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tified in still pursuing it. • Every reepeciablelvriter
upon the *Seery of puniahnseet has -assesered, that
where conies 'riding to crime t asst itUthe keine of
society; uls-pussixlsesent, hossetier settere, Ain erre
check the growth of it. This position his been
cruelly exemplified of late years in this reentry.
wiifi *reapea-to the crime of forgery. The laws
of die Ohl Grecians edge bete nut the stein
.of blood more deeply samited thaw did the
Aiwa' of the British Legislature agniest forgery,
and never wail resiolution more unbendingly
mkt &tidy maintailed than by tine /kind) Ca-
binet in enforcing their utmost eon:city against
the culprits. it nottld be painful to repeat the
numbers wholfell'eictitesiu the ifietritiea of three
laws, the recital of their names would read cir-
cunistences of the most heartrending interest.
Yet with the improbability, we had almost said the
moral impossibility of escaping detection before
the offenders, with the assurance of such confirmed
undeviating severity staring them in the face, the
crime of forgery continued within the lest twenty
yeses annually to increase, until at •leirgth the
.is ttttt her of convicts has become so great as to render
the execution of all a thing too horrid evewfor con-
templation. To avoid this revolting consequence
of laws too sanguinary, the Batik of England
has undertaken to make a selection of victims, of
proper objects to atone for the crimes of all, and the
present Ministers of the Crows, have so far be-
Keyed their ditty, as to sacrifice to a commercial
company the noblest prerogotise of the Crown—
that of dispensing mercy. It belongs to the Crown
alone to determine who, on capital conviction.
*hull or shall not suffer death, and it must tend
to degrade the majesty of justice in the eyes
of .the public, when the power of life and death
is seen lodged in ire hands, and to be em-
ployed at the discretion of interested .individuals.
Contrary to the maxims of our law, we have the
Bank in some instances acting at once the parts of
Prosecutor and of Judge; and in others either com-
promisiog felonies, or usurping the Royal preroga-
tive, in granting commutations of punishment.

Such things must not be—they are an injury to
the throne, a degradation of justice. and a disgrace
to the 'country.

The effects of this system of selection upon the
feelings, morals, and conduct of the unhappy
criminals, were clearly and emphatically pointed
out in the very interesting statement lately made
by Mrs. ELIZABETH Far to the Committee up-
Pointed by the House of Copuntons, and winch we
lately presented to our readers. To Mrs. Fay's mune
we should have pit fixed an epithet expressive of her
worth, and of our high esteem, did we not feel that
it requires qo nliance its claim upon the
gratitude sr love tory. *will stand like
Mot of }JOW.ARD, rests upon its native drench,
and will be for ever associated with the highest ideas
we can form of active benevolence and female
virtue. This lady's experience has evinced that
thematem of seliction adopted by the Bank. tends
Only to imhitter the minds of the unhappy con-
victs, by impressing them with the idea of injus-
tice and partiality. The law appears to them
cruel and capricious. oe else influenced by chant e
rather than discretion. Ia this feeling they suffer
the penalty of their _crime, with the impression
that they are enduring unmerited severity,
and overlooking their owe offences in comparison
with those of others, whom they consider equally
guilty, but
.more fortunate. This feeling WAIL-
AI" their later moments, and while it adds to
the present agony of the unhappy sufferer, is calcu-
lated to excite uo very pleasing reflections in the
serious and thinking part of (he community. We
$ ,uhui I qpt Address foe word of censure t * Gentle-
, awn of the Bank, who, we are contra act with
the best intentions; but it may be pe ed us to
express a hope that the Legisltaure wilt, at an early
periOd of the .neviSdhipii,.lke into their serious
gonsisicratian the meat *actual means for checking
toted which is grown ta

•Psvie *alien of 'Friday wee
Once. Letters frown

ticiimte the immediate
of Occupation; and stele.
of • return home
.approaches

contingent so nearly to

are endeavouring to dispose

review, of the Engli.h eri

Thur+d+y,tr■t. rod that
following. The Duke

to eepair to Aix-la-Chapelle, Wiese his Grace in.
teuded lb remain' during the cosiTetencel. Lord
and Lady CASTIAREAGII arrived on the 6th at
Cambray, and occupied apartments in the Duke
of Witg.t.inottives house. The intended routes
of the reverel corps of the occupying army appear
to be already determined, and an inspection has
martially taken place, on the part of the French Go-
vernment, of the towns occupied by the sullied troops,
for the purpose of ascertaining their condition.
As a similar inspection bed taken place in Novem-
ber 1845, previous to the occupation of these towns
by the Allied Army, it may be fairly concluded
that en' tuiderstroding prevails between die %tessera(
Courts. that the authority of the French Govern-
ment will be immediately restored.

The French Funds still decline. The 5 per
COM are 74 1..93 c. ; Bonk Actions, 1,605 F.
namitUrgh and Flanders Mails have arrived,
with Poona from Uressels to the lith instant.—

The new Baden Constitutiou.lm Lien printed. It
is of the most free and liberal character, establish-
inganiong its fundamental principles the Habeas
eorpus, the responsibility of all public OffiZent
equality before the law, equal participation of taxes
and iiiiput.to, publicity of the deliberations. It also
declares Bailee a component part of the German
Von federat intl.—The dit.torbanees at Gottingen have
entirely subsided, and the offenders hays beeen•aab

jeered 4o minima insuisitinento proportioned to their
offences.

