The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-29 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

(From the Eloile of Sunday.)
VIENNA, AUG. 16.—Circular of the Government of the
Archduchy of Austria, relative to the Slave Trade, and
the ill-treatment to which slaves hive been subjected:—
His Imperial and Royal Majesty, by the Decree of the
Chancellery of the Court, dated the 26th instant, having
for its object to prevent dealing in slaves, principally by
Austrian subjects,_ and on board of Austrian vessels and
to'protect slaves from ill-treatment in conformity with the
Austrian laws, and particularly the civil law, which orders
that every man by natural right, sanctioned by reason, shall
be. considered as a free person, has decreed, and orders as
follows :--.

1. All shives shall become free, the mommitthey reach

the Austrian territory, or even an Austrian ship; a slave
even abroad, also, shall receive his liberty, whenever he is
put into the possession, under whatever title, of an Aus-
trian subject.
"'2. Every Austrian subject, who shall oppose any
stades to the freedom of any individual placed in his
power, or who shall again dispose of him either abroad or
in Austria, every Captain of an Austrian vessel whO shall
transport one or more slaves, or oppose by himself, or
others, any obstacle to any individuals freedom, who has
acquired it by'coming on board his 'Ship, will be guilty of
committing,public violence, and shall be 'F)brafihed accord-
ing to the 78th and 79th paragraphs of the Mist BoOk of
the Penal Code, by five years close imprisonment. if any
Captain iifan Austrian vessel, or any other subject of his
Imperial and Royal Majesty, Omit carry on a continued
trade in slaves, or any trade connected with that, the bn.
prim-mama shall be for' ten years, and even for twolty
years, if there he aggravating cireamstance,s.
3. ' According to Paragraph 1, of Book 1. of the, Penal
Code, crime Etkihts by the wickedness of hum who commits

it, independent Of die condition of hirwoo whom it iii.es-
oteised; the 'Austyian subject who shall render himself
guilty of attacking the,perional liberty, of a slave in any
manner whatever, will be liable to incur the punishments
provided for crimp of this nature by the Ist Book of the
Penal Cede.

it.' The leaSt cruelties exercised by an Austrian inbject
towards a slave shall be punished according to the 173 d
Article of Book IL. of the Penal Code, by a line of 100
tlorins'and imprisonMent froth five days to a month. In
ease of the cruelties being repeated, fasting may be added.
to imprisonment, and the confinement n►ay be made more
rigorous.
14: Tim present- regulations include also . prisoners of
war: who are treated as slaves by the belligerent party
into whose hands they have fallen.
41. Foreigners who are guilty. of public violence, or the
other crimes mentioned above towards a Slave, either in
the Austrian territory, or on board an Austrian vessel,
shall be punished agreeably to. the general principle of. the
31st book of the Penal. Code, in, the same manner as Aus-

triam. Foreigners, who have rendered themselves guilty
of these crimes m other countries, and shall afterwards
come to Austria, shall, agreeably. to the 33d and 34th
paragraphs of the Ist book of the penal code, be arrested,
to be Oven up to the Government of the country where
the crime has been committed. If that Government re-

fuses to receive them, they shall be proceeded against
according to the regulations of the Austrian Penal Code,
and they shall always: be banished .in addition, after the
expiration: of the punishment. In case the laws of the
country where the crime is committed, discerns a less pu.
nishmeut than the Austrian laws, the least severe law
shall be followed.
(Signed)

" AUGILSTIN REICIIMAN.
"Baron 110CIIKIRCHEN, &c. &c.
"President of the Government.

" Vienna, August 7, 1826."

CATHOLIC QUESTION.

(From the &; 1. of Sunday.)

