The Sun. — London, England, 1807-01-09 00:00:00

the final e . ortrleti9n, of their deSioms—if any person be honest or bold enough to give infortnatiot against them, the business which beEan in lawless combi mtion, is consummated by morder. • Geoncttwo of th , Jury, this is the natural pro gress olasioeiations of this kind. When men en roll thentseh es for the purpose of resisting the law, whutevor the pretext limy be upon which they oil r;inAlly a 4ociated, the, foulest climes are generated in its Orogresisi'tha which begins in anarchy ends iti murder—a: « eyeir murder itse!f, in the progress of otttrlge, may be only a preparation for the blacker horrors which are. to e nsue. • • Geotlemen, there remains one circumstance of peculi:x oacity with which this matter is connect ed. ln the various fermi and associations under which their deshois have been conducted, it has bee :1 thu policy of those people to administer oaths to tlve. perion4 culled upon by them, binding them . a , -ocitnions and to secrecy. This °fleece is by law punished well death. The person who com s anistpay the futfeit of his life. The person tali Mg such an oath is banished for 'ever from his country. The merecircomstance of going to a Ma gistrate, and tellitig bun of the oath being taken, will not absolve the, party ; the oath must .. be taken .egaMst his will—for it it he to •"n voluntarily, he is, notwithstanding ste:h information, liable ,to be transported for life, Gentlemen, this is no new devised.pkinislment ; it is the established law of the land ; it has beep 50 for many rears ; it has been pro vided, and wisely, by the Legislatures to meet the outrages which from time to time have infested this country. There is nu disproportion between this punishment and the crime; it strikes at the roots of tnorality and religion, and tends dine&ly to de stroy those principles which are essential to civilized society. Gentlemen, an oath is the sandier) by -which, undo the law of the country, we call upon the Creator to attest the truth and purity of our words ;and' this solemn sanction, which our civil institutions has borrowed from our religious code, is prostituted to bind together an association of traitors, robbers, and murderers. The name of the living God is appealed to far the purpose of witness ing and ratifying the infernal compaa by which these wretches league themselves against law and religion. Gentlemen, it produces a revolution of every moral feeling to hear of such' conclud ; not that - it is a violation of the laws and usages of so ciety ; but, because it is an outrageous blasphemy against our Creator to call upon him to attest and vitally the crimes of his creatures. " Gentlemen, it is not necessary now to dwell upoW the illegality of those associations; but while they profess to attack the property of the Church, cannot pass them by without a few observations. The tithes of the Clergy of this country are their property ; they are secured to thero by the same laws which secure to every man amongst you his estate b ,er his property, whatever the description of it may be : the saute laws and the same right by which any Gentleman that hears me holds his es tate, transmitted to hint from his ancestors ; the laws which secure the fruits of each man's indivi dual industry, are the tithe by which the property of the Clergy is secured to them s and I trust Gentlemen, that there is no matt so selfish as to look to any system by which the property of one pat c of the community shall be protected, and that of anu titer spoliated. lf.there bei any man so selfish as to wish it, let no man think it tan he -done. Let a tatuttitude be assembled under t empire of Thresh ers old Shakers, armed and arrayed in order to make head against the rank and property of the country—and what shall stop their career wish try voice to extend to every $lOl within these was, to eery roan of tense and retlexidn ; I w wild tell bini, that there is no proteEtion for Rank,- for Pro perly, for the State, bin. by resisting those disturb ers, mid making them fed the irresistible weight of the law. They say , they rise to redress grievancesi bttt, Geetlemeu, there is a mode known to' the Con. climax) of redressing grievances, and there is' no law to prevent nun hum stating them ; ,there is a legal mode of obtaining relief. This, I will say, the Constitutioo of the Church is intimately cennetted with the Constitution of thy Stine it is , a part of Viso: same fabric, which has been handed down to us NO ow ancestors, and if there he any thing imper fect in, it, no reflecting roan will approach it, for