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Ll'altAßY NOTICE. Having referred in our Paper of Friday last, to a letter to Lord GRENVI LL}, as CHANCELLOR of the University, respecting the expulsion of a young Gentleman from Christ Church, Oxford, we thought it our duty to make some inquiry on the subject, and to procure a Copy of the Cor respondence, which we found had not been pub lished, but merely printed and circulated among the friends of the expelled party. Most anxious as we have always been to uphold every thing connected with our Church and University Este tlishments, we cannot but feel considerable re gret that this affair has occurred, inasmuch as it seems to imply a degree of rigour which could hardly be expected from such liberal and en lightened Authorities as have hitherto charac terized our Chief Seminaries of Learning. The anonymous pamphlet which we noticed last week was not published, we are assured, by the friends of the Gentleman who has been expelled, but probably by those of some of the other Stu. dents who have suffered on this unfortunate oc casion. But the matter is too interesting to Pa rents, Relatives, and Guardians, and, indeed, to the Public in general, to be suffered to pass without farther notice, and as the appeal has been made to Lord GRENVILLE, who presides over the University, we conceive that the Noble Lord will feel himself bound to interpose, and if iris Lordship should decide in favour of the suf fering party, it it by no means improbable that the Authorities on the other side will submit without reluctance to his Lordship's decision, and, in that case, regret that they have too hastily :yielded to the impulse of what they deemed a sense of justice to the W mselve ts a fore shall f nd to the chaorbear racter of the Uttivrsity. e here e 'from stating our own opinion, but content our selves at present with merely subjoining the whole of the correspondence on the subject : A LETTER from Colonel HUGH D. BAILLIE to the Very Reverend the DEAN of CHRIST CHURCH; to gether with a CORRESPONDENCE relating to the RE MOVAL of Mr. HENRY BAI WE front that College. 34, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, 0ct.16, 1823. Stu—The misrepresentations which have arisen in reference to the expulsion of my son from Christ Church, have induced me to print the whold correspondence connected with this un fortunate affair, as the only means by which I can efll:ctually refute them. Had my son been guilty of the offences imputed to - him, I Should not have complained of his punishment, however much 1 might - have considered it as exceeding the offence. But the grounds of my repeated ,and ineffectual applications to you for II revision of his sentence, 'have uniformly been his innocence of the offences imputed to him, and the consequent injustice of the punishment which had been hastily inflicted. 'Had you deigned to institute the inquiry which I earnestly entreated, I pledged myself to abide the event without com plaint, l7ltatever Might have been the result. I fuUy relied upon the honour of yourself and the other authorities of Christ ' Church for a just decision, whenever the case could be brought under your cool and deliberate judgment. llatl , my son been guilty, he would have had nothing to gain.by this inquiry ; but confident of his innocence, felt that the authorities of the :College would best commit their own reputation, by rescinding an unjust sentence. There is, indeed, -some.consolatin held out in the letters with which you have been pleased to honour me, and which might prove some mitigation of the sentence to one who had justly incurred it, but is ill calculated to satisfy the victim of the -intemperate and hasty exercise of arbitrary power. You say, " that ac,edernicalpunishment, however necessary '" it may be, does not necessarily imply any moral guilt, or " affects the character in other respects. I acknowledge your " hOrt's good qualities, and I sincerely wish him well :" " of " your son's honour and veracity, neither 1, nor any of the of• ficers of the College have entertained any doubt—lint the '" facts which justify his rernoval,'or,l Should rather say, under " the circumstances of the time, mike it indispensably neces '" eery, are these—that after my prohibition publicly given in '" the hall, he was ono of a most riotous party on the night " immediately following, and. was seen at three in the morning • " by the Censor; and that, although he was aware of what I had '" said, he did not make thaslighteet attempt to check so gross '" and Instating a violation of my positive orders; the latter . '" fault le, in my opinion, aggravated by the circumstance of his '" being peffectly in'his senses the whole time! I" My son pleads guilty to thelast.mentionca offence, 'but de. nice unequivocally all the others. He was sober, but he was, not oneof the rioters—he did attempt, although Ineffectually, to t check the riot. In another Place you state, " that he admitted " one of the principal rioters into his room, and attempted to / , ". close the door against the Censor, who was in punish, of " bins,' —he did not Attempt to close the door against the (knew. Mr. into 'hie room, closely pure sued by the Censor, and my son had not time to adtriit or sa. elude either the fugitive .or his pursuer. You state that "eh " eutristances diminish or aggravate all offences : at another " time perhaps the offence in question might havebeen slightly " punished,—lt cannot be so now, because it has been repeated -44 in defiance of admonition." It Wouldte difficult to discover. what are the circumstances which aggravate the offence in this case; and unless my son being sober is considerdd as involving ail the other offences imputed to him, I cannot find out upon what pounds he has been removed from Christ. Church. Mr. Bull, (a) the eenioaCensor, states his offence to be, " that he " remained with the rioters elmoat to the last; and although a' " man of near three years standing, of some influence, and per " fatly sober, he said and did nothing to prevent the riot."