The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-25 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

REr. OR T. —(Concluded from our Paper of Yesterday.)
The quantity of green barley and oats grown by persons who,
from their contiguity to Graham's Town, could advantageously
dispose of it, was very small, and in the year 1820, much below
the regimental demand. Until it late period it had not been usual
to give notice of the quantity required, but those persons who had
any to offer tendered it to the officer of the Commissariat Depart-
,
meat, who kept in his office a list of the names of the suppliers,
and the days upon which the grass would be ready for cutting...—
The quarter master of the regiment received his instructions from
the officer of the CoMmissariat Department to take his forage from
the suppliers according to the rotation in which they stood in the
lief ; and if it happened that the oats or barley of any individual'
grower were not sufficiently, or too much matured, the crop of
the person next in rotatioq was taken. With the exception of
Mr. Burnett,. no complaint was made to. us during our stay at
Graham's Town of undue preference shown by •the Commissariat
Department; and it appears that upon the explanation furnished by
Lieutenant-Colonel Somerset, as well as- ,by a letter of Mr. litl
Lett, addressed to his coiresporidents in Cape Town, that his dis-
appointmentih furnishing the expected supply, although eautied by
Lieutenant-Colonel Somerset, was not intentional on his part, and
that it principally arose from the badness and scattered- state of his
crop, and the difficulty that was experienced in cutting and ga-
thering it. For the quantity that he proved to have delivered, he
received from the Commissariat Department the stun of 430. 7. 4.
rix dollars. To a person who had rated his annual profits upon
the production of this article alone at ten thousand rix dollars, and
had enpended a considerable degree of labour in eultive:tion, the
competition of several individuals, who were enabled to evall them-
selves of the momentary demands which the failure of,their neigh.
bows had created, was a serious impediment; we belieise that
nearly two-thirds of the quantity of green. forage ennetnned by the
Cape Cavalry were furnished by the oflieers of • .the tegilbent, to
whom it bad been customary, in consideration -of the' very insuffi-
cient accommodation that the barracks afforde,d, to alrot small
pieces of ground in the immediate vicinity, for the purpose of
enabling them to build cottages and houses accordil• to their
means:and 'which they have been allowedon ifieit retirement to
transfer to other officers who suceeded to thee+ !This nalidgence
Was .extended to officers of other corps who,. were .stationed at
Graliam'i,Town at different times, and had received loCal appoint-
melds.

, .
It is to be remembered, that Graham's Town had originally
been' selected as a military station in the year 18 14, for titg4foret
appointed to defend the frontier, and `than the acconimelatiol of
the troops bad therefore been a primary object ; but :it.Stuit be
chi-fitted to have considerably impaired the qiiantity: diapoxeble
land Ibitt might have been appropriated gratttitouslyWt Overn-
fl
Ment.tb the .aettlera, or to mechanics who were ide ilirell ()rests-
themselves in the town, after it had been fixed upon as the
egistracy of the new district. ..„,,,,,,,r.., ~.
to be observed, that as the officers 'had a priority tlf
',they seeured the beet situations 'in: tittleAtettOliind,the
.-.
,has been, on more than one occasion, relttotern to the
,iktpurchasing from them an accommodation for. public
"'Whiclra greater degree of caution ;would fhlt4e enabled
it tit;'etirrimand. We had occasion to obseiy,e alio; that. ailok.
ments near Graham's Town had been conceded to, military Offi-
cers who 'bed held terivoriry cammandin tho 'district, as well as
to others,' without any condition or stipulatioitlor their occupa-
tion or improvement. In case of their being;unineloxed and cul-
tivated, they forme a great temptation to the treepasses of 'the
town herds, occasioning a4ax upon theinhabitante for the damage
sustained by each trespass; and, in' some instances, they are
retained by themcanttits in an unoccupied and untinproved
'istitte, until the.: Imo of population shall het au"mented their
value. , 1, ~,`C .. , '74
' 'The situifion of the land near Graham's Town 'that riai.
granted to Lieutenant-Colonel Somerset, we observe, has been
adverted to by Mr. Burnett. This land has been built an and
enclosed ; but we cannot omit to express the strong sense that we
entertain of the inexpediency of conceding lands contiguous to the
towns, and possessing the, advantages that are peculiar to this
grant, in the temporary accommodation that it affords in pasturage
and water for the cattle of the boors who frequent the market, and
.which, under the name of " liitspan," is ordered by several.in-
structions to he held in perpetual reserve, as indispensable to the
public txmvenience.

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- The establishment of the Somerset Farm, and its immediate
connection with the commissariat supplies that is noticed by Mr.
-Burnett, bad been ,a source Of perpetnal dissatisfaction to the
English settlers, from their location in the district of Albany in
the year 1819, while the manner in which the purchases were
made by the superintendent deprived them of, the advantages of
disposing of the vvey small•surplua that • the effect of the blight
and depredation had left to them, under the system' of open ten-
der, by which the supplies to government are usually purchased.
The establishment of this farm, iu the year 1814, originated in
the disappointments that were- experienced by the different de-
tachment:B of the military force stationed on the frontier in receiv-
ing their supplies, and in the objectionable manner in which they
were made.
From the representations of an individual who had given some
attention to the state of the frontier district, an expectation was
entertained, that by the establishment of a -farm in an advantage-
ous position, under the contralti and support of the Colonial Go-
vernment, means might be devised of obviating disappointment
to the troops, by the timely formation of a depot for grain
and Animal food, to which 'also the farmers of the 'frontier
district would be, glad to contribute by the. sale, of their stock
and produce ; and it was hoped, that by the progressive oulti-
ration of land and rearing of stock, the farm would enable the Co.
ionial .Government to relieve the British Treasury of all ex-
pellee in the subsistence of the troops employed in the defence of
the frontier.

