The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-28 00:00:00

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- SECOND DXY, 'FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5. ' •
Gcm{RobL.•the Contractor, has the ho.
uunr informing- the-Public; that none of the (-that
Capitals were tlecil by the First Day's Drawing; theretur,
the
O.:tAND PRIZES t*ti+l.,2o,ooo • •
Vet remai-n iii I lie Wlieel.. The SECOND- DAY of Malting.
will he NE:CT FRIDAY WgEK, Decrinber 5. _ _

TICKETS a;id StiAtth-s .warratited.Undrawn, are on Sale
at the (Kees
7, CORNI-111X, and-M,,OXFORD-STEtTET,
where 7,735, the last Prize Of 30,0001. evts drawn, was said
in Shares. • • .
.N.B.'The Prices remain the same as before.

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SECOND pAy of DRAWING, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5,
And ALL the CAPITALS in the ,WHEEL.
and J. SIVEWRIGHT h:lve the pleasure of
aive • inforininKthe rubii,.•tho ALL the
SI `C PRIZES Of L.20,00t1-1 •
are still in the Wheel, no Capital above XOOl. having been de.
ternlioett •by the Fir St. Day's- Drawing. J. and J. SIVE-
WRIGI--I I' hope their Friends si.ill be opiatly as fortunate as-
in the bast Lottery, when No. 1,377, a Prize of 40,0001. was
distributed amongst. them, at-their Offices, •
37, COEIII6II, I as, llaytuarket,
1-1 11, 41hiwn, ' 1 And 141.. Oxford-street;
where TICKETS and SHARES, wiirranted Undrawn, are on
'ale, at the Sanle Prices as before.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

There is so much good sense, under the garb of

hutnunr,in the folio‘‘ ing Letter, that, as we do Not
meat► to confine ourselves merely to the political opi-
nions and• remarks of. the PROvINCIAL JoURNALS,
we have taken-it trout, The Sheffield Merettry of the
22d We venture to persuade ourselves, that

•to,vever four Ittaders 'May,:ailmire the epistolary
talents oft itetlevating :•Vriter, the general contents
of THE SUN' will .tnake such an impression Oil
minds Rs tO-secure.them froth 'an pers6rial in-
.
tereourse• wail so 11440 a Cort.espoockot
"'MK: Ebircott,---At a time when 'SO such Ness
been:3,4l of the mat or imaginaryrittlita- of almost
every class amongst us. it
_will nox.licrtleetned.itp,
hitt. 1 vcnterc uoitiectpf.t„:-.7
(I, itrion aor ihe fraiernity'to which I have the ho-
oOhr- to h:lani4. If the merit of any particular,
bony of citizens in a State islo be estimated by
their utility; I know nor where you «ill find any
more untitled to respect than ourselves : for in,
vain would a vigrtant Police detect, would
' discern ii .Jettyconvict, or alt arned "Jodge -
demo, it there did no; exist another character who
eifect to all these preliminary arrangeMentS,
aA)4I 'Puts the Tirol Ming hand to their imperfect.
work. If, in,ke=l, it i, said that our exist elicit. is

not !he 1,,5• an eci4 becatise it is necessary, may not
the same thing he' said of many other classes, who
perhaps have it'ot the same plea of Utility to re-
commend -Are noi' lawyers and doctors
necessary. . And what are, Magistrates and
even Judges themselves ? Are not these Officers
rendeied necetsai v hy the crimes, the follies, the
diseases, and the miseries of society-? To those,
indeed, Ado). take a right view of the alftirthis
very nece!lity is our strongest recommendation..
if 'onr %.:tuations cmild be made sinecures, and af-
fairs go on as well without us as with us, then
there would be smite reason in neglecting Its, or
heaping upon us all that obloquy and disgrace we
have so long nojuStly' experienced. But the ex-
perience of evCry ckilized conntry proves that it
cannot do without us, and consequently we are to
be found in them all. Indeed there is perhaps no

better mark ►it sttell'a country than the presence of
a gibbet ; whereas in rude and barbarous nations
we never find,any such erection. .
" An attempt has i►ideed .been made by some
pseudo philosophers of the present day to sbew
that-we are altogether a nselesS race. These•in-
geniousgentlenien affect to say that capital punish-
ments are in no case necessary, and. that a n►iti-
gated but certain penalty would answer all the
ends of public justi,.e. An asserti►tn so alarming
4s this deserves to he investigated fiur h' involves
the dearest ititeresis of a body of men who have
hitherto been deemed necessary appendices to every
civilized State... •

