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imposed by the command of the Royal Guard, duties cf such high importance, and on the fulfilment of which 1 have already entered IFrcm the ihniiilol desDlialts.l PAM!, NOV. 5.-111 'our paper •of the sth, vre inserted the requisition of tlte• Procurator Vircal against Riego. To _meet . the ignorance, real or affected, of those who helieve,,ofleign to believi!, that this -eangninary requisitory is the' result. of ; the nag -sinus of the slay in 'Spain,' it is : proper to call recollection that the Spanish law, the application of which is required, is merely the. Roman law, askpled almost generally iu the monarchiei of modern times. In England, a very constitutionel country, this law exists in full ,force, and even with an in- Arressed atrocity which we dare not venture to de . /tribe. 'Every one hes !leant or Montrose's exe ' cousin, who suffered for his fidelity the punish . vent Inflicted on traitors., . We make thii remark , certainly not f or the psi Pose of applauding the shocking.provisions of Ott Roman law, but to restore an historical fact, and' to4'elieve.,a particular nation'from the whole burden of a charge which unfortunately applies to nearly all. (From the Caarter Francais.) Panic, Nov. 7.--The Journal des 'Mats tells us, that the sanguinary requisition of the Fiscal :against liiego is .not the result of the prevailing passions of the day in Spain, but the application of the Roman Law, adopted almost generally in the Monarchies of modern times. This return tc. antiquity does not change, in our opinion, in . the least degree, the nature of the Act which eenteins such traditioui. We believe, however, that the demand for the distribution of the different members of Riego's corps among different towns of Spain is' a new idea of the Fiscal ; the Roman Law could not authorise such foresight ; it is a detail of butchery,and not Of jurisprudence. This law, says the Journal des Danis, exists in England, a very constitutional country. This may he true, as it is of many other barbarous laws which have not been ex pressly abolished in that country, but which have fallen into disuetude, and which no person at the p re s e nt time thinks of acting on. The execution of. Montrose at the time of a civil war, a century and a `half ago has no bearing wha tever on the present -„ilueition. There is not u single country which has ot h een ,unfortuna rely, sullied by such atrocities ; ' but they are generally quoted as objects of horror, • and not to explain or justify contemporaneous ''events. If, as the Journal des Dards acknow ledges the dispositions of the Homan law are terrific, there is no obl i g ation to again put them terrific, into execution. The Cortes abolished them, and there is not the least necessity that the restore tion should extend to terrific laws. If the tra ditions of antiquity are to authorise, in the 19th century, such abominations, we must repeat, with ,profound melancholy, an exclamation dictatee- d .by a very different sentiment may we be lib -rated _from the Greeks an d the Romans ! ( From the Journal des Debats. ) Pants, Nov. 7.--We stated yesterday that ;the Minister for Foreign Affairs had always sup. 'orted and denianded the integral renewal of the Chamber. We refer. to at passage of one of his speeches In the Chamber of Peers spohea On the Jaw pfoject-relative to elections which was pro ..por,ed-in 1816. It is a remarkable circumstance, that the Chen:her of . Deputies. of 1815, had, by .an amendment to the project, substituted the inte gra! Ow the partial renewa l. We believe, how- Aever, that the Royalistavof the Chamber of 1815 1135 lover been denied. Let its ttope that .the Reialists whoreflection now op. - pose the Integral renewal, will, -uPon , :Mum to theleficat opinion. Be this as it may, tie Mateaubriand-defended,- in the Chamber , of Peers, the amendment'of the Chamber of De puties.--Lliere a long extract from the speech is given.] Yesterday morniiik at e leven o'clock, the King Janccessively received , in private add lence the : Nuncio of his Ifaiistess, Vice-A.dmiral Baron I)uperre, and Baron Portal. At a quarter past 'one, die itinttransacted bus iness with the 'Pre .eident, of the Council of Ministers. —At two O'clock the King wept to St. Cloud. A ' telegraphic dispatch announces that Lerida was occupied by the French on the Mat of Oc tober,asid that the troops of the garrison, con sisting of 6,ooo,tnen, are prisoners of war. hlaiiitio, Nov. I.—The Duke of Angouletne arrived Isere at half-past eleven, .111 e entered ,Madrid with sully 30 &signor-too( the Guard, and 30 gendarmes. Iris Royal Highness was accom panied by the Prin;:e. of Carignan. A circular of the Minister of Justice contains the following articles " The King, wishing that all memory of the acts of the 00. ecrnment of Rebellion should disarpear, orders that the Board of Public Credit shall cease to admioiater the er.clesiaatical pro perty phial; has not been resumed, because no dahnsult has yet Appeart4. " intendants shall consult with the diocesan prelates an the a ppointinerit of p a rticular a dministrators of this property, who shall keep a spocisi ancount of the respective revenues, And rrsew the a mount thereof to be delivered to the religious community to whom it may belong, LI Algal Ail the said cow. vonnity Ai 41 b, rtuagilon3b)C 4 . " following is the letter or the Duke del )it(alitudo to Isis' filaient y, demandinit la dismissal f, !An the 3. ) cesidency of the Council " am informed by your