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DALE V. DALE.

His Lordship gave' a long judgment in this matter, which
was, that the two parties, the one a partner of Dale and Hardy,
now bankrupts, and the other (his father) as a witness:, had
been examined before the Commissioners, and in consequence
of giving unsatisfactory answers, were committed to the New
Bailey prison, in Manchester, from which place they came here
by two writs of Habeas Corpus, to try the authority of the Com,
missioners, and to know whether they had sufficient reason for
committing ; 'and his Lordship, after going most minutely into
the case, was of opinion that the Commissioners had done right,
and therefore remanded the prisoners.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 13.
GALE AND OTHERS V. HALFNIGIIT.

This was an action of trover, by the assignee's of John Wil-
kinson, to recover the possession of a vessel, together with her
tackle and stores, called the Experiment, alleged to have been
converted by the defendant to hiS own use, after the act of
bankruptcy had been committed. The defendant gave notice
of his intention to dispute the validity of the commission, and
particularly the trading of the alleged bankrupt. The case was
interesting to the Gieenland trade, "and involved.a question of
some importance on the bankrupt laws.
Mr. SCARLETT, Mr. MAIIRYAT, MT. 17. POLLOC/F, and
Mr. CHITTY were for the plaintiffs ;_and „Mr. Sot-tc ur on-
GENERAL, Mr. TYNDAL, and Mr.PARK., were tin. the de-
fendant.

The case opened on behalf of the plaintiffs was thii :—The
'alleged bankrupt. had fornierly been in partnership with his
father-in the Greenland whale fishery business, and was the
-owner of 'three ships in that trade, of which, the Experiment
wasonee• besides which, he speculated largely in oil, and car-
ried on an extensive trade as a dealer in' that article, making
large purchases and selling for profit. In, the:year 1821 he be-
came involved in difficulties ; a commission teas taken out, and
he was declared a bankrupt, but he had never yet surrendered
to: that commission; which was afterwards superseded, and
another commission sued out, under which the -plaintiffs were.
declared assignees, and took an assignment. ,its the principal
Matter' in dispute was the trading, it was propoSed to give most
satisfaatory evidence upon that subject. After the bankruptcy,
the bankrupt had -assigned- the ship in qUeStion 'to the defen-
dant, to whom he was indebted, and theobject. of -the present
action was to 'recover it back, for the benefit of the general cre-
ditors. The following witnesses were called •
Mr. William'Snaith, clerk to the bankrupt, probed the peti-
tioning creditor's debt,' amounting to about 2001., due to the
bankrupt's ship carpenter. The bankruPt was owner of three
Greenland wlialers:, the-cargoes of which were
,manufaCtuied
into oil, and sold for profit. In additiOn to this, the bankrupt
sometimes purchased large quantities of- 'oil to sell, again, as
much as 30,40, and 100 tuns at a time. The bankrupt's house
of business was at Wapping, and a had had a country resi-
dere. At Christinas, 1820, he became embarrassed, and in
the.early:part of 1421 he kept house to avoid his Creditors.
Crdss-exarnined:—Witness said' he knew of hilt two trans-
actions in which -the bankrupt bought oil to sell again, and his
knowledge of,both was derived only from the bankrupt himself.
One was a quantity of about' 38
,or 40 tuns; bought about
Nevember ,or 'December, ).818, of Messrs. lanies, Wood,
and James ; part of which seas, sold to a Mr. Collinson, and
the remainder to Sir Charles Price ; the Other was a quantity of
100 tuns, in 1816 or 1817; bought of some person at Whitby,
in Yorkshire, 'which the witness himself sa,w at .Mellish'S wharf.
He had no memorandum of this purchase, and could not say to
whoin,the oil was re-So:A. Witness had stated that he knew
of but one transaction of this sort, but as he was'now upon his
oath, he would tell the truth. Neither of these transactions
was entered in the books which the witness kept, and he could
not say whether the bankrupt had entered them in any boa.'
-Re-exaMined.—`'Fitness kept only thd 'ship's books, the
tradesmen's accounts, and the ledger. Believed that the bank-
rupt had other books, which he did not know what had be-
come of.- The bankrupt had gone away, but had left no books
behind.
Mr. Samuel Janiss, partner in the house of James, Wood,
and James, oil-merchants, proved that in the latter end of No..
veniber • 181 p, 14s house sold the bankrupt 35 tuns of Green-
land oil. In the course of some con*ersation, when witness
applied for the payment, he spoke of the likelihood of oil
rising in price :n summer time, and' said he had occasionally
bOught parcels of oil in the months of February and March,
when prices were flat, and kept them until the month of June,
and 'then realized a pretty profit upon them.
.Illr. Thomas Woodcock, bookkeeper of the Greenland docks,
transferred to the, bankrupt in February, 1819, • 15 tuns of oil,
parcel of the quantity sold to him by the last witness, standing
in, the name of hiS house in the 'dock-books.

