The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-05 00:00:00

IKEY SOLOMONS.

The following account of this person is given in
the evidence of Mr. Richard Gregory, before the
Select Committee of the House of-Commons on the
Police of the Metropolis :
If the law was, that every person convicted of
felony should be transported for life, -and that the
gradation of punishment should ,be wholly under
that sentence of transportition, do you think it
would diminish • the number of, thieves in London
and the environs ?--Certainly it would, and I can
speak from experience, bemuse all the great thieves
have been transported for seven years; Ikey Solo-
mons was transported for life; I saw him receive
sentence of transportation for life; the moment he
came into Spitalfields he left off thieving ; I knew
him picking pockets twenty-five years ago ; I
brought some.daring offenders to justice for a burg-
lary, When the late Recorder tried them, they
ought to have been all hanged, he said; they got
hold of the :prosecutor's lawyer, and bribed him to
frame the indictment so that they might escape the
capital charge, and the worst it them came back.
" Do you know that fact, that they got hold of
the prosecutor's lawyer, aud bribed him ?—I was
told the Recorder was very angry with me becauSe
he thought that I had dot them indicted so.
You•stikittit Ikey Solomons was transported
for life ?—He was.

" How long after that did he make his appearance
in Spitalfields ?—Four years.

Where was he in the intermediate time ?—ln
the hulks.

" Do you: know how he got back ?--I was told
in this way : that an order came from the Secretary
of State to discharge a prisoner of the name of So-
lomons for some offence, and in mistake the CaP-
tain of the Hulks discharged Ikey Solomons, and
he very artfully went and delivered himself up, as
being discharged as the wrong person.
" Hew came it about, if he was sentenced to
transportation for life, .that he was not sent out of
the country ?—I am sure I do not know; it would
have been attended with a great deal of good if he
bad been.

" What year was it in ?—He was the first offender
that received sentence, when picking pockets was
made transportation for life; it was the first session
after that."

RETALI A TION.—WO have ,good reason to
believe that a matter is now under consideration, in more
than one quarter, likely to be extensively influential on this
subject, which involves the interests of a numerous class
of our fellow-citizens. It is neither more or less than the
'expediency of calling upon the Protestants to retaliate in
`kind en those enactments of the Romish Demagogues which
prohibit all dealings on the part of their slaves with Pro-
testant traders. While we are compelled to admit the jus-
tice of such a measure, however strong, we-Would express
our hope that it may not 'te resorted to, and that Pro-
testants will not. follow It bad ex tmple. But as there is
no knowing to what lengths men goaded' into retaliation,
as the Protestants have been, may go, we would suggest
to the Roman Catholic trades people and dealers of every
kind, is Dublin, particularly, the propriety of their taking
some steps to avert a measure so pregnant with ruin to
them, by seriously calling on those who assume the direo-
tion of the Roman ,Catholic Body, to rescind their " non-
intercourse act;" to eaneel their mandate, and to give some
practical proofs of their having dune so in good earnest,
otherwise we cannot answer for the consequences. There
is a spirit and a feeling roused amongst Protestants which
will not bear being trifling with.—. Dublin .Evening

EXCISE CONVICTIONS.—On Saturday last,
Mr. W. RICHARDS'ON, tobacco-manufacturer, of the firm
of RICHARDsON and Co. near Timble. bridge, in this town,
was brought before the Magistrates upon a eharge of adul-
terating his tobacco with malt.cooms. The supervisor
stated, that on going to Mr. Ilictraansois's premises a
short time ago, to weigh and take an account of the stock
on hand, in accordance with his duty, he detected the pro-
cess of mixing malt .rooms with the genuine article then
going on, and that he brought away with him 451 be. of
the tobacco so adulterated. Not even the shadow of a de-
fence was pet up by the accused, and the Magistrates con-
victed him in the full penalty of 1001. This, we trust,
will operate as a warning to others. The awarding of the
penalty, and the giving publicity to such cases, cannot fail
to serve a most useful purpose; for, in the first place, it
must have a tendency to protect the honest trader in the
articles paying a heavy duty, such as the tax on tobacco..._
and in the second, to prevent the baneful effects to the
public health, which invariably result from the mixture of
spurious with genuine articles.—When the above case had
been disposed of, JOHN SWITHENBANK appeared to answer
a clsarge of having had 12lhs. of tobacco in his possession
without having obtained a permit; and a poor widow
woman also appeared to answer to a charge, for having to-
baceo in her possession without a certificate. The tobacco
thus found had been seized in both cases ; but as it appeared
that, in the latter case, the poor woman had not paid the
amount of the purchase, and that the loss to her would be
serious, she was informed that it was at her own option
whether she ever discharged the debt. We take this op-
portunity of repeating to the public a piece of information
with which we made them acquainted some time ago, viz :
--that every person purchasing more than one pound, and
less than ten pounds, of tobacco, either for his own use or
for sale, without a certificate from the vendor ; or if above
ten pounds without a permit, is liable, not only to have
such property seized by the excise, but also to a penalty of
flfty pounds! In both the cases above-mentioned, the fine
was remitted ; but the regulation appears a salutary one,
inasmuch a, if generally acted upon, it would do away, in
a great measure,.with the facility at present given to adul
to ration, and thus prevent all the mischievous consequence
which accrue from it...--Leeds Intelligencer.

