The Sun.
London, England, 1836-10-21 00:00:00

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A copy of the following notification glYetElS*l66,- il;e•
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"My Lord—l have the honour to transmi6l4'
Lordship's information, a copy of a letter whichl-14etttil-
dressed to the Judges, the Recorder of London, and other
Justices presiding at the Central Criminal Court, and the
Chairmen of the Westminster and Middlesex Sessions, en-
closing a copy of an Order in Council authorising the
confinement in the General Penitentiary of those persons
who by law can now only be imprisoned in Newgate, as the
common gaol of London and Middlesex.—l have the ho-
nour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble

servant,

“ J. RUSSELL.”

" Whitehall, Oct. 18, 183 G.

" Sir—l have the honour to inform you that it has been
deemed expedient that the gaol of Newgate should hence-
forth be appropriated only for the reception of prisoners be-
fore trial.

" With a view to give effect to this arrangement, an or-
der of his Majesty in Council, in conformity with the Act
of the 4th and sth of William IV., cap. 36 (a copy of
which is enclosed), has recently issued for the purpose of
enabling his Majesty's Justices, in any case in which it is
by law imperative to imprison offenders. in Newgate, as the
common gaol of the city of London and county of Middle-
sex, for certain offences, to adjudge such offenders to be
imprisoned in the General Penitentiary.
" For giving still further effect to the arrangement above
mentioned, I would suggest that .no prisoner should in fu-
ture be adjudged to imprisonment in the gaol of Newgate
in any case where the period of confinement would exceed
the time of the sittings of the Court.
" I think it right to observe that it has been desirable to
confine the Order in Council to the class of offenders before
mentioned, but I beg to add that I shall be at all times
ready to receive and consider any recommendation of the
Court in favour of prisoners of any other description whose
cases may appear fit and proper for confinement in the Pe-
nitentiary.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient servant,
(Signed) " J. RUSSELL.'

" At the Court of St. James's, the 21st of September,
1836 ; present the King's Most Excellent Majesty, in
Council.

" Whereas, by an Act passed in the sth year of the
reign of his present Majesty, intituled 4 An Act for esta-
blishing a new Court for the trial of offences committed in
the metropolis and parts adjoining,' it is among other things
enacted that it shall be lawful for his Majesty, by and with
the advice of his Privy Council, from time to time, to order
and direct in what gaol, house of correction, or other prison,
being within the limits of the said Act, any person or per-
sons charged with or convicted of offences committed or
said to have been committed within the limits of the said
Act, shall be imprisoned or kept in custody ; and that
when and so often as his Majesty, by and with the advice
of his Privy Council, shall be pleased to give such orders
and directions, the said Justices and Judges of Oyer and
Terminer and Gaol Delivery, and all Justices of the Peace,
Coroners, and other Magistrates, acting within the
limits of the said Act, shall commit all persons charged or
convicted before them to such gaol, house of correction, or
other prison, as in such orders and directions shall be ex-
pressed and commanded, any law, usage, or custom to the
contrary notwithstanding ; and it is further enacted, that
the General Penitentiary of Millbank shall be considered
one of the prisons in which his Majesty, by virtue of the
said Act, may, with the advice of his Privy Council, direct
any persons charged or convicted of offences within the limits
of the said Act to be imprisoned and kept in custody. And
whereas it is deemed expedient that persons convicted of
offences at the Sessions holden for the jurisdiction of the
Central Criminal Court, at the Sessions of the Peace holden
for the City of London, or for the county of Middlesex,
who can now only be imprisoned in Newgate, as the county
gaol of London and Middlesex, should not be imprisoned
in the said gaol of Newgate.
" It is hereby ordered by his Majesty, by and with the
advice of his Privy Council, in pursuance of the power
vested in his Majesty by the said Act, that the Judges and
Justices of the said Central Criminal Court, and the Jus-

tices of the Peace of the City of London and the county of
Middlesex, do not adjudge to be imprisoned in the gaol of
Newgate, as the common gaol of till City of London and
the county of Middlesex.
" And the Right Hon. Lord John Russell, one of his
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the
necessary directions herein accordingly.
" C. GREVILLE."