The Sun.
London, England, 1820-11-29 00:00:00

BULLION.

Portugal Gobi, in Coin / .0 0 0 perOs
Foreign Gold, in liars :-I 17 loi
Sew Doubloons
Svw Dollars.
iiker in liar*, Standard 0 4 11 i

Multi) Ett9.---( The Poisoned Puddings.)—Onr
readers will remember that some short time ago
an account appeared in this Paper of 3, men, pri-
soners in Maidstone gaol, of the names of Green-
street and Hearn, having lost their lives by eating
some poisoned pudding,whicbhad been sent to the
former prisoner, as if coming from his
,relations
at Tunbridge. It was at that time suspected that
the poisoned pudding had been forwarded to•the
unfortunate man by a gang of Gipsies, with Whom
Greenstreet had formerly been 'connected: in
horSe-stealing. It being understood by-the gang
that he intended to turn King's evidence, Was the
supposed cause of the diabolical. design. Two
Bow-street officers ha'e•lately been employed in
discovering and apprehehding some of this vil-
lainous gang, and we • are happy to state that
they have been sticcessful in 'securing a man of
the name of .Proudly, Who, in addition to the
above crime, is ',charged with horse-Stealing.
A woman, calling herself Mary Bdker, has also
been committed to prison on the charge of having
made the poispiied pudding. •

HAYIBURGII, NOV. 9.l.—The post from Copen-
hagen has this moment arrived. There have been
a great number of arrests in that capital, and

among others, several person,' of great conse--
qu'ence. Their object appears to have been that
rot-Obtaining a -new Constitution, and a Repre-
sentative Government. Some lives have been
lost when the instigators were arrested by the_Po-
lice ; but as the feeling in general, throughout
Copenhagen and the whole of Denmark, is in
favour of a new Constitution, no doubt is enter-
tained but that it will ultimately be granted to
the people.
in Russia, also, it would seem that the people
are by no means satisfied with the existing state
of things. The letters from Petersburgh, most
probably from motives of prudence, are written
in a guarded manner, and say but little as to the
real state of things. The latest advices are re-
ceived by a vessel arrived at Yarmouth, from
PetArsburgli; after a passage of only 15 days.
The following is an Extract from one of them :

PETKIIMBURGH, Nisv.' 10 —You will henr by the time

this reaches you of a great ec. nt which has happened in Itils-
-1 sia.-which I have tia doubt will he much exaggerated oil your
side of the water; but 'we entertain no fears as to the result
here.

We are now• inclined to think that the account received
limn the Sound, of .a portion of the H sts,iati Army having
l: id down their at ms in consequence of the severity of the dis-
cipline imposed, may h•,ve some foundation in truth, as it is
trot unlikely that the great event 'Abided to in the above ex-
tract triers to the mutinous spirit of the military."
•

LISBON PAPERS
We yesterday received Lisbon Papers to the

20th inst.

Their contents are of great import-

once, as explaininc, the fresh movements in that
carital, which led to the adoption of the Spa-
nih Constitution, as the basis for convening the
Portuguese Cortes. _

Lisbon, Nor. 11.
Must Illustrious and Most Excellent Segnior Gaspar

Texcira dr hlagalliacs c Lacruda,

The people of this capital, seeing that the pre-
paratory Junta of the Cortes does not meet iii
its whole extent the just Requisition which the
Judge of
.the people of Lisbon, in the name of
this same people, conjointly with the army, de-
clared to be the will of the people, and abso-
lutely necessary for the good of the nation, that
the Deputies to the Cortes should be elected in
the method and with the same regulations as are
prescribed in the Spanish Constitution, began 10
despair, and judged its rights offended; and the
people and the army desiring to prevent that act
of the plurality of the preparatory Junta from
proceeding farther to the detriment of the na-
tion, have recommended to your Excellency, as
General Commanding-in-Chief the armed forces
of the North and the South, now in this city, that
y ou may deign to take it into consideration.
They apply to your Excellency, that the army
being assembled you may cause the Spanish Con-
stitution to be proclaimed, which, being modified
by the Corte's convoked in the Spanish manner,
may be adopted and appropriated to the man-
ners, customs, and soil of Portugal, without al-
tering it in its essential parts, and in the liberal
ideas which it contains.

This is what we expect from the patriotism of
your Excellency.

