Star.
London, England, 1828-10-24 00:00:00

PARIS, Oct. 21.

The 1,200 Egyptians left in Coron, Modon, and Pa-
tras, must be added to the Turkish garrisons which are
already in those fortresies, and their force, estimated
at 6,500 men, will thus be raised to nearly 8,000 men.
IThe 1,200 Egyptians who are to go to those fortresses
will receive a supply of provisions for four months; and
as this supply would be of no use if the remainder of
the garrisons were to starve, the whole •will be fur-
nished with provisions. Though the Treaty of Evacua-
tion does not expressly contain this condition, private
letters leave no doubt on the subject ; and, besides, how
can it be supposed that the Pacha of Egypt would con-
sent to have part of his snldiers shut up in the fortresses
without being sure that they would have the means of
subsisting ?
This convention has only one advantage—that of
preventing a rupture between France and %hornet
Ali ; in other respicts it causes our expedition more
embarrassment than it will spare it. General itlaison
would, perhaps, have managed more easily with Ibra-
him and his_2o,ooo men in want of provisions, :offering
final disease, and his garrisons starving, than with four
or five fortresses well supplied with provisions. and with
sufficient garrisons for their defence. The Treaty of
Alexandria places us in a new position; the Ministry
can no longer hope that the expedition will be very
soon termtnated, without sending reinforcements, and
without placing us in open hostility with the Porte.
As has been said, it is not the Pacha of Egypt who 1
has capitulated, but rather the contracting Powers who'
have capitulated with him. This untoward result can
only be attributed to the inconceivable ignorance in
which Admiral Rigny was left, who, as it were, did not
1 , hear of an expedition till the first ships arrived. If he
had been informed in time, he would certainly have
broken off the negotiations that were commenced, or
have given them another direction.
A telegraphic dispatch from Toulon, dated the 19th,
announces the arrival of the Cybele from Navarin
(which it left on the 6th) with dispatches.
Admiral de Rigny announces, that Ibrahim sailed on
the 4th instant, preceded by 2,000 men and 1,000
horses, and that the fortresses would be immediately
summoned.

An expedition under General Schneider, bad set out
for Patras.—ihe Moniteur.
IRON TIM CONSTITOTIONNTL, OCT. 21.
=mom •»aus.

PARIS, Ormuz 21.

In the unforeseen and little more than doubtful situ-
ation in which the affairs of Europe have just been
placed, when negotiations peep out amid hostilities, and
the diplomatic cohorts moo use the expression, more
occupied than the naval and military forces, it is very
natural for Frenchmen to look with redoubled interest
at the present state of French diplomacy.
A Journal this day announces the departure of M. de
la Ferronnay from the waters of Carlsbad, and his pas-
sage to Frankfort, the 18th of the present month. We
can state as certain that this high personage is expected
here on the 24th or 25th at the latest. It is said that
the health, of M.de la Ferronnay has not been sufficiattly
improved' b'y the use of the mineral waters, nor by some
months of repose, to assume the assiduous labours
which the possession of a special pordeuille commands;
but it is hopt that he will be able to take the general
direction of affairs in the less atiguing post of President
of the Council of Ministers.
This accession to power may. appear to some as fa-
vourable to the interests and politics of Russia. Such
an opinion would seem the better founded, after the de-
coration of the military order granted very lately by
the Emperor Nicholas to the son of M. de la Ferronnay,
who is gone to fight, and bas just distinguished himself
in the Muscovite ranks, and which recall; In a most
lively manner the long connections of Me. father with
the Empire of the Czar. For ourselves, we wish that
. Count de la Ferroauay. the President of the Council,

would have no other interest, nor yield to any other in.
fluence, than the influence and the interest of his country.
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BIGAMY.—The Park Papers contain an account 011
the trial of George Henry Counter, an Englishman, aged
57, on a charge of bigamy. The prisoner. who stated
that he was an English Barrister, and formerly Presi-
dent of the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Mauritius, bad
been detained three years in prison in consequence of
the line' of defence he adopted. It appeared that in Ja.
unary, 1818, he married Aarelie Bestel, the daughter
of a merchant of Port Louis. In 1819 he came to Eng-
land with M. Bestel, his brother-in-law, leaving his
young wife and three children in the Mauritius. Coun-
ter soon separated from his brother-in•law, and came
to Paris. In a glover's shop in the itue Grenelle Saint
Honore, he saw behind the counter Mademoiselle Marie
Pauline Brie, a beautiful young woman, the niece of
the shopkeeper. He paid his addresses to her, and
married her, with the consent of her uncle and her pa-
rents. The marriage had not been long celebrated
when M. Bestel, who had occasion to visit Paris. hap-
pened to fall into company with M. Brie, the father of
Marie Pauliar, and was astonished to hear from him
that his daughter had married Counter. Proceedings
on a charge of bigamy were immediately commenced.
Counter at first pretended that he believed Aurelio
Bestel was dead, but afterwards alleged that his mar-
riage with her was illegal. He said that in 1811 be
had married at Madras Marie de Fries, a Portuguese
Creole, which marriage he bad carefully concealed.
Before lie married Mademoiselle Bestel, he had received
a letter from Madras. announcing the death of his fist
wife; but afterwards he was informed by a second let-
ter that the date of her decease was subsequent to his
marriage in the Mauritius. He therefore contended
that as this second marriage was, according to the law
of England, WWI. he could not be convictei of bi-
gamy. Time was allowed him t 4 procure evidence in
support of this defence, but he failed to produce any
prtiof, either that he had been married at Madras, gir
that such a person as Marie de Fries bad ever existed.
After a long investigation, the Jury declared him guilty,
and the Court sentenced him to hard labour for seven
years, and the pillory.