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tenant, being a very good man, and the nrst Lieutenant was
very unwilling to part with him.
Where was the Poictiers employed during the twelve months
he was on board ?—The first part of the time the Poictiers com-
manded the blockade at Brest; then she went to Lisbon, and
afterwards to the North Seas.
Did Carrington come on board with a draft of meld'?—He
cam, as far as I recollect, with a draft of men, about 6 or 8.
During your continuance on board the Poictiers, was the ship
in a course of pay ?—I can't say positively, but I believe she
was. The ship's books will shew the fact.
To Lord CARNARVON.—The First Lieutenant. now a
Captain, resides near Carnarvon.
Lord GREY.—Do you know where Capt. Jones lives?—No.
111 r. BROUGHAM.—My Lords, the evidence of the witness
does not contain a contradiction to the testimony of Carrington;
for Carrington has not said that he was rated as a Midshipman.
Sir John Beresford was then ordered to withdraw, and leave
was given by the !louse tp him to depart from London.
Mr. BROUGHAM then addressed the House. He declared,
that before the cross-examination of the witness Pomi should
'commence, it was considered by her Majesty's Counsel indis-
pensably necessary that they should be informed precisely who
was the adverse party in this case. The more he reflected upon
the nature of these extraordinary proceedings, the more was he
convinced of the necessity of being clearly informed upon that
subject, otherwise the difficulties, which were accumulating
rapidly, on all sides, would be increased beyond all possibility
of removal.
The LORD CIIANCELLOR said a few words, which were
inaudible below the bar.
Lord CA LTHORPE expressed a wish to know, for the pur-
pose of having a clear understanding upon the point, with which
no future question could interfere, who was actually the pro-
secutor upon this case? To him it was quite evident that
there was a distinction between being a Minister for the King
and a Minister for the State, in a legal point of view ; and
he was surprised that his Noble Friend (Lord Liverpool),
whose candour had drawn down the approbation even of
those to whom he was politically opposed, had not at a for-
mer part of these proceedings rendered it unnecessary to put the
question. He had seen it exemplified in the conduct of the
Noble Lord ; there existed the distinction to which he alluded
between the Minister of the Crown as a part of the State, and a
Minister of the King individually. If he were not correct in this
statement, he hoped to be corrected by some Noble Lord of
more legal and Parliamentary knowledge. It certainly would
have been desirable to have given the intelligence required at
an earlier period. No party had so little reason to complain,
however, of the delay , as the Queen's Counsel, for they had
taken all advantage of the in risibility of the prosecutor, and of
the odium which always arose from the establishment of a se-
cret Commission.

The Brazil packet arrived on Saturday, with ac-
counts from Rio Janeiro to the 2d, and from Per-
nambuco to the Ilth August. Nothing particular
had occurred in that part of the Portuguese Mo-
narchy. General Lecor retained possession of Monte
Video, and the pirates under Artigas's flag continued
their depredations. His Britannic Majesty's ship
Tyne had arrived at Rio from Lima, with a large sum
in specie on account of merchants in this country.
The advices received by this conveyance from
Buenos Ayres, from which quarter we have not
.had
an arrival direct for the last month, are of a most
heart-rending nature, as will be seen by a letter from
thence. It is indeed difficult to speak in terms of
measured indignation and regret at the turn things
have taken in that devoted portion of South Ame-
rica, which, for a considerable time past, has become
the extended theatre of portentous broils, follies, and
intrigues. The country for the last year has exhi-
bited one unvaried scene of party turbulence and
projects of violence, which has at last assumed the
aspect of open civil war, undertaken for the basest
of purposes, viz. personal ambition. The country is
now to be immersed in the horrors of a civil war to
gratify a lust for power, and to place the reins of
Government in the hands of Albear, a rash and in-
temperate stripling, who was never so well described
as when his own countrymen called him the " Ame-
rican Catiline."

is rapturous beyond conception. 'Upwards of forty
thousand persons of all classes, seemed animated by
one mind and actuated by one feeling. All de-
manded that the reign of terror should' Cease, and
that a Government should be formed in whom they
could confide. It was done, _and this immense as-
sembly dispersed without the smallest accident.
What an awful and instructive lesson to rulers who
have been accustomed to revile and maltreat their
people, loading them with chains as the only means
of insuring their submission.
At the date of the last letters, the Oporto Junta
had not arrived at Lisbon, where they were anxiously
expected, when the preconcerted union would take
place. This delay was alone owing to distance. In
the meantime two Secretaries had been named, viz.
Felipe Ferreira Aranjo Cimo and Baron Molellos.
The tWo Oporto Secretaries were to be added, when
the usual establishment would be complete. Two
other individuals had also been attached to the Go-

vernment in the character of a deputation to repre-
sent commerce and agriculture, viz.—Dr. Benito
Fereira de Carmo and Dr. Betancurt.

Boston Papers to the 15th September arrived this
morning.

BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 14.

Captain Hunt is arrived from Savanilla. He re-
ports that Admiral Brion's squadron *as fitting for
an attack on the Spanish city of St. Martha ; that a
correspondence has taken place between the Spanish
General Morillo, and the Governor of St. Martha;
also between General Torres, Governor of Cartha-
gena, and General Sanches Lima, of the New Gra-
nada Army ; and with General Mentillo, of the In-
dependent Army. The nature of the correspondence
had not transpired. A flag of truce has been sent
from St. Martha to General Bolivar, at Baranguilla.

GREAT FIRE AT MO3ILE.-.4IITRCt of a letter,
dated August 15 :—" What we have long feared has
happened—a large part of Mobile is lain in ashes.
On the 16th August, in the evening, a fire com•
menced in JORDAN'S gin-house. The fire swept all
Dauphin-street. I have counted about twenty stores.
The Market-house was pulled down. I calculate
the damage and loss at 300,000 dollars, which, in
proportion to our capital, is as great as the fire at
Savannah."

