The Sun.
London, England, 1815-02-25 00:00:00

GLOUCESTER GAOL.

Sr; S. ROMILLY presented a •Peti!ion from a
person- named John Perry, clothier.; confined in
Cinn,..-ester gaol, and :who complained that he had
endured 17_days.rigorous eonfint-uient, as h•aa for
man who lent committed an a.,sartlt. -The
ritioner also stated, that he believed theitause of
the oppression _under which he suliered4, was an'
article which he had inserted in-the (700,11 paper,
expressive of the gratitude' felt prkoners of
Woneester gaol, at-7 the .humane.-ipterference,
Lord Stanhope, and the tsubsequeni regulations
ins! wed by Lord Sidniouth.
Sir W. GUISE made some observations in yin-
-
&cation of the Magistrates., ,
Mr. BENNET asserted that Mr.-Perry-was eon- -
fmed because he could not pay the Jailorls fees,
• an,onnting to .11:.12s.: . .

nr. J. PITT denied that the prisoner was mut
fntd because he. waS not able to pay the sum
mentioned.
Sir S.. Ro' TLLT tbep presented a Petition from.
a person. named. Uudson, complaining of Can-
bingham, the. gaoler lat. Gloucester, and mcived
f4--a copy Of the letter addressed by Mr. Ilalifws,
to,Lord Sidin:mtlt; on the subject of. the Glou-
cester Gaol, with the letter of the Secretary of
State in reply. , .

•
PETITION FROM THE COMMON 9 HALL.
Sir JAMES SUANY presented a Petition front the
Livery of. London,.. prayincrh , that no alteration
might he made in the Corn ,Laws. Upoo„this.Pe--
tition he wfshed to make one or two observations.
11,e apprehended the effect of the vote of, last night
would kie to make the average price of necessary
sunsi*tence in London higher than the average
price of the last ten
.yews of war.—(Hear,
hear I)—Was t!lie House seriously prepared to *)
that length 7? ;le held in. his hand a return of the
avera,7,e price of tlief qUartern loaf, as fixed by the
assize of London from the year 1.804 to the year'
1813. By this it appeared that 14 pence had been
he average price:: Considering the superior qua-
lity of the corn consumed in LondOn, he believed
that when the general average should amount to
80s. the price of wheat in the London moket
would: he not less than 95 or 100 shillings ; the
eiL..i."-ct of -whiall moat be to wake the price of the
quarter!' loaf 16d. This was a plain statement of
facts, and he hoped would be considered worthy
of the serious attention of the House—(Hear,!)
Alderman C. SMITE! expressed a wish that the
assize of bread in London should. be abolished.
Lord OSSULSTON and Mr. BARING said a few
words.

Mr. Alderman ATKINS observed, that fine Wheat
could not be less than 100 to 105 shillings in
London, when the general average was 80 shil-
lings. If the Minimum were to he so high, the
city ought to he allowed to fix its own average,
and this average ought to be framed on the qua-
lity as well. as the weight. On the Subject of
fixing these averages,. be ahould take the sense of
the House, and he hoped some Member, abler
than himself, would move, a call of the House, in
order that its future proce;:dingsmight secure the
greater satisfaction to the country—(Hear, hear!)
A new writ was ordered for the borough of
Downpatrick, in the room of Mr. Hawthorne,
who had accepted the office of Commissioner of.
the Excise. in Ireland.

Mr. WARo, with the view of ,hewing that the
proposed additional duty on imported wine was
likely to 'defeat its object, moved for an account-
of
,the quantity of wine imported, and exported
since the year 1786, together with the latest ac-
count of dealer's stock, and the quantity bond.
Mr.' BROGDEN brought up the Report of the
Committee on the Excise Licences, and obtained
leave to bring in a bill on the subject.—Adjourn-
ed to Monday.