The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-14 00:00:00

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LIBERATION OF JOHN THORO-

GOOD.

TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sift,—As I know nothing of the practices of
the Ecclesiastical Court, except its power to keep
me in prison, for doing nothing, within its unholy
rhetinas, till the day of my death, it has broken
e monotony and desolation of my prison hours,
to read in the newspapers, which kind friends have
',eta, the account of the amusement the Registrar,
the Queen's Advocate, and the Judge—the cele-
brated Dr. Lushington, have been making for
themselves.
I have been trying, with all my poor skill, to
a.seertain who set them to work, but cannot for the
life °f me see any object the three worthies had in
shiew, except to spend a little tune in praising the
eaPness of their own wares, by trying to throw
believed
in the eyes of the public, and causing it to be
PiVieved that the famous Act is of any use. The
cegistrar reported that the bill of costs, in the case
Bd. John Thorogood for contempt, was 16/. 13s.
Tk He don't say that any one set him to work.
"e Queen's Advocate, in the course of a long
al4:ech, is reported to have said, that the whole
mount of
costs is 93/. lls. 4d., but that the
0 Costs actually incurred in his Christian Court are
i
15/. 16s. °d.—only 16/. for placing a man
prison, taco has never taken a single step of re-
sistance
its un-Christian practice! Dr. Lush.
,ligt°li seems to have taken some considerable
encumbered
to get rid of the job, which appears to have
the
the legal heads, both of himself and
the Queen's Advocate ; they seemed afraid lest
their Court should have the trouble of enforcing
so:cr'sts incurred in the Courts of Law, but after
the amour
wriLlgling he came to the decision, that when
other for
of two rates—one for ss. 6d. and the
e for 3s. Bd.—were paid, together with the
I,:iStS> as taxed by the Registrar, that then I might be
au°eased. My purpose, in troubling you, Sir, is to
be, w me to say to the public that I never heard
rat°l'e that I was detained for more than a ss. 6d.
e
's-1 never had notice of any process being
taken
for any other. And as to their cheap costs
their only 16/. !—I urge my friends, wherever
e','eY 'nay be found, never to pay one farthing of
then- one rate or the other ; and for their costs, I
ria4l confident that none but the greatest enemy to
t e and the principles I entertain—which I am de-
°rTin"), by God's grace, to stand on till death—
:l- ever either pay one or the other ; either rate,
tore°sta, or any such thing. I trust I can say I
o(u° my life as nothing compared to the idolatry
ctsPaYing to what I believe to be a most un-
christian Church.
wilietween Lord John Russell and the Duke of
,t,be relief , l
ellingtonit is now plain we have got a Bill for
Dissenters," which provides that after
loPei.son has been or ttventy-two months, or any
linger !bile, in prison, for refusing to pay ss. 6d.,
be na be liberated on the payment of the rate
..na 161.!
Who does not see in this the humanity, as well
g 4 the wisdom, of our rulers ?
1 am, Sir, your obliged servant,
JOHN 'I'HOROGOOD.
Chelmsford Gaol, Nov. 12.

(coPv.)
13, Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Nov. 12.
ti ,14,-1 beg leave to inform you that, by this
aY 8 post, I have- sent to the gaoler, or keeper, of the
&a°l 01 Chelmsford, a warrant for your relea3e from
aTPrisonment. It is right, however, that I should,
:the same time, appiise you that I am only an
a ttl'ent in this matter, and not at liberty to disclose
the name of the party who, by means of paying
e costs, &c., of the suit against you, has been
Your deliverer on this occasion.

