The Sun.
London, England, 1826-10-03 00:00:00

HAMBURG H AND DUTCH PAPERS.

HAARLEM, SEPT. 27.—From the Batavia Journals to
the 27th May, it appears that the Hostilities still 'continue.
In expectation of the end of the rainy season, when the
Netherlands troops would be able to pursue their opera-
tions with more activity, they contented themselves with
repulsing some bands of the rebels which had advanced
too far, and in this service our troops were xealonsly sup-
ported by some of the native 'Princes. It was hoped.that
the approachini dry season World have a firVoutuble effect
on the health of the gatrison-olDjojocarta.--411ere follows
the account already given' of the storming of Bentnry by
the force under Major-General Van Geen, who returned
to Batavia on the fiOth'of April.)
UTRECHT, SEPT. 28. r-We are happy to bear that five
young surgeons of this place are gone to offer their services
at Groningen. The sickness at that place does not dimi-
nish. By the last accounts there were 9,000 sick ; so that
the number has increased, notwithstanding the many deaths
that have taken place in the interior.
ST. PETRRaDURGH, SEPT. 16.---We have certain infor-
mation that the Emperor and Empress, and other members
of the Imperial
Family, will be here again in the begin-
ning of next month.
The Emperor has sent the following.. Autograph Re-
script to Prince
Wolkonsky, the early friend of the Erit.
perGr Alexander :
During" Dug your long and active career, our common be-
nefactor, my beloved trOther, the late Emperor Alexander,
about whose person you were constantly emPloyed, dis-
tinguished you by particular confidence, and by his friendly
arrangements in your favour. To show you that. I enter-
tain the same sentiments, in their full extent, and to give
you a proof of my
gratitude, to which you have such well-
10'11140 claims, 1 nave assigned you a pension of 56,000
rubles on the revenue of the Appanage Department. I:am
happy to think that you will sce m this resolution a now
proof how sincere]y
aelsnowledwe your usefel, services and
your persoNn merit ever your welkireeted
am
" NICHOLAS."

MOSCOW, SEPT. 12,—General Paskewitsch, with two
divisions of infantry, And General Ileowaisill, with 20,000
Cossacks, are ordered to the frontiers of ersia, there to
receive further orders. By his Majesty's commands, all
soldiers wearing the honorary medal for 20 years' faitlful
service, have been asked,
serve with triple Pay,whether they will continue to
or receive their honourable discharge,
in order to accept, besides their pension, a more comfort-
STOCKIfOLhIk SEPT. 10.
able situation ; on which they arc to decide freely.
Secretary of Ideation, who 11(4 out, “ few (Ills IV I"
—4l. St. George, the Engliesil

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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENIYG, OCTOBER 3, 1826.

We received, last night, the French papers of
Saturday, and the Etoile dated Sunday, together with
some papers of Friday, which had not previously
arrived. These papers contain many interesting par-
ticulars, and copious extracts will be found in our pre-
ceding columns.

It will be seen that the Etoile contradicts with
much gravity, a report which appeared in the Pilote,
stating that Constantinople had been reduced to ashes,
and that the SULTAN and his son had fallen a sacrifice
to the vengeance of the Janissaries. Now, though the
Etoile takes so much pains to set this report at rest,
there does not seem to be so much itnpiobability in
the circumstance, if we consider the present disor-
ganized state of the Ottoman capital, and the restless
spirits who are seeking to upset the new order of things
introducedp by the SULTAN, whose life stands the
chief obstacle in the way to the completion of their
sanguinary purposes.

The Emperor NICHOLAS has given another proof
of his clemency by commuting the sentence on the
conspirators, who had been transported to Siberia for
life, to twenty years ! Really this is no small boon,
as the Russians live to a very old age, and twenty
yeai sis a mere trifle in such a paradise as Siberia. In
other countries thirty years are considered as the ordi-
nary period of a generation,,but in Russia, if we may
judge by the Siberian side of the question, people
hardly begin to live till they are thirty years old. Frost
is an excellent preserver of life—and the milk of hu-
man kindness is generally frozen up in Russia for nine
months of the year. The tear of pity there is froze»
ere it fall. No wonder then that mercy should, partake
of the astringent qualities of the clime.
According to the Pilote it would appear, that the
Gratid Duke CONSTANTINE was not so mabmanimous
gave him credit for, and
or unambitious as people
that he relinquished the Imperial Throne of Russia for
an Imperial Throne of more antiquity—the Empire of
the East, with Constantinople for its capital. This may
be 111
Nli very
iNx true,wll
TA
not find it so easy a matter to mount
s,i
one, throne as to relinquish another. According to
an article from. Augsburg, Austria is taking precau-
tions
tions for occupyingWallachia, in the event of any
sudden emergency, and large bodies of troops are
getting ready to act at a moment's notice. Various
pretences had been made for the organization and
movements of these troops
; but the partition of
Turkey is now said to be the real object, and Austria
is never behind in securing her share of the spoil—
witness Poland sand Italy.

