The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-19 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

-The Sessions cOrninenced yestehlay at the Old
Bailey, befote Sir Simon Le Blanc, Sir All n Chain-
bre, and the Recorder.
.
James Rlcketts 'Lyon pleaded gui; y to a c 1 arge of
bigamy, brought by Chail,ii6.Johnsl,n, wl bAi he
hid teloitiousl3 marl led first wile., Mart !'a
Wilson, _was yr Hiving. . Thc misoi)z.r. had torinerly
been- a.,Nidbliitnnan, and appeared rnuh aiteoed by
his situation..
Geore Freeman, 19 yelrs, of ag:-, was indided for
fehmio.ody 61-,',uking and cnteringthe elling•lionse
of Geor4e .67uginuss, and SlE.'airlig i}ert.i)us a quan-
tity of soil) and h3lfpence, on the e.f.5 of -I,,ne,
lu
the_d3y-time.

George Brnginess and his daughter proved,: that
the house had been secured the night nefore.
officer who had taken the prisoner into custody.ile-
posed; that he had fain& him in bed u agitl of
the town, and had'• taken the soap from tiaiter.
head; the halfpence he . found tied up in i ockut
• handkerchief, In an 'adjoini,ig doe., leg. ther wuha
pistol, chissel, and centre-bit. The daughter of the
prosecutor recognized the soap, and the officer
stated that he had applied the eeinre bit to the bac-
' stare Made in the shutters and the -bedding of the
.shop, and that they correspon-;ed, so as to produce
a -belief in his mind that, such- tralures ha.; been
mrde by that instrument. The prisoner made* no
defence, and ;he Jury found him" Gitilty.
• HIGHiVAY ROBBERY.
Mary. Murphy, a young 'wowan, was indieled
for A highway robbe.rv', Conitnited on the person
ofJonathan Whiltaker, a young man, who sai.l, that
coming-from Knightsbridge on the 170 ~f-June, as
he was proceeding. up the Strand me, the ;li-
st-met, and not knowing his way, asked her which
was h:s way to London Bridge ; • the prisoner-L.-pin:4
that he was going the wrorg way,• and that she
would she him the right one; she a&ordin4iy di-
rected him down a court, through which he was
proceeding, when the pi isoner 'hallowed hint, thrust
her hand into his pocket, .and took out three one
pound bank-notes, one of which dropred, and on
the witness stooping to recover it, tWOotherwoinen
who were in the court interfered, and prevented
bim, by laying violently hold of. hint ; • it;s was
anout eleven o'clock at night. Witness out
c. Watch !' seeing the prisoner attempting to n),..ke
.off. That he and a German, who was passin, pue-
sued her. She,- however, got to .a house in i e ourt,
and 'shut the. door. A constable came to this ht:use
Soon after, and found heed') bed, her clint otf,
and a roll of flannel round her head. Ste alleged
sickness, and denied having been out of her room
all that clay. Whittaker's testimony was corn ebo-
rated by. Kallenbergli,' the Germane and the water_
man. The prosecutor positively denied hat ing
taken the slightest personal liberty 'with the pri-
soner. The prisoner in her defence say 1, that Whit-'
taker had come, up, to her, accempanied by two
°O'er women, and apparently much it, tosicated, and
,had c.emplained to her of his having b,.!en robbed by
these women of three one pound notes.
Sir ALLAN CHAMBRE directed the Jury to'acquit
the prisoner of the capital part of the charge, as
there was no evidence of violence, either by word
or otherwise, having been resorted to by the pri-
soner, so as to put the prosecutor in bodily tear.
The Jury accordingly found the prisoner pilly
of stealing from the person of Jonathan Whittaker.

