The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-30 00:00:00

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THE BISHOP AND THE SOLDIER.

It is only by degrees that the circumstances belong-
ing to this affair can be brought to light; because, at the
beginning the usual epos course was mot pursued. We
are going to lay before oar readers an instance of the
natural coasequescea of this affair not hating been as
public as other affairs brought before the Magistrates
of Police. It is eery well kerma, that there me Re-
porters regularly sent to the police °Ross ; that we
have day after day, and every day, am-ousts, motif*.
ing the precise description of the several offences; the
names of the parties especially ; the names of persons
becoming bail; the grosnds upon which the Magis-
trates decide; and lo short, a clear sad satisfactory
laccount of the whole of the proceedings. This Is very
useful to the public; because it puts honest men twos
their guard against the machinations, sod, as far as
the task is performed with impartiality it has the be-
nefit of producing a cheek to vice by the dread of ex-
posure through the means of the press; and thee it is,
that, in this respect, the press would he the guardian
of public morals ; it would be what it eisllse itself, if it
were honestly to do its duty.---1/ We same* of At
parties were supp d in this case; why there were
no Dames of the Bail ; why the amount of the Hail even
was not kunon for tome time but from rumour ; teltg
all this was in this ease, we shall not, and we need not,
give Ourselves the trouble to endeavour to find out.—
We now come to what appears to hare taken place
yesterday at Marlborough•street.
We take it from the Morning Chroniele of to-Jay ;1
and, a bile we really see it with pleasure, and with
equal pleasure give publicity to it, we cannot help ex-
pressing our admiration of the minuteness of the
Shining (*bionic& here, cohtraeted with the seven
lines of obscurity to which it treated us relative to the
prlatipoi affair.

" MARLOOROI:OII.STRSST,--XINDICATION Of CnA•
" RACTSIt.—A caseof felony in which Messrs. Adolphus
" and Alley were engaged. has been disposed of—the
" latter drew a Sunday Newspaper from his pocket,
" which contained the Co:lnning paragraph, bearing
" to be copied from an Evening Paper (his STAIRS-
" max), of Saturday :
" In. the .meanwhile, look at the Bishop's 'bit,
" which, according to an iteconot, published in
" our paper of yesterday, by Mr. Shrrief PARYJNI..
" and signed with his name. is even lees than that
" which we bad before read in the Obscreer. Mr.
" PARKINS states the ball to have been only 5001.,f,,.
" She Bishop himself, and two sureties in 250/. eac, !!!
" Hut, wily have we not, se in other cases, the 114flit*
"of the " tiro tradesmen"? Were they " trades-
" men"? We do not believe it. We have heard to
' the contrary. We have heard that owe of the bei!
" belonged to a profession, not usually very (nJ of
" becoming bail. Flowerer, ell most crone opt sit last."
44. 2fr. ellley addressed Air. Net on the flagrant at-
" tack halide on himself or a respectafde attorney by
" whom be was employed, by the insiaaation contained
" in the above paragraph, which it was impossible an.
" man could read without supposing that one or the
" other had been ball on theuccasion alluded ut, by the