As the interests of certain individuals who, had shared in the
former defective system of supply were found to be opposed to the
success of this establishment, it was deemed necessary to 'give it
the benefit of all the protection and support that the Government
could afford. We accordingly find that an order was issued by
the commander of the forces, dated 3d October, ISI6, announc-
ing, " That the Government had. taken upon itself the supply of
the troops on the frontier districts from its own farm, as far at its
resources would allow, and declaring that his Excellency was de-
tar • ed to visit with the severest
penalties,:o thaelyGlvrseoruinwneinlotsbould
presume to avow obstacles inwahuto.way Agent
in furnishing the supplies, or - should not be found ready, to
lend the most eirtvtual aid to a measure of such importance to the
puiehases from.the farmers,. and. at
tre‘...ivpiiithanad
vtiheewcotolonttcy. 'ill'
tate
the game time to provide for their demand for articles of consump-
tion, that they with difficulty procured at that period by indirect
from Cape, Town, the agent of the farm there was authoris-
ed 63 make ruvbsio, „f goods, which. were dispoaed of at, the
w
farm in barter for cattle and corn, or ere paid away in the shape
of wages to:labourers: , •
An advantageous position was chosen in the North-Wdesaoteme
bounds,, of:the:district, that wee then called Uitenhage, an
:acrieckPencisuiturowas
iimncptiiertrnedentsin,
combination of these advantages easbkdthe Colonial Government
4o aid the supply of the troops on the
fi litior and to render it
thanedelec:thetietdmlnbguiolfdilanln‘id, forthe
eti°lllagleet.i°Tlll9,ef
Imo" iidoPendent of accident, but not to
'.,;u•upersed'ethe nett. asity of
s'comnsisaariat establishment. While the SoMerset Farm had, to
econtiend,Withfth, 'disastrous visitation of blight, with which. the
111Cionituratestahlishments in the country were aflisted, the assist- i
anca of the: (SO • ' d t for supplies of
n.roastusaa
_riat department was raw
6tare4tYi which were sold by them at the farm at
cost prices, tout emive •ediinthe • 1 vessels from Cape Town
gs 'flay Th
• * superintendent therefore, act as p .
othfait:eevrertifixn portion. of military' suPPlies, at rates
. and T'Pj:."Bo.
'-ontrnander of the Forces, while the tool
nial 'Government Wai 414 to eombine, the profit of thitontrac" tor with greaterregularity of supply, thew that' been • security
fnun
'theinterventir'n
cl Such. Peninnt,.butiwithout the .security.
against •failures that the usual onstf a contract - afferd,
The price of the rations deliveredthe Somerset to the •
Corimaieariat Departmeoe, by Farm
CatiMakoder of the Formai Stasthirtaefirt4l4- ientiv“ the year;
hbayodthe.
sterling), but was afterwards regulated h ets and ° •
Y tne average rate of the
noittracts for which the: sipplies :that * b • the
rum ke4,been,laken , aro not furnished 3
wont' sotteenf}and half stivens to
eighteitiktulloni-fiftls shyers-Der
• "From the tnonth of