John Corbett lived as clerk with the' bankrupt from May,
1808, to May, 1818. In May, 1808, the bankrupt purchased
about 100 tuns of foreign oil from Messrs. Stewart and Omanny,
of Yarmouth, and witness went down to attend the trans-ship-
ment of it'lo London. It was afterwards sold to different per-
sons. _Recollected also his purchaSing the Whitby oil, which
was sold to different persons, in separate quantities.
William Brown, another clerk of the bankrupt, proved that
his master had desired him to be denied to persons who called
in March, 1821. Witness denied him to sheriffs' Officers, in
search of him in that month. _ _

Evidence was then given of the- assignment of the Experi-
ment by the bankrupt to the defendant in September, 1821 ;
and of the demand and refusal to deliver, and the defendant's
present possession of the vessel.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then went to the jury, and said
that the only question for them to consider and determine was,
whether the bankrupt was a trackr within the meaning of the
bankrupt laws. He contended that he clearly was not. To con-
, stitute him a trader, he must be a person " seeking his trade of
living by buying and selling." Now, did the bankrupt answer
that description ? As the owner of three Greenland whalers, he
certainly was not a trader, What evidence, then, was there of
his being a trader in any other respect ? The whole of the plain-
tiff's case upon this subject rested upon three solitary instances
in which the bankrupt had bought oil upon speculation, but the
evidence, even as to those transactions, was vague and unsatis-
factory. For any thing that appeared, those parcels of oil might
have been bought to enable him to coni.plete some contracts
into which he had entered for the supply of his customers in
his ordinary business as a Greenland fisherman ' • and if so, he
was clearly not a trader within the meaning of the bankrupt
laws. It was well known that the Greenland whalers generally
sold their oil by contract long before the vessels arrived, and it
might happen that in consequence of a failure in produce, the
bankrupt would be obliged to buy oil of other persons to enable
him to perform his contracts. A person purchasing oil or any
other commodity occasionally, upon speculation, with a view to
profit, could not'be considered as a trader": he must be a person
seeking his living by buying and. selling. Was the bankrupt a
persdn of that description ? Certainly he was not, and therefore
it was the duty of the Jury 'to say so by their verdict.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury that the
single question for their consideration was, whether the bank-

PRICE SEVENPENCti

rupt was a trader within the meaning of the Bankrupt Laws.
They had been' truly told that* the hankrupt, merely as the
owner of whalers, and bringing the produce of the Voyagesper.,
formed by his vessels to market, could not be considered as a
trader any more than a farmer ora conntion fisherman. Then,
was the bankrupt a trader in- any other respect.? The words of
the .Statute were • " seeking his trade of living by buying and
selling." " Seeking his trade of living" was certainly not a
very correct mode of expression ; but the question was, whether
the bankrupt was a person seeking his living by buying and
selling. Three instances only had been. proved in which
the bankrupt had, purchased parcels of oil 'for the purpese of
selling again—one in 18fi8, another in 1816, and the third in
1818. Now a person who occasionally buys on speculation 'for'
the purpose of selling again to advantage, is not a tttder within
the meaning of the bankrupt laws. Neither would a person be
a trader who bought occasionally to enable him to complete a
contractfor the supply of any article; the mere selling of which
would not constitute him a 'trader. A farmer who bought in
this manner would not be a trader: He must be a person who
seeks leis living by buying and selling. If the bankrupt, in this
instance, could be considered as a trader, it was certainly one of
the slightest cases within his Lordship's recollection. It was
for the Jury, however, to say upon the evidence they had
heard whether the bankrupt was a trader.
• The Jury fbund their verdict for the defendant.

LONDON SESSIONS, Jut 13.

THE INHABITANTS OF ST. EOTOLPH'S ALDGATE V. THE

SKIN MARKET.

, Some time ago a charge was brought by some of the inha-
bitants of St. Botolph's, Aldgate, against Mr. Maynard, a
salesman in the market, for hawing laid a quantity of skins on
the south side of High-street. The-Lord Mayor heard.the
case at the Mansion House, when, after considerable discus-
ion, It was agreed to by both parties that a conviction should
take place under Mr. M. A. Taylor's Act, and that an appeal
should be made to the Court of Quarter Sessions. This day
the appeal came on to be heard,
Upon the part of the plaintiffs, for whom the City Solicitor
acted, Mr. BOLLAND and Mr. A RABIN examined witnesses,
who stated that . Mr. Maynard, a salesman, had violated the
Act, by causing to be lad down in the-carriage way in High-
street a number of skins ;—that the inhabitants were greatly
inconvenienced by the practice, and that a carriage could. not
pass in consequence of it.
Mr. BOLLAND stated, that this case came under Mr. M. A.
Taylor's Act, and called upon. the Court to confirm the con-
viction.

