Extraordinary Commitment ...
Bericvean twor and threh weeks; a;g,. H tis H orrier. o-. Rin s.. an(! WiVllm i 'Wood, utiltrOudle, both in the cOOnty o' Nicib avtou.. were con-ailited to Ayvlesbu. y gaol, WId to hard aibour frracilerd:ar month. o:i a charge .'colleciinio nrionoy tiier ralse pret(uices. 'i !; prisoiers. it nppearS, are duly lictisKe(i pre:chers. an: in t:e ihbit of'preac'ing at trheeplact-sabo ve teitiot e' , and in t hetr icr l i: leit at tl(: tI tfe rlic were ttken inti mcttkody evcre collect ia r,to:t 1y ti; thC town1 olI Newtort l'amenill. i i tlni ctItutr s. 'Ile purpose Kit wlthic:h tihev wer- iaking L,lis collc;ti.i)n. it now itt Is out, So far trom hbi-lng a falso pretence, wvs that for witicit thev had beel specially authlotrizedl aivd demt ed be it crtnain religitLe parte or sect. wiho hid cretreil a r ccnivetio-hn.c a, Ri.untds, the vho c expe;nse tf ivinch they ht:id ben an:blbc, niot or' their own ilnds, to dLurav. The c' t:o tntiltent ot' the 117ison r- ,uider thoes circutostance,. htas vxcitcd, whlerever aktowst a; greoa- rie attionr; wid rhe H1 n. ltobor! Smnith. one of the!: rvirpresctaltives. oit thiis cour.tv, is, w; kindersaalld. t,- mwri: ti e cit. s; to the :djournedI SCSsmcti 'therior *llea. tures, * e are a'l inforulttd, arc about to be adolpted by the frien'Is oP the pris,;ners, lteticre the l,cori tribnal, to obtaln for themt recti res, and to rent I the attick inade throulgih thietm, upon the rit tprisdi,rxe t i c tc-l -s! cha&'d( o iLi n as .i-an oifence, hatve forwa7ded to1 Mr. S'tlith a fuill deili or' the circum- stances, atrestrd bv their respeette iigrlitttree andl nave traTsniitred |t its a rc(ituet to t.tiseC rhe tf)Liowi%ua as :a COPt of their letter to Mr. To the Ioit. Robert Sittli, M. P.. oncofthis laesvs .Tos ijcc. oi' rihe Peace for the cortittv of Bitkinltam.i. ' e, the undersitlted inhlabi:ants of Rautls, in tite COmtttv o0 I Notrttnmitotn, mosr It ti Ltblv and resCC tet'l IIv ber l eve t; srtte. thtat .Ja ies Horner, ot'Raunds, anti W'illiam Wo'od. o! (3a:mle. atre nlw jconitled in Aylesbury gaol, to which they were a irttn:ght ago con- mitted by the Itev. .Mr. Lowttdes, o: ;ie iti 'it' tato ihe R.v .J'tr. Mar'liall unider the ttew Vagrant Act, charged v. ith collecting mlotnev titnder pals pretences. " 'I'ihat ite s:litl ,Jantcs llorner and 3W'i"lialn NVIoL (:ee dttly Ii- censed lio preaCll, and as littir.ters if a reiigi)is scer ca!!ed Bet:lk iit Revivaeists. ate ini tc constant hibit or p.revh i ng am Rau tilt and (tunlic, anit within a circuit of aboiut *ig!:t iniles rouotd tne neigh- boitrhood ol tltose placs. " Thatitait Society oi' Baptixt Recvivalists htae reccnttIy erected a meeting-house tor public worsh pait Rixunds, atanl CxpeCnSV(iicludittg the !ttte,tase of the giouild ) ot' 1401. ; end that beitiy unable to (le- tr") tilc wiole ot' suctl expense, they attthorize.l atdil deputed James HoIrner and II'iihijatl \V'o(x to solicit :anj collect pecuniary assistanlce front mhe public, in r'ull tatnfidence htat whtrtever nttone' imight be so obtatintetd weould be fl,ithfilleV accoirt t ol for :o tre Soviciv by their two brrthrert. - TIhat iviile the sait Ilorner arid Wood were coliectirig cotntri- butlonts it the towt of Newport Pagtell, inl a *iuiet anid ortlerlv maniter, they were takett itro cusioyi', cmntnittu(I to pirison, alti the tontev titey liatl collected, arnotirtitg to 5!. lk. 101d.. was ta'ken tronlt ! ben; I liat thev are now en :ti1clltd it work in t ile prison to tn e injtiryt ot their bodily hiectltlI. " Tl':(t the said hloriter and Woo'ad are persons G. sober, piout. :mtd respteetable itabits, anld laear atl 'lce(ient chtlrtlcr in Ut!is tteightbturhood. " i'c therefore ioost earnestly and respectfully itoplore v. u to take thte case of ottr srtilering brettren into your consideration. and to uise y otir ki td t xertitn atid intcrest to at.leviate iheir distress. " Dated this loth day or' August, I 1124.'" 1Si6metl ty (AII RISTOPHER WILLMI.AMSt. tMitnister ofrtie Baptist lRevivalists. atd abouir twelre other petrsos.1 i..X-Tfl.tWRn)IJ.-ARY tX(')3.1'M7'AIFA.VT U.VI)Ie? TllE At5;Wr,,,]eX 7