June 1820, to the gam: penal in 1821, the supply of five stations
that had been taken byvontracters. at an.average of 18 and one-
fifth stivers per ration, was aVantioned by theta after notice its
April 1821,, and new contracts wereentered into for the remainder
of the year (not exceeding two months), at In average of twenty-
three and one-sixth *fivers per ration. This is the period 'elected
by Mr. Burnett in his petition to the House of Commons, in
which he states, that he should have been glad to have furnished
the rations at ten shyers. We conceive that this assertion is cut-
ficiently refitted by the fact we leave just stated; of the abandon-
ment of so many contracts, and the formation of the only one
that was subsequently made at a much higher rate than that
which Mr. Burnett has specified ; a reference also to the very
high prices of wheat, and the difficulty of procuring it at the same
period, negative the probability of any contract being success-
fully executed for the supply of the fronuer districts at ten divers.
From the month of June 1821,-- to tb month of December 1822,
the Somerset Farm was paid fOr the rations It supplied at the rate
of nineteen stivers ; anti for the next six dionths ending July
1823,. the price of the only contract that then existed being re-
duced to thirteen stivera, a eoceesponding reduction took place in
the rate of charge made to tl*Qmwnisetriat Department by the
farm, amounting to thirteen &s*; but as it appeared to the Cons-
mandre of the FOrcea tobeeCisliset template the price of supplies
made on the detached And diet/eel Actions by the Somerset Firm,
by that of the supplies proeured.in a piece (Algoa Bay) that Pe"-
.eessed peculiar facilities, and at which, conseinendYs the rate of
contract was always lower than any where else, an order was issued,
by which the Commissariat Department was directed to be charged
for rations supplied by the Government Farm, from the period
commencing 25th December 1822, and ending July 1823, at
nineteen *fivers, being the price at which they were paid for in the
preceding year. On the application of the officer who succeeded
to the Commissariat Department in July 1823, the supply of the
EurOpean troops was allowed to be open to the public tender anti
contract for the year 1824, and which was effected at the rate of
thirteen itiyers per ration at Graham's Town, and eighteen stivere
at the advanced posts. Until September, 1824, the Somerset
Ferm-rentinned to ration the. Cape Corp.; but during the present
year the.native as well as, the European troops upon the frontier
have been supplied by open tender ; and such hat been the com-
bined effect of the measure, and of the increased resources of the
distrietiehat the whole military force is now supplied with rations
at fourpence farthing sterling, being a fraction more than two.
thirdsof
.the deduction of sixpence that is made on that account
from eleellaily pay of the soldier.
-Fromesereferenee to the accounts of the. Somerset Farm, it ap-
pears that-wry cfinaitlerable balances have accrued, in favour of
'thin"_Coiollial Government, from the silisplite that it made
treiaugr...ehil establishment to the Commissariat Department.
These balanOes have, amounted, in the period commencing 30th
Angnitaill.6, and ending Slat December, 1824, to the awn
of- 442,691 'fix dollars ; and they may, with propriety, be awl-
bittedltl.thireconornical system upon which the purchasers were
colfiducted,",the low rate of wages for which the labour on the farm '
stratoperscured, and to the prices that were ordered to bepaid for
thetitniplies.
'We are not avraee that the advantageous circumstance*, under
which these supplies were made, were directly brought to the
knowledge of the Lords Consmissionere of. the Treasury, until
the mouth of July,. 1823, although the additional trouble and
expeisce that the. system occasioned, and the authority under
which the prices were charged, ,and paid for the rations by the
British Government, had been made the subject of incidental
communication. The deliveries are stated to have been made in'
a satisfactory manner by the superietendent of the Somerset
Farm, upon a very extended line of frontier; but we have not
been able to ascertain that any saving was occasioned to the Bri-
tish Government, or any greater degree of facility in the supply,
than might have been fairly expected from an ordinary degree of
attention paid by the officers of the Commissariat Department.
On the ottierliandi as the resources of the frontier districts be.
gan to expsnd„and a competitionlor the supply of carriage had
been established in the course. of the eisied yeas-after the arrival,
of the British emigrants on the eastern coast; and as' the elm-
timeliest of the Somerset Farm was observed to operate unfits
vourahly.to their interests, it was with satiefaction that we learnt
the decision Of this 'Government to put an end to the establish-
ment, to dispose of the stock and the materials, and• to convert the
house of the superintendent into a ,eesidence for the. !middy-Ist, se-
cretary, and district clerk of the new district of 'Somerset, that
was formed out of a certain portion or those of " Graff Reyuet"
and " Albany." The arable lands were laid out in allotments,
and have been sold advantageOusly at long credits.,
Upon examining.the accounts of Abe Somerset Farm, our at.
.tendon was directed to the considerable amount of the sums that
had been remitted by the superintendent ,to Cape Town. In the
early periods of the establishment, silts—from 111.4, to 1818, the,
accounts, after giving credit for the proceeds of every thing that
was sold, exhibit balances against the Colonial Government ; but
from the.month of July, 1819, to the end.of the year 1824, in
the course of which the number of Wipes ierued,to the army, as
well as to the settlers, had greatly increased, the annual balances
were considerably, in its favour. Remittances were made by the
superintendent of the farm to the colonial secretary, and were
either placed to the credit of the hind revenue,-or to that of the
Somerset Farm account that was kept at the Discount Bank.
From the 25th January, 1820, to the 27th February, 1821, the
period in which the Government was administered by Sir Itufane
Donkin, the stint of one hundred and eighty-five thousand six
dollars was carried to the credit of the land revenue, and blended
its the public accounts with other sources, ,We do not, however,
find that the colonial Auditor has ever noticed in hie annual re-
ports, either the atiginentation'that,was thus made to the general
revenue, or the muses of it; but Ise attributed the diminution of
the land revenue that took place in the year 1820, to the effect of
• the general ,blight , which produced a:failure in the crops. The
stun of one huodrettaod sixty-seven thousand and thirty-six nix
dollars was expended, partly. in the payment of articles for the
Use of the farm, and merchandise, in discharge of part of a debt
due by the farm to the Commissariat Department on account of
supplies, and in the purchase of a stallion. 'The *um of ninety-
five thousand and- eighty six dollars was expended in the eon-
struction of barracks at Greham'a Town; 'de °"°tm-house and
store for the reception of goods at the mouth, of the river Kowie, and
in payment of a quantity'of. wheat that was sent to the Albany
district, in a period of scarcity; for the use of the settlers; al-
though we see. no objection to the appropriation that has thus
been made of the several serus that were placed at the disposal of
the Colonial Government., yet -wecannot ,help observing, that the
sources: from which they arose, do not seem to have been suffi-
ciently explained to his Majesty's Government ; and that for such
portions as were plared to the credit of the Somerset Farm ac-
Count at the Discount Bank,.the mode of drawing that was adopt-
ed by measts.d. drafts of the town agent, countersigned by the
Colonial Secretary, will utterly it variance with the instructions
of the Lords of, the' Treasury, undeewhich, all payments out of
the colonial revenues are required to be regulated and made by_
the warrant of the Governor alone.

The manner as well as the periods in which the officers of the
Commissariat Department drew Sheir bills upon the Britith•Tree-
salty, previous to the iotrodoetion of the late, regulation, by which
the rate of exchange bills, drawn upon the tiritish Treseury, is
Sled, has been a subject, of observation by Mr.. Burnett; and he
hos stated that they were made subservient to, the interests of the
Governor, who was thus enabled to avail himself of, thernost ad-
vantageous opportunities that the fluctuations of the erchange pre-
tented., both in the operations of drawing for money on Eoglasd,
or of sitnittiog it.
.It has been stated to ashy the gentlentum who ware at the head
of the Commiseariat Department fitiro the year 1915 to the month
of April, 1823, that after an estimate of the money required for
the public service had been made out (generally in every month)
for .which teoderkwere re-
tina afterwards approved by the Connunder of the Forces, an ad-
vertissineut for the amount reqtAkedt tither in BPeci*or colonial
Lworadsetrlhted"k-essthuerY,Qa3esnatte' to.
be
paid
in
hills
drawn
ucuporrne.nooye,
quireat- thooe tenders were -.for some time openwl in the presence
of the Commander
of the Forces ; but by a later order of the
,Lords Conmieeionere of,the TrettserY.
se it* *ere ripened in the
presence of the officer at the 1104 41.- the Co msoiseariat Depart-
!tient, and the Commissary of Account.. A schedule_ of the ten-
ders was then made, and accompanied by a report of the officers
of the> department, wait submitted to the Cotnmantler of the Forces
for his epprovaL
It is further, atatelk by Om: earner Offiffeci.Autt the highest,ten.
ders were siways AfeePledt-tatt,thet, a inotiebilt#ite4 4 diapo-
sition, on, the part of Lord Charles Somerset, to resat, the combi-
D,lons that he alleged to bees been frequently attempted; by ibe

most opulent and influential members of the commercial commu-
nity, to raise the price of %ureic, or to obtain an influence over
the disposal of bills in the market.
As the rate at which the salaries of those of the civil servants
who were paid in sterling was regulated by the average amount of
the tenders that had been owl, to the Commissary during each
preceding quarter, it has been the subject of frequent.observation,
that the interests of this class of the colonial servants, at the head
of whom was the Governor, would naturally dispose them in fa-
vour of a system that was caleulated to afford the highest rate of
conversion for their eateries in colonial currency, and that no mea-
sures of an opposite tendency were likely to be adopted by them,
however important to the interests of the colony. liir, Burnett,
however, has gone a step further, and has insinuated, that the
fluctuations that have taken place in the rates of exchange, have
alternated with the personal interest and convenience of the Go-
vernor, both at periods of drawing or remitting.
Without denying the existence of an interested motive in the
civil servants, for keeping up the rate of exchange at which their
salaries were paid, yet we do not admit, that the Governor, in his
rapacity of Commander of the Forces, would have been justified in
opposing himself to the very systematic vigilance that was shown
by the officer at the head of the 'Commissariat ,flepartment, in
I obtaining the highest rate of premium for the bills, that he drew
Upon the British Treasiiry.

