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posing that none of Colonel Bradlee s friends would
advise him to publish this correspontace. It was im-
possible to riled the letters which d written with-1
oat seeing that the writer was labouring under an extra-
vagant delusion which he would not further characterise.
Setter person, however, was found to give Colonel
Bradley such ill-starred advice; and the consequence
was, that he had addressed a letter to the Duke of Wpl-
lington, detailing all the facts stated in tie creme-
pondenee he had just read, and repeating all the charges
therein made against General Fuller. Now, he would
venture to say, though he had had no communication
with his Grace the Duke of Wellington on the subject,
that his Grace would have been the last man in the
world to publish that letter. It was, howevers pub-
lished in the Morning Chronicle, accompanied by
comments upon it by some person with the same tor-
tuous imagination as Colonel Bradley himself. Here
the Learned Counsel read a long passage from the
Chronicle of February 15, 1826, reiterating the former
accusations against General Fuller. In this publication,
which was the last he should trouble them with, he
changed General Conran, Sir Harry Torrens, and some
other officers of rank, amongst whom General Fuller
was included, with conduct derogatory to their cha-
racters as officers and gentlemen. There could be no
doubt that any one of the paragraphs he had read was
libellous; that they were of the most galling and irri-
tating nature; and that it required great forbearance—
he might even say great compassion—towards the
writer, to refrain from seeking some explanation for
the indignant feelings which such atrocious calumnies
were calculated to excite. If these charges had been
made by Colonel Bradley alone, the General might
have let them pass unnoticed, under the idea that the
author of them was labouring under infirmity of mind;
but when he found that there was another person weak
enough and foolish enough to hand such charges to the
world, it became his duty to purge himself of such
accusations in the most effectual mode in his power.
The General applied to the Court of King's Bench for
a criminal information against the author of these accu-
SAIIOIII, declaring in his affidavit that there was not the
slightest ground for them whatever. He would present
himself in the witness box before them, and would
swear that the commission was signed, as it purported
to be, in 1814, and would answer any questions that
might be put to him upon it.
Robert Henry Knight, a clerk to Cox and Green
Mood, was then called to prove the letters written to
General Fuller to be in Colonel Bradley's hand writing.
Ile underwent a long crossiexamination from Colonel
Bradley, for the purpose of showing that there had
been no notification to Messrs. Cox and Greenwood of
the commission which it was said that General Fuller
had granted io Colonel Arthyr in 1814, to act as Go-
vernor of Honduras.
The Editor of the Morning Chronicle proved that he
received from Colonel Bradley the letters from Colonel
Bradley to the Duke of Wellington, which appeared in
the Morning Chronicle on the sth and 15th of Feb. and
on the sch of March, 1827. and that he had published
them by Colonel Bradley's desile.
General Fs ancis Faller—l am a General in his Ma-
jesty's army. In 1814 I was the Commander of the
forces in Jamaica; the settlement of Honduras is one of
its dependencies. In 1814 I granted a commission to
Colonel Arthur to command the troops there. This is
the commission which I granted, and by virtue of which
Colonel Arthur commanded the troops at Honduras.—
He corresponded continually with me as Commander
of the troops there. I never saw the defendant to my
knowledge before to-day. The witness then said. that
he had received from Colonel Bradley the different
letters, of which we have given the substance in the At-
torney General's speech.
Cross-examined by Colonel Bradley—l am now in

the 50th year of my ieryice in the army. I don't know
whether my first appointment waz notified in general
orders. It was gaaetted, and I suppose. notified to my
regiment. I don't recollect whether I got my commission
before I joined my regiment; it was left, I think, for
me at my agent's. I have not got the commission in
Court which I received as Commander in Chief of the
forces in Jamaica.
Colonel Brad!ey here offered to put in a copy of it,
but Was not allowed by the Lord Chief Justice.

