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flffOSTiW * OSE&TB is THS HOUSE OF crasawara on Tuesday night , VtESP £ CT « f , -G LOVSTO , COZilNS , AN © VINCENT . » r . HDME _ and Mr . WARBURTON presented a jnnil ^ r of petihons praying for a mitigation of the pnnisunsent of LoTett and Collins . Mr . WARUURTC&" then rose to submit a motion in jefeTtnce to them . He comraenced by stating that j ^ vett and Collins were parties who were convicted of s > aitiuuslibelsai Warwick . The sedition-was published by tiien aittr the- li-i ihat toot place at Birnumdunn In former Units , ^ laa parties were found gSty o * e ditions libels , it vas considered sufficient to make mtrnva . Iot the safe detention of the persons fonmi
piKy , mrtnotiang iu the shape « f punishment or of a pK » ttentiaiy ^ as ever considered necesfary . lie might nto to almost innumerable instances of that ** £ . The first nufcttoe was that of apeKOn found guiUv teforathe ^ g of tte three rec ^ acte . ItwShc S ? ^ « nOllK 5 ? ^ tt 0 Bet ' * Member of « ,,, "" "S . ?* " 0 IL ^« u 1 >« &r Wiltshire tSir Fnmcls Barfly . EverjDody would recollect that after the ^ Chester niMMOB flu , Hon . Baronet published au ad * K * to h : s constituents , the iMabitanfe of Westma ^ cr , f « r which he was trud aud found gnilty of a aartxna h ^ L He Wa 3 fot confined in the gaol at Letter , but „ , tasaferre * from thence to the HwgaBecdi , wLereheitsidcd . in the custody of the jum M , - *** b jn * aaa corresponded as h ! Pl l his fri ^
^^ a ^ e ^ ^—^^ in short , no . reduction was placed upon his conduct croi * vrhat yas required for the safe detention of Ws ese cf Gilbert Wakefiel , } , w 3 l 0 ^ knew , an euaneat . scholar . He was allowed free access tofcsfcendsana hndtho use of boot * , pens , ink * and paper . He cauM menttoa the case of sLther einicent literary charter , Lei | h Hunt , who was c ^^ m ^ - ^^^ j ^ j ^ i . q ^ : ^ late Mr . WO , the . celefcated ; historian of India he ( Mr . Warhorton ) remembered , told him that he onw drank teawifli Mr . Leigh Hunt wi&in the walls of the prison , and that that gentleman had two auartaiente most tastefully fitted up . Again , Mr . Cobbett resided
in an apartment in the teepees house at Newgate , and had < very facility affordtd him consistent with the saf * custody of his person . Since the acts of Parliament hud passed , he would meation instances of similar I bwtiucnt . TLe first he would same was the case of a hitler of \\ arwiet , of the name of Lloyd , who was Muvictcd of an assault with an attempt to commit a rape . He was traoarerred to the debtors' side of the prison , where every indulgence was allowed Kin , althcngli his case belonged to one of the most grievous cusses 01 DHSdemeanours ; and this lenient treatment liebegsed torepeat , occurred since the passing of the 4 th faeorge IV ., by which the regulations with regard to prisons were enacted . Then there w . is the case a the Reverend lloi * rt Taylor , who was convicted of
t-t'phtmy . The visiting magistrates allowed him to se his fcends for four hours ia the day , from eleven to three . This was in 1831 . also offer the passing of tlie Prisons Act Under the authority of the 28 th rule for the government of the gaol , his attendance at the ch ; pel was dispensed wi& ; and rawer the 31 st rale he was glowed to procure himself food , bedding clothing , and other aects-aries , and also malt liquor n-. t exceeding a quart ; a wriiisg-eesfc , chest of drawers . ttMe , chairs , and candles . JIx . Taylor hming cmplaned that when he took exercise he was compelled to do so with oth 2 r criminals , the magistr ates allowed him towa . km aaother part of the prison , where he was iKTiiuuedto conv < r « with hi 3 friends . He to « also allowed the use of a uaily newspaper and works
, « ra science , history , belles kttres , : n : d likewise works inanyfureiinlaasnnge , subject to the approbation of any two magistrates . That -was the still more recent case of the Her . . Mr . Stephens . Ee did not know to what extent indulgence lrcd ken granted to that individud , lmk he understood that Mr . Stephens had bam tran-ferred to Lancaster Gaol , and tliat he was : dlowed tosee hb fantiiyandclrildwo . He would now ssfc wuat had bten the mode of treating Lovett ar . d Cullins '' He could not describe the tre-. tmenl of those individuals m more csnybauc hngnsgs tlun was used in their own letter addressed to the Honourable Member for Warwjck ( Mr . Collins ) , -whose c-. n . luct iu this matter diS Imn the highest credit and honour . The letter was dated the 2 qth of August , 1 S 3 U , and was among the ublished
p coaespocJeace . 'Xi : ey etatod fust "fceliii " it naiwsableto preserve their liealth on tl . cSiod vi food ahowtd fliem b y the prson reguliiions , thev Ijeg ^ l to be permitted to purdiasefor themselves a little tea , siigar , and bnttcr , and oc-tasionally a small quantity of mut They ftIt itTery cold in their cell ¦ and liKTe cspeciaDy as they were not avowed to use ¦ their sltcfs on the brick flooring ; they believed it to be ¦ essenSal to their health fai be allowed to find their ¦ own Leddirg , and to wear their shoes . Tliathein " ¦ weaily in health , tier bv ^ gei they might not belocie . ¦ out iu the opsn air . l-ut that they might have fret ¦ access to a fire to warm themselves and to prepsre their Kuod , anil that they might have the tteb of a knife aaa ¦ ork , and plate ; tfcst theyuiight be aUowedthe ua ; ¦ ofptai 5 ,. ink , ana jsiper , and be permitted to
corres-WJuHdwitathdr reiations , and to see tlieir mauls uufctotnvuitd by the presence of the gaoler ; that they Knight be allowed to retire by themselves durini ; - ^ "i day time for tiie pus-pssa of reading and ¦ raiting , and that they mbht not Vo locked in . y ° fifteen or sixteen Lours a day during thl fcinter sea&in , without fire or candle . Tl » at they were ¦ nduccd to make th- se requests from a knowledge thr . t « kc ¦ adalgeacts h 3 d been granted to persons coiivkfcd &f similar oftVnces ; and feat if their requests were com-^ ilied wi : h , they promised thitthty would not in any ^ K&y niakc sa iiupioper use of t 3 it : a . " This was the MnbstanTC of tha letter of these persons , and he ( Mr . ^ Farbarton ) admUtedtuat some relaxation of the prison KisripliEC lwd beau msde hi cor ^ eiiueuce of the
repre-¦¦ entaUoiiB made by Turious parties—by the wife of Mr . ¦ fovtli , J > y t !; e "Working Men ' s Association , aiid by t ' je ¦ Bon . 5 ! c : nber for Warwick . The first indulgence was B y ' Permission to h . ve st . me ta . One of the rcstric-Bfcfns " >«» , that they should nut he allowed to sec ¦ Sny individnal , however nearly rt-Sated , exctut occe a Hy art » . r . jHear , hear . ) The wifs of CVllius had applied B ^ r lea . c to visit her husband , but it w :: s not till the ^¦ pririer had expired that she avss allowed to do s : » . . » ok « isr . ulgehee had also been granted with respect ¦ o carryiisg on their correspondence . The restriction ^ ^ ri ginaHy was , that they might use peas , ink , and fpfeapar , bnt they coald not send any letter out . of the j pfer . « ai until it had been read and a'lowed to pass . ' ^ Khat restrictipn , he b-. lieved , stili vontinued , bat a
