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rin * tf of « he Befcrbona to Mr . Bowfe&ff # 9 Wh tot # B # , wH $ * l * && ¦ itfg&iiiJus tterf « y « aa SI foil to render itftereeti njK firil ffl wtifch fie has , bf as&ctifffce Op h 4 * f&l % * , confined . ' Igttisdf *<>* the # ddtparf to a narrative of ^ tents , and to a statement of the alleged
reasons in justification of bis persecutors . -We ca » ne $ * however ^ forbear giving an extract or two describing the interior of ft French prison , ariddhawmg wfatt it i& for an Bn ^ lishiBan to be * come the victim of French espfox&&&
c tf ' was coriductecfc then to prisdn ^ ( at Boulogne ) . " and kept far £ ome time > in ffte ouster aparftnent . The jaUor , who , though sufficiently rapacious , was on the whole * benevolent , seemed- disposed to exact what he could for tne use of the
only tolerable . apartment in the * prison , which was his own oed-xfconT ; but I was told I could , in no case , haVe it at night , and niuSt share the dommott fete of the prisoner : * , and bfe located lip in their ajiartmentte . All complaint was of course unavailing , and I was glad to get , on any termsy and for any plid of the day , an abode lesB wretched than that to which
those who surrounded , m £ were condetuned . Within the , prison at ^ Boulogne , as m the majority of prisons In France ^ all crimes are blended without distinction , and the alleviations of intprtsdnmfcnt dd * p&rd wholly on the pecuniary resoult * e « of the pffckraer . There the deiytbr 1 arid tte ftifti * i&& are confounded with the felba
and the murderer—the yottnges * pilferer with thfe mt » st practiced thief—the inno * cent mtendicant with the hardened ruffian - Na employment , but gambling ; no habits ^ i but drunkeane » 8 . For spirituous liquors ,
« old by the Jailor for his own profit , I have seen the wretched inmates pawn the * moat necessary articles of dress , titelre Wfcrfc nakedness , and ttlisery , and pfajS % i [ tey--- ^ nd daH V masses , ahd great citocettt itfrtt 1 && spiAttoiir MiteVests of the wer ^ well those
^ risob ^ rs . It if who built a chape ' 1 th ^^ 5 && wak lttlely done , ) had given half its cost- for the puttihaae of « oap or straw /' + ^ -Pp . 17 , 18 . ** The crowded ttBfc , o € tifee prlaon pee- * tented the Orders fermy sec | i | sion frpn < ^ en ^ g absolutely ote ^ dT exoept | jy tjay ^ ft& ^ W J *^^ ^ w as . shut up as usual wu ^ ^ ft ^ wF 'W ^ wp ) ^ fe ts with those w' ^ dafforffTo pay to toe jalldif tfeU comindu ^ hWa bed ; theT ^ e ^ t , w 1 t | idrtt * Sfe- difltfebtWn «•• crttne be ** aBtfwttf i Mi muv
; mmm * m ip » ji » v » yw . ai " »—<» -j ^ , w * u ^ ttvu CMt « tr ^ w ; a »« Uiifr ill' Insnfficient qttah ^ ti ^ r ; MV apaftttMattt ^ wtt * ifti a stmt of U # rttOd ( tttatilflatioil ^ « ad lr « rmi the grease aodabtiicr i ^ t £ vlato * bdaD ^ hi 0 ^ o 3 ft hoeM
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tt * ker who v ^ as confined tbei ^ tt ) i fraaf a coltec ^ m ^ ef finale butten art ^^ fe a ^ d fra ^ nienf » of food , , was * often e * ce ^ iingly offis * ata £ A carpe » 1 «^ ^ a fiiUd and arhiable man , wh # Imd fe ^ een nApri-Bohed for s ^ nie smuteliaj ? trdl ^ nctibn ,
f tem ti&xxe pegs , on which 1 wai efttabted to hatig < up ftiy clothes * Tfefe saaie taan b # d , ak the ? in ^ tigatidJ * of ail OM eoele ^ slasfic , e ^ ecfed a ttfeat a ^ d ctmkinotiiotW chapel for the nnioftutiat& Worsfelpeyfr , within the waHs of the prison ; * as ine *^ tioned before : and th «* e I wtts accu ^
turned t ^> at tend eoloacftHiie ^ , to ll ^ t ^ i t ^ the feat » oTIhe sain % d afid martyrs ^ of old tfme , —to drfnkfn s ^ und tegffifaaie d < ictr f ^ s , delivered no doubt with great ardour , and fOt aught I knbw , resalting ft ^> m strobg conviction . On one Occa sion the £ i * e 1 «* her narrated the miraculous cottrersBn of Clovia—a ferocious ,
perjured man-destroyer he , by the waT ^—and explained torh ^ hearers * that he was a mo 3 t valiant fighter , who * covered nimself with gloria' and who led on the Frenc ^ niea ^ of oW timjes t 6 gamier ( a £ they jfttftyS ^ dtheted ) the laurels of vlctor ^ t bw once ; wlieff he wafr about to be b&xteii b ^ ck , and fihding hia prayers
to Ms oWtt gods nw « unpropitlbue , he exclaimed , * I'M «^ y a . neW ^ Ctod ^— the God of tbe Christiaas—the God of my wife CiothUda . Qu a sudden a bright ( proas appeared in the heavens ( that was' a p la ^ giarism—rbut the prisoners were no j * rof ressors of history ^—he dashed amoiig the foe ; t } iey fled at ^ he strokes of t ^ d mighty arm ; they were scattered like
dust ia his presence . ' Apd so , yingrbe * loved hearers , ( said the priest , ) Christianity bepame t $ e religiqo , of the f w ^^ and travelled 4 owp ew to yp ^ r Tw prisoaer ^ are uot c <^ wpell ^ 4 ta a ^ ead t * ie celebrauoa of m ^ s . I oj >^ e ^ e 4 tW ^ t ^ young ^^^ s 9 ^^^ ^^* " ^ r ° ^^ tfef t ^ f ^^ cT ^ f 4 lm ; . ^ Wfe ^« , i * W $ hberaUy 4 * e app ^ Uaiiqns of J } igp * s am } hupqernm t u $ m tJlW c ^ panipna . |^
the prispn ^^ be §^ Q o £ I *© , wpmcp w incredibly , ) && , Tbef ^ wa % ampn « jthem © ne ar poor in ^ n ^ c , ' who iW , ^ # J ^ : bit of tearing off J |? r clq ^ iea tll ^ she was U 4 k ^ d ; fafee sc ^ t through . &e > , £ agr . oi& a dunghyi , which * jhe h ^ wUecte ^ from ^ he 5 fijth pf tb ^ pri ^ oi ^ , h 4 ^ W « lg * W ;«^ ad coaAtantly acakist tha . nrkon wail ; her
body was cqvepei jvith , ^ i ; eft ^ i | 4 pr 3 # i 8 ^» 00 as to be intolerable and Inapproacha tqgrtmsrm steffcli . HCT gestures Were horrible beyd ^ atfy ^ thttray f hKcr ^ ever ^ thesMd ; ambs ^ etlAsb }? rotting ) ^ dpon the Htfttwfcera-beiKfctthnher / the ^ ubjiect of < > aV fi Ae ? pHtifl 1 atad ridicdle' of / tte wreudi 08 'j wif ( y < a « to « mhwl'li « iv Thci * e was another womani ^ -Klrli ^ tdtoaftuittf
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1823, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1782/page/40/
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