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KINSIY.

May 29th, 1823.
Mt matt Sts-1 wrote to Colonel Baillie on Tuesday, and
gave my letter to his son to deliver to him, having the greatest
confidence in the young man, and being fully persuaded that
he would do so.
I said in my
.letter exactly what you suggest, which indeed
are my real sentiments; and I deeply lament that my duty has
compelled me so to punish a young roan, of whom in many
respects I think highly. If you think it necessary or proper,
I will with great pleasure write again to Colonel Baillie i • but
T have already desired him to hear his son's own story, antlhave
assured him, that he may trust entirely to his son's own repro.
seatation of the case. (c)
I tin, my dear Sir, most , faithfully y.
H. HALL.

prom Colonel III• 011 D. BATLLIE to the DEAN Of CIIIIIIIT
Cnvncu.

May 30, 1823.
Stu—l am well aware that the pence and comfort of families
must sometimes be lost sight of for the good of society, and I
am not in the least disposed to call in question the wisdom
which deems a sacrifice necessary on the present occasion ; hut
as in the letter which you have done the the honour to write
on the removal of my son from Oxford, you do not lay any
specific charge against him, hut refer mu to his own statement
of the case, I venture earnestly to beg you will grant hint a
revision of it.
I have endeavoured to divest myself entirely of the partiality
of.' father, who now declares most solemnly, that the present is
the first instance in his son's life which ever created him a
single moment's pain. I intreat you to allow some weight to
this assurance, and that while nn indulgent latitude has always
been given hint, I have never known an instance of his com-
mitting an error or excess of any sort, or deviating in the slight.
est degree front the strictest and most uncompromising prin-
ciples of truth and honour, and that if he has been led into any
irregularities at College, some allowance might be made for
the temptation of his situation. Let me intreat, that if he has
evinced many good qualities, which you are pleased to allow,
that they may avail him on this occasion, and that they may
plead in his favour with the Rev. Gentleman (under whose
charge he Buffers), for a revision of his sentence, and a specific
charge, for he positively affirms that he is innocent of the ex-
cesses that were committed on the evening in question. This I
am sure he would not say if it were untrue ; he knows my
wishes, that his defence should rest upon truth alone, and I
must repeat my conviction, that he would scorn to place It up-
on any other foundation. I believe his misfortune arises
ehiAly front a smse of honour, perhaps in this Instance a mis-
taken one, of wishing to avoid an ungenerous method, or an
unworthy subterfuge in getting out of a scrape. lie declares
most solemnly that he committed no excess in drinking on the
night in question, and that lie was not implicated in the noise
and disturbance in the yard. Your allowing him, therefore,
to appear before you again at Oxford, will command my most
sincere acknowledgments, and satisfy me, whatever may be
your future duel .ion respecting him.
I have the honour tube, Sr, ke, Arc.
Miuni 1). IlArwit.
Prom the Muir of Crams T
.4.1 uncn to Colonel Ilium D,
111. tax.

May 30,1023.
Ern-4 have submitted your letter, as I was in duty bound
to do, to the officers of the College, and it has been received
with every possible attention and respect; but 1 am sorry to
say, that after the maturest deliberation, our decision is -unfa-
vourable to your what.
'l'ho specific charge against your son is, that he was ono of a
riotous party who disturbed the peace of the College till three
in the morning ; that he admitted one of the principal rioters
into his roomy and attempted to close the door against the Cen-
sor who was in pursuit of him. Circumstances diminish or
aggravate all offences. At another time, perhaps, the offence
in question might have been slightly punished ; it cannot be
so now, because it has been repeated in defiance of admoni-
tion, because it appears clearly to have been premeditated, in-
asmuch as the party was assembled with a view to riot (as one
of the offenders has since acknowledged), (d) and because I
myself had addressed the whole College the day before, and
expressly told them, that such offences, if repeated, would be
visited with the utmost severity of academical punishment.
In this case, my own authority and the credit of the College
are essentially involved. I feel bitterly the necessity of pu.
nishing when it occurs, but most bitterly when it falls upon a
young man of whom ,I think well; but he must remember,
that steadenaleal punishment, however necessary it may he,
does not necessarily imply any moral guilt, or aft:ate the cha-
racter in other respects. f ashnowledge your son's good qua-
lities, aid 1 sincerely wish him well, although under all the
circumstances of the case, it is utterly impossible for me to re-
ceive him again.
I have the honour to be, sir,
Your obedient and faithfuli servant,
QUARLES lis war WILL.
From Colonel Ruoff D. BOLLIX to the Dila( Of CHltici
CHURCH.' _ _

