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London, England, 1821-09-18 00:00:00

DEFENCE.

The prisoner then rose, and, -from a written papere read his
defence, which he delivered with peculiar propriety and firm-
ness of manner. He acknowledged that the statement which_
lie had made to the Bank Directors was suspicious ; but rely-
ing on the candour and justice of a British Judge and Jury, he .
was satisfied that with them suspicion would have no place.
iTo prove n
sinnocence was manifestly impossible', us the only
Witness hdais could do it was the man for whose iniquities he was
now sharing; He stated- that he had been 'eigiiteen years
eafaithful.. .servant of .the Bank of England, and during the
-riots of 1780, bis father, Sir Barnard Turner-, bad preserved the
treasure of 'lie' };rifle. The law iraahlifehT•he *as entra.bred was
this :—A main. in the. garb of a Getlemara applied to him for a
lean, and-referred binato a credit of 10,0001. in the books of the
Bank of Ehgland, which some family reasons requited should
stand in his name a little longer. •'• He represented hiMself as
a man of substance, residing 'at- Highgate : his appearahce was
respectable, and his cars liberal and honourable. Having
examined the ledger; . and every thing appearirag reghlitr, he
entertained no suspicion, and an the next day advanced hi al
the sum which he required ; and thus began those pecuniary
transactions-which, had closed -by placing him as a priscner
where he now stood. He 'continued to act as the broker of this
accomplished swindler; and occasionally repaid himself the ad-
vances he had made to him out of money received from bins,
which accounted for many Bank notes being traced to his posses.
sion, and not to Penn's. How, he Would ask the Gentlemen of the
Jury, could h e suspect this man? It had been suggested that the
irregular transfer, and entry in his name is altogether fictitious
and made by him (the prisoner). Had the ledger account been
opened by him, there would have been some ground for the
supposition; but that account was opened by Mr. Prideeux;
and he must have been satisfied of the regularity of the transfer
before he would have opened it. Two months had elapsed be-
fore any discovery took place, and in that interim he had been
absent for three weeks at Hastings, .and if he had been guilty,
might have escaped to the opposite coast, but instead of which
he had returned to the Bank, the scene of inevitable deteCtion
and ruin. Would any man of common sense; much less a man
of subtlety, arrange a contrivance of the'sort imputed to him,
have so acted, and, that at a time when the plot was effected,
when the plunder must be supposed to be safe in his possession ?
He was present when the discovery of irregularities was made
in the office; but no witness spoke of any alteration of his
_Countenance or manner, indicative of guilt. He had even
stayed twenty minutes beyond his usual time, and then had
gone to his own habitation, where he rerhained accessible to
every, visitor. •It was alleged that he tore out the missing
leaf ; but if that were so, why had he not torn out the other
leaves which had been brought in evidence against him ? This
was a peculiar case, in which the Jury would look at the pro.
babilities on, each side. There was nothing set his past life or
conduct to countenance a charge of dishishcsty; no creditor
had ever called twice on him for money ; in fact, he owed none.
Ile could prove that he hail paid some debts of his deceased
parent, which he-could not have been obliged by laW
charge. His incense from the Bank was abundantly sufkient
for his expellees ; add to which, two years ago, by the death of
`his mother,. he received 2,0001., and he received
.2;41 hisewiE
five-thousand pounds; and three of the clerks-of his department
owed, him four hundred pounds, and had dehe so for months.
SO that it would appear that he, a man of tcrnp,,ratc habits'and
Moderate expense, had rushed on infamy and death without
cause or motive. He had been entrusted to a considerable
amount by many brokers, and could have realiied a larger sum
than 10,00 Q/. without any risk, and he could have enriched
himself without a tenth part of the risk, from his situation
giving him wcontroul over the dividend warrants. The fault
that he must acknowledge was having been a dupe, but tit a
villain. The account he now gave he had given to the Bank
Directors without premeditation, but when he found they were
resolved to drag Min to that bar, and when the flight off'enn
burst upon him, and conscious that acquittal would not reiture
hint to society, he lost kis senses, and scarcely knowing.what he
was about, he did seek either escape,. or what he thought more
probable, certain. death. He entreated the Jury to balance the
probabilities, and they would find that to pronounce him inno-
centthey had only to believe that he had, given credence to an
artful villain ; whilst to convict him of guilt, they must helioas
that he forged the transfer of Sir It. Peel, and imposed on the
'vigilance of six clerks, through whose supervision it passed;
that he tore the leaf out of the transfer took, and afterwara's
disposed of the stock in the common market; and they mast be-
Here- that when discoveries were made he staid at the office 20
minutes beyond the time,'and then went to his habitual residelsce,
and that he did all this with 70001. in his possession, and 4001.
_owing to him from clerks inhhe-office., " fly existencea" said
the prisoner its chnclusioh, " hangs upon your breath for in
cases like this, after , conviction to look for mercy were hopeless.
Cut me not off, I implore you, its the very summer of -,my
years; for the sake of those whose characters are unstained I. ask
it—for the sake of a wretched wife who has bound up her hap-
piness in mine—for his sake I ask it who will not hereafter fora
get the mercy with which you haVe tempered justice."
The address of the prisoner caused a considerable sensation
in the Court.

