The National Register. — London, England, 1821-06-04 00:00:00

ILCHESTER GAOL. SATURDAY, MAY :b. The charges having been read,atid a few preliminaries agreed oil, Mr. Hunt called J. Pistilli's, ut Nlatitacitte, Esq. one of the magistrates of the county, as his first witness, who stated that he had always considered the jailer's occurrence book to be a diary of what takes place in the jail ; the minutes therein of occurrences to be regularly entered, for the purpose of enabling the visiting and other magistrates to know what had passed from time to time in the jail. Witness then proceeded, "1 have examined this book lately mote than usual, my attention having been called to it frequently during a late investigation before the magistrates, and I certainly have discovered very many interlineations, or rather iii tcrpolations, which, in my opinion, on all examination, speak for themselves. There is an obvious interlineation, noting the discharge of Ann Denman on the 24th Oct. the day on which her sentence expired my attention was called to this in consequence of the woman herself' having sworn that she was not discharged 1 three days aftei wards." (Here the witness pointed out a great many interlineations to the commissioners.) Witness proceeded, that sometimes he had been a visiting magis trate, and if the jailer's occurrence book wore liantLd to him, he should certainly expect to find the entries regu larly entered as the circumstances occurred. lie had been a visiting magistrate about eight years, during which time, ulna within six weeks, he hail no idea that there were any stocks in the jail ; un it had never come so his knowledge that any prisoners who had misbehaved themselves were put in irons, handcuffed, or tenanted, or had blisters applied as punishments; but that the extent of the punishment amounted only to solitary confine ment. He disclaimed even having given such orders himself, and was not aware that any had ever been made by his brother magistrates. He hut lately, in the former investigation, seen the stocks for the women, and also those far boys, for the first time. (Here the attention of the witness was called by the governor's solicitor to the magistrates' journals, which contained an order signed by himself.) Witneu proceeded—" Here is an order signed by myself, which I will very readily read. I find 1 made an order, May 18, 1840, to have an unruly boy confined by the leg, but I had no knowledge whatever at the time of there being any stocks in the jail. Those which I have lately seen, called the boy's' stocks, I con sider to be very dangerous, and I certainty should not have ordered boys to be placed therein; and I should consider a boy put to stand at his work from eight till one o'clock, awl from two till six, would be a very se vere coy real corporeal punishment" ?,Irs. E.Mrs. E. Davis was the next witness, who deposed, that was she matiott—that she had a woman under her care, named Sarah Hewitt, who is the mother of a child born in the jail ; that she was present when Hewitt signed a petition to the King, for a pardon, in Mr. Hunt's ward, •nd who read over the same to her, and explamed the same previously to her affixing her mark, and in which petition she had expressly stated that Mr. Bridle, the governor of the jail, was the rather. Ihe Court here interposed and wished to have the fact from Sarah Hewitt herself, as she was still in the jail ; and she was immediately sent fur. Mr. White, a solicitor of eminence, stibmitted, en the part of Mr. Bridle, the jailer, that she was not competeut to be sworn, inasmuch as she was then a convict tinder sen tence of transportation; but the commissioners stated they were sitting for purposes of inquiry, and that they had power to examine prisoners on oath. Sarah Hewitt was called in and examined. She deposed that she had . been in the jail about 4 years ; that she became preg nant in the jail, and that about two year, after she had been there she was delivered of a female child ; that in a late investigation before the magistrates she was nut on her oath, and she had stated the father of the child was the governor, Mr. Bridle, but that such sigletnent was *mime ; that she was much agitated at the time she did SD ; she was sorry for her having made such a mistake; and she stow declared Mr. George Bridle, the brother at, the jailer, who was at that time a turnkey, to be the fa ther of the chihi. Ott bring questioned whether she had some private conferences w tit Mr. Bridle, the jailer, in Mrs. Davis's. the watron's kitchen, during the late in vestigation, a nd alter she had stated her muter, Mr. Bridle, to be the lather, she replied in the negative.