The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

MR. BRIGHT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

A public meeting of the iehabitante et Rochdale
me held la the Tend Hall, Baillinstreet, ea Friday eves-
Le. foe the perms et besAag a lecture from Mr. Dynead,
cesrotuy to the Arodation foe the Abolition of Capital
Pealebeiest, la favour of the prizeiple 'dummied by the
ereelitMoa. The sundials was missions, and Mr. JOIN
ByiezT, M.P., prodded.
Mr. Dynund having oincluded his lecture, intimation wee
sada that dasisilea was invited.

ANT a pasha fa the promediap, during which no penes
aYlhetad say desire to some forward,
The Ciematme rayed some remarks, is the course of
wkkdi he asid—With regard to this question of hues'
foe wader, it bad same Wore is conamien with • great
anent demo la which Lea glad to be associated with
Mr. Dyaaael, mare ft lam, in applications to the Some.
CAN fir SINSIIIISIOdia of osat:mo. and is sows of 4/4444
seen thew le the paean iaequaWy. I dwell:pearl=
oberli •idLMet seere for tha hems
aa mull sot hold for the wield, If
I bad to decide upon those casco of Paths mem*
Mae someitatly besought before the Mau of that onus.
Jett (Mena the iseenality. There wee • trial lately
at Dietitian., Le wink Tug imeity, to Ike @piston, the
poen who wee brew& to Oval was acquittv't ; but you
all, I soma% saw tbo potostt the aeweptAnte to the
easel that It net enael pto anda Enke his
dames. TM rfek man, or as of moderato imam
ma lam the beet comma sad the best are taken to have
name. in his favour ; bat the balk of the ma wke soma
to ho tried an Liao:ant, poor as., mamas ohm, sad they
ambrovgis before the jadp la his official garb, sad keffirel
all those lawyers, tato the emit ; they ham ben taken out
of emus prises, la whisk they lave bans shut up, wham
foe web, without wing any moose they knew; they
ham se winsal of so enemy, or their friends nay haw
whealbsd tbe Iltde gnaw they weld rain that a defeat*
may be stabs. The nap mkt one of the owned—
Kr. flaeal4le —to grata the son on behalf of the
phew. Den's yea know perfectly well that ia the
question of the guilt or imomme—that in all the
emditime nuelar which that ma is hawks to trial
—then la a peet inequality, and that one um tried antler
a wan an ef shenweltrese would be acquitted sad
that man tried soder another set of eizeumetam le would
isfallibly be anieled it flow awn &pads essjuaqtro—ro
their ttasees, lbardanteey, tataligenee, elearasa !IN!'
TOW N ; say IS damned to bower mama of cress', look
at the very endings of their health, their stoned*, wow
tempers, at the time. Thou you have the judge. 's !hue
Mm been east el this nature that ham been urged t• a
Miles mnaiadem--the judge did not wish to go fart ber
OM eight, or be did not with to ham the trial pm or
aillommed gain te-monow. Judges me mu, ■etwitheam 4.
kg that they ham wigs ad gowns. I know • ggoeoodd ma,
of the judges, and lave seen theta ea may and
am we they wimil Ise the lest to May that they would)
affected DLW then tadeneee from which new of ea ate
ennlyt. Then pan tone nth* Haase Secretary, sad walk
to smoke m as him ile, too, is noble to err, with L.*"
non bonen ads very Tarps, to tumor Is thew
sonidentlen Weeenen I ban mangy any bona aostravr
arisen emu *Mb seine, and instances I haul"
bead that the wean bee had his maws commuted, and'
not heft beadwhits sites I have hand came, as far
as •
Iw r adi ; eat ant so bad, la which the punka-
Meld had bees aAkld. I mum say I haw bead sal the
bane senetertee I ewe at le wiling to lima , sad
wawa, I think, to judgerightly ; and, although, us yea
know, I asse (Mad, poll y, to the possess p Ms*
minium, yet I will say, when he was borne aaarata• r, 1
found him ea more thaa one ocessien very wining to is, les,
sad, is ease of anything being stated that Its them Ott
would allow him so to do, to remit the extreme moue= at
of the law. Yet, netwitbstaading all this, it oases ho
for a mama dented that the degrees of the di/Menem . of
guilt in cam of murder are very wide—that sat *My it CI 6
differ's', of /Mk way varying, but that the differenmo ,
proof fa wiry : end yet the law, If it to enforced' at sal.
iodide's; pwattbasat which Is absolutely irrevocable. Whet
it is M bass= losissat as I Yea is. only do that to stns
iseetipasyrsl ems of you doubt the policy of that t
do. Ma atsarist as out to execution and roar,4
"You mu your daughter," a* in the ease of William.
Shaw, es ha the saes of the an hanged at York, are yea,-
ego, ter the asardisr of his wife, at Ashton or fltala,
bay% ea em,, gime thim—to befog him, rise chsplsM•
led the gaoler believiag him, as they both did, to hie ince-
mat, sad SIN that man hanged, ia the see of thousands o 6
Miser, th• very ezeratimer believing him to be innocentu
in the eight of lied—l ask you, what is there to compare .
murder UM that ? Them there was no opposition, nobody toe
M viadiative *gainer, is the case of that miserabieverstett.
Its a anal, merciless, bloodstained law that sends assn lam
another world, not able to demonstrate his guilt, and the•
officials macorsed believing him to be innooest. Oar
argument, sad a mat potent ono la convincing so that-
Imaging was • Mulder, is this, and I ask your attention to-
it for me assent. What we all want is to make Mikan-
Ills as seem es possible, and them are two modes by Mick
it is proposed to affect this. Ono is by puniehmeat bp**.
law—the law hop,, to deter sad frighten men. The other--
la by laculcatiag everywhere a deep reverenes for Mama
life. Dees anybody in Itogland believe that Imams lib is
sot mere ware Is Enlisted sow than it was 100 or 200 paw-
go, when there was far more hangiog than there is sow r
The mesa why we feel awe secure is bemuse we knew.

