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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DA UN Extracts from the .3lorning Papers, Dec. 29 [BRITISH PRESS.' The disturbed state of public feeling in Ire land, owing -to the proceedings instituted against Mr. O'Connell, seems,—we lament to say it,— • - likely to precipitate that crisis, the approach of which many had looked forward to with so much fearfulness. If we were not among the number of the alarmists, it was not from an unacqoaint puce with the peril to which the public quiet was exposed, but from an inward assurance that • no circumstances were likely to arise which Lord Wellesley was not prepared to meet, and that no danger would resent itself which he had not both the ability and the means to overcome. If we are now among the alarmists, it is because the step which has created so much ferment, justifies alarm ; inasmuch as it involves a train of consequences against which the country may well despair of providing any adequate security. Artifices, we know, had been employed to excite unnecessary apprehensions, but it were much better so than that the aspect of affairs should be as they now are,—fraught with painful antici pations, and full of real peril. What will be the • issue of all this ?is a question which every one asks, and. no one can answer.• The Attorney- General, we think, has given a decisive advan tage to Mr. O'Connell ; an advantage which we • are sure he did not look for, and which we . • •are sorry he has obtained.—The wiser 811(1 more reflectiVe class of his Catholic brethren, did - not, take part in his petulant and intemperate feelings; they did not, indeed, openly disavow him, but they in their hearts regretted that he ',Lad brought discredit on their cause by the indis , treetfervour with which he supported it. To our tars, on this side the water, his language was too authoritative and his tone too peremptory : all this had a tendency to call forth old fears, and to revive expiring prejudices. If any attempt at usurpation had been manifested by any of the Catholic Leaders—if their followers had any where proceeded to open outrage—the instant application of the public. force for the public security would have met approval everywhere ; every one, both here and in Ireland, would Neva felt that the Government, in the prompt exercise of its power, had done-no : more than the occasion called for, and the safety of the State justified. Mr. O'Connell would have had no public sympathy to which he could have up plied--no feelings of justice to which he could 'Nye appealed. lie would have been. cast away upon the storm. be had raised ; and. probably Withotit'inuch lamentation for his fate. As it is, his condition is entirely reversed. The occasion on which he is prosecuted issgrikingly inadequate and; ilt"-tuned : the offence charged,---looking to the expressions flit: h, On t felt to extend itself Much beyond the. personal case o f Mr.O'Connell ; it is felt to iovolve the privilege • of public remonstrance, and the . freedom of poli tient discussion. Many inte'resti'd'itifinite mag nitude, dear,—and justly •deitt-to the whole British people, English di I rich, hinge upon its result. No mantlitoSvittg aside his • predilections and prejudice's,' and feeling as he ought to feet,—can wish well to such a prosecu tion. • It must . fall to th e gro un d ; it cann o t be otherwise. From whatever point we look at it, our view is the same. There is an alliance of feel ing and reason that constitutes the nature of man ; the occasion chosen for the attack of Mr. O'Con nell has given him. wherewithal to. appeal to both ; and it requires no gift of prophecy to. predict that he will do so with success. In the perilous condition in which Ireland is at this moment—and by this measure—placed, it will be greatly owing to his moderation and good ' sense if she is not convulsed to the very centre.' . What could the Cabinet propose to itself by such a step ? Is it wise at any time to seek re pose through hostility ? -Was it to be expected that the agitated state of Ireland would be calmed down •by furnishing this new, and, of all others, most irritating source of outrage ? Lord Wellesley was proceeding well and wisely in his course. Ile knew Ireland—he knew human nature —his reflections on both had taught him that the sure and lasting repose of the kiegdom he was dele gated to govern could only be brought about by the quiet and peaceable means of legislative im provement. Instead of any spirit of disobedience or rebellion appearing that called for any strong . measure, the policy