The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-18 00:00:00

COLLINS AND LOVETT.

" Birmingham, May 5, 1840.
" MY DEAR is with a mixture of sorrow
and of pride, that I write to inform you, that our
friends Lovett and Collins are still in Warwick Gaol.
They were offered their liberty if they would agree to
return quietly to their homes, without any display of
feeling on the part of the people. This they nobly re-
fused ; but it is expected by some that their tyrants
will give way in a few days

" Yours, truly,
" To Mr. Ross." " WILLIAM CARDO."
There is but three months' imprisonment to run, al.
though they have to fulfil the whole term of tbeir im-
prisonment ; on the expiry of which, we shall have
them on a triumphant tour through the kingdom, stir-
ring up the spirit of Chartism to tenfold energy, and
eliciting the heartfelt adoration of the millions for whom
they have toiled and suffered. Had they been liberated
unconditionally at the present time, we may mention,
th at itwas intended to have them down to Glasgow on
the 21st of the present month, being the anniversary of
the day on which the standard of Chartism wat raised
in Scotland in 1838. They might, indeed, have been
at liberty on conditions precluding them from paying
such a visit; but their noble souls, strong in conscious
rectitude, convinced of the purity of their principles and
conduct, disdained to accept a mock liberty trammelled
with such condition, and consequently they as yet remain
in prison.--Scots Times.

INDICTMENT AGAINST MR. ABEL HEY-
woon.—Pu BLIC MEETING.—A public meeting, convened by
placard and advertisement, was held in the Hall of Science,
Camp Field, on Wednesday evening last, " for the purpose of
expressing their opinions on the prosecution of Mr. A. Hey-
wood, bookseller, Oldham-street, and for adopting such mea •
sures in reference to his case as the meeting may thiek proper."
There were probably about a thousand persons present. A Mr.
Higginbottarn was called to the chair. Mr. Templeton, the re-
porter for the Manchester Times, stated that',lVlr. Prentice
had been obliged to go down to Scotland on urgent business,
where he had been detained for some days: and not having yet
returned, he, (Mr. Templeton) was requested to state this,
and, if he thought proper, to move the resolution. He then
spoke at some length on the absurdity of any attempt of the
Government to control men's theological opinions; of the in-
justice of prosecuting any one for holding any particular opinion,
or publishing the opinions of others. He concluded by moving
" That this meeting conceives it to be the right of every indi-
vidual to print and publish hie opinions on theological subjects ;
and that any interference with this right is a gross violation of
the liberty of the subject, injurious to the best interests of
society; and that any Government offering prosecutions for
opinion's sake, is unworthy of popular support.' —Mr. Warren
seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr.
Elijah Dixon moved the next' resolution. The pamphlet
advised them to burn the Bible, but he should never burn
his, and he would advise them not to burn theirs. He
then contended at some length, that the prosecution
in question was not in accordance with the spirit of the Gospel,
but against it ; and that the prosecution was not against Mr.
Heywood as an indidual, but against a class, and was insti-
tuted to keep up the already-overgrown power and possessions
of the Church, as by law established. He moved, " That this
meeting condemns, in the strongest language possible, the pro-
secution which has be.'n commenced against Abel Heywood,
bookseller and publisher, and hereby pledge themselves to assist
him, to the utmost of their power, in trying this great and
important question." An operative, named Leech seconded
the resolution. James Smith spoke in support of it, and read
the passage in the pamphlet, in respect of which the indictment
had been preferred, which, he contended, was not blasphe-
mous; and if it were, Mr. Heywood ought not to have been
prosecuted for it, as he merely sold it in the ordinary course
of trade. The resolution was carried.—A Mr. ROSS moved
the appointment of a committee, " to collect and receive sub-
scriptions, and otherwise to adopt such measures •as are best
calculated to further the object in view." The resolution was
seconded by a Mr. Goddard, and, like the others, unanimously
carried. All the speakers, with the exception of Smith, de-
clared that they were not Socialists, expressed their disappro-
bation of the sentiments contained in the pamphlet, and said
the principle they contended for was, that no man ought to
be prosecuted for his theological opinions, whatever those opi-
nions might be.—Manchester Guardian.—(The prosecution
against Mr. Heywood is, we believe, for the same publication
as Mr. Cleave has been punished for.)
POST-OFFICE PENNY LABELS.—It may prove
an awkward thing to give or lend a penny label to a neighbour,
as it subjects the party to be seized forthwith by the collar
and lodged in gaol. By the 2d and 3d Vic., c. 52, sec. 8, the
rates denoted by the labels or covers are to be deemed stamp
duties, and the paper impressed with postage stamps is sub-
jected to all the regulations, pains, penalties, and clauses, con-
tained in the Acts relating to stamp duties. The labels are,
thereflov., therefore, under the protection of the statute 3 and 4 Wil-
liam c. 97, by the 12th clause of which, it any person
shall hawk or carry about for sale any stamped paper, " or shall
utter or offer for sale or exchange, at any house, shop, or place,
other than the house or shop in which he shall reside, or bona
fide carry on his trade or business, any stamped paper," he
shall forfeit 201., and any man may apprehend him. He may
be further fined 20/. for selling stamps without a license, and
thrmer may have all the penalty, at the option of the
Commissionersinformer
of Stamps. By the same Act, if any person
sh fraudulently get out of, or discharge from any stamped
paper any matter or thing thereon written, printed, or ex-
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pressed, he shall be adjudged felony, and be liable
shall ksamen Punishment
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possession of," any stamped paper, from which any matter or
thing shall have been fraudulently erased, cut, scraped, dis-
charged, or gotten.
THE JEWS' PASSOVER BREAD.—Several
meetings have recently been held by the Jews at the east-end
of the town, for the purpose of forming a friendly association
to obtain cheap Passover bread. It appears that, during the
late Passover, much dissatisfaction had been expressed by
many respectable Hebrew families, by both the scarcity sod
dearness of the bread prepared for the occasion. It seems
that the wheat is selected with great care by the High Priest,
and is ground with considerable ceremonial at one or two
mills in the vicinity of Stratford, and the flour is afterwards
taken to town and made into Passover cake under the superin-
tendence of the officers of the Great Synagogue, by bakers of
quantity made this_d.
a year, fell
sufferers the Jewish persuasion. The
pound
to Is. The poor among the Jews the
monopoly, as they were not able in the first
so far short of the demand that the price
were rose
the fsruoffmer
l
such offence
in a large stock, and the circumstance has given
instance to lay
that an association has been formed with the view of preventing
its recurrence.
Lord Viscount Duncannon did not dine on Sa-
at Lambeth Palace, on account of the dangerous illness of Sir
Arthur Paget.