The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-26 00:00:00

LINCOLN GAOL,

LAW it EPORT.

COURT OF KIN (;'s lax„ 15.

Mr. Runyon Am shcwed cause against, a Rule
obtained by Mr. Sot.tcrroA: GENERAL last term,
mlling up Mr. D. W. Harvey, an Attorney of the
Cenirt, to deliver op certainjitle-deeds, ‘vhich bad
been put into hiA hands for the purpose of making
an abstract of the title. Mr. Brougham's
,client
having neglected to tile his affidavits within due
time, they could not be read ; but he skewed canse
on the oflidavit upon which the motion- was grant-
ed, and the grounds which he assigned for the
4tention of. the deeds, were, that although he
had received them as an Attorney for the party,
in order to trinfie an abstract of the title for a
parehaser ytt he 'ma since acquired an interest in
t!,.efil himself, by having become the purchaser of
the reversion of the estate. The Court said—He

lmving received the deeds as • an attorney for. a
purpose, had, no right to detain them, and
wade the rule. absolute for delivering them trp.
et;roao V. TEND.
Tilis42s an aetinti Oil a Bill of Exchange. The
only question Was. whether a presentation by the
Notary, after hanking-hours, no whet., presenta-
In.o. tug bean pri)ved,, was sufficient to charge
the dmvcr. The Court held, that as after bank-

ing-hoor, per.4oll atttlldetk itt the hauliers', the
'slight as well he made .at au empty house,
and hal ~tich a ipc,!eg eNeuse.d the drawer.

Tll E; LoNooN (;:ktErrE,' ANT. 23.

1)1111I)EN1)5,—At
(;. 1105.0 u irle-Areet, Piccadilly, milli-
I • .

incl., at, ten. •
Feb. tri. .1. Wn11; ctt Oxfor;l•sti cot, hotter, nt. eleven. •
w. vv,ird,(,C Bealtimr, 11(3.1;4, barge-builder, at ten.
trr. J. Chantilerlaits, of Hartwell, Nli(klleiex, baker, tit

ten.
Fels, T. Ihlierts, of Clientkide; silrer,ooth, 3t twelve.
Feb. Ellis; of Swinton-street, lirny's inn-lane, seaven-

er, At twci ye. '
14. IS. J. Butterworth, tats of Abehoreti-lane, broker, at

ten.
Feb. 16. JI. Smith, H. (limner, and 3. Town, of Great
. Winelieeter-litreet, London, merchants, at twelve.
Ft2:h. 17..1. Scan tlehury, of flyt he, Kent, tailor, at ten.
J.I. 19. It. Nlinthews, of King's Wood-
etreet, London Blackwell-hall, lector, at eleven.
Feb. 2. W. P. Cnweller and T. Feuoolhel, of Clement's-Woe
f.,conbard-stieet, nierehaniv, at twelve.
441. 80. W. Atlailson, of Auetin-frian, merchant, twelve.
Jan. %. J. Hichox, of Worthing, biusws., draper, at eleven. •
Teb. lA, R. 1100,011, 110,V or tato of the Connuerci4i-road,

t V NM*
Jsll. VI. J. 'WWII, Lite of Ryder-streat, St. James's, t tor„

nt foe.
Etb, 111. W. of Bristol, merchant, at atm, at tha Ruiu.
tovr 'Cavern, Driqol.
Pct. 18. 13. Wilwo, of Leeds, ot ten. at Oa
'White horse Ism. Leeds,
Feb. t 3. J. livtligoe, of I,ivgpool,titolomurycliont,ot eleven,
ot tlit 0106 e Ti4VVI;II. Liverpoql.
t'elb to. S. Tailhointer, of II) the, Kent, elmidlit, at eleven, At
Guil(11411, Cant..l.l)tiry.
Felt. , stit. J. Ppoch Tobian, of MarliOrt, enoserhiod,
clieek-onsmaiattortrtro, at tun, ot theZroltlen Vm,
port.
Feb. 21. W. NC:94On. late of f/creolvatt, Clteishirsi, corn•
dealer, at CisPle Ivo, Stockport, Cheshire.
Yoh. 17. J. Sappitip Of Vownhank Market, Norfolk, butcher,
stt fivii, 61 tit, crmvil Lun,rfoevohnon Market.
I• Ira. 10.
Hague, of S'betliflLl, Yoik, tourcltant.
.1. It3istrich, of '1 ork. darilcr and clupronn.
j. '. liontl-strcetp.tislonotiger.
.1. J. FA:4/11,, of Porter:lota, ribtnef.
J. Barka, of Sliinhar-street, London, hollerilasher.
.1. tote of Kiughbstift-rowi, but formerly of LLbuonton,
MitlnCorex, ciaitt
Spoer, of Lower Thinoes4treef, London, fish, rionger.
J. Baron, of Cower Thanics-fifreet, Loodiiss, 1141mionger.
w, I.tte of Castle.lanc,Ciistle-street,St.tioviour's Santis-
witrko Sl3rrey, v tvtoollvr,
C. 11. Alnetio, of Alaltiett.lone, liattlobridge, Mingo% iripe-
.

