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London, England, 1853-09-17 00:00:00

" BRIGADE" 11011ALITY

MR. Commisiuusiot MuttenY has retaliated on
Mr. MAGI:mt.:, who has otii.red his rejoinder.
As both these gentlemen date from " Cork,"
let us hope they are not in dangerous proxi•
mitt'.
When we left them last week, Mr. MAorm:
had indignantly repelled Mr Mummy's alle-
gation that he of to support the Govern
ment, as an equivalent for Mr. HAYTER'S invited
persuasion of Mr. O'FLAIIERTY to libilThioll the
Dungarvan petition. Now, we have Mr. Melt-
PRY'S reply, which he Seeing not to heave
penned in a state of
,judicial eoolness. When
men are angry they will let slip bad grammar :
and so Mr. Nit: Mini begins by " trusting that
" he is too much if a gentleman to bandy
" 'the lie ' with Mr. MAGUIRE." But he got.
on to charge Mr. Maoriat: with "raising a
" false issue," in " assuming that the equi-
" valent alluded to was contained in his
" letter written from Cor;:." " The equivalent,"
he further says, •• was offered two months
" before, when he requested me to crave the
interference of Mr. lIAYTEIt, and authorised
" Hie to assure him that he IMr. MAGUIRE)
" would not oppose the Government." And.
further, Mr. MURPHY asks, " Did Mr. MAGUIRE
" retract what he authorised me to state to
" Mr. IlayrEa ? Surely, unless the man was
" u foul, he could not suppose that I would
" welt the Duke of NEwCASTLE to interfere for
" a political opponent ?"

THE PRESS.

\lt\ MAGUIRE, ill his reply, is still more in- I
abound than Mr. MURPIIY, even to the extent
of describing " the learned sergeant as liar
mg been at that time for the Ministry some-
- what that at touter' is to an hotel amd,
maireover, speaking of the full and implicit
eontidence of friendly intercourse with one
• who was known to entertain, and to profess
▪ ostentatiously in public. the most lax politi-
eal morals,- and of his (Mr. Mvairtur.) having
been weak enough to behese that he would
" never have violated private confidence."
On the other hand, Mr. Mr arily's letter
says, " When Nlr. 011.AllEaTY and his friends
refused to uerrdr to Mr. !lAN-ma's request.
" alleging as a reason that Mr. MAGUIRE had
broken his soletnnly-pledged word to Mr.
" 011Am:wry. in Is:r1, it was then supposed
that the Duke of NEIVcAsTI.I: would be t 1111 l
• successful." We are not let into the secret
of the broken pledge- of Is:r1; but Mr.
NlAoutat: at least adhered to the eompaet of
I !":.):1
seeing that he resigned and stood again.
in the full belief that Mr. O'FLAIIERTY WaS
once MOW to he his antagonist.
Out of this disereditable bandying of per-
sonalities it is difficult to grasp the facts, or
even the specific charges. We do not perceive
anything new. Mr MURPHY asserts that Mr.
Mmartay, ofierea " not to oppose the' GOVVVII-
Mein," a " calumny- which the latter denies
both by assertion anal argument. Ile supposed
that the offer was held to have been contained
in rt letter written t'VOIll Cork, and eltallenged
proauction of such letter. Mr. Mummy says
this is raising at false issue, but refers to a
period two months anterior. Mr. MAinliar. re-
affirms his belief that at the time Mr. Mummy
was arting as a friend; anal. while denying any
complicity in the alleged bargain, protests
against the t StaliFlll(4ll.l4 as a
breach of !Whine (41111410 We. It is still ink-
Possible to Understand why this iillehtion was
raised by 111 r. :Mummy, after Nlr. NlAlluiat: had
completed his contract with Mr. 01'1.AM:till%
by resigning his seat anal obtaining his re
election.—milems, indeed, to rover the dis-
eoinfiture of the hawk " that has not plaited
the other hawk's eyes out. The only clearly
admitted tact on both sides is, that. Mr.
MCIIPIIY, having no interest whatever in the
dispute, save us the friend of Mr. MAnUIRE oil
the one side and of his antagonist on the
other, did unsuccessfully negotiate a bargain
for the transfaT to the Government of a vote
professedly independent, in return for at gua•
ranter against certain prrsullul anal even peen-
Mary ineamveniences. At least, this seems
the Ilatllllll el MSIIIIIIIIII4 111 15111 fill the recur
• 11i ," 11111 I 1111 OW expression " Surely.
" unless the man was a 11,01, he could not
"suppose that I would ask the Duke of NEw-
" CASTLE to interfaTe for it political 1 pponent."

