North Wales Gazette

FIGHT BETWEEN RUBEN MARTIN AND DEFOE, For one Hundred Guineas a-side. Wednesday Moulsey-Hurst was agah the scene of action, and an assemblage of thorough-bred ring-goers, Westminster gentlemen, and St. Giles's freeholders-interspersed with a few no- ble and military characters, met round the old ) ring, in the old place, to see the light between Reuben Martin and Richard Defoe. Reuben, i though woll connected, boasts no consanguinity j with his namesake of the Rolls, and has to lKake a character for himself in the world. Defoe is ) known as the conqueror of Read of Chelsea, but ¡ is more celebrated as one of the best runners if Eng and, and unrivalled for activity "s a cricke- ter. This match was stwngly fancied by Martin's friends, who "Sacked him 6 to 4, but, a few mo- ments before the men set-to, the odds chopped round on Defoe. There was no great disparity in wdght, and other qualities of game and science j were stated to be fairly shared—so that nothing j but XL good mill expected. The attendance was respectable, The men were on the ground at half-pas* twelve j the time named in the articles; but owing to some j delay in getting the ropes down, business did not j commence till half-past one, Martin first .threw commence till half-past one, Martin first .threw his hat into the ring1, and Defoe instantly follow- cd • and after a hearty shake hands they retired to opposite corners, were Richmond and Hadding- ton Jones were ia waiting as the hanoiutnofMar- tin, and oiiv(-,i and Josh to undertake the toilet of Defoe, On stripping Martin show ed ia height, weight, and muscle, the superior, but his knees looked weak and his lolns meagre. Defoe's formi was a picture of elegant proportions. He is a model for artists to study but ~t nas tao much of the greyhound in lightness and actj»'ity for a figliting-maa, and is better adapted fer the race figliting-maa, and is better adapted fer the race than the r:ug-,

POETRY. THE HARP OF WALES. Inucrihvd to the Ruthin Welsh Literary Society. Harp of tl:2 Mountain Lan(I sound forth again, As when tha foaming Hirlusllom was crown'd, And warrior beat proudly to thy strain, And the birth Mead at Owain's feast wentround: Wake with the spirit and the pow'r of yore Harp of the ancient hills be heard once Thy tones are not to cease! The Roman came O'er the blue waters with his thousand oa-s Thro* Fiona's Oak he sent the wasting flams; The Druid shrines lay prostrate on ony shores He gave their ashes to the wind and sea Ring out, thou Harp he could not silence thee. Thy tones are not to cease The Saxon pass'd His banners floated on Eryri's gales Butthou v/eii iioard above the trumpet's blast, E'en when his low'rs rose loftiest o'er the vales, Thine was ths.Yon-e that cheer'd the brave and free They had their and Thee. Those were dark years: saw the valiant ■ f211, The raniz -reeds round ti e chieftain's board. The hearth IdJmwly in the ruin'd hail- Yet pov. r was thine.-a gift in ev'ry chord Call back that spirit to the days of peace, Thou 1 Thy tones are not to cease 1" -3>K<

THE SHIPWRECK. The ship is unmoorM, All hands are on board, Released from the bonds of affection; High-mounted, the crew Bid a cheering adieu, To stifle Had. fond recollection. The sails all are spread, The ship shoots a-head, The rough DillowrJ proudly dividing; Now plunging amain. Now rising again, Like a sea-bird on white boson riding. The wiad louder grows, And fiercer it blows, Now shrill, and then hoarse as the thunder; The masts are bent, And the topsail is rent, By the swift -rushing- biasi burst asunder. Awe-struck from Lhe skies The pilot descries The whirlwind in circles descending, And marks over head, Up-looking with dread, The waves in white ridges impending-. The rudder is broke She reels from the stroke; O'erwhelm'd, for a moment she's slaking In silence their fate The seamen await; On the sweetness of home they are thinking. The twilight is gone, Dark night is come on, All dreary and v, ild is the ocean; And shoreward in haste The billows are chased, High raging in boundless commotion. The breakers are heard, And all are prepar'd To the rigging with cords they have bound tIlQin No star in the sky, Nor light they espy, But the foam, of the waves all around them. The landsman shall start, As his slumbers depart, On his soft couch so peacefully lying, And hear with affright, Through the darkness of night, The groans and the shrieks of the dying. ".j)},

