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FRENCH PAPERS. ( From the Etaile, dated Monday, July i 24 Sr. CLoup, JULY 11.—The King having heard mass in his apartments, received the great Officers of State, the Ambassadors, the Ministers, Peers of France, Deputies, and a great number of Nut:- tionaries both Civil and Military. _ BAYONNE, JULY 4.—The fair of Parnpelnna attracting at this moment a great concourse of people to that city, some French troops have warded from Vittoria to -reinforce the garrison of Pampeluna during the fair. Though perfect tranquillity prevails in that city and throughout Navarre, we eannot`but applaud this measure. The 24 Swiss regiment Is now here. Th 4., Gardes-du-Corps, who have left Madrid ) : will active here on the 14th of this month. Pants,' JuLy 11.—A telegraphic dispatch an nounces the arrival of the King of Wojtemberg •at Marseilles, where he is going to enjoy the benefit of sea bathing. Iti3Mgjpsty went imme diately to the country house hired for him half a, -league-from the town. The Etude, quoting some extracts from the Inglish.Papers relative to the affairs of Portugal, adds, 'by way of note," It is true that Portugal hud.asked troops of England, but it seems to us that, except this fact, there is nothing certain in all that the English Journals have been saying :for-some days past. As for 8,000 Hanoverian ' troops, we believe it would not know where to find them." The Monittur of Sunday contains the requisi tion of the Attorney-General, in the tribunal of the-Seine, against the responsible editor of the Quogdienne, for having published in No.-100, of Bth July, page 2, column 2, an article beginning with these words:—" Cople—i. e. Copy of a .Letter from Monseigneur the Archbishop, &c. &c. , ending with these—" Comma non avenue agreee t " Ste., referring to the declaration of tho French Clergy, presented , by them in 1682 to Louis X I V., and the sliing's Edict of March the same year, and to articles of various law's. The At. torney-General demands that the editor shall be .summoned to appear, to be condemned for having published this article, which tends to incite dis obedience to the laws. The Declaration of the Clergy (of 1882) is annexed. PAnts, JULY 10.--We learn by a telegraphic dispatch, that the King of Wurtemberg, who —travels under the name of Count do Teck, is ur -rived at Marseilles forthe purpose of sea-b athing.l .COURT ROYAL OF PARIS. At the opening of the Court, five individuals condemned for -various crimes were ordered in, ..to whom his Majesty has .deigned to grant a commutation of their ptivialunent. M. :114erilliou, the Advocate of H. Legracieux, the responsible editor of the. Codrier Tranciiis, was Iscind in defence of this -charges against-that journal. fie maintained that the proce ss of tendency instituted egainstthe Coprier, was occasioned by Its refusal to treat with persona .who were concerned in shame ful transactions, of which, as appeared'from a 'recent proceeding, the cabinet of a ceruifn Minister was the theatre. Ile repelled. with the same force as: at the-former hearing; the idea attri.. buted to the Cowie!, of: being the apologist of regicides in speaking of Cannot. . The Court retired at half-past orte to the Council Chamber. At half-past three the Court recommoneed its sitting. A crowded audience, compated chiefly of veteran Magistrates and Deputie4, attended the dociaration of the judgment with irn. tpatience. The first President Seguin:, prenounced these few words t -14 The Court declares that ititteqUaliy 'divided," And"theliitting • was irnmediattly terminated. • We are at a loss to express the surprise that this Unexpected decisiiiii has oeCasioned. The Court, of which the First' and - Third Civil Chambers were 'united to decide according to . ihe law of the 17 th of March 11122, on cause entirely civil, wt..* composed' Of twenty Ma gistrates, among whom were the President Seguier, M. Amy, arid the Viscount Meese, Pretident of the Chamber. There were six voices St . onelide, Sod six at the other. In an affair jihrely Correctional, the division of voices would have been considered in favour of an ac(juittal ; hurt here tine enters within the code of Tweet:ding, and the, prosents itself is entirely new, : and therefore very diffictil! • ..G It E E. - The following are extracts from a series of the ''Telovrajo Greco, published. at Miss()longhi, to , the. I(Itlt of May " N tssoLo maul, 11 .ty e clergy proceeded in it body 'this . day to the house where the remains of Lord IlyrOn . lay, In ortter to take into their keeping, and remove to the church of Sari ru 1 on, 14 hea rt, brains &c. of the deceased, which t bed teen left to the care of the city of Miasolonghi. The city made solemn request to Count Gambit (the friend of Iw o B y " ) ) ,yor permission to erect a monument to the me. mory of their b e nefactor and illustrious fellow-citizen. Itlis had already accepted the freedom of the city.— Count Gambit felt it his duty to deposit his Noble Friend's retrains in the care of the city until they might be reclaimed thy his relatlyei. 'Two chests, were prepared fur the occasion, and after being .examined, were sc,:d4 d by the Magistrates. In one of them was contained 'the body, and in the other the heart and brains , of the noble defunct. '1 hey were removed by four officers of his thr)gade to the bark which transported them to Ilssiladi, and thence into a 'larger vessel to ha conveyed to Zama. The whole of the Noble Lord's brigade was drawn out in front of his late residence, and along the shore of the sea. The convoy was accompanied by the Prince A. Manrocordati, the Primates, the Military Commandants, and an immense concourse of pet)- , pie, whose onuntentincea and manner bore testimony to their sorrow ut taking Aids last farewell of their benefactor anti fel. As soon ati the corpse was removed to the bark, it .was sainted , by discharges of musketry and artillery. The 'cannon of his brigiule, drawn up along the euast, saluted with twenty-five minute guns: nine were diseharged front, the bat. tery, and three from the fort of llasiladi; malting in all thirty. seven, the number of years the