The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

IN THE NORM

(IRON 01:1 LOCAL CORRZSPONDRI(T.)
MEETING OF MANUFACTURERS.

PRESTON, Du. 1.

This morning a meeting of the associated masters
of Preshin and the neghbuurhood was held at the Bull
Hotel, in this town. Mr. T. MaLLEa la the chair. A brief
debate resulted in the unanimous adoption of the annexed
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ions:

1. That neither the prospects of trade, nor the position
taken by the work people, enable us to recede from, or to
modify, the resolutions of the 4th Nov., 1843.
2. It having been alleged that persons willing to accept
work do not know where to apply for the same—Resolved,
in conformity with the resolution of the 4th November,
1853, that publics notice be given that applications
for employment will be received at the mills new
closed every working day from ten o'clock. a.m., till four
o'clock, p.m , and that when a sufficient number of hands
to enable us to open our mills shall have applied for work,
the committee do forthwith convene a general meeting of
the association.
3. That this meeting do now idiom till Thursday, the
20th instant.
Copies of the above resolutions have been placarded, with
the following notice appended :
" Punitc Norms.—Notice is hereby given, that in con-
formity with the above resolutions, applications for em-
ployment will be received at the mills now closed, on and
after Monday the 6th of December, 1863, from ten o'clock
in the forenoon till four o'clock in the afternoon.—By

order of the Awociation."
Rumours were if. in the town yesterday that a breach of
the peace was to be apprehended on the occasion of the
marten meeting to-day, but as yet nothing has occurred to
indicate any disposition on the put of the operatives to
commit any outrage upon persons er property; on the con-
trary, their conduct has been uniformly such as to elicit
the commendation of high authorities.
After an open air meeting of spinners and others, held
in the Orchard this morning, resolutions were passed pledge
log those present not to resume labour without an uncon-
ditional advance of ten per cent. ; and to support the union.
Similar resolutions were agreed to at a meeting of weavers
yesterday afternoon.

MR. IVARREN AND THE LASH.
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Our readers will perhaps remember that lie took
occasion to make some strictures upon the learned Re-
corder of Hull, on the occasion of his late judicial visit to
this town. We brought into particular promineney the
care of the boy Regan, whom we had every reason to believe
was one of the neglected St. Oilea's of the t wa, and we
ventured to dispute the wisdom of the learned functionary,
who sentenced the lad to a punishment of eighteen months'
imprisonment, and ordered him to be whipped five times.
During the week following the appearance of uur remarks,
a corrispondent intimated to us that, entertaining the same
opinion as ourselves of the conduct of the learned Recorder,
be had taken the liberty of submitting our remarks to the
consideration of the Home Secretary. We have full leave
to make use of our corrispdadint's name, if need be, but

would rather conttat ourselves with the pa. blicattov a his
latter. It is as follows:

" To the Right lion. Lord Palmerston, Home Secretary.
" Hull, October 24th, 18.53.
"My Lord.—l take the liberty of forwarding you the
enclosed article, cut out of the Eastern Counties herald
newspaper, publiaLed in this town on Thursday last. The
rights of humanity impel me to adopt this course. The
painfully numerous flogging sentences of Mr. Warren, our
Recorder, are remarkable in the extreme, and have grieved
many in this town, brief as his tenure of office his been.
In the slave state* of Amenca, floggings possibly may be
contemplated with complacency; however, in christian
Ragland, the WO of the lash should be utterly prohibited.
I perfectly agree with the editor of the Herald, His
remarks relative to the inequality of Mr. Warren's sen-
tences are very correct ; in addition to the examples men-
tioned, a particularly striking one can be named in the
case of William Cooper Robinson, an attorney, of this town,
who was convicted in 1842 of attempting to obtain 1,0001.
by false pretences. and only sentenced to 18 months' impri-
sonment, without hart labour. According to Mr. Warren's
idea of justice, a man of education, who has committed so
serious an offence as the one mentioned, is to be dealt with
in this serious manner, and poor illiterate and neglected
children are to be most severely punished for trivial crimes.
Well may Justice be represented as blind. No wonder
that reflgeting persons find it impassible to feel that respect
for the low which they would it it was fairly administered.
After the horrifying exposures as to the jails of Birming-
ham, Leicester, and Winchester, confidence cannot be
placed in the visiting magigratte whose duty it ought to be
to check the brutality of prison officials ; for this strong
reason, also, it is requisite that flogging should be entirely
abolished in gaols. The saying of everybody's business
being nobody's' shall not hold good in the present instance ;
the matter most certainly keine one well worthy of your
serious consideration, more especially in your official ca-
pacity of Home Secretary.
" I remain, my lord, your most obedient servant, &c."
Upon the receipt of this letter we infer that the Home
• Secretary put himself in communication with individuals
• who were connected with the affair, and the result has
been the receipt of an official communication from the
Home-office by our correspondent to the effect following :
" Whitehall, Nov. 26, 18.53.
" Sir,—Visconnt Palmerston having made inquiry into
the came of Jelin Regan, in whose behalf you applied to
him on the 24th ult., I am directed to acquaint you that he
has felt it right to advise her Majesty to remit the remainder
of the whippings to which this prisoner was sentenced, and
to reduce his term of imprisonment to sin months from the
date of his convietion.-1 am, sir, your obedient servant,
" To Mr. —." " H. WADDINOTON.

We do not wish to enter into say further remarks upon
this subject, but would just repeat that Lord Palmerston
has reduced Mr. Warren's sentence of eighteen months to
one of six months, and that the whole of the whippings
which the lad hadet to receive are absolutely cancelled.—
Eastern Cosudies herald.