THE OLD REVERIE. gooTii'n by the self-same ditty, stso The infant avid the sire; -j That smiling on the nurse's knee, This weeping by the fire: Where unobserved he finds a joy To list its plaintive tone. And silently his thoughts employ On sorrows all his own. At once it comes, by memory's power, The loved habitual theme, Rescrv'd for twilight's darkling hour, A voluntary dream; And as with thoughts of former years His weakly eyes o'erflow, None wonders at ar. old man's tears, Or seeks his grief to know. Think not he dotes because he weeps; Conclusion, ah! how wrong! Reason with grief joint empire keeps, Indissolubly strong; And oft in age a helpless prido With jealous weakness pines, (To second infancy allied) And every woe refines. How busy now hh teeming brain. Those murmuring lips declare; Scenes never to rei ttni again Are represented there, He ponders on 1113 infant yean, When first his race begun, And, oh how wonderful appears The destiny t)f How swift those lovely hours were past, in darkness closed soon As it a winter's Vilght oVrcast The brightest summer's noon. His wither'd hand ho holds to view, With nerves once firmly strung, 4\<1 scarcely can believe it true TiW ever he was. young. And as he thinks o'er all his ills, Disease, neglect, and scorn, Strange pity of himself he feels, Thus aged and forlorn,

OBSERVATIONS. Defoe lost the fight from want o? resolution to go in and finish his man in the second round, and he deserved to lose it for trilling with good for- tune, and letting such a chanceescape him, Mar- tin won like a brave man, who can take his share and keep it, without crying out until his turn to give come round. He wants head and judgment, practice in straight biting, and giving the return, liis right hand is well held up in sparring, but he drops it when going to work so much, that his lioi-.d is quite open to a quick hitter. In this way Defoe had him every round. A second battle took place for a purse, between two countrymen, 12 stone men. It was a mere ex- .1 hibition of strength and ferocity, and unworthy of being recorded. It was won by the younger tyro, who has much to learn before he can venture to stand up to a regular practitioner. MH: im is expected to show at Tom Reynold's • benefit at the Fives Court this day. t

WESTERS ClRCUlT.- WINCHESTER. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. SAVAGE t'. GODFPEY AND WIFE. Mr. Carter opened the pleadings. j Mr. Merew^ather said the Zuvy had heard tiie general nature of the action and it devolved upon him to state it more particularly, without giving a false colouring to any part. The plain- tiff, Mr. Wra. Savage, was the son of a person residing near Ramsey, and assisted his father in the humble occupation of a hair dresser. The defendant lie would describe as simply to be tne son of a t?How-chandler in the same place, who- •/as at one tis^.c engagedin his father's--business, fe-at who moro recently had. pursued the occupa- 1 tion of a linen draper, ¡ to recover damages for the breach the defendant s t wife had made in ner projaise to marry the plain-, tiff. The 'maiden jaaice of Mrs. Godfrey, was Miss Mary Ann Fryer. She was the niece of an I 4-lil iaey of property, named Jones, living f-t Pond near Rumsey, and since tLe intimacy was } first contracted between her and Mr, Savage, ten years had now elapsed. Soon after they aecatn? i acquainted, Mrs. Jones, with whom wliss Fryer lived, saw the attachment which wa growing I' between her Plert: and the plaintiff, and objected to sanction it, but notwithstanding that objection, Miss Godfrey continued privalsiy to accept the addresses of the plaintiff up to the time ofher-j Aunt's death in Ahe winter of 132:?. It would be I shown that by the assistance of a peraon pasted 1 Judd, a servant of Mrs. Jouer,, a constant inter- j course was kept up between the parties, RRdtfeat j they met s.>!»e-imesat the lie use cf the plamtiit's j father, and at other times in other places, as op- portunities permitted. This person, it would be found, had frequently carried messages from Mrs. Godfrey, expressing the fondest attachment to I! the plaintiff, and also promises to marry hhu when her aunt should die. She had also written him many letters, in which the same sentiments and promises were repeated, but the plaintiff not expecting to meet with such perfidy in I*Irs. God- frev, had destroyed the greater part of them, j though some were still preserved, and would be produced, if it were necessary. The strict in- i junctions of Mrs. Jones having made an jnie?- > course between them more tliflicult, tbsir '1 ings were not so frequent after Mrs. iiiect the service, but those kindly feelings sm exited, and mutual pledges were exchanged, which were strongly indicative of the fntiwe happiness tl'.ii j might be expected .ia their married state.