34, Mortimer-street, June 2, lOW
Sra,—l have had the honour to receive your letter of the
30th May, and am sorry to learn that the application fora re-
vision of my son's case had not succeeded ; the specific charges,
however, which you send me, will, I hope, justify me in
again troubling you, as it does not appear to me that it is at all
understood. • . •
My son's honour arid veracity are not called in question, but
he would be not only ready, but desirous, if it could be ad-
mitted, to verify his statements upon oath • he has already po.
sitively denied that he committed any riot in the yard ; he now
affirms, that he never premeditated not on the night in ques-
tion ant he also positively denies the last part of the charge,
for lie•declares that when one of the rioter* was pursued, into
his room, that he dick not close the door against the Censor,
who may from the htirry of the moment have been mistaken ;
the Censor entered before my son was aware that he was at

hand ; and the facts were, that my son in answer to some words,
addressed to him by the Censor, said, while leaning against the
wall, No, I will give no assistance (e) (meaning of course that
he would give no assistance to the fugitive) ; and I have the
positive evidence Of the party who took refuge with him to the
entire truth of this statement. I must also remark, that owing.
to some little previous indisposition, my son had not drank that'
night above three glasses of wine, and therefore recollects per-
fectly well what passed, and he again asserts that he did not
close the door against the Censor.
If my son did not thus negative the charges respecting him-
self in the most essential particulars, if he was not positive in
disclaiming any premeditation in the riot, and if, when the
Censor lakl the accusation against him, he could have produced
any other evidence but his own ingenuous confession, as to his
having been either in the yard, or at the supper, I could have
no 'pretence to beg you to revise your decision, although under
any circumstances he could not have been more guilty than any
other individual of a very numerous party ; but it is against a
severity that is not supported by the facts or the justice of the
case. It is to you, Sir, before whom no investigation was per-
mitted, before my son was condemned by you, and it is to the
Censor, who in the. hurry and natural irritation of the moment
may not have entered fully into the nature of my son's justifi-
cation that I appeal, under the confidence, that neither the Dean
of Christ. Church, • nor the other authorities of the College,
could ever wish to exert their power and vindicate their dignity
upon an occasion, the justice of which was not most manifest,
and the necessity indispensable. 'tarn may not be influenced
by my observations (being so materially interested), I beg to
refer you to the opinion and judgment of any single disinterest-
ed person connected with either University, which I do with-
out apprehension, knowing that there. is but one opinion here
as to the expulsion of my son, but I cannot but believe that you
are under wrong impressions as to the real facts of the case.
I have the honour to.be, &c. &c.
Mow D. BAIL GIL
From the MAW of CIRIST CHVIICII to Colonel House D.

, Christ Church, June 8, 1823.
Sift--I take the earliest Opportunity of answering the favour
of your letter, and I assure you that I have given every pos-
sible attention bath to your wishes and your statements.
You must allow me to observe, that in u matter of internal
discipline and regulation, I cannot admit of a reference to any
other indifferent person. Cases might occur, and have indeed
occurred, where it has been thought necessary and proper to
remove a person from this Society, without assigning any rea-
son, except to himself, for such a measure. (1)
Of your lan's honour and veracity, neither I, nor any of the
officers of the College, have entertained the smallest doubt._
But the facts which justify his removal, or, I should rather say,
under the circumstances of the time, make it indispensably ne-
cessary, are these—that after my prohibition publicly given
in the hall, he was one of a most riotous party on the night
immediately following, and was seen at three in the morning
by the Censor ; and that, althougl4 he was aware of what I had
said, he did not make the slightest attempt to prevent or check
so gross and insulting a violation of my positive orders ; the
latter fault, in my opinion, is aggravated by the circumstance
of his being perfectly in his senses the whole time. I am, in-
deed, most sincerely sorry that your sun should have incurred
this punishment so nearly at the close of his academical career ;
but it cannot be altered, and all that I can do for him is, its I
have already done in the case of Mr. --., (g) to facilitate
his admission at Cambridge if he wishes it. I shall do this
with .Measure if any application is made to me by the Head of
any College in that University.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your faithful humble Servant,
ti C 11.111.1.13 HENRY HALL.
From Colonel !luau D. BAILLIE to the DEAN of CHRIST

