The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-10-10 00:00:00

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PRISONERS OP THE METROPOLIS.
On Thursday the sew Sheriffs visited the Gilt-
spur-street Compter and yesterday they minutely
inspeaed every part ot Neergate, when tht y ordered
a variety of interesting regulistions. calculated to
promote the health and comfort of the persons con-
fined in those pcpulous receptacles of VICO anti mis-
fortune.
They particularly ordered, that in future no pri-
soner shall be placed at the Bar of the Old Bailey,
on his trial, in irons, sr in any way shaeklttr or
manacled.
I.lley have taken under their cognizance the
infatrinz; practice of crimping foreign and other
tailors, by certain pettyfoggers of toe law, who
led these unwary fellows snia'.l sums of money,
and then raise aftions against them, and send them
to Ne•-egate until tt.ey can. obtain a bounty for
them. 'Porte are at present 15 or 16 sailors in this
situation in Nee- gate. some of whom cannot speak
a word of the English language.
I hey have air: ordered, that no person, who may
in future be arie.ied for debt within the county of
Middlesex, or city of London, shall be detained
by the officers. under pretence of searching the
book, as it is called, arter certain hours, or on
holidays. That book, on payment of a small fee.
is to be open for inspeCtion. ac all hours of the day
and niglic. 014 evsty Jay out which *tits can be
exec uted.
POLICE".
11/ITTON-OAOOIII.
Upwards of twenty publicans wete summoned
before Mr. Bake!, the.peeriebng Magistrate, by the
Officers of the Society for t'te Suppression et Vice,
charged with serving liquor during Divine Service,
on Sunday last. T .ey were Al lined in the miti-
gated penalty Of 103
The MACI4iIIOVE reprobated, in strong terms,
the conduit of the poblicans, it, violating their titer.
by keeping their houses open an hour and a halt on
a Sunday.
Several publicans were summoned by the Inspec-
tors of the parishes of St. Giles and St. Pancras,
appointed under an AR of Parliament. for the pur-
pose of compelling them to pay a fine of ts. Gd.
amerced for having in their vstession quails, pints,
and half-piats, under the standard measure. in
which they used to draw liquor.
They were obliged to pay the fine and costs.
John Jenkins and his comrade, two privates of the
Royal Marirsmpui a recruit, complained to the Ma-
gistrate agate the landlord ot the Spread Eagle
public h,nise, Old North-a:met, Red Imo-square,
who related to receive a billet given by th: consta-
ble of the parish to those three soldiers. The Ma-
rstrate dirsteled them to tumnaitn Use landlord be-
fore him.
. It appeared Jenkins and. his comrades did not go
to the Spread Eagle until after seven o'clock in the
evening, when the landlotil refused them any ac-
commodation. on account of their net coming ear-
lier, having. understood it to be the pradice of all
publicans nut to receive billets so late. The Ma-
gistrate recommended it to Mr. Alberts, the land-
lord, to satisfy the soldiers for the expense they were
pit: to by his refusing the billet. which Mr. Roberts
very readily complied with.
Those* Kelly, who was takee vp On 110,P;OiOn of
being concerned. with ainseral-otbass. krcibbiag
Handcock, the offieer, was re-examined, when
kiandcock not being able to swear positively that he
was one of the men who robbed hitt, and his etn•
ployer, Mr. Whitbread, farmer, ot Edmonrnn.
calming forward old gieing him a good charade',
he was discharged, on Mr. Whitbread's passing his
word for his appearance. if called for. Previots
to his discharge, taro witnesses were examined, win*
proved an alibi.
Last morning a terrible flue broke out in °Axis:
street, WLitechapel, which bu.ot down two large
sugar houses. will stocked, and had neatly comma--
nicated to a third.
The vessel which we stated to have run aground.
in the endeavour to get into the West India Dock,
has been got off.
IJ,mo inquiry, we find that no regular troops are
o. be sent to India materially exceeding the usual
annual supply for the ordinary waste of our army in
tl:at (Natter. The orders at the India House are w
prepare tonnage for 4003 men, 1300 of which is
a regular regiment.. which is to he seat to reinforce
our army to the Isla,:) of Ceylon, and the re-
maind,r, which it is said will corsist of re-
cent drafts from the Mditia, or of volunteers from
some of the eltatitished regiments. is meant
to maks up tae deficOrnces iii our regular at 4 7
in India. The rep trt, therefore, of Ministers or.
daring the preparation of 10,000 men to be die-
patched to India, is quite unfounded; as is also that
which stated the pressing accasinn for such a rein-
forcement ; tor. according to the last accounti
received, the utmost tranquillity is said to prevail
throughout nut Indian territories.
The people of Paris are soon to be favoured with
two new Monism. nts. The column of the Square
of Grand Chatelet is completed; the a otkmun
have been eisiployeil in placing thereon the Statue
which it itintended to sudport. and which is made
of. lead. We may presume that it is intended to re-
present Valery or Faso. On the other hand, the
Palace of the Legislative Body has ;:rived at its
height. The workmen are now finishing the upper
ornaments, and all the bases of the columns which
are to adorn the northern front. are already laid
down. This front appears to offer to the beholders
a piece of workmanship resembling that of the gate-
way of the Magdalene, which has, as yet, atorist ex-
isted only iii pr. Jeff.
BON•PAOTI has removed thousands, many 0!
whom were not worth lio;rig ; but 11143 ! we have
enemies at home, who Lill more haloes:lst sub-
jeets is one year. than he has done in all his life.
And thh appetrs, do the first sight of the subjeet,
considering that fits, declines, and ulcers, are begun.
continued, and finished in death, by Weems : these
we find in the nose, ears. and eyrs; in the chest,
bowels. bladder and !legs. These are fags founded
in praelice, by Dr..Gaisear a, Lung Acre, and ad-
mitted by Dr. RAM iAlf, of Rdinburg:i. .Surely no
gond man will pretend to disbelieve fails that may
be seen in the Museum of Lon g Acta, and Shore-
ditch. Medicines, 2s. 6d. 4s. 61. lOs 6J. or Es
Dr. G is consulted daily.