• Witness—l have got my commission here. both as a
General and a Lieutenant General.—(The commissions,
by desire of Colonel Bradley, were put in and read).—l
was in full pay in Jsnuary, 1813, when I received
my commission as Lieutenant General. I now re-
ceive an allowance. I could not go on the parade
at the Horse Guards now and command the troops,
without a letter of service. I suppose that I
could not have been appointed Commander of the
farces at Jamaica, had I been only a civilian. I suc-
ceeded General Morrison in Jamaica in June, 1813, He
put my name into the general orders as his successor.
I think I heard them read. The General Officer is
obliged to send all the general orders home. The Act-
ing Adjutant-General is the person who generally sends
them home. Major Arthur arrived in Jamaica in April
1814. He had no staff appointment under my corn-'
mind. I d n't think he was Deputy Quartermaster.
(hoer .1. He was Major of the 7th West India Regi-
ment at that time. He might have exchanged at that
time into the Yolk Ch .sseurs. Not one man of the 7th
West India Regiment was at Honduras at the time he
went them. I conferred no rank upon hint when I
made him Command int of Honduras. I did not see.

Major Arthur in. June, 1822; in Paris. In the Army
List for Jute, 1822. 1 saw my death inset ted. I was told

that it originated from a conversation Ir:tween Major
Arthur and Col met Gardner. In July, 1820, I was at
Versailles. I did not then see Genital Torrens or Gen.
Conran at Paris. I conclude that Major Arthur's corn-
mis•ion was copied by my secretary (tom a book in the
office. I understand that such commissions are usually
given by the Commanders MA:l;mi in Jamaica. The
body of Colonel Arthur's commission is written either
by the vile or wife's sister of Major Hall, my military
secretary. Major Hall wrote an indifferent hand him•
self, and he got his wife or wife's sister to write for him.
That commission was brought me in the morning.

never transacted business in the afternoon. It was
to Major Arthur by my secretary. He thanked
me for it in the usual manner. He left Jamaica shortly
atter receiving it, to take the command at Honduras.
I know C..lonel Smith, of the Royal Artillery. 1 hate
not gone with him to Norwood to visit Colonel At thu•'.
children. I believe no fees were paid on this commis•
sion of Colonel Atthur's. I have no doubt but it was
entered in the s@ctetatt's book at Jamaica. It may be
called a commissi, n, or a lett. rof service. I showed
these letters to Lord Palmerston ; but I do not recollect
hearing him call this commission a letter ot service.
Colonel Bradles—Have you seen that be called it so
in the newspapers?

. .
Lord TIINTILUDtiI-11 he did. it would not beevidence.
The ATTuRNEY Gar:mom—What it he did 1 there
are so many foolish things published in the newspapers
'now a-days. 1 .

—Witness.—lf Major Anhur had not had an express

commission from his Molest!, I should not have given
him the commission which I did. Tbat commission was
notified at home. not by myself, bui.by my military
secretary.. It might, °tit might not, be notified in ge
neral otcletiii at Jamaica. I know nothing of this order
book of the6oth Rest. (looking at one produced).
Colonel I3:adley.—/lere's a letter, my Lord, of Gen.
Fuller, printed by order of Parliament. May I pot it in ?
. Lord TINTERDIN.—Ask him if it is his handwriting?

The ATTORNLY Gamum..—lt is a printed paper, my
Lord.
Lord TINTERDIN.--Thtn it cannot be received.

The witness continued.—At the time I gave that
commission I did not publi.h it in the Jamaica Gazelle.
I consider that I had perfect power to grant a commis-
sion for the benefit of the public service. I had no spe-
cial authority from the Crown to grant Col. Arthur's
commission. I had no warrant to do it, except from
my commission as Commander in Chief. That com•
mission 1 have mislaid.