In he Way that things are managed at pre-
sent, an .interior punishment only tends to corrupt
and harden. Experienee shows tli.cit Ore more a
person is imprisoned, flogged, pilloried, &c. the
worse he becomes, and if the gallows were not a:
hand to terminate this career of crime, there is no
saying to what. lengths it would go. Take a
young man, for instance, who has
,just begun to
try his hand at a theft or laiceny, and who, re.
eeiehtg as mitigated punishment, is sent to'assn-
ciate in a cOmmon, jail with the more practised
.rogues lie will find there. Front au instinctive
love to the occupation, and from having nothing
• eke to do, these seniors ate osNittuoits iii instruct-
ing• him. in all she aroma eflillainy. pie coterq
the place of ptinistio .were novice in the
bit comes otrta proficient, and by hav-
ing fretjuent opportiWities.ot repenting his lessons
in this way, and making turt-h"er progress in know,
ledge and practice of his art, he acquires-a reso-
' Intim) and dexterity to which at first he.wasari
utter stranger. , lt seeini-evident' tberefore that;
cortsfinued as otrrjails nee.at present, the gallows
are a necessary 'appendix to them. The tonna,

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FPFIC": SEVEI%TPEN'ef.:.

indeed; tietuf,adraityably contri‘;ed-
rhere?o:e acme. no
.11he.littIge front ;tors •j 'oil (Sz-c•
but the temporary riddance of :so ma. y r,t;lies,
while the expertenc'e -f hes, acquire by t syjuars
in.suclo-placesis more than an equivalent for the
loss of time they sustain there., On tire; con! vary,
the moment they come under our charge society
lots nothiftg more to-fear., All the acquirer! know-
ledge.andtmatored experience- of the most fniished
:rogues avail _them nothing. Our operationai.are
always.compiete, and never fail to answer thextr-
pose for which they were adopted. So correct is
the remark of the ingenious grave-digker in
Hamlet, that " the gallows is goon forthosethat
do ill''' As long tha-afore as our system of jails,
and the costorn of Mingling in ti.ge rrecj,t :Gres
the young ratql the 0111—. the stripling rogue and
h'rary eiilain-r-lasts. I shall be 'lndef. no•ala
about the fate of our profession, or appreireno Loy
',eam' of ernPlOyntent. Conceive, iodeed, that
we are only' etnplayed•in givin a finish to' the
education which rogues_ receive in these initiatory
schools. Were !bey indeed contrived to be, what
some would Wish them, Penitentiaries for 'guilt,
tawd sehools for reform,. as well as places-for Con-
finement, the:very gallows would be shook, and
my brethren:participate with their fellow citizens
in the great evil of the time, want of employment.
But this-calamity seems 'at present at a great'dis-
tance, and treekon- confidently orr a pretty brisk
trade fur a long time to come. . •
" 1 ion now therefore principally concerned
aboUt tire' respectability of our corps, which I
should wishoo see raised to.some proportion with
its usefulness.'. If. is : certainly unfortunate, .and
rends touch to lower as wi, h most people, that we
are SO freqUititly employkd 'in the concerns orate
poor, white 'We are seldom called-on to-operate on
rogues of, high, and dignified station. tenti.arbut
thihk if we hail but a more intercourse.svitlt
people of die* tuner description, that we shr,uhl
increase hi •repotafintil- but 'SO long as it is',ibtly
the n,ecks of, tire insignific,aut.andlowaliat are intr
jected to Our professional treatment, wentay ,qes-
pair of acquiring any great celebrity. I
.could
mention many 'Who hold their headSspretty high at
resew, who perhaps ought to be oracle to hold
them higher still, and do not scruple to :say
that I should be very happy to assist. in these
