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came forth through the
the Act of Congress above
Ott the soldiers were frequently flogged contrary to there netury
1 ? . irr the
.diet, what are we to think of them? expression of those sentiments which havepress
anv 17;
C its! ILI; ACitti 4 I:. 25th Marcle.lP,l2.
ts ere,—The Commander in Chief judges it expedient tonnes- law
mit tir you, .w ith the cnclosrd documents, a few obseeeatiamos, And, If they dui not, *sit but our exertions, our their effect in producing
[From Cobbett's Register of Saturday last.)
honest discharge of our duty and our perseverance ; inserted • 1
offsets with which it 14 rehsonable to hope that an
_; ant thus has the het ,f
occasional re cannier to the powers with whirl you are thereby
the salntery
t ul
what but these have now introduced this practice to • practice of flog,
41 Oar ef the greatest privileges enjoyed In this country, is the
dwill he - (tended ; antotigst which the most obvious ad-
vele
fkedora of expressing out opinions on all subjects; but, if vantage is that of limiting the te,wration of Itegimentul Courts- their knowledge ? Ma. Cu A al.r.s An ams may wince : and wonderfully increasinnation.- elreatandris•-•
eau be :Martial
.strietly to_the_purpor fur which they are designed
, .
_, by as much as he pleases ; Ito may 'crack his jnkes upon , fetid to. do not Pre
110a1 horrid nets are to be perpetrated, this country
~ the Legislature, viz. for eneatrlng into stwit disputes ann en- say, that the AugAmarican Ci 'eminent -
considered as little better than those where despotism prevatt. ' mina' matters as essay come before them, and for talc ing cur- my " lodging," as he so :....ittily called it -, he may Ain had
e any desire to continue the practice "aid
exist on any one subject, : poral or other puitistarfits fur
_small refencrs ; and. in or .
der to scold about the soldiersbeing
taught to look up tos ging, f` of nos
Whatever difft.rettees of opinion may
• prevent the %instability oranynnsunderstanding in, this bnportant
Inc
for a redress of their •vais es insteadof
grie c , look- i taken
though the discussions ou the suldect I. ;-,
every Luau has a right to entertain his own opinions, to express point, it is his Royal ' ight.eit's command, that on ion printer .
to
~
.place in England. On the cunt '."I
tic'''.
me. paaamsee's tei.atrenr shall the
. award of aRe ins fltio.rt-Martial., here-
oe in up Mr own •o. filters ;hema•• do this as lot ' ' • rero I
s an
what he fin,ld, and to act accordingly."—S ig opsitton, that that Government wasgladof ' 'of
1 utter.exceed-- .—TheCotumandrtin ('hief bas "mom '.ed 1•• as he likes, but he will not be able to do tl it ' r • •
awayie unit o .
Speech its the Muse of Commons, 13th May, 1812. to take this °WI-lenity of stating, that there
.is no
.point en facts , y getting rid of ; but, lam c f opinion thai t
that their own eirs did. not discover
which his Royal Ilighacss is more deckled in his opinion, than ; sai _ r, that ! thinwould have b ' 4°
g never been thought of, had it not h
! -eatcat. in the discharge of their •to give them a floßing a twice or three times re',
The very sight of these two words will call to the ditttgoiaen2:Tiranties:arisrires,;,-ctivedations a
, frequent war- i
dh . i
t. . was for thediscussions in En land.—Sir Vi-car G'h
reader's recollection the ground of my having beets I ranee to pun;Lt will rest be imeresary. The Commander in , unlawful; an t atthis'diseovery has been made since I I little eppreliensire of these effects when 3 ''''"
Chief is confident, the Officers of the Army are
.universally ac- began to write upbti the subject of flogging and, in- I curing he
.was prose.