Owe la • lint snakes, mese, end Wesel elsa;seoids•
amen r dorm sow than there was Mos ; that them it.
mem pollemers, csitlieparses, courtesy, be asdl•
lkinallatil every Mos now than at former wiled'.
ITlteee is &greater belief, arising from religions koaradoe.
that hums Shiba thing of infinite atimetios is the .
of the Creator, sad it is this greeter reverential for It wash,
Is the great sad, I hope, the growing security for hams.
lite. I will aseame, bat I doubt 1,, that the prattles of
headiag men has the effect of deterring somebody, is some-
mt acme time, a some degree, has the came od
. How essay do we save by rearm of banging, sad
M mem ere saved by ream of an lammed rearease ter
Imam Ns I Don't you that that the revenues for basun
MAW swim seem or lea in everybody, is a thosossd,
Mimemere effeetive is mangos murder than the fair el the
er? Hat if it should happen that the system of bases'.
v:e It may eider, to some small extent, does, to a great
mast, diminish the reverence for human life—don't you
think that what it dote is deterring is far km than what it
does is destraieg, by diminishing, the sanctity of Mimes.
life ?1 am perfeetly certain-1 kaow from my own feeliago
and from all blames history. that participation is borrow
of any kind fa milia/gee the Wad to it. Don't we know
that when the news of the halloo( the Alma was recaimid.
=ksholiered wises they read the ma as of the et
ahost Ind bloody battle? Don't) on know that sow we
ens mod or Suess fee greater without being affected lw
them ? It is es with everything of the kind, and so with.
braitiiestmontions. That MSS who Murdered his master is
dam tome time ago was a ewe in point. The very
day man was apprebeaded, I happened to be at the
pages sees ia Westminster, where I went with a geetkeerm _
new a member of the Home of Contemns to aim amino( a.
rhea who had ma away with 2001. or 3001. Delman to
au. Is the aloe there was a policemen Mare iategigent.
than many of that deal, who addressed me by manse. .
asked, " How do you know sae ?" "I know pm very
well said he; " have yes men me is the lobby or
the Homo of Commons ?" Tee, I recollect you aow,' I
'said, eddies, " Sow seem to Save bed some very bad man
latterly : I ma • lad has emantitted a eturder." He said, r
"Ay, dr, as long as there's hanging, tbereawill be tam
den." I thought that this would have been curliest for m
judge, and I waisted to know how be get to that eooal•sios..-
" They deal cue alma it," be said. "Why, what MAL:
Weeks do (that was the same of the man who couistittak
At murder) ? He west to me a ram hanged at Margate is,
the morass. He ras at haltpast sine o'clock the seam
naming to me a woman hanged at Homemerper lase ; ask
what be said was this: ' Why, It's nothine—itli but a bait
mod it's ever is a Waste.' " And the effect Ilia tight often.
execution Malayan that unhappy individual was la degree
the mese that is predated as hundreds of thousands;
and I arm perfectly certain if I could comeiya myeelb tt ,
be all the people, and therefore sahjict to all the &MOS e
with would ten from the abolition of capital pnniel
meat, 1 woad abolish the pusialuseet at eat, end gob If la
sad property sad marythieg more safe by reason. oh . aft
&Madames{ of this practice. B. eides, let us look. few ..s
aseasent soy and consider whet the taking of hams& IS • id,
and miens it could be desiesstrated, beyond all cloak", ao b.
obsoletely seeeesary, I thiak we should shrink has te.a..,
life. I don't dethat society has the right and is.peetaitteill
by the Dotty to de anytbisi absolutely seeemairy hairs tise
safety; Mt all the books, lealoniug,plulmopby —all we gash sal
from Scripture, so far as this new dispensation le emecersarlid
gees to this easel sseles--slat whatever is savelietberbSSOMl6,
or Wastes is private practice, in legislation of law, is ass
selmilated to rodeo, • propel state of mina, And on vb.
garde this question of eapital pasiehmeots, lam of optagsg
that it is se great a Weider en it is abhor's, te everylisim
that is lamas, and everything that is ChM/Usu. 1 ale II
say se more. The feat and ski &remotest' brought be* ss
ns by Mr. Dymond appear IS me, using everything is qss
same light as Ito, sad ea it la reasonable I Mould. am/ „
gent, and ealeslatod is lime a great effect upon the r rinds
of all. I that, by 'mildew to the Home of Oses isms,
is etiovereaties, whammy you ham influesee—al 4 ...
have Maturate at an tiam—you will do what yor as;
bring men's dada to what I behave to be a ratio, gal aim
el this sideslips, sad that we may hops that, DJ are wag.
and in the lifetime of lousy bore, the galleys shall be
eat down Sever et% to be re erected, and the law be
assimilated te the amass principles Cbriseissity asset&
eskers is legislation as well re is the p' ethanol social
lite. (The kmairable gentleman mar ed as seat maw
,altrprocoodings terminated with I • me of thanks to the
1 Went and askew&