The following witnesses were then called, who all spoke in
the highest terms of the character of the prisoner, as being most
exemplary in every relation of life:—
Mr. Lee, . the High Constable of Westminster, had known
him from his birth, and knew that about two years ago, he came
into possession of 2,0001. by the death of his, mother, and that
he received 5;00b1. on his marriage, which took place about a
year to. J. Swiney, the prisoner's uncle; Air. Carter, an at-
torney, a neighbour of the prisoner's ; the Rev. Nix.. Onslow,.the
Rector of Npwington.(the parish in which the prisoner resided);
Mr. Robert Hill ; and Dr. Powell, all spoke to the unimpeach-
able character 'of the prisoner.
Mr. Justice RICHARDSON then summed up the evidence
with the utmost precision." He observed that the prisoner's, de-
fence was drawn up with singular ability, but it contained not
a syllable.respecting ',Tames South, the stock-broker, and it
was reinarkable that none of the witnesses who had been ex.,
amined knew any thing of such a person, except the prisoner.
The account the prisoner had given to the Bank Directors (ac-
cording to Air. Ka 's evidence) of the first acquaintance. with
Mr. J. Penn, that he had known him about three years, but in
his statement now, he says Penn introduced himself to borrow
money from him, which he was induced to lend him on being
referred to a credit of .glO,OOO standing in the naive of John
Penn, in the ledger of the Navy 5 per cents., though Penn had
no credit in thoise books till the 20th of March, 18.21, and there
was nothing that would inform the prisoner that the person cull-
ing himself John Penn to him, was the .1c hn Penn who hall
ten thousand poNnds in the Bank books. It was for the Jury
to judge as men of business and the world of the probability cf
that account. If they had the slightest doubt on their minds
they would give the prisoner the benefit of those doubts,' and of
the irreproachable character he had hitherto borne
The Jury retired for an hour and a half, when, a'Aline o'clock,
they returned with a verdict 'Of—NOT GUILTY. •
A burst of applause took place in the Court when the verdict
was pronounced.

The Annual Meeting of the Portsmouth and.
Portsea Philosophical Society was held at the Old Town I lall on
the 7th inst. (DANTIEL .HOWARD, Esq. in the owe), when a
most gratifying Report was read of the state of the. Institution.
The President then stated, that the duties of the respective Offi-
cers were terminated, and it now became the bnsineSs of the So-
ciety to elect others. .The ihanks of the Society were, unani-
mously voted to the late President,. with a request that he
would accept the office for the ensuing year ; also to the
Vico-Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretary, who were. respec-
tively re-elected. Twenty-one new • :Members were propene,
and the number of the Committee, extended to eigtf, besides
Ole Officers. Arratvetner t; wore t-130 made With respect to the
subjects of the Lectures for the ensuing Season'; and the thanks
of the NI eetingr, being voted to the Mayor and Corpozation for
the use of the Tovin Hall, and the support which the Society had
received from them; and to the Chan-man, for the highly suit-
able manner in which he discharged the duties of .the evening;
the Meeting adjourned, gratified with the, prospect of future
success which the Society.exhibited. - -

THE KING.

THE KING'S PROGRESS.

