The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-01 00:00:00

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n 1 tlicir duty and I.l•:eir natils them to
cdpviCi the Traverser.

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'The jury, after a 'few moments, found the Tra-
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verser Guilty. • • -
The KE.CORD.l.afcer a .few minutes conference
with the Magis-trates, declared that it was not his
intention to pronounce any Judgment upon that day;
that however reluffint heand the Magistrates must:
feel to' infliCt: a 'sentence of appitreiit severity, yet
he 'apprehended that the pressure of the occasion
required ,a signal example to be Mlde—one which
should 1-ipt only tend to the reformation of the Con-
via, but 'strike an effeelual terror into the breasts
of those harpies, whose rapacity was not to be inti-
midated by. any punishment heretofore inflided.—
The Learned judge then pioceeded to take a view of
the differerit, convictions in the Court -where he had
the honour to preside : That, knowicig, it to lie
their duly, .as they felt it to be their inclination,
always to administer jovice, in niorey, they had
heretofore listened to every attument which could
,be Urged in extenuation of the persoriS convi,4ed ;
that in oneCaseethough the plea of ignorance was
no defence in law, yet, 'as it.- was conceived there
Might be souse foundation for it in truth,. it was
attended to, as far asitwas possible, Consistent, with
the diseharge of a great public-duty. In another
Case, the person was extremely old and infirrn
hu-
manity, grievous the offeoceeprevented us,
,paid theßcoanEß, from pronouncing a Judgment
which,-though justified hy the evidence, would-pro-
bably have .occasioned the death of the Criminal._
But the evil has now become so enormous, that the ,
most decisive, steps must be taken to counteraa it ;
and, however our feelings may be. interested, We'are
mbliged to recollCt that there is a humanity due to
the suffering Public, as well as to the cooviaed in-
dividual. As to the excuse of ignorance, continued
the Learned Judge, that is,not now even pretended.
A considerable time since, my ddty called upon me
to deliver a charge -fa, the theil Grand jury, in
which I stated-no: any opinions of my own upon
the subjed of but the knoWn and in-
disputable law (al the-land, as laid-down oy the most
enlightened Lawyers and Judges ; that charge was
printed at the instance, of die Grand jury, who did
me the honour to - think that tile publication of it
mighthe useful to 14 Yellow_eirizens ; and I have
reason to believe that it was very eX!ensively
buted, With, that view, in the different markets of
this city. But, what demonstrates that .t Bose who
call themselves Coal,,Faaors, -are at .orica. 'apprised.
of the offence, and yet ,determined to persist in the
perpetration of it, is--that a statute exists, ept-
powering: 'the Lord Mayor -to grant licenses for the
faoorage of-coals, on- the persons applying for the
same, entering- into "arecognizance not td be-corn.
cerned in forestalling, regrating, ot engtcissing of
coals; and yet no such licence haS beereobtaineil.-
beeause no such recoanizance will lie given.
The RECCMDER,,in the cOtir.§C of hi 4 observations,
adverted to some instances of the rUost atroCiouS op-
pression, praaised by these . self,created faCtors—
such As excited tile, indignation even of the Coal
Captain, whom they had. compelled, in many in-
stances, to be the involuntary .aceootplices of their
guilt.; He exhorted, however, all CaptaiOs of Coal
Vessels, if they regarded their own real interest, or
wished .to awidethe just venneeance,of the laers, to
fly from all communication with wretches of such
a deseription.- That by coinciding in, and pro:not-
hig the views of these men, they would become sub.
jet to ,a prosecution for a conspiracy to enhance
the price of this great necessary of life; and lie
could 'assure them it would, eventually, be much.
more for their interest, to depend upon the liberality
of the consumer, than the designing -and iDterested
,manoeuvres of these. unprincipled Sileculator.S.
The above is a very impeded outline, indeed,
of a most- able, emphatic, and
,effeaual Address,
from our Learned It ecorder=who, after delivering
a warm and merited encomitim opOo the acliyity
and zeal of thepresent Chief MagiStrate to' which
uhe conviiion of the Traverser was to be ascribed,
again decla-red-that the sentence of the Court
would be, respited, in order that an opportunity
might be had of ascertaining what effect the con
,eviction which had taken place might prodace in
.favour of the. Pulllic—nnd how far that circum-
stance, ,coupled with such others• as the Prisoner
might have ,an opporttioity of laying before the
Court, in a regular. mode, wouldjust4 the inflic-
tion of a milder, punishment, in place of that Which
the exigency of the occasion seemed so peremptorily,
to require: at the same time, lie informed the Pri-
soner, that when the sentence Mould-be pronounced,
he might rest assOred, that the intertne:diate im-
prisonment would,
,atall events, be taken limo the
consideration of the Court.

Still' I\EJYJ.

POOLF, SEPT.-29.

- Arrived—the Dart, -King, from' Portsrnonth.; William,
Cocksam, andßlessing, Wills, from Lotidurl;•Adiretus, (at-
ley, from Sunderland; Uhiquest, Wills, front. Cherbourg;
Mary Ann, PUlley, from Rthleti ; Friendship, Stroul, froth
Chichester; and Mary, Vick, horn Cliriscr.urch, ••••• •
Sailed—the Pomona, Kendall,• furtive:pool ; Swift, Hol4;
loway, for -Wdyrnouth ; • Sally, Bourne:, Delaval,
Meares, for. London. . . •

GRAVESEND, SEPT. 19.

PaSsed by—tbe Echo, Peak, from S?ettin• ; Spring, Pear-
son, New Hope,_—, and Kaslowodd, —, from
Petorsburgh Felicity„ from 'Danttic.; Simcn
Watson, front Stockholm Concordia, Ward, and
ford, from: Arc it angel. , •
Sailed—the Jonah, Frlser, fbr Jamaica; iustiana,'Rook,
and Elizabeth, M‘Ghie, for Legltorn ; Pronk,
for Iltotterdani Vrow 1-fern-fin-a, and (Joe& Wer-
wagting, for Amsterdam.