such a rehrenos, not /or the gradfleatke of
OM a philosophical curiosity about a remarkable
character ; bat far strictly practioal porpoise which
mown m all. The awarding of a tsatimealal to the
national besefactress, the raising aid the applkatina
of the Nightingale Fund. are matters which ioneWn
us all, and which await be andintood withoat a
akar understanding of Miss
ter and present position.
Her conduct has been steady, serious, rational, and
respectful from first to last. This is one of the things
that everybody has the mesas or twain/"by in
unlimited amount of testimony. We know that die
has been silent on dogmatic wooers., while etoeminc
on " the weightier matters of the law—jetties, rimy,
and faith." Koowing that the needed work could be
done by earnest disciples of every creed, and could
not be got dose if the disciples fill out by the way,
she has been silent with the taigas while elo-
quent in good works. like has attended on
all ministrations when her presence was de-
sired, and did not interfere with a more mew
lug duty. BIN has procured Catholic books
for the Rumania, Calvinistic books for the
Independent, Chunk books for the Charekmaa ; and
oho has indeed so managed that every sufferer dm
siring religions consolation has had the Chapel
administered to him in the taupe in which he was
born—brought to him is the form of household
association sod familiar comfort—without a taint of
proselytism to distress him I. his boor of weakness.
And shall we not follow the example which we see
to have succeeded so well P Shall we not ass, in our
far swim tub, the methods by which she has, while
healing the sick, awed the prefabs, strengthened the
weak and impatient, and brought back many a sinner
to the better mind of his youth P
Her example might be a sullitisat lesson to us to
unite in the great work of helping bee without intro-
dui.' any topic of dimeasion : but we are tempted
to cite a parable bearing on the esse—a parable
which the elderly monition may have been
OCalsionally reminded of since FLORENCE
GALE sailed for the East, bat which is hardly suffi-
ciently known to the young, and is by no mesas oat
of date lot any of es. In "Evenings at Rome
there is a story of Dr. Amu's, the melodies of
which we cannot resist quoting. A Sunday morning
is a town is described with its chiming bells, its
trains of worshippers entering the churches and every
kind of chapel—Romanist, Quaker, Methodist, and
Baptist. Then, when the bells have ceased, there
follow the solemn organ and the murmur of the
responses in one place; while elsewhere there are the
slow psalm, the single voice in p-eyer, the tinkling
of the little bell here, and the Quaker silence there.
A boy who mks his father why these worshippers
thus part off, is told that " Religioa is ems el the
things in which sea are weds to difer." But next :
—" The several congregations sow began to be dis-
missed, and the street was spin overspend with
penis. of all the different mote, going promiscuously
to their respective homes. It chanced that a poor
man fell down in the street in a fit of apoplexy, and
lay be dead. His wife sad children stood round him
crying and lamenting in the bitterest diet:see. The
beholders immediately flocked Woad, and, with
looks and wpreesiew of the warmest waspassioa,
gave their help. A Churchmen raised the man from
the resod by lifting him under the aims, while a
Dimmer bald his head, sad wiped his lass with a
handkerchief. A Roman Catholic lady took oat her.
smelling-bottle, and assidwiely applied it to his nose
A Methodist ran for a dieter. A Quaff supported
and comforted the limas; and a 13aptill took camel
the altildrea. Emu, and his father were Man
the spectators. ' Here,' said the father, is a thing
in which mankind were made go spree.'"
This is a simple story ; but we are not yet too wise
for it. Rands are yet held back from a pressing work
of mercy by questiew about dilemmas of faith.
Let act the sick perish while we are scuffling fir pre-
misece for some sect or dogma, or lending am ear to
the slander that Miss Nwannom.x is doing so. It
is net Ms; and her work should be kept pure from
the remotest taint of the °dim geolopicom, white is
quite mischievous *sough elsewhere.

