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London, England, 1801-01-16 00:00:00

taken' any notice to. is of our cominunications on
that. snbjed ; and froM the wane
,of Yonrccinenr.-
. the utmost • exertions of. -our Agaits,.in
pursuance of our orders for prohibiting Gaming,,
have as yet proved ineffedual. While t4is,prae_
ties con tinues', .it is evident, that if the ration.of
the Prisoner's were tenfold,what itis, they would
still sport, it, away; and the circumstance of,
.their now 'disposing.of the rations issued,to them-,
'is a proof that it is not on account of .the insuf-
,ficiency .of those rations,• but merely from.she
gambling spirit above-mentioned,..that they also
dispose of their Bedding and Cloathing. Indeed,
So far .from their being-obliged 'to yam with their
Cloat4ingitopurchase ProvisiOns, it appears, even
froMlACOvrtvstatement respeding the Prisoners
tit-Lkiffilippri:-04 they adtially dispose of apart
of theirstrhsistence to preeure Cloaths.
Wltliiped 'to rant observation of the'pii.
soners not being permitted' to increase .-their
means of.subsistenee. by labour,. which ou say,
"- the most severe Administration.would not re- •
fuse to thetreatest criminals," we think. it pro_
per to sequamt you, that the Prisoners at all the
deOt's in this Country, are at full ,liberty to. ex_
• • ercise their industry within the Prisons, in manu-
fatturing and selling any articles they may think
- proper, excepting hats, which would Wed. the •
Revenue in opposition to the Laws, obscene toys
and, drawings, 'and Alleles made either -from' their
'cloathing or the Prisort'Stores ; and by means of
this privilege, some .of them have.been known. to
earn, and to_carry off upon their release, more
than too, guineavach.... -
Upon this occasion it has become highly ex-
pedieritfor us,,, once ,more,, solemnly to impress
own-your mind the necessity of sa speedy.relief.
being afforded .to your People, with resped to
the article of • eloathing supply
,of which
would materially, if -not entirely, remove . the.
ptirc,ipal causes of their present-distress.
If you, or rather your government, delay to
furnish this -Supply, whatever -evils_ -may ensue,
'and these may JuStly be apprehended, Cannot,
.after..such repeated notices as ,we have for. along
'time gi'von you, be, imputed td this Country, but
to the State which, in this instance, has so entire-
ly negleded its own People. -
We are,-Ste. .
. (Signed) Rtrrilef GRORCI,
Aistattosi
• J. ScitAgi..
M. Otto. •

( To de contiqued.)

OLD BAIL,EY.

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Edward 'Brooks was indided for stealing three
Hogs, of the value of twelve guineas, the pro-
perty of W. Hanson ; and Martin Re's:how was
indl,fted finhaving received them, knowing them
to have been stolen. The case occupied scoM'
time, hut as neither the Prosecutor nor his Wit-
nesses could positively licntify the hogs, the/Pri-
soners were acquitted.

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Phillip Raby was capitally charged with steal"-,
ing, in the dwelling house of Richard Dixon,
36 ells of checked cotton; va,lue fifty shillings
and upwards, the property of the said Aichard
Dixon.

Such a case was proved against the. Prisoner,
who was a Shoprnan to the Prosecutor, as induced
the Jury to find him guilty a stealing to the
value Of 395. which mitigates the Capital part of
the Indiament.

P ;chard Berry, a; lacl of / 3 years of age, WAS
capitally indicted for stealing two pair of stock.
ings, valued at 75. the propeyty of 'Joseph Knott,
privately in his shop.
Verdiet—Gu;/0 of stealing one-pair only. •
Mr. Knott recommended the Prisoner to mercy.

George one, f the East India Company's
Warehouse Men, Was, solivi4ed of stealing a
considerable quantity of Indigo, from the Com-
pany's Stores, in pinker Lane.

• ' DIAMOND 1.01-1 T RV.
This Lottery cons44.of only 1.1,428 Tickets,
the first drawn thereof in the epsuing ENGLISH
LOTTERY, which begins drawing the 2d of
March, will he entitled to the DIAMOND, which
,is posited in the, Bank of England, and- valued
at 30,0001. The Tickets at present are only
Two Guineas each, but from the great demand
for them it is expeded that the few remaining un-
sold, will immediately be advanced in price.—
The Nobility, Gentry and Public are respectfully
acquainted, that they are.to be hid at Mr. Ni_
c Lson's fortunate Office, No. 16, Cornhill, op-
posite the Bank of England.

The, Rev. and Learned Dr. NVINTYRS, of
Glennrehay, Argyllshire, ;has cnrnmunicated to
'Mr. PeßKtrts, Ina letter of Dee. t 3, rBOO, the
result of his trials of the patent Metallic TraElors,
which he acknowledges ". has exceeded his
warmest expetlation.". Among ,the cures are a
pain in the. head of many years standing ; two
cases of violent Rhenmat ism : and a Scald, whiCh
is described as. follows :
41 Ortaotnty servant men had a tea-kettle of boiling
water dashed monitor his titigliu, and knees. The alarm
Molted the family-room in which them wasa young Cier-
gyinan, Who had attended the M.CdiPa 1 ciasSel at 4ctin-
bargh, and'who, *little before the aCC '4(101 t ilad'e%preSSed
hts di41461 of the .ettioacy of tile 'Frac-tors, 1 insisted
014 he should witness their application. The infiatigna-
tion was high, the pain extreme, and there a distinct
appearance of vesication, . thit, space of is minutes the
pain subsided, theinfilinAnation, and blister thlnpPaaretit
and without. any other lipplic.ttron whatever, tile man went
to Y,is work; and never more complained of pain.—My
guest returned to the mom a convirt.
Tile Cures of Coiit, Rite,uma ;ism, Bead-a9b, Toth,
ach, S pains, Bruises, and all analogous dimes of horses,
which -ere publithed are hmmerabie.
;The Tra4tors so necessary in evosy i Famiir,"and among
horsesf may be had,' gentitne,..wi tit ,nsw Anci..ilnprovett dl
re bens for Whig ikellt, for Five G4llllCli orß. p.