The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-01-04 00:00:00

eating_ ...tachment le, is ..._ raw is Saxon ; ifs however, by or.. .se means statute law, then I must say state of wrt..... oaks of something much better deserving . for those excesses. 41 of barbarism than anything that. we . have; In my quota on from t.... ed from the Saxons.- . 1 ',ere ‘l•aitder c etlMeyoud my text, . IR person called upon Sir EDWARD COKE otteday ;d o w i t h t h e Saxons. I contend, /in.., to:be resol v ed i n a coe s tion of law. Is it common law, ;it has to do with the Saxons. I contiestl, ~.. or statute law ? said that great legal oracle; if it iscotn- . is a strong elucidation of the highly bentertglak mon law, said he, I should be sorry not to boableto-; of Saxon principles; for Chancellor Feseikscuets., give you an answer at once ; but if it is statute la w, I , us, that the miser y of the French people, which he roust haie some time to consider of it, and w€4l will , exhibits on the one hand, and . the felicity and here if Lean surely resolve you at lad. It would i abundance which he describes en the' other to hare requpt,s if 'my opponent was disposed to commend rei g ned in England, were owing le these c.lrcem iiioiry thing that is not Saxon ; otherwise he stances, namely, that the French .ere taxed and Would hardly, I think, have preferred the statute pillaged he calls it, (depilulus i s the word he uses) at law, that rude indigestaque moles—that mass of I the will of the Sovereign ; whereas the English could • . : Absurdity, contradiction ' and uncertainty, where a only be taxed b y their owe f ree consent. And whence, roan may fi nd any thing but that which, according 'I beg leave to ask, was this franchise derived, but to Sir Wit4.l.tot BLACK3TONE, he ought to fink in from the Saxon free Constitution of . Governtoent.-1 law, namely, " a right rule of conduct." Where It was the main article in WiwtstyrnicEllts he may' fi nd punishments for crimes that never ex - Charter : 'twat; also .a priiclpal..*t ist t r ot;l li isted, burin the ignorant and superstitious minds of 1 HEJIRY THE FIRST, and in We great CUrter t of King s those who enacted them; where he may fi nd other, JOHN. Chancellor F ORTESCRE tells us, tha t isunishments of such monstrous cruelty as not to be 1 the law of that day ; as, indeed, it is . nod; though exceeded amw , g a nation of savage Indians * ; where :we have it onl y in t heory, but then they had it in he may find the law itself exciting men to be false,) practice : and that practice produced those great and treacherous, and undutiful to those who gave them 1 inestimable advantages thacihe enumerates. Our e‘i,tencv ; where he may find small offences punish- i ancestors then were, he says P.l lop:pieta in (Iwo el ed with the same severity as great ones ; where he argento abundantes, .et -cursed stecessariis W— wy find, ife. and, in short, all the barbarity of the feudal Aqua ipsi non bibunt, Sic.. 0, ' genere carnissot ei 1 1 , ages, all the rage of civil factions, and all the im- piscium-ipsi in Copia .vescunt ~ g i Pannis de tangs. • phitobie animosity of religious intolerance; but no. bons ipsi indenter in onstribUs pperamen‘is suis.a thing of that suavity, nothing of that regard for Eliam abundant in Lectisertniii at quolibet suppel. natural equality, nothing of that divine principle lectili cui Lana eongresit in ortuailles Domieus tuff s .. which teaches us to do as we would be done unto ; Nec non opulunte ipsi aunt in onsnato HusrirLasisda' and which constitutes the very essence of Saxon ju. TIS DoMUs necessariis cutters it omnibus .qurs ad risprudetice. My opponent, however, has not much quietans et felicens triton exigunter .secundent stator. consulted consistency in speaking of the statute law, suos." I have given the very words, of Fonx.socue; fin . after :giving it the preference over the Saxon, he because Mr. BURDON has .maintained, that- ie the. refers to the . Statute Book for evidence