The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-07 00:00:00

States met about a week ago in the Baden terri-
tory, and held several secret deliberations on the
means of rescuing Germany from the tyranny
of Austria and Prussia. The Estates of Elec-
toral Hesse, in which a strong spirit of inde-
pendence has recently been manifested, were
suddenly dissolved on the 26th, by the Prince
Co-Regent. In the sitting of the day before,
there was a warm discussion on the law of the
Press, which has long been claimed by the po-
pular party. A resolution was adopted calling
upon the Government to lay the law of the
Press, which had been prepared, before the
Estates, or to communicate the reason why that
law was not presented. It is probable that this
vote hastened the dissolution. The elections
for a new Assembly do not take place until six
months hence, and it may be presumed that in
the mean time no means will be neglected by the
Government to procure the return of more pli-
able deputies. The sympathy felt throughout
Germany for the Poles is too strong to admit of
the complete suppression of every thing unfa-
vourable to Russia, and in spite of the censor-
ship, descriptions of the revolting cruelties in-
flicted on that gallant and unfortuate people
occasionally appear in the German Journals.--
Of this, the following extract, in which the bar-
barous practice of removing the Polish male
children to Russia is described, is an instance :
" FRONTIERS OF SAXONY, JULY 20.
" News finds its way from Poland to Germany very
-lowly, and in a very imperfect state. Nevertheless,
there is no doubt that an array of 40,000 Russians has
been recently formed close to the German frontiers.
Every thing clearly proves, that Russia, having completely
given up the idea of tranquillizing Poland by good go-
vernment and improved institutions, has finally resolved
to depopulate the country, with the view of colonizing it
with a new race of inhabitants. A principal part of this
plan is the transportation of children. This practice has
hitherto been carried on in the already incorporated pro-
vinces of Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia, and the Ukraine,
witifout any particular regulation, on the ground of a ge-
neral ukase, and extended to both sexes. But in Poland
it is against the male sex of the poor classes that the mea-
sure is directed, which in fact extends it to about 19-20ths
of the male children of the country. The ukase on the
subject is dated the 29th of March, and Prince Paske-
witch addressed his own instructions founded upon it, to
the Counsellor of State Fuhrman. The boys are sent off
in divisions of 100 each to the Government of Minsk. A
peculiar dress is given them before they set out, but one-
half die on the route. Most of the villages are stripped of
their youth, and thereby of all prospect of aid for future
labour. The descriptions of the miseries of these poor
dying children are heart rending. In the Voigtlandische
Blatt, a very interesting weekly journal, of July 18, there
are very full details respecting this forcible removal of
children, which seem to deserve farther proof, and indeed,
as passion readily exaggerates, correction, if that can be
done with truth. Investigation ought to be desired, even
by the Russian Government. The complete suppression
of_ the University of \Vilna is but too true; and no less
certain is the news of several thousands of fugitives hav-
ing taken refuge in the wools and morasses of Lithuania,
from which fastnesses it has not yet been found possible to
expel them."
The Amsterdam Courant contains the fol-
lowing account of the present state of the
Prussian army :—Between the Rhine and the
Moselle, there are encamped two divisions of
infantry, 24,000 men strong, and 2,000 ca-
valry. Between the Meuse and the Rhine,
lour divisions of infantry, 48,000 strong, and
6,000 cavalry ; to which are attached 24 bat-
teries of artillery, with 3,600 men, and an en-
gineer corps of 1,500 men. Thus the amount
of the three army corps which occupy the
line of the Rhine is 86,100 men. The
bulk of the disposable Prussian army, can-
toned between the Elbe and the Order, con-
sists of 110,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry.
It has its vanguard at Erfurt. Another army-
corps, which was cantoned in Silesia, is now
on its march to the Rhenish provinces.
Finally, there is a corps constantly stationed in
the Duchy of Posen. The force of the two
last-mentioned is 75,000 or 76,000 men, which
makes the whole strength of the Prussian army
now ready to take the field about 291,000 men.
—Times.

