Star.
London, England, 1823-03-27 00:00:00

Tether than tell a lie. Rethought thatahe 'priaseea-f.a4;
inp of opinicwas like these onte-served to givetheerr
.thobe notoriety,'' and more value in the eyes of the
public. He was cortsinced that if been for
the indiscreet conduct of certain &defies. in pmitecu-
Ling. Carlile and .lals, eonnexiont. that- faasilrwould
never have acquired-alit noterieta• by. which it was
at present distinguished—tfleo). '
Ma. Mk% star greitt efaof those pehli-
cotions Was•.:4l)it took Oritltainibed tka eilistatled the
faith of those who had not tin* ernropertivnity toela-•
mine and Cl:Marna :thefts-selves in the truth. The law
of this country protected the lower orders from seth :A
attempts, that they might not be-deprived of the cent
solutions of religion. He shoeld be wanting-in his •
duty if be did not avow, if any blame were due feveme
continuing this woman in confinement. th.actie way.,
distinctly attachable to himself. His• Right -Hoag.-
Friend, (the Attorney, ,General) did not want -her tai
admit that she no longer believed in the doctrines sire=
had maintained: the part of the sentence requiring'
her to find securities for good behaviour impiied
necessity of contrition ; but it appeared that she re-
fused both the legal and the metal security which
might be taken iu litu of it. if the case of Mare .
Ann Carlile
_had stood by itself, tfie-Crowe might
have been justified in-mtending to ber its mercy; bat •
it was mere sephfsag end delusion to pretender sup-
pose that it was an individual case; it was part of a
combination to comhat, and, if possible, to triumph
over the laws, and. to" attack religion for the sake of
pecuniary emolument. The Right Hon. Gentleman
referred to the prosecutions of and sentences upon
It. Carlile, Mrs. Carlile, and Mary Alin Carlile, in
1819, 1820, and 1821, to shew that the• whole was-a
conceited plan. lie contended further, that the sen- •
tence of the Coen wis nothing like a eentence of per-
petual imprisonment: Mary Ana Carlile had ice
fused to pay the fine imposed ; and as soon as she luta
endured an imprisonment that might be deemed equi-
valent to the fine, if he continued in the office he now
had the honour to hold, he shoeld advise the Crnitin
to act towards her upon the same principles that go-
verned its discretion in other cases.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT complimented the At-
torney-Genetal and the Hon. Member fet Devonshire
(Sir T. Acland) upon the ingenuity they had dis-
played in keeping out of view various topics im-
portant to the case, but which it might have been in-
convenient for them to notice. The object was, by
an act, not so much of mercy as of justice, to relieve
an unfortunate woman whose further sufferings conid
be of no avail to the ends of public justice—(Hear.
hear).—The continuance of her imprisonment could •
only have the effect of exciting sympathy, while the
remission of it might afford Ministers an opportunity
of withdrawing from an unseemly contest with the
Carlile family. He hoped, that all Englishmen would
here leave out of consideration all matters of religious
opinion, and look upon this case as oae of gloss and
cruel oppression. He agreed fully in all that had
been said by the Hoiteurable Member for Portar_iing-
ton (Mr. Ricardo),. and was cor
the dishonesty, but of the fluilitv
to subvert opinion by acts of
man, no friend' of justice, no Ai
Clsrist:an religion, could sancti
'ions for religious tenets. Did chi
Gentleman who spoke last, forget
glen :was blasphemy -once—(11(
very AUTHOR of the Christian f
by a course of the same reaseni
Attorney-General and the Hoi.
Devon had maintained ?—(Hear
recollect that in former times '
childish prejudices had exposek
clifing their opinions to the mt
cutions? The very last idea diro
Hon. Gentleman on the subject
ought to be expressed by the objects
was worthy only of the Grand I.
from the mouth of such an Or
might well be expected, bet it
a Minister of Gieat Btitain.
General lie had looked onti•for wi
dolue, au virtue was the motto
it was proverbial that the weak[
they endeavoured to make up
strength of lungs and vehement
Among other things he
,had at._
knew a Jury influenced in its verdi
by Whith it was to be folloser
have been in a Court of Crimii
hour without knowing thatJuri
,influenced. Sir W. Blackstone,
admitted it; and Sir 8. Remi
deprecated the needless rieverit'
`forced it. The Right Hon. an
with an astuteness peculiarly I
.all mention of the etiormeus
'claim to justice, not to Mercy,
hantired pounds Were require(
worth five hundred pence! W
there was anything like justice
linquish so infarnctos a 'fine was

*ice to be besought upott the
tin,, to say nothing of rooted
it 'was hardly so.beeipecteii tl
in king and so deeply taffeting,
of mend to express it, 'The Itit
Peel) had given the strongest
whylstich prosecutions should not'
by ElOverwment or by Societies.
nioOtrous inflictions upon the •
and yet whit effect had they ,
He (Sir.F. Burdett) had alwar
of punishment was.to prevent
'contrition. The offence here
delicti, nothing that tame witliL
The Legislature &Mid 01*y-deal-with.
and it was the mdst detestable'.
pel men to stifle opinions honestly
defied the learned Attorney-Ger
blasphemy was ; he could not.even.
was ; and thk was in truth the,
knew whey he had, or when be
an offence. For the fiat cricr,
be awarded; for the second, .
third, perhaps death ; and even
ran the hazard of the second,
otAuaily• been deemed guilty
however, that the sentence was
life; not that Maty Ann Cail
or find the security; but it
,sufe of the frown. . But
insin °per, mere oncomtionichial,

