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amount of Ino.oo/. s.year in patronage; he should call upon them to do justice to their civil and m i l itar y service, and also to his Majesty's service. He was the more anxious to call their attentioff to that service, in which he hail the honour to hold a station, be cattle the interest of that service had no representative behind the bar. He contended that wherever an increase of the army in Bri tish India took place, that increase should het made upon a fair and equitable scale, and that favouritism should nut prevail in the Bengal Presidency, to the prejudice of the army at Madras and Bombay. And here he had the pleasure of stating that he under stood it was the intension of his lisicsts's worthy Ministers to establish this system from the year 1824. Ile begged to suggest what he conceived would tend to the pmnunion of good discipline among the troops, which wis the introduction into each company of • norscommissioned British officer. With regard to the pay. he thought oho arty of British lonia 'should be paid at the saute rate and in the same coin, instead of according to the present system of being divided into lour casts. At present the Bengal civil service was paid in sicca rupees; the Bengal rainy in sonat rupees; the Madras in Arcot rupees; anti the Bombay in Surat rupees. The system of casts might be very agreeable in what was called the wisdom of our ancestors, but lie understood it was quite contrary to the wisdom of Mr. liuskisson. 3lr. Canning, and 3lr. Wynn, and that they had en intent on of forming one standard of currency, and had been actually negotiating with the native princes of India for establishing that wise measure. Instead of the army being placed on a similar footing, the Bengal army was at present placed upon full buts, while the Madras army was upon half baits, and which was also the case with the Bombay army. Nothing could h more absurd than this system ; and it was at the same time the height of injustice the prices of provisions being dea rer at Madras thenin Bengal .lfe would not dwell upon these incongruities, but should merely stare that so long as they lasted they would create discontent in the military mind, as it had always done in the minds of the soldiery In every part of the world. The Gallant l'olonel then proceeded to remark upon the partiality and preference shown to the native troops, to the prejudice of the Kings troops. He observed that the objection against the latter was, that they were not efficient. This be denied. They remained in India twenty years, and had opportunities both of acquiring a knowledge of the language and of the regulations of the native troops. The Indlant l'oloral then appealed to the Court of Directors to treat the army liberally, to discipline them like the excellent Sepoys, to plice them on an equal looting, and treat them with humanity, and then there would be no discontent, no commotion, no unwise con cessions required to be made, but the troops would ever remain trite to their standards. The Coate MAX did not think that the present Court would very materiallyidiffir from him in the opinion that it was impossible to introduce into public discussion a question of this delicate nature witbeut its being attended with material inconvenience to the pub lic service. He contended that such was the drift end tendency of this motion. lie was quite satisfied that it would, be very prat. ticaMe to go into such • detail of the origin of that distinction which existed, and which was complained of. as would clearly establish that, in point of f ,ct, no injustice and no breath of e 1- trust had taken place, in regard to the te:ms upon which the mili tary entered into the Company's eery and upo t which they were not pail. The lion. Chairman then strere,l tato an histioieel dc. tail, in order to slioW that :he I a; of the troops was originally in a saecien of mare of less value than the sicca rupee which was alter wards stiabisshed as the a t d ird in th • proviticc of Bengal, and that therefore, when the troops were paid in the latter coin, It was no injustice to deduct the difference between the value of the sicca rupee and of the naive in which the payment was originally made. ith regard to the iliff.r r. e of value, when the rupee was changed into' bill on this country for remittance, that was a circums , soca over which the Directors had no control. It was entir.ly dependent on commercial events ; and no government could insure a regular rate of exchange. He had so strong an impression on his mind that this discussion would produce incalculable injury, that lie should content himself ou the present occasion by moving the pre vious questior. A De ar.evort seconded the motion. Mr. Heim underdood, when he came into the Court, that the first question for their consideration would have been. whether the military establishments thnoNhout India could not be placed upon one general ant uniform system. Every one conversant with the mem+ of India must know how great was the inconvenience that r-.sulied from the present system. lie would advert only to what huh occurred I itely at Chittagong. There the troops from Madras were serving with the Borilay troops, the latter receiving a full double bans, be-ides rations, whilst the Madras troops received only single bads, amt no rations at all. 11 Itenever the troops served together, the same allowance ought to be made. Ile regtetted to say great cause of discontent existed in India, and whilst a man was stliwed to remain as Greversov-General there who 'laud re corded as having lost the confidence of the Court of Director., dis content would continue to exist. Either gnat injustice had been done to the Noble Lord, or else there was great supineness and rie- Shgenee on the part of the Court of Directots, to allow things to reniain on they were. With regard to the motion before the Court, if to taro the Court of Directors disposed to take op the subject, he thowll advise his Honourable Friend to leave the question with them; but if he persisted in putting it, tie (31r. would sup. tort i t, upon the ground that the Warty of the picas did not exist iii lad* sed,ilsersioes these eoliplainta could nut reach the Go vestment of the country. The Cif 41SW sn said, with respect to what had fallen from the ilonourahle Gentleman *lto had just sat down, he felt it absolutely necessary that the advaionge possessed by troops of one Presidency over that of another, while serving together, should be done away with; and he ci old positively assert, from experience, ever since he bad been in the Direction, that there had been the most anxious desire, and that the most positive orders and instructions hsd been sent nut to the Government oh' India to effect that object. Consi derable advances had been made towards It. He wished nor so be misunderstood. He spoke with reference to regimental allowances only. There might be • difference with respect to the staff' allow :maws, which depended opal circumstances, peculiar to the different Pier. tencica With regard to assimilating the coin they had made considerable progress. They had brought the Bombay rupee and the Madras rupee not only very close together in their intrinsic value, but also very near to the sonat. There was nothing more desirableble than the establishment of a general cusenty throughout all the Presidencies. (Hear, hear.) The advantages of it would be incskaloble ; but gentlemen must, at the same time, see the dr:cattiest that exist in effecting so important • change. ('apt. 31AXIVgai. entered itito a statement with regard to the es penditure at Use different Presidencies. lie said that the snpeadi titre per annum was— • o- Civil. ',Military. he Of Ikng•il - .01.01.10,090 Xe 000,000 he Ilodras 2.170.000 3,108 149 as Bombay - 618,232 1,840,114 Ln After Some further discussion, in which Mr. TRAP: T, Mr. he Di z ON, and hlr. PAT Eit sox, took part, on 14. tirt.c H HIST replied, and dually consented to withdraw his lie r.m, n. .... . .. _ .. . 