The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-12-17 00:00:00

AY COLIFRIE. .
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.- ifil'halryeerly.Public Beausoatioe, at the Royal Mill.
a Gallego, took placiou Friday sinel Satnrday last, as
r irfore annoe wed. Ain3ne the Co mnissionere present
Ake Beard were. H•nlral Lord Cetkcart. K. T. ; Slaittit,
ehrwial )leitlinel ; Major General Sir Georg* Murray,
1t,e.11., the Governor. Sir J. W. Gordo*. Bart. and K. C.
.o;_tbe Qsartermaster-lieneral. and Sir B. Torreas, K.C.
..sthe ?salutes' General ; Colonel Butler, the Lieut..
tternor. ice. kc. -
• • %re the public examination, the lititalion of Gentle-
* Collets performed several asiolistioneacconline to the
ignited system of tactics nowt itt the course of intraltte-
r3a throughout the wrvice, by this Adjutant General.—
4t.i Waits/ examinations of the Gentleusen Cadets in the
'l-v4444am:hes of the 'Mathematics. Fortification. Ililita.
17 Diterlrilti.Sketehing. kw. &c. and in the Modern Lan..
knign Ind Ladd. Oven proceeded in the presence of the
Commissioners. i About thirty young Gerieleuva 'wade
s* b
their appetiteefore the Board, and al q•titted them.
kites universally in a very rreditahle manner ; several of
theta were recommended to leis Royal Highness the Cons•
Mader in Chief for Commissions, on the completion of
their ataderr. .
On Saturday the following Student' of the senior dee
p&rsaist pf elie.College (Lieut. T. O'Brien, njth liege-
Mint:Li:of:Slade, 3*l Osagoons, and Lient. Ma ir, 47th Re-
giment), onderwints pantie examination in Astronomy, in
the higher branches of 114theenatics, and in leortificeiidei ;
at the coselasioa bf which Sir G. Murray (the Borecnor),
in the name of the Board. compeieuented theseVilicere• in
the highest moaner. on the way they had acquitted thew-
'elves in sash of their branches of molly. and added Lis
own approbation to %het of the Commissioners who pre
suited them with certificates. Lieut. tietteral Maitland.
while "Inside( his duty as a Member of the Board,
lei. takes suddenly lit, and obliged to 'cage the
College.
• tHfieen of the senior el •partment, with their Pro-
fis.ors, dined together at toe Bean Inn, Bleck water,
Where the evening was passed with all the. hood ii.einiur
is I coneiviality which mist lie expected front the ottani-
. joy ebbed, prevails in this Institution.
t ' - KIK OkatlTiffirieTi. IRTURNER.
. • : •'• • ! - —mosissi--
Wolitiro, Sion.lav, Dec. 15.
Zil-eitesordiniry sensation has been prodUced in this
lawn sal it. vieinity by the unexpected and decisive pro.
emelings taken az einst Sir ti. Page Turner of liattlemlen,
sheet two miles from thief ;dare. :V 'arty four years ago an
atteo.pt weer snide to establish a charge oflonacy ag deist
'tie fano• wiry. and weer some time lad been exhausted. in
pros:tiring evidence, the undertaking entirely file I. It
fs amongst the singnlarities of the present eet e•prise that
it is stlpporte•l or rather prom Red by the very persons
who were chiefly ins:rum:goal in rendering aKirtive the
farmer piste, It is tier to sup 'ore that they have altered
their sentiments upon jalicious ;frontlet.. Tinse alone con
develop those no, and it would be an improper inter-
ferrate with the course of jn.licial proceedings to carry
our inqairire to tiny part of the details of this case. ft
may, however, be allowed to as to observe that if the state
of this gentleness', mind be truly described by the authors
of Ais proems, his life and roneersation have been treaied
with *Mettler forbearance by the rest of sumkinel ; fur No
"%this moment the snot liheial harboring.• of indis••ri 11l i l rite
slander—nay, even the cruel ihqnisition of a vilta4e tilde
• has not been able to supply a single anecdote of Sir
tirdeorlt which render, rinestionalsle the doe infinence of
mason in all his action.. lie is not charged wi b any
extravagant habits, unless a taste for rode. ting 'curious
works of art, ant no unlimited application of his means in
?marine them, can make him liable to such an imputation.
kie his within the lest teelvesnonth ehh•tly resided at this
place. and employed mach of his time in snperi ntending
same new plantations and other iinproveuseuts. The
manor lipase is an irretoler building, pretty extrelitge., but,
aestivate of all pretensions to architectural °roamed.. Jt is
eneinsed by a wall, except to the worth and tie west,
in which I iirertiue it commands a bold view of fertile
vales and uplands *towards the billsof Burkingliamshire.
