which
the wounds appeared to have been inflicted. nu:
person finding him discovered upon the fork the
initials of the prisoner, to whom he, with otherf,
immediately repaired, to ascertain whether he had
any knowledge of the circumstance. The prisoner
appeared confused, but positively denied any know-
ledge about it; but not being able to account, how-
ever, for his fork getting into the possession of, or
being found near, the deceased, further inquiries
were made, and the prisoner's house searched, when
under his bedding were discovered some clothes which
he usually wore (and had been seen in that very
morning) covered with blood, and the deceased's fork
behind the bedstatd.

-The prisoner, being called on for his defence, de-
clared his innocence, mid called God to witness that
he was not the murderer. The truth, he said, was
this, although he had at first denied all knowledge
of the affair, that he was walking in one of his
neighbour's grounds that morning, with his fork in
hand (it being hay-time), and that he found the de-
ceased weltering in his blood. That he immediately
rendered him what assistance he could, by raising
hint up, and that the man died iii his arms. Finding
life gone, and observing the bloody condition his
own clothes were in, and fearing he might therefore
be suspected, he hurried home, ant‘ by sonic mistake
owl took up the deceased's fork instead of his own. The
judge (Mr. Justice Blackstone) and jury, except
men, immediately concluded the prisoner guilty.
This juryman, fortunately for the prisoner, knew
that circumstances were not always to be relied on,
and could not be brought to reconcile his mind to
find him guilty. The judge, who was ready to move
cif to the next assize town, considering this man a
most obstinate fellow, desired to know what could.;
. lead him to a supposition of the prisoner's innocence,
% •hen the circumstantial evidence of his guilt was
perhaps the strongest ever known. .
'.The juryman obtained an interview with the
.p,idxe, from whom he exacted a promise that his
.I.4,moussfur such con4uct sa. uuld not be named by his
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lordship until after his, the juryman's.death. He
then said to his lordship, " I am (if I can be so
called) the murderer, and not the prisoner; but the 4
fact is, it was purely accidental. The deceased was
our titheman, a man of a quarrelsome disposition.
we differed about his setting out the tithe of my
hay. From words we got to blows, and- in a scuffle
we both All, and in the fall the fork penetratet his
side. Considering the wound mortal, after a few-
minutes I left him, and the prisoner mune up soon
afterwards; and his• statement, perfectly true, al-
though circumstances would have hanged him, brit
that Providence placed ma upon this jury."
The prisoner was in consequence acquitted, and
the above facts were, after the death of this juryman,
ittfitutured by the same judge in his charge to the
grand jury Upon a subsequent circuit, by way or
caution ageinst admittinn, in all cases, however
strong, circumstantial evidence alone.

Among the innumerable benefits the Portuguese•
have derived from their political regeneration and.
the overthrow of a government that would have dis.
Lraced either Asia or Turkey, the exercise of the
iberty of the Press stands pre-eminent, and is al.
ready working wonders. With the other blessings.
the Lusitunian nation had inherited from their an-
cestors, founded on institutions free and liberal like
those f Spain, previous to the destruction of. the
Cortes, the liberty of the press had been lost in Por-
tugal, and excepting a few spiritual books, treatises.
on abstract science, and a paltry gazette, little or
nothing was printed in the country that had pro-
duced a Camoens. Thus the greatest excesses were
committed by men in power and court favourites,.
without the dread of reproach, and abject sycophancy
and blind submission had become the only means of
preferment. Gradually ti at daring spirit which
manifested itself in the remotest corners of the globe
was extinguished among the Portuguese ; .the truly
patriotic and enlightened withdrew to their chain—
hers to weep over the degradation by which they
were surrounded, or so pursue their studies in soli-
tude, while the busy part of the community up.
peered sunk in all the vileness of servitude.

l'Oßr OF SAYANILLA, JULY 15.—(Extract of
letter) :—" Oir troops have formed a junction with.
the division of Gen. Cordova, who came down with
600 men by the way of Ceuta on the 14th of June.
Mompax was taken without resistance ; from thence
he went down to Teneriffe,• when we met 400.
men, royalists, escorting some cannon, whom he
attacked, defeated, and made prisoners. Colonel
Montella, with the combined armies, was at Cartha-
gena. Gen. Urdnetta is in the environs of St.
Martha, and will soon be master of it, having de-
feated the Spanish forces at Chereguna. The Pre-
sident, Bolivar, is in Augula with 3000 men,. and
Gen. Valdes is in the invirtais of Popyan, and com
munication wit►► the kingdom is entirely open.—
Daily quarrels take place between the Spanish
Chiefs; imprisonment and arrests occur daily. - •

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BURNING OV A GREIN Guisborough,.
county of York, on the .sth of November, the usual
political ceremonies of that day were postponed till
Monday, when notice was given to the inhabitants
of Guisk3rough and its neighbourhot 1, that a large
fire would be made in the evening in the mar}et-
place, and tbat a green b g, " filled with rubbish
and combustibles," would then be cotnmitted to the
flames. Th.; me le of expro:sing public detestation
of the Green 134 g Allston (g',llis:;lteriel notoriey was
accordingly ("atlas' into effect between eight and
nine o'cloa. A large fire was made, and the peo-
ple being assembled, there was a numerous proces-
sion, preceded with persons bearing flambeaux--a
a 14,,,0e green LI inscribed on one side—" Perjury
and Conspiracy !" and on the other—" Pains and
Penalties ! was carried at the top of a long fork. by
a veleren and the band of music belong-
ing to the third North York Local Militia enlivened
the numerous concourse by martial music. In this
manner they paraded the streets, and on their return
to the market-place the bag was formaily set on fire
and burnt to ashes—the bond playing the national
air of " Rule Britannia," and the people, to the
amount of several hundreds, hailing the destruction
of the bag and its contents by loud and continued
beers.

Exeract of a letter from St. Thomas, dated Sept.
I.—" The war on the Main hos commenced with
new fury, but I believe both parties will respect
humanity. The Spaniards have spread the news
. that they soon expect a reinforcement of 4000
troops front Europe, but we do not credit this re-
port here. Many privateers arc cruixing hereabout;
they captured three vessels out of a convoy front
Havanhali bound to Spain, with 3500 boxes of
sugar, and 30,000 dollars. A vessel is just arrived
from the Main, from which we learn the total defeat
of 1.4 Torre's division of Royalists."

It is unaerstcxxxl that her Majesty will spend the
Christmas holidays with Earl Fitzwilliaim

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