The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-11 00:00:00

AFFAIR OF Ft 111. DES.

" The Trial of Gence and lirtiere-Veynac, accused
of being accomplices in the horrid murder of M. Fuel-
des, still occupies the Assize Court of AlLi. The pro-
lixity of the proceedings in this affair appear to have
exhausted public curiosity ; but, on the 28th inst., the
day on which Madame Manson gave her deposition, the
avenues of the Court. were, tlu•cncl.;cd, and the interior
of the Hall presented the most brilliant Asset:o)lv.
Ail eyes accompanied her tu'the witnesses' seat, and re-
mained directed towards her.
4. The Judge addressed to her the following exhor-
tation:—" Madame, You are cAlled upon in further-
ance of justice, to reveal all that you know relative to a
terrible crime, in order that the guilty may be discover-
ed. You have not always spoken the truth. We know
that at those times you were restrained by alarms which
bad been seactly iusiked. But to-day the same um.

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tires no longer exist, and you ought to feel secure. You
were made to take n dreadful oath to gain your seeresy ;
that oath could not be binding. The one you take to-
day in the cause of justice, hears a very different soletn-
nity ; its sacred character differs entirel• from that
which was administered by 11)rce over a bloody corpse.
It is before Con, in the presence of this Court anti the
the Jury, that you engage to tell the truth ; let us
hear it unreservedly."

" Madam Manson then proceeded with her deposi-
tion, which (hirer's, from what she adhered at the
former trial only by her stating, that in the then agita-
tion of her mind, ghe had firgotten to mention an im-
portant fact, which was, that she heard the rustling of
papers at the moment that M. Foaldes exclaimed "
have left you all I possess !" She described herself as
being disguised in pantaloons and a Ane silencer, when
the impulse of her mysterious indiseret• led her to the
theatre of the crime. She asserted, in the most une-
quivocal terms, that Gence and Bessiere-Veynac, the
two accused persons at the bar, were amongst the per
petrators of the artier, and positively recognized their
features. Several facts, in evidence, were strong pre-
atnnptive proof of their complicity-
" One hundred and two witnesses have already been
examined ; it is expected, that a few more sittings will
conclude the cause.'

An incipient proposition of the two Chambers, to
solicit a pension from the King of France, for the
Duke of Richlieu, has been met by a letter from that
illustrious Nobleman, addressed to the Chamber of
Deputies, in which he magnanimously declines bur-
dening the public revenues with a provision fur him-
►elf, during the present impoverished condition of the
country. There was a debate us to matter of form,
whether the proposition should not rather originate
with the King, from which the Chambr does not
apr ear to have been extricated by the Duke's letter.

Letters and Buenos Ayres Gazettes to the 28th Oct.
being the latest date in town, were received yesterday.
The British merchants in that place had, Mier various
interviews with Commodore Bowles, the British Naval
Officer on that station, and the supreme Director, suc-
cessfully opposed the contributions which Lad been
proposed by t'uerrydon to have been levied upon them;
and the natives alone, we understand, were to supply
the pecuniary wants of the Government. Artigas'
cruizers, manned with subjects of all nations, but prin•
cipally people from Baltimore, continued their captures
on different parts of the coast. A new brig, teak built
at Baltimore, called the Irrisistihle, with 16 guns, and
470 men, had done much damage.
The Buenos Ayres Gazettes, extracts from which we
subjoin, contain all the particulars of the manner in
which the troops on board the Trinidad, (one of the
vessels which sailed from Cadiz in May last). were re-
ceived by the Inhabitants of Buenos Ayres.
" BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 9.—On Sunday last, the
friends of liberty, from the Trinidad Spanish frigate,
made their public entrance into this capital, of which
we gave the particulars in our former number. The
troops of the garrison formed themselves into columns
in the streets, from the Itesidencia to the Place de la
Victoria, and our new guests marched between them.
The national standard was tarried by the Kunous Re-
rnigo Martinet, whom the Government has lately ad-
vanced to the rank of Lieutenant of our armies. This
exhibition was truly a great triumph. The concourse
of people, the acclamations, and other ordinary and ex-
traordinary demonstrations of joy, were such as can
only be conceived on this happy occasion. Our new
comrades having arrived at the Placa de la Victoria, the
Brigadier. General of the Staff; Don Jose Bandeau, ad-
deemed them.

" The harangue was received by shouts and accla-
mations in favour of the Supreme Director, of the
Sovereign Congress, and of the military force. Our
new friends were immediately directed to the habitations
appointed for them in the cantonments of the regiment
of warriors, to which they have been joined. All classes
of the people throng to satisfy their curiosity, by
viewing the new corners, to whom they sheaved - every
mark of respect and attention. Many Officers of this
place have given 700 dollars fin. the relief of their new
companions in arms.—We wish to make nations under-
stand that the people of Buenos Ayres esteem, as they
ought to do, the merit of such an action, and that of
the freemen of the Trinidad."

We understand it to be determined that the speech
for opening the Session of Parliament, and on which
the Address is to be moved, is to be delivered by
Lords Commissioners on Thursday, the 21st instant ;
the interval fro•u the t 4th to the 2:st will be occupied
in the swearing in of Members, the choice of the
Speaker, and th•: isinin,; or new writs, o slay, the
9.5 th inst Ministers will bring down a M ssage from
the Pr:nee Regent, for into consideration the
Royal Establishment at IVindsat, with a view to re-
trenchment.