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that the great misfortune of the Germasis was, that they were only united for bad purposes. " In Germany (he said) there was formerly something like union, but it tended only to support and build up the power of the House of Austria, to enable it to oppress Po land, to subdue Hungary, to conquer Italy, and support the Pope. There was union in Germany, too, when it was necessary to cast down Bonaparte; but the Ger mans bad probably made that de3potism necessary when they allowed themselves to be subservient to the purposes of their Kings. Everywhere it was the House that was upheld—the House of Hapsburg, the House of Branden burg. The House of Hanover triumphed, and the people were degraded and oppressed." He added, sarcastically— .. The Germans were cosmopolites, who lived comfort• ably everywhere where they found anything to eat.— (A laugh.)—The Upper Germans also took service wherever they could find it. They fought against liberty. They resembled the Swiss, who sold themselves to all Powers to fight against the good cause. It was not a new thing for Sovereigns to contend against the liberty of the people. They had done that for hundreds of years. In Italy Austria had sowed dissension that it might tri umph over the Italians. Austria had lain heavy on Hun gary ever since the house of Hapsburg first made a claim of it ns a feudal appanage of the Holy Roman Empire. Germany must he united to become free. Without that nothing good could be clone—with that all might be conquered." There is some truth in this. We must not for get that the Germans have been divided for hundreds of years; that the old Empire exhi bited such a specimen of feudal anarchy, that the only wonder was how it could exist down to the French Revolution ; and the old divisions must now operate as a powerful obstacle to a cordial union between them. Thus we find Germans proud of being Prussians, and thus abjuring their name and nation. Mr. Thomas Campbell made a spirit-stirring speech, in which be reminded the Germans that men never obtain any political advantages till they are prepared to extort them; and significantly observed, " if you are of opinion that we have come through our late awful crisis without being prepared to en counter these wounds, without being ready to do that I now counsel you to do, you are mis taken." He exhorted the Germans to resist for the good cause, and the result must be glorious. "If they resisted for the good cause, they would find that cause adopted both by France and England. If they gave the word, the freemen of France and England would counsel and would fight for Germany." No nation has any title to expect aid till it proves by its deeds that it is in earnest. Were the French, for instance, ever so well disposed to assist the Germans—and it is decidedi) their interest to make common cause with them— how can we be sure that, instead of being thanked for aid, they may not be attacked for aggres sion ? The principle of intervention is one of a very ticklish nature. A nation disposed to in terfere with the affairs of another can always find a pretext if the principle of intervention is al lowed. The Russians afforded aid to the Polish Dissidents—they were the champions of reli gious toleration. A nation should, therefore, work out its own salvation chiefly by its own efforts, to justify another nation for interfering to aid the good cause. When it has once been proved, that, without foreign instigation and the countenance of foreign invaders, a people are prepared to encounter every extremity, another nation may interpose. May the Germans prove themselves worthy of their high character as a civilized and enlightened nation ! May they show that they have a due sense of the character they have to support as descendants of the men to whom Europe is indebted for religious liberty, and the great art which will diffuse knowledge and civilization throughout the world I—Morn ing Chronicle. Yesterday we received intelligence from Hol land to the sth instant, and German journals of corresponding dates. The Dutch papers con tain long but unimportant details of the military transactions at the different camps, and par ticular at the camp at Oirschot, the last which has been visited by the King, and from which he has just returned to the Hague. On the :31st ult. tbe troops of that camp were inspected by the King, and they are said to have been found in a state of perfect discipline, and com plete preparation for the field. A repast was prepared in the Prince of Orange's tent, of which the King and all the principal officers partook, after the inspection. The Prince of Orange gave, for the first toast, the King's health, which being drunk, his Majesty, in returning thanks, said— " It is my highest pride, anti I fed it to be my greatest happiness, to be placed at the head of a people whose perseverance, courage, and fidelity will be celebrated by the latest posterity. All ranks have contributed to ena ble me proudly to boast of being the King of this nation, which has for ages been renowned. With the fullest con fidence I rely on my brave army, on my sons a n d grand sons—on all of you! God's hest blessing always rests with those who combat for ajust cause !" It is stated that the Dutch regular army, in cluding the troops in the fortresses, amounts to 132,000 men, and that this force can at any time be increased by . the addition of 100,000 of the Landstorm. The journals, however, still anticipate peace on conditions favourable to the views of the Cabinet of the Hague. It is as serted that the despatches received at the Hague on Tuesday last from London are of a very con ciliatory nature, and the Conference, it is said, no longer insists on the King of Holland sign ing the treaty of the 24 articles, and consents to the previous cor.clusion of a treaty between Hol land and the