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Ctruncit.
31, illortimeNsireet, June 10, 1023.
Silt—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the Bth instant, which makes me more than ever regret
that my son was not permitted to explain his conduct before
you, because your letter leaves not a shadow of doubt, that his
ease has not been properly understood ; if it had been, my con-
fidence in your liberality and honour, convinces me that jus-
tice would have been done, and un innocent young man not
made a victim for the restoration of College discipline. You
say, "of your son's honour and veracity, neither 1 nor any of
" the officers of the College, have entertained the smallest
" doubt ; but the facts which justify his removal, or, I should
" rather say, under the circumstances of the time, make it in-
" dispensably necessary, are these —that after my
.prohibition
" publicly given in the hall, he was one of a most riotous party
" on the night immediately following,.;„ and was seen at three
" in the morning by the Censor; and that, although he was
" aware of what I had said, lie did not make the slightest at-
" tempt to prevent or chock so gross; an insult and violation of
" my positive orders; the latter fault, in my opinion, being
" aggravated by the circumstance of his, being perfectly in his
" senses the whole time." Now, Sir, I 'entreat your attention
to the following facts.—The Censor only saw my son when he
entered his room in pursuit of a fugitive, and he has no other
proof of his having been at the supper or in the yard, but his
own confession ingenuously made ; having no conception that
the suppers were a breach of discipline. But in the conversa-
tion which my son had whh the Censor, he particularly told
him, that so far was he from making a riot, that he was actu-
ally trying all he possibly could to get one of the rioters home,
and to cease making a disturbance. The Censor then said to
my son, " If you will say, upon your honour, that you went
into the yard for the express purpose of quelling the riot, I
will go to the Dean and get your sentence rescinded." The
young man hurt at such an apparent want of candour, and ills-
daining to muke use of u subterfuge, replied, " No; 1 will
" not say that I went into the yard for the express purpose of
" quelling the riot;" but he declared, upon his honour, that
he did nut make any riot in the yard, and he is now ready to
swear to the truth of his statement, with the addition, that he
never premeditated riot on the night in question. I must here
observe, that Mr. S. is also ready to bear testimony to the
truth of this statement.
The gross part of the charge.is not now alluded to by you,
viz, that of his attempting to close the door against the Censor,
to the entire falsehood of which he is also ready to make oath,
although you do not question his veracity. This charge, by
the bye, was never made against him, until after sentence of
expulsion bad been passed against him ; this must become a
subject of correspondence between Mr. Short, the Censor,
and myself. I intended writing to him to-day, but your letter
requiring my attention, will not allow me time. I trust, how.
ever our explanation has satisfied bins on that head, butt I ant
called upon to dwell upon it hereafter, in consequence of the
shameful reports that are in circulation respecting it.
With respect to any facility being givao to my Son's admis-
sion to Cambridge, I cannot give huh my advice to avail him-
self of it ; I do not wish him to compromise his own innocence ;
it would be no vindication of his character.
With regard to that part of my letter, wherein I made re-
ference to any indifferent person, I beg to apologize for having
made it ; it was in a moment of haste, to which we are all liable.
I know of no station I am more inclined to respect, than the
Head of the first Academical Institution in the world. I do
not call in question the wisdom which gives him in almost
all cases, a power nearly without appeal; and if he had per..
mitted investigation before him, I should have submitted with-
out a murmur; but toy Son stands on too strong grounds to
permit us to compromise his diameter. I have very high testi.
monials of it, and I have in particular that of his College-tutor
at Christ-Church now before me, who has known him near
three years, and never once had occasion to admonish him, but
bears testimony to his undeviating good conduct and gentle-
manly behaviour.
I have the honour to be, Sir, &c. &c.
Max Reti.Ltr.
From the Rev. J. A. CoastEit, Tutor of Cunrsa.-Gnomon,
to Colonel Ilvort D. gAI O.IE.
23, Baker-street, June 9, 1023.
Mt DEAR Sir,—l most readily comply with the request con.
voyed in your note of to-day. I can have no hesitation in bear-
ing testimony to your Son's good 'diameter at Christ-Church, as
far as my connection with him as Tutor may serve to establish
it. I certainly do not remember, during the period of nearly
three years in which he has been a Member of our Society, that
I ever had occasion to reprove his conduct, or take notice of any
irreialarities; I have always found bins attentive to my in-
' jun‘lions, anti observed with pleasure the deference he paid to
my advice. In short, my opinion of him hiss ever been that he
is a very gentlemanly young man, and a most quiet and unof-
' fending individual. It is, therefore, with real concern and re-
gret that I have learnt the event which has so abruptly and on-
e xpectedlyterminated my intercourse with hint at Christ-Church.
I must beg to assure him through you, notwithstanding this
event, of my undiminished and unaltered regard.
I remain, dear Sir, most faithfully your's,
J. A. Caeadmi.

