The Sun.
London, England, 1823-03-27 00:00:00

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could be said tteahls sentence upon lttary tt Ca 4ei fele;? lie
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asked her prosecinore would they, really tech; ettli kseptetinen
upon leer tut that which bad:been plitessei.?Stln venal-14.tlsil‘eglren
rime yeare.off egini of. a clutracten.cVon sittll9l.4'.*PliVli
and she -was *fleeting under pokercy s:i4 illlhegtV,, , All
metros of last Dee.endaere' hen, anniorl, of intprisappuevri,initk
expired ; and floding that her !intention for tliefiqptillYi
to cause her pereietuel: itnnerisominent, nhO. fing-4.,,tR,1t„ „tip
vernrnent,,,,,uning hen total inability to Intantiltl*4_, 0 krhy4
lug that else Might. be releesed., Sim Was annw. ' ''sl .. 1 P-Sfn
language ofelexce, ti4t hip: mujelty's itlinititegs- ell fint,,k/lipla
proper to Mike :any favourable feprenentatiote tetrAnitlyVeyn
her case; and she had, in conneapienceen'haek- Wel.k.tani tt
ever since. ' She had preeented. It.petition; to, thiet:Xog .44 t .
plaining of the conduct of' Mr.- juetl'icsip illbAlik,o4l,Fsl4
hee- defence, and thus prevented hert.froontnakinguher;fo S,lnek,
fetee to the Jury whirtrintr her.; isett ip, 'Shp efeeVien„bne',.4o
obtained any eeelrese. On thc. elngle'otliCetil littSrifillefrlet -rri
ferring to Alit Bill IS Bights; tic cOno4tY •Lilr'4.PilrPti
w.
omen. was iViCtiin Of per,SeCUtion,,Alld ,OIAL barspleintvan,c4 .!,
eti for the ;orisons consideration of r UoverinneOne )110.*eiedi
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that thous who might thkriit wiener to speak matt, I-14/ sl'lilesle
would not connect the c:- to of this pett-tionea with hitt(o.,. itnyl
Other individual; for %shorn she could ore no -fgir grotto; ,0
called to 101 er, and. f ewleaets pane'. it we* no,njnet that Ain,
A0..1,40 b 1.. e ii e4oirt Atly.rtly,..in,c4l,l4AoP4: ~ ii.
400 - iiiiik ' •,, to 'his, 40V s, sty '• • ' ;,1•::
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ebe Royal clemency. to this Young woman. ''' - • eee.,;..''-'',. •-•:-,
The petition was then' reatin:elt con t sinned the iu'Vetetne I', of
the statement made by- thesUone Mee:lsere, . ,
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On the question diet it sit old lip °untie table.e; e • ~• .
The ATTOAtN Er -0 Eligli4i; and ~Sir l'ilosets Aunarils
rose together. The Son,ixiatt.cellodenPoil tile,fortrier, but' .ii
gave way to the lion. Baronet. •. • ..e .
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Sir 'I'HOIiIAS ACLANI) said that if the question wa.t.,
sirimly, whether the Housc ehould.addrene the• Throne in favour
of a remission of the ,sentence on the petitioner:, he should hove
taken no part whatever 'on the seal: jest tebeeatiae, • ax lie was.a
member of the Society which lied called for the reprehension of
the Honourable Member, he did net think.it proper. that'-ite
should engage in a question effecting the puniel»nene.of.a.per.:
son who had been proeccitted.elirectly, or indirectly, through
Ills agency. Still, it' he- could. hare disicovered atty.appear/shoe
of repentance in this young. women for- the conduct which/end
brought her present buirorings,upon,liereeheeshotehltntit be hen,
tile to any proposal for the extension of, mereyetolier ; .thoughe
upon general constitutionel. grounds, lie thought, the liouiste-
should interfere with this branch of the, Executive with the
greatest caution. And, although. lie saw no, appearance of
such repentance; he .should be glad if she were. released . froio
prison to-morrow, provided that herre.engaging in the inn:.
