Magistrates' Chamber, Ayl...
GeorgeLce, Bart., Co.onel Brown, Rev. C. R. A shfeild, Rev.J. Archer, Rev. C. Tarnor, Colone W^rd, and Mr. Raper. EXTRAORDINTARY GONVICT1oN U;DFFL rEIl; NFW VA- GRANT ACT.-Il. the AMagistrates' C0amnber on Saturday, theeese of the two Baptist Mirnisterqs front Newport Pagnell, convicted of having collected money under false pretences, was subnitted to can. sideration. The discassion was in private. The Court having no Juri5dctiOn, the merits of the cnate, we understand, wete not de. bated; but the Magistrates, it appears. evinced muth kindriness to. wards the prisoners, directing that they sh4ould be left to chbwise their labour; and, i'. contradicti n to therules of the H.,use of Cor. rectic.n, giving an or4er of admiss-on to their friends. A.i to the exnression of the individual opinions amornz the Msg6atrates r.^ this ocvasion, we think it maore respecttul to the Bench to ab;staia trorn insertir.e the various reports which have reached us, espe- ciallv as we helieve that a great apirit of humanity and good feeling was on all sides exhibitell. An agent of Mr. John Wiik,q solicitor for the Soceiefvin London for the Protection of Religious Liberty' was at Aylesbury o 'rToes- day, for the purrosc of taking the depositions of the prisoners, with a view to procLre for then a writ of il-an s C<rpu(s. Tnc lepositionls were accordingly taken; but an order trorm the Rev. Mr. Lowndes, .2 _s-*. .: ., _ . _ . ?. Ayiesburv on Wednesdad morninm and of course the law; proeced- iiugs that 'were in contemp;lation will now assume a different sthapc, and have a more important enl. Wi e rejoice to find that the comn mitting magistrate has thus,, though rather late, been led to perceior his error, and e all in his power to remedy its effects. ln nmitigat- ing thcseverityof his sentence, and relieving the unfortunate suf_ ferers from a porien of the corfinenent to which he had eonsi;ned them, he has mde s4me kind of mcndc for his wvant of sulirient in^ quirv into the facts of the case, ar d for the hasty discharge of his magirtenal functions. This stcnp may prove of soine avail in the de^ fence oF his conduct which he may lee called upton to make bcforc a coLurt of review.-BRnkcs Chromicle. ,11AGISTRA PES' CHA MBER. AYLESBUtRY. ADJOURNED QUARTER SEsS!OnXS, AuG. 21.