. A vessel arrived at Weymouth, after a passlge of
only 17 days from St. Bartholomew's, has brou :lit
1 advice, ,that a few days prior to.l,er• sailing, intelli-
gence was received at that island, via Antigua, of
the revival of commercial intercourse between the
United States and Great Britain and her Colonies;
that, in consequence, a number of American ves-
; sell had arrived at the different Carribee islands with
provisions, lumber, and other commodities, which
proved a very seasonable supply, as articles of Acne=
i Jicau produce had, by reason of the long continuance
of the Non-Intercouse, been quite exhausted, and
the Planters subjected
.to such embarrassments as
rendered it difficult for them to carry on their ordi7
nary operations;
and'that there were no less than 40
sail of American vessels at St. Bartholomew's pre-
paring to sail, with cargoes, its return. The. master
• also states, that advices bad been received at St.
Bartholomew's, mentioning that the insurrection on
the Spanish main was stilt going on ; that four Corn=
missioners had arrived, deputed to ' Sir GEORGE
BECKWITH, from the Spanish Government, re-
questing arms and ammunition, which was not
granted on the Bth of June. The natives, it is-
understood, wish to have a free and independent,
Government.

An action of Crim. Con. has been instituted by a
Surgeon and Dentist ofnote against a dashing St a ble-
keeper. The scene of the amour was in a hoirse in
the neighOurhood, of Bond-sireet; and it was disco,.
vered through the means of a female servant, whotit
the lady had offended. It happened on Sunday s'en-
night, when the lady was watched to Berkeley-
square, where she met her paramour, and was dri% en
to the house in question. The husband did not rno!est
his frail rib, but received her in the street on her
leaving the house.

Yesterday a 'respeelable Lady attended at the
Public Office, Bow-street, and stated to Mr. NARES.
the Sitting Magistrate, that she had discoVeted that
her servant, a girl only sixteen years of age, was
pregnant by her own father. The worthy Magi-
st tate lamented that, under the circumstances, it Wa4
not possible for him, of his own accord, to proceed
against the offender, but sent for the parish officers;
it being considered the best means of bringing the
wretch to condign punishment.

Saturday, as a party of young Ladies and Gentle-
men were going down the river to view the launch
of the Queen Charlotte, at Depi hard, one of the
'Gentlemen unfortunately fell overboard,and though
every effort 'was made to save him, yet he was
drowned in the sight of tg o of his sisters. ,

The merits and indisputable value& the celebrat-
ed Speetacle of the Blood 'tea: Knight, is nnw so
fully confirmed and acknowledged by thousands,
and tens of thousands; who have beheld, it, diet
not a being coming from any part of the country
but is sure to pay an early visit to the Royal Amphi-
theatre. The new Pantomime of the Judgment of
Harlequin, which is this week presented, with in.
creased effeCt, is a powerful second to the attraCtion
of the Spectacle in question.

STALE OF THE PlaSchys.

[Concluded from Saturday's Paper.l

That we, your Sub-Committee, having duly con-
sidered the circumstance of tees being ,aken by, the
different Keepers of the prisons within this city are
of opinion the same should be abolished ; and that
the Keepers and. their Assistants should receive fixed
Salaries in lieu thereof, so that no partiality should be
she wit to any description of prisoner ; but should
this.Vorshipful Committee of the Court of Com-
mon Council differ with us in this opinion, we think
it should be strongly recommended to the Right
I-runourable the Lord Mayor and Court .of Alder-
men, to take into theirimmediate and serious consi-
deration the present fees, and make-such suitable
alterations therein, as to them shall seem advis-
able. .•,. • •
That we, your Sub-Committee, have forborne to
make any further remarks on what .has occurred at
our various views, and on the circumstances kvhich
have come to our knowledge dUring our investigation,
Jetiving it to the judgment of this Worshipful Com-
mittee and the Corpurtation at_ large to see the evi•
dent necessity of adopting some new disposition of
• the prison, within this city, and conceiving the mode
reCommended by us will obviate mci•t of the ditficul:
ties; and remove those serious evils which have been
SO'loog complained of ; but having, as we trust it
Will appear, bestowed much time
.and attention on
this very important subject, have only to lament that
•vle cannot suggest a_pl.in foreffecting a substantial,
moral reform in the .conduct pf prisoners, during
their confinement in the present . goals.of this .city,
owing to their confined- "spate, the great number of
comlnitments continually arising in a large and
crowded metropolis, and the frequency of the Ses•
sions arid gaol delivery, and we. are not aware that
any pl4n-to produce sach desirable effect can be sug-
gested, beyond that of separatingcorivided felons from
Owe-newly:committed, unlessa House of Correction
was to be provided for the minor cl,isses.ot offenders,
which have been found so highly beneficial in amend-
ing the conduct of criminal prisoners in various county,
gaols of this Kingdom.' We trust, however, that
the suggestions we lease already indde, if adopted, un-
der the vigilant stipernitewatice of the Magistrates
•
and Sheriffs of this ckty, will produce some benefi•
cial consequences to the murals as well as the corn-
..f arts of all classes of prisoners, and ultimately to the
• health and -±atety'of this metropolis. All whii•li we
Submit to the judgMent of this Worshipful Coin,
mittee. Dated this 16th Day of May, 1810.
THOMAS BELL,
Bow. WIGAN,
Wjo. JOHN REEVES,
.T. JACKS„
J..R. MANDES,
Pam :Amu),
• JOHN Otto.

