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The King has been pleased to appoint Nralor-General Sir Ben jamin D'Urban, K.C.B. to be Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. WAR-OFFICE, JuLy 5. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—R. A. Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Yerbury, promoted in the 9th Light Dragoons, dated July 5, 1533. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet J. W. Yerbury, from the 3d Re giment of Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Broadhead, promoted, July 5. Ist Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon S. Dickson has been permitted to resign his commission, July 5. 6th Foot—Gentleman Cadet R. W. M'L. Fraser, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Young, deceased, July 5. 12th Foot—Staff:Assistant-Surgeon A. M'Grigor, to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Gallice, appointed to the Staff. July 5. 13th Foot—Lieutenant E. Inge, from the half-pay of the 18th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice C. Millar, whose ap pointment has not taken place, July 5. 15th Foot—Ensign J. A. Cole to be Lieutenant, with purchase, vice J. Blair, deceased, May '26 ; Gentleman Cadet H. B. F. Dickinson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vie:, Cole, July 5. 31st Foot—Ensign P. I'. R. White to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice A. Grueber, deceased, June 17; Gentleman Ca det F. J. Th omas, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, vice White. July 5. 39 th Foot —Ensign B. G. Layard to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice C. Cox, deceased, Jan. 12; Ensign J. Sutherland, from the hall.nay of the 26th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, eloe Layard, July L Foot —To be Captain, by purchase—Lieut. F. Codding ton, vice W. Serjeatson, who retires. Lieut. H. R. Connor, vice Coddington whose promotion, vice Butler, has been can celled; Ehsigh J. T o d d, vice Connor, to be Li eutenant, July 5. 44th Foot—Lieutenant G. J. Burslem to be Captain, by pur chase, vice R . Smith, who retires - Ensign J. Dunne to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bursfem Nov. 17 ; D. T. Grant, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice ' Dunne, July 5. 9th Foot—Ensi gn J . M . Montgomery to b e Lieutenant, outwith purchase, v i ce M arshall, deceased, Jan. 2 ; Ensign and EAdjutant A. M'Ewen to have the rank of Lieutenant. Jan. 3; nsign It. R ansome, from the half-pay of the 11th Regiment of t, to be En s i gn , v i ce M ontgomery. July 5. 57th 26th Foot —Lieutenant A. Cumming, f rom th e h a lf- pay o f th e Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice I'. Porter, whom, appointment has not tak4i plate. July 5. 60th Foot—Captain H. Seymour, from the half-pay of the '2sth Light Dragoons, to beCaptain, vice J. W. Cross, who exchanges. July 5. 61st Foot—Major P. Taylor, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice M. Annesley, who exchanges, receiving the dif ference. July 5. 78th Foot—Ensign W. Fisher, tobe Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. H. Pickthorn, who retires ; R. Shields, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fisher. July 5. 82d Foot—Majur T. Hogarth t o b e Li eu t enan t-C o l onel, by lurchpse, vice Philip s , w h o re ti res; Captain J . M'K ay to be halfj- or, by pu rc h ase, vice Hogarth; Captain J, Doran, from the pay unattached, to be Captain, vice M'Kay, July 5. 94 th Foot—C apt. H . R . Milner to be Major, by purchase, vice Snodgrass, promoted ; Capt. It, M. Lockwood, from the half-pay l ' c lillgUese service, to be Captain, v i ce Mil ner , J u ly 5. 991.11 Foot—Lieut. J. Nicholson to be Captain, by purchase, vi ce W. Bart on , w h o ret i res ; Ensign It. H. Walker to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Nicholson ; E. D. Collinson, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Walker, July 5. Rifle Brigade—Second Lieut. A. Munro, to be First Lieuto, to hie' by pu rc h ase, vice Shirley, promoted ! A. Earl of Cassilis Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Munro, July 5. UNATTACHED. b iro . be C a pt a i ns b y purchase—Lieut. B. Broadhead, from the Jugy nt Dragoons ; Lieut. H. Shi r l ey, from the Rifle Brigade, l 5. HOSPITAL STFF. Stewart, M.D., the half-pay, A to be Assistant-Inspector °` Ho s M pitals; J. Stuart, G en t . , t o be Sraff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice 'Grigor, appointed to the 12th Regiment of Foot, July 5. T he date of Lieut. F. W. Smith MEMORANDUM. 's commission, in the 40th T, eginient of Foot, is Dec. 24, 1832, and not March 2'2, 1833. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM KNOWLSON, WILLIAM SKIN, JOSEPH BILLINGTON, ANNE BAYLIS, and DAVID ALLISON, drapers, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, and ROBERT BLACKWELL, Sheffield. WILLIAM WROE, woolcomber, Bradford, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. GE ORGE GRAY, corn-dealer, Great Portland-street, Mary -le-bonee-bone to surrender July 12, at half-past eleven, and August 16 , at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall street, official assignee; Nokes, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury. EDWARD WILSON and MYRRY WILSON, butchers, Shlpston.upon-Stour, Worcestershire, July 22, and August IC, at eleven, at the White Lion Inn, Banbury, Oxfordshire. Findon, 3 hipston-upon-Stour ; Dyneley, Coverdale, and Lee, Gray's-lina, London. JOHN TURNER, jeweller, Lynn, Norfolk, July 12, at ten, and Aug. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Kitchener, Lothbury, official assignee; Taylor, Great James-street, Bed. ford-row. JOSEPH GREENWOOD, stone-merchant, Liverpool, July 20, and Aug. 16, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Green, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; White. head, Liverpool. EDMUND GARNETT, coal-dealer, Lancaster, July 22 and August 16, at eleven, at the Commercial Inn, Lancaster. Armstrong, Staple Inn, London; Hall, Lancaster. JAMES TUCKER and WILLIAM TUCKEn, Exw iek, Devon, July 17th and August 16, at eleven, at the Old 1-4"4 " I nn, Exeter. Ford, Exeter. and ROBERT I-lAItDING TRICKEY, builder, Bristol, July 12, A ugust 16, a t t wo, a t th e C ommerc i a l R ooms, B r i sto l . S te . v e t ,ns, Gray's I nn square, London ; Perkins, Bristol. ' I)W A RH GRAY, nail-factor, Harborne, Staffordshire, ulv r, at twelve, and Aug. 16, at ten, at Radenburst's New buildings, Hotel, Birmingham. Austen and Hobson, Raymond's. Gray's-Inn, London ; Bower, Paradise-street, Bir. r aingharn. two , an BENJ d A MIN COOK, brass-founde r , Bi rm in g h a m, J u l y 17 , at ro August 16, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Ternplf4- Ihiriningham. Woodrooffe and Lewin, New-square, Lim 1 ,, - , i nn, London ; Mole, Birmingham. 'ustN LOWNT, miller,Lowdham, July 19, at two, and Au -16, at eleven, at the Office of Messrs. Mee and Bigsby, East 4nA_ etford, Nottingham. Mee and Bigsby ; Hawkins, Blokam, .Stocker, New Boswell-court, Carey-street, London. Gloucester, SHIRLEY, builder, Moreton in the Marsh, teucester, July 19, and August 16, at twelve, at the White art Evesham Worcester. Wilkins and Kendall, Bourton ,I the Water, Gloucestershire ; Sharpe and Field, Old Jewry, tendon. \v a n:HARD HINX MAN, dealer and chapman, Bishop's th e alth am , Hants, July 18, at two, and August 16, at twelve, at —eorge London; p Jones and Ward, John-street, --k"-r° w,Bryant and Deacon, Southampton. 