in this place for two* years, all bat one month (the touted by 11 spirit of justice.and impressed with those sentiments deed, Since I have. been lb Ors ' "These'
prison. are facts me; he could scarcelyhavelioseda lisfhi, heft
;would be productive of conseque • : - ' ;;
term ending on the oth of July) ;it will• m •towards their men, which they on se
call to his of kindness orid regard . .that Mr. C. Adams will not beable to do away by I sees so imi,„„,,,,,
many occasions have proved themselves to deserve ; but his
, any iso beneficial, and honourable to RAI H. d h '
recollection the ground upon which I was, by a ' Royal Highness has reason to apprehend, that, in many in-
-1 witticisms that he can put forth upon the subject of !i • Iflattered I' .1 se h"'4-
1y , !'ate say, himself that he Ras • -
• ces, sufficientattention has not been aid to the/intention
Special Jury, found guilty of what was called a libel; 4 'tau . .1.1
of cruhes. ie timely interference
i, my imprisonment, though those witticisms should , big the extension of his renown through e".r.
ia whole coo,
upon which I was, by the four Judges of the King's intercourse and acquaintance with his men (which are Buren. , always be honoured with the approving laugh of that , fluent of readers. At any rate, the oad'
Bench, sentenced to be imprisoned in this jail of i
ab;iTrillaii,e'trhir) thieestittoieifte; cooneetidt:encoeoTtirdiroaectohomteonite),,oatudo?.b:reve. Honourable Body to Which he belonges and to which ' ging is abolished in the American army practice P. 105...
Perceval did belongs—Here I should. stop
Newgate for two years, ant after that time to pay ' ventiu military a Ilincry s and the Commander in Chiefl as no for the ! givers of that countryhave condemned i"• the; - 1."
a thousand pounds TO THE KING, aud to be held hesitation in declaring,. tittat the
omadt ntrensaunc)e et
tf sotoridctendeis:ornee. : present ; but there has just came to my hand another ; said, that no American soldier shall ever • ill f.th've
to bail in the suns of fee thousand pounds for seven 1 anenkitnrogreanTearra i
/end( aPnadailusZaetry'spirit in sic rps without befit- great and moetstriking proof. of 'the salutary effects .be flogged ; here are eight millions of peo'ple at nrvi
years, making altogether nine years of toy life. The - tionsness, are the criterions by which his Royal Highness will be ;•of our: labours in this cause ; namely, an Ad pissed' rate, amongst whom the use of the lasts is no' longeranv
article, for writing which this punishment was inflict.; grimmeurictholuttractVtnog,Niso.°lll):l:Li,°cltonoifntialinerolitlittlsieadVeitries,
ent ;by the American Congress expressly putting an end to be tolerated: The American legislature have cot
ed upon me, anti for printing and publishing which mewls and corps of the army are confided. I have the ho- 14! flogging in the American Army ! This is a most ' dope the thing in part ; they have not e siren hints
the printer (though ho suffered judgment to go by nour to e, Sir, your very obedient humble servant." giorions proof 6f the poWer andiutility of the, press about it ; they have not trusted to anv body .'sdis
cre.
default) was imprisoned for three months, and trots I have seen it stated in some of the Newspapers, when used foe the good Sof mankind. I.e ill first in- ; lion • but, they have, at L •
,
publishers for two months each; that article contain-1 that the blank is filled up with 300 lashes. But that, sert the Act, word for word, and will then offer ment, and have enacted, that it shall longer.
ed what the public very well recollects respecting the • I think, must be impossible; for, the letter says, ' some remarks upon it. I
permitted. It has often been asked, O• la
no be
flogging of some of the Local Militia at the town of that the powers of regimental Courts-martial are to are ACT TO AUTUOILLitEmAg•OvENTryzAn77.I7TEBFROM TUE 3 HUTU OF 'tents `of Sir FRANCIS lIVROrTT, aud especiale t°,,PPb;
Ely, who were sentenced to receive 500 lashes each, , be confined to the inflicting of punishment for small ;
, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sensatives of Perceeal, what punishments he would have as i 7
in the summer of 1809, upon which occasion German ! qienees i and, as has been stated on the authority i the United Stz.tes of America in Congress assembled, That the Mee for flogging. To which he hasalways 814
$ i.
answer-
Troops were employed in order to reduce the Local 'of Mr- BARON MAIEREs, a. soldier the . was killed by .to
require • .