Mr..NOIIToN. (with whom was Mr. 'Law) for the defendant,
called witnesses, who proved that strangers were in the habit of
selling skins in the place complained of, which was a market as
long as the witnesses epuld remember any thing; that the mar-
ket extended from Whiteckapel to the Minones, and that the
skins were exhibited in the carriage-way, which; however, was
not stopped up to the inconvenience olpassengers.
The RECORDER then stated, that the Court were of opinion,
that the Act of Parliament did, not comprehend the question be:
fore them, and that, whatever ground, there might be for the
position that the skin-market was a nuisance, they were .not
competent to decide upon its merits.
The conviction was then quashed.

'INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JULY 13.
'Henry Sinith came up to be heard on his petition to be disa
charf;ed from debts amounting to 50,0001., and was opposed
by Mr. Heath, on behalf of Miss •Bakewell, a creditor for up.:
ivards of 20,0001. It appeared by the insolvent's examina, -
tion, that he was an attorney, and had resided for a great length
of time At Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in Leicestcrthire. In, the year
1804, Miss Bakewell, who is a Lady of considerable fortune in
that lieighboarhood, was induced to appoint the insolvent.her
agent to receive her rents, and having great confidence in hisM-
tegrity, and not being in want of money, she allowed the, princi,
pal part of the money to remain in his hands,. bearing interest.
This continued ft 105 years, at the end of which the insolvent was
indebted to Miss liakewell in the sum 'of 20,6871., for which he
then; in the yeai 1019, gave here bond with judgment as a se-
The insolvent, in accounting for the disposal of the
money, stated, that he purchased an estate, and built:a housep
on it, that cost him near 10,0001.; and admitted, that his ina
come at .the time , did not amount to more than about-2501. a
year, and his hbuSehold orpences alone amounted to upwards
of 600/. It also' appeared that he was in the constaht habit of
borrowing considerable sums of money from different persons,
particularly Mr. -Grundy, to whom he gave a warrant of attor-
ney for 5,500/. Although it appeared by the insolvent's scheo
dule, that the bulk of his debts had been contractedhetbre-thls
transaction, lie swore that be-believed himself solventatthe time it
took place, as he then valued his estate of Norris-hill; on which he
resided, at 18,000/4 but which was since much depreciated. Miss
Bakewell, in the month of April, in the year 1018, demanded a
security for the money due to her, on which occasion he gave her
'his bond,; but in the month of August following he assigned
over his property to Miss Vincent, in payment of a debt of
4,5001., alleged to -be due for 'sums of nioney borrowed at va-
rious times from the year 1790. And at the same time he
assigned a life-interest he possessed iii his wife's property to his
son, as an indemnity against two bonds of 4001. each, in which
his son had joined him. It also appeared 'that he prepared a
warrant of attorney in favour of Miss Vincent, his sister-in-
law, and sent it to her from London, to enable her to take
possession of his furniture,'of which she availed herself, and
bought the furniture at the sale for 4801., and which furniture
I still remained in the insolvent's house, in which Miss Vincent
lived for many years past, paying him 301. a year for her board
and lodging.' The insolvent admitted, but with much &LE.:
culty, that he was in insolvent circumstances at the time he
gave the bonds to Miss Bakewell and Miss Vincent.
Mr. IlEaTir said, he would withdraw his opposition if the
insolvent would even then, although it was the 'eleventh hour,
agree to bride up the property
,he had conveyed to Miss Vincent
and his son, for the general benefit of the creditors, with whom
they might equally share.
The insolvent said, as he had already been confined seven
months, he would prefer-taking the judgment of the Court,-to
entering into an arrangement which it might not be pAsible for
him to fulfil. _ _

