The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-09-07 00:00:00

• REPORT ON TUE PRISONS. t.. LContinutd.) Mr. Jones, the Marshal, in his examination bein4 led to the conduct of the risoners in the King's Bench, and the state of morals there, give the fol lowing atisuer.:— In case of complaints of very vicious and itniecent conduct on the part . of th a r prisoners, do you tatit notice of such complaints3—Yes, always, l .never suffer them to go unnoticed. Are such complaints frequently made ?-4orne than I bear ten or twelve complaints, a day on that sistieet ; sometime in the summer I s in two or three ch)s absent; these things are . aiways !sported to me, andi alWays attend to all complaints that are made to me; I believe no complaints: are stoppe4 l from me by any of my officers: I nevi found it ouf t l .• thOngh it has 'teen said so. 1 ' What punishment do ymi award for very indecent ' behaviour ?-1 have been seldom obliged,, to pinkish iii that way ; putting them in the strong room for a few 'ilt•mrs ha.; a goOd effect, and if they have good' roleis,flepriving them of their chummage has a pod eff.'rt. • rive yon instances of gross extravagances in pri. , I son '--I du not think we have now • we bad• great-. . . A f . dir atrs Iltif , 'e, and 4 great deal of mone y speak there ; forrii.eil i r l Ointlpalasfy .. b 7 one gentleman, .wItO is ' • c1,•4.. .... .. . .. , . • . . . (bye y ou 'attrs wens to check het when it NM: . °Oshl ' — i ha wen° eoistroul tailless there are riotous prol‘eedlogs. I$ iey'clioosta.eafionsiite wines, or ' dinners; I do nor see that I Can interflre with that : anything temliu2 tn'a riot, or a breach of the peace, . I iiaterfore with, but I Oink Itlvoutil be exceeding my tiOthOrity to interfere unless in case of a riot. • give you any reason to 'suppose that very bad . cbaractera,introdoce iluntsselics lor very had pur . poses there: fur Instance, prostitutes ?—We never peo4tlhem to p unless to see particular friends ; • we never admit comiCsoo prostitutes ; they most have the authoripsy of some gentleman to go through; we do!.not,peemit, them' 4, walk/there as they do in the _.. striltifi ;: woman behaves improperly, who is wt ti'nnFd by a geMleman to come in, she is immP- rnmon 0 ,„ .001. ti. 4 ides so iron hrP.king, i t just return. 'ere brough t II tint s, be llon tas w it. slaw., ace d on sutra• ler of J ulio Y sentlight, ygate n o d, spending g, of wh ose their return 7 Pored by E., where the re drinkin g, md his friend when they use rd Ile ward t o b e Id. , hey entered 'Lich led to lit (Ile 60 ur,e itch extelol.4 IN. where is astody, lid •esuit of tFe ▪ as ow one*, tie entar•er. o 4 141 •I—nier.la kd • h . eritty mei, 4 ,, *re • einnpb k , beers Will 1, Ph e that'l•rani, v. acre tall (lir. R I all utmeeevrroy, t an, very pre• al atever Iniglute A I die ••• ' , timid not to. that utattorad te. oty shillingsssi ~ ht was charged VZ of birs.:dapay, all et reef. vehleb 'be ins of the toms ir •le qauerapied lot on lea as well re. a i • :She proceed. 11,1 hitt she I•Nias, and made Cartolidisi was Do Jf. went to nit C gc 0 14 1 4 C 4.0. h Ii r!. M. believing r•I Iv alma, gra. ea ed, ohne tatter Pll milted. [sane Nobbs, of Reading. I sq Caplan is abeth, tango tar of Ran* sedan, to filihi t wine-nerehal, • ! t alms of We "AV He um in , ebildreo to h.' .1 .IRIC•CeIS 'fn tar ntre oitle!thed h. di' 'PPM' Weller . ? r,l. q 'in chisA of q. be Rov:il filet yr t brit Filida ire hottii of it tottber-s• a rotaries all 911 irswg .tale • re of sorb balk itt hot dimmer,' she eneatilmod' Nob of tonna ! so to sonnet os Cure of a Cce• meld of laelier• e shod ?ace lerate maps 4 of painful nod fr lon ( 'blunt re rd eat pm tamed Idly conferral be eve not toriped lan, they are& bdift Mode nag boo, • If thosewif e is mat .1. 