PUNISHMENT AND I►IUSON
DISCIPLINE.

THE Borough 084'1 ham yielded
up its secrets, miller the inquisitorial screw
of a Co Imiiiissiiiii ; 111141 a system is laid bare
suggestive of sail and terrible reflectii MM. It
is only of bite years that the State, shamed by
philanthropists, has adopted I'll'll the 111111 it
eating for the well-being of prisoners. Ven-
geance was abandoned as the principle of
punishment, and reformati'm stood next after
satisfying justice. haws were passed, and
speeches were math siaun the laws
the sake of the speeches, noire often the
speeches for the sake of the laws ; and it
was looped that public and individual fi.eling
would I'o-operate t.• eithiret. the sa%ing tendete
Vies of the 111'W corrective 111111 l'11.1)111111t1/17
((4411'.
Sea .1111110 y , the State hits secured only
Chinese kind of 4 )11('Ilil'ill.t.. W4', too, have our
mandarins, who will talk and write, and report
it superficial observance, but wilt' will really
neglect their linty. permitting. if not iteting,
the very tyrannies the law ei )11414.tumm. A
system of regular cheeks had been established.
What with the visiting justices, the inspectors
of prisons, the Home (dike, and', finally, that
impalpable protect''r of the oppressed called
public opinion, it was improbable that cruelty
within a prison eould pass unknown at least,
even if not arriAted.
Yet, in this Birmingham Borough Gaol,
under the pretence of enforcing discipline,

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punishments have been rest.rted to utterly
trustriiting the benevolent intentions of the
Legislature. Capital punishment, anti tuiuur
Lut 11:11'sh intlit'lliblls,llaVe abo11141104.0111).
tonna 11 hltbstilllie in relined illtbile* 01 torture.
Wretelit..have been saved from the hangmans

hand, only to the by their own. l'itt-on the
conduct of the governor tt withhold NH
00111011 at present. but do not feel ottrsel'es
debarred from summing up a few of the
charges against the system of the gaol. .14.-
eturtlilig to Lieut. At.s.rus's out it ailnkissions.
having been on haul terms itlt Captain
O%Oeil it:. his predecessor, he, tu el% e
tltat ottiecr hail left, entered in the
" journal " of the prison intikishntents ar
hat iiig been intlieted by hint ; the 4110(41
to show that the nett go% ennui. was not littlEtt
severe titan the ohl. .‘1.1411N
utl-
Stilts 11N11, I\'llhulll hearing prisoners' dcletkees,
he used to senteitee them to bread and wino.;
that he inteutliet priSe biter!. iii 111 tiller spOt
ite.Z nit lt their friends; that he illegally
punished prisoners for Speaking t la her
the yard that prissuners twice et nit ietell
a ere kept till the elOhe a the day whereon
their sentences expired, instead of luring ills
charged its the morning ; lulu, finally, he dill
notj record in the proper 'honk these e t
pliniShitient S, SO that there was no et itletkee lU
arrest the lit t ent tilt' 111 itile•olliee. yet
one dash of these punishments- -working at
" crank" all day without food- -besides luring
sit turn to he exhaustive, did actually
ark e one victim to siliettle. and others to at-
tempt it. One tinfortnickte boy. fifteen years
old. haul a right ter :tiloS, Wit the crank. with
Wilit'll it \\ll `t 111,11011 eistilltit Ills ill IL
413,. ; yet the 'wit:oiler tins not to bunch food
tatkul if so, then only bread and %%Merl till the
task was done. 'this lalsatr, together %% lilt
frequent applications of the "strait-jacket "
and the " collar and sitars both %%milky a
Nate in it 11111S1'11111 0l Iht' 111411111.iii11011— alio% e
the WlllOll4l pristtller to 4.4iiiimit rlllelde. That
eriuu %%;I• hutted 44 frrynrut in the gaol. Between
Nlarch, I`llll, and Ortolicr, 11+.1I. Lieut. At'writ4
states there were flit. Unit het Weeit
the latter littit• and M 111111, 4:13, till ! The
steins, even .I....,waing It' the 1441V0171i0r
II iinSelf. to have inere,tsu ul nr IleereaSell Milt
the greater Or less working of these " cranks."
This is only a i4lllllpir tug the s) !AVM. MO
")111111iS",i41111'Ir5 its It tail, sit it rt'itali
point ; 111441115 i% if they hail gone into all till.'
4•1111114 Cs. 1111.11' lllVcmtigiltilusi Odd hit% a been
" int ATM i