VEllliAtf`X of State that your blajewty has deigned to re-appoint me to the Presidency of the Courted, 'without prejudies: to my command of the Guards, d'ittnities which f owcd already to your bounty, and which I esaciftisti in virtue of your !Loyal Lotters of March IfidB, and Jane 1814, ' This new proof of. t he Mel' confidence of your Majesty, nap! the isag uig e ao far shove my deserui , in which it is con 'vid, should a , ugment illy gratltude and my fidelity , if t hese sentiments, as felt by me, could strive addition. I should ilind it it a fresh excitement to insi, if slid were not identified with toy existeace, as ,it is with that of every good Spatiisrd fat he does not merit dip name who could for so saered aod duthty. " 81rit- 4 b fielever pow tOo Fen t he weighty duties, e i"Slant SP S/4421020 Which Om Prexklency of the Royal Cohn • reqOisest consider s , a 4sble of disc -hinging, as iii 64141 wish, sect) tostsrtionoblipsloos. I sin not leas sensible • lieu ittipotiSibli444lbichiirol2l4lll.oo Mate time, the duties " I entreat your Majesty to reflect that my humble abilities though powerfully stimulated by zeal fcr your service, are not sufficient to grasp all the obligations arising froni . offices so distinct; without exposing myself to the risk of fulfilling in adequately boffikone and the_other. I therefore supplicate your Majetity, ezempt me from the Presidency of your Royal Coutlral ;Whatever may be your supreme pleasure I shall obey , solqall the respect, gratitntle, and fidelity, which I shall be 'i(witYs,ready to testify with the last drop of blood. lam, &c. •. " The Puke del INFANT,OO." „ •.• Oct. 9.9.--Thi . re has been a commo tion in Barcelona. Mina has found rebels among his old accomplices. That revolutionary chiel has been obliged to take refuge in the midst of l i his troops, to save himself from the militiamen, tie has arrested the famous Costa, a chief of that band, equally turbulent and factious. NATAaO, Nov.J.-:-The troubles of Barcelona appear to be appeased, and there is reason to believe that we shall enter the city immediately. Marshal Moncey has sent to l'aris the Con ditions of the capitulation, which are ap proved and signed by the Commissioners and Generals-in-Chief of both armies. [From the Gazette, de France.] CoanovA, OCT. 28.--Dott Victor Saei is oc cupied, by order of the King of Spain, with, the important affairs of the Colonies. We doubt not that these beautiful and rich territories will soon be restored to the dominion of their King. The King of Spain has left to the disposition of the Duke of Angouleme the distribution of the Grand , Crosses of ' Charles 111. and St. Ferdinand, without limiting the number. Colonel Don Louis Fernando Mon bi appOinted:Resident Itlinister at the Swiss Cantonti. ( Front the Constitutionnel. PERPIGNAN, OCT. 30. Lieutenant-General Maringono has written to the' Governor of Gerona the following dispatch' : " I have received official information that Mina has accepted the conditions of armistice' proposed by his Excellency the Marshal Duke of Conegliano ; Commissaries have been sent to Tarragona and to liostalrich ; others will arrive to-day at Soule, to treat for the surrender of those places and of Barer- lona. In a few days the King will have none but faithful sob. jects and allies in all the fortresses. (Signed) " The Lieutenant-General commanding the Ninth DiVision, Viscount de . MARINGONE. " Gerona, Oct. 27." We learn; at the sanite time, that on the 27th Gen: Rotten, arrived at the Marshal's head-quarter's with an escort of 25 horses ; that he had a conference with the Marshal, and that on the the 30th the fortress of Barcelona will be surrendered to the .French troops. In the . evening the militia of Barcelona .erabraced our troops. [Prom the ,lournal de Parfel ,PARlS,Nov.7.—Prince 'ralleyrand arrived the day before yesterday at Paris ; M. Pozzo di Borgo arrived on the 211th ult. at 111adrid. NUREDIBEILG, Oct. 31.—We have received letters from Lemberg, which inform us that the conferences between the Austrian Minister for .Foreign ,Atlitirs, Priam Aletternich,' Count Nesselrotic, and the Russian Senator, Tatischeff, are very frequent. it is generally thought that these confer ences will not have the result which was expected, after the documents which were lately dispatched from C4' )notantinople to Czernowitz, in consequence of the unsatisfactory nature of the contents of dispatches sent more recently to Lemberg, by the Envoy of Austria, at Constantinople, Baron d'Ottenfels.—. Whatever attempts may have been made to countenance the opinion that the affairs of Greece have not been the subject of discussion, either at Czernowiti, on the occasion of the inter view between the two Emperors, or at Lemberg, in the con ferences of Prince Metternich with the Russian Minister of State, Count Nesseltode, we think this opinion is likely to be erroneous, as it is undoubtedly the interest of Austria that her subjects on the coasts of.the Adriatic should navigate freely i m n t h e Archipelago, without being exposed to interruption fro the Grecian fleets. But to attain this object she must neeessa. wily have an unders tan ding with the present Government thof G r eece, and even negociate with it, since the Greek flag has e command of that sea. BAYONNE INTHILLIGENCE. BAyoNNE, Nov. I.