The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-30 00:00:00

DEATH FROM COLD.

On Saturday an Inquisition was held before
THOMAS STIRLING, Esq., Coroner for Middlesex, at the
Board-room of St. Giles's Workhouse, at the instance of the
Churchwardens of that parish, to inquire into the death. of John
Gray, there lying dead, who was stated to have perished in
consequence of being improperly exposed to the inclemency of
the weather, •on Thursday night last, by one of the inferior
parochial officers of the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden.
William 01lit, a patrol of St. Martin's parish, was the first
witness. He stated, that on Thursday night, or rather Friday
morning, at half-past one o'clock, he was going his rounds,
,and
in -Drike's-eourt, Bow-street, saw the deceased on the step of a
door in the court. Ile went to him, and found that he was
very cold, and on speaking to him.discovered that-he was in a
state of insensibility, and was incapable of answering any ques-
tion he put to him. The deceased being one door within the
parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden, he called for Vincent, a
Covent-garden watchman, and told him that a man was lying
in a dying state on his beat, in Duke's-court; and Vincent,
with the assistance of another watchman, came and took the
deceased away. They informed him that they were going to.
convey him to the watch-house.
W. Vincent, a watchman of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, stated
that on Friday morning, about half-past one o'clock, he was
informed by the last witness, that a man was in a dying state,
in Duke's-court, Bow-street ; he arid Sullivan' a watchman,
went to the spot, and there found the deceased on a step, in a
state of insensibility. They carried him to-the watch-house of
Covent-garden, and delivered him up to Bethell, the night
beadle of the parish, and Mr. Bartlett, the watch.house keeper,
who placed him by the fire, and gave him some liquor to restore
him. After some time had elapsed, the deceased began to re-
cover from his torpid state, and was able to give his name. He
stated that he lodged at • Bestall's coffee-shop, in Drury-lane,
and that his name was John Gray.
James Bethell, night beadle of St. Paul's, Covent-garden,
stated that he received the deceased on Friday morning, about.
two o'clock -front Vincent and Sullivan, at Covent-garden'
watch-home. Ile
and'
him some warm liquor, and warmed
Irim.by the fire, and in a short time he was able to say that he-
lodged at Bestall's coffee-shop, Drury-lane. He procured a'
coach, placed the deceased in it, and conveyed him to Bestall's,
and when Mr. Bestall appeared, he said that his beds were all
engaged, and the deceased could not sleep there that night--
The deceased had previously been requested to sleep at the
watch-house all night, but he declined, and said that he had
-sufficient money to pay for a bed at his own lodgings. When
Mr. Bestall refused to take the deceased into his house,- a
young man passed, and said -that he knew the deceased very
well, and he left the deceased with him, and having discharged
the coach, he returned to his duty at the watch-house. He
suppcised the young man would take care of the deceased. He;
did not know the young man's name or address. It was in
St. Giles's parish. He left the deceased at the door of Mr.
Bestall.

J. Brown, a watchman of St. Martin's, stated that his beat
is in Drury-lane, opposite to Bestall's coffee-shop. About the
hour of two o'clock on Friday morning, he saw a hackney-
coach drive up to the door of Mr. Bestall, and one man
.got
out and assisted another man to get out. The man that first
got out knocked at Bestall's door, and Mr. Bestall made his
appearance almost immediately, and on seeing the deceased,
said—" I'll not let him into my house : he is in a filthy con-
dition, and my beds are all full." The person who was, with
the man who required admittance immediately discharged the
coach. A man and woman both passed by at the time, and
spoke to both of the men, and then walked on. The man who
was refused admiision into Bestall's, sat on the step, and the
person who came with him in the coach left him, and walked
away.

