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Till: CREEKS. NOTE 317 R LA our.cE, FAR X LE VISCOMPTE DC ettere.tuisurisn, Xeurbre trine Sixlite en fi►eur deg 4;reec—Pens, Le Norraene pere, Libruire. Rue de Seine. The late events in Greece have attracted towards that iin fortuutee country the earnest attention of Europe. Bands e egro slaves. transported from the centre of Attica, has ten to a 7comtbsli at Athens the work of the sable eunuchs a t he Sersg 'o. The former come in their strength to pfirtbrair ruins which the latter, from their impotency, s uffer ta subsist. the age we live in contentedly look cn and see hordes of savages smother reviving civilisation in the tomb o f, people who hare civilised the earth ? It'd! Christen dom tranquilly permit Christians to he ..teangleil by Turks? Awl will European legitimacy, without indignation, stiffer its 'scrod name to give sanction to a tyranny that would j have crimsoned the cheek of Tiberius It is not here attempted to trace the origin and history of the Greek troubles ; for this mournful detail other w orks may be consultel. All that is purposed in the present note is, to recal the public attention to a struggle w hiob ought to terminate ; establish a few leading prin • o r lee •to resolve three or four questions ; to throw out sores ideas which may he matured by the reflection of j so me other minds ; to show that there is no result more; practicable, and which would cost less effort, than the de- ,iverance of Greece; to influence by opinion if it be pos sible, the inclinations of seen iu power. Although we have only one prayers to offer in the cause of religion and I of suieriog humanity, it is still a duty to let them lc beard. There is no one who.doss not desire the emancfbation of the Greeks ; at least there is no one who would dare publicly take the part of- the- oppressors against the op- peoess,l. This feeling of shame is at the outset a presnmp.. tom, a favourable symptom in the cause we are about to examine. But the publicists who have treated on the affairs ! of Greece, without being enemies to the Greeks, have nreteoded *home enttlex'net se interpose in her affairs, !ler four prihcipal reason,. tat. The 'Parka Emplre was acknowledged as an in tegral part of Europe at Congress of Vienna. bd. The Gybed Seignior is the legitimate Sovereign of the Greeks; from whence it follows that the Greek, are re bel subjects. bd. The mediation of the interposing powers might give rise to political difficulties. 4th. I Els not expedient that a popular government should be established in the East of' Enrcpe. We will begin with examining theetwo•first reasons : The Turkish empire was acknowledged as an integral part of Europe at the Congress of Vienna." Would the Con grew of Vienna, then, have guaranteed the Grand Signior the integrity of his states? What! would they have' minced them even against- war ? Did the ambassadors of the Porte assist at the Congress? llas the Grand Vizier signed the protocol? Has the Mufti promised to protect the Sovereign Pontiff, and the Sovereign Pontiff the Mufti ? j We should risk a departure from that gravity which the subject demands, were we to pause over-assertions at once so singular and so unwarranted. 'rite Porte, moreover, would be much attprieed at this cur offer of surety ! Such guarantee would appear to it as insult. The Sultan reigns in virtue of the Koran and the cimeter ; to recognise his rights is to throw a doubt on their validley ; it seems to assume that there is some right of empire other than his own self-originating and indefea sible will ! But do the writers who affirm that the Stet.•: of the Grata Seigelor were placed anticr the protectorate of the Congress of Vienna, do they remember that the possessions of the Christian princes, including their colonies, were ac tually guaranteed by the sets of that Congress ? Do they 'unitive to where this question, here raised en passant, might lad? When the Spanish colonies are in question, do they maks mention of this Congress of Vienna, which is so strangely introduced when Greece is under discussion? Let us be permitted at least to implore for the victims of Ilessulman despotism that liberty which it is thought right to ask for the subjects of his Catholic Majesty. The melts of a treat) signed by all the contracting parties are departed from, in order to secure what is deemed of higher irspoet to the great interest of nations. Be it so ; but do 'sot tbstt itoroltelbat tame way to perpetuate misery, and nOsedoier Came to the second reason :—" The Grand Seignior is legitimate Sovereign of the Greeks, from whence it follows that the Greet+, an rebel and • . Is the first place the Grand Seignior does not aspire to the bonnie of legitimacy thus gratuitously decreed to him, betwouhr Ise even extremely offended at the investiture , bethought* have nn leaning that way ; he does not elevate Christiana to the rank of legitimate subjects—the legiti mate subjects Of the successor of M a hornet are Mahometaes. tee Greeks, as • Christians, are neither legitimate nor spurious subjecte--they are :Ivrea, they aredegs—born t die under the scourge of the true believer*. As the eek nation hes not been incorporated with the Turk ish by being admitted to an inter communion of civil and political rights, it is not bound by any of the conditions which bind subjects to their sovereigns and rivereigns to their subjects. Reduced to submission originally br conqueet, they still obtained privileges from the conqueror in exchenge for a tribute which they con anted fo pay. They reed and obeyed whilst their pri eCtees were respected; and they even continued to do so after they had been violated. But when their priests wre strangled and their temples defiled—when thousands upon thousands of Greeks were massa cre!, burnt, and drowned—when their wives were as al away for prostitution, and their children caught sexy and sold in the public markets of Asia ; then it Wei that the spirit which was yet unquenched in the tams ofehisiti-fated people rose within them. These tote tired slaves rose in their wrath, and began to defend them sieve: with their irons. The Greek, who before was no ieleeet by virtue of political law, has become free by the Ise of nature: he hes trampled on his east-off yoke with ont beeig a rebel ; he has torn his chains asunder without' violatirg any legitimate tie, for none hail been contracted with him. The Museulman and the Christian in the Moen are two nemies who had concluded a truce on cer taieconditions. -The Muuniman has broken those condi don' ; the - Chrktien has again recourse to arms, and both ire in the same position in which they stood when Owl began the combat, three hundred and sixty years ago. bet du point which it most behoves us at present to ascertain is, whether Europe can and will stop the effusion of blood. But here the two latter of the