rewaxatioa as to the numb-T of letters tuey might write jBsd been made . They were also allowed to have a lire , JKad to luve as many books = s niiiht be apx'roved of $ m * 5 the chaplain . He would uaw say a word or two | with regard to the par icular eircunisbmi-es under which Mhesa restriction-, arose . The ^ e restrictions giew out » f the three Acts of i » arlia : nujt passed f-r reguialuu [» 1 the priscas in tbe kiugdom . According to the Hprsi of these Acts prison-as were to be divided IBnfa ) four dasfci ; first-, those who were co : unpitced for trial , and not convicted ; next , ¦ Bhosc who had been coffimi't-: d , aud v . hy hivl ffllfeH convicted ; and then there was thu su--i-: i-¦ Sision : first , of persons commute : ! for mwdemcan ' urs , Ban , , convicted : second , persons oisunirtetl for ! uisii <>
-¦ &eanauis , and notconvictc-d ; thirl , pesuns cuiumittvd ¦ Ser grwvcr crimes , and convicted ; and fourth , persons ¦ Jsounnutetl for graver ofi \ nces , and not convicttd . ^ Rh fic were Kgulatioas applicaUc to e-. ch of tht ^ t-Bfibur divisions ; and it Inuf be « n couten-Jetl— an >> he ¦ Shonght propta-ly cuntcndcd—tfcat wheu the re ^ uiatL us Hftadoiico b £ cnmn <* c , there was no ]> o \ nr either iii the B ^ hsiting magistrates or in the Sccrotaiy of Suit ; to vary Kt alter the t-eiins of any cf them , in bcliali of any par-¦ fccuiiir prisoner . There was a i-ower to alter them io Hpe ca-e t-f arjy large class of prlsontrs ; hut nut with ^ Bespect to any inilividual prisoner , lie thought tilt ^ fcagisirafes vf Warwirk and t !; e &creta ? y of St ;> tc had B * erf ( -nutd iheir duty iu saying ttat tli ^ y had no vosrer ¦ So alter'liic regulation , niiii ss by some gi-ntral mua
.-ur-¦ Jffe « tii ; g all ciassus of prisoners . Thereout arose tlic ¦ fcibT ^ nl ;! of w hich these " iisdiriuials complained . It ¦ Kas tlw l < egislsluretlait vrr . s to bla : ue \ t 1 ivii , iu niakrng ¦ Kick ; n-gaianons , it ' connsittcd the- oveMiijt of i : oi ¦ Seeing hotv the icsnlations wou ' . d appiy -aiili ivsi-ect Ba Has 2 < articular class of prfcoi ! ' ..-iis- ^ tiity Icing inciudeu ¦¦ p the ckss of iui £ dcn : > . ananlk lie vi-vM a .-t Ike ¦ Wousc to ccnsi'kr wS : at was comjrehinde i under the Bfijeaeial term of mielemeantmr . It was not a defined B ^ fcscrip : i « n of offdace , 5 . ut incladc-i aian-n every offence ^ Bjiat caaJii bs committed , tveii trom otfeuecs of-: vn of r ^ RoRe nature tlreu what w ^ re di-fini d felonies down to BB $ e lowest oflei . « a , such a < ss . eanng ha'ii-a-iloZ ' . n ap-BBfie % ISidetd , evrry person lommitttd a inisde-BBjernBur who violatad au Act of Patlian . nt . and wherc was iso
^ Kcrc ixcanjary < -r dktin-.-t pinaity sttached to BBfcviuMi ' . 'X The offence for which Luvett raid O-jliins ^ Bere couvicieu wasnevta-awsiciertHi adetmdin {> c&nce BB » . tfcecyc ? of society . 11 * 1 the Honourable Member ^¦ fc T ? ilt 4 isrc—^ formerly Jiembtr for Wcstmiiisier—BKvKd in the estiiuat : oa of socirfy because iiC Jiad B ^ nimittt-d su exactly timiiar ofienee ? Ever , bo < ly p ^^ wtlvit fraai the feelings of sociay , tail from the ^¦» is « f nun , no disgiace ws * attichi-d t « it The ^ ¦¦ S EsroKetitiijrMijilljliove in the Jjithestcirdes of KBHjt ^ = r . d enjoy the frlfencship of tlie mnst esaiUd ^ p ^ gm o .-t virtucus of men , who would not ice'tii > -ui-^ p ^» B « i :.-grjH : edby the asM 5 ciat : on . Why , then , w = n-^^ Bvp i ^< liv : dual 3 , whose ofitnc « j v . as no greater , to be f all 81 -as if they were criaiinabs of the verv lowest ilBl r ?^™ ^ yfere tieyto lc stripped naktd on l ^ BwT ' ^ SS « 1 , and be compeila ; ; o aatidat . i and aui cell ( Hea
^^ Hmanttc e with c onvicted felons ? r , USF *^ : t > Vas 3 £ a'as * ^ c caniaon fteliugs of » oc ; cty WBfc ^ r-- kind that they shouldLeio tr « atcd- ( Cbctrs . ) ^ ¦ K v ' tu : &av anj-govemKent to trcst a pwson in tee ^¦ Kilted : tr . Mtm oi the Hun . Baicaet tlie . Member for BBK } t ^]!! i : in snch a manner if ho tbe-uM be f ^ uud I ^ Klt } n ; a-fimilar ofit'Ece . lie wos : l :: dare any Govern-^ KtaC it any leagistrate to cause Lira to be rtrpi : td ¦ B" . ^ . ' , > " friirirjg icto prison , sml to be treated like n | &i : ois 3 l -raftjeuiesiant ; and yet-the grounds—aid he iW'tmilu ^ itL the legalgrc-uud—teten by the V : titir . g ^ . Sagiiir ^ iif or ircancjr Lorett and Collins In ; Ius way * 2 Vras . Aa flrffecsses Tvere conrjMteadcd wJtliiai ! iit I j foss <> f cftacss termed lnisdeiueaacur , and IjoUj I ify . i ^ j iU Secretly of Sfcte , Trficn appHcd to fit . s
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Sw ^ « V ^ , ttCatment ' gaTe ^ uniform answer :- « ' These rules - are general : we have no power to relax them , and under these drwmsfanees we cannot afford yon nny relief . " HebehevedttHsto batrue ; but still there was one power whichthey did possess . Theypossessedthepowermidcr one of the prison regulations to remove these individuals from one aaol to another . Now , knowing , as thev must nave known , that the treatment of thi 3 class of misdemeanants was much less severe in some of the metropolitan prisons than in other prisons in the country , ( as he liad shown in the case of Mr . Taylor who confined
• was in Horeemon « er-lane Prison ) they might have inquired where this class of misdemeana-ts was likely to meet with most indulgence , and they might then have removed them to the prison where a milder treatment would have been adoptwl towards them . He was happy to know that there were amon * the magistrates of Warwick , gentlemen wJio had o £ tamed great credit for their humanity , and he nii « lu mention the Honourable Baronet opposite ( Sir R . vy iu mot ) as one of that number . ( Cheers . ) That lion-Baronet had written a letter to Lord John Russell on tne subject of the treatment experienced by Lovett aud toilins , -winch was contained in tho published
correspondence . While , the Honourablo Baronst . justified and exonerated : the magistrjiey in general ' fioraiariy injustice or inhumanity in refusirig the . application of those two persons , and in considering them precisely in the same : point of view as othrr prisoners , still ho expreSEed his . sincere , regret that Ihe Prisons Regulations Acts should have subjected that chss of raisdunanants to which Lovett and Coll ns belonged , to the same description of treatment as was applicable to criminal misdemeanants ; and he declared himself decidedly in favour of some appropriate and distinct rules heine established with respect to tlsat class cf offender ? . The Honourable Baronet gave a description of the situation in which he found Collins and Lovett , and expressed his regret at seeing two such men placed under such painful and degrading circumstances .
