The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-01-21 00:00:00

LONDON B lil DU li.

On Sunday last the east side of London Bridge
was crowded by gazers at a large shoal, a little be-
low the centre arch, which, in consequence of an
unusually low tide, was so much above the water,
as to enable persons to walk upon it. Tisrre I. no
doubt that this shoal, and several others near (which
have been created by the rush of the water throng!)
the arches of the bridge), are annually increasing, to
the very great injury of the navigation and hazard
of life. Surely, with the ample funds which the
City of London possess, and which are (or ought to
be) ONLY applicable to the bridge, this crving and
increasing evil should be removed ; the only effec-
tual way of doing which is by erecting a new bridge,
which, the funds before alluded to, with perhaps
some temporary aid from Government, would ef-
fret. And the necessity of erecting ■ temporary
bridge, or the inconvenience which the public might
sustain during the work, will be greatly (if nut
wholly) obviated when the new iron bridge is
opened. •
The state of Rochester Bridge, which is of a si-
milar description, is strong evidence of the extrava-
vagant course hitherto pursued--immense sums
have been for many years lavished in repairs of both
the bridges, and must, from the nature of the con-
struction, be annually expended; but at length it
has been discovered, sn respect to Rochester Bridge,
that the most economical course is to erect a new
one, which we have reason to believe will ►hortly be
effected.

An ACCOUNT of the Number of PRISONENS
TRIED. and the OFFENCSS they were Convicted of,
at the Old Bailey Sessions, in the Year 1818 :

Murder

Burglary 25
House Breaking 7

Highway Hubl;ty

Stenlinn in a Dwelling-house

- -
Stealing privately in aShop l6
Stealing on the River Thanes 2
Horse Stealing
Sheep Stealing
Cattle Stealing
Cutting down Tr.-. a
Returning front Transportation
Forgery .
Uttering Forged Bank Notes
(tieing Possession of ditto without lawful excuse 98
Receiving Stolen Guuds
Manslaughter 6

Embezzlement

Fraud

Grand Larceny

Uttering Coustufeil Cuio

1430

Or TEMPE THFRC WERE
Setween the are of ten spa fourteen . 38
Betwaeo the age of fooriten cod ei:hieen
Bement the age of eighteen cud twenty-one 391

Total under Iwenty-one yeats of age 644
An ACCOUNT of the Nuntl.wr of PRISONERS in
CUSTODY. in his Misjesty's G:inl of Nekvgate, in the
Year 1818, and how they hove been disposed of :
1. Custody owthelst January, 18IP 428
Committal front that period to the alt
her, 1818 *2326
—2754
Of which there bare been Executed so
11
itemoved to the Hulks at Sheerness, preparatory
to Transportation 64,
Ditto to Portsmouth SO
'Ditto to Gosport. ...
I)itto In 5%u01wieh........ 7s
Removed to the Penitentiary, Millbank , 33
Removed to the Refuge for the Destitute
Removed to Redskin Hospital 3
Removed by Habeas Corpus to County Gaols,
. .

fur Trial at the Assizes ....... •• • • 23
Removed to the Mouse of Correction for the
City of Loudon, fur Imprisonment fur certain
periods 77
Removed to the House of Correction for the
Comity of Middlesex for the I.ke purpose.— 256
Removed to ditto, having rerriscd his Majesty's
pardon, on condition of being imprisoned
therein for certain perinda
Removed In the ship Maria. at Deptford, des
tined to carry mat Female Convicts to New
South Wales
Discharged, having had hie Majesty's Free Par-
do*
Discharged, being acquitted at the Oki Bailey
flesalous .... •
Discharged by Proclamation, Bilk of Indictment
not basin hems found against them 251
Discharged for want of Prooreulinn ..... 53
Discharged, having sadergrine their Sentence of
laqtriamisaeut ...r. l6B
Discharged upon Bail, and other Causes AB.
--1370

Itemised ia Custody, SU.I, 1819 ...... Mears 477' 9il
ssi
Polemics 107

• 1/54
W. R. U. BROWN. Keeper.
• Needs 1,000 of these sere Middlesex Primers.