the purpose of alteration, without extreme caution ;, he wilt by careful in tile attempt to remedy its imper feCtions, not to affett the substance, or..even the prOportiou or beauty ofilie orndinmtit. lint this task of reformation is undertaken—by whom ? by the dregs of the cotimmuity-anony mous ruffians, who fear the facO.of,day, whose title is fokeided in near chY, find wb se pretensions are enforced by robbery and murder. • #' I eannot pasi by another part of these asso ciations: r mean the attack upon the Priests, , ttleild!k not with religious rites; I mean the attack which is made upiu the support derived from the voluntary bounty which Oat; members of the ROM3II C3lhae pel.itiLLoolt have beet) in the habit of giving. to the Ministeis of their reli&on fig celebrating the riles of that religion. It is not that they say, we tvill not pay, for there is no law to compel the m t o pay; but they proclaiot this, that no man whO chooses to do so Shall dare to pay his Priests their t`e ( ; For what purpose are thebe lees given ? they sire given to obtain the rites of their religion ; they floW ,from a 6ellie of religiotti' they flow from vo jemmy bOunty ; they are enfureed by no Compul sion ; the untertunate .men who receive them. are Armed with tiolew for their support ; and yet these, assoLiations are formed, to do whatto rob the Priest of his benediCtien and prayers ! Do these Men, besmeared with blood and covered with 'crimes, imagine that the ceremonies of religion, which are plundered ffaill their clergy, can gain them a passport to a better. world I .1 cannot, help feeling and de ploring That this view of the subject suggests an ap• prehension, that the devisers of this plaUeould have nothing less in their contemplation thin eradi 7 trom the minds of those upon whom they could operate sense of religion. Npthing but their hellish machinations could have devised such a scheme. It they expel the people will be ripe to perpetrate crimes worse than these—if they Wish them to be ready instrutnents of very deiiert , which is diabolical, there is no plan so. etleCtual as the extinaion of every htil wiient of religion in the 'minds of the common What may be the form of the religion of the several classes of the peeple, I care not . In :in quire. If the principles of christianity prevail —if the sense el obedience to a Supreme Ruler otit the world—if the convOien of the existence of a future state, in which reward.: and punishments are distri buted, be kept alive in the minds of the people, they %%ill never become the instruments for the com- Mission of abominable crimes. lint if these Senti ments be extinguished—if they shall be taught to cast off all regard for a flume world, the ties which bind them to earth as well as to heaven arc rent asunder. " Gentlemen, we have had a miserable example in our own. time. You may recolleet that not many yearS back, , in a neighbouring country, the most dreadful atrocities were committed ; you reColleft the overthrow of an ancient monarchy ; that over, throw, deplorable as it was, was not the dismal scene of the tragedy.. The horrors of that unfortu nate revolution, in which the hands of the Either wese imbrued in the blood of the son—in which all the :literal and social relations were raised in mutual warfare, could not be perpetrated until the senti ant: of religion were previously extinguished in the minds of the people. Human nature was out* raged by gross. and unexampled crimes ? , until a so lemn decree was framed, 'declaring that there was . no God in Heaven ! What the consequences were, every man knows. But this I state, that as soon as a settled forM of Government was established, it was found that atheism and infidelity,- which .were the ready instruments to throw down an ancient throne, were an insecure foundation tir a new one ; and one of the first alts of the founder Of the new dynasty was to restore the consolations of religion to his thirsty and supplicating Subje6.ls. Gentlemen, it is no wonder that those who watched after democratival equality should be the foes of religion ; religion is the genuine equality of mankind; it is the poor man's friend ; during the troubles of this life, it renders him content with the lot of inferiority, which is the condition of his na ture—and in the last awful hour of existence, it puts him upon a level with the highest and most exalted. Gentlemen, it. is a melancholy and dishearten. ing thing, that our . wretched peasantry can be de luded by snail arts, and that they should be thus imposed upon after such miserable examples. For half a century attempts have been made upon the infatuated people Of this country , —Wlyat has been the consequence ? Disgrace to the perpetrators in failure of their plans--ruin and death to themselves. --Yet what is the Coritiition of the .poor utihappy people of this country ? As soon as any disaifeeted mountebank appears ; proclaiming his laws and imaginary benefits, they become the willing instru ments of his scheme, and their own destrUdion.