The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-07-18 00:00:00

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Se. dd. boards. • -;O" The hawse of these Prayers Is pure. end much siaisdimpla beinmahar - than 'that of any sindiar•wort wade hos yebiliase soder oar oya."—Beweresa &oatmeal. • Review anal s eante. . .4..0We with strongly recommeadag the Morn. lag and Nees* is m as a de votion ny calculated to moo, eithdepftva famil and which cannot fail a elevate the mlads of ell who peruse it with sincerity SEAIietiMMINE."..4IOIISSLT Lttasass RIMISTBE. " As to the veletas before es. It Is a highly respectable performance In every polet of view. The forms of devotion are progoted by two Discourses on the Lord's Prayer.' Writhowle great Neatness, and ably ilinstathog the differ s.% padlleas In that aempoodlyan. And. Indeed. the whole bookies{ torsi e OTrerhl rat I.to the Prayers of Smith and Jay. la roe Morita pehililsed. "—New Evaeseticat MAGAZINE. Prated& BOrn,Editsbirgh ; and G. & W. B. Wairraaaa. Lpebna ' anilittr ;Rrie" - i - ood aspic—A - CW*ol l l4o Foos sit to be eqwelledia Inds sad tone, anal price, 60 ' piano, far 38sru1seastese 011ie' bast ResawoodCabineta, eery elegantly inlaid, &e. 80 guineas. for 00 guineas ; a square Piano Forte. 23 guineas • a fine Pedal Harp. 73 guineas. for 43 guineas ; also a B arrel Organ for church or chapel. 100 gainees.—To be seen at John Wstlen's, 13, Leicester-place.—W., B. A new donble-action Harp, cost 1201. for 80gal/teas. EITAEUEE UPWARDS TWENTY : TRANS. For the Sale V Irish Linen by the Piece. at the Feeney price, No. 4, on the sCurii SIDE of . BLOOWSI3URY SQUARE, four doors from the top of BoathamPtow-street, Hatboro. T" SEMNEN COSI PANY beg leave to an "nounce to the Public, that the shove Hone is !heir only Establishment in this Country, where they con. tinee to supply the Nobility, Gentry, sad the Fettle, with WARRANTED grass-bleached 1. 4 ne0. for Shirts and Sheets, 6f the best fabric and colour. et a price consider ablylower thee they can be procured throegh any other me dium. .They olio engage to return the purchase-money should any fault appear. Good Irish Bills and Bank of Ire- Land Notes taken as spoil. Country indrawn orders punc tually attended to by JOHN DO iiOYAN, 4, Bloomsbury-square, London; 'OWN DOYLE, 31, St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin, Agent. Ci4A)ulr and roux NRS.—W I !AAA M HEMP:, join. WINE SIERCHANT, 131, Regentstreet, bega leer; to inform Noblemen, Gentlemen. and Families, that he has a largeetoek of Claret Yin duPsys de France. which he is now selling at the extraordinary low price of ON. per doz. (nottles included.)—This Wine he warrants to be genuine, and particularly recommends It to those in the habit of drinking light Preach Wines. Also, a quantity of good Port Wale, at Ms. per doe., and ell oche: Foreign Wines, at equally moderate priees. Hampers, containing two dozen of Claret, bottles and hampers included, will be tawerded ossuaries to any part of England, on the remit tance of s Al. note; and one dozen of Wines sent to say part of London. AMUEL WOLLASTON. WINE-MERCHANT. S 129, 'Regent-street, near Vigo-lane, begs most wirti elderly to call the attention of the Nobility and Public, to his pros-nt STOCK of WINES, which he has now en Sale. A single trial will beer him out against all ombpsdi- Sample Bottles may be had, Per Doz. Per Doz. Old Port. ids. to 425. West India Madeira....Bos. Sherries .........425. to 48s. Bncellas.... ........ 48s. Tenerife. 4Bs. Lisbon and Mountain....4Bs. irldonla Aid all other Wines proportionably esasonable. Cape Madeira, very good -20 s. per doz. Do. surpassing In flavour and quality, 245. per doz. Orders sent free of carriage, within ten miles of London, Hampers is. per dos'. Bottles b. Same money allowed wham returned. To MERCHANT 3, CAPTAINS, FAMILIES, dee. &Tow on SALE, truly Elegant and Fashionaltle FOLNI ELTRE, at the Original Commission Sae Worn!, No. 93, Oxford-street, near Soho-square, at a re duction of For? Pounds in every Hundred (for ready mo ney), tae best assorted ready manufactured STOCK (cam- Ogles every description) of UPHOLSTERY and CABI• NET GOODS in