We have not found that the Governor ever sanctioned the ap-
plication of any pecuniary influence of the Lombard Bank, or re,
stricted its accommodations, with a view to raise the competition
for bills at the approach of the periods for dravving: It' has been
with truth observed by the resident of the bank,"4at as its accom-
modations depended solely upon the amount of thireammereialde-
posits, the former necessarily became liable to restriction nt a,pe-
riod when the deposits were required by the merchant* for the
purchase of bilk
It appears, that in aid of the public service, the Commissariat
Officer was in the habit, 'from time to time, of claiming payment
of debts due by the Colonial Government ; and, at different pe-
riods, especially. during the last three years, considerable sums
have been received ; but at no period were these payments made
under circumstances that justify any suspicion of an attempt to
raise the premium on bills by diminishing their number ;. on the
other bawl, we have not been able to trace the occasional depres-
sions that may haie taken place in the rates. of exchange to the
exertion of any personal interest in the Governor, or to the use
of any power, or the adoption of any musures,lry which such an
effect could be produced. Upon the general question, we have
already had occasion to express our regret, that' efficacious mea-
sures for repressing the progress of the evils of a depreciated cur-
natty had not been resorted to at an early period by the Colonial
Government.

The grievance with which Mr. Burnett concludes his state-
ment, relates to the criminal prosecution that was instituted
against him by the Fiscal for addressing a memorial to' the Go-
vernor, in which he charged the Commissioners of Circuit who
tried his causes at Graham's Town, in the yet& 19113, with gross
ignorance of.their duty, injustice, oppreesieu, and Corruption. A
translation of the proceedings is annexed, and .we find that the
memorial in which these eluirges were mad...testa ,-transnitted by
the Secretary to Government to the Fiscal,- -With's *direction to
him to prosecute Mr. Bishop Burnett for hie libellous attach upon
the characters of the two Commiuioners, `Me r,. Truter and
Borcherds. The prosecution was delayed for snipe time on ac-
count of the distance of the district of Albany tiom the seat of
judicature at Cape Town ; the illness of Mr. Burnett stfter
arrival, and the application that he made for the attendance of a
witness, and copies and translations of the proceedings of the
Court of Circuit.

He complained that his application to .the' Secretary of the
Court of Justice had not been attended to; .and it appears that
under the expectation of his arrivalin Cape ToWn, an immediate
answer was not sent, and the copies were not undertaken until he
had made two applications through the Secretary of the Court of
Justice, who gave orders that they. shOuld be made for him, Tito-
sided ha would point out the doetuite' nvi that he required. While
the copies and translations were in course of preparation. he stat-
ed to the Commissioners oldie Court of Justice., that if they were
reedy to pronounce sentence upon the case as it, stood, he was
prepared to receive it, and would dispense with the copies that he
had required.

The Conunimioners declined to give any pledge as to the course
they would pursue at the trial, and Bishop . Burnett declared that
he was ready to appear before them, and to receive judgment.
Notwithstanding this declaration, he prayed for further time,
until the copies eheuld eaecuted ; and without making fur-
ther complaint of not having received. them, he declared his wil-
lingness to. appear on the day that was ultimately fixed by the
Court. We And that the translatiims were -delivered to him be-
fore, that day, and that they were in his possession during his at-
tendance.

,An admissinn having been made by Mr. Burnett of his having
composed and sent the memorial to the Governor, the Fiscal ad-
dressed to the Court some obear►ations upon the nature of the
offence .that ~Was„ stated M the act; of accusation, in which !Ur.
Burnett was charged, with maliciously, intending to expose to pub-
lic contempt the judicial dignity of the Commissioners of Circuit,
and with haying defamed them, .by publishing and presenting a
certain libellant; writing is the form of a memorial, addressed to
his,, Excellency the Governor of this
,colony► praying that he
would order a revision by the Court ofJustica of the proceedings
held before a Commission of Circuit,, and Accusing the two mem-
lam of, prejudice, partiality, and a corrupt violation of the laws,
and declaring that. they had been guilty of manifest injustice, and
a wanton assassination of his überacter, ;tending to prejudice the
causes wherein be was appellant, and to, forestal a corresponding
judgment ; And that he had further declared the proceeding
sgitinstbirn, to he one of flagrant injustice, of legal error, and per-
version of extra-judicial procedure, of scandalous oppression, and
intolerable persecution.

The Fiscal stated to the Court that the prosecution was found-
Id upon the Roman law' which, as subsidiary to the Dutch law,
and to local regulations, Le contended was. the rule by which the
Courts of colony were hound* and had , been accustomed to pro-
ceed both in civil and criminal cases. He denied the right of Mr.
Burnett to appeal to. English authority upon this charge, or that
of being tried by any other lnw than that which was in existence
at the period.of the last intrender ,of the colony to the British
arms, or had since receive:4 the senetion of, the British Govern-
ment- He then quoted thi 45th and 47th laws of the 10th title
and 47th book of the Pandeats, ip the first.of which it is declared,
that any jierson who shall have attacked the reputation, of another
in a writing delivered to. the, chief of the government shall be lia-
ble to be prosecuted for the crime ,of btjuria sc.-ripen and in the
second, where extraorditiary,putlishmeuts are declared to be an-
nexed to thip offence, varied,acqprding to the amdition, and -motive
of the criminal, and in. Which that of temporary banishment is
included.