(Signed)

JOAO ALVES.
VERISSIMO .10.7,E DA VEIGA.
Result of the military conference held in the
palace of the Government, on the 11 th of No-
vember, 1820, at which were present the Judge
(J az do Povo) Joao Alves, and his clerk Veris-
simo Jose da Veiga, occasioned by the repre-
sentation of the same highly honoured Judge.
That the Spanish Constitution, as sworn to,
and that the Deputies to the Cortes shall meet,
being elected in proportion to the population of
the kingdom, or chosen as is prescribed in the
said Constitution ; and that when those Deputies
have assembled, they shall make the modifica-
tions which may be suitable, but not such as might
render us less free. The population is to be so
divided as to make the number of Deputies 100.
That four Members more shall be elected for
the Government.
That the Members of the Government who

shall be charged with the four departments—
• Affairs of the Kingdom, War and Marine, Fo-
reign Affairs, and Finance, shall not have any
vote except in matters which concern their de-
partments ; and cannot be employed in any other
branch of the public service.
That the Members employed in the four said
departments shall not make any promotion (pro-
vimento) nor other thing whatever without a de-

cision of the Government.
That four other Members be named to unite
• -With the others who are actually in the Govern-
' inent, which persons are the followino. :—The
Most Excellent Conde de Scimpayo, Pedro Letite
Pereira de Mello, Jose Manoel Ferreira de
Souza, Francisco cl? Sousa, Cirne de Maureira.
That the command of the whole armed force
of the Kingdom be entrusted to the Most Excel-
lent Seignor Gaspar Texeira de Magathaes e
Lacerda.
(Here follow the deposition of the Officers.)
Arid they immediately took the oath, as well
as the Members of the Government, who were
present, namely—the Vice-President, Antonio
da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca, Deputies Conde de
Sampayo, Conde, de Penafiel, Mathias Jose Diaz
Azedo, Hermano Jose Braamcamp do Sabral,
P. L. P. de Mello, F. de Sousa, Cirne de Madu-
reira, Fr. F. de S. Luiz, M. F. Thomas, J. J.
Ferreira de Motisa, J. M. Ferreira de Sousa e
Castro. This act being concluded, the Govern-
ment' opened its Sittings, and appointed the
c9unt de Sampayo Secretary of Finance and
Director of the Treasury.
LISBON, Nov. 14.—1 n the sitting of the Go-
vernment on the l;th instant, the following Mem-
bers of the Government having requested their
• discharge, viz. Messrs H. J. Braamcamp de So-
bral, F. F. de S. Luiz, M. F.- Thornaz, and J. J.
Ferreira de Mouse; the Deputy J. M. Ferreira

de Mouza e Castro, was charged with the De-
partment of Home Affairs, and Antonio de Sil-
veira Pinto da Fonseca, • with that of Foreign
Affairs.
We know that the Government aring
to fiend to the Provinces those articles. E. the
Spanish' Constitution which regula the eleTkon,
of Deputies to the Cortes, for e 0.47011/4a-c-
,
celerating, as much a§ poSSi in;l
stallation of the august National COtigress.
LISBO.NI _Nov. 17.—This day, in the Palace
Of Signor G. Texeira, a Military Council was
held of -all the General Officers, Commanders of
Divisions, &c. not only of the North and South
Armies, but also of the Garrison of this city, re-
specting the events of the 11th. They were as-
sembled from ten in the morning until three, and
in consequence of their decision, the Major Ge-
nerals Povoas and Vascoucellos went as Deputies
from them to the Palace of the. Government, tak-
ing wi h them a document signed by all present
to this effect :---
1. The state of the Capital and public opinion reqoire •
that the Deputies, who lately desired their discharge, resume
their functions, because neither the army nor the nation
concomd.

2. That the election Of Deputies to the Cortes he made ac-
cording to the Spanish System, this being the general opinion
of the nation and the army, and the sole motive which caused
the general parade oft he 1 lt h N vember, 1820.
3. Th.at every other part of the Spanish Constitution shall
not be executed, except- when
,the Cortes shall, meet and
adopt the basis of it, with the alterations which they shall
judge prom.
A t half-past six p. m. Signor Manoel Fernan-
dez Thomaz, and the other three 'members who
had resigned, came -from the palace of the Mar-
quess di Vallada, amidst the acclamations of
the people, filled with the enthusiasm at the
peace and concord which this' happy resolution
brings us.
An equal concourse of people attended Sig-
nors Gaspar Texeira, Sebastian Cabreira, B.
Castro e Sepulveda, and the honoured Judge and
his Secretary.
Extract from an Extraordinary Supplement to
the Lia.bon " Liberal" V November 18 :
" The Most Excellent Senor Marshal Gaspar
Texeira, conspicuously displayed the firmness
and reliability of character Which We have
always praised, and the Illustrious Colonel S -
pulveda and the valiant Senor Sebastian Drago
'Valente de Brito Cabreira, whose spirit will
always be a safeguard to-our country against des-
potism or anarchy, displayed the same feeling. As
soon as the Session ended, in consequence of the
Military Deputation of the worthy Chiefs, joyful
vivas sounded from the balcony of the Govern-
ment House; the first'being given by the Secre-
tary of the Government, which Live the
Portuguese Army, which for tho second time has
saved the country,' to which an immense multi-
tude of the people, bathed in joy, answered as they
did to the others,
.which were most frequently
repeated, viz Live the inhabitants of Lisbon,
who have known, in a manner never experienced
before, how to unite the spirit of patriotism with
order'—' Live the King'—' Live the Nation'—
' Live those who have restored to the Nation its
rights.' NV hen night came on, the Patriots did not
rest from seeking out the much honoured Judge
of the People and his Secretary, who, when
found, were conducted to the station of the Go-
vernment with incredible joy. The Members of
the 'Supreme Government, uniformly liberal,
caused lights to be placed on the edge of the
balcony, to shew themselves to those well-de-
serving citizens. Then it was, that, among a
thousand shouts of the Government and of the
reople, that it was repeated on the part of the
illustrious IN. embers of the Government, Live
the Spanish Constitution more liberal !' to which
all the immense multitude that was in the Praca
do Itocio answered with unheard-of enthusiasm.
At the same time several houses were illumi-
nated." •