Tax Jimmie Yoh Belinizi.D.—The following I
essiatias was passed is Tuesday mein at • private
siestiag held la tb• Cowl Hen, :—" That it is
th,, spline et We martin that great geed weld sable at
the prseest iseasemtess aisle it the repreesa•atise of largo
seastiamadem Todd ant the asses sad aswelselses,
sad they respeetfally fade their meshes, Jam Laths,
Reebeek leg., sad Owns Hadlisid, leg., ft attest •
petite sesta, et their esastitmeste betas the manabliag
et parilamisat, that their *plaiceyes es the poem slue etas
be
wet givesth the UM will be
egreashie be Ms. !Wsaltadi. sr It mil ambit him
to /Ism hitippilas d wassibi hi eseeehesste every
. Mr. says Is will Tor hem has its elm .y seem fws lissimell with •
sews add, aad I sa asks ma to is.,. be
Lewis as lead y,wthatManawa Ise eseeseese
Age the seumseseuteet et ewe ussien, whoa the
ant paws us Is be is attesdisma, .ear. be-
sloes • eepteled. The esteem neve Mk heweyee.
sat tr by Wide* that Leek hes sesepsed the awes
dNaellhOeWh I bine et desk you eseedes to pat
as sad se Illesesdea se the wee." Mr. itessbeetes reidy
has Mt yet hese peillhied.