The whole of the letter reflected the greatest credit and honour on the Honourable Baronet ' s feelings . This however , was the way in which , under the existing gaol regulations , persons convicted of seditious libels were liable to be treated , and when he corupired this treatment with that to which similar offondcK were before subjected , he ' felt convinced , and hts was sum the Legislature would admit , that inpassiug the Regulations Act they had unawares rendered this class of offenders liable to a degree of punishment which they themselves never contemplated . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them just consider that with regard to all other descriptions of crime there were statutes defining the crit&e , but in the case of libel i £ -was totally otherwise . TJicte it was an&i posl facto law . The Jury defined the crime , aad convicted the party as a crimiual at one and tlie same
moment This was , therefore , a totally different offence from every other ; it was for this and for many other reasons , therefore , that these parties were cntitfcdto a lower desree of punishment than olher ofi ' snders . He was bound to say that in consequence oC the humane interference of the Honourable Baronet ( Sir E . Wilraot ) iu o : ie respect the condition oi all tne convicted misdcm . anautsiu Warwi ck Gaol was amended ; for the magistrates of the county , finding that they could not yrant one pound oi salutary meat as an indulgence to these particular prisoners , they very hwnantly mnde a general regulation that all convicttd misdemeanants should receive < me ponr . it of meat a week . He had tbu < briefly stated tie outline of t-iis case , and what he wished toolisetYeuy . oiiit \ v-. i 3 Uris : luth&fostpVaectheLegisla ture was bound to make provision that
thatucsreuofpu-Hishnientto . whkhthisclassofoltendeKwasnowsubjeetefi but which he was petsua-lud was never intcudad , but was the result of a nieie oversight in passing the Prisons Ueaulatious Acts shyuld be lemedieil . He understood this his Hu : l Fiiand the under . Secretary of Sfclte was prapavd to introduce into the Prisons' Bill , then before the house , a pariicato : system of regulations applicable to onendexs of thigsdescription . P . e hoped also that , in consE ' -iuenca pi the sesero punishment to which these individuals-Jiad ^ Jwea snbjected ; first , before tfcey ynxa cynvictei } , ; gi ^ liavhig'ieen , en theh- comiuittel , cumpelled to s ^^ ikfd , aua'submit to a variety of indignities , wfe ^^ were s # \ fo s-th in their petitioo , presented to ba ^ puus ; es of Pariiament hist session , aiwi tespeciing . -wi ^^^ lSoblo and Learned Lsnl ' sa'd . in aus . ilier place , that they hav-ng b . « n
couaned for nine days aad subjected to tins treataicuty He thought that nina ^^ ijjjgMfjniuent naliiilLuiriptf cspiatiou of Uieir oSnee ^ fiw ^ ilfJ Warburton ) , hoped ; in c : ; nscqu : nce of thesa indignities , and they having n-jwbeen coiifiued under thesejatyero tegubtions , not for nine « 1 ays , but for nice mouths * ( their sentence being twelve mouths iuiyrisovm . etf . ) , flat liet Majesty ' s Government would consider that the three remaining mouths might be remitted . ( CUcrrs . ) The- Hon . Gtntlt-iuan condu-lcd by m <» vit ) g , "That there be added b > the corref-pondvntc afctady laid befure tho Iiuubi a copy of tlie Utter addrtssed . by the Honounibk Member for Warwick to the Sectary of State , Lord John Russell , dated the 27 th of August , 1833 , and not included in tlie printed correspondence . "
3 ir . Sergcint TALFOURD felt great pleasure in seconding the motion of his Henminble Friend . It had happrned to him to have had the honour of knowing for he coiisiilere'l it to be a high honour t <» know , several ptrsons who bad been " convicted of offences of this . ! e-.-cription , because there had been amongst them those whom he believed to have rendered the best servica to soekty . He had the pl . jasnre of knowing Mr . Leigh Hunt at the time he was conlincd in Horse ; nr . nger-l : uie Ijrisrtn . his brother Johu being at the a- » :: ie time confi :: cd for the same offence in CoMbath-ficlds prison ; aad he knew that , so far from their being any restriction upon their comforts , they were living in a certain degree of splendour , and gathering round them meu of kindred genius . And while he mentioned the name of Leigh Hunt , he could not refrain from expressing a
wish that Ber Majesty ' s Government wonld consider , wfcen they were dispensing the liberal bounty of the Crown to men eminent for seivices rendered to literature and the arts , the claim he had upon them , nor forget one who in its darkest days never forgot tlie cause of freedom . ( Cheers . ) He remembered , when a srhoolboy , seeing Mr . Cobbett , in the Court of King's Bench , sentenced to two years' iuipr ' sanmeut in Newt-ate , where he Cur . Sergeant Ta&wrd ) afterward * found him with books end music , and surrounded with a !! the elegancies of life ; and so far from bevng subjected to any restriction , he was carrying on his Ilegider , and publishing his " Paper against Gold " t-wico every week , and , he believed , was writing quite as strongly and powerfully as he had ever written before . He would also take leave to mention the evse , not
of a Hii ; Kicit ; canant , but of a person who was convkted of f- luny . and who remained under the sentence of capital punishment for many mouths—he meant the case of . Mr . Aslett , who very narrowly efcspel , on two occasions , th « iguominy of suffering at the gallows . He was convicted or embezzling Exchequer Bills to the amount of many thousands of pouuds . lfaviug escaped capital punishment for that oS ' ence . he was ag-. in convicted for embezzling bsnk effects , and f « r that « S « ice also was sentenced to death . He actually rcmsi ! ied nudcr t iat sentence for a lone period , a majority of the Judges holding out against- him j butLor = i Kldoa coinciding with the minority . During that time he occupied -a til-furnished apartments , and gave splendid dinner parties , and enttifcimcd distinguislifed persons , Lord Erekine and Mr . Ganow fr .-qutntly visiting
him thens . lie experienced no kind of restraint , except a restriction or . the lib = ity of his person . He ( Mr . Sergeant Talfour .-j al .-o rciiiembcreil the case of 51 v . Win ' . erbottom , an eminent Dissenting nunirf « r , who in times ( they might perhaps be disposed to say ) not ¦ o goo ;! as tlic-s ? , was convicted for prearhiisg two serw : ks with resimt to the F .-ench Rtvolution , and was srijt ' . need to two yeais' imprisonment for each of them . So f :. r from his wife Iwing denkd access to him , hewas actually pinnitted to many during his confinement in prisun ; and while t' -ere he composed the Iii-tory of America , which tvSect » : d great credit on iiis name . His chi . 'dre : i weru now living , and hu believed were estwauely proud of the merits of their parent , of Ms iuiptfcoinuait , and of the cause of it Ht ( Mr . . Sergeaut Talfourti ) couid not help thinking
that it was a most unworthy thing cf any Govereiiicut to pursue an . l persecute persons guilty of what might be c-dled intellccfciRl offences , who might happen in t 3 : eir search after truth to overstep the bounds of propriety , and to subject them , as thesu persons h ; td been subjected , to degradations that wt-re f , ; r moie severe 5 n their poignancy tbauiuiy actual bodily tortuns that could l . e infiicted upon them . ( Cheers . ) And v . aiie he -was upon this subject he wisi . cdjust to call to tiiemin'l of his Hon . prism ! whom he raw befort ? him , and to the Government gentKiily , the fact that he £ ergeaut Talfourd ) had had tl'e dniy of ixrice prosecuting at- Monmouth assizes a r-ewwi of the n ? Jiio of Vincent for caution . On tlie
former trial he did not defend himself ; but on the last he did , &nd conducted it with a grace which interested him ( Mr . . Sergeant Talfourd ) , certainly , very greatly in his favour , and ccnvincc-i l ; un that such a- msn was capable of better tilings , and was one upon whom kind treatment would nut be lost ; Int who might , by gentler means , be kd from riaugerous courses , and be made a most u * fu ! , honourable , and able member of society . iChecrs . ) He tad heaul that YJnant had laWy been feasisuiijted from Monmouth Gaol to the Penitentiary ; and he cau . e not help exp : tssing las tamest hope that that ycung man , who he believed might be reclaimed from dangcrcus su > SGcintiouf » , and who naturally possessed a g «; d heart and pure muni , might meet with no personal degrsdatiun while in that prison . Mr . VOX 31 A 13 LE considered thst , uniler all ttc drcuuistaiircs , hh Honourable Friend was perfetly jiis-
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tifieil in making tha statement to the House which he had on tUis uc&isUm done . He certahily thought that ' , - In passing tie Prisons Act , the Legislature wvra guilty of eo « us omissions rcapettuig the treatment of persuns convicted of seditious libeis ; and so far ho agieed with his Hon . Frknd the Member for Bri ; lpi > rt , that when iu Committee on the Prisons Act ( into which he proposed to go to-u \ ght \ , hts should not have the least objection to a-lopt tise amendment which his Honourable Friend had suggested . ( Cheers . ) But something had fallen from his Hon . and Learned Friend who secondeil the uiotion , in which lie couid not exactly concur . Ilia Hon . iind Lemied frie-ndhad elrawh a uarallel between