3). if. Dot ch The motion was accordingly withdrawn. Mr. 111.31 E .3iti, pechaps it would save the time of the Court if. b:iore his friend We. Gilchrist) entered upon the consideration of the first ltesolution, the Hon. Chairman would state in what situa tion the sut.irct regarding the n Kulationn to be adopted in conne cane, of the recent Act of Parliament rc,pecting the qualifications ut Cadets stone. ta. w. rd ad The Cleat 'INAS( was only prepared to state. that the subject was tow in the course or adjustment bc.ween the Board of Control and t! , e Court or liirett-ra, and when that took place it would be his d..ty to make The subject as public as posaible. pen its being understood from the Chairman that no young u-rn would be r.linned to go out to India until the regulations had been promulgated, Dr. Wichita' declined making his intended ❑ mien. an )n. :11r. Roll,: hoped it was not intended by the Court of Directors r.oonnoend their own establishment in preference to any other. The CHAIRMAN said the Resolution to that effect had been r-.e.odett, lest too much importance should be attached to it. It w from their widish to monopolize education at the Company's Cu:lege. THE ROYAL GEORGE. The CHAIRMAN then submitted the following Resolution of the court of Directota to the Court, and upon which it was necessary a ballot'atiould be had, pursuant to the 58 Geo. 11l e. That it it the opinion of this Court, that the Commend , * oral I loners of the ship Moral George are fully acquitted from all int. putivion of neglect or misconduct in respect to the loos of that 'i g he ballot was appointed to take place on Friday, the 4th of Amour. Court adjourned at three o'Lloek. BRITISH CATHOLIC ASSOCIA TION. 11). 11141 iv .1t Voqcrday an open Meeting of the British Catholic Association •• at held at No. 1, Thorney.street, Bloomsbury. .C. BUTLER, 1 .1 the Chair. A.s 41 the Chair was taken, Mr. R• of NT said, that they had then met accrrding to the rules .! :he Asy ichttiin, and not for any particular purpose, and therefore Livy dil nut expect a luge attendance upon that occasion. The ts. , i.son of the year rreclutled the attendance of Catholics of rank i..0l irfuence, and the hour of the thy was equally opposed to the "rdonce of the tradespeople of that persuasion. Ile would, I —trerer, read to them mach transact;oris as had taken place since , tte list meeting of the Association. fhe following Report was then read to the Meeting by Mr. ly. hat on IcY, urt ive Ilse the In the reit usd eV, lA, had nds had " Stnea we hst met, events of infinite importance have occurred •t general electior, has taken place. Our opponents had directed 11 . their efforts to inflame the public mind against us, and had only imagined that under the delusion of an unprincipled war. i • "T• the voice of juuira. honour and humanity, and liberality, w , u4l have been extinguished. They reckoned wi•bout their host.. Ll the whole range of the country hardly a solitary instance, to the hi mortal ho:'our Maur countrymen be it spoken, can be discovered v•iere this appeal to larejodice and passion has been /111Crem , fitl. I. ' Ireland. the cause of humanity and of public right has been triumphant still; and the bout is come when we arc most L ip - natively called upon to exert ourselves as one men, to scrum -I".'h our liheratiao. If we are true to ourselves at the present . I ' l eulre, our sus ss emnat be doubtful. We hear it frequently tit the English Catholics are few in number, and insigne. boss, 11l the scale of na.ional importance. Nothing can he more roe. Nearly a m ill on o f men. sprea d t h roug h t h e var i ous 7' 4 °4 te adorning the very highest, many poorsing , 0 41 0 : 1° P i r r lel. and all, in their relative situations, deserving of hemselves. -"" "teem, never can be unimportant unless they ft.rget tin highly th e i r i m p or t ance; At the present juncture, it is impossible to estimate :bey are strong in their cause—it belongs to truth and justice—in their numbers, and in their cha racter. It is idle to suppose that th e virulence iisplayed by certain persons against us is really aimed at our religious tenets. We have disclaimed almost to satiety, and to the conviction of every candid mind, all obnoxious principles that malevolence or pre judice has imputed to us. in practice, certainly, our principles are innoxious, as our long-tried obedience to the laws amply tes. tifies ; and were they dangerous in abstract reamoning, the power of reducing such principles to practice is happily gone tier ever. Had Popery been the nionstrr she is idly represented, she would now be harmless; for her power is spent. In the contempt with which the despicable exciters to religious rancour have been gene. rally received by a discriminating public, at the late elections, we have ample proof that the rant of bigots, which some contories ago would have been dangerous, is now only d'sgusting. It is not our religious principles that are aimed at ; it is the prine•ple of exclusion that is sought to be maintained, the march of knowledge that is to be arrested; and the battle is not en much against as, as against every liberal principle of legislation, and all that dignifies human existene:. Every Englishman, who values the blessings est3:d by our i pampa ancestors, is as much interested in the success of our cause as we are ourselves. Can it be doubted for a moment that the infuriated being who rails at the bigotry of the Ili h century, while he invites to the imitation of it In the Ifith, wants nut the will, but the power, to be a persecutor ; anti would light tires in Smithfield, could he find executioners as well as vic tims? In fact, the distinctive tenets of such individuals have little to do with their comber : we must search in the qualities of their hearts, and in the constitution of their minds, for the springs that regulate their actions. The real Papist is the gloomy bigot of every faith, who would mould men's minds to the dimensions of his own, and, by pains, penalties, and privations, substitute coer cion for conviction. If the English Catholics choose to pronounce themselves insignificant, no doubt they may become so; but if each individual, in the station in society which Providence has as signed him, will exert himself to undeceive his neighbour, and to point out to him the reasons why it is sought to prolong our huini liation—if, as a body, we are united, filled yids sail and clergy, tempered with discretion—soon will our opponents find that the Engiish Catholics are not incompetent. The battle against Eng. lish prejudice is to be fought on Eaglish ground ; and our cause is so strong, that we have ourselves alone to blame if it he not tri umphantly fought. The Irish Catholics are united as one man ; their Clergy, their country gentry, the inhabitants of their towns their members of the