five Powers. Such, if we may give credit to the reports prevailing in Holland, is the_present state of the negotiation. The arbi trary measures adopted against the Press in Ger- many render the transmission of the few liberal journals which continue to be published, ex tremely difficult, and the others contain very partial representations of the state of popular feeling. Enough, however, transpires to' show that the excitement continues undiminished in the Rherish provinces. The decree of the federal Diet has been officially published by the Governments of Baden, the Grand Duchy of Nassau, Saxony, Saxe Weimar, and Electoral Hesse. The example of promp titude in the promulgation of that despotic act, with a view to its enforcement it will he remembered, was first set by the Government of Hanover,—a step which well corresponds with the ready and cordial assent given by his Majesty the King of that country to the odious propositions of Austria and Prussia. The Swa bian Mercury says, that the promulgation by the Government of Baden, has produced a sort of stupor and consternation, as the people of that Duchy firmly expected that the Ministry would not sanction the publication. It is reported, indeed, that two of the Ministers refused to sign the ordinance of promulgation, and have re signed. Petitions and remonstrances against the late acts of the Diet, numerously signed, have been addressed to the different Governments, but apparently, as yet, without effect. Wh a t may be the consequence of this disregard of the just complaints of the people, remains to be seen. In the mean time there are indications of more se- rious .proceedings than drawing up petitions being in contemplation by the popular party. It is said that delegates from all the Constitutional States met about a week ago in the Baden terri tory, and held several secret deliberations on the means of rescuing Germany from the tyranny of Austria and Prussia. The Estates of Elec toral Hesse, in which a strong spirit of inde pendence has recently been manifested, were suddenly dissolved on the 26th, by the Prince Co-Regent. In the sitting of the day before, there was a warm discussion on the law of the Press, which has long been claimed by the po pular party. A resolution was adopted calling upon the Government to lay the law of the Press, which had been prepared, before the Estates, or to communicate the reason why that law was not presented. It is probable that this vote hastened the dissolution. The elections for a new Assembly do not take place until six months hence, and it may be presumed that in the mean time no means will be neglected by the Government to procure the return of more pli able deputies. The sympathy felt throughout Germany for the Poles is too strong to admit of the complete suppression of every thing unfa vourable to Russia, and in spite of the censor ship, descriptions of the revolting cruelties in flicted on that gallant and unfortuate people occasionally appear in the German Journals.-- Of this, the following extract, in which the bar barous practice of removing the Polish male children to Russia is described, is an instance : " FRONTIERS OF SAXONY, JULY 20. " News finds its way from Poland to Germany very -lowly, and in a very imperfect state. Nevertheless, there is no doubt that an array of 40,000 Russians has been recently formed close to the German frontiers. Every thing clearly proves, that Russia, having completely given up the idea of tranquillizing Poland by good go vernment and improved institutions, has finally resolved to depopulate the country, with the view of colonizing it with a new race of inhabitants. A principal part of this plan is the transportation of children. This practice has hitherto been carried on in the already incorporated pro vinces of Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine, witifout any particular regulation, on the ground of a ge neral ukase, and extended to both sexes. But in Poland it is against the male sex of the poor classes that the mea sure is directed, which in fact extends it to about 19-20ths of the male children of the country. The ukase on the subject is dated the 29th of March, and Prince Paske witch addressed his own instructions founded upon it, to the Counsellor of State Fuhrman. The boys are sent off in divisions of 100 each to the Government of Minsk. A peculiar dress is given them before they set out, but one half die on the route. Most of the villages are stripped of their youth, and thereby of all prospect of aid for future labour. The descriptions of the miseries of these poor dying children are heart rending. In the Voigtlandische Blatt, a very interesting weekly journal, of July 18, there are very full details respecting this forcible removal of children, which seem to deserve farther proof, and indeed, as passion readily exaggerates, correction, if that can be done with truth. Investigation ought to be desired, even by the Russian Government. The complete suppression of_ the University of \Vilna is but too true; and no less certain is the news of several thousands of fugitives hav ing taken refuge in the wools and morasses of Lithuania, from which fastnesses it has not yet been found possible to expel them." The Amsterdam Courant contains the fol lowing account of the present state of the Prussian army :—Between the Rhine and the Moselle, there are encamped two divisions of infantry, 24,000 men strong, and 2,000 ca valry. Between the Meuse and the Rhine, lour divisions of infantry, 48,000 strong, and 6,000 cavalry ; to which are attached 24 bat teries of artillery, with 3,600 men, and an en gineer corps of 1,500 men. Thus the amount of the three army corps which occupy the line of the Rhine is 86,100 men. The bulk of the disposable Prussian army, can toned between the Elbe and the Order, con sists of 110,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry. It