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London, England, 1823-12-10 00:00:00

ESSEX WINTER ASSIZES.

CHELMSFORD, Dac. 0.
The Commissions of Oyer and Terminer and
General Gaol Delivery for the County of Essex were opened •
here to-day, by the Honourable Mr. Justice PAttK and the
Honourable Mr. Justice 1101.11,0 TD. In the afternoon the
Learned Judges attended Divine Service, after which they
returned to the County Hull, to swear in the Grand Jury.—
Mr. Justice PAux delivered a short charge to the Jury,
calling their attention to the most prominent cases in the calen-
dar. We lament to state that the offences in point of number
are very serious. Few, we understand, are marked with fea-
tures of great enormity, although many in point of law are capi-
tal felontes. The following is an abstract of the Calendar :
Child Murder, 1; Manslaughter, 2; Highway Robbery, 4;
Burglary, 10; Housebreaking, 4; Sending Threatening Let-
ten, 2 ; Stealing in the Dwelling, 2; Sacrilege, 1 ; Horse-
stealing, ; Sheep-stealing, 4 ; Stealing from the Person, 2;
Larceny, 49; Misdemeanour, 6—Total, 91.
The Court adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning
for the dispatch of business.
Tu EsuAY, Four o'Clook.—Edward Burgess was indicted for
stealing, at Southweald, on the 26th July, a gold watch, gold
seals, and other articles to the value of more than 401. the pro-
perty of Dr. Richardson, in his dwelling-house. It appeared in
evidence that in July last, a fire having happened in the house
of Dr. Richardson, at Brentwood, a plumber was employed
to repair the roof. The prisoner was one of the plumber's
journeymen, and was employed in heating the irons. This
gave him an opportunity of having access to the diffirent apart-
mons in the house. On the 26th of July the prisoner left off
work at an unusually early hour, and soon after he was gone
the property above mentioned was missing. Suspicion filling
on him he was pursued to Rumford, where it was found that
he had pawned. the greatest part of the property missing for
less than one-third its value. The prisoner was soon after-
wards apprehended, and the remainder of the articles found on
his person. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. He was
found guilty, and sentence of death recorded.

CAPT A I N PAHA DOGC—Another of the
dogs which were brought to this country by Capt.
PAItItY, passed through Birmingham, on Satur-
day last, on its way to Lieut. PALMER, of Coles-
hill, who accompanied Captain P. on his late
northern voyage. its colour is black, except the
hair upon the belly and on part of the face,
which is white ; the tail is of great length, and
resembles a magnificent fox's brush wore than
any thing else. The bark is tremendous. We
understand that the carrier was obliged to pour
cold water over it almost constantly, and even
then it seemed to breathe with excessive heat.—
Its tameness is remarkable ; a child might have
led it.
U I unr.,—On Sunday evening, about eight
o'clock, tbe body of a young man, of the name
of Timothy M'Cue, was found hanging in a privy
at the back of the house immediately Opposite
tho Two Brewers public-house, Bethnal-green.
it was stated to our informant, that the deceased
was a weaver, about 30 years of age, the son of
respectable parents residing in Three Colt-lane,
and had for the last 15 months paid honourable
addresses to a female, the daughter of a patten-
maker, about 17 years of age.T he fattier and family
of the young woman considering the great dispa-
rity of years between them, encouraged the pre-
tensions of another : this seemed to have preyed
on the mind of the deceased; he visited a friend on
Sunday two or three times, and about half-past
five o'clock he called and drank tea ; his conver-
sation was incoherent, and his conduct extrava-
gant. Ile often burst into tears. About seven
o'clock he requested his frieod to bring hint two-
pennyworth of tobacco, which not being complied
with, he went himself, and in place of going for
tobacco, he went to a shop where he bought a
two-penny bed cord, with which be committed
the rash act. The parish officers conveyed the
body in a shell to Spitalfields climb, where it
lies to wait the decision of the Coroner's Inquest.

