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GERMAN PAPERS.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 10.—(From a Mer.
cantile Letter.)—All the inhabitants who ..were founitat Ipsara
have been massacred. A French Captatn, Who was present at
the enterprise, and sailed away on the Sah in the evening, re-
lates, that with the, exception of a fortified menastery, every
thing was in possession of • the Turks. We are, therefore, in
hourly expectation of further news about this monastery.
Another division of Turkish troops is said to have landed near
Athens and to have taken possession of that city.—(illorneinr
Zeitung, Aug. 6.)
Faamonir, AUG. 7.—The -Oriental Spectator has been
succeeded at Smyrna by a new paper called the Smyrnean.
The first Number appeared on the 3tl July, at which time it
could not have the news of the takinwor Ipsara. It formally
contradicts the assertion of several European Journals that the
Oiientril Sp:eta/or was suspended by order of the Pacha. It
will be seen by the short extract annexed, that the scenes of dis.
order at Smyrna, of which several Journals have spoken, are
also destitute of foundation :-- - -

" 8111(NRAI JULY 3.—Colocotroni and his adherents have
at length recognised the Provisional Government of Greece,
and made their submission. Napoli di Romania has opened
its gates.
" We learn from Mitylene, that the Turkish fleet was still
at anchor there ; some frigates are gone to reconnoitre Ipsara.
The Captain Pacha is in expectation of the great Egyptian
squadron to begin the campaign. The disorders which have
prevailed in the army have ceased; the soldiers eagerly de-
mand to be led against the enemy. Letters from Alexandria
say, that the expedition of the Viceroy was to sail about the
end of :lune.
" Hassan Podia, our Governor, by his moderation and dis-
interestedness, is really the father of the Rayas, and especially
the protector of the Greeks. It is to his firmness and wisdom
that we are indebted for the tranquillity which we have enjoyed
for several immths past. The Greeks resort fl'om all quarters
to our eityl they are received with open' arms by the Local
Authorities. The Porte every day sends Firmuns in favour of
the Rayas.
" For these six weeks past the Greeks have had their Arch-
bishop here. This respectable old man has been extremely
well received by the Pacha. When he goes out he is always
accompanied by a numerous suite.
' For some days past swarms of locusts have ravaged the
gardens here and at Magnesia. It may be affirmed that the
air was darkened by the great multitude of these insects"
Wriman, JULY 28.—0 n the 12th of this month the se-
pulchral vault In the Chateau, containing the remains of the an-
cestors of his Royal Highness the Grand Duke, was opened hy
his order, for the purpose of removing them to the Chapel,.
which has been built for the Grand Ducal family in the new
Cemetry out of the city. There were 28 coffins; the oldest was
that of Duke William IV, who died in 1662.

