The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-19 00:00:00

STAFFORD RACES--MAr 17.

The Metibers;llateofso sows., with 10 sown. for the
second heat. Twice round and a distance.
Mr. Yates's gr. f. Sylph, 6 yrs., Est. 121 b 2 2 1 1
Mr. Tomes's br. h. Port, 1 yrs.. Sst 3 1 2 2
Mr. B. Taylor's b. f. by Figaro 1 0 0 dr.
Mr. Matthew's b. f., by Master Henry
Mr. Nevill's b. f. Mania
Mr. Hillier's ch. g. by Figaro, 3 yrs. Est. 121 b 6 0 dr.
Mr. Williams's b. c. by Barker, 3 yrs., 7st 0 fell
Hunters' Stakes of 5 sows. each, 20 added from the fund.
Heats, twice round and a distance.
Mr. Jones's b. g. Tommy Tickle, aged, 12st 1 1
Mr. Brookes's b. g. Atlas, 6 yrs. I Ist. 71b :1 :3
Mr. Walker's b. g. Columbus, aged, list. gib.
Mr. Brindley's br. h. by Filho, 4 yrs. 10st. klb 9 dr.

This day the electors of Newark intend pre-
senting Mr. Serjeant WILDE with a splendid round-shaped,
chased, silver salver, 21 inches diameter, value 70 guineas,
in the centre of which is the following inscription :--
" Presented to Thomas \Yung, Esq. one of his Majesty's
Serjeants at-Law, M.P. for Newark, by his ardent friend.',
the Blue Electors of that borough, who, by their exertions
and sufferings in the cause of independence, largely con-
duced to awaken the attention of the nation to the neces-
sity of a Reform in Parliament. Upon this humble token
of respect (contributed in the hour of defeat) the Blue
Electors of Newark inscribe their sense of the splendid
ability, unwearied perseverance, and disinterested public
spirit displayed by Mr. Serjeant WILDE, in maintaining
the two contests of 1829 and 1830, in order to emancipate
the borough from political thraldom, and restore to its in-
habitants the free exercise of their long lost rights. 1831.
The Hon. CHARLOTTE ARBUTHNOT
WELLESLEY, whose nuptia!s with the Right lion.
ROBERT GROSVERNOR we announced yesterday, is the
only daughter of the Marchioness of ANGLESEA by her
first marriage with Lord COWLEY, which, it will be re-
eolleeted, was dissolved in the year 1810. Lord COWLEY
re-married, in 1816, with Lady GicoactANA CHARLOTTE
CEcir., sister to the Marquis of SALISBURY and the Mar-
chioness of WESTMEATH; by which Noble Ladv he has
one daughter. The fair and accomplished bride is in
24th year; Mr. GROSVENOR is in his 31st. The vene-
rable Countess of INIORNINGTON, the grandmother of the
bride, who was present at the ceremony, is now in her
88th year.
Three wild swans were seen flying near Skir-
beck church yesterday morning. One of them was shot
a man named BELL ; it is a beautiful bird, five feet in
length, and seven feet between the tip of each win
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SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

PORTSMOUTH, MAT 18.—Wind E.—Arrived the
James Pattison, Grote, fram London, for Bengal ; and
hi a Majesty's ship Donegal, from Sheerness.
PLTMoUTII, MAY 17.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived thr
Mary Ann, Adams, from Dominica.
FALMOUTH, MAY 17.—Wind E to S.E. light breezes.
—Arrived the Canning, Baylis, from China; and Jamie
Morton, from Antigua sailed the 2,1
PENZANCE, MAY 17.--Arrived the Ruckers, Soper.
from Grenad t.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 17.—Arrived the Higginson, from
Barbaloes; Sarah, Pline, from New Orleans; Mary.
Arthur, from Charleston ; Governor, Douglas, from St
Andrew's, N. B. ; and Belem Castle, from Lisbon.
Garitwocx, MAY 16.--Arrived the Foundling,
IPLachlan, from Demerara.
DUBLIN, MAY 17.—Arrived the Eleanor, Haswell
from St. Michael's.

Extract of a letter from Antigut, dated April 1, brought
by the Jamaica, arrived off Falmouth :—" I wrote you
a few lines on the 28th ult. from Barhadoes, and sent
newspapers, containing a detailed account of the unsettled
tnd excited state of this island. We are now quiet, and
I anticipate if Easter Sunday passes smoothly, the fears o'
many will vanish. The Marshal Bennett transport arrived
last evening with troops, in consequence of despatches sent
to Barbadoes. The Columbine sloop of war has also
arrived from the same cause. One of the incendiarie,
was hanged the day before yesterday, and a Court-martial
is sitting on about a dozen taken up for the same offence.'.