—General Mepdez Vigo has been conveyed under a good ,escort to 13or deaux,,and confined in the fort of Hat. We have the following accounts .from Madrid of Oct. " Ferdinend still no far depends on his resources, that he has already given orders to send to t he Havannah a n then to tb poor retnains of the Spanish navyorv, coistin of the Asia ship of the line, two frigates, a corvette, end g w° o brigs. f e f we may believe the repo rts ench vessels, in circulationw, hieh will this eze pedition, will be seconded by some Fr J oin it in America. It also affirmed that the French will enjoy henceforth, at the Ilavannali, and in the Colonies which are not yet independent, several important commercial oftrvi leges ;in fine, that Ferdinand thinks of long making use the support of the French, for preserving the integrity of the Spa midi territory. The journey of his Royal highness to Madrid, preceded by the head-quarters, the assembling of the chosen cavalry about his person,. the return the olitor to Murcia with a divf- Won, are all indications of return of part of the army to France, which at the same time will scour the provinces of 'Alieant, Carthagena,Valencia; and Arragon, on the one tide,' and Andalusia, Moncha, anti Caudle, on the other." The accounts femn Madrid of the 27th, are not very import ant. The Getterel commanding the depot of prisoners at Ma drid, has gieen notice to all the oflicers who had obtained per mission to return to their homes, or who had accepted commis- Alone, that ne had milers to have them conducted to rumee.-.. The Marie contains a curious article, in which it is stated that Franceeat the desire of Spain, has prohibited the entrance of all the Constitutional Journals into the Feoinsula. It seems that the Spanish Journale have been forbidden to publish any newe, which will render them as uninteresting as they used to be. It is wished to keep the people from tmubling their head:: about politics. On the other hand, the Priests and Monks zealously preach the blessings of the Inquisition, and of abso lute power, and the necessity of exterminating the, Liberals and the Freemasons ; they ad.d, that those who have the good fortune to expiate their errors under the inthetions of the Ilely Tribunal, are sure of salvation. The Universities will doubt less follow this example, giving the students ati lhtla inetruc don as possible, and above all, forbidding t h e m to region.. The army of occupation is again ,spoken of, but nothing is said of that part of the country which remains to be completed or restored to tranquillity, and it should stem that our army will not be employed in this service. There is nothing new relative to Ballastems. Riego has been tried, and could nut find any Comae' to defend him, and it was necessary to pro. v ide him with one by drawing 'lots. His sentence is—.to he atrengled end quartered, and ir is feared that this sentence will be carried into execution 3% the King is not likely to pardon him. betters from eadi'z, of the 21st. May that General wont had caused the Governor to be arrested and melt out of the city, because he hail iroprtsoneti, several persons connected with the late Government, among wham was the Duke del barque, a Grandee of Spain and Deputy. It seems that there is some difficulty In carrying into execution the decrees of lienishinent. A list of the regiments that are to remain in Spain, and of the positions that they are to oceopy, is sent to have been re ceived by a person in tide e'o.y. People speak of the new loan, and the hesitation of the King to recognize those mole by the Cortes ; it seems, however, that his Majesty would not be averse from f[iviug to the lenders of the 100 million's of nabs credit for the funds which served for the support of the Royal Fatally during the Constitutional 00Yetellilmeig. PARtIJ PAPioittS. THE MURDER OF MR. WEARS. Saturday being the day appointed for the re examination of Tlitsmae Noyes, Miss Noyes, and Mrs. Pro.. bert, those iediviltials were conveyed from St. Alban's gaol in two post-chaises and a gig to the house of Mr. Clutterbuck, sit Watford. They arrived about ten o'clock, and the examinee don immediately Commenced. Four witnessea—namely, Sil ver, a publican; Butler, an ostler; and figgse a servant-girl,. were severally called before the Magistrates and examifted. The reporters having been refused admittance to the room in which the examination was. carried on, we cannot state with certainty the nature of the evidence which these persons gave ; but we understand that it applied principally to the conduct of Prohert deer the murder. They were bound over to appear as witnesses op The trial.. A .Sueeday Paper having given sonic particulars of Mrs. , Probert'a evidence incorrectly, we subjoin the following . state- meat, which may be relied upon : Whin first taken before the Magistrates she betrayed great agitation, and expressed , the , strongest reluctance to make any statement at all. She declared she knew nothing about the mat. ter, and could aot, therefore, give any information ; but upon being pressed and warned of the consequences that might accrue to hereelf and those connected with her, she became I more communicative. She stated, that on the night in question her husband.and Hutalthe latter of whom had been there before) arrived. in Mr. Probert's 'gig ; anti Hunt brought a loin Of pork into the kitchen, desiring that it might be cooked, and then •returned to the stable. John Thurtell ar rived almost ildreitliately after her linsband end Hunt, and te . * mainedin the stable with them for nearly three quarters of an. hoar, when they all three came - into the huuse. They had been seated but a few minutes, when Hunt and Thurtell went into the yard, and. got the