ontri.
R. !loft, late, or Nlancliester, grocer.
I,oittio4i.w.lll,
3, vit,ce,,t,, c F 1 enteral;-ptaet, I lam ve.tviol-rood, victualler.
T. Casewily, IYf :114;r4iirstield, Cilatister, linenAmper.
.1. Mil f,ior, A) I Capel-cmirt, fi:irthuhlinew-ks)e, Imiker
j. rl. chavtni,p, of Unitowslregt, SilOilfields, 0111114".
.1• I. Wei OliNko c 1 rlyinout!i, men thuilt:
frt. Cliewarr, of i;reat AVineltester-street, London, inerchtnit.
1401, of Craven-street, Middlesex, coal-merchant.
Loing stud T. Rattray, latc of the Last India Chambers,
merchants.
Atkinson, of Ilorset 7street, Sittishitry..quart, bricklayer.
T. Fist,-oreet, ViNtori!-Cnitunwsi,

In consequence of ts requisition, addressed to
the B. Ipswich, front the trunnion Conn-
InCil of thot liorbugh, 0 great court was held,
utt the 1,-)tit matant, iu the Moot Hall, for the
puirpow in' petitioning. 1'11111mm:a against the
clajmi ut the lAnnunt Catholics.. The Court was
very ninnerously attended, and the questions
being severally, put, that the, petitions, praying
*Oust further concessions to 'the Catholics,
should he 'sealed with the, coalition seal of the
Corpooration,, and presented to the House of Lords
by the Marquis Cornwallis and Lord Rous, and to
the 1.14ne of Commons by the Representatives
for this Borough, were wianiwoutily carried
ainidst theacciamations of the Court.

nwnerons meeting of the Clergy of the Dean-
,eries of Hitchin and Baldock, in the Arehtlea-
coitry of Huntingdon, took place at Baidooki,on
Thursday the I Ith inst.when petitions to the
two Houses of rarliament, 'against the claims of
the Rowan Catholics,. were biped and forwarded
to the Deaucries Itcrtford aud Berkhamstead,
for the signatures of the Clergy and those Dean-
eries.

A meeting of the Gentlemen interested in the
projected ekilial I)4l.l.l'i:en Loehmahen and the Sol
way Frith, cowened by the Marquis of fjletil36,.
berry, took, place at j,,ocionaben on the Bth inst.
Se'veral reiolution:4, in regard to, that importlnt
mcioure, were. carried with perfect unanimity..—
W. Jardine, it gentiCM3ll of abilities, and a na-
tive o the perish of Applegorth, is employed as
engineer, to make it. survey and e3tiniatc, and a
oiM, for more than halt tile expellee required for
this purpose, was Intliscribed on the spot. The
Afirginsr of Queensberry was unfOrtunately pre-
vented, by 1;041110s6 of importance, from attending
this meeting.
On Tticiday last John, Collins was faily,corn
mined for trial, froinjthe I..tlarision-house, charged
with picking the pocket of a .gentlewars of his
poeket.hook, at the New Anction Mart, on Mon--
day. Mr, Wool), the RYP4Ovtor 'of the Auction
Nart, attended, and stated, that as several
tempts of the same kipil had !teen:made on his
premises, some of whiub hod been successful, he
considered it bis duty to prosecute with the ut-
most severity. To prevent, or detect in futura
similar attempt's, Mr;Woon has taken the.pre-
Laution of having an Officer always at hand.

LONDON: Priiv
At the SvN9t't-'z

"Atli ity TIRINEAS SVCI(}II, nfilS:e. 112. Strata; aid tiihlisGr
No. 1.12, Stianft sithere tar,l.v. t.

The Report of the Commissioners appointed to
inquire into the et-M(l4bn' and management of Lin-
coln Castle has been printed. It occupies thirteen
folio pa gee,, with an Appendix of 1(13. it states,
that itt the time of the inquiry, on'the lOtkol Au-
gust last, the calendar contained 57 debtors, and
IA Crown prisoners, all of whom were examined
separately, and 'uninfluenced by the Commission-
ers. 'Tic result was, that not a single charge of
cruelty or inhumanity was preferred by any of the
against the gaoler, Mr. Merrywcntber. Some,
Itotvever, complained of incivility—others of not
beitig allowed to see their friends as otten as they
Wished-6thers that they were not sufficiently
paid for their labour—others that the rootns were
too crowded but the chief comphint is a want
of attention to the sick—most of these complaints
except the last, art answered. by the Gaoler, by
referring to the reguhtions and authorised disci-
pline of the School, and by evidence that the others
arc ill founded.'