learned professions, and their people. are all Indissolubly bound in one exceed bond. Our stake is not less than theirs, nor are our means inferior to theirs. They have the advan tage f numbers, no doubt; but we are at the seat of Government, intermixed with every class of society in England, and poasesa facility of grappling with the public mind, which they do not. But if we mean to move the machine from the slough, we must put our shoulders to the wheel, aU sad each of us, and by a manly effort extricate it. " The British Catholic Association has been formed three years, anti their Committees have been indefatigable in their endeavours to rouse the whole body to a simultaneous elfin t. Three hundred thousand publications have been gratuitously distributed, and the effect has been great ; but our means are exhausted, with an im mense field still before us ; and we regret to say that a large por tion of the Catholic hotly have hithrtto been listless spectators. The cause of their apparent indifference is best known to them. selves. Is it want of confidence? The Committees deserve all your confidence. By their devotedness to the common cause, and the r disinterested exertions, they have honestly earned it. Do they stand on forms and punctilios, waiting for personal solicitation ? Their zeal in the cause, and the tnne of their nume. rous appeals to the public, all prove beyond doubt that they would not intentionally wound the feelings of any individual; and it would be lamentable indaed could any Catholic so far forget him self as to abandon his sacred cause, because some unimportant punctilio had been unintentionally omitted in his regard. Will you suffer our cause to languish for trifles such as these ? Do some really believe that inactivity, ind:fference, and the absence of all explanation or expostulation, is the proper mode to correct misre. presentation, and to remove the confirmed prejudices of ages? Is is possible that even one can be bidiffermt to the diameter of his religion, to the prospects of his children, to the state of humiliation to which we are hourly subjec:ed, every enviable distinction, and to the calls of honour or ambition ? " Early in the approaching Sea-ion of Parliament, a petition to the Legislature, for a perfect equally of civil rights, will no doubt be presented by the Irish people. It is imperiously called for in the present circumstances of the United Kingdom ; and a similar one will, it is hoped, be presented, signed by every English Ca tholic ; and if the public mind b.: properly propitiated, it will re ceive the hearty good wishes of every man, whatever be his faith, who values the happiness or the safety of the empire. " We will now proceed to what is more peculiarly the business of the present nieethlg. In obedience to the instrsetiona of the Committee, I forwarded copies of the Declaration and Address to the Royal Family, to all the members of the Cabinet, to the Bench of Bishops, to the Speaker of the Douse of Commons, and to the Heads of the Universities in England and Scotland. From most of these distinguished persons we hire been honoured with polite re plies. "%With the view also of extending the circulation of the above valuable document, in quarters where it would probably excite at tention, we hare procured its distribution, attached to the various periodical publications that issue regularly from the public press: and the whole number distributed amounts to more than 80,000 copies. As far as it has been in our power, we have endeavoured to place them in the hands of judicious distributors. 4 I will now read to you in detail our proceedings since the last General Meeting, and what has been done in the view of improving the funds of the Association, by personal application to the London resident Catholics. lam happy to say that we have met with great seal and readiness on the part of litany most respectable individuals, to lend their active assistance to this object, by calling on their neighbours, and collecting subscriptions :min them, in aid of the general cause. " We have not entered, in this stage of the business, inns any minute and detailed arrangements, being of opinion that suitable mica and regulations will be best adopted, as circumstances ma, paint out the necessity for them. AVe only propose to put into the hands of the gentlemen, who kindly undertake to collect, books in which they will enter the subscriptions received, and which will tont/tin an author y for them to receive the same. •` It will, perhaps, be desirable that a petition be early prepared, and copies of it sent into every quarter of the kingdom, that the signatures may be as numerous as possible, and full time b e affintled to collect them. Our petition against the continuance of partial, huiniliating, and unjust laws, should penetrate into every cottage in England. Every Englishman should know the real po sition in which we stand; and every Englishman so informed, floa t the Land's End to John o'Groas a house, will be the friend of Catholic emancipation, because every unsophisticated Englishman has an innate horror of oppression and Injustice. " I would likewise suggest, for the consideration of the Com mittee, whether they may not think it desirable that an address be presented from the Catholics, to the great body of Dissenters. At a former meeting of the Association, we passed a Resolution ex pressive of our cordial desire to join them, its petitioning for the re moval of all tests by which any class of men are incapacitated front enjoying a perfect equality of civil rights. The propriety of acting upon this Resolution, at the present moment, I leave to the decision of this fleeting." A Gentleman said that he thought the proceedings of the Asso ciation were erroneous; for instead of addressing the Legislature as a club or association, the whole of the Catholic people should be convened for that purpose. Mr. BLOUNT said that that was a general meeting of the Bri tish Catholic Association, which aimed Mon had been appointed by a general meeting of the Catholics, held on the 21 of June, 1823. The lien:lonian replied, that the six or seem persons then as sembled could not he considered as the Catholics of England, and any petition sent by them could only be considered as the petition of those who sig... d it. The Rev. 3lr. T noes!. said that the Assotiation had been established by the Catholics of l'Agland generally, and ,according to is rules, a meeting of the Committee was called once a mouth; and in calling that Meeting they were only doing their duty, and if the Catholics did not attend, the Committee were certainly no: to blame. _ _ The Gentleman Raid that he was not a member of the A sloth. tion, nor never would be, for the reasons he had stated. After some further conversation, the Gentleman, who seemed as if he was determined not to understand the explanations which were offered, withdrew, asserting that he had no right to be present, although repeatedly inf o rmed that it was an open meeting of the Committee, at which he had a right to be present and to speak, but not to vote, as not being a Member. Alr. Itossow read the minutes of the proceedings of the Com mittee since the last Meeting ; after which Al r. BLouSIT read the fol owing Address from the Committee to the Catholics of London. " THE COMMITTEE or TIIE BRITISH CATHOLIC ♦SSOCIA- TION TO THE CATHOLICS OF LONDON. "The attempts that have I)Yenrecentl;milie ter