The apprehensions of the friends of Portu-
guese freedom were yesterday painfully excited
by accounts which reached town in the morning,
that the Marquis of Palmella had arrived at Fal-
mouth, from Oporto, and had brought intelli-
gence of the total failure of Don Pedro's expe-
dition. The story was vaguely told, and had
multiplied versions; but in every aspect the news
appeared disastrous. The Oporto papers, which
had been received to the 30th ult., did not dis-
sipate the alarm—though they furnished no
ground to justify it ; and every body interested
in the intelligence waited with impatience for the
arrival of the official despatches. We have
liven in another part of our paper all the facts
which we have been able to collect on the sub-
ject, and we find them, if not very encouraging,
at least not disastrous. The very position of
the ex-Emperor may be regarded as a war-
ant for some apprehension. He landed on the
Bth or 9th ult., and we find him at Oporto on
the 30th. Instead of fighting the troops of his
brother on the road to Lisbon, he is obliged to at-
tack them north of the Douro. The victory of
:he 23d is said, indeed, to have been complete,
hut it was followed by no results. The
Miguelites are still north of the Douro, and the
Imperial troops are fortifying Oporto. Thus
three weeks have been lost for the invading army
—the spirit of the people has had an opportu-
nity of displaying itself, without having answered
the expectation of the friends of liberty,—and
the desertion, which was to thin the ranks of
lie usurper, has not taken place. The reason
of the delay at Oporto, instead of a rapid ad-
vance on Lisbon, is said to be the want of ca-
valry ; but, if this be the case, the necessity for
such an arm should have been foreseen, or a
landing ought to have been effected at a place
where its absence would have been less felt. Don
Miguel, who supposes that his brother's forces
come to fight, and not to exercise, will scarcely
allow them time to organize and discipline a ne-
cessary part of their troops. If the commander
)f the expedition has to purchase and train
horses before he ventures southwards, the war
cannot be finished in a single campaign. Such are
some forebodings which we cannot disguise from
the public, but we are bound at the same time to
add, that as yet we see no ground to despair. The
imperial troops fought gallantly at the !cattle of the
23(1, and as they can have no chance of remain-
ing in their native country, or of escaping mili-
tary execution, but in victory, we may rely on
their continued fidelity, and their most perse-
vering exertions. To those who are unacquainted
with the condition of the Portuguese nation, it
may appear ominous that the expedition has
been joined by so few of the inhabitants of the
country. A little reflection will remove this
source of anxiety. The Portuguese who
live beyond the limits of the two capitals of the
kingdom, Oporto and Lisbon, take little inte-
rest in public affairs, or in conflicts between
different schemes of government. They are
under the dominion of their priests, or of their
landlords, and, unless when excited by fanaticism,-
remain passive spectators of political changes.
•Even in the struggle of 1826, the hostile armies
of Don Miguel and of the Constitutionalists
passed through the provinces as through

"an unresisting medium." Don Pedro has
been enthusiastically joined by the peo-
ple of Oporto, as he would by the people of
Lisbon ; but all that he can expect from the in-
habitants of the country is their neutrality and
indifference. The Marquis of Palmella arrived
in town last night.—Times.
The Lord Chancellor is proceeding with his
usual vigour in prosecuting his Bill for the abo-
lition of the sinecure offices in the patronage of
the Great Seal. The public will be a gainer by
lit (in addition to the 9,0001. a year of Mr.
Tliurlow, included in the Bankruptcy Bill) of
above 7,0001. per annum, one half of which
had just fallen to the Lord Chancellor by Mr.
Scott's death, and, therefore, stood on much the
same footing with what are termed the vested
interests of various other Noble Lords in similar
and no less lucrative possessions. We are not
without hope of this example being followed.
The distinction between the two cases is not very
perceptible,—if the Finance Committee of 1831
was unfavourable to sinecures, we should like to
know what was the Finance Committee of 1798 !
Why the latter, published 34 years ago, presented
these very offices to the public in all their deformi-
ties, and observed, that they might be reduced "not
only without detriment to the public service, but
with very great advantage to the public in point of
economy as well as of general example." How slow
is the march of Reform when a reluctant general
leads the forces : but surely Sir Edward Sugden
may ask a question reminding a late President
of the Court of Chancery of his inconsistency in
his long and obstinate tenure of an office which
Parliament had so unequivocally reprobated.—
Verily by their fruits ye shall know them ! We
subjoin the passage at length from the report of
the Committee :—" Your Committee have
thought proper to make a marked distinction be-
tween those offices which are executed in person,
and those whereof the duties have either ceased
or are executed by deputy. As to this latter class
of offices, it is true that the occasional superin-
tendence of the principal officer may possibly in
some instances and in some degree be important
to the public ; but your Committee conceiving
at the same time that its practical utility is not
likely to be very frequent, think that they may
reasonably presume that a reduction in this class
might be made, not only without detriment to
the public service, but with very great and im-
portant advantages to the public in point of
economy as well as of general example."—
Times.