— Agaie, I deny %bathe remained with the rioters almost to the last, and wed that he did use his utmost endeavour to restrain the rioters; but we are obliged to plead guilty to the remaining. charge, viz, he was perfectly Sober. You have been pleased to say, that you are " indeed most , 1 4t sincerely wry that he should have incutred this punishment,' " so utterly tit the Close of, his academical career; but it cannot " be alteeval, and all that I. can do for him is, as I have already. "done in the case of Mr. (b), to facilitate his admis. inibtion at Cambridge, if he wishes it. I shall do this with phsteare, if any application is ,made to me by ti; Head of " oil College in that University."' Had not my Son been soltrigether innocent of the !Arenas imputed to him, he would gladly hate availed himself of this offer; but it would have been Art abandonment of the claim, which had been made from the first, fora revision of his case, in order to the establishment. of his innocence. Why this request, so reasonable in itself, add e° respectfully entreated, has not been granted, it would be difficult to discover, and still more difficult to justify ; per. baps, however, the sentiments of the Reverend Mr. Bull, the Censor, may supply us with the cause, although it will by no means afford the justification, " whether or not we have been " ourselves instrumental in bringing about that state of dis 7 " cipline, which has unhappily rendered such lamentable. et " ampler necessary, is a question too delicate and too painful " for me to discuss." However delicate, however painful, the discussion may be, I apprehend that there aro those who will not faiLto discuss it, and it may lead them to a conclusion very different from that of the authorities of Christ Church. I have the honour to be, &c. &c. Matt D. BAILLIS. Mr, MENU BAILLIX, tO Colonel MOH D. BAILLIIII. Oxford, May, 1023. MT OE/31 FATitas—l can hardly express what I feel in being obliged to inform you that I am ordered to quit the. College, together with Lord A------ and Mr. S-- I have only one consolation, which is, that I am quite innocent of the charge laid against me, and that I feel I could not in any way with honour have acted otherwise than I have done. C-- will.be kind enough to deliver this to you, in order to explain the circumstances of the case, which I am at pre sent unable to do. Believe me ever, my dear Father, Your most affbetionate, Blew ItY J. BAILLIZ. Mr. 11111141111' BAILLIZ to Colonel HUGH D. BAILLII. Oxford, May, 1823. Mw DX,&n have had an interview with the Dean this morning, who has been. endeavouring to exculpate him. self from any share in the measures which have taken place against me. He said that the Censor had stated to him that I was implicated, and therefore it was his duty to act with re gard to me as he had done towards the others. lie has given me a letter for you, which I have inclosed, but he told me he had explained nothing to you, but should leave me to tell my own story ; thus you may be sure he has nothing to say against me. I took, of course, the opportunity of again informing him I had nothing to do with the disturbance which had taken place. I have, as you may suppose, some few things to settle before I can leave this place ; but I shall endeavour to come up either Wednesday or Thursday. Believe me ever, my dear Father, Your most affectionate, Hzx RIC J. MILLIE. Front the DIAN' of CusteT.CHURCII to Colonel Mon D, May 27th, 1823. Rex--It is with ininite pain that I communicate to you the necessity to which I have been reduced of desiring your son to leave Christ-Church; I am aware of his many good qualities, and I on no account wish to exaggerate any thing that he has done wrong. I leave him to tell his own story, and I can only express my deep and sincere reg ret that my duty has com pelled me to do, what, If it had been possible, I would most certainly have avoided. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your faithful humble Servant, CITATMES HENRY HALL. From the Ditex . of Cnitter.Crtuitcu to the Rev. W. AL KINSIY. May 29th, 1823. Mt matt Sts-1 wrote to Colonel Baillie on Tuesday, and gave my letter to his son to deliver to him, having the greatest confidence in the young man, and being fully persuaded that he would do so. I said in my . letter exactly what you suggest, which indeed are my real sentiments; and I deeply lament that my duty has compelled me so to punish a young roan, of whom in many respects I think highly. If you think it necessary or proper, I will with great pleasure write again to Colonel Baillie i • but T have already desired him to hear his son's own story, antlhave assured him, that he may trust entirely to his son's own repro. seatation of the case. (c) I tin, my dear Sir, most , faithfully y. H. HALL. prom Colonel III• 011 D. BATLLIE to the DEAN Of CIIIIIIIT Cnvncu. May 30, 1823. Stu—l am well aware that the pence and com fort of families must sometimes be lost sight of for the good of society, and I am not in the least disposed to call in question the wisdom which deems a