• Walter Campbell, beadle of St. George's, Bloomsbury,
stated, that ,he was on duty at the watch-house on Friday
morning, between the hours of two and three, and received
information that a poor man was dying on the steps of a house
in Drury-lane. He instantly dispatched several patrols to
bring the man. They found him on Bestall's step in a state of
insensibility, almost frozen to death by ti'e hard frost. He was
immediately conveyed •to St. Giles's workhouse, and on his
arrival therz: he appeared to be in the agonies, of death. The
assistant-surgeon was 'called to his assistance, as he was so
very ill that rt was thought he could not survive but a very
short time. Ile was perfectly insensible. The assistant-sur-
geon came immediately, half-dressed, to render assistance to
the unfortunate person.
AIL Richard Ward, assistant-sutgeon of St. Giles's pa-
rish, stated, that on Friday morning he was called from his
bed, about half-past three o'clock, to attend the deceased,
who was in a dying state, from cold, and the most de-
plorable emaciation. Ile had been put to bed between
warm blankets instantly, and persons, at his request, rubbed
the deceased to produce a 'circulation of the blood by means of
friction. He also administered to him that which he thought
was most likely to be the means of recovering him, and left him
in the care of the nurse. Every means was used to restore
him, but all proved ineffectual His exposure to the inclemency
Of the weather, and his reduCed state of body occasioned his
death. He survived only an 'hour after his arrival at the poor-
house. On his entering the poor-house he had no perceptible
pulse, and his restoration was then considered entirely hopeless.
The parochial officers of Covent-garden attended the inquiry,
and examined Mr. Bartlett, the Covent-garden watch-house
keeper. They interrogated him as to whether there had not been
general orders given by the overseers to the beadles and watchmen
that the greatest attention should be paid to persons found in
the deplorable state in which the deceased was discovered, with-
out regard to expence or trouble? Mr. Bartlett stated that such
orders had been . given to every watchman, beadle, &c. The
Core ner asked if there.was any further 'evidence, and being in-
formed that all the witnesses had been examined, he proceeded
to address the Jury. lie stated that the deceased was found in
a very deplorable state in Duke's-court, and was very properly
conveyed to Covent-garden watch-house; • where Mr. Bart-
lett and the beadle did all in their power to relieve the
unfortunate man. After ha was able to state who he was,
and where he lodged, lie was taken to Drury-lane, and
being refused admssion to his lodgings, was left by
Bethell, the beadle, on the steps of the door. This conduct on
the part of Bethell was illegal. It was an offence in law, in
hiS (the Coroner's) opinion, amounting to manslaughter. The
condition of the unfortunate man was such that it was im-
possible he could walk, and the inhumanity of Bethell in
leaving him exposed to the 'severe and most inclement weather,
lead been the means of accelerating his death. The law, was
that where the death of one of his Majesty's subjects had
been accelerated through the improper, though not malici-
ous, conduct of another, the offence was manslaughter ; and
if with malice, it amounted to murder. His (the Coroner's)
opinion was, that Bethell 'ought to have taken the deceased
back to the watchhouse, when he was refused admission into
• his lodgings, or to have conveyed him, to some- place where
he would have received that treatment his unhappy condition
so much required, and not to have left him exposed to a severe
frost, when but a short time before he had been recovered from
a state of insensibility in the watch-house.
The Jury retired for about half an hour to consider their ver-
dict, and returned the following :—That the ;deceased died
through a natural cause;' but that his death was greatly acce-
lerated by the neglect of James Bethell, the night beadle of the
parish of Covent-garden.
The CORONER said that the parochial offieers•of St. Giles's
were deserving of thanks for their attention • and humanity to
the unfortunate deceased.

SUlClDE.—Saturday evening, an Inquest was held before
T. SHELTON, Esq. upon the body. of David White, a young
man about 25 years of age, who was brought into the prison on
Friday night; • on. a cltarge of horse stealing, and' hanged him.
self .on Saturday morning. After hearing evidenge establish-
ing the fact, a. conversation took,place, in which some, said the
deceased was sane, and had been merely influenced' by fear and'
shame to commit the act. .3fr. Shelton informed them that
for and shame often caused insanity. The Jury then gave a
verdict of " Insanity."

Last week sonic men who ivere.wotking In a
quarry, at Penrose; in the parisli of Bidock, discwiered about.
two feet upder the surface an earthen vessel containing 250
pieces of aneiont.coin ;, the greater part of them were copper, of:
the Size of a farthing, but of what, reigns it is difficult to make;
out, as they have no date. Unfortunately the jar they were in.
.was drAtro.yed, was of the 10C.13 having thrown, the pick pato it. —.
(Pt:in:oak Jouvr4/..) -

PRICE -SEVEN PENCE*

THE ARMY.