The Parliamentary Committee for inquiring
into the affairs of the Bank, preparatory to de-
ciding on the propriety, or not, of renewing its
charter, terminated its proceedings for the pre-
sent Session on Friday last, after having agreed
to present to the House the oral and documen-
tary evidence which the Committee has taken,
without making any report thereon. This implies
an intention of renewing the Committee on the
assembling of the new Parliament, when it will
probably be proposed to extend the charter for a

year or two, with the view of affording the
public the opportunity of digesting the evidence,
and of eliciting suggestions, from which some
sound practical rules may be selected for adop-
tion. If such have been the motives that have

ed to the course of procrastination which has
been adopted, we doubt very much whether
any advantage will accrue to the public from
such a course. All that can be inferred from it
is, that the parties whose province it is to decide
upon questions of this nature either feel them-
selves incompetent to their •duties, or restrained
from carrying their intentions into effect by the
dread of some imaginary existing influence.
As the Committee has been avowedly and
virtually secret, but little has hitherto trans-
pired of the detail of its proceedings; but
as far as we have been informed of its ge-
neral proceedings, we learn that it has been di-
vided into parties, who have aimed at establish-
ing opinions, and attaining ends for individual
or partial advantage, regardless of all considera•
Lion of the interests of the community at large.
The partizans of the Bank have endeavoured to
show that their rule, in respect to their discounts
and issues of notes, has always been regulated
by the strictest regard to the general interests ofl
the public ; while another party, mistaking effect
for cause, has ascribed to an inequality of issues
and partiality in discounts, on the part of the
Bank, all the embarrassments which the trading,
manufacturing, and commercial interests of the
country have so long and so fatally experienced,
and for these reasons contend that it ought forth-
with to be deprived of its exclusive privileges.
Others have endeavoured to show that the whole
existing system of banking in England is defec-
tive, and contend that a new principle should
be established subversive of the present Bank
of England, as well as of the existing
country banks. We shall not now stop to
question any of these opinions, beyond that
of pointing out a few facts in relation to
the Bank of England, leaving our readers to
draw their own conclusions from them. The
Bank was first established in 1694, on a capital
of 1,200,0001. ; increased, from time to time,
from that date to 1746, to 11,686,8001., at
which amount it stood up to 1816. From 1746
to 1780 a dividend of 5 per cent. per annum
was paid on this amount ; in the seven years,
1781-7, 6 per cent. ; in the 19 years, 1788
1806, 7 per cent. ; and, in addition thereto,
from June 1799 to October 1806, 3,783,7801.
was divided among the shareholders, in the way.
of bonus. In the nine years, 1807-1815, 10 per
cent. per annum was paid on the 11,686,8001.
In 1816, 3,000,0001. was passed by the Bank
to the credit of the Government account, at a
charge of 3 per cent. per annum ; a like
amount being at the same time proportionally
added to the accounts of the then shareholders :
so that, for the years 1816-1823, 10 per
cent. per annum was paid on 14,686,8001., in-
stead of 11,686,800/.—equal to 121- per cent. on
the latter amount. Since 1823, 8 per cent. per
annum had been paid on 14,686,800/. ; and all
this amid the extinction or transfer of from one
to two hundred millions of mercantile and trad-
ing capital, and almost total annihilation of
all manufacturing, trading, and commercial pro-
fits. Why this converse effect ? Why this in-
ordinate disparity ? As far as we know any
thing of what may be termed the philosophy
of legislation and principles of Government,
they consist in maintaining a due equilibrium or
balance in society. We do not mean by this
the reducing of society to one common equa-
lity of circumstance and condition, any more
than we should think of reducing the planets of
our system to one common dimension ; but we
mean that sort of balance or equilibrium which
gives to every man his due share of advantage,
and prevents that undue accumulation which
ehenaGnkov,eoririmaeinlyt
tht
creates a power
ngorteaitmerputglinan
oittsheelfr. poNsVseess'olors of accumulated wealth, but we
must remind our readers that previous to
1825 the Government business conStituted nine-
tenths of all the business of the Bank of Eng-

