Star.
London, England, 1828-06-09 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The -Lancashire Regiment of Yeomanry, under the command
of Lieutenant-Colonel Bkanoytt, is now assembled at Lancaster,
on permanent duty.
Head Quarters, Camp Berowl, January 4, 1/128.
At a European General Court Martial. assembled in Fort Wil
Liam, on the 17th• riT December, 1827, of which Colonel J.
Al•Commt, C. B of his 3Lijesty's 14th Foot, is President Ensign
FRP:ORRICK cooetivir, of the 26th Regiment Native Infantry, was
arrainged on the following charge : •
CIJARGIS.--." Ensign Frederick Cookney, of the 26th Regiment
of Native Infantry, charged with having on the night of the ?f&
instant, at an entertainment given by a native of respectability in
Calcutta, where Ensign Cookney appeared in the uniform of an
Officer of the Army, conducted himself in a most 4isgraceful
manner ; proposed before a large and promiscuous company, and
in the presence of several females, a most indecent and disgusting
toast ; and by his drunken and degrading behaviour, subjected
himself to the indignity of being by force deprived of his sword,
and turned out of the hhuse by a patty of the police ; such con-
duct, or any part of it, being scandalous, and unbecoming the
character of an Officer and a Gentleman."
November .;27, )827. •
• Epou .which charge the Court came to the following decision
.frastinco AND Sitrereoce.--" The Court having maturely consi-
dered the eWideti'ee Benne thew, together with what the prisoner,
Cookney, hat said in his defence, are of opinion that be is
guilts/of the charge. of.sonduct %catidatoos,. infamous, and unbe--
coming the character of an Officer' and a • Gentleman.; .and do,
therefore, adjudge him'. the said Ensign COoltney. of.thq t2Gth
Native Regiment, to be 'discharged the service." •
and tfirmed,

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Approved ai cow_
(Signed) COM HERMERE,
General, Commander•in-Chief.

Ensign Cookney is to be struck off the strength of the Army
from the date on which this order may be puhli,hed in Fort Vril
Kam, and the Town mid Fort Major will be 'pleased to take the
necessary steps for providing •Mr.Cookney with a passage to Er' qv'
land.—By Order of his Facellency the Commander-in-Chief, • •
C. FAGAN. Acting Adj.•Gest. of the Army.
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NAVAL IN 1 ELLIG ENCE.

MAILS ARRIVED Tots DAT—Dublin 2—Waterford 2—Guernsey
and Jersey I—Sweden I—Hamburgh I—Flanders I—France 1.
The Janet, of Aberdeen, foundered on the 19th ultimo, off the
Banks of Newfoundland.