PARIS, Aug. 27.—While our Liberal Journals, and par-
ticularly the Journal des Debats, is pleased to represent
England as hoisting a flag, before all the nations of the
earth, on which are written the words, " Civil and religi-
ous Liberty," eight millions of Catholics in Ireland and
England—that is to say, more then one-third of the Whole
population of the British Islands—raise their voices,
planting aloud against the most violent persecutiOn men-
tioned in history. Tired of making annually representa-
tions to a Parliament, where the voice of humanity and
reason, should it reach one House, is continually stifled in
the other by the fanatical intolerance of the Protestant
Clergy, the. subjects of George IV., who have remained
faithful to the faith of their fathers, now call on the good
equity and ,candour of such of their fellow-citizens as pro-
fess the new religion. There are few circumstances in the
world to which we cannot 'apply the precept of one of the
dramatists-:-" To convince the mind we must speak to the
eyes;" and this is what the inhabitants of the three king-
doms, who do not think it a sufficient reason to become
apostates, that a tyrant saw, a new faith in the eyes of
Anne Boleyn, are at thiS moment doing." After this in-
rod uction, the Etode gives several instances of Protestant
perseeution,'enti concludes thus At present it must, be
avowed, that in England they desire to abstain from tor-
thrifts, from flaying, mid burning the Catholics; they have
i?btatried from their generous ftllow-citizens the favour of
f:,FI7. treated like the helotS of Sparta that the serfs in
6u;
,itua. We trona, therefore, despair of nothing. In five
t centuries more it is possible that in Great Britain
eßthnrie mayha ri;t4' laded as a 1111illan telpg."

• DREADFUL Accibr,NT. Yesterday everting a
dreadful zu..eith.nt betel the dinghter of Mr. James Liyesey, s flirt
Iv.r and glazier, itt Somers-14w'); the little girl, who im
wont years old, seas amusing .berielf and brother by *
piece of Wood and waving it fast about in her hand; when a spark
Pell llPott her limo, and in a moment 'the was enveloped in flame;;
her little brother screamed out, awl hie iister made for the stair-
caw, where 40 was met by her father, who wrapped her in his
coat, and by that means 'succeeded in extinguishing the Nino.

tbt

LO DON,
2IIESDAY .EV,EIVIIVG, AUGUST 29, 1826.

The French Papers of Saturday, and the Etoile of
Sunday morning, reached us last night. Their con-
tents are not of much political impOrtance.

It is announced, both in the Etoile and the Journal
des Debats, that Mr. CANNING is shortly expected
in Paris. He is, according to the last mentioned
paper, to proceed to the French capital with Mr.
MORIEII, who is previously to return to England to
consult on certain points of dispute between him and
the French Commissioners for the liquidation of British
claims; apartments have, it is added, been already pre-
pared for the Right-flon. Gentleman, at the Hotel of
the British Ambassador.

The Congress at Johannisberg has, according to the
Journal des Debats, commenced its sittings, and the
number of Diplomatists assembled, would lead us to
believe that something more than► the question of the
NavigatiOn of the Rhine is ultimately to engage its
attention,

Letters from Madrid irt these papers &tate, that the
Kiiig of STAIN has accepted the resignatioo of the
Duke de LIN' VANTADO. There is nothing from
Portugal which has not been anticipated by the ac-
counts received direct front Lisbon yesterday.
The army of the Don have returned a suitable
answer to the Emperor 'NICHOLAS, on the occasion
of his presenting them with the Sword of ALEXANDER.
This letter and other extracts will be found in a pre-
ceding column.

FaitNen Forms.--Pattzs, Auc. 26.-1 ive per Cents. tool.
10c. ; Three per' Gents. 66f. 20c.; Bank Stock, 2,012 f. hOc. ;
Renter de Naples, 721. ; Royal Spanish Loan; 45if.---Ex•
change on London, one month 251. 65c.

Our Readers will also find in another column, an
article extracted from the Etoile, upon the policy of
this Country with regard to its Catholic subjects ;
and also a Circular issued by Austria, relative to the
Slave Trade, and the ill-treatment to which Slaves
have been subjected. This must be considered as re-
ferring to the Slave Trade carried on by the Turks in
the Upper part of the Mediterranean, and not to the
African Slave Trade, with which in the present state
of the Austrian Navy. and Maritime Commerce, 'the
subjects of Austria can scarcely come in contact.

We received last night by the Sir Edward Banks
steam packet, Hamburgh Papers to the 26th inst.