0 14;4newn f• ed. ard.li*" .. • , N :; ll' h o et g ."t l f r P t ile id ' hitacered :a Si° ▪ 1./ sled. irto . from von& sinew hat a r. sa . n 5 st 4 le heir re-e3 01 , -. 1 lie d. then ltlo Meer retire et • eV-I h l rid kick • ettret+holl ft' th the eatet:stl• Vow Ihe 104 ✓eoliti4 rr... rrre cire 1 4 e nomesitart CrP r ri iii:V•ienie no) PI I la ri it, Pr ea uppi, pinip if they brought every person t a the . Abe ri the in e ow- le P. th &e. ...attikti.. I ~, -- • sons . „ ...trate di ff erent persons , dig?' Welted' tot.; if she gets . drunk, or, ommits a' see n frOin ibree Pi - semen - 41r eight in the room. • riot 'ihelsitever pertssitted - th enter again. hit the habil'ef.prisoners to drink it in the room, Ins . point of fact, no woman is admitted there ex-' or•to. take its/ay...with them ?-110th to drink it in OpettutUr the protection of some gentleman 2 tb a . toom an d t o taste it a wa y wi th them. , • WOMeti . a Well as men have free access to the pri- A r e persons in the habit of becoming intoxicated in son, escept they behave ill. that teem?—Yes. .She asks at the door for a particular gentlemen s o a o S • ' retivie r it socitrifortable for you to live in and then she may take her chance afterwards ?—No ; the meighbOokhoOd the turnkeys know sometimes to what room she is Ifaieytni seseltgio is the room ?—Certainly. gni .g. I Have you any reason - to suppose the ollieers of the Does not a woman often come into the prison and prison know that there li gin sold in that roilm?— sleeP in a room where several men chummed sleep ? Nothing farther than that it would be impossible for That is unknown to me. I them to bring in gin so frequently, and to Creatfbat DO you believe the fact ?—I disbelieve the fact ; tumult without their knowing of it. there are many women there under the protection of Mr. Brooshooft, the Marshal's clerk, stated, With men, no doubt; I have often thought many more regard to the admission of women, that in rooms oc night be kept out than are, but I should be making copied by five or six persons, he did not Anew but enemies in the inside if I were to do it ; but if the that there might' be women and children Sometimes C o rin t h lee thigh' Ishould do it, I wilt certainly. s l eep i ng i n th e same r oom w ith men . That the bell If a complaint were made to you that a woman had is rung every night at hull-past nine, with the ` been iiitroilticed to a room, where ;'great many words, " strangers, women, and children, all out, 6 people are chummed and bad 'slept there all night, and that those .who stay in after that are supposed *bat Course would you pursue ?—f should say she to be voluntarily staying with their husbands and 4. f ehtili never ramie it again. niilies.". .• • • ' Should you punish the man who brouabt her Being asked, do you in point of fact know, that , ltittlre? rshould remoestrate with hi m , b u t I do nut it is the ordinary practice for W4141e11 to slay in the think I. would be justified in punishing him. rooms where other men besides their husbands are• pinion; with spirits are out allowed to come 3 sleeping? he replied yes. So that there might be in No; but'! am afraid a great deal is introduced, for I one room four or five men, and one or two women ? have been witness to women taking spirits in hind- —No, Ido not think that. I have known persona. d.;rs beneath their petticoats; and others in their wh o have slept in a room where a man and a woman • hats; and ethers we have found with tins going have slept, or where a husband and wife have slept, round their bodies, which would contain two quarts but not the number now Alluded to by the question: of - gin. We prevent what we can, but it is impossi- [To be continued.] ble entirely to prevent it. _ 14ave you any means ofittialing with such charac • ratters except turning thOn put of prison ?