— Mrs. Davis the matron, was then called in again, and stated that Mr. Bridle the jailer, and Sarah Hewitt, haul b iii a private interview in her kitchen, where they re mained together about a quarter of an Mow ; that since the last, and before the present inquiry, she observed a female prisoner (A. Court) of the same ward as Hewitt, deliver a parcel into the hands of Al rs. Cox, she sister of the jailer, as the woman came through the passage no do jailer's house ; that she, as matron, always had the CX41111114110111 of all letters which might be wrote-it by the female !trimmers, winch in Me her miser% e this iratitaciion more at lent it sly than siic otherwise would. ChailtitteScoit, a female prisoner, sentenced In 14 Yeats' thinsportatinti, was then ex untied, wim stated that she, at site passed through the jailer's itassaae 111 the morning, was hiiiiiniing a tune m hir,ell; that at lock up time am jailer made it inquiry who it was dal so; and on being infOrlined it It 43 UM called her to warms hiw, he stmdiog in the ihr,SA k .r and she in time court, it being Mud rani as the tome : that the jade: imieted ber in he locked lip in solitary confinement. when she asked his torglle-ily•S ;110 I ((((((( ISt(' never itt ollind again; that the jailer rvidivil—" A girl who is wider such a heat y svnteitee ought to have known better;" that a key then took her through the rain to a solitary refractory cell , she was 'cry wet at the time, and shortly afterwards the turnkey brought her some bedclothes, which were tio nil, by being curr i e d thrii iT ,ii the ra u, auJ saii!—'• I lice is sonic clothes for yuU quilt• smoking hot." 11,, le %%as tio fire its the cell; she remained there nom hatimlay till Alotailay, when Air. Phillips, the ina6istraiii, Cattle and ordered her out off cmdinennuu ; but she wit 1.01 rrleastd odd 'l'ueaday. blink 10 , 1 the viiiiiss wis put THE RATIONAL REdISTER there kr having accommodated hits with a song; that her food was not brought in her by the mtron„ bin by the turnkey who locked up at night and unlocked in the 11111 l Mug; that ever hillee She had been so lucked up she has at inues kit very severe rheumatic pains. On her cross-examination site stated she was quite sure that the jailer said " d— heavy sentence;' that in the sum mer she is free from the rh,mnatis.n, but not so in win ter. The magistrates' journal and the jailer's occurrence book both stated that she was released front her confine ment on the Monday. BECONIA, DAY, MAY 28. Richard Pike, the turnkey, was called in and sworn and examined by Mr. Hunt. Witness stated that; he had formerly been a turnkey at the debtors' ward, but was now turnkey at the lodge or entrance into the jail. LA VALEI'TE, This gentleman who has long resided at Augs burg, set out on his return to France a few days ago. His history is well known. Mons. Lavalette was charged with the crime of high treason for re sun►ing his functions as Post-Master General hn mediately after the departure of the King from Paris, and &fore Bonaparte had entered Paris and re-invested him with that appointment. This was the charge on which he was tried ; but the true motive of his prosecution was a belief that he had conducted a correspondence with the island of Elba, and encouraged the return of his former Sovereign his benefactor, and relation by marriage. He was tried, condemned, and ordered for execution. The subsequent transactions which effected his release a few hours before the consummation of the sentence, and secured ultimately his escape from France, are as