It is announced from St. Tetersburgh, that their
Imperial MAJESXIES visited the Archiepiscopal Pa-
lace at Moscow, on the 6thinst.

The accounts front Sweden of the prospect of the
harvest are very satisfactory. Distressing accounts of
,
the fires in the woods still continue to be received at
Stockholm. From that city it is announced that a
Russian squadron of, five ships.of the line, and eight
frigates, lately passed the Sound, and that this large.
force is' destined for the Greek' Archipelago. We
can scarcely believe that such can he the' destination
of this squadron .hut if this should prove to be. the
case, we' trust that our 'Government will send a
squadron of as large' a fOrce t,o the Mediterranean,
without delay.

SWHAWOIItiI OX LOWDON.
HAIVIIIITMen, Aug., 25.—.:0ne Month, 87. 4; Two Months
37. 1.
PITAMOIWItOR• Aun. 11..:_9.5-16.

We also received last night Dutch Papers to the
26th inst. inclusive. The following is the only para-
graph worth giving

..,. ,
.141)11FAILIEN, AL1G..22.
. .
We (1. c.-the Editomof dio Ninteguen-Courant) return
thanks to the friend who has communicated Atte following
extract of R private letter from Grnningen,of the 18th of
August -- ~ ' •

•
4"flie -number of deaths in this town from Thursday,
the &I, to Thursday, the 10th, wa 1013...-an'extraordittary
number, neatly six tittles aa many, 44 usual. In the last
week, to yestsrday evening, the 17th, at eleven-Pic-kick
p• M• number was 82, which, however, is still it greet
diminution. The number of the sick has been registered;
it'was estimated at or 7,000, but proves to be only
4,b70; w very great number, it is true, but less thaw re-
ported. It is to be hoped that cooler weather will reduce

the number d both the sick and the deaths, but at prevent
the weather remains the same, and we therefore cannot
hope for any speedy improvement."
EXCHANGES ON LON now.—Aug. 25,40. 8 ; iikmonths, 40.6.

Private accounts from Madrid, mention , that the
King and Queen of SPAIN/ returned to the capital on
the 12th instant, and were enthusListically greeted by
the inhabitants on their arrival. It had been supposed

tirat,the Royal Family would, on the 16th, set out for
San Ildefonso, their sinniner residence, but this in,
teution seemed to he given tip, probably by the affairs
o 1 State . requiring His MAJESTY'S presence in
Madrid. Reports of Councils, changes of Ministers,
and the measures to be taken against Portugal, formed
the only topics of conversation.

The Charleston. Courier of the 2d of August, was
received yesterday at the North, and South American
Coffee House. It contained nothing new—the
Ilavannah Papers to the 21st of July had been re-
ceived, but their contents were also unimportant.
The Spanish Fleet still remained at the Havannah.:

We find nothing in the Lisbon Papers worth in-
serting, which we did not publish yesterday, excepting
an official.communication from the War Office, dated
the 18th inst., which will be found in a preceding
column, 'stating the substance of the despatches
received from the provinces, by which it is clearly
established that tranquillity has been generally restored.
Indeed all the. accounts which we have seen from
Portugal, represent the universal feeling of the COllll,
try to be in &your of the Constitution ; arid the popu-
larity of the Infanta Regent and her Ministers, sincere
and general.
It has surprised us to observe, before these accounts
were received, an attempt in some of the Daily Papers
of this town, to represent the resistance to the Char-
ter, as more formidable than it ever was ; and this too
by Papers who wish it to be supposed that they are
more than others in the confidence of the Government.
For our parts, we have never been able 'to learn that
disaffection had manifested itself amongst, the Portu-
guese troops, except in three instances, in two of
which a few men only revolted. These instances have
been reiterated over and over again, and accounts of
disturbances which evidently referred to the same
transactions have, with 'studious care, been represented
as describing separate and new events. What the
object has been in misrepresenting facts in this Manner,
we leave to those Journals to explain to their readers ;
but this we are satisfied of, that the Constitution which
has been given to Portugal, is in every way well suited
to the character of the nation and the taste of the age ;
and we reheat, that under such a Constitution, aud
the support of Great Britain, until all her institutions
are consolidated; Portugal cannot fail to be regenerated,
and both to assume and maintain an important and
independent station amongst nations.