noble defunct aced lived:— What a melancholy contrast to the joyous salutes which tour months previous had hailed his arrival in Misiolonghi? One consolation, however, remains t the good be has afibcted will not be lost—the seeds lie had sown with such alacrity and in dotty for the benefit of Greece, will yet produce a noble harvest. The most , glorious monument which can be raised to him. will be the feelings of.gratitude and love which re. main stamped in the heart of every Greek and friend of hu. inanity. " In the bark which transported-the Noble Lord's remains to !'ante were his friend Count Gamba, two other officers of his brigade, Captain and Adjutant Ilesketh,: Lieut. Winter, ids private physician. lb. Brown, his faithful valet, Fletcher, who had served Blot more than twenty years, and his domestic, Dastia FOlcciere. In two tither barks followed his horses and all his effects, under the care of his secretary,Signor Lep ZAmbelli. The Government sent likewise two gun boats to .accompany them. " The following 4Caltitik of the openiggif Lard llyrod's 'body. and the apricarantArit exhibited, is giy by the ptofe's. tsional gentlemen to whom that otlice.was entrusted " 1. The bones of the head were fouled to be excessively lard, And the skull wets withUut . the .slighteit slgn 'of future. like that of an octogenarian. It might have been said io con sist of a single bone without *plots. " The dura meninge was so firmly attachedto the internal surface of the cranium, that it required the repeated exertions of two strong men to separate the outer bones from It. The vessels of this membrane were greatly distended and cOmplete ly full, and it was united to thi pia nutter in different parts, by some membraneous filaments. " Between the pia meninge and the furrows of the brain, a great many bubbles of air were found with drops of lymph adhering in several places to the pia nutninge. " 4. The grandpx of the brain was crossed with mem. brineous filaments, which attached it,firmly to both the hemi spheres; it was likewise extremely full of blood. " 5. The cerebral medulla was full of minute blood vessels of a bright red colour, and very much swoln. Under therms raroliur at the base of the hemispheres, in the two superior or lateral ventricles, there was found an extrsvasation of about 2 ounces of bloody serum ; and at the bottom of the verbellum there wasa similar expansion, the effects of a severe inflamma. tion of the brain. " R. The medullary substance was In much greater pro. portion than is common In the cortex, and was very firm and consistent. The ceri,trum and cerebellum, without any of the integuments, weighed about sik medical pounds.. . " 7. The impressions or furrows of the hlood.vessels, in the internal part of the skull hones, though small, were much more numerous than .usual. • _ _ _ 6 " 11. The binge were very fine, perfectly sound, but large, to a size almost gigantic: " 9. lletween the pericardium and the heart there was an ounce of lymphatic water. The heart was More ample and voluminous than ordinary, but its muscular substance was very relaxed and fibreless. " ' 10. The liver was smaller than the natural PIM as were likewise the biliary vessels, which, instead of bile, contained air. The intestines were distended with alr, and _of a deep yellow colour. 6 11. The reins were very largo and healthy, and the uri. nary vessels comparatively small.' " From this examination it was unanimously eonclnded, by the medical gentlemen who attended it, that if Lord Byron from the commencement of his illness had consented to any loss of blood, as his private physician repeatedly advised, or even If at a more advanced stage of the disorder he .had yielded to the pressing solicitations of his medical advisers, to allow a copious blooding, his Lordship would not have fallen a victim to this attack. From the statement marked 1,0, 9, it may be coati dently asserted that his Lordship could not have lived many years, from his extreme susceptibility of disease, either through the strength of his passions, his excessive occupations, or even through his utter disregard of all the necessary means to pre vent the effects of constipation." DEFENCE OF GREECE. LETTER PROSI AIR. LEICESTER STANHOPE. " Athens, March 29, 1024. " Dear general Odyssea—The Greeks are lighting for their independence and their liberties. They have not only to drive the Turks from their soil, but they have to prevent the restore tion of Turkish principles of government of despotism. To this end a constitutional force is necessary. 1 " Whether, this force should consist of disciplined or irregu. lar troops, is the question lon hare desired me to answer. Ex perience has demonstrated, spite of the paralyzing effects of tyranny, that the Greeks are still Greeks. Their martial pea santry hare started front their chains; , have taken fortresses that have been deemed almost impregnable ; and have in one cam paign destroyed 100,000 Turks. These arc the men who have triumphed over the Ottoman empire. " Experience has also demonstrated that a nation which trusts her defence to tbreign mercenaries, puts her freedom in imminent peril. Commonwealths ought, therefore, to follow the example set by England in the time of William 111. That' Monarch owed his throne to a revolution produced by the peo. ple. The Crown had gone out of its regular succession; die. affection prevailed ; Ireland was in arms; Scotland had not renounced allegiance to James, and the Protestant cause was threatened by a hostile coalition ; still such *as the high stern spirit of those times, that the Parliament refused to allow a small body of valiant Dutch guard to remain in England. " The King recommended and r easone d, a nd aga i n an d again implored the Parliament to retain these dear partners of his fame. They listened to their Sovereign with courtesy, but sent back his guards to Holland. Let the Greeks act in the same spirit. Never let the Greeks tolerate a standing army or foreign troops, except as instructors of discipline or military seience. The principles of a mercenary army :are opposed to those of freedom,. and their interests are at variance with their duties. 