Star.
London, England, 1830-06-05 00:00:00

FORGERY BILL

By eate.- extraordinary oversight, the names of Mr.
litou;•liam and one or two other zealous advocates for
tb, itoprovem--nt of our criminal code, were omitted in
ih. I.liblished list of the late minority of 116, on the
..ruendnient moved 24th May, by Sir James Mackintosh,
:add lost by the absence of only 16 Members. This
::tau ndment. it is to be recollected, went tc • lbolish the
punishment of death for forgery, and to substitute in
lieu thereof 14 years' imprisonment, with hard labour,
and occasional solitary confinemeet
We further learn, from the speech of Sir J. Mackin-
tosh. that these 14 years transportation with hard labour
were to Le succeeded by transportation ;,, - life. The
floe. Members, therefore, who composed this mot res-
pectable minority, cannot be charged with having failed
to provide a severt, and adequate punishment instead of
death : and as it is extremely desirable that their names
should be known to their constituents, we subjoin a cor-
rected list, together with the places for which they are
returned to Parliament, many of them for counties.
It is hoped that at the next division of the same
aniendment, expected to take place on the third reading,
Monday next, 7th June, there will be a large addition
to this honourable catalogue—for sure we are, that at the
next general election, few subjects will be found to have
taken such deep hold of the reflecting part of society, as
the needlessly sanguinary and unchristian character of
the criminal law of England.
MINORITY of 116, on Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH'. Motion
in the House of Commons, on the 24th May, IMO.
Acland, Sir Thomas
Althorp Lord .. Northamptonshire.
Anson,Hon. Geo Great Yarmouth.
Batley, H
Bayley, Col. ... •.. • Hedon.
Baring, Sir Thomas Wycombe.
Baring, B
Baring, F. _ Portsmouth.
Bell, hi.......... .. ... Northumberland.
Berna: R.. ..
Blandford, Marquis . ... . Woodstock.
Mammon, T ..
Brougham, H. .. lVinchelsea.
Buck, L. W .. Exeter.
Buxton, F. W............_ _ Weymouth.
Buller, C. .. Looe (West)
Browne, Jas.
Brownlow, Cha5............ Armagiishir
Byng, George
Bennett. John
Barclay, D. . Penryn.
Barlay, C
..•
Bentinck, Lord G. . . King's Lynn.
Carter, J. B.
Cavendish, Wm.
Chichester, Sir A Carrickfergus.: ,
Colborne, R. • • Horsham.
Crompton, Samuel
Caithorpe, Hon. A. G....... Hindon.
t'alrhorpe. Hon. F. 0 Bramber.
Corbett, P.
Clements, Lord..
Calvert, N
Calvert, Charles
Davies, COI.
Denison, W. J ... Surrey.
Dickinson, W. . Somersetshire.
Dundas, Sir Robt .... • Richmond
Dawson, Alex.
Easthope, John
Ebrington, Lord
Ewart, W.....:...
Ferguson, Sir R. C...... Dysart.
Fortescue, Hon. G.
Fyler, J. 8....
Grant, Robert
Graham, Sir James
Grattan, Henry • • Dublin (City)
..
Grattan, Jame 5....... .• Wicklow.
Guise, Sir W. But... Glocestershire. '
Gooch, Sir T.
Harvey, W.
Lineage, G. F.. Great Grimsby.
Horton, Right Hon. W Newcastle•underairts.
Howick, Lord .... ....
Huskisson, Right Hon. W Liverpool. „
Honywood, W. P. ......
Hobhouse, J. C. . Westminster.
Jephaon, C. D. 0. .. ..... ... Mallow.
King, Hon. R. Roscommon... Roscommonshire.
Kennedy, T. F
Kekewich, S. T.
Kemp, T. It— . Lewes. • x
Lawiey, Francis ......... _ Warwickshire.
Lennard, Thos. B. .....
Legge, Hon A. C. .. ......
Lushington, Dr.
Macauley, I'. B.
Marjoribanks, S.
Monck, J. B.
Morpeth, Lord Viscount lll orpeth.
Marshal, John ...
Ma at, Joseph
Martin, John .. . Tewksbury.
Milton, Lord..
Mackintosh, Ht. Hon. Sir Jas Knaresborough.
Nugent, Lord
O'Connell, Daniel ...
Ord, Wm. Morpeth.
Oxmantown, Lord
.Parnell, Sir Henry
Pannier, C. N.
Palmerston' Lord .. Cambridge (University)
Pendarvia, E. W...... ...... Cornwall.
Ponsonby, Hon. G...... Youghall.
Ponsonby, Hon. Wm. Poole.
Protberoe, Edward
Poynta, W. S.
Robinson, G. R. ..
Robinson Sir George
Ridley, Sir M. W. .....
Rice, T. Spring .. Limerick.
Russell, Wm.
.1
Russe11, Lord John
Itumbold, Chas. E.
&bright, Sir John
Slancy, R. A. :. Shrewsbury.
Shelly, Sir J.
Smith, Robert
.
Smith, William . Norwich.
Stanley, E. G.
Tennyson, C. ...... . Blechingly.
Townahend, Lord Charles
Talmaah, Hon. F..... Grantham.
Trent, W. H.
Villiers, J. H. ...... Heydon.
Wall, C. Baring •• Wareham.
Ward, John
Warburton, Hen. . Bridport. :
Whitmore, W. . Bridgenorth.
Western, C. C .. Essex.
Westenra, Hon. H. R....—. Monaghan.
Wiwi, Guides
Wood, Alderman . London.
Wynn, Right Hon. C. ..... Montgomeryshire.
Wynn, Sir W. W.
Wilson, Sir Robert . Southwark.
Wrottesley, Sir John ..
Teller. . ... .