has its vanguard at Erfurt. Another army corps, which was cantoned in Silesia, is now on its march to the Rhenish provinces. Finally, there is a corps constantly stationed in the Duchy of Posen. The force of the two last-mentioned is 75,000 or 76,000 men, which makes the whole strength of the Prussian army now ready to take the field about 291,000 men. —Times. The apprehensions of the friends of Portu guese freedom were yesterday painfully excited by accounts which reached town in the morning, that the Marquis of Palmella had arrived at Fal mouth, from Oporto, and had brought intelli gence of the total failure of Don Pedro's expe dition. The story was vaguely told, and had multiplied versions; but in every aspect the news appeared disastrous. The Oporto papers, which had been received to the 30th ult., did not dis sipate the alarm—though they furnished no ground to justify it ; and every body interested in the intelligence waited with impatience for the arrival of the official despatches. We have liven in another part of our paper all the facts which we have been able to collect on the sub ject, and we find them, if not very encouraging, at least not disastrous. The very position of the ex-Emperor may be regarded as a war ant for some apprehension. He landed on the Bth or 9th ult., and we find him at Oporto on the 30th. Instead of fighting the troops of his brother on the road to Lisbon, he is obliged to at tack them north of the Douro. The victory of :he 23d is said, indeed, to have been complete, hut it was followed by no results. The Miguelites are still north of the Douro, and the Imperial troops are fortifying Oporto. Thus three weeks have been lost for the invading army —the spirit of the people has had an opportu nity of displaying itself, without having answered the expectation of the friends of liberty,—and the desertion, which was to thin the ranks of lie usurper, has not taken place. The reason of the delay at Oporto, instead of a rapid ad vance on Lisbon, is said to be the want of ca valry ; but, if this be the case, the necessity for such an arm should have been foreseen, or a landing ought to have been effected at a place where its absence would have been less felt. Don Miguel, who supposes that his brother's forces come to fight, and not to exercise, will scarcely allow them time to organize and discipline a ne cessary part of their troops. If the commander )f the expedition has to purchase and train horses before he ventures southwards, the war cannot be finished in a single campaign. Such are some forebodings which we cannot disguise from the public, but we are bound at the same time to add, that as yet we see no ground to despair. The imperial troops fought gallantly at the !cattle of the 23(1, and as they can have no chance of remain ing in their native country, or of escaping mili tary execution, but in victory, we may rely on their continued fidelity, and their most perse vering exertions. To those who are unacquainted with the condition of the Portuguese nation, it may appear ominous that the expedition has been joined by so few of the inhabitants of the country. A little reflection will remove this source of anxiety. The Portuguese who live beyond the limits of the two capitals of the kingdom, Oporto and Lisbon, take little inte rest in public affairs, or in conflicts between different schemes of government. They are under the dominion of their priests, or of their landlords, and, unless when excited by fanaticism,- remain passive spectators of political changes. •Even in the struggle of 1826, the hostile armies of Don Miguel and of the Constitutionalists passed through the provinces as through "an unresisting medium." Don Pedro has been enthusiastically joined by the peo ple of Oporto, as he would by the people of Lisbon ; but all that he can expect from the in habitants of the country is their neutrality and indifference. The Marquis of Palmella arrived in town last night.—Times. The Lord Chancellor is proceeding with hi s usual vigour in prosecuting his Bill for the abo lition of the sinecure offices in the patronage of the Great Seal. The public will be a gainer by lit (in addition to the 9,0001. a year of Mr. Tliurlow, included in the Bankruptcy Bill) of above 7,0001. per annum, one half of which had just fallen to the Lord Chancellor by Mr. Scott's death, and, therefore, stood on much the same footing with what are termed the vested interests of various other Noble Lords in similar and no less lucrative possessions. We are not without hope of this example being followed. The distinction between the two cases is not very perceptible,—if the Finance Committee of 1831 was unfavourable to sinecures, we should like to know what was the Finance Committee of 1798 ! Why the latter, published 34 years ago, presented these very offices to the public in all their deformi ties, and observed, that they might be reduced "not only without detriment to the public service, but with very great advantage to the public in point of economy as well as of general example." How slow is the march of Reform when a reluctant general leads the forces : but surely Sir Edward Sugden may ask a question reminding a late President of the Court of Chancery of his inconsistency in his long and obstinate tenure of an office which Parliament had so unequivocally reprobated.— Verily by their fruits ye shall know them ! We subjoin the passage at length from the report of the Committee :—" Your Committee have thought proper to make a marked distinction be tween those offices which are executed in person, and those whereof the duties have either ceased or are executed by deputy. As to this latter class of offices, it is true that the occasional superin tendence of the principal officer may possibly in some instances and in some degree be important to the public ; but your Committee conceiving at the same time that its practical utility is not likely to be very frequent, think that they may reasonably presume that a reduction in this class might be made, not only without detriment to the public service, but with very great and im portant advantages to the public in point of economy as well as of general example."