specting certain erasures in the manuscript of his lectures. It was observed, that they were covered with sand, and appeared to have been recently made, at the moment they were seized. He replied, that he was aware that, as no criminality could be proved in the manuscript, it was wished to criminate him for what was not in it. The fact was, that he had been obliged to draw up his lectures hastily, and correct them at every leisure moment, even in Court while causes were hearing. The President ordered several passages of the lectures of M. Bavoux to be read. An argument then arose on the hearing of witnesses, in course of which the defendant's counsel remarked with surprise, that in the pleadings the Advocate-General had chosen to call the defendant the Sieur Bavoux, instead of Monsieur Bavoux. M. Delvincourt was the first witness. He began by describing the origin of the disturbance. He deposed in contradiction to the denial of the defendant, that he had called him a brigand. The beadle of the college and other witnesses were heard for the prosecution. After which some witnesses, chiefly students, were called on the part of the defendant. These witnesses deposed, that M. Bavoux, while pointing out defects in the criminal code, had always instructed them to obey the laws. M. Vatemeuil, the Advocate-General, then addressed the Court. On the motion of M. Bavoux, who was to plead his own cause, the further proceedings were postponed till the following day. 2. The trial being resumed, M. Bavoux addressed the Jury. He complained of the outrages committed on him; the ransacking his house, and the seizure of his private papers. He defended his lectures on the ground that he had only cen VOL. XII. PART II. sured a penal code which was the work of a despot,-of that man of terror whom the people received with so much joy, and so quickly abandoned,-of that man whose first conquests in Italy exhibited him to the world as a deliverer,-of that man who saw around him a nation calling for social organization, and who gave them nothing but chains. Every thing that had been noble and generous in our laws was effaced, and the institution of jury trial completely degraded. He concluded by attributing the disorders of the Ecole de Droit to the officious interference of the Dean to suppress the natural ardour with which his youthful auditory applauded the subject on which he was descanting. MM. Pareil and Dupin afterwards addressed the Jury in behalf of M. Bavoux. The President recapitulated the evidence, after which the Jury retired, and in half an hour returned a verdict of Not Guilty, which was received with three distinct rounds of applause. M. Bavoux quitted the Court accompanied by about fifty youths, exclaiming" Vive Bavoux; and surrounded by this retinue, passed along the Pont Neuf, the Quai de l'Ecole, and proceeded to the Oratoire, where he mounted a fiacre, and saluted the assembled multitude. 5. MANCHESTER.-The declaration of the Magistrates as to the illegality of the intended meeting of the 9th has had the desired effect. The requisitionists dare not persevere in their intentions of holding it and an address, signed by "Saxton," has been issued countermanding it. Another requisition, addressed to the Boroughreeve and Constables is now signing its tone is considerably lowered. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.-The British residents at St Malo and St Servan have been lately much alarm Z ed by an attempt to assassinate Lieu tenant Collingwood, of the Royal Navy, who lived in the neighbour hood, at the little village of Kelmay. A shot was fired into his house through the window, and the ball lodged in the opposite wall without doing any mischief. The house fronts the garden, which is surrounded with high walls, and the matter appeared extraordinary, yet it pass ed without further notice. A few days afterwards, as Mr Collingwood was walking in the garden, a shot was fired directly at him, which must have killed him on the spot, had he not, at the moment, providentially stooped to caress a favourite pointer; the ball lodged in a tree just by. The business becoming too serious, the authorities were immediately apprised of all the circumstances; and the sub-prefect ordered the commissaries of police of St Servan and St Malo to proceed instantly to the spot. They tracked the assassin, by his footsteps, to a pile of wood on the outside of the garden, close to the wall, on which he stood, resting his piece, it seems, on the wall, and having his destined victim, in the second attempt, within about twenty yards of him. Mr Collingwood, from his own conduct, was an object of respect to all the villagers: he had given offence to no one, and conjecture was at a loss to account for this singular attempt on his life. It has, however, been at last discovered, that a report had gone abroad that Lieutenant Collingwood had greatly distinguished himself in the battle of Trafalgar, and that from the poop of the Victory, where he was posted, he had the good fortune to kill, at the very instant, the Frenchman who had shot Lord Nelson: no doubt is, therefore, now entertained, but that the shot was fired, in the spirit of hatred and revenge, by some French sailor who had been in that memorable engagement. 