should dere%
Right • Hterusurs
ivben&rer he titoi
expiate&—whene
five hundred pours
taken out of tho
soon as she had I
tem of the most
torture was there
ing destruction I
mind?) then he
the Crown to give
At what period w
long was the Rig]
'office? Was he
the next Minister
-not think that
'enough? Snell a
....and without adve
".it down without
fallen from the Hi
the Vice Society.
that it commence
thought all its p:
slay-General asks
proceed ex-officio i.
a Grand Jury ? I
Terence, that when
together like the V
made a common
stuck company, to
in the country.
nion, it was high
spiracies, which
• professed to prevei
Mr. PEEL expl;
to say that cot-antic
disclaimed any sun
the Hon. Baronet
their fines? Were
life ?—(Mr. 1101311(
side said across, d
!used
grievously:o pa sye, vuer,
aes.
charged ? If so, vet
at the end of the rx
SirTRANCIS I 3
i stood the Right Hot
could not interpose
out some expression

Mr. WILIARFCI
Suppression of Tic
suppressing blasphe
'hiding them from
only free county
the defence of r
Athens, at Rome
tew, tribuastis exit
les of religion an
public and prirat
-ces against pub
yes, the grcatoi
was so small
,m and expel
,ting for tiro
ig his priin
that a bod
lciples of law
morals shoull
leclare, that
of Hume,
\ye defence
1 reason of
unity, east

in their nai
--(Cheers).—.Dr. Pa
deemed it no i
tin the cirl
mockery on
'against true
ludicrous in)
place; they wl
• the passion
S►ilberforci

ussion. From f
- come off
stains Which i
iti Idefeuct
at the detest
Society for the
doubt oboe
.wo times th;
the courts of
caned of soca
nvight be•
difficult to delis
:ctffence :should
Su oprossiOn of
enforcing the K
leaborough, Mr. J
'Justice Skinner
for the peat
. that it had
.eulogised by. Jo
; favour.. The I
warmly upon th
centre of al
Upon this g
power, the attacl
believe me,
for your coast
,er do. better i
' sacred anc
-. sat down.an
Ilan MUM E; is lac:
'Suppression of 'V
caltidh it.pretetu
'- had been 4
Law, eeeil
had convic
. —List as the
•audisidasalspressad
sppose'a system
the, suffering
.ratite Blackstm
waw-fer diversity of
was contras-)
civilfopedom
and such th
'But was this
-r7'601,.. ?riot( of Vic
'nor.) The I
Anaatalepv but be woo
sten oppoiyx. aulbe.
Plaint Of ivatvAviOA
puttiiag dowy

!.r imprisonment could efuding---1
sympathy, while the the only
clusters an opportunity -for the dt
eemly contest with the a• t Athens
all Englishmen would anew, tri
all matters of religious 'ciples of
Ise as one of gloss and :all public
fully in all that had so' ffences a
Umber for Portariing- •quences,
:onvinced not only of of each w,
ity of all these attempts : the odium
violence. No hottest • .vidte,,i at
iineere believer in the , gratifying
etion criminal l rosette. • advisable
i the Right Honourabistv , the princi
rget that his own relitic..: public me
Hear, hear)—that the • frankly di
faith was put to death.. litation
lning as that which the:. • other grai
lonourable Member fon_ sense and
Fear, henry.—Did he not:. ,of Christi;
es the most absurd and.;. 'iritmortad
Iced men honestly de- .—(Cheers
most scandalous perm. " he deen
In-own out by the Right to restrai
ct of the contrition that and •tnoe,
objects of punishment equally a
nd Inquisitor of Spain: duced luc
Officer, such language have. plac
it ill became the lips of but to ti
From the Attorney- He (Mr. 1
r what he had heard—.au discussion
to of his profession, and always
aker their case the more those stall
p for its deficiency by d .errorr of
ence of action—(Neer). .• looked at
asserted, that he never the isociet
verdict by the sentence have no d
wed, when he could not Thirty-Lw
ninal Justice for half ai before the
tries were•perpetually had it (a 1
le, in his Vommenthries, tataty, roll
malty, -and -all irho hat} wardifeci
.ity of .the 144 ea‘ that tlffein
Ind Learned Gentian:a, the Suppr
y his own, had aft:Oka for color c
Is fine upon *kith the • leahoroog
cy, mainly rested. 'Fiie Chief Just
iced from a person ncie Skiety fu
Would he pretend due The fact t
ce in that ; tur, that to se. • and Auks
was an act of mercy I inits Eso.
le knees ? As' to -Coati. fel& warns'
d conviction-of °pion)°, cayman/A c
I shit a party so blond, manes t
slieinld be in a sate • ilh power,
Bight Hon. Gentleinae Aind be
congest possible roam " that fm,
d not be promoted eithar ems sewer
ties. He had detailed da the, lead
e whole family of Carlile, -Umber a
y produced ?—(ifeer-l-r 2111‘
ay s heard that the a 1! 'PeSupirri
nt crime-not 110 441010. 'Chie.f V.44d
Vialiaw 1-
-e charged had no.ancr
ith in the scope of &gist, ad •
deal-with human Eliot they I
le of all slaveries to ow may. as 1
onestly entertained.. ik sidaml
,General to =Want sit 'Oll !pre.
lotegr,ev:ort.decalen.
ths4Mtba.Zial.:
I he had not, tam uperfeidf
in-e, imprisonment '' • • line.
I, transportation; 77,11444
even he -(844.-alleedo 4-41rdner, a
id, because he hats? ...bleat. lati
ty of a libel. It• svas.
nti Progfa
?W.
was not imprisoannania
'
cLepended upen-tile. ..""nateppoa,
t 'what could bc '
„., int of
rtisKtal,tfiCkn that aw moat ja pu,
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