The National Register. — London, England, 1819-03-08 00:00:00

F - 1! ARCH ft ~,.~ ~ ~ - 0 16,0 YU): NAT UNA L REGISTIM Wine awl character, it should not be slow in exercising Parsimony on such .1 subject would be ahato•t disgrace ful. Chaplains, it is trust as I before said, arc appoint ed to the primal., and under the 51st and .51. th of the King, salaries are affixed to the otlice. I mention this to chew you that the Legislature has not been unmind ful erett of these thilt . :;‘, - but still the alunvinms whith the Clergy r;:eAve fur t eir attentinnce, i.. tn,ircly too Lout;. Thcy onoclel h.• so etiumerste,l, 55 not only t p , :rihrm the ord in ary offiees et' the Day (for this gh). hot to itly alstn.:t ronsixit attention to and bas a nm iuTit - alyenrieavintreri - to Mut; iro.isiOns Ak these whttei latest arise It 1 may be allowed to apply the term, I think that the relie•dy for suc . . evil has Lees toe...a:died le; the Legislature There is one arise:, however, 'whet in viewing the subject is of the last int. r omance. and wilicir in tire re g ula:ion be duty we te.Ve to Malikitld—that that caaccial car.: s'r.rulti be taken to me..amrate virtue from vice and e.t.a those who are muff ring under the lash of the law aboold not he miser! with those who may Ixr pert"metly intrimeent, or at least whose t has toot been prayed. Ido not mean to.iniply that those who have heel prnnuaneetl etiminal should be visited than whol.e.monie severite, or be made snore weete!e..e...lian they are; (God for.': , :d !) hut it is the in disiters.rbie .'orty of tile Nlagistracy t t 5... e that the good be separated f cum t e had. Th.it the Legislature con templated this, thette eau be u.s doithe At, long ;ego its the II male...* -ve-e given to Grand Juries, to mray* into the State of and particularly in the 'Wet , opolis and great cities. Persons confined 'for debt were the perntlitr objoets of this .let. The great statute, however, which embraced the Eampiir into the Sive of :aunty Gaols was the 'Ll.thof the King, 1784. This Act laid down in the clearest manner the principle of classifrettion with respect to prisoners, ens:towering Mqiat %des to see, and Grand Juges to enquire, whe ther a proper separation was inrule of the prisoners who Lad been tried from those who were untried—of those who were convicted of very bad crimes from others guilty of tnirdemeanora only—and, above all, of the indispensable separation of nude from female prisoners I d o not perceive that at this time there was any regard to the c!assi.icati.in of prisoners as to age. Of the se paration if in fent mimes fatin matured delinquency. Es pecial rare, however, seems to have been taken with re gard to morals, iratticulatrly as to the prevention of tip.. Lag in prisons. But a later statute than this, and which made a consit'erable noise in the country, was passed by the Le,;islat ure, in order to the imp:vet/meat of gaols, and the coed,. t and ameitorutim of prisoners. This was the ;fist Gee. 111. where in chapter 46, it was amerced that the state of gaols should be taken into con *Aeration at the Sessions or Assize, and that visiting Magistrates should be appointed, who were particularly rata el to examine into the classification of the pri soners to enforce ci.eanliaeas and temperance, and in fact, to secure us much as possible the general cenuthre of the prisons. You will no doubt be surprised, Gen. tlemen, utter all those views and precautions of the Le gislature, that evils should still exist, and that the state of prisons should at present engage so much of the pub lic attention. 'lla evils do exist there can be no nuubt and you have a strong instance in your own County Gael. I know t .at in many respects great blame is at tacfluble to the keeper of prisons, but t do not mean by this to make a reflection upon. the Gaoler of this Coun ty ; on the contrary, front all I know and learn, he is a most respectable individual, and most lem.ane and dB-. runt in his situation. If the classification, therefore, which has bee() pointed ont by the Legislature, has not been attended to in your prison, either front its con struction of want of room, from its crowded state, that is not the fault of the keeper. But by attention to the Act I have last cited, the evil might have been remedied, fur in- the 11th section ) the visiting. Magistrates are Laund to point out, the state of the Gaols, and particu larly the non-elassilication of prisoners, from want of means or other causes. This should be done frual one Session or Anise to another, until the evil be retrieved As to employing prisoners, that is u subject which at taches itself more to persons who are sent to the House of Correction. It is not so much attended to in County Gaols, but still Magistrates have the power, and there is a provision for them, to cause prisoners to work if' they please. There is a great evil itamediately flowing from this non-attention to the employment and classification of' the prisouers, aud that. is, that if a person, at the ex piration of his imprisonment, be turned adrift without money, and perhaps without clothes, there is every pro bnbility that he will return to vice and his former bad habits. By the 14th section of the Act mentioned, the Magistrates are provided with power of inspecting the prisons, in such a way us to amain a complete know ledge of the conduct of its inmates, and to report to the Juries of Aesizas any itulivklnal, whose behaviour may be