At closed his addreas to the Court with a claim for its ean.
tence and condemnation of Mr. Burnett to banishment from the
colony for the spec,' of five, years, and iniprisonment in a place of
tenuity until an opportunity offered far carrying sentence into
execution.

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iieferring to the former proceedings of the colonial Courts, as
well as to the:positive enactments contained in proclamations of
the Dutch Governor*, no doubt, we think, owl
the authority upon which this proscention is firtinded.
It has been frequently declared that the colonial Courts were to
he. guided by local proclamations ;by Is €, , .
sue,. Of ,the natiViiiin ell-
explained' h'y the Roman
ides iawere received and promulgated it the Colon ', and by the
laws of the several States of Holland,
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silent, illaPP4c4blit' or obscure. ' :The Fieralbair,ststed,, tom/ that
enactment in the Dutch or Barmier'
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statutes, nor yet in the local proclamations' that war direcily appli-
cable to the case. The laws of the United States otHelland and
Flanders were founded upon the Roman Law, and thesOtietetris
in combination have received the appellation of the Itomin Dutch
Law, and form the subject of a treatise composed by a 'Learned
Civilian of Holland, that has been translated into the English lan-
guage, end ender the auspices of your Lordship, has been intro-
duced. as authority into the tribunals of those colonies that have
been added to the British dominions, and in which the' Duteh Laws
have been retained.

We believe that the British settlers, with whom Mr. Burnett
emigrated to this colony, were duly informed before their depar-
ture from England, of the nature of the laws by which their con-
duct was to be regulated in it; and we are not aware thus
the right that Mr. Burnett claimed on his own behalf, and that
of the other emigrants, of being tried by the British Laws, has
been conceded to British subjects removing voluntarily from
their own country to a British Colony, in which a system of
foreign law had been found to exist, and had been enntinued
under the authority that his Majesty derived from conquest and
cession.

In the present instance Mr. Burnett undoubtedly' vent made to
feel the (inference between the system of law under which he had
LWerl, and that to which. he had. thus volnnterily sublirtell
Mite-
self end by which the set of ac sing tmeMorial m thelover,
nor of the colony, complaining in' violent and coninlioni lan!.
guage of the conduct of certain functionaries, and prayincfor
redress of the injuries he had suffered, was, in itself, milli:de-
pendently of all other circumstances attending it, considered and
punished as a criminal act. By the authority, of the law quoted
by the Fiscal, its criminal. character and its punishment were de-
fined; and although we cannot 'concur in 'the description, nr in
the consequences that are ascribeci'to the offence, in the act of ac-
cusation, that of being ." a public violation of the laws, and tend-
ing to disturb the internal peace of the colony," yet it it iroP"-
aible not to discover in the composition.of thernoirnorial, an inten-
tion on the part of Mr. Burnett to defame the characters of the
persons denounced in it, and a desire of gratifying • personal ven-
geanee, cloaked 'under the specious pretext of denouncing injustice
and of obtaining redress.

It will not, however, have escaped your 'Lordship's observation,
that Mr. Burnett had entered appeals against the several actions,
in which, he asserted that the injustice and cortupt partiality of
the Commissioners of Circuit had been manifested, and it was,
therefore, competent to him to have pursued One* appeals, and to
have claimed the professional assistance that is always accorded to
those whose poverty entitles them to seek it. Ile, however, neg-
lected to, pursue any course that staght have en.hleil him to take
advantage of this ordinary mode of redress, and sett;,,,red the term
of twelve weeks to elapse, within which appeals from sentences
delivered in the district of Ilitenhage to the 'High Court', are re-
quired to be prosecuted. We are wot aware of any equti:hle
ground upon which Mr. Burnett ought now to be admitted te:
recover hie right of appeal ; nor do we think tied' id the event of
any new inveetigation being instituted, it would be followed by'
differeut,reaulte. The plea, therefore, of being compelled to apply
to the .oovernor- by memorial, and to represent the conduct of the
Cummissiertere in its,true lig.ht, by the use of the terror 'tit forth
in the act of accusation,. is destitute of foundation, and it ir only
necessary to refer
,to the memorial itself for an e:tpoeition of the
real;niotivee that gave rise to it. . Censurable as these were, and
Criminal when coupled with the act itself, and tried according to
the principles of the Roman Law, we thick that as there is no
proof that the memorial was attended with any greeter degnet of
publicity than that of Addressing it to the Governor, the Fiseel
would better have consulted the feelings of the community if
he had exercised the discretion with which his instructions invest
him, and had declined a prosecution that bad the effect-of exciting
the public attention, and perhaps its eyinpathy, in' favour a a per-
eon who, by his violence of language and demeanour, had deprived
himself of all claims to ptiblit estimation and respect.

During our residence in the' Albany District, in the early pert
of the veer 1824, we observed a general disposition ernoMlll* re"
opectable classes of the lietthirs to Withdraw tlitnualvee froth all
connection with Mr. Burnett, and to disclaim all community
with him in any public proceeding ; and, we believe, that neither
the termination of hir connection with the district, nor the ern.
barrissitments in which-he had Involved himself, excited Any feeling*
of pity or regret.
In the interval that took place between the pronunciation of
the sentence of banishment and' his departure from the Colony,
Mr. Burnett remided in Cape Town, and was suspected of having
been concerned in the composition and publication Of au infamous
libel, that had been seen by only two persons in a conspicuous
part of the town, and that reflected grossly upon the honour of
the Governor. A very creditable feeling was evinced by all
classes of the inhabitants upon this occasion, and a great anxiety
prevailed to discover the persons concerned-in such an act Pf in-
famy. In consequence- of information" that he received from
three persons, the Fiscal applied to the Governor foi permission
to search the lodgings of Mr. Burnett, as Well as of certain :other
suspected individuals ; and upon this perinitsinn, ,authority was
given by the President of the Court of Justice to a tontrniestoner
to proceed in execution of the warrant ; these forms being idivays
observed when any search of the houses of persons of the rank of
Burghers is considered necessary by the Fiscal.