of Lord Wellesley had in its salutary operation so soothed the disturbed districts, that the Insurrection Act had been declared no longer necessary, and had ac cordingly been taken off. The prospect which . had been so long overcast was every day bright ening. The leaders of the Catholic Bodq,—Mr. O'Connell among the foremost,---had in all their speeches at. the Association spoken of the Admi nistration of the Lord Lieutenant, and its im portant benefits to Ireland, in terms of the most sincere and cordial praise ; but it did not suit the Orange faction that the great political divio skit in that devoted kingdom should he thus healed. They spared no effort of art or influence to excite in the public . mind an uppreken lion that the Catholics were secretly pre paring for revolt. To a certain--indeed, Its a very great extent—they succeeded. They • found many who believed—and many more who affected to believe,that the strong arm of authority could alone-quiet these apprehensions ; and. that, without that, there could he no peice for I r e. land, nor security for the Protestant Establish- meat. The present rash proceeding against Mr. ()tonneif - has grown out of this policy„ and of Eiji inpresentation The footstups of. the Orange Leaders may be traced ,on every part of the #i - otutti that. is now going over. The Lord Lieutenant is not fitted to follow in such a track ; he is not made to he an instruinent his mind iw that of a master:: but he may, for au instant, he turned aside,—for this has hap. petted to mind.; of the first order,-- , -from the prOdeilt, straight-forw 4r d course, of his own p o li c y. There are among his seeming friends,;—, many of them the most l'orward, and , 4 pp areu tly, AVRivUS aupportera of his systetn r - 7 rho would joy to see him thrown among the wildest risings of the people ; after their counsels had thrown the Catholic multitude into a state of dungen:las motion, they would next excite a clamour for his recall. They have at this hour an individual ,in their eye ready to vault into his seat. If his Lordship withstands,—as we trust he will,--this crafty conju►►ction of Orange influence and Court intrigue, he must owe his triumph to his own firmness and his own foresight. The mischievous energy most to be feared is that which works unseen. lie has a spirit capable of resisting the storm ; the danger is from the under-current. EMORN/NG CHRONICLE.) No private expresses were received yesterday from Paris, but four French Mails have arrived, bringing letters from the French capital dated on Friday last. The Speech of his Most Christian Majesty had created much disap pointment there, and it was even currently ru moured that it had been materially altered after it had been agreed to in the Council of Minis ters. It is certainly most extraordinary that it makes an allusion to the commerce or agricul ture of France, and that the only benefits which it promises to the subject, are the increase of the power of the Clergy—the remunera tion of the Emigrants to the defence of the throne of Louis X Vl.—and the spectacle of a Royal co ronation. No public Improvement is even hinted at, and no congratulations are expressed on the flourishing state of the country. After a peace of nearly nine years' duration, no reduction of taxation, nor any alleviation of the burdens of the people are promised. The French funds therefore declined on the promulgation of this Speech, to 101 f. 75c., and little business could be done in them even at this low price. The Ad dress to his Majesty is expected to throw light on his public intentions—for it is better that Representative's should recommend unpopular measures, than that they should originate with Kings. 13nAzu FLEET.—That our countrymen who may intend to enter the Brazil Fleet, where so much benefit to the Brazilian Government has been already derived from the services of British seamen and officers, may not be deceived on the subject, we think it right to state, that we have seen letters from Rio de Janeiro, which state that all foreigners are looked on with great jealousy, and that the situation of those in the fleet is not very enviable. That the Portuguese begin to look on the English officers with great jealousy, and that intrigues are going on to turn out all the Brilish officers from the fleet ; and there are too good ',minds for expecting that this will take Place Soon.