'f It• eminence which forms the site of this • ?wilding is
neatly forward into a pleasore ground, and the declivity ti
the westward. Shier is terminated by an extensive pond.
is disposed in -uniform terrace'. The mansion derives soon.
ipterest from having been ones the residence of Allen Lord
Midwest, who, though in his day of soffieimit importance
to he courted by the rival at Armen of the period, yet is wow
only wineenttered as the patron anal companion of Pope.
With lint little to gratify the vanity of its possessor. it is
dalicient for his comforts, and seems dertneei to be the
litobewite hannt of such a men as Bathurst is pour:eyed to
~.'itisterity by the friendship of the hard-.
The Petl•P to ralue steles. with the art
Tajo, them 'rot the virtue to Impart i •
' .. Tn tatlauee fortune t.v a jord ereen-r.
joip akheeunemr—titairnineettee.
* The extensive grounds about the mansion exhibit but
• tee many proofs of long neglect. The app arance of
decay al ott the place—the broken lap ind unwee.lrd walk-.
sad the recollection that the rightful proprietor is sepsis--
led from the scene of his inheritance, and precluded fro is
the opportunity of repairing i's beauties • these event,
Mee casual passenger, are sources of melancholy refire-
We. The servants who heel green old in the service of
the family, are in. st of theses engaged to give evidence
isfavourable to Sir Gregory. One superannuated
Yenisei. who is seen straggling about the
gteeirle In extteme poverty appears to be most affected
by those changer. He has been in the family upwards
of half a eentory, and when he looks back to the period,
when his young master entered life, the joy and hope
of his airily, and with a prospect of the highest kind-
WNW him; when he remembers this, and compares it;
with the events which he is now witnessing, he lasuenti '
at so sail a day should have overtaken hint in this
Ma. Alluding to a sale of pert of the effects, which took
piste a few weeks ago under an execution, the old man
sits with the tears standing is his *eves,, " They have
Olt ffitti tifyielisting tackle, shit whiCh 1 made my poor
Master's twee feir. so many years.—liat the time is come-'
I•bnow it lty.tbe destruction I see arena' me;' end
be Pointed to the fragments of a remark tole oak which
pew near the mansion. 'nil which was tent only a fete
Isghts op by the violence of the Nast. Aitionltst tbd
'picks whl on drat occasion was n fine printing-pre*, •
!I4 all Its appointments; fur it win, that Sit uregoty
ssw to employ himself With this machine to begnile Ms
• tolitarylouri. lie. Birch, a Solicitor, acting ander the
OfPgatmetit .of the Lord Chancellor was down here
Y'wwdlt.,., and after making minute inquiries of such of
the servants at be could obtain access to,- he served two of
disc with subixenas to attend the Inquisition on Friday.—
'lleJery are expected here to morrow. •
Barrannan—TUßOßAT.—The Jury who' have been.
were in London, under a Commission to :try if Sir 0.
abilt,Turner be of unsound mind with lucid .iatervals,
Itsil K be is capable of managing his satire, arrived
byre at ten o'clock this morning, pursuant to a resole.
reiltered iato by them its London on -Friday last.-,
we were nine post Thais s. Mr. Matorly, the agent of
r tfcgoey. and the Solicitors attendel. Mr. Birch also
1112•.• mod rather unexpe..tedly. The entrance gates
..._,'"l“kwen kept elms s the window shutters of the house
s'v aordosed. Vie Jury and the Solicitors were ad-
aits‘_gy the posters gate, and so mach mystery and
'nil michtdo• were practised with respect to all other
Irma. au to give rim to seine carioca speculations. The
"qu7 tweet over the holm minutely inspecting troy
r. 40.104. every aeticleof furniture. Their attention lean
11.artkikitly:directed to some boxes and packages whkk
'Ple tenoned for .tbeir inspection. As the result of this.
' 940stimstat will be detailed Were the proper tribaisal
111191-i3nni, ma would skein it prsosature to ester into
UT silibanlutes of what has passed on this occatiets