In a preceding column we have given an
extract from the Monileur of Sunday, relative to
certain military Ordinances of an unimportant
nature issued by the French Government. The
subjoined extract from the Madrid Restaurador,
as quoted by the Eloila of Monday, seems to give
an official confirmation to the rumour that FERDI-
NAND intends to distinguish the birth-day of his
Queen by an act of grace in favour of certain
classes of the Constitutionalists, who are at pre-
sent subject to the penalties of his proscriptive
decrees. Thu articles from Bayonne, which we
alto subjoin, corroborate the opinions which wo
have from time to time expressed as to the un-
settled state of Spain, and the extreme preca-
riemsness of the tenure by which FERDINAND
holds his restored authority.
PARIS, Dec. Resiaurador of the lit
December, received by express, contains the series
of the decrees of the King of Spain since the lit
of October. It is for the Queen's birth-day that
the great act is announced, which is to grant an
amnesty for every thing which, in a fatal revolu-
tion, has been th., effect of weakness, infatuation,
error, or seduction—every thing that a real re-
pentance could palliate.

It is not true that General Dessieres has been
exiled from Madrid on the Constitutional affairs.
The news of the disgrace of the Duke del faun -
tad° is equally false ; he is constantly occupied
In organizing the Royal Guard, and his services
are very agreeable to his Majesty.
BAYONNE, Nov. 9.9.—1 t appears to be posi-
tively decided that we are to have a corps of
observation on the frontiers, which probably will
not be below twelve thousand men, to judge by
the corps and the materiel which is to form part
of it, and which is collecting in our city. It
should seem that some apprehensions are enter-
tained respecting the permanency of tranquillity
in the Peninsula, and that it is intended to b•
ready at all events to return in force into Spain
tho moment that it may be necessary, and which
all persons whom we have seen returning from
that unfortunate country declare cannot be long
delayed, unless the King should be induced to
change his system. The number of the discon-
tented increases in an alarming manner; and
though hitherto only isolated individuals have
opposed in arms the orders of the Government,
it is to be feared that they may unite and raise
the standard of revolt, and the King's Govern-
ment is at this time hardly strong enough to
put them down. Its only resource is the
auxiliary Army of Occupation, which, however,
will not willingly act as gendarmerie. Such will
be the consequences of withholding a Constitu-
tion. The ordinary courier has brought no let-
ters ; our correspondents prefer the army courier,
partly because they can send later news, and
partly because he has an escort, which is indis-
pensable, as travelling is now so dangerous.

Nov. 30.—We have received nothing by the
artily courier. There is a report that many lot.
tars have been stopped, to prevent as much as
possible the circulation of disagreeable accounts
from Spain. The bands are in such force in the
road to Madrid that General Guillerninot, who
has been expected every moment, has been
obliged to delarhis journey, otherwise he would
be already here. The number of Members of
the Municipality of Madrid and others, who have
been arrested, is said to be 58. They Were to
be sent to the galleys at Ceuta. M. Betbedere,

the 31illionaire, Mayor of this city, is dead.
The courier who arrived yesterday came in a
carriage, having been cruelly beaten by a party
of Patriots.

EXPRESS 411011VARIS.
At a late hour this forenoon\ve have received
by Express the _Mode of yesterday, and the
Conslilationnel and Journal des Debats of Mon-
day. The following are Extracts :

(From the Etoik of Yesterday.)
FRANCE.

BAYoNNE.—The corps of reserve of Bayonne
will not be more than twelve thousand men.
About 58 persons, Members of the Constitutional
Municipality, and the Revolutionary Authorities,
have been sent to Ceuta.

His Majesty heard mass in his apartments yes-
terday. Prince Carignan dined with the King.
MADRID, DEC. 2.—( Extraor dinar,y Courier.)
—His Majesty presided at a Council of Ministers,
which lasted two hours.

The English have caused to leave Gibraltar all
the Constitutional refugees.
We continue to disarm all the regiments of
Volunteer Militia.
Lieutenant-General Count Bourck and the
Major-General Quinsennas are arrived at Paris.

[From the Journal de France of Monday.]

They write from Bayonne, 2d December, that
two vessels have arrived from Cadiz and one
from Commie, having on board a number of Spa-
niards, who are come to take refuge in France.

[From the Journal dst Debate of Monday.]

They write from Vienna that the negociation
which has taken place for some time past by
Mr. Irving, to regulate definitively the debt of
Austria to England, has at length terminated,
and cannot fail to be of great advantage to the
public funds of that power.

(From the Conetitutionnel.)

They write from Frankfort, that the Loan of
Guebhard meets with the same success there as it
had on the Exchanges of London and Paris. An
the efforts which the agents of that House have
made, could not negociuto a single bond.