MlLFortn, SEPT. 14.—0 n Sunday, the 9th inst.
put into this port from Dublin the Royal squa-
dron (having his MAJESTY on board), consisting
of the Royal George and Royal Sovereign yachts,
Active and Li fey frigates, Hind and Wolf
sloops, with several cutters, yachts, &c. having
experienced very severe weatherin getting down
the Irish Channel. On Tuesday morning, the
11th, the wind veering to the N.W. the fleet
again weighed, and at eight A. M. were clear of
the harbour, steering for the Land's End with a
bne breeze ; but the same afternoon the wind
changed to the southward, and during the night
blew a strong gale, which induced the Commo-
dore, Sir Charles Paget, to bear up again for
Milford on the iollowing morning; and at four
P.m. they anchored here in safety, this fine Ha-
ven proving a second time an asylum for the
fleet, and to his Majesty George IV. what his
maritime subjects have often experienced it to be,
a " blessed Milford."'*

The same evening his Majesty's carriages were
brought on shore, and at five• in the morning of%
:3th Sept. 189.1, the King left- the yacht in.
hrs barge, under a Royal salute from the fleet,
and, attended by the Captains of the different
ships Of war in their boats, landed at Milford, wel-
comed by the heartfelt and continued cheers of an
i'amense concourse of people. His Majesty was re-',
ceived at the beach by the Right Hon. Lord
Cawdor, ff. Leach, Esq. Collector of the Cus-
toms, Milford, &c., together with a detachment
of the 11 th Regiment of Foot and of the Royal
Marines, with their band, and immediately set off
for London, escorted by a number of gentlemen
on horseback, with blue favours in their hats,
and carriages of almost, every description ; and
although the intention of his Majesty to laud
here was not fixed on until the evening of the 12th,
a detachment of the Pembrokeshire Volunteer
Yeomanry Cavalry promptly assembled and
joined the cavalcade as early as six on the morn-
ing of the 13th about three miles from Milford.
Three nights the towns of Milford and Raking
were illuminated, and bonfires, fire-works, &c.
exhibited Indeed, the reception of his M

majesty
here must have been truly gratifying to him,
as it was honourable to the inhabitants ; for it
evinced, in the highest degree, the loyalty and
affection of Welchmen. During the time the
Royal yacht lay here with the King, the Haven
was crowded with cutters, yachts, pleasure-boats,
&c. cruising round her, some with Ladies and
Gentlemen of the first respectability in the coun-
try, all anxious to hail the Monarch on his ar-
rival with the cheering tribute of heart and voice.
LFORYY, SEPT. 15--Yesterday morning sailed
hence for Plymouth, with a right north-westerly
wind, the Royal George and' Sovereign yachts,
Liffey and Active frigates, the Hind sloop of
war, and the Emerald euftor. I most sincerely
regret the indisposition of the King while here ;
It would have been parti►cularly desirable for him
to have sailed up the Haven as far as the Dock-
yard, and had a view of the most capacious, sure,
and camm.adiauc. ;xv 11;e II rvituti Kingdom-
Its easy and safe ingress lie experienced by the
immediate shelter it, in those two instances, af-
forded the Royal squadron, when the King de-
termined on resorting to it ; that, with all its
other natural advantages, and being the first spot
in this division of his Principality that has been
visited by a King for so many centuries,
strengthens the belief that it may immediately
have all the privileges of a General Bonding
Port, that its capabilities justify, extended to it ;
again, as the King has lately experienced and
confirmed the advantages of steam-packet navi-
gation, it is anticipated that two steam-packets
will soon be put on this station to ply be-
tween Milford and Waterford.—The inhabi-
tants of Milford are greatly chagrined that
they could not have bad time io make the
landing-place of the King more comfortable ;
for their, loyal attachment and inclinations
would have induced their utmost exertions to
contribute every possible accommodation. The
large stone, on which the King first stepped his
foot in South Wales, was immediately visited by
the Ladies and Gentlemen, and several frag-
ments broken off to be preserved in their cabi-
nets ; after which the Freemasons' Society here
took up the stone out of the quay, and now have
it secured in their Lodge ; it is intended to have
fragments of it polished, with appropriate in-
se:? n Lions, commemorative of the important event,
and to erect a pillar of Welch marble on the spot
the stone was-taken from.