POLITICS OF THE ENGLISH CABINET

(From the AlgenteitteFungi
FROM THE JULY 20.—The Frankfort Journal, in
its number of the I fith inst., revered, nn has already been stated,
to the previously published article from Bentz, respecting the
reasons for the presence of Count Munster at Johannisberg,
and the presumed triumph in the British Cabinet of the prin-
ciples established by-the recent Congresses on the right of inter-
ference, and certainly the very conscientious editor may. well be
pardomil for adopting one apocryphal article. Nevertheless,
the Elber;frhi ProvhreLsl Gazelle, anti after it, the Haw!,/ugh
Correwondent, have on this subject called him to account, and
have thought themselves bound to stand forward as chain.
pions of the English Cabinet. The Elberfeld article of the
19th of June is, however, an admonitory example of the
ill success which must attend the handling of such important
and complicated questions of high policy, when they are inves-
tigated under a local point of view. Let it even be admitted
that the right of interference is, as it appears to this Elberfeld
statesman to be—Suppose the instances of interference in the
affairs of Naples, Sardinia, and Spain, ,were as arbitrary acts
of intertneddling as he, in complete ignorance of the history of
the times, has represented them—suppose the English Govern-
ment not to. have recognized such interference, and yet to
send troops to Portugal, or a naval force to the Bay of Lis-
bon—still the Elberteld .correspondent might , have recol-
lected-that the British Cabinet had disclaimed the right of In-.
teteering in a much more comprehensive sense than hia de-,
tinition presented. That Cabinet has distinctly refused to
the King of Spain the rigltt of claiming the • aid of his
allies -to tranquillize his American possessions, in the same
form as the King of Portugal at present claims the. assist-
ance of England, his ancient ally to tranquillize POrtngal.
Now, since the old law of' nations denies to no Sovereign the
right of concluding alliances for the .maintenance of the inte-
grity of his possessions, and England has expressly refused this
right to Spain, surely the Elholtlil Zeltung ought to' be con-
vinced that the right of interference is by no means understood.
in the same sense in London as at Elberfeld. What the Cabi-
net of London regards as irreconcileable with its views of the
law of nations anti political right's, are not merely the so-called
acts of arbitrary interference, but also, as the above-cited
example shows, those interpositions which take place in conse-
quence of a direct demand of aid on the part of n legitimate
Government. The Meech' correspondent also gave a very
inconsiderate direction to his polemics against the Abbe Hen-
neeart, when he considered the British Cabinetjustified,
grantinto
g on
the same principles, in refusing lo Spain, an
Portugal, aid solleitated by the legitimate Sovereign. The
correspondent of.the Abbe Ilennecen Is, however, right when
he maintains, that if the. succours in sea or land forces sought
by the King of Portugal be In any way supplied, a great and
salutary change will take place in the views of the Cabinet of
London, which change must, from the wisdom and eon-
sistency still belonging to that Government, unavoidably lead
to the recognition of the right of interference in a stricter sense.

FIRE IN TISE CALEDONIAN CHAPEL, HATTON.
G MIDI:N.—OH Saturday night, about ten o'clock,
considerable alarm was excited throughput the
neighbourhood, in consequence of a general cry
that the Caledonian Chapel, in Hatton-garden,
bins on fire. Some Gentlemen of the Committee
had been transacting business in the Chapel in
ti►r course of the evening, and on leaving it Iw.
tween nine and ten o'clock, Mr. Endes, a lock.
smith, who resides behind the chapel, looked in
on the premises, when he saw flames issuing
from the vaults under the Chapel. The rafters
were on fire, and the devouring element had
reached the Chapel, when some of the seats were
nearly consumed, and the steps leadieg to the
pulpit. Alarm was instantly given to Mr. Brant,
en extensive coachmaker, whose preni6es are
adjoining, and immediately his men, with the
assistance of the ‘iatchmen, conveyed buckets of
ee ater to the spot from a large cistern on Mr.
Brant's premises. In a few minutes the fire en-
gines arrived, but, shameful to state, the exer-
tions of the firemen wore almost useless by nearly
the same scarcity of water as occurred in Ore-
ville-street, insomuch that the engines could not
work. The firemen, however, assisted in pulling
up the flooring of the chapel, to prevent the ex-
tension of the fire, which, after raging for nearly
half an hour, was got completely under by the
supply of water from Mr. Brant's premises. But
for this lucky circumstance, the chapel, as also Mr.
Bcant's premises, must have been consumed. The
cause of the tire is altogether involved in mystery.
In the vaults nutler the chapel there is a stove, in-
tended for the circulation of heat through the cha-
pel, by means of a flue, but which has not been used
for years. On part of this flue, between it and the
rafters, were placed a number of planks, which
were used as temporary tables on Sacrament days.
Among those planks the fire commenced. During
the time of Divine Service, or when the Com-
tnittee are sitting, the back entrance to the
chapel is generally left open, through which there
is a ready access to the vaults ; and it is sup.
posed some person conveyed on one of those oc-
casions the materials for combustion, but from
what motive is as yet unknown. Every exertion
will, however, be made to discover the sacra-
-1 legions offender.—(illorning Paper.)

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

[IOME CIRCUIT.--111.AIDSTONE, FRIDAY, Atm. 12.
1.113EL.....-I'IIII.POTT V. PAGE.