1 AIPERIALPA RLIAM ENI' THIS EVENING. . HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House resumed at a few minutes after five o'clock. , Irt Sedgewick, from the Royal College of Physicians, "Pl"t'ated at the bar with a copy of the regulations or bye -11"vt of that e stablishment.—Ordered to be printed. ' rtir• Parkinson, from the Accountant-General's Office, PP "red at the bar with a return of the amount of c " c ornissi on received by the Accountant-General. Housed ALTHOAP moved the order of the day for the T en , ' ' res °lving itself into a Committee on the Church mPoralities (Ireland) Bill. Pil e :' Dl. ATTWOOD said, be understood that the pri r v ''':' 4 : f the Bank of England would go to the extent of pa e v a b -n i t ' 4 ; g joint-stoek banks from issuing notes and bills i rdenti on .l2l oi L .' r ulon. He wished to know whether it was the join t 0; ban Noble Lord to remove the restriction on their bills " an ht, which prevented them from making bills payabl e in London. ~. /. °ll l A LTHORP was understood to say, that the Bill 'itch he should introduce at present would only relate to j tl ae B d nk of England, and it would certainly prevent :i"nt as fr om d raw i ng bills untie' 501. payable in Lon- Lo "„, itB at present, b ut th ere wou ld b e t hi s distinction— at as to the joint stock banks, the Bill would not allow the Bank of England to interfere with them. The result Wo uld be, that although j o i n t sto c k b an k s would not have London, t he pow er o f d raw i ng bill s un d er 501., payable in a nY more than they had now, yet, if it should be here. after found reasonable to allow joint stock banks to have the privilege of drawing thos e bills payable in Loti. d i ", the Bank of England would not have the power of ci njecting to it. The House then went into Committee on the Church Te mporalities (Ireland) Bill. Clauses 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, and 121, were 'reed to with trifling verbal amendments ; as were tCZ:l7ell‘22 00d, ,and 123, after a short di scuss i on , i n w hi c h took Part. Mr. Stanley, Mr. Shaw, and Lord Althorp men r " 2 'Rowing w e r e th en passe d w i t h s i m il ar amend t---Clauses 124,, 121, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, be ...`' 132 , 133 134 , 135, 136, 137. On clause 138 ing read, to Lord ALTHORP moved that the words from " rent " an 'aClterinin"in the i 005" be omitted, as there would have to be c ons . quent mode of valuing the Bishop's leases, w upon t h e valu i ng clause h av i ng b een d one awa y wit The b onus o f f our per cent . upon t h e a , ` il val ue would not, therefore, be given, as the ` r v aluation would not be ascertained. ilasti r. CrNNELL thought this would be an act of in- COdi.ad towards the poorer .1 sof lessees, as they would be diffevanot'geously,affected b c y as it ; whilst would make n . o He entrteat: propo rt i on ithe richer, who had expended more money in in or namenting or improving the property. as the the N o b le Lord not to press this amendment, faction P t o o or" cl amses of lessees had been looking with satin kind to thro btt b" " tm e to t i me for t h e l ast wee k , an d i t wou ld be tin . lopes froth ti " upon water it now. Holding out such throwing them ' a a ppointme n t the down rd then in a week or fortnight eat , er vras constantly making their dis gr(tErr. SITTING.) HOUSE OFORDS. T s he Marquis of LOND ONDERRY presented a peti tion from t. James's, Cl , rkenw e ll, pray i ng t h at a ll thea tres might he pl ace d under the control of the Lord ha mberlain. 'lke Duke of CLEVELAND presented a petition from tech for the introduction of poor laws into Ireland. Lord TEMPLEMORE (we balm) presented a peti- ) if 0 ( 6441 ,1. is -were e other r de 14. r- 4 11 • 'B.9e' • - qk P ik " 0 , , / otuoir "` • - ' . ..„ "•;., lb '1 - - • I -A / • /. • ° -Ar f 4. 4i/ e t _ ' c i;t2t • ' , :114, 1 2,111 1,- IV 0 ) T (PRICE 7n.) the least in liquor the day he was stabbed, and that he bad not observed any of the police drunk ; further, that h. had not struck the old man and bey as stated, nor any one• until after he was stabbed.—(Here a murmur was percep tilde in the Court.) Cross examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—The only person he struck was Fursey, and that was subsequently to his having been stabbed. He did not hear any persons cry " Shame !" and had not said, when before the Coroner's Jury, that he had struck Fursey. He did not see one human being struck ; there were at least four or five porcetnen engaged in trying to wrest the flag from Fursey, who had hold of the staff .vita both his hands. The witness admitted that at the time of the struggle for the flag, Pursey had nothing else in his hands. Mr. PHILLIPS-That is enough. Now I have done with you. [On this, a simultaneous burst of clapping was raised throughout the Court, which was with great difficulty suppressed. Re examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAI —lt was after he was stabbed that he saw Fursey holding the flag in both hands. Witness, blore he was stabbed, saw the prisoner h,t•e something in his hand, which he held in a downward position by his side ; he was almost imme diately afterwards stabbed : on which the prisoner was seized by the four or five policemen, of whom the witness (Redwood) was one. He (the prisoner) then rushed into the ranks of the police, where he was taken. A juror here asked the witness, bow, while the pri soner was in the grasp of four or five of the police, he could have rushed into the ranks, as he (the wit ness) stated. To which the witness replied, that I:• hat so 'lone ; and that he (witness) bad pursued him into the ranks, still keeping hold of him. ➢lr. Justice Gaser.,eE commenced summing up at I 1 o'clock, first stating the law of the case to the jury; and referred to the 43d of George 111., which brought the offence charged against the prisoner under the class of felony. Having gone through the whole of the tettimony, very full notes of which were taken by the jury, his Lordship, at the advanced hour of ten minutes past one o'clock, concluded by observing, that this prose cution,was " Brooks's prosecution," although conducted under the auspices of Government ; and that it would be for the jury to say whether the meeting was a legal one or not; if not the police were certainly jus tified in dispersing it. The jury would also consider, whether the prisoner Fursey had given the blow ; and if eo, whether he had received such a degree of provocation as to justify him in giving the blow. Undoubtedly, if the meeting was illegal, he had no right to give the blow; and certainly no right to carry the American flag which was seised on him. His Lordship with these observations left the case in the hands of the jury, who, at the conclu• sion of the summing up, retired, and, after an absence of an hour and ten minutes, at twenty minutes past two o'clock returned into Court, and pronounced the prisoner Not Guilty, adding, that after having been out for a con sideoable time, they could come to no other decision than an acquittal. On the announcement of the verdict, the people rose in all parts of the Court and cheered, huzaaed, and