tn ( j cases of Mr . Leigh Hunt and of otliers and those of Lovctt and Coliii-s . Xow . it appeawd tohimi . Ur Fi > x Mauley thsittho civvracter « f tho two dcacrtptioiis of libel very muc ! i differed . It must be boru «" in memory that tbe seditious libel f < , r which LovAt and Collins wire convicted , was uttorcdat a . time when tile country was iu contidtrable tlar : !;« r from a liigh ' stat-3 of excitement ; partly from the public mind boih' ^ niuch acted upon by various individuals , anil partly . from th « existence of tliat body which . ' wits called " the ^ Xa&nai Convention , " and of whidUXlr . Lovett ^ whsuq ^ caijja : 'mtmber / -bnt '' 'bf > vhich' \ : h ^ VM' % V sw ^^ l : Be : th * ughtthat u > . ; : || o ^ i ^^ & ^^ pppb more worthy of hisf '; ^ an ^ 'fean ^ e ' -afcreliySrafito such a bodyl TKe " lib ^' ofwhWh ' e haiiiSe ^ fa " . ' victed , bad-had the erruut of . influencing stropglxv ' t ' u ' e , Huuiic i
muu m a - » ery uttugerous manlier ,. 3 na . if was . < lcjirj , blethat those who ' fiadhiid the cire of tKe " pubW peace should institute the " prosecution , arid 5 f a Jurjf of hia countrymen should think , as they did think , ' that he had been guilty of a criminal act , that they should follow it up by prosing for judgment .. He could not help thiiiking ,- however , that the punistimehti cf those individuals had been very severe , and ; indeed ! severer than could hive been anticipated ; but it was uot in the power of tho Secretary of State , or , of the visiting luagis ' . rateB , to mitigate it moie ' ihaii had ' D ^ bn done . Mr . Vincent ' s oSenco was of agr . ive chiuacter ; aud auy gentleman who had read the Western Findicolor would si c that Mr . Vincent proclaimed that the constitution of this crautry , however much it might bo . liter . d , and after tue most extensive reforms that the Hon . Member for Kilkenny would ever wibh to carry but
would he good for nothing . Uatil Mr . Vincent should reform tli&t opinion it >* m impossible that he could be other than a dangerous member of society . To the other pavt of his Honourable and Learned Friend ' s { . Mr . Sergeant Talfourd ' sl suggestion , ho could say thai he might idy upon it Mr . Vincent was in a prison in which he w ould meet with no improper treatment , for he w . is not aware that any complaints had ever beeii awdo tothiicomuiit'co who niarcued the Penitentiarj » f a « y tuiiw improper . 'With regard to the general question of prisoners committed for' seditious and political libels , it ought to be in the power of the magistrates and of the Secretary of Shla to separate thsm from other classes of orE-iulers , or ev < n from othcrs ' frl theh ? own class of offenders . ' There were , indeed , some
libsls to which it might be desirable to give tlie extreme penalty o : the . clas 3 . yet the majority of these libels was not of such a gr . ive character , aud it ought to bo in the power of those in authority to give a'greater ' or lcsserdegree of punishment , and this alteration he would adopt in the Prisons Act , which would bo ' proceeded with that evening . ¦ - . ¦ ¦ Jlr . HUJIB Wiis giai to hoar tliat the iron ; 6 ant ! emau proposed to resnedy the ovil which hail'Kesn'Cam- ' plained oft Still , with reapu-d to the Honi Gentlbiimn ' s aui'gatioa about Mr . Vincent ' spaper , he must say , that no judicial or criminal a'legatiori had ever been m : ule outagaiuiitthe Western Findimlor , ivid . therefore , n » su ; h allegation ought n . nv tube brought forward iu th : ; i House . Ar far as regarded the taiesits" i-. f Mr . Lovett . iie liad known him for some time . nnd lilid seen somo of
ais writings m iavonr of geuvral ltbtrty , which hai excelled any that liad yet appeared on tha same branches ; of the sui . i jcct . Such a mau must have felt moat severely the puni&bmeut ho hail sufFweil . Having preseuttd stver ; il petitions from the working classes , he could state that the general feeling among them was , that thesb . p ' . rt-es hadbsen more severely treated thanothers in a higher station hiuL been , or would be , and he tmsfed that tho remedy ; ' wliich was to he app'iud now , would i > lac'j the Government in a situation to prevent a recuirence of s-. icii coaiplamls . The treatnientth : vt oihew h : id received was so ( Hneh-nHrom-tlia ^ T ^ fTKLby Jlr . Lovttt and Mr . Collins , thaf . it was SS ^ tt ^ ib'le to compare it without feeling iuvoiuntary 1 indignation , although ho was glad that their sunlriugs liad kd to this alteration . '
Mr . THOMAS S . BUNCOMBE th-ught that the statement of the Hon . Gentleman , the Under Kecretuy of State , was very satisfactory as to tho future , aud hV hoped that he would say s : mothiug more than ho had , to mal ; e io satisfactory as to tho past . As he under stood the Honourable Gentleman , he admitted th-. it some of the prisoners had sufivred grt-at wrong , but Ikhail not explained why a distinction was made between the cases of Lovctt and Collins , aud of Mr . Stephens , who had also been convicted of a seditious libel , lie believed that tlie iatter was in Lane-aster Gaol , having the Governor ' s apartweurs , and that he had a much niTO extended power of si-eing his friends . Tlurc was also one part of the treatment of those at Warwick which to him ( Mr . Duncombtf ) required , or appeared tu lequirc , au imme-liate alteration . The two prisoners
we required to sleep in one bed , and that a bed not wider than three feet six inchts , whilst there was another bed iu the same cell in which slept a convicted felon . An- ! this , be it remembered , was the treatment of superior men . For he believed t ! iat there Wiis not a better disposed , or a more amiable wan in private liie . than Mr . Lovttt— ( chters)—and h < j b . lieve-d , aiso , that Mr . Collins ' s private life was witliout bk-iiiish . Why were . such men so treated ? Why should it continue one hour longer ? That was what he wanted to hnow from t ! ie Hon . Gentleman , the Under fecrttary of State for the Homo Department ? ( Cheers . ) - ' Mr . Lovetfs libel , after ail , was only for the -publicatiou . 'bi wLat ho ( Mr . Buncombe ) had heard over and ' over again stated in that House-that the introdectiou of the London Police was t ! io cause of all tho rioting The two Honourable Members for Birmingham had said that again and again ; and that was all that wns
stated m the resolutions forming the groumhrork of the libel , and which called upon the people to resist thdr introductiou . TLe burning did nut fake plsicetill afterwards ; and for that Lovttt and Collins were in nowise responsible—th ; y were at that time safely locked up in Warwick Gaol . ( Hear , hear . ) Tiic treatment of tlie prisoners having been so severe , and so contrary to former precedents , would , he liopeil , induco tho Government- now to discbarge them . ( Hear .-heir . ) Hconly wished that ho kul seen i : i their places the H » u . Baronet , the Member for Wilts ( Sir 1 ' . BurUett ) , and the Right Hon . Baronet , tho Member for Nottingham ( Sir J . C . Kobhouse ); they were the Lovttts aud Coilinses of former days ( cheers ); for he would like to iiavv asked them haw they would have liked the treatment which had beeu detailed to the House by the Hon . Member fur Bridpors ; a detail that lse hoped would have its due effect upou tha Noblo Lot \ i , the Secretary of State for the Home Department . ( Cheers . )
5 ir . FOX 5 JAULE must deny that tbe London police was the cause of the rioting . 'J'lio inspector of the poliec isad been trkd at the iata Assizes for bis conduct during the riots , and had beeu acquitted by tho Juiy , mitt praised \> y \ he authorities . . Viscount SANDOX di « l not rise for the purpose of paili-iting tha offence committed by tlieso persoiis , but lie must say that their sitisatioa . as detailed by this Hon . Meinbtr for Jhiapoit , w ; is such : is it ougist not to have been . ( Cheers . ) He thought that ilsey ought to accomiiioiiate i . i ; ni ! -h-. ! ient to t ! ic g ^ ucra ! condition of the
parties , and Iy no means inspuse any that public fueling did not- go along with . ( Chtcrs . ) With these views , although he believe ;! the ctimes of whidi the prisoners had leeu ciiuvicted were of a very wisebievous description , yet they belonged not to any u of inhid , aud indeed were frequently the errors of a generous character . ( Cheers . ) Jit joined iu otil-rirg Iiis support tothe recoiimiendation v ,-hieli kid been given to the Hou . Gcutleiuau . the Under S-jeretai-y of State , to co « - sider agaiu these cases , with tho view of mitigating the sentence . ( Cheers . )
Sir EARDLEY WILMOT fult , that after tho statements of the Honourable Member for Bridport , ami of the Honourable Ge-ntieiuan tho Uuder Secretaiy of State , it was not uecessavy to say any tiling in rtefeicu oftheu : a » istrates of Warwickshire . The Honourable wover had ineked wlmittvu tUat tUey only tan-iert out the law iis thsy ftmnd it . and that it wasnst thoirfanlr , but the f : ; ult of the law itself , l ' ov hims ; If , lie tkoughtthat inisdcuieauoms of words and misdemeanours of deeds ought to be treated ilitterently . ( Uiitws ) 'f lieru was ono i . oint he wi . uld notice in tnswrr to tlie Houourabie Member for Fiusbury . It was known tbsit the Charter frr Birmingham was in the course of litigation , and was not like' . y to be suttkel for some time , " aft one party or the other would appeal against the jury ' s decision