44, Rather let the Ores** follow the ample of the best on. federated commonwealths— Switzer land. ex c lists of 00,000 men from twenty totiiir .ara or e : a : 1" TM; Military schools, her staff, artillery, ca ly gi y n c eers, int 6 a e n'try, and sharpshooters, are all admirable. Iler cavalry is the only 4le. fective arm. :very branch of her service is assembled and cx. ercised for a month in the year, and the whole force is ready to march at one day's notice. It is evident that a militia of this descriPtion cannot be equal, on their first taking the fieldoe a more • exercised army. The Swiss, however, like the Greeks, having , a strong country to defend, can act on the defensive till they become exercised. This constitutional force costs Switzerland about 60,00 W. yearlY. It pray b e said that the Greeks, though excellent partisans, are unequal to cope with disciplined s oldiem iu the field, or to de take sieges. " What then is to he done ?• Are the Greeks to endanger their liberties by employing merce naries, or their independ e n ce by not employing them? Neither they should have a mixed force, consisting of' irregulars and a milia. The modern his. for of the Greeks shows the strength of their Irregular troops and auriell peasantry. They are like a hive of bees that, being disturbed in • their productive labours, will drive an elephant mad, And make him court destruction.' And the annals of their ancestors, raid of their phalanx, have taught the world the pow er Of co.operation in • war. The Greeks should thetefore instil a martial spirit into their people, and should have their youth instructed at the schools in military discipline. A NI.. tton of the Greeks should be exercised like the Swiss armies, a portion of them should remain as at present, and the whole na areatudityhteoiric)oroutenetrty.their pro. t l i Ztv 6l , ! tVe l i a r i p " er a s t en u s il , t t i h tl e l i e r s li a b rri er l t e ie d s', f . "I am your friend', (Signed) " LEICESTER STA.NHOPE." I ,,rixn, or C OLOXEI. Eratfuorim, WDICD ACCOMPANIED A ruit(TINOrKIESS GIVEN TO TOE PEOPLE or 1114 ARA. " Salons, April 28, 1024. Brave Ipsariots I—Seamen halo ever proved the firmest friends, of liberty : nobly .you have supported this character. You were among the first to _resist oppression, and raise the standard of Greece. Proin the commencement of the revolu tion you have sacrificed your property and your persons to pro mote the public good ; you have stood foremost in • the fight, and hare humbled the proud Turk ; your free constitution you have supported, Anil Ipsara is an example of its happy influence. For these reasons I have .sent. you a ,printing press intrusted to my charge by the Greek Committee of England : accept it as a pledge of attachment from your brother islanders : exercise it tier the spreading of knowledge throughout the Archipelago t from knowledge emanates power, wealth, freedom, happiness, anti fame. May these blessings, brave Ipsariots, be the por tion of your children—the sweet reward of your virtuous exer tions and your honourable tolls. I am your mast devoted servant, " LEICESTER STANHOPE." " • If an elephant strike a branch where there is an hive, the bees settle on him, and heluns madly on to destruction. So the Turks beset by Greeks allow their heads to be struck off without an effort. ' SECRET ASSOC-lATIONS. BERLIN, JULY I .—l f our Government his been obliged to employ the severity of the laws against the Secret As.sociations still subsisting in the University of Halle, it has lately issued very wholesome and energetic ordinances against that pernicious system of aSsoeiation, especiall called the Ilor chenschaft, to put an end to it in future in ally the Universities of the kingdom. These A ssciations are in future to be consi. tiered not merely as Assnciations among the Students, but as belonging to the class of Secret Societies prohibited by the 'diets of 17911 and 1816, anti consequently punished by the cri minal law which inflicts the penalty of iconnsoninent in A for tress, for a term of "three to ten years, besides expulsion from the University, and disqualification from 614ing any public office, in which even the practice of the Medical Pretesston is: included. . . . The investigation cornmenced against the Members of a secret Tevoltitionary Society in Germany, is now confided to a Special .CommiSsion, which is to make. its report to another Court of ;Notice, probably the tribunal at Breslau. The num ber of persons contine;l in the Castle of . Copenick is very dif ferently stated, many, of them had already 'eft the University, and several are of very distinguished families,, One of the most important confessions is loud to have been obtained in the following singular manner :—A young man, having taken the oath of the Society, repented, and, feeling his honour inrpli cateils and unable to bear the pangs of remose, he resolved to pug amend to hi's life, and attempted to cut his throat with a blunt knife: failing in thiC he stabbed himoelf t however, he did not wound himself mortally, and was happily eared. He attributed • iris preservation to a special interposition of Provi dence, and confessed all he knew.—( Frankfort Journal.) SURREY SESSIONS, GUILDFORD, TUESDAY, JULY 13. The Surrey Sessions, which were held yesterday, excited no ordinary degree of interest from an expected discussion relative to the tread-mill. The case of Captain O'Callaghan was also expected to be introduced, and to these circumstances it is owing that the attendance of Magistrates was more nuinetous than usually takes place at a Quarter Sessions. At a few minutes before eleven o'clock, Lord M trinurr ow took the Chair. Amongst the numerous body of Magistrates present, we observed—Lord Eastnor (Chairman), Mr. H. Sumner and Mr. Denison (the County Members), Sir T. Turton, the Hon. Grey Itennet, M.P. Mr. Druininond, Mr. Briscoe, &c. &c.