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" words marked hii itelies. The Learned Cestasel era
quested of Mr. Deer. the Clerk, soil Offieers wit. Vete
present, is state Whether there was any foundation for
"such report. or whether it had originated with thee?
" The answer to whirti was, certainly n A. Mr. Alley
" took leave distinctly to say. that the person with whoa
" the report originated. be he who he mar. was a liar.
" a slanderer, end a coward; a base and ittfarricire ram-
"ard. who had asserted a felsehond behind kis hack,
" which be dared not attempt in his presence. Mr. Alley
" observed, that it was • crier' thief', that being called
" spa in the nasal war by • most respectahle attorney,
" to attend professionally for it bad man, Is. should be.
" come an object of malignant slander. Ile was net
conscious of having deviated from his usual practice ;
" that it was against the etiqnette of the profession to
" become bin for a client, and be declared upon his ho-
" sour that he had never bailed a man in his lite, and on
" the occasion alluded to, bad any one aslccd such a
" thing, hr should have spit in hit face. On the charge
" berme been established for the misdemeanor, h..
" sobmitted that the defendant was entitled to bail with.
" out any anomie* lo the automat. He believed that
" Sheriff Parkins bedews participation in the declaration
" stated, although the writer spoke in the plural
" throughout. Mr. Cobbett, he was Warmed, was the
" avowed Rditar of the Evening Piper. lie was not
" aware he bad ever done ea miskindosess to Also, nor
"could lie even have incurred his displeasure as a pod-
" tiro! opponeat, as be never interfered in politics, and
" he was surprised that he should have lent himself to
" so unjust and unwarranted& an attack.
" Mr. DTER observed. that Mr. Alley enntistated hie-
" self upon the occasion. with that delicacy and pro.
0 priety he Lad ever observed in him, and he was sorry
0 so may ebservatioas unfounded in truth should bare
found their way into the Newspapers. The Marls-
.' trate observed that he bad ow apology cosmetic. and be
0 considered inlay of the observations as having orient-
ed in ignorance nr malice in those whew* disposiths
" it was to attack the public institutions and comtileted
** authorities of the country."
Such are the consequences of leaving things to re-
inner I If the reporters if the papers of Sunday as!
Monday Moralag had been disposed to do their duty,
which we dare say they were. and hail also had the
usual opportunity of obtaining correct loformaties, all
Ibis vehemeace of protestation in the way of viadicaties
of aaaaa er, as the Morning Chronicle calls it. woald
have been spared. In the absence of the usual infer.
'nation, rumour would necessarily be at work. Aed
every body knows• that rumour is given to magnify,
to disfigure and misrepresent. Great eantioe is to be
observed in the case of rumour ; but, in an affair s•
interesting to the public it is the Jety of a joursalist
to state with becoming caution even what be gathers
froze rumour. when the way is completely barred
positive information. Had the names of the bail bees
published In the usual way, rumour could have dose
no mischief. Not only was that not done, however,
but even now it is not done, In this pollee repwt;
though that publication now appeared to have be-
come absolutely necessary.
As to the terms liar. slenderer, and infirmens ewe.
aid, applied to the person with whom the supposed
allegation originated, perhaps it could be iallaitely
more difficult to find that person than it would be to
find the Bishop himself. We should suppose Mr. At.
LET to be in error as to his conjectures all droves.
as we know him to be is error with regard We Ms
fact which be states oo borrowed information. Not
it is very certain, that Benefit, and net injury has
arises from list *apposed allusion in the STATESMAN.
I Nsifeader will believe that that allusion could law
been hatehed by the Editor. Every reader ~past be
'petaled diet it a from rammer ; end is it not meek
bvtir. that the explanation should have takes plate.
than that rumour should go en working its way?
The Old Ti iota, (very noisy now) takes occasion to
tell more than the Chronicle tells ; it says that our
gentleman present "termed COUSETT a whisk:Ws
" dealer its lies." Pnor Old Times would faie maks
something of this if it could. It cement. It bites
against a file. The Old Times gives a different rep
elan from the Chronicle; the Chronicle says that Mr.
&LET said, that. if any one Lad asked him to be bail
spat this occasion be should have spit in Ala
The Old Times says. that Mr. ALLEY said, that "it
" any one had asked Wm to bail that trefortaastie
geistlrwan be should have refused with inelignstios."
Now, who is to know which is the true version of
what passed at the Police-office. We believe neither
of the reports. One uf then, most be false; but, ere
give them. as nearly as we are able, with the row*
that we have to dispose of. The .Mor,iimg Ckro..irie
says that Mr. 'Neu said, that many of the remarks
which had been published be considered " as bolsi
" originated in ignorance or malice in those whose die
" position it was to attack the public institutions sod
" constituted astLorities of the country"! Wrier
What a pity ! What a acandalous dog that most be
who can have a disposition to attack " the envy cf
" surrounding nations and ad-nleatlon of the world:•
bee, the Old Timex makes Mr. DTea say nesach thin;
as this, or. rather, it makes Lieu say a great deal mon:
for it makes him say, that the party. who bad writtee
the paragraph complained of could be actuated by
other n.e:ire than that of oi•c: tht arcing the estal•g•
authorities of t fie twat, and that, " this lau... •
" able t ties bad *yen used as A handle for
" feeting, as far as possihle, that wish"` This h
precisely what we foreia,v, and what we us clearly pr,
dieted on Tbnrsday lest. We differ, however. in el:.
nion, very widely from Mr. Dvcu ; and we think, that
we have done nor host to pisoluce such a feeling it
tha pubiir, anal such comluet in the Government, as
are likely to p e, anti our to overthrow, the esti-
blished •uthatities of the coo v Dun si:l
please to recoil et. that, when w.. rook the affair up
the some of the Bishop eos n.f and that, a
course, public sospiel ts.i.st. 1.,,d it not been fur as.
!um continued to ranee a1..1,11 Alumni:at the tkliGte
itmcli. Ile will bave the g ',was to atwollact, that
it was bare Pea ice to the rest vf the Wallops to 01°'
he party. Ile will ale.. reeoller, that if toe Bail bvi
•tecu Named, as is gra ru:ly the c.sr, and aloof