The application for the warrant was founded upon the wont
and direct testimony of an Irish' servant' of William Edwards,
who Was confined in the gaol, and under sentence of transporta.-
tion to New South Wales, for addressing two libellous letters to
the Governor, and it sets found that Mr. Burnett bad paid free.
quent visits to him, in company with others, who had incurred
the euttpieiona 'of the Fiscal, and wboie navies were elso included
in the search warrant.. Nothing material transpired front the
search of Mr. Bishop Burnett's lodgings ; but in: proceeding to
the prison-room, in which Edwards was, confined, a paper was
found, 'containing a copy, in the hand-writing of Burnett, of a
placard that had been recently discovered and brought to the Fis-
cal by, the officers of the police, written on the same sheet of
paper that had been used by Edwards as a cover for his letter* to
the Governor. Mr. Burnett 'acknowledged
,thet the hend.writ-
ing'Veas his, but that he bad been able, from memory, to furnish
it for the amusement of Mr. Win. Edward', after a very cursory
perinea of another copy that he .had accidentally teen. In Con-
sequence- of further information received. by tbe'Fieeal,.: he ob-
tained' permission to make a second seerch in the lodgings occu-
pied by Burnett, when, amongst his papers, wu found 4 compo-
sition, reflecting severely upon the character of his Excellency
the Governor, the late Landdrost of the Albany district; and ppott
Undo( a most respectable individual, now deceased,. *dm. had
tilled the situations-of Fiscal and. President of the ,Court of Ili.
dee. No judicial notice was taken of these documents; hut the
Fiscal; having considered that Mr. Burnett wia Sinking the in-
dulgence that had been ahown to him, by being allowed to be at
large after his appeal had been decided by the ftill'Court against
that partof the sentence of the commitationera Whieh.:eequirod
hie confinement in a place of security, until his banishment from
the colony conld be effected, gave orderti..tei the officers of police
to arrest him. Mr. Burnett succeeded for some time in.eludinie
their attempta to unite *Tenon, and at last obtainede pave
in a vessel that conveyed him from the colony.
We have, &e..
(Signed) JOHN THOMAS,--DIGGFo
WM. M. E COLEBROOICE, fl4llers'
To the Right Hon. the Earl Bathurst,.
fitc. &c. &c.

SPY
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thurat date d in
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Charles
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COMMI/41011erli. ' 4 *
Loodo, 26th Nity, 1626.
My Ltra..,--I have.read the Report of the Committionert of in.
qttiry Upon :the subject of the petition of Alr,,,llithop,Buritett,
I regret that there hat not Iwo time to admit or my enuring
into a detailed exatnittittioittif the volutnintuteApPendit attorhad
to that Report ; but I am not act; ire that thiirorcurnitinee is of
11'1 whi:;a:fl:ll:gnilhgaYttit:fu' hLlwici:Plilbrtitifi"i"iPtl:admtitriot4"ncgtetardai"Ltiltt;;;hetss('T:Ghpl:ee::(gtu:t:li'v:ijknr°an'ie:ta4awnd°ct9:ftnn:tiheilds'*rtjP:rtd:ies:
1 I h„‘,„ mai to ahmerve, that in reletring whet I must' regard
at the libellous memorial of Mr. /I. Burnett to the Fiscal, to be
deolCwith Awarding to that colonial law, which, as (Inventor,
1 whaa*44Avtetlif.irg' lon li:ttliuridinfiali7erfulli I:"Prityeaputilic duty, in, which 1
stu supported by the matured opinion of the first legal authority
in the rolotty. I have, &e.
(Signed) CHARLES 'HENRY SOMERSET.
Liar! Bathurst, K. G. &e. &C. &C.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

. HOUSE OF LORDS—Tstunsinv, All 4. 24. -
This being the (lay on which the Knights, Citizens, anti J 3 i

pun, returned to serve in Parliament, stood summoned.to In( et
. at Westpiriater, the Loon Max CH aricattost, in his judicial
character, went to the House of Lords to' extend; pureoant to a
writ of adjournment, the time for such meeting until the t d day
. of November next.
His Loaoantr entered the House at half-past three o'clock,
accompanied by. the Lord Bishop of London, and Lord St' Ile)".
Sir Thomas Tyrochitt, Usher of the Black Roti, was in at-
tendance.

Mr. Currie, Reeding Clerk to the Heine, held the writ of ad.

rurnment.
The Loan Caalscrta.ort directed the Deputy Usher of the
,}Meek Rod to call any persons at hand belonging to the Commons
,‘ to the Boor, to hear the writ read.
Mr. Quairsts; accordingly went helow the Bar, and the doors
being opened in the usual way, Mr. Rickman, one of the Clerks
or the Reuse of Commons, with the Clerk of the Journals, and
several Messengers entered.
- - • -

The Lord Chancellor (being uncovered) declared in the House,
" That his Majesty haul canoed a. Writ to be issued under the
nrekt Seal, for the further prorogation of Parliament.*
Mr. Currey then read the writ as follows

" GEORGIC R.
• "oearge tht Fourth, by the Grate of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of, the
Faith. To our well-beloved and faithful, the Prelates, Noblca,
and Pt:ers, of our said United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and to our well-beloved and faithful, the Knights,
Citizens, and Burgesses, and Commissioners for Shirts, and
Burghs, of our said United Kingdom, called and chosen to our
Parliament, to be begun and held at our City of Westminster,
on the, twenty-fourth day of August next, and to every one of
you, greeting. Whereas, we, for certain arduous
.and urgeia
affairs concerning us, the State, and Defence of our said United
Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Church, did
ordain the said Parliament to be begun and held at the City of
We•totitedet, ,tht: twenty-fifth day of July last past, and did,com-
mend you by our several write to he present at the City and day
aforeseidi to treat, consent, and conclude about those things,
Which in oursaid Parliament then and there should he proposed,
and treated of. And whereas, we have, (by our writ) for cer-
tain causes and considerations, us thereunto especially moving;
thought fit to prorogue our said Parliament, from the said twenty-
ifth day of Jnly, to, and until the twenty-fourth day of August
following, ao that neither you nor any of you should he *ld or
obliged to appear, on the said twenty-fifth day or July, at the
aforesaid City, being willing that you, and every of you, be
wholly discharged, as tows, therefrom ; and by the same writ,
we very lately commanded you, and every of you, to appear, and
be present, on the said twenty-fourth day of August, at our said
City, to treat, do, act, and conclude upon those things, which
in our said Parliament should happen to be ordained ; neverthe-
less, for certain pressing causes and considerations, us especially
moving, our said Parliament froM the said twenty-fourth day of
August to and until the second day of November Wowing, we
have thought fit further to prorogue, so that neither you, nOr
any of you, should he held or obliged to appear, on the said twenty-
fourth day of August, at the aforesaid City,--We also will that
you, and every of you, be wholly discharged, as to ~us, theVeknn,
commending, and by the tenor of these ,presents strictly requiring
you, and ever/ of you, and all others whorn this may concern, that
you and eery of you do 'personally appear and be present on the
said 2,1 day of November, at our said City of Westminster, to
tree, do, set, and conclude Upon those things, which, in our said
tarliament, by the Com Mon Council of our said United Kingdom
(by God's assistance), shall happen to be ordained.
" Ourself, at Westminster, the 27th day of July,
in the seventh year of Our Reign.
" By the King himself, signed with his own hand.