—(Jbid.) [THE runrAc crnortt.] Letters, dated the 15th tilt. were received yes terday from Constantinople, but they contain no political news, and the Porte appears to have re. lapsed into its usual inaction at the approach of w inter. However, if a rumour, which has reached 113 through another channel, be correct, that Power, it is certain, never stoods so much in need of extraordinary exertions as it does at the present moment. The rumour says, that the relations between this country and Tur key have ceased to he of that friendly, or at least familiar, character which they presented un til recently ; and that this change proceeds wholly from this Government. Whether Ministers think a close connexion with that barbarous Power' disgraceful, or s nether they see in Greece, re stored to the blessings of industry, knowledge, and self-government, a more honourable and congenial connection—w e are unable to deter mine ; but this we believe we may say with per fect confidence, that the future political inter course between this country and Turkey will be much more restricted than it has been hitherto. ‘Ve suspect, ton, that the return, or recal (we do not know which to call it), of Lord Strang ford, is connected with this reported determina tion. The Proclamation, also, of the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, which we published yesterday, so decidedly concurs with our report, that the latter assumes a character of at. least high probability, if not of unquestionable authority. [TII E TIMES.] The rd are now befilre us some detailed state. ments respecting the proposal to .establish a Li terary Society at the Cape of Good Hope, and the rejection of that proposal by the Right Hon. and Noble Patron of Letters and of Liberty, the Lord Charles Somerset. It appears, that by an especial and formal article in the prospectus of the intended society, every thing in the shape of politics was to be excluded from their discus sions. Hero follows the article alluded to :-- " It has likewise been found a prudent measure, and very conducive to the peace and permanency of such associations, to exclude many topics of great interest and importance, but on which men's opinions are formed, rather from.their natural temperament and the accidents of life, than from universally admitted axioms, or indisputable authorities. Under this head we must rank the conduct of existing Governments, or what is called the polities of the day, controversial theOlogy, and, in Slave countries, w e may add, the subject of Slavery. Subjects, also; 'which are purely professional, though the professions may be' liberal, are not agreeable to the genius of such institu tions, the members of which should be , considered merely as mei; of liberal minds, and notes politicians, theologians, lawyers, or physicians." Upon this article was founded a corresponding regulation by the Committee intrusted with the business of framing a report, as follows : " YOur Committee b eg p erm i ss i on strong l y to recommend to the Society, ever to keep in mind one great principle, on the observance of which, the prosperity and permanence of the Institution mainly depend, via.—to avoid, as far as possible, the introduction of such topics as the histo r y o f man ki n d proves have never been discussed without a mixture of passion and heat, arid, consequently, a tendency to disunion and the forma tion of parties and cabals." The step next in order Was the transinission of a memorial the the ,Governor, praying his sanC (1011 to this ietelfectual and moral scheme.— . .Tite memorial was accordingly transmitted. It stated the forma . tion of the society --the exclur. Slott of .POlitit's7-ttie identity of its constitution and objects with those of the Royal Society ,pa trooiz,edby,the King of England, and with those of the Asiatic society at Calcutta ot ' the n , et It - modncmediats. pt•4tection of the Governor-(general and the gig„ t~ res t>f i tt.i ,between Finally,3 0 _t:l e, n 4 i o en o w f ria ti l le bo re re . gpNrlahi" ur itish'itobjects in the. colony, craving : t . ile .. l !°° 4 our of his L'xceliency's.approbati n His Excellency was too deep for the memorialists— he knew their. minds better than they did—he flatly rejected their prayer-Ist. Because they had presumed to form themselves into a society " without any previous reference to his Excel " lency," which he was pleased to designate a " wilful" disregardto the existing authorities at the Cape ; 9.d, Because he could not think of permitting the establishment of an association which might' have a tendency to " produce" poli tical discussion. Thevery inconvenience which the gentlemen who memorialized had shown their vo luntary determination toavoid. So much for colonia I freedom under a Tory of the blood of Somerset. Now, the facts being as represented, we feel anxious to ascertain for the British public whether the man is really to be recalled or not. A mi nisterial newspaper, not many days ago, gave in the name of the Hottentot Grandee among those of other functionaries about to be forthwith superseded. Can the country, we ask, depend upon the promise ?