—Up to the time of the death of Mrs, Jones, nothing had ever occurred which could in the slightest mea- j sure impress the plaintiff with an idea that Miss Fryer did not inte-mito marry him, but at that time an occurrence took place, which eventually was the cause of this action. By the will of Mrs. Jones, the defendant Godfrey was appointed one of her executors, and guardian of the person and property of the young lady, and no sooner was the will opened, and he found that Miss Fryer was to be possessed of the bulk of her aunt's pro- perty, than he became enamoured with the young lady—or rather her property, and assiduously courted her affections; the grave executor was changed to tile sighing lover, whose alarms were never quieted till he got possession of the lady's money. Godfrey, 'aware of the tender ¡ friendship which Miss Fryer had entertaiaed^'or the plaintiff, and knowing too, that she had re- peatedly promised him marriage, had an interview with Judd, io ascertain what were her recol-' lectiens of tha promises Miss Fryer had made, and touad they were decidedly favourable to the plaint-.ii. Mrs. Godfrey acknowledged she had made those promises, but added She had altcsd her mind. Mr. G. having in. his eye the attain- ment of the lady's property, was fortunate enough to effect a marriage ji« May Mrs. Jones having diod about Christinas, 1S23.—-n con- clusion, I10, the Learned Counsel, hoped that the J ury would give the plaintiff r, reasonable com- pensation for the wound his feelings had sus- tained. I'le asked not for excessive damages, but he did hope that Mr. Godfrey would not be allowed to triumph over the feelings of the plain- tiff, and hold the fortune of the lady undisturbed, while he had the means of remuneration in his power. Mrs. Judd stated that she had been formerly in the service of Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Jones had a little farm, and witness went to live with her about six years since. The old lady had no children, and Mary Fryer, her niece, now Mrs. Godfrey,lived with her. Mr. Savage,the younger, used to visit Mary Aun. She had oace seen him iu tlw honse. and -several times in the paddock up aga nst the ho«se. He -,aitie after Mary Ann, she suppos-ed, and she had seen them together in the cow-hoiKc.—(A laugh.) He lid not come into the m"ise, because he was not allowed 13 do so I by Mrs. Joies, She and Mary Ann used to go together to William's father's house at liumsey, to meet "aim. Mary Ann and William were used to meet each other. She liv-cd with Mrs. Jones for "upwards of three years, and this used to be going on all that time. For the last twelve months Miss F:ysr did mt. go to town, because her aunt haard of the courtship, and would not let her gowt. When Mary could not go out, she used to send ,messages to William. At the desire of Miss Fryer, the witness had told Wil- Ham that, after the -death of her (Mary's) aunt, she would marry him, and no one else,. Dnr- ing the year Mary Ann wa net allowed to go to Rumsey, Mr. Savage used occasionally to come up to h'r,and stay about the premises. Miss Fryer had told her that, before she came into Mrs. Jones's service, an old gentleman, named llar-.ey, now dead, had brought a letter from Mr. Savage to her, which her aunt had taken from her and put into the fire. She had carried letters as well as messages from Mary Ann, now Mrs. Godfrey, to Mr. Savage. After the witness had left Mrs. Jones's service, and about three months before that lady's death, which happened about Christmas 1822, she met Mary in the Hundred at Rumsey, when she said" Betty, you go down to William, and tell him, after my Aunt's death I will marry him, and no one else." At this time her Aunt was very ill. On delivering the mes- sage to Mr. Savage, he said, he would wait fo" her if it were for twenty years longer." Mary had repeatedly told her she would marry him, and no one else. Mary, at the time the witness lived with Mrs. Jones, now six years since, Was 25 vears of age. While living with Mrs. Jones, she was always present at their meetings. Mr. Justice Burrongh-Where-in the cow- house ? At one of their meetings she heard Mr. Sa- vage say to Miss Fryer, that he would marry her immediately if she was agreeable, even be- fore the death of her aunt; but Mary declined that, saying she could not marry before her aunt was dead. Mr. Godfrey, the defendant, is a taHow-ckandler, and was in his father's business at Ramsey. Lately the witness had lived in Win- chester. About a fortnight before the marriage of Mrs. Godfrey, her husband came to the wit- ness's lodgings, and sa'd Miss Fryer wished to see her at the King's Head. She saw Miss lryer, and she