C.:”..I4.IRTHEN, SEPT. 13.—The inhabitants of
tl;'s town have been highly gratified by having
the unexpected honour of seeing his Majesty
George the Fourth pass through their ancient
borough. Early in the morning a Royal courier
arrived from Milfoed; and announced to his Wor-
ship the Mayor the approach of his Majesty ; but
that, fatigued with his voyage, and wishing to
ptirsue his journey with all possible dispatch,
his Majesty could not receive the Public Autho-
rities of the Borough. The news almost instan.
taneously went through the town and its vici-
nity—all hastened to manifest their loyalty
—every countenance seemed anxious to have
a view of the gracious person of the Monarch.—
The Mayor and Corporation, attended by a
very numerous body of Gentlemen,' proceeded to
the principal street leading through the town, to
welcome his Majesty. The streets were lined
from one end to the other, and all the windows
crowded with spectators. His Majesty arrived
about eleVen o'clock,,and was received with the
loyal acclamations of thousands, the hand play-
ing " God save the King." His Majesty very
condescendingly bowed to the MayOr and his
brother Magitrates,and appeared highly pleased
with the attention paid to him as he proceeded
along; the whole multitude followed, cheering
him, and crying " God save the King," 84c.—
His'lVlajesty was pleased to send a message to the
Mayor, to signify that he, would be glad to re-
ceive the Loyal Address of the good people of
Carmarthen through the medium of Lord Sid-
mouth. The Mayor, and a very respectable

11 Shalispe:e.re's " Cymbeline."

company of Gentlemen, afterwards dined to-
gether at the Royal Hotel ; and when the
cloth was removed, " The King, and a safe
journey to him to the Capital," was drank with
enthusiasm.

BRECON,.SEPT. 15.-His Majesty having laud-
ed at Milford at five o'clock on the morning of
Thursday; the 13th, proceeded through the
counties of Pembroke and Carmarthen, visiting
Dynovor Castle in his way, and arrived at Bre-
con at six in the evening. The carriage drove to
the Priory, the mansion of the Marquis of Cam-
den, where his Majesty was received by Colonel
Wood, the Member for the County, and the
Gentlemen resident in the town of Brecon. As
his 'Majesty passed, every- demonstration of
loyalty was manifested by all ranks of people,
and though the weather was very unfavourable,
the streets were crowded with spectators anxious
to welcome their King. Shortly after the arrival
of his Majesty, a Congratulatory Address of the
Corporation and Inhabitants of Brecon was pre-
sented to his Majesty through the Lord in Wait-
ing, which was most graciously received, and at
night a general illumination took-place. Having
dept at the Priory, his Majesty set out at the
early hour of four in the morning, to breakfast
with the Duke of Beaufort, at Troy House,
near Monmouth. Upwards of one hundred
gentlemen and tradesmen of the town of Brecon,
on horseback, attended his Majesty as an escort
to the confines of the principality. His Majesty
on the journey frequently declared he had never
travelled throu,h so beautiful a country, and on
the Gentlemen taking their leave, expressed him-
self highly gratified by their zeal and attention,
and by the affectionate loyalty he had met with
from the inhabitants of \Vales.
HENLEY-UPON-TILIMES. -As soon as the
King's intended passing through this place was
known, the 'town was all iu motion, and the
groups of genteel persons , parading the streets
and environs, awaiting the Sovereign's arrival,
were very numerous. His Majesty arrived about
three o'clock, and was most graciously received
amidst the ringing of bells, and finally left the
hill at the London entrance to the town, amidst
the cheers of the populace.

TIM KING'S JOURNEY TO THE CONTINENT.

The Brussels Papers c6ntain the following in-
formation respecting his MAJESTY'S journey on
the Continent

46 BRUSSELS, SEPT. 12.-A letter from Lille,
of the 9th inst. says—' Orders from the Govern-
ment have arrived at Calais, to make all the ne-
cessary preparations for the reception of his
Majesty the King of England, who is expected
in the course of the week. We have been much
astonished on reading in various Journals, that
France was going to form an army of observation
of 60;000 men in Alsace. In the present situa-
tion of our army, it would be impossible to as-
semble such a force without stripping of troops
the whole northern frontiers from Dunkirk to
Strasburg, and calling out the National Guard
to do duty; in the fortresses. Happily there is
no idea of such a measure, and the report may
be considered as one of the dreams of the Ger-
man Journals.' "