—or is the intelligence too good to be true ? May it not be thrown out to deaden our indignation, until tl►e storm shall blow over, and some fresh nuisance appro. priate the public attention ? The interest which supports some people is very fearful to behold. We have heard the Beaufort, Rutland, Stafford, Harrowby, and their dependent lawmakers, counted up at the scarcely credible sum of sixty noses in Parliament ! But will Lord Ilar rowhy lend his countenance to men with whom he would not associate for so much as half an hour in a century ? Will Mr. Canning suffer the ex istence of such gross abuses as are felt to prevail in our colonies, particularly where family interest and alliance might lead to the suspicion that his motives are not free from taint ? If these two 'Ministers, the President of the Council and the Foreign Secretary, should be compelled into such mortifying personal humiliation, we can understand the rumour that Lord Liverpool prays for a speedy and effectual reform in Par liament, as for the only chance on earth which would release him, as Minister, from the galling yoke of a spendthrift and rapacious Aristocracy. [MORNING POST.] The accounts received yesterday from Paris were chiefly of a private nature, and contained more speculations than intelligence. The early expression of party feeling by the Peers, mo derate as it had been, was generally consi dered as likely to produce new political com binations on the part of the Government.— Charles X., it was thought, had delayed making any :alterations in his Ministry until he should have felt the pulse of the Chambers, and the strength displayed by the Opposi tion in the Upper Branch of the Legisla ture, was supposed to , have revived his ancient prepossession in favour of Viscount Chateau briand. This, however, is little more than matter of opinion, and as long as the Opposition, though respectable and even strong in numbers, can neither outvote nor even balance the adhe rents of the Ministry, whatever secret partialities the Friend may feel, the Monarch must and will resist them. A dvices had arrived from Madrid; to the 17th of December. Ferdinand's return to that ; capital, though it had been the cause of much splendid display in honour of Prince Maximilian o f s ux ony, the Queen's father, had not quieted the fears nor removed the dissatisfac tion of the inhabitants. It was reported that the senseless King, who cannot even make a serious attempt to reduce his emancip a t e d an d unassisted colonies to subjection, had determined to embroil himself in a quarrel with the United States, by withdrawing his recognition of the cession of the Floridas to the American Union, as having been given under the influence of the Cortes ! The intelligence both from France and Portugal states that the negotiations carried on actively, though secretly, to induce the latter Power to recognise the independence of Brazils, were drawing to a close, and seemed likely to be attended with complete success. We received yesterday accounts from Canton, to the Bth of May. They inform us that cotton was in good demand there, at 13 or 14 tales, ac cording to the quality. Opium was quoted at 1080 to 1100 dollars per chest for old Patna, and 1030 to 1050 for new. Bombay Malina was 800 to 820, and Bengal ditto 820 to 880. Old Benares was good sale at 960 to 980, and Turkey was 1000 per picul. Pepper was exceedingly dull, and the stock remained undindnished. The Com Patty's Treasury was open at 207 on Calcutta. We also had Papers from Bombay to the 30th of August, and from Modras to the 15th. It will be seen by our ex tracts in another i.olutnn, that Lieut. Fen wick, who was tried for the murder of a native on the Guicomar territory, had been discharged from custody by order of the Supreme Court, on the ground that the evidence did not bear out the indictment in certain formal points. From Ma dras we learn, that although the distress of the native population continued, yet that Govern ment were giving employment to many in making a road between the Presidency and Poonamalee. The weather had undergone a considerable change for the better. There is no fresh intelligence in these Papers from the seat of war.