land. What the Bank has gained, therefore,
the Government must have mainly contri-
buted ; and as there is palpable culpability
somewhere, we cannot refrain from pronounc-
ing the successive Administrations from 1787
down to the present time to have been desti-
tute either of due qualification or integrity.—
Morning Herald.
The atrocious Radical outrages at Clitheroe
must at length open the eyes of those even who
have been hitherto the most hopelessly deluded
by the cant and sophistry of our "doctrinaires.'
They must at length ask themselves seriously
what is the real object of the Radical, agitating
faction. Is it " Reform" of Parliament ? No ;
the activity of the brickbats and bludgeons at the
last election has secured them that to the fullest
extent ; they have got the Bill, and the whole
Bill. Is it freedom of election ? No ; that
they show themselves resolved to prevent by acts
of the most scandalous violence. Is it the peace
of the country ? Heaven defend us from such
peacemakers. No ; the true object of the Ra-
dical party, they now unequivocally avow it, is
to establise the supremacy of brute force over
every moral or legal right hitherto recog-
nised in society. Every outrage, even mur-
der itself, was defended and palliated, while
the fate of the Reform scheme was doubtful,
under the plea that " the people" were driven to
exasperation by the delay that occurred in passing
that " great measure of justice." But now that
their " darling Bill" is safe, now that they have
acquired all for which they clamoured, to the
full extent, we shall be curious to see what ex-
cuse can be offered for them. Their friends of
the Press are as yet discreetly silent, and have
refrained from affording any explanation as to
this exhibition of " public feeling ;" it remains
to be seen whether the design can be shown to
be any other than a total overthrow of the social
system. All the world now beholds and appre-
ciates the true nature of that fearful engine to
which the present Government was desperate
and reckless enough to look for support ; they
accepted the alliance of the rabble ; and, though
their own purpose may be served, their ally re-
fuses to lay down those arms the power and ef-
ficacy of which he has so lately proved. There
is obviously but one path of safety for the
country. Prompt, resolute, and decisive mea-
sures must be taken to put down the monster
wherever he may raise his head, and the ex-
ample of Clitheroe does open some ground for
hope in this respect. From the imperfect ac-
counts of tile transaction hitherto received, it
does not clearly appear to whose vigour and
promptitude the inhabitants of Clitheroe were
indebted for the suppression of the riot ; but,
whoever they may be, they are entitled to the
thanks and gratitude of the public at large. The
resistance must be uncompromising as the at-
tack is bold, for thus alone will the public have
any guarantee for the security of life and pro-
perty.--Morning Post.

, SUMMER ASSIZES.

HOME CIRCUIT, LEwxs, Atm 6.
The assizes commenced for the county of Sussex
at this town this morning. The calendar is un-
usually light for so large a county, both as respects
the number (23) of prisoners, and the character of
the offences. At Nisi Prius the number of cases
entered for trial is also small.

John Copay, aged 29, a bricklayer, was indicted
for stealing a reticule, containing two silver pencil-
cases and various other articles, from Marian Smith,
on the 3d of August inst.
The Jury found him guilty of stealing, but not
from the person. Sentence—a month's imprison-
ment, and once to be privately whipped.
James Reynolds, labourer, aged 25, was indicted
for stealing from Mary Miller, cn the 4th of July
last, at eleven o'clock at night, in the parish of
Brede, a pocket, containing about 31, her property.
Verdict—Guilty. Sentence of death recorded.
William George Angel, described as a painter,
was indicted for stealing, on the 18th of May last, a
musical box, and a gold seal and chain, to the value
of Si., from the house of a Mr. Avery Roberts, at
Brighton. The box was found at the house of
another person, with whom the prisoner had left it.
The prisoner had been formerly convicted at
Horsham for stealing money from a letter, and
transported. There was some contrapictory evi-
dence as to the property stolen being under the va-
lue of Si.

Verdict—" Guilty of stealing under the value
of a"

The prisoner sNas again indicted for stealing a
glazier's diamond from a fellow-workman, on the
15th of June last.

The prosecutor missed the diamond on the day
stated, and mentioned his loss to the prisoner, who
said he knew nothing about it. A search-warrant
was procured, when prisoner said, " Your diamond
is in my drawer; you lost it through a hole in your
pocket, and I found it."
He was clearly convicted of this offence, and sen-
tenced to 14 years' transportation, being seven
years for each conviction.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.EXETER, Aua. 4.