We received this morning Buenos Ayres Papers
to the 22d June, inclusive. They are chiefly occu-
pied with a detail of the operations of 'the Brazilian
and Buenos Ayrean Squadrons, which seem to have
been chiefly skirmishing till the 11th, when a sharp
attack was made on the Buenos Ayreans, who repulsed
the enemy with great courage and success. Thp dis-
parity of numbers renders this affair more creditable to
the Buenos Ayreans, and honourable to the skill and
intrepedity of Admiral Brown.

The statements recently circulated that the Brazi-
lians had destroyed the Buenos A yrean navy, were
evidently incorrect.

BUENOS AYRES.
(From the Mensagero Argentine, June 1).
General Fructuoso, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the
field, in a letter from the camp on the Quarain, of May 26, an-
nounces that, after a very rapid march, with the intention' of sur-
prising the enemy, under Col. Veritos Manuel, one of his parties
had accidentally fallen in with one of the enemy's, which hinder-
ed him from completely surprising Col. Veritos Manuel, who had,
however, precipitately abandoned his 'position, leaving behind a
great many families whom he had in his camp, a quantity of flour,
some arms, &c. The inhabitants of the territory, abandoned by
the enemy, receive the Brazilian troops with great satisfaction.—
The country, from the Asapey to the Quarain, possesses 200,000
head of cattle.- The enemy retreated
.towards San Diego, in the
direction of Santa Maria.
JUNE 3.—An official document, dated 24th May, signed by
Senor Rivadavia, after a preamble relative to the various circum-
stances which have affected the currency, concludes with the fol-
lowing decree:_...

1. The Government of the Republic will not contract en ob-
ligation to issue or to pay any except notes of the national
bank, recognised by law as current for their nominal value
throughout the territory of the Republic.
Q. The public offices shall receive for the came value, and in
the currency, all the taxes and duties which form the national
treasury.

S. This regulation, and the law of May 5,
shall he communi-
cated to the Governors of the Provinces, that they may publish it,
and cause it to be observed.
4. The 'Minister of Finance is charged with the execution of
this decree.

other vessels took on board, to convey them to the Banda Orien-
tal, the 4th regiment of cavalry of the line, the formation of
which was ordered a short time ago ; its Colonel is Senor D. Juan
Lavelle: the old experienced battalion of Cazadores, under D.
Mamie, Correa, and a considerable number of recruits. It is
to be hoped that the passage will be effected with the same
success as the preceding, notwithstanding the superiority of the
enemy, who boasts of commanding the navigation of the Rio
de Is Plata.
J twit 10.—We are happy to announce that the affairs of Ta-
rija have been brought to a satisfactory' termination.
JIIN T. 13.---The. I I tti of this month was a day of glory for the
flag of the United Provinces, and of disgrace for their enemies.--
At day break, thirty Brazilian- vessels appeared in 'eight of this
port, opposite our squadron,- which was at anehoNr,ahviii.etil:tos_heePotoe.,
consisting of four ships of war, and seven gun-boats, the 17;
half-past me; the enemy approached the Pozos,
lch
not having returned from the Banda Oriental, to w
`lo Navigation. athteion. At
con-
veyed our troops, in spite of the Lords of the
omn
sithonde.t,awhitenditdhenyoitorcemaedse
tandsihe
waefiegwhignigina:tacnbdort,henreevreiv:l; withhtoemthen and our shilie,
g South, a terrible fire,
second. The ene-
my
to fire.. Meantime'listane
f
some vessels approached our squadron b
wotiaalm'tilidimil,iyaeivttnitila‘fivgeoul'edtvdro cnaanat en::totnnia:7litm:agirglafitosP°h'ael rbreitseenierntvms. 12yr:rile:in:I ivn-rebrel,:ilall?luo:Pailuifitsi‘i(vitsed ittedi imm
edediately
71: opener)l,itvt:hssionYtai,irtoaejeiotnviette:Oaiiatnednoig:yni
the Balearce brigantine, the ,Sarandi
two gun-bnata, and two tra
wlanitdhedmtiitiheLgaareaCct
winiuchmiltiaosn troopsonthif.ethePert and Rio schooners,
Porti, w'hich Penn,
after having
,hoadneolo'fbotarheir,
enemyelthhp:aevoinutgtralereryyen able to pre-
' vent their rejoining our squadron ;
which h