and Mr. Godfrey then asked her what she had to say about William Savage and her (Miss F.) going to be married. The witness answered, Well, Mary, you know there has I letters passed between you, and you know you have promised to marry him scores and scores of times." Miss F. said, Umph but lam going to change my mind, and intend to marry Mr. Godfrey; and Mr. Godfrey jumping from his chair, said Yes, and if William Silva-go likes law, I will give him plenty of it, for I wm spnnd and put them alt in Eiidewell." Croas'cxamined—She had said Mrs. lodfrey's age was about 31. She did not know that she was now in her '10th year, but she supposed ,t must be pretty near that. The tender vow and promise to marry, were made before she went to Mrs. Jones's. Mrs, Morris was the person who brought them together. She remembered the cir- cumstance of a Bible being introduced; It was a year and a half before she left Mrs. J. She was present at the Bible sceee; it was a droll business,- (Much laughter.) The Savage family wore very litospitable people.—(Continued laugh- ing.) There was the and some v.'in and wine. It was raw rinn, a-,d a iiuxtureof rum and wine. It WitS the gentle William 'x11o was so kind as to ply Mary Annewlth a little of "t.- I Slse di 1 not. drink abo ve a glass <K two—or thre?/ ~-or/oMr cf the raw rmvt and wine but she was a little the worst i- sle was rather intosi. cated. T-hc witness had told a Mr. Holmes, that after William had so well plied ?.-iary Anne, she kissed the Bible, and swore so help her God, she would have no other man but Mr. Sa- vage fit Into tKe -dwelling house because Mrs. ¡ Jones objected .to ids intimacy with her uiece.— Mr. Savage ca ne into the paddock sometimes; but in the six or tsven years she knew thorn, he was never on the premises but on-ae, and that I was in the cow-house. They uscid to meet some- < times 011 the turnpike road, and, somet at Savage's hc",ise. Khe had 'i«fc the service about j five or six years." and from that- time sho had not i known to meet more fhna t'kree or fmir times. When Godfrey sent fc" her at, the King's f Head, he told her that Ravage was going to bring I aa action. Sine generally took Miss Fryer to j Savage's house, but she was willing to go M the witness was to take her. She. never told the j Aunt of the secret inti'rjn\ w! ich the uiece kept 'up with Sayagse. Miss ,'ry<>r was never per- | mitte l to go out \hoi t ha\ ug 1 >> irvcwit. with j her, as she was i.:etle in 'e* md person, 1 lU''&ramtaed.—'Jht, teiJ. «, on i last, that tt '.was &a > no UUP: ,'CM Mlja Fryer » aT to U: malf^ <tqi 'i* •> tbout that &y.o ihe oecunw I t1Bible, rein ar.d wine, slu had repeated1; "rwul messages and letters I)etwe,-Ii Ol She saw- Miss Fryer intox cau,i bti. tiat olice. Miss -Eli^aix-ith Savage, the of tiie plaia- tiff, proved the promise of marriage made ty Gctiirey. Mr. Williams admitted, the marriage of Elss Fryer to Mr. Godfrey, on the 15th rL, fy, 182". The probate of the will cf the late Mrs. Jones was read. Her personal property was sworn • of which Mrs. Godfrey was made j tne residuary legatee. The piobate also a'lixdsd < to a landed estate, in which Mrs. Godfrey had an interest, but the Court held that inquiries could not he gone into relative to that property. This was the case on the part of the plaintiff. < Air. Williams addressed tJy for the de- I fendant. It had been supposed that the only de- t fence he could make to tins action v/as, io ridi- cule the personal-imperfections of Mrs, Godfrey; but he too deeply deplored the situation of per- sons who had to contend with natural infirmities, to hold them up as objects of ridicule; and he was nuioh surprised that she had not been do- scribed as all id.a'c was lovely and beautiful, ra- ther than as a lady who was not likely to cttract the .admiration of all who had the happiness to see her. The subject for consideration was, not the attractions, or personal' defefcts of the lady, nor the situation in life of the plaintiff, bui whe- ther Jaa had wooed this lady for the honourable purp-asos of winning her a-lections, or with the base and sordid View o-fgetting her property.