whichever way it was . In the interval all th- - > prisoners committed from Birmiuglmiii Wcie £ ent to Warwick gaol , and tho consequence was that it -was so crowded that he believed the priuoner . i were obliged to sk-ep three in a bed all over tue piinon , and the lnagUtrau-s hardly knew what to do . With r > feruice to the appeal which had bteu mado to tfw Secretary of State to i-eiuit the remaim ' er of the punishment , he believed that the visiting magistrates i ; ud thu poM'er , upon appliatK-ii from the Secretaiy of State , to report { lie conduct of prisoners under sentence , and if it had been gottA tho Secretary of . State could , upon tliat ground , remit the punishment . He was sure tliat ho had known such reports sent from Warwick , ami the punishment thereupon remitted . If the Kun . Gentleman , the Uwlti ¦ Secretary , weuld allow liim {^ iri , Wilmot ) toappi ;
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to the visitiii * niagistrates to report , aud if that report should he that the . prisoners' conduct had l . een exemplary ,, there * pnld . tneri ' bc fair , legal , and constitutioual ; grounds , fnr ; v ; exercisin ^ morcy towards them . ( Clie . 'K . ) H 6 Iiad ' h ' miself inquired of the ' gaoler what thtir jconiiucV . nBd . been , and t ! ie answer was , " 1 have hartto com ' plftin ' of no single thing ; their conduct has bfpn uuexceptionaWe— no two persons could act better . " ( Cheers . ) If tho-Secretary ' of State would have the Kiiiiio' inquiry ; hiade , he would doubtless receive a similar ruplj ^ atod the wishes of Honourable Members could bit thus gratirieil . '
Mr . C . 'P . ' VILLlBIiS hoped that for what the Honourable Usronbt suggested the magistrates of Wawickamru would not wait for any request from the Hoino OSce , but that the Honourable Baronet and the ViaipingjN-tiees , v . « uld feel no hesitatiuu iu taking tho tourse -w ^ idi they had the power to do . A discretion as-to th ^ report of gootK conduet was placed in their hands ,. antl | tbej- onght to exercise it , oven if they were no i » % . % tho Secretary of State . i . ^ S ^ H -AWES observed that ; , under the 16 th sscr tl 0 ., e i ; G'w > l Act the magjstrite could ' recommend ) MM * PB «' !*» : t hS ^ ercKof ^ he' ^ retlff-of State . iPKsSlgS togc puni 8 n ] ii § nif | i ^ C ^ Sttxd ; , As WM ^ - 'M !^; , oa jfte ;|^|( ti 6 n ; Mcie ' . bfjHhe h ' pusb W $ *^ ' M ^^? w ^ m ^' ^^^^^ W- ^» ' ^ b »>< c ^ tia ^ no ? . p 3 oWou ] la dissent ' , ' he hoped dgutfiatfKS ii 6 u |^( 3 jmtleBlti ^ fifBildw- . 6 «^^ r ' y . of # | ato «( rdurc ; coj | riinu ' u ; icate-to the Noble Lord tlie S 6 cfo-Sa ^ rSta ^^ iiailto l-teeiing -thatiprevidled- uposi
; aiis poi « t . . . f-r-t h . ., - ... - . ¦ Ctir . WAUBUimW w ; onld not go into a dkcusKion ^ ( she ne > y ' ^¦ ound ; to which he was invited by the rsniarks . of . the Horioiirable Gentleman tho Undcr-Secrefa ' ry of Statfc , as to fuo differonre between-. the . offences of tjioj ^ rosent prisoners . . and those of tho Honourable lleiabersf ^ -Wilts aud for Nottingham ; lio wonld only staw ^ OiisoriptlMi which was glvou iu tlio pope ' rs 'j ^^? ^ ? » thetable of ¦ thl « g > use of Mr ; Lovetfs clmractgr . Ho was said to be a nSdi civil / monil man ; 8 e ] f-ro 3 fi ^ fed , bufe ^ 7 ; diligontininquiringafterkiiow . ledge . And , aftoiaao general discussion tlv . it luul fcvkcn place-this . session r . s to the superior efficacy of mild punishments , - he / hoped that tite Noble Lord the Secyotarygf . rStato . would ' -approvo of the general principle , and unjtar iilltto ^ rcuinstau cu s nf . this case , Md with pcrsonBSvho baajiwhie such a charaster , extend to tho prisoners the benefit of a mitigated sentence . ' The motion was then put and agreed to .
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' Wednesday ¦ Evening , April IBlh , . . , Half-past Six . l IilsCTi'nE .-ON C ! iARTiSJI .--On Monday evening last , . Mr . Cnlverhouse . dolivex-Jd a lecture on tho aoovu eubjoct , at Lunt's Room , 01 erkenw « U G ' rotn ; and lon-r befow the coumicnceinent of the lecture , the room was crowded in every part , numbers going away disappointed . -Mr . Culverkouse bOj . ' . an by reminding hia audience that lie was only , like themselves , a working man ; niul that- having bc-.-n hardly worked all day , ' and now greatly fatigued , his physical disposition was tu seek roposo ; br . fc , ' humbly imiUUpg the gTcut Erskine ' s rule , 'that wliatever his conscience , aided by his judgment ., dictated as right to be done , that , lift would ; io , regardless of bodily fatigue , " he would proceed to the best oi his ability . The lecturer then gave a vorv reditaKemud *
I' just review of Chaitisin as a principle , stating what had been done to eitfovos that prine ' iilo ; - . nd taking m < ajialogical survey ' of what is to be iloni ; for tho' pui' 13030 of caviyin ' s out ( hat principle . It would bo-impossible to give ovuu a - summary of the numei-ous heads under which the lecturer cliSBWrt ' tha various portions ' of his subject ; all of which he ino . svlogically adhered to , and produce-l an iiupicssion that will not soon uj ; forgotten . When , > in ~ raiding ; iu extract , illustrctlvc ' of one of his positions , i ' cor . i Urn , Manifesta of- the General Convention , tho name of Will-am LoYett ^ : tlie' Secretary , from whoso pci \ it emanated , was ) iuentiohpil , the audience ro £ o as one r ,: auy and a loufi ahd heirty ; chaer sUowcd ' how deeply | >« s « % its )« id > his . iiieiuory aro ' cherlshp . 1 . ' in tho h > arts ' of Wslell chgjworkuien ' , who . yet hope . to ssa him aga ^ i ¦ aiupi ) gst . . QfBnjj ji 1 iciTislied . i | i spirit ' , and , doapitfeot ^^^ -tyrahn' j ^ vmSro'kcn Tn" healfhr We give the oxttcci read )>>• the lecturer : —
" Men of England , Scotland , and VTales !—Wo hav « sworn , -with yom- aid , to achiovo our liborfciM or « lw ; nnd iu this resolve we scok to savo ouv country f , om s fate wo do hot . desire to witness . If you longer conrinuc passive slaves , the Tata of unluvppy Ireland will soon boyouiM , anil that of Ireland more degraded still ; for be assured .. f | iej' ) yful hope of freedom , which now inspires tlie millions , if not spi-eilily wjilised , will uiru into wild rsveuge ; tlioir sickvniug tliouglit of unrequited toil—tiioir cheerless homes—their stunted , starving off-uring—the piillidpaituer * of their wretched nos . 4—tlicii- iig ..-d parents pining apart in a WorkhouBt —tho ' state ol" trade presoatihg to their imagiiKwioiu no brighter prosjiect- ^ those , together with the pcltv that
' . yrivuivy daily torments them , will' exivsawate tl . em to d' -stroy what they avo denied tho enjoyment of ; aud tl' . a ouce boasted nianufattories of Kngland will perish by an agent that soldiers cannot cope with , nor policemen avert . Tho middte class" population of our country-the distributors and exchangers of wealth —will ha broken down by bankruptcy and inso ' voney— - our f : imed commerce , which is at ' present sustained by ' : i breath , will bo destroyed—tha wrongs -which hndlo : ds , fanners , aud manufacturer ;) have conspired to heap upon tho -working millions , will burst into a flaiue-iind-the property of our ' cities , uo-ways vengosuce-proof , will be tho more k peril by being tV . t basis of legislative injustice . "
At the conclusion of tho lecture , votes of thanks were respectively . carrisd to the lecturer and to tbc Ciiairliian ; ami aftto tunny- gratifying expivesions of congratulation lia : l loan exchanged ,- on the sevvictfi of the Xortheru Slur , and its spirited proprietor , tlic auuieme sieimrted , highly satisflod with the proceedings of the eveuiug . Diseased Cattle . —The greatest part of the cattle sent lately to Smithtield market hm > beeu moro « r less ^ dkeiwid i and ou Monday last not . h « i than ouo iiumlrud and titty beasts were condemned as uulit for human food . One eircnmstiiice connooted with this practice of . semiing diseased cattle to market , independently of the base principles of the men wlio am so act-, iic ' oiT-. ' .-t to bo noticed , as showing in this case .
as in mo » t others , that , if there be not ono law J ' or the rich , ami another for tlie . poor , there arc at least two modes of administering the , law . It has boon well known that for weeks past , as many as twenty large graders have been sending thvir cattio l . « y scores to Smithlield , on tlie first appearance of dis ' easej and snsue have arrivud with their tougiies and mouths q . u' ^ er . iw , thoivlibofs Weeding , and many other syurotuKis of lieiiig quite wet ' tins . Of tiiote . however , no notice wasiaiwnUytlie autlioritie «; and consequently they wore aoid , au'd if used for no other purpose , doubtless chopped into ' sausage-meat , as goud enough for thn poiivj at length , List week , a poor man , withiono
solitary bc-ast , all he-was worth , thinking , we snppos-.-, ! , o had sis goo ^ a right as-his rishur neigliliovtvs , te pass off hia inisfortnno in a similar manner , brought h :.- > biiiioek to Smithfield ; and ( not being able , perhaps , to i ; ive th . ; jaclcs in office , a dub in the-hand ) , his beast wji-t Kciz-j'l , comltiimed , ' and himgelf tafo . ii before tho Loni ? ras . nay , hundreds , of v . - orse eat ' rlo having been sold for woelts incviuus ; an < I the ; -ublic nnuii foi'in their own conclusion ss to why ilie man wifu tne aolitnry beast , which he ' drove liiiuself , is selected , while the rich grazier , who eniplovs regular " dudgers , " get off scot Tree .