well known as they are honourable to England. Matiame Lavalette, however, became the victim of her generous devotion ; she had, to rave her husband, risen from a bed in which she had endured the affliction of miscarriage. This effort, and the great anxieties of her mind, followed by long confinement, impaired her health, atal produced alienation of her mental faculties. Touched by these misfortunes, and convinced, no doubt, of the innocence of Mons. Lavalette, the King, about a year since, signed the act of grace which cancelled the former proceedings, and re-established Mons. Lavalette in all his rights as a French citizen. Previous to his departure from Ausburg, Monsieur Lavalette considered it to be his duty to publish a declaration, to the asseverations of which all those who know the private virtues of Mons. Lavalette will not hesitate to give implicit credence. This declaration confirms the belief en tertained generally at the time of his trial that the suspicions alas agency with the Isle of Elba during Buonaparte's residence there were false. FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. • m•=11 [This Gazette *lofting a Proclamation. ordering a coinage of Goid Sovereigns and Half awverigna, of the praw.nt Reign, to be made.] BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. R. Parke, junior, Porto*, coal meichant. W. Ryde, Cannon Street, grocer. BANKRUPTS. K. Burrows, Warsop, Nottinghamshire, miller. Solicitors, Messrs. Hall nd Co. New Bo.wull Court. . _ linherdailher. Sol& Messrs. Bromley, Gray's Ina Square. T. Woolfindin and W. Elliott, New Milton, Yorkshire, corn (actors. Sol. Mr. Hicks, Gray's Inn Square. J. Pilling, Huddersfield, currier. Sol. Mr. Bettye, Chancery Lane. Co. H. Wheatl I ey, Coventry, silk dyer. Sets. Meows. Long and Gray's nn. J. Hardwicke, Clare Street. Clare Maiket, butcher. Sole. Messrs. Richardson, Wa!brook. R. lark, Jun Parties, coal. machant. Sol. Mr. Briggs, Lincoln's Inn Fields. T. Nicoll, Ware, Nests, sack maker. Sol. Mr. Bond, Ware. W. Hancock, Bury St. Edmund's, cabinet maker. Sob. Messrs. Blagrave and Co. S mond'. Inn. S. Robinson, H , hosier. Sol. Mr. Wiglesworth, Gray's Inn. W. Munk, High Street, Southwark, brandy metchant. Sol. Mr. Webb, Dean Street. Southwark. T. Cheeduun, Stockport, Cheshire, surgeon. Sul. Mr. Tyler, Temple. N. Bank, Gracechurch Street, tin plate worker. Sob. Messrs, Dawes and Co. Angel Court. J. Bunipus. Holborn, bookseller. Sol. Mr. Tatham, Castle Street, Holborn. J. J. Battier, Mincing Lane, dealer. Soh. Messrs. Getty and Co. Angel Court, Thioginorton Street. DI VIDENDS. June 29, W. Bignell. Great St. Helen's, bmker-211, H. G. Hilbers, St. Mary Axe, merchant-0, E. Dixon, Lamb's Conduit Street, haberdasher—a, W Bobber, Aldersgatc Street, wholesale jeweller-23, J. Dibdia, Casnberwed, victuarier—ka, J. Ritchie, Woolwich. baker-23, F. H. Chrism), J. C. Clarke,. and C. B owen, College Hill, mercbants—a, T. Alder, ?rest. bury, Gloucestershire, innkeeper-30, W. Elgie, Ruswarp, Yorkshire, corn merchant -27, M. Abraham an d D. Levy, Bath, jeweller-27, R. Tolson, Dalton, York, manufacturer -23. It. 11. Sorrell, Hatton Garden, printer-27, J. D. Koster, Liverpool, merchant-26, W. Kerby, Margate, coach nuuter -23, W. Keats, Bishopsgate Street, hosier -22, R. Braddock, Fanwood, CheAtre, cotton spinner -16, W. Dunn, Iloxton, upholder—n. J. Gray, Bishopsgate Street, grocer-23, T. and IL Tweed, Chingford, Essex, millers -25, T. Wotton, Bristol, leather factor-23, D. Hennell, Kettering, Northamptonshire, draper-23. D. Lovelock, Bristol, baker-26, H. Was, New Bond Street, linen draper-26, I. ?Wyatt, London Street, nueic.hant.. CERTIFICAI'ES to be grunted June 23. G. Richardson, :‘ , lecklenburgh Square, mexcluint—J. Black— band, But..lern, Stidlord, grocer—J. Edwards. Vine Street, Spita'fields, silkiiian—G. Gledston, I,outh Blyth, Northumber land, buteher—R. Roßanson, Great N'helnetham„ Su miller—B. W. Fox, Plymouth. merchant—W. Dorrington, Town Mailing, Kent, toliar maker—G. W. B. Touge, F l l 6 , India Chambers, Lerdenhall Street, merchant—T. Burbery- Wiailston, Warwickshire, grazier —It. Sallows, Hadleigh, Sul, tedk, grocer—J. l'ayka. shulticid, iron founder. COURSE OF EX Amsterdam, 12 14 C. F. Ditto, at sight, 19 11 Rotterddin, 12 15 Antwerp, 12 10 Hambargh, 38 7 Altona, 38 8 Paris, 3 days' sight, 25 80 Ditto, 26 1.1 Bourdeaux, 26 16 Frankfort on the Maine,ls7i l i Petersburgh, 91 3 U. Vienna, Ef. Flo. 10 20 Trieste, Ef. Flo. 10 20 Madrid, 36—Cadiz. 