gentlemeo's promotion. Their honiility and
native modesty might perhaps iirthice them to 'de-
cline that eleVation above the rest* of mankind.
but it is right that merit such ae their"s should
meet'o;6o..l its due reward. Those were glorious
times for our trade -when the axe and the molter
Were almost exclusively reserved for the necks. of
I'princes
•Lotds oerished at tire Tower its as great s roars at
tlfe 'Jetty. felons oho were every. year dispatched
at the Old Bailey. There is, 040, something
degrading in having any connexion with such ple-
beian rogues, who, I daresay, to • do them
tice, would be as well pleased to have milting, to
do with us. 1 am toll that a certain emiuent
Statesman, not more distinguished at home for
hi.: legal kinswledge than he was ia India for his
anti-oriental habits, affected, during his adrriihist
trati:or of the supretne jadicatore of that country,
to get rid of us altogether. What cause that
Gentleman Could bare for an aversion so marked
for our profession I know not, as-1 am sure II.,;(‘
his character. he call have no reason to apprehend
any injury from us. Be that as it may, I shall
only take the liberty to remark, that experi-
ment which may succeed very well amongst the
pusillanimous awl rice-fed rogues of Iliudostan,
mitY have a,different result when tried on the bold
and independent beef-eaters. of Eugland.. he
same application which is tistfol to tone sort Hof
Constitution may not be' adapted to another, and
1 must beg leave to state my firm pertuasiiiii,. that
the habits 'and temperament of English rogues in
general require something more. powerful and
constringent than the witer-grod of Sir 'Tames
Mackintosh. That learned Baronet must kind
lit tie of the tkxterity of sonic. of OUR THIEVES, or
the impudence of some of our ORATORS, if he
imagines that either the hands of the one, or the
throats of the other, could be stopped. by such
lenient means. '
. • "1 shall conclude this long letter by again ex-
pressing a hope that our merits may licit be so
touch overlooked, nor our rights so lightly con-
sidered as they have hitherto been. It would be
very desirable.. if any one., Nminent for talent,
advocate our cause with the Pdhlic.
lie
could not foil to interest every thinking person in.
our affairs, and I can assure him he would 'call:
down upon him The gratitude of the whole tribe,
any one of whom wotild be very happy to do hint
a favour in return. In the it•tati time 1 subjoin
a Sonnet, Written by a
,friend woo seems to Mtve
taken a just view of the matter. But although
the subject _he has chosen i.s'enfessedly elevating,
do not•think he rises with it ; his Inti7e is till frer
too near the ground for tuy taste, but you shall
judge tot' yourself..
I refrain your's, &c.
" JACK .KETCH.".

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SONNET TO TOE GALLOWS,
Let Russia boast her t. Efiimt of harliarous name,
And France exulting praise her Wiriltotiste; •
Let Scotia tell her *.liaiden's matchless fame,
• • . And-Turkey rival.each with the *dotestring
Thy praise, 0 tiri/towel. lit me rather sing !
Whether nu blasted heath thou sCnest the sight,
Or ;!y the walls of gaze tower'st erect ! •
No io.truinenf is'fouud ettual tuipht
(As sit
.coutess with try) 1 iust retch the neck,
Ot the paor rogue, his pilfering to check !
Murb.do I loie th,, graceful pendant rope,
Or drop styled new, by hatignien justly prized;
••• And trilly do I dceih thee England's' hope,
albeit thou art by vulgar minds despised.;
Pitt fromtby'beant, 0 UalloWs,- n 40116.57 swing,
Who plot their country's hand, and ruin On it bring
* Names ofthe.instruments used at one time in these coun-
tties in capital pursishineuts.