Annual Festival of tue Operative Caiivkx-TKifs KiUESHLV SpciKTY . —Oil Fri . iay ev . Tiiug last , tiicmtmbirs of No . 13 ' braucU loi' -go of tbis numerous l , o : ! y oi' artiz nw 3 i > -ld their annual festival at tho Wiiite Kow ( i Ti ' . \« n , Ht . Joiiu-stsM-, )> ly . Wm . Bto-WcU in tlie chair , ( iHe-hiiiiiy suppoitcd ^ y Mr . R . Burnian , sis viccpivMdciit . AflertteclotU was removed , the Chainnan rose and proposed ti . e first toa . it , which he felt coniid'jnt wouivl be responded to with cuUmaiusin by tha numerous body iir-mml him j tho toast- wsw " Tho tioveie guty of tins People ; " three times three . "The Cer-eral Union of the Friendly . Society of O perative Cwivts-tcw of Cleat Britain ami Irclaiu ' .. " i ) , oud aj > - pliise . . i The Vicc-Ciiuiruuin then rose , aad in a cond ^ c but e ' oquint i > .. : . « rcss , piisposud " "; ho speedy liberation of all poliiicil martyrs , aud the realisation of wliat they have been stiuggling fov , ntunely the }> e < ijjk \
C'Auj . ' .- /; . " Mr . Dyeivin a short iv . idn . ss , but one of considerable Ule-.-. ti propo / sed "Thu lfculicil Prem , way it have gri - -atcr t ' rpciiom' and ur . iveival triuuipb . " ( Gnat apiivoUixioo . ) Sly . liimtfcUl pruvosed " The hciltli of Fi-arpus U'Oonnor , and all oilier Champions of the People ' s F . ighta ; " which v .-as recived withloml applause . Mr . Corawall then rose , and gave "Tho speedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jouos to the busoms ' of their fiimiliei" This toast was rcspcctfu'Iy rcceivid in colonui silence . Many oUier loasta wi . tJ { sivcu , nino n ^ which we : e" The Olasgov , ' Cotton Kpiunia-s ;"' "Tl : o D 5 ff « V . ehM' \» kmTers i" "'i'ho speedy onctiou of tiie London Jrades' l . ' all , " &c . Tiie h * t n :. iu « d toast was spoken to in a Very eficctive manner by Mr . ]' airen , t-. b hvnoniry semctaryj and tho imprisoned piitriot'j , Viac ( iit , Jjovcit , aud others , were not forgotten . The greatest hilarity prevailed throughout the evening , aud the festivity continued till a late hour .
The Poue-i : Spv , Kauris . —After almost exhausting the witnesses for the prosecution , the Grand Jury at tho Central Criminal Court , found tinw to heat them ,
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and of course were compelled to find a truo bill against tliis scoundrel . But lie had been admitted to b : iilin tlio lowest possible sum , ( £ 41 ))! whon , be it ever remenibored , tho amount required for Ncesom and Bugsis . wai , resp ? ctivtsly , one the / mind pounds ; copscqnen'l . v . he gave ttie prosecutors kg buil , and the Bcsurities biiiig called into Court , their recogni&mces v-ero estrer . t « f Now , what : t mockery is here ; a meeting is got up , bv police-agents ; at which arms are planted , by police agents ; violent speeches and instigations to arms unmade , by police-agente ; snndry innncent victims : wt « selected , fur whom enonnons bail is requTtd : they discover , by awoiulorful interposition or ' Provi-Jenct ' , one of tlioir bloodhound ivccnsijr 3 ir . tho act of delV . uiiliug them of the only dunce of establishing their iuuocencc ; ho is given in custody ; tho policeman , the sergeant , and Hie inspector , arc each most anxious
knowing him to bo ona of their body , to let him go . but , from thft firmness ami perseverance of ono of th » accuses , they find they dar « not j ho is taken before a magistrate j tho . crime is established against him ; the smallest possible bail is required ; and whilst the poor innocent victims of polico perSdy Are called into the Queeu . ' s Bench , beintj the iliii-d ; it iiot the / p ' » rtt time , that , for one alleged offon ' ce thoy lja ^ e Isad to . Tind bail ito the ( amount , of ' 6 ft 6 ' / ft « w < iwJ ' ' 5 > bii «{ f 6 v the daskrdly ' : proa 96 titovs ; l (! t Uiis ftUowHarrls onVscoi free , merely . of course , paying tlie few pounds ( if , indeed , it . be ever ¦ jWhi ^ orfiafeit ^ tlOT tbo ' crowji to . tho , orown )^ iu which hewaslioumt ; inid thus one of tho most oi' . ions policii . uul government plots thai ever ' wore plauiwd agahwt the livua of poor but honost , working men , has it is thought , beeu "hushed up . " It will not be so , however , if the people of England be but truo to themselves .
[ I am desirous to observe , in reference to the numerous gratifying compliments that have liccn tendered mo , as tho repiv&sntalive of tho Northern Slur at several recant meetings of the working classes , tlsat , independent of tuc vevy liberal remuneration of tho proprietors , £ « n more than comnienaur ; itely rewarded by tho display of such feelings as those wliich have ben lately evinced , more cspahlly at Mr . Culverhousb ' slcct'iroou Monday evening . The accession of so many now subscribers to tho paper , the congratulation among each other of the possession of one organ for tho re [ jrosentatio : i of the wants an « . fceiings of the working classes imd the terms iu whicli ' mydwn humble but zealous efturtshavo hcun referral to , are the most gratifying incentiveto
* increased exertion . This mode of general acknowledgment is adopted , in prefcrouco to personal ami verbal thanks ; and the opportunity is taken to assure ah who Uw by labour , tliat tho most implicit attention will bo paid to their meetings , as well as to their interests on other occasions ; whilst no dvpartnicn of news slwll bo negketed , t ' oat can in any degrcu contributo to their infonnatiou or lunnsemcnt . To tlio Peckham and Cambcrwell friends of the Northern Star , I be , ! j to observe , thaS though I havo not yel discovwed the arc of f-tinj ; i : i two pi ' . av : ct nncir . i , r f . f re : « li' ; - 'iv iiiyself m ubiquitous as " iSpriiuj-ueul'd JacU , " tliuir wishes f-liail be attendcl to r . s i ' ur as possible , by nicuid of coj- . hViOiiual siiixiHaries . . - ' i > i ! Lomlon C 6 rres » o « tot of tlie Xorlheni Star . ' ]
.: Tnnfstltig Evening , April lG // i , Qii'Srter to Seven , p . m . ^ City and Cojimkuciai , 'Sfiws : —To-inwrow bcinu t . » ood frills ; . - , Uie iwual market repos ' Liv rjiid the olo : ic o (' ii ! i public businos : ! , in effect . ' ffiv ' a week . pro « in : oa kind of summary review of whas is usually looked <> u its the teymiaar . i «) i of both tha coomiu--ciul and _ political first quarter of tho year . The l . mve-iakiu .: ! among tho inilucntial moil of tho tcalns , ant ! tlie niuliual opinions exchar . ^ ed on the ovo of a comp ; . i , V ! Uiv : 'Iy loug cessation of active bnsiao .-: 3 , fiiriiisU no cuncompiiblo criteria of tlio prospects of tratie and coinmurcc . Jt seeniK tb-havn beon mattciof a&louisluucnt to many that the Moncv Market
, m . Uisuoiiiit tnu !? aciieiis , should have exhibited so few evidences of tightness and restriutioit . 8 H 1 C 0 the year comraenced , imisaueh . . # , Judging ; from encli a sevoro oniirtor of p » l j as . tho ' -lnat ? . ' 6 . f 1 ( 139 , moreHifBcuH-y was k > lh , ve ; l ) cenoxpet-t 6 u .. As a proof , however , of ¦ t ieabsenoeiotallerabarra ' ssiufi demands for money * mouR the biU-brokevs , if may bo stated , on uuuoubted-authority ,. thiit at nf point of time , during tho quav&r jnst . -eti ^ d j Was there an amomit of « 'STr ^! % ken . y , ; outs « f ^^ 3 s > ukv on temporary loan , exceeding half a miiiio u ' stttifiig ; and in some cases tho Bmali iimciunt borrowed was speedily repaid . Tliiirc is a considerable probability that tho exti-eme point of elepre / siou in tho two most important , branches of our foreign tsa-dc , with the East aud with the Wait , has been passed . Thero is already more cou&lenuo in tho ooiton trade at Livornoai , and the
gtvat advance- . whwh has takon place in ttyjig hts from the ports of tlie United Stales to Eugla ^ ei , will have tlio elitel of keeping back the supplies ot citcou from tho p l antations to . tho coast and dliipuiug posts u )) the grcv . rivers , which will tend to swei-. gmen tUo Cotioi . Market , iu England ; under thisirupression f . im routiiitntal br . yetVof twist and KQodsin the Maiu ' nestcr uHirkeis will eiitcr into opcKUioiis wirli ; : io ; e c « n ! i (! , ! i :.-o , which- wi ! li ( iriia general impuUt to tho l . ra . e f ; ciic-. ral , i ; ay u . iivti .-ai , iiapreswou is , thiit we Khali Knouly witn ^ . s move activity in tntdo liian liae been seen at any point of t . imo siiico GhristBias . lUt- Imuks , elosiug pviaes : —Three per Cents lle-( Irtcod , Jlfli ; Three per CentR . Consolidated , iili New Thieeand-a-Ilaif per Cents . 1 ) 01 ; iiednce-d 'ihrce-and-a-halfpoi-Cents . S 8 i ; Bank Stojk , 17- ' ); tudia . Honu » , -1 j-Exchapur Bills , Si ; . Consols for Anci-uuts . fll .