The insolvent, in the
_course of leis examination, stated that

a confidential clerk, of the name of Brown, had made out all
the accounts he presented to the Court ; and said, his confidence
in Brown's accuracy was so great, that he (the insolvent) was'
willing to swear to their truth.
The CHIEF COMUISSIONER, in pronouncing the-judgment
of the Court, said it was quite clear that the insolvent had con-
veyed his property to his own family, to the prejudice of all his
creditors, and no doubt with a view to his own benefit as a
member of that family. It was his duty to make every amends
in his power to his creditors, but he persevered to the last
moment., and was pleased to say he would rather receive the
judgment of the Court than enter into arrangement. He had
stated the impossibility of the property being conveyed from Miss
Vincent into its proper channel ; but it appeared to the Court
that he had sufficient influence over his family to effect the trans-
fer of the property to the rest of his creditors, when Miss Vincent
might come in amongit the rest. The Court, the Learned Corn.
pmissioner said, thought it barely possible that, of all the multi-
farious cases that had come under their consideration, one of
more peculiar aggravation ever presented itself ; and they
hoped the judgment he was about to pronounce might produce
that arrangement which had been so promptly and unjustly
refused by the insolvent. The judgment of the Court was, that
the insolvent should not be entitled to the benefit of the Act
until he should be confined for a period not exceeding two years
and four months from the date of filing his petition, at the suit
of all his detaining and opposing creditors.
Mr. COOKE applied to the Court on behalf of Mr. Price, of
Lincoln's-inn, and. 17 other creditors of the insolvent, praying
that Mr. Price and Mr.' Marriot, bOnker at Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
might be appointed assignees.
31r. Commissioner. HARRIS—Price is his agent; that will
not do.

Mr. HEATH saine was aware it was not usual to ap,point
a female assignee, but in this case he should beg that Miss
Bakewell might be appointed.
COURT.—Let it be so; but it is on the condition that she
contests these matters. _ _ _

Mr. HEATH.—I am instructed to say, that point is clearly
understood as the condition.

Mr. Commissioner HARRIS.—In this case I can't help ob-
serving, that the insolvent owed 8,0001. at the time he began to
receive Miss Bakewell's rents ; yet he has ventured to swear
that he considered himself at that time to be solvent.

Already the reaping of oats has commenced in
the counties of Galway, Westmeath, and Roscommon ; the
oat crop is genertilly short in straw. The wheat is of the
richest description..( Cork Advertiser, July 11.)

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

THE GREEKS,

TREISTE, JUNE 1 B.—(Tlie Allgeineine Zeitung,
• of Augsburg, contains a declaration of the Pro-
visional Governinent of Greece to the Christian
nations, of which the fallowing is the substance) :
" The great combat into which the Greek nation has been
drawn has occupied Europe, as it will occupy one day the pen
of hliterians. In the first moment all persons of any feeling
learned with joy that Greece was combating for her liberty.—
A prey to the h4rsliest and-most humiliating oppression, it ex-
cited the compassion of the civilised world. Humanity called
loudly for the deliverance of her benefactress--Europe for the
well-being of its most interesting and most precious part. Eter-
• nal justice tore the veil before the Throne of the Almighty,
and accused the profaners of the mysteries, the sanguinary
• usurper'—the persecutors of widows and orphans. 11o,kis it
• that Etrom:an politics, instead of favouring such Just eflbrts,
have mistaken their true nature ? How is that an unheard-of
Malevolence has sought to calumniate the intentions of an op-
press -d net*, and has poisoned an undertaking which had no
need of an excuse ? Did not the Ottoman tyranny give rise
• to thejireek insurrection ? Was it not known that despair and
arms would be the only means of attaining independence and a
legitimate liberty?
" Whatever were the circumstances, the pretext, and the oc-
casion, which determined the movement, it was not the less
evident chat it was occasioned by an interior discontent general-
-ly anti profoundly rooted ; a discontent of which the terrible
consequences must sooner or later inflame Greece. Besides,
.the movement of this nation is neither a sedition, nor a revolt,
nor can it be a parody without object, or a material or moral
consequence of those political agitations, the equivocal nature
• of which has inspired sensible men with such serious reflections.
The unheard-of injustice suffered by Greece, proved sufficient-
- Iy that we do not obey a legitimate and protecting power, and
that legitimacy would dishonour itself, were it to place itself in
a parallel with the pitiless barbarian's whom our political anni-
hilation had not, satisfied, and whom a shadow of civil liberty
threw into 'rage.
" No oath, no treaty, attached us to the power which had
been imposed on us, and which, like the most mortal of all
epidemics, infected the atmosphere of our devastated country.
The moment was arrived, not to overturn a national and ho-
noured Royalty, or to sacrifice a tolerable position to the Ulu-
. sions of an imaginary perfection, but to break the iron yoke of
our tyrants, to oppose force to force, and to establish our in-
variable right in place of an uncertain state, which offered
neither laws nor protection. What greater evils could be dread-
ed than those which weighed down Candia, Epirus, and the
Mores ? 'An execrable administration, the worthy produce of
the avaricious Government of ljahomet 111., the model of pd.;
lage and extortion, had torn from the subjugated people the last
drop of their blood. In -vain the lamentations of the unhappy
were multiplied ; they were -lost without reaching the power
which weighed us down.
"Already despair began to suggest tei the unhappy of several
provinces, the change of religion as the last means of salvation;
but would Europe have wished to see under its eyes this fright-
ful perjury? and proud of an alliance altogether Christian,
. would it have consented to the triumph of the Koran over the
• Gospel, and barbarism over civilisation ? It was necessary to
take arms to fall at least with honour ; but the first step once
-taken, it became necessary to march forward under pain of ex-
termination. The ,Revolution, popular in its motives, ought
to have become still more so by the events which would follow
it. The terrible fate of all that the Greek nation possessed in
distinguished men and celebrated families, the destruction of
• -churches and schools; the activity of a blind vengeance, all
showed the abyss in which the nation would plunge itself if it
were cowardly enough to submit.
" What .guaranteefor its. safety could it expect from those
who dis lained it, and violated every law ? Irritated at its position,
which offered it neither justice nor protection, the torrent of the
':"first events reduced lit to the alternative of conquering ordying.
Feeble, and stript of all, it ,would have been overwhelmed, it
Divine Providence had not 'hitherto supported it. What ! so
few years after the deliverance of Europe, celebrated by the
powerful of the earth as a work of divine grace, may we not re-
cal to European policy, that the Almighty watches over the
-conduct of nations and kings; and that he prepares the happi-
ness of flitiire races from the misfortunes of the present race ?
. Abandoned by the rest of the world, supported by its glorious
-recollections Greece, impelled by its calamities, will remain in
the path of glory, and will give to Christian nations the example
• of a,people combating for their country, and resolved to con-
„quer or die.
Such is the fate which Providence has destined to it. If
the immense resources of their mortal enemies should succeed
'against the nation, they would be covered with their blood, and
perishing, they would convince posterit.,they were deserving
of a better fate. The nation, assembled by its Deputies, hay-
ing.given itself a Provisional' Government, conceived it to be
its duty, and for the interest of the people whom it repre.sents,
Ao expose its position and its resolution to, the Christian nations.
" Given at.Corintli, the 15th of April, 1822. (Old style.)"
[Signed by the Members of the 'Provisional Government.]
STUTTGART, JULY 4.—Letters
:from General
.Normans to his family have been received here,
.rwritten before his departure from the Morea, for
tthe Continent of Greece. He gives news of the
-.other Wirtemberg officers who -accompanied him
iin his expedition and whohave all been advan-
tageously placed.
.Not being able to organise
Aorse artillery) the General caused a quantity of
'light guns to be carried by horses. Ile adds,
afterwards, " I can yet write nothing as to the
„period of my return, -for the war, or rather the
xevolutian, is not yet terminated ; but I think I
can pledge-myself that the Morea, when I shall
Thave the right of citizenship, is lost for -ever to
the Turks. I-request you to testify my particu-
lar gratitude to the associations for the Greeks ;
-if they can still do any thin°. for 'Greece, they
ought to confine themselves to giving assistance