DIAL, Juwa 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the John, PARRY,
from Sr. Domingo ;' Inglis, SULK, from China; Upton Castle,
WILDRIIXit, from Bombay ; Marquis Wellington, CHAPMAN, from
Bengal; Eliza, Surma, from ditto, sailed 27th January. Arrived
front London the Clio, Home, for Quebec.
Juan B.—Wind N.W. by W.—Arrived the Garland, Geovz. •
from Jamaica; Clyde. Milano, from India; Sarah, Weals, from
St. Vincent's ; Hector, SADLNRS, from Jamaica. His Majesty's
sloop Harrier, for Lisbon, and the• Lord William Bentinck, for
China, have passed.
• PLYMOUTH. Jews 7.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Hope, Ga-
llia; from Memel. Sailed the William, WOODWARD, for Quebec.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Wind W. to N.W.
JUNK 7.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed the Mutine packet, for the
Meditefranean Stanmer packet, for Lisbon ; Frolic packet, for
Jamaica; Marchiontss of Salisbury packet, for Halifax; and Janet,
CARLISLI, for Sierra Leone.
BRISTOL, Juan B.—Arrived the Kingston, Jowes, from Jamaica;
Milo, STARK, from Nevis; and Kent, BEVXRLIY, front St. John's.
Ltrearoot., Juan 6.—Arrived the Lord Gambier, TAYLOR, from
New York ; Emma, AP DONALD, from Lima, sailed 11th Feb nary ;
Dale, HODSON, from New York; Harmony, Worm, from Marati-
ham ; Memnon, HILL, from Demerara; Irlam, Caatram,t., from
Barbadoes; Sarah, PARKER, from Savannah; Nelson, VILLAGE,,
Elizabeth, CAMPBELL, and London, Hearr.er, from Charleston.
PIMaSOKI, JUNE 5 —Sir WEENY StPTINGS, F.R.S. Surveyor of
the Navy, arrived here last night, having crossed from Ilfracombe,
in the Cheerful, revenue cutter, to inspect the ships building at this
dock-yard. A grant of 7,4)001. having been obtained for-the erec-
tion of a pier at llob's Point, for the accommodation of the packets
front hence to Waterford, it is expected to he shortly commenced
with. The conveyance Of public lttters, &c. to the naval establish-
ment here, has hitherto been attended with much inconvenience
and risk, from having no better conveyance for upwards of fifteen
miles (to meet the mail at Narberth) than a post boy, and during
the principal part of the year in the night time, so that it may be
considered as fortunate no robberies have been made on the mail
bags to this place. The money for the payment of the workmen
of the yard has hitherto been conveyed by a special messenger from
the Treasury, which will also be obviated when a mail-Coach is
established here, which, it.is expected, will run before the comple-
tion of the pier, the roads requiring only a small sum to nuke them
equal to the old line of road.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 7.—Wind W. N.W. to N.N.W.—Arrived
his Majesty's ship Tribune. from the Eastward. Passed the Re-
source, FINN, from Calcutta ; Georgina, from the West Indies ;
and Robert Edwards, 51411111104, from New York. Arrived the
Neptune, CUM," ELAND, front Bengal ; Renewal, CROMARTIZ, from
Barbadoes ; General Foy, —, front St. Dotningo.

TROY TYR lIAMTSHIRE TILMPRAPH, JUNII.7.

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Yesterday his Majesty's steam.vessel Meteor, Lieut. Hay, sailed
with dispatches for Lisbon ; and the Galatea, 42, Capt. Sir C. Sul-
livan, Bart. sailed this morning with dispatches for the same desti-
nation. The Challenger. 28, Capt. Fitz-Clarence, is under orders
for Halifax, Newfoundland, and Quebec, from which latter place
she will return to England with his Excelleacy the Earl of Del-1
bousie, Governor of the Canadas, who is coming home on leave of
absence. The Falcon, 10, Commander John Pole; is fitting for
the Cape of Good Hope Station.
ARRIVALS AT NADRAS-•-The Circassian, Douthwaite, from Trin- !
consalee, ou the 12th of February—his Majesty's ship Champion,
Stodard, from ditto—the Indiana, Webster, crom the Mauritius, on
the 10th—the Francis Charlotte, Talbert, from ditto, on the 14th.
ARRIVALS AT ST. 1-111LVNA.—The Catherine Macintosh, from
Bengal, April 19 ; the Upton Castle, Wildridge, from Bombay,
April 40; the Larkins, Campbell, from Chita, April 21 ; the
Johanna Elizabeth, from Batavia ; and l'Harmonie, Avernil, from
Bengal.
SAILING! 111011 ST. TIRLISNA.—..the Astell, Levy, for Halifax,
April 19; the Resolution for Lisbon; and the Upton Castle,
Wildridge, for London.

His MAJEsTY has graciously condescended to become
the Patron of the Medico-Botanical Society.
Vice Admiral Sir PULTENEY MALCOLM, was
on Thursday appointed to assume the command in the Mediterra-
nean, vice Sir EDWARD CODRINGTOD, G.C.B. The gallant Admiral
takes his passage in the Wellesley, 74, Captain F. MAITLAND, C. It
Sir PULTINRY, who on his arrival at Malta will shift big flag to the
Asia, 84, will proceed to the station in about ten day.. 'Sir T140141A1l
Parsury is to be appointed as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Mat.coLia,
and not Lieutenant WRIGHT, as erroneously stated on Saturday.—
Captain W. J. Hove Joussarosia, and Commander Inca SALmosti,
are appointed to the Asia.