Nkw Zkai , asi ) . —A nmetiiig- , cii ' iivencd by roquibition to ihe L ' . rd lisyi-r , v ; : \ v . held yesterday a-j'tcr' . wou , at the . G- > ti ' iaii ! il ' . , \ w < Ufc at-y , tu consider the propriety of petitioning l'iirlumicnt to prevent t ! io French waking a penal settlement of what is termed Dim colony of- Now . Zealand . ¦ ¦ The Lord . Mayor took live- « ha : r , and was supported b y nearly all tho leading Whig and Tory poliiieal-ocouomist crotclietmongars iu iho metropolis . A working man named bpurr ,- however , resolved that the sentiments of his clats Eiwuld at lop . st be beavd , if they were not heeded , made some very pm : guut observations , nnd mi : vc « i an amendment to ono of tho resoiutiona ( wliich amendment was seconded b y Capt . Ackcvlttj " ) exp-a-ssivo of the fact thai ; the nroduciivo ciaaseu
oi _ thi .-i country wrre not at all interested in tho (| uesUt >» . Or oourae , at a meoting of " ; uerchanis , bankers , and traders , " it was net u > be ^ Kpctied \ liat such an amendment would bo for a momout eutej tilnt-d ; and Die Lord Mayor piieoufcly inquired of the Eecor . der uf the amen-Wcnt it lie really meant t-nom to stnitlfy themselvcB by adopting su « h a resolution ; which , however , his Lordship , put , when it was lost . Mr . Spurr then as-kad , " ii tiie fact of pos . imxou was to be the sole ground of right , as coiitoudcd by Mr . Young , no mattev how that posiession was obtained , wim would bo said , if he obtaineil po ^ cssion of the Hon . <»< iijtlftman ' s watch—would he have ihe ri <; l ! t to it ?" - 'he lion . G . ; iitieman ( Mr . Young ) rej ' ilicd , that ihat was a . diii ' drem matter , and ii * Mr . Kdiut
niadrtiieexpoi-iuisnt . lie would find hinwoll'in tlio souther !! iiemisplwre sooner than he expected . A petition was eventually adopted , cmb « tlyiiig the objects contained in die requisition ; after some " altora ' tions had been maeie , at the suggestion ol ' iino of tho editors of the Mew Zealand Journal , who is al .-o secretary , we believe , to tho Anti-Corn Law League . There v . - <; r-j very few of thoworkiiij ; or fchosikfcopin- ; 'elates prei-ont ; arid the " schemers" llie-Muro liad ali their own way . MOSt IliroiJTANT ( "JOTln-Si : TJTIJOM IT MAYCOXCKIIX . ) —ikv Jiliijcstyls pliysklan , Sir Jamos Clark , oi " FJora liastiiigenotyriely , " has positively forbidtie : i her Majesty to take ; tjnestriau cxarciso ; stud her Majesty drove her husband to-day i : i a pony elia-ise- Her M : je :: y is uaiti to bu uu excellent " whip . ' '
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' * * - * * r - 1 * n r ' * r r - 1 - ' ^ ttir --- --- ^^ aa ^ * v * **^*~ . CliESTLll ASSIZES . . k ( Coneluded from our seventh page . ) Hulmdiij / , April 11 . C 0 NS 1 MKACY AX » SEDITION . Isaitf . ArmilufO tho younger , John Wriyht , Jama liarlon , Giviv / B Wurelium , Thomas lluivarth , of fttoekport , am \ John Brwdbest . oi' Ashttm , were inilitted f <; r , i coiwiiivaiy , niul coiuipiiine t' > procure weapons for uiilKVTfnl purporos . Tluro was a seventh namviu th « s iiulicliiiont , as Laving iraviraul ftuin tl . e last Assizes , ihat ; of Isa'ic Armitagc t ! i ! tldur , bnt iu eoiwuqiieijce of an accident having , in ) . ! : « iiioiiiitimc , aliotfo ' d his lHtr . tal « apacity , thy Ai : t > rii'y-Gisne ral duiired that a niil . jjrof . illicit Iw vutcseti . 1 \ x . iovisswn t « m \ fte ii-. tVictwcnt ; and tV . c Attoiixkv-Gkskkal ( with whom was 3 lr . Welsuv ] opeueil the e ^ su .
Sir . 1 ! . Tmi'i . i : defended Wright ; and Mr . Cot-TINCIUM aT , i ) f ; i- ud for : il ; the otUvs . 'J'he Jury , with little hesitation , found all tho prisone-rs gnilty . The defendants . tog ( tlis r with DuSe aud Lively , wwc KiUo \ up ami adihoised at some length by the Juuue . They wen : esci ; . Kunteiii-ed to twelve im . mhs i ' . « pji « oniftCiit , at t-iu cxpiiMtion ( if which period , to tiud sureties , thi'Disolvcs in £ 100 , and two cthc-M in £ u « Ciich . to keep the j-eaco for thr : e ytp .:-s : ami lo be further imprisimed until such bail be found .
Mwitwy , April I ' d . His I . ot (! sm \\ curved iUe C ' ouvt this morning at nine o ' clock . TLe lirst ase called fw trial was cno ii-om Muwksiield ,
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Tiie TsMsp-i-os Munuijii . —Tho Jury by whom Kie . iard Gould ivas ycneiday tried and acquitted of utmiig pcvpwr&icu this murder , . evinced ilio roluclance which , we trust , will ever influence a Uritiah Jury m deciding arainst a prisoner whern ihn » . i .
dencc 13 , as m tins caso , purely circumstantial and whore the circnmstanws w ) l admit of an iiitpr preiation oiher than that which has bronchi iL ptitouer before them . The trial being now S we are at hbom , o state what we know to b 0 tie iact-tkt while 6 ouU luis invariably usertnl K * imiocenccho has admftted hia knowffi SZ parties who perpetrated the deed , " n SmSn which is hardly eonsi ^ tt-nt with his SboSu ^ % , eareM examination of the evidence iSft tW ^ eouohibionthatworothan onewascniaSM * £ ? peu-aling the murder ; and VZIJ ^ S ^ , Uce , aware of : thc admission of Gonia . SfiK' ^ sue to inquiries , intlro hope of y ^ Kgla light thu mysttnoas aud appUiiug MiberSSfi- ^ *® i ©
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ALLHGEJ ) UliATII FKOJI JIOIUSON'S 1 'ILLS { Copy of a Letter whim appears in the Morning Post of April 7 . ) " Sir , —I am sure that your sense of justice wiH nt or . ee lead you to contradict the above report , inasmuch as A jonaouu i iiis weie uot used by the dweutd , Air .
" it uppeava fsom tlw cvideacc on U \ e iuquesi frat tho so-called Horison's 1 'iils , taken by Mr . Maliars , wore ^ urcuaved of a pencn ot tho . name of Salmon , in i- ainngton-Htr-ct , who , without any authority whatever attaches my name on tits boxes , . arid also upon the stamjiH , in Uitelelh ! n , U > niedic ' ux-s of Iiis own maimfcctuvo , ol which i know nothing , iu order to pass them « fc < -n , he pubne : ls Morisun-s i'iils , agahwt which < kv . cyv : ott i \ lMtt reycatwY : ? cautioned the public As juonwn ' s Pills were not used on the above occasion , it is < 5 mto unni-ccssary for him to enter further into the ease . 1 trust you will see the necessity of giviiw this Ustter Huroeuiiite insertion .
"I am , Sir , " Yours obediently , « -n u- v r ., " llAMI : s MoRls <>» i the Kygokt " " British College oi' Healih , " New Iioad , London , April ( ith , 1 . 840 . " 1 skull of ojut-so now bring the party to justice for the fraud and consequent injuiy which ho has Uonciiw . "
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£ ' / r . > ?«^ ' ^ -v f 4 u- // y ^^ t ^ -A - ««> T AND COSSl'IRACV . Jt \ * ' ' ' - "< wl » lJ * l v « .. i . « K-, ! i , Oi sci'ty to a charge f ,, ri T \ ™ sy * Kl ? a * anrcl , fiflel , l , in Julr jmd August _ fcKt , WM vi , e > li !„ ,,, e art . T ! . e \ , tker £ - ^ £ ^ £ J ^ %£ ^ ^ i u ^ w ^ d ^ S ^^^^^ " - The J no- Ii-: t 1 i « fnnnd him uUty , lw vran sentenced o mx caion ^ r i ,,.,,,.- ! .., ' Imrtl labour in Kmitsford ; t . ieii io taid bail , hiiiifolf in iirw , ,, ij , i two wr ,. . tkG in ioO tach , to iv « .: ii tiie jieaw ; fur twis years . AiUOUitMUi CASH 01 ' SifmTit-K .