the World. DRAWING-ROOM FURNITURE. An unrivalled collection of superb Patterns, In Merino Damasks, British, Swiss, and French Chintz, for suits of eurtains, or made and fixed after the most modern designs; British and French Stripes, in every shade of colour, used as outside covers for couches, chairs, ottomans, the.; elegant Fringes, Lace, and Bindings to correspond. Thirty seven Dozen Rosewood Chairs, with or without cushions; Nineteen Dozen Impregnated Ditto. Twenty-six Rosewood Sofas and Couches, carved, Inlaid with Buhl, and plain. • Twenty-two large and small sets of Rosewood Tablet, consisting of Loo, Card, and Occasional, both plain and or namental; the whole of which are highly finished. Three Dozen Rosewood and Mahogany Cheffoniers and Cabinets. Fifteen Doren Rose, Kingwood, and Mahogany Nests of Tables, Tea Poys, Octagon Work Tables, Music Chairs, Stools, &r. Several Hew Designs of Brussels Carpeting, of chests co lours, adapted solely to the drawing-room. DINING-PARLOUR FURNITURE. Seventeen Mahogany and Oak Pedestal and Trafalgar Sideboards, some of them richly carved and French polished, with Sarcophaguses. made of the same material. Twenty Sets of Spanish Mahogany Dining Tables, on In probed principles. Thirty: eight Pembroke Tables, of different sizes. Eleven Secretary Bookcases, of superior workmanship. Thirty-two Dozen Mahogany Chairs, Spanish Frames, both carved and plain, with scarlet and blue morocco, and satin hair seats. Upwar‘s of One Hundred real Turkey Carpets, of various sizes; some of them remarkably large, and, for particular reasons. must be disposed of without delay.—Rugs to cor respond. DED AND DRESSING-ROOM FURNITURE. Three Dozen full-sized four-poet Mahoganydouble screw ed Brdsteads,Spanls4 Pillars, Draperies and Curtains of Br:- OA and French Chintz and Damask, tastefully made up iu the int style of elegance. Thirty-four four-post Bedsteads, of s - naller sizes; with about four Dozen French. Tent,- and Field Bedsteads. A large Assortment of •enuine Witney R.ankets. of sizes •saltcble to the beds ; and Marseilles Quilts, hienc'ted 04 the old principle. without the aid of powerful acids. _ One Ilustlred full-sized Feather Della, made of the brit quality, white Dantzic feathers; and here it is necessary to remsrk, that these feathers are dresfed in a peculiar way, by which the offensive or oily smell is completely removed. Between Two and Three Hundred Hair and Wool Met tresses, welted and plain. with Palliasses of the same di sessions ; all of which are finished in a very superior way. Thirq-siz I.l..szen Bed-room ('hairs, ..4gether with an infi nite variety of Wash-hand Stands. Dressing Tables, Box Dresving Glasses, &r.—To which may he added, • The whole of the Parapberpalia ctf . the Bed and Dressing Room. ' *** Families are respectfully requested, particularly from the country, to bring the dissensions of their rooms, both as it regvds the making of Carpets with precision, as well as the cuttmg-out and finishing Drawing-room Curtains and Draperies, Dining Parlours, Reds, &c. The Sale commences every day at ten o'clock.' SIENNS ausl Co, late MILES. • _ .-. itil ~.~ r" Guisse./o;''s IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ' HOUSE OF LORDS..—.Tambsoaf. • SILK WEAVER*. Oa the Order of the Day for the third reading of the. Silk Weavers' Bill, Lord BEXLEY said that with a view of satisfying all the parties interested in this measure, he had prepared eertdo clauses by way of amendments, Which he should their submit to the House. Ili the first plate it was pro posed, that the powers which the former Act.gave to Ma gistrates to regulate the wages of journeymen, should still continue; the next clause was that master manufac turers should' be at liberty, if they thought fi t, to employ their capitals oat of the district comprising &Ai Stance of ten miles round the Metropolis, and in the third place it was proposed that all complaints against masters must be preferred within three months after the causes :if such complaints occurred. Lord ELLENBOROUO4I said be &fly Concurred io them amendments, and be believed that the adoption of them if ollid betellelpt beneficial to the joariwymal