clapped hands in a most enthusiastic manner ; the Judges stood erect, looking around the Court, and motioning their hands to the people in the galleries to cease; but their Lordships' dignified presence and gestures had not the desired effect ; the people continued to cheer until they had given full vent to their joy. The scene outside the Court was, if possible, still more enthusiastic ; the people collected in the Court-yard, in great numbers, and continued to cheer for the jury (whom many of them invoked God to bless) for nearly a quarter of an hour. The officers of the Court endeavoured to check them, but the attempt proved entirely unsuccessful. The prisoner, the Learned Junset, in his summing up, observed, if acquitted of the capital charge, would be liable to be tried for the minor offence ; but it was rumoured amongst the people that Government will not proceed against him. During the whole of the day, the Court-yard and the public thoroughfare of the Old Bailey, continued crowded by persons anxiously interested in the proceedings. Num bers of the Trades' Political Union were present in the anxious crowd : and the great assemblage continued about the Court conversing on the subject, and on the probable result of the trial. The Court, during the proceedings, continued greatly crowded ; and the trial throughout was listened to with the most intense feeling anti interest. , Several respectably•dressed women were present, and re mained in Court up to the conclusion of the proceedings. Mr. Hunt, the Ex-Member of Parliament, also remained in Court to the close of the proceedings. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Just 4. THE LONDON UNIVERSITY. Mr. TOOKE presented a petition from Truro, praying that the House would take measures for granting a char ter to the London University. Mr. WILKS and two other Members presented petitions of a similar nature from Lewes, Horsham, and Brighton. Mr. TOOKE rose, and said—The motion which I have now the pleasure to submit to the House is one which I am persuaded will enlist in its support every feeling of liberal regard for the entire community of England. It is the first step towards breaking down an odious monopoly, by affording permanent encouragement to universal and cheap education; and whatever advantages may attend cheap law, cheap religion, and cheap government, and no one is less disposed to undervalue them than myself, they will be the necessa-y result of cheap education ; and it is really, to adopt a homely adage, placing the cart before the horse to bestow privileges upon men until they are ren dered capable of appreciating their value, and of submitting to their wholesome moral infiuence and restraints. It would be worse than nugatory to occupy the time of the House by entering on any detailed account of the origin and progress of the University of London. Suffice it tr, say that its foundation was the spontaneous effort of a generous public, put in action by some great raid good men, with each of whom, in his high musings for the public good, the pl tn may be said to have originated. In 1826 the sum of 160,0001. having been raised by volun tary subscription, a noble edifice was erected, and has in chief part been completed ; the plan of instruction then commenced, and having gone through the inevitable process attaching to infant establishments, of struggle and detraction, of internal schism and external persecution, it has, I may confidently assert, settled into perfect union and consequent utility. A body of professors not to be excelled in Europe for talent and for character have the entire conduct of the discipline and literary and scientific portion of the establishment ; while a superin tending council of distinguished laymen has delegated to a small committee the financial and business details, between whom and the professors the utmost harmony prevails. By way of steady supply of pupils in all the classes, a junior school has been established within the walls of the univer sity, which is conducted to the entire satisfaction of the public; and in aid of the medical students a hospital is now building, by voluntary subscription, which is calcu lated, by the facilities for clinical lectures, and the practical information it will afford to the medical chi.; to constitute the metropolis the first school of medicine in the United Kingdom, if not in the world. Early in the progress of the University, the necessity of a charter was contemplated for the purpose of giving legal protection and permanency to the institution; an instruction to that effect is contained in the deed of settlement, and, therefore, so long ago as 1830, a charter was applied for, on a petition of the Duke of Somerset, Mr. John Smith, and Dr. Lushington. The draught of the charter was approved of by the then At torney and Solicitor-General ; it was engrossed, and went through all but the last sanction of the Great Seal, at an actual expense in fees of 2681., and when thus on the threshold of completion, it was stopped by a private ap plication on the part of the Chancellor of Oxford, and by the more public course of a petition from the University of Cambridge, to both which learned bodies, according to customary practice, notice of the application had been given, as well as to all the other chartered Universities of the United Kingdom, and, as I have before stated, the only opponents were Oxford and Cambridge, the former requiring a restriction from conferring degrees in arts, the latter objecting to the granting of any degrees at all. It is not generally known that no University whatever is en titled to confer degrees by grant of any charter whatever, the claim so to do being considered as incident to the name and title of university, and therefore King's Col '<le, although it has a charter, can at present claim no such right ; the name is consequently the sole matter in dispute, the University of London praying thanto be as against incorporated granting as such, degreessub j e tod divinity, it t other r bruesttwricbtoillot; • is of literature, science, pretence for Oxford and Cambridge insisting on a monopoly, which they only -naless in common with Dublin awL.thr,Sentch Univer-s ai , ieg. The privilege now claimed (tyke/0y honorary,' ace no legal rights attach to it ; the qualifferfih4s.in mcAiliraf.s and for abridging time both for the !lei• and admission's solicitors, are by several Acts of Parliament limited by n-ario to Oxford and to Cambridge, and who will still therefore for the present, retain those and many other exclusive lidos and exemptions, provided for by Acts of Parliament ; there is no pretence, therefore, for their interferina, with the creation of a new theatre for the nobl emulation of youth, seeking honorary distinctions, and depending only on merit tor a reward. I trust that the better spirits of Oxford and of Cambridge, those who have so ',iberally distinguished themselves t•-• the last and the present year, by entertaining in their walls the assembled science and literature of the kingdom, cannot be parties to this conspiracy against the extension of that knowledge they have thus professed to honour. Let us believe that they have reluctantly acted under the influence of some ancient statute, and will be well pleased with their defeat. At all events, defeated they will be: :t is impossible that a Legislittrire which hse, to its immortal credit, in this, its first session, granted their just rights of conscience and immunity separat.ly to various classes of fellow-subjects, whether Roman Catho lics, Quakers, Moravians, Separatist., or Jews, will refuse to them and eve:y other sect and denomination collectively tile sacred right of acquiring knowledge, and competing c.ith their litherte more favoured felow-citizens for the lionoms and the advantages which should attend a success ful issue of that competition, the high prizes doe to intel ttual eminence. The whole Dissenting community ofEni land is now altogether precluded from academic honour:, if not academic education, which may, it is true, be obtained at Cambridge, but leading to no result ; even under this disadvantage, the Dissenting youth have eminently sire tinguished themselves ; and what any not he ex pected when the monopoly shall have been broken down, and all admitted into generous competition ?