Colonel Bradley then commenced his defence, by a
statement of the manner in which he had been sent by
General Conran, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica, to
command a wing of his regiment, the 2d West India,
which was stationed in February, 1818, in Honduras.
During the whole of that year, he was on the very best
terms with Colonel Arthur; and it was not till 1819
that he had any difference with that officer. He then
detailed, at very great length, the causes and circum-
stances, and consequences, of his quatsel with that offi-
cer, contending that Colonel Arthur, after he had been
reduced to half pay, had no right to be considered as
Military Commandant of Honduras; that Gen. Fuller
had given bim no c•mmtssion in 1814 to act as such ; and
that even if he h td, General Fuller had no power to
confer it. In the course of his address to the Jury, lie
introduced into it matter so irrelevant to the issue to be
tried, that .

Lord TZNTERDXN was obliged repeatedly to interrupt
him.—On his attacking the conduct of several parties
who were not before the Court,
Lord TINTERDEN said, that though he lamented the
misfortunes which had befallen the defendant, he could
not allow him to injure absent parties by making state-
ments to their disadvantage. The defendant had
accused General Fuller of signing at Paris a commission
which purported to have been signed at Jamaica in
1814. Any thing that bore upon proof of that accu-
sation might be admitted in evidence ; but the effect of
the commission issued to colonel Arthur, and the
authority of General Fuller to issue it, were not points
at all connected with the present issue.
Colonel Bradley still persisted in pressing these points
on the attention of the Jury, s; hen
Lord TaiTiRDRN said that he had a painful duty to
perform, but perform it he would. Into the points which
Colonel Bradley was discussing, the Jory could not
inquire, and what they could not inquire into he ought
not to allow to be discussed.

Colonel Bradley-1f I :hew that, after Cu!. Arthur
was reduced to half pay, he acted as Lieutenant Colo-
nel, and never mentioned thit he had such a commis-
sion as is now pretended, is it not a proof that such a
commission was never in existence?

Lord TINTERDZN—If you were misled into the pub-
lication of these letters, and if you published them
under a mistaken impression, that is not a matter of
defence here, but may be submitted to the Court if you
are hereafter called up for judgment.
Colonelßradley—lf I am not permitted to go into
this narration, my mouth is stopped.
Lord Taarraanta--Mind, I do not stop you from
saying any thing which you way have to urge in de-
fence •f these letters.

Colciel Bradley—lf I had Colonel Arthur in the box
I would ask him, Did you write certain letters?'' and
if he said " Yes," I should like to know whether I
ought to believe him or General Fuller?
Lord TaNTERDEN—Why, if Colonel Arthur should
be wrong, is General Fuller to be accused of conspi-
racy and forgery ?
Colonel Bradley, notwithstanding these checks, pro-
ceeded, as before, to contend that General Fuller had
no authority under the Act of Parliament to grant a
commission to Colonel Arthur to act as Commandant
at Honduras.

Lord TENTRRDitIL Will not allow you to say that.
In a cause in which yon were a party, that question was
solemnly decided against you by the Court of King's
Bench.

Colonel Bradley—l merely state this in 'explanation
of my case.
Lord TENTERDEN-But if, in doing so, you state
something to be law, and state it wrongly, I am bound
to interfere..

Colonel Bradley then proceeded in the course of his
address to attack Sir Henry Torrens very severely.
Lord TENTICHDEN—I have a great anxiety, Colonel
Bradley, to treat you as a Gentleman and an unfortu.
sate man, who has been misled. But I cannot allow
other men to be censured, who are not before the Court.
Thai is an important part of the duty of a Judge. It
you do not yield to advice, you must to authority.
Colonel Bradley then proceeded to say, that he would
call Sir H. Torrens and General Conran, and would
prove from their mouths that they had been at Parrs,
and had seen General Fuller, on the subject of this com-
mission. He likewise stated that he would call a variety
of other witnesses to other points, which Lord TANTER-
DIM, on hearing, told him that he would not allow to
beat all examined into.

