The Sun.
London, England, 1819-11-06 00:00:00

GPILDHALL.

CONVICTION FOR PRINTING,ITNSTAMP,RD ALMA-
NACKS —Yesterday-James Hawley, John Jackson,
Daniellston, .Ind Charles Priest, journeymen
printers, were brought up before Sir HICIIARD
CARR GLYN,III custody of Sthith the officer, on a
charge of having printed a:considerable number of
Iloort's Almanacks on unstaMped paper.
The prosecution in this instance was instituted
by the Worshipful Company of Stationers, and
Mr. Rivington, who attended as their Solicitor,
stated, that the Company, though not possessed
of any exclusive right,.were very extensive pub-
lishers of Almanacks ; and that the four pi i•.
toners were pressmen in the service of the printer
employed by the Company, in which ciparity
they had the opportunity of taking impressions
of the Almanacks surreptitiously, whereby not
only was the Company injured, but the revenue.
also greatly defrauded. The practice had at
length conic to such an 'extent, that it was felt
to be absolutely necessary to put a stop to it
.by
legal means ; the mere especially,'as there was
little doubt but that the paper sisti, upon which
such impressions were taken, was procured by
dishonest means.

Mr. 'Thorne, printer, Red Lion-court, Fleet-
street, deposed, that the prisoners were •his •pres.s7
men, and emu Joyed wholly in ft room Set -apayt
for that purpose, in priotiog-Mmtre's Almanack
for the Stationers' Company.; and that they woe
not authorized by,him to take any impression of
that Almanack orlierwise than upon stan:ped paper
delivered to them for that put po.e.
Mr. Woodtall, a printer, said, in consequence
of information they had received, he went to
Thorne's, accompanied by the stock-keepers of the
Stationers' Company and-an officer ; they found ike
4 prisoners at work in the same loom ; they pro-
ceeded to search them, and found on Jack soo and
Hawley several copies of the Calendar sheet of
the Almanack on unstamped paper, and a consi-
derable quantity was also- found hid in a drawer
in the room.. The prisoners when .questioned
confessed having iirinted them. SC.veral q fires of
the Almanack on onstaruped „paper were also dis-
covered at the lodgings both of Jackson and
Priest.

Smith produced the copies found at Mr..Thorne's
and upon the prisoners Jackson aml Ilaw ley ; and-
the sheets found on searching the lodgings wcre
also exhibited by the officer employed, amounting
together to nearly 20 quires.
The prisoners acknowledged having printed
them. The impressions were upon paper of va-
rious descriptions, and some of it Alt. Thorne
stated to be part of The same kind as another
work was being printed upon in hiS office.

Sir RICHARD GLYN Said, be considered the
charge as completely pureed against all the _pri-
soners, but as there appeared to be different de-
grees of guilt, he should feel it his duty to make
similar distinction 'as to their separate punish-
ments, and accordingly sentenced them to hard
labour in the House of Correction, Jackson and
Priest for the whole term of three mouths, Haw-
ley for two mouths, and Golston, as the least of-
fender, fur one month only.

COAL .MARKET, Nov. 5.
Ships at Market. Ships sold. Prices.
S NesiCitstle " 4i 4ls. 6d. to 465. 01.
5' Stiiidei land

Mr.WALLAcK, Mr. SIMPSON, and Mrs. BARNES,
are now !Aging et lbe New York lhestre.