to military men, to facilitate to them the means
—..of providing themselves with arms at the place
,of their embarkation. I think that it would be
-very suitable to cause arms to be sent to the
Morea for sale there ; the ports of Calamata and
Navariuo would be the fittest for the disembark-
ation."

[From the Spectateirralextal.]
FRANKFORT, JULY 6.----The English. corvette
'the Medina arrived at Sthyrna on the 19th.—
. Before quitting the island of Crete it made- a: visit
--to the Greeks. Those of that isle published
- some time ago a proclamation,.by which they de-
clared it in a state of blockade ; but the Powers
..not .having taken any notice of this proclama-
-Cott, and having continued to send ships to this
interesting
,point of_ Turkey, the' Greeks took
two Austrian ships, an English ship, and •a French
• one, which wished to enter the Camea, and con-
, ducted them .to St. Theodosius. The Com-
-mandant of the Medina summoned the Greeks,
watchNinhand, to restore instantly the English
ship, as well as the,papers, which the Greek
Governor had appropriated. The latter seeing
the urgency of the case was obliged to repair on
.board the: corvette. He asked. the Commander
if he was ignorant of the yroclamation which
declared the Island of- Crete in a state of
`blockade? He wished afterwards to enter
into explanations, to justify this measure coin-
ma'ilded -by circumstances.; but the English
••Commandant answered sharply that he did not '
seitd for him' to hear his reasons ; that he cared.
nothing for the .declaration of blockade which he
might have made ; and that, if in half an hour
tlie English vessel and its papers were not re-'
stored, he was• prepared to sink all the Greek
'Ships that he might find. It may easily be Con-
.ceived that the English vessel ..was instantly re-
, stored. Before. parting the English Commandant
conceived himself bound to give the Greek Go-
vernor some charitable advice respecting the.
tuner European vessels seized, informing him
.that he might also naturally expect to receive a
-visit from the French. and Austrians. The Ca-
tholics .of Noxi,' always in danger. of beinglmas-

sacred by the Greeks, and more afraid than
ever, kept themselves for some days
.carefully
shut up in their frail citadel, when they saw the
Corvette the Medina appear. The English Com-
mandant, having informed himself of the state of
things, of the, constantly increasing exasperation
of the Greeks, threatened the latter with rasing
their town if they offered the slightest insult
either to the European agents or to the Latins.
lle demanded besides, before parting, that the
primates should give guarantees for their pro-
mises to respect hereafter all the Latin and
Greek 'Catholics.