ships was obliged td, retTeat by the fire of ours that had just ar-
rived. Night put an end to the action.
the Journal, after various reflections on this affair, so honour-
able to the naval force of Buenos Ayres, and on the sucet.sel-
conveyance of the troops to the Boa& Oriental, adds the follcw-
ing dispatch:—
* On board the Twenty-fifth of May.
•

Most eitellent Sir,—Praise and eternal glory to the brave men
whom I have the honour to command, .in the action of to-flay,
our squadron has sustained no damage, though attacked, by Si
of the enemy's vessels.—The vessels sent to convoy troops to
the toad* Oriental have, rejoined me--they have out with no-

thing new.
I need not recommend the officers and crews to yot'r
lency.
God preserve your Excellency many years.
Pozoe, June 11, 1826. WILLIAM BROWN.
TO. MIS xxcni.Excir Tilt MINISTER OF WAR AND MARINE.
ltY the evening of the 12th the enemy disappeared, steering
south east.
JUNE 20.--Thirteen of the enemy'; largest chips have remain-
ed at anchor since tbali'th, in front of Los Quilmea, 12 miles from
the shore. On the 17t14'tioy began to move, and on the 18th and
19th showed themselves ir. eight of this port, anil immediately do-
appeited. Every thing is nirete,l, in this squadron.
JuNt 28.--The Brazilian squadron, to the number of 15 ves-
sels, was at anchor on the 20th off ito:its de Santiago. Genera
Norton has expretsed his
‘regret, that be Europa he is gemmed of
cowardice, for not having destroyed our „;;:riadron, whereas the
real cause is, that nature opposes insuperable Obstacles to his de-
signs. We do not understand what these obstacle.' are. , ;„
l
It is intolerable, that this General should have sai,.!. Witn
of selliMportance, that he had challenged Admiral Brcswt' to
cisivs battle, which had been declined. If he has givs:u nau„iri
challenge, it is a proof of the impudence of our enemy.
hove
they have six small vessels go out to attack in the open sea
thirty large ships of war ? Our six vessels have often cruisex4)"
Monte Video, taken, prizes on its coast, amrpursued thirteen
saltier% vessels. What better opportunities do the enemy deters
It is said in Monte Video, that their squadron bad 30 killed,
and double the number wounded, on the 11th. Two schooner'
sailed from this port on the 20th, with clothing, acorn
&c. for our army.
&c.nition,

By the arrival of the London line-of-packet ship _Brighton,
Captain Sebot, New York Papers have been receivea.at the North
and South Amerit*3a Coffee-house to the 2d inst. ; avatol ""a
Baltimore files to the Stltli July ; and Philadelphia of the Slat Jdif•
The following are extracts : -.-
-
The brig Agnora, arrived At Providence, brought 000°
Papers to the Bth inst., from which the following astral* ire

made : _......,G son
CURAcOA.—We learn by private letters that tha &M.'
of Maracaibo has placed itself under the iurisllicti°n of
vend
Paez, and agreed on the formation of a Feeler," i3ovirnmet.

