Star.
London, England, 1810-07-31 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following was the positimr of the alliedtritish
and Portuguese Army in the Peninsula, at the date of
the last accounts from Portugal :—The cavalry was all
in advance; the Royals at Sabugal, the 14th and
Pith Regiments at and near Fuerte de la Conception,
the 3d and 4th on the Coa ; the Infantry occupied a
line from Celorico by the valley of Mondego and
Gaarda on the one side, and to Fuerte de la Concep-
tion on the other.
The Ross and Renfrew Regiments of Militia ar.
lived at Leith on Thuesday night on board seven
smacks from London. They were landed next morn-
ing. The Ross-shire are to be quartered at Leith, and
the Renfrew in Musselburgh barracks.

Detachments of the 2d and 3d Foot Guards, and
of the 13th and 30th regiments of Foot, have marched
into Portsea last week. The Guards, which consist of
149 men, will embark for Portugal, and the detach-
ments of the 13th and 30th for Cadiz.

A detachment of the Durham Regiment of Militia
has marched from Hilsea to Porchester.

Deputy Commissioner-General MANNY k appointed
to the Hampshire District, in the room of Deputy
Commissary-General COPE, removed to the Kent Dis-
trict

A General Court Martial' has lately been held at
the Castle Tavern, Brighton, on Robert. Curtis, a:
Corporal in the Oxford Regiment of • Militia, on
charges preferred against him :
Firer—For having, on different occasions, endeavoured to excite
a spirit of discontent and dissatisfaction by attempting to per-
suade the men of the said regiment of Militia, that they had
bun defrauded by their Colonel of certain articles, viz, shoes,
stocks, du._ •
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Second—Por also having spoke disrespectfully of his Colonel
*Mother officers, particularly on the 24th June.

Third—Fur having made "a
false accusation against Colonel
Gore Langton, commanding the Oxford Regiment of Militia, in
a letter addressed to Lord C. Somerset, commanding the district
a Sussex, stating, that he, had laid the circumstances of his com-
alLint before the Colonel, who had refused hint satisfAction.
Upon which charges the prisoner has been found
Guilty of the whole, and is sentenced to receive 1000
lashes, and to be reduced to the ranks.

Review OF THE LIFE Guanns.--Yesterday the re-
giments of Life Guards were reviewed •on Wimble-
don Common, by his Royal Highness the Prince of
WALES. They arrived on the Heath about eleven
o'clock in excellent order. The Queen's regiment of
Light Dragoons kept the ground, and the Guards.
farmed in line, with their right extended towards the
town of Wimbledon. The military display,on this occa-
sion attracted a numerous corps of tashionables, who.
drove to the Common in landaus, barouches, tandems,
and other dashing vehicles. A close line of carriages
drew up in front of the column, with a numerous troop
of horsemen. The Ladies were elegantly attired,
and the arrangements preparatory to the review fur-
: instal a most agreeable coup The Pnitice ar-
rived about twelve o'clock in his poSt. chariot. The
'queries and grdonts of his Royal Highness waked
on the ground with several line chargers: The PRINCE
mounted his beautiful grey horse, in a Field Marshal's
uniform. The housing of the charger was scailet,
ridgy ornamented • with gold and superb stars em-
tY)ssed in silver. The bridle was -also ildorned with
gold trophies, and other elegaiit devices. General.
Lord HEATHFIELD took .the right of the PRINCE, and
Sir.DAVID DLNDAS the left. Their Royal High-
nesses the Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE were also
present, with a numerous Staff. The evolutions then
commented,the word offornmand being given by Ge-
neral Baum The discipline of these fine regiments
has long excited admiration. On no occasion have
they. appeared to more advantage than at this review.
After wheeling intd line, tiring their pistols, and a va-
riety of manoeuvres, conducted with astonishing rapi
dity, precision, and firmness, they made one grand
. charge and hatted. Lord HEAT/IFIELD then rode in
front of the line, and the whole gave a grand salute,
which the PRINCE returned, by advancing towards
the regiment unarvered, indicating at the same time
. his approval of their behaviour. The review then
ended. The Royal Dukes left the ground, and the
PRINCE returned to town in his carriage. The wind
blew rather strong, and the day was unpleasant at in-
tervals, consequently the spectators were not so nu-
merous as they might have been, had the weather
Proved propitious. No accident of consequence hap-
pened. Mr. SHERIDAN was among the spectators.
CORK, JULY 1.1.