Presiof the United States be, and he is hereby authorised, ed
of the I.xecutives of the several States and territories 9' none at 'all. Substitutes for bread, substi.utes
'
Militia 'to submission.—Having reminded the reader
infliction of 170 lashes, while that Gentleman was to take effectual measures to organize, arm, and equip, accord-, for good things, we often, and very properly talk
of these things, I have now to call his attention to ! Attorney-General in the Province of Canada, it !Itit,toblew,esandehoeled iltir read
nknons otfa irel on readaretirlitrument's warn- , of;
but, if we could get rid of the income tax, wh
what hai, since my imprisonment, taken place as tojhaving become his duty to prosecute the officers guilty "K
oi itte;rs included, to I he"paoppol Mono/. by the pr„urs'enadtno'ilittir,„' would call for &substitute ? ll.rwever, if it bemoan,l)
greats question of flo,rg in g soldiers.—l was sent to ;of the act, for murder.—llowever, this we see clear- Useted-States from the latest militia returns in the department of : that some modes of punishing soldiers' must 1), di
prison on the 9th et July, 1810, a year and eight i IY, that the above Circular had for its chief and most,
swearuch ;
other atmdgtacaasess
htevlsticiarlisaucdh reeeturonitsateve not beets made, by covered, if that. of flogging be abolished, here As.
days after the publication of the article, the pro- .
excellent purpose, the further diminution of flogging . Sty. S. Ail he it fut.thei• enacted,q That the detachment of mi- ! have them in an American Act of Congressquits
secution having been going on against me for nearly in the army. This is quite clear, and, while I d ' bills aforesaid shall he officered out of the present militia officers, I sufficiently defined; and I think that ,i'io
the whole of that time. In some months afterwards I not wish to withhold from the Commander in Chits -or others, at the option and discretion of the constittitioual au- 1
thority in the respective States and territories; the President of I will look upon tile Act as too I ',
The cone
ong.— se -011.
a prosecutions of the same sort was begun against ! any part of the praise due to him for having eudea- tits Vatted States apportioning the general officers among the re- gress have not been afraid, that the punishments hits
Mr. Dmkard, the proprietor of the StaQfordl voured to inculcate the principles contained in this s_peettiLegiStaT and terorr
orlies,tr.he mahy deemirtor acttm tae named will not be sufficient to keep their army under
News, for having published aft article somewhat simi- ! Circular letter, justice to Sir Francis Burdett and to v
vicesita7latese eua-tietekrad.tcrjetay itelap,a;v, eellat.e4ins, anir euioielainel an .Proper discipline; and, if these punishments will
far to mine. Ile was found guilty by a special jury lus who have had the honour to light under his, ban- as the officers of the army of the United States. suffice for their army, why should they not suffice
at Lincoln, and si-ntenced to be imprisoned its Liu.; ners in this cause, net forgetting Mr. Brougham, de- , 1,3,
shall 1 en.m.b:lchlombpeeiltlite t !es;
revnae ct.l clio,o..Tehate t i
mthee ;lataido dzttacmhonoiete
he for our army ? There may be persons who think
coin jail for 18 months, and to pay a fine of some : mauds that I should point out,that this Circular is dated
...after they arrive at the place of rendezvous, and during the time I that the lash is more necessary to au English than to
hundreds of pounds, and, I believe, to find sureties
' about ten days after the discussions in Parliament last of their servicetthCpun-commissioned officers, !musicians, and pri- an American soldier. lam not one of those; and
too. He was sentenced by the same Judges that I alluded to, and the revival of those discussions in them 7,l`.'s sbbr e ttiPf.d i"lb!,_s"te United 3,!'d l'a"°". as i 5 p.ro.vi!led lam fully persuaded, that .regulatious, similar to
.os taw for the militia ot use atates alien canea into
was. The proprieteri of the Examiner, who had ! Register, as will be seen by a reference to the latter t actual service. • .those now adopted in America, would, if adopted
copied Mr. Drakard's article, were -also informed i for the month of March last. It has always been' ~_Set(c.a aim/at idt.i.e!ttoofetriethietereenat" , T
eby is austilloraitatehdetoPreal.eienatto of
Iket iii our army, soon spew that my opinices of my
agginst slut tried ; but theys as the public will recol- I contended by the supporters of the flogging system, uni
service any epsat 'Or the %hole of the said detachment, in all 1:e countrymen in arms is much more just than that of
lect, were acquitted.—Nevertheless, the subject of i that that punishment is necessary, and that no.more exigencies pray:fled by the constitution ; and the oflicety, non- i the Editor of the Courier, who has asserted, that
flogging was still destined .to he discussed. Sir; of it was laid on than the necessity .1. the case de-
ineoeninmuls.ltil;e4:,ol.c,evrt.i,tinl, it7,iecipaencmlint:eldsgrti;teteloetf the=ildetellet„yehoi
-A- "the soldier is and"
ought to be out of the pale of
Fitattels BURDETT, that true friend of the people, , mended. But, here, in this Ci, ruler, tie Duke of Act far callies fir Mc Militia to execute the laws of the Union, the constitution." -
whether dressed in red or grey coats, was not silenced.l York says pretty plainly, that ao mu a of it has suppress Mee-. sedum, and repel invasions,
the
to_ repeal the State Prison,- Newgate, June H.