exasperate the public mind against you have failed, and your deepest gratitude is due to your kind-hearted countrymen. " You have appealed from virulence and invective to the generous feelings of a British public, and you have not appealed in vain. Your countrymen have turned with nausea from the disgusting cant of bigotry. They have told you that they will hear before they strike ; will itnisartially investigate before they finally pass sentence. strong in the justice of your cause, you ask no more; and with the hill confidence of innocence await their verdict. Your duty and your interest equally demand that you relax not in your exer tions totally to undeceive your fellow-subjects; that you expose hourly before them, in every possible variety of form, the atrocious slanders that arc heaped upon your faith and your loyalty ; and that you circulate in every parish in the kingdom the solemn repudiation by your Bishops of the odious tenets that have been too long int puted to you. " The pt.hlic press is necessarily the medium through which your vindication must flow, and our fonds are inadequate to the vigorous use of it. The Committee would be ashamed to doubt your readi- ness to make pecuniary contributions Mr objects such as these. The cause is all your own ; and every motive that can animate and dignify human nature is embodied in it. " To facilitate the collection of adequate funds, a few zealous indi. viduals have undertaken, in each district of London, to call perm. malty on their neighbours, at stated periods, to receivb their sub ' scriptions. The Committee eminently ilnplore you to discard all petty jealousies and unworthy suspicions; to shake off a slothful 1 and discreditable indifference; to give your confidence where It has been honourably earned; and to unite in one common effort to re deem your religion from aspersion, your ancestor a from reproach, yourselves from humiliation, your country from Injustice." IMr Rossow then moved and Colonel STONOII seconded the first Resolution. That the Address now read from the Committee of the British THE BRITISH PRESS. Catholic An•ociation to the Catholics in London, be adopted, and that Dr. Poynter's letter of With instant, be annexed to it." The Raolotion was then carried unanituous:y, as well u all the othurc Mr. FLEMING then addressed the Meeting, and adverted to the disgrace which the Catholic Aristocracy lied incurred by their support of those who were the enemies of their religion at the late elections, and contrasted such conduct with that of the tarty shil ling freeholders of Ireland, who dlisplayril a spirit during the late conteus in Ireland, which demanded at the hands of the Wash .Catholic Association a vote of thanks. (Great applause.) Mr. 111tatritY said that he believed the Catholic Nobility had not interfered in the manner in which it was staled that they had acted at the late elections. It was true that in Northun•berland some few. Catholics had supported Mr. Bell and Mr. Liddell, but they were so few as to he unworthy of notice. Mr. Qui w then moved and Mr. ROB I soN seconded the second Resolution. . " I hat we approve of the measure of dividing London into dis tricts, In the view of collecting subscriptions in aid of the Asso ciation; and that the Catholic Body is much indebted to the Gen tlemen who have zcslously undertaken to collect them." The third Resolution was proposed by Mr. Remora and second. ed by Colonel ST ONO R. "That our thanks are due to c o lonel Torrent', for his able sup port of the great cause, in his excellent speech recently elelivereti at Ipswich, displaying the ,-entiments of an enlightened advocate of a just policy, the adoption of which, at the present crisis, is so es sential to the best interests of the empire." Mr. Rotatit proposed the fourth Iteaoltition—" That the thanks of the British Catholics are pry-eminently due to the Most Reverend, Right Reverend, and Reverend the Catholic Clergy of Ireland, for their indefatigable and patriotic assistance in the cause of freedom, during the late elections in that country ; an order of men who, in addition to the conscientious discharge of the sacred duties of their office, have lin the eloquent language of one of their body) given proof that they possess Irish hearts that beat responsive to the liberties of their country.' Mr. M werettr seconded the Resolution, which was agreed to. The Rev. Mr. TYRRELL proposed, and Mr. Gunny seconded, a vote ofthanks to the forty shilling freeholders of Ireland, for their public spirit, and exertion+ at the late elections. " That we hail with delight the splendid triumphs achieved in Ireland during the late elections. particularly in the counties of Waterford, Louth, Monaghan, Westmeath, Armagh, and Dub. lin, by the virtuous and patriotic devotedness of the forty-shilling freeholders. That with sentiments of the highest admiration, we tender our warmest acknowledgements to those honest and inde pendent men, who preferred the endurance of every privation, rather than lose their self-respect by the violation of their con sciences." It was proposed by Mr. WIIERLE and Seconded by Mr. FITZ GERALD, that a copy of the address of the Cmimittce of the British Catholic Association to the Catholics of London, with Dr. Poynter's letter annexed, be transmitted to the Cl:rgyman of each oomgregation within the London district. The Rev. Mr. TYRRELI. proposed a vote of thanks to Daniel O'Connell, Esq. for his eminent public services, and for the esta blishment of the New C.itholic Rent. ......... A vote of thanks was then agreed to, to C. Ender, Esq. for his conduct in the Chair, after which the Meeting separated. DI4VNER TO CELEBRATE THE BETUAIM Or MC TALLMER TO PARLIA MENT, AS MEMBER FOR Tug COI/IfTT or SURREY. Yesterday the festival of the Wends of C. N. Palmer, Esq. was held at the Horns Tavern. Kennington, for the purpose of cele brating the return of that gentleman as one of the Representatives in Parliament for the county of Surrey. At half-past five o'clock about 250 gentlemen sat down to a very excellent dinner prepared for the occasion. JoUN IVATT BRISCOE, Esq. in the Chair. Soon after the cloth was removed, the Com 11 :11 AN gave " The King, with four times four," which was drunk with great enthu si tem by the company. Air an' so g—floil save the King. " The Duke ef York and the Army." " The Duke of Clarence and the rest of the Royal Family." The CHAIRMAN neat rose to propnee a toast, which he believed every person present could anticipate—lt was the health of that in. dividual were was uppermost in their thoughts, and whose return to Parliament, as their Representative, they were then assembled to celebrate. (Cheers) He wanted language in which approve:et ly to off r to that eent'eman his congratulation!' upon the succeseul issue of the conte-t, In which they had together been engaged—a contest by means of winch a victory had been achieved fur the county of Surrey, of which they might be justly proud. (Cheers.) They had contended under the banner of independence. and he felt assured that the pledges which Mr. Pallmer had held out in his Declaration of Principles—a document which was to them a valuable inheritance—would be amply redeemed. Sure he was that those pledges would be completely fulfilled, and that his services wou'd exceed even the must sanguine expectations of his friends. (Cheers ) Ile had chosen a difficult path to walk in—a path interspersed with but few and