Lord Bishop of Peterborough, them several years ago; but we gave the House and us so excel- want to see one of recent date. lent a translation into English of We are to bear in mind, that BARBARA'S German? Delicacy, indeed, after this, sent forth to our wives and daughters, in the printed reports of the Lords' Proceedings, and corrected by the interpretation of the Bishop of PETERBOROUGH! Shade of the injured CAROLINE, look down and behold the present scene!

Mrs. CARLILE and her Sister are in goal in consequence of prosecutions by this Society. It is proper that we should know who the prosecutors are, This is of great importance under any circumstances, and, at this, moment, of importance, not to be adequately described by tongue or pen.

In our paper of yesterday we But, to return to the Bishopric, expressed a hope, that the Par-an Act of Parliament is easily liament would not separate without made. We showed, yesterday, a passing some Act relative to the case in point; but, why not a Bishopric and its great revenues. BILL OF PAINS AND PEThe extent of the riches and of NALTIES? In the case of the the patronage of the Bishopric is innocent and injured CAROLINE, very great. In cases of outlawry, there was such a Bill! The the temporals are escheated as a Ministers said, that it was a dematter of course; so that, if it be parture from the ordinary course true, that the Bishop has fled, of of administering justice; but, they which there appears to be no insisted on the necessity of doing doubt, the temporals cease to him. something, not for the sake of the But, there must be an indictment King and husband, mind; not for and a trial. Now, then, "Society his sake; but for the sake of the for the Suppression of Vice," morals of the nation! Very well, come on! Come on, zealous then, shall we hear of no Bill of souls, yearning to promote and any sort now? The Parliament preserve "public morals!" You could bring in a Bill about a will not sleep now, to be sure. Queen, and surely it can bring in Your ATTORNEY'S GENERAL, one about a Bishop! Those who Messrs. GURNEY and ADOLPHUS, fill the seats had, then, uncommon will now, certainly, be quickly in anxiety about the public morals, motion! Mr. PHILLIPS observed, let what might become of decency; the other day, in open court, that and, will they be indifferent now? you had never yet discovered In the case of the Queen all was Vice to prosecute in any rich per- a total secret to the people, till son. Come, then, let us see what blazoned forth by the Governyou will do now.-N.B. We shall ment. The people neither had be extremely obliged to any one heard, nor wanted to hear, any who will be so good as to send us of the tales. The persecuted Caprinted lists of the NAMES of roline was their Queen, and as the Members of the "Society for such they respected her. They the Suppression of Vice," and of wanted to hear nothing. Their those of the "Constitutional As- morals were safe from her exsociation The former used to ample, even if that had been print such lists.—We saw one of true which afterwards appeared

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to be so false. It was the Govern heard that one of the bail belonged ment which forced out the whole to a profession, not usually very of the disgusting details. But, fond of becoming bail. How now, a thing ten million times ever, all must come out at last. more injurious to the moral character of the nation has come to light; and, will this same Government now do nothing?

The country papers begin to come in; and we see, that some of them are carrying on the work of smothering as much as possible. We can hardly account for the We have, for instance, now lying silence of the "friends of the before us, the "Huntingdon, Queen," who are in Parliament." Bedford and Peterborough Ga❤ They must recollect all about" zette, and Cambridge and Hertthe Liturgy affair. They must," ford Independent Presses;" but, surely, recollect the Message and numerous as its names are, and the Green Bags about the Na-independent as it is, it contains tional Morals! They must re-(though printed yesterday) only. collect who it was, what descrip- the two sneaking articles from tion of persons it was, who were the base Old Times, and without most bitter and cruel upon that a word of commentary of its own! occasion. They must recollect That is to say, without a word of Mr. THWAITE being held to bail commentary on this subject; for, for saying aloud in a church in it has a convenient space with Suffolk, "God bless Queen CA-“ original" nonsense about the ROLINE." They must recollect all Turks, the Greeks, the Hindoo these things, and, is not some- Widows, and about many other thing due, then, at this time, to things, all for the edification of her memory? the good people of the above-said counties by the means of this most We shall suspend our opinion" Independent Press." as to those friends of the

QUEEN for a few days; and There is a brazen blackguard only for a few days; and, in the in Ireland, who republishes weekly meanwhile, look at the Bishop's the whole of The Register in a bail, which, according to an ac-newspaper form, and even calls count, published in our paper of his paper The Weekly Register. yesterday, by Mr. Sheriff PAR-The author will forgive this bra KINS, and signed with his name, zen blackguard for all that he has is even less than that which we hitherto done, if he will but rehad before read of in the Ob- publish the whole of the Register server. Mr. PARKINS states the of THIS DAY. This, however, bail to have been only 5007. for is precisely what he will not do! the Bishop himself, and two sure. We know well how he will be ties in 2501. each!!! But, why prevented. We shall be obliged have we not, as in other cases, to some friend in Ireland to send the names of the two trades us a paper containing his shuffle. men?" Were they "tradesmen ?" Send us two or three by different We do not believe it. We have posts. It will be curious to see heard the contrary. We have how he will wriggle out of it.

