The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-29 00:00:00

pow are foreleg is Bessarabia. The evacuation of
*labia astilletdavis 1. so learr to be thought of.
%s bury artillery of dte.lasissavies has heea beoaght
Isadore, and the number of troops increases every
Th. Dread Duke Michel had left Petersburg,
ht, it is asserted, to take the waters, aid not to re.
'elms the artay. The intelligeoce front Spain cowls
mes to the 10th lastest, sad states that troops were
?wig fres all geartere ism Catalonia, is order to
follow* the spirit of imourreetion which had display.
Oitself is navy putts( that province. Atildrelrid Iran
fillityeendasoil is prevallie their sittingsof the 17th
tb,Cerws pasted a law, directing that the brigade of
&gal Carahineere which had been distinguished for
is unmated. sad nacoastitutioaal character, be dia.
posi.aisti the toes incorporated with other cavalry
tegkasals;oetwitbetsailing the opposition of the Mi-
aow at War. Do* Michelle Mato, Military Corn-
soder of the 'MAIM of Remises, is said to have
mated is two eseentuters the factions heed coo-
wood by the Monk Trappeuse.

it Bawer with reluctance that we perform our
ley, when we are called upon to animadvert on any
rut of the proceedings ins Court ofJuatice. In the ob.
swims we hare new to offer. our reluctance is lo-
used, because the Jiidge on whose conduct we have
semment has our esteem id a considerable degree,
lie es ausetat of his talent and his worth. Mr.
fosse rteriellei DENMAN, in passing sentence. at
&Old Bailey. os the " Man without a same," said
it was to be regretted that by the defence
ebe parser had made. the Court was called
sue p pus a more severs sentene, on him than
it wolf have done bad lie acted otherwise." The
Cnw departed from its character and dignity, in
oiling uy each remark ; and still more so, in fol-
Whig it up with the threatened e.reees of punishment.
He presser bad not bees tried for his DZPIINCI.
little news an absurdity In making that statement.
let it is an absurdity the conduct of the Judge im-
pede apes es. The prisoner was not receiving sea
rote for his Derexce. That would. generally speak-
kg, he a ridiculous statement to make. Bat here it
i• is truth. the pith of our argument against the
lamed Judge. The prisoner was not convicted of
weinittiTig a CRI2III in his DI 111,14 g. We are not
elised so vindicate the manner of the defence. in this
cur. Bat the prisoner plainly gave it is sin
cerity. and according to the best of his judg-
ing; and. indeed, in unavoidable obedience to
&impulse of his own feelings. How was he to di-
ked himself. if he did not obey his own feelings and
intrust: Bet if the coarse be did take, was a sew
Vince. he could not be punished for it without con-
mane and without tsisi. But here is not only in
dditien of punishment, laid on for the wettri.d °Reece.'
‘'`''4" glen avowal, frig* thannue hintt• f that lee;

waltost to inflict punisboseat for an ameertifitel
dace. We do nut know, bow the Learned Judge could
t. into this error. To some Judges, whom we do not
sane, haring the fear of the law before as, this conduct
siilst be natural enough. But that Mr. Dessimr,
selected by honest and patriotic men for the high
dee, expressly because of their opinion of his know-
ledge, and their hopes of his integrity, should so err,
is to us wattle which we do not comprehend. Will
the Learned lodge say, that his just indignation was
treted by the blasphemous tone of the defence ?
That will not excuse him; for his passions are sot to
interfere with the quantity of puniabsneot. A Judge
Ilgy be allowed to bars indignation at the conduct of
'prisoner; but the moment he opens his mouth to
rat se4tenee, his passions should pass away, even
hem his memory. But if the COMMON SlatliANT
rid feel shocked at the course of the defence in this
rue, the natural thing for him to bare done was,
to hare endeavoured to interrupt it. Bat the cosatuos
SICILINT, on the contrary, interrupts the Jury when
they tried to put a stop to the course the Defence was
taki-ag. This dues, to us, louk like covering the opa-
-1 mints of the Defence, protecting them from inter-
as4 then visiting those very operations with
xisbaltat. What quantity of punishment was a1.4;4
.4;4 to the u•-ts offerer, aloes not precisely appear;
ht, that it was something heavy, may be reasonably
ILierred from ,he severity cf the sentence. Whatever
quatity was, it is a punishment for an offence
r:tie tr,dt thr..opinion and will solely of the Judge,
454 lIIIIMOCCOOPd by the verdict of a Jury, and an-
irereded by trial, cr enquiry.

be seni almse, that the Spanish Ambassador
.the railed Slates has al:tossed a complaint to the
..eLtvii.l of %Ice, of the recug: tion, by the Ameri-
'4t tiavernment, of the Independence of Colrrm-
4r• It nay very well become the Spahis4
:Mee to hi:k such petrsish nonsense ; but all
:se rest of the world will laugh at it—except, indeed,
of the EritisA Empire, which is
ihmel to be quite as childish, on such an occasion,
15t"1 Atuhassador can be. The answer of the Ame-
Zr: Secretary of State, is written in a just and spirited
kce•

Consid•rzble sensation has beeo produce! by the
'.lll we yesterday autmonced from China, and of
tiA we communica►e some further partico:ars to-
n!• It is alledged, kilted, by some, that the dispute
ut of touoli importance, and from ignorance of the
ithits of the Chinese, it may be supposed that a sense
of multial iotsetsts Iseuld speedily lead to a restora-