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London, England, 1840-07-24 00:00:00

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bezzling by any servant of the Bank, or of the South Sas
Company, of certain kinds of stock. Surely no one would
justify that. Then the riotously destroying houses or
King's ships. There is also rape. a nameless offence, end
the violatioo of young females. There is further assault-
ing with intent to kill, bu•glsry with violence, anl li,ghtsay
robbery and piracy, with vietence eg,,inst lib.. The iast
is arson. hi ail these eases Mr. fC.,!ly's Bill proposes to
abolish the punishment of death now existing against them.
In answer to most of the objections against such a mea-
sure, we say that the time is past when the moral guilt of
a crime is to be considered in its punishment—moral crimi-
nality is no element for the consideration of human laws.
(From the Times.)
With regard to the Canada Union Bill, Sir Robert
Peel's and Lord Stanley's acknowledged distrust of the
future consequences of that measure were superseded by
their fears of what seemed to them the greater and more
imminent peril of refusing to act at all. The Duke of
Wellington and his friends in the House of Lords thought
otherwise. They were of opinion that th^ danger of act.
ing was greater than that of waiting; or, at least, that it
had been so until the new measure was already antioueeed,
and public expectation here and in the Canadas turned
upon that announcement Like honest men, therefore,
they declared their apprehensions, and left it to the
Government to make use of them or not upon its
own responsibility. Like men of prudence and
practical experience also, they considered the pos-
sible mischiefs which might arise from a decided
difference between the two Houses of Parliament,
and a contrariety, not of opinion merely, but of
action, between the party leaders in both douses. Doing,
therefore, what was their bounden duty to themselves by
a frank announcement of that course which, if moved by
no judgment or impulse but their own, and fettered by no
proceedings elsewhere, they would have adopted, they ful-
filled with upright and generous self-denial their duties to
the Government, to the public, and to their party, by not
wresting power from those hands which were responsible
for the use of it, by not risking disturbance from the frus-
tration of preconceived hopes, and by not impairing public
confidence in the authority of their friends in the House of
Commons, or in the force and durability of the bonds
which united them, which they could not have failed to do
had they voted exclusively upon their own feelings, and
thrown out the measure. • • -- --- •

(From the Morning Chronicle.)
A device is in operation at Oxford, the design of which
is to place the projected new Regius Professorships in a
state of subordination to the Tory junta who predominate
in the University, and thus to pervert the Queen's inten-
tion into means of power to the enemies of her Govern-
ment. It will be recollected that, when the excellent Dr.
Hampden was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity, the
University effected to discountenance the appointment;
and went to the length of resuscitating the Margaret Pro-
fessorship from its slumber and sinecurism, and of substi-
tuting the certificates of its holder for those of the Regius
Professor of Divinity. The Tories in the cabal asserted
that, though appointed by the Queen, Dr. Hampden was net
sanctioned by them ; that he might be Regius Professor of
the Quadrangle of Christ Church (where his canonry
gave him a residence), but that Professor for the Univer-
sity he should not be. There is little doubt that this paltry
manceuvre of establishing a distinction between h Profes-
sor appointed by the Queen, and recognised by the Dons
in convocation, would have been too palatable to prelatical
prejudice to have failed of tuecess as a means of repudiat-
ing enlightenment and liberality in the person of Dr.
Hampden, had there been a vestige of the authority of
precedent for such a proceeding. Unfortunately there was
not, and the majority of the Bishops were compelled to re-
fuse the certificates of tEe Lady Margaret's Professor as
sufficient for ordination, thus rendering the recognition of
Dr. Hampden essential. The other day, since the announce-
ment of the two new Regius Professorships, the Univer-
sity have suddenly assembled and formally appointed a
Professor ( the Sibthorpian), who for some years has
held the office and received his salary, to his own
Professorship .for, the University, he being appointed lave
the Regius Professors by other patrons, but having, never-
theless, invariably held and discharged his office as Uni-
versity Professor, without its being once deemed neces-
sary to appoint him formally by the University in convoca-
tion assembled. The intention is manifestly that of manu.
factoring a precedent,. and establishing a power of approv-
ing, which will be construed and exerted as a virtual veto
by the University on professors appointed by any parties
without its body—the Queen, of course, among the num-
ber. In order to counteract this loyal and amiable device
for defeating the royal prerogative, and converting lice
Majesty's gracious boon into a means of insulting bet, it
is very desirable that it be explicitly and expressly pro-
vided that the patroalge ba vested exclusively in the
Crown, without the interference, direct or indirect, of the
University.

NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE.

JULY 22

For several days past considerably interest has been ex-
cited here by the report that Mr. P. Geach, son-in-law
and attorney of John Frost, was in custody on a charge of
forgery to a very considerable amount, on the highly-re.
spcctable banking company of Messrs. Williams and Co.
It was known that the cage would come on for hearing at
two o'clock yesterday, and long before that time a large
crowd had gathered in .:ront of the Justice-room, and im-
mediately the door., were opened the room was crammed
by persons anxious to hear the nature of the charge.
Mr. Williams, the senior partner of the firm, was In at-
tendance, accompanied by the solicitor to the Arlo, Mr.
Forde, of Henrietta-street, Covent-Garden.
The prisoner Geach was brought up in custody (having
been in the lock-up house since Saturday last); he was
attended by Mr. Crosby, solicitor, of Bristol.
Sir THOMAS PHILLIPS called on Mr. For‘le to state too
case against the prisoner, which he did, and proceeded to
call witnesses to support it. The proceedings were very
leng'hened, having occupied the Court till eight o'clock at
night, and were adjourned till Monday next.
The amount of the forgclics at present investigated is
4,9561. 15s. 81., which consists of three promissory notes,
purporting to be signed by Miss Rachel Herbert, of Aber-
gavenny, a relative of 11each's wife, for the respective
amounts of 8321 6s. BJ., 1,000/., and 1,0001., and en-
dorsed by Geach and two bills of exchange for
1,0371. 16s. 91, and 1,0664 12s. 3d., both drawn by the
prisoner, and purporting to be accepted by Edmond Wil-
liams, of, Macsruddm 1.

Miss Herbert was called to prove that the signatures
purporting io be hers, were forgeries.
EAward Williams, Esq.. proved that the acceptances
purporting to ho signed by him were also forged.
On the application of Gcach, whe stated that he could
prove his entire innocence, the further hearing of the
case was adjourned to Monday nor.