The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-29 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

rActs, MAY 25.—T0 day, after mass, thiKing
received a visit from the Duke of Orleans, and at
three o'clock took his usual airing.
The Duchess d'Angonleme intends to pass some
• time at the Waters of Vichy.
Ilettcrs from Barcelona, of the 10th instant, say
•nnthintr, respectinf.; the trial of General Lacy,
vhose fate appeals to be still undecilled. There
Was still no intelligence of Milans. It i 4 not-true
.that the Bishop of that Cfty had quitted his dio-
cese to go to Madrid, to solicit the clemency of

the King.
Madame Catalani is still at Florence. 'tuns-
pobition ►irevented her from singing at a concert,
where she WaS expected with much impatience by
the Florentines. Madame Catalani quits Florence
about the end of this month.

,Preparations .are making at Fontainbleau for
the reception of his Majesty, who proposes to. pass
there a part of the summer. In the mean time
sire
_Thudleries will undergo reparation.
We hear. from Frankfort that a pamphlet, en-
titled Colonel Massenbach to the Germans,' and
dedicated to the King of Prussia, has excited a
great sensation in Germany. By the preface it
appears. that this pamphlet was composed in the
month of February last, during a stay. which the
author made in Frankfort.. Jt i 9 said that this
work, in whirl, the writer exposes the necessity of
a national representation- in Germany, has been
Seised. Colonel Massenbach, who quitted the
Prussian service in 1813, had been distinguished
in the campaign of 1806, of which he has girea an
account, and likewise in that of 1812, when he
was. attached to the corps of General Yorke.
Having returned to his native country, he is now
a member of the States of Wurtemberg.
French Funds, five per cent. 67 1. 40 cents.
Bank actions 1,357 f. 50 cents.

'MADRID; "MAY, U.—Our Gaithe of yester.

clay co►►twins the following :—" Letters from Gib-

raltar.annOanee that the Portuguese army of Rio
Janeiro possessed itself of the fortress of
Dionte VViYIeo, which has for a long time groaned
under the tyrannical yoke of the insurgents.

Wilatevertruth there may be in this intelligence,
the federative system, whose object it is to secure
the peace of fi.,urope, the intineate union of the
King
.our master with all the other Sovereigns,
the wisdom of the measures •taken by his Majesty
to support the honour of his throne and the
in-
vii.l.►bility of his States, the noble sentiments of
the King of Portugal, and the new ties that have
more intimately conneetvd together the two
unt;'irst houses—all these considerations taken to-
gether, excite a hope that the public, in learning
tiiis intelligence, instead of feeling any disquietude,
. will woit with ety ire confidence the issue. of an
event which become•the object of paternal so-
• licitude to a Prince who equally loves all ,hiS
• subjects."
- IVe, make no reflexions on this passage, the
tense. of which offers matter for more titan one in-
let pi et ation. It appears natural for us to con-
clude from it, that the conduct of the Portuguese
has -not been hitherto the result of a plan concert-
ed the two Courts. - If, nevertheless, it
were true that the councils of his Catholic
Ma-
jesty tacitly directed the expedition of the troops
of his Brazilian. Majesty, 'we might regard the
proclamation of General Lecor as the completion
of the general reconciliation. It is known that
this Officer held out to the conquered countries
the offer of a complete oblivion of the past, and
the guarantee of the actual state. of things, with
recurity of person and property. The Spanish
Generals have had till now instructions much more

severe.
`!'he most perfect tranquillity reigns in Madrid;
the affair of Lacy is not even spoken of.
.I/RUSS au, MAY. 24...T.:0ur Journals have spoken
dillerencly of the measure adopted with regard to
,itirei4o, Editors of different newspapers at Bros-
:kis, Antwerp, and Ghent. To express the fact
as it is exactly, 'it may be sofEcient to-say, that
they have received orders to leave the kingdom iu
eight days.
VIENNA, MAY 14.--Yesterday evening, at seven
o'dock, the ceremony of the marriage of the
Archduchess Leopoltline took place at Court,with
the greatest solemoity. linmerliately afierwartis
the. Count Eugene tle.Werbtut set out for Rio Jo-
neiiN, with the intelligence or it. 'The departure
or her Imperial 1-10 mess will.probably take Place.
about the 9th or 10th of June, sr perhaps some
4tt ys later..

it is fully confirmed:Aim-an Austrian Corps has
.i-erelYed orders to evacuate the kingdom of Naples,
and to proceed. ,provisionally into'the Austrian
Provinced of Upper Italy. It is still said that the
.:-kingdom of -Naples' will Are sueceSityely entirely
evacuated, but this news is 'not officially published.
-Sane persons suppose that the Prince de Metter-
- nieVwill finally arrange this point during his Vey
STLITGARD, mit 16.—The letter of Prince Paul
to the Privy Council Ifas excited ioMe sense tion here.
The Prince, who, since thideath of the late 'King,
-has not had a good understanding with his brother,
the present Monarch, and Who had quitted the
kingdom 'with all his family to reside at Hanan,
lois openly `prononneed against the system of the
Guveroment, And declared himself the Chief of the
!'"OppOsitiOn, tYho it appears haye had frequent '
tomtniiiiiratintie %vitil his Raps! Highness, and
Inive- induced him to put himself forward it this
devisire manic rt.