stable-lantern, . with which they proceeded throttgh The garden, and out of sight. Her husband remained behind. She thought all this was very singular, but took uo notice at the time, because she knew that Hunt and Thurtell were men of irregular habits, and therefore supposed that they Were only after some " lark," as they termed it. When they returned, they appetteed in high spirits, and sat down and ate a .hierty suppet, JOhn Thurtell somewhat less so thati Hunt or her husband, -but he did eat a considerable quantity. Hunt was by far the Most merry of the party, and was once or twice betrayed into egpreleions of rather an indelicate kind, and was reproved by John Thu rtell. lie sung several songs in a firm and unembarrassed manner. Soon after supper, Thurtell took out a very elegant-looking gold watch and seals, and they exa mined it, he obsteving that it was a nice thimble (flash for a watch,) The chain was not offered to her that night. Her sister, Miss Noyes, retired to bed some time before she did. She (Mrs. Probert) heard many remarks between Hunt and Thuile% which induced her to believe that something wrong had been done, and when she went up stairs she partly undressed hereelf, and returned to the stairs, placing herself as near to the bottom as she could, so that she might, if possible, hear what pasted. The conversation wits in so low a tone, that she could only catch here and there a word. She heard a rust ling of paper like . that .of bank.notes, and heard something heavy thrown into the fire. She then heard it proposed that the three should " go and finish the job." Her husband said something which she 'could net hear, and Hunt and Thurtell went out together. She was .store her husba nd did not g o with them. She did not like to venture down stairs, and returned to her room and opened the window, in order to watch the return of Hunt and Thurtell, 'She had been standing there for some time, when she observed a light approach from (iill's-hill.lane, and presently saw John Tluirtell and Hunt enter the garden. Hunt liad alight in one hand, and wi t h t he other was assisting Thur. ten in dragging along mane heavy substance. Site could not see what it was bat it was iqotnething very heavy and was envelop ed hi sack. They, went towards the tish.peed, which is con cealed from the view t.f it person in her situat.:at at the window, by a 6v11411 sitrnbbery• ,They were tall of her sight for about ten niinutee, and iten stic,aaw than return to the house, but the candle had been put Out. It was more than an hour after this, that her lin:Wend came to bed. She told hiM she was Sure those men, Meaning Hunt and Thurtell, had been doing semithing wrong; her husband, in an u nder tone, desired for there was nothing the matter. — her to make herself caly; lie 'Seemed Much 'depressed in spirits. The next morning she renewed her inquiries as to the 'proceedings of the previous night, and he said that Hunt and Thurtell had been snaring par tridges, " and that you know, my dear (added he), is against the law, and must be done secretl y . " Hunt and Thurtell break fasted' with them in the morning, and then went away. On the Sunday they came' down with Noyes, her brother ; and in the course of the evening John 'Thurtell said he had a little thing in his pocket which he intended to make a present of to her (Mrs. Probert.) He then wok a gold chain from. his ' pocket, and put it over her neck, accompanying the action with this remark :—" This chain was given to me by a favourite little Quakerees of mine, at Norwich, and as I have done with her long ago, I cannot:do better than give it to Mrs. Probert, as a token of my respect for her." (This chain she produced to the Magietratee.) Mrs. Probert stated nothing else material. She was questioned very closely as to whether her husband had not' a greater share in the transactions than she had , admitted; but she declared shelled told the whole truth. Miss Noyes was next called in, aad interrogated ; but she professed an entire ignorance of the whole bussinguness, and said she went to bed early, and therefore could g evidence of the conduct of the parties after supper. Alr. Noyes, our readers .are aware, was apprehended and taken down ,to . Watford on Thursday. Ile was taken be fore the Magistrates ; but in. answer to their queetions he professed a total ignorance of any thing connected with the business under inquiry. Bishop , the officer, then suggested that perhaps an order for the committal' of the prisoner would produce some effect ; and Mr, Clutterbucle desired that he might be taken away, ; When liiehop got out with him, he wrung his hands, cried, and said he hoped lie should not be committed. Bishop told him he must make up his mind to go to St. Alban's Castle; arid he then said he should like to see the Magistrates again, He wasagain conducted into the room, and then etated that .in a conversation with his sister (Mrs. Probert), she told him that she saw Hunt, Thiatell, and her husband, .dragging the body of a person across the grounds, and that Mr. Probert and. Thurtell were the men who had hold of the corpse, and that Hunt merely held the =die.; She also stated (to him) that het husband went with Hunt and Thurtell when they left the promisee with the candle. Mrs. Probert being recalled, persistesi in her story, and de nied that else had ever told tier brother that which he had stated. It has been stated, that John Thurtell was stationed behind the dear of thee - hotteeiti Mancliestefebuildiegs, a pair cif dunibebells, ready 