CITY, Mike o'clock.—Consols opened this
morning at 831, and got up to 4f with a great
deal of business doing for the Account. The
Expresses from Paris bring the French Rentes
after 'Change at 91f. 30c. Spanish 28 to 29. A
report prevailed that Mr.PAntsu had returned to
Paris from Madrid, which we are informed is cor-
rect, and we understand that he has obtained some
favourable promises from the Spanish Ministry,
relative to the Spanish Bonds, which will be soon
taken into consideration, and a favourable result
may still be expected.
FOREIGN MARKET.—Spanish 13onds opened at
eamt, at which price they remain up to this
hour.

New York Papers arrived this morning to the
17th November.

Prrons a Philadelphia Paper of the 12th Nov.)
LATEST FROM THE BRAZILS.

" RIO JANEIRO, SEPT. 6.—The only occurrence
in politics of any interest is the Report of a Con-
stitution by the Committee of the Cortes, to whom
that interesting subject was referred ; and the
arrival of an agent from the King of Portugal,
with dispatches for his Royal Highness. How-
ever, the Government has decided on not hold-
ing any communication with the King of Portu-
gal, as he is not prepared to recognize the lode.
pendence of the Brazils and the title of the
Emperor. The dispatch vessel is allowed to
take in refreshments and depart."
FRENcis SPOLIATIONL—We have been cre-
dibly informed that the al:dm to indemnity for
the spoliations committed by the French, which
were given up to that Power by the United
States for a valuable consideration, in the Con-
vention of 1800, are about to be urged against
this Government at the ensuing Session of Con-
gress, under a course of proceeding that promises
relief to the long-suffering claimants.
[Front the Commercial ditivet tiacr, N0v.12.]

The Lima Gaulle of the 19th July says," No
sight could have been more gratifying than Lima
presented, when the people were assured of the
evacuation of the country by the Spaniards.—
Crowds of people were seen in the streets, which
for some time before had been solitary. Shouts of
joy resounded in a city in which a little time pre-
viously despair had sat in gloomy silence. When
the Municipal Authorities and the principal
persons assembled with a► view to establish mea-
sures for the safety of the place, the General
Don Thomas Guido, escorted by a company of
riflemen, repaired to the Town-hall, and stated,
that his Excellency the General-in-Chief had
sent him to take charge of the city and its Go-
vernment. The intimation was received with
loud applause."

OFFICIAL ADVICE.
Arrived at Callao, on the 16th July, a vessel
direct from Chili, with official accounts, stating

that the Milian expedition, raised by order of
the Chiliar, Republic, destined for the succour
of Peru, had been augmented by a generous
exertion of that Government to 4,500 men,
who were about to be embarked at Valparaiso
on the following day., Anchored in the same
port, a Chillan vessel of Ivor, confirming
the above intelligence, w►th orders to convoy the
troops to that Republic. The troops are under
the orders of General Pinto, and are to join the
expedition at the point fixed upon by the Go"
vernment of Peru.

UNITED STATES AND COLOMBIA.—The 61111'
joined paragraph we copy from the Jamaica Pub-
lic Advertiser, with much satisfaction

" The United States appear to be striving to
obtain a union between themselves and the Re'
publics of South America. The prejudice-in
favour of the United States is strong in Colombia.
The delicacy of the British Government towards

Spain, by inducing them to withhold the reeer
cation of Colombian independence, will be the
means of strengthening the power of the 041
Government of North America, by a close tali°
with the sister continent."