—(lbid.) of an obnoxious 'cork. There is an example still more strictly analogous in France, A few years since, the Metropolitan Chapter, we be lieve it is called, of Paris, denounced with all the thunders of its ecclesiastical authority, the philosophy of the 18th century—especially in the writings of Rousseau antLAVoltaire. What was the consequence ? For one edition which was announced, four or five were actually pub lished and sold by rival publishers, who were induced to speculate by the very prohibitory letter of the Clergy. Such, at present, is the case in Ireland with respect to the Bible. We have heard, that for one instance in which a Bible was read before, there are at present at least ten. We say read—for of the distributed Bibles, under the old system, but few were ever read or opened. They were like Goldsmith's bacon—" kept for a show." There is but one way in which the interdict against the Bible could be effectual—that adopted in Spain. It should not be allowed among the people at all.— It should be seized as contraband at the Custom house. This was the way in which the Re verend Fathers of the Inquisition acted, and they understand these things ; and until the Catholic Clergy in Ireland can do the same thing, their interdict is idle wind, or, worse for them, defeats its own purpose. This, probably, will not con tent the Bible distributors, who, like Lord Some body, in a recent popular Novel, wish to see peo ple happy but then the happiness must be of their choosing, and administered by their hands. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. ( From the Dublin Correspondent, Dec. 24.) We cannot readily agree with a London Paper, he Public Ledger, which contains the following passage, same acc tim e epte d we th n e laysafely in a misconceiv e d p aragrap h, concern i ng I reland : " At the Government affi of rm thathtactoutinietryM a rquis toi ) with ley i r o s n t i nf ,i , re t h e a p t p i r t e b w e o n u d l d a b , e e t w h r e i t p e r r e t l u d b e e tion Cat errorholics n E e i e n t ianng o this presumption, and to have no authentic authority whatever for what he has hazarded. We believe the Marquis 'Wellesley to have been personally selected by our Gracious Sovereign, and his confidential advisers, on tectiunt of the . universal opi nion entertained of him, as a consummate Statesman, as a Nobleman of great experience in public affairs—of enlightened views, great foresight, and circumspect policy—renowned from his early days for masterly talents, to the natural power of which, constant practice in public affairs had given a valuable maturity, with augmented strength—and of whose profound conception, as a Statesman, this Noble person's Government of India, as well as his scheme for liberating the Spanish Penin sula of Buonaparte's hordes, had afforded the most splendid and the most irrefragable testimonies. Added to these pre-emi nent reasons for his being chosen for the arduous and ungrate ful task of governing a country so divided, in consequence of the menacing ambition of the Roman Catholic party, which acts upon the system of destroying popular content and na tional ; it was thought that some grace would be shewn the Alarquis Wellesley-, on account of,his.being an Iksh man by birth ; and on account of the noble disinteretifedness of spirit for which his life has been distinguisheda—a quality , which, It is imagined, attracts among the Irish people no small share of their applause anti attachment —as, to say die truth, it generally does ; all those united qualifications and endow. meats pointed out the Noble Marquis as one of the fittest public men in the Empire, to have conferred upon him the trust of governing Ireland, after his Majesty , was pleased of his own grace to visit this, his Kingdom—anti to leave injunc tions of moderation and public forbearance from party among his Irish subjects. When this Illustrious Nobleman entered upon the Royal task appointed for WM, as the King's Representative, some such notions as those hazarded by the Public Ledger were rumoured in this city; and what we affirm we know upon the best authority, that some of the most im portant of the Nobility of this country—men devoted to the Protestant Church and State, which con .jointly form our. Civil Constitution, did converse with his Lordship upon that subject; and that they left his presence quite satisfied, that he came to Ire land to rule this land according to its laws, and by means of its laws, with resolved impartiality, from which no party re clannations—no party alurements, should draw him, that hia administration never would recognize party influence of any kind, however powerful, important, or