Lincoln telegraph., 1839-04-11

TO the law"
& The architect then made his complaint;
/ My lord am perfect master builder, and
skilfnl mathematician but this man,
because made his mosque low, and cu,
down two of his columns, has cut off my
two hands, which has ruined he, and de-
prved me ofmeans oil supporting my family
IT is thy part to pronounce tho sentence Of
tie noble law. u
The judge, Upon this, thus addressed
the emperor; "What sayest thou, prince!
have nnu caused this mans hands to be
cut of iunoceutIy."
The emperor replied: "By henvcn my
lord this man lowered my mosque; and for
having reduced two columns of mine each
worth tie produce Of Misr (Egypt,) thus
robbing BY mosque of all 'reuown, by
making il so low, did cui off his hands;
lis for tleo TO pronounce the sentence of
The noble law"
The kazi answered: "Prince, rcnown
ism r',slortnnG Ifa mosque be upon a
pain, and low and open, worship in it is
not thereby prevented. II each column
had been a precious stone, its value would
have been only that Of a stone: but the
hands Of this man, which have enabled
him for these forty wears to subsist by his
skillnl workmanship. you have illegally cut
Oft He can hcncelor,h do no more than
attend to his domestic affairs. The main
tcnance Of him and his numerous family
necessarily, by law, falls upon thee. What
sayest thou, pr.nce?'
Sultan hohammed answered, "Ehou
must pronounce the scnte nee cf the law.
"This is the legal sentence" replied
the Kazi: "If the architect requires the
Jaw to be strictly enforced, your hands
act which the noble law doth not allow that
law DEGREES that he shall be requited ac-
cording to his deeds "
The Sultan then offered to grant him a
pension Goaa the ppblic treasury of the
Massulmans.
r"No /" replied the Molia; it is not
lawful to take this from the public treasury;
the offence was yours: my sentence there
fore is, that from your own private purse
vou allow this manned man ten aktchahs a
day
at is well " SAID the conqueror; ''lct it
be twenty aktchaiis day; but let the cut
ting Of his hands be Iegallsed.' y
The architect. in the contentment Of his
heart, exclaimed, "Be it accounted law
FIJI in this world and the next; f." and
having received a patent for his pension
withdrew. Sultan Mohammed also received
certificate OF his entire acquittal The
Kazi then apoiogzed iot having treated
him as an ordinary sgitor; pleading that
the impartialty Of the law requires justice
to be administered to ailwithout distinction,
and cnlreatng the emperor to scat himself
on the sacred carpet.
"EGendi," said Sultan Moian}med,
angrily, ''if thou hadst shown favour 10
me saving 10 thyself, ''Ths is the Sultan"
and hndst wronged the archnect, would
have broken thee in pieces with this mace,
at the same time drawing it cut from under
the skirt of his robe.
"And if thou, prince" said the kazi,
"hadst refused to obey the legal sentence
pronounced by me, thou woudst have fa'-
len 4 victim to divine yengcnce for ! should
have delivered thee upto be destroyed by
the dfa gon beneath this carpet So say
ing which he lifted up his carpet, aad an
enormous dragon put forth lis head, yom-
linr fire from It's mouth ---"Be STILL" said
The Kazi; and again iaid the carpet smooth:
on which the Sultan kissed his noble hands.
wished him good day, and returned to his
palace.
THE NEWS FROM ENGLAND.
The following important item of news
was received by the " Mediator, the
laet packet from London.
The Inconstant frigatc arrived s. biym-
outh from Halifax on the gath FEBRUARY,
in IA days.---She carried out the rumor
tia. !. ,ras the intention of the United States
Government to take possession of ihe
,l;s,,trJ ,orifory an1 this reUort waS