se affair of importance, there could have bees sothisg
for rawer to have worked os.
The Old Times tell es that Mr. Doss said, that it
was contrary to all rule to give up Me sasses of the
be We know that we daily read the masses of Bail ;
sod we have sever beard of such s rule as this before.
The Old Times tells as apes its own authority, that the
Bail are both persoss esereisigg stseehseical Trades.
Bat the Old Times does not save the Bail, e►en yet.
We bad letters seat to as, yesterday, explaining the
rireametances under which these tradesmen became
bail. Oat these Letters are asesysoue t and we
would advise the parties themselves to come forth and
espial& those circumstances is poise. They, however,
will do es they please about this matter.
In the meanwhile, let us do, as far as we eats, pe-
tite to the Government, and particularly to Mr. Pmw
la another part of our paper we have i serted an arti-
cle from the New Time:, which we cannot bat look
upon as demi•offcial, and on which we shall have fur-
ther to remark another time. But, is the meanwhile,
we are very glad to observe (what we always supposed
to be the case) that the knowledge of the matter did
net reach Mr. Peeo testi/ after the chief criminal had
bees admitted to bail. We hope sad trust that this is
true; fur, on this tarns the whole of the question as
far as the Governmest is concerned. We sever be-
lieved, for one moment, that Mr. Past. would sot do,
Is ibis use, that which it was his duty to do. Bat we
■ast, at the same time assert for ourselves, that we
dimly believe, that all impartial persons will agree
with as, that oar exertion in this case, have bees of,
the grts3tft importance to the public.