than theiltrowing out eithe Bill oottid•be. - and he was con. Relent if this Bill passed in its original shape, a near Bill for amending it must be introduced next Session. Now, as the part of the measure which he conceived to be un jest was repealed, he trusted the principle of the new Act would be considered as a measure of policy, and that so much of the farmer Act as was confined to that ob. jest would be retained. if the master manufacturer's . should be disswirfwd they bed ample means of redress b employing their Capitals to places which could not be o f by the law. The Earl of HARROWHY expressed his entire estis faction at the alteration now proposed to be made, and he must say that if the journeymen weavers escaped a danger, it was owing to the propriety of Lieir own con duct, and on that sort of conduct must depend whether the trade should go on as it bade hitherto done; for if they did not on particular occasions submit to a fair re duction of prices, it would be impossible to prevent the' masters from going away with their capitals to other places. herd CALTHORPE said he must regret that the Bill did not pass in its original shape; he hoped, ho 4 ever, that if it passed lith these amendments, it would not have the effect of deterring his ILajesty's Ministers from adopting that liberal course they had hitherto pursued with regard to the commercial and manufacturing inter , 'nuts 4f the community. Ile believed the feeling that now seemed to prevail in the House bad been brought about by the good conduct of the individuals interested in the measure, and he could scarcely regret. that their Lora -1 ships bad made this species of compromise, fur he' was sure the interests of the State could not suffer by suck a sacrifice to good order and loyalty. Lord BEXLEY explained. The Earl of DARLINOTON said he heartily eon %tarred in the alterations now proposed in the Bill, and Iltitied'the entire measure would be satisfactory to both parties. The amendments were then agreed to and the Bill was sad a third time and passed.—Adjourned. MOUSE OF COMMONS—Teunerom There being but fourteen Members present at four o'clock, the Speaker adjouteed the House till to-morrow, (this day.) COURT OTCOMM."7"6"MUNCIL. Yesterday the Lord Mayor bald a Court of Common Council. The Committee appointed in relation to the Finances of the City presented a Report of the present State of the Chamber, which was read. A Petition from William Cade Key, Esq., who was nominated by Mr. Alderman Atkins, in his Mayoralty, to he publicly put in nomination for the offied of Sheriff of London and Middlesex, was preserved, praying' (on account of the ill state of his health) be niagett be Ws charged from such nomination,—which, being read, was agreed to. The Resolution of the Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, thanking the Court of Common Council for the assistance that had been afforded them in their effectual opposition to the claim of the Rector of the Parish for Tithes, at the rate of 2s. %Lin the pound, was laid befoie the Court and read. The Remembrancer laid before the Coort the Act of Parliament lately passed in relation to the London Sew ers, which was referred to the Commissioners of Sewers to be carried into execution. The Remembrancer then laid before the Court the Act lately pissed for Rebuilding London Bridge, upon which the Chairman of the Bridge House Committee pre sented a Report of their proceedings in relation thereto, and which recommended the Court to refer the Act to a Committee of ten Aldermen and twenty-one Commoners, to be carried into execution ; upon which a very long discussion arose, and various amendments were proposed; the Court finally determined to refer it to a Committee ,consisting of all the Aldermen, the Chairman for the time being of the Bridge House Committee, and a Com moner from each of the Wards. Upon a Report from the Improvesneot Committee, the sum of 400 L was ordered to •be subscribed towards lin. preine the end a Fore-street, Cripplegate, opposite to CrlpplegeteCbureb. his Lordship should, with regard to the protest, have . suffered himself to be made the " cat's paw" of a set of Oren who