Copy of a circular addressed to the Half-pay
Officer 3 of the Irish Modica! Staff:—

" (CIRCULAR.)
" Army Medical Department, Dec.'l, 1822.
".Sin—That I ,may be enabled. to ascertain tilt fitness of
Medical Officers for duty, in the event of their services being
required, you .vral•be pleased:to state the following particulit's-
under the different heads, viz.:—
" let. Your age.
" 2d. The period you have acted upon full pay, in every
branch of the public service, and the stations where you have
served. •

".3tl. The disabilities or ailments jou May suffer from, if.
any exist.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, yourtnost obedient setvAnt,
" J. M'GRIGOII, Director-General.
"ToJ. H. Walsh, Esq. (Half-pay Officer on the
Irish Medical Staff ),7, Arran quay, Dublin."

PROMOTIONS..
War. Office, December 27.
6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Brevet Lieutenint,Col.
George Fitz-Clarence, from the Ist West India Regiment, to
be Major, vice Carmichael, who exchanges ; :Lieutenant
James Yorke Scarf ett, from half-pay 9th Dragoons; to be 'Lien-
tenant, vice Hugh Frederick Finch, who exchanges receiving
the difference.

ith Ditto—Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Bolton, from the
13th. Light Dragoons, to be Colonel, vice General Wilford, de-
ceased.

3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon John
Schroeder, from half. pay 21st Light Dragoons, to be Vetari-
nary-Surgeon, vice John Blanchard, who exchanges.
13th Ditto—Lieutenant Fleming Kelso, from the Bth Light
Dragoons, to be. Lieutenant, vice J. Pott, deceased.
14th Ditto—Lieutenant Edward Lane Parry to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Fitz-Clarence, promoted in the Ist Witt
India Regiment.; Cornet Sir Keith Alexander Jackson, Batt.
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parry ; Cornet Ilia;sta
Thomas Gilpin, from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Jackson.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles Gordon Urqn.
hart, from the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Keogh, wilo
exchanges.
13th Ditto—Captain George Ward Clark, from half
60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Burnside, who exchanges,
receiving the difference.
14th Ditto--Lieutenant William Caine, from the 17th Exit,
to be Lieutenant, vice Bowen, who exchanges.
17th Ditto--Brevet Major Henry Despard to be Major, by
purchase, vice Beck, who retires ; Lieutenant Richard Swin-
ton, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Despard.
To be Lieutenants—Lieutenant William Keowen, from the
14th ,Foot, vice Caine, who exchanges ; Ensign Charles Aden
Young' by purchase, rice Swinton.
13th Ditto—Lieutenant .Joseph Lord Wallscourt, from half-
pay Royal' Westindia Rangers, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward
Sheffield Cassan, who exchanges, receiving the differoice.
20th Ditto—Lieut. Daniel Keogh, from the Ist Foot, to Be
Lieutenant, vice Urquhart, who exchanges.
32d .Ditto—Captain Henry Reid, from.half-pay 29th.rpot,
to be Captain, vice Gilbert Elliott, who exchanges.
46th Ditto—To be Lieutenants—Ensign Charles Langweitli,
from the 67th Foot, without purchase,. vice Prior, deceaseft;
Lieutenant Charles Fitzachary Button, from half-pay 2A,C!y,-
lon Regiment, vice George C. Grant, who exchanges, receiving
the difference.

47th Ditto—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Warren,
from the 65th Foot, to be Major, vice John William Hutchi-
son, who exchanges.
65th Ditto—Major John William Hutchison, from the 47th
Foot, to be Major, vie Warren, who exchanges.
69th Ditto—Lieutenant Henry Bridger Tudor, from &IV-
pav 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant,* vice Alexander Sinclair Rcoch,
who exchanges.
CPith Ditto.—To be Captains—Lieutenant James Fleming
Paris, by purchase, vice Nickle' promoted ; Captain Edwes
Wrn. Bray, from half-pay 24th Light Dragoons, vice Pairitik
Heron Goldie, who exchanges, receiving the difference.
To be Lieutenant, by purchase—lintogn David. Jardine, vice
Paris.