The accounts from Spain become every day more
and more important, aml interesting. The situation

of that unhappy country is truly deplorable. The
military in various parts of the kingdom, particularly
Murcia and Castile, are in utter insubordination,
committing the greatest excesses upon the people, and
rebelling against the imbecile Govermnent of FER-
DINAND. It is said that the alarm of this despot is
increased by the consciousness of his vicious rule, and
that he suffers severely from the gout. It were idle
to express any wish for his amendment, for lie has al-
ready convinced the world of his irretrievable character,
and how unfit he is to do any good to his country, till
he has redaiMed himself. But Spain will be righted
without consulting her oppressors—the day of her re-
generation is at hand, and the slaves who have so long
triumphed in her misery, must shortly bear witness to
the vengeance of an indignant people, asserting their
freedom, and vindicating their character from the de-.
gradation under which Spain has so long groaned, from
the worthlessness of her Ministers and the perfidy of.

her King.

We received last night Hamburg!' and Dutch Papers.
According to the Batavia Journals, the war continued
in. that settlement without any immediate prospect of
its termination. By accounts from Moscow it would
seem that 20,000 troops have been ordered to reinforce
the Russian army destined to act against Persia. Ex-
tracts will be found in another column.

A Dutch Mail arrived this morning, bringing
papers from various quarters--Odessa—Milan—Ham"
burgh, &c., extracts from which we subjoin. It sr
pears.that the Russian and Turkish Plenipotentiariti
are enjoying themselves at Akermann, to. the grest:
wonder of the inhabitants as well as their own delight.
By an express from Vienna, received at Hamburgh, it
is said that the negociations between these worthies
were going on most satisfactorily, and that the Austrian
Funds had risen in consequence :
ST. PETERSRURGII, seri'. 14,
The Journal of St. Petersburgh of this date is filled
with an account of the coronation of the Emperor
rand
Empress at Moscow. A sat silo
describetersburgh on
es Lit g
length the fetes and 'illuminations at St. P
the same happy occasion. The Atirnal of the 16th con-
tains a list of promotions and appointments.
AICERMANN, AUG. rr.
At the distance of five versts from this town there
fountain, which is the more remarkable as it seems to
( ift
fuse around coolness and verdure, while all the Aileen
tract is arid and covered with sand. This
the constant promenade of the Turkish Flenipotenttarlac.
companied by a numerous suite. They
who go thither some times alone, and more freqiiel, _
appear
this place a recollection of the fine evenings of the ,of
t°"11 yunttll.
For some time past we have had here C°lrlPft,in'„,,d
Ibrahim Effendi have been several times to Oil
tumblers, under the direction of M. Ciabati. liaut
or-
which appears to give them much pleasure. On tbege
casions the places reserved for the Turkish Negociators altrfresrr.
next to those of the Russian Plenipotentiaries.
'Dents are presented, and the Turks smoke dont Id
whole the performance. Their pipes are bli,11"„--;:°
them by their Tcbeboukchis, with all the luxury P— tie
manners. Nothing can be more striking thin Ole taixtote
of different costumes and manners, which appears to bi
, mingled in a meeting, the only object of which seems to be
pleasure. exhibitie

Our readers
.must be surprised at reading the sce°°,..„
of the rejoicings at Ancona, for the security obtained ns
the Pontifical flag, by the provident care of h►s Iloin.so,
thanks to the powerful influence df his Most Christi%
ajesty, just at the time when an Algerine s 9 of
11%
.those teas, with unheard of perfidy and contempt ot,f tett,
tachery
rights of nations, molests the navigation of the ilgre.
ROME, SEPT. 13'
lit
of his Holiness, in spite of the most solemn a,' soa
peated promises and declarations of peace. All tohi
will, however, cease, when it it is considered that Plc b,,
the interference of the lVfonarch, our protector, 11 e.
secures us a speedy reparation of our wrollifiA
obtain a guarantee which will not be violated in futll7.
personsW. •ng
to the Government Boards, and Officers of Sul', mit.
His Majesty has given orders that all bei°lol
put on mourning for three days, out of respect to til'yilon'
mory of the late Prince Zajouzeck, Viceroy
of Poland. or, T I°'
STOCKHOIA -P . 'd
,J. majestY
The State Gazelle of yesterday contain* u"" airing
letter of the 31st ult. to the Bank Directors, inillio►►
the payment of 500,000 rubles, as the half of th.,80 of
granted by the Diet, to be employed in the pore.`,ler,ble
cool" 1,1
corn for the relief of the indigent, in ono Df 3 woo._
deficiency in the harvest, when private nool°l,llo alit>
not suffice to supply their wants ; the Gazette member, sc-
the answer of the Directors of the 14th SOK°
ceding to his Majesty's desire. ,e oriels
ere 0
Elfsborg, Skamborg, and Wermland,
most in need of a supply of corn. , op it Was
V* '
7 recent accounts from St. Peterstirg",, a, Arbs***
believed there that Count Nesselrode wih Pni- ginister
dor to London, and Count Capo, d'lstri4 bec°- e
of Foreign Affairs in his stead. of the kit%