'to` knock out the brains of Mr. Woods. This will appear by the following circurnsumce tohave been but too true. It was very naturally suppoeed h that the honest mentioned 'might cantain property Which should prnperly belong to the _creditors ,of Thomas Thurtell under hi' bankruptcy ; and.on Saturday evening, one of the mese eenp,ere of the Coninussioners- of Bankrupt, accompanied by enother person, scent to the Leuse and broke in at the beck, door. They found an immense number of pewter pots and meature.s all quite new, besides a vast quantity of other descrip tions of property, which there is no doubt the Thurtella had obtained in a dishonest nituitivr .In the coarse of their search, they found a pair of dumb bells in the first floor, anti these they brought to Upeon of howestreet, and gave them into his charge. The other preperty is placed tinder seal. o St. M,.. Clutterbuck's hem:an-and req On Friday leer, an l e tter was sent to Mr. Noel, in. forming him that his services in t he prosecution would be arrived admitted dis pensed with. On Saterday, at half past 11 o'culese d ock ti s t l o r. b l e ßersonl Alban's Gaol, to see John Thurtell, who,. we entlerstood had appointed him his Solicitor. 'rite Magistrates asked Mr. Pearson what proof he could 'produce of Tiluttell having selected him for hie profesaonal advieer ? Mr. Pearson replied, that as he wale bellied access to Thurtell it was impossible that he could receive his appointment from his own 'mouth ; but it was no ' torioue that he hid exprished his desire that he (Mr. Pearson) nhouhi act as his Solicitor.. The. Magistrates desired that Mr. Peertion should write to John Thurtell, toascettehe whe tire aeme„l his „ se i etenee . if Thurtell, should answer in the affirmative Mr. Peareon s h ou ld be allowed access to him. Mr. Peareon awn , left the house after etating his irdeation to write w Thurteil hntuediately. During the cou l ee of .yesterdev, smut hundred persons visited Probert's cottage, and all the places in the neighbourhood of which have been rendered remarkable by circumstances connected with the trittrder of Mr. Weate, We are enabled to state that Wears had been a WAitet at the Olobe TAVettliTleet-street. parents. Thus we really . give them far more of what is called religious instruction than it is possible for their young minds to digest;—and Mr. Brougham was perfectly correct when he stated, in the House of Commons, that many conceived the greatest evil produced at this establishment to arise from an ex cess of religious instruction for children so young. In point of fact they have more Scripture reading than is practised in the average of schools throughout Scotland. Under all the counteractions from the causes mentioned, esch day's experience proves the superiority of the new pita of instruction over the irrational method prevalent in ttlti society ; and bag thus supported by principles, in stria - AcOrdance with nature, and producing the most encourag ing results in practice, I proceed, step by step, in our ex perience, the effect of which, up to the present time, cao only be understood by a patient and attentive examina tion and observation of the children of the schools during two ar three successive days, or while they pass through the whole routine of their physical, mental, and moral lasoni and exercises. My two eldest sons, who have studied the subject, have taken an active part in the direction of the instituthn for the list two years; and, judging that a large portionof Eh: public cannot have the means of obtaining . the requiske Per sonal demonstrative evidence, one of them is about to tublish an account of it, which will enable the world more correctly to estimate both the principles and the methods that hate 6e 12 adopted. To conclude this part of the subject I may add, that thesffect of what has been done at New Lanark can be known oily 0) those who have actually witnessed the change in the general character of the adult part of the population. They haveseeo how unhealthy, dirty, indolent, nod demoralized they ono were, and they can say whether they have ever, in any Aber situation, at home or abroad, found a more healthy, more de o " ly, more industrious, more moral,and more religious poptiatio than the inhabitants of New Lanark. This change liaabeeti effected without the interference of any law proceeding' in a . single instance, on the part of the proprietors of the entallish ment. ' For the apace of 24 years they have not brought ose fl dividual to trial, or imprisoned one for an hour. The cleoP has been produced by a steady persevering kindness, coniitit i. with a systematic removal of the eircooistances which ceieftf excited to crime, and the introduction of others which proni s ed comfort, good habits, correct morals, and 'happiness, But the effects of this very partial application of the prk''' ciples of the New System upon the dispositions, habits, ma ners, conduct and intelligence' of the children in the sdools , give us the best idea of what its full powerswill be, when they, shall be called, unfettered, into full lestivity. The extent or these powers, indeed, it is as yet impoSsible correctly to esti mate ; for the children are still daily exposed to the Ohm° of numerous prejudices anti errors, which are necessarily ,noe injurious in the formation of their characters. In my next I am to explain what measures it is intentlek to adopt, in order to effect the change from the Old to the Nell System, without inconvenience or disadvantage to any ont. ROBERT 0 WVI. New Lanark, October 25 1823. EAST I N DIES. Calcutta Papers have reached us to the3tt June, from which we make the following ex . tracts (FROM TIIE PAPER OF THE OTII Or MAY.) " A dreadful conflagration broke out at the Bagar pare, which has destroyed above one hundred houses, and pro duced the greatest distress. Missy eloth-merchants are WIWI/ ruined, the whole of' their property having been entirely ee stroyed by the fire. The natives stood weeping and looting a'• 'the fire;without making any effort to put a stop to the flatlet. " JUN apoRE, MAY 7.