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London, England, 1827-09-11 00:00:00

till all idea of their practicability is lost sight of; might not bepestered with them."-We often wish exaggerated or otherwise, should be abated.
ce,
yet still sally . forth into the world with an that there was the same want of prison room in The old fable teaches us, that when the wheel is
Al
assumed toga of wisdom upon their shoulders, England, for to the capaciousness of our gaols sunk in a slough, twenty prayers are not so good ~0.,
when a cap and bells would be in fact more we are inclined to attribute the perpetuation of as one hearty push. In the same way, when Loft;
befitting. It has been one of the scandals the crying evil of crowding our prisons with per- any evil is in consideration, twenty declamations
shop]
of our own life to possess a learned Theban sons guilty only of petty assaults or irregularities on its magnitude and atrocity are not equal to child
of this latter class, who has been yclept, in which, sVere the punishment to be summarily one suggestion. of a remedy.-New Times. the p
ridicule, the " check - population Philoso- pronounced, would, at the utmost, entail on the TI
pher ;" and never was the term philosophy so offender a small fine. In France, Spain, Italy, LONDON MARKETS. artic]
ward
thoroughly ridiculed as when it was applied to the Germany, Holland, and other civilised coup-
doctrines of Mr. Malthus. How far the opi- tries of the Continent, and in the northern part The highest icepre OPfllßlrCeEadOiln‘ the EMAetpro.dolis is iNcl,
Mons we allude to might have been of value if of this Island, a - distinction is made between 41b. Loaf. There r others who sell from %d. to 9.lf4Ureltobwe 7071 t,
that price.
used and applied to the Chinese Empire, we crimes and petty brawls. Tribunals are appointedprowWHlTECHAPEL HAY MARKET.-Sept. 8. with
are unable to determine : but even there, as far for the speedy determination of the cases coming Hay,-...-„,. 753.0 d. to 1103. 01 1 Clover -- 90€. ca. to J4os. Od. her
as we know any thing of the state of the most re- under the latter description ; and a slight fine or Straw 36s. Od. to 44s.begg
&indent population which exists upon earth, ideas a short imprisonment or acquittal is instantly Kent
pnePkRetFCES OF HOPS (per Coat.)-Sept. 10. , with
Sussex Ditto' --..- '--.'
31. 'Ol
So preposterous as those of the Malthus School pronounced. In England it is otherwise. Theemit(
would be received with little favour ; and how most trumpery case of assault is treated in the lessee Ditto. „,.... ee. ss. 31. 15s. to 01. Os.
111/.. 10053.. lon ()Ili t
T
Farnham Dito, Fine 0/ Os. 4/. Os. to Si 125. coat,
much less deserving they aroea, f the commonest same manner as a murder or burglary. Bail is --------e- Seconds ...- 0/ Os 0/ Os to 0/ Os• •
Kent Rags.--,..... ..,..- 3/.. Os.. 3/. m.. to 0/". 0, sing
attention, in a country like our own, where the demanded, and in default, the party must be in Sussex Ditto .--...-------.. "21. 10s. 34. 5s to 01. Os. husil
evil they profess to remedy has never, in truth, prison till the day of trial. The above list af- Essex Ditto -........-- „ ~ - Si. 15s. 31. 10s. to 0/. 0, took
Old Duty laid at £135,000.
arisen, nor can arise for ages to come ? When fords a proof of the extent of suffering from the mar
PRICE OF POTATOES.-Sept. 10. T
we talk of a redundant population in Great Bri- inability to procure bail. Even when it can be New Ware ...........------, 37. Os. to 3/. 15s• per ton. •
quit,
tam or Ireland, what is it but to proclaim our obtained, what trouble and loss of time are im- PRICES OF LEATHER. was
wilful blindness to the two fruitful resources of posed both on the defendant and the sureties ler lb. d. to d. Per lb_._ d. to d•
Butts to 561 b.... - - Tanned Horse Hides,- 12 15 T
such a superabundance-vie. uncultivated dis- who come forward in his behalf! Had there Ditto-- 50 to 661 b -- - S anish Ditto 15 20 part
Dressing Hides.- . 131 151 P.
Per dozen.
tracts at home, and colonies unpeopled ? Ireland been less prison room, it would have been ne- Fine Coach Hides -- lee 18 Calf Skins-36 'to 401 b. 20 24 A.
Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 17 Ditto - _ 50 to 701 b. 23 26 atu
Ditto---.... 45 to 501 b. 17 111 Ditto *7O to 801 b. 20 rei
presents at this moment au illustration of an ap- cessary to appoint tribunals for the despatch of
Ditto -.„ Small Seals, to
IS 19 nauc
parently redundant population, with a soil, in these trumpery cases. But, as it is, the evil is
fact, half uncultivated ; and as for Great Britain continued, because the poor only suffer from it. RAW HIDES.
Steers
225. 10 3r4 st23d4o. omracitikneatr
Per Stone. d. to s. 6. °Cc'
herself, though the contrast may not be so In England no grievance is regarded if only the
b yCalf '27
0) eac211.2 lirna(till
striking, yet there can be no question, but that, poor suffer from it ; and therefore it is that such SHEEP SKINS. proi
with due attention to her own resources, even brutal insensibility has always been shown to es. W. toles. Od. I Lambs-,,-,-, Is. 6d. to 2s. 4,1. I
emigration need not be looked to as a necessary their sufferings, from liability to imprisonment 5hear1ing5..„........... Is. Od. to 2s. Od.
, was
drain for many years to come. While then for want of bail-Morniner Chronicle. COAL MARKET.-Sept. Bt. as r
b Adair's ..............„......„.„ 345. Od. Walls End Newmarch„. 36€.9.1. e
the two islands present uncultivated space, which The state of the police of the metropolis, the Heaton 37 9 Tantiell Trader 34 6
Holywell,,-,..........- 33 9 Londonderry small 12 6 sent
ifduly brought to hear upon the stock of human defects of which seem to have become more than Killingworth ---...,-. 36 • 0 Russell's Hetton'ssmall 17 6 Goi
want, would supply it with the means of sub- Liddell's Main,..-...-. 32 6 Cowpen
ordinarily obvious of late, is now attracting Townley---,..-,.-- 33 6 Fordel Alain-,..--------, 35 6 in t
Pelaw .......,....,...--.....-- 32 3 Garsherrie Coal 30 f
sistence for many years to come ; and when, be-
much attention. It is alleged by some of our '''Ylan.l
85Dieot I inli ek fr:St.
swan
34 0 Llangenneth Coal-,7,-,. 40 0 yogi
Sides this, and acting as it ought to do, in con- Walls End Bell and Co. 35 0 Eden Main -------- 35 6 '-
he
DDiittttoolißerw.ic.nk.esand Cu.-
3538 30 Fawcett I,,Tlaalinn . Tg g echo:
cent with it, we have colonies in both heats- contemporaries, that, instead of acting as t
Ditto Carr and C 0........,,. 35 0 Russell's Lyou's-----, 36 9
pheres as yet more than half unpeopled, and guardians of public property, the watchmen and
Ditto Clarke and Co. -34 3 Walls End Hetton---..
where, with proper management, a love for the officers are participators in the plunder of it.- Ditto Hilda -,...„ .55 0 Ditto Lambton .....----. 38 9 pre
Dittottn Northumberland .35 3 Ditto Lv0n5........*--, 36 9
mother country, and a market for her commo- That some rogues may exist among them is
Russell's 3B 6 Ditto St. wart's 33 9 I
Ditto
Ditto Wa1ker,,...,,,....... 37 6 RusselP
dities might grow up together, it is infatuation very likely ; but we cannot help reeking on the s'lletton'sW E. 39 r GA
0
in the extreme to find the false school of philo- men who form our police establishment as rather Ships at market, 4634-Ships sold, 33--Unsohl, IM4.
sea
J;
soelly, to which we first alluded, capable of ac- inefficient than dishonest. Their frivolous, and COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. the
quiring a single convert. We . trust we have often wilful, obstruction of decent passengers, Although the WAKEFIELD, Sept. 7.
supply of Wheat is not large, yet the lie
among our Statesmen no disciples of this theory. instead of burglars or thieves, does not we be- trade bas been very dull, at a decline of Is. per quarter tai
The world wants practical men, not silly enthu- lieve arise so
much out of any knavish incline- upon all descriptions, and not much business done. Se-
hi
siasts, who dwell upon imaginary dogmas, pas- tion to spare the latter, as from their ignorance veral parcels of New Wheat appeared up the river, which he
sold at 595. to 625., as in quality, but sales were not
sing by the obvious and true state of things.- and inability to cope with their cunning.-
They lively.