sacrifice necessary on the present occasion ; hut as in the letter which you have done the the honour to write on the removal of my son from Oxford, you do not lay any specific charge against him, hut refer mu to his own statement of the case, I venture earnestly to beg you will grant hint a revision of it. I have endeavoured to divest myself entirely of the partiality of.' father, who now declares most solemnly, that the present is the first instance in his son's life which ever created him a single moment's pain. I intreat you to allow some weight to this assurance, and that while nn indulgent latitude has always been given hint, I have never known an instance of his com mitting an error or excess of any sort, or deviating in the slight. est degree front the strictest and most uncompromising prin ciples of truth and honour, and that if he has been led into any irregularities at College, some allowance might be made for the temptation of his situation. Let me intreat, that if he has evinced many good qualities, which you are pleased to allow, that they may avail him on this occasion, and that they may plead in his favour with the Rev. Gentleman (under whose charge he Buffers), for a revision of his sentence, and a specific charge, for he positively affirms that he is innocent of the ex cesses that were committed on the evening in question. This I am sure he would not say if it were untrue ; he knows my wishes, that his defence should rest upon truth alone, and I must repeat my conviction, that he would scorn to place It up on any other foundation. I believe his misfortune arises ehiAly front a smse of honour, perhaps in th is Instance a mis taken one, of wishing to avoid an ungenerous method, or an unworthy subterfuge in getting out of a scrape. lie declares most solemnly that he committed no excess in drinking on the night in question, and that lie was not implicated in the noise and disturbance in the yard. Your allowing him, therefore, to appear before you again at Oxford, will command my most sincere acknowledgments , and satisfy me, whatever may be your future duel .ion respecting him. I have the honour tube, Sr, ke, Arc. M i uni 1). IlArwit. Prom the Muir of Crams T .4.1 uncn to Colonel Ilium D, 111. tax. May 30,1023. Ern-4 have submitted your letter, as I was in duty bound to do, to the officers of the College, and it has been received with every possible attention and respect; but 1 am sorry to say, that after the maturest deliberation, our decision is -unfa vourable to your what. 'l'ho specific charge against your son is, that he was ono of a riotous party who disturbed the peace of the College till three in the morning ; that he admitted one of the principal rioters into his room y and attempted to close the door against the Cen sor who was in pursuit of him. Circumstances diminish or aggravate all offences. At another time, perhaps, the offence in question might have been slightly punished ; it cannot be so now, because it has been repeated in defiance of admoni tion, because it appears clearly to have been premeditated, in asmuch as the party was assembled with a view to riot (as one of the offenders has since acknowledged), (d) and because I myself had addressed the whole College the day before, and expressly told them, that such offences, if repeated, would be visited with the utmost severity of academical punishment. In this case, my own authority and the credit of the College are essentially involved. I feel bitterly the necessity of pu. nishing when it occurs, but most bitterly when it falls upon a young man of whom , I think well; but he must remember, that steadenaleal punishment, however necessary it may he, does not necessarily imply any moral guilt , or aft:ate the cha racter in other respects. f ashnowledge your son's good qua lities, aid 1 sincerely wish him well, although under all the circumstances of the case, it is utterly impossible for me to re ceive him again. I have the honour to be, sir, Your obedient and faithfuli servant, QUARLES lis war WILL. From Colonel Ruoff D. BOLLIX to the Dila( Of CHltici CHURCH.' _ _ 34, Mortimer-street, June 2, lOW Sra,—l have had the honour to receive your letter of the 30th May, and am sorry to learn that the application fora re vision of my son's case had not succeeded ; the specific charges, however, which you send me, will, I hope, justify me in again troubling you, as it does not appear to me that it is at all understood. • . • My son's honour arid veracity are not called in question, but he would be not only ready, but desirous, if it could be ad mitted, to verify his statements upon oath • he has already po. sitively denied that he committed any riot in the yard ; he now affirms, that he never premeditated not on the night in ques tion ant he also positively denies the last part of the charge , for lie•declares that when one of the rioter* was pursued , into his room, that he dick not close the door against the Censor, who may from the htirry of the moment have been mistaken ; the Censor entered before my son was aware that he was at hand ; and the facts were, that my son in answer to some words, addressed to him by the Censor, said, while leaning against the wall, No, I will give no assistance (e) (meaning of course that he would give no assistance to the fugitive) ; and I have the positive evidence Of the party who took refuge with him to the entire truth of this statement. I must also remark, that owing. to some little previous indisposition, my son had not drank that' night above three glasses of wine, and therefore recollects