REPUBLIC OF .COLOMBIA. .'. or
a' vera-
JOit ANTONIO ?Ara, civil. AND MILITARY cili'
TURLA, &c. tee. tO
The' defence of our country is a duty so SEreav that,.. of the
der its performance with indifference, is to be guulcoroon
blackest ingratitude; whin the common foe threaten' our
de-
safety, union in arms must form the wall of our c0inni:44.,..,
fence; for without this feeling prevails, there can be it° %tow
neous effort, no combination of strength, no energy, to rets'A
But the strength and security of a people, like the soul wn. oe
mates the human body, consist not in blind force, but in ont
g_
movement and design—hence the immediate and complete go_
trization of the Militia becomes at once a matter of the highet:,':
ment and greatest energy. Who can doubt this? What citizen
LI
hlieseailtnatientaoretnnsrfoolrhtihneiseseclft?irTityheofmtiitleiitrialievoerrtshbeeiirofgainonotihoir:tteterhi:nloii
and their property. Under all circumstances the heroic pMe.
of Valencia have yet to learn, that to render their invaluable or
and privileges secure, they should not wait until the enemy 7,
front before they prepare to oppose him ;
bring upon each of us disasters and calamities irreparable,:
prevent these, the management of the public means h 1:71;
placed in my hands, and consulting the .veil-tried patrie I
et:
and prompt co-operation of my fellow-citizens, I have undertak
of
the trust, and with them am ready to meet &vete in defer,C:....
our common interest. It is therefore ordered, that every citizen'
such a measure se
from the age of 14 to fit), shall appear in person on the 14th j,t1;11
in the Plasm Major, to effect enrolment. The for vw-
purpose will be announced by the discharge of three, guns id•
succession.
This
Proclamation appears to us to be in perfect accoto:'"3c.:
tedellueitithle'apers which have been issued by General Ps'''
since be took upon himself, the Supreme Power, and with thi
.4waveeTo,ret
hti
sriere measures
sesealreached
coeahfs he
.1
the
ladserpurthsueedjortirsideeictciroune
ofit.millVtarheyncoGoloovemurndrnter:tevl;;
height of authority in the manner Peel did, tj'er
serves :---We have seen private information from theCarliecsi
people are in danger, the National Gazette uw•-•
lbaitee.r dAanteemtltisainon tolfrehplowublicanadd
gevicoesel„alitdiiios
rlzrn:orlt,etrea;
Petted to occur ere long, unless Bolivar should soon aril' 12
Republic. Baltimore Gazette contains a proclamation issued by Gels.
Bermudez, Commander-in-Chief of the Department of Or
oinoco,
and dated Barcelona, May 16. He condemns the tontine, 4f Thief
and the Municipalities of Valencia and Caracas, and
thus :—These acts reveal that Venezuela has separated Ircnnof
Constitution and the law, by acknowledging the alltb°6l
Ile
Military Chief, lord setting at defiance her Civil Magistrate.
adds, a total overthrow of all the established authorities and flint%
tions as the result of this extraordinary and irregular
and the disorder seems to be introduced and inaintaitied 7," re
tart' force; in this posture, and, until convinced Verleen,e'a, ,ors-
turned to right order and subjection to the laws, it is my nnli-i'vert
pare to defend, if necessary, the sacred code of our eight's' s' g'
every attempt to disturb the peace, ofwhichOrinoco now e".'°i'r;ts
Towards the conclusion of the Proclamation, he further "' J
mend
expresses citizens of his department to confide in his zeal for liefelra'
expresses an opinion, that the restoration of Pace to tin' cod
was not the sole object of the commotion. „t• the
The Philadelphia papers contain a copy of a long decretin-g the
President of the Mexican States, dated June 5, regt"--

execution of the laws for, the granting of paoporls•
(From the New' York American, July SI. filort
The Editor of the Berltinwre Gazette has- receivea auv)r-al
Carthagena (Colombia) dated the Bth inst. The getir,'; a"
nion is that General Paez will be condemned to del malte
tlO
President Bolivar is expected in two or three week*, - all quiet
doubt, tranquillity in Venezuela will be re.stotedGene. Wealt/e rrodeif
in the department. A PrOclamation issued by .tist he°
Commander-in-Chief of the department of Orinoco, 011 of pot,
published, condemning in the stt (ingest terms, the conai" nraceell
and the municipalities of Valencia and Cnracoa• j"
thus :

lie On.