Oats are without variation. Good Foreign Old
Population is, we humbly contend, the true are daily told to he vigilant and active, anti are aft
0 Barley for malting sells at 355. to 365. per uarter.
wealth of nations, and the British Statesman willing to earn a reputation ill the only way Beans are very scarce, and 2s. per quarter dearer.q Malt. pet
who in our days, would talk of its supera- which to their means and their intellects, ap- is dull sale.
bundance, and devise schemes how it may be pears accessible. The truth, if we would but Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, Red
White.... 58s. to ti2s. fine 64s GI
lessened, moet be as wise as he who would be open our eyes to it, is, that the watchmen are - Yorkshire, Lincoln, &c. Red... 555. to 593. tine 605.. in
:(') absurd as tO diminish or decry env' other too few; they labour too much, and they - Foreign, Red White 575. tofine 625,
, 49s. to 535. fine 565, set
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
species of public or ,Ildividual wealth.-Morn- receive too little for their labour. If the -- Lincolnshire -s. to -s. fine -s, Cl
commiinity will have adequate protection, they--s. to -s. fine--5. .
ing Herald. - -Yorkshire Wold -s. to -s. fine -s. ill
Beans,-
We wish to call the attention' Pf our readers must PaY for it, and they must give un --- Tick sos. to 516. fine 525.
which what they are in general even more tenacious of up Oats, Poland and Potato
_-_-_-._ Frieztand and Small 26s. to 30s. flue 325. wi
to the following important parag:.auh, than money-some small portion of their per- 21s. to '27s. tine 295. to
• Shelli Mealing
13d. to 15d. per Stone. w
appeared yesterday amongst our foreign extracts, sonal liberty, and many of their local privileges.
Malt ng
345. to 365. -s. to -s. per Load.. ,
365. 465. tine 486. per Load. ''''
under the head of Frankfort :-" It is said tiot A system of police to be perfectly efficient must Rapeseed 2Ol. 03. 22/. Os. '241. 10s. per Last. fa
the loan which Austria intended to contract for be well disciplined, and its head must be one.NORWICH, Sept. 8. ni
We had a pretty good supply of Whecartopa;ndthßear
qualityl ey a° f
is finally determined, and that it will be for A few watchmen appointed by this set of men, market to-day, principally of the newth
thirty or forty millions florins." We ask what and a few by that set-beats of varied extent- varies considerably, owing generally to the harvesting P,
can Austria want a loan for, in the midst of a wages of varying amount-whatever, indeed, there was a dullness in the trade, and even fine dry sam- te
pies of Wheat were sold at a reduction of ls. per quarter, to
profound peace, unless it be to pay the dividend tends to introduce diversity of regulation, or and middling and damp samples were 2s. per quarter n
of her present debt ? English capitalists would diversity of' interest, is fatal to prompt and effi- lower. Fine middling Barley did not go freely, without a vi
do well to look to this affair before they part cient discipline. Watchmen, to do their duty reduction of Is. per quarter, and stained samples are very
tc
heavy sale, even at 2s. per quarter less. We have at 01
with their money. Forty millions of florins well, must be soldiers in all but the name. They
present very few Oats, Beans, and Pease, at market, they 6
amount we believe, to four millions sterling-no must obey with equal readiness, and their pu-
c.onse.quently have obtained last week's prices. No alters- P,
inconsiderable sum to be sent out of this country nishment, though different in kind, must be
in the present state of the Exchanges ! 'We equally decisive and instantaneous. Is a pensioned twohn.mt
(perqr.) ... 503. 595. 625. Beans (per qr.)
elan probably be told that the greater portion band of watchmen, thus regulated, with a police oßaar„ley
28€.. 31s. 33s l'ease, Grey
s 28s. 30s. Flour, fine (per sack) Cs_ 455. it
will be contracted for on the Continent, but we i supe;intendent, practically, if not in theory, irre-
bave our doubts as to such being 1
t_ie case, The 1 sponsible at italksaaa, Qua. vs ma,civicre OM NOl..ita lafiA ---WelArmi C Al•llErtßu_ E.Y. 5pt.......„,........._ ...4, tg,
for the
thing season
like of the
opinion i,: fast gaining ground, too, that a new desirable in the free capital of a free cowl- of
The
of Wheat,
,
prico6o'.€. Spring ;
"uality, found a ready sale at. last week's
loan will be shortly raised, or attempted to be try ? This is a question which ought to be dulv
raised, for Russia ; and the accounts
.from considered, when we ask for a strict police. We q
Corn was dull at last quotations.