of crimes time be lived there were only . caglics awl- Aorek in., colflutitted* in Saxon times, forgetting, no doubt , En g land. Here the Chancellor speaks or houses, ' ihrtt,thet hook commences with the reign of HENRY and of houses well furnished too, with plenty of, 111: 4 .and then he goes to the disorders produced by hustlements or household goods, and bed towering, the Barons' wars, and Rom; Boon, and the war of and garments of good woollen cloth, and imple , the French Revolution, all which he has amalgamated. meats of husbandry, and all things, says he, re. togeilter,• witlrwbat view I cannot conceive iv onleis quisite for a quiet and happy life,, each according to __ . . _ , _ .. -•,-.li. his degree. And Row having folly answereds as I con-, __ _ _ vti a sere are other ! Very true • to t, that that it F ;'r, . bath leseried this; and from. one too - who sweetens MS-bitter insinuations with the terms of friendship. Xt was said thdt the Saxons practised the rights .of hospitality es a religious duty which • they. adopted *Om the Mosaic Law, together with other duties : end thet• Amigo copied the •very words of the Di irbletaw on tfie subject, which the Reader will find lt:lriodus c. xxii. v. 2t. and c. sziii. v.• Surety: Mb practice of hospitality in itself, and the origin fitittighence it was derived, were entitled to my op.. poneues respect ? Surely a civil association of prac tical Christians who enforced the grand principle of universal justice,. by making our duty towards ear neighbour the established law of the land, deserved suoio respect thus to be classed with plunderers and *iettbers ? -Whet.allinity can any man discover be 4Weensthe Saxons' and the banditti who sprang from tltt inaechy in the Barons' wars, 300 years after ? if)? between the same Seams and the freebooters of trierrY.Sherwood, or the contributions exacted from the wealthy llamburghers ? These facts, supposing them to be such, have no C6tivsectinti with each other ; but the ignorant reader is not expectefi to find out that :the effect intended to be *pranced ih his mind is, that of connecting together the ideas of liberty and anarchy, and - to inspire him with the (Oar of losing the blessings he enjoys, as Mr. 41uanou expresSed himself in his first Letter, by the ttsfrfrms of " self-constituted Legislators attempting to equalize the comforts of Mankind." This is what -''lnast be celled le mot de Penignie. Those who enjoy partial advantages at the exPence of the great mass of . the pimple will naturally feels jealousy and hatred tewards Saxon politics, by which, as I observed in my first. Letter, the comforts of the many were 'guarded against the venality and the ambition of the few';.but why my opponent, who enjoys none of those partial advantages at the expellee of the peo. pie, *shy he•should feel all the alarms of •a sinecure placeman,-or a borough-owner, is tome, I confess, a matter of surprise. . . We call oirselsest wealthy Plieffoor wealth i, only nominal ; andthegOmfor t are by no menus generally diffused. 'The. • • ces that I bought forward show, Attat.thougii - the Saxons had • hardly any foreign track, yet they lived in great aliendance;:andliad-ageeddeal•ei ready money ; but Tar. BURDON makissmesay, that in the luxury of • the . higher rairls the Saxotit excUled go,-. which is a' ...very great Mistitlecon-hirpurer"gfe also wishes to impress en Cpiniott_otrhis-reideOrthatothe freedom :of the .SaxonChilititliCton waiteconfified to these higher ranks, :as well: as the pl 3 its4ttli4security ; ion* be says.of the firsti`that ji witV al'f*edom from the power of . ,their l / 4 .eoperlorsonnd tic acme to oppress theit inferiors ;"-irlid Osoke4tifit point he remarks, • that- *4 sterltett. .okrAzirmies racele and • Mn`rettsw.Panis'a triegiw,.provie-the security , of .the deb, t Certilin period :0 but by. no means. the • coin ' forts:of •the gay. - prove what. they. were meant foliar* the general . teeurity of person tad . . - isioperty4r Tlfecomfortk of thit.poottonte prevedby ~~' ii , s r • ..