chievotts work for which•sbe had been punished could be providn
ed against, Be had node sire to extend a , debate. ou the geese
don respecting the conduct of the Society, which had prosecuted
her, anti of which he had already stated hirnsaltno be, a merd-
ber ; especially as such a dahate•.must .boepnincipallY one of
anticipation, tile lionnAlembier for Aberdeen having moved fier
certain papers re:Treeing the proceedings; of the Society,-, and
having candidly suited that ho intended to bringahnir conduet
before the House. Until that Hon., Alembereehould do so, hr
would not enter fully into the otteetion, which. had been -lead,
dentally raised, respecting tide Society; but he would just oh-
serve, in passing, that their batiness had been altogether cone
fined to bringing pereons before . the Courts of .tuutsee. ~ With
the law and the sentence of the Judges they had nothing •to da";
though he did not mean to say that he disapproved either. of 'urn
or the other. Unless, therefore, it could be shewn, that the Stile
ciety had acted .vexatiously or oppressively, in, -bringnig per,
sons before the Courts, he: was at a loss to conceive.in- what
their conduct could be liable to exception. And lie had not obe
served, that in the particular ease before the House, any- vino-
tion or oppression had beensnaen charged against the -Soe
ctety, Having said thus much he should proceed to notice the
ease of the petitioner ; but he could not consent to treat it as a
distinct case, as the lion. Member wished, and without any re-
ference whatever to other cues. The case of,the petitioner wits
inseperable from that of her brother; whose sentence bed been
much severer than hers. 'l'he condutt of . Mary Ann Cathie
was only a part of the itystenottic course or blasphemy, • which
had long been pursued by her family, It was ,iniown to , the
'louse that the whole country bad been deluged with it by a
knot of wretches, of whom ltichard Carille was the chief: 'lns
*item the intimate connection between the-eats Of Alary Ann
Curlile and that at' herhoolter tend the-rest, he'ehould be tinder
the painful necessity of :•Intlictlog upon the 'louse a few pa.,
aages from the pubbeatione of tarlile ; lest he should take care
to avoid thoea which were of the greatest enormity. n'here were
tome altogether out of time coonnost course of blasphemy- and
were no- lees dreadful than disgusting. These heentetiltl' not
read ; for he • was sure there wee. no men in the Howe, tie :he
believed there .were few 6-qt of it, who would think thin .setelt
writings; should be read in a public asembly, without. One most
overwhelming necessity. The publication to: which he • would
call the attention of the Bowie. was the ninth number of. tine
"„Ilepublican," and was published-on the conviction of :tire.
Cathie, her husband itaieme, .been previously. eonvitited and
imprisoned. It stated, than.,' Mn'. Csalile buying been , con-
victed by the :Vice Suciety, the business of the Shop
in Fleet.street, would; for the . future, be • carried... on by
Richard Carlile's sister, for the benefit of the whole
family."—it added, " should the legal thieves 'mice-sod
in shutting tip ' the shop in Fleetestreet, and tints destroy-
one web, another can soon be weaved as strong, if. not *tronnt•r
titan the first. Half en hour will do the business it and it Shop
can soon be opened elsewhere.".-lle ',really. asked was rue
this an actual defiance of the law Pen(Clieers.)—How then could
the case of Mary Ann Cathie be judged eseepoin connection
with the former cases in lie; family ? .- It watt tint “ 11140 re:
- markable that the publications of Cathie were published from
his present place of sonfluentent ; and there wits litthi do;tht
that he remained .there, refusing, to pay his fines,, bee'seve
if he paid the tines, and ass •diecluirgeil, and went on pub,
!jelling, he • might, on a eecond, conviction, .be barna/eel
the countr3y of which he had proved himself .so unworthy.