The Lord Bishop of CALCUT rA arrived off Cilcutta
on the 19th Feb. and on the following day attended the Cathedral,
where his Lordship was installed by the venerable Archbishop
CORRIE.

THE PAnx.—Never did Hyde Park exhibit a more
animating spectacle than it did yesterday ;about five o'clock, all the
walks and drives were completely crowded with company. Half
an hour after all were winging their flight towards Kensington
Gardens, in which were conspicuously displayed the fashions of the
summer season.

The Duke of NEWCAsTLIt gave a magnificent ban-
quet on Saturday, in Portman-square, to a large party of Nubility.
Arrant or HONOUR.—Saturday se'nnight a duel was
fought in a field at the rear of the New Baracks,
Limerick, between Lieutenant —, hall-pay 10th Foot,
and Ensign H. of the 37th Foot. The latter received
his adversary'. ball itl the groin at the first shot, and
notwithstanding the danger of the wound, he is ettpected
to tecnver. The affair originattd in a misunderstanding
at a billiard table.


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TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

The Annual Festival of the Noblemen and Gentll

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educated at Trinity College, Cambt idge. wasceillievbetraiit4
,fen Saturday at Fteamasons* 'cavern. Upward, of
Sat down to dinner—the Loan CHANCELLOR in th
Chair. Anionv, those pic,ent were ht, Royal High
the Duke of Gloucester, Gila ncellt,r t 1 the u
the Speaker of the Itottse Commons,ns, ti.eChance„.
of the Exchequer, the Soliscitor +ienersil, Lord
manby, the Dean of lNl,olotOqgh, and. other dignia,
ries of the Church. Aftei • hiS tslajesty's health, hil
been drank in the customary mariner,
Tlie LORD CHANCELLOR prorsose4,” the health Of
Chancellor of the University, his Royal Hightiel ty
Duke of Gloucester, who had through life been d;y:
gukhed for that liberality of character dsLi^h carat
tetised all whom. tlsat ishiiversity had educated?'
The Duke of OLOUGESTE.R
and said the proudest gratification be had V/ 45 therev*
lection of the high lionAr the University had dose hi
in calling on him to fiil the distinguished i
s.titatfort
their. Chancellor. His Royal Highness concluded h.
wishing prosperity and success to the Cuiversit, 0';
Cambridge. . .
The LORD CHANCELLOR proposed the health of an
Cher irNmber of the Royal Family, who had received
his education at Trinity,College, who was through-4f
distinguished for kindness and tat banity, and altthe
characteristics cf a good man. He (:he Noble Loyd,
was aware of his attachment to the College, and.te•
gretted that he sllnuldhave been prevented by indispo.
win!) from attending this lestiv al.—The health of the
Duke of Sussex, drank with three times dire., and tbeen
The LORE, CHANCELLOR again rose and said, in pfr,,
posing the last tou.,t, 'he found he h..ci made a sit i
slip: the Royal Duke (Sussex) was 11,4 educated (
Trinity College, but had merely taken out his degp
there; if, under such circumstances, he felt so nisi;
attached to the Society, how much mote so wonldsfa
have ho-en had he received his earlier instruction withia
its swills?-(Hear.)—:-It was With gfeat 'pleasure, at
Piesitlent, tale lionounced the 'next' to:ist, and s Ith a
warmth or feeling ss high he knew would be received
with a corresponding tone; it was 44 print hy to Tti.
nity College"—(Cheers)—the noblest estabtihment Ice
education that was perhaps tier for met', not excevir..
even the London University that was to be—(Hearosbd
taoghtm.)--.-TheNobleatio.i'Learned Lord declared ie
' felt it one of his highest distinetions to belong to CAI
Society, which during sn many ages had been vi die
tinguished for the great men it had given to iittqatuir
and seience, and at nor period mote than the prism—
(Cheers.)—=No class of personS were so much irkleb;'eJ
to Trinity College as the members of that protessiva to
which he hid the fsonour.to The diioNt
Courts. were crowded with successful members 'fr.
nit'', College; the northern particularly, which
might be said to be a colony • from it. Its liri,fu
concluded by.proposiry -".Prosperity to Trinity Col-
lege," drank with four times four, and loud cheets •
The Duke of GLQUCE9TER considered it a orcul thing
for Trinity College that in it their present Noble Chair-
man •had received his edocation,—one who had
*vanced to the.head of his projeksion with.somi.ch boost
to himself, and who had presided over .the Court tg
Which his Majesty had appointed him with so much
advantage to the country .and the satisfaction of his
Sovereign. The University, too, had done: itself much
honour in selecting that distinguished individual a
their Parliamentary representative. His Royal High
ness concluded by proposing,
" The Lord High Chancellor of England," which was d
most cordially.
The LORD CHANCELLOR returnee thanks, add d
Glared the delight he felt atteeirig aronnd him so mar
of those fast and firm friends with whom his conntrin
with Trinity College had made him acquainted. •Hi
Lordship again rose and proposed- the health of (mein
the representatives of.the University, his Majesty's Sr
licitor-General.