• 4 .11. joie& to persons now living, I must say, that . the pia* ni.hatent of' cutting a man's heart out of his hod,, whilst fet Wive, has bzen lately rescinded from the Statute Boek. *A OP * ) 4 -40' Lbit Of TOP: pablic necas h, of • which. t follow are one swum tans' .:—• - doe of Sir vr,0224 SPELDIAN '- 1. Thereat at tillffbrd sup, Thallfs. ahoy Bishops, many learami , raea, Wise Carles,_and a weful ICnights; There was Earl ALVRICIE, very learned in the law t There was preseat also Atrium, England's berdmao, Eng land's darling, • He was King of England; he taught theta That could hear them, how they should lead their lives. Thus, quo* A LTRZI), cousf.srt. Ow can be DO right ruling King, adder CHRIST himself, Unless he have learning to know the law ; And understand the use of his wrltts, And be able, by his own reading, to inforwhilatelf, How to govern his load according to law. This quads A Lystatojaglzind comfort, the , FArl And the Atbeling are under the King, To goiter* the land according to law. The Clergyman and the Knight must both slThe jobigi"up rightly, For as a man sows, so shall be reap ; iled every luau's judgment comes upon him home to his own doors. IV. • Thus quoth XLPRZD: It behoveth the Knight Advisedly to look, to provide against dearth and famine; And to have care of the military erpedit ion ; that the Church Have quiet, and the busbaadmau he at peace, His seed to sow. his meadow to mow, .And to follow his ploughing to the behoof of us all_ This is the duty of the Knight to see.that theie things go' as they should. After enumerating other duties, &c. &c. which this truly patriot King addressed to peisons of differ ent ranks and degrees in this famous festival at Sif ford, the Poet gives us his Address to his Son, in which the duties of a King are pointed out in a style the most touching : Xxii. Thus quails Alfred : my dear son, set thee now beside me And l will deliver thee true invtructittn. My sun, I feel that my hour is coming. My countenance is wan. My days are almost done. We now must part. 1 shall to another vibild, and thou shalt be left alone, in all my wealth. I pray thee (for th o u art my dear child), strive to be a Futhed i hy people. ,'s father, and the withiveafrlead poor, wad shelter the meephi all ,wrong. govern li►3ulf by law; Ono 1141111.140,11040119 AM 0Ilgs• IMO/ yewsld i • a 404 *Wilk 0 1- . 1 4,4 11 rd the better ts.eoe.sre rbet mbiett thou Vas t as It oogtA .to be. read, v ill Awing - Bicrotztit.i.ialatea, on the an- Ainan, who.: red Goon after AL translation til:::B6ettris into Saxon 13*tbett*0i..thitt It drew cgt one by wbeih' it was reed."—(sce Alfred, p. 17-1) 7 -And yet my IkON, bas celled the age 9( kLFRED [rim were the political lessons of AL- practit .ojusu...- . ppm. _ .y 4 it . ... . war to support its Injustice and opprittedeiv; sad in t : ..., : ..w.iy„ w _ , :i...f :.,- - "Amman ! these wars it may cause prayers and thanksgivings to • l ''. " to whoa the 4 hsoloor of heroic war, be offered up, in these very temples, foe etteeeteoe `. - .‘• Anil wore heroic peace, when goverid well, . that very Deity who is the God of Justke 4 .3llledkerife .. " Combine; whose botiowed mutt the vitiates seite,... hates-oppression. This, Laity, may -be-doileet-Andtif " And his own Metes love; the het.t of Kilo 1" that Church has got much wealth to. bestole-sm its lam not . ashambd to .confess, Mr. - Eot-roa, that I Sons, it will find them (such is thedepravier oUtlsts ! have shed' more tears over ALFRED'S LaWS than ever human heart) very obsequious to- these -adteleticad II did over any Tragedy that I ever read in th e practices. Not So the Saxons; their populate lissom. I coarse of my life ; and yet my friend Mr..Bow:toe blies decided all questions of peace and war, . c,sn. i appeals to those very laws to prove the barbar ous, sistent with their- law and , Constitotion.or Govern- ! rode, and ferocious manners of the people, Because went they could not engage in any war that was not Ihe sees laws there against numerous vices, he con. just, or, that the people, at least, 'did not believe to ! eludes that the Saxons abounded in vise—because he be just.. They were not, I coafeis, very:vefitted i sees there the Ten Commandments, he nil/Otos well politicians; I.