't
" All the private do not say that some improvement may not be Wheat, white tiOs. to tiss .••••• Old
Berlin seem 40 confirm I • red
letters from _Russia," say the Berlin papers, made in the working even of the present system, Barley
Oats
28s. to 335.
Old -8. to -S.
30S. to 345.
is speak of great movements of troops ill that but we say that the system itself is at the
Beans 4os. to 445. ... Old 44s. to 525. t
country. It is even affirmed, that a levy era bottom of most of the defects which are so loudly Pease
. 408. to 425.
masse of the Don Cossacks is contemplated. ' complained of. There can be no doubt that a NEWCASTLE-UPON-TINE, Sept. 8.
We had a large supply of Wheat from the farmers to. I
police such as we have sketched above, if pro-
-If Austria, in the midst of peace, is in want of a day, nearly all of the new crop, and the samples in much I
new loan, we will leave our readers to judge perly supported, could annihilate the whole of'
better condition than of late ; the trade was generally dull, I
the fine and middling parcels at a decline of 2s. to Sc. per `
what must be the situation of Russia in the state the dens of thieves in London in six months.
of things described above. The resources of We have heard that these houses are favourites quarter, the inferior on the terms of last Saturday. Little i
the two countries, taking into consideration the with the officers, and we believe that they afford doing in Old Wheat, the buyers expecting lower prices,
and the holders standing for the late ones. Of New Oats I
difference of their expenditures, are pretty much some facilities for apprehending delinquents
there was also a good supply, sales dull at the annexed
upon an equality; but, Lag we observed a apprehension is not the primary object of police :
. prices. Nothing yet doing in Barley. New Rye in re- 1
few days ago, we have reason to know that it ought to study prevention chiefly'. The exist- gular demand. Fine Malt ready sale. Beans and Pease '
We ence of these houses renders prevention all but nominal. Flour of all kinds fair sale.
a Ruesian loan was contemplatfti.
should like to be informed when this s3Teteni ' impossible. In putting down flash houses, how- Per quarter.
Wheat, Northumberland, white-60s. 625.... red '
50s 565. •
of borrowing is to end, or whether it is tO evff, niight not the police put down other - Norfolk & Sufthlk_s6s. 60s....Berwick & Scotch 565. 60s.
Rve Norfolk and Suffolk 3Bs 40s.
which, though bad, carry, notwithstand-
he carried on ad infinitum. In the nature hoi:.‘es, Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Sufolk, new ---8 --1.
of thing,;, one would imagine that it must ex- ing, some' pf the public sympathy along with -mil .Grinding , ,
prenti!ig robberies, t, Norfolk and Suffolk 30s 325.
tiOs. 665.
hau,74 itself. One thing, however, we think, is them ?In might they not Beans, Small s-5 ...:risk ---i -s.
Pease, White, Boilers
clear-•flamelY, the imperative duty of the Go- trench on the libertidt of various of his Majesty's Oats, Northum. Pota:oe
Flour, Fine (per sack) . 425. 435.
Venl-lent tO interfere, and prevent the country subjects, who, though rogues', could not be le-
from being Jrained of its resources to feed fo- gaily connected with the deed which the ill- IRISH MARKETS.
DUBLIN MARKET NOTRWAY, Sept. 7.
reign Powers, ‘7IIICII, though now friendly, may tervention of the police had strangled ? Anti
From To N. P.
be, at no distant time, hostile. As for a Rus- is there no reason to fear that the public 3,61 1 wheat, per barrel 20 stone 20 0 31 0 24. 6
sian loan, we look tai that as one of the most indignation might in a few months be as Cfo't yteairci:e-y---.-- ssttonre
159 til Itli
,0j 12 t '
monstrous things ever contemplated in the pre- strongly directed against the reformed police for 4,615 Oats -11 stone 8 0 18 o 11 A
8,356 Cwt. Flour.„--- 9 stone .'7 0 24 0 - 0
sent state of that empire Flith regard to Persia. its vigilance, as it is at present against the oltl 632 Oatmeal ~irjr.77,7.1
.11 stone 10 0 18 0 11 I,si
Imagine that the for its negligence? All law is a trenching on
6,9415'Ad1.t
But we cannot for a mowtent 15 0 24 0 18 Iv;
raise personal liberty, more or less : but men are COll- Average price of Wheat and Flour 465. 84. per sack.