— Times. The Parliamentary Committee for inquiring into the affairs of the Bank, preparatory to de ciding on the propriety, or not, of renewing its charter, terminated its proceedings for the pre sent Session on Friday last, after having agreed to present to the House the oral and documen tary evidence which the Committee has taken, without making any report thereon. This implies an intention of renewing the Committee on the assembling of the new Parliament, when it will probably be proposed to extend the charter for a year or two, with the view of affording the public the opportunity of digesting the evidence, and of eliciting suggestions, from which some sound practical rules may be selected for adop tion. If such have been the motives that have ed to the course of procrastination which has been adopted, we doubt very much whether any advantage will accrue to the public from such a course. All that can be inferred from it is, that the parties whose province it is to decide upon questions of this nature either feel them selves incompetent to their •duties, or restrained from carrying their intentions into effect by the dread of some imaginary existing influence. As the Committee has been avowedly and virtually secret, but little has hitherto trans pired of the detail of its proceedings; but as far as we have been informed of its ge neral proceedings, we learn that it has been di vided into parties, who have aimed at establish ing opinions, and attaining ends for individual or partial advantage, regardless of all considera• Lion of the interests of the community at large. The partizans of the Bank have endeavoured to show that their rule, in respect to their discounts and issues of notes, has always been regulated by the strictest regard to the general interests ofl the public ; while another party, mistaking effect for cause, has ascribed to an inequality of issues and partiality in discounts, on the part of the Bank, all the embarrassments which the trading, manufacturing, and commercial interests of the country have so long and so fatally experienced, and for these reasons contend that it ought forth with to be deprived of its exclusive privileges. Others have endeavoured to show that the whole existing system of banking in England is defec tive, and contend that a new principle should be established subversive of the present Bank of England, as well as of the existing country banks. We shall not now stop to question any of these opinions, beyond that of pointing out a few facts in relation to the Bank of England, leaving our readers to draw their own conclusions from them. The Bank was first established in 1694, on a capital of 1,200,0001. ; increased, from time to time, from that date to 1746, to 11,686,8001., at which amount it stood up to 1816. From 1746 to 1780 a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum was paid on this amount ; in the seven years, 1781-7, 6 per cent. ; in the 19 years, 1788 1806, 7 per cent. ; and, in addition thereto, from June 1799 to October 1806, 3,783,7801. was divided among the shareholders, in the way. of bonus. In the nine years, 1807-1815, 10 per cent. per annum was paid on the 11,686,8001. In 1816, 3,000,0001. was passed by the Bank to the credit of the Government account, at a charge of 3 per cent. per annum ; a like amount being at the same time proportionally added to the accounts of the then shareholders : so that, for the years 1816-1823, 10 per cent. per annum was paid on 1 4,686,8001., in stead of 11 ,686,800/.—equ a l to 121- per cent. on the latter amount. Since 1823, 8 per cent. per annum had been paid on 14,686,800/. ; and all this amid the extinction or transfer of from one to two hundred millions of mercantile and trad ing capital, and almost total annihilation of all manufacturing, trading, and commercial pro fits. Why this converse effect ? Why this in ordinate disparity ? As far as we know any thing of what may be termed the philosophy of legislation and principles of Government, they consist in maintaining a due equilibrium or balance in society. We do not mean by this the reducing of society to one common equa lity of circumstance and condition, any more than we should think of reducing the planets of our system to one common dimension ; but we mean that sort of balance or equilibrium which gives to every man his due share of advantage, and prevents that undue accumulation which e he na G nk ov , e o ri r im a e i n ly t th t creates a power n g o r t ea i t m er pu t g li n an o it t s h e e lf r . po N s V se e ss ' o lo rs of accumulated wealth, but we must remind our readers that previous to 1825 the Government business conStituted nine tenths of all the business of the Bank of Eng land. What the Bank has gained, therefore, the Government must have mainly contri buted ; and as there is palpable culpability somewhere, we cannot refrain from pronounc ing the successive Administrations from 1787 down to the present time to have been desti tute either of due qualification or integrity. — Morning Herald. The atrocious Radical outrages at Clitheroe must at length open the eyes of those even who have been hitherto the most hopelessly deluded by the cant and sophistry of our "doctrinaires.' They must at length ask themselves seriously what is the real object of the Radical, agitating faction. Is it " Reform" of Parliament ? No ; the activity of the brickbats and bludgeons at the last election has secured them that to the fullest extent ; they have got the Bill, and the whole Bill. Is it freedom of election ? No ; that they show themselves resolved