— Is it possible they can for a moment imaaine, that a great empire like this—armed with the raw.--pro teaed by an army—with a regular administration of justice--are they so infatuated as to imagine, all those will yield to a few miscreants like those under whom they have enlisted themselves ? It is there!, fore principally to undeceive these miserable wretches---to rescue them from the grasp of fiends, who are working their destruCtion, that the law is sent down here, at this unusual season---to speak its emphatic language. What the law is, I will tell you. What the censequence of infringing it is, you, Gentlemen, will tell and I cannot help feet ing,. that in' the consequence of this Commission, we may look to an end of the coulusVi anarchy which has prevailed, and that the vicious may again be brought within the ordinary channel of subordination. " gentlemen, in speaking as I do, with indigna tion for these crimes, 1 feet cOmpassion from time very bottom of my heart for the vidims of them. Seeing the mischiefi which have been,spreading in the country by the artifices of miscreants, it does not surpr* me at all,, that many persons should be.' of opinion, that measures more summary should have been adapted, for tlie purpose of at once ex tinguishing these mischiefs.—l am satisfied that the opinion of these meet was diLlated by a feeling of the truest regard for the interests of•their countryof genuine compassion and mercy towards the unfer tenate delinquents themselves. But yet, my Lords, and Gentlemen of the Jury, 1 trust that the Govern ment- of the country will ultimately acquire credit trout thesewho entertained the opinion? havepsen timed, for the course which has been adopted in/the present instance. The feeling of the Government has been, that the insult which has been given to the laws oldie country is best Vindicated by those laws themselves. The persons whom we are now called upon to cope whim do not compose multitudes too strong for .the arm of the law. It is not an as sembly daring to stand before the exertions' of the magistracy, but :it is a 1aw1413 233 deilltion of men, who find their safety i n t heir obscurity ; and 1 can not help feeling a confidence, that when the , Vic tims of delusion shall have been•nruleceived—when they find that the Laity Make a common cause with the Clergy.-..when they sae atonement. made to the laws by the speedx and energetic administra ,tirm of justice, now %in progress amongst you---I say; I feel confidence, that after they have seen the array of this county drawn , up for the investigation of their crimes—after they have seen the assemblage this day, of every man of rank, charaetee, and pro 7 petty, feeling their interests united with those' who have been the subject ef,lawless attack 7 -that the most salutary consequences will be experienced, and that these people will at length .be convinced that when they dare to raise their hands against the laws of their Country, those laws will be found to . have weight enough to •fall down upon and crush them. What, Gentlemen, would it not be a tniserable•stato of our country, to suppose that armed as we are by the. law—supported as we arc by the aid of every Gentleman in the country, and with an armed force, if such be necessary—that associa tions of men, whose names are not known—of "no rank, property; .or 'station, could not be put - doWn, without, doing away, for . a time at least, the erdinary constitution of the land. If the time ,should unfortunately come, when, what is now tit. multuons rising, shall assume an aspe(t of .a diffe rent pature—if ever, Which God forbid, those scenes •shall be renewed which we formerly witnessed, if treason shall rear its head in the .country and su persede the law, these wretches will sink under the ruin which will be let in upon them. But, - 1 trust, • no visitation ' of that kind will occur; but that. with LONDON t K- HARD MA1(1411,0(1 , 10. 