In the winter of 1811, he brought the subject before : been laid on, and that he expects to see less laid on Ikgim.),,aimY,' ;teplarurttlot
otillosoef saepursodnigssendtthLypt
bnedciavlioedr Feb.'noo
the House of Commons ; through his means discus- :in future. He does more than this—for he says, in, actual scrs'a', . they shall be taken from such part thereof as the
sion was thus revived in a way which has not yet language too plain to be misunderstood, that those! President o4c.titse Vinittedi
I,Stnetes sleiattl.lddiellatptrooptcar.
of
ht .
exposed men to punishments. Hex while in the ', Commanding Officers .who cannot " maintain strict as Sparco; iciest by se v
et
rfairohet
f the rulesa Lid larticies*oaf war,w whipping,
Tower, had had occasion to see what flogging was; : discipline without severity of punishment," shall! used and practised, stoppage of pay, confinement, and depriva-
lsr spoke with the more confidence on that account ; ' not have his favour ; or, in fewer words, that he wall
utiothlesroefi parrtterantiotevirdatris shall be substituted, in such manner
his speeches were published by those who dared not, not promote ,loggers. This is Coming to the point; j sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That any Non-commissioned
express their ,own thoughts upon the subject in. and the iteadnr may be assured, that it is a point that . Officer or private belonging to the aforesaid detachment of tni-
p:.iiit ; and 'the effect upon the public mind was such ; will be attended to.—lndeed, what can be more just °. anylitia ,Cwouhrot. shall, white
anyin aocutental seir,vhiteeeh,
bbeT,ore,nuttleictped litinegforoef
as might have been anticipated:— —But, bow did all ! than the principle inculcated at the close of this let- I this Act might or could have subjected such person to be whip-
this help the soldier ? Why, though in the first ter ; namely, that the fitness of au officer to corn- ,stoppages eof
ped, shall, for the
_tirst oltflefl, beoadot under .such
one-
place, it was met with a hies and disdainful tone, : mend a corps is to be judged of by his supporting due i gyfasofrount
oCtootautritjsMpaoryti,_ I
for any one offence but such offender
the Government, aye, even the ministry of lawyer i subordination Without severity of punishment 1•••• i may, moreover, at the discretion of stasis Court-Martial, be
Perces'', 'thought it prudent to introduce into the This principle applies to all- Government. It ~re- t cifmnitined under guard, on allowance of half rations,
uoe any length
t
Mutiny Act of 1811, a clause, which as they ee.. quires neither talents nor virtue of any sort to ;of
e tille'rentiOtnexlseucileCtocunrt-alsaratr.l,aybc peutb)liecly ed
if : ir nm may,
out
Veined' and construed it, was to have the tendency I govern by mere
.force. Any fool can be a despot iof the army.
mil-
ofd lessening the quantity of flogging in the army. lor tyrant at the head of a nation, a regiment,or
a 1 lion of dollars tte, sameiattulatehTete
tcstettlie,reThhatothversoupmr
iaatfer(l)ateoaeThey had, over and over again, asserted, that all family ; but, to govern with gentlettess, requires aria- I paid out of any monies in the-Treasury hereby appropriated
otherwise appro-
ves right ; and Perceval himself had, in a particular I dom.as well as a just mind. The brutal and bloody ' ated ~towards defraying any cremates incurred by virtue of
manner and with great vehemence, contended, that jtyrants of Maim are as stupid as they are ferocious ; . the sicr.o
tvi.ts To sof this s _t.