CHARGE OF ABDUCTION AGAINST A: SCHOOLMASTER.
William Visick, described as late of Plymouth,
schoolmaster, was indicted for that he, on the 9th
of November, with force and arms upon one Eliza-
beth Arm Webber, there and then being an un-
married girl under the age of 16 years, and being the
daughter of William Webber, did make an assault,
and her the said Elizabeth Ann Webber, with force
andiarms, against the will of the said Wm. Webber,
did take, force, and carry away out of the posses-
sion of one Robert Wills, and against his will.
William Webber.—l am an innkeeper, living at
Plymouth. My daughter was born on the 27th of
August, 1816; my wife died in 1830; my daughter
then lived with me. I afterwards married again;
I had then four children. I sent my daughter to
Visick's school in August, 1830 ; she was first a
day-scholar, and then she became a boarder. I then
applied to Mr. Jones, a draper, to take her, and di-
rected him to Visick's to see my daughter ; he did
not take her. On the Tuesday previous to the 27th
of August, she came home for half a day, and re-
turned to school. I received a letter from Jones,
in consequence of which I called on Visick on the
26Th of August ; I saw my daughter there, and
afterwards Visick ; I said I wished to speak to my
daughter, and he went in and called her. Shortly
after, Mr. Visick showed me into the parlour with
my daughter, with whom I had a communication,
immediately after which I saw Visick, to whom I
said, that my daughter had told me that if I came at
7 in the evening, I should have a letter from him. I
did call at 7, and received this letter from my
daughter; it is in Visick's handwriting.
" TO MR. WILLIAM WEBBER.
" Hoe-street, Plymouth, Aug. 26, 1831.
‘, My dear Friend,— Painful as the feeling may be, yet
I venture to address you upon the present occasion,
as
being one of the most important subjects that ever occurred
in my life, and requires your most serious consideration.
,‘ Before I proceed to open the subject, perhaps it may
not be amiss to say a few words as an introduction.
" Your dear daughter Ann has always been a great
favourite of mine, ever since she has been with us, and she
called forth my attention in this way :—First, as being,
in my opinion, a most beautiful girl, but destitute of that
parental care and advice which others have who are blessed
with both their parents. Here I was led to endeavour to
become the awistant parent, and I trust I have been so in
every respect, giving her at all times such advice as may
be likely to do her good in after life. In the next place,

hearing from her own mouth many of her little stories
that have caused me many times, I can assure you, to
weep over her, wondering within myself how it was pos-
sible she could have been preserved from immediate ruin.
I have also found her a girl of good natural abilities, and
therefore felt much pleasure in taking her by the hand as
much as possible, that she might improve those abilities,
both by conversation, lessons, and society. She had also,
generally speaking, to associate with children inferior to
herself in age and intellect, and from whom she could derive
no benefit, but to become more rude in mind and manner,
and less assiduous in her scholastic duties
" From these motives alone, I was induced at first to take
her by the hand, and to lead her forth into more public
life, among those from whom she could derive some advan-
tage, either in person, dress, or manners, or habits which
she did not possess before, and by these means to help her
to obtain a more open and candid address among all ranks
of society.
"I have also exerted myself to the utmost to improve
her mind in all her scholastic acquirements, and I am fully
persuaded she has thereby wonderfully imp oved herself
within these last six months.
" Seeing her possessed of good natural abilities, and
being at all times particularly fond of her little conversa-
tion and society, I really of late have made her my com-
panion generally, and have at all times, in our walks, &c.,
allowed her to take my arm in conjunction with my eldest
daughter, so that by this time, I really must tell you, she
seems as dear to me as either of my own family, and,
therefore, what I should do, or how I should feel, to part
with her, I know not.
" Therefore, after having had various consultations and
conversations with Ann on the subject, and she being per-
fectly of my opinion as to the practicability of the plan I
have to propose, I submit it to your consideration, with a
firm reliance on your wisdom, for a decision which may
tend to my future comfort and your own daughter's ad-
vantage.

"In the first place, I propose to you to take her en-
tirely under my care, and support her, after Christmas
next, free of any expense to you whatsoever, either as it
respects board, clothing, &c., unless it may be any thing
which may come to her from you in the shape of a pre-
sent, or such like.