per fectly well what passed, and he again asserts that he did not close the door against the Censor. If my son did not thus negative the charges respecting him self in the most essential particulars, if he was not positive in disclaiming any premeditation in the riot, and if, when the Censor lakl the accusation against him, he could have produced any other evidence but his own ingenuous confession, as to his having been either in the yard, or at the supper, I could have no 'pretence to beg you to revise your decision, although under any circumstances he could not have been more guilty than any other individual of a very numerous party ; but it is against a severity that is not supported by the facts or the justice of the case. It is to you, Sir, before whom no investigation was per mitted, before my son was condemned by you, and it is to the Censor, who in the. hurry and natural irritation of the moment may not have entered fully into the nature of my son's justifi cation that I appeal, under the confidence, that neither the Dean of Christ. Church, • nor the other authorities of the College, could ever wish to exert their power and vindicate their dignity upon an occasion, the justice of which was not most manifest, and the necessity indispensable. 'tarn may not be influenced by my observations (being so materially interested), I beg to refer you to the opinion and judgment of any single disinterest ed person connected with either University, which I do with out apprehension, knowing that there. is but one opinion here as to the expulsion of my son, but I cannot but believe that you are under wrong impressions as to the real facts of the case. I have the honour to.be, &c. &c. Mow D. BAIL GIL From the MAW of CIRIST CHVIICII to Colonel House D. , Christ Church, June 8, 1823. Sift--I take the earliest Opportunity of answering the favour of your letter, and I assure you that I have given every pos sible attention bath to your wishes and your statements. You must allow me to observe, that in u matter of internal discipline and regulation, I cannot admit of a reference to any other indifferent person. Cases might occur, and have indeed occurred, where it has been thought necessary and proper to remove a person from this Society, without assigning any rea son, except to himself, for such a measure. (1) Of your lan's honour and veracity, neither I, nor any of the officers of the College, have entertained the smallest doubt._ But the facts which justify his removal, or, I should rather say, under the circumstances of the time, make it indispensably ne cessary, are these—that after my prohibition publicly given in the hall, he was one of a most riotous par t y on the night immediately following, and was seen at three in the morning by the Censor ; and that, althougl4 he was aware of what I had said, he did not make the slightest attempt to prevent or check so gross and insulting a violation of my positive orders ; the latter fault, in my opinion, is aggravated by the circumstance of his being perfectly in his senses the whole time. I am, in deed, most sincerely sorry that your sun should have incurred this punishment so nearly at the close of his academical career ; but it cannot be altered, and all that I can do for him is, its I have already done in the case of Mr. --., (g) to facilitate his admission at Cambridge if he wishes it. I shall do this with .Measure if any application is made to me by the Head of any College in that University. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your faithful humble Servant, ti C 11.111.1.13 HENRY HALL. From Colonel !luau D. BAILLIE to the DEAN of CHRIST - _ Ctruncit. 31, illortimeNsireet, June 10, 1023. Silt—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth instant, which makes me more than ever regret that my son was not permitted to explain his conduct before you, because your letter leaves not a shadow of doubt, that his ease has not been properly understood ; if it had been, my con fidence in your liberality and honour, convinces me that jus tice would have been done, and un innocent young man not made a victim for the restoration of College discipline. You say, "of your son's honour and veracity, neither 1 nor any of " the officers of the College, have entertained the smallest " doubt ; but the facts which justify his removal, or, I should " rather say, under the circumstances of the time, make it in " dispensably necessary, are these —that after my . prohibition " publicly given in the hall, he was one of a most riotous party " on the night immediately following,.;„ and was seen at three " in the morning by the Censor; and that, although he was " aware of what I had said, lie did not make the slightest at " tempt to prevent or chock so gross; an insult and violation of " my positive orders; the latter fault, in my opinion, being " aggravated by the circumstance of his, being perfectly in his " senses the whole time." Now, Sir, I 'entreat your attention to the following facts.