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This was an action for two Miele concerning the plaintiff, in
his character of Guardian of the Poor of St. Mary the Virgin,
Dover, imputing to him fraud and malversation in his office.
—There were also counts for verbal slander, imputing that the
plaintiff was a public..delinquent, and deserved a halter. The
defendant, in addition to the general issue, pleaded special pleas
of justification, alleging the truth of the libellous and slander-
ous matter respectively. Issue thereon.
The trial of this case commenced on Thursday afternoon,
about 2 o'clock, and was adjourned at five until this morning.
The plaintiff was a corn-chandler at Dover, and the defend.
ant was a brewer in the same town. In 1821, the plaintiff
had been appointed, under the authority of Mr. Gilbert's Act,
a guardian of the poor in the parish of St. Misty the Vigin, and
gave so mach satisfaction by his conduct, that in the succeed-
ing year he was unanimously appointed in the same office
under the regulations of the Act of Parliament above mentioned.
Two other inhabitants of the town, named Popkiss and lamb,
were joined with him in office, the latter us treasurer, and the
former as visitor. The defendant had been in the habit of su-
plying the. poor-house with beer every alternate month. in
October, 1822, the plaintiff contracted with another brewing
firm, named Jekin and Co., in the town, to supply the poor-
house with beer for three consecutive months. Mr. Popkiss,
who was a friend of the defendant, endeavoured to have the
contract made with the latter, but without success. This cir-
cumstance was supposed to excite considerable irritation in the
det'endant's mind towards the plaintiff, to whom he conceived
he was indebted for the acceptance of the other brewer in pre.
Terence to himself. In the Spring of 1822 the plaintiff became
embarrassed in Ids circumstances in consequence of the agricul-
tural distress which then prevailed, and being a corn-chandler
was affected by the difficulties of the farmers with whom he
dealt. Finding himself so embarrassed, and that the balance of
the parish accounts was quite against him, he acquainted Mr.
Lamb and Mr. Popkiss with his situation, and proposed to de-
posit in their hands a quantity of corn and other property, to
cover any balance that might be found due from him to the
parish. To this proposal they acceded, and accordingly the
plaintiff sent in corn chandlery goods to the amount which he
deemed sufficient to balance his accounts, and they were de-
posited in the poor house. Towards the close of the year 1822,
lr. Popkiss and Mr. Lamb signified their intention of resign-
ing their offices, not choosing to act any longer with the plaintiff.
This was notified to the Alagistrates, who suggested the pro.
priety of calling a Vestry Meeting for the purpose of consider-
ing the subject. On the 2d of November, 11122, a notice was
given in the parish church of a Vestry Meeting, to be held on
the 111th of November, for the purpose of considering the pro-
priety of recommending two fit and proper persons to the Ma-
gistrates, to supply the place of Messrs. Popkiss and Lamb, in
the office of guardians. A meeting accordingly took place on
November 18, at which upwards of three hundred persons were
present. It wasproposed that the defendant should take the
chair, but he declined in favour of n Mr. Humphries, who was
immediately elected President. Before the business announced
for the day was proceeded in, the Chairman called upon Mr..
Popkiss to explain the reason why lie anti Mr. Lamb desired
to resign their offices, and refused to act any longer with the
plaintiff? Whereupon Mr. Popkiss, in plesence of the plain-
tiff, entered into an enumeration of the reasons why Mr.
Lamb and himself were averse from twai; with the plaintiff.
He stated, that the plaintiff had received 90!. or 1001. of the
parish money, and Inui applied it to his own use; that he had
borrowed two several stuns, of 11/. and 10/. in copper money,
of two tradesmen in the town, for the purpose of paying the
out-door poor of the parish, but had applied the money to
his own private use ; that he had bought a cow for the use
of the poor-house, and charged it in his accounts at the price
of 151., whereas he had given but ten guineas for it; that he
had purchased a cart for the use of the poor-house on • mode-
rate terms, and charged in his account nearly double what he
hail given for it; that he had sold some hog barley to the poor
house at 2.35. per quarter, which was of the worst quality,
m when the best alt barley might have been purchased at the
same price in the market ; that he had in like manner sold some
pigs to the poor-house, at the price ofllll., which were troubled
with the staggers and the worms ; that he was in insol.
vent circumstances, and that he was guilty of other malversa-
dons then enumerated. These were the reasons which himself
and Mr. Lamb had'to assign for wishing to secede from the of.
flee. • A considerable clamour then arose in the meeting The

