The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-01-13 00:00:00

STATE OF NEWGATE.

NEWT OP ThE NEMESIS or PILISONS COMMITTED
TO UN MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWOSTE IN TIIE yeaa
11e23, AND HOW THEY HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF :
Males. Fem. Total.
In custody Jan. 1, 1823 . 183 67 200
Committed to Dce. 31, under 21 yrs. of age 675 129} 112 100
Ditto ditto above that age - 1,021 336

2,480
Of which there have been executed . - 18
-
hied - - - . - 5
, Removed to the hulk*, (import . - - 100
Ditto ditto Portsmouth - - 30
Ditto ditto 16 heerneu . - 244
Ditto ditto Chatham - - - 25
Ditto ditto Woolwich - - - 91
Ditto to the Penitentiary at Milbank . . 28
IDitto to the Refuge for the Destitute . - 23
Ditto to Ilethlem Hospital . . - 1
Ditto by Habeas Corpus, for trial at the Awdsm - 14
Ditto to the Houses of Correction for London and
. Middlesex - . . Ma
Discharged, having received his Majmtfs pardon 11
Ditto, having been acquitted at the Old Bailey
.._

. • "
:sessions .. - - - . -
- 147
Ditto, upon bills of indictment not having been
found - - - - - - 231
Ditto, not having been prosecuted - . 25
Ditto, having been imprisoned pursuant to sen- .
-

fences - - - - 71
. -
-
Ditto, having been whiopeol . . 27
Ditto, having been tined one shilling - . 112
... • ** ' `

o 27-2,188
Ditto; upon -bail and other causes . -
Remained in cuatody Jan. I, 11121, Males 218, Females 78 194

4 460
.. .

•Of which number, W 9 hsd before been here. Cemmittaliie:
creased this year, IL

STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS COMMITTED
TO HIS MAJESTY'S GAOL OF NEWOATE, AND CONVICTED
IN THE YEAR 1823; AND THE NATURE OF THEIR OF-
FENCES, TOGETHER WITH THE NUMBER ACQUITTED,
DISCHARGED, SENTENCED, ETC. DOTING THE SAME
PERIOD.
. Burglary . - - . 34
Housebreaking . . - - 10
-
H igh way robbery . - - . 13
-11 one-stealing . - . . 7
. Maliciously cutting and maiming . . 6
Murder . - . . 1
- Returning from transportation . . 2
Stealing in a dwelling-house to the value of 40s. and upwards 47
Sheepstealing - - . 1
['tiering forged bank notes - - - 4
Bigamy _ . - - 3
. -
.Manslaughter . - - - 16
Miadenteanoun . . - . 26
Selling counterfeit coins - . . . . 2
Receiving stolen goods . . . 11
Tramiposing tioldsmithe Hall mark . . . 1
Conspiracy - - - - 3
Larcenies of various descriptions . - 1,071

1,259
Of which there were sentenced—
To. death - - - - t 124
To transportation for life 69
.To ditto for fourteen years - 36
To ditto for ',even years - . - 309
To imprisonment for two years in the Houses of Correction 11
.To ditto for eitthteen months . - 1
To ditto for one year, ditto . . - 103
To ditto for nine months, ditto - -.3
To ditto for six months, ditto - 119
- .
-To ditto for four months, ditto - . 9
To ditto for three months, ditto . . 109
To ditto for two months. ditto . - - 75
- .To ditto for six weeks, ditto . 14
To ditto for one month and under, ditto . L 6
-
In Newgate for various terms . - 67
. Fined one shilling and discharged - - 135
W - hipped and discharged - - 21

- 1,259
.1 rmiitted - -• 557
Dischurged, bills of indictment not being found . 230
Discharged, riot having been prosecuted - 2ti
--

2,1,72
f Eleven of which have been executed, with seven other con-
vieud in the year 1822 of the following offencesl—
t tutting and maiming - - - 2
- - Forgery . -
- - I
Forged notes - - - - 2
Burglary . - . 9
11;ghaay robbery - - - . 1
SAlliffilly . . . I
Stealing in a dwelling-house, to the value of Os. and upwards 2

J. WONTNER, Keeper.
(The above annual return has been tran■mitted by the Keeper of
Nergate to ev-ry member of the Court of Aldermen.]

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

These 'lessiona commence to-ntorrow. Them were 210 prisoners
for trial yesterday morning, viz. 15 fur London, and 171 for Mid.
dlesex. The following are the crimes they are charged with :--
IN LONDON. 8 Burglary.
1 For Highway Robbery. 2 Highway Robbery.
3 Stealing in al/welling-house. 13 Stealing in a Dwelling.
1 dl S Receiving stolen (laus.
house.
. .

I Embezzling.
_9{ Larcenies.

I Alaliciousty Shooting.
2 IL ttering framed Notes.

- 9
Stealing from the Person. it Iteceiviiig Stiiien Goode.
2 For shirking by False ?re- 127 Larcenies.
tences. 7 stealing from the Person.
1 Iligamy.
1 Selling Countafcit Coin.

Is mIDDLESEX.
I For a Haps.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, laticoLx's
MONDAY, JAN. 12.

This day the LORD CHANCELLOR resumed his sittings in
Lincoln's Inn Ilan.