SPAIN.
MADRID, Jury 4.
This day passed without events ; the troops of the Prado
occupy the same position ; at Madrid the posts are placed as
yesterday.
JuLY 5.—A hundred men of the regiment of Almanza ap-
proached yesterday afternoon the iron gate of the Prado. A
company of the Royal Guard was sent after them, which forced
them to retire,- there were no killed or wounded.
The two Officers who came the day before yesterday to treat
in the name of the battalions of the. Prado are MX. Defiers (a
Frenchman) and M. Mon.
The Council of State was assembled yesterday evening till a
very late hour. It was decided to invite the King to separate
himself from his undisciplined Guards. The King answered,
" My guard is not undisciplined : allow me to put myself at
its head, and you will see whether it obeys me."
This answer paralysed the Councillors. After various obser-
vations to the King on' the actual position of the capital, his
Majesty announced, that he himself would be present at a new
Council which would take place that night.
Andalusia is in disorder. The following is an extract of the
news received this morning by the ordinary post. Those of
Seville are of the date of the 29th June :
The Provisional Political Chief Don Francis Raminet, Bri-
gadier, has published a proclamation, dated the 28th, announe-
ing the refusal of the corps of carabineers which was at Castro-
del-Rio, province of Cordova, to submit to the Decree of the
Cortes which orders their dismissal.
Private letters from the said town announce that the follow-
ing forces have marched against the Carabineers :-
Ist. The first battalion of the regiment of Majorca ; 2d, Two
pieces of artillery, with 300 horses ; 3d, Orders have been given
to the cavalry regiment of Alcantara, which is at Eaja, to march
also against the Carabineers; 4th, A similar order has been given
to the 2d battalion of Alajorca, which is at Cadiz.
General O'Daly, who is at Huelva, has been called to Seville
to take the command of these troops.
Letters of Lucena (province of Cordova) are of the 30th
June. They announce the departure of the regiment of Pro-
vincial Militia with National Guards, to go against the Cara-
bineers. The regiment of Provincial Militia joined the Royal
Carabineers. At the moment of this union, a slight quarrel
took place between them, in which three national guards were
killed.

It is said that the Provincial Militia of Bujalana have also
joined the Carabineers.
Letters from Cordova say that the forces which have joined the
Carabineers are estimated at 3,000 men, the greater part of the
troops. There was a fear of being attacked every instant, and
the political Chief had withdrawn into the Sierra.
General Don Thomas O'Donoju, named Commandant Ge-
neral of Andalusia, left Madrid yesterday morning, for his des-
tination, charged, it is said, to negoctate with the corps of Ca-
rabineers, before repairing to.
The news received from Siguenza, in the Alcarria, are, that
the rebels have shewn themselves to the number of 600 men •
that they were received in the town, the inhabitants of which
repulsed the detachments of the regiment of Guadalaxara sent
in pursuit of them.
rrhe Insurgents of Siguenza (Alcarria) are to the number of
seven hundred men, who are so tranquil in the town, that they
employ themselves in exercising in the streets and places of
Siguenza.
Our Correspondent concludes with writing to us at four
o'clock, on the morning of the 6th_" Madrid is still in a me-
lancholy stupor, and in the same state as yesterday. The King
is in his palace; the Council of State in permanence; and the Re-
volutionists are in consternation. The immense majority of ci-
tizens execrate the Constitution, dread displaying their senti-
ments, but begin, however, to manifest some hopes. A single
word from the King, and the Revolution is-buried. In two
days, perhaps, I shall be able to announce to you decisive
events ; the treachery of the troops has overturned the Mo-
narchy, the fidelity of the Guards may re-establish it. We
count little on the Resolutions of the Council of State : but we
have for us the fidelity of .MorillO, and the unanimous wishes
of good Spaniards. Tnere is a rumour this moment, that the
Members of the Commission of the Cortes have dispersed.".— !
(Gazette de France.) •
We receive, from a very respectable source,
the following news,' of which we guarantee the
authenticity:— • •
" They write from' Gerona, under date the 28th June, that
the factious bands, commanded by Misas, Malavilla, and other
turbulent mp, to the number of 1,600, attacked the town of
Blanes, which was defended obstinately, and with heroic
courage, during ten hours, by the National Militia. Aided by
the corps of Colonel Colubi, this brave militia completely routed
the factions, and left on the field of battle a great number of
killed and wounded.