above-mentioned four reasons present themselves for consideration :- 1. " The mediation of the interposing Powers might give rice to political obetaeles. it. " It wonhl not be expedient that a popular govern ment should establish itself in the East of Europe.' The retuning on both these objections may be com pletely refitted by facts. The politinl situation of 'dein is greatly 'hanged since the first movements were made in the Mores. The Divan and the Cabinet of St. Peters burg') have beeun to renew their ancient relations ; the Heepodars have been appainted the Turks have nearly evacuated Moldavia and Wallachia; and if there is still 'ay question pending respecting threes rincipalitiee, it can not be pret e nd e d t h at t h e concerns of L.reece are any longer in:emit:seed with those of Russia. A perfectly new bsais has been raised for negotiation ; tea by the litter of the treaties, particularly those of Jassy end of Boeharest, Russia has an undeniable tight to in. Laid, in the religious affairs of Greece. On the other etud, Europe is no longer, either with regard to th e 'mare of its institutions—or the virtues of its Sovereigns_ er the eolightesied policy of its Cabinets—or the information of the Me body of its people—it is no longer with respect to either of those in the same position as when it dreamt of the partition of Turkey. A more impressive and abiding sense of justice has governed the policy of states ne t' they have given increased publicity to their acts. Who now thinks of dismembering the states of the t,',llhtt S. lrsoe ? ho contemplates a war with the Porte? n * lio now covets an extension of territory anti commercial when they have already more of the former tote t ey can manage, and as to the latter, when the equality of rights and the freedom of commerce are gra un•it:y becoming the common wish of all, and the ground eerk of the code of nations ? liaeu e atltken requisite, as a preliminary t 3 the inde- Pelerfect of Gteece, to attack Turkey in a body, and et"trartie to fight for the spoils; is is only tweesury to nt 1 : 11 illy upon the Porte to treat with the Greeks, era 1 10 daing, to pet an end to a war of extermination, which afflicts the Christian world, which intenurts the relations of commerce, impedes navigation, obliges neutrals to sail with envoy, ilia:el/tot:osa that oineral . ortter which it is the essential interest of all States to restore, and their 'lrountlett duty to preserve. If the Divan should turn her ear from representations • 'so just in themselves and so momentous in their result, the recognition of the independence of Greece by all the Powers of Europe mi g h t b e ma d e the alternative of refusal. I By this single declaration Greece would be saved without flri.tg a shot, aunt the Porte, sooner ch later, would be con strairsed to follow the example of the Christian States. (To be concluded in the British Preis of to-morrow.] PRESENT,47 lON OF NIIIV COLOURS TO THE SE YItNTI SECOND RIGHLANDERS. Yesterday forenoon, this tine Regiment, which lois been for many months stationed here, and now expects a rouse for Ireland, was presented with a new stand of colours, on Burntsfield Links, in presence of a vast concourse of spectators, many of whom were in carriages. The Regi meut, tinder the command of Lieut. Colonel Calvert, reached the ground about noon ; and soon after, Gcn. Sir John Hope, in the uniform of Colonel of the 721, arrived, attended by Lord Robert Ker, Colonel Thackery, Major Broke, and other Officers belonging to the Staff: Sir John was accompanied by Lady Hope, to whom the dis tinguished office of presenting the new banners to the Re- giment was assigned. As soon as the General left his car riage, Colonel Calvert proceeded to form the battalion into a tallow square, on the two centre companies, the grena diers singly forming one of the shies. A pyramid of drums was then formed in the entre of the square to which a se lect party of spectators were admitted, and the colours laid on it. The Reverend Mr. Moon, Chaplain of the Castle, and the Ensigns appointed to carry the colours, took their stations in front of the grenadiers. 'rite banners were then I uncased and handed to Lady Hope, who gracefully deli vered them to the General, as Colonel of the Regiment, addressing him as follows , " Sit John Hopek.-1 have the honour to present to you, as Co. lonel of the flwriabbe them colours for the 711, or Duke of Ai. buoy's Own Highlanders. I beg to expreas my sincere good wishes, that under these new banners. the 72d may so continue to conduct itself as to gain fresh laurels, should an opportunity offer : and. at all events, that all honour, prosperity and happiness May attend the Corp., wherever it may be called on to serve; and you kill, Iknow, believe me most sincere. when I add my anxious wish that you may vay long remain Colonel of the Regiment. Any other observations, which it may he proper to make on this occasion. I have to request to you to make to. me." Sir John having received the colours from Lady Hope, again laid them on the pile of drums • and the Chaplain, Mr. Moon, in an eloquent p ra y er , implored that the God of battles would crown then, with honour and victory. When the prayer ended, Sir John again took hold of the standards, and delivered them to the two senior Ensigns; after which he addressed Colonel Calvert and the regi ment in the following words:— " Colonel Calvert—ln delivering to your charge, and into the more immediate care of the officers, who are to have the honour of carrying them, these colours which have just been presented to the 72t1 Regiment by lady Hope, I am fully aware that I awn not ad. dressing a newly raised regiment whose name and character are yet to be acquired, and it may not therefore be necessary for me to say much on thin occasion. 1 et, as it has pleased his Majesty to con. her so distinguished an honour on the regiment. as to permit the 72d to assume the name of the Duke of Albany's Own High. lenders, I cannot omit congratulating the corps nn having received so &tiering and honourable a mark of approbation. and expresaing my conviction that this additional badge which is now placed on these colours, will afford a new and powerful inducement for main. tinning the high character which the 72d regiment has so long, and so deservedly pawned. I feel particularly gratified, that the honour of delivering these colours has devolved on me, and that it should also have taken place in the capital of the eourtry where the regiment was first raised, and after its return from a long period of honourable and distinguished service. The country being now, under the Divine blessing, at peace, there is no opporumity for the 72d to gain fresh honours by any victories over our enemies in the field • but It may de serve and obtain almost e qua l h onour an d c redit, by setting an example for Its uniform steadiness, good