From Colonel Litton D. MIL LIE to the Rev. THoasAs
VOW OM SHOUT, Censor of Christ-Church.
July 1823.
Stn—The expulsion of my son from Christ-Church, is a
matter of so much interest to hint, and to myself, that 1 trust
I shall not incur the charge of unreasonable importunity, in
preferring one more request fin. a revision of his sentence.
1 take the liberty of addressing you, because the Dean has
apprised me that he acts in concert with the officers of the Col.
lege, and as the ch., Urn trances most demanding exp
do, thatlanation,
passed under your own observation. Believing as r
the fact* of the case have never yet been thoroughly known to
the authorities of the College, and being confidant that it re.
quires -only a knowledge of the facts to exempt my son from all
blame, 1 feel myself warranted in laying the case as distinctly
as I can before you, as the officer oa whose report the sentence

must have proceeded ; fully persuaded that, if it shall appear
that the guilt imputed to my son hath no real existence, you
will readily become the medium through which justice may be
obtained.

• - o not petition for a remission of ft sentence just in itself,
but severe in the application—l do not pray that expulsion
may be compromised, by an exchange of College or Univer-
sity—but, I entreat an examination into the circumstances
of the case, for the purpose of establishing my son's in-
nocence.

The charge stated by the Dean is, " that he was one of a
" riotous party, who disturbed the peace of the College, at three
" o'clock in the morning ; that he received one of the rioters
" into his room, and that he endeavoured to,close his doors
" against the Censor who was in pursuit of him."
y son's defence is, that, though he was one of a large party
in the qyadrangle, did not join them in the disturbance : that
having ineffectually endeavoured to withdraw one of the rioters,
he quitted them before any alarm was given of the approach
of the officer; and that some short time after, one of the party
came into his room, followed so closely by the Censor, that
there was no interval, in which protection or assistance could
have been demanded, or promised ; and that he did not use
any means to exclude that officer from his apartment, and
that the idea of an act so absurdly desperate, never entered his
mind.

......
I refer with confidence to his uniform conduct and unim-
peachable veracity for the truth of his assertions; and 1 appeal
to yourself, whether the charge was not suggested by one of the
party seeking an asylum in his rooms.•
It was not criminal in my son to partake of an entertainment
not prohibited by the rules of the College, nor interdicted by
the Dean. It was not criminal (however indiscreet) to remain

there tilla very late hour. What then is the guilt' which has
been visited by so heavy a punishment? Not surely the ac- I
companying thut party, and declining to participate in their
disorders ; nor his ineffectual endeavours to detach one from
the number of the rioters ; and when that became hopeless.
actually withdrawing himself before the approach of the officer,
from a conviction of the impropriety and inevitable consequence
of their proceedings.
My son was asked, whether he left-his room for the purpose
of stopping the riot; to which he frankly answered, 1o; but
be added, that while in the quadrangle, he wal endeavouring
to detach one of the party; so that it appears, that bad he re-
frained from all exertion to quell the riot, he would have been
considereil blameless, and that he owes his punishment to the
effort he made to reduce the number of the offenders.
With regard to the discovery of one of the rioters in his
room, it in truth amounts to nothing, when it is understood that
the young man rushed in without notice, that he was followed
so closely
.by the Censor, that my son had no time either to re-
ceive sr reject him. If then he took no part in the disturbance
at any time, and was employed only in the way I have stated—
if the shelter of his room was sought, as he solemnly declares,
without notice, and if, as he asserts, and is willing to esta-
blish in any way that may be permitted or required, he did not
oppose, nor ever entertain a thought of opposing, the entrance
of the Censor—.what is there to which guilt of any sort can at-
tach ?—what that could warrant punishment of any kind ?
and, still less, the extreme sentence of expulsion; a punish.
ment hitherto reserved by academical discipline for the heaviest
and most heinous offences.
If, however, there be reason to believe that this sentence has
not been such as the deliberate judgment of the authorities of
the College would have pronounced, I venture to hope that you
will become the instrument, through which justice may be done
my son ; and the College may be relieved from persevering in
a severity, which cannot lie useful unless it be just.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
litlon I). Ilart.Liz.
From the Rev. Tuowas VOWLZILSnowr, (h) to Col. HUGH
I). BAILLIK, in answer to a Letter written about the 30th
of July.
fint—The general facts as stated by, your son arc, as far as I ,
can remember, perfectly correct ; but in reasoning on them you
seem to forget that the riot of which you speak was of no ordi-
nary nature.
It was a premeditated disturbance, (i) carried on in defiance
of College discipline ; and, as far as I can judge, took place in
consequence of the public remonstrance of the Dean, which
had been made the day before. That your son was present at
the.party and the disturbance, is not questioned by yourself ;
And from his own account of the matter, which I have no rea-
son to doubt, I cannot but feel sorry that necessary severity has
fallen on the less guilty persons; but this is a common mis-
fortune which attends punishment (j) of all kinds, particularly
in places of education, where young men must learn, that if
they join the riotous and rebellious, they. will be treated as
principals. Let me assure you that nothing was done in haste
or passion, and that therefore it is impossible that there should
he any alteration in the decision of the Deem (k) I perceive,
by the date of your letter, that it was written some days before
that of the post-mark, so that should any delay have arisen, It
must have proceeded from sonic accident.
I remain your humble Servant,
T 803143 VOWLZU SHORT.