to prevent by acts of the most scandalous violence. Is it the peace of the country ? Heaven defend us from such peacemakers. No ; the true object of the Ra dical party, they now unequivocally avow it, is to establise the supremacy of brute force over every moral or legal right hitherto recog nised in society. Every outrage, even mur der itself, was defended and palliated, while the fate of the Reform scheme was doubtful, under the plea that " the people" were driven to exasperation by the delay that occurred in passing that " great measure of justice." But now that their " darling Bill" is safe, now that they have acquired all for which they clamoured, to the full extent, we shall be curious to see what ex cuse can be offered for them. Their friends of the Press are as yet discreetly silent, and have refrained from affording any explanation as to this exhibition of " public feeling ;" it remains to be seen whether the design can be shown to be any other than a total overthrow of the social system. All the world now beholds and appre ciates the true nature of that fearful engine to which the present Government was desperate and reckless enough to look for support ; they accepted the alliance of the rabble ; and, though their own purpose may be served, their ally re fuses to lay down those arms the power and ef ficacy of which he has so lately proved. There is obviously but one path of safety for the country. Prompt, resolute, and decisive mea sures must be taken to put down the monster wherever he may raise his head, and the ex ample of Clitheroe does open some ground for hope in this respect. From the imperfect ac counts of tile transaction hitherto received, it does not clearly appear to whose vigour and promptitude the inhabitants of Clitheroe were indebted for the suppression of the riot ; but, whoever they may be, they are entitled to the thanks and gratitude of the public at large. The resistance must be uncompromising as the at tack is bold, for thus alone will the public have any guarantee for the security of life and pro perty.--Morning Post. , SUMMER ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT, LEwxs, Atm 6. The assizes commenced for the county of Sussex at this town this morning. The calendar is un usually light for so large a county, both as respects the number (23) of prisoners, and the character of the offences. At Nisi Prius the number of cases entered for trial is also small. John Copay, aged 29, a bricklayer, was indicted for stealing a reticule, containing two silver pencil cases and various other articles, from Marian Smith, on the 3d of August inst. The Jury found him guilty of stealing, but not from the person. Sentence—a month's imprison ment, and once to be privately whipped. James Reynolds, labourer, aged 25, was indicted for stealing from Mary Miller, cn the 4th of July last, at eleven o'clock at night, in the parish of Brede, a pocket, containing about 31, her property. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence of death recorded. William George Angel, described as a painter, was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of May last, a musical box, and a gold seal and chain, to the value of Si., from the house of a Mr. Avery Roberts, at Brighton. The box was found at the house of another person, with whom the prisoner had left it. The prisoner had been formerly convicted at Horsham for stealing money from a letter, and transported. There was some contrapictory evi dence as to the property stolen being under the va lue of Si. Verdict—" Guilty of stealing under the value of a" The prisoner sNas again indicted for stealing a glazier's diamond from a fellow-workman, on the 15th of June last. The prosecutor missed the diamond on the day stated, and mentioned his loss to the prisoner, who said he knew nothing about it. A search-warrant was procured, when prisoner said, " Your diamond is in my drawer; you lost it through a hole in your pocket, and I found it." He was clearly convicted of this offence, and sen tenced to 14 years' transportation, being seven years for each conviction. WESTERN CIRCUIT.EXETER, Aua. 4. CHARGE OF ABDUCTION AGAINST A: SCHOOLMASTER. William Visick, described as late of Plymouth, schoolmaster, was indicted for that he, on the 9th of November, with force and arms upon one Eliza beth Arm Webber, there and then being an un married girl under the age of 16 years, and being the daughter of William Webber, did make an assault, and her the said Elizabeth Ann Webber, with force andiarms, against the will of the said Wm. Webber, did take, force, and carry away out of the posses sion of one Robert Wills, and against his will. William Webber.—l am an innkeeper, living at Plymouth. My daughter was born on the 27th of August, 1816; my wife died in 1830; my daughter then lived with me. I afterwards married again; I had then four children. I sent my daughter to Visick's school in August, 1830 ; she was first a day-scholar, and then she became a boarder. I then applied to Mr. Jones, a draper, to take her, and di rected him to Visick's to see my daughter ; he did not take her. On the Tuesday previous to the 27th of August, she came home for half a day, and re turned to school. I received a letter from Jones, in consequence of which I called on Visick on the 26Th of August ; I saw my daughter there, and afterwards Visick ; I said I wished to speak to my daughter, and he went in and ca ll e d h er. Shortly after, Mr. Visick showed me into the parlour with m y daughter, with whom I had a communication, immediately after which I saw Visick, to whom I said, that my daughter had told me that if I came at 7 in the evening, I should have a letter from him. I did call at 7, and received this letter from my daughter; it is in Visick's handwriting. " TO MR. WILLIAM WEBBER. " Hoe-street, Plymouth, Aug. 26, 18 31. ‘, My dear Friend,— Painful as the feeling may