-1 will not— I cannot—anticipate any objection on the score of merit., there really being none: the only point, therefore, :dsss can be alleged is mvre matter of supposed form—namely,- that the question is one that should he determined by the King in Council, or argued before the Charreelhrr, fur there appears no certain course of proceeding on these occasions of mere honorary distinction, and, indeed, if is difficult to con ce i ve b oat ' any one s h ou ld presume Valle. to circumscribe the Royal prerogative in its most bene.- ficial exercise. When a charter was granted to the Asiatic Society it was unsuccessfully opposed by the Linnean Society; anti more recently, on the eyrartt of a. chatter to the Royal Society of Literature, Sir' Hunt... play Davy objecting to the title, I met him' its amicable controversy before the then Attorney and SA , citor-General, who instantly overruled the objection. Ira the present instance, Oxford and Cambridge peremptorily declined the discussion. I then gave long notice of this motion, and immediately apprised them of it, and have: received an answer from each Vice• Chancellor, abitlicae by their objections. They have, es I contend, thus taken! issue before, this tribunal, and thus literally pat themselves upon the country; and to its righteous verdict, as ex pressed by this house, is the appeal now made. The tore , learned bodies cannot say their interests will not 1145 watched and protected here ; they are well represented hy four Learned and Hon. Members, with whom I would not venture to compete in argument, could any be adilueed ; or in eloquence, were any needed to perplex, rather than to refute the plain statement I have so plainly submitted to the House. Several petitions in aid of the object have been presented to the House, and will be now supported by some of my Hon. Friends ; and theref re, reserving to myself, in reply, such observations as may atise out of the discussion, I leave the decision in perfect consdence to the House, with my cordial thanks fur the indulgent bearing it has vouchsafed me. Mr. ROLUILLY, in seconding the motion of his Hon,- Friend, said that the question was not confined to the London University alone, but bad, in fact, relation to the rights of the public generally. It was because of tl.e rights of the public which were involved in the question as to the propriety of granting this Charter that gave the subject importance in his eyes. The only point they would have to consider was whether this institution war in a fit condition to receive the privileges for which it asked, namely, whether qualified masters had been provided for the instruction of the pupils, and if proper and suitable rules and regulations had been constituted for its govern ment. In all respects was it, he believed, in a situation for incorporation ; and when it was known that the granting of the Charter had been stopped at the eleventh hour, and that, many of the members of the Government took a strong interest in the success of the establishment, the present appeal to the justice of the House would not be made in vain. He had certainly been surprised at the opposition which the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge had given, and, without being et all insensible to the ad vantages of those learned bodies, he must say that such conduct on their part but ill assorted with that liberality of feeling which ought to distinguish them in the face of the country. It was undoubtedly true that genius was sometimes called forth by those ancient seats of learning, but it was equally as true that talent was not noire quently stifled in them. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge conferred no advantage whatever upon any person who did not belong to the communion of the Church of England ; but ought they to shut their eyes to the pro priety of allowing the Disasenters, who were now a power ful and important body of intelligent and meritorious citizens, to participate at all events in some of the benefits to be derived from those institutions ? He was not him self a Dissenter, but still he thought it highly impolitic to exclude any class of persons merely because of their religion from the advantages and emoluments to which a Univer sity education might entitle them. It was by no means his intention to cast any re6ectiou on the Universities of Ox ford and Cambridge, but at the same time that he admitted their vast utility he must in common honesty say that they were constituted only for the rich, and virtually excluded the poor. This was a truth that could not be disputed by the best and most sealous friend of those establishments. The temper of the present times was opposed to monopoly of any sort ; but could, he would ask, any monopoly be more odious or more injurious than a tnonopuly of intel lectual light?—(Hear)—and such was the nature of the monopoly of the Universities. If Dissenters were exclu ded merely from all advantages connected with the Ista- Wished Church he could understand it ; but why they should be debarred from benefits which had no rela tion whatever with religion he certainly was at a loss to conjecture. It was undoubtedly true that the funds of the London University were not in a very tourishing state, but that House, he submitted, had nothing whatever to do wi h its pectui;ary affairs, the question they had to consider being simply, was it or was it, not in such a situ ation as would enable it properly to exercise the chartered privileges to be confided to it? No allegation had been urged against the institution which could justify the Government in feeling the least alarm in granting it a charter ; and the question, after all, resolved itself into this :—Should the monopoly of education be continued to the existing Universities, or should the privileges en j,iyed by them be in future participated in by other establishments of a similar description ? The time had arrived when it was the duty of his Majesty's Ministers to do something for insuring the blessings of education to all classes and denominations of the people—(Hear)—And, knowing the anxiety of his Noble and Learned Friend at the head of the law (Lord Brougham) in this respect, he must believe that the sentiments attributed in the public prints to that Noble Individual, who had already done so much in favour of subjects like this, with reference to the London University, had been misunderstood. It could not be denied that the lower classes in this country had now attained a higher degree of political power than was ever possessed by the people of any country, and this power had been so increased and fortified by the Reform Bill that it would be hopeless to think of resisting its iefluence. More alarm, he contended, was to be apprehended from igno rance than intelligence, and therefore the desire which he entertained of adequately providing for the general diffu sion of knowledge.