A thatCli of cricket, Ni'hieti-;' from all the circum-
stances attenditig it, excited a -vast 'degree of inte-
rest in the neighbourhood of Stnninore, Edgware,
and-the adjacent county, for a considerable distance
roundovas played a few days ago at Bently Priory,
the seat of the Marquis of Abereorn, and the resi-
dence of the present Secretary At state for Foreign
Affairs, the Earl of Aberdeen, whose Countess.is
the mother of the young Marquis:. The Marquis,
who is much attached to every 'description of field
sports, and is considered -an ekeellent cricketer,
formed a match to play himself, his brother Lord
Claude Hamilton, -Viscostit Grimstone, -the eldest
son of the Earl of Verulam, the Hon. Mr. Bathurst,
son of Earl Bathurst, who were all there on a
visit with the young Marquis, and all about his own
age, together With six of his Lordship's servants,
whom he selected, making in all ten players, against
ten of the best players amongst all the tradespeople
of StanmOre and • Edge Ware.. 'These tiro 'ancient
villages put forth, nf 'cours'e747-their best and pitted
men 'on s" the occasion; Lind the ten selected, at 'the_
head'of whom was an EdgfeWiteeltiltater, who
eieiteeineel a crack playa in those parts, went to meet
'them aristocratic opponents. A beautiful spot. of
crround, well adapted for the game, was selected by.
'the Marquis in the PriOry-park, and the whole Of
the grounds7--and, indeed, of the niansion itself
were thrown open for the reception of the surround-
ing country, Which poured in its 'popitlation to wit-
ness this interesting contest, 'and every facility to
view it was by.orders from the.young -Marquis af-
forded ,to all Corners, without distinction, rank,
wealth, station, or dress. The wickets were set
about 12 o'clock, at noon, and the game commenced
immediately after. At the beginning every thing
seemed to run in favour of the lords, but in an early.
stage of the game, to the great regret of all present,
the young Marquis,one of theirbest men, was bowled
out. This unlucky event not only threw a considerable
damp upon his Lordship's party, but gave a tremend-
ous stimulus to the opposite'side, and the butcher and
his men for some time after carried on a slaughter-
ing game, and seemed to have knocked on the head
all chances of. success to their opponents, when the
young Lord Grimstone, apparently determined to
snatch either victory or' death from the butcher's •
grasp, went in and completed, in the most gallant
style, 40 runs before he received a check, which
brought the game to almost a hair's balaitce. Both
parties now contended for victory with 'Might and
main, and carried on the game with varied success
until the evening became too dusk to continue it any
longer, and it being rimy announced to the young
Marquis that-the dinner party at the mansion bad al-
ready been waiting a considerable time for his Lord-
ship's presence, both partict!,,to
.their mutual disap-
pointment, were obliged to make it a- drawn game,
and'they separated, all declaring that they never had
a fitter's clay's play in their lives and the butcher
vowed to his friends as he went homewards, that he
was worked almost taa marrow." Besides, those
already described as present to view this scene,there
were the-Countesses of Aberdeen, Vcrularn, and Bit,
thirst, Up! ,ApSley, and several others of rank and
fashion, From the commencement to. the close,
there were in every direction over the grounds, in
tents .and marquees, as well as in apartments laid
out for the occasion in the mansion itself; a constant
and abundant supply of cold meats, strong ale,
bread and cheese, wines, jellies, -Dego, • fruit. &e.,
for the use of all who felt disposed 'to partake of
them; and there.were upon the .grounds Npnards of
50 men servants belonging to the Marquis and the
three families. of Aberdeen, Bathurst, and Verulam,
in attendance all that day upon the visiters to the
Priory. The Earl of Aberdeen was prevented from'
being present on the occasion by his Lordship being
compelled on that day to visit his Majesty at Wind-
sor on important businesF. The young Marquis of.
Abercorn is a fine athletic young man, now in his
19th year. Ilis Lordship has completed his studies
at Harrow-school, and is shortly, to be entered at
College, together with his brother, Lord Claude,
who is only about one year younger than •the
Marquis.