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withle I the:d
91))/.inbtielovinitrine: la'enstwtteireddonteh
lled upon
ccrtninly applied it to his Own private purposes, but that the
ts.utamtles.wlit
clamour ensued at this confession. The plaintiff attempted to
parish should not be the worse a sixpence for him. A loud
explain, but was Interrupted with groaning, hissing, and hoot.
and was not permitted to finish a sentence. lie was asked
whether he was not insolvent (which would have disqualified
him by Mr. (inheres Act) and he replied in the negative.—
The defendant then addressed the sleeting in the energetic
speech, in which he.vehentendy declaimed against the plain.
tiff. He said to the Vestry, ss is this a person fit to be
intrusted with the public purse ? No I There was no pub.
1k delinquent ever stood thriven]: that deserved the halter
more than that fellow Philpott." In conclusion, the defendant
proposed a resolution, strongly condemning the plaintiff's
conduct. This resolution was thought too violent, but the
Vestry Clerk drew up a resolution, expressive of the send-
Melds of the Meeting, which was adopted, recommending that
an application shonld be made to the Magistrates to suspend
the plaintiff's appointment, it being manifest to this Vestry,
that by his conduct he it not worthy to fill the situation," &c.
'!'his resolution was carried by a majority of more than three
hundred to six, and was signed by fifty-three vestrymen, in-
cluding the defendant. This resolution the declaration charged
to be libellous, and was the first ground of the plaintiff's
complaint. Parish disputes of some duration followed this
proceeding. In August, 1823, the defendant addressed a letter
to Alt'. iomas Neighbou'r, a respectable wine-merchant of
London, and uncle to the plaintiff; and, although he haul no
previous acquaintance with that Gentleman, entered into a de-
tail of the disputes between himself and the plaintiff, in order
to shew that he had no vindictive feelings towards the latter.—
The letter alluded to an offer which Mr. Neighbour wax sup.
posed to have made to his nephew of 001. to enable him to
maintain an action against the defendant for the vindication of
his character, and then called the attention of the uncle to the
proceedings as above related, which had taken plitee at the
'Vestry 3leeting in November, 11t22, reiterating the charges
which Mr. Popkiss had made against the plaintiff on that occa.
sion. It spoke of the plaintiff's defence ta those charges as
" altogether most impotent and unsatisfactory," and concluded
by advising Mr. Neighbour to keep his 5001. in his pocket, or
give it to the plaintiff's wife and her children, instead of squan-
dering It among the Lawyers in support of au action which
must end in a nonsuit. This letter was the second ground of
the plaintiff's complaint, and was charged to be libellous. The
third ground was the language used by the defendant at the
Vestry Meeting above mentioned. It appeared that since the
resolution of the Vestry the plaintiff had repeatedly offered to
pay any balance due from hint to the parish, but that none was
claimed of him, and that he bad demanded the goods which he
had deposited, to cover any balance which might be found
i
against him but this was after he was informed that the goods
had been sold or applied 'to parish uses. Mutual actions had
been brought between the. plaintiff and Mr. Popkiss, on the 57
Geo. 3. c. 157, for supplying the poor-house with goods whilst
they were respectively in office ; and these proceedings tended
to increase the dissentionm between the parties.
Mr. MARFIXATT addressed the Jury on behalf of the%de.'
fondant, and called several witnesses to prove the special pleas
of justification.
The Jury retired for about half an hour, and found their ver.
dict for the plaintiff—Damages One Farthing.
The trial lasted until six in :he evening.
The business of the Crown Side ended this evening at seven
o'clock. None of the capital convicts were kft for execution.
The gaol would not have been cleared ito soon, but for the as.
sistunce of Mr. Nolan yesterday,
Who tried a great ninny psi.
soners in the Anabaptist chapel at' this town.
Two rather interesting cases on the Civil Side weremade
.remainers until the next Assizes,, in consequence of the pres.
sure of other business ; namely, indictments preferred by Lord
Ilarborough against Lieutenant Graham, and a Seamen in the
Preventive Service; the first, for an alledgetf challenge sent to
his Lordship by the Lieutenant; and the second, for an al.
lcged assault upon his Lordship on a late occasion, when the
King's Bench refused an application for a criminal information
at the instance of his Lordship.
SATURDAY, Ana. 14.
The Assizes finished this afternoon about four o'clock. On
the Civil Sitle four Special Jury causes were left as remanets to
the next Assizes, there being no time to dispose of them.

