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having committed an offeetee in violation of the
fru. in loon, or emotrary to his churacter as
nu ror a Gentleman. Colonel Fesopihersoes
hail two that hr was not lion proarcutor,
and that he knew nothing of., but at they
'had hero reported to Into; he, ever, wise toe-
deiced to consider that Gentleman as his otov pen.
section, Nod was satisfied that tit; iis•
the regiment would hove thought of preferring steels
coarge's ao limo kiln. one at the peeiod when
the tiaioorrtion took trivrro,-least eidrretteit thw
least idea that Hoy etieniosality attached upon lies
conduct, or that he was aelnuted by so umenriliy
a motive as that of de'ssoug to Width or appro.
presto the enitowy twbode:ing to any s Or heti.
videlel iii the regiment. The firsi ;dike. was
for having, with a fraudulent intesition, concealed'
from Major Peat and Major Terry Ili, fact of hie
having lu his hands lam &MOW helot:ging to Ser.
jean, Patten. l/oon this charge i• would be for the
Co..re to deterintoe, wheilwthe was not "justiflOil its
colistilreing the dollars.% placs4l in his lauds, and for
which hr lose! given a g4:74.16 the payment of which
he was liable.rbt as tile property ofSerjearst Patten.
boo Os part tit his own effects. It was in evidence
that ellen 1110111 was tettrusted to hon. he gave
a hat was call. el II gend,oloolt, though it was a negis.
tsuble and legal instrument, was in the nature of a'
between lion self at.ol the person who
ieitrusted him with his money : he was therefore,
not weal-looted in station; in the ledger, or in any
other return to the Secretary of Wear,. the prO-
perty he so held—control/reale the not stating
it was no concealment. lie had. no reason to sup-
pose that Serjeant Patten was in debt because
he lead suffered his money to lay in his isanda; but
It was proper to keep the fact concealed, that he
had any of his money, because be knee, and it had
been proved. that Serjeent Patten. previous toltis
death, kept a mulatto woman. Apprehensive that
this woman might possesi herself of his prOperly to
the prejoeitce of his relatives, he had, before be
deed. acid to hint to advise him to make a will. It
*powered thin he made no wili. and that little, if
woo t;eta were found after his death. the good
wJa nut found, and but few of his Clothes, and he
concluded that the mulatto woman bad possessed
herself of his property ; and thinking it possible that
the Seneant might have endorsed the note to her,
hr delerlisotwol not to consider the amount as the OM.
petty of Serjrneit Patten, as the legal pre* istirm,
loon its not being found, was, that lie had given it
to wine other perm's. lie was urged mot to consider
the a 00000 not as the property of Serjeent Pane'. in his
Lands, motif sit interval had elapsed, when the note,
all prohabifiey, would be presented. When hr
Will asked, whether he had only property of Sent:int
f'atten's, lie uuawered with a conviction that it was
not his property. and that he oliouhi have the note
'omitted, and would have to pay it its a short time.
lie certainly had not any account with Sentient
Patten, and he sloolld have ahewn en ignorance of
acrooot• if lie hail tint so stated, the feet. lets
transaction with the Serjeant could not be called
an accoant. because it inertly arose out of ass order
given to him by Major fleillie, that he should pay
tierjrunt Patten so much money when the Serjeant
demanded it. The question then was, whether, under
these circumstances, lie was b Ito cooslifer
him-
selt as 11111 111 the poisiission of any property of Str-
jestat 'Patten, liable to the payment of debts, pab.
lie or private ; or %slide...e he was not legally bound
to pay the person who might hold the note or gold;
and a hetlito lie was not entitled, for leis own security.
to consider the anis.unt se property for vikisit be
had Lovers Selleiiiit Patten all equivalent.? lie had
taken legal advice upolo that point, and spout that
advice he ass aeolimised in seeing that lw could
nog consider it as Selma Patten'e property,
awl that he emsld not be rolled uposs to pay it
without the produceion of the slot, ; he used
evcry exertion and made early *wore to find
out where the note was, but it could not be traced.
Every shim; tarnished a strung reason far his trio%
as Ise hail done. There was a strong presumption
that the Sarjeant had passed away the woe, and that
the value of it did not twlotig to I • but to his al-
signer. The sec and charge was, for disobedience
of 14 reooinetital order, in hating withheld 160 dol-
lars. That it could he supposed be had soy object
iu wohlocelehog them was impossible. Ile a uuld ook,
wlwtlwr all elw boos did not reps! Nov suggestion
that Isis conduct had been fraudulent ? If any officer
had stated that lee load susiweted him of fraud,
could he have Iwo, believed ? Would not his con.
duct in trustiog him with money a* tits !ooker have
refuted that assertion ? Col. Farquharson had him-
self 'roved hint with Inia dollars, and ivy that knees*
gained 211. ; mould he have trusted lion with money
if he had thought him frosooduletit ? Would any of
the officers have misted him with snoney, if they
hail Ile/meld hint fraudulent ? There was not the
Illighte-t ground for %opposing he was suspected of
Cowl till et was determined to prefer charges against
•rer) officer in elle regiment who hod differed
0101111“11 with Major Peat us to the mess hour. lie
then lancet der, to the 3.1 village, which he a as sure
could ot vet l ace been brought before the Court if
the unhappy qwerie Is 1,1 the regiment I'B.l not taken
Wier. Ile tool biro on the moot friendly term•
woo .llajor l'eroy, awl hail been in the limit of
slrasaeng hie pay whets lit was absent, and motioned
tee do so until Ise was prohibited, when he eraird
(tin.% -n; mid dining all tite.e transactions he had
a. to ,1 to oh integoty ;sod bailout. As to keepicg
k t!le sisimey lee fend rccrited, there were tots-
t gm all si!lea in that ; there tine a IlliSnake out his
h, ell was corrected as soon ae It W:114 oliscomerrol,
eme ti o 0 Ntijor Terre received all that was dote to
the multtpl.tity of lecoonnts which, a.
Wfi• lua iity to keeps sten* lied it ',-
puled to him that he had intentoraily
my error; viol if. with respect to 31 ajor
hid been a mistake, it was of that tea-
if not discovered sooner, must eyelet ually
liscoveled by the agent of the regiment,
AT Office. 1,1 troth, the instill' it had
,ell met to Ilion it had been rectified.
renehrwoo I I j:I4 sould leave
, the hood of all Molter, if it tri.l lot
,A Otiose and reseistinent
oiel Fisuitiarsr.ots tug.ulst Item, on coot-
the other s It.vrs, who hot express. el a
her the 1151151 time of dower to on hour
'weal to themselves. It had leer's stated
retry in the moose of the solistre, that if
ni Iwo account had not ise.ss discovered.
I would have lust a quail. is pay (Inc to
wed the s-setlion, because, as lie had