" FRANK,FORT, SEPT. B.—Mr. Temple, the
British Charge d'Affaires, has just been officially
informed, that the King will arrive here between
the 22d and 25th of this month. Hid Majesty,
accompanied by Lord Liverpool afid the Marquis
of Londonderry, and several Members of his
Privy Council, will put up at the Roman Em-
peror Hotel. From this city his Majesty will go
to Louisburg, and Homburg, to visit his sisters ;
after which he will return to our city, whence he
will continue his journey by way of Giessen,
Marburg, and Cassel, to Munden. At Cassel
great preparations are making ; and at Munden,
being the frontier town, his Majesty will be re-
ceived by the Deputations from Hanover. Then
he will proceed towards Gottingen, and stop not
far from that town, at the House of the Govern-
ment, in the village ofWehnde; from this village
he will go to Gottingen itself, and then by the
Harz to Hanover.

" BRUSSELS, SEPT. 13.—1 t appears that his
Majesty the King of England, under the title of
" Earl of Dublin," will arrive in this capital on
the 18th. Every preparation to receive him has
already been made in the Hotel of Lord Clan-
carty, the British Ambassador. It is added, that
his Majesty will remain at Brussels the 19th and
20th, and continue on the 21st his journey to
Germany."

I.) celebration of the late Coronation, an inn-
keeper in the west of England engaged to fur-
nish a dinner at 20s. a head. A large party met
to partake of the good cheer, which so far ex-
ceeded the calculation of Boniface, that he found
it necessary, on send-in in the bill, to charge
255. a head. At this the party remonstrated,
and, the harmony of the evening_ would have
been sadly interrupted, but for the interference
ask Ve.rgyman, who exclaimed, -that he saw no
impropriety in the charge, as on such an occasion
it was but fair that they too.should have the ho-
nour to Grown a Sovereign !
PCN.—Two collegians, visiting a fashionable
watering-place, inquired for 'lodgings, and were
informed they could only have indifferent bed-
rooms on the second floor. They had not long
agreed for them, and returned to their inn, when
one received a note from the owner of the rooms,
stating, " that, on account of the press of com-
pany, &c. they could 'only have the garrets !"
The other, observing his chum musing over the
letter, asked him what he was reading. " What
(says he) I read quite enough of before I left
the University—an Epistle to Attic-us."
A worthy country gentleman in the commis-
sion in Essex, had acquired so much of the pro-
.vincial dialect, that he invariably said, among
other peculiarities," I were," " he were," &c.
for " I was," "he was," &c. A friend was one
day praising his green old age to another, and
saying that he never had seen a more healthy and
vigorous old man. " Nevertheless, (replied the
other) he seems to me to be much the worse for
wear !"

T 1 e Duke of MANCHESTER bas taken up his
residence at the• Clarendon, Hotel.

FOR TIIF, SUN.

DUTY OF CORONERS.

