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A Court-martial Was Held On The 11th Ultimo, On Board

the Vestal, 26, for the trial of Commander Andrew Drew, in the Canadian Lake. service, on charges preferred against him by Captain Sandom, Com- mander-in-Chief on the Lakes.......

The Madrid Gazelle Of The 20th Instant Published A Decree

of the Regency convoking the Cortes for the lath of March. The ground alleged for this delay is, that the immediate meeting of the Legislature would be, under existing......

By The Great Western, Which Arrived At Bristol On Saturday,

papers have been received from New York to the 10th instant. They are re- markably barren of news. The contest for the Preridency continued, and parties were growing fiercer......

The Hamm Gazelle Of The 26th Instant Announces, That The

investi- gation made in the lodging of Dermas had led to time discovery of' papers, the contents of which having been communicated to the Ger- man Governments, had caused the......

During The Week, Two Mails Have Arrived From The West

Indies. They bring intelligence to the middle of September ; the latest date from Jamaica being the 17th of that month. Their contents have little. beyond a local interest. A......

Accounts, Received From Syria To The 11th Instant,...

give favourable reports of the operations of the English and Turkish arma- ments. The taking of Sidon, or Saida, is confirmed. A writer at Malta, on the 16th, gives the......

Postscript.

SATURDAY. The Paris letters and papers of Thursday contain no officially-recog- nized account of the formation of the Ministry. The lists they give vary in some respects from......