conduct, and die. cipline, while doing duty at home, thereby meriting the good opi nion and respect of all ranks among their fellow-countrymen. This duty becomes the mote particularly incumbent on the regiment. when now so highly distinguished, as being named after his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, to whom the whole army Is indebted for the presept perfect state of order aid discipline to which it has attained. Thal the pitd regiment will ever continue to tle. s Royal r' the- only ~ovperity of the, nued lieshh and luippinert of every individual Officer. non-commis. sioned officer, and private in the regiment ; and, at the same time, to express my very great !egret at the removal of the regiment." Colonel Calvert briefly returned thanks to lady Hope, for the honour she had conferred on the corps, and to the General, for the approbation he had expressed, assuring Sir John at the same time, on the part of his brother of ficers, himself, and the whole regiment, that they would en deavour to justify, upon all occasions, the confidence re posed in them. The battalion was then re-formed in line; the grena diers taking post with the colours on the left, the drum mers playing the " Grenadiers'Warch." The ranks were afterwards ote.ned, and the battalion presented arms, when the colours were marched slowly in front to their metier station in the centre of the line, and the grenadiers to the 'right flank, the band playing a warlike march. The regi ment then fired a feu to joie , and gave a general salute, lafter which Sir John and the; general staff' rode down the ranks, and the spectacle concluded by marching past the General, in slow and quick time. The battalion marched into town by the Lothian road, Sir John Hope, Colonel Calvert, and the officers of the staff at its head. In' George's-street it drew up in front of the General's house, and after presenting arms, filed off' to the Castle. The appearance of these gallant Highlanders, on this interesting occasion, was such ai to excite the admiration of every spectato Their martial deportment, their stea diness and precision in every movemeut, and the national feelings excited by their long array of waving plumes, pro &iced a conviction, in every bosom, that our country's ' banner could not he intrusted to hearts and hands more firmly resolved to defend it. It may hereafter be our ditty, as journalists, to record the honout able services which the colours yesterday presented to the 'Ted shall have witnessed ; and considering the long period the re giment has now been as it were domesticated among us, the many townstnen serving in its ranks, and the har mony which has always existed between the soldiers and inhabitants generally, we are certain that the intelligence of their having gathered a plentiful share of laurels in the field will be hailed as a matter of triumph in this city.— Edinbergli Observer. TO THE EDITOR OP THF: ERITIS7I RADA'S, sin—wh e n I last suldreseed you upon the sutjeet of Joint Aim* CtmpanitSt I pritmised to inristigate in 'My next the general character of those Institutions, so far is that character depends upon the motives arid objects of the individuals under the sanction .of whose nem( a they are! presented to the public. It is quite the fashion amongst! t the periodical journals to asouthe every thing to the pre- i judice of those individuals. Anxious I suppose to acquire' the reputation of vigilant and &aloes guardians of the ;public welfare, they appear generally to forget that candour and reflection are amongst the qualities necessary to.tcquire and maintain ih One stunt question will put the candour anti reflection cif those Sweeping accusers to the test. What adequate temptation does the directorship of any Joint Reek Company present, that shoull induce any man of, eminent statiob and unbletnithed character to forfeit the respect of the world by lending himself to the protnotion of a fraud? Referring their conduct to the single consi deration of interest—what interests I repeat, can such persons have in the creation Of Companies to be put . for one moment in competition with their aharactet for integrity ? Is waste and ruin of character thus hazarded for the sake of the premium upon Shard ? It le too ridiculous. A man who can freight a single ship to a tolerable market will haven greater return of profit than the whole amount of premium upon the whole number of Shares that, with very few exceptions, has ever yet been realised iti the case of any Company. Can it be on account of the patronage to he vested in the Directors ? Who can believe this, when they recollect that many of the indivi duals who appear as Directors of the new Companies have appointments both more numerous and valuable to bestow in their own commercial establishments titan those con nected with any of the new Companies, the advantage of bestowing latter , well _ the tendency or the prospects. This supposition would no doubt be correct to a certain extent. Events have indeed already taken place, which prove it to be se. It is the ex ception, however, and must not be Mistaken for the rule. It is not the characteristic of English coinmercisl men to lend their names lightly or inconsiderately, still less is it congenial to them, to cast the loss arising from any inad vertancy into which they may fill, upon thew whom it: may have misled. In some fc* instances projects into which the public had eagerly entered, have been aban-, donded by the Directors, upon finding the prospects less bright than they had announced.. In every instance of this kind, the payments made by the subscribers have been refunded to them, the whole loss attending the preparatory . arrangements being sustained by the Directors. It will be objected to all this, perhaps!, that what has happened may happen again, and that as the country was deluded a hundred years ago by Joint Stock Projects, it may be equally deluded now. I should admit the force of this objection to my argument, if circumstances were the same now as then. Wu arc less likely to be deceived now, because we have the example of our ancestors to teach us caution. May not, however, caution aa. well as adventure be excessive? Is it a rational conclusion that the projec tors of the present day meditate fraud, when our caution is such as to withhold from the most successful fraud any adequate reward, merely because projectors cheated our vand-fathers, who were eager to make every man rich that would attempt to cheat them. I cannot avoid the conclusion, that in the conscientious and deliberate opinion of the great majority of Directors of Joint Stock Companies, the projects with which their homes are respectively connected, afford* strong probabi lity to the Shareholders of an adequate seturn for their in vestments; nor can I hesitate to deem their conscientious and * deliberate opinion upon the subject