The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-18 00:00:00

INQUESTS.

DIILIAIMPUL Aectitunr.—Yeetertiay en Inquieitiou wee
takes before nesse Shelters. Fog. Coroiter, el St. Thomas's
Hospitslq ou the body of a youth nested John Nash, one of
the peewee who was no serer* teemed by the explosion of
gunpowder and Are-worko et the etiasefenetogy of Mr. Mor.
trail, is Mead'a-plere, Westolisster.naad, 1M emmiulicturer
- Vauxhall Gardena —maw '

of 111;e6werks to
wselsocboly accident bare already bent &UAW at lesigth in
thla Papa).—The Jory returned • reedit( of Amanita!
Mel 4.
Vonfou'llmdle loquisition was
taken before the SUM Coroner, at the same time and plan,
oe Ibit body of Captain Wei. Bolton' of the Lonl Hawke,
East lodiameo. It was staled isi ewideore that the deceased,
on Tuesday last, went to dime with the Captain of an India.
man, wbieli lay oc the lode Doelis at Blackwell, alongside
his own vessel, sod be returned to his own abip, Si was sup-
posed, • litdolusbriimed ; the rigging of the vessel required
some alteration. and the sailor not brie( la prompt to fulfil
the "Ws which b. Rare as be wished, he felted the rope
hineetV, whys his foot slipped, aid he fell down the hold of
the resod. The iojories he received were of the most ex-
tensive sod pryer, destriptioo, bet as tife appeared in the
body dm sailors carried him to St. Thomas's Hospital, where
be expired.
Mr. Mres• servos of the Hospital, explained to the Jury
the Wore of the iojories on the deceased's body. We shell
spare the feelings of our readers by not giving the recital.
Yeedieteeieferstol Donna.

of ibis

There are two men now in runway committed
from Hatton-garden poliee-niilee. charged with
having by means of frauil and forgery obtained
1100/. the property of a benefit-club. nut of the
Saving Bank, in Pantos-street, Haymarket.

It is calculated that from the port of Thittso In
Fraierburgh there are not less than 3,000
slsrge
hosts occupied alone in the hming tiAliery, each
Twat carrying on tin aversge lire men, atilt come-
quently giving employment to 11,000 setunen.

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13,1 sic Ekry4lB4
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YeitenloY :the Uelf.yeirly Meeting of the Oral
prietors of bank Stock was field et the Book of
England, to con.ititi 'or e dividend.
•At twelve o'clottit. Citotti.ii itletnn, Eq.
the Cr vcrisor of the Brink, sieeattirtoied by r large
body of the Directoro, totikiti'etr
iernor then Owed to the th.t the Di-
'recto!' 11.14 considered olii/iiiMetitl fur the enirent
intityearLAoinl. with the ehisirtijOitcr of that Court,
joroposed * rteeolution, dual 1 ihddeod of 5 per
ern,. fur o'rtlfit unit ititetest'iit !.I be 'Midi' to the.
~. •
Proprietors furthe loilf-)ear Ending oil the lUth of
October 'next:

'This Resolution wig* rigrred in. aad
it way ordered that the st..irratita fill iidoit;or iii Ihi/
dividend ihoold be Mode out on 'Monday; the 12.11
Lf Octobei nett.
DANK FORGEIIIts,
Mr. It a 5;1)4 LL JAC:CIot. then nee end elddiereet4
the Chairiturti. Be paid he rose to make inquiry
relative to matters connected tint only with the
/most importiiiet interests of that Ctoporation, but
also with the most taunt:loons laalerrnol pub.
lie at large. It was in the recollection of the Court
tint a .Commiesitm had been lately Ystted, for the
purpo.e.of considering whether some method might
-rot be devised for preventing at least the facility
of committing the crime of forgitiLt Bank times.
He knew that men of great ability formed
part of that Commission, sod lie eitraitstly holiest
they had lost not a niontect in considering the
arduous and important task iiitru,trd to their coo-
side ration. What had been the proceedings of this
CoMuliosinn, or whether they had attained any re-
salt. w.tv a circumstance nut, he believed, known
to the public. But lie trusted the Commission felt
the serious, he may say rainl stature of the cones-
deratiou rererred.to them ; ;ha; They rettisilected that
from day to day, nay, from haler human
life not only depended on their invesTipti ~,,, but wild
actually exposed to thesi-it'rerne liltoislithent of the
law, as a sacrifice for the commission of tlott crime
fur the prevention of which they were called on tri
catisiderund devise some meat.a. Ile did
1801 mean to press for the erisclusint of coy
premattire 'opinion respecting this Commi•iion,
'silly as some prism's might kappa... were Its steps,
'but merely to hope that not.au.instent would he
usinecessarily lost in bringing its labours to it con-
clusion. Ills I • cipal object in rising teas, to put
quest's'''a to the Chairman on two points of great
public interest, and which had been freely eInIVIISWIL
both in the House of Commons and out of doors by
all classes of perilous, mud by some who were not per-
haps friendly to the interests of 'hat Corporation--
be alluded, in the first place, to the selection of
prisoners for trial its eases of Batik forgeries, and
the arrangement respecting their trials for the cow-
Sal or minor offence; and, secondly, •to the 'mode
or remuneration given to individuals for the detec-
tion of these prisoners. These two onn.idrlatiuui
of selection and detection were d vital agionielit....
they involved the exercise of I florist paramount
power--a power which he,' would not consent
should rest in any single individual. That se-
lection fur trial, according to the scale of of.:
fence of the party, was ilecessery, lie wits fie from
denying ; and that so far front its being. censurable
to allow individuals (is some hut insinuated) Id
plead to the minor offence, he thought it, when
rightly exercised, a most necessity and humane
privilege. He also was aware. that from the
general poverty of the individuals Who. were im-
posed upon by the circitletrott of forged tiotee,
it in many cases was alsoolutely, necessary that
remuneration should be Viten rir detection
and that when given with caution an,i circumspec-
tion, such remuneration bore no affinity to flint
sort of reward expressively termed be the public
Blond.money. But what he desired to• know, iu
ansWer to his questions respecting tlit'Or two inontsi
was, whether the power of settling in the one case
the selection, amid in the other the mode and amount
of remuneration for detection, was delegated to ally

single intlivitloul. or woo exercised' by IC Coot ittce
or set of Gentlemen jllllollt the .Directofs ?--
( Haw', Ara r.)

Tile Cli INN AN replied, that the power alluded
to by the Hon. Gentleman wa• always exerei.ed,
as had been explained in the Howe of Commons,
by a l'ominittee, or aet of Gentlemen appointed to
consider the cases of prosecution at the suit of the
Bank.—( I her, hear.)

The Chairman said nothing respecting the Coma
mission to inquire into the pteveutiop of forgery.
Mr. RANDALL . JACkSON raj:weaned his 'misfile-
tint) that the public were now to kilos, that this ex-i
fensive power was not vested in the hands of a
single individual, hut placed where•it ought to he,
With a properly constituted CoMmitter.—(lleur,
hear, hear.) Ile then proceeded to state, that
much misinformation prevailiel respecting a po-
litical question, connected Wilh ite. affairs of the
Bank. It had been brcisdriih'ui its he thought
most erroneonsl3l stated, •that the:great increase of
forgeries of late years, hub anden • from dip wide
circulation of Dank note, iii the absence of a me•
tallie currency..-and that the Mink was &nine
respects answerable for this augmentation of crime.
This he was prepared fully to deny—the increase of
the crime of forgery had only kept pace with the
augmentation of other offences, which a more
neral deinOrulitation had occasioned. The Hank
fl.,it no control over.khe Policeti and the correction
of geneial crime specially lay with the Police,
anal he earnettly hoped that this launch of
political science would receive the attention and
co-operation of able men, who would esteem it
ill honourable office to act in this department i f
the public seivice. Until this period came, lie 1;p-
-prehended that tio considerable decrease of crime
Would hate place. It had been said by a Learned
Judge (we believe Chief Baton
since re-echoed through the country, thut
punishment or death for foigeryhail tint les,esied
the 'lumber of offences of that ilescriptioo. ft
(Air. Jackson) earnestly hoped that thr Dire. 4
tors would try the effect of the lesser punishment,
sod see how far that were found to operate. At ail
eveuts, he conjured them steadily to putsite the
best mewls of protecting the public tient forgerie.,
vial not to relax, lest they should give room far as
deluge of offences ii.jtirloile to the public niterest.
It was, lie thought, most desirable that the RIMS
6111).(11,1 consult nod act in conceit *sill the Uluiett
Departuittit in all th:se Cava, SO that whatests iursa