— Mrs, Jones at one' time was this otiy protector Miss Fryer had, and she, exercising the discre- Miss Fryer had, and she, exercising the discre- tion of a guardian, thought proper to discounte- nance hs vbits LLt the lJÜse, and then we him, 7v»y the treachery of aservaiit, skulking about, the premises and' holding-'conversations with the lady lie intended to mate his wife hi a cow-house I an altogether ai variance with the feelings ef aa honourable man, who would shudder to p'ace fur a moment a virtuous female in a situa- tion that might degrade her. It did not appear that the marriage of the lady had ever occasioned the plaintiff a single tear, -or a moment's regret, independent of the disappointment he had sus- tained in not obtaining her money. Considering the views of tae plaintiff, and the effect a verdict in favour of the plaintiff would give, by encou- raging servants to act treacherously with the confiden ce reposed in them, he (Mr. Williams) I thought the Jury would promote morality, and meet the justice of the case ,oy giving their ver- dict against the plaintiff. ,r, Mr. Justice Burrough, in his charge to the Jury, saiu there was not the least doubt but that a promise of marriage had been made, and broken with the plaintiff, and therefore he was entitled to their verdict; but they would consider well thy whole- of the evidence, in determining tke amount of damages thpywould give him. I The J uryrctlrned a verdict for the I)Idintiff.- I Damages J'-iOO.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Upon the third reading of the Mutiny Bill, ilir. Huine rose to move an amendment; the object was to declare that in future it should be unlawful to inflict the punishment of flogging upon corporals or privates in the army. He had proposed this clause before without success, and he was unable to add any thing in the way of argument to recommend it. But a fact had lately come to his knowledge which he deemed mate- rial. He had an opportunity of conversing with an officer, who was acquainted with the disci- pline of the army of Wirtemberg. In the life- I time of the late King, vas carried to a great extent in that Army. These punishments, however, though very frequent, sever exceeded a thousand canes or lashes. This^ frequency had the effect of rendering the men indifferent, and when a man was once punished he was 80 dis- graced, that it was necessary to repeat thepunish- ment upon him from month to month, and often from week to week. The troops, were in fact rendered completely callous, and all good effects from the punishment as an example were lost — Upon the accession of the present King, lIe took a different course, and put a stop to fl '()'g,, i n a I togelher. Not a man is now punishedPin°this way in the army of Wirtemberg, The conse- quence was, that the character of the men was improved, the number of officers diminished and the state of discipline of the troops rendered su- perior to what it had ever been before. The mode adopted was, to have recourse to solitary confinement. The house would, perhaps be sur- prised to hear, that eight or ten days was the greatest extent of this punishment.—There were three stages, namely—imprisonment for three six, and ten days. There was also the punish- ment of simple cOnfinenleiit, and confinement in irons. Any soldier who was punished more than twice, was not suffered to remain in the regiment, but was drafted into one of two others which were called condemned" battalions. The first was a receptacle for the worst characters' the second for those, who, although they had been punished more than twice, were not deemed in. corrigible, Even in these regiments corporal punishment was very uncommon; it was some- times resorted to in the first, very rarely in the second. When the abolition of this disgraceful an!' odious punishment was first proposed, the oncers were all against it. They thought disci- pline could not be preserved without it. But their opinions were now changed, and it was discovered that the mods of punishment adopted was calculated for all the purposes of making good subjects, and good soldiers of the men—so it would be, if the punishment were abolished in the British army. He wo.'ild not say that it would have the effect of inducing a better order of men to enter the army, because the little a private soldier had of promotion, was a bar to that. But, even under all the disadvantages of promotion, he was sure I that if this odious punishment vas done a7my with, many r,:len would enter the army for seven 01' ten years, and at the eiMl cf that freak come out of it-better members of society. No man of fine feelings would enterservice in which for the slightest offence, or that which his officers jnigiit Construe into an oCeace. he might be sub- jected tc a punishment which would disgrace him lor life. One did not wonder much that such a psnishtn sat was adep ted in the ckrk times in which It had its origin, but it was tea barbarous for the present, day. We were softening dawn acne of tha asperities ofthecrintlnal code, but'.vhy should i we not try- t18 experiment upon tlvs trooya in the L iiited Kingdcfti 1 Tli ire could be no clanger in it. Let the cxperiiiunit have tfair trial. Whilst "e isgislatipg for thebrutc ?re,-Atien-.