al& high authority. T. B. • gentle _ _ year cannot afford to send his family to College. In Germany, even tradesmen and mechanics Can and do enjoy that advantage. In Scotland, at the present day, in the country universities, the whole expense of education has, in a hundred instancla, been defrayed by twelve pounds each Session. Now, as a vehicle of general manly, and effective information, it is" undoubted, that trn . the very worst University in Scotland, supporo4 as .41 . may be by capped and teaselled aristocrats, by Win Nip mentstors, by bloated or feline recluses, is at leant* • as the best in England. The dull ad orers o f Cubes, Roots, and lambics, may turn up their nostrils at' this, it is true. But the fact ire 110 t to be scouted, that, as a people, we are ten times better educated than our Eng. lisb brethren ; that, as mere Universities, our pauper insti tutions xre illustrated by amass of official genius which England cannot eclipse, if she can equal ; that as nurse ries of men, brave, eloquent, discerning, these Universities can present living examples of quite as much power as have issued, in an equal period, from the proud Catacombs of the south. Yet why ? Not surely because England is wanting in capacity ; but because ehe is wanting, miser ably and utterly, in the Collegiate engines of exciting it. Rich and potent as she is, her Universities ought long ago to have been as far above us iri sound practical genius, as they now are in sterile calculation or inonkish commen tary. Yet the new institution is to be poisoned by the gall of cloistered envy. And what is the excuse? This Uni versity is not to be fortified, forsooth, by religious tests or lectures. It is to be trampled under foot, just because it is freed of those scowling buttresses, which have made its elder sisters the rich reservoirs of religions bigotry, and the feed occasions of sectarian animosity. Is it not monstrous that Englishmen, and the sons of Englishmen, should be liven from the great Colleges of their country, just be cause they cannot tack their faith to Barrow anti Atter bury ? Is it not frightful that the thirty•-nine articles should be made the only ti t l es t o t h e knowledge of surds and hexameters? And if it be to, frit not insanity itself to strangle the tieing 1nt:407 witteh antibuse so dread ful can only be put down ? o hear'soinc Mon talk, one might imagine that Homer was a high churchman ; or that old Archimedes had been a ' dab' at school divinity. Because a man happens to be a Jew, a Turk or a Baptist, is lie never to know how many sides form a triangle? Becaus2 he is heterodox in respect to the Trinity, is he to be an eternal ass in Dactyls and Pyrichees? Itigt it seems this upstart University may become a teacher of infidelity. And this in defiance of its solemn principle of avoiding polemics altogether !—But have our Scots Universities been fertile in Bayles and Spinosas? Have Jens, Gottingen, Leipsic, and every other Collegiate city in the world pro- Auced nothing but the rank weeds of Pyrrhhonism ? Yet there, Christians, Jews, Bramins , Mussultnans, Ghebers, may enter if they please, and learn what they please. There, if scheme of divinity be taug h t at all, i t enjoys Lo iron influence over those win) think proper to deny it. In point of fact, had the pillars of the great English Col leges been trying how they could most effectually multiply infidelity or schism, they could have adopted no stronger means than this exclusion of Sectaries. If error shall exist at all, the way to fortify it is. of course, to sink its vota ries in ignorance and persecution. But this worse than Popish tyranny will no longer avail the dull malignity of its founders. Schistnatics and infidels can found Colleges and rules as well as they. The horror of an University in the vice and dissipation of a great city, if it were not hypo critical, would be the merest gabble. Colleges have been, are, and must ever be, molt frequent in the largest cities. And sure we are that a body of undisciplined youth are ten times safer under the eye of their natural guardians. than; in the unmastered eeelustoti and minute companionship of i a country town.—Edielittret Warw. SUSSEX Before s. iron, n deputed vice, was indicted on Lo shooting at James Roper. 9th June last, with intent t varying the charge. The Hcirruely wourding the pr The prosecution was , PLATT. For the grisnner, heat', Mr. G unwEY.filr. No. the instance of the Board of Mint, The else proved on the part of the prosecution wits this I—The prosecutor is a mariner, residing at Hastings. In the evening, of the Dth June last, a party of the town's people, of which he was one, assembled rot Castle-hill, near Hestitig., f or the purpose of regaling themselves with smoking and drinking spirits and milk, according to a custom which was stated to have obtained In the summer season. The Orly consisted of men, women. and all dren, to the number of about thirty. In order to light their pipes, the men had procured Candles in the town . About half-past nine to clock, the prisoner came upon the hill, and seeing the candles alight, exclaimed to the party, " What's the meaning of all this ?" The prosecutor replied, " There it no smuggling going on ; we are only enjoying ourselves, smoking and drinking." The prisoner I then said, ' Put those lights out.' The prosecutor observed, " I don't know about that." The prisoner, in a mare peremptory tone. continued, " Put the lights out, or I'll take one of you prisoner." The prosecutor repeated the observation, " I don't know about that," and whilst lie was in the actor lighting his pipe, the prisoner discharged his pistol at him, and lodged a ball in one of his thighs. Incensed at this proceeding, some of the party attacked the prisoner, who began to retreat. He drew his cutlass, and cut right and left to keep off the assailants. He was, however, im. metliately overpowered, and was receiving very rough treatment, when he called noon his assailants, as Englishmen, not to hurt him. In the scuffle a second pistol, which the prisoner had, went off and wounded him in one of his hands. No further violence was offered him. By this time sonic of the blockade men came up, prisoner charged them to fire upon the —, using a 'cession. One of the men obeyed the command, and 'tot, which, however, did not take effect. In the mean secutor was carried off' to a surgeon. The ball mill fleshy part of the thigh, and he was brought into 's, apparently a confirmed cripple. Eight or nine to the facts above-mentioned, with very little teselhYony, - altheset they did wot hear awls . They all swore solemnly that thedr meeting on Alely for the purpose of harmless recreation, and that smuggling objects in view. It was also sworn that no was given to the prisoner, and that he had deliberately pistol and pointed it at the prosecutor. It was denied that any brands