tiht;fuArteher enacted, That this Act shall continue
there was no more flogging than was necessary ; but, ' but, they are exceedingly well obeyed ; no rulers and be is force for the term of two years, from the passing there-
they now thought it more prudent to introduce a ! govern with more complete authority. Now. and . of, and no longer.
clause into an Act of Parliament, calculated, as they then, however, they lose their own heads all of a I
declared, to lessen the quantity of that punishment. sudden.- This is as it ought to be, and as nature says
When the subject was again revived by Sir !it shall be: he who governs solely by the principle
FRANCIS BURDETT, during this present session of iof fear, shall cease to govern the moment that that
parliament, he was told, that the clause in question j fear is overcome by any one of those who-are under
had already done much, and that it was in progress ' his tyranny. Would that this principle of the Duke
every day. Still, however, he insisted upon the neces- of York were generally adopted in the world :
city of abolishing the flogging altogether, and pro- I Would that rulers of all sorts and sizes would learn
posed a clause in the new Mutiny Act to that effect.: and be thoroughly convinced, that to govern by fear
The clause was rejected ; but, it became manifest, j is to ensure their own final destruction ; would that
that the tone of the Government and its supporters ; they would learn, that those who fear their fellow;
was greatly changed.—During the progress of this' man always hate him at the same time, and that,l
Mutiny Bill there arose some petty angry discus- sooner or later, they seldom fail to endeavour, at;
alma in consequence of Mr. Brougham's attributing, least, to obtain revenge.—To return to the flogging
its some measure, the relaxation in the punishment i (for that is the subject to stick to), there is another
TO ME. There was a violent outcry against this in ; great point which has been gained for the soldier ; and
the Honourable House. It was strongly reprobated, j that is, a declaration, officially made by the Judge,
that the soldiers should be taught to look TO ME , Advocate-General, to bring a man out twice to be pu-
A i redress, instead of looking to their officers. 'This; nished under the same sentence is UN LAWEVLoi
outcry, ehia alarm, excited a geotl'dcal of mirth in j that is to say, that • t is UNLAWFUL to inflict on ,
the country. • Just as if," people sled, " there ! a man, at twice, or more times,- the lashes which he
could be autgrtitteel to fear, tiasktbesoidiers would has, at one Court-martial, been sentenced to receive.
look up for redress" to .a man whom. the Judges of I —This "Practice,' the :practice of flogging a man
the King's Beuch have sentenced to be imprisoned in I till the surgeon declared his life to be in 'danger ;
a jail where felons are confined! Just as if the: then putting him into the hospital; and when his
soldiers would look up to such a mon for a redress: back was healed, bringing him out again to receive
of their grievances! And especially while they I the rest of his sentence, or as much more of it as he
have so many officers to take care of them and see could stand ; this practice, it is notorious, was com-
them righted !" People were very merry upon the I mon in the army. I have seen the thing done myself
subject. They did so laugh at the idea of an alarm I many times. And, indeed, no one will pretend to
lest the soldiers .should lock up N me.—Howevers 1 deny, that it was what may be called a common prtsc-
This -- .. •
ecl If

FLOGGING SOLDIERS.

W5l. COB kiETT.

Tho belles of fashion, w•e learn, are determined
03 take the lead of the beaux in the article of
buckles. A handsome foot never looked to such ad-
vantage as when dressed in a black satin shoe and a
sparkling buckle. What a cheering prospect for the
Birmingham artificers

SALES.
By Mr. SADI:ER,

At his Repository, Gusevelti•street, TO-MORROW, him 16.
Jo Twelve,
UPWARD. of 60 LOTS of HORSES, of dif.
ferent dsscriptions: arating4 which are a number of
lintidvonie poneyv, gallnwriyi, summer hackneys, gig and jeans
iley horses, us:whiners, mail-coacheis, cart homes, harnesses,
tax-c'irti, gigs, one-hori.e chaise
TO be viewed the Morning of Snie.'
Public Stile Days every Tuesdly nrvl
•
_To BE SOLO, •

11. CLAY,
Speaker of the thieve of Representatives.
WAL 11. CRAWFORD,
President of the Senate pro tenspore.
April 10, 1812.
Approved. JAMES MADISON.