MEETING OF THE COUNTY MAGIS-
TRATES.-(THIS DAY.)

At twelve o'clock this forenoon a meeting of the Ma.
gistrates in the commission for the county of Middlesex.
took place at the Sessions-house on Clerkenwell-green, for
the despatch of business connected with the affairs of the
said county.
The Chairman, FRANCIS CONST, Esq., having taken
his seat,

Mr. ALLEN, clerk of the peace, read a letter from one
of the Grand Jury, named Thomas Livesey, addressed to
the Magistrates, regretting the increase of crime committed
by juvenile offenders, and suggesting the propriety of
sending them to an -establishment under the direction of
Mr. Henry Wilson, and countenanced by Lord Belgrave
and Sir Richard Birnie, where they would be employed
in cultivating land, and kept there till they have suffi-
ciently reformed themselves so as to be restored to society
good and useful members. The plan would be occasioned
with less expense than by the present mode of treatment,
and in his (the w;iter's) opinion would be a preventive to
the present dreadful increase of juvenile delinquency.
There was a postscript attached to the letter, stating that
the letter would have been signed by the whole of the
Grand Jury had not their business terminated sooner than
was expected.
Mr. Serjeant PELL stated that he had himself been ex-
amined by the Committee, and he was of opinion that
those youthful offenders, instead of being sent to
prison, ought to be punished in a summary man-
ner ; but he submitted to the Court, that the letters
just read should be forwarded to Lord Melbourne,
as it was entirely a question for Government, and
he had no doubt but they would be promptly attended to.
He therefore proposed that the letter be transmitted to the
Secretary of State.
Sir GEORGE HAUPSON coincided with the suggestion
of the Learned Serjearlt.

After a few words from the CHAIRMAN, the proposi.
ion was carried nem. con.

STATE OF THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION.

A report from the visiting MagiArates of the House
of Correction to the Court was now read, and it
stated that the prisoners since the last Session had con-
ducted themselves very properly, that at present the prison
contained 990 prisoners, namely 704 males, and 286 fe-
males; 269 were male vagrants and reputed thieves, and
49 were females of the same description, in addition to
which there are four children; that four had been flogged,
two had received four dozen, and two received two
dozen each.

Mr. Serjeant PELL said be did not think of troubling

the Court with any observation upon this subject, but he
had received a newspaper at his house in the country, in
which was a paragraph giving an account of some pri-
soners having been punished in the prison, who, to use the
words of the paragraph, had been punished in a " mer- •
ciless" manner ; upon reading the paragraph, he took
upon himself to visit the prison, and to investigate
the red facts of the case, as the names of two Magistrates
had been coupled with the account. Upon that inquiry
he had ascertained that the men in question had conducted
themselves in a manner that created great alarm, as they
showed strong symptoms of revolt, and put the Governor
at defiance ; be, the Governor, had very properly refrained
from punishing them at the instant, till he had consulted
the visiting Magistrates. The charge against the men un-
derwent a strict investigation upon oath, and they were found
that they certainly were ordered
toto zniiis)hlYment was by no means se vere,and
be flogged,
nocieor;ui
the surgeon stood by the whole time ; that he had since
his ' ries farther, and had questioned one
prosecuted inquiries
degree of severity with which the
of the men as to the
punishment had been inflicted, and particularly inquired
of him whether he (himself) considered that it had been
done with any extraordinary force, and his reply was, that
be felt himself doing very well, and that he considered the
punishment
bad not been more than of an ordinary de-
scription. He (Mr. Serjeant Pell), not content with the
mere declaration, had inspected his back, and he was enabled
to state that the part was by no means injured in the man-
ner the paragraph tended to imply. He the Learned
Serjeant had been vely particular in sifting the matter to
its foundation, and be felt it his duty to publicly declare
that it was not without the grossest provocation possible
having been given by the prisoners, anti the matterinquired
into upon oath, that the punishment had been performed
upon them. He therefore trusted that the Court would
hear no more of the subject, and he pledged himself, as a
Magistrate, whenever any insinuation was made' against
any of the Magistrates, to personally investigate the
affair with all speed, in order that the public might be put
in possession of the truth.—(Applause.)
'rite business of the day was proceeding when our re-
porter left.