even intimidating, it may seem—that he was resolved to see every thing with his own eyes, and to hear eyery thing with his own ears— and to execute his trust without any bias whatsoever— leaving no person the slightest pretext for the notion, that any man could exceed himself in a devoted fidelity to the welfare, prosperity, and honour of the Established Church—in which especial matter, we do affirm, that he has put it out of the power of the meanest and basest o f h i s slanderers to raise a shadow of doubt. What we no w s t a te w a s at the time com- Munlcuted to ourselves—and the authority is not to be excel led ; and upon that account it is, that we have, under circum stances far from making us debtors for any graces or favours to Lord Wellesley's Government, endeavoured to render his pure and faithful policy every support, and every justice, in our power.—We are convinced that the Church of England has not in the world a more faithful and determined advocate; and while we see no reason to yield up this opinion, we cannot have a reason fbr changing our conduct, which is our duty in fact. Lord Wellesley's sentiments, as an individual, con cerning what is called, in our days of cant, the Catholic Claims, ran have nothing to do with his Government. This latter is a thing paramount; all its duties are pointed out—all its prin ciples are sacred and untangible ; and an abstract opinion upon a very secondary, though a troublesome subject, cannot inter weave a wrong influence with its operations. There is a wide difference between a notion of the f easibility of the Emancipa tion vision, and the permitting of Anti-Protestant speculations to taint the practical conduct of the Administration. It is one thing to err upon this chimera, but clearly , another to counte nance the inroads making against the Church Establishment for its overthrow—which we assert to be the mainstay of our real, and genuine, and durable union with England, let the Orators rave as they will, or presume with ever so much ob trusive absurdity, to take the Sovereign under their patronage. Lord Wellesley never came here to carry , a speculation job—leis spirit and character soar proudly above little schemes and cun ning policy ; he came here for open, obvious, and great ends— and tremendous as the obstacles have been which have disputed his course, he is walking them, down one by one, majestically and calmly, and with the patience and perseverance of a States man. Ile may be weary of his task—and no wonder; but whenever he withdraws from it, he will leave the Established Church strengthened in its noblest defence—the characters, abi. lities, and zeal of those whom he shall have appointed to its sacred offices. NEW CHURCHES . IN THE HIGHLANDS AND vrotr , the CMORN I N In/a/pg.—We have sincere pleasure in again adverting to 0 11 En Al. D. 3 this subject, and informing our readers that measures are now in progress for the accomplishment of the patriotic and pious .. . purposes of the Legislature, in constfucting additional places recent dispute between the advn. of worship in the Highlands o f Scotland. Ithen we consid er cutes'fig the-distribution of the Bible in Ireland the great mass of people who are deprived of the m eans n of religious instruction, front the local situation of the and. the Colbo Clergy, the latter are flushed churches in the different parishes, we think that the benefits With victory, and the former evidently quailing d e feat. likely to flow from this important measure, cannot be too We have reason to highly appreciated. Some of the Highland parishes arc under: a sense o f from twenty to fifty miles wide, and with all the obs tru c think) however, latter owever, that the have gained by dons of lakes, rivers, and mountains , the inhabitants in their defeat, the former lost by their victory, divin e places whi l e tterly debarred from an attendance on The a re.itr e e at _i tLineZeiliceiiis jltris t on clertyn o t of l the parish is prevented ill a certain perverse spirit of opposition, as to tbenistives. l These fi rs icoLenien ta c c it e li s a w s il f l o , r iT ida g b r le t° him a T c h e e r r t e a . in oucipsity to pry into what is forbidden, because it :is forbidden,;tire, be obviated erect the plan in question. amb c ountry, a u i man and beast. The bes t l , : a y o ci f tu w Le i l ic if i s w to il ir b sp i n i t i e tAli a ireif i n n tx te ar r ts of this country, to poke the of deciding ,the line of direction which a pig salary of 1201. a year. ? I ° his important ulle t r ti ta l Ic t in m g m i i rto be t s a o n f'cotland, are