9. LORD NORBURY ON THE STATE OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND. At the Mullingar Assizes, Lord Norbury, in his address to the Grand Jury, of the above date, spoke as follows:-Gentlemen; I cannot pass over the present state of affairs, without saying a word or two upon them. I am glad to find that this county, which may be called the bosom of Ireland, is now at peace. All is quiet; no tumult, no confusion, no meetings; a prospect of a fine harvest; a likelihood of a plenteous crop; every thing composed from Derry to Dingle; fine corn-fields, and not a single field orator. I am sorry to say, this is not the case in our neighbouring island. Let us take care; we are an imitative people; we must not forget what has happened in past times. The historian observes, there never was a convulsion in England that was not followed by one in Ireland. It was so from the time of Wat Tyler down to the present. The state of England is lamentable; proceedings there have been allowed to go too far, for what reason I know not; whether it proceeds from weakness, or ignorance, or pusillanimity. Things have gone to such a pitch, that they will not now, I fear, be stopped without some difficulty. The gentlemen magistrates there seem not to know the laws of the land; they do not appear to know the strength of those powers committed to them. Since the time of Henry the Fourth, there has existed a power to suppress all riotous meetings, all seditious assemblies. The posse comitatus may be called out, and if need require it, resort may be had to armed force. Now, it seems as if men had been asleep, and ne ver awakened until the danger had aroused them. They have at length begun to act; the magistrates have met, and have passed some resolutions, that will, I hope, be acted on instanter; but it is for you, gentlemen, to look to yourselves-take care-proximus ardet. I remember the time when the empire was nearly lost; when apathy and cowardice had almost cost us no less than the city of London; when an infuriated mob, headed by a crazy Lord, nearly demolished the capital, seized the treasures, loosed the felons and vagabonds out of the gaol, fired the city, and, in short, endangered the state. An Irishman, Lord Sheffield, was the first to oppose these outrages, and with an armed force he saved the Bank. Our good and glorious King took an active part, and not waiting for the assembling and debating of his Counsellors, assumed the responsibility, repressed the violent proceedings, and rescued him self and his kingdom from ruin and devastation. Now, gentlemen, should men in the present day wait for the assemblage of Magistrates and Coun. sellors? Some of these legal authorities, perhaps, are now in the country; some, perchance, are rambling and pleasuring on the continent, while the state goes to pieces. No, gentlemen, the Legislature has armed the Executive and the Magistrates with sufficient force. Here is the act; I have it in my hand; every man should know it; it is quite plain and clear; he that runs may read. (Here his Lordship read the act of 1817, against societies and clubs and assemblies, which meet under pretence of petitioning.) I am happy that there is not a single gentleman that has joined these wild and visionary men: there is but one man of any name who has taken a part in this reforming business, a Sir Charles Wolesleya poor fool! He, to be sure, regrets that he is the only one, but I rejoice; and I prophesy that he will pay dearly too. A bill of indictment has been found against him, and I warrant that he will very shortly be laid by the heels. We must take care of ourselves. Let us remember, in the time of Charles I., that every thing was quiet and tranquil, just as peaceable, and seemingly as much at rest, as at this very moment, when, all on a sudden, in one minute, out blew such a horrid volcano as turned every thing topsyturvy. The constitution was pulled down, the poor King was dragged to death, a Usurper seated himself in his place, and a sad rebellion here sprung up that wasted the entire land. Gentlemen, I love you well, I love the country much, I wish Ireland and England to be united, and with the blessing of God I will strive with might and main to keep them so. All these transactions are imprinted on the tablet of my memory, that I might make use of them in proper time, that I might be of service to you and of utility in my station, otherwise it would be idle for me to attempt to address you. Gentlemen, you know 1798; you remember how that business was brought about; it commenced in France, then rose corresponding societies in England: clubs, Jacobin meetings, and revolutionary doctrines, were the order of the day: They were not afloat in our island; they took seed and sprung up. The errors in the prosecutions about that period, and the acquittals, in consequence, of men who ought to have been punished, gave courage to the evil-minded. I know there may be some men listening here, perhaps, who do not like all this, and who will state much to my prejudice; but I have not lived so long as not to know my duty; nor have I been so often in the habit of addressing you, that I should be deterred from saying what I conceived right and good. I see as my auditors a fine body of men, some of whom will, I trust, in time succeed to the situation I now hold; for I hope we shall not be obliged to go to England to get men to fill these arduous situations for from my soul I believe Ireland and Irish affairs will be best administered by Irishmen; they are my legal friends, and you, too, gentlemen, will find them a good and useful body to consult, if you get into any difficulty; they will judge fairly of me; but I should not be sensible of the duty I owe to my station, nor should I discharge that duty with the dignity that belongs to it, if I was not above such misrepresentations, and if I did not despise them. Perhaps some village fool may throw some mud upon the robes I wear, when I am retiring from the town this, to be sure, is valiant conduct! this is a noble proceeding! he will not appear face to face, but he fights me behind my back; such conduct I despise, and such vileness will fall off the ermine I wear, like dew-drops from the lion's mane. Gentlemen, go to your chamber." 