—Cer ' tautly. '•f heretikep many of them before a Magis 'trete, and if they'd° not pay - the penalty of 101. for careling . aptrits into the Irrison, they are imprisoned 'for three months ; we proceed against them whenever : We -Con, but there are some prisoners, pat titularly ' sailors, who require a little spirits. There was an • old. Lieutiteatit a little while ago, who bad been used to grog, he would hove died without a Mile liquor, :sot I allowed him to have a pint in a week; or • soaiet hint like that. When the. prisoners ask for it, it is allowed, and when a gentleman asks for it medi- ' • chiefly, I never refuse it. Do yeewhink the introduction of spirits would less • frequently take place, if there were greater vigilance on the part of tin...officers to detect the fact, and to I bring the offenders to justice ?—I have , gone myself and search/elite room for spirits; and Soinefitoes'we eaten half a dozen of them, bat we must do it nn.. 14nres. . Do you know that spiritous liquors are openly said at places in the prison?—Whenever we know that, we deirrive the person of the room immediately, and rake all the spirits we find, and destroy it before their, faces t. and commit them to the gaol. They ge by the name of whistling shops ?—Yes, I "harWis liat•of them now, which I received informs - lien df a few days ago. . With reference to wine, • what regulations have • yori?—They have as Tony!) wine as the please. They may get as drunk with wine as they like?— yes, but they do it at their peril. Any quantity of wine may be brought into the pri son ?—Yes, but we take care to see that it is wine. If they get at drunk a; they you punish theM?—Yes we do; wheneverallef get drunk and disturb -their fellow prise:mist:we always punish • •••• them for a riot. - Are men visitors allowsid to slbiall night ?—Not If we know of it. If . thershould stay,. would yon have any means of detecting (Von ?•-•erhe turnkeys woulthknow • of it nest morning ,wheeftbey 'went oul.,; (. hutriniqduip happens. • •TT: Does gambling take place in the dargapoti. 0. tables, and thhigs of that sort ?—?lo,jistwaysabo.' fish that Ohey play at cards a good 4eat t L bslieve there wait one geetlemati played a great deal, and made ertatiy suffer for it. • Have you any complaints made le'yen of gaming —No, because, they know that I would be induced by a complaint tts prevent it. If a stranger comes BURNS'S MaN UM EIOT. (not-pro itt t - hestreeis ity 01seelbarrows, Severally poolsried is kb the perialty of toast; ea, t pa N. FQ • edoesday Arm Car I weight with bleal.iu* and r...bbingthe spa/intents of p ) e.street,•We.imin•ter: . hks.: M.. owns several boti-es about Pse-street, •let, out in api.rrosents. ready fumisked. Some of she the hou.e in o hich the Prisoner resided became gooarupted 'week; and on Mon '.try Mr+. M. thought shendeit as sr , ' move the linen, &C. to het own hays • for safety.. iSbe ed to do .o, bpi w :4•11 she ortived . it was (pond thin too late, as vorro.h•aly had !broken open the dotirs, some therinsace of .he rrnioPti*. Letttnitic t usi Quilt) the lust per.on seen in the houseore. yp Maim. M , her room, when she was found .sprititog onthe plaininA bitterly of a pain in her stomach; Mrs. the poor creature,. and thinking - she Will really seeded, ulmas• by umin force. input tier to bed, her ciothe. was di ? eovered the Batt linen.