The SOLICITOR•GRNERAL returned thanks,and o
marked that, as in former times, this Society still di
tinguished itself in instilling into the minds of gout
men those high principles of justice and liberty who
qualified them for the highest offices of the State.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, another instance of t
influence of Trinity College was found•in the fact,•th
it had educated. the. first Commoner in .the land—t

Speaker of the House of Commons—(Hear). • "Ho I
he has discharged the duties of that high and importact
office it is not for me to say : you all know it."
The SPEAKER of the House of Commons-1 real!!
know not how, my Lord ChancellOr, I ought to return
thanks to you for the kind manner id which ycu hart
proposed my health to this assembly, nor to you,. my
Lords and Gentlemen, for the honour you have do: eta
me, by receiving it as you have done—an homier or
unexpected by me as I feel in my conscience it is undt•
served. I can ,only say, that from the bottom ct rot
heart I fed most thankful for it, and I have the piw
sure of drinking all your.healthi—(Cheer,.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR—There is anote.-T flewt
mine whose health I am now to propose. lie is
to you all as having filled several truistic ittlicei in f:;.:
State with the greatest advantage to the punOc
He is known as an accomplished sclular, g:tred %;^ll
the purest eloquence and the greatest sas;actly, :!0 ;:l
in fact, a most admirable public servant-1 mean et
Chancellor of the Exchequer—(Cheers.)
M. COULEUR/4 returned thanks, and declared !'ea
happy he felt for the opportunity afforded by this Mea-
ing of proving how nn eh he owed the Sociay.
The next toasts were " The former Fellow. of Trinity Cli•
lege," " The Dignitaries or' the Churcb, members of Tlilif
College."
The Dean of P - ETEREOROVOII returned thanks at VP
siderable length, and rern-tik•A on a subject %%10110
been that evening hitherto untouched—it aas, dlr.&
first persons in the state for rank, ch,iracter, influtget
and high station, had been members of Tr
He (0:e Dean) had passed the greatest• part of
his Itfe
in that College, and it was to him a source if the
highest pride and gratification. that every one of
nine Professors of the College at present had been 1.'5
pupils—(Hear). Ha hoped they would escort this bePti
every man •had some subject of pride, and this hp'
pened to be his—(Hear). Around him he no yr saw some
of the first characters of the country, and it was tenlar.%.
able that every one of them had been as d:StingUisl"
in their college career, as they had since evinced thew
selves on the more extended theatre of the c odd (1106
The LORD CHANCELLOR —I have now got Wan the
dignitaries of the Clutch—with whom l am not qu'le
as familiar as I ouosht, to one which more paitieulA
belongs to myself—the members of the Bar bolt rguig
to the College, wbo ate as good, as kind, and as 4:3'
less, as any of their brethren—( Hear, and laughtetl%,
The SOLICITOR GENERAL, niter some delay :rs to ol
should return thanks, said be saw the Learned S:rgea
(Cress) and sertnal eminent King's Counsel around fuss._
who seemed determined to preserve here what the;
never did in the Courts—silence. On their puts
be:
turned thanks.--The nest and concluding nitric
L ird Norrnanby and the Stew'ards of our sex: PIO
ins." The soinpriy. then sepirrted. •• • • •

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LITERATURE.