—The weather here is extremely warm, and has been for some time past. Hot winds have blowr , with greater violence than for many years, and the heat hasbees so excessive that no work whatever could be doneuut of doors. The prospects of the indigo planters, which were so very 1 0 " milting three months ago, are now totally reversed, from our having bad no. rain since the beginning of March. HAY d the crop of this beautiful plant sown three months ag'' dead, and what remains is suffering severely. The :Lnson it tli ) far advanced to sow low lands, and therefore a stnr.l l proms may be contemplated. Such indlviduals as hold ind s ic u r3%f . therefore be coresideul as baying a moat valuable co Gl , W L ' litr.' (FRon T;tE ' , Avert ov TUE iOrit.) t • "An attempt has lately been made - at Sincapore to r.ss3s4l - the Governorof the settlement, Colonel Farquhar, 3 Malay. The vile wretch struck at his intended vir:iro hit crease, while standing talking to a small guard of ' The villain was immediately dispatched by the bayquets o f t Sea' loys." THE ARMY. Saturday morning the 12th Regimen lof /44 h A ti fri under the command of Colonel FORSSTEEXI mi re " — 0 Cumberland Fort, Portsmouth, to the King's . 0 Doeklerd, and embarked on board the Ganges, 09,C$P0:10 Captain Edward Brace, C. 8., and the Superb, 74, Sir Staines, for foreign service. t Ct/J'w k We understand that the 93d Regiment is to en'OF for the West Indies. Regiment O n i t l o O f T ttrag lON o,, S T . l — s_ ( l ir e et u r t. Ofil s a 4 s th rni ß th e , g P im ß who exchanges, receiving half- pv 21st Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, rice the difperence., , N V 10th Reliment of Light Dragoons—Surg eon r ice 1, A. bents, M.D. , from the 78th Foot, to be Surgeon. / be Chermide, M.D., who retires upon half 10 9 ' to ' -. a i. h „ glee 12th Ditto—Regimental Ser - Al • e o°4 '''' Sergeant- 10 0 Regimental Quartermaster, vice Bull, deceased. ereda.;e4 14th Ditto—Lieut.-General Sir John Ormsby at eto.:„ K.C.Q. to be Colonel, vice the Earl of Bridgewa t „, er 'ol, 15 th Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Frederick Ha e l otor half-pay 94th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice ' 11ik..." ~,, who exchanges. TOP . ' An' bY P t 1- ii !" 23d Ditto—Lieut. Charles Beale to be CaPt• --1 1,0;b e '''.i le vice Delmer, promoted. Second Lieut. ThototoA eo rge 11, ; e il un ' baurr7 Nre-d1"--)00...ft° be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beale. :; e hsre, ' clerk, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by Y — rte Matheson.to be P " 24th Ditto--George I(imber Tucker,- Gent., e i„ • Pl c° by purchase, vice Bennett, prornoted. e,.. obe 39 th Ditto—Lieut.-General Sir (;eorge etliui 11tl vice Gen. Balfour, deceased. the , e i froe' pitol e 41st Ditto—Lieu. George Seyrnonr Cro=es Ag o A Light Dragoons, to i l e. C i • . Johnsono' .. spas 11, VlCt. 1,1 O l t ' ment has not taken pl. Fi y 0 ,... 1.0 67th Ditto, Ensign Alexander II nity Robe rt 0 .0)• e et Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lavelle*, d {rent elf:: Carey, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Pilfold. 1, 1• D•, ti:eo' 78th Ditto, Surgeon Robert Henry it e lton. t , e d tc) pay, to be Surgeon, vice Wiloberts, llPP' eu/ ' , r o e ° Light Dragoons. iete .1f pol !I , 93d Ditto, .Major John Allen, Item h—';gee . ,trie . be Major, vice Charles C. Johnson, 'who e%ca o rnei f f t ' il 00 . "' Ist Royal Veteran Battalion, Lieut. F. 10,, if i li.vt i t ! c olti: pay 10th Foot ; Lieut. James Knox, for° 'c o at t '" l p.f!,,eo Lieut. Stephen Collins, from half-pad 9.fith ve et.}:i . . l ,,e l ,p Flee son, from half-pay Royal African Vorpi ; crew le!! 0; . 011 1 0 , ing, from Idf.pty 3d Fox. Lieui..i. Freseroot; if!: 111;1',t ?oot ; Lieut. H. Nicholls from half .pay 31st„,,` en ista h ' et eoe4 Johnson, flout half-pay sth Foot ; Lieut. I 'i be 10 4 0 t son, from late h' }ioyal Veteran Batmlion, i f.psy ,i i, ha . Assistant-Surgeon Wiliam Keoglioe,, from {role' 114 ( to be Assistant-Sergeen. ' ...Waal l' - t; 0 ",{e• 2d Royal Vnetan Battalion Lieut. 'l' l ' (14 fit 101 l 0 ' A Icon ' fror' l'',4 , pay 2d ()artisan - Batttdion ; Lieut. 4 ~,k i ll, . 4: eei i;! half -Pay 95th Foet ; Lieut. (Merit A 0 aunt P'‘ of .0 1 83d Foot.; Lieuttenant George .31ordata.41 iir rt t, , 11 ,," half-Pay ,21;t1i Feot ; Lieutenant, ThaeLi e urco an i titq ley, from half.pay Rifle litigetie ; Lic' 0t ,,,,0' LaPP! Butler, from half-pay 37 .',l 'Foo t ; D ote' ye ~ to he be io;! . Waddell, frj'ai halt' pay 43th Iwi t ; ~,$ ) , to Assistant-Surgeon Rynu. Lawder, oa ' , I; Jtoe t ;e o '. • e n CO I° 11. %/ 1 Surgeon, T ..- V 1 0 1 , :id Royal Vetertn ilatt4aion, ,t..iettt• ;l eo t bee din' f pay York Ligll! . .. infantry Volu-rzeers t l' t Matt ; o'ol6 from half-pnv 83& Foot ; Itiielit° Bll oettohP, t i l i teo ll ( ? p ,l O'Reilly, trout half-pay tlti. elarrii!"l,ooo Liti ,j et• 4 , Wm- Me' kt.7.z: , 2, Irian hair-ply 7 3 ,„ ( , 1 4 1 root : t ( l ie ote Afoot; Clarence Seater rm. from lini 4 1 4' "Li eu tdO v oon t tot ,° O'Beirne, from balf-pav 96th Foot ;_ b e biee y s i P ~p Bowen, ant-Surgeon Nirilliant Gardhaer, ike"' ne A 7 0,4 Assistant-Surgeon. . ii nichs/ a Pe t r c P i" ' 1 UNATTACIrEII....