—cuurtniUed. t • • ,spit... r . or So/it/04k being isutlteir demesne) by .Henry 4 4.. he belieeed the .Fair, did , hoy tegellyestehd 43144, the market and. St. Bartiroloniew'a-ciese•-• Re . .waa, • ready, however, to -erosive. the. necessary tleci, merits upon the subject,. s if iequired... A Merman Sitars said Abe ,aucjuiries ;which; lie, sons: then making, 'were only preparatory to a more e,a,, tended itivestigatien which it -.was his intention to , propose before the Cogrt i otiPttevreen „as the scene! of rhos, debauchery, eud,erfrite, to.whielt, this•festi val gasterise, but too iy a re4ly Zlemailds the_interter ra once of the civil *lists:trey ; and. it..l , llc'nuisauce . could 'riot be totllly supetessrd, It sies at least be comine hint Ise a Magistrate, to turd his attentiento waras the correction of the evi r l u as much as tio e ssifite,, and his, effeits on that Score, he had - iti . ..depbt, would he ably seconded b his brtilliet: . Altlertne.a. Mr. Nader, the Peeut y City ?•.lartdin' f, was then. 'questioned as to his knowledge of the fersops Who' &rived profit from the booths erected Outside of Ore 1 Fair- Upon ibis' sabjeit 'he professed his s perfect ig s 1 onranie, ind laid be IrneW of no pro fi t "cleriyedbyi . , ar . ~ .., ~ t he City mars hals, Marshalsmen 'et. Constables," • •• from this source. . . • Alderfelsiitiatift?said; he weketPied 11,at'sptire emoleinetiti were derived by soon' et4sh'its fretirthil'' source, and ho was determined •to sift ilitrftettref iii''' the bottom. ' . . 1 6 - ( . . .1 lie th en requested Mr. Perks,. LOid Krnsiegton's 1 4 _ Steward, and Mr. Nalder, as a particular. favor k, to . T T . . Dr.,84.1.1U. i ir 1 ., • learn for him the *sons by whose sanciion' . .the in; Vllto.ol•Xqg CI 'by tha .uniform had token place; I 22.4 trotting rile Peculiar/ 'nettled of . TrAtoient to, ... notations to which he had alluded, and with tr view of folk:rialto; up the emir:dry, he re- I . a ra r p e:s r . i t c r e "„itt:a no ,": . v t itr4 , i jt " V a lt r is e :„ ild " "r f . e . h „ c : l4 4 ,, k iliStid ,. quested lite) , would make their repoit to-moriow I fec,ihk :ifs.), ortlncluipps: . ettecy rispltng to the ; hledkal Men confining theieutteilli,. lo ft *certa (this day). ' This information these' Genttemen un • 1 eases, Messrs- ,(it)SS nod! CO. fthenthery of the dertnok In obtain. •. 1 le g e of Surgeons in Lrodpe. clestinued. q .direct it The ‘Vorthy Alderman then retired, and Sirl ihose 111-or4.rs arisin g from z ...rim des,iructly. • • AVilliurn Leighton performed the duties of ttle Ma- .: enl'ide'"l Y'' ll ',. ` 111 " 111 ° 1-41111 ' ''.. 6l Vier' l lt.i't .. 1 gistrate. . 1 ..f Nerves's . allect . h f u, bat .ais.s•dar e sig oil Ps rota' • enervating; ouheci.thas of .4.1(1 age. .JO. 1141 di,...tressk , The made!, for Vie public monument of this dis tingoished Scottish . Bard, has• just been completed I MA SCR's- liougr.—Yesterday Sthiannals. Bean, a " Dekiliq or Deli' i . ericv , villellter the' ckseetilhlce of Cote- " decent looking woman, was brought before the Lord 1 lot " hi "' elrersl v e drinkikA'Oror •rssmo , '''' lo lk or any other can t e„ by wliktt,,theionstkri if the • by M. Turnerelli, to whom the Superintending Mayor, charged . with having.caosed the death of an . become rid . ..o+qt, as re A ttlarlj eilste.p . ed, Surgeons mittee has entrusted the oseeutioo of this meritorious they offer a tire's, rare, and speedi restaration t . infant child, by wilf u l neg l ec t and starvation. work. The•. Artist has, with dis - critninaoori and , . ..vi e oreu. !m e lt. .. • taste, selected the, design' from the works of the il- I I , ratters, huterersley, one of the officers of the pa- I vs here on earls , applicatinn is mule for the Care Aldgate, deposed, that on t h e ! lain p . honir, fre que ntly e contracted . ia a m o ment lustrious fiord whose fame it is intended