—(Hear.) The question having been put, Lord ALTHORP said that the subject to which the Hon. Gentleman's motion referred was at present under the consideration of the Government. The mere granting of a Charter to the Loudon University would be a question of little importance in itself; but, when that question was coupled with the other circumstances connected with it, a good deal more consideration was necessary in the settle ment of it than the Hon. Gentleman seemed to imagine. In fact the Charter formed only a small portion of the subject which was now under the consideration of the Go vernment, and this placed him (Lord Altborp) in a state of some perplexity as to the course he ought to present occasion. lithe proposed Chatter cosJd n ot it wo g uld legal effect to the degrees to be c on ferred nd under Learned it not be perfectly useless? The flon ,i ;hat some of the Gen tleman (Mr. Romilly) had truly...at tilted in the success members of the Government were inter f aiihorp) was fret to of this institution; and he (Lord (Hear.) He wa h admit that be was one of tt d iero. i ..ter 9, e est: d in the FUC. assured the Hou s e, not only eep y Ws establishment, but lie thought that it did ores 0. t =teat credit to its f o unders.—(liesr.) He submitted that sh e best course the take the Hon. Gentleman could pursue would hr not to press his motion forward, fur if it were carried the only effect it would have would In to interfete with (No. 12.736.) tion from the inhabitants of Carberry, complaining that the Marquis of Downshire was the owner of the lay tithes of the parish, and had received them to the great oppres sion of the petitioners, and without their receiving any benefit. They prayed that the Tithe Composition Act might be amended. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE said that it was rather hard that such a petition should have been presented against him, and that it was quite unfounded. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that the petition was irregulir in every respect, and ought to be withdrawn. It was clear that it was got up for private and malignant motives against his Male Friend. Lord TEMPLEMORE, who stated that he knew nothing of the petitioners, then withdrew the petition. THE THELLUSON WILL. . Lord LYNDHURST, pursuant to the notice he gave last night, moved that the standing order, requiring peti tions for private Acts to be referred to the Judges, be dispensed with. Lord WYNFORD opposed the motion on the ground that no reason had been stated why the standing order should be dispensed with. If it were a bad standing order it should be repealed, but it would be a bad precedent to dispense with it merely for the asking. Lord ELDON opposed the motion as unprecedented. The only case he recollected in which the standing order had been dispensed with, was in a case of the Marquis of Hastings. in whirl,' both Scotch and English estates were concerned, and in which, to save reference to the judges of bath countries, the petition was referred to him, as knowing something both of Scotch and English law, to report upon. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that the only in stance of dispensing with the standing order, was one in which property in Sergeant's Inn was con cerned, and the Judges being interested in that property, the petition was referred to him (Lord Shaftes bury). He thought it would be a dangerous precedent to disperse with the standing order. The LORD CHANCELLOR supported the motion as consistent with substantial justice. (LEFT MAILING.) ------- - OLD BAILEY, JULY 4. THE CALTHOI?PE-STREET AFFAIR. (James Compton's evidence continued from The Sun cf yesterday.) In cross-examination, he said that he saw no stones thrown by the people, no scuffle between them and the police, and no riot. The people, when the police went into Calthorpe-street, divided to let them pass, and escaped. He knew Mr. Stallwood's house at the northern corner of Calthorpe-street, nearest to the field. No one could have a better view than from that house ; heard a cry at tha. end of Cathorpe-street of "Shame, shame." Could not swear whether that was when he first went into the street, or after he took Fursey away. After the mob had dis persed, he not see any wounded people; did not see any one knocked down ; had no notion what the people cried " Shame" for. When all was over, he went to Burbidge's coach-house, and saw sixteen 'or seventeen prisoners ; could not say how many of them had sound heads, but should think they were not all bleeding ; did not know of any broken head but the prisoner's. A woman might have had her head broke, and witness not see it. The orders were to disperse the people as quietly as possible. Did not know a person named Popay. Only knew of one policeman being there in plain clothes ; his name was Harris, and he belonged to the K division. Did not know of any of the police being members of po litical 'anions. Richard Hales, a policeman of the M division, was stationed at Burbidge's stables when the prisoner and two other persons, named Tilley, were brought there in cus tody. He had taken a truss of straw into one of the stalls to sit down, and he got up just before the prisoners were brought in. Whe❑ they were brought in, they went to the stall where the truss of straw was, and sat down on the litter near the manger. They remained there ten mi nutes or a quarter of an hour, and then they were put into a coach-house. About ten minutes after they were taken out, witness saw a part of a book lying on the litter in the stall. He went in and pulled over the truss of straw, and there he found a dagger, pistol, and powder flask. Witness had not seen those things when be placed the truss of straw there, and be thought it impossible but be must have seen them if they had been there. No per son had been there but the prisoner and the two Tilley% Witness produced the dagger. Mr. W. Fisher, a surgeon, examined—The prosecutor's wound, at 11 o'clock at night, on the 13th May, he de scribed to be over the sixth rib, on the left side ; it must have been indicted by a pointed instrument, a little tri angular. He probed the wound, and finding the point of the probe entered the rib, it showed that the blow must have been given with great violence ; the instrument must have stuck into the rib. If it had not been met by the rib, in all probability the instrument would have entered the heart. It was such a wound as would have been in dieted by the dagger produced. Cross-examined—Was superintending surgeon to the police force. This closed the case for the prosecution. _ _ Mr. Plitu.strs submitted that in a case of this kind the person IN ilo searched the prisoner, and the person who was in the stable ought to he called to show that it was im possible for any body but the prisoner to have left the dagger in