The National Register.
London, England, 1819-08-16 00:00:00

PRIVILEGE, OF A JAVELIN MAN!!!
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The daily papers, in their report of the proceedings at
the Sussex Assizes, give the following account of MLA
occurred at I.eeses :
Cowl' MITT or Cover.—A respectable and wealthy farmer,
named Rules. possessed of about 1.4001. per annum, having
presumed to offend the consamence of a javelin man. who kept
the doors of the Court, by endeavouring to press his wry to a
ova, the latter came forward and cornplairol of the offender,
representing that he had pushed by his javelin, and attempted to
force Ilia way into Court.
The offender, being called upon to answer the complaint, me.
featly and respectfully said, he had always understood that the
doors of a Court of Justice were open to every body. He was
aware that a Court of Justice ought not to be inconveniently
crowded ; but seeing that there was room. he endeavoured to
gain admittance in the ordinary way, and was not aware of
having given any offence to the officer.
Mr. Justice Park.—Sir, I commit yon to the gaol of this
county. It is fit that all persons should know, that the order and
decorum of a Court of'Justire low be preserved. The crowded
state of the Court rendered it next,,sary that I should direct the
officers to admit no mote persons. fhe officer was doing no
snore than his duty. It is true that a Court of Justice is open to
every body ; anti I do not wish to abridge the rii;itt of admission,
as I have nu secrets to keep; but the doe administration of
Justice is not to be impeded by the gratification of mere idle
curiosity. I ominot you to the gaol of this county.
The offender was immediately taken into custody, and placed
in the Dock with the prisoners tor trial.
We hate nu hesitation in declaring nor belief, that
the above is a gross libel on Mr. Jmuce 13..rk, and its
having appeared in all the daily pat,ers oti the sante
morning, strengthens this belief. M'e ea not surprise
that any Judge who now holds a sect (It the Bench
would hate ventured such a length in optens,ttnii to a
heigitized right and iu positive privation vi the liberty
of the subject.
We hare lately had much said of " the PRIVILEOLS
of the House of Commons. We know and respect the
" privileges" they are entitled to, though we toy
public benefit, they were better defined. ‘Ve are well
aware that Judges have flair as ra Iv ILEGES," too, but
we never expected to have read of those privileges ex-
tending so far as to justify the committal of a respectable'
gentleman to the county gaol for having civilly asserted
an Englishman's right to occupy a vacant scat in sit
open Court of Jubilee. Mr. Justice Park, it is stared.
exela:uted, " I have no secrets to keep;'—thou who
know bite learned Jude will, perhaps, think that his
garntlity would ill accord with the perUrrnratice of such
a duty, were it imposed upon him.
N% e may be wrong, but we think it was this same
Judge, who, passing sentence of six months imprison-
ment upon an unfortunate man at the last Assizes, and
being addres-ed in whatlte considered impertinent lan-
guage by the culprit, ordered the Clerk of the Corot not
to record the sentence already pronounced, and 'mine-
(lrately changed the six months' imprisonment to seven
years' tratisportation 1—" Can there be such, and have
they peace of mind?"!!!

RECENT MARTYRDON.—The following particu-
lan of this event, which occurred in Smyrna last
April, have been transmitted by an English gent:e-
mu in that quarter
Athanasius, a Gr,ek Christian, 24 years of age, was
the son of a boatman, wilo carrif-,1 on a small trade in
the Archipelago. The gains of the lath( r beiii,; unable
to support the son, or the business sufficiently great to
require his assistance, he was obliged to Innk out for em-
ployment in some other way. He engaged in the service
of a Turk, who being pleased with his conduct,
considered bins as a proper object for exercising his in•
Hueoc:• its converting him to the Mahumetan
A ter holding out great offers, he ultimately prevailed ou
lino to renounce Christianity, in presence of the Mecca-
may, who is the Turkish Judge and Bishop. He con-
tinued in the service fur about a year after, when he
quitted it, and having experienced severe reproofs of
conscience for his apostacy, he made a pilgrimage to
Mount Achas, where there are nutty convents, fru.it
which he returned come months alter.

On his ari ival at Smyrna, in the costume of a Gret k
Ainnk, he proceeded Instantly so the kleccamay, ex-
pressed his repentance at renouncing the Christian taint.
and his re,olutiuti t.• abjure the tenets of the NI ahousetan
On this lie was confined is a dune:eon, and endured the
torture with the greatest thitinide, persisting in his reso-
lution to die &Christian. A \LI) wa, then appoinied fur
his execution in the most public part of Smyrna, aid
oppmdte one of the principal mosques; and he was led
to the scaffold bound, attended by the Turkish guards.
llere he was °tiered his life, nay, houses, 'nonce. la
short, riches, if lie would still continue in the Maho-
metan creed ; but no temptation could induce Athana-
sins again to apostatise.
On this occasion a Turkish blacksmith was employed
to decapitate him. As a last attempt, however, to effect,
if practicable, a change of opinion, the executioner was
Jirrci-d to cot part of the skin of kis ilea, that !is
toittld feel the edge of the sword. Even tins, how et er.
failed of success. He was then ortiered to kneel on the
ground, when he declartd, with a calm and resi4netl
COillitCll3llCe, that " he was born with Jesus, and world
die with Jesus At one blow the tit ail was struck off.
The guards then ir.stailtiv threw buckets of staler (~,
node and hold of the corpse, to prevent the multitittle
of surfonndwg Greek spectators from dapping their
handkerchiefs id ins blood, to keep as a memorial Matt
swot so rrniatkAlr. The body was publicly exposed
for three days. tile head placed between the legs, and
aiterwards givon up to the Greeks, by whops it was de.
cently interred in the principal church-yard of Smyrna.
This is the third instance of the kind winch has occurred
at Smyrna during the last 20 years.

Letters from Coblcntz, towards the latter end of
July, describe the prospect of the vintage to exceed
the abundance of any that can he recollected by the
oldest man, and observe that similar hopes are enter.
tained with respect to France, Stain, l'orturtl. Italy,
Austria, and Hungary.