The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-23 00:00:00

tisy of retributions to exterminate the new order of
things with a religious frenzy which not even the wisdom
er valour Of the Sultan can withstand :

FROM THL DANUBE, AUG. 10.
though there is no want of reports respecting the course of
events in the Ottoman Empire, it is necessary to receive them
*itti a certain degree of mistrust, both because the direct commu-
nications with' Constantinople are infrequent, so that news from
tint city tomes by circuitous channels, and is liable to be din-
figuted in passing from hand to hand • and also because the diffi-
tilt!! of access to authentic sources may tempt. some ingenious.
Persons to amuse themselves at the expence of the credulous and
inquisitive, by palming off on them fictions., of their own. Re-
commending our readers to bear this in mind, we communicate
from a commercial letter from Animus. the following extract, re-
lative to the present State of things in Constantinople :
" Though Mahmoud may have succeeded in obtaining the
assent of the Mufti, and of several of the most distinguished of the
Ulm's, in the plan of reform which he has projected, yet the
great majority of that poverful •body by no means concur in it.
A great part of its members, indignant at the measures which
have already been carriod into effect; have left the capital, and
gone to various parts of the empife. It may be easily imagined
that they will not fail wherever they go, to impart to the Turks
this unfavourable opinion of the projected reform, and as they
are highly revered as the legal and authentic interpreters of the
Koran, it is much to be apprehended, that through their insinua-
tions, great difficulties easy be raised, which the Sultan may,
Perhaps, find it beyond tile power to overcome.

We also received Frankfort Papers to the 16th
instant, but, they possess little interest

WARSAW, JULY 13.
Since -the death of Prince Zajonczek, the functions of President
of the Council of State are exercised till further orders, by the
;waft Wowode Sobolewsky.

JIVER, AVG. 1.
In conformity with the convention concluded at Berlin on the
et of June, last year, M. Minsen, the Commissioner appointed
Itir the 'purpose, yesterday delivered up to the Agent of Count Ben-
thick; the Lordship of Kniephansen, in the presence of the Procu-
rator bf his Serene Highnesss the Duke of Oldenburg.

DRrADEN, AUG. 9.

At the end of June Professor Palmarolli arrived with his son
al Dresden, where he was impatiently expected, having been en-
Mad by the Saxon agent in Rome, on very liberal terms, to
ttratiine the finest paintings of the Italian School in the gallery,
Which are in the greatest- need of being cleaned and repaired. We
leant that the statement which he has been desired to give is by
as means an unfavourable as we might have expected, from the
%fluent complaints in our, journals of the irreparable ruin of
Thirty of the capital pictures in the gallery. The pictures, he
4914 are all untouched (verjini), and may he restored- to the ori-
tibia beauty with no very great pains. He has already begun
_kg. Partitions with great success on a Garofalo, a fine picture, but
wnich seemed to be irrecoverably damaged. By way of relaxation
.„"it were from this laborious task, he has restored, with extraor-
-707 facility, Titian's Christ Della Moneta, and C,orregio's Phy-
/1'414 two of the most celebrated pictures of small size. He will
IPrkProored to the long talked-of restoration of the Sextine Ma-
'mak which it will be necessary to transfer to a new canvass, an
6Peration which in such hands will certainly succeed. It is hoped
ite may be induced to prolong his stay here ; this hope is founded
'111„, the timely interest taken in his labour, and the attention paid
Tom by the whole Court, and particularly by Prince Frederick and
i.Prince William. What he does is done as it were before the eyes
'I all Germany, which will rejoice at the success of his labours.—
Stich a treasure as the Dresden Gallery is, in the noblest sense of
tit* expression, the joint property of the most enlightened and
etativated minds in all the nations of Europe.

Our Readers will have been informed by the Second
edition of our Paper of yesterday, and by our Assize
Report from Lancaster of this day, that Mr. Wm.
WAKEFIELD has fled from Justice; and that the recog-
tizences of himself and his sureties have consequently
become forfeited.

in the present stage of this business, we must, in some
degrise, repress our feelings, and not allow ourselves to
rfliatethe remarks which this circumstance would 'flaw-
144live rise to. We may venture, however, to observe
„I,hlat st by the tnannerin which it.was stated to the Court
" IVIr,-W,',Wia.scarfp.p would not appear, it is quite
evident that his Solicitov vrarvaaqUainted with his having
absconded ; and it is not unreasonable to infer from
thence that his legal advisers were satisfied that a con-
viction must ensue if he were tried, and had perhaps
informed him that his only safety was in flight. We
do not assert that they gave him such advice, but it is
a fair inference that they did.
If this were the case, and as the accused has ab-
sconded, it is not uncharitable towards him to consider
such proceedings as a complete admission on his part
of his being guilty of the offence imputed to him; nor
is it unjust to speak of him as guilty. He is virtually
convictedby his own act, as conclusively as if a verdict of
ajury had pronounced him guilty. Whether this he so
or not, however, there need be no longer any delicacy
used in speaking on this subject ; and we would there-
fore ask, whether it is not a disgrace to our penal code,
and to the administration of justice in this country,
lit, That an offence of so infamous a character as that of the
abduction of a female of tender age, should be a misdemeanour
nuly. and u such bailable ?
4121, That when an accused person, who had been bailed, actu.
p0t:146 hu appearance at the Assizes, and applied for the post-
reliant of his trial, he had not, when such postponement was
11, immediately taken into custody?
bq
ajule first point we would say, that it appears to
• rtmge. anomaly in our laws, so penal as they are
h
wn regard
to various offences, that one of the mag-
nitude of
abduction, which, whether considered as a
public or -
`"hick a private wrong, has scarcely its equal, and
Him comes home to the heart and feelings of every
Parent in the country, should be liable to be punished
pri,n la severity than stealing ribbons in a shop !
defect"ii• • Iwill •
in our criminal law, we trust, be im-
mediately rectified, and that the crime of abduction,
Whether committed on the person of an heiress, or on
that of a female' not possessed of a farthing, will be
rendered liable to the condign penalty which so atro-
cious-and infamous an off
On the second the
justly merits.
eeannot think due caution
has been used. Mr. WI LLtk
14
WAKEFIELD ac-
tually appeared in Court, and it seems to us that as
soon as his application to traverse was rejected, he
ought to have been required to surrender to bail, and
been kept in confinement. Those who had
the power
to direct this, have much to answer to society, fo
not hiving used such a proper precaution in a
me- in
which more than usual care ought to have been taken,
both from the nature of the offence and the character
of the accused. By his flight, however, he may not
yet have eluded the law, and we trust that every mean,
will be resorted to to prevent his escape from the
country, and to secure his person. We must consider
lb. unfortunate decision of Mr. Justice PA RK to
allow the postponement of Mr. E. G. WAKEFIELD'S
trial, as having probably been the cause by which one
°f the parties at least has escaped from the punishment
l'hich awaited his conviction.

The Reporters employed at the Police Offices in
this Metropolis either misrepresent the proceedings
Which take place at those Justice Rooms, or the pro-
"echngs themselves are often very shameful.
A Pule of this description occurred at Bow-street
3:sterday. A Midshipman of the Royal Navy was
l'Ought before Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, on a charge
bef assaulting an unfortunate girl of the town. The
b
-arge' which rested on the evidence of the female,
,as of a trumpery nature, and under the circumstances
guided, the parties ought to have been made to settle