— After the usual proclamation was read, and the ordinary routine of opening the Sessions were gone through, the Grand Jury were sworn. _ Lord 3I innt.wrox, in charging the Grand Jury, said, he would confine himself to a single observation, as all the cases in the calendar, with the exception of one, related to ordinary misdemeanors, and offences which were of common occurrence, and did not call for any retnark from him. The case to which he alluded, was an indictment preferred against three persons for disturbing g dissenting congregation legally assembled. IVhen this case came regularly before them, he requested their particular and marked attention to it. A presentment was put in for the repairs of Putney Bridge, which ,was stated to be in a dangerous and dilapidated state. After a short discussion, the estimate for its repair was rejected. Several presentments fur various local improvements were then laid before the Court, and obtained the sanction of the Bench. MR. O'CALLAGHAN. Sir MOMAS TURToN, on the presentation of the report of Mr. Dixon, the Surgeon of the Horsemonger-lane Prison, ex pressed a desire to propose a few quesions to this gentleman, relative to a motion which it watt his intention to submit to the Court in the course of the day. lie was anxious to do so now, in order that he (Sir T. 'l'.) might not detain hint to as a d. vanced part of the day when the motion might come on. The - lion. Baronet then put the following questions Do you see each prisoner on his first cotumittal to the ward appointed for his reception ?"—Yes. Do you recollect a person of the name of O'Callaghan hay. ing been committed ?—i do. %Vhere was he placed ?—Mr. Dixon described In a low tone the ward in which M. O'Callaghan was placed, but referred to the gaoler for a more accurate description of it. Vas he in good health at the time of his imprisonment ? Yes. ? h — o a n t ea com e l o remonstrate f or t h complain d o f t the hou t g r i e l a t t i m t l e i n a ni t he h a T n e d . cei ll ve i d d unjustifiable that a better diet should be withheld from him.— He (Mr. Dixon) had no power to comply with such a request, unless the prisoner was affected by illness. On any occasion that you visited Mr. O'Callaghan, did you find him i ndisposed?-- 0p one occasion he complained of a stomachic complaint. I accordingly ordered him proper diet ' and necessary medicine. Is he not now discharged ?—Tes. Sir T. TUrrOle was desirous of assuring-Mr. Dixon that he did not put the questions he had proposed with a view of im puting to him blame, but for the purpose of shewing that the public officers discharged their duty. He would put one more question :—Was a month's diet by Mr. O'Callaghan on bread ' and water, inch a diet as in your opinion was likely to seriously affset a person in his station in life ?—That would depend on a variety of circumstances. By. Mr. Cl, limn NNT—What was the size of the ward in which Mr. O'Callaghan was confined? --Eight feet by five. By Mr. II trio zu—Wera you sent for on any occasion by him ?—Yes; on the second day ofhis confinement he complain ed of the diet he received, and wished to have it altered, and that he might be allowed to take wine. By Mr. H. Su xxxii—Do you ever order wine for prisoners except in the event of sickness or disease ?—Certainly not. A short conversation then took place relative to the education of the younger class of prisoners. Mr. COUILTIMAY here suggested the propriety of permit ting the regular business of the Cou rt to take p recedence of public motions. lie threw out this suggestion with a view to the accommodation of numerous parties who were in attendance. It wits accordingly agreed upon that Sir Thomas Turton's motion should come on when the rules of' prison-discipline were under discussion; and that Mr. Briscoe's motion, relative to the tread-mill, should be entertained when that engine was before the consideration of the Court. Mr. Walter (head.jailer) examined. • Mr. Ilitiscot:—Waa there a glazed window in the ward where Mr. O'Callaghan was confined?-.There was no glass in the apartment, there was only a shutter. I Then it was exposed to the admission of rain, and to the humidity of the atmosphere ?--Yes; unless the shutter were elo,letl. .tr. Butseott—But than he would be deprived of light. By Sir T. Towrow-...Wstre any other persons confined in the same ward ?—Yes, two others convicted of misdemeanour'. What was the size of the room in which Mr. O'Callaghan was confined ?-11;ight feet by six, and eleven in height. What were the dimensions of the airing-ground ?--Ten yards long and six wide. . 'ho were the two other" prisoners who were in the same ward with Mr. O'Callaghan, and of what were they convicted ? —Timothy Harrigan was one. Sir T. TuRTOS--:-He was an Irishman, and convicted I be lieve of a lark ?-0f something of that nature. lie was .a day-labourer.?-1 es. Who was the other prisoner in the ward, and of what was he convicted ? . -Ells name was Morton : he was a journeyman hair-dresser, and convicted of an assault. Was it an aggravated assault P--Yes, a violent assault on hi s wife--breaking-her jaw-hone. By Mr. unsow—ilarrigan was convicted, was he not, for running a murk and knocking down every person he met on a Sunday morning ?—lie was—for obstructin g th e p at h way . Ity Sir T. I't: ox,--And was it with such persons that Mr. O'Callaghan was obliged to associate ?-...Yes. Aid lr. O'Callaghan make any complaint to you P--Ile did ; he complained that he was not parmAted the use of wine and better diet. ' Do you knoir of any power vested in you that permits you to exercise a discretion to . the treatment and classification of prisoners ?—I am not aware that I possess such a power. What did you do' in consequence of such a complaint ? —I advised ltitn to make application to the visiting Magistrates. How inanydays was Alr..O'Callaghan restricted in his diet to bread and water ?—Six days. By Mr. HUDSON—As the difference of the rank of prisoners had been introduced, and as the occupation of the other pri soners was spoken of, may I ask what was Mr. O'Callaghan ? —lle is, 1 understand, a theatrical character. . . By Mr. H. SU MNER—That is, in plain English, he lea player.. Do you know where he played plain the Cob urg and the Adelphi Theatres. By the .Ifon. G. BENNET—Have you heard that Mr. Gar. rick and Mr. Kemble were players ?