The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-01-01
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LATEST FROM EUROPE.

heen Received. The commercial reports
| will tie found under the proper head.
The lntesl London papers are chiefly
filled with details respecting the fall of
PernambneO, and the victorious career
OF Bolivar in Peru--the particulars of
~hich nave already appeared in our
columns.
..-N SPAIN.
II is stated, that three-fourths Of the
French trooIf, are to he Withdrawn from
Spain. The fourth, which is To be re-
tanned, is to be stationed in the principal
foriresses, II fourth is to be left on the
! frontier, as an army Of observation
! and tine rsst are Ia be disbanded.
Tie Greeks are said to have been
again triumphant. Dervish Pacha,
with $4,000 men, had been repulscd at
Ihernopyla, and forced to retreat to
Lsrissa i'll confusion, with the loss of
fourteen stand OF colours Odyssens had
defeated a party Of Turks advancing
from Nesropor,; and in WcsternGreece.
Omer Pacha's forces had been routed
near Aria.
Letters from the Ionian Islands Of
the Goth, eth September, and ed of
October, confirms the defeat Of the uni
ted Egyptian and Turkish fleets. They
state :nat their loss was very great,
and tina, they had fled in all directions.
Thus has the naval ornaments from
Constantinople and Egypt been entire
ly deprived of the power of doing mis-
chief to The Greeks.
| The Aurora, and Fly, freates, were
hourly expected in England from Peru
and Brazil, with four millions of dol
lars.
| A canal il projected to unite the
Danube with the Eibc, 10 be dug from
| Liniz to. the river MoolLaI- This
would create a direct communication
from the north of Europe to Asia, by
way Of the Black Sea An idea is en-
teriained of applying steam navigation
0nthe Rhine. A east iron barge. set i'm
motion by an engine of hundred horse
power, will ascend the river a, far as
Cologne.
! LONDON, Nov. f.--The trial Of
Fauntleroy for forgery took place on
Saturday morning al the Old Bailey be-
fore Judges Park and Garrow. He had
retained Mr.. Quincy, Mr. Broderick,
Mr. Alley, and Mr.. G. Phillips to con-
duet his defence the Attorney General.
MIR. Bollard. and Mr.. Law were for the
prosecutor. The Attorney General in
the course Of his speech. mentioned one
circumstance so extraordinary that he
did not expect il would be credited hat
Tor the clrurness Of the fact by which
il was supported. II was a paper, in
the prisoners hand writing, found in IA
lin case IN bis private desk. containing
the names oi Sc: eraI Noblemts. ladies
and Gentlemen, opposite 10 whieh were
several sums amounting 50 Gt2o,OOO
stock. after which came tile following
remarkable words -. In order TO keen
up the crcdi, Of orr house have forged
powers of attorney. and sold out the
above sums, without the knowledge of
my partners. kept up The dividends,
but made no entries.
"HENRY FAUNTLEROY.
g Berners-s!reet, May 7, 1916"
And then this extraordinary post
script, also in ihe hand writing Of the
| prisoDer -
p. S.-"Tle Bank began first to re.
/ I. "rS ""' a'C'thhHCtS, ab'i w uts'TDy our
credit; they shall therefore smart for
1T. GIL +.
The prisoner read a long written de-
fence with confidence and animation
He directed his address principally to
the false imputaions thrown upon him
by the public press declared that all he
bad done was to save n sinking es,ab-
lishment, The prisoner then called
| sixteen or seventeen gentlemen Of the
| first commercial rank. Mr.. r. Wilson
| and Sir &. Forbes were Mt The head of
the number they gave him the highest
possible character. The Jury returned
at nine minutes rast threc--ver,lict,
guilty Of utterias deah-Mr. Jus
tice Park in very impressive address
to the prisoner, held out no hope OF
mercy. He did not pass sentence.
Z LONDON, Nov. This morning the
Counsel Of Mr.. Fauntleroy moved an
arrest of Judgment; it was however I'M
successful. Mr.. Fanntleroy then rose
and read an address in very energetic
and affecting manner, imporing for the
sake OF his relatives that sentence Of
death might not he carried into execu-
ton. Sentence ~as passed nv Mr..
Common Sergeant on the capital con-
viels, thirteen in number, amongst
whom was MIR. FaDnileroy.
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MARKtEo.-On Thursday evening
Inef Mr. Ioy, IA-r AZ.