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release the Greek slaves, and prevent any rupture with this
country. The act of outrage was piratical and atrocious,
and deserves to be visited on these barbarians with the se-
verest consexpeences. These papers state that the affairs
of Greece were the subject of frequent discussion in con-
ferences held at ('ount Nesse'rode's, between the Ambas-
sador of Austria and the Russian senator Tatischeff.
Grztk agents, it is added, were expected in St. Peters-
burgh, and that the independence of the 4:reeks will be
recognised by the Powers of the Holy Alliance, on the
condition that they shall themselves propose tha Prince
to reign over this new State. It was long since asserted
to be the determination of Russia, to remove Bernadotte
from the throne of Sweden, and place him over Greece as
an Mile *ty. We have been assured on high authority,
that these intentions are not abandoned by Russia, and
that the deposition of Charles Jean, and the restoration of
the son of Gustavus, is now resolved on ; if so, it is more
than likely the Allied Powers will attempt to force Ber-
nadotte on the Creeks.
Aerosol's°, JAN. 16.

office ought to be change'l. We do not see why a
Cabinet situation should attach of right to that office,
more than to the head of any other Court. We know
nothing of the merits of the case, as between the eccen-
tric and ut'fortunat. Mr. Gourlay and the Duke of Somer-
set, or whether the former has any merits at all ; but the
cause has dragged out a procrastinated existence in that
Court, of sufficient length to be five times over decided,
and it is a cruel hardship to the parties that it yet lies over
in doubt. A pamphlet has lately been published, by some
weak and injudicious partisan, in defence of Lord Eldon,
the practice of his ('jurt, and the endless delay■ so
much complained of. This production, whoever it comes
from, is utterly ineffective, and forms no refutation what-
ever of a single charge mentioned in Parliament. The
delays of unhappy suitors
-in that Court—" the anxious
days and sleepless nights" of alternate hope and disap-
pointment they are fated to endure, have repeatedly been
the subject of remark, and yet the system of torture and
procrastination still goes on. Lord Eldon, himself, is too old
to change, and the question so often asked is, who can supply'
his place ? A suit in that Court may occupy the natural
period of a man's life, and bring ruin with it at the close.
The whole composition of the Equity Court needs essen-
tial reform. The intervals and accumulated expense be-
tween filing the bill, putting in the anzwers or demurrers,
amending that bill again, the further tedious pleadings so
often consequent, the slow examination of witnesses on in-
terrogatories' drawn out, the time that elapses before publica-
tion of these wire-spun depositions passes, the setting clown
the cause fur trial, its long existence in the list before any
hearing takes place, and then the hesitation displayed by
the ( liancellor in giving judgment, are all sufficient to wear
omit the patience and temper of the most determined suitor.
We do not wonder Mr. Gourlay should complain : with
hint it is completely the

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We have received several letters from St. Petershurgh. It ap-
pears to be confidently expected in some circles In that city that
important events will take place in the spring In the north mud
south of Europe. It is even believed that the affairs of Greece will
be filially arranged, and that the political independence of that
country will be recognised by the Powers of the Holy Alliance,
but on the condition that they shall themselves propose the Prince
who shall reign over this new State.
Such, it is affinuol, will be the result of frequent conferences
held nt Count Nesselrodes, between the Ambassador of Austria
and the Russian Senator, Tatischeff. It is even pretended that
Greek agents will shortly arrive in St. Petersburgh, to discuss in
the Itinsinn Council the interests of their country. It Is to be ob.
served that Sir Itagot, the Itritish 31inister, lakes no part in
the above-ninitioned conferences, whence it is supposed that the
political system of England, with regard to the Greeks, differs from
that of the t'ontinental Powers.
JAN. I&
According to recent accounts, the number of persons incited as
making pan of the baud of robbers lately discovered, has become so
numerous that the prisons of Amberg and Zulzhach are not auf6-
i-eient to lodge them separately ; nice/wry' have, therefore, been
taken to lit up fifteen chambers in the castle of Itotenburg, to re-
ceive the same number of prisoners, who will be removed front
Amberg. 31ure nit:tubers of this band are arrested daily.

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Gibraltar •

" Itusticus rxpectat,_dum deflust amnia—
" habitue et labetur in tonne volubilis sevum."

But Lord Eldon bears all complaints of poverty and de-
spair with philosophic indifference, and refers the petition-
er, with full complacency, for consolation to the gowned
pleaders around him. Did the Noble Lord himself ever
advocate any cause without a fee? We never heard him
praised for mush disinterestedness : it is not a family virtue.
If we remember right, when at the Bar, like Ben Jonson's
Lawyer,—

NruMnuea, JAN. 12.