—Yes, To a question from a Magistrate, relative W the precise time in which Mr. O'Callaghan was limited to bread and water, he replied, from the 16th to the 20th of June (both these days in. elusive). Sit T. Tun Torr was unwilling to take undue precedence of any gentleman who may have a motion to bring forward, but he was anxious to submit one, with .a view of determining whether any and what improvements and alterations may he made in the regulations of prison discipline, as affecting per arms convicted of misdemeanors ? ..... . Mr. DENNISON suggested the expediency of postponing his motion until the teport of the visiting JWlagistrates was read. Lord IlAsTNott copr:urred, in the wish of his Hon. Friend, that the report of the visiting Pagistratei be read previous to the entertainment of the motion. Sir T. TUItTOW assured the Noble Lord that he meant to cast no imputation on him or on the conduct of the Ma gistrates who acted with him on a late occasion. On the con. , trary, he had the highest res p ec t f or the body of the Ma gistracy of the county she yielded to none in the kingdom 'hi the exemplary and consciencious efficient discharge of, their duties. It must be' admitted, however, that public opi. nion was strong against them on the late transaction to which allusion had been made. This public prepossession was formed against them from an ignorance, which he believed to be prevalent relative to the Act of Parliament on which the Ma. gistrates acted. The object of his motion wait to set the Ma gistrates right in the public mind, by sliewing that they were not liable to blame, for they had only acted in conformity to the directions of an Act of the Legislature. After a few words from Mr. lltiosost, The Report of the Visiting Magistrates was. read. It recom. mended the reinovel of several restrictions on prisoners relative to the hours of confinement, and the mode of diet. It pro.. posed that prisoners sh ou ld be allowed to supply themselves with nutritious food, beyond the gaol allowance—that the hours of locking up and other internal arrangements of the -prison, should be altered ao as to press less severely on the pri soners, and that they should be allowed fermented liquors in moderate proportions. Laid .EASTNOR expressed the satisfaction he felt at the report which had been read, and his approval of the alterations it re. commended. The former regulations certainly required revision and chnnge. Many regulations, which in theory were right and just, in practice were found otherwise. He had but lately in terfered in the business of the county ; but from his own obser. vation, and from reading the report of the surgeon of the county jail, he was satisfied that bread and water was not sufficiently nutritious food for preserving the health of the prisoner. Ile therefore entirely approved of the proposed alterations in the arrangement with respect to diet. There were other points, however, which demanded attention and required alteration.— The seventeenth and nineteenth of the prison-regulations were not, in his opinion, a fair interpretation of the Act of Parlia ment or fulfilment of its intentions. The rule of the jail-dis cipline prohibited the use of spirituous and fermented liquors, whereas the part of the Act which corresponded to this rule, only . prohibited spirituous liquors, and did not place a similar restriction on fermented liquors. The same observation was applicable to the nineteenth rule which exceeded the restric tion imposed by the Act-of Parl iament, and which occasioned the undue rigour which Mr. O'Callaghan experienced.--(Hear, hear !)—lle regretted that he had been so dealt with ; he re. petted that Mr. O'Callaghan had been so dealt with, because it was owing to the misinterpretation of the (laol Act, by the rules of the prison discipline that he bad been subjected to such treatment. Ile could not help adverting to the many observa tions which had been publicly thrown out upon his conduct. Those observations were made without a knowledge of the cir cumstances that were developed at the trial. In no newspaper or publication did a correct account of what took place at the trial appear, and undeserved obloquy always reflected back with disgrace on the party from which it first came. He had heard that a worthy 3lagistrate •( Mr. Allen) had made a statement relative to the case of Mr. ()'Callaghan. It was supposed by some persons that he had framed that information from his (Lord Magner's) notes ; but he was desirous of assuring the Court and the country, that since the trial, he has had no Com nutnication whatever with his worthy brother Magistrate. Ile neither saw his notes, nor had any communication whatever with him. Mr. ALIA sr confirmed the statement of the Noble L0rd..... He had called upon the Lord Mayor, in consequence of some observation of his which were reported in the newspapers. The Lord Mayor assured him the report was incorrect; and, highly creditable to his Lordship, he (Mr. Allen) obtained a satisfac tory, explanation on what had fallen from him. He had pub lished a statement in the Times newspaper since. That state ment was drawn up from own observations on the trial ; and he fully concurred with the Noble Lord and the whole Beach of Magistrates as to the justice of the sentence awarded to Mr. O'Callaghan. That gentleman had written a rejoinder, which did not contain any dung that either materially differed from his statement, or that in ply degree altered his original and present impression of the case. Mr. DE tso sr, as a visiting Magistrate of the gaol, and from the part he had taken In this business, felt called upon to offer a few observations. He had certainly interfered to mitigate the severity of Mr. O'Callaghan's sentence; he interfered so as to improve his diet, and to procure for him a less rigorous ob servance of the rules of prison discipine in this regard. He thought he should be entitled to the comforts and accommoda. done which persons in his station of life were accustomed to en joy. Perhaps, indeed, he exceeded the power he possessed as a visiting Magistrate. If so—if ho erred—lie erred on the side of humanity, and therefore hoped his brother Magistrates would pass a bill of indemnity la his favour.