00i1DIN AND BZIONT AND TEI UN-
aaMilti AMA MI! —A Wean Ina &livered as Widnes.
an tan at ebell•bl, es " Melbas : Usemes, preens, sad
eserequesees by Mr. Ebbed Rest, Mr. lose Irate&
presidesg. TM Nodes id Mee Yew, layover, appears
se bate lama vac or nub Me gm se tbe " seredoes seta
• Lard lde.nt.y sat die asansity of at 4•4111 deprivtag
bin et prom Th. katarer liaNanal to have sawed that
at as lalarview wW be had Id* Mum. O•basa sad
Dried last essdass, id the Baum of Csassess, Mb Melde•
odd Thee yes media/ et erbieb be did sod beim Wile
✓asa (tb• tam ipmennese aphio," sad that Mr.
eft Nllbstrigessteelas tkass, lost
Mara sod sipos•dids."—iremekseir.

AocumT To C. H. BLICUILIDOE, Efia.—We
nem is ewe dies an Medway het, vii C. IL Barr
, of abousene EA as sot riding his base
sambiest is esessassese
;eat the slippery sae a amok
MI. yr** the ace/ as issgested manes ender She
et she sedual. Aar may me hese woe barna ad
bbrig la Asa est emo oar ohs sight a% Mr. Lees
his ma lama The Mae seamed hese without
, sal amsegesolig mad the Imo et the hairy a
Imo beg, adds arisen, beaver, sa M ea by the pm-
seam el Kr. asesstal Ithe wee Wad hems by • party
ale beepotel tin. Immense* .her the eeeldeas.
11110 i ni sihr•
• MAll.wmt Schaistim afar riesand
Larxea do Weergifk Teltrisinemes Maimed as ether der. •
tan heed himself arid la
iip, lie maned,. 16.e.4 able=
fee fa WI etapeteffiset et Or Mileuts
lady as , tog le dilimeedreess • whg. Oily,
sag Ism." 11111 Inas hod sun* mead MS gads hem
the steam beton the lay soda* leaped aft bee sea
the team
to the earsint gin
ales de tee.... ?" Tao
Yet 6' b• die MN adenoma be bed dew waft 1:1=
her." Aisle sad lists ebasseemg dress her sees le swam
wren sod reg% ea Mehra aillareseesse shoe an b.
Y s Mai% ad she oval have ha Seim ale
essiody k lbs Best @sedum." The MUMS II
as lammees. W rad law be had ass kg i, Now
tile My sall
as losgssiesem seseat,swag opals Wme
Inalasse. Ile ailed a die
the we
noshed is the trek s$ sea sham
to give be less tardy. Al her essenloilly did art
.less;
the Der as age Mau % be, in tie 'trial et due Pah is
see i stalima nee shuns te sang la reselethe lete
ado% obis slue sodded: wag ta deer emd issemmed
eat Gaud I Gard I" el she s. .t bet aim sal few
eads seduesed ea imig pod, bet • Greed pool
mewl am abeam" aemeemog bee seseadesW *
herb reed aid deep. /wanes ass Ss gualmmem led
Impend/ pre hid isge, eed las donee, hosalsd
et the shenrahilibd. with sled priest
imeseemem ams modem ashes
he tbe eseaser bs
bed plesielid= ear it."="be aerie. mama
leg Ike Vas ad. PAM it the.."l/ wee
soplimi, do bird Whig the aimlea sodsawed
die We WO Mal
the piedeassfh ageasmaa Thie
:4=a nee nesseed ash poise& lipal humor
tb• pirIIMINGSNIMA sal as has remeried
he seal the semeados kagart all again et
the issallam—sirs.

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