Letters from Brody say, that Lord Strangfonl, after receiving
despatches from alalta, intimated to the Divan the measures taken
by the English Government against Tunis, adding, that this would
affect the good understanding between England and Turkey. It is
added, that the Sultan has sent orders to Tunis to comply with the
demands of England, to release the Greek slaves forcibly taken
from an English ship, and deliver them to the English ('onsul
It is therefore believed at Constantinople, that the good under.
standing between England and Tunis will soon be restored.

_
" He would scarcely wag DOT yet lic still
.4 Without a fcc."
But his Stoic recommendations cost nothing.

We are glad to see the present Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas presiding with dignity, and introducing
something like order and decorum into that Court. The
intemperance and personal acerbity of some of the Learned
Sergeants added little to the character and respectability of
the Common Pleas: it was often a scene of mere noisy
declamation, in which Mr. Sergeant I'ell and Sergeant
Vaughan were the prominent actors. The late Chief
Justice Della* was a man of mild manners and most
courteous demeanour, and little fitted, from his character
and ill health, to control the learned " Brothers of the
Coif." In this Court, of late years, was completely
realized Pope's inimitable description—

The Governor of Demerara has most properly submitted
to the control of the highest authority in this country, the
proceedings of the Court Martial in the case of Smith, the
Missionary : the life of this man, therefore, will not
hang on the decision of a Council of Officers, who could
hardly escape the strong and violent prejudices now exist-
ing throughout the British West Indies against the Mis-
sionaries in general. The whole evidence and proceedings
will undergo the calm review of Ministers at home. Smith
may have been so wicked or infatuated as to urge the Ne-
groes on the eastern coast, who attended his meetings, to
insurrection ; yet we are at a loss to imagine what possible
purposes he could have attained by doing so. flail the
rebellion succeeded, his own life and that of the other
white inhabitants must ultimately have been the forfeit.
We know no purpose the Missionaries could accomplish by
urging the slaves to insurrection : but their zeal was at all
times an ignorant and misguided one; their fanaticism most
dangerous; and those doctrines of equality, proceeding trom
election and grace, which they preached to the Negroes,
hostile to every thing like submission and obedience. These
men, unfortunately, were not qualified either by education,
judgment, or experience, for the arduous pursuits they had
undertaken. It seems admitted on all hands, that their re-
sidence of a few years among the African population hu
been productive of serious mischiefs—of deep and dangerous
discontents, among that numerous body. Unlike that able
and successful order, the Jesuits, they neither possessed
the knowledge, the diseritnination, nor the ability, for such
undertakings; they did not temper their rude zeal with
judgment ; nor hail they that calm discernment that fitted
them for the diffusion of the Gospel among this inte-
resting yet dangerous race. Wherever these men have be-
stowed their unsolicited labours, whether in theWcst Indies,
the islands of the Pacific, or Ilindostan, they have done
little good. At the same time we arc afraid prejudice ran
high against Smith and his associates ; and the Demerara
paper of the Ist December, now before 116, leaves little doubt
of the fact. When it talks "of the universal distrust and
dismay produced" by Governor Murray's submitting the
proceedings of the Court Martial, that involved the life of
Smith, to the review of the highest authorities here, it forms
a tolerable proof of the feelings then prevailing in Deme-
rara. The determination of the Governor, this paper (The
Cuhusist) adds, " is no doubt a matter of deep regret to us
" all." " Delaying the ends of justice where the necessity
" is not obvious to all, is liable to dangerous misconstrue-
" tion ; yet (it concludes by saying) we trust and hope
" that the public apprehension will gradually subside,
" confiding in that watchful Providence, which makes
" even the wickedness of the worst q• traitors subservient
"to the ultimate putpnses of its justice." Such language
as this, at once intemperate and inhuman, where the life
•of an unfortunate man, however r,uilty, is involved,
, speaks volumes as to the prudenc.. and indispensable ne-
cessity for the determination most properly adopted by the
Governor of Demerara. If Smith should now be exe-
cuted, he will not fall front prejudice ; his life will only
be forfeited on the fullest and dearest evidence of deli-
berate guilt.