Tilos,. cruelties of discipline, nolo' nal.,
alibi*, the t.aol. well' 11111 g. 11111 11111 g. 1111111111%11
to the. Miter Wllllll. Tile hlll'gl'llll 41141 not fulfil
the linty preserilled (ui Minn by the bra, bc-
Candi', hail Ili' 41011 e so, lit' illiVi• " gi% tip
all his other practice- - allitllll.l' 1411'0144 proof
of the impoliry 111 parhimonions remuneration
t,, gait' 111111 palish 11111'11)1 `4. .1.111. chaplain knew
Itiuelt, but elaireivell himself tongitc•tied, till
the e% il grew too great for lotigcr silence.
•fliew gcntlemen— the latter espoeiall) —llll4l
Ills lllisslllli 141 51/111 . Where, then, its the no
genioits 14,141'111 111 checks" prilvllllll by the
141 w Wlll'l'4' %1 11.4 111111 1111.1111111111 illSlll.l'til/11
%%hid' I‘ll`.. to 3111'11'St 1114' I'l'lll'l 11.11111.11eleh or a
'„11111 Ile~pul" Tisc %Isitillgillmilvi'S Mot tolily dill
Wit know Chi. tl uth. I.tit they lovrinitted dust to
1111',,wt, ill their 111111 11'1111111A 1411.1111g1y
111 1;11 11111. 111. 1.11'11te11:1111 Ars N, us a faithful,
,net' et le, and painstaking officer, in whom the
magistrates had
%%lint has occurred in the Birmingham wutll
may be working in every prima, in tho king-
thaw tlyarly, the nil %lots gram, of authority
is wanting. A selli,ll apathy and an
(ire Iu ..ittrerittit sire had ileArtitisetsts sir legi •
lative loessevs,lesire. The !slaloms' elitism-
ter iS 111111111111', I'V1•11 filial ill till. impossi
bility of 111111'1111 ,1 111 W, (114.11, lureluile
a recurrence of such sreto•s? That a strict
untintrintitec I,f discipliti.. may he combined
unit a mild and ctketutil reformatory system
i' ~]llltCll in the great prison of 4 ;livid. It is
!foul the disclosures now made, that our
!miler of 'ii,l,u managcnictit i' 1l rung. If the
har,lint `-ss 1.11:01 lilt' law 1•X1)01.•41 from
primary imni,lintents he transferred to gaol
the law is rendered worm. than mit,
leSb; What' the whole subject acquires 'nevelt:wit
urgency, from the coming abandonment of
transportation.

I

ROYAL BUCKS AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION.

Tuts society celebrated on Wednesday its twenty-
seeond anniversary. The meeting took place at
Aylesbury, and WWI numerously attended by the
landlords and agriculturists of Buckinghamshire.
In the morning there was a ploughing match in a
field -heated ul►out a mile from the town, and the
distribution of prizes fur ploughing and other objects
of competition WON made in the afternoon, 'mime-
fluently to the conclusion of the banquet to the
Hipaiben4 of the association. The dinner took place

in the tieorge Inn at half-past two, whets about one
hundred members sat down, under the ',residence of
Mr. lowndes, of Cheshant, who was supported on
valor side by Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Du PrC, the
members for the county. No fewer than fourteen
clerks men were also, present.
When dinner was over, the toasts of the " Duke of
Buckingham, President of the Association," '" Army
and Navy," and " Bishop and Clergy'," were duly
honoured. %I r. Bernard then proposed " Prosperity
to the Halal Itueks Agricultural Association," whose
exertions during.. the one-und-twenty years of its
existence hail, he remarked, .
" given great Vill'lmnolmeist to agricultural industry,
eilsciully autioig the bumbler classes, I() whom a stinite
hint haul been held out by it to exert theniselies to better
their cioalit kill ill lift'. Ile was it. ist happy In IS' able U,
rongratitlate the company 1.11 the vontiatrative prespetity
which lbr laratsisog itatoorest wall new enjoying—ii prosperity
which was all the wore gratifying because elouxibtoit with
that ut every ether industrial class in the country. ( fear,
hear.) .11thotigh they naturally looked to flair own in-
terests in till. first instance, he was sure mane theta
wished to prosper at the expense of any other industrial
(lass ; I ii was it matter of great congratulation tea them
to knew thou other classes were participating ill the pre-
valent prosis.rity. ( llre,, hear. )"
The successful candidates, including shepherds,
ploughmen, farm labourers, and others, were then
introduced, and a sum of money wits distributed to
them lay the eltotirnian, automating in the whole to
:151. Each eloodolate was also handed a glass of
wine, its which he drank prosperity to the society.
The Chairmatt addressed a few words of eottf.,Tra-
Inlotion tun' cites ittragetnent to each candidate, after
which they retired, apparently much gratified with
the decision of the judges._