—(Hear !)—He had or dered a newspaper, pen and ink, and free admission to the friends of Mr. O'Callaghan ; and in doing so he was apprehen sive he had overstepped the limits of his " brief authority." As to the conduct of the Magistrates of Surrey, he had stated in his place in the House of Commons, and as he most conscien tiously believed, that there was not in the country a more active, zealous, and diligent body of Magistrates. They were like other men liable to error ; the Act of Parliament on which the regulations were grounded had only lately passed the Le gislature, and if there was any error the Magistrates might fair. ly be permitted to plead " re: jeers a regal novitas." It was n matter of great satisfaction to him to find that some projected improvements were to be introduced as to the diet of the pri soners—the hour of locking up—and the moderate permission of fermented liquors. A gaol should not be made a place of luxury, but at the same time they were bound to send the pri soners out of the gaol in as good a state of health as they came I into it: He was anxious to touch on one point more, namely the treatment of persons in prison who moved in a sphere of society, which entitled them to respect, and to the comforts of life to which they had been habituated. He was therefore anxious that persons of education and of station should be separated from those to whom he meant no disrespect by calling the lower orders. it was true that a rich and. a poor man i a li r s ic i h na n b ia il n ity wa f s ro tsit h ed is were the same in he eye of the law; but then it must be ad. w m as itteLt c h h at former habits to encounter "R.' To a man whose habits were m th or e e pu se n y i er slze c pti A l cc9 .4 l u w n i t il o cl f i those of daily labour e ntre:miss such a!' were those of a labourer, the diffieulty was ioconsiderable; but to a person w labour was Iten cou Honourabler unacquaintede n courag e s.!' Tft with the a s t h wa e a t fg r o e r a m d- id an proceedingilb l l , e a e n n d g i t nt h og e oscproecmp power. [The on the effects ofahe tread-mill, when he was called to order by the Chair as being extraneous to the business of the Meeting.] Ile then resumed and said, that he merely meant to say, that what was punishment for an offence for one man, was more than adequate punislunent for another, on account of the different stations which they filled in society. He concluded by giving notice of a motion for next October, that 'tench prisoner be permitted to purchase provisions for himself—that a classification of the prisoners should take place, and that fee. mented liquors he permitted to the prisoners. Sir T. TURTON said that the motion which he intended to subject embraced nearly the same objects. He was anxious, however, that he might not be considered as identifying him self with Mr. O'Callaghan, whom he had never known or seen. He felt only for the Magistracy, who had certainly sunk in public opinion by their conduct on that occasion. That powerful engine of public opinion, the press—he meant the daily press--was unanimous against them. This was of the more im portance, because it was a well-known fact that the press did not direct public opinion, but that the press was led by it. With the exception of a Sunday paper twe believe John Bull) the public voice, as expressed through the public journals, was loud and unanimous against tliis business..--(hear!)--He would put it to any man of 'understanding, if any of those persons around him, whose good countenances bespoke the good cheer to which theywere accustomed (a laugh), could live and enjoy health for a month on bread and water. Very few were confined to the gaol allowance, but, latterly, in this county it had bean most rigorously enforced. The circumstance of Mr. O'Callaghan being a pltiyor had been adverted to, as if that were discreditable to him. There was not one amongst us who, by untoward circumstances, might not be obliged, by die exercise of his talents, whether through the stage or otherwise, to make an honest and independent livelihood for himself.—(Hear, hear !) He coutended that, notwithstanding the evidence of the gaoler, yet that there was a discretionary power vested in him to t a k e into consideration the rank of the prisoner, and classify him accordingly. This, he maintained, w as f ully proved by the 10th Rule. He concluded by giving notice of a motion em bracing the objects contained in his speech. Mr. G. 13EuierT seldom rose in favour of the House of Common” but as to the Bill which passed in the July of the foregoing year, he must say , . that Parliament bestowed the most diligent and active attention to the subject. It had been discussed by the . best and most honourable men in the country, and their opinions upon the clauses were made up after a protracted and animated discussion. The Lords, or the House, rather, that used to be called .the House of Lords, returned it with four hundred and odd amend ments, in the adoption of which many injuries were done, amongst the least of which was the inconvenience arising from the late transaction. He (Air. B.) believed that the Ma gistrates did their duty conscientiously; . . at the same time he mint say, that the sentence was one to which lie could not assent.. 'rite law was adopted after long anti painful inquiry, and in his opinion no blame attached to the law, but to those entrusted with its execution ? for not having discharged their duty with that minute inquiry which such a case - de. mended. He had not himself either written or spoken be fore upon the subject of Mr. O'Callaghan's case, but he had neither read in print any observations, or heard any thing in conversation in his favour, in — Whi c h h e did not fully and en tirely concur. s n n i Magi st ra t e slll l e ioos c l:l nfihtsrseoie of necessity e ih f t l tb o a Shc h r etl re Ivelrarlitmo Co ll eagu e, l he would r (yi l n r i s n o vddlY sAnb nen i.e aw ure o(ti re gul a t ions lt e ta yvih :s(w iu iru s e c o hn .i b eatf ad b l i u nhl i l o r et hy, l nt e ' tbeil p r e s en t t lns e a wbo e.dot e t e lo a n ne vn s a) n lsattsaid(derrickacomparedhlyl adv i s a b le e lut terogivery introduced tita n leo a l v i r nt rral lieheee(erbtadis)rie:tyiirweernaleesittleannhtnersytihbeeelofoeautinirl4elltens3i,ip. m eetin g edidnoifoa)oitietilisrwrifropetel o r ders hb naho rr i sonable believedf 3rol law as applicable to the rich and poor—he (Mr. Simper) re cognised no difference in its application. If a man of superior education - tornmitted a fault, his moral guilt was the greater, as his education and station in life amounted to a security against the commission of crime byhim.