This morning the ROTA, having under convoy ten
sail of transports with troops on board, arrived in this
harbour from Portsmouth. • The following are the
Regiments ; the 6th, 20th, 38th, 7Gth, and 84th.

HALIFAX, (NOVA SCOTIA) Hjl.l( 2., .;
•
Ten days ago the Ferret cutter arrived from Engt
.land with orders for the two Fusileer regiments, the
.7,11 and 23d, quartered here near two years,•.to.ent!.
bark immediately for Lisbon. Yesterday, the
• Royal Fusileers, sailed .m berird the Squadron,
"banded by Sir John B. Warren, who in some weeks'
returns to England: Stich dispatch was ordered
and used, and last Wednesday the troopi were on
board the ships of war. The Admiral's ship; the
Swiftsure, Captain Austen, with 400 men; the Milan
frigate, Sir R.. Lawrie, 320 men, and every other ves7
&el in proportion.

_ .
Transports are daily expected to carry to the same
destination the 23d or Royal Welsh Fusileers, the de-
tachments of which at Annapolis Royal, arid St. John
are called in, and will soon arrive. It is a very fine
and well officered regiment, and has distinguished
itself in Holland, in Egypt, at the taking of Copen-
hagen. and Martinique. Its departure is much re-
. grated by the inhabitants. The 93th regiment from
Quebec has taken its place ; and the 2d battalion of
; the Sth regiment is on its way from Europe to fill the
vacancy in this garrison left by the 7th.
This colony is under the government of Sir G.
Pocock, in a very flourishing situation. Its forests,
and those of Canada, contain timber enough for the
aiilitary and commercial navy of Great Britain during
twenty years to come, without any importation from
tile Baltic. Hands and capitals are only wanted
--This coast abounds with all sorts of fish. A
simon of 201bs. may be bought for half a dollar ; a
siod.tish of the same weiry t for 10d. a dozen lobsters
f6r GJ. had,locks, mackrel, herrings, hallibuts, stur-
Porti ns, Rounders, and nther fish are cheap in pro
po on.

" I derive, therefore, the greatest satisfaction, from observing,
that (with an exception or two, entirely unworthy of notice,) the
whole body of the Bombay army, in disavowing all fiEowship
with those who had forgot their duty, has confirmed the high re-
putation, witch has ever been attached to it, and I cannot con-
clude without requesting you to convey to the members of the
Bombay military establishment the sincere and cordial expression
of those sentiments of respect, regard and confidence, which I
have ever professed, and shall ever retain for that distinguished
portion of the Company's forces and that highly meritorious body
of British Officers. I have the honour to be, &c. &c.
(Signed) MINTO.
" Fort St. George, December 1, 1809."
Published by order of the Honourable the Governor in Council,
F. WARDEN, Chief Secretary.

Extract from the log-book of the ship United King-
dom, just arrived from Jamaica :••44 On Sunday,
17th June, while standing to the northward, across
the Bight of Leogane, during the night, a heavy can-
nonading was heard in the N. E. quarter. On ap-
proaching Cape Nicola, before day, on the 18th, the
fire•of cannon was distinctly seen to be from the bat-
teries on the hills that command the town of Cape
Nicola, and were evidently filing on the town. 'When
day appeared, there were seen tree large ships, (one
of which carried a Vice-Admiral's flag), four brigs,
and a schooner of war, off the entrance of Cape Ni-
cola Mole. The batteries continued to fire on the
town without intermission for the whole day. About
one P.M. same day, several new batteries were open-
ed, and the cannonading continued without intermis-
sion while the United Kingdom was within hearing.
The fleet shewedno colours, but was supposed to he
that belonging to CullusTOrff F., and the batteries play-
ing on the town, manned from the army under the
same Chief, attacking the Mole, as it was in posses.
sion of PETION at that time."