to contrite. I risk of St. Boroillii, : t h: . , ,, ln c i a r ) r o ad , izl i r: s is t : l s e gene nr rall i v i :ro vo m m p e l. ti otiil in k r , a t e .t : evening of the Bth of last mouth, a fine male i n f an t, morate. Be has taken it from. the beautiful passage in the dedicatory Address which Burns . presented to apparently six weeks old, was rliscovered wrapped Vet:peal befecti tttt , choracterize.l by a variety 01 nian Hunt, where he up, and abandoned besteath•the.gate.way of Mr. Bin. i distr . c..s . ing..smptonts, a perseverance in thoir plan the Members of tbe. Caledo strut.: is . s•lirt • , 1 - ctercise) will ensure to the Fattest ningltam, of Aldgete Ifigh-ureet. No trace what- I met radical cure. says , . . i t' The poetic Grata% of my Country (mind me, as the p ro - ever could lie obtained (tithe inhuman part r that h a d i Th e Di-ete , es of she Ureth ra , as fry/pie:ln phetie Bard Elijah did El ls h a , a t t h e ,pimp s !, a n d threw her left it there, and it was conveyed to the W or kh ouse .. milk, rr arlito s f r o m ih em k n e ve c omp t a i. o , h av e inspiring mantle user m i.?' • • ' On the following day, however, in consequence of I t a i ro e ir d at t i , v , iii , j 7„, 4 ,,, %b .: . 6 , l h i s , i l l f : l l , l , l e ll ' i c e i i er li t n i L" ve ' si l „;:. l ::, n . , From this fine and . 'expressive passage, M. Tur- the description given of the child, the Prisoner went 'recent or of lon g duration, uithistit re...or.ing I nerelli has drawn' I t is,aketch, and execu t e d. it with to the Workhouse, and, in apparent agony, claimed I lo t a datt, ; erans it• , e of the C•tustic II:mg ie. Maav lo du' ed o f very inveterate cows , of several stare ' strength an d fidelity. • 'He lies- fulfilled the precept I• it as her off") i g Beitig questioned as t o the i-- s r ir . se COll. ! having •4 Whiled to their meth A inn few gays, after laid down bya great .Artist and Critic, and has Sue- dition in which it WIS. fooliii, she stated .that it had hers ottleinpled In ',the. P,oetitruae t , without to (11P carts. of a nurse., -- L - , -- - ton ,11111 lat. t.ersa the agreet.bl.• result ..f rs" ractice r eeeded " in impressing the spectator with the same b een cous i. ue d interest at the. sight of his sepresentation, as the , And prose.' ohurove, durin g which p. riod laati‘ owes , :he learned • had basely forsak " e n t ' it u d liElt e inodr of "catukl" I" "t.. in iln"'"gle 46 9 Poet has contrived to do the reader by his descrip. fled • of B..th Sex.... have Curti:area the enjoyment of ' perfectly f i tared, after Upon. this representation the child was delivered to tion." This is the legitimate end of art- -and in sei.,er and injurious taellw • pers.evere- in la 1111 1111111051 . . *monumental works, above all others, it were well if the arms of its supposed parent. • . ,To shot rd F. male., ss It e egret:vile', of p o tedges of connuh'at hop •.0., have he, a defeated. , this object %ere more closely attended to. A few days since, turnover, the officer • already The disposal of the drapery of a figure, is one of na,„(l, haviog ruccgoised the Prisoner begejne i l l . :r a le!r i r r' • l 7:l 4g ed. ,s. libc4/1" Low r . I A, r . 1 1 5, ii toroiTe l throit4h tile s'reets with the child, and the latter genet • Mlolo.ar ramew..te. the most difficult parts of the Sculptor's Art ; liii pe i Inv Its rem.