" 2dly. I will educate her in French and English,
with writing and arithmetic, &c., as she may, at the
age of 21 years, be enabled, if she so feel disposed, to take
upon herself the situation of private or public governess;
or she would, at that age, be much more fitted for a hum-
bugging shop than she is now, as her mind would
he stored with a good share of knowle lge to meet the
troubles of life, her habits and customs formed, and the
most crititical part of her life (viz., from 15 to 19) gone
by for ever.
" 3dly. To show you my sincerity towards her, and
wishing to give you every satisfaction, I would most wil-
lingly give you a bond for any sum which might be agreed
on between us, for her perfect safety and protection whilst
under my fostering care.
" 4thly. In case of death on my part under present cir-
cumstances, she shall share with my own children in
my effects ; and, lastly, though not the least, that should
any alteration take place in my life at any future period,
so as to allow me to take her to wife, I will most honour.
ably do so, and use every effort in my power to make her
one of the most happy and comfortable women. Under
such circumstances, I would immediately insure my life for
her benefit, so that in case of death on my part to make her
independent of the world.
" These, my dear friend, are the outlines of the obser-
vations I have to make to you ; and as I have not hid any
thing from you, which I consider you ought to be put in
possession of, I trust you will be so led by that Power to
whom all hearts are open, as to act with that generosity
of feeling towards us both, as may ever cause Ann to look
upon you as an indulgent father, and I a sincere friend. I
am, my dear friend, yours very obediently,
" WILLIAM VISICK."

When defendant told me he was going to write me a
letter, he said, " Hush, hush, for God's sake," and
took me into an inner room. I told him such con-
duct was mysterious, and then left. lii the even-
ing, after I had the letter, I saw defendant. I
called him a villain. He said, " For God's sake
hush, hush," and I went into the inner room with
him. I told him he had ruined my daughter; he
denied it. He said, it was no use for me to make
any fuss about it, for have her he would. I said,
" You will ?" He said " Yes." Then I said, "I'll
have her out of your house this very night." He
said I should not, for the next day was her birth-
day, and he had made preparations. I said I cared
not, I would have her. He said I should have her
the next evening. I went away. The next day I
received another letter from defendant, dated the
27th of August, 1831 :
" Hoe-street, Plymouth, Aug. 27, 1831,
Saturday Morning.
" TO MR. WEBBER.

"lily dear Friend,—l was extremely sorry to be in-
formed by Ann, after your departure last evening, thatyou
had misconstrued my honourable intentions towards her
in so harsh terms, for lam fully persuaded, that if both you
and Mrs. Webber were to sit down and peruse my letter
to you in a calm, cool, and deliberate manner, you would
perceive a spirit of generosity mixed with the purest prin-
ciples of honour, to breathe itself in almost every word of
that epistle. You observed it was almost like selling her:
no, my dear friend, God forbid. I take her by the hand
as her sincere friend, as her protector, and my greatest
object in doing this is to store her mind with that share of
knowledge which will make her both a sensible Sand a
learned woman. You say again, I imagine perhaps it is
from your not having settled with me for her past board,
&c., and therefore wish to take this advantage of yon.
No, my dear Sir, I tell you I have no such sordid or
mean views towards her. I tell you again my intentions
towards her are of the purest kind ; and believe me when
I tell you I would not injure a hair of her head as it were,
under present circumstances, for ten thousand worlds. I
should think, my dear friend, that there is one of nay pro-
positions to you sufficient to convince you, or any other
reasonable man, of my honourable intentions—viz. that I
would give you a bond to any amount, as we might agree
on, for her perfect safety and protection whilst under my
fostering care.

tin:e lisvlsoillinnuotasiaoyemcuupch iedm. orle noonwly,
pmr
ayy dyeoa fri
ur
to epnedr,u as
es my
my
letter of yesterday again and again, before you pass a de-
cisive judgment ; and as early as possibly you can, I trust
you will give me a hearing, either by your calling on me,
or I shall he mo,t happy to meet you and Mrs. Webber at
your own house any evening you may appoint.
" I trust you and Mrs. Webber will allow Ann's brothers
and sisters to take tea with her this afternoon, as promised
by Mrs. Webber a few days since. They shall be taken
the greatest care of, and sent home with one of the servants
in go )(I time.
" I am, my dear friend, yours very truly,

" IVILLIAN-1 VISICK."