10. MANCHESTER.--Training to a very serious extent is practised in this neighbourhood. On Sunday the 8th, from 2,000 to 3,000 persons assembled on a hill in the neighbourhood of Middleton, being a kind of muster-day from different places round that town: no arms were used, but they were chiefly exercised in marching, &c. One of the parties had a bugle, which sounded as they passed through Middleton, homewards, on their return from drill. At present no information has been given in a shape to allow the Magistrates to act, and indeed there will always be a difficulty in their way, from the facility of dispersing on the alarm being given from their scouts. It is expected that the Watch and Ward Act, which comes into operation on Monday next, will be a means of check. ing, if not of entirely preventing, these practices, which are only carried on in the country, and too remote from the Magistrates or military to enable them to receive the information, and act upon it, before the trainers are dispersed. 11. MR JOHN KEMBLE.-Very little has been heard of this eminent individual, since, about two years that he closed his brilliant professional career. We are sure we shall give pleasure to the public by stating to them the following circumstances respecting Mr Kemble, which we have derived from the very best authority. Mr and Mrs Kemble, for they have no family, have resided for about a twelvemonth past at Toulouse, in the south of France. The climate of this beautiful town is warm, and the air soft and salubrious; so that Mr Kemble's health has been better since he chose it for his abode, than during many years before he left England. The society, also, is elegant and select; many of the less opulent of the French nobility, savans, artists, and others of the politer classes, having chosen Toulouse as their residence, in preference to more fashionable but expensive cities. Here Mr Kemble enjoys his well-earned and honourable leisure in entire conformity with his habits and taste. In the earlier part of the day he employs himself in the cultivation of his literary pursuits, in which he probably finds a more pleasing, though less stirring, enjoyment than in the brilliant exertions he has relinquish ed. He passes a few hours in the middle of the day in exercise on horseback or in his carriage; and his evenings are generally spent in those delightful conversazziones, which we suspect" they manage best in France." Once a week he gives a dinner, after the hospitable fashion of England; which is probably regarded, even by the splendid society into which it has been introduced, as no very barbarous innovation. Mr and Mrs Kemble are at present at Bagnares, romantically situated near the Pyrenees, and distinguished for its baths, but propose to return to Toulouse for the winter. At the latter city, Monsieur Talma and Mademoiselle Georges were performing a few weeks since, and had the honour of the great English actor as their constant auditor during their I stay. Upon these occasions, with the politeness of their nation, and the affectionate respect so eminently due to their distinguished visitor, these admirable performers altered the whole of their situations in the scene, in order to address their acting more especially to the box in which Mr Kemble was seated. These particulars, though minute and unimportant, we are sure will be received with pleasure by those whom the talents of this accomplished actor delighted, and who will rejoice to learn, that the honourable tranquillity of his age so well harmonizes with the brilliancy of his long public career. Reckoning the time that has elapsed since his departure, Mr Kemble is expected to be absent a bout three years from England, during some portion of which period he proposes to visit the classical regions of Italy. SKELETON OF A WHALE.-A most interesting point in Natural History has occurred in Clackmannanshire. On Monday the 19th ult., while some workmen were employed in making improvements upon the estate of Airthry, the property of Sir R. Abercromby, Bart. about 300 yards south from the east porter's lodge, which leads to Airthry Castle, they came upon a hard substance, which they supposed to be the trunk of a tree, but which, upon clearing away the earth, they found to be part of the bones or skeleton of some animal of uncommon size. This, from the situation, being close to the Ochil Mountains, and nearly a mile distant from the river Forth, created no common interest; and Sir R. Abercromby, with great promptitude, caused the bones to be carefully sought after, dug up, washed, and deposited in a safe place in his court of offices. The bones are of a size which astonishes every one who has seen them; and are evidently those of a whale of the largest species. They were found at a depth of from eighteen inches to three feet below the surface of the ground, in what is termed alluvial earth, formed by the river Forth, and composed of a blue coloured sludge, with a covering of peat moss a few inches thick. The situation where the bones were dug up naturally refers to a very remote period of time, when the river Forth was here an arm of the sea, extending from the Ochil Mountains on the north, to the rising ground on the Falkirk district on the south; and when the very interesting and picturesque greenstone rocks of Abbey Craig, Stirling Castle, and Craigforth, formed islands in the midst of deep water. The skeleton was found lying in a diagonal direction, across the line of march betwixt the estates of Airthry and Powis; and it is very probable that the bones adjoining the tail will be found upon digging into the estate of Powis, the property of Edward Alexander, Esq. The |