were afraid to come forward themselves with the avowal of their opinions. The LORD MAYOR said the Court would natiuraliy est pect an at answer from him, and though be web at a lost to see in what way the question related to any lois or breach of the privileges of the Court, beebould undoebt edly answer it. He must say, then, that he had not pnt any sash question in the House . of Compions as to the k gsAty of the French Loan. He had no concern with it If It we'e illegal to lend money to Foreign. Powers, indi gduals who made the Loan would be liable to proseca• ti'on. Neither he, as Lord Mayor, nor the Court in li vidually or collectively, had, in his opinitin, any thing to do +nib it., At the Caine time, he could not help express• log his istonishntent at the manner in which the course be had taken on a former occasion had been misrepre• sented. He begged to state that be had then given no opinion as to the merits or demerits of the question. lie bad abstained front doing so. The'conesai be had taken. heaves litisfsed, from ail he had suhseqnently heard, nas a perfectly correct course. He could inform the Court that strong opinions had been given by high law autho rities that the vote of money was tap!. His Lordship said, as to his having been made a " cat's paw" of, that he had done no more than his duty." imm • COURT ote EXCHLQUEIt, Dram% serous Thu CUM BARON. ANNUITIES PURCHASED FROM SUPERANNU ATED REVENUE OFFCERS. Riddorks v. IVorion. This was an action of aasumpsit, for money had and received by the defendant for the plaintiff—to which the defendant pleaded the general issue. This novel and very important case, as regards the above subject, was stated by Mr. Bennett. The defendant, he said, holds an office In the Custom•houar, as Pro. Collector of Excise ; and it is amongst his duties to pay salaries, at certain times, to Superannuated Officers of the Revenue ; the plaintiff Isla Superannuated Surveyor of Excise s now near 80 years of age, who for several years' services has two,pensions—one is for 861. 13i. 44.—the other, on the Charity Fond. is 141. annually. The plaintiff got into deep distress some time aga, and obtained a loan of in.,- ney from apersan of the name of Hautenvi!-e, to whom he gave authority to receive the said peusions until the money lent and interest should be discharged ; but a usurious claim being set up against Ritlilocks as soon as the principal and interest, amounting to 3531. 2s. Sd. had been paid, the plaintiff served notice on the defend er t not to pay any further'gale to Haivenville ; hut the defendant notwithstanding, continued to hand over said money td Heutenville: IVe will prove, said Mr. 8., that a paper is directed periodically to d e f en d an t, ca ll e d the Establishment, from the Board of Excise ; that defend tilt received the amount of said pensions, and that be is .botind to give the same to this poor old gentleman and to no other person. After evidence had been adduced to establish the plain tiff's case, Mr. Foster—The money givon to the plaintiff, my Lord, was not as a loan, as bfr. Bennett stated, but for • an absolute assignment; and as well as an equitable case. we have an excellent legal one to stand on if it be ' deemed necessary to go on with it—but I submit to your Lordship, that on the following grounds, amongst others, the plaintiff should be minsuited :—lst, the money pass ing through the hands of the Collector is as th e affidavit states, for his Majesty's use, and no actionof this nature, by law, can he brought respecting it, without the pre eious consent of his Majesty's Attorney-General, which has not, nor, I am sure, will not be obtained in this case-2dly, the action is brought against a wrong per son; even if it could be justly broaeht against the Collector. Mr. Rushe or Hautenville, it could not be maintained against the Pro-Collector-3(11v, the action is for money had, and received for plaintiff . ; use by de fendsot, whereas all money received by him as Collec tor, is lodged daily in the Bank of Ireland. Mr. Perrin stated also, that it bad been decided in the case of Disney against Palmerston, that no action lies against a public officer, though