Mr. 't% ETHER ELL, previous to his Lordship coming into Court,
was sworn Solicitor-General. The Learned Gentleman took tho
seat at the bar which the late Attorney-General occupied. The
Lord Ch.. icellor and the Counsel addressed him as Solicitor-Gene-

ral in the course of the day.

I:IOITRLAY V. THE DVICIF: or 8011F.VI6T.

The Loan I'HANCELLOR said that he had directed the papers
in this case to be sent to him previous to the vacation. Through
some neglect, however, on the part of the Solicitors, those papers
had not been sent to him. The papers had been lately sent to his
house in town during his absence in the country ; they were not
forwarded to him t And, it is probable, though they had been, be
should have made no mu- of them, as all the papers were not sent to
his house. Until the affidavits, verifying the plans, were produced,
he could not give julgrnent in this care.
Mr. (later said that there would be considerable difficulty in ve-
rifying he documents.
Mr. Gourley (who appeared in a weak state of health, and in
very depressed spirits) stated that he had been confined for the last
ten days, and it was with no small difficulty he was now enabled to
appear before his L. rdrhip. lie cnitittiencA by complaining of
the delay in the proceedings of the Cutlet. There war an observa-
tion of Lord l'hurlow, that if the machinery of the Court were well
worked, it might be productive of great benefit to the due and ef-
ficient administration of justice. but—
The Loan CHANCELLOR inwrrupted him.—" Sir, T don't sit
here to hear observations on the practice of the Court."

Mr. (lourlay bowed and resumed—lt was twelve years ago
since he first became a str:tor in this court. Ile was tam the
expectant to a large fortune; then he attended for the purpose of
witnessing the proceedings in his case; but now, unlisppily, that
which he did before as a pastime, it was now a matter of painful
necessity for him to perform. He traced his misfortunes to an error
in the adjudication of Mr. Justice Park, and proceeded, in terms
of great severity and harshness, to comment on the character and
conduct of that learned Judze.
The Loan efemeciet.con again interrupted Mr. Gourlay—He
could not hear such observations as those in which Mr. Gourlay
thought proper to indulge. His present conrse was most irregular.
He would not allow any member of the bar to re-argue a decided
ease, and he saw no reason why a suitor should be permitted such
an indulgence.
Mr. Gourlay persisted in the same line of observation.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, with some impatience, again inter.
posed—lie said, that the only inquiry he wished to make was, whe-
ther the plans now in court were the same as those used at the trial
in the courts below. His Lordship then directed that he would
make an affidavit to this effect. _ _ _

Mr. (iourlay scented disposed to continue in the same line of
comment as before.

The Loan CHANCEL Loa directed the Registrar to call on the
next ewe.

Mr. linurlay still persisted.
The LORD CHANCE I on (with great animation.)—" Sir, I
request you to remember the place you are in."
Mr. tiourloy at length desisted, and went out to get the affidavit
sworn as directed by the Lord Chancellor.
tivt.i.va in re uttrrs. _ _

The SOLICITOR (ii:NERAL appeared in this case of bank-
ruptcy, for Geller and Co.. creditors of the bankrupt Hind. Hind
became a bankrupt in 11110 ; Sell and Watson were appointed as-
signees. They transferred a quantity of coffee, the property of the
bankrupt, to Geller and Co. on which they received advances to
the amount of 7,0001. Geller and Co. did not put in their claim
until 1813, when the Commissioners disallowed the claim. Gel-
ler and Co. presented a petition to this Court in 1816, praying that
their claim might be, tried at common law. The ground of this
application was, that Geller and Co. regarded the Assignees as
brokers and agents, and not as Assignees. Hind was viewed by
them as the principal employing them, and it was contended that
his estate was thereby made subject to his debt. That the Assignees
should not be regarded ass such by Geller and Co. was sustained by
the circumstance of Hind's interference in the sale of the coffee,
after his bankruptcy. On these grounds he prayed that the claim
of Geller should be determined at common law, and that the
bankruptcy should not beset up in opposition to the action.
The Loan CHANCELLOR expressed his unwillingness to grant
an issue at common law in this case, as issues of this kind were ge-
nerally attended with great delay, and heavy expense to the parties.
Ile would himself read the affidavits, and on Satunlay nest would
give judgment upon the claim of Mr. Geller, if by that time he
could arrive at a sufficient knowledge of the facts of his claim to
would enable him to do so.

COURLAY V. THE ntruE Or SOMERSET..

Mr. Goutlay, at the close of this case, applied to the Court to re-
eeive an affidavit in his cause.
The Loan (lIANCF.I.I.OR—Is it tiled?

Mr. Gnurlay (not seeming to understand the meaning of the
Lord Chancellor's question)--1 am ready to read it.
The Loon I'IIANCELLOR—By the law of the land I cannot
permit any affidavit to be heard here that is not first regularly filed.
If you do not understand what that means, any gentleman at the
bar will explain it to you. You really do no service to your own
interests by this mode of proceeding.
Mr. AGAR then whispered to Mr. Gourlay the proper course to
adopt to entitle his affidavit to he heard.
Mr. °outlay then said he would go and tilt it immediately, and
le:t the Court.