PIMPOTT7/.
This was another action for a libel, at the instance of the same
plaintlir in the case of Philpott v. Page. It Wil3 intended
to try this cause, but this morning the Learned Judge re.
fused to grant a certificate to deprive the plaintiff of his full
costs, although the Jury gave him only a farthing damages.
But one ease was tried to-day. It was an action to try the
but was wholly destitute of public in.
boundaries of a manor;
terest. The business at Lewes is expected to be very heavy
fur Sussex.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Suurwsnunv, Auo. 13.
muuoutt AND Roundly.

John Felton, uged 20 years, stood charged, on the oath of
Mary Whitehouse, widow, with having feloneously stolen, on
the night of the lid of February, 1822; a silver watch, 101. in
bank notes, &c. from the person of her husband, Samuel
Whitehouse. To explain the circumstances of this transaction

it will be necessary to state the following facts :—On the 3d of
February, 1822, 31r. Samuel Whitehouse, a respectable farmer,
residing at West Bromwich, went to visit a 11ir. Joseph Down-
ing, an opulent farmer residing in the parish of Rowley, near
the Beech-lanes, on the road to Hales Owen, who was his bro-
ther-in-law (Downing having married Wlitehouse's sister),
and they went out to shoot together early in the morning. At
six o'clock at night they returned to the house of a man named
Fox, whom they had visited in the morning, and remained
there drinking until nine o'clock at night, when they were un-
der the influence of liquor. Whitehouse had ten pounds in his
small-clothes pocket, and a watch. Ile left Fox's house on
horseback, and Downing left soon afterwards. Aboutlialf‘an
hour afterwards Mr. Whitehouse was found lying by the side
of the road in a state of insensibilty. Deep wounds had been
inflicted on his head, which terminated his existence in two
days; he remained during that period perfectly insensible.—
Mr. Downing was apprehended on the charge of having
murdered Mr. 'Whitehouse, and was fully committed for
that crime, and was tried at the Summer Assizes at Shrews-
bury, 1822, but was acquitted. It was sworn upon that occa-
sion, by a surgeon, that a blow had been inflicted with the
barrel ore gun (and it was proved that Downing carried a gun
when he left Fox's house), which would have produced such
an injury as that which occasioned the deceased'S death. The
prisoner Felton was also, at the time of the Coroner's Inquest,
in custody, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder, and
also a young man named Fox, the son of a man at whose house
the deceased and Mr. Joseph Downing were drinking on the
night of the murder. They, however. were finally discharged.
Mr. MALE, for the prosecution, with whom was Mr. en oss,
stated the case to the Jury. He said that the prisoner, at the
time of the murder and robbery of Mr. Whitehouse, kept the
Pheasant public-house, within half a mile of the spot where the
deed was perpetrated. It would be proved, that, on the
night in question, the prisoner was seen on horseback, going
in the direction where the body was found, and must have
passed by the place. It was not alleged that the prisoner in-
flicted the wounds that caused the death of the deceased, but,
that he passed by when the deceased lay insensible on the
ground, and rifled his person of his watch, and ten one pound
notes. The deceased, when first discovered, was lying on his
face, with his head towards a ditch, but in a quarter of an hour
after, when assistance was procured, on proceeding to the
spot, he was found in a different position, and the pockets
rifled of the watch and notes. The deceased's watch was found
in the prisoner's possession in June last, and in such a condi-
tion that no doubt could be entertained of its having been
buried for a considerable period; in the earth, as it was covered
with soil and tarnished. On the prisoner being taken into cus-
tody, he told two different stories about his obtaining posses-
sion of the watch. The Jury would seriously consider the facts
he should prove, and if they were convinced of the prisoner's
guilt, they would. discharge their duty by convicting him.
Mrs. Mary Whitehouse, the sister of Mr. Joseph Downing,
a good looking woman, attired in deep mourning, was called.—
She was exceedingly agitated, and could not speak for some
time. She being partially recovered, stated, that on the 3d of
April her husband went out shooting, anti took with him the
watch now produced.
Thomas Fox, the landlord of the Pheasant public.house, re-
collected the deceased, Paul Whitehouse, and Joseph Down-
ing coining to his house ; the deceased had bank-notes in his
pocket, and a silver watch.
Richard Astan found the deceased in the road insensible, and
went to the Meech Tree public-house for assistance; on return-
ing to the deceased he said, I heard a halloo, and then a second
halloo ; and I mnde en hallooing in answer, and directly after
1 heard a horse gallop off in a direction towards the Pheasant
public-house, which is situate about hair a mile from where the
deceased lay. When I arrived where the deceased was lying,
I found he had been removed into the ditch; his waistcoat was
raised up ; the waistband of his breeches was unbuttoned, and
one of the pockets was unbuttoned. I did not see that be had
a watch when I first saw him. He had no watch when I again
saw him. I assisted in removing him to the Beech. Tree, where
he lived two days in a state of insensibility.
John Downing—l live at Harbourne. On the 3d April
1822, about twenty minutes past nine, I saw the prisoner at the
bar pass my house on horseback, which is situate about half a
mile from where 3lr. Whitehouse was found, and in the direct
road to the Pheasant public house. The prisoner's father lived
at Harbourne ; I particularly noticed the prisoner by his beat-
ing the horse over the shoulders to make him go faster. It Was
a moon-light night ; I am sure it was the prisoner.
The prisoner declined saying any thing in his defence, and
called several witnesses, who gave him a character.
Mr. Justice Panic considered that the circumstances were
very slight against the prisoner.
The Jury returned a Verdict of Not Guilty.