To be Ensign, by purchase—Robert Thomas Fletcher;Oent.
vice Jardine.

Ist 'West India Regiment—Major John Carmichael, frolp
the. 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice Fitz-Clarence, who
exchanges ; Captain Charles Kenny, from the 2d West lndiek ,
Regiment, to be Captain, vice Mercer,. who retires. •
2d Ditto —lieutenant Edward Hamill, from the Ist Dragoon
Guards, to be Captain, by purchase, vice 'Kenney, appoint 4
to the Ist West India Regiment.
Ist Ceylon Regiment—Ensign Henry Brahan, late of the 8/ti
Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Bassett, deceased.
Hos p TAX. STAFF.—To be Assistant-Surgeons to tkie Form
—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas James 'Wharre, M.D. from biaf-
pay 32d Foot, vice John Frederick Frank, placed upon hill:-
pay ; Assistant-Surgeon William Pardey, from half-pay 02d
Foot.
To be Hospital-Assistant to the Forces—Hospital Ass‘tail.t.
,Charles Butler, from half-pay, vice Alexander Bruce, placed
upon half-pay.
Commissions in the Sussex Regiment ,of
Richard Wetherell, Gent, to be Ensign.
Commission in the Warwickshire Regiment of •Yeomanry
Cavalry.
• William Charles Alston, Gent to be Cornet.

The 14th (or the Duchess of York's Own) Light Dragoons,
General J. W. Earl of Bridgewater, Colonel.—One troop has
received orders to march from Coventry on the Ist of January,
for Abergavenny, where. it will arrive on the 6th of the sar4e
month. One troop is ordered to march from Abergavenny on
the fith of January for Birmingham, where it will arrive son the
10th of the same month. One Troop has received orders to
march on Friday, the 10th of January, from Birmingham. to
Coventry.
The 4th (or the Queen's own) Light Dragoons, GenertilT.
Hugonin, Colonel.—The detachment of the above cOrps,-'hieh
marched on Saturday, the 14th instant, from Maidstone to
Chatham, proceeded to Gravesend, where it embarked on the
28th instant, on board the Hon. East India Company's,ship
lis, for Bombay..
ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Four Subalterns, and 107 men.of
the Royal Artillery, under the command of Captain F 450,
have embarked at Portsmouth, on board the Vihilia transport,
for. Jamaica. The two companies of Royal Artilery, together
with the detachments belonging to the Bth, 18th, 28th, 324
Stith, 51st, 80th, 85th, and 90th Regiments of Foot, which
embarked, on board the Intrepid transport, at Malta, on,the
16th of October, for England, disembarked at Chatham, on
the 13th instant.

MURDER.—A horrible assassination has been
committed at the Brille. An inhabitant of that
town having gained a prize in the lottery,
proposed to his wife to ask a smith,• their
neighbour, to supper. While they were at their
repast, the citizen acquainted his guest with his
good fortune : the latter soon left him. The
patrol of a Swiss regiment passing by, found the
street-door open ; on which the officer cowman:d-
ing it went in, and stumbled over a dead body.
—Placing his men at the door, he went into the
house, and found the father and mother, and•their
two daughters, assassinated, and a child concealed
under a press. The child said that some black
people whom,be did not know had committed the
crime. One of, the soldiers observing that a smith
lived opposite, the officer of the patrol went to
hire ; and the answers he received to his questions
confirming his suspicions, he arrested him : In
fact, in five minutes the smith confessed that h'e
had but just got home when he returned to his
neighbour's with his journeymen and his maid-
servant, with whose aid he assassinated the per-
sons who had treated him so amicably a few
minutes before.—(Dukh Paper•.)

I'OREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PARIS, DECEMBER 27.

[From theMoniteAr."
ROYAL ORD/NANCE.

" Louis, Sze.—Having accepted the resigna-
lion offered to us .by our cousin, the Duke Ma-
thieu de Montmorency, of his functions of Mi-
nister Secretary of State for the Department of
Foreign Affairs,

" We have ordered and do order as follows :

" 1. The President of our Council of Ministers
shall be charged ad interim with the office of

Foreign Affairs.