351 Dilboa, 354 Hsi 33 CHANGE, Join 1. Seville, *364—Gibraltar,3ol Leghorn, 46I—Genoa, 43f Malta, 4.s—Venice, 27 60 Naples, 391—Lisbon 49* Oporto, 491,—/lahis;sB Rio Janeiro, 484 Palermo, 116 Dublin, 9 per cent. Curk, 84 per cent. Foreign gold in bars,3l. 17s. 100. per oz. New Doubloons, New Dollars, 4s. 1041. Silver in bars, standard, 4s. 11d. PRICE Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. T'df per Cent. Coutols 76f 3i per Cent. per Cent. 91i per Cent. Nn.y Long Auu. .119 e STOCKS. Ominous 0. Imp. 3 per Cent. 731 India Bonda 40 Stuck '434 Exchequer Kill. 31. dis. Cons. for Ac. 17 Lottery Tickets ..CI4 14s. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. IL ontort. MONDAY, JUNE a. —4o. The Chancellor of the Exchequer plumes himself upon the statement he has made to the House of Commons on the state of the finances of the country —now admitting for the sake •+.- argument (which we do, while we doubt the fact) that his statements are not founded in fallacy nor bottomed in fraud, at what point of Glory have we arrived !—Why, that by depriving us (all but the blood-sucking reptiles who exist upon the hard-earnings of an industrious people) of our luxuries, and almost of our necean ries of life, that in the seventh year of profound peace our War Taxes suffice to support our Govern ment, all but a Loan (or call it what the Rt. Hon. Gent. may please) of 13 millions from the Sinking Fund !!! The Chancellor of the Exchequer may counsel us to " Thank God 'tis no worse," but we know we have to thank him and his Right Hon. Colleagues that it is so bad—if pensions and places were not granted for the purposes of corrupt infiu. ence in an assembly which ought to be incorruptibly patriotic, then might our Taxes be progressively decreased, then might the agricultural and manu. lecturing parts of society see a refuge from despair, and then might the landholder be enabled to meet the demands upon him, by the receipt of his rents, instead of by ruinous mortgages of his estates. Mr. Brougham has again most laudably called the attention of the Commons to the formation of the soi-disant " Constitutional Society"—a Society founded on principles not only destructive of the little that remains to us of the liberty of the press, but in direct opposition to every feeling of fairness, of honour, of honesty, and contributive only to the gratification of the worst passions of the worst part of human nature. The learned gentleman's de claration of the illegality of their measures, though confirmed by Mr. Scarlett (and two better legal au. thorities could hardly be found) was positively and impudently contradicted by the Solicitor-General. The Scottish poet (Burns) when using his favourite simile on the score of probabilities, " Oh, 'tis gold to brass," little thought that his expression would ever receive so perfect a double exemplification us in this instance—for the weight of opinion :s as much, comparatively with Messrs. Brougham and Scarlett, as the comparative assurance of Brass is with the learned Solicitor-General. The Congress at Laybach has broken up, and the Holy Alliance has published an account of their views and their exploits—which account, if strip ped of its sophisms and falsehood, will proclaim to the world that this tri-une demoniac Alliance has been formed for the purpose of supporting villany however consummate (provided always that it be legitimate and hereditary) against every effort of the people to regain that kind of liberty which belongs honestly to every man and to every nation; and yet these Despots are the same, whose pusilluni inoustiess in the presence of the superior genius of Napoleon Buonaparte would have submitted, and, indeed, did submit repeatedly, and for a belies of '