We have .received, by a South• Sea Whaler arrived
at Portsmouth, a set of Sidney Gazelles to March last.
Owing to the flooding of the Hawkesbury, St. George,
and Nepean Rivers, at the latter end of August, ex-
tAisi ve devastation had been committed in that colony,
tLe crops being • totally destroyed, and a vantity
of cattle washed away. One cultivator, Major
JOIINSTOKE, lost 490 sheep ; and another (Mr. MAC'.
CULLVM) 300. The Governor, to guard against the
apprehended scarcity, had issued a proclamation, for-
bidding for a limited time the slaughtering of live
stock without a special licence.

Last week, as some workmen employed by Mr.
Waters, butcler, of Brecon, were pulling down an old
house in that town, for the purpose of rebuilding it,
they were agreeably surprised on finding a valuable
_purse, which had been secreted in the wall of a chim-
ney, and had probably lain there more than two cen-
turies. The purse contained about thirty pieces of
gold coin, and 200 of silver, chiefly of the reigns of
Henry VIII. Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth.

A few days ago as the workmen were digging a
cellar adjoining the City of Antwerp Inn, Dover,
they discovered several human bones, and at length a
chalk-stone, which had been hollowed out to contain
a human head, which appeared to have been decapi.
stated, as the stone was adapted to receive the neck
.part. The skeleton of the head was nearly perfect
.:when first discovered, the teeth in the jaws quite per.
fect-;. but, after it had been exposed to the air for a
,few hours, it mouldered away to dust.

T.wojaung Ladies, of the names of Banks and
Sharman, residing with their parents in the vicinity
of Stamford, died- suddenly last week, in consequence
of drinking cold small beer when heated with dancing.
In the course of last week, several small land tor-
toises have been found trawling about Hampstead
Heath, supposed to have strayed thither from some
gentleman's garden in the vicinage.
Friday last, some boys at play, near the Hoop pub-
lic-house, on Hampstead Heath, discovered a num-
ber of large adders wreathed together in a knot, and
basking in the sun-shine under a hedge. The boys
attacked them with stones, and the eeptiles quickly
disentwined themselves, and made battle for some
time, by hissing at their assailants : one more bold
than the rest advanced towards one of the boys, who
fortunately killed it with a stone y it measured above
four feet in length, and had several frogs in its belly.
A flock of birds have made their appearance at
Aberdeen, of a species rarely seen in this country.
They are of the genus Loxia, order, Curvirortra,
commonly called Crossbill, or German Parrot. They
are inhabitants of Sweden, Get many, and the southern
parts of Russia, and migrate periodically to this
country. The last flock seen here was about 17 years
ago. They generally fix their residence in the neigh-
bourhood of pine woods, the seed of which is their
usual food. Numbers of them have been shot at this
time. The male is of a red-lead colour, mixed with
deep brown, and has black legs. The colour of the
female inclines Is, green, streaked with brown.