«'2. The President of our Council of Ministers
•is charged with the execution of the present

Ordinance.

" Given at Paris, Dec. 25.
(Signed) "'LOUIS.
(Countersigned) " JI-1. DE VILLELE,
" President of the Council of Ministers.".

We hasten to give to the public the first au-
-thentic document which it has been possible to
communicate since the opening of the Congress.
S 6 many interests are connected with the de-
terminations of the different Cabinets on this
great occasion, that it is of importance to make
them knovn as soon as they are definitively
adopted.

THE PRLSIDENT OF THE COUNCIL O.F MINISTERS.

CHARGED AD INTERIM WITH THE DEPARTMENT

FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO THE COUNT DE LA

GAII DE, 111 S MAJESTY'S M ms-r Ea AT MADIUD.
" M. LE COMTE,—AI your political situation
way be changed, in consequence of the resolu-
fleas adopted -at Verona, French candour Te-
quires that you should be directed to make.
known the views of the Government of his most
Christian Majesty to the Government of his Ca-
tholic Majesty.
" Since the revolution which look place in
-Spain in April 1820, France, notwithstanding
the dangers to which that revolution exposed
her, carefully endeavoured • to draw close the
bonds which unite the two "Kings, and to main-
tain the .relations which exist between the two

nations.
‘4 But the Influence under which the changes
hi the Spanish Monarchy were brought about,
:lais•bec4tue more•powerful in consequence of the
very results of these• Changes, as it was easy to be
foreseen.
" A constitution, which King Ferdinand on
resuming the crown neither recognized nor ac-:
cepted, was imposed on him by a military insur-
rection. The natural consequence of this ,trans-
action has been, that each dissatisfied Spaniard
:considers himself authorized to seek, by the
„same means, the establishment of an order of
things more in harmony with his opinions and
<principles. The employment of force has :created
the right of force,
" Hence the movements of the :Guards at
-Madrid, and the appearance of armed corps 'in
different.parts of Spain. The provinces border-
ing on France have been chiefly the theatre-of
the civil war. Thus it has become necessary for.,
France to protect herself from this state of dis-
order in the Peninsula. The events which have
-occurred since the establishment of an Army of
Observation at the foot of the Pyrenees have
sufficiently justified the foresight of his Majesty's
!Government.
" Meanwhile the Congress, which since last
year had been looked to for deciding. on .the-
.atTairs of Italy, assembled at Verona.
" As.an integral part of this Congress, France
was bound to explain herself with respect to the
armaments to which, she had been compelled to
'recourse, and to the manner-in which she
.might eventually emplorthem. The precautions
of France appeared just to her allies, and the
Continental POwers adopted the resolution of
-uniting with her to aid her (if there ever should
be occasion) in maintaining her dignity and tran-
quillity.
".France would have been satisfied with a reso-
lution at once so benevOlent and so honourable with

n•;gp.ect. to her ; but Austria, Prussia, and Russia
judged it necessary to add to the ,particular act
-of alliance a manifestation of their sentiments.—

Diplomatic notes are for that purpose addressed
',by these three Powers to their respective Mini-
q.ters at Madrid, who will communicate them to
'the Spanish Government, and in their ulterior
conduct follow the orders which they shall have
received from their Courts.
" For your part, M. le Comte, in giving these
explanations to the Cabinet of Madrid, you will
declare to it that his Majesty's Government is
intimately united with its allies in the firm reso-
lution to repel by every means revolutionary
principles and movements ;—that it equally con-
curs with its allies in the wishes which they
form, that a remedy may be found by the noble
•Spanish• nation itself, for these evils—evils which
. are cif a nature to disturb the Governments of
Europe, and to impose on them precautions which
.always must be painful.
"'You will, in particular, take care to make
known, that the people of the Peninsula, restored
to tranquillity, will find in their neighbours faith-
ful anti sincerejriends, You will, therefore,
give to the Cabiget of Madrid the assurance that
the succours of every kind which France can dis-
p44e of in favour of Spain, will always be offered
to terlor the purpose of assuring her happiness,