— but they vrercuot deficient in comtnen I conclude that the Saxons were *habitual brew ors of ttiir. sense, and they had that infallible rule to direct them . those Commandments because .he sees 1 :our in. all things, which teaches to du to others as we: d ut y towards our nei g hhOur; he might •as Wel cwt. -would be done by ; a rule which, if it were attended . elude that the Saxons were in the habit of commit to, would be sufficient alooe to put an end to all the , ling All kinds of injustice against their neighbours -wars and massacres that exist in the world. Men indeed he does conclude as much , for he su pp o s es who do really and sincerely believe that their/41d is them tt• live like outlaws ; he..comparesi them to governed by a just God, ought never to itteoke the .. banditti, and the freebooters of Sherwood Forest.— assstance of that God in an enterprise that is not ' These errors do not excite any asperity in my mind, just. Atheists may consistently do such 'ti thing; I drily lament that my friend has fallen into theist : for with them it is but an idle, or an unmeaniag ce- in short, I cannot be angry with a man who is so remofty ; but with the true believer it is athorrible 'unfortunate as to he insensible to those sweet emo profanatiou. Now the Saxons were true believers, tions which the character and the goiernment of At.- and therefore they never prosecuted unjust wits for • raw are so calculated to inspire. the sake of gain, or other motives ; nor did they prac.: The extracts that lbave given from a piece, as ctiri tise that retail rapine which my opponent wishes to out as it is authentic ' demands some comment, With impute to them. I find, however, that there are i which 1 shall conclud e this letter. That extract pre.l men far more autichristien-bstbeir politic" than my : tents Witt a pittere of primitivetimes, and pilmltitei l friend Mr. Bunoost. I read the other day a smart politics • there we may behold displayed the golden' animadversion of his against Nem and-others who age •of ;he English Constitution. In contemplating would continue the war, not merely to advantage this picture, the grand ob j ect is ALFRED hiluself, ex ourselves, but also to re duce the enemy to a state of hibited in propria persona; we bear his very words ; such complete wretchedness and misery, that • they we see and penetrate his great views, and the pa may be so oppressed, tormented, and reduced, as thetic sentiments, which tome spontaneous from his never afterwards to become" our rivals , ' This, Mr. heart, are echoed i from our own ; ALFRED here op- Bearioe'says, is " a refinement of wickedness, steak ._ pears • in what many of your Readers will, perhaps, as never was conceived by any other being,. than that! regard as a new light. As a conqueror, and re being who is termed, by way of eminence, the devil ; 1 :- storer of his people's freedom, he is known to every that is, the quintessence of evil." And yet, I dare , one. Ile vanquished the Pagan Danes, made peace say, the people who recommend these polities call'. with them, and laid the foundations of their happy themselves Chriitians. I dare say they would go to conversion. lie restored law, order, and the an church, and pray for the assistance of a jest GOD ID cient franchises of the people which 'he go‘erned,i the prosecution of such a war ; whereas to be con.' and it was the constant boast of his ambition, that he: sistent they ought to pray to' the devil, anti give hint would leave them as free as their own thoeghts. They thanks, In case they happened to he victorious • or : who applaad him, however, as a conqueror, do not if they wilt not