The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-03 00:00:00

P I (AATICS. •

Extraft ',ote •' • !epee' of the Sole& Committee to in-
qm• nut ,'ate of I.,nats:s, ,aid Odor* the House
et t ..a.ntoo

I Le m ..•. e which app.:ars to your Committer,
most adegt..i:•. to insur: t .• proper tate And maaa,ze-
mem of the,. uulortu.• • all.! the most likety
to conduce to their p t a cute. is the etea..:ll of
Asylums for their rec. pt.on is did•rent parts if the
kingdom; a rne.uu. e which has already been
adopted rum greet suzes 6 by pries:, subscription.
at Y • it. Liverpool. i'anchst-r, F.lerer,
Norwich, and Leicester. Co this tot puolic vp•-
ninn ap, ear• to be so menu-able. that it may be
sufficient from the Lesidature. at least in the hist
instance, tallier to Decomposed and assist. than to
enforce the emotion ot such a plan.
Your Comomee therefore would propose, Tint
power mould be given to the Magistrates of any
comity. to charge the expense o► socn builJ.eig
mom the county ►ate, or. wilier* cirsumseancrs wttl
admit t it, for two or more commies to unite for
this purpose, the charge upon their repealer rites
ming according to their populations That
all p•inper lunatics, within the dismal far w.dch
such aspirin mall be ereAed, shad be conveyed
thither, an' be mere in4intailie 1 at the expense of
their resmenive p armies, a, suet' rate as shall be
fix-d be t Corntnotet. it Governor,, nominal dby
:he hlag.rates of the county ot comities.
That ..noti return► of the number or insane per-
sons. charge r•ie to each parish. shall be made at the
Mic:iaelmas Quarter Session
In icing cue number of vitiation which it is expe-
dient should unite fir this purpsne. it appears tram
the evidrice of th:.s. best Acquasnied with the sub-
jett, tnat it would ►e hign•f desirable, tot the
of prevenons. ono c-scary expeuse. that
each huldi should be ea:cuts...if to contain as
I ,rye 4 maintur as possible, not exceeding three
hundred.

The advantage of this, indepead-at of the sav-
ing in the origio.il cost of the bud r.gs. is appar i.t
from th.• rein:is from the dill r. asylums now
established. Cis• weekly a%pens' per hea.i IrOf each
lunatic at St. Luke's, wo •re there are three hun-
dred, does not exceed 7.. lid. ; whik At Yogis,
where there ate one hundred and fifty-eight, st is
estimated at 9i ; at Manchest• r, where there are
one hundred and somewhat more, and at Leicester
and fix-ter, where the number; ire much smaller:
it van s from 13s. to 15s Attention should also
be pail to placing the banding in inch a situation
as from its vicinity may isrttre the probabil.ty of
the best medical assistance. k.sir this reason, where-
ever an asylum has already been e•tsbhshed by
private :ontribution. great benefit may result front
emnefling the pivoted e-tablishment with it ; and
it all cases it may be desitab►e tt allow the addition
of an establishment for persons of a superior class,
to be defrayed by themselves ; and for those who
ate in a state of distress, though not attnally Parish
Paupers, to be maintained by charitable subscrsp.
lion.
Your Committee think it proper to lay before the
House. a plan which ha. seen butirnitted ro VIM
for the division of the kingdom into slistrids, for this
purp se; the ad: piton of which. in each petticoat
his:abet, must be govern •d by the local earctimi.
staiteee. of with the M igisttates of the respedive
c.tunue. witl be the most adequate Judges.

So momentous is the issue that await. next Thum
da. 's drawing ot the Lottery, and so great sl.e i..terest
whir- depends on the tirst-drownnumber,thist the pa-
Wessels theeemmissionersir. conceding to a req... st
.hat tht d• awing may not c. • consent* until one o'clock
the a titration, mist se highly gratifying to the
public. All the grim a Cis:tads being still in the
*bid. th.• anxety as adventurers, is gen. rel. to
crimes, se langur ant a scene. ro..y be gamy
ceived; and. of c-ur e, the hall will he more ems
usually throng d. a. the hour mini vocal is so an..
?cutout for attendance.
Saturday, according to annual custom. the
price coat and badge bequeathed by Dowser. the
Comedian. aas contested by the six lollowtng free
wiliesmen ;—hvass, of 'lower-stairs; Fi.dwzas.
of Hungertnrd ; Price. of hlacldriars j SMITH,
hots below Bridge ; Saves, of the three Cr .:es ;
emd Illasnauh of Itotherbithe. OE Wessa tar
they were foaled by other Met% and five
ofi 12:6 competitnes• declined the cootest. STAN•
proceeded to Chasea ; bu: in amseqiiroce of tn.
above accident. he will not bee inederod the win-
ner. The match will be rowed aria this (lay.

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NORFOLK. AFIZ LS.

9

These Assirea commenced at Norwich. on Tues-
day last, before Lord Es.s.sesenouo is and Sir NJ. sit
ost. •

CROWN VIDE—HORRID MURDER
l'itrtha Akira %t as Ibuod rutty, o( rn tadethig het
h.isbund, Samuel /liana The foil, wing, attune,
othot circumstances, ca,•se ont. .v.dence:

On Seurday night, the Je hof July, the prisoner,
het husband, and (heir lit4le boy, vr,re left idiotic
t^:eka o'elt ek, -ut his house, near Attleburxh, in
Norfolk.

/Vend three next morning she was seen walking
along me road, by three pe• sons, •n whom she said
her hti,band had been out drinking, had come home.
arid gone Alcor again, and that b;le feared he was
murdered or drowned. A yntrig woman, named
Mary Ort.ce, who had been yr? y inrimate with the
any., se.d, the Pt ison-r called upon her na the
Sunday m doing, at six o'clock, t her she had
murdered P._ r 11 %band, took her to her house, where,
in the be the girl saw Alden lying dead.
svtl, a w mod in the forshead. his skull split, the
cl-eek and jaw t- tr-ken. and the head nearly
wet: d }run Every part of the room. a
sack, clothes, k . were spr'nkled with blood. The
girl and the Prismer put the body into a sack, and
buried it a hole in the gar•.en. The same nigh
the Prisoner opened the gr rye, ard they both drag-
ged ese h dy 4 considerable way along a road. ano
threw it out of the saris into a clay pit. On the tw,
following days, the Witness assisted the Pris nor t
clean .Is. house. Some time after the body w..
found She told If c .:hole affair to her fathsr, but
dez.ied it bsfore the Coroner. All the articles marked
with the blood of ihe deceased w •re produced, in
Court. 7hr rrisoner had ...•t.iing to say ; a •
bialy spoke., •el ; and, atter a full irrestigatio•t
she was fon if rhe Judge, in ar, awlul Anu
impressive manner, passe l sentence on her.

CIVIL. SIDE.