These acts reveal that Venezuela has p _
rated from t` wili-
stitution and the Laws, by acknowledging the autharitY g 4 -total
tary chief, and setting at detiance her civil tnagiatra,te' t; th t'e
overthrow of all the established authoritiis is the result 0. - the
traordinary and irregular conduct;. the whole event' W.71(70;
appearance of au attempt to violate the laws and destroy i"-
stitntion by force of arms. this posture of affairs, '‘u“ 'daub'
met
peace which Orinoco is now enjoying
finieconvinced that Venezuela has returned to right TrY'
jec ion to the laws, it is my duty to prepare tadefelid, if " the
the sacred code of our rights, arid arrest every attempt t"t itl
in ditplayag .your tried fidelity and your firro
liberty. Twelve thousand valiant gobbets are inerc"'"'„re to
Venezuela, by command of the Liberator President, t9,;,,airia•
turning from Peru, and part of them have arrived fit cheo tIO
The Bogota constitutional of the 14th June, 440 rel'al'flathasoh
proceedings and designs of Pan. Bolivar Iva' it
about a league front Lima, 234 March. fort
Y,
New
;°4l',,Tut r 2El.7.—The brig Hope, rg. '5- •
4 4
Galway, on her outward passage, March 18. Ist.
spoke the ship Crisis, Capt. Vatolyire, from London for
The HOpe had been in the ice the three preceding dais,
,14,
warned Capt. Vandyke of his dange• This is the latest,
near, the last accountof this r.
vessel.
Your duty is to.n

It has been obser—ve—dl7ysornesage
man is not ,prone.
abuse covetous of power than
abuse it.
Whether this infirtnity proceeds. ir° ,
lf
herein b '
aseness, or is the natural eonseVence
ot,
grasping at more than he can perform, eve kn°'w fl
elitii"
but the daily experience of the world exhibits 11) .
choly proofs of the wanton exercise of authority. nY
• • twos
petty Jacks in officewho t think their suns
, been.) oifig
that the te.,.
to
only made for present purposes ; and delight in l'l'l of
off their fantastic tricks for the mere gratifiesti°'hol;
tyrannous spleen, or the vain glory of shoeing

