The National Register.
London, England, 1818-02-08 00:00:00

FEB. 8.

mediately a good bed and betiding, and behaved to him with
all possible kindness and humanity. He had great pleasure
in saying, that that Gentleman had conducted himself in a
manner highly bononrable to himself during the whole period
of his confinement us that prison. On the 15th of March he
was carried to the Secretary of State's office to he examined.
and Lord Sidmonth in cousequencc of information he had
received, he felt it his ditty to issue a warrant fur has nppre-
'tension, and that in cents quetsee of further information (but
lie never said what that information was) he thought it his
duty to detain him on suspicion of high Ireaeons-e(hear.)__
He (Mr. Johuston) then requested, that if lie wane to be con•
fined it should be in the City of London, as be had several
relations there. Lord Saimontli faitlifnliy promised that he
should be confined in London as he wished. lint how did
his Lordship keep his word ? To show how much his Lord.
&sip was to be believed, however, he had only to state, that on
the 10th of April lw was swain handcuffed to a brother suf-
ferer, and carried to Dorchester, from wheuce, on the 28th
of the saute month, he was carried in like manner to Exeter
Cast le.—(shasine, shanw,).—Here It was but justice to say that
Mr. Brown, the gaoler of that place, behaved towards him
with the utmost humanity, lamenting only that he had not the
MOORS of making him 1111 l re comfortable. lie had only to add,
when lie left the gaol, Mr. Brown gave bins 121. to hear his
expenses home. It was not impossible that this gaoler will
be the next 'weevil clisettesl.—(One of the assembly cried
out," lie will he discharged fiom Isis oftice.")— He was the
first who had been apprehended, and with the exception of
the two Evanst s, and Mr. Benbow, he was the last alio had
bet% discharges'. He regretted that lie had not, like the
Evausses and Benbow, refused to bind himself to make his ap-
pearance. He then briefly stated the manner in which he was
treated in the Court of king's Bench, and informed file com-
pany, that finding there appeared to be no further Wiriness
for him, lie sent a letter to the Attorney Goitre' the day
after his liberation, directing that worthy Gertleman to the
Swan with Two Necks, Lail-lane, if' lie should have any oc-
casion for the presence of the ill-treated Johnstone, or those
"Who were his companions in suffering. —He now begged
leave to return thanks to the liononrable Chairman, Lord
Folkestone, Lord Cochrane, and the other friends of the
country, who sat in the Howe of Contmons,for having com-
pelled the Attorney-General to do his duty, by discharging
the recogi.izauces altogether; an eveut which wo.uld taut have
been brought alma but for esimptilson.--(Lund applao.e.)_
Whateve r might be the consequence of the line olcondurt he
(Mr. Johnstone) should purr. ue, Ise was determined to sup_
port with his last breath the cause that had brought him to
Ilse dungeon. He relied upon the power of the people as a
protection more than enough to shield front the oppression of
those by whom he had been so tyrannically visited.—(Loud
nliplanaes.)
Mr. John Ihiguley, one of the sufferers from Manchester,
next entered into a similar detail. He stated, that during his
confinement in Hursemoneerlane gaol, from the 10th of
March *ill the 10th of April, he did not pull off his clothes,
for the irons which the gaoler hail relnetlantly placed on him
rendered so necessary a change impossible. Ciens being
brought before the Privy Council, where he expected that
all the es idenee would he assetlibled, he NM Lord Sislinouth
at the head of the table,sitting with the gra% ity of a Bishop ;
and was jai/I'llll4llly that he was sorry to commit so
young a man, but lie was obliged to do so for no less u crime
than high treason. And on bring asked what the evidence
consisted of, Isis Lordship replied, alter a pansy, " That is
confidential." He concluded by observing, that a ith tagaid
to return, Isis Majesty's Ministers had, by their pro..ecillegs
made the people of Nlancliester ten thousand times some
anxious than they were before, and as fist as his feeble
powers a ent, he would on his return do every thing to pro.
mote it, as far as it could be done constitutionally..
Joseph Mitchell, of Liverpool, stated the circumstance of
his haying LiAsivito 'cornea/se with a mooning fellow who pre-
teniteil to be tt fliolol to lilsc,ty. This fellow was Onset,
and this man be introduced into different parts of' t';e coon-
supposing loon to bore licen equally friendly to the eati,e
of freedom es himself. He Sacumly declared sisal neither
lie, nor the friends with Whom lie had acted, had ever con-
templated airy act of treason, nor had any other object in
view than that of obtaining a reform its Parliament
by legal and constitutional means. Ile ::•—tirid the
meeting, that although lie loud suffered the are meat hard.
ships by an imprisonment of six mouths, and I.y being edu.
era to beggars, he was still as hearty in the cause as es et.
W. Cliff, from Derby, said ii pursue came to his ALT, and
asked him to go and ms rt at delegate from Lonou ; lie was
induced to go, beciall.e tile Mall lOpYPSt'lltett '.• coming
40111 Lou d Ciiehi tier sod minas. HP went and saw the moo
at an inn—the man was Oliver. 'I hey eliteted into t ons er-
sation in the t'Olirfl. IX which Oliver said, it was of 1,0 use
to petition ft". a Parliament Reform ; mid 'het tho people of
the country were ready to iise tip timid Obtain the M form by
force, He (lir. C.) threw roll water on all that this fellow
said, and told bin. his plan would not do. Oliver assisted it
was the only way to obtain it ; and said the people of Derby
ought to list tip. Smile day a after this, a Ali sae tiger trent
London, and two uroke into his house, and said
• that Lord Sidossouth wished to speak to hint, and must see
Win in London. lie was then taken !tithe county gaol, tweed
with irons, and soon after put 11110 a carriage with :moths r
man, in order to he curtseyed to London. They were both,
chained togethet, even while in bed. At last he arrived in
London, au : was brought before Lord Sidnimith, whom lie
defied to bring any charge against him. Curd Siiiniouth re-
plied that he bad iu evidence from a most sespectahle source,
thut lie had eonimitted acts of treason. Ile ass then sent
• to Cult! Bath netts PtiW:ll, Where lie re mainsd a few days ;
Inc was elle' wards sent to Oloucester Gaol, where he was
thrown into the cell of a condemned murderer. liege his
clothes were were always damp, alid he emlared the greatest
hardships. While lie 'underwent those sufferings his trade,
by which he had maintained his family respectably, was en.
tirely broke lip, and his wife and eliihiren had been living on
Si miserable pittance from the parish. (This address pro-
dusted a seusation aiming the company.)
A Committee was then appointed, and a list of the sob-
scriptions read by the Secretary, Mr. Cleary; amongst those
whose names real and anosismous, excited great applause
sited laughter, were Sir F. Burdett and Lord Cochrane for
100 guineas each.

FR in( a JusTice.—The Right Hon. Sir Wm. Drummond,
re%iding :tux Aiglai d VP, kr.t a Cabriolet, that he hired by the
dad, to M.Olivier, a French gentleman, to return in the even.
Mg to Marseilles. This rarr:a4e ran over an old woman and
broke lier leg, and although thete was no person in the ca-
briolet but M. Oliv‘cre and the servant of tLe person who let
Ihr:carriage, Sir Wm. Drummond has been coml.-limed by
the Tribunal ClA'il de premier iustauce, to pay 20,000 franca
damages.•