deemed worthy of notice. A peisoura thus reprted, may have his punishment commuted, and may go forth from imprisonment. I have brawl of many instantea, sad have known some myself,. where permers who had conducted themselves properly, and have been employ ed in•prisons, thus going tiirth,. and who have after wards conducted themselves well in society. On the contrary, I have known persons who had b..en turned adrift, as in the former instance, having soon returned again tu.the very prison (ruin which they had been dis- On the 7th tilt, the King of Bavaria gave a dinner. charged. The most important olject, however, of all, of 200 covers to the Members of time Senate and House in the reg alai inn of prisons, in lay opinion is, the culti- of Iteprcsentatives of his new and popular Constitution vation of n '.igiutt and morality. The latitude:we of the The Queen,, and all the Rapti Family, were present at Clergy, tlcreforte.fur this purpose, is indispensable, and this too rare union of a King and his peoplo. His Ma although t aplaitimi ere appointed to the several gaols, jest' drank a golden cup fill of native wine of Franco they arc not sufficiently renumenned ett enable thou uis, to the toast " Prosperity to Bavaria and her States perform th e duty which is so essentially tertttired.— Greneraij" which was answered by Prince ‘Vrede, Pre- T4is is a matt e r cri t ic:, must depend almost entirely on .Bi4 l .ent of the Chambers, by the tout, " Long lire the ibv liberality of the country, and which, fir its own K;xb and the Reel %V 11101 is not en. the s;ttio.t ion of the prison, and to the aidosion of mora lity and re:i2ion lon will, I trust, see at once, Gentle ' men, the object I have in view in addressing yon upon these paints, not as Grand Jurors of the county of Hert ford merely, but bemuse 1 think they are ive!l,le.,:ere ini; your attention man inquest, whose collet.tie and indivilnal labours may be productive of general good throughout the country. If reformation and improve ment therefore can he effected, I em sere you will give your het attention to the subject, an.i I beg you will make such enquiries into the matt-r, before you wpa rate, as will lead to fiteilitate the desired object. You will point out whatever evil you may pensive in the gaol, and its management, and where th • prinepal ?auk exists; whether us to want of room, proper chuisifitst thin or any o: her case. When you make these enqui ries, Gentlemen, and make known to tn.• the result sug gesting at the same time any thing which in your wisdom you should think fit to be done, I will take care to re port the thing, and to obtain the assistance of my learn ed Brother (Bsyley), who will with me, I am sure, join mat heartily in seconding your views for the aceom. plishment of the great objects to which I have thus at such length awakened your attention. With these ob servations, Gentlemen, I now dismiss you, in order to the performance of your high and important duties." Tug Law's DISPATCH.-0a Tuesday a young man named Mitch-1, a notorious character, who had been discharged only the precediug day from prison, was brought up before the Surrey Magistrates, at Union hall, charged with having robb.xl, on the over night, a Mrs. Davies, of a gown and some articles of wearing apparel. The charge being proved. he was immedi ately hilly committed tbr trial at the Surrey Sessions; a bill of indictment was preferred the same morning befoft the Gsand Jury ; a true biil was found ; Mitchel was put oil Ina trial by two o'clock, and before three he was convietcl and sentenced to seven years transporta tion. Tuesday. a Meeting was held at the City of London Tavern„..-Lord Gambier in the t - hair, to take into eon sideration the very deep distress at present prevailing among the itOabitants of the Stilly Islands. The Sleet ing was numerous and highly respectable. Certain re lutions were adopted, a Committee formed, and sub scriptions cotered into for the sufferers. The number of Electors oho voted on the recent ‘4.%tuduster Election were 8363, and the majority obtainfsl over Mr. flobbouse by Mr. Lamb was 604. The polling on the last flay wts nearly equal, Mr. Hohhouse haring only a majority on the day's poll of 4. There were upwards of 6000 electors woo did not vote. La Fontaine, though celebrated fire the genuine wit of his tales, was in appearance so stupid, that a Lady, who protected him, used to say, that " whatever re forms she might make in. her household, she liould never part with her three favourite brutes—her dog, her cat, and her poet." At the Opera on Saturday week just when the overture was commenced, the whole of the gas-lights went out, and the house was left in "darkness visible" fur about fire minute,. It is- it length determined, that a Commission. of Oyer and Ter miner. and General Gaol I)eliyery, shall issue iwo 'he four Norther' Counties; and Mr. Rainc, the King's Council, is to preside nn the occasion. The .113 ruing Herald says—" We understand. tint Col. Huy has been honourably acquitted by the Court Martial who tried him : and that the albeit 1 annuncia tion of the result will be made from the office of the Commander-in-Chief in a few days." Letters , have been received from• Cadiz to the 191 h, and from Madrid to the 2AI ult. The Spanish Government, finding that the new system of raising money, b . ) increasing the Duties on Imports at Cadiz, Carthagenia, and other places, lies been attended with scarcely any success, a