The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-16 00:00:00

an object.to borrow part of the horror must be
had, something else might be hit on, the select-
ing of which would not be injurious to medical
science. But if the dissecting is horrible in it-
self, and communicates an additional horror to

murder, then his Lordship, to be consistent,
should follow up his principle, by adding a num-
ber of other horrors besides dissection to death
for murder. He should return to the embowel-
ing system, or borrow a chapter from our ancient
allies the Turks, and suggest e►npalement. His
reasoning is a logical blunder of a very obvious
kind. The horror of murder is the cause of the

horror felt at the punishment reserved for mur-
der, and not the punishment the cause of the
horror felt at murder. Punish any man with
death and dissection for what, in public opinion,
is a praiseworthy act, and see what will become
of your horror. Again, his Lordship believed
that if an individual had made up his mind
to complete so horrible a crime, no additional
fear or disgrace would deter him from carrying
his design into execution ; but he wished, by
giving the body up for dissection, to spread a
salutary terror through the community. lie
wishes to terrify those who are not likely
to commit murder by means which will have no
effect in terrifying those likely to commit murder.
Precious principles of penal legislation ! and pre-
ciously supported ! We cannot stay the hand of
the murderer, hut we can frighten other people;
we can strike a salutary terror into them ! But
why salutary ? The object of punishment is to
deter from guilt, and not to terrify the innocent.
But we have here again the self-same fallacy. It
is the horror of the murder which produces the
salutary impression on those who witness the
punishment, and not the severity of the punish-
ment. The prostitution of severity of punish-
ment render: the people callous. When men
were hanged in London for all manner of crimes,
the scene of execution was a scene of gross in-
decent ribaldry. But when punishment is re-
served for crimes for which the people feel a
horror, they view the punishment with the same
feeling. As to what fell from Lord Tenterden,
it was sheer twaddle. He must take the liberty
of doubting, that the giving the body up to dis-
section east a stigma on dissection ; but he was
unwilling to see an alteration which might di-
minish the terror at the punishment of murder,
and thought that if the first idea of committing
such a crime entered the mind, it might be
checked and expelled by the additional disgrace
of his body being liable to be exposed after
death. There is no dealing with this.— Ibid.
An opinion is entertained by sonic, that the
marching of the Russians against the Turks is
not inevitable, and probably will not take place.
For our part, we have little doubt that the Em-
peror of Russia has by this time joined the
army, and that they have already crossed the
Pruth. That the Russians, therefore, will take
possession of the Principalities we think is cer-
tain.; but whether they will retain possession, or
whether they will cross the Danube and push
their conquests towards Constantinople, is another
question. We have all along been of opinion
that they will at least offer to negotiate before
they cross the Danube, and we have seen a let-
ter which we think may be relied upon, 2nd
which is confirmatory of this opinion. Accord-
ing to this letter, .the Emperor of Russia will
take forma! possession of the Principalities, and
then repair to Warsaw, where, early in May
(tile letter says the first of May), he will be
crowned as King of Poland. Upon this occa-
sion he will be met by the Representatives of the
different European Powers, and a Congress will
be afterwards held for the settlement of the affairs
of Turkey and Greece. That our Government
is looking forward to some such proceeding as
one here is alluded to is pretty evident, from the
confident manner in which they appear to view
the apparently alarming conduct of Russia. It
is not to he supposed that the Government of
the Duke of Wellington would suffer the Czar
to conquer Turkey, or to prepare for its conquest
without threatening war, or at least, remonstra-
ting. Yet neither of these steps, so far as we
may judge of the appearances, have been taken.
—The inference, therefore, is that a meeting of
the Representatives of the European Powers is
contemplated, in which an attempt will be made
amicably to arrange the question. For our parts,
we are inclined to think that no permanent ar-
rangement will be effected. The evil day may
be put off by negotiation, and probably will—
but, ere long, Turkey must fall under the sway
of Russia, or Europe be involved in war in its
support.—Morning Herald.
A melancholy instance of that infatuation to
which the love of prnbling, and the greedy de-
sire of amassing wealth by other means than those
of fair and honourable business, necessarily lead,
has occurred in the City within these two or
three days, and has been the subject of much
conversation. The particulars are now published,
as will be seen from the Mansion House Police
Report in another page of our Paper so that
any delicacy towards the unhappy individual is
no longer Called for. The gentleman in ques-
tion, Mr. Fehrinan, was confidential clerk to
the highly respectable house of Ward, of which
the worthy City Member of that 11m-fie, our
readers are aware, is a partner. His salary,
from his situation, ,;hick was one of great trust,
was very considerable; he received, we have been
told, with his wife, a young and amiable woman,
the niece of Mr. Bolland, a fortune of fp'e thou-
sand pounds. Most unluckily for his charac-
ter, fee that of his family, and, we fear, for his
life, he 1"134; tempted in an evil hour to dabble
in time-bargains,a traffic in which a few
cool-headed and lucky speculatpre have amassed
Princely fortunes, and in which thousands have
t,01.1 ruined. He was unsuccessful, and for the
purposr7 pf making good his differences ap-
pears to havle lead recourse to the last desperate
resoerce—feeeery. I.'w!:, he may have
been engaged in so itOardoug is not
known. The transaction will,?11 led to his apt
prehension was a bill, pretended to be drawn by
a house abroad on the wealthy firm of Roths-
child, and accepted by the latter. Ha had dis-
counted it with a merchant, who, in the or,di-
nary course of business, handed it to his banker,
whose clerk carried it as usual when due to the
clearing house, to be exchanged against the bills
ien sctleLl
nogf
on his house held by Mr. It othsehild's banker,
t tlorutih
Mr. F. was aware of this tN'avcetn,
gheotttlisneg
aoillt(ti
endeavoured
Cletia'seot‘isr'aeyci to obtain possession of
the forged bill. The attempt in any one was
sufficient-' to excite suspicion : but being made
by a stranger in some measure (for only beakers'clerks assemble at the clearing house), it imme-
diately attracted notice, and the unfortunate man
was apprehended. It has turned out since, that
the money with which he proposed to release the
bill in question had been raised by a forged ac-
ceptance of the Messrs. Baring. Some attempts
were, we have heard, made to hush the matter
up, which, however we may
sympathise with the
motive:of the parties., we yet are clad did not ,