Defendant did not bring her that evening as he
had promised; he came himself, and said, that owing
to the fatigues of the day, it was imposible she could
come. I said I would have her that night, and we
got her out of his house that night, on a promise
that she should go back again the next night. I
then kept her at home. The next day a silk frock
was sent from defendant to my daughter, in which
was this letter, dated the 28th of August, addressed
to Miss Webber :

" Hoe-street, Aug. 28, 1831.
"My dear young Friend,—ln searching the Bible yester-
day for the Bible exercise, I found in Job this verse :
, Who ever trusted in the Lord and was disappointed ?'
The verse then struck me very forcibly ; but how much
more so now? little thinking then what I should have
to encounter with before I went to bed.

" But, therefore, I prity you- put your trust in
the Lord : look to him, and he will behold you ; pray
to him, and he will hear you, and will do for us both far
more abundantly than either we can desire, deserve, ask,
or think. If, my dear friend, our cause be a just one,—
that is, if we be both sincere,—we shall succeed ; but if
not, we must fall : therefore upon this one single point I
rest the whole of what is now going on. In the Lord
alone will I put my trust. Joseph did so, and succeeded.
Noah did so; Daniel did so ; Shadrach, Sm. did so ;
Jacob did so ; Jonah did so, and many others, and all suc-
ceeded. Let these, my dear young friend, inspire you with
that firmness of nerve, as will support you to meet all your
enemies with that degree of composure of mind as will
show them that you do not depend on your own strength.
We leave immediately for church ; I shall not forget you
there. I will call on you this evening about 9, as I pro-
mised you last night in presence of your uncle Capron,
whom I shall ever look upon as a truly worthy man.
Farewell !
" In haste. " WM. VISICK.

" I do not seal this, for, perhaps, if I did so, your father
and mother would think there was something wrong in it.

" W. -V."
On the 29th I took my daughter to Moreton Hamp-
stead, 20 miles from Plymouth. I left her in the
care of Richard and Mary Cowling, where she re-
mained three months. I then sent for her
home, and directed she should be seat by Wills,

the carrier. She did not come home as I expected.
She came on the 22d of November.
Cross-examined—I sent for her :four :or 'five
times in October. She came the day after Irt
turned from London. I married in three months
after my first wife died. I had not known 0;1
second wife improperly before I married her. NY
wife and daughter have not quarrelled; they had 10
differences. I put her to board at Visick's, because
she did not come home from his house in the
evening as soon as she ought. She never said
to me that she was ready to go into any situatioo
out of Plymouth. On the 22d ef November, I told
her if she insulted me so, I would knock her down
I begged her to come home. She said she never'
would. She had not made reflections on my pre'
sent wife. I hare heard my daughter has been hir
ing at Devonport. I have never used the expressions
Basket-street Gang," with reference to her grand,
father.—(A letter was here shown witness, in !111
writing, in which the words appeared.) She nerd
complained of my wife's indecent conduct towar(F
her.

R. 'Wills (the Moreton carrier)—l received di'
rections from Webber to bring his daughter from
Moreton to his house. I took the girl towards
Plymouth. On Dartmoor, Visick met them in
gig; he said something to her, and that he would,
drive forward to Prince's-town, and get a Sre lighted
in an upstair room. When I came to Prince r I
town he took the girl out of my charge. After
had fed my horse, I sent up for Miss Webber to go
to Plymouth with me. Defendant ordered mete
drive on ; he should take charge of the girl. Whe°
I got four miles, defendant overtook me with the
girl in his gig. I asked the girl to come into the
cart; defendant said he should take her home.
Cross-examined.—I carry many pretty girls.
leave crossing lips out of the question. The coin'
mon dining-room at Prince's-town is up stairs.
The Learned JUDGE did not see there was any
case, inasmuch as there certainly was not proof of
the girl having been in the legal custody of the
carrier. It was most improper conduct on the part
of the defendant to write the first letter to the f*
titer: it was contemplating the death of his wife.
He would, however, propose that the defendant
should enter into his recognizance, not in any wnill
directly or indirectly, to interfere with the girl, and
that there should then be an acquittal.
The defendant then entered into a recognizance
in 5001. not to interfere with the girl during her'
minority, and the Jury acquitted him.
He appeared a very respectable man about forty'
It was admitted that he at this time had a wife and
seven children living.

DISTRIBUTION of the DECCAN PRIZE
MONEY.

In no respect, perhaps, does Modern Eng'
land differ from Ancient Greece so much as in
the relative rewards of the General and the corn'
mon soldier.