ISO M. UMW•••••••• Orval* Now, .4,041.4., N. or.

before observed, it era an error which most have
been iterceivesf' by his agent; mud therefore Major
Terry, beforeleharl ou'exprealled liintself, should
in eliristitis (4;061 hive recollet•ted that he oleo
letlltl atleife an& children dependant upith him' for
stiftport,ond that the destruction of hill Character
would Mettler them in . The, Permitter c.o-
Clinhal it fery able and solitifliiiiirdeleinie by- ex-
, pressing In. Intl persuasion that the judgment of
the Court wou'al texture him to his prolost 00000 his
Mende, suit Gatittv. Etnt.s rolnTraiati
by the effect of charges its Woe ns they were ca-
lumnious. Hr bliomigt nut it rietisreary to
call sof evitlt me to refute the allegation: of the
prosecutor. They' wetly tittffitniltly disproved by
the nattier of the ttititinvotty Catalan' Farquhar-
sou had its slappArt, bdt mete' particu-
larly sold conclusively by the accounts of the regi-
ment, and the various discumeasts iii possession of the
Court, referring to the transaction. ll* should
unlY Wralare our or two wltnsility to his character,
sml with the of *hewing how- impossible it was.
that he, who loud so long been held' in estemidion by
all who bath* him;' stantid have been capable of
committing acts of so scandalous it deicripbou, and
so degrading to Itlbt as a man of honour and a sol-
(lir': He begged leiter to retort, his thanks to the
Coon' fur the patience with which they had heard,
and 14 ninepins's they had given to his defence.
The Court was extremely crowded, and a consi-
derable impressiott appeared to have been*made by
tlt Wiosater's address.
iMI Witnesses were then called as to character.
_ rst was NI,. Herriot, Parmaster.General
of the Wilidnattl, Leeward. and Carribee Islands.
He knew nothing of Mr. Smith as Paymaster of
the 454 h regiment but whet was exteettiely credit-
able to him ; he always considered him as one of the
most regular and exact Pavniasters in all his trans-
actions with his office that lie knew of in the West
I odies.