'I hat the provisions in this Act against the practice
of flogging have arisen from our discussions here,
and the re-publication of those discussions in Ame-
rica, there can be no doubt : for, you see, reader,
that the practice had been continued to be tolerated
in the American army until now. It is true, that
that army was nothing worth speaking of ; it could
hardly (thank God!) be called au army; hut, still
it was in the power of the officers to flog the men,
or cause them to be flogged, though I have some no-
tion, and am almost sure, that, as to the number of
lashes, the Mosaic lam was the guide; ;hat is to say,
" forty stripes lacking one." However, even this
could be no longer supported. The publications in
England, and, iu this respect, mine especially, had
rendered the matter too notorious, and caused it to
..be too muth discussed, for flogging to be inflicted
I.On the new artay no* called forth.-9URKE said,
that 64 Kings had 'Deg arms," and, he added, that
they " ought also to have good memories," advising,
in the height of his counter-revolutionary hopes, the
Kings of Europe to punish- their refractory subjects.
But, long as the arms of kings may be, and they
are,. indeed, sometimes pretty long, the Press has
longer arms. I see no reason why those who wield
it should not have good memories too : but, at any
' rate, the arms of the press outstretch those of all
the Kings in Or .Id.—ln this case of America I

while this was going on, no opportunity appears to
have been lost by the Government or by the military.;
of in the Honourable House, to assert, that
jogging was adzwllly become kts frequent.—Butt
about the time that we aro now adverting to, some.;
thing of greeter coasequence took place. The Com.,
mender in Chief sent, as it new appears, a circular',
letter to the Commanding Officers of Regiments, the
manifest object of Jelaclik.was to discourage t'he prac-
tice of Uukkg... I should, however, here remind the
reader, that lit.the year,lBoB, Sir FitANCts UVRULTT
moved for aleturn to be Jaid before the llotise of
all tile ficiffeinis:which had taken place in the army'
for a certain previous period. This motion was re-
.
rded with high disdain; but, it appears, that since
Matt time, returns of all the floggings are regularly
tnadr,, by the several regiments, to the Commander in
Chief, who has thereby, the means of judging of
m hat is doing in each regiment in the way of flog-
giug.--At the time of the parliamentary discus.
440115, to which I have just alluded, the Commander
in Chief caused, it seems, the following circular to
be sent to the commanding officers of regiments.

Together dr sep•trote,
LEASE, ancPFURNITIJItE, almost new,
_1- of a simian genteel iIOUSE, No. 40. Keppel-street, Rub-
ben quire ; rent 61. per notoun, tales Small.
For P.,riictrt;w tipply on the Premises.

Collection of British Birth, Insects, &c.
By Mr. MOORE.
At his Aution Rooms' Blackfrifirs-mad, near Stamford.
street. TO-MORROW, June 15, at Twelve o'Cleck,
A SMALL COLLECTION of NATURAL and
.411. ARTIFICIAL CURIOSITIES, consisting principally
of about 50 cases of well preserved Birds, among attic se-
veral rare specimens; Cases of Insects; bronze rush led
figures; paintings, prints, jewellery, books, &c.' The aewe
as all be sold in addition to the usual routine of miseelMoroes
property, as expressed iu the bills of the regular weekly mle.
May be viewed till the Sale, and'Catalogies had at dm roam%

Kest.
Valuable Freehold Property, iu and near Tunbridge Town.
By MURRELL and %VLLSON.
At the Court troll Inn, in the said Tow., no WEDNESDAY,
July 1, at Twelve, in Fifteen Las;
T"°large MANSION HOUSE:, called FE.
ROX HALL 110 130 ROY KE, woo yarrk,
nut-buildings, large gardens to each ; alma len acres of
capital
Pasture Laud adjuatiog, with 'the lioaws :old Out-buildings
thereon.
Also, about EIGIITEE,N. ACRES of bIEA now LAND,
lying on the River Medway, and several liottscs, with garden
gr.itiod to earls, in the town.
Primed Particulars are preparing, and may shortly he had
at the-.peiocipaT Ines in thr neigliatiorlapttl ; t,l tar. J hn Killer
Tui.hrtilAe, who will show the Prensi,ts any Monday previous to
the Sole, Let %ern the hours of Tea 7lnd root, who, is empower.
ed to treat for Sale by Private Ctityroci ; also of Mr. Carol,
Solicitor, Staples lan; and of blurrell and 1y 11,1:11, Sk:ut7er-
Wrt et, London.