Thomson, Poulett - Durham (County)
Paired off.

Attwood, M Cal ll' ngton.
Beaumont, T. W
Birch, Joseph
Cave, Otway
Davenport, E.
Minds', Hon. Thos. .. Richmond.
Ellis, lion. G. Agar
Gordon, Robt.
Hume, Joseph ....
Phillimore, Dr Yarmouth (I. W.
Power, R. . . Waterford. j •
Russell, Lord Wm— .. Tavistock.
Stanley, Lord .
Sykes, Dan.
Thompson, P. a .. Wenlock.
Wood, Sohn Prestos. '
Wyvill, M. .. ...... .„ ....... York..

THE WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC IN
STITUTION, LEICESTER-SQUARE, and Mr. OWEN.

The Committee of Management of the Western Lite-
rary and Scientific Institution in Leicester-square, soli-
cited Mr. Owen to deliver a Course of three Lectures,
on three succeeding Saturdays, the first to commence on
Saturday last. To this request Mr. Owen consented,
and on that evening, before a numerous attendance of
the Members, he delivered the first part of an Introduc-
tory Lecture, explanatory of the general outlines of the
system which he was about to recommend to be immedi-
ately introduced, to supersede the existing system of the
world, which is now productive of so much ignorance
and poverty, of want of charity and bad feeling, through-
out society. The Lecture was listened to with intense
interest ; net a murmur was heard from a single mem
ber, and it was throughout well received, and the an-
nouncement of the second part, to be delivered on do ,
Saturday following, was replied to with considerable tp-
probation. Late last night Mr. Owen received the fol-1
lowing letter :

" Western Literary and Scientific Institution,
47, Leicester-square, June 2, 1830.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Committee if Manage-
ment respectfully to acquaint yon that, according to the
plan of this establishment, neither religious nor political
subjects can be discussed in lectures delivered to its mem-
bers ; and, in conformity with this principle, which, until
last Saturday, has been scrupulously regarded, the Com-
mittee are incapable of admitting a continuance of your
lectures.

" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your very obedient servant,
" Robert Owen, Esq." " Thesis Sinuses, See."
To which he replied as below :
" Sir,-1 have received your letter of yesterday's date,
informing me that, according to the plan of the Western
Literary and Scientific Institution, neither religious nor
political subjects can be discussed in lectures delivered to
its members, and that in consequence of this fundamental
law, the Committee are incapable of admitting a conti-
nuance of my lectures.
The improvement and happiness of any people depend
upon these two subjects being thoroughly understood
among them; and as the principles on which they are
founded are yet little known to any population, it is to
be regretted that institutions intended for general instruc-
tion, and which might be rendered truly valuable to their
members, should be so shackled by the prejudices of our
forefathers as to be of far less use than they might be
made to be at the same expense and trouble to the indi-
viduals who form and support them. As, however, I
deliver no lectures for gain, or for any other consi-
deration than to benefit the public, and approving of the
decision of the Committee of Management to abide by
the fundamental laws of the institution until they shall
be 1.-gaily improved, I can only lament that those indivi-
duals who anticipated a continuation of my lectures in
the Western Institution on the two following Saturday
evenings, should be disappointed.
In removir this evil as much as it is in my power, the
members of the Western Literary and Scientific Insti-
tution shall be admitted by their own tickets to my next
Sunday morning lecture, at No. 2, Leicester-place, Lei-
cester-square, when I will conclude the subject in which
they appeared to take so deep an interest, which I com-
menced on Saturday evening last ; and I request the
Committee of Management will permit this letter to be
read immediately before or after the lecture to be deli-
vered in the Institution this evening, as my apology for
the non-fulfilment of my promised engagement, with
thanks to the Committee of Management and yourself for
the judicious arrangement made for my lecture, and at-
tention to me on Saturday evening.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
49, Bedford-square, June 3. ROBERT OWEN.
This statement is given to prevent disappointment on
the part of those persons who wish to attend my lecture
at the Western Institution on Saturday next, and to pre-
vent any misunderstanding of those proceedings on the
part of the public. Whoever is in error, truth will ulti-
mately prevail.