—The Censor only saw my son when he entered his room in pursuit of a fugitive, and he has no other proof of his having been at the supper or in the yard, but his own confession ingenuously made ; having no conception that the suppers were a breach of discipline. But in the conversa tion which my son had whh the Censor, he particularly told him, that so far was he from making a riot, that he was actu ally trying all he possibly could to get one of the rioters home, and to cease making a disturbance. The Censor then said to my son, " If you will say, upon your honour, that you went into the yard for the express purpose of quelling the riot, I will go to the Dean and get your sentence rescinded." The young man hurt at such an apparent want of candour, and ills daining to muke use of u subterfuge, replied, " No; 1 will " not say that I went into the yard for the express purpose of " quelling the riot;" but he declared, upon his honour, that he did nut make any riot in the yard, and he is now ready to swear to the truth of his statement, with the addition, that he never premeditated riot on the night in question. I must here observe, that Mr. S. is also ready to bear testimony to the truth of this statement. The gross part of the charge.is not now alluded to by you, viz, that of his attempting to close the door against the Censor , to the entire falsehood of which he is also ready to make oath, although you do not question his veracity. This charge, by the bye, was never made against him, until after sentence of expulsion bad been passed against him ; this must become a subject of correspondence between Mr. Short, the Censor, and myself. I intended writing to him to-day, but your letter requiring my attention, will not allow me time. I trust, how. ever our explanation has satisfied bins on that head, butt I ant called upon to dwell upon it hereafter, in consequence of the shameful reports that are in circulation respecting it. With respect to any facility being givao to my Son's admis sion to Cambridge, I cannot give huh my advice to avail him self of it ; I do not wish him to compromise his own innocence ; it would be no vindication of his character. With regard to that part of my letter, wherein I made re ference to any indifferent person, I beg to apologize for having made it ; it was in a moment of haste, to which we are all liable. I know of no station I am more inclined to respect, than the Head of the first Academical Institution in the world. I do not call in question the wisdom which gives him in almost all cases, a power nearly without appeal; and if he had per.. mitted investigation before him, I should have submitted with out a murmur; but toy Son stands on too strong grounds to permit us to compromise his diameter. I have very high testi. monials of it, and I have in particular that of his College-tutor at Christ-Church now before me, who has known him near three years, and never once had occasion to admonish him, but bears testimony to his undeviating good conduct and gentle manly behaviour. I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. &c. Max Reti.Ltr. From the Rev. J. A. CoastEit, Tutor of Cunrsa.-Gnomon, to Colonel Ilvort D. gAI O.IE. 23, Baker-street, June 9, 1023. Mt DEAR Sir,—l most readily comply with the request con. voyed in your note of to-day. I can have no hesitation in bear ing testimony to your Son's good 'diameter at Christ-Church, as far as my connection with him as Tutor may serve to establish it. I certainly do not remember, during the period of nearly three years in which he has been a Member of our Society, that I ever had occasion to reprove his conduct, or take notice of any irreialarities; I have always found bins attentive to my in ' jun‘lions, anti observed with pleasure the deference he paid to my advice. In short, my opinion of him hiss ever been that he is a very gentlemanly young man, and a most quiet and unof ' fending individual. It is, therefore, with real concern and re gret that I have learnt the event which has so abruptly and on e xpectedlyterminated my intercourse with hint at Christ-Church. I must beg to assure him through you, notwithstanding this event, of my undiminished and unaltered regard. I remain, dear Sir, most faithfully your's, J. A. Caeadmi. From Colonel Litton D. MIL LIE to the Rev. THoasAs VOW OM SHOUT, Censor of Christ-Church. July 1823. Stn—The expulsion of my son from Christ-Church, is a matter of so much interest to hint, and to myself, that 1 trust I shall not incur the charge of unreasonable importunity, in preferring one more request fin. a revision of his senten c e. 1 take the liberty of ad dressing you, because the Dean has apprised me that he acts in concert with the officers of the Col. lege, and as the ch ., Urn trances most demanding exp do, thatlanation, passed under your own observation. Bel i e v ing as r the fact* of the case have never yet been thoroughly known to the authorities of the College, and be in g confidant that it re. quires -only a knowledge of the facts to ex e mpt my son from all blame, 1 feel myself warranted in laying the case as di s ti nct l y as I can before you, as the o ffi cer oa whose report the sentence must have proceeded ; fully persuaded that, if it shall appear that the guilt imputed to my son hath no real existence, you will readily become the medium through which justice may be obtained. • - o not petition for a remission of ft sentence just in itself, but severe in the application—l do not pray that expulsion may be compromised, by an exchange of College or Univer sity—but, I entreat an examination into the circumstances of the case, for the purpose of establishing my son's in nocence. The charge stated by the Dean is, " that he was one of a " riotous party, who disturbed the peace of the College, at three " o'clock in the morning ; that he received one of the rioters " into his room, and that he endeavoured to,close his doors " against the Censor who was in pursuit of him." y son's defence is, that, though he was one of a large party in the qyadrangle, did not join them in the disturbance : that having ineffectually endeavoured to withdraw one of the rioters, he quitted them before any alarm was given of the approach of the officer; and that some short time after, one of the party came into his room, followed so closely by the Censor, that there was no interval, in which protection or assistance could have been demanded, or promised ; and that he did not use any means to exclude that officer from his apartment, and that the idea of an act so absurdly desperate, never entered his mind. ...... I refer with confidence to his uniform conduct and unim peachable veracity for the truth of his assertions; and 1 appeal to yourself, whether the charge was not suggested by one of the party seeking an asylum in his rooms.