and encreasing .her prosperity ; but you will at
the same time declare, that France will, in no
respect, relax the precautionary measures which
she has adopted, while Spain continues to be torn
by factions. his Maiesty's Government will not

even hesitate to recall you from Madrid, and to
seek guarantees in more efficacious measures, if its
essential interests continue to be compromized,

and if it lose the hope of an amelioration, which
it takes a pleasure in expecting from the senti-
ments which have so long united Spaniards and
Frenchmen in love for their kings, and for a wise
liberty.
"Such are, M. Le Comte, the instructions
which the King has ordered me to submit to you,
• gt. the moment which the notes of the Cabinet:

of Vionna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh, are about
to be presented to the Cabinet of Madrid. These
instructions will serve to make known to you the
views and determination of the French Govern-
ment on this grave occurrence.
" You are !authorised to communicate this
dispatch, and to furnish a copy of it if it be de-
manded.
" Dec. 25, 18:12."

[From the Journal des Mats.]
A French Cabinet Messenger set 'out for Ma-
drid with the preceding dispatch on Wednesday

The Ambassadors of Russia, Austria, and
Prussia dispatched Messengers on Tuesday to
Madrid, with the resolutions of the Congress re-
garding Spain.
If the propositions of the Holy Alliance are
not accepted by Spain, the Ambassadors of
Russia, Austria, and Prussia have orders to quit
Madrid.

HYDRA, Nov. 25.---Extract of .a Private Letter.—The
Turkish fleet having been beaterk_into the sea of Tenedos, the
Greek Captains sent from Psara a flotilla against it under the
special direction of Captain Stephanos Canaris, who had beaten
the old Captain Pasha at Scio, and led the shipS which burned
his vessels.—Canaris conducted his fire-ships with great skill
into the midst of the Turkish fleet.; set fire to them, and
escaped. .'The confusion and conflagration have caused a loss
to the Turks of 12 vessels, 4 frigates, and one of their corvettes
yielded to the Greeks. On the return of the victorious Canaris
to Psara, the Greeks assembled at the Cathedral to sing Te
Deum. While their cannon announced the glorious intelligence

to all around, Captain Hamilton, of his Britannic Majesty's

ship Cambrion, came ashore and asked the cause of their re-
joicings. On being informed, Capt. Hamilton offered his con-
gratulations to the Greek Captain, and asked in what manner
the Greeks prepared their fire ships ?—" We use the modes of

England in the preparations," said Canaris, " but in the exe-
cution, we are actuated by our own feelings"—exhibiting
his breast}—" by the love of freedom which burns here."--
Capt. Hamilton afterwards landed on our island, and stated
to the Admiralty, that his Government had come to a decision
to recognise the blockades carried by the Greeks. He also
asked a list of the places blockaded, in order that he might di-
rect the English Consuls to grant no passports for them. The
Admiralty has therefore requested Capt. Hamilton to make
application to the Central Government at Harmione, opposite
Hydra. The French Consul at Smyrna is said to have re-
ceived similar instructions from his Government.—A great
number of vessels which have appeared in the Gulf of Napoli
di Romania, having been apprized by the Greek Captains of
the blockade of that place, sailed back. Two which attempted
to force an entrance have been confiscated. They were sup-
posed to be Austrians. Napoli must soon surrender. Mah-
mud Pasha, who commanded at Corinth, died lately.—(Con-
siitutionnel:)
HAMBUUGH, DE c. 24.—We have privateletters frorn Con-
stantinople of the 12th of November, which affirm that the
fall of Haleb Effendi will probably make no change in the
system pursued by the Sublime Porte relatively to the Eu-
ropean Powers. The new Grand Vizier, Abdallah, is a true
soldier, and seems to know the spirit of the Janissaries. The
continuance of a large army in the neighbourhood of the capi-
tal began to be more and more burthensome to the Turkish
Government, so that the decisions of the Congress of Verona
appeared to be partially expected.
BERLIN, DEC. 17.-:-His Majesty has been pleased to con-
fer the functions of the late Chancellor of State, Prince Har-
denburgh, on his Excellency M. Voss, Minister of State.--
His Majesty, who is expected about the 4th of January, will
fill upon his return the other vacancies in the Ministry.
LAUSANNE, DEC. M.—Letters from Madrid inform us,
that only forty individuals of the Swiss Regiment disbanded by
the Spanish Government have taken the resolution to return
home. All the other officers, as well as soldiers, have enlisted
in the Constitutional Army. Two of these regiments which
form part of the forces under General Mina, hare greatly dis-
tinguished themselves in several engagements with the Insur-
gents of Navarre and Catalonia.
LEIRSIG4 Dec 4 14.—1 t is certain, that the Provincial States
of the March of Brandenburg are convoked, to meet at Berlin
on the sth of January, and that matters of great importance
will be laid before them for deliberation. This is the first as-
sembly of the kind which is to take place in consequence of the
adoption of the new system relative to the Provincial Diets
As the King intends to open the Assembly in person, in case
he should not return by the sth of January it will be delayed
till his arrival.