-MajOr a.soll. ~, , nt ry, 14th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel of IP"' Major-Uen. Chabot, who ret4etil r:°. MR. 0 WEN AND THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. (LETTER VI.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE GLASGOW CHRONICLE. SIR-An institution for the formation of elm- racter, which htd been commenced during the former partner. ship, was now completed ; and cr. the Ist January, 181 b, it was opened by an addreart to the i :habitants of New Lanark._. This address, whichlwas published the same year, and has gone through several edttlons, thy be refured to, as explanatory of the general principles which have uniformly governed my proceedings. Knowing the incalculable importance of proper early training and education, I directed much of my attention to this subject; and some of any new associates having taken a deep interest, and a very prominent part in fos tering and improving the British and Foreign system of education, as it is called, I gave, in conformity to their wishes, a full trial to that plan under masters and miss trades sent down by thim from tire Parent eetablishment.— I soon found, however, that for all the real objects of edu cation, these masters and mistresses themselves required to be instructed even more than our children. They were familiar with a particular fbrm, which consisted in some 'unimportant mechanical evolutions • but even the elements of the Old Sys tem of instruction hadbeent for a century, much better taught in Scotland than by the method which they practised. In con sequence, after a very complete and fair attempt was made to establish this new mode of education in Edinburgh and Glasgow, it proved incapable of bearing a competition with the old parochial plan t . and now I believe scarcely one school upon the British system is to be .found north of the Tweed. It Is a system indeed in which mind is almost entirely overlooked ; and it rem be useful only as a first step to lead a population out of slavery,' igrionince and . barbarism—the condition in which many lathe lower classes in England actually were, when Mr. Lancaster introduced this, at first, very popular plan to public attentite. The greangood mating out of die exertions of Mr. Lancaster, and of those benevolent men who supported him, end afteftvaideehis system, consisted in awakening public at tentiorrio the ..reel importance of education as a means of pro diicing, .through the rising generation, a powerful influence on society at large, and in carrying into practice some general scheme of instruction for the poor, however defective, upon which improvements might subsequently be made. Finding this system so completely mechanical, and so ill adapted for the development of intellect, or for moral culture, I gave an attentive examination' to various other plans which had been brought forward at home and abroad, anti had ob. tained a greater or less share of popularity. I visited, among others, Dr. Bell's institution in this . country—Pere Girard's at Fribourg—Pestalozzi's at Iverdun—Fellenberg's at flokyl, and many others of less celebrity. In all I observed a great deal to approve and imitate; but the parties by whom these institutions were formed or conducted, were obliged to act con. triry, I inn sure, to their own feelings and judgment—under the bondage of tire Old System of Society ; a system which, as heretofore, will of necessity exert its utmost influence to stay the progress of knowledge, and keep tire humierspecies in mental slavery. It being the fixed purpose of my life to break these bonds, and to enable mankind to attain to freedom, in its highest se. ceptation, I prepared to introduce arrangements in the new in- stitution, that should, by degrees , sho w somethin g of 'the power of education, when properly directed, evert on minde hitherto supposed too young to be instructed. The view which I had been e n a bled to take of this subject,. opened to me the knowledge, that the education of the old world for all classes in society, , is calculated to repress the superior powers of the human mind, and to cultivate only the inferior and subordinate faculties; to . destroy the judgment, while it 1 gives precocity to the infant powers of' i m agination ; thus stor ing the mind with the most incongruous notions of unreal ex. istencies, filling it with fear and dread, end creating in each child to whom such treatment is applied, the most unnatural and injurious apprehensions, feelings and conduct, throughout life. As this treatment has been liberally applied hitherto to all the upper classes, and as it is the upper classes who have go verned society, we discover the reason why no nation, of which we have any records, has at any period of,its history, exhibited any symptoms of rationality in its laws and institutions, or modes of governing,' or of forming the character of a people. And hence have error, sin and misery, been so easily and surely perpetrated, and transmitted from generation to ge neration. At all times the governing power in every country has really been instrumental in forming the character of each of its sub jects, and it has always hail under its calumet the means, if it had possessed the knowledge, to direct them