Jlolerls , who wns intltctctl forseiiition ut Kfoelfjsort on the soth . July lstt . was i-at ai . Jt'd upon his rol wgnissHicoj , but iu co : stnuincj of ii : c tvsvowo noi being rtnly enttwrt , uini ihs i ' tesiiaiu , tho recogu : « mcc « were nawitctl till-next Asifees . \ viriii > iiAV . \ v . Kichanl IMHinv , Jau-. i-s \ V-. i . ; tr Leah , and William Ii 3 suv , were the only prweners roiiia ' iKin ^ for trial for sedition . Kselur having {• Ic . itieds ' uilty . -nv . slUvi ^ lo ' , nnliis own biiii ; i > . nd the « k- « ag-iins : Leah a : ; d i'i : !; -.. ; :, t' : o ATT 0 il . \ EY- ( il 5 . N - KU . VL Kdd lli > tll . jll . dlC V . WSOtsiulfiHor . t to ju-tify aav fuitln-r pwcec . iings . They were thru ( iist'h .-ir j . 'cii . f Ti : is ii : jslioil the business of tlic Assia - ? , aud tha Court ross itiKiut noon .
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COUONKR ' S f . N'QiJKr . 'i . i . ONDuN . ALLEC 1- . D DKATH OK A 10 VTH 1-UD . H VIOi-UNe ^ G BY A . i'i ! l . H-SMAK . i eftorday liiorniii " . hi- ; oi : o ' clock , au inqnest was - ' held oet . ire A , vm . Curter , l- sq ., ami a isij'iiiy rwpuaoii ! dnry , a . tt ' ne JLirlliorrti ^ h A-.-ias . South-btrect , 1 ccliham ou view of ih , .: body of William Norih , a hna vo , uh , a . ; ed fmirletr . years . ' n '' w ]!? w iV ? li ! ^ f fa ! tWMt ' « nseqnonco of hXi- at th i , twath o : ' - > wfertuuoio \ ouvh I ail- ^ n paused by a , police constable of tne P ulV 18 l 0 i ) » * * - . ¦ The Jm-y having beer , svvovn . ' proceoded with tlio ' Conmer to view the body , and oh ifeir-rJfai tho loilowuij ; cvuieiico v . - . ! S : \ iVn : ced . --iii Mrs . Nanoy Wri-ht , of No . 2 , Wo-ll ' n Nae&Pcskham , m tho parish of CiimbcrwcU , deposi-d t&it she Knew the deceased , and h-ai-ing ho was very nu well , site wont into his iat . ' liW - ' s V . ouse to sco him , and found him ia bod . Ho iip ^ -src-d very ili indeed , bne again went : ti aboiu ono o ' clock on thft pvevi .- . us baturday , and ho was then in a dying state , aud cxmred in aboiii half an hour afiorwards . By tho Coroaer—The deceased was iu tood health when she ca Kioto reside in Well ' s-pW about a moutl ! previous . Mr . Flowers , a-smg . vn who had beeu aitcnding him provlously , camb in just afrer ho expired . . . . By tho Foreraan—Canuoi fura any opitiiou as to the cause of his death . John North deposed that ha was a plasterer , and liTCdatNo . 3 lWell u-plaw . Tho deceased was his son . On the ] 5 Ui nit ., hu ( tho deceased ) worked with Inm up to iour c ' clock , » t which tim » . they left to « o to tea-. Ho ( witness ) returned to his work , and on reaching home about haif-nast viz o ' eiovk . lm
ioiiiid luni giitinj ; iu a chair by tho i-ido of the iii-e ho was very nmvell , and quits black uudor tho eyeshi ; coinplaiuod ofwi-oat pain in the ioi ' t shoulder ; he was put to bed , having previousl y said the p&in arose iroin bein . a ; dragged alo « s by a policeman . Tho next morning lie was very hoawe . aud could scarcely speak . On me woniing of the loti » , ho brcti ^ lit his ( witness ' s ) breakfast to . Ackli-. i ^ tonS ^ . -ay .- , w . t , he cneii , and said ha was um > l > l , ) to work ; he returned homo , and f ro ! i gradually , worse , \ intil his death , winch took place at half pas ; one on il-. e previous oaUtrdaytiftet-jsi-o' ! . By tho Coroner—Had no reason to believe his son waa in danger , and Hu ' did not send toasuvgeennmil luteen days aftcrwanls . By the ' Voroma ! i---T ! ro deceased said tlio policom .-iii would be lhe . 8 eaUtof hins , but tltai , Imdid not wish him hurt-. •*'• ' ' ' - '
By a Juror—Bid you . tfk ilio drccasHil w ! iy the policeman dragged him siImij / lU * t' . ruat { Witness—He saM ho . was goingibr some soap for Ins mother , aud ou i \ v . voad he was throwing a small ball from o ; ie hand to tiie other . Mr . JohnSwau Flowor ? , 6 iti- <; cou , ofNo . 4 , Camberwell-green , in tho parish of Lambeth , deposedthat , on the 31 st ult ., ho reveivco an owlo ; - from the relioviu ^ offiucr , - and ou liifi arrival iift found him labouring nuder tjaattask of iuftunvia rj iui iniLvaafcion of ihc Iivhxs and chest . Ju eoKHoqiicuco of
having receive iufoimaiion thai vkiioncu liad been done to ^ iim , lie exauiintd 3 : im very minutely but found no niarlrs of violciwe likely ' to pvoduco the pain hu eoiijpiaiiied ^ C iie . ; i ( 4 eeeased ) coisiplained of his limbs generally , but , moro particularly of his lsj ' t shoulder . Ho did every thing in his power but without success . Had shine mu . de : v post mortem examination of the body , thft lung" ! an « breast woro highly milamed , aud a hvge quaulil-y of blood in tho chest , and " a-large access deeply seated under theleft , shoulder .
Bv the Coroner— . Treated th deceased for influenza . ' ; tha pains ho complained of was tho result of tne abeciw , and his death was a natural one . A Juror said it was a very important inquiry , and ho thought auothcr Eurgoan ought to bo called " in to giw his evidence . Tho _ Coroner said the whole of tlie case rested upon tho evidence of Mr . Flower * , who was clearly of opinion iho doatli of the deceased was a natural death ; and if they ( the Jury ) \ Vf re of that opinion , it would be useless to prolong the inquiry . A Juror said ho was surprised to hear the Coroner mako siicli a , remark . He wad paid for his tiaio : tho lime of tho Jury was much mere valuable . The Coroner said the remarks of the furor were , to Hay the least of it , nnbtcomiug . Time was to jam of v ery great object , aud ho believed to evory gentleman .
Mr . Johnson , the foreman , paid ho did not , for ona uitmont , doubt the evidence of Mr . Fiowws ; still ne conid no ; divest himself of an opinion that some violence had beon used to the'deeeascd . At this stage of the pioceodings the room was ordered to be cleared . in about half an hour tlio room was again opwied , wiieii ( ho mother was brought in , and the evidence ot Air . Flowers was read over to her . The poor woman was vory much affected , and Kaid her child liad been murdered . When ho camo home , he appeared in a state of strangulation . The foreman said he much regretted that the moiher should leave the room disssviisnVJ .
Tho room was again cleared and the Jury , after consulting together for nearly an hour , determined , on hearing fuvtbt-r evirtenc » . John Slaughton , a youth fourteen years of ago , of iNo . a , Soiitn-strest , elepoEcd that on the day in question ito was standing with the deceased , and two Miner ooys , against a fenco in Souih-btrect , wlion a policeniR-, 1 , Ko . 223 P division camo along and took iiolu of him ( deceased ) by the collar ; ho ( witness ) thought at first it was merely a joke , until ihc child wan black in tho face ; the grandfather came up , and then the policeman kt him go . By the Coroner—The policeman appeared to bo quite tipsy . Mrs . Elizabeth Storey , of South-street , corroborated the evidence of t-Uo * last witness . Mr . Waters , the Inspector , said he had ovidoncc to provo the constable was quite sober .
Sergeant Johnson dopwd tliat he paraded four police constables on the night in question , and Hall ( 223 ) was quite sober . Tiie Coroner again addres 3 ad the Jury at great length , and again went through the wHolo of tha
evuicnce . _ Tho Jury , after consulting togcthor for a short vine , returned a . verdict of " Natural death " The inquiry lasted upwards of iivo hours , and tho verdict has given anything but satisfaction to the ptii-e-utsof tho unfortunate youths .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 18, 1840, page unpage, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2680/page/1/
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