CAtiskt.; MAY 12.--'-Several steps Invve bt'en
taken to obtain the cotivorotir)llol Hetifiiith
b;.t it oppciigs the Elector wit not cons gat to it.

LAW IN-FELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S UENCII, MAY 28.
Afiitellesex Sittings offer Echoer Tern:, before. Lord
• ELLttillOliOVGll.
Epp's V. S 1 RALPH NOEL, BART.

This was an action bv•the indorsec against the
acceptor of a 13.11 of Exchange, drawn by Mr.
John King, for 2001. payable three months after
date. Plea, non assumpsit:
The hand-writing ,if the drawer and.acceptor
being regularly proved,
Mr. Rattir., for the defendant, addressed the
Jury at some length, contending that the Bill in
question was concocted in usury between the de-
fendant and Mr. John King ; 41 pan whose. cha,.
rade!, as a money-lender and usurer, the learned-
Counrl commented in units of the strongest in-
vective. lie proposed -to prove, by the testimony
of Mr. King, that the course of dealing between.
him and the defendant was 'for the former to raise
motley upon the latter's acceptances, which upon
being dishonoured, were again renewed ; and by
the process of renewal several times, it happened
that the defendant actually paid ninety per cent.
for every '2OO/. he received. The transactions of
this kind between the parties amounted to 13,600/.
of which the defendant had paid, in 11,,ird cash, no
less a sum•than 60001. whereas in truth he had
never received' of Mr. King more than 12001. The
learned Counsel was Aware ',what sort of witness
he had to deal with ; but if that Gentleman would.
condescend to give a fair statement of the trans-
action in quest ion, the defendant would be clearly
entitled t 6 a verdict.

Mr. King was then put into the witness.box.
He begged leave to statei as a preliminary ob-
servation, that, the Learned Counsel who had
thought proper to brand him as an usurer, and
apply•to him other of}en•ive epithets, had often
and often dined f,ncoinpany with him ; and, there-
fore, he .was.sornewinn at a toss to reconci:e the
opinions of the Learned Counsel now expressed,
with the condescending COtirtesey which he hid
formerly evinced towards witness.—(A General
Laugh !)—Witness And become acquainted with
Sir Ralph Noel about seven years since, when
he resided in Howland-street. He wAs,introduced
to him in consequence of Witness's advertisement
as aponey-lender. The advertisement were pub-
lished in the IMMO of Ryder, Drummond, and Co.
and never 'in his own name. The Dante of the
principal in the. concern was never put forward.
sVitness.ltatl now left off business.

Lord ET.LEogouGli
,Said., that at present the
learned Counsel was-riot within half,a mile of the
ilefende;set.iip: If the witness told truth, it should
se em that, be, was not to be believed according to
the Learned Counsel's argument ; and if he did
not (ell irlitb, the :effect upon the 'verdict wutild
be the same.

Mr. RAMP: asked the witneas4 be had sworn
upon the Old Testament with his hat on ?
which he replied, that he had sworn upon the Old
Testament, but that the latter part of the cere-
mony tvz4 itilitebesSnry The present transaction
had nothing to,do with his.conneetion with the
defendant scven years-ago: Originally the de-
fendant applied to witneas for very large sum Of
money, by way of annuity. This gave rise to the
negociation of hills, some of which Witness got
discounted at five per cent. ; upon others money
was raised by going to a silversmith's shop and
buying some articles, and getting the change.
Most, of the defendant's bilk *ere dishonoured,
in consequence of which witness became liable.
The transactions of this kind, by the renewal of
bills, amounted to about 50,000/. The consi-
deration of the hill in question was this--witnesi
owed the phintiti3ol, and be indorsed the Bill to
him, he giving the change, which was banded.
over to the defendant.

Upon this evidence, Lord ELLeNsonouott
thought the defence of usury was without founda-
tion, and consequently the plaintiff lied a verdict.

It N(3G1511 V. SIR R. N0F.1..

This was another action against the same de-
fendant, upon another acceptance for 1,000. pay.
able five months after date, to which the like de-•
.fence WWI set up ; but the evidence being insuf-
ficient, the plaintiff had a verdict.
In another action, in which Parker was the
phititiff and Noel, the .defendant, upon a bill for
5001., a similar result followed, the defence of
usury failing.