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BOMBAY, /AWAY 27, line • . APRICULTIMAL REPORT nA. JUL? . -
15107E11AL ORDERS, JANUARY 15.
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. By the Commander in Chief. The genial showers in the early part of the month,
The Honourable the Governor in Council has been - have in some degree impeded the hay harvest in the
..pleased to direct, that the following letter, from the midland counties ; but they have thrown the corn into
Right Holt. the Governor General under date the Ist a Lire and fruitful eat, giving the harvest the most
of Ikeember last, shall be published in orders.
promising an.l productive appearance. The wheat
The Honourab* JONATHAN DUNCAN, j crop, except in a few instances, will be more than an
Governor in Council, &c. itc. ' ' ! average crop. The barleys are a full crop in must
" HONOI7RABLY Silt.. Bombay,
" t have had the honour of receiving your letter of Stet octo• counties, and the late growing weather has forced
her together with its iuclosures contakting the proceedings held the ear out of the hose, even upon lands in the worst
by the Commander in Chief Of the Forces serving under the state of cultivation. o.ds, in all situations, on both
presidency
fabricated of
ptr Bomwhicbay h
purported for obtainin
to g
be ap a formromial disavowal of the high and low lands, have the most promising appear-
the disaffected part of the Coast Army, in the name of the OM. ante, and show well fora full crop. The winter tares
ceri of your establishment, and which had been circulated by have yielded much food for soiling, %hid* has been
the Committees on the Coast, with a vie* to promote the suc- almost invaluable, on account of the scarcity of grass.
teas of the criminal transactions in which they were engaged. The latter-maths and turnip crops promise to be very
" The result of this investigation is entirely agreeable to my 'neat. The summer fallows, owing to the late di y
firm and confident expectations, ands highly .iatisfattiiry to my .r.
mind, as it must be to that o 1 every man who feels a warm con-
wenher, are in a forward state of cultivation, and
tent either in the public interests, or in the honour of the Boni- will not require much attention through the month
bay army. That honour has ever been, and lam assured will of harvest.
ever continue unsullied, by any deviation from the purest princi-
ples of the military character.
" Neither the inquiry instituted by Major-General Jones, re-
specting that contemptible fabrication, nor the subsequent trans-
mission of the same scandalises Paper, from the supreme Go-
vernment, were founded in distrust, or conveyed any indications
of suspicion; but the unhappy c•rcumstanees of that extraordi-
nary and lamentable period, indispensably required the commu-
nication of such a document, to the respectable body of men,
whose sentiments and conduct it misrepresented in a manner so
slanderous lowa, di them. and so prejudicial to the public peace
and security.—lf that obviously necessary measure had been
omitted, Government would, on one hand, have deprived the
army of Bombay, of an opportunity to repel so foul and so trea-
amass an imputation, and to give utterance to their own true
and honourable 54 ntiments, in a moment of public anxiety and
alarm ; and on the other, would have left the fomenters of public
trouble, in possession of a formidable engine, actually employed
with much diligence, and not without some success, for mis-
leading the public mind, and strengthening the hands of disaffec-
tion and revolt.

LiIlY INTALLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY O.
SOLLY V. RAMSAY.
This was an action of damages for the breach of a
mercantile contract. The facts, as stated by the
Counsel for the plaintiff, were as follow :
The defendant had ordered one hundred barrels of
yellow tallow from the plaintiff, agreeing at the same
time, that in case any nutter of dispute should arise in
the performance of the contract, it should be left to
the decision of the broker, a Mr. Sharp. The tallow
arrived, and was delivered over to the defendant, ac-
cording to his order. On its being cursorily viewed,
it appeared evidently injured by wet, and the casks
damaged. The defendant upon this view, wrote to
the plaintiff, stating that in consequence of the injury,
he could not receive the tallow, without an allowance
for the damage done by the wet, and for the state of
the casks. Mr. Sharp was then brought forward to
ascertain the damage, and he fixed it at 9s. per hun-
dred weight, amounting to three hundred pounds for
the entire. The tallow remained for some months
longer in the defendant's possession, but unused. On
its being opened, it was found to differ totally from
the order, and instead of the best yellow tallow, to
consist of three different, and all of these inferior
kinds. Oa this the defendant considered the contract
as at an ead, and desired to return the tallow. But
the price of the commodity having fallen, the plaintiff
insisted on the performance of the contract, and for
that bi ouffit the present action. Evidence was brought
to prove the facts.
Lord Elavatonovorr had no doubt that, as the
material differed from that which was ordered, the
original contract was prima fide done away, and not
capable of being referred to Mr. Sharp. But the de.
fendant might, of course, take the material as it stood,
by a virtually new contract, and send Mr. Sharp to
ascertain what deduction might be justly made. It
rested with the Jury then to consider, whether the 1
case gave room for such circumstances, and whether
that agreement, by which the defendant desired to be
allowed for the damage by wet, and the state of the
casks, was made with knowledge of the actual state
of the tallow at the time. If it appeared that the de-
fendant was actually ignorant of the inferior- riature.
of the material, when he gave the direction to Sharp
to make his valuation of the injury (and all the evi-
dence seemed to point towards that), he could not be.
considered as authorising any new contract, and the
Jury must find a verdict for the defendant. The
value of the hundred casks was upwards of £3OOO.
The Jury retired from the box, and, after consult-
ing for a considerable time, brought in a verdict for
the plaintiff, deducting the £3OO, according to the
estimate of the broker.