The health of the " Members of the County"
having been drunk with honours, the compliment
was duly acknowledged, first by Mr. 1)u l're in a
brief speech.
Mr. Disraeli then rose to return thanks, and was
received with loud cheers. The right honourable
gentleman', when silence was restored, said:—

" tientletniii, the relations between fill till. sit intimate
*hitt 1 Hill it i% 1111111.1.1.SSary ft or me to say that I
attains appreciate in the manner and in the spirit which it
110,011 I's 11111 11011/1111' wllll`.ll you 1114 Vt• I.ollfelTell 1111 inc.
together with my colleague. in drinking our
(('burs.) I iiitti• 111111 the buuuur now for some years of
acting with tity friend, Mr. Int I've, in the !louse of Coin-
ll s, us pint' ; and, will t Met-ring to
those political sul9ects which are not tit matters for dis-
Clloo4i 111 l twl an oiwasion like the !resent, I can tnily say
that on all questions where your bald interests were cole
remelt I found in him a wise eotuubellor and a zealous and
able supporter. ( (
",With 1'11:111.1) 111 the society' that has brought us together
this slat, I contras that I have ever felt for it those
feelings which circumstances hate pertbetly justified.
I leers.) I hail the honour, I think, uf being present at
its first inviiing, and I have now the pleasure to•dity of
in min g its majority toasted by the colonel of the Bucking.
hanishire Yeomanry—a very proper person to introduce
stall a subject 111 y • Hattie.'. (J./wow.) This is a si'eiety
the objev 1 of which ells much less ambitious than of 1111411),
agricultural bitchily% that have not lasted so lung. (Bear,
hear.) 'Chere has lwen no society id' the kind whest.
pur-
ruses 11101 whose objects more misrepresented
tluw the resent, l 11, ftr,h,or ) It is one that from the
first it was the interest of many rt. 11401111 to tleftellim. and
41'411,111We AS it Isolitie,d miti•liine. I think 11 may titirly say
that during the twenty•ime year% that it has existed its cote
duet has been such as to show that these neehtsat' haul
uu us% km r)--ttuti tit the loresi'llt I 11111 l Wilt,
when 1111 11111.,•111111 111. 11111111411 SW nrgyney and interest (4)11-
11441441 %%ilk the clioNsi.s that are chiefly ini•mbers of the
moiety is in existence, a e find by this well-tillyd room to-
day, and this welbuttentled assembly. that the pritwiples
which brought us together, and which have always lavaight
its together, have been deep and sincere, mid have h'een
perfectly independent of any of the transient passions id'
the boor. Chrero.) _ _ .

"'Those who have just now assembled anan►d our table
I think 114.1.6•111) the character which I claim
for this society, and utrtunrt fitr tlw interest which those
ulnt an ill all urtlnuinh d with II& comity must ever rim!
iu it. ( 1 ',lc( rs.) I remember that even t)ie rewards which
we offered have 15.11 ridiculed they are, no doubt, 1,41 m.
Me rewards, hut they are rt wards that gratify the humble.
I 'hcero. ) They are not otit.red to those who have just re-
ceii 441 them with such heartfelt delight as rewards of %nine,
hut they an• offered as symlstls on our part that we respect
their virtues. (Cheer..) And when it is said that a num
may serve for forty yeart, and receive at the end of it only
forty shillings troth this society its a n.ward, the critics who
make use 4.1 such comments slum themselves prilfoundly
ignorant of the telling. of the peasantry of this eountry,
alit' of the milti‘es that hate rtightectl soeit tics like the
iirv3vut. (Hearer &lir.) Why, it once you taluit a nitre