The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-02-19 00:00:00

CITY DUSINASS.

Yesterday the Loral Mayor held a Court of Common
Council, is. consequence of a Requisil he hail recrivral
the day preceding, to receive a Report of the Committee of
Improvements, relative to the Bill iu Parliament for raisiug
a further sum of muuey fur completing the Debtor.' Ns w
Prison.
After the minutes 01' the last Court had been reed, the
Lord Mayor delivered a Report from the Court of Alder-
men. in relation to the state of the Borough C pier, to
which they particularly desired the serious and immediate '
consideration of the Court, and the snore, together with a
Report from the Bailiff of the Borough, as, read from the
table, when a long diFC/1114011 emmeal, and a Report from
the Solicitor, respecting the liability of the funds arising
from the City's estates, purchased loader the t karts r of Ed-
ward the Sixth, iii Southwark. Dud the adj g parishes,
to the expense of that prison, being railed fur, was load, and
he heard thereon, as also the Comptroller of the Bridge-
house; and after some further üboeevations from several of
the Members, a motion was filially agreed to, to refer the
whole subject to the considetation of the Committee of
Bridgehouse Eclairs, and fur HIM to report au estimate
of the expense required.
Mr Crook rose and said, he held in Isis hand a Papei,
which might either he used as a notice of a future motion,
or converted into uue WI the present occasion, upon the
subject of the executions which took place on Tu. salay morn-
ing, it the Old Bailey. It was his misfortune to have
witnessed the GCVO!. rod never was any thing more re-
volting to hums* nature. as, itoirProdeollY of the
which must be excited in ordinary eases, the sufferings
of the unhappy culprits were protracted and augnsestest—
( Harr, hear, hear. ) A cousidetahle delay had taken
place is the time and manner of the execution, tad the per-
son who was employed as executioner seemed wholly inc -
petitut to the dreadful but necessary task. The ropes that
suspended the malefactors were wholly, misplaced, and in-
stead of the knot being made fast under the ear, iu two
casesemt of the four it bad actually got under the chin and
over the face. Two persons were thus kept iu a protracted
agony mad crmvulsinn of frame. A third suffered neatly
as much, and one only of the four seemed to have ex-
piated his life in that way which the law intended.—
What added considerably to the burrow of this transaetion
was, that two of the stiffereis were females, one of whom
Mary Anne James) exhibited splint of %titteringwhitli
wren arlataist too shocking to describe, and which drew from
the SIM thesisiting multitude the must hitter execrati 111 l s. Wm.
Hotelman, another of the sufferers, was, if possible, entire
dreadfully treated, and slid not expire moil human stature
was shocked at his agonies and struggles lit ate of tiler-uses
he should have stated that the rope hall slipped completely
to the hack of the neck. Ile had made it his lam:Mass to
Inspect the bodies, and from the marks he had discovered
he wall enabled to assert that the roar unfurtuesnie vichmi
were most unskilfully sod infa 1111 l misty etecuted.—(//eur.)—
He would make no comment upon these facts. hat merely
give notice of a motion to be Met taiotd mum the urxt
Como day, viz
st That the Court do proceed to inquire into the cause of
deftly which took place in, the execution of Charlotte New-
man, Mary Anne Jamea. William Hateltinaii, awl J. Mid,
at the Old Bailey, un 'Tuesday morning; usarrilso into the
injudicious and shameful cundunt of the exeiatiuuer ans that
oricasion."
'rite motion being seconded.—
Mr. Aides man Wow, ..1.-vreed, he thottelit the better
mode would he to inquire of the Sherills,,isi their places,
the cause which led to ohr liniment made by the worthy
Menitter. They we're Minuted a ill, the taco• ufiiii:ro:ll.
tendlug elevations, mid to them the politic naturally looked
uu such occasions.
Mr. WAITIIMAN li,olloll ; for as the Sloes ant
truttlot toe implicated in the inve.rigution, thon would, of
coier, Rive US lam al. account of stir sawn gosiiiiiit as par._
Mille. He tl glit the motion stolen! sit lance he made (or
raffling C
the
question to the ussiniiitee of City Lands, also
would rep Ult thereon to Ilse Court:
After some disruasion, the apiristiou was put, that it be
referred In the Committee of City Lirs.:ls, std this was uua-
nimously cal ried.
The lamit-Nlaiyor then laid hefore the Court the requisition,
whirl. benig h nil, the Isnprovainetat Committer oleloseroll iii
s orpoirt of the pcoreediums in Pitolhoooriot, lestreel of the
11111 for raison' a further shim or money for ruilopleting the
New Prison, which was also read, mud after a veil lung de-
bate it was re (snod baits to tt:e eorrmilier, to prosecute Ike
Bill ire such mainicr as they it lot he advired.

bum. PnEvr,rFu -.-C4.10,,e: T. end t. J.
Esq. were taken tutu custody, et Thrtsitsta-grrest,
on Wednesday mon g, white they were I/Trimll:g
to fight a duel.