We have reeeivedLinza Gazettes of the be.'
ginning of August last; consequently not of so late a deo Its
the letters inserted in our Paper of yesterday, which reached W
the 22d of that month. They confirm, however, the intelligence
communicated by the private correspondence, and contain sone
official articles, which throw further light on the situation cf
that part of America. The officer who entered Lima, on ru
evacuation by the Spaniards, was Dore To 'gas Gum°, Gene;
ral of Brigade. He was accompanied by a Riflc.comPonr
the Patriot army, and experienced a most cordial reception, bath
from the Magistrates and thewholeof the inhabitants. 'rho pub"
lie satisfaction was manifested by the ringing of bells, and other
demonstrations of popular rejoicing. On the same day that the
Spaniards abandoned Lima (July 19),a vessel arrived at Callao,
from Chile, with officers who brought information that the
expedition prepared in that Republic to assist in the deliver' ,
ance of Peru, had been augmented to the number of 4,10
men, and were on the point of sailing from Valpane:,
On the following day the Independencia, national corvette'
Chile, arrived at Callao, with orders to convoy the CP°
troops, commanded by General PINTO, to the point canter°
with the Government of Peru, for their junction with the el.
pedition from Valparayso. On the 19th of June the Congrie
of Peru, assembled at Callao, decreed the removal of the 04/',
vernment to Truxillo ; and, on the 22d, a decree Val TUISe4
declaring that the functions of Don JOST: DE LA
Aouruo, as President of the Republic, had ceased. On 117
23d, by another decree, passports were ordered to be given la
Don Jon nu LA RIVA-AGUETIO, to enable him to leave the
territory of the Republic, and retire to a point t° be dete
we
mined on by the supreme military authority. duce ti
measures, adopted in the then critical situation of the Revue
lie, the Congress appointed Don JOIE ANTONIO SCOllr,
General of the united army, Supreme Military ChleCil‘ttt‘t,l2
the political authority of the Executive to provinces mow--
directly or indirectly the theatre of military operation.
departments of the north being afterwards (on the 18th of July)
called upon to supply resources for the war, the political
thority was completely superseded, and the whole power WA/
vested in the Grand Marshal Don Jost BEiOion° TAG".
An article inserted in the Gezette of the 2d of August vial-
cotes nll these measures on the ground of necessity, and insist:
that the salvation of the State depended on the passing of the
decree of the 19th of July. The same paper contains a letter,.
addressed to the Supreme Chief by five clerical dignitaries
..ee
Lima, offering for the service of the State the treasure/ of
Church which had been saved front the rapacity of CotTlitlec_,.
MOLE thanks the reverend Fathers for their patriotic off r

I

to make a bold stand, and hence the Independents are tow ex-
tending their preparations. They do not, in fact, consider
themselves safe as long as the Royalists home so ominous a
footing in the country ; and, besides, their pride is up at the
idea of the place continuing to bid them so bold a defiance.—
Renee General Paez swears he will have it, coute qui coute,
and he is in the right.
" Our latest advices here, from the seat of government,
are not later than the end of August, or beginning of the
present month. Many of the laws and regulations enacted
by the preceeding Congress have been 'annulled or modified
by the last one, as when carried into operation it was found
they would not answer. In a disorganized country, governed
by new authorities, on a plan which must be considered a novel
one, much is to be done, and many things can only be learnt
by experience. Hence it will take time to establish regularity
and uniformity in several departments of the administration,
more particularly in those of Justice and Finance. Theory
alone does not answer the end in view, however good the wishes
of the parties ; and hence some time must elapse before good
systems can be adopted and take root. Military matters are
on a good footing, because the whole experience of a long
war has brought forward some good officers, who conduct and
administer the concerns confided to them in an able manner.
According to the advices from the capital, the whole of the Di-
plomatic Agents residing in, or at one time intended to be sent
to Europe, have been changed, some of them by the express
injunction of the Senate, who formally disapproved of one
of the nominations made by the Executive. The candour
end firmness of the Senate on this occasion are highly
Voken of in letters from the Deputies belonging to
the two houses from this province, and it is to be hoped
that the new nomination to England will do the country
credit. Some time must certainly elapse before the diplomatic
relations of a new country can be established in Europe, and it
must be equally long and tedious before the irregularities of M.
Zea and his abettors in England can be adjusted ; but these
difficulties increase through distance, anti that want of suitable
Persons hitherto so lamentably felt. President Bolivar's un-
avoidable and protracted absence from the seat of Government
has been deeply regretted by those who wish well to heir coun-
try, as, besides being a good officer, he has en extensive know.
ledge of the affairs of Europe, has a tact for business generally,
and besides a quickness and readiness which would render
him a valuable acquisition in the new organization of the
Government and the establishment of its relations, in which,
IN Material error is committed, the consequences, besides
"5151exPensive, weaken the confidence of the reflecting part
of the community in the acts of those who, under a repub-
lticall,farm of Government, are open to censure, even although
intentions were the best. In the Congress and in the
rate) there are some men of strong and discerning mind,
~/To have the real welfare of their country at heart—
"uo Are disinterested and dispassionate. Indeed, when one
Nreelects on the degraded situation this country was kept in
at colony havedp on Spain effect also that nearly
`“e whole youth been sacrificed in ing its hot,emancipa-
It excites astonishment to behold the enlightened (I do
,hesitate using the word) body of men collected in the cap'.
'4l as the representatives of Provinces which formerly had scarcely any intercourse with each other, labouring, with the
Itntost zeal, to heal the wounds of their country, and to cor-
en errors which have been attended with the most fatal conse-
quences. The difficulties to be overcome, of which the want
at intercourse is by no means the smallest, render them slow
10, d cautious ; but if they continue with the same firmness as
heretofore, their object will be attained, and then their me&
*al be proportionably greater."