scattered flowers ; and had consented to sacrifice his personal ease for the purpose of employing his rare qualities both of head and heart in the service of his country. (Cheery.) The worthy gin hem to then proposed the health of C. 1%. Pallmer, Esq., which was drank with continued and enthusiastic cheering. Mr. PA I. tal ER then rose,and 'Lagoon as silence could be obtained addressed the Meeting. If, he said, he had not been told from the highest authority that pride was not made for man, he feared that he should sutler it ution that oeension to absorb every feeling of his heart, (applause) but he tithed endeavour to he humble, if under such gratifying circumstances it was possible to be so. It had fallen to his happy lot, during the last two months, to receive suc cessive gretilications, so tar beyond any that he had ever before experienced, that it appeared to him diet his life during that period ens like a vision—that it litirdiy could be real; but of all the grati fications which he had experienced, he cunfexeell to them that he never experienced any equal to the satisfaction which he felt at that moment. ((treat cheering ) Upon oilier occasions his gratifi cation was generally' mixed with some alloy, but on that occasion, meeting as they did without anxiety or care, to congratulate each other on their success, his happiness was perfect anti unalloyed. (Cheers.) 1 heir feast was the feast of friendship and recon ciliation, and their libations were poured to loyalty and peace. Their worthy Chairman had done him a great unkindness in rais ing their expectations by a strain of eulogy upon his merits, which, in spite of hie self-love, he cmild only attribute to the festivity of the occasio t, and to his personal friendship—the joint production, in short, of his flattering and generous regard for himself. He felt proud of being returned to the House of I:ominous as their free and unfettered Representative, act he would not be doing justice to them, after each a flattering mark of their regard, if he did not vo luntarily offer them an exposition of his principles. (Great ap clause.) There never could be too clear or too distinct an under. standing between the representative and his constituents. Tice lat. ter had a right to know and to expect an explanation of the line of conduct he intended to pursue, and if disappointed in their Impel, they hail a right to call teem him to return his trust into their hands. (Cheers.) Ile lied stated upon the hustings that it was upon these conditions dint he wished to hold the situation so which they had since raised hint. that of being their representative in the House of Commons. In the first place, then, he loved, ho noured, and, lie hoped, obeyed the King, whom front his heart he believed to be the father of his people. (Cheers.) They were all aware that his Majesty' felt for the distresses of the people, to relieve which he hail riven such munificent donations ; indeed there was scarcely a fortnight passed that he did not exhibit his bounty towards them. (('heers.) Ile believed the reign of his prevent Majesty world be distinguished in the annals of England, and that notwido meeting the clouds which at present lowered over some portions of the country, it would be sound that the kingdom enjoyed as large a portion of prosperity and peace as in the times of most of his meth Mots. Perpetual sunshine was net to be exe peered Either in the moral or political world. Ile felt convinced that when the time should come when George IV. should be called to the tombs of his aecestors lie would go to them with th 6 greatest honour a Monerch could receive—the tears and blessings of his people. Our holy religion, as by law established, had no stronger supporer than himself (treinentlous eh # ing); and lie revered the laws and the Constitution of the country ; but yet he was the friend of civil and religious liberty to all classes of people all over the world, and he would advocate its extension as far as was consistent with jus tice, and prudence, and propriety, and well a due regard to die safety of that constitution rind those laws, 'which it was the most anxious care of Englishmen to preserve inviolate. He admired the aristocracy of the country, although he confessed that, in his opinion, their proudest plume was in their virtues. He was proud of belonging to the Magistracy of the country—a Magistracy, active, unpaid, and unimpeachable. This illag,fieracy, in his con. ception„ fornied one of the proudest features of the Withal Con etitution ; and it was a feature which distinguished it from the Coe stitutions of all other countries whatsoever. Amongst the various classes of the co tentinity he knew of no distinction—he would ad mit of no partialities. All classes of the community must sub. sist upon each other, and each most be afliceted by the distreeses of any. Commerce, manufacture! and agriculture, lee might designate as the sister.parente of ;he pmerrity of the country. He telt, as all must feel, attached to agriculture as a source of in. dustry which supplied an independent meal to the humble forty. shilling freeholders and he sincerely hoped that he might long be enabled to enjoy it in independence. If. however, le the discharge of his dories in the House of Commons he should appear amongst those who were for restriving the productions of agrieulitire to a fair and rca unable, but just remuneration; he hoped the agricul turists would not deem him upon that account an enemy, when he was really a true friend to their interests. (Great apclatime ) While paying this tribetete A griculture,lier elder sieter,Commerce,should not be forgotten. Tie multi) , owed a vast deal of its prosperity to its commerce, a! d uy this branch of industry not only the liber:i s of England, hut these of Europe, had more than once been saved. (Cheers ) He hoped, however, that ell would flourish together. Lastly, though not least, he had to declare what he owed to the people. Ile respected the rights, liberties, and virtues of the peo ple, because it was upon those foundsitions that the eimer structure of' English pnoperity had been raised. (Cheers.) He should never forget that it was as the Representative of the people that he should walk into the Ito use of Com mons, where he trusted that none would he found sue perior to himself in an anxious desire to do his duty._ (Cheers.) He knew his own deli:lent:ice too well •, he was too well acquainted with the talents, the acumen, and the good taste of that assembly, to trespass too often upon its attention, but he hoped they would not think upon that account that he was not there, for there he should be at all time. ready to receive and to act upon such communications as lie should receive from any or all of the freeholders of Surrey. (Cheers.) He trusted they would believe that he had the sincerest wishes to perform Ws duty, and that they would look to the future to be re?aid some portion of the dent of gratitude which he owed 'nem. That which it was no in their lower to control must show the tens: uhich he entertancd of the claidence which.they reposed in I im. In the future, whether successful or otherwise in answering their expectations, no hing should prevent his entertaining during his life the deepest sense of gratitude towards them for the honour which they had conte:red upon him. The lion. Gentleman then I repos. d as a toast, " The Freeholders of the county of Surrey." and sat down amidst continued rounds of applause. Farions other toasts were drunk. The festival was enlivened by the vocal exertions of Alessr, Broadhurst, Bellamy, Fitzwilliain, Pyne, Jo ly, and Goulden ; and it was a late hour before the fes tivity or th.: evening was brought to a close. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. WAR WI CI, JULY 25. (Before the Lorin Chill BARON• 1 Andrew Phelan was capitally indicted fur bigwig, on the 19:h May last, feloniously uttered a forged IL note, in the town of Bic. mingliain. with iutent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Edward Parry examined—l lire at Birmingham, and am shop. man to 510E:sig. Pa!ry and Waddell. liqutir-me•chanta in that !own. I saw the prisoner in their shop on the 19th flay; he was drink ing cider, and offered a note in payment of what he had had. That note purported to be a I!. Bank of Elgland note. I showed it to Mr. Cocks, who thought it was a bad note; and I thought the same myself. I sent a person to Spooner's bank with it, and it was there pronounced to he a forgery. (Joan this being told the prisoner, he exclaimed, " What ! is it a bad one; that's odd enough , as I only just received it of Mr. Ch e shi re , ofSnow-hill, for work—give me the note, and I'll go and get it changed." But the witness replied, " No, no, you shall not go; I'll go myself and get it changed." Witness, upon that, went to Mr. Allen, delivered the note to him, and had the prisoner apprehended. Wm. Smith deposal that he went to Spooner's bank with the note in question. The note was the same he received from the last witness, and he delivered it back again to him. Mr. Allen, with whom th note was deposited, produced it, and swore it was the same that was left with him. lie ques tioned the prisoner as to the manner in which he became pos sessed Wit, and as often did he give various and coatradictory. answers. _..; The constable who apprehended the primer deposed to the same effect. Smith examieed—lf am the proprietor of the Red Lion pub! cat note, at Birmingham. I recollect the 17th of :Bay last, for on that (lay I gave the prisoner charge for a forged 11. note. I did not know at the time that the note was bad. The prisoner showed me several other notes of one pound each, and asked me if they were good, but I could not tell him. • bevel:it other witnesses, who had been sufferers from the prisoner's passing forged notes, deposed that they on various occasions had given him change for notes, which proved to be forgeries. Mr. Christmas, one of the Inspectors of the Bank of England, proved that the note in question was a forg-try, and that a second note produced to hint, and tittered by the prisoner, was also a for gery. Bitli notes were struck tiff from the same plate. The prisoner in his defence said, that he hail been repairing a ceiling, and that he found three notes wrapped up in a piece of brown paper. When he offered them to other persons, he had not the slightest notion that they were bad notes.—Verdict Degth. Joseph Thai*, was capitally indicted for a simiLer offence, and nearly under similar circumstances. I‘ltery Bowes examined—l am a maid servant at the Anchor pub lic-house, in Birmingham. On th- 10th of ►lay, the prisoner came to my master's house and asked for some cider, which he had in company with another pe• son. He offered me a note to pay for it ; I gave the note to my master, who went out with it. While mi master was out, the prisoner was very impatient in asking for his change. 1 stated that my mistress; was out; but I expected her to come in very soon, and then he would be sure to have it. The prisoner thin went away ; lie called twice after fur the ch inge, and I still told him my micro's was not come in. When he came another time, he was taken up, as the note proved to be a forgery. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant AnANS, but the only evidence extracted from her was, that the prisoner walked quietly out of the house after asking for his change, and that his manner exhibited nothing of fear or apprehension. The Hank I Spector proved the note to be a forgery, and the c in stable proved the apprehension of the prisoner. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he hail found the notes. Verdict, Gully—Death. John Smith :ilia% Slack, and Olim.r Turner, were indicted for hawing atolen front the parson of Jostles Stourch,Awo notes of the value of LO!. each. It appeared in evidence, that . the prosecutor was a farmer. of very simple manner*, and king at the lust Warwick la;r, received the notes in question from a person named Hancock, to whom he had sold some sheep. the eourse of the day he met the prisoner, Smith, who with Into that he had purchased some sheep in the fair, that one of them had strayed away, and that if the prosecuto would assist him to look ran it , . he would cheerfully give him tame beer. The farmer was taken at once, and yielded to his te. quest. However, before they went out the pursuit, the prisoner Smith took hint to a public-house, called the Wheat Sheaf, where they were soon after j , ined by the prisoner Turner. After some time, the simpleton pulled out his notes td see if they were right, when Turner suddenly snatched the notes front his hand, and placed two others in their stead. The no-es appeared to be five pound notes; bur on a more careful examination, they turned out to be what are called " flash" notes. The two prisoners instantly ran away ; but being closely pursued, they were taken into custody. The prisoners, in their defence, endeavoured to make it u!.pear that the prosecutor had lost the money by gambling with them, but called no evidence to substantiate their statement. The prisoners were then severally sentenced to transportation for life. WESTERN CIRCUIT. EXETER, TUESDAY, JULY 2.3. CROWN COURT. • FPlMans Dodd was indicted for assaulting Sarah Oats Ocrman„ with intent to commit a capital offence, and, in a second count, with a common insult. Mr. 3IEREWET HER conducted the prosecution, and Mr. JE REMY and Alt. CROWDER appeared fur the prisoner. Sarah Berman, a girl about 15, shabbily dressed, but rather of a prepossessing appearance. examined.—She said, I aril an appren tice to 51r. IVindyat, who lives at Ouston. On Thursday last I got leave from both my master and mistress to go to the fair at Moreton Hampstead, which is two mites from my master's hem% I arrived there about seven o'clock in the evening, and, after walk ing about for some time, the dancing commenced, and I went into the Bell Inn. There I first saw the prisoner, who was then talking to a woman. When he saw me going towards the dancing-room he took hold of me, but the woman who was with him disengaged me. I saw him continue to look towards me, and was leaving the Bell, when he took me under the arm, and led me towards the par lour door. When we got there he pushed me into the parlour, cline in himself, and closed the door. 