The sentence of the Court-martial on Captain W ARRINGTON, confirmed
on Wednesday, was, that he should be cashiered. The Court at the same time recommended hhn to mercy. The So- vereign has permitted, in consequence, the sale of his commission. We know not on what principles the Court decided. If the de- cision is founded on the law as laid down by General D'Auu Ac. from Mr. Justice TINDAL, a military officer called in future to quell a riot will be placed in no enviable predicament. If he hesitate to act without a magistrate, he will be cashiered; if be do act with- out a magistrate, he will inevitably be hanged,—a pleasant alter- native ! What if the Court that sits in judgment on the Magis- trates of Bristol,—and which will go into the whole of the case, of which the Court-martial examined imperfectly a small part,— shall find them guilty? Arc the Magistrates to be condemned for not going out with the officer, and the officer for not going without the Magistrates ? If the military can net independently of the civil power, who shall condemn the civil power for refusing its unnecessary countenance to the military? , Apropos of these Magistrates—they bad a meeting, the other day, to impose a rate for compensation to the burnt-out inhabit- ants of Queen Square; but, after a long and thoughtful consider- ation, the question was adjourned to the 14th of March. The period of gaol delivery again approaches; and 'the people of Bristol are anxious to know if Sir CHARLES WETHERELL is to make a second entry. We suppose he must, to finish his work.