Mr. Coleman, a clerk in the War office, and Sir H.
Torrens, were then examined by the defendant; but as
most of the questions put to them related to the validity
of General Fuller's commission to Colonel Arthur, Lord
TIINTERDLN told them not to answer them. Notwith-
standing this intimation was repeated to the different
witnesses, subsequently called, at least 50 times in the
course of the day, Colonel Bradley pressed the same
que.tions upon them all in turn.
General Smith, Colonel Gardner, and Captain Webb,
wese then called on their subpixnas, but did not answer.
Mr. Marshall and Mr. Martin, clerks in Lord Pal-
merston's office ; Mr. Raven, cies k to the Solicitors for
the Treasury ; Lord Palmerston, Secretary at War;
Mr. Wright, a merchant at Honduras; General Pyne, a
commandant and superintendent at the sante place ; and
Mr. Hay, Cider Secretary for the Colonies,who attended
for Mr. Huskisson, whom the defendant had subrcenaed,
were then examined by the defendant. There was
nothing in their evidence which tended to prove that the
conamissicn in question was a fabricated commission, but
much to prove directly the reverse. Oil putting to one
of them his usual question about ' legality of General
Fuller's commission,

Lotd Timmins' expressed his surprise that a gen-
tleman, who, from his rank in the army, must be sup-
posed to hare some sease and understanding. should so
obstinately persist in putting questions which the Court
had so repeatedly declared to be inadmissible.

Colonel Fteemantle, Colonel Breretos, and General
Conran ware then called as witnesses, but did nut
appear.
The Duke of Wellington was then examined, and in
reply to questions from the defendant, said that he did

THE 14.1V14:NING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1827.

STOCK RXCIIANGK, TWELVII O'CLOCK.

The information front the East, in the Gazette de France received
yesterday, and particularly that part which states that the embargo
bad been taken off the shipping at Constantinople, is entirely dis-
credited in the City this morning ; and it is also stated, as a posi-
tive fact, that Government are not in possession of any official
accounts from Constantinople later than the 11th of November.
In consequence of which, the Consol market opened rather heavy
this morning, and Consols which left off yesterday at •4a II foe the
Account, opened at 841, and continue at the same price at present,
with little doing.
In the Foreign market nothing is doing.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

The Cansol market remains steady, with little doing, and hat
been fluctuating this morning between 84a and 841. Comb at
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PRICE OF STOCKS AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
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An Express has arrived from Paris tbis forenoon,
bringing the Gazette de France, dated yesterday. The
following is an extract:
They write us from Constantinople of the 24th No-
vember, as follows:

" The Ambassadors of the Allied Powers (des Pais-
settees signatairesduTraiti du &h July) have had with the
Reis Effendi a conference, which lasted five hours, but
the result is not known; but for these eight days past
the embargo has been taken off from ships of all na-
tions, and it is believed the intentions of the Porte are
pacific.

" Our news from Smyrna are of the 15th; every thing
remains quiet in that town."
The above confirms the news received yesterday ; and
private letters state, that there is every hope that affairs
will be settled amicably.

An Italian Messenger arrived this morning at the
Colonial Office, in Downing•street, with dispatches
from Sir FIDIDIRICIC ADAM, Lord High Commissioner
of the lonian Isles. The dispatchcs are dated the 6th
of December; but although they bring no intelligence
from Constantinople, they mention, in very gratifying
terms, that the Consuls and Christians in the Turkish
ports of the Levant enjoy the most perfect tranquillity.

Our accounts from Toulon this morning state, that
all the vessels of war in that port were fitting out for
sea, with the exception of those of the largest class.
The 13reslaw, the Provence, and the Scipio, were re-
pairing. Three bomb vessels were ready for sea, and
the bombadiers were about to embark.

By accounts from Lyons, we learn that-the Day of
ALGIERS had refused the terms of peace offered by the
French Government. These letters also mention the
establishment of camps at Cages and at Hyeres. It
seems the Day is making very active preparations to
repel any attacks the French may think fit to make.