..
Od..
.British GovernMent will sulfa gussia to onßoaar .. .
Receipts
of Flour, iim, . i‘ceir.A, 7-..... from 20s. Od, to 24!. 001.
carrying on tent to suffer the evil in consideration of the ad-
S-ales of Do. .
money in England for the purpose of 8;356 Thirds,.,,
-....... from ifs. 12st:
odod.,
toto 192:
war against a State to which we are bound by vantage that ;accompanies it. In laws, where the
PRICE 05' forEap.
We have advantage is at a maximum, it fbr the most part Quartern Loaf, 41b. 50z.,- BM. I Half-quartern, 21b. 20z....,1%d.
every tie of interest and good faith. Wheat, Barley. Oats. I Flour, per cwt.
&Abided to the present declining state of the Ex- happens that the accompanying evil ;s at g. mini-
per barrel per barrel per barred (-----------%
changes, which, it is clear, must be farther se- ;num. It is only where laws become, numerous,
20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. . 2d.
.. d.
riOUSly affected by the raising of foreign loans.- and complicated, and directed to the smaller con- ,_i___
s. d. a i.d; ~ d, as. d. s.d.as.d.. d. as. d. s. d.as,
- 22 6-26 6' 11 0-14 0 9 6--12 6 17 6-20 0 16 0-1. o
On a former ,occasion we forgot to mention, as corns of life and so.ciety, that the converse hap- Cork
11,hnerick 25 0-28 014 0- 01) 11 1,- 00Is6_ 0 0 0 0.- 0
amongst the' cattos of the decline, the late trans- pens-that they bring w.th them little good and Waterford 23 0- 00140-0011 0- 0 0 13 0-17 6100- 0 0
mission of two millions to the Continent, on ac- great inconvenience. In China, ;v.e -are Boramitel- F 2.55 L.- (i lie) iii).-2 000 lg
5-
g g 1135 07,9 V?. 0-
4(_; 00
COUnt of the Danish to
If this sum, togs- there is a law which lays down the form and t-le rc/T 00 11 11 1-1 O 0t) '(j
bOUIId Ta,
ler _L._ 21. 0- 0 12 0-. 0 0 86-0018 0- 0 0 00- a 0
Cher. with the trifling remittances on account of words of apology, which two carmen are ra ee-- 0 0-00 00- 0 0 0Q- •
wid, csi
~,____
Beef, Muttnn, p, c#,
. _,,........_ ____.,_ _ _-
grain, and for the payment of the Russian ex- to pronounce when their horses or vehicles
(pLera Md.,
di:eriilb,.l.
pedition, had so serious an effect expo our Ex- chance to encounter. The date number of bows
fhanges, what would be- the consequences of to be made on such an important occasion is re-
,.,.....„.„..0 ,--7 5 - 7 0o- 0082 0 78 075. ' .* • ...' .
-ding out of the country eight or ten millions plated by statute. Let our readers fancy the
aaretrie 'et ri. ee -- 4 00-0086 0 80 _
.. 0 ,2 0 .0 0
Set, . .k„, 7-,s •Js 0 10690 62 0
on account of an Austrian and a Rus- ' scene which Fleet-street would exhibit in alock, Waterford 4 --.o"i li -of°°- ° 0 84 18° 0 .--. 0-- 0 --- 0
0 0 -•-• 0 0 83 0 11) 0 5, 0 4, 6 - 0
4th.d ,5. sir
eterlielg, , Elcuincl ~- A ,-4 57-51 () 07' 0020--o_ __o
'•2 We perceive, from the papers, that with some hundred waggoners, hackney-coach- Belfast -4, --1 0-- 0
sian loan • 6-0 6 ..-0 4/0.,- 00 0,:..0 - '
- Rothschild are about to meet
at
men, cads, and cabriolet drivers, kneeling and Derry .........0- 00g0 Q• '-°-°,-C
23
0.-• 0 0 ii 4 (ir° 0 78 016° 0 - °
the brOthere Carlow,-- 4-1 til --* 7
this meeting for • the purpose of. begging pardon, in set phrases, of each other.- 6-- 0- o- 0 - 0
Frankfort. h -----_,-----------_,,
to carry the financial measures This is on extreme case, but every attempt at mi- Tralee ,-..., 0-00 - 0 _
devising:the means . _, SCOTCH MARKETS.