—(llear, hear !) Mr. :Ditumatorrn was of opinion that there should not be one law for the rich and another for the poor. The same offence should meet with the same punishment, be the guilty party who he Illay. It' it were said that one person should be exempt from punishment, had not another an equal right to immunity also. He was at a loss to know what limit was to ,be assigned to the rank of the persons who were thus to be exempted from the ordinary operations of the law. After A few words from Mr. Denison. and Sir T. Turton, in explanation, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Hedger, &c. the Report of the Visiting Magistrates was received and adopted. Sir 'l'. Tt7tve oN did not press his motion, which was in sub. stance the s4m'e as that of which Mr. Denison gave notice at the next Quarter Seasions. TIIE TREAD-MILL. Mr. Tlntscrat, pursuant to notice, rose to more a Resolu tion respecting the use of the tread-mill. Ile read from a paper an elaborate article upon the mischiefs arising front the use of the machinc t and detailed a number of instances, parti. elderly in Brixton, of its evil effects upon the health and limbs of a number of persons. The reading of this paper occupied nearly one hour and a half.--[ We should feel it our duty to give a report of this statement, but that its contents involved some heavy charges of misconduct against some of the county officers ; and it would be quite unfair to give publicity to imputations which it was impossible for the accused party to have been prepared to meet, and which may not have any foundation in truth.] Several gentlemen proposed an inquiry by a Committee of the Magistrates into the cases detailed by Mr. Briscoe. Mr. SullNElt said, that in consequence of seeing, on former occasions, that 4M r. Briscoe has been so very much deceived in his facts, he was not disposed to grant an inquiry upon the allegations now brought forward by him. Several Gentlemen now proposed that 'the Governor of Brix ton jail should be examined, for the purpose of ascertaining if the charges were such as required further investigationl The Rev. Mr. CounTEtesT said that the case of Logan was one of the most remarkable in the statement of Mr. Briscoe, and he had examined the Governor with respect to that case. Mr. Green, the Governor, was then called upon, when it ap peared from his statement, that Logan, who was represented by Mr. Briscoe as having been so fatally injured by the treats= mill, was never on the mill at all, and that, in . point of fact, his want of one arm disabled him from employing himself at any such exercise. Ile was then asked as to another case, that of Catherine Rayne, who was represented to have been for seve ral successive hours on the mill, and to haie been otherwise cruelly used. His answers were explicit and prompt, and totally in contradiction to the statement of Mr. Briscoe. The Rev. Mr. COURTEWAY, in a long and elaborate speech (during which he read extracts from a variety of publicar dons), endeavoured to show that Mr. Briscoe's statements were founded upon misconception, and upon falsehoods which had been furnished to him as facts. He particularly dwelt on the case of Rebecca Shepherd, which had excited so much ob servation. _ _ . Mr. ButscoE defended himself at some length, and e,`C tended, that the main circumstances on which he had relied, as proving the mischief of the treaol.mill, were fully borne out by the statement, even by the advocates,of the machinz.. Finally, a Court of Inquiry was appointed to exi►mine into certain eases as furnished by Sir. Briscoe, and the.Coutt did ',"-ot break up till past eight o'clock in the evening. MELANCHOLY CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA. At three o'clock yesterday afternoon an In;• quisition was taken before 'l'. Uxwlst, Esq., Coroner, at the • Maid and Magpie, Stepney-fields, on view of the body of Mr. Thompson Bennet, late a baker of Wellington-place, Stepney, who came to his death under the following circumstance : The first witness examined was Thomas Walker. Ile stated he was a milkman, living at 40, Gold-street. About five or six weeks ago he was passing Mr. Harner's house in Georges street, with his milk, and saw a mastiff standing at the door; a boy was patting him on the back; the deceased at the same time carne up with his bread-cart, drawn by a large dog, which he beat to keep from going to the other dog. Wit' ness went to keep the other dog away, upon which it sprung at him, but he made a blow at hint with his yokes, and the hooks went into his mouth. The dog then rushed at the one in the cart ; and on the deceased endeavouring to beat him off, lie Hew at him, and caught him by the arm. Witness ran to his assistance, took hold of the dog by the hind legs, and thrust his stick down his throat, but could not loose him from de ceased-for five minutes. On getting the dog on the ground. he beat him for some time on the fere legs, and the animal at length ran away home, and Mr. Bennet came to this house. Ile saw him next day, when he complained much of his arm, and returned him thanks for the assistance he afforded him.