The Lancaster Herald, and Town and County Advertiser. — 1832-12-29 (Lancaster, Lancashire, England)

CRUILLTY.—A letter in the Freeman's Journal cans the attention of the public to the treatment expetiencetl by tae gentlemen now eowlined in the county Cork gaol, for attending meetings to petition for the repeal of the tithe laws. While Captain Rorke, with a verdict of wilful murder impending over him, is employed by the agents of Government in posting tithe notice, persons who are guilty of no other offence tt#flthat we.have stated, are subjected to rigours such as tbeie s' They are confined one hundred and five hours in the week, in a cold damp cell, nine feet square, without firs or candlelight; they are not idlowed to see their relafives or friends except in a place called the shuttle, only throe feat square, the mows entrance into the prison, and subject to the upsieted istriaioa of the turnkey." The Learned Judge who sentenced these gentlemen, has  stated that he never contemplated such sever-ity • Sir William Gossett and even Mr. Stanley have expressed their opinions that the rigour is uncalled for; and yet the GoalGinstulttee refuse to relax, 'Or to deviate from what they call "the gaol regulations.* Se that Mr. Stautay, who considers this felon-like treatment of penons convicted of • political offence, to be unjust and uncalled-for, has either no power or no disposition to interfere. Who has? Has the Marquis of Anglesey? Somebody surely should see to it, and immediately.— Tree Sea. At the time of the first discussions on the reform bill we observed, that though we had for many years believed dm Ballot would prove injurious to elections in the British empire, yet we had become convinced that it was necessary to give the elector the proper degree of independence in his choice We are still of that opinion, and we have little doubt that had we had the ballot at the late election, Mr. AUwood would have been one of the members.—rgee Mercury.  A Nzoito's A vswita —A planter in St. Domingo was one day disposing of a horse to a neighbour, and being questioned by the purchaser regarding its qualities, among the rest, whether it kicked, the disposer replied it was the quietest beast imaginable. He had, however, hardly used the expression when it flung up its heels to the danger of the bystanderc. The purchaser being irritated at die duplicity of the other, reproached him with his intended deception, when to substantiate the peaceful character of the animal, he called one of his slaves, and demanded of him if he ever saw this fine animal kick before? "0, no me, mama," smartly answered the negro, "never saw him kick before---always saw him kick bebind."—Caanitere Rdinberglk Journal.  Cowszevarrva Oxxx.—During the present week the Tories have artfully paraded fifteen fat oxen through the streets, decorated with blue ribands. They are intended to be killed, cut up, and given away to the Conservative operatives at Christmas, in fWalment of the election contract, entered into between them and—their betters. We saw very little difference in the manner of driving the oxen to the slaughter from the method of driving the operatives to the poll.-I.ristul Mercury. A POLITICAL P A tisox.—ln some, though not many, of the recent election contests there were ministers of the Church who showed no repugnance to promote the ends of civil liberty. Even Essex—Essex, disgraced and trampled as she is beneath the hoof of Toryism in its filthiest form —contains a few Ministers of the Church of England who are worthy to rank with the citizens of a free and enlightened State. We have the name of one gentleman, the Rev. Mr. Jet, vicar of Thaxted, whose influence over hie parishioners was liberally exercised in helping them to resist the threats of the Conservatives, and the still more formidable breeches-pocket" of Mr. Baring. From the under the esx.. of this reforming pastor eighty voters polled at Saffron Walden for Messrs. Western and Brand, without putting the candidates to a single shilling of expence. There was not a premed, a bribed, or unwilling vote among them. The Rev. Vicar rode into the above mentioned polling-town on Friday last at the bead of 200 good and true Reforns electors,--70 of his own parish, and the remainder neighbours and friends. It was greatly through his exertions that the gross poll at Saffron Walden exhibited a majority for Mr. Western over Baring of 130 votes. We wish there were many of the cloth who understood as soundly and clearly as the Rev. Gentleman wherein the true welfare of the temporal Church cousists.—Titeet.