-lie was under the necessity of .agaitt troubling. the nutlet.
with some passages - front the Repale/icann - Tha flonour4blu
Baronet then-read nassagev from the works of,-Cushion of, -if.e
meat infamous. deecription, and _called....upon the thenouridela
.Member for Aberdnett to say whethereif.there was-any cat* in
which the laws of the country ought to be opplied, tine was, one
in which they had been appeuled. tie with precipitancy, or with
a foolish, 'weak,. - and tnornid.sensibility..-Cilear„ hear' )ee fle
feared he: had trespasiedfrtoo Long .. upon, the Souse, but he had
thought proper to tinter thmefar into -the subject, of: tree peiie
tioni and ofvhat .liad fallen roan .the 11011. .141e0)bet,.beestueeit
formed an:antisipation of a debate that wae,h,treuttir to coke
lace, :anti,,becaitee of the, connexion which he tract with the
The A'r.TORNEV,GENV,Itent. did not mean to ennt.ronen
to, the attention of the Ihniee, because, aftet the epeeelt, and
statement -of .the; Han. llantlitit, he was confident that, there
could scarcely be: an individual teund in the House to.agrk
with the Hon...Menben m that the wale any-impropriety in .the
prosetiution 'or ;question... His par.ticulur object iti rising Wes
to notice the onstavations, which haul -been made upon tne eerie
duct .of thu dodges. The lion. Member fur Abittticen, had
chosen to spews :of that conduct its: pretty ,strong language,
and such as he believed:wino -hreapnlicable to -the cue, Pi.,
' had'. to•• complain of the .•tilikilller,i2l whieh J u does and Courts
were :malted itt that Hoetee upon the presentation of petitiene.
Nothing • could be 'nine-, unfair . than thieepractice,uneertis
the chiteacters -.of .thei tindixiduals whom it :ftdreted...,-(flehr,
hear; ;beav !).:«-With septa., to- -the...tight of. prosecuting
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offences of this mette re, ,it did not zest upon the AttornepAigne-
cal alone: .It would '-bet hard indeed it every ollinc.e-or such a
tlesCTiptiOO,desnaucied Atte ,i n tertnsen re of that officer. .It wan
tmilotitteilly.competent far. persons to fern thenteelvea into
sotieties,for that purpotte.• Aral ineleeti. 7 if . every vasse fell insets
-• she elnomeyetletteral, he'kurve...not the, individual who would
bu'equid tutlie task of undeeteking.thetn. Hi the t onght
:that ,this Society desetaati, and.wcultirevelve, thank.hits 0( .the
llouse, for themanota In which it-had diecharged aoinipeetsint
' a dirty. ,He :denied, that there hall been Any caste of peotteetie
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tion for a. tvaishabla discussion et'. religious questicip& .Ha
admit est 'hes atiresititeets we it which the 11 el• t Ale .',,t.."''.. bad tilled
upon the neOfteltreUelUito front _their ,nanii, .all 001.teuit,ri.tigAti
cieseonnecteet with, .this pastieulet _ eels. Meet.' when theytiew
',that' thiateas turf of...a' system for spreesieig blashenty and ~..int-
idtlity ,throultiOiat , they leoNtntry4_,and tcv iiejog • cvt II: tiling
which wouitt ntditatc against-the. Itit..lhatuitts tat sat arty,, tosy
were burins'tto view it its .esnieblontson won .the' pun/ .pants
of that , system - Thi». was 'ant a einnie, cane of offerstee- ,•
lot, brother of this oalortanoto - weatesio.insti tame: canine!
againernesiod twice jeeLifeeW The j,ust verngtatice of "Lc
laws, anti that eitsltt to! have operated as: a wsreingUt .f.i.r.
With respect to the conduct tst the-tudtmt at the ,tnei, nits
-women ntrue there induced te tie whet othciti head been led to do
before hernetuntiely, notice tins notek of &-tlefenee, t i reiternte
all ties blasphenaies.sthe had previously: publishtil. If thie ub
neereadmitted he•wonki agree with the lion. iNtemhvt• ttiat iun:h