dolitut, they ought to own themselves consider hew much he owed to the energies of the for atheists. It is painful to stoutemplete - Such a radian, exasperated by the cruelties of a sanguitiarr • scene ; let us therrreturntcr our just mid amiable Sax- enemy, and, perhaps, to accident, the more of oils. ALFRED answers- completely my idea of a the R aven, that tutelar Deity, which crowned the prariat king'; bet:thine are several: otholo• monarchs Danish standard. They who Wei him as a : Leg t iW arnong.the *amp who hasp, a claim to the same cha- lator, do sot consider, that the laWs he restored racter. It is a common thing viiihisitsoilero'super! those at least which were not taken from. the ditioe• ficiaewriters to slight , theeePrinces%ori aeconnt of Legislator of the ltebrews, had been The Customs Of 1 their devotion : bitgettly le use thing, and true devo. ' the people tape • • tatmetnortal ; and thit Whig 'INA's tion is auntliers;'the latter inculcates :sentiments of. - . 9., . . • i i tsf ust l cA beer ind . Pr rilli inc i es :l4l .- )l w il* ereemiste f". n v ti h y ;ch tlist i tgp e thed i' 111 ..-- 11 . . 1. rA c e , t imi lSe.gh o L e et -i P e. : l l n i e n t fri „ 44 , 1.11 : il liii‘ e i r l ie m ;ti. ; " .. ... . . there . * in lila wer.r.ts thelliW intim& iwrxtiict .. Titer Via 4 LA, Al f r - ch o f sh e, i . " •.:,. . VCiareetk,E§e) from a manuscript in the Bodleian litirirryr witiitetr - :h..4 cc 2 Khaanm' i nit'tiede;Thaltf-trettint •••'•- ' • - 1 . • a • •IA .iteehnel he was [(Mg, 'him he grin hunt. • • given as a specimen of the instrottiens that Jld. !ll*. . Sca hisktnitis mihteth ho hi bete lit fearsseddec . ... s., . • .- . . _ . 1t be to .make the Reader believe that hospitality, li. his degree. And Row having tatty auawerou, Am A 44PLI•t 1 ray lacy v.. ....... betty, licentiousneir, anarchy, and robbery , sre all ceivelall Mr. Buituou's objections, I. shall add a few nada Lord to iti Closely connected together.. The . passage is really remarks on the Saxon law.—First, I must observe, Be thou the children's enciens. - --:-" The rights of hospitality, of which that the Saxon law is a system of policy quite ,din. Cpmfort h thou the 'peg my/ hoaits as Wigs. highly esteemed among ti act from what is called feudal policy ; consequedtly . 1 Y mig h t . -1,.., c Right that w hick h wt My sae, Immo Pros 411se s are alien , -tipiisideyed•as proving a very the oppressions to which that policy did ultimately _, ghi. ' . ia:54011..:, . -•- fctinies were not less give rise to, are by no means to be ob j ected a g ainst . ifteibint. than 4 . A n d ... . 7,. . ,;• 1 ti' oar Statute Book the Saxon law. Next I . m u s t observe, th a t the thee, ~ C on; aboe 41 tl bkri: OM* tes i I.- *editellopititoßarous' wars, foundations of the Saxon law- unlike Mosaic and tall up ta hisa to advil itittl* anarchy ;41tiC' iteriiimilsehool l troops of Christian Di s pensations. it i s a, s y stem of p ore ite `shaft help - the t a i tan M: -irere common i 'every pot of %s ; morality ; such a law as a truly C hristian nati o a -.goahlis. : , ... . 'nt - 1it414 Boon 'Ana hitcreniiiitialooni only robbed ought to be governed by ; but, !lark me Wall o .Mr. Ile who goads thi - . .1 Mole IV fOelftVal lostvider- them -as Epilog, it is by no means adapsd to the purposes I, h o t "wonder at Avha - idiarmilialtiiied .lagialateei --who etteniptat to of a nation that are Christians oat. bs theory, and ' tb e tier e o rrAivevir equalize the:eiiinfortsoflimiekty ,- fiesta httwover,, rzolrAitbeisM in practice. . t . ...,:ir -.. ~ :- .. _.. i i r i s % shoe ow his' tai ttaiiiiint Aitnsapf d alsailstiglikf . plu - who re- - ;*.i_vvOlow - *ear P. 44141, • lai writtawi- 1 101 *-110 ... se; ve all their'6ollloiiiiiOU'rrii the pout , awl delight thilitablieed religions •-- - l. ,- t ie- re Cr ow trery a . tr the outgoings of the rich—such as I have lately may practise4heisiq. It may :foam to ha i l i aarpitl. 