'Dore were a great many persons in the parlour, both men and women, drinking. I offend to go out of the room. but another man said—" Sit damn you little —, or you will rats the house." I then sat down, and I todd vat near me. lie pressed me to drink, but I did not wish it. Ater some time he lifted a glass to my lips, and made me drink. It was spirits, but I don't know what kind. Whilst we sat together Dodd asked me where I lived, and I told him with Mr. Winilyat, st Ouston. Ile inquired whether I meant to go home to my master's that night, and I said, no, I meant to go to my mother's, who lives near :Moreton Hampstead. He said ! must not go home to my mother's, I must go home to my master's. I said I should not. After a while I raw an opportunity, and left the loom by myself. I went towards the fairing stand, to buy some fairing* for my master's children. Dodd followed ate. I said I was going to my mother's ; but, when we came to a C1'044 road, he said I should not go to my mother's, I must go to fey master's. Ile then Ed me towards the road leading to my master's, to which I went very re luctantly. After we hail walked on a short tittle he wanted me to go into a field, but I refused. Upon coning to a gate he forced me in, sad, following himself, threw me on the ground. [The witness here proceeded to detail the particulars of what occurred, which are too gtoss for publication.] After about half an hour we left the field, and I wished to escape from Dodd, but he would not let tne go, but said we should go together. We walked tOrward together to !Beam Dawns, about a niiie trona the field.—[The witness here described the manner in which the pri soner repeated his assault. ] — After this we walked forward tow a rds Milford. He asked me to go into the copse, which I was very un willing to do, but he forced me in. This was a mile from Alearn Downs.—[The witness swore that oat this occasion the prison r assaulted her for the third time.] —lie afterwards asked me to go with him to Exeter, and said he would buy me new clothes and take me to London, but I would not. I then became very unwell, in consequence of anxiety and ill-treatment. Dodd said lie would send his sister to ate, but I refused, and said i would go home to my master's. At last he allowedme to go, and at parting asked me to go again to the fair on Friday to meet him, hut I would not promise. I then went to my master's, but did not arrive there until ten o'clock in the morning. My spistress asked here I had been, and I told her that bad happened to site, and how ill Dodd used me; I afterwards told the saute to my master and to my uncle. Cross-examined—l have often been at Moreton Hampstead Fair. My mistress did not say I should be home at any particular hour. She was angry when I first came home, until I told her what hap pened. I had never known Dodd before, but heard him named at the Bell when I first mot fn. 1 was walking in the early part of the evening with a young woman, tut I did not know her name; it is not usual for nee to pick up young women I don't know at the fair, but I did so on this occasion. I did not go into the Bell until about ten o'clock ; I suppose it was two o'clock when I find spoke to Dothl. He said in a whisper, in the parlour, " Will you come with me?" and I said I would not. The prisoner's sister was in the parlour, and also a young woman who has since been married to the prisoner ; there was also a person named Saundtrs there, and Mrs. Saunders; she did not advise me to go home, she said nothing to me. The prisoner was not drunk. He offered me 13s. in the cop e, and wanted me to run away with him; he gave roe sweetmeats at the fair. Mrs. Grace Wyndiat stated that Sarah German had lived with her for the hat three years. She gave her leave to go to Moreton Hampstead Fair ~n Thursday evening laat, about six o'clock, and the girl remainta away until after ten o'clock next day. She de scribed Cie appearance or_the girl ou het return, and repeated what she hal told her, which was generally like what had been mated by the prosecutrix on her direct examination. William German atated, thAt he was the prosecutrix's uncle, Learning that she hail not slept at her master's lineage, nor at her mother's, on Thursday night, he went next morning in search of her, end hearing that she Lad been seen wi.h the prisoner, he made irquiry and found him at the Hell Inn, in the cellar with the land- Wi ness asked prisoner whether he I;new anything of the girl ? Prisoner said, • what girl ?" and witness replied. " w a y Germ in, that is apprenticed to Mr. Winelyat, at Oudot." Prl. sort , r answered, " I)—n the girl, what should I know of beet" Witless said, " I am told you were seen with her this morning, and for God's sake let me know where she is, for her mother is in great !rouble about her.". Prisoner then said, " I left her at her master's lionee at four o'clock this morning." Witness said, •• that was impossible. for she lied not been at her master's." Pti. seiner repeated that he knew nothing more about her. Mr. K t gdon (a surgeon, resident at peeler) staled, that he had seen the proseeturix on Saturday last, :hod described her situation and state of heal hi. His opinion was, that the person who tempt Wt.° abuse the prosecutrix had not effected hid object. For the defence Nicholas Crook was swotn--He was at the Bell Inn on the fair night. He saw the prosecutrix and prisonet entree the parlour together, about two o'clock in the moaning. They sat together, and drank out of the same glass. They appeared on the most friendly terms with each other. After remaining for about two boos. Sarah German went out, and in a few minutes the phis 'over followed. They were speAting and laughing just Wert Sarah German went out. The prisoner armed drunk when ke en. tered the room ; he took two tumblers of spirits and *stet in cowl. pony with the proarcutrix, and when be left the roast he was id drunk that a child might hate got away from him. J,•mes Saunders was also in the Dail lint, and. Jaw the privies cutrix and prisoner in company. The prisoner called for lei tumblers of brandy and water, three he gave to the company, sad he and Sarah German drank the other two. They talked softly. And Sarah German was smiling. The prisoner was very much in toxicated. lie and prosecutrix drank out of the atone glass. She drank and then handed the glass to prisoner, who drank and re turned it to her. She seemed to &ink without much pe The prisoner had been a soldier; he is lately returned (roe as Fast Indies, and is a man of considerable property. Witness has only known him for six weeks. Cross-examined—Witness's sister was present that night. She has since be n marled to Dodd. The marriage *as agreed on before this night. Hobert Endicot saw the prosecutrix and prisoner enter the par. lour at about two o'cirek in the morning. I% itness was not a yard from them. They went in arm-In-cot. Dodd did not push pro secutrix ; she was smiling. The waiter at the Hell stated that the prisoner and pmeeturrin sat together, and drank two glawes of brandy and water. Prom. cutrx drank out of prisoner's glass, and lie did not seem to prm her. Prisoner seemed the worse for liquor. Ann Saunders (the prisoner's mo)her.in-law) was in the company. She asked prosecutrix whether it was not time for her to go home ? Prosecutrix replied that she meant to sleep at her mother a. Wit ness made answer, " It is time for you to go, then." Proseastria's mother lives next door to witness. Prisoner kept company with hist present wife before he went to the East Indies, and lettere ale. tinned to pass between them during his absence. On the evening in question it was settled that the primmer should be married on thee next Saturday. He was married on Saturday morning. Prisoner. was drunk, and on that account his wife was not angry with him foe beintr attentive to the little girl. James Harvey was at the Miring stand when the proseetnrix and and prisoner cane