be lodged in his private banker's hands money for the public use. The Chief Baron directed a nonsitit to be entered against the plaintiff, subject to the opinion, if be thought proper, of a full Court. MARK, TIMM, AND MARK, V. CROKCR, DARLING & CO. This rause has created a very considerable interest among mercantile men. In the year 1814, a Mr. Brewer purchased from the plaintiffs 2000 barrels of oats, and 4000 barrels of wheat, for shipment, for which they re ceived, by agreement, the defendants' acceptances, at four months, for 60001.. who, however, having stopped pay ment in the month of June in the same year, (when only one cargo was shipped, which was subsequently paid fur by a bill in London, for 954/. 40.2d.)served notice thereof on the plaintiffs, begged of them to cancel their accept ances, and to act as they thought proper with the re mainder of the grain ; it was shipped thereafter to Liver pool, to the care of Cropper, Benson and Co. friends of the plaintiffs, who directed them, on being paid 53701. Be. 10.1. to place it (the grain) at the disposal of Brewer, who, in the course of some time, advanced 3,3001. in ad dition to the sum already mentioned, and came to a kind of final settlement by giving another hill for 9001. old. During those negociations the markets fell ; a loss was sus -1 Weed in the sale, Brewer himself failed, and the bill was never paid ; to recover whido, with interest thereon, and other expences attendant on the contract, this action was brought on the acceptances of the defendant, which the pliintills still hold. The case has already been before several Juries ; the first b;ought in a verdict, which was Act aside for nun-conformity, we believe, to the Judge's Charge on the law of the subject. Another Jury was impannelled ; two of whom were chosen, by cons e nt, as arbitrators, with the assistance of Counsel, and their de. cision was to stand as the J•ary's verdict, but they did not agree; a third Jury was the consequence, who, dar ing last Easter Term, were locked up all night, and not being able to conic to an agreement, were discharged at eleven o'clock the next day. This day the panel was called over twice; the last time, by order of toe Court, under a penalty on each person absent of 51.1 but normore than four or five Special Jurors having answered to their names, the Chief Baron was reluctantly obliged to put off the trial till next Term. Mr. Bennett, K. C. an I Ar. Jackson, Counsel for Plain- Jiffs complained of the great expense of having witnesses in Ouldin from Li insriek and (Aster parts of Ireland, and stated that Mr. Brewer was up attendance from Liver pool, and were willing t the matter should be even tried by a common Jtir! Mr. WA LLACI, for the defendants—is 31y.. Lord, before this it was said at the other side, that every thing wont I turn upon documentary evidence, and we are willing to save trouble, and the further attendance of witnesses, to admit all papers, letters, &c. that were marked by regis ter, or appeared on tho last trial admitted on the Judge's hooks, with the exceptions of a notice, letter, att. of Brewer's." After atone forther conversation on this point. :$e Chief Baron snggemed, that Mr. Brewer bring here now, Lis esamination and cros:•examination might be taken SPANISH SUBSCRIPTION. Mr. SAVAGE rose to ask a question of the Lord Mayor, which he conceived related to a breech of the Privileges of that Court. It was a matter of the greatest import. once for the Court to know in &satisfactory manner whet they in a vote they had made on a recent occasion, they had not acted in violation of the laws of the country. — The Court were perfectly aware of the circumstances at tending the vote of 1040. in aid of the Spaniards, end of the protest mide by the wise men of the East, (who evidently considered themselves superior to the %Vise Men of the West) that the gait was illegal, and in vio latioo of the neutrality resolved upon by hi( 3lajestv's Uovernment. After the vote bad phased, Lints were given that strong measures would he taken t t punish the Corporation for their illegal ineasurog. Now it was highly necessary that the Corporation should not tie nn -1 der ,itch an accusation of Navin, violate(' the laws of their country, or under the toreat of itanisliment for that alleged violation. From the. Newap iper Reports it appear'd that a loan had been contracted with a number of individuals for the as istance of the French. He meant no imputation in any shape on the eonduct of the Lord Mayor for whose pnblie character public : . ,10 private he had the highest respect, bust he thought it ne c,s•t s rry to ask of him, whether in hi. place in the House of Commons! he had put any such questions the Mi nisters as to the legality of tuffs loan ill aid of the French, a s be put or stated to that Court es to the legality of their vote in aid of the. Spaniards ? it was of- the utmost importance that the question As to the right of giving pecuniary aid in such cases should be se w e d, an d he wished to know the coarse taken by his. Lordship( who had been so prompt in atatingt his auprehensions to t h e cowl, He could nut, however, help lamenting that • 1 . _ ~ _~,. f- PRICE sgrz:v PgireP.. ____ down, sad . 11W1141114-sez: term as evidence. Mr. Brewer was thereupon culled, and being about to be sworn, de , tendynts, (;united objert-el thereto on the ground that his cross-examination would extend to and spread over the whole ease' the witness, however, undertook' to attend. nett term, should his expenses be paid, which proposal was assented to by plaintiffs' Counsel. Mr. Wat.t.ace—My Lord, we have roluntarilf offerer( • to pay one-half of this witness's etpensest an filter which the Gentlemen at the other side seem to set no value upon. elute BARON.—Beraose I suppose they think you will hare to pay the whole, and a good deal more. Air, Ol'ottlEto ,(clie of plaintiffs Counstl.)—My Lord, I have peat confidence - Comm It stmt.—Oh! if the defendants should not In deed, Mr. O'Connell, until that fAite you,l think they hive no great chance of success. • This observation caused a loud and general laugh In •Slie Court, which Shortly after closed fill " the Morrow of all Soul..'' , .. A CLL'ltill•Ml/4 CHARM.: u WI tit BASTARDY: The following letter respecting- the iurestigation of the above Case at J•ltiramersmith, has beau addressed to tho Editor of a Morning Paper: - Sir,—Having seen a partial and ezzparte statement of the invesdration at Hammersmith, in your paper of Wednesday last, respecting a charge of bastardy preferred against me by that parish, anti brought before the .two resident Motile irides, Mr. Hanson and Mr. Scott, in which all the facts in my favour are, entirely suspended, I beg to state, that my Couesel. Mr. Andrews, did not enter into the defence, as it was my wish that this charge should be heard before a higher tribunal. I hope and trust, therefore, that the public la itl suspend their judgment until the cause hes been fully inves tigated, This charge iras brought against me by the parish of Hammersmith three years ago, and heard berme Mr. Fielding and Mr. Marldand. at the Public Office in Queen ' square, add then dismissed t those highly repectable Ma+ gistrates not cons i dering the woman worthy of credit. I • enatin, Sir, your obedient July 17, ISr.i. COR.ON BK.'S INQ L gST. PoterYismaity, MILSANK.—An ioqiiisition was liel4 yesterday afternoon, fore Mr. Gem., Coroner, on the body or Benjamin Johnson, aged :M. Mr. Benjamin Chapman, the Governor. depose', that according to the Prison Register. the prisoner was tried at the Old Bailey on the 15th of last January, and was found guilty of stealing wearing apparel, for which lie-was sentenced to seven years transporta•ion, which I was afterwards commuted for fire years confinement in this Prison. The deceased entered the Penitentiary wt the 28th of February following, at which time he was lin apparent good heilth. Mr, Pratt, surgeon, deposed, that the deceased was removed to the infirmary on the 19:11 of May lale, with • diarrhma, of which tiissase he died on the 13th instant. During his illness be was attended by Drs. 