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London, England, 1825-11-18 00:00:00

natural justice, and therefore is altogether (or at
any rate in a great measure) immutable and
fixed. The same objection, therefore, which lies
against the consolidation of Acts of Parliament,
does not apply to the collecting.together and
arranging the principles upon which the common
law stands, and this arrangement might be called
" The English Code." It is very true that these
principles have in some cases been departed
from, or given a larger operation than they
formerly had, both by the decisions of the
judges, and the positive provisions of Statute
Law. But, in the former case, the old prin-
ciple has been gradually worn away, andthe new
doctrine introduced by degrees, so that the
change is effected without producing any con-
sequence injurious to the Public. The law thus
adapt's itself to the notions of the day, and
so little is the change known, that the discovery
is reserved for the deep read and diligent in-
quirer into the laws of his country at a distant
period. Besides this, the change consists not
so much in the principle as in the application of
the rule. Where the change is effected by an
Act of Parliament, it has hitherto been done upon
a review of the decisions of the Judges, and,
in point of fact, is only giving the force of law
to a train of decisions beforelacted upon. It
cannot therefore be considered as the sudden in-
troduction of a new principle. A remarkable
instance of this kind of interference is to be found
in the Act limiting Quo Warrant() proceedings
against the Officers of Corporations.

With these exceptions the principles of the
comet 6a Law are immutable, and, therefore, it
becomes the fit subject of a Code. In this opi-
nion, both as to the non-expediency of conso-
lidation, and the expediency of reducing the body
of the English Law into a Code, we are fortified by
the observation of Mr. Justice BLACKSTONE, in
his Commentaries, that it has always been found
that where an Act of Parliament did not proceed
upon the known principles of the Common
Law, numerous amendments and alterations
were necessary to render it at all effective, and
it not unfrequently happened that the Legisla-
ture found itself compelled to abandon the point,
and repeal the Act. But Acts proceeding on
these principles were not only more simple and
intelligible, but mostly attended with beneficial
consequences, and seldom required an amending
clause.

Extract of a Letter from Nuremberg, Nov. 9.
--" The last news from Constantinople states,
that the Divan has of late been occupied with
the affairs of Greece, the result of which was, not
to grant the least terms to them, but to subdue
them, at all hazards, and to undertake another
campaign. It is assured that some members of
the Divan, who proposed to grant to the Greeks
some trivial concessions, have been looked on
with suspicion, and treated as partizans of the
Greeks. All the Turkish Commanders, as well
as Ina.Axist l'AcitA, have received orders to act
with the greatest energy, and to continue the
campaign, notwithstanding the advanced state of
the season."

ATTEMPT AT POISONING.—A case of attempt-
ing to commit murder by poison was tried before
the Assize Court of Paris on Monday last. The
name of the prisoner was Denis Plessis, a jour-
neyman cooper—the intended victim was his
companion, called Bachelet. On the 15:h of
July Plessis and Bachelet supped together in the
house of the widow Berthe, in who,e es:abl.sh-
ment they were employed. The latter felt a d s•
agreeable taste in his soup, and mentioned it at
the time, but was assured by the mistress of the
house, that it could he nothing but the shells of
the eggs with which the soup was made. Ba-
chelet, however, felt unwell after supper, awl
was only relieved by applying to a physician.—
It was afterwards suspected that this soup con•
tained arsenic, and it was recollected that Plessis,
when working in the cellar of a grocer on the
6th of July, had taken some of this dangerous sub-
stance from a barrel of it which had been broken
open. On examination some of the white oxide of
arsenic was found in the pcckets of his panta-
loons, and in the place where he slept. No cri-
minal prosecution was, however, at first institu-
ted against him, nor was any intention manifest-
ed to arrest him, till he had the impud, nee to
go before a Commissary of Police and enter a
formal complaint against his mistress and the
physician who had administered relief to his
companion, for defaming his character, by
spreading false rumours respecting the cause of
Bachelet's illness. He was then arrested. The
widow Berthe deposed to the circumstances
above-mentioned. Bachelet likewise appeared
as a witness. He was linable to walk except
with difficulty, in consequence of the effects of
the poison. He likewise deposed to the facts
of arsenic being found on Plessis, and arsenic
being found in his soup. The physican being
examined, declared that he had no doubt
Bachelet's illness proceeded from poison.—
The well known Doctor Orfila deposed that
he had examined the contents of Bachelet's
stomach, and of Plessis' pocket,and found arsenic
in both. On this evidence, joined to the report
of some conversations which Plessis' had held
with other persons respecting his comrade, the
Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, by a majority
of seven out of twelve; and the Court having
added its decision to the majority, the prisoner
was condemned to suffer death.