'Bi .k ne ity Lif e o f . i I , beaftlertultin theseveritiespractised upon the wealthy its temples tbil this. world is governed 441 1.1:. 4 9 : friend, Mr. BUR RO N iiierchinta of *lfarnburgh." I appeal to the candid dence—by a merciful Being, that loves justlgolvski, : the age of juirbarisn Reader •if ~honest Tiworwr, alias poor- TrooTuy, detests oppressions and yet this same notion may !Jere, Reader, w %nth sdeservid this: and from. one too who sweetens practise injustice and oppression: nayi it may go to • - . , - ~~' 7 41114 .---.7 f dh ria - tiat; ' ii**l*.t , .• thfC.9pecallots of law,•:atici the, i .Royal examplei to •those divine' p, and mercy which he had 494 1 . 43 ! _X customs of. his ancestors, or , AgOes, but from that system wbidi drilei will to all men. It is no t. '' ' ib it is not ALFRED the Lair iitir:—hut,e the Christian Philanthropist, that' Wei fere us. ' Here is the Octeto pf a :filt only instructs his son, and'Urs peefialei v; pathetically in the mild precepts of Clr* practises them himself; and, whii lib li .601, them himself, but also enjoins the .praotice by force of law. la short, hearts Cl, united to civil POlity. Here is a Xing that called the true " vicegerent orGer. hi 'the sword of mercy on one hand, **Obit ol 41 % on the other*. To sum up all in 9,ivisifi l 46 ENGLAND'S HERDSMAN," as thiF I ANOL: expresses it—here is the-good, diiiptsgmC. ...'i the flock—the true shepherd, weittm i te.l44.7o I his life ror his sheep; but the . filet'dt44im them to the quick, and saerifices .their blootil ambition, his resentment,' or his gain; he havock, and lets slip the dogs •of tvar ; and be the poor sheep are torn in pieces arvidneonretl.. The next passage that,. Invites niy . .egmaiegit c. and thou shalt be left that,. in all !ny, wealth.' The Reader will natuitalftitik What, at a that( wi ttert were no permanent "tai ns.payurtnts to'i Crown, but free gifts tonceded by t he. people .'I particular emergencies, could he meant iy " all s wealth." The Chief MagistrAe of the nation. wi not at that time the first pensioner . in the eettel.*. he was a great landed proprietor. P 0 01145 0 4.•.4 t immense revenue,. which has ,now -vanii, thong entailed upon the office. .It. has : leson 4lt 4 steted sts, AI I different limes; and is now itr;-.Are- , fashids of ' descendants, or representative - ILn( :.ceurt . ft, Ivouriterto Whitnit has been g lilk.e *it'll 4 I fundamental laws. y , • . . 7 1 "My sun govern thyselrby, 1ew,"...1a a, - . . welt worth noting. lie who cannot goy** kneel is unfit to govern others: afti, ..es BtaSeri*-i4O serves, the King being the executor of ths.jak it; ' highly proper that he should set, the-44 eso, in obeying ;- ?:• it. • .'-!ti.'•,-. -...1.•- ! ., " And 'every man's judgment comes upnrCtil ' ' home to his own doort.. "• Why.? : Because thetjodp meat was pronounced by•Surers.. it is -the interest of all men that Juries .should :be-free - "' ' , i pendent. .. it girl ~. , rt. • TO Conclude, I Audi fully say, that jurisprudence fouiuled en the of universal justice, aud Osumi ,pifelini enforced with such . -plows sealy.tead,44* could not taaWfhepetipi4 ISAPPYI.O I : 44 opacrtAtais ---.l,torntil4, A C.,,- 194141164.1 V The jeetius enniniiied te‘vhe•meats Oleo Gibe.t give eviglesiie. Ite accorith., liegiatuTov were Wrought uplo *htf.l;t4tfictor attended for the -nded for Gilliert Davis. Aar. .Sta 110E4, the Chief Ch -t to bk sworn, hewn& 06 • g DisvGl *Wei r nsmt WO.' .beep ntl4tell mitred ,to "be a waLtiud be hiAtv bOr be ld t Divies ot . *stiVa Wei Mr‘Aiinttivrs.Nta , 1 client Kivu .61 flake, Proserniti that be - was. ainleptat Gloths o4 m aa ciown. .11ff tqu Ivas.attfered td bat !A If:Ws ‘ '‘inii-accorded ring evidence. I be no ottirction to. übderstood,!.mm_i his lb ~ . . t Printed and Published trit D. LosigklrOte STATIMI*If (WKS, 67, netvstreet. , • this - ttri4l.-• • ---' • •,' • •'- . f tdrnitiS . .o. • ; I ' 4 .4 4 4-; . , .... „ .. • ~..... • ' $ . • . .• TlNlo4lo4lcOttuttatitql . , BuekingiorMsbitse Deo. 2/- afitil,..• .