A gentleman, residing at Brighton, has received
a letter 'from a relative at Cherburg, who describes
the inhabitants of that town as very generally che-
rishing a Bosimparirun spirit. Ile repeats the ap-
prehensions, expressed by other Englishmen in
France, that the departure of the allied troops will
lead to new convulsions in that discontented coun-
try. It is supposed that faw of our countrymen
will he induced to rensain after the British troops
shall have been withdrawn.

Mr. 011Eitits, late surgeon to BONAPARTE,
arrived ito town on Saturday evening, Ikon St.
Helena. He came home in the Griffon, of 18 guns,
Captain WRIGHT, which arrived on Thursday at
Portsmouth. The Grew& sailed from St. Helena
on the 211 of last month, and is come to be paid off.
She brought dispatches from Sir H. Lows. The
cause of the dispute between Mr. O'Nlesas and
Sir'H. Lowe, is before the public, and his return
home has arisen out of that circumstance. He left
BONAPARTE its a very dangerous state of health.
His complaint is • confirmed disease of the liver,
which his dull inactive life most powerfully con-
tributes to increase : the liver is greatly enlarged,
and discovers • tendency to give pain, which, we
understand, is the neat stage of the disorder
toward suppuration and the destruction of life.
He had at length subdued his aversion to calomel,
and three doses had been daily given him fur some
time: but he still persisted in refusing to take ewer-
doe in the open air, which is an essential auxiliary
to medicine in his case. The medical care of him
had been confided to Mr. SToxox, Surgeon of the
Conqueror (Admiral PLAMPIN.V flag-ship). who had
consented to undertake the office with great reluct-
ance. He would not suffer Mr. BAXTER. amid other
medical peraous, whom Sir HUDSON Lowe recom-
mended, to come into his room.—Captain J. T.
Pasi.eir, of the Redpole, died lately at A.cension,
of dysentery; also Lieutenant LUCKOIIII, lit of
the Eurydice.—The Eurydice, knew's, Musquito,
sad Podargus, Aug be soon expected to ram to
England.

The squadron on that station, consisting of the
Conqueror. Captain WALLIS ; Bravo", Cap-
tail' Baiwz ; Pedargrs, Captain -C A !INES ; tad
Peterell, Captain PORE, with the exception
of the latter (lately arrived), was extremely un-
healthy, several of the ships li.ving buried a
large portion of their crews, from dpenteries and
liver complaints. The Colony. also, was very sickly,
from the prevaleuce of the ssme.diseases, which are
there peculiarly fatal. The Governor, Sir HUDSON
Lowe, had an alarming attack of bowel complaint
in the beginning et July last, from which he had re-
covered. Captain BUN N, of the Hon. Company's
store-ship Mangle,. died on the 29th July of
the 'prevailing dysentery. The Gr4iat. buried
Mr. DUNNING, 'of the Conqueror. • pawner,
and five men, on her voyage home, all .of whom
died of lever Mid dyseatery.

The follmvirat tulletin was exhibited last morn-
ing at the Wee'''. House, St. James's Park :—.

A., Kew .Palace, September 14.
4‘ The Queen hns not had a 2uoil Eight ; but ber Majesty
is as well this morning as she seas yesterday.

•' FR. MILMAN,
" HENRY NALFORD."

PII I, It REGENT
II °Uwe. winch was
CANTIE
,0111. Viscount
the JUDGE AD-
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STEVRt9 attend-
ant] Mr. But-
4. Council broke
The Palace Hs-
LivtapooL,
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Ste. the iron trade was
at this moment. The
... also brisk. that the 'neater* at
and Stourbtitige have recently been able in
,te wages of their workmen.—(StairordsAire
Mar.)
in Sunday last. Mr. CECINAS Hammon. of
At, in the county of Denbigh. Su►veyor, was
man his return from Wrexhani, by en assassin,
about nine o'clock at night, arid almost imme-
diately expi►ed. On Moutlay, a Coroner's Inquest
sat on the body, and after a long investigation, att.
journed to Tuesday ilex*.
The harvest in Northumberland (says • coney.
pendent) is now steady dosed, at least ten days
more will win all the karat. Crepe ure good, and
will yield well. Stich an early anti dry harvest we
have riot had since the year 1775. which ended
about the 49th of August ; and that of 17931,
which ended on the Iollt September. The red-
breast has been heard for a for.thight past, and the
swallows are congregating art leaving the noith.
The frame early AI& took place with those birds in
the years just !ruined. The Lama mama is SOW
singularly beautifuL

to an alarming magnitude. r Yesterday, at two o' lock. the Nate
virr---. held • I'rivy Coo How
lay lasi-Nam arrived at our utterwied by t , 'shirts' of C
thetProrth of France an. Earls of Li , . and Mtininaal
Stououett, Lard C. BEICK. the
e departure ha Army-
.; - wocavapthwataL, attVr. 11011
"ate' that tur-eNP!cta_ ..311• cooed MhilasounmE and General STE
Plmniaeliee in the llngliell F. 43, Lord and Groom in waiting. a
certainty. that the Olicera -1,10 am Clerk of the Comical. The C
pose of their hones. The:, up ate quarter past fuer o'clock. The
trots was to take phici Ow
..OiIIXT pee audiences to the Earl of
vscount StneeoUTH, and the Julien
of the Russians •asi the day ovuutAt.
!of NV ELLtuat'lnt we. then At Dudley, Stourhridge. Ste. the i,
Telles white us Grace in. wan known so brisk as it iota this us,
log the emiTereneet. Lord roil trade is able so brisk. that th