Mit. EDITOR—III this country I presume that the
humblest individual possesses an inherent right
to canvas the acts of the Public Officers; and
with this view I am induced to trouble you with
a few observations_ on the public conduct of the
Middlesex Coroner. Upon an election of a Co-
roner, he swears in open Court " That he will
" diligently and truly do and accomplish all
" and every thing and things appertaining to
" his office, after the best of his cunning, wit,
‘4 and power, both for the King's profit, and the
" good of the inhabitants within the said coun-
" ty." All the hooks agree in making it part of the
Coroner's duty to state the law to the Jury, the
Jury are then to find the facts, which is their
verdict, and which the Coroner is obliged to take, if
it is agreeable to law, but not without ; and I appre-
hend that if a Jury will not find a legal verdict,
the Coroner is not compelled to record an illegal
one, and that in fact an illegal verdict is no
verdict. If the Jury refuse to give a legal ver-
dict, the Coroner may adjourn them to the As-
sizes, where the Judges may fine them.—(vide
3 Buls. 173.)—Coroners have only to inquire of
accessaries before the fact.—(Jenkins, 177,
p. 54.)—1n -Manslaughter there can be no acces-
sary before the fact,—(vide 1 Hal. 437.)----In the
case of HONEY, it *as proved that his death was
occasioned by a pistol-ball ; it is impossible that
two persons can. at the some time discharge the
same pistol, and, as the law says, there can be no
accessary in Manslaughter, if Murder is nega-
tived by a verdict of Manslaughter, it cannot be
a legal verdict, but against the person discharg-
ing the pistol : and a Coro'ier recording a ver-
dict again9t divers persons, when one only could
be guilty on the face of his own proceedings, can-
not be said to execute his office " for the good
"of the inhabitants of the County." Coroners
are bound- to keep to the rules of law in the exe-
cution of their office ; it is their duty to draw up
their inquisitions according to those rules which'
require certainty and ought to contain—
gals, Quando, Übi' quid cujus quomodo quare.—(Vide
Umfreville on Coroner's Law, and the cases there cited, Title
Inquisition.)
In the inquisition I am alluding to, the first
requisite is wanting—the name of the offender :
that alone vitiates the whole ; it is not a verdict
against a person unknown ; it partly describes
the offender, but it is void for uncertainty. It
is the duty of a Coroner, after verdict of Murder
or. Manslaughter, to issue his warrant for the ap-
prehension of the offender ; to bind some person
over to prosecute, and the witnesses to give testi-
mony. What did the Coroner do in this instance ?
he discharged his Jury without binding over any
person ; he ought to know that the verdict was i I le-
gal, and he omitted any subsequent act, as unne-
cessary. That the Coroner has the power to
prevent an illegal verdict being recorded, I trust
I have already proved ; and the only doubt that
exists in my mind is, in what way he is punish-
able for not so doing. I should much wish a legal
opinion on this point. Query—Whether a Co-
roner recording an illegal verdict against innocent
persons, apparent on MS' inquisition, can be in-
dicted at their instance for a libel ? That the
Jury are punishable where theiiverdict be noto-
riously wrong, is quite clear—(vide 4 Black.
Com. 361.)—1t is not to be supposed that the
Guards will permit this libel to remain on record
—they, of course, will move the Court of King's
Bench for a rule to compel the Coroner to return
his inquisition, which will be immediately quash-
ed upon application, for the reasons above stated,
which reasons will - equally apply to. Francis's
case; and then, perhaps, the -Judges will deliver
their opinions on this Coroner's conduct, for the
direction of officers in similar situations. As
some of your friends may perhaps answer my
Query, I should be obliged by your inserting
this letter in your Paper,—and remain your
obedient servant, _______________________

A COUNTRY CORONER.

*** As our Paper is patronized by the legal world, insomuch
as to have been styled, in the Metropolitan Law Society, " The
Lawyer's Paper," we hope that some of our professional friends
will attend to the query of our respectable Correspondent.—The
Coroner of Middlesex has long been esteemed for knowledge
and integrity, and, considering that the extraordinary circum-
stances which attended the examination in question were enough
to bewilder the soundest mind, we can hardly wonder that he
should be willing to put an end to so disgusting a 'business.

Marshal K ELLERMAN, Duke of Valmy, hav-
ing desired that his heart should be deposited
in the field of the battle of Vainly-, his son and
friends resolved to fulfil his wishes. A monu-
ment was erected on the field of battle at the ex-
pence of the inhabitants of St.Menehould, Valmy,
Chalons, &c. The 3d of September was the day
appointed for the interment of the General's
heart, and the ceremony was performed in the
morning of that day, in the presence of a vast
concourse of .pepple. The following inscription,
said to have been dictated by the Marshal him-
self, was plaeat

" Here lie the bra've who savel Frarice on the 20th of Sep-
tember of 1792. A Soldier, who had the honottr to command
them, Marshal KelicTinan, Dulie of Valv, desires that his
heart. should be placed in the tine* of them. '
CAUTION TO -ANATOMISTS.—JOINT HERCY,
Esq. of Hawthorn, Berkshire, Master of Arts of
St. John's College, Cambridge, a Member of the
Royal Medical, and one of the Presidents of the
Royal Physical .Society of Edinburgh, and assis-
tant to Dr. HAMILTON, Physician of the Royal
Infirmary, died at Edinborgh on the sth inst.—
His death was occasioned by a puncture which
he received when examining the morbid appear-
ances of a dead body: His remains are deposited
in the same grave with those of one of his re-
spected countrymen, the son of DARWIN, in the
burial ground of Dr. DUNCAN, Senior Professor
of the Institutes of Medicine, and Physician to
his Majcsty for Scotland.
Yesterday, the REcoanErt made his report for
the July Sessions, and four have been ordered
for execution on Tuesday se'nnight, viz. George
Leigh, for uttering forged notes ; Thomas Thomp-
son,for highway robbery; with violence ; Thomas
Patmore, for stabbing , Gen. Eden ; and Sarah
PaNne, for stealing in a dwelling-house. The
execution of the latter will be postponed on ac-
count of her pregnancy.