APPENDIX, No. 1.,

MR., BOX'S REPuRT

To the Worshipful tho Committee tor, Especial General
Purposes.

CnrilrLzazet;,

, Jo answer to the letter I had the honour to re-
ceeive bryour order. two; .Mr. Town Clerk, desir-
ing my opinion as to the general state of his
Newpte ; also; as to the ne-
cessity of glazing the, same, • and any other itteort-•
yeniences which may have arisen; Or, arc-n
o vcr ex-
isting, 4n tire said g 0.41, I beg respectfully to offer the
following observations :

It is certainly rnosi- Obvious that the space allotted
to the debtors, and women felons, is pertedly in-
adequate to the number of prisoners; and it is'a mat-
ter of *much surprise how those sides of the prison
are Preserved trunk typhus ni intettious fever; when
it is considered the average
,of prisoners the last
year, greatly exceeded the calculation of Sir Richard
Phillips.

Op this consideration have not the least hesita-
tion in as:,erting the absolute necessity of enlaritig
the pfkon. The opening the paisage. •to the Bail
Dock would be in a degree beneficial but by no
meins afford that relief the exigencies of the case
requires.

Sir Richard Phillips, I conceive., had not during
his She' it-Tally a coinOlete opportunity or ascertain-
ing the insufficiency of the accommodaions on the
male felons' side ; his observations having been made
during a period of war., when male prisoneis, •trom
obvious causes, are nut so, mirrerous ; had it been
otherwise I have no doubt similar inconveniences
would have been apparent on that side, as existed
during the short interval ot.peace.
Having said thus much as •to the expediency of
enlarging the prison, I beg most respectfully to offer
my oi.Union as to the necessity of classing the pri-
soners; and more especially separating the con-
vi fed those for trial : as a subject. of the
highest importance.

In the article of cleanliness, lime-washing has al.
ways been in use ; but not to the extent adopted by
Sir Richard Phillips. I perlettly agree with that
Gentleman as to its great ,utility ; but I fcel it my
duty lb suggest the necessity of mixing some co-
louring ina:ter with the wash used in the yards, as
the sun's rays refleded from the white produce the
most'painfol sensations in they eyes, and often oc-
casion opthalniy..

As to my opinion respelling glazing the windows,
lam much concerned 1 am obliged to differ irnm
Sir Richard Phillips, and I do this with more
ludance when I perceive the respectable opinions of
Drs. B I.ntigton and Adams countenancing the mea-
sure; but had I met those Gentlemen, :from the:in-
timate knowledge I have of the teuipers of the pri-
soners, their proneness to quarrel. and violence,;and
general depravity, j have no_ doubt I slculd. have
convinced them of its dangerous. tendency, More
especially to the. Womens' side,. where the greatest
dittleulty is experienced in obliging them to open
the caseni,•nts sufficient to 'dissipate the confined
beat anti air.,

. ,
' The method I have hitherto adopted has been to
de;end the ward from the incleniency Cf the weather
at the! approach of winter, by a covering of oiled
paper; wt ha's answered perleetly well.,
As I considertcasetuents properly regulated a per-
rtoal ventilation, t here is _another method which
strikes me as prticularly meeting' the exigency of
tile case, it is a strong Venetian shutter, capable of

LON.

being confined open or shut at the discretion of the
attendants. . _ - -

Having thui (I feat, with much `tediousness)
detailed my opinion of the general economy of the
giol,. I beg leave to advert to a subject more imme-
diitely connected with my official duty : .