•.,..d. task is heir far more arduous than th it of the Painter, presenting a frightful appearance, ersotra•led to that , t hl f t . ler i tt. (4.4. amid r., - . s elusively prafe.syg ne witic!l it wore. when given to. her a tooirtli since, he li ' s a t S i n i i ii st r al. ' en e tW ill\- Cr hs silito r t.l ih ' zi ihr" u l l ' l y t lw r.; who has one the same necessity for this practice; felt it I,k thrty to. take her into custody. S••oa after. and in the work before us, the Artist has judiciously in••raot lallpla IC. ti:ial ii OT ,t 4l 4 l:tti V e m t.9 j .l7lrp.t• it was learnt, that the Prisoner was not the mother .I t h , l ,' " ,, l • lie f lir t i l v. 1 , 66 7 ist"Pe i rt . arel aerie i" * ;t j ai avoided that cumbrous profusion, which too often gives a stiffness to the subject, and destroys that ap- o f t h e 61;1,1, and it wRs in .consequeece taken from Ile•ellals, wirl e ir r siou t t •t ais I l r e o ' re lie .t r' ll:!'hia . fe' •-1 44 pt r, :li• 'ter and placed undermedical hands in al- ao r I, house . , i i: l l l es' 4 . 1 '2. 11 "e 1 " '''"'"'Kce env e"r1" 1 "r)• Thu pearance of ease arid facility which belong to true while she was kept in the Compter. Every alien- l ie - 7 t T r . 118 " ; , 1 1 : 1 ";, sat ' sir ern I r rid i:, 'taste. Ile tins clothed the Prophet, in the light and tion was paid to the case of the a retched intaet, but l'"";' , .t i t:c;l 0 4 11 i l n d i l i s u eil i:d i l.en tn set h n ' ln'atti r ;' 1 ,m nt •ra t r airy ma oner in which weshould expect to have fuund 1)1 6 0 o—over which, in vain,. and it expired in a few days. A certificate e all :i t , renah "Y. " I "'" un *I P" li. ' 4leh Mi " I " loh "d him ; and the dress of the lyric Bard corresponds ,' {from the physician to th e workhouse, stating that the fa:the: .l l;,7 : lt e h t "al . . t i't;. f 'n n, d l !, e i• l' sn wa tAir dr i r et it h e ;:r r p r h wills the humility of his rural occu however, the dignity arid expression of his attitude death of the child was occasioned, by gross neg lect P .WiIS •"r 10 , ",,":. n" 1 " 1 " . :lite IMEIZI`Innre Witt" seem to elevate him with an air of bold and conscious i and starvation, was handed, to the Lord Mayor i I. alllai I:at I:s It . sraf...l#.lpc imirsogy4, .they o ff e r .to I li i • itii.liwes .4 imesertt . ste tiff t mot the rucce.4 r. superiority. ' - .1 Lordship however deemed it necessary to .• have the, this eI:dr:MINI/S. MA INN'. ed them to quit the' re ; It isileasite to observe this tribute of monumental . ' personal attendance of this Y Gentleman as we ll as •senersil tnactitiober: nod Mei presume their pin . • •-• • . o. gtititti e to, t . e poetical genius and rude integrity of .that - cif • the Churchwardens of thel to • Willie a fair crowd for the unprecedented co' parish, I 0 vesti. w aka they have, in di- logistic. nein.... litterldlY I Burns ; and equally gratifying to find, that, as his gate the charge upon a future day. ' I Patient. in the,gouris y are r..q.lested 111 ...I:4e I. OW II . tiorke have called it forth, so they have also . • . . lae Prisoner was consequently remanded for a f or a- vice of their cm-r , age, said to: veer ,f tissue. cl..sfia a-v.te acrd tuettlclo....: ;v i ol l'her te e s l ts 11l be furnished to a discriminating artist the best and most •'fi, 1 i la examination. Warded 111 :WV part• u t It .• 1ii...•••i•0.,. appropriate design !for the coistruction of a amuses i Bo W-ST it E LT.—Tuesday evening as Lack and God- ' To be ...omitted sit Owl, 1.::: , ..