" Colonel Colubi pursued them even into the mountains,
whither they fled in the greatest disorder. General 111ilans,
who left Barcelona with another corps, pursued the band of
Moser Anton Coll, and there is every reason for believing that
after this we shall not see the re-appearance of any more con-
panies of Guerillas infesting these provinces.
The defence of the militiamen of Blanes is, according to
the official reports, comparable to the defences of Gerona and
Saragossa, in the war of independence. Few in number, they
fortified them -wives in the Church Del Pueblo, and the factious
who besieged them to the number of 1,600, set fire to one of
the angles of the building. They had already made a breach,
and sent a summons to the besieged to surrender at discretion ;
but the Comniandant made no other answer than The Con-
stitution or Death is our motto; we choose death, as we can no
longer defend the Constitution.' fhe attack was pursued with
vigour and was most bloody. They fought man to man, when,
after ten hours carnage, the column of Colonel Colubi decided

the struggle in favou"r Of the besieged, and secured to the na-
tional arms one of the most complete and glorious triumphs
which has ever yet been obtained. —(Constitittionnd.)
A commercial house has received, by extra-
ordinary courier, news from Madrid of the 4th.

" The Ist, 2d, and 3d.—Two armies in the bosom of the
capital; the one under the orders of 'Morino, at the head of the
King's guards and.a part of the militia; the other under the
orders of Riego, at the head of the revolutionists, was in pre-
sence. It seems the King wished to retire to San Ildefonso,
and that it was wished to prevent him."—( Jaurnal desDebats.)
JULY 12.—1 t was said on the sth, at Madrid,
that the insurgent CarabineerS hail -accepted the
amnesty offered to them ; ,others pretend that
they had been reduced by the regiment of Akan-
tarn.

It was affirmed also, the same day, that the
Government had rejected the propositions' and

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the conditions of the, battalions of Guards, re-
volted in the Prado. I❑ other respects every
thing was quite tranquil in IVl34.lrid ;•the troops
of the garrison occupied, the same posts. Their
sentiments, as well as those of the, inhabitants,
were always of the same degree of patriotic ex-
citement, and there were heard every instant on
different points the cries of liberty and the con-
s tit u t Constitutionnet.)

It is, said that the Government his rejected the
propositions, of The Guards who occupy the
Prado. Four hundred of this corps had marched
ou Fuencarrol. It was said that an entire'corps
had made a movement on Segovia, but this is not
at all probable. Things remain in every other
respect as formerly. The troops of the garrison
occupy the same posts : those, of the palace ob-
serve the same precautions as on the preceding
days. The sentinels are doubled in the night, and
the battalions who occupy the facade and wings
of the palace are surrounded by a considerable
number of advanced posts : the gate called the
Gate of the Prince, is kept shut. No persons
are admitted into the Square of the Constitution.
Narly the whole of the regirm+at of Almanza

occupy the iron gate. These troops skirmished
this morning 4vithlose' in the and the