TOE KINO V. /MODAL!, ANT) DEPNALL.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated this to be an in-
dictment against the defendants for a conspiracy to de-
fraud Samuel Moorey, the prosecutor, of £6O, under
pretence of procuring him a situation in his Majesty's
Customs as a.tide.waiter. The offence which he had
imputed to the defendants was one which, he hoped,
would not frequently occur ; and when it did, he
trusted it would meet with punishment. Redilalt,
one of the defendants, was formerly an officer in the
Customs • but having greatly misconducted himself,
he had been dismissed. Depnall, the other defen-
dant, was an officer at present, and one who, by
his activity and attention, had gained the good opi-
nion of one of the Commissioners (Mr. Williams) ;
and in return for obligations conferred on him by
that Gentleman, be imposed upon him by represent-
ing Moorey as a relat'on ; and this representation in-
duced Mr. Williams to give him a tide-waiter's place.
It would appear in evidence, that Mnorey, the pro-•!
secutor, had expressed a wish to have a situation in.!
the Excise or Customs, to a person named Wiltshire,
who thereupon introduced him to the defendant Red-
Ball
; and Reddall, on being informed of his wish,
represented himself as being employed as an agent by
the Commissioners to procure persons who would
purchase situations, and that he h id bee* so employed •
for upwards of 25 years. It would not be necessary
for hint to state all the evidence; it was sufficient to
say, a situation was procured for Moorey for the sum
of RBO, but the situation not proving so profitable as
had been represented by the defendints, Moorey
thought he had reason to complain of having been
! deceived in the transaction, and he did in fact corn- ,
plain to one of the Commissioners ; and this corn- '
plaint brought the whole transaction to light.
Samuel Moorey, the prosecutor, stated, that he was
introduced to Reddall by Wiltshire, in September,
1808, who told him he was general agent to the Com-
missioners, and would procure him a preferable tide-
waiter's place for £BO. On the 15th of September he
went to Reddall's house, by appointment : Reddall
was not at home when he arrived, but he sat dowp
in the parlour to wait his return ; Reddall came in
soon after, and the witness heard him tell his sister
as he passed through the hall, that he had procured
the place for the witness ; that the other defendant,
(Depnall) and him were to divide the 480 between
them, except £5 which he must give to Wiltshiri.
On his entering the room where the witness was, lie
told the witness he had procured him the situation ;
and the witness asked him if the Commissioners were
acquainted with the terms on which he was to be ap-
pointed ? He answered yes, or how otherwise could
he have obtained it ? he had paid to Mr. Williams,
one of the Commissioners, £6O, and he (Reddall)
was to have. the remaining £2O for his trouble. The

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following evening they met again, at the Shin onislie
house, on Tower-hill ; when the witripS paid the do
fondant £e2o, through the hands of the landlord, Red-
dall saying he must not receive it from him direct.
The landlord gave him a receipt, purporting to be an
obligation to return him (the witness) the money, if
he was not appointed. On the following morning,
the witness, accompanied by his brother-in-law, T.
Lee, again met Reddall, and gave him a pmnsissorip
note for the remaining £6O, payable in ten days.
Two papers were produced, one purporting that he
had sold nut £fo stock to pay Mr. Williams, thii
other purponing to be the receipt of that Gentleman
fur that sum. On the 23d of September the witness
and Lee went to the Custom-house with the defen-
dant, and brought back the following note a
" Cubtorn-house, London, Sept. 23, 1 SOL.
a Samuel Moorey, to he a preferable Tide-waiter, in the rw
et Win. cliancAtui, redgned, J. W.— There does nut appear to •
be any objection, F. C."
The witness asked Reddall whether he should be
asked any questions at the Custom-house as to having
paid any money for his appointment? the defendant
s lid no, they passed all these things over when he
brought any one to ,be sworn. The witness was
1 sworn into the office that day ; and afterwards dined
with Reddall, and saw the other defendant for tie
• first time; the situation not turaing out so profitable
as he was persuaded it wottld, he receiving only £6s_
for one year's service, he remonstrated with the de-
fendant Reddall, in consequence of which he got Al2O
back, but Reddall told him, if he was not then satis-
tied he would soon have him dismissed.
On his cross examination, he was asked, whether,
when before the Lord Mayor, he did not swear that
he had given no fee for his appointment ? he answered
to the best of his knowledge he had not done so, of
at least he never heard such words read over to him.
The oath was then produced, signed Samuel Moo-
rey ; the witness acknowledged the signature to be
his hand-writing.
Lord ELLENUOROUGIT.-4t is too much to ask for
a verdict on the evidence of a witness who comes en-
der such suspicious circumstances. I must strike out
the whole of his evidence. It is for you, Mr. Attor-
ney, to consider whether you can substantiate the
charge without it ; these prosecutions are most pro-
per, but when a man denies so positively having taken
an oath to which he afliaed his signature, every part
of his evidence will require corroboration.
The ATTORNEY GENEHAL.—In justice to Mr. Wil-
liams, I trust your Lordship will permit me to call
him ?