(l',<jar) —¥7.e, wir'. fellaw creatures. The 'l?u?ish;flsgt of.flogging-^as^ainful td the feelings, -of the o^cer.i who werecQbligedto witness .it. f t V;'t..s TiO erteroachMieBt -upca the iviag's freroga- t:ve,-and this House was bound to look >0 ihe safety of foe soldiors. 'Onle.sa, .therefore, the ILEBIE R.-O-RD O^P:SI;'E SUO?REDR,EEIO GRATIS ior t'ais punishment, he iroped th:)re woi.iii be -so objection io receiving this amend- malt.. Ko concladod fcv niovir?«r tk it ths omend- -nient be brought up. 'Vivian ssid, t-L-ei .Ù;r his pari, as the Commander of a Regimeut, ho .vas most an xious that the practice &f Hogging might be, can- sisteiitiy v. ta the service, done away with and he ,ira3- certain there was not a Commander of a 2&egnnent the Eritish Army who did not par- t.icipr.-„3 IC the same fefeling. Having said that nmen, ae rdt avofr, that it was no slight reflec- tion on tnose individuals at the head of the British .army—no sl.GIT reflection N the British AREV n general, to r/uy, that they would i.bt ccrae for- warc to &o away rith corporal punishmeiit, if it eon a be doM away with consistently with the "A of the service. He was satisfied that die vrelitleraen on the opposite side of the House aad not a monopoly of humanity.—(Hear, hear.) im lac was ocs OY great importancs and thepREishmaat was so disgraaefui to < 'ie charac- ker of ihe co untry-as was maklalned, why, he might ask, was It ,[ dokz awr,y with at public gchcok, where young men of birth, education. and fine feelings, were subject to iÆ ? If it were a question of feeling only, who would not wish to see corpora? punishment blotted out of Penal^Code altogether j but as an officer of soma experience frj the^rmy he say, that it could not be done away with, without endangering the oiscipline, and perhaps tine safety ofihe army.— The apprehensioii alone ef puaiohiK^nt, had its eftect wita the soldi?", i1c; iuetee, a fa*.? years ago he commanded a regiment o,f a thousand jue'i and he observed at one time their great and in- creasing irregu'eruy. He endeavoured to S. ceiaiin the cause, and on inquiry, the Adjutant came to him and-said, the men got into i their heads that Sir, Francis isgoiug, to ay flogging, aad t ere is 110 getting them to do their duty." '{j-entls^au "i»acquaint- ed with the army had it not in tuakpoT'u- to form the same judgmtnt that military men.; from ex- perionce, had. It was, Iwwever, well known' that soldiers differed in their habits V'roir« men of other avocations, arid the recruits were generally the wildest young men. They were ready to com- mit excesses, which required severe punishment; out admitting that, he might—though not wishing to b iast of the service to he belonged-say that their spirit and gallantry was never found wanting, and it was often seen that the soldier who was most ready to break out of'the b/rrack- yard, was often the first to break halo tke enemy's ranks—(Hear, hear.) The great, vice, of the soldier was drunkenness, and that mott called for some severe check. Ho did not moan to.-say that every man who got drenk should be flogged, but punishment was absolutely necessary m sofne cases. There were certain times when men are more likely to be irregular than atothei-s exves- A- I ses are committed, and complaints are made to him, suppose, as the commanding officer, that fifty or sixty men, on some annuEil or other rejoicing have been drunk and irregular to a great degree! I As commanding ofiicer, he [mist put a stop to this and what a situation he was placed in, the House must at once see. -He coald ncj'put fifty or sixt^ men in solitary confinement, for <vhile they were there he shovdd call on othe,' good, men to do extra duty in iheir places. If they were sent to drill, or on extra guards, there was no- thing effectual done, and the character of the regiment and the service thus became injured. If he had the power of trying one of these men by Court-martial, and instantly punishing, the excess was stopped in limine, and there was a severe example given to the rest of the men.