• EN .. ' • 11% (person:ay, leuni erected by the gratitode of his countrymen. frey, belonging - to the O ffi ce, were passing through post pool )n. patients of cosset se tt , with secrkt mid attention. i • • , .., . • I Holborn they met two well Ir -nown.eitaracters of the Gov. rind ( 0 6tur eon: 13 LI uvorie-ureee. Flee' ' The Kidderminster coach was overturned err Tees- names of Mitchell and ThoMpson, and their end lie u, 1, 1P09. • • jt • ' ' ea. day, about Ift miles from town, several of the pas. ,touring to - avoid ar,..olficers induced them to stop - , r , sengrrs were much hurt and bruised. and search them when they fo d ' Mitchel)', s ur. tu stelrell's hat I. , leintry •Pr Vteci wlt Vital., rlby 9 L''s" ITITEiIi A 5 eerier, ::, 1-Th•e! s: ~...! .....mielle. itAR:RIED. , • Tonilay, Al St. Leonard, Shorediteh,'Mr. Isaac „Iloyto9, to NI I,N -Esther Matber, at Llath:place, Reedit At (lnibec.ley, on ths 4th inst. Joists Lewis, tssi C. ' . :lie llnn. East India Company's service, to Elizabeth, daughter of tlt late Rev . - Edward Waldron, rector -- Lovett, and Nhoch, in thecoootpof Woreemtee. Ou the Eth ult. in Ketrt. Henry Sunders, of London, 'ool) e did of Laurence Williams, of Old Ford, h.....q. 1 flan. S . . . the Itit invt. Mr. Joseph Waller, Lentlenhaii-tarret. •• • • • • l'arvolay•stigiy, of a I:rain foyer, mid after an five (la s. Mr. John Murton, of the Strand. wool 'Pritifer Onti . Yittrirlotor, of the Sitntiay Review. !'- 4Sti year of hilt ago, ana his left a "rife tame Oka 0" 144i1 P4 1 ‘41- . t:- • ... s Tire STATVSIIAN. :s . ~_ .. . • • •if in and games at kb, I inalreva• point of keeping lii .. a quantiv of valuable, lace. On Thorn ' , out. . .• ~ • : found cards of lace to the amouut of Mu. Do you make a point of going to ehe i pe4o4ll4l‘ . • ~,411104,MIT•OF BAHTHOLOMFAY tAfR. • ' piece, and other valuable property, besides --•••-No, I aleays go to church. - " " •' ' ' dunotiarze-i- - Adderman J•J. Sktrfliattended 7.1.. crow and various implements of househrpo Do any of the officers of theprisonle to 4hapbt ?. terdapfey the purpose of enquiring ipto the arrange- was supposed, therefore, that they were i t , Nut many ; the chapel is badly attended ; the turn- ments respecting Bartholomew Fair, to which hp ing from banking open a house. They e t key goes; one of the turnkeys is the clerk of the had alluded the precedine day. In pursuance of his to the afice awl examined I•efoee Mr. 111 chapel. .. • desire the Clerk of Smithfield-market was .premmt.— commuted them for further erktnitustion. • Do you think it the duty. of any onicer to go there? This person stated, that he received the rent- for the , Ustrosi-u ut..—Benjanrin Junes and Thontas —I do not. booths in the fair, and accounted for it to the Com.. son, two yo44lliittl of sfetteClableoppea,- ~. ' . . Are there s prayertand a sermon?— Certainly. ! mittee of City Lands. .11e hall nothing to do with brought before Mr. CHMIS AEILN charged Do the people behave decently there ?-lf I hear the booths erected any where hut in the market it - cion of bein g concerned In the murder erany persons behaving indecently, I always punish self, and even there, thole on the pavement paid Ihygate, al: Irish labourer, on Monday them; they behave very decently indeed,. I hear no rent to the housekeepers opposite As hose premises It appeared from the evidence, that Iley , Complaints. With respect to visiting the sick, the . they snood. With respect to the erections put of friend, also a native rd I 'eland, had he, C lergyman . does n ot do that . I never heard of hie'. Smithfield, they were totally without his controul.' the evening with a fr iend a t Wdlyin . _ .- - *tv.3 AL ,4 . 4 pOitiCE • •-• "- being called to do it, but when he was in health, I I ' here no doubt of his readiness to do it: , Do Clergymen come to visit the sick ?—Yes, if any body wished for a Clergymen, 1 . , should feel it my duty to get one. Have you ever had such an application ?—No. Mr. George Soaue being examined, with regard to, the introduction of spirituous liquors, gave the Vol. lowing account, which may be compared with the Marshal's:— Do you know of the introduction of gin within the walls of the prison ?