PRICE 0:

Tills DAY AT T
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HIGH WATER 'AT WSW)
Morning, 5'3 minutes after 7.

THE SUN.

SOLEM QUIS DICER FALSUM AUDEAT?

LONDON,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1821.

The contents of the French Papers of Satur-
day, which arrived this morning, still leave unde-
termined the question between Russia and the
Porte.—The following are extracts :

" PARIS, SEPT. 1 5. A letter from Lille of
the 9th says, that orders have been sent by Go-
vernment to Calais, to make every necessary ar-
rangement for the reception of the King of Eng-
land, who is expected in the course of next week.

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_ " FRANK Fon.; SEPT. 9.—One of the principal
mercantile houses at Venice has received from
the captain of one of their vessels, the news that
the Ottoman squadron and the Greek fleet were
in sight of each other. He states that as a battle
could not fail to take place in a day or two, he
had resolved on remaining for the time at Ipsara,l
where he had recently arrived.
" The French Cabinet courier, Lafortier, com-
ing from Petersburgh with dispatches, passed
through Berlin on the 6th, on his way to Paris.
He shelved the greatest anxiety to reach his des-
tination with every dispatch.
" We hear from Corfu that intelligence has
been received there of the arrival in the Morea
of a considerable number of French, English,
and German officers, to take part with the insur-
gent Greeks. An American ship, the Mississipi,
arrived lately in the Archipelago, having on board
several French officers ; among whom was an
officer of Engineers, Amedee de Renneville, who
was born in the environs of Parga, and who is
known by a pamphlet which he published for-
merly against Napoleon, entitled La Feuille verte.
" The report of an immediate Congress at
Frankfort still gains ground.
(By Express.)—" We have this moment re-
ceived the following news from Vienna, dated
the 4th of this month: ' The courier which
brought the answer of the Cabinet of Russia
to the note sent by the Ottoman Porte to
Petersburg, in reply to the ultimatum, per-
formed the journey in thirteen days. It is
stated that, in the absence of the Emperor
Alexander, who is gone to Odessa, the Russian
Ministers declared they could not come to any
decision respecting it, and all they could do was
to forward the note of the Ottoman Government
to his Imperial Majesty.
" A IX-LA-CHAPELLE, SEPT. 11.—The Austrian
General Nugent is arrived at Berlin. We know
not whether his journey is connected with any
political object.

" The King of Wurtemberg has just inspected
the whole of his troops. We are assured that
the Sovereigns of Bavaria, Baden, and the Grand
Duchy of Hesse, are also going to review their

troops.
" The news in circulation here is calculated
to diminish the hopes we had for some days en-
terta:ned, that peace between the Porte and
Russia would not be interrupted. 'Cis asserted,
that the Cabinet of Petersburgh insists more than
ever on the occupation of Moldavia and Wala-
chia by its troops.
MAYENCE, SEPT. s.—The immediate meet-
ing.of a Congress, composed if not of the great
Monarchs, at least of their principal Ministers, is
much talked of in our prinince. What is very
certain, however, is, that preparations are making
at the Castle of Johannsberg for the reception of
its august possessor, whose arrival is expected at
latest about the same time the King of England
will visit this country. This Monarch is expect-
ed at llamburg towards the end of this month.
4' VIENNA, SEPT. 4.—Letters have been re-
ceived from Smyrna, dated the 11 th of August,
annonncing fresh commotions and massacres in
that unfortunate town. In the beginning of
August the Turks paraded the streets with arms,
and under the pretext of the supposed discovery
of a conspiracy, they murdered the most distin-
guished Greeks. About twenty Genoese who
were at Smyrna on commercial affairs were de-
nounced as Greek agents. These unfortunate
men were arrested and threatened with death,
and notwithstanding the most spirited appeals in
their behalf from the English and French Consuls,
the Turks massacred them the same night. From
that moment the Greeks, who have escaped the
hands of the murderers, have concealed thern#l6,
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