Having finished this'examination, the Commis7
sioners proceeded to bear chat gem .preferred by
George Langton, Esq. and .Mr. Peter Finnerty,
late a prisoner in Lincoln Castle•for a misdemea-
nour, the latter of whom delivered in a written
deposition of various charges, of a most heinous
nature, against Mr. Merryweather, the Gaoler,
made on oath by Mary Evison, formerly it convict
in Lincoln Gaol, • under sentence of death, and
sworn before the said G. Langtow,, who is a Mal
gistrate. These charges arc all denied .by .• the
Gaoler, sonic of them contradicted by witnesses,
and others by written .eVidence ; and the Report
adds, that it is obvious, from the' facts disclosed
upon a cross-examination, that the charges area
fabrication, to which she Juts been prompted by
certain persons possessing more ingenuity than
herself. The next charge examined was. that of
'l, .11oldmi of Spilsby, a debtor, 'complaining of •
systematic: oppression and extortion; on ,which.
the 'Report states, that from the facts disclosed in
his caw, it is manifest he offended against the
peace and good order of the prison, and deserved
the punishment he received, which was the usual
one in such cases.

The .Report goes on to state Mr. Langton's.
charges against the Gaoler asul visiting Magis-
trates of the prison; for misconduct, vehich it says
were satisfactorily answered ; . and then proceeds •
to the complaints preferred by Mr. Finnerty, con-
taining a series of charges against the place of his.
confinement, the severity of the restrictions itu-
posed upon •him particularly,' and the general con-
duct and management of the. prison. To support•
these, several witnesses were called, including
Captain Hare, Mrs. Osbuideston, &c. and answer-
ed by Dr. Cookion and Mr. Itason'; from the
result of•which, the Report states, it appears that
the place of his confinement wrrs as spacious as
could he reasonably be. expected ; that the charge '
of rigour and oppressive treatment are contradiet-
ed hpincontrovertible facts ; and that the Gaoler's
com net to Mr. •Vinuerty, personally. charged nit.
violent, resolved itself into only the repetition of
artery terms and coarse epithets.
The Report concludes with stating, that « upo
OH the whole, the complaints against the Magis-
trates and Gaoler are false and groundles:;."

Extraordinary Funeral.—Mr. Henry Woodford,
who lately died at his house in New-street Square,
near ileetLstreet, has been for upwards of fifty
years a Member of the celebrated society called the
Lumber Troop-, held in that neighbourhood.' He
has for twenty years past been possessed of a
crooked guinea, which he always said should be
spent for the benefit 'of the SOciety, namely, in
four crown bowls of punch; and one shilling's
worth of tobaedo, upon condition that his cotlin
shisuld be conveyed into the rooni'where the com-
pany aisinubled, the punch' drank previouS to the
burial, and a mall cannon, of which the Society
are in Possession of several, to be fired iyVer his
body. The conditions of 'in this respeet,
arc to be strictly obeyed. •
A serious riot took place at Frame on' Friday
last, in Consequence of a drunken set of colliers
endeavouring to obstratt the peace officers from
doing their duty ; the Earl of Cork, Col: Horner,
Col. Joliffe, and Mr. Ireland, beings in 'Prussia at
the time, and on the Bends as Justices, endea-
voured to enforce their authority, but were at-
'tacked most furiously by the 'nob, who rescued
their prisoners, and proceeded to unroof the gaol,
which they partly effected. The Frome Cavalry and
infantry were called out, the former !tinder the
command of Major Wickiran, and the latter under
Major Olive, who sneceeded 'securing the six
ringleaders, who were strongly escorted to Belies-
teremol. Mr. • Joliffe received a violent blow,
a hick cut through his Mr. Ireland, Lord
Cork, and Colonel Horner, receivedtseveral blows.
In consequence of this daring outrage, the Frome
and East Mendip cavalry have been ordered out
on permanent dUtt; as these deluded Men have
threatened to revisit Frome shortly.
Fire at Cantbridge.—Sidricy College, Cambridge,
was discovered to ,be on fire on Sunday. It broke
mit in one of the upper rooms, and IS susected
to have been the work of an incendiary. This is
the third time, within a short period, in which it
is %apposed, this College has been set on fire %va-
lidly and. maliciously. Upon the present occa
sion it Wait happily got under before it had done
much mischief. A person has been taken into,
‘Vho had been examined on the preceding
fire. An :express arrived in trims 'yesterday, stating
the above circumstances; and a Bow-street 'Officer
%Vas then dispatched to investigate the business..,
Monday se'nnight, ahoutthe hour of twelve at
night, a fire broke out at Tor-Abbey, in a bed-
room occupied by a lady and her daughtnr, there
' upon a visit. The, flames in the first instant th reat-
elle(' total destbietion to this venerable and an-
cient mapsion ; fortunately the family and visi-
tors had scarcely retired to their respective bed-
rooms when the alarm of fire was given. By the
powerful and immediate assistance rendered, the
plenty the cool presence of Mind
dlspltryeottl,wtterti, 1.7t,d iul mischief were confined to
the bed-room alonO, and thus Was saved from the
fury of: the flames this. noble mansion, of late se
elegantly furnished, .

111, stILLIAM Allikt4Crit SCRIPPS, Smith Moltort.stri
Par)&r. Lettere f.-