aright, to form well the character, physically, mentelly, _ an d morally, of each individtial born within its dominions. This knowledge hav ing been wanting, man in every country over the face of the earth, has existed an irrational localized being, far less happy, in all probability, than any of the other animals, who possess :he liberty of living according to their respective natures. These views and considerations determined me to prepare the means of doing justice, in some degree, to a small portion of my fellow-creatures, that they might become an example to others, and enable me to say to the world ; " Come and see how oacleand all of you have been injured from birth by the old system of society; and behold a mode, simple, easy and delightful, by which you may obtain the full extent of human wishes and desires." I had now however to contend against the deep-rooted no tions of the parents of the children and of the public. Many of the parents had been taught to think, that to read, write and account, constituted:the sum and essence of education, and some of them, that to read the Bible was all that was necessary for their children. Knowing the source of these opinions, I gave them the weight only that properly belonged to them; and I proceeded in my measures to develope in a slight degree, some of the beneficial effects, which I knew might be produced on the human charac ter, by a rational plan of education. • The children were received into the Institution of two years of age, or sooner, if they could walk to the schools; the great object being, to lay a foundation at the earliest period, for good health ass well as for good disposition;, habits and manners— They were trained to play with their companions without fight. ing or quarreling, and to be always kind to each other ; while full liberty was given them to enjoy themselves, to their hearts' content, in all their sports and gambols. It was delightful to observe, in the progress of this part of the experi ment. the excellent capabilities of human nature, when it is not the victim of ignorance and injustice; and to witness, daily, the proof of how much may be so easily effected, even under circumstances, not by any means the meat favOur able, when it is allowed the benefit of a comparatively rational treatment. Children daily associating together from their earliest years, in numbers sufficient to comprehend every variety of natural character, and among whom each may find plat-metes of congenial temperament—all being at the same time under the care and superintendence of judicious kindness and undeviating impartiality—.cannot fail to exhibit, in their feelings and conduct, all that can be wished for, or de sciirrsectire sim io tn r ont th nec a esi t ri cn which give us the assurance, that if we do them in subsequente fttraainerinwwo training and placethem, they education, andewilll in the ichw become without exception, although in different degrees, Intel. ligent t virtucus and happy members of society. To introduce, at the new institution, a system of instruction, such as I contemplated, required general arrangements very different from those in. ordinary use. In the matter of instruc tion itself i 'ais well as in the mode of communicating it, con- The first great problem, in regard to this subject is, siderable innovation upon former practice was indispensable. s th h e o i r r te m st i t n im ds e a t r o e a t c o gu h i e re s a to d red isd i n „ ct c a o n n d ce i pt i i i o a n d of p ethrcetegiveened.no:,fctotis: children may be enabled, in the easiest manner, anti in the that are to form the foundation of the knowledge, with which c co on rr fu ect ud and andinjuri factory solution of it in the prevailing methods of tuition. To rue these in general appeared to be calculated to create disgust to load tire memory with words to which little useful ideas, or no mean i ng injurious notions, and to paralyse the reasoning powers. I was therefore led to adopt the practice which nature seem. ed to dietate, of employing sensible signs, or representations, for the purpose of conveying to their minds, thro that precluded all misconception or obscurity, a a medium those useful and undisputed facts, which were Y,a llowlede of to foun d the ground-wmk of their mental and moral improvement. also of the greatest importance that this lt was communicated to them, in such order knowledge should be sult of a well constituted mind in which each lead to the re in unison with every . other ; for taus only each idea should be men to become consistent or rational is it poseible to train so far as the prejudices of those beings. This principle, would permit,. I endeavoured to by whom I was surrounded of paintings, an a large scale, apply to practice. A series tions, were provided, andthe and a variety of other 'Hume. lures and convereations between instructions proceeded by lees The-se of course stmerseeled a the masters and scholars. practice,.eini very tsilvanta a considerable pert of the former time during which the ously occupied a portion of the reading what they could not ch ildren were previously employed in poet the catechism of the unfi: l 7 4 nd, and in learning to re. however continued, and Churchß °- Scotland. The Script:tree two days of the week, u continue, to be read as befitre, on which the children of those as in our Sunday schools—in catechism, and in which TeParent* who desire it are taught the • psalms or hymns, "aey repeat portions of Scripture, or according to the whites of themselves and ,;•-•