• It was not criminal in my son to partake of an entertainment not prohibited by the rules of the College, nor interdicted by the Dean. It was not criminal (however indiscreet) to remain there tilla very late hour. What then is the guilt' which has been visited by so heavy a punishment? Not surely the ac- I companying thut party, and declining to participate in their disorders ; nor his ineffectual endeavours to detach one from the number of the rioters ; and when that became hopeless. actually withdrawing himself before the approach of the officer, from a conviction of the impropriety and inevitable consequence of their proceedings. My son was asked, whether he left-his room for the purpose of stopping the riot; to which he frankly answered, 1o; but be added, that while in the quadrangle, he wal endeavouring to detach one of the party; so that it appears, that bad he re frained from all exertion to quell the riot, he would have been considereil blameless, and that he owes his punishment to the effort he made to reduce the number of the offenders. With regard to the discovery of one of the rioters in his room, it in truth amounts to nothing, when it is understood that the young man rushed in without notice, that he was followed so closely . by the Censor, that my son had no time either to re ceive sr reject him. If then he took no part in the disturbance at any time, and was employed only in the way I have stated— if the shelter of his room was sought, as he solemnly declares, without notice, and if, as he asserts, and is willing to esta blish in any way that may be permitted or required, he did not oppose, nor ever entertain a thought of opposing, the entrance of the Censor—.what is there to which guilt of any sort can at tach ?—what that could warrant punishment of any kind ? and, still less, the extreme sentence of expulsion; a punish. ment hitherto reserved by academical discipline for the heaviest and most heinous offences. If, however, there be reason to believe that this sentence has not been such as the deliberate judgment of the authorities of the College would have pronounced, I venture to hope that you will become the instrument, through which justice may be done my son ; and the College may be relieved from persevering in a severity, which cannot lie useful unless it be just. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, litlon I). Ilart.Liz. From the Rev. Tuowas VOWLZILSnowr, (h) to Col. HUGH I). BAILLIK, in answer to a Letter written about the 30th of July. fint—The general facts as stated by, your son arc, as far as I , can remember, perfectly correct ; but in reasoning on them you seem to forget that the riot of which you speak was of no ordi nary nature. It was a premeditated disturbance, (i) carried on in defiance of College discipline ; and, as far as I can judge, took place in consequence of the public remonstrance of the Dean, which had been made the day before. That your son was present at the.party and the disturbance, is not questioned by yourself ; And from his own account of the matter, which I have no rea son to doubt, I cannot but feel sorry that necessary severity has fallen on the less guilty persons; but this is a common mis fortune which attends punishment (j) of all kinds, particularly in places of education, where young men must learn, that if they join the riotous and rebellious, they . will be treated as principals. Let me assure you that nothing was done in haste or passion, and that therefore it is impossible that there should he any alteration in the decision of the Deem (k) I perceive, by the date of your letter, that it was written some days before that of the post-mark, so that should any delay have arisen, It must have proceeded from sonic accident. I remain your humble Servant, T 803143 VOWLZU SHORT. Christ Church, Saturday, August 2, 1023. (a) The statements in this correspondence imputed to Mr. Bull are those which were communicated to Colonel Hugh D. Mille by Mr. Bull's direction ; who, in speaking of Mr. Henry Baillie's removal from Christ-Church, says, " that case, however, is most certainly hard one. (b) The name of this gentleman is omitted from motives of delicacy. (c) if the Dean of Christ-Church had such unbounded con. fidence in Mr. Henry Bailie's honour, why did he refuse to hear him in his own defence ? (d) Mr. Henry Heinle solemnly denies any participation in the charge here advanced of premeditated riot. (e) In the letter sent to the Dean the words are different, although the meaning is the same ; but anxious to save the post, there was not time to alter them in the original. My son IN made to say, " be would offer no resistance to the Censor" in his search. (1) Removals of this kind must " imply moral guilt," of which the Dean and Censors unequivocally acquit Mr. Henry Baillie. (it) The name of this gentleman (as before stated) is omitted from motives of delicacy. (h) The CENsott. (1) This has already been disproved. (A When rashly and hastily inflicted ! ! ! (k) The sentence was passed in haste and passion by Mr. Short, at the moment of his entering .Mr. Henry Baillie's room. We observe that this extraordinary affair has attracted the notice of some of the Provincial Journals ) and the following liberal and judicious observations appeared In The Dublin Correspon. Mont of Saturday last, after which follow some of the preceeding letters : " Tier LATE EXPULSIONS PROM OXVORD.