FURIOUS AND UNSKILFUL. DRIVING.
JONES v. oiIEEN AND SIX OTHERS.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the de-
fendants, the proprietors of a stage-coach called the Leek,
which runs from Aberystwith to Ludlow, to recover a compen.
nation in damages for an injury he sustained through the un-
skilfulness of the defendants' servant. The damages were laid
at MU

Mr. Justice LITTLF.DALE left the Jury to decide what fair
and reasonable damages the unfortunate plaintiff was entitled
to for the serious injury he had received.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Dainages 1501.
SATVUDAY.—After a few cases of no public interest, these
Assizes concluded this day, and on Monday the Judges pro.
coed to open the Commission at Hereford. '

WESTERN CIRCUIT.DoacuEsTEn, AVG. 13.
NI:GUI/ENT DRIVING.
DROWN V. DALLYMORE AND OTHERS.

This was an action brought against the defendants, whn are
proprietors of a van running from Bath to London. to recover
compensation in damages for the injury the plaintiff had sus-
tained by the negligence of their servants.
Mr. Sergeant PET.I. stated the case to the Jury. On the 23d
of Dec. last, the plaintiff, who is gardener, was driving his cart
slowly toward 4 Lavington, when he heard the van of the de-
fendants coming behind him at a furious rate. Ile drew up on
the proper side of the road ; the van, however, struck the off
wheel of his cart with great violence ; the plaintiff was thrown
out of the cart. The consequence was that his leg was broken.
It would be
.proved that the servants of the defendants were
in a state of intoxication. Application had been made by the
plaintiff' for redress, but the answer given by the defendants
was, that the damages were a matter of no consequence to
them, for that there was a Society of Coach Proprietors united
together for the purpose of meeting any damages which might
be obtained in actions of this description.
The case having been proved by evidence, the Jury, in the
first instance, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
One Hundred Pounds, after all the expences should be satis-
fied ; but as the Learned Judge intimated that there were no
means of accurately ascertaining the amount of those expences,
they fOund a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, Two Hun.
tired Pounds.

Mr. Baron GAnnow said he felt it incumbent upon him to
observe, that one of the chief securities of the public against
negligence and misconduct on the part of the servants of coach
proprietors was the liability ,of individual proprietors to pay
damages in cases of this description. The formation of a S'o.
ciety of coach proprietors, therefore, for the purpose of cover.
tug those damages, and rendering the result of actions of this
kind a matter of no importance to individuals, as it entirely
defeated that security, could not but be most injurious to the
public.