much the .y' can outrage propriety.hv teersteppilig
duty- P su' ch handS, is the gleatest-curse which
Society can area .4
—being invariably employed to the
prejud' Ice of ,e Weak, while it crouches before the
SCOM tul repr ;
oLdition of the strong. No ought to
, man
be r 41trtists',.sl with the sweets of power...wha wants dis-
ation t o 'ell& them. The interests of society demand
lit petty tyrants he curbed from running riot in their
!might; and protected against the injurious conse-
=quences resulting from lawless seta in the persons of
:those ordained for the due and discreet adinini.
stration..of justice:- Our laws are but mere cobwebs
if every expounder' of them, is at liberty not only
to interpret them in bis own 'way, but to act
upon that interpretation.;hOWever contrary to their spirit
and meaning, or subriersive
,of their tendency And in-
stitution. And yet, what daily prooTs occur of such
partial and incor.isistent conduct in the diversified prac-
tice of those, who administer our. 'laws—from the
Justice to 'the Juror—from the Coroner to the Con-
stable ! T his propensity to overstep the bounds of
t'heir orief authority," is observed to be greater, in
proportion to the humility of the situation, as poiion
is -sai.d to be rankest in diminutive reptiles.
'in another part of our Paper will be found a case
'perfectly illustrative of this dogmatic abuse of power,
y Mr. HAND, a Coroner in Staffordshire, who em-
-, pannelled a Jury, but would not suffer them to take
notes of the evidence ! Why, he might as well have
asked them to read while he blindfolded their eyes. But
such is the absurdity to which some men will go.: nothing
excites ttseir admiration so much as the wisdom of their
own ae.ts, just as the stag wonders at the superlative beauty
00'1s head mirrored in the waters. This Coroner
it seems did not act in his own jurisdiction, but was
eftiled in to officiate in another s, and like a true Swiss,
carried his prejudices along with him. It happened
that one of the jury was the Editor of a Newspaper,
and began, as a matter of course, to take notes of the
evidence adduced beibre him, in order to a more per-
fect understanding of the matter ; but the worthy Co-
.
rontrr actually forbad him so to do. It was in vain
to ask the reason for Such interdiction, and probably
this borrowed DANIEL did not know himself, unless
he wished to impress them with the truth of the adage,
better the devil you know, than the devil you do
not know." .But we ask, what right had the Coroner
to prevent a Juror from taking notes ? Was he
afraid the Juror could not take them correctly, or did
he wish to monopolise all the learning in his own
person ? Verily, it is a dangerous thing to set up men
to expound the laws before they have learnt to read
them., A Coroner's Court is an open one—as much so
.as' the situation in which the casualty happens. But ad-
mitting that it were a court of secret inquiry, is it not
"'oestrous to adopt the farce of swearing a jury to give
a true verdict, if they are not allowed the means for
comprehending the evidence ? How, in a case of
contradictory testimony, is a juror to compare the
statemetnts of both sides unless he is allowed to note
their variation ? If truth be worth knowing, that man
is a knave who prevents the means of knowledge. It
is mockery to insult us with the theoretical blessings,
of our free institutions if they are to be turned into,
wormwood and. bitterness in the practice, by unworthy
//aids administering the draught. .Let us hope, that
414 there is a higher tribunal at whiCh those who offend
'the laws must answer, that they who wilfully pervert
!their application, whether from ignorance or malice,
may be, compelled to answer for their misconduct, and
punished according to their deserts.
One word as to the right of reporting. The public
have an undoubted right to be present in all Courts of
Justice. Now, a, Coroner's Court is either open, or it
i 8
Hot. That it is an open Court is clear from the pre-
sence Of a Jury; and it is equally clear, that a Coroner
has 110 power without the authority of a Jury. What
ab"lity is it then for a Coroner to monopolise in his
oivo person the rights of the public generally ! Where a
paition of the public have aright to be present, the whole
body have, provided the space
be sufficiently large to
contain them; but as that is neither possible nor desirable
f 6 useful purposes, the reporters act as the represen-
tatives of the public. Those who visit a Court on
business, :or from ' • curiosity, naturally tell what they
have seen. or heard and stori •
es commonly gain or
lose something in the repetition,
from the fancy or
misapprehension of the parties. it often hap•
pens that
things are misrepresented, and the '
;
proportion to the number of times the st is
'Dryretailed,
as
.the stream becomes less pure the farther it proceeds
from its source. But the public are enabled by an honest
repprt, to drink at the fountain head, and no person
cab entertain a reasonable objection to a faithful report
being given, who has not some interested motive for its
mipßession, or in a perveraion of the facts of the case.
The Judge, if conscious of his-own rectitude, would
rather court. publicity thanihtin ii, and if he objects to
faithful report of the proceedings it' istronger
argument only a
argument for their publication, in order that if any
thin is Wrong it may undergo the salutary consi-
derst ; ' ton of public opinion, which has always a
corre •
ante tendency. On the other hand, there
may he things which ought not to meet the
public
eye
p, either in their progress or completion, but
thereporters invariably exercise due discretion in
such case,, and if they ,N... 11.. 11
y,m.srepresent facts, they
are suff
icientl
lit y amenable to the laws. We say, then,
reporters have fair playlet them not have absurd
sh. „
suierea thrown in their way, when honestly perform-

ing their duty, and then visit them for transgressions
consequent upon these obstacles. No man, conscious
pf his olktn integrity, can have any honest objection to
the truth being told, and it is the interest of the public
that falsehood should be exposed.

'TERMINATION of the BURMESE WAR.

An, overland dispatch has been received by his
Majesty's Government, from Bengal, dated Calcutta,
April 'lth, via Bombay and. Constantinople. ;The
Treaty of Peace between the Burmese and the
English was ratified on the 24th February, upon the
conditions of *the Preliminary Treaty. The army
wider Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL had returned to
Rangoon, and Sir ARCIIIBALD CAMPBELL was
proceeding to Calcutta, on his return.