—A short time since the public attention was closely attracted by the vigorous exercise of Academic discipline, which was in. flicted upon some of the Undergraduates of Christ Church Col. lege, at Oxford, and, as far as we could form any judgment concerning the general feeling which the circumstance pro. duced in this country, the punishment was thought to have greatly exceeded the offence. We take a great interest in the Universities, and are rather sticklers for an exact maintenance of Academic authority, after an uniform and regular manner ; and as number of our youths are sent to study at the English Universities—though they, at least, may learn as much at home —we hare no trifling interest embarked in all the serious transac tions of the learned bodies ; and, on the particular case alluded to, we have been very desirous to learn somewhat more of the circumstances of a case of such apparent hardship, than the London Newspapers could disclose, or at least have thought it proper to communicate. The friends of one of the suffering Undergraduates have, however, thrown open the whole case, by a publication of it, and of the correspondence which took place between the parties, directly and personally interested. A copy of this has been sent us by an Academic friend, who, from his own peculiar knowledge of the circumstances, does not hesitate to affirm, that the complaining party has not made the best of his case—for that the young Gentleman, who has incurred the heavy punishment of expulsion, had actually retired for the night in sobriety to his chamber, when the fugitive Student knocked at his door, which he opened, in igno rance of his person or design. Upon reading the whole of the case, most persons will be led to conclude, that this unfortu nate transaction is to be ascribed, in a great degree, to the im proper relaxation which had been suffered to take place in the distinguished College implicated, which had tempted young men to exceed the bounds of Academic submission and de corum, and which it would certainly , have been more just and wise to have gradually reformed, than suddenly to have de partedt d lawt t hu r i t e l sef sufficiently o mpct et the les n e erer ir x f sgji r te e tla l is r y : un c l e l i orie si nhi e r " : sot of p o w e r. orders sc p neea w uus eoh r ;I, su p pla nt ed f.isuret o N dtri V herAs se e igTnrc. l! t v t tesie h l e dneuiral n n th il o ctewla e lrefarnrt intentiontelifoeienvri friends irwisoesotconsulted dc honoaofunfcerfbo m u y a st wholesome: sittlyori and generous observance of Collegiate authority, than by sudden order and discipline." • We presume that the Writer bete means, by this circum stance of one of the party haring sought an asylum in bis rooms. INDIA. Estract from the Ikn at Hurkaru, a Calcutta Popov, of e' 14th of August, 10.13. " As a party were proceeding up the river On . Sunday, in passing Isharah, tbrir attention attracted by the cries of a child, and on drawing near the shore, they were redoubled ; near her there were lying a heap of ashes, not quite ex• tinguished, and which appeared like the remains of a recent concremation. A number of children were standing near her, and at a little distance 30t grownup people, looking on very contentedly. An inquiry was made by a humane individualof the party from whence the cause of her distress pm . ceeded Z and it was some time before an answer, could be obtained ; at length it was ascer tained that the ashes were those of the funeral pllu which the mother of this unfortunate ch ild 115 , , immolated herself along with the dead body oi her husband, and that the lamentations of child were occasioned by this cause. Thif circumstance certainly is a singular one , but have no doubt that it is true, for the account of it was given me by one of the party an d by t he Individual who interested himself in the O n ' ner I have just described. In the course of CO' versation on the subject, the following circui t: stance was mentioned as a proof of the good ef facts of the friendly interference of Europeans in preventing the immolation of human victims.: bearer, who had lived for a long time in e° 11 , 1 ; was taken ill, and was on the point O' ° l f,: carried to the banks of the river, for the putroif of being given over to the friendly care to be allowed to speak to his the Ganges, to be conveyed to Heaven' " 6 te d he was conveyed there, however, lie rerltw an d interfere on being taken to her he begged her t° o hat to procure him a respite of three der; h i : bis interfering, some remarks were nut" friends as to the expence which w° ll .`",L st ol d m istress) curred, if they were to comply with this e t hat l His mistress promised to pay all the exPe nee " n might be incurred, and th e resu l t i s , that let ..11 0 , who was so near death five or six yea rs ' ag°, ll ,"Zio alive in Calcutta, in the daily ex e cution 0 ' ',"4 business. These circumstances are thus norr so l to prove that the friendly interposition of in di ,, duals is of infinitely more value than all the or cial interposition of Magistrates, and the Pre dices of the natives, although they may b e rie d dicated by kindness, can never be forcibly 1 10 out with any prospect of success." FRENCH JUDICATURE. TRIBUNAL OF FIRST INSTANCS. PARIS, Dzc. 19.