The Sreond Sale of Elegant Hou•rholil Furniture.
Rich chintz drapery curtains; noble 4-postacd Patent beditendh
in superb hangings; fine solid mahogany patent and puriaide
sideboards, rich chairs ; ditto dining, Grecian, lied •stal, card,
Pembroke, supper, and sofa tables, of choice *owl ; Ire
-od Kidderminster carpets;
•

flee. ..is practice, which has !ask ior so many , ...oigs .. -de world.—ln .
years, is not now merely to he discontinued; it is cannot but take to myself large share of
a
1 - Turkey. tints:els, and itiddermiatet ,
....
not merely
.discountenanced ; it is not put down by for, though Sir Francis Burdett's. speeches upon the,
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the public feeling and voice; it •is not got rid of by subjecthave all been republished in the United States, I . .
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a side wind measure in Parliament; hut, it is declared still the prosecution of me, who had
so long been- o'Cliick, at the WitlekOUSe, Na. 56, Fterestrect,
by the law-officerof
. the army to be ILLEGAL ; ' known in that country for a most zealoui defended :-
I TO-MORROW. Juae 16. 1812. and f•llowitie Day, at Twelve
and, of course, it has always been ILLEGAL, and eulogist of every thing' English, could not fail to I THE
inpr'•ing amble mahogany 4-post and tent bedstead,.
genuine HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE;
thcugh general throughout the army.—And to whom excite a sore than—vrclinary degree of interest..l‘wini rice chintz' hangings, elisgantly friKed and lined • prise
does the reader attribute the gaining of this point for ‘Vhen it was known in America, that so heavy so .
the soldiers? Why, certainly to Sir Francis Burdett ' dreadful a sentence, hid been passed upon me,' a' ."ucirlytditto;nise Inuit es; ha;ndcsonza Treafaailigdaro:ini•earittittrainsiyecish.:l„7:
bedding; drawing-roam chairs ; rose wood, japanned., :nava.
chiefly, and after him to us who have written open ;sentence
Trafalgar sidebaaid, with diniof-tables in suit,. mole
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the subject; for, othnwise, how comes the Itfw, in death; a
,sentence surpassing in severity those for •
winch no m' an could regard as`much short of telirjmini truich pillarert seeretairee and boukcaers; a gr.ond pilot
this respect, never to have been known before? . nineteett4wOutieths of the felonies; ' when this sen- , ice"r7,.;""baiiitidiewt.:';inttdd 7siir eatvalisesrtesBaregcTiii;"caililltaudibtorke,
The people of this country have been paying Judge ' tence was heard of in America, where every creature
glasses t eleg-nt diamood-cut glass decanter". winc-c.!skites..7l4,..
j Advocate-Generals for these hundred years past; , was well acquainted with what I had there suffered . Had 'safa taJlet, OD gilt lion claws ; three large rich chimney
1 and yet, for a great many of those years, it has been from my devotion to my country, every one natu-
efell e writ ko ses. tea-caddies, two china fiDDier,ber-
the practice throughout our army to inflict a flogging, rally felt eager to know what I could have done to F„ntadeFiiicact(ste,:ind;.c.
awlitgirTrt-iftrhtlienqesll„setalsr„c;47„:ll::4riretsie.r
vice 4, &e, th!:,eple of a nich will he sold a 'theta tr.t.• %r., ._
in many cases, at two or three spells. 'this is uozo merit such a sentence! And, when the people of that* eniatn.m,,l on the Prenitsee, and at the flank and New 1 all
declared to be unlawful ; and, of course, many hull- country came to see what it was • when they came to Com.e.s.oot, ;ewsbought at this Sale .wiil be catetully racked far
and thousands of poor men have been unlaw- read the article, for the writing of which I was to be '
ant
fully flogged. Did the Judge--Advocate, did the Go- so heavily punished; when they came to consider the Pi.e "I the K "id".
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vernrnent, know of this? Did they know, that this subject matter of that publication, and to reflect on
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unlawful practice was in vogue! Did they know how they themselves might become infereited in its • . STAircemis OFFICS, Si, Fleet-street.
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