I am, air, your obedient servant,
G. SOWRAY.
To M. John Thorogood, Gaol, Chelmsford.

tiLeicestershire to wit—l, Sir George Joseph Palmer,
rt, sheriff of the county aforesaid, to the keeper of the
gaol
c'
L f the said county, and also to Joseph Dent, my '
• ti;'ffigreeting. By virtue of a writ of our Sovereign Lady
Re Queen, to me directed, reciting that Herbert Jenner
Doctor' of Laws, official principal of the Arches '
.‘4 t of Canterbury, lawfully constituted, had signified to
„t" Majesty that one William Baines. of the Market-
place, in the borough of Leicester, hatter and hosier, a
the
and inhabitant of the parish of St. Martin, in
,
said borough of Leicester, in the county of Leicester,
'lss manifestly contumacious, and contemned the jurisdiction
‘4tl authority of the law and jurisdiction ecclesiastical, in
Tobejing the lawful commands to pay, or cause to be
1444 I.? m. Fox, the proctor of William Jolly and Wm.
the Berl
churchwardens of thesaid parish of St. Martin,
4141,,7410f 9/ and 5s of lawful money of Great Britain rated
znon,
,se ' "ed upon him, and the sum of 1251 and 3s. of lawful
their Ybejf Great Britain, being the amount of costs on
nitio" elf, duly taxed and moderated, pursuant to a mo-
my
an(' m
1 issued under seal of the said Arches Court,
-,.11.' Y
~4nd personally served on him, the said William
Areh, '"r that purpose. rd duly returned into the said
lion tae,s Court,
with
a ceitincate and affidavit of theoeexer ofcu-
L "ereof of the said Herbert Jenner, Knight, Doctor
t rhA Official P'' • ci al of the Arches Court of Can-
car—u'y aforesaid, lawfullyp authorised, by not paying,
eau,ir,
-g to be paid, to the said William Fox,
13:rril;r°ctor of the said William Jolly and William
4 ge, the said sums of 21. and 55., and 125/. and
13;4: lawful money of Great Britain, pursuant to the said
a4:l7,l'°n. on dy d hour now long past, in a certsin
°r businaessa-ofansubtraction of Church-rate, depend-
Ip
1 before the said Herbert Jenner, Knt., Official Prinecoi-f
lett the said Arches Court, in judgment, by noticd
%oilers of
request from the Worshipful Christopher Ho g-
p 'Masterof A Commissary of the Right Rev.
miler Arts, • •
Lir", in Cod, John, by divine permission, Lord Bishop of
fullin, in and for the Archdeaconry of Leicester, Law....
Y constituted between the said William Jolly and Wil-
M4anirt.lie'ridg. Churchwardens of the said parish of St.
arc • o,in the borough of Leieester, in the county,
trlell-c4"nrY rn and comissaryship of Leicester, in the
Pattiet,f Lincoln,and province of Canterbury, the
ene Promotiug the said cause or business of the
ke; Part, and the said William Baines, of the Mar-
ter ..14,ce• in the borough of Leicester aforesaid, ha!d-
pai"," hosier, parishioner and inhabitant of the. said
or basin'" St. Martin, the party against whom this said cause
p (~,iess was promoted on the other part, and that the
trZ,-`euitigs therein were carried on in pain of the contu-
tho'Y a the said William Baines, duly cited to appear in
q-e",,4ilicl cause or business, and also duly cited to see pro-
-,'"nis's thereon with the usual intimation, but in nowise
dl",ing nor would he submit to the Ecclesiastical ju-
e'ret',?n• I command you and every of you, jointly and
8\17,,,-1,11.. that ye attach, or one of you attach, the said
147,1!)4ines by his body,until he shall have made satisfaction
thi,"'e said contempt, and how you shall have executed
the rr'Y warrant, make known to me, so that I may notify
rla„ 8441 e unto our' Sovereign lady the Queen, on the 1 lth
tic' or January next, wheresoever her said Majesty shall
see," be in England, and in nowise omit this. Thereof
11
,not at your peril.
"iven under the seal of my office, the 13th day of No-
vember, in the year of our Lord 1840
(By the same Sheriff )

ImitsED,
1, Christopher Musson, Governor of the Gaol in and for
the county of Leicester, do hereby certify that William
Baines, the within.named defendant, was brought into my
custody on the 13:11 day of November instant, and is de-
tained in by virtue of a warrant, of which the within is a
true copy,
Dated this 13th day of November, IS3O.
C. MUSSON, Governor.