—I know it within the walls , ' of the prison ; it is generally in a' room in my own stair-case almost every night. Is it sold openly and notoriously ?—Any body go ing there may have it. IHave you any reason to believe that it is known generally 1n tbg prhon, that persons at that room may have it ?—.Persons in general seem to know it, and persons have come to my room asking where the gin.room was. . How long has that practice subsisted ?—Ever since I I was here; between 15 and 16 weeks. Is it not common for the Marshal's officers to Melte search in the Ow for gist ?—t am not aware of socha thing. I know they harestopt gin at the gate. . . lathe reser,t of persons to that room considerable ? —Yes,, I should think five or siz.together.. The prices charged to the proprietors of the bootlis:t whiskey they had partaken freely. 0.1 were rariobs: Some paid nOthing,' - o . thers half.is•lteme to Deptford about 1l o'clock, they crown, and from that sum to a guinea. The swings public-house, nt Itotherhithe, all paid a guinea each. Pristiiirs and some other persons wen Alderman SMITH took occasion to observed that As they passed the house, the deceased an these swings had of late very much increased: Witif- were ronvetsitig in the Irish Isogusgo t io the last ten or twelve years, to. -his knowledge, overheard the word " Irishman" made such machines were scarcely ever seen ; butOatterly, some one in the lipase. Supposing the the fair had become so crowded with them, that it connected with some notional leprosel t , was almost impossible for the font pawner So walk the house, some altercation eiHto , d, I • through the fair without the most .introinenfdanger blows,' and a serious battle took place, ii of having his brains knocked out. Indeed, many of which the deceased received a blow will serious accidents had accrued from this dangerous him on the Boor. Ile was taken home, mode of smusemeut—and among other Bootees to languished for three days, and then espi: which he should look forinformation upon. this sub- The Prisoners were taken into custod y ject, were the books of St. - Bartholomew's hospital, brought up for examination. which he had no doubt _would produce a miserable They were now remanded till the result catalogue of personal injuries sustained by these ma- Coroner's Inquest should be known. chines, and other perilous modes Of entertainment.: INFORMERS —A CAUTION. n 1 ItLISORI)VGII.STIt6ST —WethadleiMi au i during the fair. • • • ' •t•of Welt' heard hale Mr. NgAyg. The next person examined by the wnythy th e driven ()Testis not Norio,: pointed on man, was the Steward of Lord Kensington, .-who lhrir owner,Zein m e en 't nd ig * :e c r e . :" ra stivlng lurks via the stated that his Lordship' received -a toll open She, hie with the p l enaltv of 2as. and en.ts . 1 7 r a e r.p w eW,, erection of booths in the market, in right of his et! uf ;ndulged in some severities a:alma. the ..tfic, castor, Sir Richard •Riche, to -whom the privilege- ellii!steraZibe7l and many them of offered to teeing 114 e carts' or borrow., amount to more from. 30 1. in 351. n o on l y ex ..l llie bt f r. N t e r a ve ,i faid that I , ncl, irrnt4 ail - coif! sinne re o n . y , was. granted by henry VIII. This toll did_ not.' reedy sworn t: 3s s .1 tended to the market Indeed .rods • ' his roe_ •I t early c p,„ o t i t t h ' i :g w e t v tl e i n t a tte w s i l l i er m l e i . 4l „, a nh. , tv. l l l ;;L t ic a a '"'' collection of the Charter by which the ,Fair vos per.; i the merits of the infouneiPt the ache.. hid c their tint" and he apprehended tile • Ara (hey 01 the tane persons, or 4ifereet per. ?-4he• difr it • sortrlfy I hat mitred, ‘nd which. was originally granted to St. Bartholor AO; Priory ,and Hospital (Smooth-fn•l .` .; ' ' f j ~a i~ 4 *. • ss, : . ;