had be'n thrown up into the air as a signal to smugglers, or for any other ptirpose whatsoever. The spot where tie party were regaling themselves was in front of the sea, and it 'was admitted that the lights might be visible to smoggier,, if there were any on the Inok-out. Riper, on his cress-examinetien, ad. ',slued that he bad been chased two days before by Lieutenant Prancillion, of the Preventive Service, when he was at sea; but he declined answering whether he had thrown any thing overboard when the Lieutenant approached his boat. He did not think him. self bound to answer the question. These were the leading cir cumstances of the case. The prisoner put in a written statement to the effect that lie had gone upon the hill le consequence of seeing the lights, which ha had reason to suspect were made as signals in aid of smuggling, in order to discharge his ditty. When he arrived where the party was sitting he was Immediately attacked by several individuals, by some of whom he was struck; whereupon, dreading that his life was in danger, he. in self-defence, and for no other purpose, discharged bit pistol, but with no intention of injuring any particular person. Being unaccompanied by any of his own people, he was in no con dition to prove the truth of these farts, and could only have resorted to the testimony of some of his assailants, who, from their bias upon the subject, could not be relied upon as witnesses in hit behalf. Ile solemnly declared that he had been first assailed in the manner stated, and had been actually wounded in the hand by a pistol fired by one of the smugglers. He submitted the improbability of his tiering been the aggressor, whereby he would necessarily have been exposed to the unequal odds of twenty to one. Lieutenant Francillion proved that he had chased the prosecutor on the 7th of June, and just opposite the Castle-hill, the latter threw something overboard, which he suspected to consist of contra. band goods. The lights seen on the hill would have been a guide to persons disposed to dish up any thing 'which might have been thrown into die eta, at the spy; where Roper had been chased. A surgeon gave it as his opinion, that from the position of the wound in the prisoner's hand, it must have been inflicted by a pistol discharged at him, and not by means of accidental explosion. Several of the preventive men proved that their attention was attracted on the evening in question by the lights on the hill. lb* swore to the fact that a brand had been thrown up in the ale, OA that the lights had been moved about in a manner which in t oilseed them to believe that theta was some smuggling transactional' going on at sea. _ m An excellent character was given to the prisoner , by his superior iafficers, by who he s described P' - and f e a roan w.— _ King ..at had happened I had thrown my went to the place I describedanil brought hack nay watch. was a starry night, but not moonlight. I have korrekt the prima' fur ten or t we l ve years . I' m sure he was the met. ily the Counx—Did he speak at all?—No. Did you ?—Veit, I did. What did you say ?.--1 asked them to his me ratify dim I wee down. Cross.examined.--I am a labouring man ; I had Ids. a week, that's all. 1 intended to matry Ellen 'Clarke ; abe had no Money t I had the money from Mr. Eiger, my toaster; he la bare. havers' ' years hack 1 commenced saviog mane) , I the story was told In Pio. ham, but the good people of that place have give% ask no money. I have no promise to dist elect. I drank some tea while k Mr. Diekons's ; that's all I had drank that evening. I never had any doubt but this was the man. I told the gentlemen of the parish that I did not know the melt ; I was so a` unsensed'' by their mitt:milt me that I could not tell them. I did'nt think it right to tall every one that came to ask me about It till I got about. I did'nt swap tell Billy Roe, whom I c a ll e d up ; I didvnt tell wren him who had, robbed me. I know a p erson name d Mallet: ; I told him I did'nt , know exactly who it was. On the Tuesday morning . / mentioned it to my brother. That was, before the parish officers came to ink,•. and made a stir about it. Ellen Cl ar k e had beentii Dinharn ; I . rat , went with her to Mr. Di c k ons ' s h ouse ; I never heard the misnrieje. ?. was an acquaintance of Ellen Cl ar k e . 'there were ten shillings 41' • my pocket when I got home. They had no sticks not pistols; they' ' gave me violent blows in the face and head tmy nose and mg • . , bled. 'the doctor came in the morning to bleed me, and then went to lied again. I did'nt get tip till the Tuesday afternoon. did'nt work till three weeks afterwards. 1 maintained myself with • • oilier money, and I had Os. Rom the club. In re-examination, this witness said he solittltimes, in the liar. vest, earned as much as twetry:three shillings e-week ; ten ahil. hugs was the lowest sum h e ettecie,ed. Just before ;WS appened I had two pounds six of seven shilling% fibm my master. Wm. Roe lives at Binh= ; he corroborated Olt pet/Wehrle* statement, and stated furt'ier, that the prosecutor hating dlscriteed the field into which he had thrown his watch. he went there add. found it ; his face and head were covered with blood ; he complains ed a good den! of the back part of his neck. - Cross-examined—tile told me he didn't know whit it was had ' ,• • misused him. Ile said he did'nt know. Did I.e appear to have lost his Scheel P.—He lost Webd andb money. (A laugh.) Did he appear in his senses?—God Almighty only knows. • (Laughter.) Did he seem in his ordinary senses ?.—/ don't knot, he alatelleed very low, Edmund Crasp, the prosecutor's brother, sait, thatise !het:lon. • Mg after the robbery occurred he Saw hit ti ros tithed abotit /di • o'clock. Ile appeared very much distig,ored,, and his recce was ' covered with blood. He principally eomplidned drthe back mat of his head and neck, but lie did'nt seem in his repaint - proses. saw him five or six times during that day, but until he got his re gular steep he was still confused. ‘Vitness dor the prisoner that day at work, and prisoner saw him, and on the Tuesday morning he saw prisoner again at his father's house at Bintiam. He opened the window and said. " Clasp, I understand you think it's me bate robbed your brother." I said to him I do not know MI thing about ii. He said, "do you think we're as great rogues Is you are--if you do why don't you take us up and examine us." He said further, " I thought when you came yesterday into lilt. Well's yard you thought it was When I was in Air. Wells'e yard lie asked me whether my brother knew the number of the Lille: I said no, Then says he they'll nevermake the people out. Crdas-exatnined—The prosecutor is Ilia own brother. He found him in bed about six o'clock, his face covered with blood. I asked - him if he knew the men ? lie said " No." On Tuesday stun:. ing lie told me, when