Captain Tripps said, that he had been on terms
of acquaintance with Paymaster Smith for three
yeure, during which time tie found him strictly ho-
nourable in all his truinurction%.
I.ieut. &mind said. he had known Paymaster
Smith ten mouth*, and he always found him very
honoorahte.
The Court was cleared, and remained some time
in consultation. Their decision awaits the approval
of the Pnuce Regent.

FOREIGN IN TR LLICEXICIL

rosintais itself, Ikea even prosper I lime power of its

•lone; but the experieiscc of ages teactito iis, that•io nhte
of peace it can do nothing without contitilercc 'sod
" Every nation hog its peculiar ofireies' of cristaisere*
which is determined by its humbly. and even by difitniry
The inhabitants of the roasts have the country trade (cc •
hofoye), exchange and commission. The inhaliitauts of the.
interior do not enjoy these ailvinitages; hut they have is
their stead, eithet the products of a soil fruitful, or ogrP.-td-
total riches, or by those mineral treasures with which the
province of Namur is amply provided. It contains more
than 360 wiennfactories, which maintained theinseives it
Ilse most flourishing' condition, as hat as ctunnterce was fa-
vioire9 by a protecting-haul; but utio that die tonnufsetm
ries are its a ►tate of the most complete Ain, what fruit case
the merchant derive from the inoutne►at& drab whit'. he
bad to make, to raise these floe dogmatists of his settler
end his gloey.

“ What, however, happens when an intellicent, an indite-
trims people, who have attained a superior degree of per-
fection in file I lurliunsof its mftoursclorics, is obliKril by'

circiinsstanoes to ahaud••n them ■II at once? What lisp-
pens? it depends upon others, it is discouraged ; then the
State is endangered, for disetterunernent produces idleness,
and idleness produces demondisoir ;as many emPi,e° hive

been estinguisbed by ilseir cunintercial inattention, as by
Ibireveraea of their antis.

" The extraordinary surceases which at this day place
England at the head of orations, are less owing to the for-
tune of her arms, than to the powerfel protectiou which her
Government gives to her commerce.

" From all quarters the same cry arises against tlr dan-
gers which threaten our commercial independence. Bel-
gium e-waits with anxiety a decision, which may at length
la the fate of its mairofactorics.

" It is for you, High and Nighty Lords, whose most con-
stant solicitude ought to be directed to wltateyer ran contri-
bute to the peo=perity of the country ; you who ought not to
codound the ititerests of the !llonarch and the nation ; you,
the representatives of this nation, whom you have sworn' to
defend against the attacks of ■II that is arbitrary, it is to
you that it belongs to restore to commerce nod industry the
splendonr and activity of which we have nothing left bit
the remembrance."

FRANKFORT ,JAN. 14.

The Privy Counsellor of Legation, Jordan, who
has been on a mitision to Vienna, has arrived here
with his brother. They ere going to wait on Prince
Harilenlirrg.
The Duke of Cainbridgt hal latt word from
Cassel to Hanover.

Jaw. 16.
Field-Marshal Count *almoden arrived here
yesteiday.—Wearnal de Frankfort, Jan. 16.)
OTRAS*IIRC.3AII. 14.
hi tile night of the nth a fire broke out in the
magazine of forage, at the barracks of Pegersheim.
The prompt and effectual aid afforded by the in-
habitants of that and the neighbouring communt a
soon stopped the progress of the flames. The &-
rouge is nut considerable; but We cannot help re-
marking, that fires in the barracks end their de-
pendencies ate extremely frequent.

NURZIIIIIRG. JAN. 1 I.

According to an official notice, dated Dec. 30,
lii. Royal Highness the Duke of Leuchtrnburg
(Prince Eugene) will soon make his solemn entry
into Eichstadt. This Prince has positively prolii.
Cited all rapensive fetes, on the taking possession
cif the principality of Riclista& fur his' Royal
Highness; there appeared in that city several Latin
and German poems, to celebrate that event, as well
as in praise of the virtues of the Prince and Princess.

♦IENNA, JAN. 7.
M. Forbin Janson. one of the French exiles,
to whom the City of Lintz had been assigned as •
residence, tied from that place last month. It seems
that he has passed through Bavaria by means of a
false passport. —1 Handers Papers to ✓aa. 21.)

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