there ; it was about four o'clock in the mornin g . There w. re several people about the stand. Prisoner bought aims swee mews, and gave them to Sarah German. They went away •c4e , her, and whilst they were in witneat's sight prisoner never touc'ed her.. If prosecutrix had called out, or r.quired st:iistance, at tire t , me, she might have got it. Witness has never spoken in his life o the prisoner. Another w tness deposed to the rime awe Mr. 3IER EWETHER replied. Mr. Justice GASELEE then summed up the evidence wick pest accuracy a , d imps tiality , and informed die Jury, that Willey be.. fev d the prosecutrix was a consenting par.y, or that the prisone r na. as incapable from the effects of i.quor as had been described, they ought to acquit him. The deliberated several holm), asst the I intimated that they were not likely to agree. The Foreman said, in his conscience he 'inhered the pri-es er was guilty, but his brother Jurors oboe& a he wise. Mr. Jo- dee GASELEE—I cannot take the verdict of eleven of you ; you must retire and deliberate until you agree. The Jury then withdrew, and shortly rentrned *Pith a verdict of Guilty. Sentenee not passed. Thomas Hassell. James Parry, James Lantarryll,Johy Rubio- S(»I, and Wm. Prim:oat, were indicted for assaulting John Hot. ditch. aatl pas-ing without paying the toll, at Swnebogse Bridge, near Devon art. John Ilolditcis atated that he wait a toll-keeper, and had the e2l/1/ of the toll-gate at Stonthause Bridge, near Devonpott, and that a tout midnight, on the night of the 13-1 i of October, he obeervad a number of persons coining towards the gate, and singing a chortu to the words, "We pario s live a jolly life." Russell was us his shia-tleeves, and said, as he approached the g a le, " F o ll ow me , boys ; laball find a way for you. Witness observing some of the party passing the cosch•gate, came from his office, and demanded the toll; upon which he was immediately knocked down. Whilst witness was down, Russell said, " Serve him out, the imposing villain." Lamacraft then came up, and said " Don't paT him 4 :hey have no right here ; they are nothing better than highway robbers, that rah the public to pay their mortgages." Wi'ness made answer to this, " You had better go home, and make your lather pay the Ram the money he rubbed f rom the club." Miss Lainacraft, the sister, then said, addressing Lan:neat, " James, don't stand that ; get in, and hit at him." Lamacraft then at tempted to strike witness, but was prevented by the gate. He asked for a stick to strike at witness, but could not procure it. Hie sister then said, " Throw dust in his eyes:" and Lamacraft took up his hands full of gravel, and threw it at witness, saying " I shall blind you, if I can." IVitness then retire) into his box, and Russell and Lamacraft attempted to strike him over the door, and struck witness several- severe blows in the face and head. Robin- son, who is a marine, then came up, and said to the party, " That is right ; I am the first who would help you to break down the gate." Russell, Lamacraft, and Parry, finally passed through without paying the toil. Cross-examined—Witness woe found guilty of an assault upon Lamacraft and Parry, two of the present defendants, at the last Quarter Sessions. Lamacraft did not strike witness until after va ness said, `• Go home, and pay what your f at h er ro bb e d f ro n tbe poor." The present defendants, Itobit am and Russel', were ai n sses at the Sessions against witness. Witness had a swots', but did not produce it until he haul been attacked. Several other witnessm were called in support of the prosecu tion ; amongst others, the prosecutor's sister, a young lady, dressed in a very fashionable style, whose rearllness and self-possession ex cited considerable merriment. She stated that she was at the toll gate when her bother was assaulted. The defendant's party wanted to pass xi.hout paying the toll. Her brother was knoclCed down by than. Cromi-citAtitined by :%Ir. BinD-31ilt HoWitch, did yeu see M. Thomas Kumla (the defendant) on that night !—Witness. Yea, did ace Ton RUMCII. Counsel—Well, let it be Tom, if you please. You know Wm ? —Witness (eonteruptu;rusly;. Yes, Toni Russell is not a Mao k :own. _ _ _ Counsel—Why did you not cone up nt the Sen.iorte, *hen your brother was tried, Miss Hold itch ?-141 nets. &cause I did not choose, Sir. (Laughter.) Counsel—Were you al zed to come P—Witnrss. I shan't an. ewer you, Sir. [The Court here interfered, and informed the slime's she must answor the Counsel.) Mr. Lana resumed his crow-examination—Then.' *as a rc. latim of your's they:, that night, Miss Holdith ?—Witness. There was, Mr. Mao—What was his situation P—Witness (with grea , dig. nitv). The situation of a gentleman, to be sure, Sir. Was he chunk ?—No, he was not drunk. Ile was in our hoax, and had only taken one glass of grog. Counsel—Now, Mica llo'ditch, did not you say to a female friend, that the dock-yar.l men were poor, but that you wanted to grt some mom y out of harnaeraft's pocket. Witness (with a look expre-sive of the utmost disdain)—Me avant to get money out of Lainaeratt ! (Laughter.) Counsel—l ask you, did you say so P—No, Sir, I did not ; that would be a little too good. Mr. Brno—Now, bliss II olditch, is It usual for you to attend at the give ?—Perhaps it is of a ball night, Sir. Mr. BlRD—Then, perhaps, you were ut the ball ?.—No, Sir, 1 was not. Sir. ItinD—Do you often stay up so late as until two or t/tree o'clock ?-1 sta up whinl please, and as long as I pl ease and I can't see wh i t differenc e that is to you, Str. (Laughter, in which the Court and Counsel joined.) Several witnesses were called fur the defendants, and contra. dicted the evidence for the prosecution in many important particu lars. They gated that the prosecutor was exceedingly violent from the time the party appeared at the toll-gate. Before he was as. smutted, he called the detendants robbers, and said they wanted to rob him of the toll, and that Ito would not let one of them pass. It also appeared, that the defendants were returning from a mu sical society, called " The Harmonies," when the quarrel tic. curred, and that the prosecutor had preciously quarrzlled with some of them. After deliberating for a few minutes, the Jury acquitted all the defendants. THE ICING, AT Tit F. PROSEVVTION OF DERRY DOLE. AGAINST W.STI'DDY. This was an indictment preferred by Mr. hole, a gentleman re. siding at Newton Bushel, against Mr. Studdy, a Lieutenant in the navy, for a provocation to B,ht a duel. It appeared that the prosecutor thought It expedient to serve the defendant with a written notice, warning him not to trespass on his grounds in starch of game. The defendant conceiving that this proceeding was intended as an insult towards him, took an oppor. with. of meeting Mr. Hole, and saymg, •' that he required per. senalsatisfactirn, and genti,ma , /ly satisfaction ton." 31r. Hole asked defendant to explain him,elf, and defendant's reply was, " I shall not be put off in this way ; I am a Li eutenant i t , his 31ajes. ty's Navy. and must have satisfaction." The defendant was found (Jolty, but the prosecutor . * eminsel intimated that their client had no desire to press for any sentence against the defendant. He had instituted the prosecution on pu 3 b l li r c . gr .Fu o' s ) t n ie d e s taxTt.enstx thought it his duty not to let a ;a.e of thij kind pass without sentencing the defendant to some punish.