I went to see him, who the man use. Thema, Wells knew both the prosecutor and prisoner. He roan(' the prosecutor in bedem the !Monday morning, apparently in a state iff sfnpor. lie appeared to have siiltered Isom krttises. On the Wednesday after I went, accompanied by Stevenson, the officer. and looked over the place, and on Thursday I went with thew** officer, and he took high lows of a peculiar make, which hit tarns pared with the impressions, and they corresponded. Cross-examined—The high-lows he merely compared, but did not place them in the impressions. Several people had been to.sew the place after the robbery. Stevenson, the pollee-officer, stated, that formation, lie apprehended the prisoner. When Boner &aid, " I suppose this is a'sont ' lie did not know what &fair prisoner "Oh, about the robbery committed last." To this witneta - no . and left . Another pair on wete those he wore oa were the w•as some plotted the h4gb-lowe In the on then. Ir. Malden t ,trod some earth in a box. Ifapeterei u. vn a newspaper some foolish eceount of a pair of breeches en impression on a green bank; and he thought, good, ea.y man, that if he secured the mod upon whisk the heel bad. made an impression, it would pence ma r t powerful evidence. Der _ all r he made:olllmm : deposited, he wars permitted to depart. This was the case on the part of the prosecution. The prisoner, in his d:fence, declared he was innocent, and that what he had said to Stevenson was, "Another man should bo. here, instead of me." Two witnesses were railed, who proved that Ceup had declared to them that he did not know the person who robbed him. There were other persons (two girls) called, to prove that thy prisoner wss at home at twelve o'clock that sight, and is hN, They were not ernes-examined. The eirtv.r BARON then proceeded toeharge the Jury. This was a case, his Lordship said, in which it was peculiarly incum bent on the Jury to'attiMil to the whole of the evidence, and chiefly that portion of it which affected the Identity of the prisoher. In. all cases juries should pay a proper respect to the evidence pr o du ce d before them ; but there were some occasions in which the charge was, comparatively speaking, of a trifling description, apd that fore not demanding the same strict itiquiry which was requisite in an investigation similar to the present. The Jury were now fully informed of the factk of this case, and upon - the fair result of these facts they would pronounce their concetennoas verdict, and as the life of the prisoner was entirely dependent upon their verdleVthey should most cautiously consider the circurostanees laid before Mein in evidence, previously to their . pronouncing a verdict wheels most inevitably, he would say, cons ign the unsocial° an ipmelniese end. Ile said this, because that a robbery had been coMmitted no longer doubtful ; that it had been petpettatad under olresuo. stances of great aggravation, was not any longer to be denied, and if they were satisfied that the prison* west One of the weans *ha essisted in the commission of that robbery, he was guilty of a peatoffence, to be expiated by the severest punishment. There fore, if they entertained a doubt of his goat. Booing that such can- , ' sequences would arise from his conviction, it was their duty to deliberate before they found a verdict or guilty ; but if, os the other hand, they were convinced that the prisoner at the bat was one of the two persons who had audited in the commission of ibis robbery, then the oaths they had taken, and their duty to the country, imperiously required that they should say so by their verdict. In order to enable them, as Le as in him lay, to tome to • I just conclusion upon this most serious subject, he would read over the whole of the evidence. His Lordship having concluded his charge by tepee** she evidence in the meet comprehensive mamer to the Jury, they de• liberated for clearly half an hour, anti returned a verdict e' It was ordered by the Coart that the prisoner should be bermes: up to receive senteuce to.morrow morning. OXFORD CIRCUIT. HEREFORD ASSIZES, UtIZTORD. ACLU!? 2. These Assizes eommetettl tbis day. batiste Mt. Hen 0.01605 e, on the Crown Side. and AD. Justice Rtaltiovoss, at Nie Nitta. There were twenty evil causes entered fat tend. The ass of Judge, of the CheltenAnm Jr:4744a. hasintt Colonel Itestalee„ taa. entered No. 1, and is to be tried by aApecial Jury. The calesdar was unusually light, and cantalneel the names tlf 18 rims& ..... _ • - - CIVIL SIDE. *Atroao v. toingsoir, ettrit. This was an action by the plaintiff', against the defendant, rti Robinsoo, who is ■ 31agietrate of this county, for false imprisgE • meat. It appeared, that the plaintit lets very insolent, and tfts: the defendant ordered bits into cash*. . The plaintiff ten -nno• suited. TREATMENT Or A Hußsi:. • I.VILLOTT r. Pitti.l.lPS. dlr. Rrsstt. Este!. that the plaintiff wa s a gr o g f, tesiding S? Leominster, cud also let horses for nine, and that the defendant ap plied to him to let him a horse for two days: but this the plaintiff declined, without knowing the lerlgtk of this journey, and nil thui• the defendant said, he only wanted to CO to Doeldo*, which was sit mike ; but itt fact, whip the ilcrendsnt got the hone*. he drliett it tit a gig to IS'orenter, a distance to and fro of 02 mare. and el way of load, the defendant took he wife and hie sprentict with him; end be should show that vb.:Nine was injured by lt, and thin the defendant gave a man a shilling to make the horse look rout before he monied him. On the nest day. the hone Pia very lame. and ittrier, who was employed, would prove that &s hone was laid'dp' r Rix weeks, and was much injured. Williato Jackson said, I know the plaintiff', he Is a men's atelttec and grocer, at !Atomising,: he lets hones for hire. On FrttliA. the 18th of rebroars, saw the pude*. The defendant mho( ii,. plaintiff so lend him a hone to go a few miles. the geklUill hesitated. The defendant said. he* moth a do sharps, an d the plaint,ff *eked hose fat he was Ong, . m o de., *Sidi was slit tram O tea Cetera elm oett J sop Lutcott, tto plaintiff's daughter, said, I i Jug eaksare ,onnur „a boa ; i 1 i when the ptisoner -- .2.11 LI bestowing i f* i lo r r e : i id hr e , xp i rea o s i ton . . l toe tatter being divided amongst a dozen or per- haps a score of Directors ? To impute to the Directors of 1 the new Companies generally any sinister motive, does t i me, the pistol, therefore, I confess, appeantomett merely an imputation remains in the Bei 'of gratuitous fraud, but ap imPttt ion of that extreme fa- Court on crutches, hilt)! and viilasy coashilma valuall is w i maii ii. witnesses cleposiKl tingly injure themselves for the mere delight of ruin- o v i a t t; i i° e f ( i al en t e r. ing others. It may be supposed that some indivi- the hill was solely duals of high character and of overwhelming occu- the', had no smug pations may be occasionally induced to lend their names provocation was Kit e ... to projects of wl.ich they have not we ll cons id ere d raked hii pistol a —. . . o ........ es• ma F.,,aut iul a. • g Amu. smung me w miew.couniryin e n. - l o la names are respectively connected, affords" strong probabi- They swore to the fact that a brand had been thrown up in the air Stevenso n, the po t ,-ri cer, stated, that in consequence of in.• bad been moved about in a manner which in.' " duty becomes the mote particularly incumbent on the regiment. lity to the Shareholders of an adequate return for their in- and that the lights formation, lie apprehended the prisoner. IVhen he took him pi- dueed them to believe that there was some smuggling transactions going on at sea. of when now so highly diatinguished, as being named atter his Royal vestments; nor can I hesitate to deem their conscientious sorter mid, " I suppose this is aCont Crasp's affair." Witness Hid . ht Highness the Commender-in-Chief, to whom the whole army Is Ice did not know what affair prisoner meant. Prisoner said then and deliberate opinion upon the subject al a high authority' An excellent character was given to the prisoner by his superior [ l e indebted ! for the present perfect state of' order ard discipline to which "Oh, about the robbery committed by two tnen, on Sunday night • at has attained. nisi the rid regiment will ever continue to de. T. B. by whore he was described as a man of m il d temper, hums- lean" officers, re 1 To this witness made no reply. Hs took him to a public•house, and left him in custody ; and then he asked lilt% if serve the approbation of his Royal tlighness I make no doubt. 1 nity, end general good conduct. e , r have only to regret, that, by the sudden removal of the corps, the LONDON UNIVEASIT.F. In the coursed the rein] it appeared that the evidence of the wit- he had not another pair of high-lbws? whether the pair healers 30 recruiting of it to the present augmented establishment, and the nesses for the prosecution had b ee n ta k en b y the town clerk of the . ti • is hail on were those he wore on the Sunday night preeedfni s t4- id drilling ' and discipline of the re giment , must o f necess i ty b e mate- Th e d es i gn o f t hi s great Instauon cull enduring a b o r oug h o f H ast i ngs , w h en neither the Mayor nor any other file- said they were not; that the pair which be bad worn art rially interrup t ed an d " g u i d e d ; w h ic h, d ur i ng the winter and rancorous persecution, as if we co u ld h ave t o o many sc h oo l s, g i strate was present, and that the witnesses had not been sworn until were at home. Witness then went to prisoner's house, and found i s spring, had been going on so rapidly and suectssrally under the or too much knowledge ;as if learninq eras comet ini, l i k e , k• , aher their statements bad b eau reduced to writing. The Learned a pair which exactly 'coiresponded with certain impressions toady • near thlgi t a. s.a titen he was taking the prisones:m ret-Wipel.,. superintendence of AI D Drummond, who h as lately left the regi- it , t„„. a patent of peerage, of most value witti ui c said (4% 1 _6 -• * li =gZ erteo )°, l .!Mg terins upon sly imEoPziet.T. 0 ( 04 a u -we . Mstenter &mad tie Isere wistiviLabisifilleise • ifs ghost standalone. tie Mkt advert • • ••••I'• a gmatl ysttee ling eriterio vil e age s ifirl ln c7r, al l i can h"" Mil bu by t P"" Tinnient iaA ‘; inl I A f in eel ° ll Pa lncurn." - Ittltion • di - irevery . thliiruatigi'leWine'§my in politics to this practice in his charge to the Grand Jury, In order that the Obt 1'•" to bent on me, as Colonel of t h e regiment, thus publicly to express must be hooted and trodden d o wn, j ust b ecause i t i ssues Magistratesmight be more alive to their duty, for nothing c ou ld b e Ce examined --I plowed the bight-lows In the impressionut n, toy feelings towards him. Under your good auspicea, C:olonel Cal- from such party. This is low indeed. Th e on ly quest i on so I m p roper as for Magistrates to suffer their clerks t o ta k e t h e There was some blood on then. Mr. Malden prodpced some card' in a beg. If arpeeendi he half e . 'err, I have every omifistence, from the zeal and anxiety you have an hottest man ought to ask, is, do we want this Institu- statements of witnesses without the sanction of en oath, in the ab- the party accused. Such was ..: at all boles evinced , and the very great attention and pain. you be- tion ? 'rite reply must be—we want not one, but man., settee both of the Magistrates and .7' the course adopted lit this case, and lie could not condelaut it too read in a newspaper snme foolish account of • pate of breeches "..• stow, that the regiment will soon regain what it may now lose by making an impression on a green bank ; and he thought. good', 0- this temporary interruption, and that a few mouths will enable you England, with a'tloacti millions of people, has but two Uni- easy man, that if he secured the mad %spin which Vie heel ba d . is. to show the 72d, such as I knew it would have been, had it re- varsities . Germany, with not Otte third of tsar revenue, After an elaborate summing up upon the whole of the case, the strongly. half-past five yesterday made an impression, it would prove most powerful evidence. bat or :pained stationary is little longer, till these desirable objects had has more than twenty. Scotland, with a little mom than Jur'' , retired to consider of their verdict at the absurdity of the thing was evident to all but the mud colleteoe: evening; sad - between one and two o'clock this morning they to been completed. 1 have only now to offer nly most sincere colt a fifth of her population, has five. In Eneand, a gentle-and with the box in which the precious cargo was deposited, he war permitted to depart. I. _ wishes fur the prosperity of the corps collectively. arid for the ti- man of a thousand a year cannot effort! to rend his hardly ht the prisoner in Not Guelty. —.. . - . . '.` rued Iteslih and happiness of evere individual officer. tion•commis- b roug ht I Li i: wC 7 A . a t : , T S. .: r I: i v t Set. 1.. 1 it;ci a n eir ; h e tw r m , sa t/teii Ileel :::: o l teita i i tie jol m . et r a ni nn,:w by the st... retrained c:. aher7,a babied. ars :or..leig 0, T tti !! na l a g o tetailhiewren round t:ll ; bln g , !Id he ... . : A ° SS AI I I Z E I.: S C , rot tie titan oho did nn is the ptisone ere Lertl n ChierJustice BEIT. )died toad and used me sadly. Tl . ey beat me with their hands, and they' . Thty kneeled on me nn the bard a Lord Ellrnborough's Act, for maliciousle ILerilletht. with etionamt ocranduerntheritinm.racri'lltes'reaetwpireir:seontojett7e.r.icto:nuitittltas..., I acren alsdlings.. The money consicted of two pound haft, a 1 guinea, a aoreteign. and slver. They Oleo plated alarre Add . •1 ntincted lay Mr. Anotrucs and Aft. e prosecutor. Plea. not gliiity. got front undet it es WO as I dnuld and ' 7 cain p e ou o m , e n . yee l ir w , s i s r. tr i arsible: but I found the gate on ins Whets i nne Mr. Sergeant Oriscow, dlr. Man- . r . 