-- He suet Dlr. Hamer the same evening, and told him his dog . had liked to have killed Mr. Bennet, and that he would have killed him if he could. Mr. Harrier said he understood that he had beat his dog, and oflred to fight him. Ife has seen the dog since, and believes it is still living, but does not think the deceased knew the dog to be mad. William Hamer, the person above alluded to, was, then called, and underwent a rigid cross-examination. He denied that the clog was his property i it belonged to a man of the name of John Bailey, living in North -street, Whitecbapel.. road. About two months ago the dog followed him, and he intended to have kept him for his yard, but he was owned in three or four days after, and he strove to keep him away and could not. Ile never had the least suspicion that the dog was mad. Since the deceased's death he informed Bailey of the circumstance, and recommended that the deg should be killed, but he would not do so unless he had proper orders. The Jury, having a doubt that the dog was Harner's, wished the landlord to be called. in eonsequeece of some words which Hamer let fall in his house. Mr. George Olsson, landlord of the Maid an d M agp i e , state d. that about five months ago, Hamer was in his house, and said that Seward the 'genuine* dog was mad, and bit his dog Bob. The pieman's dog had every appearance of being matt; fa he bit several persons in the neighbourhood. He at first supposed the dog to be Berner's, but he afterwards learned that an owner was found for it, he believes Ilarner has not encouraged the dog since the affair occurred. Hamer is a green-grocer, and a very industrious well-behaved man. L'he Piernan was then examined, in order if possible to diec cover whether the dog, which was stated to be very large, and of the mastiff breed, really belonged to Hamer, and also to know of bins If his dog, which was stated to have bit the dog 4, Bob," was mash: `l-1e deposed, , that his name was Henry Sweet ; he ' was a piemen, residing at No. 2, George-street, Stepney'. About four or five months ago, he had a small dog, and per ceived one morning that •it appeared very dull : it went the same day to his f a th er ' s i n th e Mile-end-road, and did not ray turn until three o'clock, and; ran off shortly after, and has never, been seen since. Previous to its running away, it bi t a clog of the last witness's, which also ran off. The same dog bit his son, but lie had him taken to e surgeon, who burnt away the wound with caustic. It is witness ' s opinion that the dog eV •not Harner's. He never had any suspicion of its being malls • nor of his own dog being infected with th a t ma l a d y . Mr.. Stevens, one of the Jury, addressing the Coroner, said, that if Hamer had kept the dog at large, knowing it to be mad* he must he considered, in this instance, as having committed a capital felony. • ; CORONEIG—UnIess you can show that he was responsible for the dog, and that he knew it to be mad, you can come to ne criminal conclusion against him here. You can lay the case be. fore the Police Magistrates if you think proper. Mr. Richard Pate stated he was a surgeon, residing at No. CI, hucas-street, Commercial-road. On Thursday, the tith of Jul,y he was called to see the deceased, whom he found at lion* evidently labouring under hydrophobia. About six weeks pre= vious, he had been bit by a dog. Until he attended him no person was called, it being considered only a trivial wound at the time when alone the mischief might have been re- • inedied. A neighbour applied some Butch-drops, and 0 10 wound healed speedily. e had been sli g htly unwe ll f o r two days before he visited hi Rwo m, but not so much as to alarm the • .family. On Wednesday evening he complain e d o f sever e painin the seat of the injury (the elbow), the arm, and muscles of the neck ; he refused his tea, t a ki ng only alf a cup,'llaci that with the greatest difficulty. The next day, upon my e%" pressing a wish to see him swa ll ow , h e rose up, and taking a cup in which was a small quantity of fluid, and looking et it for some time with evident tremor, he at hest 'attempted, and he believed swallowed a sma ll quan tit y , and Then threit the cup from him in great agitation ; remained convulsed • and gasping for breath for some time, and lay down alla iti quite exhausted. The usual remedies were resorted o to lel' mediately with little h o p e o f d o i ng good ' • 'but the disease re p mained stationary all d a y on Th urs d ay and Friday: Saturday Turning the 'paroxysms became snore frequent and of longer duration and increased violence, which continued until t 9 o'clock o n Sunday morning, \Then he quietly expired afters • severe fit of raving. He was about Cfl years of age. Mr. Stevens and others of the Jury having still a doubt as 't' whom the dog belonged, wished to adjourn the inquest tie' Mr. Bailey should be in attendance. The Coroner said he would put it to a show of • hands they the jury, under all the circumstances, thought an ati,j4x 7 r'' merit necessary. Upon the show of hands, tiine appeared oily tbree for the adjournment, upon which Mr. Stevena a pparentlY much displeased, exclaimed—" I think this is the moet 00* rageous conduct ever exhibited on a jury." Mr. Use wile checked bins severely for this observation. Twelve of the Jury being unanimous, the f o ll ow i ng verdict was returned :—" That the deceased died of hydrophobia, 0 °1; • . municated to him, as the Jury believed, by the biteof the deF. They requested the Coroner would a pply to t h e M ag i stra tes (et an order to have the dog destroyed, which he promised he would attend to. CALAMITOUS Frig: AT BRISTOL.—Very 300 after eleven o'clock on Friday evening, the shop of Mr. Essei• bookseller, No. 19, Clare-street, was discovered so completely filled with flames, as to leave: but very faint hopes of even limiting the destruction to those premises surrounded !It and contiguous to shops, warehouses, and offices on all side!: The several wareho uses o f Messrs. Underwood, above , _ on; Mr. Tuckett below, we re re p eate dl y on fire, while the lice of the Bristol ilfcrcury was more than - once so completely inveloped by the flames, and ignited at so many . places that ns e rescue must be considered a s one of t h e most signal proofs 0 ' unwearied perseverance, skill, and intr e pidity in our konw . ledge. The utter loss of every thing in the shop and prcou occupied by Mrs. Essex, together with serious injury sustaine d by Mr. Underwood and Mr. 'Puckett, render this visitation on° of the most severe calamities Bristol has experienced for alany years.—( Bristol Mercury.)