Decree bus jnst. been issued, taking. off these duties, and placing the trade on the Gating an- which it stood a short tine back ' --- - 4 711 E DRAMA. DRURY LANE. The Lent season of Oratories commenced at this hott•ti Wednesday night, with an excellent selection of music front 77te Zaatberjuicul Alozart and Th e C rtu ti on of Haydn; in which Mrs. Salmon, Miss Goodall, Mr. Prue, and Signor Ambrugetti, distioguisi.cd' theniselvel, and were much a. plaude.l. Mr. Smith, nia,!e l.im debea in sacred atus:c,. bat Ins efforts were not very RiAccessful. A !;r Nelson, with a ,iinibtr. voice (I.at.s), also made a first appearance ; he sung an air by Pergolesi, " Lori have mercy upon me," in a inat.ner that promises well fur the filmic; and Ahd. Bellnchi delighted the audience with an Aria by koNsilii, which has been an frequently allul ud. to- her since her arrival in viis country. COVENT GMMILN. A Comic Opera, caliett, " The MorriaL-e Fizars,!' funiitied mt ea Bumarchais' Folk du Jou nee-, was pre,c,ited f.,e first time, yesterday eveniii,;, at this theatre. 11e have only time to say, that wit:, the aid of music from Morita, and the best vocal perfoi that this favourite cstabisliment can produce, it was completely successfUl. Many of the songs, duets, &c. were encoureil, anti the piece was given out for repeti tion on Tuesday next, with unanimous applause.— EParlicalart in our Next.] The lion. Mr. Lamb, the new Member fur West minster, took his seat on Thursday is the Hens:. of Commons. Friday the Duke of Gloucester arrived at Gloucester Ilouse, Piscadilly, on his return from his tour. The Duke landed at Dover, from Calais, on Thursday even ing, where he was received with great distinction, and was visited by the principal official personages. Notice having ben scut to the Duchess, she immediately lett - Windsor, and proceeded to town to meet his Royal- Highness.—The Royal Duke and suit arrived at Glou cester house last night. at a quarter past ten o'clock in his carriage and six. We are extremely happy to say his• Royal Highness :gyrated in most excellent health ; it io• scarcely necessary to add, that the meeting of the Royal Duke and Duchess was most affectionate. A letter of u recent date. tram Madrid, repeats that the Government of Spain, has begun to talk agin abou the expedition to South America, and has decreed that there shall he a loan of 6u millions of teals, about 600,0001. ; but a Royal Ordinance, though it may an thorise the State to borrow, cannot oblige any man to end : accordingly, there is not a dollar forthcoming on the occasion, and in the mean time the ships rot, the sailors starve, and the soldiers desert their colours. It is. alleged that the Ambassadors of Creat Britain, France, Austria, and the United States, have expressed strong displeasure at the decree for putting to death such fo reigners as shall assist the American Insurgents. A Protestant Bible Society has just been formed at. Paris, under the sanction of the French Government: The Marquis de Jaucourt, Minister of State and Peet of France, is at the head of it. American papers have brought st• copy elf the Con:. vention betw.xnLlanil and the United States, signed at London on the 20th October, by Messrs Gallatin and :.nsh on the American side, and Messrs. Robinson and Goulbern on that of the British, and since rctified Lv the President of the United States. The chief points which arc arranged by this Convention, relate to the right of fishing on the coastt of North America and New taindland, the line of demarcation between the British possessions and the territories of the United States, and the extension of the existing Commercial Convention for ten years further. It dues nit touch upon any • of • those questions of our maritime laws, which have inci- - dentully been brought into discussion by the Navigation Acts of the last Congress. These are to be the matter of Baum negotiation.—The debate on. the Seminole ' war had not finished Out of doers the popular feeling is said to be wholly on the side of General Jackson. A part of the camp of runaway negrocs in .num. • her, has kiln. taken by. the colonel rangers in the island of Dominica. Tliet:hief, whose name is rumba, has been upwards of 40 • yvan in the wands of that island : and during tnat time has becii frequent:y guilty of as inhuman miir lent, butc,cries, and in cendiary acts, as it is possible fur the mind to con ceive. p. On the evening of the Gth instnnt, AP the Earl of Iteherter's gar. kcep:r at itetllynch. waa setting a spr.sig•gton. he aecirhmtadly, tro4 upon the wire. when the gun went otf, and cottknut kaigtai 115 Aie body ; he died the neat morning. Au Inquisitioi• %AS taken on Saturday, at the Blue .Inchor. at Mary at Hill, Little Eas:eheap , for the purpose uh, st i gat i ng gie •cat.::e cf the death of Mr. Alex:Hardy. a Itits.ia merchant, partn e r in the ituwte of GtX.:lwiti and Hardy, of Union.coult, Br ad -street who put aavnd to.o:is existence. by drowning hinitelf in the Rims Thames.. The dareased was a Gentleman besweim 50 and 6o yens of it,e; partner, Mr. Goodwin, his now on. hi. pasrago to Eng. land from Russia: it is supposed that pecuniary embarrassment was the c.tuse of the ceased committing the fatal act: al the norning of ; Saturday sennight. a tine girl, daughter of . Mrs. Jones, a widow, in Bell Court, Comer-mit-41 km& dune" Vie temporary nbience of Mil , . .1. fell nut of 3 0.,1 pair of etairs e. • A, w. Knit tt • h .r ... 4 :1