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of the accused tattoo dispels:is him from fulfilling
his duty. Such is the -generosity—l may say the
magnanimity—of our In,titutions in criminal matters,
that an Advocate must always be given to the accused
in spite of himself. Doubtless, an Advocate is not
required to plead against his conscience, but under
no pretest can he refuse to assist at the trial. What
right has an Advocate, before the close of the exa-
minations, to say that he sees no means of defending
his client ? The law, decency, and hUmanity conesr
in condemning the conduct of M. Daavt.r. We ap-
prise the Advocates who are present, that if he does
not attend to do his duty, we shall strike him off
the rolls." •
M. DRAT/LT was then sent for and appeared, and,
notwithstanding the remonstrance of General BERTON
and the reluctance of the Counsel, he was forced by
the Court to undertake the duty of Advocate for the
accused. Such, to horrnw the language of the Coun-
sel, is the generosity and magnanimity of the French
Institutions in criminal matters!! Several witnesses
were examined, and the Court adjourned.

In the affair at Rochelle the final examinations
are concluded, and the PROCUREDR-GENERAL com-
mented on the evidence, but the proceedings are not
Worth giving.
The Moniteur of Thursday has news of a recent
date from the Northern Provinces of Spain, which is
rather important. A pretended Provisional Regency
has been established in opposition to the Constitu-
tional Government, and upon the avowed principle
that the KING is held in a state of captivity, and that
all the Acts which are published in his name are.
therefore, null and void. The Regency consists of
the Marquis of MATAFLORIDA. Baron D'EattotEEs,
and the Bishop of TARRAGONA. The inauguration
took place on the 15th ult. in the Cathedral of Seo.
on which occasion FERDINAND VII. was proclaimed
according " to the ancient usages;' and, at the end
cf the ceremony, a Proclamation, in the name of
"the Supreme Government," and addressed to the
Fpanish nation. was read in all the public places. At
the same time an Address to the Catalonians was
published by Baron IiERROLLES, who commanded
amongst them during the French war.
In the .first Proclamation M. MATAFLORIDA begins
by telling the Spaniards, that since the 9th of March,
1520, the date of the restored Constitution of the
Cortes. Kon FERDINAND " has been a prisoner, and
that he has n on.;er the means of promoting the
good of his people, and of governing them according
to the MIL ten: taws. and agreeably to the advice of
wise, flee, and impartial Cortes r. Hence, therefore,
the people are to understand that the ancient laws
preset ibed to the King of SPAIN, that he should go-
vern his veople by the " advice of a free and impar-
tial Cotes." But it is notorious that FERDINAND did
not, before the year 1820, so govern his people, or so
respect the ancient laws of Spain. It is unquestion-
able that he put down by force the Cones which he
found existing at his return to the Spanish territory—
the Cortes which had restored him to his Throne;
and that he had ever since, namely, from 1814 to
1820, ruled by the Inquisition, and by the executioner
only, without once thinking of any advisers but his
favourites, or of any laws but his own passions.

The following particulars of the success of the
Creeks will be read with interest :
FRANKFORT, AUGUST 24.

We have at this instant received new details of the
victory gained by the Greeks on the 14th of duly,
which are of the greatest interest. As already stated,
the Hellenians were forced on the 13th, after fighting
valiantly, to retreat, and they took up a new position
in the Straits of Thermopylae. Encouraged by their
success the evening before, the Turks attempted on
the 14th to force all the passages, but 700 brave sol-
diers, under the command of another Leonidas, young
Bozzaris, stopped their progress till night, repeating
a thousand times the cry of Eleutheria (Liberty).
They defended with the greatest heroism the princi-
pal defiles. During this time the greater part of the
Greek army marched with great haste and arrived,
after making several detours, in the rear of the ene-
my's army, where it took up a position. The Turks,
einicely surrounded, were attacked with fury and com-
pletely routed. The results were most brilliant ; three
Pachas, seventy Beys, and eleven thousand men, were
taken prisoners. All the baggage of the Ottoman
army, with its artillery and tents, fell into the power;
of the victors. Nearly a third of the Turkish army
was killed, and a considerable number wounded.—
Chourschid Pacha had great difficulty to save him-
self with four thousand-men, the miserable wreck of
his army at Larissa.

During the battle, Grecian women, leading with
them boys of ten years of age, who followed the ex-
ample of their mothers, hurled down stones on the
Turks from the tops of the mountains. In general,
the Hellenians fought with an enthusiasm, great al-
most beyond example. Their cry was—" Death to
the Barbarians I—Vengeance ! Our brothers were
massacred at Scio !" Young Bozzaris, the modern
hero of Thermopylae, in his devotion to his country
forfeited his life. His corpse was transported to Co-
rinth with the greatest pomp ; 1000 women, preceded
by 160 Priests, accompanied the procession. They are
preparing in that city to pay him the greatest honours-
FRENCH Fuxas, Atm. S I .--Five per Cents. Of. 45c.

This forenoon we received a German Mail, bringing
the Austrian Observer to the 22d ultimo, and the Alt-
&amine Zeitung to the 24th ultimo. The former