Christ Church, Saturday,
August 2, 1023.

(a) The statements in this correspondence imputed to Mr.
Bull are those which were communicated to Colonel Hugh D.
Mille by Mr. Bull's direction ; who, in speaking of Mr.
Henry Baillie's removal from Christ-Church, says, " that case,
however, is most certainly hard one.
(b) The name of this gentleman is omitted from motives of
delicacy.
(c) if the Dean of Christ-Church had such unbounded con.
fidence in Mr. Henry Bailie's honour, why did he refuse to hear
him in his own defence ?
(d) Mr. Henry Heinle solemnly denies any participation in
the charge here advanced of premeditated riot.
(e) In the letter sent to the Dean the words are different,
although the meaning is the same ; but anxious to save the
post, there was not time to alter them in the original. My son
IN made to say, " be would offer no resistance to the Censor"
in his search.
(1) Removals of this kind must " imply moral guilt," of
which the Dean and Censors unequivocally acquit Mr. Henry
Baillie.
(it) The name of this gentleman (as before stated) is omitted
from motives of delicacy.
(h) The CENsott.
(1) This has already been disproved.
(A When rashly and hastily inflicted ! ! !
(k) The sentence was passed in haste and passion by Mr.
Short, at the moment of his entering .Mr. Henry Baillie's
room.

We observe that this extraordinary affair has
attracted the notice of some of the Provincial
Journals) and the following liberal and judicious
observations appeared In The Dublin Correspon.
Mont of Saturday last, after which follow some of
the preceeding letters :
" Tier LATE EXPULSIONS PROM OXVORD.—A
short time since the public attention was closely attracted by
the vigorous exercise of Academic discipline, which was in.
flicted upon some of the Undergraduates of Christ Church Col.
lege, at Oxford, and, as far as we could form any judgment
concerning the general feeling which the circumstance pro.
duced in this country, the punishment was thought to have
greatly exceeded the offence. We take a great interest in the
Universities, and are rather sticklers for an exact maintenance
of Academic authority, after an uniform and regular manner ;
and as number of our youths are sent to study at the English
Universities—though they, at least, may learn as much at home
—we hare no trifling interest embarked in all the serious transac-
tions of the learned bodies ; and, on the particular case alluded
to, we have been very desirous to learn somewhat more of the
circumstances of a case of such apparent hardship, than the
London Newspapers could disclose, or at least have thought it
proper to communicate. The friends of one of the suffering
Undergraduates have, however, thrown open the whole case,
by a publication of it, and of the correspondence which took
place between the parties, directly and personally interested. A
copy of this has been sent us by an Academic friend, who,
from his own peculiar knowledge of the circumstances, does
not hesitate to affirm, that the complaining party has not
made the best of his case—for that the young Gentleman, who
has incurred the heavy punishment of expulsion, had actually
retired for the night in sobriety to his chamber, when the
fugitive Student knocked at his door, which he opened, in igno-
rance of his person or design. Upon reading the whole of the
case, most persons will be led to conclude, that this unfortu-
nate transaction is to be ascribed, in a great degree, to the im-
proper relaxation which had been suffered to take place in the
distinguished College implicated, which had tempted young
men to exceed the bounds of Academic submission and de-
corum, and which it would certainly, have been more just and
wise to have gradually reformed, than suddenly to have de-
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