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allowed, that the consequences which ensued
should have taken place? Can it be wondered at
under such circumstances, that a riot should
have occurred which required more than or-
dinary means to suppress. ? But whose duty
was it to prevent the First Commencement of the
mockery of an election ? Was it not the -duty
of the Marshal. Mr. JONES ? Undoubtedly
it was: but, perhaps, this great man was enjoy-
ing his retirement at his villa in the country,
instead of attending to his duty as the
Gaoler of the King's Bench Prison. This,
or the interest which the Marshal is sup-
posed to have in the sale of every article. con-
sumed within the walls -of the prison, can
alone account for the affair being for a mo-
ment permitted. In either of these .cases, a
remedy should be applied, not only by punish-
ing the present Marshal, but by preventing either
of these evils for the future.. A house is pro-
vided for the residence of the Marshal,. ad-
joining the Prison,. and he should
pelled to reside there constantly, instead of
being principally resident, .as has been the case
with 'Mr. JONES, seven miles ott, at a villa
suitable for the residence of a nobleman ; and
the practice of the Marshal's benefitting by the
sate of articles to the prisoners—thus deriving an
immense income frdm the additional misery of
h.
fellow-creatiires, and being interested in their

expending, instead of saving their scanty means
—should be absolutely and positively prohibited.

We received, this morning, the Nuremburg
Corresponile; it of the llth instant. It contains
one article of a very gratifying nature, describ-
ing the rejection of a proposal for introducing
the Censorship of the Press into the Swiss
Cantons. The attempt was met with a
spirit highly honourable to the independence
of the Senatorial body, who expressed _ their in-
dignation of the measure by a majority of 61 to
5. We cannot help wishing that a similar
spirit had influenced the Government of
France—but there, alas, the Ministers had
only to decree that the liberty of the Press
should cease, and the organs ofpublie opinion were
instantly shackled. Perhaps it was at the sug-
gestion of the French Ministry that a similar
curb was attempted in Switzerland, for libe-
ral men are• not more desirous to improve man-
kind with the hlessings of enlightened principles
and kindred sentiments, than tyrants are prone
to enslave their fellow nien to,' ail the arts which
ingenuity can devise, or tksir own had hearts
can prompt. They know that deTotism is in-
consistent with humanity, 'and they endeavour
to fetter the mind if they cannot enslave the
body. Public opinion is a mirror which they can-
not encountertheli• acts ha.;:e become
to reflection. and they destim: that
which honest men would most value as recording
a true estimate of their character. Bat when
men have lost all pretension to character, there
may, perhaps, be some modesty in wishing to
avoid. ftifther.--etutinv. Rogues knol,li their own
business best ;—in Switzerland at least, they
have failed :

NI-P.FAIEURG, JULY 10.

On the 23d of last month, the Great Council of the
CAntons of T,,sin or Ina in, rejected by a majority
to .5 , Pf-tect of Low, the CM,l7,,it rri
State, for the introduction of tie Censor, !,;o of the Preis.
Antemori.l on tii;: „Of, by .is s of
Coe Canton to tht: !, con-
tains the followingpoes i !, ,;; that
there ran he no real popufar repro';.:.r.tat:c.o
not perfect liberty of thinking, sod speabing, a,;-1, tionse-
quenty, haertv of the Press. If this libert once
withai'avin Inas', of the citizei 501.",
advatitage of the Government, the conse.;u,a,7e trill
be, that through the natural inclination of man
to egotism, tare • Government Will make uFe of this
instrument, which is the organ of the opinion and the
moral ,er:s of the people, to di4ll]-,are this opinion, to
corrupt this moral fef-t,e, ;Ind w•hils it dm, turns the scale
of power in its own favour, it will at la?t make sport of
the Cntitutional gnarAtees, anti degrade the popUhr
representation to an empty name.' • '

Frankfort Papers and the Alikefaeiile Zeitung
or the 12th inst. have been received this morning.
The King of SWEDEN is trying to smooth
down the proud hostility of Austria by request-
ing the EMPEROR •to stand Godfather tb the
inthnt son of the Crown Prince, but wo appre-
hend that his IMPERIAL MAJESTY will think
Jorry len,far n6rth for him :--