" The Temple late two Brother Sergeants saw,
" Who deemed each other oracles of law:
" With equal temper then congenial souls--
" One lulled th' Exchequer, and one stunned the Rolls :
" Each had a gravity would make you split,
" And shook his head at Dana', as a wit."
But the Learned Brothers arc no longer likely to reign
absolute. We heard Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, in answer to
some observation of the new Chief Justice, state, with all'
the air of a Dictator, " My Lord, we do not do so in this
" Court." The Premier looked from his elevation at the
disappointed Sergeant, and replied only by an " Indeed!"
but the tone and manner were decisive. We are afraid
that some of his Brothers on the same bench do not possess
a higher share of the Chief Justice's estimation than the
Sergeants. Scarcely had Mr. Justice Park commenced yes-
terday one of his usual long speeches, so full of legal
lure and eloquence, than the Chief Justice rose from his
seat and walked out—no very marked tribute of respect
this to the sage Judge in question ! Sir Robert Gifford's
elevation has been an extraordinary one: his birth was
humble, and his talents extremely moderate. He is said
to be a good rroperty lawyer, and owed much to the
patronage and care of the late Sir Vicary Gibbs, whose
cases, it is said, lie answered for some time before the
latter quitted the bar. But in a political point of view,
while Attorney-General, he was no aid whatever to bis
party. His speeches on the Queen's impeachment were
heavy and unimpressive; and in Parliament he made no
figure whatever, and seldom spoke at all. Unlike, how-
ever, the once celebrated Garrow, who stood so much
higher at die Bar, he did not sink into a Puisne Judge's
seat, but became the head of his Court, with a peerage, it
is said, in expectancy. The full flow oc fortune has fol-
lowed on built. Where much more talented men have re-
mained in comparative obscurity, he has risen to the
highest legal honours. We trust his influence and decision
will reform the character of the Common Pleas, and restore
its respectability, which for some years has passed away.

THE KING. —At a late hour on Monday night advice.
from Ittighton staid, that the answer to the numerous
inquiries at the Palace during the afternoon of that day
was as follows:
" The King has hid a severe attack of the gout, but his Ma-
jesty 1. better to:day than he was yesterday."
" Monday, Jan. 211, 1824."
Yesterday, at two o'clock. a Cabinet Council was held
at the Foreign Office by summons, which was again at-
tended by all the Cabinet Ministers, who continued in de-
liberation till about half-past five, with the exception of
two of the Ministets, who left at half-past four.
Yesterday afternoon the Duke of York, as Commander-
in-Chief, held a Levee at his office in the Hone Guards,
Repeated complaints have been matte in Parliament which was attended by Lieutenant-General Sir henry
and without its doors, of the ruinoun delays in the Court of Campbell, Major-General 11.11, Lieutenant-General Skin-
Chaneery—yet Lord Eldon still sits there, and the proems- ir.;leraMi'i'V.;l:7lllaBiiir,it‘o.iiilliari„
K„-teirett;mraenrati
Lieutenant-
Sir Charles
tinativu goes on. The oft-repeated cause of the unfortu- Wale, Major-General Vincent, Major-General Anderson,
nate Mr. Gourley and the Duke of Somerset, is another and about twenty others.
tend neond of this Court. Judgment in this ease has long Yesterday the Earl of Liverpoo!, the Duke of Welling-
been promised. A stuffiest detail was on Monday given ton, Baron Pagel, Sir Charles Long, and a number of
ot
by the great Equity Judge ; but no judgment um: pro- Yher distinguished characters, dined with the Di* of
ork.
flounced. Mr. Gourley may starve in the interval ;—but Yesterday letters were received in London from the
the Chancellor receives forty thousand a year—he knows Queen of IVirtemberg, addressed to most of the Royal
nothing of the torments of " hope deft nee—casuistry and Family, &e.
delay bring neither want nor despair to his door—the Monday evening, Mr. Proudman, the King's Messenger,
left town from the Secretary of State's Office for the tome
series of heart-broken suitors, to him, arc nothing—the sigh fx
pertinent, with despatenes for I lertford, respecting the
of distress may reach his ear, but it appears to make little fat, of lima.
impression on his heart. If Lord Eblon besmear up his The Address will be moved in the House of Commons
hesitating • I (that never yet doubted where his next Tuesday, by Rowland Hill, Esq., one of the Mem-
non interests were involved), why does he not dis- hers for the county of Salop, and seconded by James Daly,
?11;.t..441.
tottimetiftietle
wMeounlteeders for
and,
(-minty of 11.;:dway. It is
miss the anxious parties from his Court, and con-
scientiously premounee judgment at once? The Duke of I antisee+n i„ the I immtseatol of gev'es.."ltit!' itshteo in).a''ttnirtm,vt‘olif
Somerset has just as much tesmon to complain as I the Royal Speech, nothing of course can he permitted to
_ transpi re till it has b een
rsubmittel to his Majt sty in
b
I Mr. Itourlay, and we are convinced feels the delay
as I
I Flan..rs 111.61 brought us GarmanPapers last night •. strongly, though he will not descend from his high sta-
adimg of whirl) will time to camplain. If the
rotitted
ovorattooi.
of the I Mr. Shia. at the Catholic Meeting, on Saturday last, at
!Dublin distinctly stated that th • interests of th • Catholi
They state that ord. rs had Chatteellor interfere so mark. dly with the important bust- were • emffided to'
the metnilers f the of
Assoc-
le by the Sultan to Tunis. to mere of his Court, then the whole compsition of that high ciatam, as the represe:datiz%s ‘g fins prdaties !