be, yet I venture to address you upon the present occasion, as being one of the most important subjects that ever occurred in m y life, and requires your most serious consideration. ,‘ Before I proceed to open the subject, perhaps it may not be amiss to say a few words as an introduction. " Your dear daughter Ann has always been a great favourite of mine, ever since she has been with us, and she called forth my attention in this way :—First, as being, i n my opinion, a most beautiful girl, but destitute of that parental care and advice which others have who are blessed with both their parents. Here I was led to endeavour to become the awistant parent, and I trust I have been so in every respect, giving her at all times such advice as may be likely to do her good in after life. In the next place, hearing from her own mouth many of her little stories that have caused me many times, I can assure you, to weep over her, wondering within myself how it was pos sible she could have been preserved from immediate ruin. I have also found her a girl of good natural abilities, and therefore felt much pleasure in taking her by the hand as much as possible, that she might improve those abilities, both by conversation, lessons, and society. She had also, generally speaking, to associate with children inferior to herself in age and intellect, and from whom she could derive no benefit, but to become more rude in mind and manner, and less assiduous in her scholastic duties " From these motives alone, I was induced at first to take her by the hand, and to lead her forth into more public life, among those from whom she could derive some advan tage, either in person, dress, or manners, or habits which she did not possess before, and by these means to help her to obtain a more open and candid address among all ranks of society. "I have also exerted myself to the utmost to improve her mind in all her scholastic acquirements, and I am fully persuaded she has thereby wonderfully imp oved herself within these last six months. " Seeing her possessed of good natural abilities, and being at all times particularly fond of her little conversa tion and society, I really of late have made her my com panion generally, and have at all times, in our walks, &c., allowed her to take my arm in conjunction with my eldest daughter, so that by this time, I really must tell you, she seems as dear to me as either of my own family, and, therefore, what I should do, or how I should feel, to part with her, I know not. " Therefore, after having had various consultations and conversations with Ann on the subject, and she being per fectly of my opinion as to the practicability of the plan I have to propose, I submit it to your consideration, with a firm reliance on your wisdom, for a decision which may tend to my future comfort and your own daughter's ad vantage. "In the first place, I propose to you to take her en tirely under my care, and support her, after Christmas next, free of any expense to you whatsoever, either as it respects board, clothing, &c., unless it may be any thing which may come to her from you in the shape of a pre sent, or such like. " 2dly. I will educate her in French and English, with writing and arithmetic, &c., as she may, at the age of 21 years, be enabled, if she so feel disposed, to take upon herself the situation of private or public governess; or she would, at that age, be much more fitted for a hum bugging shop than she is now, as her mind would he stored with a good share of knowle lge to meet the troubles of life, her habits and customs formed, and the most crititical part of her life (viz., from 15 to 19) gone by for ever. " 3dly. To show you my sincerity towards her, and wishing to give you every satisfaction, I would most wil lingly give you a bond for any sum which might be agreed on between us, for her perfect safety and protection whilst under my fostering care. " 4thly. In cas e o f d ea th on my part under present cir cumstances, she shall share with my own children in my effects ; and, lastly, though not the least, that should any alteration take place in my life at any future period, so as to allow me to take her to wife, I will most honour. ably do so, and use every effort in my power to make her one of the most happy and comfortable women. Under such circumstances, I would immediately insure my life for her benefit, so that in case of death on my part to make her independent of the world. " These, my dear friend, are the outlines of the obser vations I have to make to you ; and as I have not hid any thing from you, which I consider you ought to be put in possession of, I trust you will be so led by that Power to whom all hearts are open, as to act with that generosity of feeling towards us both, as may ever cause Ann to look upon you as an indulgent father, and I a sincere friend. I am, my dear friend, yours very obediently, " WILLIAM VISICK." When defendant told me he was going to write me a letter, he said, " Hush, hush, for God's sake," and took me into an inner room. I told him such con duct was mysterious, and then left. lii the even ing, after I had the letter, I saw defendant. I called him a villain. He said, " For God's sake hush, hush," and I went into the inner room with him. I told him he had ruined my daughter; he denied it. He said, it was no use for me to make any fuss about it, for have her he would. I said, " You will ?" He said " Yes." Then I said, "I'll have her out of your house this very night." He said I should not, for the next day was her birth day, and he had made preparations. I said I cared not, I would have her. He said I should have her the next evening. I went away. The next day I received another letter from defendant, dated the 27th of August, 1831 : " Hoe-street, Plymouth, Aug. 27, 1831, Saturday Morning. " TO MR. WEBBER. "lily dear Friend,—l was extremely sorry to be in formed by