" BATHURST."
Immediately after the reading of the writ, the Loan CJuAt:
csarlist (who had never sat down upon the Woolsack) bowed to
the Atiembly, which, thereupon, broke up.
The House of Lords has been lately beautified and put in excel-
Uttt order. The Throne makes a brilliant appearance. It has
been regilt. The rich drapery which hung over the col►►mns, and
produced rather a dramatic effect, has been removed. The gene-
t-al display is improved by the alteration. Varinus repairs are
making the avenues, which mat render the Home tunic con-
, yenient during the ensuing Session of Parliament.

Mr. Hamill, in his valuable work on prevalent* of meted-
ings in the house: of Commons (vol. U. r. 800). says; " A pro.
rogation of the Perliametitle either by the King's command, cod
in his presence signified by the Lord: Chancellor, or ttipeaker
of the House of Lords, to both Houses or by writ under the
(ieut Seal, diluted to the. Lords and Commons; or by Connair7
sioners appointed by a Special Commission for that purpose. The
hilt is the usual mode of proceeding, where the Parliament ig
prorogued at the dose of the Session, Ido not find any blatancy
where the Parliament hae been ;prorogued by writ, except upon
the. Meeting of a new Parliament, after a general election, and
before s, Speaker of the House of Conu is chosen. Upon this
•
oceasion, when the Members of the House of Commons come to
the place appointed for administering to them , the oaths, by the
Lord Steward or his Deputies, 'on their being informed that the.
Parliament is to be prorogued by writ,"directed to the Lords and
Commons, they go dirmtly, without going into the House of
' Commons, or expecting any message from the Lords, to the House,
of Peers, where the writ for proroguing the Parliament is read.'
This is the form of the entry in the.. Journal of the House of Corn-
mom, without exptessiug by whom, or upon what authority, this
information to the Commons is conveyed." In addition to the pre,,
cedents cited by Mr. Ilatsell, we may notice the following :—Au.
gust 31, 1802 (Lords bum. v. 44, p. 3, Commons Journ. v. 38,'
p. 4), and August 4, 1818, (Lords Journal of the above date;
C,'oMmons Joum, v. 71, 3). Mr. H. adds in note, "It ap-
pears from an entry amongst the standing orders of the Lords,
that when the Lord Chancellor speaks to the Lords and Commons
so aatembled, and directs the writ to be read, he speaks uncover-
ad," in respeit that he speaks to the Lords as well us to the Corn-
•' 'mans, and so it is uniformly entered in the Coup-nous Journals.

FRENCH PAPERS,

(From the Etode dated Weatieulay, Aug. 24.)

CONCLUSION OF THE FiRhIAN DISSOLVING THE
JANISSARIES:O,
CONIMANTI N OPL JULY I name of Janissary Shan no
longer eltist in,tbaiiSteatt a sufficient number of troops shall be
reorganified, ,dinAer the name of ,‘ Assikiri, itiatisurri Mtihainedie,'
(viet--;zioue troop, of Alabomet,) who will serve the state
religion stud honour, and in ft4n):e kno'ii;'how to meet the

enjoy. The actual easessor of the Landsebak of Hudawendikiar,
(Brussa), is appointed their General-in-Chief, and shall hay :his
residents in the Palace of the Aga of ,the Janissaries. This Pa-
lace sludi, henceforth, be called, on)y the Pakier t‘f Straskie'r
Pacha ; and the barracks and eaill-hilses shall be occupied only
by his troops. The titles of Aga of the Janissaries, Age. of Cater,
and Aga of Btiloe, are entirely abolished. The latter Aga of the
3aiiissaries, is raised to the dignity of Capidgi Baschi (Chamber-
lain), with the rank of Emiri Ahoy Elvet (Chief Equerry), and
' the late Kul Kyavaaai (Lieutenant of the Aga of the Janissaries)
is adjoined to the Seraskier Pacha, With the title of Miri Miram
(Paeha,of Two Tails) : the t agardsche Baschi (Chief of the
Keepers or ilse Hounds) ; and the Sampan Ischi Baschi (Chief
of the Keepers of the Bull-dogs), are appointed Capidgi Baschi.
The other Officers, known by the name of Bulak Agoleri (Gene-.
rals of Cavalry), who have remained faithful to the GovernMent,
are raised to the dignity of Silahors (Equerries); in short every
one has received, according to his rank, marks of the Imperial
munificence. Those who have hitherto occupied the place of Ya-
yabuluk Mutissarifii (possessors of military benefices or forms),
shall be considered henceforth equal to the other Zaina (holders
of military fiefs), in the quality of Decolte Alit Yedeklussi (irre-
movable Dignitaries), and employed in other honourable offices
under the Sublime Porte,