We have received the Paris Papers of Thursday. :1
The Moniteur contains a Royal Ordonnance, con-
voking the Electoral Colleges of the Departments of
the 4th Series, for the 4th of November, and those
of the Departments of the other Series, which have
to elect Deputies, for the 15th of November. The,
following are extracts :

PARIS, OCTOBER 11.
The King held a Council yesterday, which was
attended by all the Ministeis.
Monday night, at a quarter past twelve, a man
attedipted to gain admission at the wicket of the Co-
lonna.le cif the Louvre, and being refused by the sen-
tinel, the man fired a pistol at the latter, the ball
from which penetrated the sentinel's Schakos, hut
fortunately did not wound him. The sentinel fired
at the assassin, but the latter effected his escape.
The King is expected to resume his- usual piome-
nade this day or to-morrow.
On the 29th ult. there was a slight tumult at the
Theatre of Lyons.
French 5 per Cents. Wednesday, 74f. sOc.
ROME, SEPTEMBER 27.
There is no certain news from Sicily since the 12th
instant. The army of General Florestan Pepe was
at Cefalu, 40 miles from Palermo. The troops of
the Palermitan Junta were reduced to 4,000 men.
The intelligence from Corfu continues to depict
the affairs of Ali Pacha as desperate. One of his
most distinguished Generals had turned against him.
If we may believe letters from Florence, the re-
port of the formation of a confederation f Italian
Princes assumes a considerable consistence. It is
even stated that the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the
Sovereigns of the Peninsula will assemble immedi-
ately, for the purpose of deliberating on this subject.
NAPLES, SEPTEMBER
We have received intelligence from Sicily, that
Lieutenant-General- Florestan Pepe was in negocia-
tion with the Junta of Palermo, who had earnestly
solicited an armistice, with the view of sending a De-
putation to Naples. The City will not fail to make
its submission ; the enthusiasm of the Palermitans is
singularly tooled.
INSPRUCK, OCTOBER s.
Private letters from Italy state, that an Italian Con-
gress is to assemble at Florence, consisting of Pleni-
potentiaries from all the Sovereigns of Upper and
Middle Italy. It is said that an Austrian Plenipo-
tentiary will preside.

But we turn from this melancholy scene to one
more cheering and unclouded. The Spanish Cortes
go boldly and steadily on in the grand work of re-
generation, the good effects of which begin to dis-
play themselves. They have already commenced
reforms on two delicate and important points affect-
ing the Nobles and Clergy, and we rejoice to say,
with great judgment and success. When they first
assembled, their views and efforts were denounced
as those of mere political speculation, but the most
supercilious will now acquit them of this charge.
The condition of the people has everywhere been
ameliorgted, and by the removal of unwise distinc-
tinctions and old prejudices, on which the late Go-
vernment had partly founded'its support, a common
Wing has beer. given to Provinces, formerly uncon-
nected and in an actual state of rivalship. Public
credit is fast reviving in the country as well as
abroad, now the sources of revenue are known, and
the Ministers are accountable for their public admi-
nistration, and cordially engaged in the work of re-
trenchment, so essentially necessary in the concerns
of Spain. Trade and confidence return, and vigi-
-1 ‘cl feeling is kept alive among the

,ance an,, a strong g is kept _ .ig ,
people ;an attitude that will be maintained till things German Papers bring the following intelligence.
are consolidated, till all external dangers blow over, VIENNA, SEPTEMBER I.
The Chevalier Noeli, Secretary of the Spanish Le-
and till the new Code has undergone the modifications gation, has just left this city, to go express to Turin.
deemed necessary for its permanent establishment. here is a vague report in circulation of a Note of
if with regard to Spain we are cheered, we feel the Spanish Minister, addressed to our Court, in
cc,mpelled to avow, that as far as regards Portugal, which King Ferdinand VII. declares that he recog-
nizes as legitimate the
. changes lately made in th.e
the result has exceeded our most sanguine hopes.
form of the Neapolitan Government, and that he is
We have perused upwards of twenty mercantile let- ready to interpose his mediation for the maintenance
ters, brought by the Lisbon packet, chiefly written of the integrity of the territory of the Two Sicilies.
by Englishmen established there, or Portuguese long The actiVity with which the armaments apparently
in commercial intercourse with this country. Such destined against the kingdom of Naples were carried
on, has abated all at once, the march of troops has
pictures—such enthusiasm, joy, and consolation, we
ceased, only the corps which have arrived in the
never before saw expressed. The 15th of September kingdom of Lombardy and Venice, have taken up
is rendered doubly memorable in the annals of Por- any concentrated cantonments on the frontiers.—
teguese history ; for besides being the era of their There are regiments which have not yet been placed
political regeneration, it was also, as they express it, on the war establishment. The interview of the Sove-
reigns at Troppau will take place on the 29th of Oct°.
" the anniversary of their freedom from a perfidious
ber ; no Ambassadors were to be admitted to it except
and foreign yoke." "It again renders us worthy," those of Great Britain and France.
add they,' "of the society of European nations, and Our Sovereign continues to give daily audience to,
of our ancient and imperishable glory." The pic- Deputations from the different countries of Hun-
ture drawn of the immense concourse of uoops and gary, and to receive them with the greatest affability; '
the attachment of the Nation and Nobles to the per-
people assembled in the Roscio-square, one of the son of the King exceeds belief. It is said they have
largest and finest in Europe, and where the grand offered him 30,000 recruits and 12,900 horses free of
procession of Corpus Christi is annually performed, expense.
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