The Bank paid on Monday 30507,700°°615 f the
half million assigned for the purchase a can' "Al*
0
It is reported that the c iv Err. 22%
King will be deferred till arr. 11'
wAsSAW, - ~, • our
next spring. ,
Strr• °.
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word
An express •
, in five daya, from Vienna, has brought
that the
t negociations between the Rthitilfill afla raCtOri
Plenipotentiariesmanner
were going on in a perfectly satis
~
;and that in cons of this state of ihing: ii,
equence
Austrian nin
desirable
for the cont. !nuance of peace, the
had risen. oromation- of' his ISfaiesty

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By the following extract of a letter from Cape' in
motion Castle,
men, and
a host of attendants but truth' - -
; we 0
barbarians will meet with their deserts so effectuollY
toprevent sea coast,
ewiAthsha7taenc.7oeiroi,oooo,
their incursions for the future :---
Extract of Letter o'B,lBo.
from Cape Coast Castle,.l ) _is the
The A a
ea
co shantecs are preparing to advance towa,.‘r with
5. ast, and appear determined to prosecute the "v" d bet
vigour. They attacked the Queen of Ackim, Mote bore
arm, and have taken possession of her dominions,
(:) 000
they are now encamped, with a force, it is sai, of 2 ' 300
armed men, with 10,000 attendants, 'and determined ill.i
attacking
Accra L,.1 which place they are within thittrv',
hours' march. The Queen of Ackim and her taco ll'il,
fallen hack into the Acquapim country, a short fa tepee
the rear of Accra, where our allierare forming , junc"

Martial ,Law was proclaimed here the day before .yester-
day, and Lieutenant-Colonel Purdon, the Commanding
Officer, and other officers of the Royal African Corps, with
the European troops and the Native forces, are gone to
Accra, the former to strengthen that garrison, and the latter
to join their respective divisions. lam sorry to inform you
that Mr. Hontson, the person who joined the mission tin-
der Captain Clapperton, died at Benin soon after his re-
turn. He conducted him to the Niger, or near it, and there
left him in good health and excellent spirits, and intended
prosecuting his journey in two or three days from the 4th
of March, being then at Katungo, in the Eyo dominions.

Since writing the above, we have received the fol-
lowing Proclamation, which confirms the hostile
intentions of the Ashantees, who it will be seen, were
within one day's march of Accra, so that we may shortly
expect to hear of some important events from that
quarter, as our forces were ordered to hold themselves
in readiness to repel the agressors :
PROCLAMATION

By Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Purdon, of the Royal African
Corps, administering the Government of his Majesty's Settle-
ments on the Western Coast of Africa, Commanding his
jesty's Troops, &c. &e. &c.
Whereas certain information having been received from many
neighbouring Chiefs in alliance with Great Britain, that the King
of Ashantee'has organised a strong force to act hostilely against the
Brititish territories and those of our Allies,
.and is now within
three days' tiiarCh of Accra, and supposed to meditate an attack
upon that place, and subiequently the rest of the forts and settle-
ments on the Gold Coast; and as positive confirmation of the
above, the King, or person having in different skirmishes abso-
lutely engaged our Ally, the Queen of Ackirn, and, from a prepon-
derating force, compelled her to retire from her own country to a
village in the Aquapitn country, called Manipong, within one
day's march of Accra.
Nov; therefore know ye, that by virtue of an appointment to
administer the Government of the forts and settlements on the
Gold Coast, and in pursuance of the authority vested in me by the
same, to levy, arm, muster, command and employ all persons
Whatsoever, residing within the said Settlements and Territories
depending thereon, and as occasion should demand, to march them
from one place to another, or to embark them for the resisting
and withstanding of all enemies, and if there should be occa-
sion to pursue and prosecute, in or out of the limits of the said
Colony, and to execute Martial Law in time of Invasion, War,
or other times, when by law it may be executed, and
to do and execute all and every other thing and things which to
the Captain General and Governor-in-Chief of the said Colony
did or of right should belong ; I hereby order anti command all
his Majesty's subjects,- and those of his allies, to arm themselves
in readiness to be laced at the disposal and under the orders of
such Officers as may be duly • appointed to command them, and if
occasion requires to march, and to concentrate for the purpose of
opposing the said Ashantee army or any other enemies.
Given at the Government Hall, Cape Coast Castle,
this sixth day of Juste, one thousand eight hun-
dred and twenty-six, and of his Majesty's reign
the seventh. By command,
W. WILLIAMS, Atiting Colonial Secretary.
Cod Save the King.