'Liget and Latham. Witness also attended two or three times each day, and every thing was done that was requisit,s for the relief of the deceased, and the cere of the disease. Juror—Did he receive any wine daring his illness ? Witness—Yr ; he received wine, spirits, broth, fish Sir. in such quantities as the physician thought neCesa sary. The deceased could not have been better treated. jet him be of whatever-consequence he might. The wine. • was generally Port and Sherry. Coroner—Was be under the old regimen ; I mean the bad one ? Witness—Yes, from the Bth of Feb. to the lit of March: Juror—Do you think that his so living caused his complaint, the diarrhoea ? Witness—No, I certainly think not. Juror-How is it, Sir, that so many persons die of this complaint, and the other persons- connected with the Prison escape, for instance, von yourself? Witness—l beg your pardon, I have had the diarrhoea.. Juror—How many prisoners are in the infirmary ? Witness—There are, 1 believe, nearly 400. Juror—Do r ot, think that the former diet was lb& cause of producing this disease? Witnqp—.No, it is my opinion that it was not. Jaime—lt Is very strange that all the prisoners who. die in this Prison should be reduced to such horrid ski.- ' letnns. The present deceased is surely shocking to look at r for myself, f never beheld any thing like it. Witness—They are reduced to that state by the di , arrhma. The witness. in answer to another question, stated, that every morning he visited the different cells, and if any prisoner complained of illness, he was itninediately ordered to the infirmary. It was here proposed that some of the prisoner* should be brought before the Jury, and examined, upon. which the Governor was called in, and asked, if any, would be permitted to come forward ? Governor—lt is against the rules of the act for the regulations of this prison. If the Jury, however, wish, the prisoner or prisoners can be brought to the visiting► room, and examin ed. _ The Jury accordingly retired to the visiting room, and. three witnesses were examined. The first prisoner stated, that he had been three years and upwards in the prison, during which time he had •trily three days illness; witness was an attendant in one of the wards of the Infirmary; was confident that the bread now shown to blip by one of the. Jurors, was of the same quality as that given to all the prisoners; is was considered very good ' • each prisoner was allowe d . one pound and a half of bread, six ounces of boileti meat, free of bone, three (planers of a pound bf pout it s. and three quarters of a pint of milk, thiekt•Ded with. floor, per dsy ; witness was positive that the diet, as p• i. son diet, could not be better; he knew the deceased; lie seemed to fret a great deal, and toll witness, Oa his was very much given to drink, and he thought the want of it, tszether with his fretting, reduced him very much ; deceased did not attribute his illness to the NW; all the prisoners could get pen, ink, s and paper, if they chose to commntiicate with their friends; the letters were area by the Chapl in and thivernor, before_they were sent off. Witness had often himself written to his friends, and never di.covered that any of his letters had mis carried. A second prisoner was tl:en called and examined; he corroborated the t. , stainent of the former witness as to • the goodness of the present diet; he bad been himself in the prison for upwards of three years, and was only ill for seven days with diarrhea,, which he thought was produced by the former diet ; witness heard from several prisoners who had been in the Infirmary, t3at they al ways hail whateve r they wished for daring their illness; a prisoner, when in solitary confinement, had no bed, hut slept on the board... neither had he any covering ; the diet was n 116. of bread and a portion of water. This wit holding also an oMee in the ; infirmary, it was sugge by some of the jury, that a prisoner hold- • ing no ee in the estildistrnient should be called in. The 64fernor skid, that certainly they might have as many as they pleased. A third witn.• s was then examined, who corrokasated the statem-at of the two preceding ones. They all three look ••1 stoat and healthy.. The Jury then returned to the dory•room, and arter eonsuliing for some time, returned their verdict, " Died by tl:e Visitation of God." ~. -•- 141 r:~.'~~ ,