4, Martlett-court, litt*.fittect anti At the Svu-Ofvtce, No. 112, Strand while Advatiiements, Oraers I the ready alcistanco of the Govern 4 ent, and the ...id • ofevery loyal man, we shall he able to bring punsh ment upon the guilty, and that the law will be st,;ong enough to wrestle ,with and put down these disturb ers of the public peace. Gentlemen, 1 shall say only afew words more The laws in beingoif which I shatimake ashort state ment, will appear to t . every one calculated to moet the outrages which at present exist : they are laws which bare not been recently introduced. Fut half a century the country has been visited with partial in surredions during a portion of the reign of the Late King, and during the entire of the present, laws have been etiaLled, calculated to meet these•crimes. These laws are still in lull force. • If these insurgents assemble with arms ; if they assume any particular denomMation, or wear any badge, to the terror of his Majesty's Stibjeds—hy that mere a& of assem bling—though nu further ad be done, they are punishable by law. Th e Magistrates are authorised to disperse and apprehend them. If they resist, and any be killed, the Magistrate - is indemnified ; and if he has just cause to susped that any person can give information respecting such outrage, he may summon the person, examine him, bind him in a recognizance to-appear, and' commit him in case he refuses. I wish this was generally known, that if any man meet such an assembly he is called upon to disperse it, and to apprehend the persons assembled and if death unfortunately ensue, the Magistrate is indemnified. " The Magistrate is also armed with extraordinary powers to preserve the' public peace. lid isentitled to call for the assistance of every man in the county. The. rower which the • law has, in: ordinary cases, entrusted to the Sheriff—that of raising the Posse Comitalus—ls in this Instance given. to every Magi strate ; and if any man refuse to give 'his assistance, - he is guilty of a .misdemeanour. Persons not en titled' by law 'to carry arms are liable to have their houses searched; the law prOteas the persons tnak iitg search. • " If any persons tumultuously' assembled shall assault or injure the habitation or property of ano ther, they arc punishable with ekath ; every person who administers, an oath, whatever the nature or purport of it may be, binding-theperson taking it to be of a particular party_ or association, is punishable with death ;' any person who voluntarily takes such oath is liable to be banished for ever ; and he 13 not to suppose, that after voluntarily taking such an. oath, the mere Circumstance of going to a Magistrate and telling him, will protect him ; two circumstances must concur to save him from punishmen st, that he was compelled to take the oath—and secondly, that he gave Immediate information of his being so. compelled ; so that here are abundant provisions ter the punishment of these offences. &ft, Gentlemen, it has been industriously circulated that these, laws are jkxpired. I 'tell you, and those who hear me, what was stated yesterday from the high authority of the Bench, that these laws are in full force and* existence ; and every man joining in unlawful con , ' federacieS, is liable to pay the penalty infliCted by those laws. • " Uentlemcn, have also to inform you, that under the . Statute of the I.sth and ttith of his present Majesty's reign, commonly called the Whiteboy ACt,' any . pert,on Who harbours, conceals , or gives assistance to, any person concerned in such outrages, is as mucn.guilty as the person so concealed; and any person who supplied horses, arms, or .ammuni, tion fOr the purpose of those confederacies, is liable to lot reit his `f Gentlemen, armed with these laws, which have . beet found competent to put 'down tisurredion as alarming as the present, with the honourable zeal and activity Oflthe Magistrates, which you maycon-, tidently look te„aitd with the sincerest desire of Go vernment to proted the loYalatid reclaim the guilty,. are we to despait of the law's 'being able to copo with the mischiefs, and not tolook for the resta ration of tranquillity and peace 1-4 cannot so per snade myself, and I am not uneasy as to the result. " Gentlemen, with regard to the particuiar law now before you, it will appear that the prisoners, on the night of the id of September last, with many others, attacked the house of Peter O'Neill, at Car ton Wats, iu this county. He bad been audacious enough to say, he would pay the dues which .he. was accustomed to pay ; he was not prepared, et the instance of these Lagislatuts, to renuence his obedience to the laws—he said, he should pay as he had formerly done. This was High Treat son by their law ; they repaired, to his house — th ey b ro k e it open-=they dragged him naked from his bed—they asked him for money—that is part of their system for redress of gricVances—he had only one tenpenny piece- 7 -he had no more, but he was desired to send more to the 400se of a person whom ,they named,: but who is not now upon trial. 