the strble. The SOLICITOR-GENZRAL said he knew of no such per sons—they were not in his brief. Mr. Justice GASELEE said the prisoner would have the benefit of any doubt which that circumstance could give. A short discussion took place as to what counts in the indictment should be preserved, and the Solicitor-General consented to abandon all the counts but the first and second. The prisoner, being then called on for his defence, handed in a paper which was read. He would leave all the facts to be stated by his witnesses, and he felt confident that the jury would come to the conclusion that the conduct of the police was wanton, brutal, and savage, and that had it not been for their misconduct no riot would have taken place. Mr. Nathaniel Stanwood examined—l live on my for tune, at No. 13, Calthorpe•street ; my house is at the corner of Calthorpe-street, and commands a view of the field, of Calthorpe-street, and of all the avenues leading to it ; up to the first appearance of the police on the 13th of May, there had been no disturbance whatever ; I saw the first division come in a body up Calthorpe-street, occupying the whole of the carriage and footway. Wit ness had let some stables to a Mr. Burbidge, and the police came out of them into Gough-street, and halted near witness's house, about sixty feet from the railings where the meeting was held. Another body came up and halted within forty-five feet of the meeting. The former body were ordered to draw their staves, and the other body drew their staves at the same time—they observing that all the avenues were stopped up by the police. The whole of the police there were about 700 or SOO. The order was then given for the Gough street body to " charge ;" he distinctly heard the order ; up to that time every thing was peaceable on the part of the people. The police charged directly, making for the chairman, and knocking down indiscriminately every thing they met with. Up to that moment no Riot Act had been read or proclamation made. The ground was strewed with bodies of every description —men, women, and children. After that bad continued some time, his blood boiling in his veins, he addressed the police, telling them that, as no Riot Act had been read, if the people were disorderly to take them into custody, and not knock them down. Witness saw at different doors in Calthorpe-street, women and chil dren, as well as men. Some of the women and children were beaten ; boys' heads were broken ; and one woman was so beaten that two gentlemen belonging to the press went out of my house to rescue her; Mr. Courtenay was one of them. It was an hour and a half before the place was cleared. 'While it was going on, the inhabitants were crying " Shame." His daughter fainted. He was ex. amined at the inquest. From the time the word " charge" was given the police seemed to be under no con trol, and some appeared to he intoxicated. Cross-examined—Was once a Justice of the Peace for the county of Middlesex ; was appointed in July, 1831, and continued only for three or four months, when he was superseded, from the representation, he believed of St. Pancras Select Vestry, which he had opposed for more than twenty years. He had m ide applica tions to the Duke of Portl tnd and the Lord Chancellor to know why he was dismissed, but could get no information. Was a select vestryman himself of St. Pancras. There had been no complaint against him respecting the payment of rates by his tenant. He had been tried for an assault, on the corn question, in 1815, and honourably acquitted. That was the only time be was ever tried for a riot and LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1833. assault. There never was a charge against him respect ing his apprentice. Never had an apprentice. Was °nee, in 1819 or 1820, hied at the Middlesex Ses sions, with his two men, for assaulting a boy, and was convicted, he paid 10/. to the prosecutor, and there it 'tided. The boy was pulled off his horse by two of his men, and airy wore indicted. He was brought up as ar architect, but he employed himself in spending his private fortune in a building sp•eulation until he accumulated between 40,000/. and 50,000/. He did not know of the proposed meeting until he saw a proclamation ; he consi dered it not a proclamatio❑ because it was not signed, and he considered it was to he disregarded. It cautioned persons froth holding an illegal meeting nn the following (1.. y. It stated the object of the meeting to he "to adopt prepara tory measures for holding a National Convention, as the only means of obtaining and securing the rights of the peoplt," and it stated that such a meeting would be illegal, and warned all classes against attending it. Mr. PHILLIPS having objected to parole evidence of the contents of the proclamation, the Solicitor-General put in a espy of it which was read. Cross-examination continued—A copy of that procla mation was posted o❑ the wall of Coldhat'a•fields meeting on the 13th May, and which witness thought ought to be disregarded, as, though it was signed "by the Secretary of State," it did not specify what Secretary of State. He had not give❑ it a thought as to whether he considered such a meeting legal or illegal. He saw flags ; one had a death's bead and cross bones. All the same flags, and more too, were at a former meeting at the same place, which was attended by Mr. O'Connell, and passed off quietly. On the flag having the death's head and cross bones, was the motto " Liberty or death." The police attacked the people as soon as the Illagscame up. He saw the American flag unfurled, but did not see the person who held it wave it; could ❑ot tell the person of the man who carried it. There was a caravan there half an hour before the police came; the chairman at first got into the caravan, and the driver, finding they would ❑ot pay him, drove him about thirty feet up Calthorpe street, when the boy Lee and the chairman, Mee, jumped out, and went and ascended the railing. Lee, as he thought, in an impertinent manner, proposed Mee as chairman. Witness did not intend to take any part in the proceedings, for he despised the meeting. Witness was in his own balcony. He heard the chairman request the meeting to preserve peace, for that it was important to their• cause that they should peaceably conduct their proceedings ; and that he was much obliged to the Whig Government for advertising their meeting, as it gave them an importance which they did before not possess. He the❑ halted, and asked the people if they were pre pared to sacrifice one-tenth of their earnings to sup port his wife and family,—if not, he requested them not to tell him to go on. And at this time the police made their appearance, the flags having just before come up. The lag with the death's-head and cross bones, and the other three flags were within three or four feet of the chairman. The police tried to seize the flags. He saw one flag-staff had a spear bead. He did not see the American gag taken by Redwood, nor could he recognise the prisoner; had not seen Brook or Redwood on that day; two divisions of police came down Calthorpe-street ; the last one, the E division, with Mr. Thomas at their head, was the one witness addressed. Re-examined—The incursion by the police en the pee!, ple took place before the American flag was seised. Was made a Magistrate under the present