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The MernoirsOfthe DekeOf Rovigo (M.SAvA ay), which
have beep pobitsnect a few days ago by Mr. COLBUSIIr
are- a most important addition. to the materials fur the
history of BoNazaasz. This kind of private memoirs
does, in fact, threw more light on the events of history,
Which depend on Cabinets, than any public documents;
but of ail histories, none stands more in need of such
illustration than that of Nazot.aoti. for there never was
a man more indebted to secresy, dispatch, and fortune.
The atiihor 'or the piesent Memoirs of which we have
read with great attention and interest the part already
published) had the fullest opportunities of information.
sa.t a very early age, just on the breaking out of the
Kevolution, he joined the army then employed on the
Rhine. The following passage seems a very fair state.
ment of the qualifications which soon brought him to
'notice, and fitted him for the scenes in which he was
"destined to he an actor
" Steeled against fatigue, abstemious by habit, having already
made. some display of temerity, and being gifted with a good
memory, .I had become an object of preference to my Chiefs, when
there was some hazardool enterprise to execute."
'l'o this we must add no inconsiderable abilities, and
a strict sense of the duty of obedience. Ile became at-
tached to General Desaix as his Aid de Camp; and as
this Generiff was one of those employed in the expedi-
tion to Egypt by Bonaparte, this very soon brought him
into contact with the latter..He accompanied the army
to Egypt—returned soon after Napoleon—and was
afterwards employed at the battle of Marengo. His
activity and services recommended him to Napoleon,
after Desaix's death, who was killed in that battle, and
he was appointed Aid de camp to the First Consul, and
ever afterwards continued close beside him. He was
the officer to whom the execution of the Duke d'Enghien
was committed. He was also present at the battles of
Austerlitz and Jena, with Whith later the present vo-
lume ends, and ultimately by his devotion and Services,
raised himself to a Dukedom. The present work has
strong marks of the' school in which the author was
educated ; indeed, the great charm of it consists in the
characteristic display it makes of the feelings and per-
verted judgment of one who was by nature martial—
was reared amid warfare—and reaped the full harvest
of victory. As far as it goes, we see no reason to distrust
its details. The author, to be sure, from the very nature
of his work, has opportunity of omitting any thin
which would spoil his picture of a hero; for instance,
the gallant defe..ce of Sr. Jean d'Acre is dispatched in
a few lines, and wholly attributed to a French officer
whom the English landed for that purpose, without
once mentioning the chivalry of Sir Sidney Smith. But
we have ample amends made in the very full details,
and vet y interesting they are, of the other great engage.
ments at which be was present.
The circumstances he mentions of Bonaparte's con-
duct on these occasions.show that extraordinary man's
matchless powers (rather but once matched) most
wrikingly. His caution in resolving to fight, and his
fiery determination on the field—the comprehensiveness,
of his views, and the minuteness of his details—and,
above all, his presence of mind in the Midst of danger,
are more faithfully pictured in the sketches of M. SA-
VARY than any other author we. have read. One anec-
dote of this kind, which we do not recollect having
seen elsewhere, vre shall extract—it occurred during
his stay in Egypta.his visit to which was attended with
so. many " hairbreadth 'scapes," that he had good reason
to say, in addressing a divinity to whom he often
trusted, " Fortune! fortune ! but three days more."
" Bonaparte determined to visit Suez before he quitted Syria.
Having arrived 'there from Cairo early in the day, curiosity in-
duced him to push on to Mount Sinai. He crossed the Red Sea at
a moment when the lowness of the tide.left it almost dry. On the
arrival of thrparty in Asia, that horsemen remained on the sea shore
with the guides. and toot it into their heads to give them .brandy
to drink, which had such an effect.ou these poor people, that they
were still drunk when the General returned ; the tide, however,
vim rising, and night coming on, and not a moment to be lost.
Having marked the position of Suez, the party proceeded, but in a
little time lost their way in the sea ; night bad set in, and they knew
not whither they were a.tvancing; the horsemen a-head cried out'
that their horses were swimming. Had they persisted in their
course, or lost time in considering, they must have inevitably
perished. General Bonaparte rescued the whole party by one of
those simple expedients which a calm mind always finds at com-
mand. He made himself the centre of a circle, ranging the rest
round him in rows, and giving numbers to the outer circle. He
then ordered them to march forward at certain distances in radii,
and when the horse of a leader began to swim, be made that radius
move back ward, and follow the direction of another which had not
yet lost ground. By this means the radii were, successively with-
drawn and placed behind others that bad still a firm footing. The
right road was thus discovered and they reached Suez at midnight,
the horseabeing already more than breast high in the water, for the
tide rises to the height of 22 feet on this part of the coast."

