The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-08-16 00:00:00

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The tlst .of Jene being the Anniversary of the,
memorable battle of itifroris. the .2.1 Battalion of
thy 87111 (or P. ince of .Wsles's Irish) Regiment,
corrals tided Googly, were reviewed by
fhp,Lieufilsiiii-Gavattior, "of Guernsey, his Exreilen- I
ty Dret-Gvo.'Sfr John Doyle, 'Dart. and K.G.
C..ll:itto in a vvry 14rierrat 'address, expressed'his:
fullest approbation of their appeeratice and Move.
asevits. IMmediately After the Review, the Officers'
Met tit their Mesiltoorn, when a handsonie Cop',
(Wails hed he** • liictatinunisly solid). Wet Present: 1,
ed I.y Major Darenport, with a short address, in
warty the following terms, to Lieutenant:C*lo6*V
Gough : ••.•
" Le the name of the Officers of the second India-
lion, I beg leave to present you with this Vase,, as i,
small testimony of the high opinion they entertain
of your conduct duri.og the arduous campaign, and
in the %arious actions they had thelionour of serving
order )ou in the Peninsula, and of your uniform at.
tention to. the interests of every individual of the
Corps."
To whirr tho'sl.ieetenant•Colonel made the fol.
loa big rept) • •
GENTLImEN,—.-1 feel greatly at a loss for ade-
quate laio.olagr to-convey to you the sense I entertniu
of this' nattering proof of your regard, which 'ac-
cept with heirtfelt•plessore' as a lasting memento of
the sifortiun of a corps of Officers whose good °pi.
Won I valisiiia highly.
" This Mirk of your Attachment is doililjr en•
derived to MP from the manner it war proposed, to
have had it presented, end from the flatveriug itiscripl‘
tints you have had placed on it, which, while it fair
exceeds my endeavoerv, only *Oaks farts as to my
anxious wishes to do justice to the merits of my gab.
taut enmeshes.

• " if, throtigitort site campaigns, and as many gs 4.
nerd amino', the second battalion of the Prince%
Oen Irish have Merited the favourable opinion of the
lirustrinffis Perron of the corps, our country, °ribs
Cei.eral Officers ander whom it has been our good
fortune to bare staved, 'it is principally ottribirt.
able to the uniformly zealous and cordial support
1 have tecekett from my Officers.
" This mirk of yove affection I will hand down
to my children as a -proof of my ezertioris in the
cause cif my country, and if-they inherit one spark
of my feelings-, they wilkeitimata HI value as I do,
and will preserve it with heartfelt pride and honest
exultation."

In the evening, Sir- ffohn Doyley with his Staff,
end the Ladies el the 87th regpment, dined with the
Officer%

aentRIBLE suPien.rmort 4ND
CRITh LTY. •

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[IPROK Till PRICNCLI PAPERS.]
OPIMAIO, JVI.Y The, Royal Court this day
~retained an accusation against• five persous,
.cuscrl of a nioSi atrocious crime.

, in, fire tuft, ceutury, in the midst of the most en.
lightened risitization, under the reign of the most
humane leligioe, ignorance and superstition have
just presented the frightful spectacle of a man who
has beets burnt alive on a charge of witchcraft. Th..
following are the facts connected with this horrible
prne'
ediug :
A 'twiner at Blois had a child afflicted with a
laitguishinc sickness.—Physicians were called in to
no purpose; the aid of their art waslried in vain;
e complaisit resisted all means applied for its cure.
rte oeighbours, infected with that prejudice which
stilt prevails among the common people, believed
that the child laboured under a spell. They pointed
ot.t to the parcels a woman who ens considered as
Ter, skilful in discovering those who dealt in charms,
and in compellirg them to restore the persona be.
witrls4 to their former health. This woman was
• called be. After examining the ch;:tl, she declared,
that it bad heeu bewitched, and t the spell was tol
last for three years. She undertone the cure, oh-I
sers jog at the same time, that it would be necessary !
to have 17 masses, 17 gospels, 17 ave-marias, andl
17 wax ca..dles. She took every thing upon herself,..;
and demanded 35 francif. She repaired to an ad-
joining goodie'. there fastened together three blades
of grass, and affirmed that she stopped the charm,'
and consequently the progress of the disease.
6. the *omen had already received a part of the
85 francs, said received more an the 14th of July.
On that day the father of the child perceived that so
far fa being improved, it was growing worse. Ile
sent for the sorceress, who promised him le discover
the author of the charm. When the woman arrived,
she declared that she would not leave him till she
made known the enchanter, but that her art did not
permit
.her to name the person; and that she could
only &seta* him. lie is,' said she, 4 a little man.
-r--a shepherd by trade—be Is ruarrled--be has a child
passes every day by your door with Isis sheep.'
• it must be Antoine, thee,' est:Wined the mother of
the child. 4 Go and enquire,' exclaimed the sor-
ceress, r and you shall see.' Enquiries were imtne.
diately made concerning Atstoine,swho appeared to
eg.eeexactly withthedescription given by the modern
• Its order to remove every kind of suspi-
ci.to, a person was sent to desire him to come and
kill a sheep.
46 Antoine came iminedietely to the house. The sem-
&wells cooducted him to the bed where the child lay.
44 Behold," said she, " the sheep we speak of! you
must immediately relieve this child, on which you '
have thrown a charm for eight. months past." Art•
thine declared he did not
.understand her, and that
he never dealt in witchcraft. ' It was then that, in
order to force him to confess and atone for the ima-
ginary crime, the unfortunate shepherd underwent a
martyrdom from two to six o'clock in the evening.—
They made a great fire of faggots, thrust his feet re-
peatedly into the flame, withdrawing them only to
inflict Mews, ell the time requiring hies to remove
the enrimetenirrti mod to indict it upon a cat or some
other animal that they brought for the pltrpose.
" The protestations of the victim were useless,
and six times he was placed in the fire, while
he called upon them rather to cut his throat
at once. Neither the torture of this most cruel
punishment, nor the shocking cries which they ex-
died, nor the suppliant mammies for immediate i
nor the constant denial of-an nA physically

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