As for the Janissaries, who have in their hands assignments for
pay or daily allowances, they shall continue to enjoy them, with.
out any diminution, for the remainder of their lives, under the
sh!ulow of the ever charitable protection of the Sublime Porte, by
means of the sealed bong, which they are to present and have re-
gistered. It may he relied upon that injustice shall be done to
nobody. Thus the Illusselman pe6ple, great and small, the
Minas, and the inembCrs of the corporations—in a Word; the
whole Musseltran nation will form, henceforward, only one
howl!', All must consider each other as brethren in die same I
faith; no disunion, no misunderstanding, must prevail among
them. The great must look upon the little with commisseration,
and the latter show respect to the great. In a word, all must be
united, as long as it shall please the Almighty to acco►nplish the
great work of the new system, which has been unanimously
chosen and adopted, chiefly with a view to glorify according to
the will of the Holy Law, and to diffuse the word of the protect.
big God, and to animate the religion and the law of the Prince of
the Prophets. Beware of permitting any person whatever to dare
Ito speak or act in a contrary manner, or to oppose the decrees of
the Government. If this should happen, know that the resolu-
tion to employ, with the aid of God, the sword of the law, is al-
ready taken, and that every thing necessary will be done to carry
it into execution.

As all these measurea will be announced in Rumelia and Ana.
tolia, and in the whole empire, . by particular Erman, you will
summon the Imam of the quarters which are under your direc-
tion ; you, will acquaint them with the state of things, and fur-
nish them with authentic copies of the present firman, that each
of thenmay read it in the mosques and places dedicated to prayer.
You will signify, and will explain, to the people, that the sole
cause of the dissolution of the Janissatles is the necessity and the
wish to vivify religion, to fortify the Ottoman Powers, and to
ameliorate Islamism.: that for this reason ;the statutes of that
corps have been changed, and-put in their place exercised troops,
under the denominetion of victorious troops of Mahoniet ; that
no reduction will he made in the pay of the late Janissaries; that
their assignments will be punctually paid during the, life, of the
possmors. You will invite all those who have the faith, and
are submissive to God and to his holy book, to address thanks-
givings to the Supreme Being for this happy event; to live trim-
qua under the Protection, of the most powerful Padischah,. who is
the shadow of God on earth, and not, cease to implore, with him,
the benediction of Heaven. Lastly, you will inform them that
whoever shall maintain the contrary, will be punished in this
world, and in the other. You will, therefor!, watch . with the
greatest attention over this, and whatever concerns the,commands
of the law.
The 11th Zekkadi, lit 11—(116th June, 1026.)
"Pants, Aug. 23..--The CoitatiCutit,;encl *aye to-day, that the
certificate of the oath taken to the Charier, bythe infant Doe
•Migu:.ll.;uhrtiun:eeaniturneurtviendg, at
th
tTe and also a 4the Enilliefrto.omr,
Don Pedro, should not he executed, he would -wend Englkstil,
army to cause them to he carried 'into effect. - Theis- are the two
inventions of that Journal, and the note of Sir William A'Court,
to threaten the Spanish Government with a declaration ot war
from Great Britain,, if the Portuguese soldiers continue to be re-
ceived in Spain,: is probably as real, as the protest of the Austrian
Ambassador atlishon, the authenticity of which the Constitu-
Hound so long maintained, and which it has at length given up.
The news given by the Drapeau Blow, of two armies of 15,000
rnen formed in Spain, one by the name of Army of Observation,
and the-other of Army of Reserve, has no more foundation.
(Prom the Quotidienne.)
SPAIN,

Virroata, Ayei. 18 ...We receive this day, by expresa, a letter
from Valladolid, of the 10th instant, from which we learn.the
existence, in Portugal, of a very active opposition to the esta-
blishment of the charter of Don Pedro, or rather of the English.
A junta of Royalisti has assembled at Braganta---it has proclaimed
the infant Don Miguel abilointe King ; and, until his return to
the kingdom, his mother, Charlotte, Queen. MI the inhabitants,
and almost all the troops, are opposed to the new order of things,
and demand that the Catholic religion should be the only-one in
honour, to the exclusion of all other.. They announce, from ano-
ther part, that the troops of the province of Tram-nit-Mantes have
declared against the Constitutional Government. Matters have
proceeded to a like extremity in the province between 'the Douro
awl Minh°, where the infant Don Miguel has been proclaimed
King. The commander of the Royal army is Viscount De Monte
Lope, cousin of the General Marquis De Chaves. AD these
troops have been obliged to enter Spain by the route of Zamora,
stating the fact, that Portuguese forces, whose designs were un-
known, have been directed on that side.

(From the Constitutionnel)
rORTIIGAL.—(i.n.tvATz txrratt..)
Ltsaou, AUG. b.— A packet from England entered the Tagus
the day before yesterday. She brings no private letters, butinerely
Government despatches. We are informed that these despatches
contain the oath to the Constitutional Charter made by the Infant
Miguel, and a despatch from the English Minister, announcing ,
that, in the event of any refusal to execute the orders of the
Emperor, he will send art English army to hasten the acconiplish.
went of the Royal will.
We are assured that Sir W. A'COurt, the English Ambassador,
has just addressed a most energetii: note to t'he Spanish Govern-
ment, informing them that if they continue to give shelter to the
armed bands of the rebels, that serious act will be looked on as a
declaration of war made by Spain against England, our Ally.
Agreeably to the orders of the Princess Regent, inertial law
will be proclaimed immediately, and most rigidly enforced in'efery
part of the kingdom where malevolence and perfidy shall stir up
tumults... The.Princeas Regent shows -herself a rival of the eels- ,
brated Louisa de Gilman, Duchess of Brawn, Regent in the
minority of Alphonso VI. in 1666, under circumstances ex-
tremely critical, and which bear a strong analogy to those of the
present day.
Palms, Acta. 29..—1 t has been' rumoured on 'Change to-day,
that the Infant Don Miguel was to set out immediately. from. Vi-
enna for Portugal, which caused a rise in the funds.
Letters from R.io Janeiro of the 14th of June state, that the
publication of the Treaty of Commerce betwtientteat
ierthp)ir,ewsittihd
France was to take place on the following day o
the greatest solemnity.
whTellivehcoe
will rCeamposind!gelsytreiraaladroryis:.d oint tihsetblo4utglht
tintsht. atatZirieh,
afterwardsi
he will return to Geneva.

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