[PROM " Tint New TIMISS.I
We briefly adverted, a few days ago, to the di..
"graceful conduct of a Dignitary of the Irish Church.
"Use sentiment of abhorrence actuates every mind on
*the subject; and Governmest have shown themselves
"es this, as on all other occasions, faithful represents.
" lives of the national feeling. Anxious to mark their
" seam of the severe isjury sustained by the canoe of
" religion and morals, they nevertheless could only act as
" the yaw directs; but every measure pyeserllied by the
" law has boss and will be pursued with undeviating
" strictness. As soon as the matter came to the know-
" ledge of tie Home Department, (which was not after
" the chief cruelest hadthoes admitted to bail), the par-
" bleier* were officially submitted to the consideration
"of the Crown Lawyers: and in conformity with their
professional advice, the most speedy and effeetnel
" means were adopted, both in Ireland and England, for
" preneediog at once in the temporal and ecclesiastical
Ceerts. The See of Clasher, therefore, will not long
"bear the stain with which it is at present defiled. if
" esascieace does not prompt a voluntary resignation of
"the pastoral charge, recourse will bebid to the solemn,
" bet happily very simnel process of ipiscopei depri-
" audios, which must be pronounced by the Metropoli-
" tea, usually tski og to his assistance six or seven other
" Skimps. No instance of this infliction has occurred,
"we believe, since the reign of William I.; bat it is
" certain that the Church retains the power of removing
" a Prelate from his See for scandalous excesses,
" whence any great public infamy doth arise ;' sod
" tba. the present is a case which calls aloud for the ex-
" ereiee oftbetpower so one can doubt.
" Ladepeadestly of this, the Attoroey-Ueseral will of-
" ficislly prosecute the parties at the Middlesex Set.
" doss, either to trial, or, if they evade that, to outlaw-
" ry, with all its consequent penalties and disabilities.—
" More the law does not permit : for, black as the moral
turpitsile of the conduct depased to, it still arnovnts
ooJy to a bailable offence; and we all knew that by
" the Coostoon Law and by the Hakes Corpus Act, it is
"deemed a violation ed tin liberty of the sultiosulm ass=
" Magistrate, to refitmer delay to bail a person boilable.
" la the present instance, the wealthier individual found
"bail Immediately: and if the other should tender bail
" at any time before the Sessions, it most be accepted.
" The MiOstrate demanded mesh more than ordinary,
" though we -Mar mach less than effectsal hail; bat it
*Hoist he .remenibered that the Hill of Rights strictly
" forbids the taking of excessive bail. It it to be re-
" gretted that a villain should ever shelter himajf ander
"-the pootecties of such salstarressminente; gat they
" us too closely interwoven with our liberties to admit
"adosbt of their gement utility, even though in a per
"dealer instance they way operate to produce* a doles:-
" unseat that entire and exemplary Jodie', which the
• case domande/

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IN PARLIAMENT.

WID4CIDAT, JOLT 24.
Ix sus ',elem.—The formalities of passing and
fireman Bills.
Ix ens COSIMONII.STOCILIIIIDOR tlsrr —fir.
CaI:CROFT mated for a sew writ for Me pretty sink-
hole, in the room of Jona FOSTIR BARIUM. tMo
hod accepted of the " Chiltern lissedrede"! We won-
der what sort of concerts this may be altogether! The
patties as well as the thing itself reader it a matter of
some cariosity.
EICYaQOsa BILLS.A vote asthorisisg the issue
of this species of Goveremest promissory NOUS, to the
amulet of no less a suet than sista.* millionlierling
was passed without a word either of opposition or air
glary! It will all end is a way perfectly natural. •
DISTILLS IN Isehastr.--Mr. Rice, all Irish Mew
ber,presea,ed a petition from certain householders is
,Middlttes; and S.rrcy, praying relief for the distress.
ed people in Ireland! WA. were there, we wonder ?
They most, doubtless, mesa to pray, that the relief
should go oat of the pockets of the Irish lassj.itar
and Bishop sod Noses. They smiles MAI
prayed. pie of Engliod, sboild be taxed
d , misery arises from their beteg se
Poor. a Ireland, and from the landlords, and
pried P..rsons taking all away and leaving no-
thing for the relief of the poor ! These petitioners
nejer can mean this. Mr. H. GOIINCT said, that the
itoopluscs ought to be introduced into I reload ! M .
Dansott and Rice (two Irish Members) objected to
this. Indeed! Bat, we shall have another opportu-
nity to do justice to this objection. Mr. Hums oyceted
too, and cited Scotland as a happy instance of the ab-
sence of poor-laws. Not so fast, Mr. prate. In
Isl 9, the Scotch Nobility and Gentry applied for a
giant out of Me tares to keep the poor of Mat corers-
tryfronl starving. Pray, remember that. They did
not get the money; but the suffering (or they told the
'Wag that was nut) was extreme, and many persona I
were artualty starard. Besides, Scotland has conti-
nually, for nearly thirty years past bad large sums oat
Vac taxes, granted ezpresely to find employment fur