We have advices from Bucharest to the 27th ult. The
Tartars dispatched by the SULTAN with letters and fir-
mans for the &MASK= of Sdistria, had art iced there.
The place was tranquil at the date of thete accounts,
although a considerable sensation bad beemproduced by
the intelligence from Constantinople. The Authorities
of Wallachia had issued orders that no person should
be permitted to quit the Province. The PACHA of
Silistria had sent , considerable reinforcements of
Turkish troops to the fortress of Braila, ea
.the,
Walachian territory. Firmans had been circulated
over the Bulgarian province, in which the Musinhoett

were directed to arm themselves for the defence of the
religion cf the Prophet threatened by the Infiiels. The
communication between Bulgaria and Walachia had
been broken off, and no Christian •as suffered to leut
the Turkish territory upon pain of losing his head. Ny,
regret to find by these accounts, that the plague had
made its appearance in Bucharest for the three 471
precediog the departure of the advice'.

The accounts from Vienna this morning are to the
12th inst. The Archduke FERDINAND D'E re, brothn.
in•law to the Empalme, was reported to have heel
appointed to the command of the Army of Observation
about to be formed in Hungary. Count Tour?,
attached to the Russian Ellbissy at Conttaninnpie,
had arrived at Vienna on the let of the present month,
- -

By advice' from Ancona, dated to the 22d ult, we
learn that Count CAPO d'lsrata still remained at that
port ; nor do they give us any idea of when he would
depart for Greece.

By the Countess of Dunmore we have this morning
received accounts from China. In she latest Pekin Gs.
/rites there is nothing new respecting the war in Tattaiy,
The Pekin Blard of Revenue states that upwards of
$O,OOO Tartar and Chinese troops are to be conveyed
to the Mahornmedan regions to extirpate the lebels.—.
A Tartar Officer, buying horses for Kivang-se, having
smuggled some salt, an affray took place, in which
he knocked a waterman overboard, and drowned him,
The Governor and TSEANGI Kane united together
to let the Officer off, on he buying a wax to suffer for
him, which he did for a few hundred dollars. Toes.
a )urage the coasting vessels to take the rice up to Tees.
tsin, two tenths of the duty on other goods had been
remitted. A proclamation had been posted OR the
Coosoo Home of the Hong merchants at Canton, by
the New Froppo, forbidding any commerce of the Hong
merchants with those who defrauded the Imperial
revenue.

• The following are extracts Isom the German Paces
received this morning :

CORFU, Nov. 14.

The letters from the islands give us no news from
Navarin or from any other ports of the Mores. Seme
of them, however, state that an Ottoman squadnn of
thirty-four men of war had artiveJ at Suds, in the island
of Candia, the crews of which are not very expert
seamen.

It is not known whether the squadron came from till
Dardanelles, or whether it was formed previously to
the battle of Navarin, of Turkish men of was whisk
4efn in •arious ports.
The melancholy news of the death of Lord Guildford,
Chancellor of the lonian University, has excited uni.
maid regret here. Our literature has lost in him one
of its most ardent patrons, England one of its most
learned Peers, society one of its most generous and
upright members, and the inconsolable youth of Greece
an affectionate father and benefactor.—Gezetta Pinto*.
tese. Dec. 7.

TRIESTE, Not. 29.

The Mover of this date says—" We learn by a vessel

from Zante, which left it on the 9th instant, that
the squadrons of the Allied Powers had sailed from
Navarin, without leaving a single vessel to cruise
before the port ; that the Turkish transports, as
well as those of other nations, have remained un-
damaged in Navarin, and had landed their cargoes
of corn ; that besides these transports, nine Egyptian
corvettes and frigates, but in very bad condition, re•
mained at Navarin ; and that several ships, laden with.
corn, had sailed from Zinte to Navarin and Pains.
Through the same channel we receive the unpleasant
news, that the Captain of an English packet boar, who
had arrived at Zante from the Archipelar, had stated,
that 12 merchantmen, coming from the west, had been
stopped by Greek pirates, and carried into Carabusa
(their chief depot near the isle of Csndia), and that
piracy was daily increasing.