- (Hear, hear.) Besides, on service hew was it possible to revert to solitary confiiwment ? The case, then, spoke for itself. With regard to the observations made by the Hon. Member for West- minster on a former debate and the comparison he drew between the French' army i" the South of France after crossing the Fyrennees, and the British any in the retreat to €oru«na, he could not deny the excesses committed in the latter In- stance. But it was well known that these exces- ses did not arise from want of discipline, but the ii a army was in a state of absolute exhaustion, and in want of every necessary. Whenever joor stragglers dropped from their ranks, andhullg back with a view to pillage, they were forced by want and famine and as hunger will break through stone walls, every consideration should be made for the conduct of an harassed armv in want of provisions. But what was the case with the French army in the South of France ? Whv it retreated gradually, and in order, on iu resources. It fought at Qrthes, Tarbes, and at Toulouse, and suffered no privation hi t st ll its excesses were so great on its own territory, that the British were rectived with open arms -w hailed as liberators, wherever thev Iu fact, it was admitted by those who had the best opportunity of forming a judgment that for the whole campaign the Brhish armrsavS ten thousand men by its state of discipline. (Cheers > He^tprepared to Vote with the amendment of the Hon Member for Aberdeen, because he knew well that the officers commanding regiments couk not keep their men in order without the dread of punishment, even if it were but rarely resol ved to. He must say, that with regiments, as they were at present made up—perhaps with not more than 5uQ or Goo men, which must be considered as picked men—the power to punish could not he dispensed with. But in the case of a regiment of or 1,400 men, during the war, when men were taken without much attention to character—when a large bounty was held out as a bribe it was absolutely necessary to keep them in order, and with attention to discipline, Wheu with his regiment, some years since, two ,u ..j came into the barrack-yard, and wanted to r;1¡,;t. though they wore smock-frocks, and affeele h be rustics, he thought they were soldiers in dis- guise, and after they were enlisted, orden" :s sharp look-out to be kept on them. Arl-,i* -t short time, the men were absent, and they w.>r<« immediately pursued. It came out at last ¡:"It they had been absent on furlough from anofhe^ regiment, and came down to his corps and obt;, ed the bounty. What could be done in a t-, like that ? It might do very well to get ri i of punishment, if you could make a whole regjnwdt actoriprinciple; and consider it not only a t'n- grace to the man to be flogged, but to the cha in'it w n'glm<:m 1° haVe a take jraco in it. He was m favour of power beinsr «-j v, .1 o cowts martial, instead of punishing men. u* send them to foreign service, and not to al! ,v tlwm to be promoted until after three vears good conduct. That restriction with regard So promotion would be necessary, as some men w. it, sent out to the (iOth during the war, who, bi i good soldiers, were immediatev promoted an 1 th^ wcrc1much btitter off th^re'til-.a VIO1' ~rl conclusion, th« Gallant OITU <T llon \W,(1 f° th<? of t Hon. Member for Aberdeen; but whenever ft was found that discipline and good order in Sral C°U|d be "ntained without cot, poral punishment, he would be-most happv'to <^ivo 'SSYSSR CL*"» ■ S: the Bill. presaat. When fte had the command of a re«i- Wflf knienrfse flw5ied fol7enial o(fences. -|i.. THT N, K F',m Wh0 exercisi-1 V'ib tU so"u saw 3lis 'ol:> >aiid }k' «'"» Jii J T as m"eh as possible. Jie r(>ltfin i,H' Siln'e and they. were examples of regiments where to this da v ;t cerporal punishment took place. As his hou. Frhmd confined his amendment to regiments „t .10tile, he w-gtild give him his vote, parlieuhulv ac the P was annual. If the Hon. Member f. -eX'T e<1 hiS amendment to for. iVr wiCe' le would vote it, asr,„ man who had ever been on service could say tin! order or discipline could be kept up without poral punishment. lie believed that surni.r,- proceeding by Court-martial abroad was the ty of tne army. ?rfed^dxlh,al,his Hon. and G allan t i net u .vian^ had stated so aW« al? tet^was material an the subject, he did not f^i him^eif called on to detain the House. With n- Sard to the observations of the Gallant Offic-r who spoke last, it seemed they were both agiv, L? 7'V1S,led to hilw corporal JHI- S r ail^ °f terei»» active service. n^L;^i 1 d9Sired to extend, that same. C U- W3S Emitted that th?m tht'Comfflm(5«r etcertioa was made bv KOB. Mmnber went to take «v4?°S' 10il°' ,1,w' was absolutelv -l5' a Powt'r thui where escaoes n,K K °?isa correction of which the hl^u't in tfl" have no immediate contronl" 1 on,los oouli it at home, where an every dTv viJilTn 'toab°11sh ardsed, and no abuse ofit wSke.V «Ti eX" Tho/roii.! > Vjisukeiy totakenlace. Tllf.- gtlleryty-,ir, I)IIIC(I- for a div*s,lotl For th8 clause. 127 For the amendment j- Majority for the clause.v so 1.

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