Whig Government. Was always a reformer, and continued so, but was turned out by the present Government. At the former meeting there was no riot and no police. The American flag produced seemed to have seen much service. Could not tell whether it was used at Birmingham when the present Ministry was in power. Mr. i'HlLurs—They may have it again, perhaps, on a similar occasion. Witness—All Calthorpe-street (but six houses) and Gough-street belonged to witness. His property there was worth upwards of 60,0001. Never saw the prisoner before this morning. He had seen proclamations before, but they were either signed by a Secretary of State, by name, or headed by the " King in Council." If witnees could have had but half a dozen policeman he could have cleared the ground. James Michael Austin Courtenay was on the 13th of May a reporter to the Courier newspaper. He went to Coldhath-fields to attend the meeting for that paper. He arrived there before twelve o'clock, when there was a small collection of persons there, but not more than he had often seen there on a Monday. There was no disposition then, or at any part of that day, to riot on the part of the people. He saw the chairman and another person get into a van about half-past two o'clock. Then there were about 2,000 people about the spot, among whom were a great number of women, and boys and girls. The feeling of the multitude was that of ridicule, and when the van drew off there was a shout of laughter. Imme diately after Mee commenced to address the crowd, witness got admission to Mr. Stallwood's balcony, which commanded a view of all the place. The witness then detad the proceedings of the meeting as stated by Mr. Stall wood. When the bannete came up, the banner men were loudly cheered. He did not observe the person by whom the American flag was carried. He had not been hardly a second in Mr. Stallwood's balcony when the police drew up, and halted at about one third of the length of Calthorpe.street, and in his own view, there were three other bodies advancing in different directions, so as completely to block up all the avenues, and the four bodies completely enclosed the people. When the police came up Calthorpe-street, the people fronting the chairman separated, so at: to make a clear way up to the hustings. That body of police, having halted for half a minute, proceeded to march, and the end men of each rank thrust and struck all persons who were standing quietly on the flags. As soon as they began to march, they began to beat, and the people cried out " Shame." The people made no attack, nor offered any obstruction to the police; before the police got to the end of Cdthorpe-street, they attacked a great number of persons. He saw the Cal. thorpe-street party run after people who were running away, and strike them and knack them down by blows on the head. Those were perfectly innocent, and were endeavouring to get away. The people never attempted to obstruct the police. People who were running away were followed by the police in Calthorpe-street, and struck across the shins and other parts of the body until they dropped. The people, hemmed in as they were, had no means of escape until the police, in breaking their own line, afforded them the means. Saw one policeman fol low a man, and strike him repeated severe blows on the bare bead until he fell. Other policemen he saw striking at the people, who were before maimed and lying on the ground. The police rushed upon the chairman to seize him. He then observed two girls violently pushed by the staves of the police, who were standing quietly on Mr. Stallwood's steps, and other persons standing there were violently assaulted by the police. At the time the rush was made at the chairman, a rush was made by the po lice to secure the banners, which they accomplished. He saw a man running away struck by three policemen ; upon remonstrating with the police, he was called by an odious name, and threatened to be served in the same way himself. Until the police made the attack, the people were most quiet and orderly. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL objected to examining this witness as to the attack by the police on the people. This objection was over-ruled. Mr. Courtenay then deposed, that after the banner had been taken, the treatment of the people was frightful in the extreme. He saw two wome❑ knocked down by the police, and much abused. He saw some persons who had their arms broken in the affray, and their heads much injured. Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GxNERAL---Sawl liipte the meeting, several persons who had their arms broken on the day of the meeting. The people, as they proceeded with the banners, cheered, but they did not wave them. He could not say who carried the banner which was seized. He considered that he saw three ranks of the police in Calthorpe.street, and that there were, he would not hesitate to say, twenty or thirty abreast in each rank.—(Several persons were put forward by the Solicitor General, but Mr. Courtenay could not recognise them.) Had seen Fursey three or four times within the last few weeks, having called on him. Re-examined by Mr. CLARKSON-Never knew that there was such a person as Fursey in the world, until after this affair took place. The acts of violence were certainly those of individual policemen, but it was irnpoo sible to distinguish one from another—they were a% in brutality, alike. Re-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL-From the manner in which Calthorpe-street was described, a police man or two might have been stabbed in it without his seeing the proceeding ; but if they had banners, he thought he must have seen them. The Rev. James Piercy examined by Mr. PHILLIPS Is Minister of Dunhill. fields. Was passing on the 13th of May last from Bagnigge Wells to Wilson-street, Gray's Inn-road, in no way connected with the meeting, which. composed of many hundreds, was perfectly peaceable. The witness then described the rush by the police. .fhe people attempted to escape, but were prevented by she police, wl o were in ambush, and rushing out of every avenue, prevented the possibility of escape. He saw many people knocked down ; and one in particular, who was, in fact, "deluged in blood." He saw some of the people us up Margaret-street, pursued by the police, who struck them, men, women, an I children, violently and indiscri minately in his presence. Cross-examined by Mr. AnoLrturs—Sa , r , the people bearing the banners, and did not hear any cheering. John Hudson, eramined by Mr. Psuct.trs—ls s hair (:,eseer, living in little Guildford-street, Russell-square. Was at the meatiag at Coldhath-fields ahout four o'clock. Went to the meeting out of curiosity, in consequence of having seen the government Proclamation. Saw the van dr,ve up. The witness having described the commence ment of the affair, said, that the police marched from Ca!thorpe-street in military order, in a close body, pressing the people into a more compact space. One of the inspectors, a stout man, then gave his men the word, pointing at the same time towards the banner, " Seize those men ;" the police thereon rushed into the crowd, cutting away in all directions; during which scene he heard another inspector cry out, " Go it, my lads." Witness was knocked down, and endeavoured to make his escape by G