t carried iro n e o ff e ect a b r y c t u hre l ,I ti le mpiissioners to whom the coun shall toke,icto pull in the contrar yiiluicohd govern s diirtecitsi 0 sn b a o ihd t y h al the tail—an d Mankind is diSpOSed to relay so deeply lr pinltebteadr. y for their abilit y head ,and PurStle knowledge in t he very place pleting the grand schemes of the Caledoni y an Canal euc and t i .l?e c i ' ia m r.. " Which is most strictly prohibited• So it has ' excise Ter d i s ca a i nl bsdges ; and the clergymen are to ex_ Which its respect to ferbidden books. Even by " tne Co functions , r m c missioners.e wl i ti n n s c a er n u d sin bounds to be fixed the, force of : law, and the ';fear 'of: • -punish. progress,, under the superintendence of Mr * .Tro e leV i t re illltTriell l and Mr. James Smith of this town, and it is expected thni merit iti this country, cannot 'prevent, but ra- operations will be comme nced ° early in spring.—(itiverArri titer ,and, plicorrooufily extend the circulation ' courler.) ,‘ THE DEAD'S ALIVE, THE LOST IS FOUND•'!' cpareom( ALA.), A W .;: hi N ne o to v n . Gazette. ) 2.—he most ex.. u N Ts 'V traordinary case has just happened in this county that has ever occurred within our recollection. Samuel W. Standifer , a young man of respectable connexions, suddenly disappeared on Thursday evening, the 21st ult. in a way so mysterious as to induce a general belief in the neighbourhood that he was nun. tiered. Suspicion immediatel y attached to his uncle, Jesse San difer, an old and respectable citizen, with whom there was known to be a misunderstanding. But what gave colouring to the supposition that he was murdered, and that his uncle was the perpetrator of the foul deed was, that the next morning the young inan's horse, saddle and bridle, were found at the oldGa , - tlernan's cotton-gin, about 200 yards from his dwelling.. UPOn in. spection f the saddle and bridle were found to be stained tri,t,h blood; the bridle reins contained several spots, and the sad dle marked with ajarge impression, as if made with a bloody had. —This discovery at once fixed the guilt upon the unfortunate uncle, and the whole neighbourhood were excited to an acti ve inquiry into the circumstances. It were needless to repeat the many idle reports which immediately took wing upon the occa sion. Search was made for several days for the murdered man, but in vain, he was not to be found. Guilt, nevertheless , was, i fixed upon the uncle, and he was forthwith arrested w ith ," two sons, and brought before a Magistrate for inquiry nnt ri the following facts were disclosed. It was proved ' by the uncle that the young man was seen by a neighbour of the first respectability, on the evening of his departure, riding on the road which leads by the uncle's; that after the young man had passed his uncle's about two and a half miles, the witness, between seven and eight o'clock at night, overtook him a-foot, stopped and conversed with him for several minutes. The witness suspecting from his conduct that something was the matter, pressed upon him a disclosure, when the young man, upon enjoining secrecy, stated that he was about td play a trick, and abandoned 'his horse, saddle, and bridle, for that purpose, and was then on his way to some distant place where he would never be heard from again. The wit , near described his person, clothing, &c. and wall pos itive as to the identity of his perao n. Two other witnests were rad mined on the part of his u ncle, by whom it appeared that a young man, corresponding precisely with the description of Samuel Standifer, had lodged in the house of them on that night, and related to them that he was known by the' name of Standifer, and nephew to the accused. This evidence being so full and explicit that the young man was still living, the uncle and his sons, were immediately . discharged. The uncle and his friends, conscious of their innocence, and the more fully to acquit themselves of the unjust imputation, im mediately dispatched a messe n g er in search of the nephew, who, after eight or ten days, found him near Florence, and brought him to Huntsville alive last Sunday evening, thereby giving an ocular demonstration to a jealous and highly incensed community, that they had been charged falsely. It turns out that the young man resorted to this nefarious and wicked atr!t . ' tageni to effect his uncle's destruction ; and actually cut his own finger, stained his bridle and saddle, and left them and his horse, at his uncle's cotton-gin, for the express purpose of inducing the public to believe that his uncle was the Inn,t'' derer ;—a most diabolical scheme. But his plot failed, and i n g is brought back to receive the punishment due to his Pern°7* In addition to the evidence given on the trial of the uncle, it is proper to mention that the young man before his deParnFet had made a confidant of another uncle to whom he had dis; closed his wicked intentions, and enjoined upon hi m p er p " secrecy. 