Ann, after your departure last evening, thatyou had misconstrued my honourable intentions towards her in so harsh terms, for lam fully persuaded, that if both you and Mrs. Webber were to sit down and peruse my letter to you in a calm, cool, and deliberate manner, you would perceive a spirit of generosity mixed with the purest prin ciples of honour, to breathe itself in almost every word of that epistle. You observed it was almost like selling her: no, my dear friend, God forbid. I take her by the hand as her sincere friend, as her protector, and my greatest object in doing this is to store her mind with that share of knowledge which will make her both a sensible Sand a learned woman. You say again, I imagine perhaps it is from your not having settled with me for her past board, &c., and therefore wish to take this advantage of yon. No, my dear Sir, I tell you I have no such sordid or mean views towards her. I tell you again my intentions towards her are of the purest kind ; and believe me when I tell you I would not injure a hair of her head as it were, under present circumstances, for ten thousand worlds. I should think, my dear friend, that there is one of nay pro positions to you sufficient to convince you, or any other reasonable man, of my honourable intentions—viz. that I would give you a bond to any amount, as we might agree on, for her perfect safety and protection whilst under my fostering care. tin:e l is vl so ill in n u ot a s i a o y e m cu u p ch ied m . or l e n o o n w ly , p m r a y y d y e o a fri u r to e p n e d r , u a s e s my my letter of yesterday again and again, before you pass a de cisive judgment ; and as early as possibly you can, I trust you will give me a hearing, either by your calling on me, or I shall he mo,t happy to meet you and Mrs. Webber at your own house any evening you may appoint. " I trust you and Mrs. Webber will allow Ann's brothers and sisters to take tea with her this afternoon, as promised by Mrs. Webber a few days since. They shall be taken the greatest care of, and sent home with one of the servants in go )(I time. " I am, my dear friend, yours very truly, " IVILLIAN - 1 VISICK." Defendant did not bring her that evening as he had promised; he came himself, and said, that owing to the fatigues of the day, it was imposible she could come. I said I would have her that night, and we got her out of his house that night, on a promise that she should go back again the next night. I then kept her at home. The next day a silk frock was sent from defendant to my daughter, in which was this letter, dated the 28th of August, addressed to Miss Webber : " Hoe-street, Aug. 28, 1831. "My dear young Friend,—ln searching the Bible yester day for the Bible exercise, I found in Job this verse : , Who ever trusted in the Lord and was disappointed ?' The verse then struck me very forcibly ; but how much more so now? little thinking then what I should have to encounter with before I went to bed. " But, therefore, I prity you - put your trust in the Lord : look to him, and he will behold you ; pray to him, and he will hear you, and will do for us both far more abundantly than either we can desire, deserve, ask, or think. If, my dear friend, our cause be a just one, — that is, if we be both sincere,—we shall succeed ; but if not, we must fall : therefore upon this one single point I rest the whole of what is now going on. In the Lord alone will I put my trust. Joseph did so, and succeeded. Noah did so; Daniel did so ; Shadrach, Sm. did so ; Jacob did so ; Jonah did so, and many others, and all suc ceeded. Let these, my dear young friend, inspire you with that firmness of nerve, as will support you to meet all your enemies with that degree of composure of mind as will show them that you do not depend on your own strength. We leave immediately for church ; I shall not forget you there. I will call on you this evening about 9, as I pro mised you last night in presence of your uncle Capron, whom I shall ever look upon as a truly worthy man. Farewell ! " In haste. " WM. VISICK. " I do not seal this, for, perhaps, if I did so, your father and mother would think there was something wrong in it. " W. - V." On the 29th I took my daughter to Moreton Hamp stead, 20 miles from Plymouth. I left her in the care of Richard and Mary Cowling, where she re mained three months. I then sent for her home, and directed she should be seat by Wills, the carrier. She did not come home as I expected . She came on the 22d of November. Cross-examined—I sent for her :four :or 'fiv e times in October. She came the day after Irt turned from London. I married in three months after my first wife died. I had not known 0 ; 1 second wife improperly before I married her. NY wife and daughter have not quarrelled; they had 1 0 differences. I put her to board at Visick's, because she did not come home from his house in the evening as soon as she ought. She never sai d to me that she was ready to go into any s ituatio o out of Plymouth. On the 22d ef N ovember, I to ld her if she insulted me so, I would knock her down I begged her to come home. She said she never' would. She had not made reflections on my pre' sent wife. I hare heard my daughter has been hir ing at Devonport. I have never used the expression s Basket-street Gang," with reference to her grand, father.—(A letter was here shown witness, in !11 1 writing, in which the words appeared.) She nerd complained of my wife's indecent conduct towar(F her. R. 'Wills (the Moreton carrier)—l received di' rections from Webber to bring his daughter from Moreton to his house. I took the girl towards Plymouth. On Dartmoor, Visick met them in gig; he said something to her, and that he would , drive forward to Prince's -town, and get a Sre lighted in an upstair room. When I came to Prince r I town he took the g i r l out o f my c h arge. After had fed my horse, I sent up for Miss Webber to go to Plymouth with me. Defendant ordered mete drive on ; he should take charge of the girl. Whe° I got four miles, defendant overtook me with the girl in his gig. I asked the girl to come into the cart; defendant said he should take her home. Cross-examined.