ough-street, but found it blocked up, on which he ran towards Caltborpe-street, where there were ❑umbers of people also endeavouring to escape, and amongst them a labourer, whose head was cut open, and whose blood trickled down on him (witness) ; in another spot, where witness succeeded in escaping, he saw a po liceman knock an old m:n down with his staff, and cut his head open. He also saw him knock down a boy in a similar manner, and he afterwards saw the policema❑ taken to a doctor's shop with his hand in a sling ; he saw a man with a banner, and eight or ten policemen striking at him, on which the people in the balconies cried out " Shame, shame." An old woman who was standing with witness also cried out " Shame," and added, " Oh, ye scoundrels, they have wives and children, and do not murder them ;" on which one of the policemen came up and struel; and cut the old woman, and another of them struck witness, After some further confusion, be heard that a " policemen was stabbed," and he could swear that that man, whom he saw borne between two men, was the same man who bad knocked the old man and the I - ay down. Witness, on having recognised him, said, " Thank God, you have got it ! for you richly deserved it." Witness subsequently dressed the heads of three per sons who had been severely wounded ; and amongst them an old man, whose brain he thought he could see. Brooks, one of the men who was stabbed, was bete celled by the SOLICITOR GENERAL, but not having been in Court, Redwood was ordered to stand up, and the witness said that he had every reason to believe that he (Redwood) was the man. . . Brcoks, who was also stabbed, was then put into the box, and the witness stated that "he did not know that he had seen hi, all in the affray." Examination of witness continued by the SOLICITOR GENERAL—Went to the meeting for information ; but could not say what the terms national convention meant. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL inquired of the witness, whether, if the meeting had been one to put down King, Lords, and Commons, he would have considered it a proper meeting? but the question having been objected to by Mr. Purturs, was overruled. Examination continued—Witness did not consider the meeting an ill gal one. He saw the prisoner at the bar struggling with eight or ten policemen, at the end of Calthorpe.street. The prisoner held a banner, and the police were striking him, and trying to take a banner, which he held in his hand, from him. The struggle, perhaps, lasted for two minutes between the police, who were increasing, and Fursey, who still held the banner, and was frequently entangled, hands and feet, with some of those who attacked him. They at last got the banner from him, and, about four or five minutes after, saw the man who was stabbed. He did not see him struggling with Furseyobut saw him within a short distance of him. Witness kept sight of Fursey until the banner was taken from him, after which he did not see him. Re saw ten or a down policemen, who appeared so much affected with liquor, that they were barely able to walk, which they effected in a sort of " tripping" manner. Others of them he observed rather partially drunk ; and Redwood ap peared to him to be affected in the same partially drunk state. Re-examined by Mr. Parturs—Saw at least a dozen persons knocked down in Calthorpe-street by the police men. Redwood's manner was outrageously violent; and, when witness last had sight of him, he was cutting right and left at the people. Witness had nothing whatever to do with the business of the meeting. John Smee, an oilman, examined by Mr. CLARKSON— Deposed that be resides in North-place, Gray's Inn-lane, and that he went into the Calthorpe Arms on the day of the meeting to get his family's beer, and saw 'numbers of the police there eating and drinking. He saw the police afterwards march from Dawson's stables towards the people, with their staves grasped firmly in their hands, and headed by Baker, their inspector, who held his staff in a similar manner, and led the men on encouraging them to knock the people down. He afterwards saw nearly a down people knocked down by the police op• posite his own door, and saw two or three of the police pursue a man, and, unable to come up with him, saw them throw their staves after him. Afterwards witness allowed five or six women and a child refuge in his 'hop. Mr. William Carpenter. examined by Mr. PHILLIP►-- Lives at Penlington-place, Lambeth, and is one 5I the editors of an evening paper. The witness corroborated Mr. Courtenay's evidence. He saw three or four gen tlemen subseinently who had stood up in a sort of al cove, struck by several policemen, although they had done nothing more than remonstrate with the police. be also saw an old woman knocked down on the ground. Did not, throughout the whole of the pro ceedings, see any stones thrown, nor any thing in the whole demeanour of the people to provoke the attack of the police. Cross-:,xarnined by Mr. WEIGHTMAN—Heard that the meeting was to call together a national convention. Saw the people have banners; and observed a struggle at the end of Calthorpe street, between the police and a man for a banner. He did not see the banner taker ; and a policeman in the struggle :night have been stabbed without his seeing the event. He did not bear that a man was stabbed until he returned to the office. Re-examined by Mr. Pniwrs---Saw ten or a dozen police:nen struggling with the nian for a banner ; and say. , the man who held it grasp it firmly with both his hands. Mr. William Robinson, a surgical instrument maker, deposed to the indiscriminate attack made by the police on the persons assembled. He said he himself was knocked down, and severely cut near the eye, which bled pro fusely. The witness here exhibited the mark of the wound he received. When knocked down (he continued), six or eight policemen fell on him, and beat him most unmercifully; which rendered him unable to work for a fortnight afterwards. The witness considered they would have used him worse, but that they saw a boy pass, whom they foll owe d , which favoured witness ' s escape. On his way home, he met Charles Wheeler, to whom he spoke ; on which a policeman who was present struck Wheeler, and knock e d h i tn down. Cross-exa m i ne d b y M r . ADOLPHUS The people neither shouted nor cheered. The flags which they bore were furled when they reached the caravan. When the flag bearers came up, a great addition to the numbers of the meeting accompanied them. It was nearly night when he (witness) heard that a policeman had been stabbed. Reexamined by Mr. CLARKSON—He saw nothing i n the conduct of the people to warrant the attack on them by the police. William Foster, professor of music, deposed to the violence of the police. A nunsber of other witnesses for the defence having been called, and the case baying been brought to a close, Mr. CLAREsort proceeded to call the witnesses to character, a great number of whom (all respectable trades men) were in attendance, and deposed, during the various periods that they had known the prisoner, that they had always remarked him as a man of a most mild and humane d e•position. Redwood, the policeman, was then re-called by the SoLicuoit-GlazotiaAL...He deposed that be was not in the to' I on tt ire rshire tire ildaro legiol l Bth It' 1 IMP he WI es Ni'`