4.
_Prom all the eircumsitapces it is my firm,per-
suasion -nothing but the building-'a new CoMpter',`
_will remedy, the,evils pomplained of.
Sir, ~ I am
With the greatest, deference and respe&,
Your obedient bumble servant, . .
• LIJE:E HODGSON.
:December, 18, 1809.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, luty i 6.

LIEWLINGS U. GILLER.

This was an a6lion recover a compensation in
damages for an assault and false imprisonment.
The,Plaintiti is a ,straw-hat manufaaurer, the .cle-
lendant the master of the Bald-faced. Slav public
htitise on Finchley Common.

-The case was stated by Mr. -Serjeant istsT,i who
iv his address to' the Jury observed, that it was one
of great oppression on the part of the defendant,
and of considerable importance to the public; the
decisibn, he hoped, Would convince inn-keepers
that- they were bound to receive their guesiS and
lodge them, if conducting themselves:peaceably; so
the law provided. The present defendant had Com-
mitted a most grievous injury towards theplaintiif,
by imprisoning him in conseqbence ot a demand
made by, the latter of. .a supper and a bed. •The
Learned SerjOnt then detailed the evidence,. having
made some 'pointed obserVations upon the case
generally.
. Mr... Ambrose Welchman stated, that he, in corn-.
patty with the plaintitf, who had dined with him at
his It ruse at Islington on Sunday, the 21st January
last, went to Finchley, hat provided theovielves
with guns for. the purpose ot shooting. sni;yes
fieldiares. About eight o'Adoek they reached the
defend itit's Inn, with the intention of taking some
supper and a bed. The defendant was then absent
from home; and the servantstold ilium they could
have, neither, for_ their master- had left orders to be
careful of whom they. grit into the house. They
procured some brandy aiid o rater, hoWeiVr. Agent
10 o'clock the deft-4)&4lft returned, the 'Sa'ne re-
quest,was repeated ; they gave t :eh names and de-
scriptions, offered a- 21. note as security, but could
not prevail on the defendant, to allot them to re-
main, nor (as t was a latehOur of the night) to sit
up by the fire. They ‘,,erellestred to quit the house;
refusire; to go, the defendant sent for the patrole,
who took them, accompanied by several persiAs and
the defendant, to the prison at Finchley: When'
they arm ived there it.ie key could not be found, and
trey-were marched back a distance of two rni es, in a
very cold !rest and snowy night, to the watch-house
at High-gate, where they were charged by the de-
fendant as being riotous, searched, their guns taken
from 'them, and they were locked up in the cage
where•felOni are cotifined ; there Was no bed in the
place, 'nor was there any fire ; 'nothing but some
straw on the foot. In this place they remained till
ten o'clock on- the following morning, when they
were reinoved- from 'thence by the patrole .to the
public house, here they- w:iited. snme time. The
defendant at length came, and then they were taken
before a Magistrate and discharged. . •
In the course of the cross-examination of this wit-
ness, -he stated that' he had not quarrell-Q with a
man named Jones who was. in the same room with
him at the -defendant's house) before the defendant
came in-.---that Jones having-observed they were ill
used previous to the defendant's return, and after-
wards having said they had behaved ill, he then did
call Junes " a double-faced rascal." Jones. them
polled off his coat to fight.-. He admitted that/the
patrole offered to procure thein a bed, but they did
not chose to accept his offer. The defendant .said
if peOple wished accomniodation at his house, they
must send their servants before them.

The Rev. Dr. Bennett, the Magistrate before
.whom the plaintiff and his friend were taken, stat:
ed, that when they' were coming towards his house,
he thought fiom the crowd accompanying them,
they had apprehended a felon. The plaintiff and
.his ,friend seemed half dead with the cold of the
night. The Rev. Magistrate particularly examined
All the parties, and the result of his examination was
the discharge of the accused, and a severe reprimand
on the defendant for his-conduti.

. Mr. Serjeant COCKELL addressed the ja7 for
_the defendant, and endeztvourtal to impress them
with the idea, that the witness had not told a cor-
reCt 'story ;—that it was improbable a landlord
should, from mere whim or caprice, turn customers
.from
his house;—that they had done every thing
.they could, as he should prove by evidence, to irri-
tate the defendant, and that all they wanted was to
get an action for,damages.