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sion. To-day the Chronicle publishes what we dare say it deems an apology for its conduct, and

We are happy to have to say, we here give it in the Chronicle's that most of the Sunday Papers own words :---did their duty yesterday; not exThe Daily Press has been virulently cepting the John Bull, who has assailed because it did not in the spoken of the bail, the escape, very first instance emblazon in all and of the conduct of the Magis-its most disgusting colours, the late Journaltrate, in terms that we very much HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE. approve of. But, Jons, honest ists owe a duty to society paramount JOHN," does not deny, that it was to their obligation to supply the something wondrous strange that incidents of the passing time, which his" machinery "should meet is, to keep carefully from their columns all those gross subjects, which not with an "accident" just at the only wound delicacy, but tend to identical moment when his paper the corruption of innocence. There ought, on the Sunday morning, to is reason to believe, in a multitude have contained an account of a of instances, that the very knowthing that happened on the Friday ledge even of the existence of such evening, and that JOHN must have a practice as the abomination in heard of on the Saturday even-question is derived from judicial in ing. We like to see Jon's lash-vestigations; and it has been the opinion of many excellent persons →→ ing work, which he does well, lawyers as well as moralists-that and which he can hardly lay on the interests of purity and virtue amiss, striking, as he does, amongst would be better consulted by abthe knaves, bullies, and hypo-staining altogether from prosecution, crites in notorious life; but, we which cannot fail to give publicity do not like the accident to the to these detestable pollutions, than machinery," which looked, to us, by the effect of any punishment that very much like the effects of that can be inflicted upon the wretched offenders. When, however, we species of palmistry known to be found that the rank and station of so potent when practised by cer-the principal party had already given tain operators. a general notoriety to the case, and considered that further measures must be adopted to purify the Church from such a stain, that must render concealment hopeless, we communicated it to our readers in the least offensive manner that was possible.

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The base conduct of the Old Times every one seems to reprobate. This affair has done this one great good, at any rate: it has stamped the character of that paper for the remainder of its existence; and, what is of not less importance, it has shown to what If any thing in the way of the Morning Chronicle can de-perverseness, crookedness, twisscend! That paper has acted a tification, could surprise us, when part worthy of the faction to which coming from the metaphysical it belongs. This was something pen of a Scotch politician, this thats must, in the end, affect the would surprise us. The Chronicle Boroughmongers; for the question holds the abominable deed, we of influence must come before the are very sure, in the same degree public in the course of the discus- of detestation that we do; and

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for legal punishment of the crime. tional. Much better, then, for the With regard to moralists, we know husband to be a contented cuckold, few persons, the soundness of much better for the wife to say whose judgment we should sooner not a word about the husband's suspect than your professed mo- infidelity. Why what a monstrous ralists. Dr. JOHNSON was called thing is this! How long does the the great moralist of the age, and Chronicle think it will be, if the as such his statue at public ex- dread of exposure was completely pense was placed in St. Paul's, removed; how long does he think His books, as far as they relate it would be before a state of proto morals are a tissue of rules, miscuous intercourse would exist maxims and observations, tending very nearly approaching to that to the dispiriting and degrading of of flocks and droves? And, as to mankind; to the souring of men's the particular and abominable vice tempers; to the producing of me- itself, the Chronicle told us but the lancholy; to the checking of all other day, that the hellish Turks exertions; to the damping of all had seized immense numbers of the hope; in short, to the making of Grecian boys for that atrocious purthe whole of a man's life one conti-pose, which we need not describe, nued curse; and yet the Doctor and which was so common among was not what one would call a the Turks! This is sweetly consiswicked man, and appears really tent in the Chronicle to be sure! to have thought that he was giving lessens of virtue.

It is so very delicate, that it cannot, even when called upon in a So that as to moralists, in the voice of Thunder by public jusfirst place, we must know who tice in England, say a word about they are; and in the next place, a Bishop of the Church of Engbe these moralists of the Chroni- land, though the act had taken cle who they may, we must take place in London itself; it is so leave to say that they must be very delicate that it cannot comvery stupid men, and very impu- municate the intelligence of this dent, also, to set up their opinions, deed to the English people, lest not only against the opinions of it should communicate the knowmankind in general, but against ledge of the existence of such that, which has been the basis of practices; yet it can, day after all criminal law in all countries day, describe these practices as and ages, namely, that crime is carried on by the Turks, and that to be prevented by the publicity too, in allusions much more broad and exposure which necessarily and terms much more gross than attend public punishment. Ac- we have made use of in the whole cording to the doctrine of the course of our writing upon the Chronicle, every species of vice subject. This is very consistent must pass with impunity; because on the part of the Chronicle. to punish is to make its existence Many days before the Bishop's known; is to cause it to be talked affair took place, the Chronicle about; and according to this new was emblazoning the conduct of doctrine, by that very means to the Turks. The public might promote the vice, to increase the have said, indeed, and not without practice of it and to render it na-reason, why is this hateful vice