ULM, DEC. 16.—1 t is said that one of ,the superior offi.
,eera who was in the suite of the Emperor Alexander has left
Verona on an important mission to the head-quarters of the
Prussian army of the South, with orders for Count Witt-
genstein'.

1 - GHENT, DEC. 27.—The Meuse was closed by ice before
Rotterdam on the 21st inst.—We hear from Sehonhoven that
the Lek was so frozen that they expected to be able to pass that
river on the 23d with horses and carriages. The water in the
rivers of the northern provinces was extremely low when the
frost set in.—M. Huets a Prustian messenger coming from Ve-
rona, and travelling with all possible speed to the head-quarters
of the second Russian army stationed. in Bessarabia, passed
through Bredy on the 3d of this month.
BRUSSELS DEC. 26.—0 n the 19th inst., a French vessel,
L'Adolphe, BRUSSELS,
Guidon, of St. .halo, with a crew of 18
men, was wrecked at Huocke. She came from Philadelphia
with sugar and Campeachy wood, the crew were saved, and
measures were taking to recover the cargo.
By accounts from Vienna of the 17th, we have news from
Constantinople of 25th November, communicated by the Aus-
trian Observer, which mention that Haleb Effendi has been
'treated with great lenity.;iiis property is untouched, and he has
since been permitted to retire into a Convent of Dervises. Seve-
ral other changes have taken place in the Administration, but
perfect tranquillity had prevailed in the city and the environs,
except that in some quarters bands of armed thieves broke into
some houses; but these excesses were speedily checked. The
destruction of the Turkish Admiral's ship is confirmed, and
the loss of some other vessels, in a storm.
FRANKFORT, DEC. 22.—The house of Rothschild has just
sent off six millions of florins for Petershurgh, in bars of gold
The greater part of it was brought-from London, and has been
sent by land, because the dangers of the sea at this season do
not permit them to trust so valuable a cargo to this element._
This house haslately bought up a great deal of gold in Frank-
fort, and the commercial cities of Holland and Germany, and
the-price of this metal has in consequence augmented. Dis-
count has, however, lowered, and plenty of money may be
had at five per cent.
It was said that the King of Sicily was to return to Naples
at the termination of the Congress, and not to come to Vienna.
This news is not correct. At first the King intended to set out
for Vienna towards the end of November, but it seems that the
state of his health will not permit him, and that he had de-
cided to wait for the final settlement relative to the evacuation
of Naples. This Monarch was unable to procure the recall of
all the Austrian troops ; his reclamations, however, and those
of M. Buffo have procured the reduction of one-third of the
army under General Frimont, which reduction is to take place
in the spring.
The Kingof Sardinia has quitted Verona to return to Pied- ,
mont ; he at last obtained from Austria that it would give up
its 'first project, which was to leave a garrison in Alexandria
for some time. -It is at present agreed that this place is to be
.evacuated when the last Austrian troops qhit Piedmont.
The King of Naples will repair to Venice from Verona be-
fore going to Vienna.
LEGTIORN, DEC. 6.—Several.vessels which left Malta and
Egypt a short time ago, lately arrived in our, harbour. They ,
bring no interesting news, but they say it is not true that the
Viceroy of Egypt is dead.