Loss or THE SHIP TIGRIS.--We regret to an-
%ince the loss of the Tigris, of London, Captain POTHER-
hinuall, about 60 miles East of Trinity Castle, in the night
at 4
'Vlwaliday last. The Tigris left Gravesend the preceding
47, (miter voyage to Newcastle and St. Helena, and on
the following llionday arrived off Shields, but before she could
snake the
c
Poct was blown on by a violent gale of wind, which
in
points of the compass until Thursday even.
hg ontinued from all ,
when the sea running tremendously high, the ship shifted
et ballast and part of her cargo, and her pumps became
PftlPletelY choked up, and notwithstanding her flaxen and
inain•lnaats were cut away, the ship would not right, and
ii
:the
11 p.m. she went down. The Captain, his wife, and
0 whole of the crew (excepting the second mate and boat.
th who were unfortunately below) had just time to get into
to:l°4-boat before the ship foundered. Indeed, so little time
, PrePacation had the survivors, that they were not enabled
Put Into the boat a single article of provision, or a drop of
wad' and were obliged to cast off' without rudder, mast, or
dqtand with only a single oar ; and if they had not provi.
h_ "au., been picked up the next morning, at eleven o'clock,
an Aberdeen Smack, bound to London, it is more than
Frobable they would never have reached land.
pests

ItoYI -"day afternoon at four o'clock, Mai
t.
it, a iighaeSS the Duke of Toast held
ihll.: I
/, ng Commander-in-Chief, at his Office in
e
f ,"?" Guards which was attended by the
Wie/vd)g :----The 'Earl of Cork, Viscount Ber.
scm, General Sir Charles Green, General
.
fishes, Lieutenant-Geneial Maitland, Lieut
thlral Wetherell Lieut.-General Sir Fitzroy
4,-1,44,,n) Major-G'
eneral Sir Charles Greville,
V rt"tienoral Widd ring ton, Major-Gen. Fuller,
iioPr•General Eden, Capt. Harris, Royal Navy,
ittboot 30 others.
left eilterdilY afternoon the Earl of LIVERPOOL
evil for Coombe Wood.
1144::!OCretary PEEL transacted business at the
Ti; `!.ince yesterday.
lets ft' Leeward Islands' Mail has brought
. let-
hey ~r4l St. Thomas's of the Ist ultimo, but
Thee "toin no intelligence of the least import-
0f
444 the Colombian Maine. The ofdecreet
14tito"gress, ordering the departure from
lt.let
SerlitirrYd °f the greater part of the 'top' is
1/land '
. 4 had made a great sensation in the
Irsclo 'll,B it was through those houses that the
Loslil -,wlth Colombia was chiefly conducted, and
o„'"erchants of St. Thomas had, therefore,
itiftbrounter the sudden loss of their most va-
ts the 411 regular correspondents. Numbers
c
tato; "iiPs had arrived at the islands of u-
ow; "Id Porto Rico. As a. measure of policy)
it tio.tver hnrsh in its operation, its prudence
,lorehil imPugned. The Government of Go-
ttiti 7, most at that period have foreseen the
NI the
of the war iu Spain, and were aware,
i
Ilittr;""Pon declarations of the French M
t*io '1 that it would be followed by some at:
I Pt, dire
Ppe,,., ct or indirect to their in-
overthrow h
ritoirte;t7nrceort; It behoved
. the Government, t ere-
tigae °ve an time all those elements. for
Ilits B...and treachery through which their en .
ttpe'ct`l,l,l More than by open force,
oolivheg to assail them. The administration o
might be
it:"
114 s been distinguished by few acts of so-
hel, arid there are none we apprehend, that
l4t ,x'4ll,nnit,lhibess difficulty en justifying than this.
oth • will probably be followed by all
Cher
Inde
pendent Governments.
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