'But when the intended victim was fou nd in jeo the uncle promptly interposed, and disclosed the wh ole sc eine. The result of this case adds another to the many already ircum g n iven to the world, what little confidence is to be placed in c• stands.' testimony. Hundreds of innocent men, o doubt, ha ve ds. suffered death in a similar way; and, but for the delivering hand of Providence, the venerable Jesse Standifer night, o nce probably would have been sacrificed, to appease th e ver g e of an incensed COURSE OF EXCHANGE, December 48. , A motet atilt) ' l2 2 Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam ' Antwerp.,. ' Hanthuigh 17 0 2 1 g i ' I .ll. Altona • Paris, 3 Day's sight • ~e s 7 sl5 Q Us' 45 45 I , t—• Moat - dr:tux, ditto l ' Berlin 7 5 ' ' Fu audit - out 'ii the-Main Pete, sharer Vienna lO .0' .. . Trieste - • adrid Ell.CCOCII" 111 M Cadiz Rilhtia BATCtiollit,•• o : . ' -• .. irtille " . • . Gribraltat Leghorn 44 Get,l4l .. •44i—Venice, Ital. Lir. 2; • . Malta Palermo Lisbon Oporto . It io Janeiro ' •IN Bahia 6O/ Duliliti ... 9i Cork 9/ pet Cent. BULLION. , ortogal Gold, i n Coin 0 0 per 01 ' Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 •;ilrri- , :tandarrl 0 5 01 BIRTH. On Sunday, the 26th inst., the lady of Charles illingay SYd er ' Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On Monday, the 27th inst., at Hartlebury, TVorc.esterOirfa' Nathaniel Basevi, of Lincoln's.inn, E sq ., h arr i s ter.at-lat Louisa Eliza, only daughter of the late Williarn :, t he 74th year of DIED. On Monday, the 27th inst., at Clapton, in her age, the wife of J. Hensley, Esq. la bg( On t be)dent s2to? le ni t .e, 2d i 2E 3 7mtgh. at ,da7 Ar t 1 .ri d i i n o g r a Grace, , i . a slltnicakes; EAST;;;BIRTIIS,IIIARitIAG ES7 Esq o , n ui th a e da 2 u s g t i h ue f . uly, At Sill let, Calcutta, on BIRTHS. t h r t h Ally, Mrs. James Blechyn . den, o a daughter. e i . At Ahmedabad, Botnba a t At Patna, Calcutta on the 21st Jul y, the Hon. Mrs. Mph.. instone, of a son. ' f a n o t rny Sunday f a son At Serampere Calcutta, on the 23d July, blrs• L• De Sesoh and DEATHS. of a of ' Lady 21st On the sth 2 July, the Lady of Captain N. Campbell, regiment Native Infautry, of a daughter. of Dr• Stuyttan of a son Lady of Lieutenant a. W.YBlachey, 14th regiment Nedra tl , ' i C y ap i i t ) . e I p t. t . On the y3difser.n° bay the i__Caolncutthtae,nigthhet Ll:fdtyheof9Jth. RA.ugC.oollik: the 15th August, at Matoongs, --n 1 ' s T l i r lo s. mon, Lady ' Q. I of of Captain -an-ys, a son. a' Ldi 0f M the Presidency, Madras, on the 31st July, the At the Nagporeße;idency, kattras, on the 25th of July, the alober - At the Presidency, Black-Town, Madras, on the 4th AO" Onstaniti ED. Alexander Lieutenant August , R u s sell, lJuly,aYlrsiSea6itti inli\i i la d a light dfw Madras, a aß r eu sl ol i ' l ondf o Y : a t h ondf , BCll'3 l - 1 g Ph . t3 l ir . n.: _ • 0 the 28th at Calcutta, by the Rev.,eren r , (l „Ti h rit to Miss Elizabeth Charter Conyers, daughter of 51r. Coni c ' same place. 38th toot. ED. cejA A vedt t G in hazee tc pore. Calcutta , Oi l the 22d June. G o e° r h g e t :i t i l m le e i ll ° : fans eon of Llelit. Richard Irving, hip bljellYl;Z:v Atilt Wile and, on the 15th July, on die river near alirn I ' .-- "' $ of the , ~,t . Crilv - At Fort William, Calcutta, on the 23d July, u``" Rangoon, tion, C u al eu cu te tta na , n o t p a th ec e rgc 3Otp ti o. te f h J e t u tn , % f o L6.7.4 o 4t r f re : ; fold, of his Msty's 14th foot. pe 1,4 013 ' On the 25th Jul}}J, at Calcutta, Miss &mils Joan& aged 12 years and 21 days. On the Ist August, at Calcutta, Theodule 13eudret, ills" Hon. Compact il' e3Oth,,salkaraitnCeLalagcuedtts.„22 ears and n J d . s N i V x s too kel n a dl lia , ; , : rA ft : aged 25. on °`' On board the Charlotte, ofF the Cape of Goo d IloPe, op?, 22d of May, Jr.A Wm. Farquharson, late midshipman R.N. slair At Belgauto, Madras, on the night of the 31st July. --_, Wm. Duncan, 49th regiment, son of the late John Pow- Esq. of the Aletlical Board. of the count r i se —......e-11 .11•MOOF Printed and Published for the PnontitTons, at alit Orrlce, No. 113, strand, by'J. B. CanSTaini, , do t _. 11 4t f, Fife .on . F t on, darn 13 4 Si r p Lund SA,