1 I ' 7 Cn e, made the bast of me war to Ilinham t watt theta flee o'cloci. '.1141r. NOLAN, and Mt. Kisox, appeared, at called up a man who lodg ed at the King's Arms, and MI4 him turd of Admiralty. what had happened amp Where I Lad thrown my watch to, and he the pro t the secution was this t Tl went to the pla ce 1 de w r ib et t ant l broupt back nay march. This / part of' THE MENDICITY SOCIETY. ' We see an attack made in a Morning Paper, which ap pears to us extremely unjust, not upon the management, but upon the plan of the Mendicity Society We know nothing of the details of the Society's proceedings, or of the officers who are active in its concerns, and upon whom some attacks, which may or may not have been very unjust, have been trade by other persons. But we have not the slightest doubt that such a Society, if well managed, must be of the greatest advantage. Indiscriminate alms-giving is mis chievous to the community ; but the habit of indiscrimi nately passing by objects of apparent distress, is injurious to the individual, and is scarcely compatible (unless there be a strong conviction in the mind that all such misery is either fictitious or deserved) with the existence of virtuous feelings. For every charitably disposed person to make in quiry into the condition of street beggars is not possible. %Vim is wanted then is some institution to which the busi ness can be delegated, with a conviction that it will be per formed, and relief afforded if it be deserved. This pur pose the Mendicity Society professes to answer, and since it has been established, if our observation serves us, there has been a manifest decrease of street beggars. FASHIONABLE 11'i'iLLIENCS. Arrivals at Sages liotelTl=74, rest Court t kl f rom Russia Colonel and Mn.a Bertrand and lei—Court c r . :wee r !! fionliouse and suit, tot India . ; t , ..e ft fa his seat urat Windsor. " Mr. LUC' Cal A'ORFOLII CIRCUIT. NOIIFOLIt ASSIZES, Nonwicn, Wlnirmsriatt, Ave 3. CRIMINAL COURT. Before the LORD Cnner BARON. Christopher Watts and Win. If stood indicted fee baying, on the 28th of May last. burglariously entered the house of Fuller Coker, and stolen from thence several articles, his property. Fuller Coker, the prosecutor, is a tailor, residing at Beaton, io this county. Ile has a shop which forms part of his dwelling. Ile remembered the 28th May lest. On that day he had a great-coat and other things in his shop. Ile went to bed that night, and all was safe. There was. a door and window front the shop to the garden. On the next morning he rose first, and observed that the few things left were scattered about and trodden under foot. The window was broken open, and the door was half open. lie missed a great coat, • pair of breeches, 14 or 15 yards of calico, and a bundle, containing various articles. By the COURT—It was ten o'clock when I went to bet: ; it was six when I got up. and the sun had risen some time. Elizabeth Coker, the prosecutor's wife, said that she recollected the 28th May last, and on that evening she had put several articles into a shawl. She set it on the board where her husband worked ; there was in that bundle a box and cotton, a black velvet purse,l and three large clasp knives, and one penknife; perhaps as many as twenty children's books. William Hunter is a constable of the parish of Boston. On the 30th of May, be apprehended Christopher Watts, and took him before a Magistrate. After I had apprehended the prisoner I took from him a shoe called " a high-low," and compared it with the impression made in the garden adjoining Coker's house, and it cor responded exactly ; I found, on searching the prisoner, two knives, one a clasp knife, anil the other a penknife. When before the Magistrate, he denied having broken into the house, hut he said the sweep did. I asked him where the things were; be said he'd show me if I accompanied him, anti he brought me to a field, from the ditch of which he produced two bundles. Thomas Moore lives at Boston. lie recollects the prisoner Wm. Watts. Ile went on the Tuesday after to Mr. Large.", where the prisoner IVm. ‘Vatta lived as servant. I said I had heard of some knives he had ; he took one and gave it me, and other things, such as needles, &c. Thomas King, tie* to the Magistrate, produced the articles al luded to, all of which were subsequently identified by the prosecu tor and his wife. This wee the case on the part of the munition. The prisoner, Christopher Watts, in his defence, said, that on , the night in question he was drinking with George Smith, and he lover persuaded him to go with him to the prosecutor's, when Smith entered. and gave him the things for watching, and hid the bundles lin the ditch. The other prisoner, Wm. Watts, stated that his brother had given him the things found upon him. The CHIEF BARON, in su.nming up the evidence said, that for aught that appeared on the evidence the house of the prosecutor had been broken open in the day time ; and, therefore. the offence of burglary was not made out. The house had Imo broken open certainly, but goods to the amount of forty shillings had not been taken. Tha t' might, however, be found guilty of grand larceny under this indictment, if the jury were satisfied that the evidence brought home guilt to the prisoners. If they saw any distinction between the cases, and thought that such distinction ben e fit e d either of them, to that prisoner they would give the benefit of such distinction. The Learned Chief Baron then read over the evidence, tilling the Jury that, most probably, they would find it incumbent upon them to make a difference between the cases of the prisoner., The Jury found the prisoner Christopher Watt* Gritty of steal ing under the value of forty shillings, and Win. Warta !Not Gritty. The prisoner we sentenced tetwelve months imprisonment in the llouse of Camden, and to be kept to hard labour. Joie Roma was indicted for having on the 18th of April last, on the King's highway, in the parish of Benham, feloniously as saulted James Cram, and taken from bin person a puma contain- in five pounds, and certain monies, his preperty. James Creep, the prosecutor, said be rk•d, in April last, at Benham. He is a labouring man. He lived at the King's Arms, Binham. He is now married ; but was not then. Ile spent his evening on the 18th April at Hr. Dickorie's with Ellen Clarke. She lived two milats Nun Dinham. lie went from Mr. Dickens's between nine and ten with kllea Clarke. It was • little after ten when be reached her home, and he did not leave till near two , I o'clock for Benham. On his return he met with two men. Ono' of them kept loch. The other urns up to him. I knelt late 184-