—M. ilimitequiti corriMellCP 1i; this day an argument in the case of Count Stackpnole' . 0 clients are MM. March and Roche, of whom Mr. P I Cooper, an English merchant, is the re p res entative. ht 1 M. Ilennequin, on the part of the plaintiffs, stated, t ..., April, 1771, John Stackpoole, Esq , died in the county of Ow; m wd e s tic C e ha p r r g oc ed. e Ireland, leaving behind him an immense fortune, with k lip ministration of which the defendant, Count ti:orge Stac i _,,, h es ent to co cu tt 11 tenth of the property of the deceased, Ira* t ..-1 fi and hitt answered tile challenge by bringing An action e n s na . but ti sin for a breach of the peace. Dillon was acquitted , The .lutlgm Count,ent i w n a c s o g n i s r e e g n ue a: c a e i , ns a t t tl t i l e i : a e i f i e e n o d f a t n ;s t Ji l metier was so contrived that his pretended breach of the D edi ll n l p r.. Dliilelonc,haaus eonniicedordsheteicgochuot.nlaite,iolirosai,olusi _ Tyr; was converted into a political offence. The tdifOtt:olleist COI lon died in exile. In Ireland, arid it was confirmed by the British House ° '; e ts n e a his wi domicile e a t i i o n n ti carrying with him au immen .‘ 3 SC. property 4a- ) ,a, hill) to deceiving our Sovereign as to the motive...a ti ) " ' togetb l Y ed n thl ad t:::::b i said ) 1 In justice to our Sovereign it must be concluded, 0 1 laionacirrilaintilhlgeieseo,itin.a.oaNtib,i(l)oteuarircaTitstloeifdawawtimhlales:ptoelortlitslet)tip.clorl,'lleeCatini 0 - —; w., Hennequin, that when Stackpoole obtained naturalizatt.io ~., was not suspected that he brought with him into Franc,e,mh ,", n to aTt a u d hr d ael m fiuz a an n tih y oei m ri flliona to our national wealth. duce of spoliation—that he merely guilt. He might have been regarded as a foreigner wi ti ° e ya nareli himself that I would appeal afrainst his own ele!' d do deceived as he was by false representatiims. , ri se titlei 0 . 1 ,0 cannot stand when opposed to the voice ofinstic,e• t...;asi. to Na . ____,....... It is to ._ .iiiot From the the LONDON GAZETTE, Pl.' WOW The Earl of Courtown hay been pleased to apPoin t rd i n gi o l ° Grinley, Esq., to be a Gentleman Pen sioner in 0,0 hie Majesty, in the room of henry Broondey HOP promoted. BANKRUPTCY' ENLARGEII John Hodges, Aidgate, blanket warehousentath to Jan. 17. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDSDh• , r , , 00' George Watkin Marsh, Hope-Bowdler, shroPsn'9 if?!+' BANKRUPTS. J a n ' i ' loo' •dr James Holmes, Carlisle, grocer, to surrender.,•4l)„. 310 0 ' I, at the Crown and Mitre Carlisle. Solicitors , Ili csi ' - ' 5, and Gray, Staple Inn. i 11, l' ill Herbert Duey, Austinfriars, merchant, Jen. -,trolot, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. ° A, Crauch, Union-court, Broad-street. tin'b ef j 4 Daniel Lyon, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. on j e i 0 ' chant, Jan 9,10, Feb. 3, at the Bridge Inn, 11°4 o f Solicitor, Mr. Barker, Gray's-inn-sare. f e b.V l James Robertson, Whitstable, William Lutton, Bristol, stuldler , Dec. 30, 31, d, fool White Lion Inn, Bristol. Solicitor , lis ollll°l ' 8, ;' Inn, Holborn. Feb. 3, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. B°licit ~t Wimburn and Collet, Chancery-lane. i Ln-a rr e ' 61 ' William Donkin, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, - 11 i ' ~.11 ' ' 8, 19, Feb. 3, at the Turf Hotel, NeWesstleA,P,°.l,3o..,,, id,' licitors, :Messrs. Bell and Brodrick, Bow Owl: a , ~ 1 : 0 % , Mt. Joseph Henderson, Blackfriars-road, tirtird r ' ,401 0 ' 1 3, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-strco Parton, Bow Church-yard. i i 7,1, , ~tie. r‘ s DIVIDENDS. milker ~ or ot ~, Jan. 3, IV. Richards, Shoreditch, soill''''', 3 e , R' pslo' s a toe H. Sutton, Strood, Kent, innkeeper—• lo ; l ' - '311,,, - "da. J . , ~ A bberle IVorcestersitire, apothecary—dtn4,ol44j, 1.1';. Mosterton, Dorsetabire, miller—Jan. 2 8 0" lib na l 6, 11° ,1, tan St. George, Somersetshire, builder.—ull. • j 0 e." 4 1 , 09 10 nant and W. Garnett, Liverpool, rnerchenti W rail and J. Edmonds, Bristol, bankers --Joll' p ,,1. llolt, Norfolk, mWer. 1 3 . b all. CERTIFICATES, iA11.., 00,00 H. J. Haines, Jermyn-street, St. Jal er : n Smith, Bradninch, Devonshire, paPer .4l 2oo lv. ,l i. rii ll PARTNERSHIPS DlS° e s ettz, d ou a Jo A. and A. M'Gregor, Liverpool-- • . n d J. try STS' I coal-nierchantlil`V, eie.* West, Bristol, coal-merchants —J. Dlotr ."' epT o i t g se • Mlle's, ~ lington, Somersetshire, fullers —b. 4 A. 1 11,1 Diana, Dlanchester, common-carriers Ilele Piccadilly, i1if ...... r5• .............. „ 0 .......• . Oiir 2 y, m • _....... r "-------- --------- n , n , 1.....1a t ed 04 BO W-STREF.T.—(This J.,....vii, ea lle, fp , d wilh st n orli ° ill ° was put to the bar, charge over , see, the„r ar r 1 , it to a considerable amount, of v i. O i l / master, Mr Owen, currier, r lione , • to O s P es. ° / was compelled to prosecu o_.tioust, o f 1, curity against the further c ': oine tin o o :o l , ° which he has sustained fo r r w r vant o th e se tr ef t r James Swann, another serer t he o p , i L nrl3oll t . O or fp proved actually seeing th e r_ doce d to _ i t or . ~ e i perty. Lack. the officer P r / pl . OleCtil o.itol. prisoner was fully comp. the sum bound over to prosecute tit which was SWOIII too bY litt t e l ( l e , s od toirle4ooo S