• --: ,;'i:;,,w , A l) ' l ir' 1 ... We gifl4 arliittbstillition. afierZstMeit* Ithel r to the, Tonere.. ._ •s : :'.• .. • . , i. .. :- ~ ‘#.Y* daies t t i Al . .. . . .r . ` •".- --- •.,:-. .. -...': -..e.' - 5.4 .tigilli . • . • - '.'.. ':"••: 110 .- 1 4 1441 E.;! . ' • - , ***ofisti .4 14 rt : • , . •:••:- .---..4910 7 ..',•.- ' ..4 . -. , • •• ! 1. 7 , .. ‘,. t' . AI now-stitgerii—On'the 4thPi'-oi crp4er4lMlt -OP 'Sitcom! 1 coach- . was robbtd °fin parcel Contain:Bg ... .-(;irepreatec ' ban • notes, I to the amount . r ~ !XlOl. The roftcry ititipposed lila* been committed when dm coach sittilsefireen dlonbittioni bosS, dos. *nine. time iltler;•.two of tho stolcsi,„itteissAg 1 ~.. - were , prestrid ear ,payineut At . iiit6sr.• .ass and 'nattier*, 'hie • Hartoodesc , . - Ltesi 4 Aifelf: tbet-4 1. 2 age ms iii Litwin* iit'Adsi",4;ripps,,tlke .C.Otriatesibr- Th wetiltreedimimplii.„ lii-asilW ;Liiis. 4W:111' for e ee jodoodi diciliijlddeS if .the' stntee.'46te! . *tire: - for payment at;•thetle•eiiceiter •Raniti lie 46, , k ': • • 1 * - , svi-, - ...aMe attorney of Cireneetter, vshicb.weatyrtll. 4 4 ,, Mr. tilouirt:ia, on beiag asked how helbeawe ' them. ; very readily said he was *gent for tiii!„%lilevit Chnionger, of Gloucester. and - -fitid . stgat'iii&lbirlhinsf• - lipsif. These notes, on compartag their dates and atimipisis„kpowed i tii• be the. same that wers. refused Paymptll4 Atelsis. - ViiikTalfs.s -. pm:l iti London. - • • -.. .. : .-•. • - . 7 Attf': - • ::... ...: • . , • An enq airy 'took pare artAnticesits::AMOff:.... dg PO, Davis liavisig possession of,thete two moot, ,wpb Ow, fiti I others ; and, on Mr. Ihtvis being taken before - We'll* I tiiiineesteri he was held to bailrlii his men retlipkililaidtid. • sever for the offence of having the stolen pate% in •tak . without being able to give a satisfactory account Of bow he, I came possessed of them. Since that time, Mr- .4a.411 Npirlls. 1 , one of th e . hankers of Cleencestei, hasfuHowed-apthernillift mad discovered a•cooneetion between Mr. DAirKei (114. ti told Benjamin &Ritual n and Lewis Reajamia, df Polito., who deal in 11-h, and keep a public -honse, and, whiiitlnd stt I)avis, at Gloucester, 'while he sends tub • to ilse,.l3eoldeillib. London, according to the, price nf, the atarkets,,, They WO: ried - on other trail:actions totitAtfrt and tbrZitr oe in i elf . lin strong that the Benjamins were implicated - 'id 'r a warrant was iiistied against : theist from this •011krAt - :111111 1 2, Thorsdal! , the SOih ult. Lavendert yamitop, andlrieltorty v ertskt, to I)tike s-place, and took tlitim-intii custody. They • their-preinises Nut .nothing l of o saspiciolis natant wasf, and theretlid ' not appearaity symptoms of guilt t tbesoiltsc__ jambs 40pearrd!rxtreartety surprtimee at the dobegi t iAsigi I the tinkers were come to take - Mason fur a holudiLdlind; underwent an ernminationat the trdice, ob a:vertiwitalait Mr. Gilbert Davis bad received:, ( e notes.,,Not tipellealaplas, which they denied. . Mr. Edward Davis, broth er of filbert MIAs; iittemipilleill 4 stated, that his hrother had rettriord to the - leisjaPtietiV*l6. of the Cirencester note-. On the 22d of rlipc.eopid Ids* be w' at Gloucester, and as isterl his brittle: in patekinfilfilliiiiiii . and a paper iriveel a cts pat • betwgra dho t ik, i i easiliaujiig . Ciwneester B ilk Sows for.lol.- .ati4. a .antistrec.et.tivii,gaiißds noes of the. ester - hank , amount lag 'lololll.lfis. ; 'the , sent a letter, svistlittir parceloshich was directs.lo Lefties . * j a mb' s nolcesq4ntent -it icag.sealed,aittl4#eii4iiike Inn. and bodkettptbb sent.hy,,tlic C:onch. .4 ,• . ' 1...• ' •• ~. . Bea intuits lienjainie admitted' receiving the • .1. 4) that it remained arty thing-taat•the'satmoti. Iz ' • tee. dining his son s i absentset kook he -,c k kit no but what was relatite to flu fish. ~4 :'' ...,is ' '1 4 .' sThe botia.to being thus in' a TOY` jmnins Wer••emntititted for fartimennimins 441 i. .1 'on i ~; ~. :- i.