Jones, the person before alluded to, and Taylor)
the patrcile, were called to .shew that the plaintiff
had behaved riotously, but in this they railed.
Mr. Serjeant BEST made a most animated reply.
In the course of the reply he observed, that an inn-
keeper was liable. to an indi&ment, if he refused to
accommodate guests. in his house.
Chief Justice MANSFIELD expressed his sur-
prise that the law should be' so, and doubted the
fall. - •

Mr. SAjeant BEST informed the Learned Judge,
that for so declaring he had the authotity (which he
cited) of Chief Baron'Comyns, of my Lord Hale,
and some other writers.

The case on both sides being closed, Chief Jus-
tice MANSFIELD observed, that the defendant had
not made out a justification for his conduct in point
of law, and- a verdict must therefore go for the
plaintiff. The only question for their consifieration
was the amount of. damages. " With respect to
the law, aid the Learned Judge) I rather think it
is with:the plaintiff. The plaintiff and his friend
Welchman were guests; but what the law had in
contemplation was these sort of guests, persons tra-
velling a distance from home. Innkeepers are coal,
pellable to receive, travellers and accomodate them,
so that they may properly rest and refresh while tra-
velling. These persons were not travelling, but
going on a shooting party. If the plaintiff and his
friend had gone away when the defendant required
them, without obtaining what they demanded,' they
might have brought an adion against him for not
receiving them. The defendant, in this instance,
seems to have erred from a mistaken notion .of the
law, when he thinks he.was not bound to receive
these persons."

The J pry found 'a vkrdial for the plaintiff—D-'
wages, I'Vty L'ouids.

DR., CAOMPON V. ULTIVONT.

This was an atlion to recover back, the•sum of 1.5
guineas, paid, as it NYas contended, to the plaintli2's
own wrong, under the toilowing circurnst,lnces
Dr. Croinpttin,.at the last Genera Bled ion, became
„candidate for the town of ,Nottingham, in oppcol-,
_lion to'Messts D. P.: Coke and Smith.. • The Ltildr
Gentlemen,, however, were the Membersreturned.•
The Doctor' not being content with the return, peT
titioned the House of Comitons agaitstit..; and rite
Commit u:c having duly; examined the. allegatiousy
and hvari witnesses in support of the petiLien, de-
termined that the return was good, and that ire
sitting Meinbers were duly ekCicd. The conse=.
yi-cnce of the decision was, that the Doc-tor paid a*
the expences: of the inquiry. The dAcndant, CoY',
poration' BAIT-of. the • ToWn, tinid i fig a 5
witness, and received the sum itt lOr
attendance and the expences.ofthe journey. It bad.,
since 'come to the knowledge of the Doctor ilia he
had:also becn paid i the opposite interest, ood
the Doetur brought his ,adion to recover tack
UkOrley. . • . , .

Mr. FresMeld, Solicitor to the. Sitting Mernbris,
prOvi-d the paytunt of the 1.71. on-::nuirdzntan.
that lie-wa) paid by-the other side •Sein,f.
the ,witnesses, !restate.", were paid 4.0;.. The
.lout was on the road and in towa iiiogether tw-H%4
days. The taxed bill which Doctor paid
upwards or 7009.

Mr. George Clarkson, Solicitor to the Do,:-!or,
proved the pa meat of the i
5 gAitirass,for,
attetidlllwe.

Mr. Arthur -Benson, Cl,rk to the EleiYon Cori"
tnittees.ot axe House of Co onvOni, that
tinting Menihers wt re allowed thoir exceiic,.s ;
that 171. w i:ie Hill amookt
dmit..6lar6: it 1-,r h:s ii of tim Utl fr;.vet.ll4
expencei, sun{ p is by ci,e.sittin'L'vli.no-
beri and. rei Gburseci oy-t fie .p
ChiefJu,tice MANsF.IELD t the quest;°a
was between the candidates, a. d b twecn.
petitioner and the wi.ines;.-
the,.planititf- mast be tion-suited.
heard of such anaclion, neverthel,.!ss he mould
the point for the'o,3inion of the Co-r
non-suited, with liberty to enter a' Vutdid, if (116
Court should be with him.

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