'Piney took him away naked, and one of the party bad an instrument for carding wool, with which. they inflided punishment upon him,, by , severely ex coriatinb r , his back. The priseners will be iden tified by O'Neill, his mile, . and son, who plain ly saw them, so that there are three witnesses to the transadion. If these fads ,shall be prov ed, there can be nu doubt of the melancholy necessity which will be' imposed upon O'Neill gave inferrnation to Mr. Soden, the Alagi.. strata, and exhibited his back, which was excoriated with the. torture which had been inflicted ulmil so that with regard to this being a case within the statute, no queitien could arise. But if the evidence be not clear and satisfactory—no sense of danger or alarm should induce you to tied a verdict whist the prisoners. It will, in that case, be your duty .to acquit them--but if you have no doubt of their guilt, I will not humble you or myself by supposing that any of you would shrink from a firm and manly discharge of his duty." Cure for the Bite of a Mad Dog . .---Take the leaVes Of rue picked from. the, stalks and bruised , G ounces ofgarltck picked from stalks, bruised; Venicetrea cle, or Mitbridate, and scrapings of pewter, of each 4 ounces, boil all these over a slow tire in 2 quarts of ale, till 1 pint is consumed ; keep it in a bottle . close stopped, and give 9 spoonfuls to the p e r so n' bit, warm, seven mornings sueeesiively, and,6 to a dog, for 9 dart.—Apply some of the ingredients to the part bittott.-L:—N. 13. This receipt wa, taken ont of calthorp church, in Lincolnshire; the whole town al t noa beiug bitten, and not one person who took ' this medicine but was cured. I pablitibeci by W 11.4tAM ARMIGS SCu Ups. of Swirl, ,thifta t i for the , Leiters for tba Rditur, cc. . `punt-paid),. a I•atr,4t; )(ISt bu adtticisNi. Arr./ Karr and sir Af. • ssqics"rai -haunis•-nesa hounds had on Wednesday last one of the hardest and best days that the olden sportsman ramemhers they were met at Biihop Burton Vlll :ge fat upwards of an hundred horsemen ; from whence they pro ceeded to Mr. WArr's Wllri, where they f , 104 s itumediately ; and after running a qu.irter• of my hour in covert, the fox broke away, -and afforded* most excellent run elan hour,, when they riin into him in an open field. They theq proceeded to Bygate Wood, and found in a small covert of Sir F. LEGARD% qdjoining, from whence a fox went away4on hon. ing thefirst whip crack, and never tumid his head round, or owned any covert, until he went to ground at Nunburnham Brat, which, in the Brie he tuok was t 6 Miles from the place he was founi, over"thf finest country in the world, tieing the gileatest pat . turf, and hardly a fence the whole-way, Till ,tn 4 first cheek, which was about seven miles, theliounds were never known' to go faster; and (luring the whole. of this extraordinary run, which tired ad the horses, they never vent less than three -quarts:TS speed. The day was the finest possibl.i, and th 4 brilliancy of the scene was highly heightened by several . Ladies in carriages, who seemed to enter ae much into the joys of foX 7 hunting as the keenest sp9rtsman. As the Lottery wheels will be conveyed in a day . or two to their interesting scene of aetiott, tudes of spectators will be apt to contemp'ate theist as they pass with much anxious attention especially all such as had the early prudence to bectxne caudi dates on this important occasion for Fo ftune's yours. They will remind such also who ate not yet in possession of Chances, that but a momen4 remains for their determination to purchase into a Scheme which presents Twenty Thousand Poundit 'to 0* very first-drawn Number on Tuesday next: No one need be invited to have a Share in the present Lottery. The Scheme stands on its merit, and must induce every observing eye to buy. sv Chance. The ContraElors have already felt the good elle& of introducing Thirty Thoueands, as they hovel.. • disposed of a large majority of the frickeits. The eligibility of the plan has caused .an extraordinary sale in this Country; but "from Ireland and Scotland the demand is unprecedented. The advantage of buying on or before Tuesday next must be obvi 4 ons, as the First drawn Ticket is entitled to 1.46;000. Tickets and. Shares are on sale at the old - establtslied State Lottery Offices of HORNSBY and Co. 2G , Corn hill, 62, Charing - Cross, and St. Margaret's Borough. Nos. 33,979, 'and 41,60 g, prizes of L 30,0001. were sold by HORNSBV and Co. • We have before noticed the astonishing merest of Dr. SoLoraoN respeting the a s r orr i s hi nc r cores. performed by that all-saiiative Medicine the Cordisi lia;nt of Gilead, which has amazingly promoted th 3 sale in thiS neighbourhood.. 