LAW IN-FELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY. N0v.29.
OPERA 110 USE.-WATERS V. TAYLOR.

Three distinct motions were made in this
cause this day ; the first by Mr. Heald was respect-
ing an organ, placed in the Concert-room of the
Opera House, eight Q4-light brilliant cut lustres,
with rods, chains, &c. seven platforms and seats,
the canopy and sides to the King's entrance, the
satin furniture, &c. belonging to the two state
boxes, and the mirrors, &c. which had been taken
in execution by the Sheriff of Middlesex, at the
suit of Messrs. Chambers and Co. of Bond-street,
due to them from Mr. Waters.

After hearing Mr. ROLTPELL in support of the
motion, and
Mr. RosE (on behalf of Messrs. Chambers),
who contended that, Mr. Taylor could not, by
possibility, have any claim here, as his proper
course would have been to have brought an ac-
tion of,trover against the parties, and,
Mr. HART, who contended that the property
in question was not confined to the Concert
Room, but was distributed about the Theatres,

The. LORD CHANCELLOR referred the case to
the Master, but left the point as to costs un-
settled, until the Master makes his report, with
liberty to either party to make any application.
The second motion was, that Sir John Sitneon
should •be directed to proceed Die in them, in
taking the 'accounts relative to the management
from 1805 to 1813, during which period M'r.Tay-
lor had the possession and command of the pro-
perty. The motion was made on the alleged re-
luctance of Mr. Taylor to go on with the accounts
before the Master, for more than one hour per
day (the usual practice before the Master), al.
though he, the Master, had offered to devoto !title
hours per day to the investigation of the accounts.
The Loan CHANCELLOR, in consequence of
the proposition, that the Master should proceed
Die in diem, not being objected to, said he should
not make any further order till he had seen the
Master.

The third motion was, that the Accountant-
General might be allowed to pay out of the
Funds in Court to Mr. Taylor the sum of 50001.
as Mr. Waters had been allowed to retain a like
sum out of the amount of his purchase money.
It was intimated, that, if this was not complied

with, a motion would be made that Mr. Waters
~hould be ordered to pay into Court a sum to
the amount above named.

After hearing Mr. HART and Mr. Roui.ir. in
favour of their. respective .clients, ordered' the
case standrover Until nekt Term.
-... . ib, . •
. SERGE V. SERGESSON.
)% 1/#1 It.tli,„. iIIP efiWA`* nl'tle'partlpf tile vittaktiffl
..,4.
that the o—rderS—rraireThy- ilie—COilit in this- case,
to pai to Xmia., Mag,aiSergesion, the infant de-
fendant, the sum of 390/. per annum for her main-•
tenatice, should-1e discharged,- 'on the -gioun-d.
that she was the child of other parents, imposed
upon the late Colonel 'Sergesson, by his wife, .as
their. child ; an issue was sent to a Court of Law
to try the fact, and the Jury had returned, a ver.
dict, that she was not the child of Colonel Ser-
gesson, but one imposed upon him as his.--The
motion was not opposed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR---" Take your mo-

1011."

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 28.

BLASPHEMY and SEDITION.--TLIE KING V. DAVISON.

Mr. GURNEY moved for the judgment of the
Court on the defendant, who was tried at the last
Sittings after Term before Mr. Justice Best, at
Guildhall, London, and found Guilty of publish-
ing two libels ; one on the Christian Religion, in
Tice Deist's Magazine, and a seditious libel. pub-
lished in The Republican.

The affidavits were put in andtread on the part
of the defendant.
Mr. COOPER addressed the Court in a brief
but eloquent speech in mitigation of punishment.
Mr. GURNEY and Mr.MARRICATT spoke in ag-
gravation, and dwelt particularly on the cir-
cumstance, that since the defendant's conviction
the publication of The Deist's illagazine still
went on.

Mr. Justice BAYLEY delivered the judgment
of the Court, and after a suitable address, pass-
ed the following sentence :—" That the de-
fendant be imprisoned in his Majesty's gaol at
Okeham, in the county of Rutland, for two
years, and at the end of that time to find security
for live years, himself in 2001. and two securities
in 201. each."