—I carry many pretty girls. leave crossing lips out of the question. The coin' mon dining-room at Prince's-town is up stairs. The Learned JUDGE did not see there was any case, inasmuch as there certainly was not proof of the girl having been in the legal custody of the carrier. It was most improper conduct on the part of the defendant to write the first letter to the f* titer: it was contemplating the death of his wife. He would, however, propose that the defendant should enter into his recognizance, not in any wnill directly or indirectly, to interfere with the girl, and that there should then be an acquittal. The defendant then entered into a recognizance in 5001. not to interfere with the girl during he r ' minority, and the Jury acquitted him. He appeared a very respectable man about forty' It was admitted that he at this time had a wife an d seven children living. DISTRIBUTION of the DECCAN PRIZE MONEY. In no respect, perhaps, does Modern Eng' land differ from Ancient Greece so much as in the relative rewards of the General and the corn' mon soldier. We learn from Xenophon's Anabasis. that the pay of a G enera l was j ust four times that of a private soldier—W e suppose the prize-moriei, was distributed i n th e proport i on of the rate 0' pay. In England the Commander-in-Chief 0 1 an army receives 30,9871. 6s. Id., while the private soldier receives 13s. 81d., i. e. the Cons: mander-in-Chief receives just forty-five thousand two hundred and thirty-seven times the amount of the private soldier. The Lieutenant-General receives 1,370/. 45. 34d., which is two thousand times the amoun t of the private soldier ; while the Commander in-Chief ' s share is to hi s i n th e proport i on 0' ! twenty-two six. tenths to one. We can see no other reason for such a scale of distribution, than that, as all cannot have for tunes, all should be robbed to make a fortune fa '1 the Commander-in-Chief. What a monstrou s piece of arrogance to make any man forty-fis! thousand times as valuable as the common soli dier ! The Commander-in-Chief receives the lion's share with a vengeance ! As very few of the men who are to receive th e magnificent sum of 13s. 8 d., if in existence, will ever give themselves the trouble of applying for it, the Commander-in-Chief will, of course' have another haul. But, independently of the disproportion je the rates, it would appear, from a petition 11.00 Major-General Sir Lionel Smith, to be pre' sented to the House of Commons this days that great injustice has been done to that officer' by departing from the principle of a minute 0' the Lords of the Treasury, dated 16th of Jr nuary, 1826, declaring that all treasure o f the enemy found in the city of Poonah, when it sur' rendered, should be the property of the division which captured it. This gentleman }mod commanded the 4th division of the Deco? Army, which took Poonah, claims for that dio' sion certain sums found in that city when it sur rendered. There seems every reason for belief ing that lie has been turn e d round_ on a quit' ble respecting the evidence. The question doe not seem to be, was the money in Poonah whe ll it surrendered ? for the legal advisers of th e j Crown conceive th a t it was ; but h av i ng laid down an arbitrary princip'e regarding evidence.' which could not have been an ti c i pate d by Sir Lionel, can he be' excluded by that principle' and prevented from obtaining such evidenc e ' now that the principle is known, as shall be in accordance with it ? All we can say is, that if the army ti re pleased with a s y s t em t h at g i ves all the booty t"n a few superior officers, and leaves next to no' thing to the body of the army, they must b e easily satisfied.—Morning Chronicle. The Conservative Clique are quite ehop-falle ° , in their expectations with regard to a reformed Parliamen t ' they consider themseves dead heat. Their most sanguill calculation of success in the different towns, boroughs, ana counties, does not exceed one hundred and eighty votes-- 4 small proportion out of six hundred and fifty-eight. morning Monday sepToshineg resolut ion S . oefn asatoepmporeonp appropriating 5,000 d o CONGRESS.—The ofpassed, di f 3 e OG' tßaofEtleSor: tars for a full-length pedestrian statue of W AsuiNGTog.""" New York .Advertiser. A TURKISH MIRACLE. --When there 1 0 1 rustic es the t :e l' fifieuedn'c 'ei operation, ,with g grand proffers been a drought of long . continuance in the neighbourb o° ", of a Turkish city or village, the Imans of the place in ce :, santly put up prayers for rain. When these fail, ! self of the Prov . ince is applied to, who, supposing bl, , y ina P f b e te ii i turn. This method seldom fails to succeed • but it sh °ll o be remarked that the Pashas generally take good e' r . „, e „t r i deoaffveerns procession, thl i i s a than p o r r a d y i a n enr a d r be sure of the promises of the clouds before they atte' - ' their miracle. --Literary Guardian. _... pweur.co, to r performing ?l a te : gne into mu BIRTHS. the 0 On the 3d inst. at Linton Spring, near Wetherby, Mrs. Henry Ramsden, of a daughter. • MO On the 4th inst. at Twickenham, the lady of William Burdett, Esq., of a son. On the 25th ult. at the Villa, Bude, the l a dy of C. A. Hatr IS' Esq., of Hayne, of a son. ---' n 1 illness, which she bore wfth truly Christian p a ti ence a nd LUI On the 31st ult. in Sussex-plac DIED. e, Regent's Park, after a Paioig o, is' nation, deeply regretted by a large circle of re l a ti ons and fr.,('„' Margaret Elizabeth, wife of Charles Augu s t us Manning, Esq' Portland Castle, Dorsetshire. 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