It is. no wonder that the administration of the law
in this country becomes more and more the ridicule of
the rogue and the lamentation of injured honesty, for
that justice is to be bought and sold by the practice of
Our Courts, is as clear as that the rich man can put off
the evil day to the end of time, if his purse can last, while
the poor man muat'bend his neck to the yoke in order
to save Ins head. Let it not be imagined that in ex-
posing the corrupt tendency of the practice of our
laws we intend to impeach their efficacy, or condemn
the liberal principle of their constitution. No :7—
while our veneration is increased by the contemplation
of their free-born influence, we cannot restrain our
pity, antl it may be our indignation, that the noblest
characteristic of our country should be perverted so
as to become a bye-wOrd and a reproach among
strangers, wilds it, excites the derision and instinctive
reprobation of those who were born to revere its shield-
ing protection, but who have found from the ex-
perience of the past that they, have little security
from its present administration, and can have no
confidence in its guardianship for the future. Law
to be useful, ought to be salutaryff-to be just, it
ought to be impartial—and to ensure the applause of
posterity, it ought to merit the approbation of the
present generation—that best of all rewards74he feel-
ing of conscious rectitude in the honourable discharge
of a responsible public duty. The access to justice
Ought to be free, cheap, and easy. It is insulting to
the good sense of the people to hold up the laws as a
remedy for their wrongs, if the price at which
justice is to be obtained, be beyond their reach.—
It is equally absurd to tell men not to take
the law in their own hands, when they are de-
n
~ied justice by the tribunals of the country. Every
day's .
expenence in our. courts of law sanctions the
truth of these observations ; and what took place yes-
tterday at the Middlesex Sessions gives them additional
force There, a man indicted a person for an assault,
and the defendant was convicted with a fine of 6s.
841, hut mark the tooral
seventeen ehilibigx Tpenee rifle prosecutor had to pay
justicetr bringing a person who
had assaulted him, to
too dear for the whistle, on lekally this was paying
what would be the consequence ofas hu'' gthe Chairman
refusing to pay
unjust demand,
demand,
this exorbitant, and what appeared to hilma
he was coolly informed that he must
remain there for ever, unless the sumgweree prison,
and
talk of the impartiality and protection of thealiadtws.t
iarfrrteor this, were idle—its best praise must be found in
prac-
tice. The Chairman consoled the prosecutor b
him that if he had staid at home he would not have teopmgy
the demand—that it was his miffortztne to get a I;ear--
did, and it would teach him not to come there again •
taking up the time of the Court with frivolous com:
plaints, The Chairman further told him to give
as nrch publicity. as possible to these circumstances;'
in order that it might deter others from troubling him-
self and the Court with their wrongs. The whole of
this appears so preposterous, that we can scarcely credit
it, and yet Mr. C. 1 111Z1.1P6 remarked, that such
" was the price of justice in this country l"
Legislators may preach up obediencelf so, our
to the laws but
they cannot insure respect or inspire love for them, if a
mart is to be assaulted with impunity, then'
stilted, and even robbed of his property, for prosecuting
the offender ' • And here •
to Justice. another question
a!ises=---the 'fprosecutor may be so poor, that the
expenses o conviction may consign hbn to prison
."--irla—re is a precious exemplification of the tender
elethe shielding protection of our laws !
barely there must be an end to these absurdities—. Ott), cannot be tolerated on any principle of common
6"
Or CWII.IIOII justice—and the only wonder is, that

men could hold up their heads in the practice of such
a ridiculous, vexatious, and oppressive course, without
pointing 'out its odious bearing to those who have the
power to rectify the abuse. But this only supplies
another argument, if any were wanting, in support of
the necessity for a complete and honest revision of the
statute-book—in order that the Criminal Code may
'be made more consonant to the liberal spirit of our in-
stitutions, and more worthy of the veneration of the
people, by being rendered more agreeable to humanity,
and more conformable to common sense, as well as
common justice.