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'the following anecdote occurred after the battle of
Austerlitz, when the Emperor was at Vienna: A French
agent who resided there had noticed a certain Countess
•d great beauty and very fascinating, to whom an Eng-
li Ambassador (Lord Paget) was said to have paid
particular attentions. The agent took it into his head
to prevail upon her to go and‘see the Emperor, by in-
sinuating that the proposal originated with the Sove-
reign himself. He made. use tor this purpose of an
Austrian officer of the police, who was acquainted with
the Lady. She listened to the proposal, but required a
day for consideration.. On the next day she told him
e had been unable to make up her mind that day;
hot pledged her word that she would do so on the fol•
lowing day, and desired him to call in the evening for
determination. The carriage was ordered accord-
ingly, and when the officer, apprehensive of another
whim, called on the fair Lady, he found her fully re-
so.ved—she had her affairs settled as if preparatory to
a long journey. Addressing him familiarly, she said,
in a decisive manner, 4, Come for me this evening; I
will go, you may rely on it. Yesterday I had business
to settle, now lam ready. You know what inj•iry he
has done to our country—well, this evening I will
avenge it, Come without fail." The,officer was startled,
and the Countess was spared the opportunity, says our
author, of bla,ting her reputation as a lovely woman.
. But the most important part is what relates to the
murder of the Duke D'Enghien. On this subject the
author must he fully informed. Another of the actors
in that atrocious scene has also been appearing before
the public, and from their conflicting statements, his-
sr•ry bas-to unravel the mystery. The circumstances
'which led to the seizure are fully and plausibly related.
It seems on the very slightest grounds the Duke was
suspected-to Ise! the • secret visitet to George Cadoual,
the Vendean.. On this suspicion, which turned out to
be groundless in a day or two, he was seized—and the
rest is too well known. When the author reported the
exectitiOn' to 9onaparte, his exclamation was, " Hele is
a crime, and Which leads to nothing !" This is in truth
a text to all Bonaparte's morality.—He was not natu-
rally cruel, but be never heritatA to gain his point.—
Sava•y labours to throw the guilt of the deed on the
Mnisters of Government. One plain remark is enough
to overturn his argument—it is quite inconsistent with
the constant practises of the man—►t is impossible to
admit that Bonaparte was a dupe. He himself declared
4. that D'Enghien died because he willed it." This is the
darkest period of the history of Napoleon. The groans
and distresse, of the lands he desolated were drowned
in the intoxicating cry of victory ; nay, amidst the
. havoc of the human rate, he could win the applause of

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humanity, by walking through the field of baffle at
night (as at Austerlitz), and silencing his followers, that
he might hear the cries of the wounded and repair to
the spot, and relieve their sufferings by a glass of
brandy ! But the darkest deeds of that period (for even.
Pichegru's fate is more than suspicious) have nothing
to relieve their foulness." This is a pretty end for the
conqueror of Holland!" was his remark when Piche-
gru's death was told him. To what reflections does it
give rise as to another conqueror ! These thoughts
have been suggested by the bouk to which allusion has
been so often made. It will be, from the source whence
it issues, universally read; and we do nor wish to spoil
the fame, of which M. Savary is so tender, of Bonaparte,
when it can be maintained consistent with the best in-
terests of mankind. But M. Savary must drop his
charge against the British Ministry of the time, of
abetting the attempts against the Consul's life. His
maintaining such a position at the present day, is more
likely to injure his reputation as an historian, than to
sully the character of this country.