We learn from Xenophon's Anabasis. that
the pay of a General was just four times that of
a private soldier—We suppose the prize-moriei,
was distributed in the proportion of the rate 0'
pay. In England the Commander-in-Chief 01
an army receives 30,9871. 6s. Id., while the
private soldier receives 13s. 81d., i.e. the Cons:
mander-in-Chief receives just forty-five thousand
two hundred and thirty-seven times the amount
of the private soldier.
The Lieutenant-General receives 1,370/. 45.
34d., which is two thousand times the amount
of the private soldier ; while the Commander
in-Chief's share is to his in the proportion 0'!
twenty-two six. tenths to one.
We can see no other reason for such a scale
of distribution, than that, as all cannot have for
tunes, all should be robbed to make a fortune fa '1
the Commander-in-Chief. What a monstrous
piece of arrogance to make any man forty-fis!
thousand times as valuable as the common soli
dier ! The Commander-in-Chief receives the
lion's share with a vengeance !
As very few of the men who are to receive the
magnificent sum of 13s. 8 d., if in existence,
will ever give themselves the trouble of applying
for it, the Commander-in-Chief will, of course'
have another haul.

But, independently of the disproportion je
the rates, it would appear, from a petition 11.00
Major-General Sir Lionel Smith, to be pre'
sented to the House of Commons this days
that great injustice has been done to that officer'
by departing from the principle of a minute 0'
the Lords of the Treasury, dated 16th of Jr
nuary, 1826, declaring that all treasure of the
enemy found in the city of Poonah, when it sur'
rendered, should be the property of the division
which captured it. This gentleman }mod
commanded the 4th division of the Deco?
Army, which took Poonah, claims for that dio'
sion certain sums found in that city when it sur
rendered. There seems every reason for belief
ing that lie has been turned round_ on a quit'
ble respecting the evidence. The question doe
not seem to be, was the money in Poonah whell
it surrendered ? for the legal advisers of thej
Crown conceive that it was ; but having laid
down an arbitrary princip'e regarding evidence.'
which could not have been anticipated by Sir
Lionel, can he be' excluded by that principle'
and prevented from obtaining such evidence'
now that the principle is known, as shall be in
accordance with it ?

All we can say is, that if the army tire
pleased with a system that gives all the booty t"n
a few superior officers, and leaves next to no'
thing to the body of the army, they must be
easily satisfied.—Morning Chronicle.

The Conservative Clique are quite ehop-falle°,
in their expectations with regard to a reformed Parliament'
they consider themseves dead heat. Their most sanguill
calculation of success in the different towns, boroughs, ana
counties, does not exceed one hundred and eighty votes--4
small proportion out of six hundred and fifty-eight.

morning Monday
sepToshineg resolutionS.oefn asatoepmporeonp appropriating 5,000 do
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New York .Advertiser.

A TURKISH MIRACLE.--When there 101
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:el' fifieuedn'c 'ei
operation, ,with
g grand
proffers been a drought of long
. continuance in the neighbourbo°",
of a Turkish city or village, the Imans of the place ince:,
santly put up prayers for rain. When these fail, !
self of the Prov.ince is applied to, who, supposing bl,
,yinaPfbeteiii
turn. This method seldom fails to succeed • but it sh°llo
be remarked that the Pashas generally take good e'r.„,e „t
ri
deoaffveerns procession,thl
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porradyianenradr
be sure of the promises of the clouds before they atte'-'
their miracle. --Literary Guardian.
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Burdett, Esq., of a son.
On the 25th ult. at the Villa, Bude, the lady of C. A. Hatr IS'
Esq., of Hayne, of a son. ---'

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illness, which she bore wfth truly Christian patience and LUI
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nation, deeply regretted by a large circle of relations and fr.,('„'
Margaret Elizabeth, wife of Charles Augustus Manning, Esq'
Portland Castle, Dorsetshire. A
On the 4th inst. at Banstead, Surrey, Edward Wilmot, s
son of Daniel Lambert, Esq., in the 18th year of his age. 4., of
On the 4th inst. after a lingering illness, Matilda, v"
Thomas Hall, Esq., of Commercial-place, Commercial-road.„.N„
On the 15th of April last, on the western coast of Africa, iA,
rade Henry,Coulthurst, Esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister"
law.
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mina Malcolm, in her 66th ear.
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