Mr. Williams, a Commissioner of Customs, was
then called, who stated that he did not know the de-
fendant Reddall ; the other defendant had been his
servant previous to his procuring him a situation in
the Customs. Dapnell told him Moorey was his re-
lation he did not know Moorey, but recommended
him because he was Dapnell's relation ; he never re-
ceived a farthing for the appointment, nor did he know
a farthing ever was paid.
Mr. COMMON &WEAN justice to YOU, Mr.
Williams, I assure you I have never been instructed
to say you had any knowledge of the transaction in
any way whatever.
The ATroRN ILY Garream..—My Lord, I can carry
this no further.
One of the Jury made some observations on the
hurried and irregular manner in which oaths are ge-
nerally administered in the Custom-house, from which
it was possible the witness might not have heard the
part of the oath alluded to, read by the person who
administered it.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, it was of the greatest
importance to morality did oaths should be admi.
nistered clearly and distinctly, the consequences of
their not being so administered were most dangerous ;
it led to causing a fellow-creature to commit one of
the worst crimes in the eyes of the ALMIGHTY ; it
was extremely to be wished the Gentlemen of the
Customs would be more attentive to this most intpor-
tant part of their duty.
The Jury then, under the direction of. his Lor.l-
- found the defendants—Not Guilty.
BILL BROKEILII.--FOOTMAH V. COOMIL.
This was an action to recover the sum of a 63 )0,
being the amount of a bill of exchange of that amo int.
The facts were simply these : the plaintiff and de-
fendant are both Bill Brokers, and were employed by
a person of tile name of Corny% to procure cash for
his bill of £5OO. This was undertaken by Coomb,
and having obtained this bill, he exchanged it with
Footman for two bills accepted by a Mr. Jackson,
which two bills were discounted at the Bank of Eng-
land, and the cash for the same given to Coomb for
Comyn's bill of £3OO. When Comyn's bill became
due, it was dishonoured, and for this bill the action

was brought.
The defence set up was, that Coomb was merely
the agent of Comyn, and as he had' not even put his
name to the bill, he could not be considered as liable.
Mr. Comyn, however, was examined, and he swore
that Coomb never gave him the £3OO bill, or yet the
amount of it. He said that he gave him bills to the
extent of €2500 to get discounted ; that he got 0200
from Mr, Coomb at the time he gave him the £3OO
bill, and he stated that he has since been embarrassed
in his circnmstances.

Lord ELLENBoanucit summed up the case and evi-
dence. His Lordship laid it down as law, that. it
being proved that a perton in the capacity of Coomb
issuing paper of no value, and obtaining value for it,
which he converts to his own use, shall be liable not-
withstanding any dexterity he thinks he uses in keep.
ing his name of from the paper which he so nego.
ciates, and for which he so gets value, nor shall kis
ostensible character of agent save him.
The Jury, without retiring, brought in a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages £5OO.

A rule has been made by the Trish Judges, that
they will not in future travel on Sundays, but attend
Divine Service in their robes, &c. wherever they may
halt the day previous.
The question, whether the Rev. CHARMS Surrt.ct
had a right to appeal against his expulsion fruits All
Souls College, Oxford, in July 1809, Was heard, oh
Friday, at Lambeth, before his Grace the Archbishop
ai visitor, Sir WILLIAM GRANT and Sir WILLIA.O
Scott being his assessors, on an exception Liken
against such right as exercised 'W
Officers of the College ; when,
gument by the Counsel on both
tided in favour of the right of
Warden and Officers to produce
he expulsion within a month.

ed by the Ofardea and
, after a very learned ar-
Ith sides, the Visitor de-
' appeal, and ordered dts
duce thaAploOs far
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