'These C a i e 4; s o re. speaably attested, prove its intrinsic value in per= wets consumptive complaints •in general, and uni- Vcrsally stamp its . fame as first of Medicines'extant.: SHIP NEWS. • GRAVRSIEND, JAN. 7. Passed by—thc Curlicu, Dixon, from St. PetersburZ ll ; and Gratcunusken, kincr, front Kiga. MAR g Yesterday john ?nary Wink, Esq. of the fslanAd fa* malts, to aka: aitiley, daughter of lila We- .11.6 4 1 1 : Es 9 ofKingston, in the same Island. 1 he same day, et St. Olave, 1-tart-street, Captain nat. row, .of the East-India Company's Service, to VII. EN';lll4 widow of the late John Evans, Esq. of Norsvdcd, Surrey. On Monday seinnight, 'at Christ Church, Coat, the i(co'• Richard Dickson, Rector of Kilkeedy, in the Di o‘ e t e =rick, to Miss Chatierton, eldest daughter of Ott laic Sir James Chatterton, Bart. of the City of Cork. Lately, at . Wheatfield, Ireland, toe seat of Samtrel [;op' king, Esq. time Rev. Newcomen Whitelaw, of Strattoll Lodge, County of Kildare, to Miss Eliza blills , of .itirmAier street. DIED. On the 2d inst. at Weymouth, after a severe and mhos* Alness. Alt.J. Painter, wile of John Palmer, lisq. r;ltir Bath. On Saturday the 27th ult. in the iSth y ear of his site. Charles Ingrain Pratt Barlow, third son of :kir. Ba rlotc, Kensington. On the ,ptli tilt. at Dromore-House, Ireland, Mrs,. wife et' the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Droinore4' On the 3oth tilt. at his house. Kitigston, Surrey. At:O4OM Goodwin, Esq. On Sunday last, at his house in St. Clenient's 0/xfortly the Rev. Charles Leslie, used 01 years, the Chaplain Itl Boman Catholic congregation in that city. On Tuesday last, at New' Hall, iii Essex, alter a long 4n4 painful illtie . ss, in the 35th-year of her age,' Miss tienzrietrn kerinor. _ _ _ A few days since, in Cork, William Cook', Esq. bcoil4 to Sir Francis Gould, Bart. Lately, at Ashton, Sussex, Lady Eyles, rella of Sit / 0 " seph Lyles. PX /CP. OP ki OCKS YTS fiRDAY. . . Bank Stock, 2t03 2U lndia Stock, Navy 5 per Cent 94 i 91 i 93 India Bonds. is. 4t. pr. ex. stiv. Exchequer trills, ts. 35.. pro .. i per Cent. t 797, -' ()lithium,. si a pr. rIA 5 per Cent. 1 per Cent. 11:.terre4, 4 per Cent. 77 6 I i mperial 3 per Cent, 5 , S I,IP 3 per Cent. Ked. 59i hef t 6o Ditt o A nn . 7 13.1604 1 4 . r 1 _ 3 per Cent Con 59 i i Cult. ter Opening. 60:1 bank L. Ann. 17i J 61 • HIGH wATEit AT I.ONPON I tIGli ^TO.nol4* ROW. ?doming, az min. alter 3. I Afternotm, 35 m%n. attar I. A CHALLENGE, MESSRS. CURRY; aril Co. ChMlenge tho whal . * World to prove a si n gle instance where theix hlodioue and Method 'of Cure have failed of the desired elPtI. 1 % " 4$ prattice of many years in this particular branch oftheir poi"' tension has not given rise to one unsuccesstul case. tinuc to direet their studies to the treatment and cure of 44:c" . bill Complaints, and that deran g em ent o f t h e systemu h is the cousequemu a destructive habit. It is a mt:1,1141 , ( 1,, truth, that the induigenie in tltis solitary vice brino out 4 0 6, • Deficiencies 4nkthbilities winch frequently prevent embitter the Matrimonial State . and imposes by *ion upon its unhappy Vie Urns all the infirrnit;‘, ot old aAel To such persons it must be a consoling fedi:titan to I:no", that they may now, by a new and infallible mode of 'Na t ' meta, be restored to health, strength. and manly ' count and %.:o. being regular 'surgeons ot tbt Kot'l College, the idea of empircisiti . einnot possibly b e in tacrit . to their prattice, for nothing but a thorough conviction, coi'; tinned by tinny YearS experience ' of the injudicious niudno: ,treatingid 4:lu l te.l by the general lirattitioner in the curt Venereal Complaints, and that clasiol Di!bility which irto l " itably rest° ti train the itiOiscretton., ot youth, could them to deviate from the usual system, alid by perwriiiing rIW most surprising t era , coneinee the worl4 of the tleci:lco 1 1' penurity I) t tear mode ot treatment • Alessrs. Currie and Co. may be columned fly paikora rli eirh :r sex, with the greatest fie! icacy, seete4,y, r. it tiwir Itoilse, No. toy, !Litton Garden. Letterslront t Country .(post-paid), iltdo!,iiig .t Bank Note,• stating •_ particulars 4,)1 case, will have the ne , :esta dry Avive am' Aletlicincs sent to any part of the Kingdom.