officer who commands them has demanded a re-
inforcement of some companies of infantry, of
which he has need, owing to the nature of the
ground.—(Courier Francais.)
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A lively alarm is felt at Barcelona at the pro-
gress of the Catalonian insurgents. The inha-
bitants are in consequence even making prepara-
tions for defence, and heavy artillery are placed
"on the ramparts. Three regiments have left
the city, and two others were expected, who
immediately on their debarkation would pro-
ceed to join the division of General Milans.—
There is some talk of a serious affair in the
neighbourhood of Histaril between the troops of
General Milans and those of Misas, in which the
latter is said to have had the advantage. The
couriers from Madrid and from Perpignan to Bar-
celona 'have been stopped by the insurgents.--
The Trappist is said to be increasing in force
every .day.—(Jour Baal de Paris.)
BAYONNE, JULY 6.—The news. which I trans-
mitted to you by the last courier, and which
were given me by my agent of Saint Jean Pied-
de-Port, were exaggerated. It was on the 3d
current, at night fall, that a serious affair took
place between Lopez Banos and Quesada. The
latter avows that a panic fear seized his corps,
composed of 1,500 men ; that it was of such mag-
nitude that he remained alone with from 250 to
300 men ; that night alone saved him, his enemy
being unable to profit by the disorder among the
emigrants.. lie avows. also that he had 12 killed,
and 7 wounded. The enemy lost only five men,
of whom two were killed.
,Finally; he occupies
the same positions, reinforcing himself by the anti-
constitutionalists who come to him from Biscay,
Alava, and Guipuscoa.. We see these pass by in
twenties and thirties at a time ; they disembark
in boats at the port of Socoa, where after four or
five days quarantine, they 'received .
The directors of the Army of the Faith, who are
still in our town, deliVer these routes.
On the other hand, Lopez Banos is reinforced
by troops from Castile,, among others by the
cavalry regiment Bourbon, and two battalions
of active militia, who have entered Navarre by
Lograno. On the first serious affair, which will
be soon, the Army of the Faith -will be lost.
This moment, while putting 'my" fetter in the
post, I am assured that, after a bloody affair
which took place towards the Valley of BaStano,
at Lans, Quesada has been killed, and his army
entirely destroyed. - I believe this news pretna
Lure ; my first will instruct you as to the truth.-
(Constitutionnel.)
[EXTRACT OP A PRIVATE LETTER.]
" Madrid, sth July, three in the Afternoon.—You have
heard that four of the battalioni of the Royal Guards have taken
up a position at the Prado, refusing to obey the orders of the
Constitutional Authorities. On the other hand, Riego has
formed what he calls a sacred battalion, of 400 of the most yin-
lent Republicans, under pretence of supporting the Constitu-
tion. The Couneil of State sent a provisional order to the
four battalions of the Guards to remove to Toledo, which they
have declined, alleging that this is only a ruse to disarm them,
and that the King's life will then be in danger. Eight hundred
individuals, military and civil, have -repaired to the Prado, to
take part with the Guards : and they daily expect to be joined
by a regiment Of Carbineers from Cordova, and two battalions
of Andalusian Militia. Meanwhile Riego proposes the most
violent measures, and the journals of his party are filled with san-
guinary menaces against the lives 'of the King and his friends.'
The King has made a formal complaint to his Council against
Riego : and this Revolutionist has been received very coldly
even by the permanent Deputation of the Cortes. The two
battalions of the Guard on duty at the Palace are known to
share the sentiments of those at the Prado; but they remain
to protect the -Royal Person from attack. The situation of
Madrid is dreadful. Almost all the regular troops openly
avow their hostility to the revolutionary system ; but even those
who are in actual insurrection (for so it may be called) at the
Prado, maintain the strictest order and discipline, and have not
committed the least excess.. This state of things, however;
cannot last long. A few days, perhaps a few hours, will decide
the fate of the Spanish Monarchy.:'

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PORTUGAL.
CORTES.—q---ITTING OF Ju NE 2G.
Senor Joares Azevedo brought up the Report of the Corn.-
, mittee appointed to draw up the additional articles for the Con-
stitution of Brazil. In a lone preamble, thc Reporter stated
that the opinion of the Committee, after mature reflection, was,
that a system of absolute union between the two kingdoms was
an absolute impossibility ; that the legislature must, for certain
affairs, be necessarily different in each cf the kingdoms, tha-
the executive power cannot act in Brazil without a permanent
and ample delegation, and that all its ramifications must be free
from every immediate dependence on' Portugal. The first ar-
ticle ptoposed by the Committee is, therefore—
" There shall be in the kingdom of Brazil and in that of Por-
tugal and Algarve, two Assemblies of Cortes, one in each king-
dom, composed of epresentatives elected by the people, in the
manner prescribed by the Constitution." '
A vehement debate, of extreme length, ensued.
Senor Gerao said, he had the greatest respect for the author
of the project, and would therefoie not call it absurd and mon.
strous ; but his blood boiled in his veins at hearing it. He con-
sideredit as equivalent to declaring Brazil independent. He
would not insult the Brazilians by supposing they desired. in-
dependence, by which they would lose more than they would
gain ; he thought that it would renew in Brazil the dreadful
scenes of St. Domingo ; that foreign nations would establish
colonies where it might suit their convenience; finally, he said,
the Cortes had no authority to enact any such measures as the
}project of the Committee proposed.
111. Ribeiro de Andrade replied, to the arguments of M. Ge-
rao, which he thought wholly unfOunded.
N. Borges Carneiro was adverse to the plan of two Cortes,
and several other Members likewise spoke against the project.
The debate was adjourned:
On the 27th the Order of the Day was, the opinion of the
Special Committee on the political atfairs of Brazil.
Senor Borges Carneiro opened the debate, shewing that the
objects which the Committee had in view were To cen-
sure the letters of the Prince Royal, and the proceedings of
the Junta of St. Paulo.-2. The establishment of Provisional
Juntas in Brazil. He warmly censured the letters of the Prince
as insulting to the Cortes, and his whole proceeding as uncon-
stitutional and illegal. The sentiments expressed by the Prince
were owing, he thought, to the influence of the rebellious Junta
of St. Paulo, and its wicked Vice-President. He apptoved the
opinion of the Committee. Many other Members spoke on the
subject, most of whom severely censured the letters of the Prince
Royal. The debate was adjourned.
It was proposed by M. Fernandes Thomas, and agreed to,
that the Cortes should frankly declare to the people of Brazil
what were the intentions of the Congress towards tnem.,