fleet One of the oh- note l• l t.' - ' - roximatio • '
legislation a fon is 4rl app nto It. It is _
we have alluded to inn. e ? ...pedr,
caw::: :91..1:1.. T.2.d6.13.0.110:70:0_ 02
Barley. Oats,
been jnformed, is to reduce sometimes a question hir cotiqeration with a quiet - wheat 1 - 1 Beans. Oatmeal.
jests of it, we have
Stock into Three. manwhether he wo ild eet rather e've Ili Enna' Aberdeen •566123 g 7 2') " -.. "7 0
, I- •,.. r, • e '- ,),, a c,--- li'. 4: ---
42 41 21 28 19 25 .... - it 4aB
the Prussian Five per Cent, .
-Mid. . coast than appeal to law for its recovery. And cen"` - 1 45 26 28 18 21 -,_ ' ... -
o , stream - . 2
• it ma. • 1 h
1 faney ee a question, in respect to the 1 -
Ho . Cuor ,---, 29 30 23 25 -), --- ..., _ - -
Dundee ,„ 29 30 2-1 29 '-' 26 25 '26 - -
, Mlle tection of'
Oar attention has been called to the folic/Wing -
property, however valuable, whether it Elg:n -:-;.-'- 30 32 29 ' ~2, 29 :!-Inn -- -- -
State of one ot t.,.
be not better to leave a nortion of it stolen now Inverness_- - 30 ,- '',_/ ~, 20-- .- - 56 58
(periodical) account of the Kelso -40 42. 21 '2:., i ' 37 va _ _
Prisons in the Metropolis :- , -
ail(4 Then, rather than to be 4`...--,--.7-i,ented every day. 33 26 •
liirkaldy-- 29 32 28 .,„ 32 - -
Perth 26 30 •,2 26 .•,' 25 24 26 _ -
'` StAilt OF THE NEW PRISON, CrEntrENWELf.-- At Berwick, Coldstream, Kelso, and Wheat at Aberdeen, tin
t, price is given per quarter. The other Prices are per bull, excel"
Prisoners on summary orders 29, for rc-examinatlo. n 45, and every Plght with keepino. it safe. 141 one
l' tile .....,i•
,ti ters 4, evidence for the Crown 1, for sentence at the respec, r-ice of London, principally, no oytmeal, which is per sack of 2901b5.
present Sessions 1-Total 60. For trial at the Middlesex doubt, from the 1
caaruter of the community it' t.-_P.N...."'_-------_ __
Sekions--Assaults 156, disorderly 52, riot 40, larceny 26, „las to
tj,,,;4.1 with, ~ FEEs.-In a book, called Lora
'misdemeanour 12, menacing 9, frauds 4, bastardy 3, utter- ,' I not deficient,-crimes of vio-
lence are rate. The most careful man Inn' lose the usual fees to Physicians and chirurgeons a
Leg 1-303. Making a total of 383." Men Infirm
hie pocket .handkerdeisf, perhaps, though hardly, that time, (1700) are thus stated :-...“ To a gra
We may see here how it happens that the .
, hot, careful or catdcss, he may carry dilate ill physic, his due is about tell shillings
numb of prisonere is so unusually great in . Isis watch ,
c unbroken This fact ought not though he commonly expects or demands twenty
Enleenl. More than twoethirds of the above his head Went . • • te
isoner •
r3T s, in any other countsY,
e would never to be forgotteo, .
Alien ] Those
we are discussing tee that are only licensed physicians, their do
P 'is no more than six shillings and eightpencE
Me ,reign of King jamea the First, accompanied the police, for it is a very imp4rtAhL ppg. From though they commoniy demand ten shilling!
the Juetiees of-Assize in their circuit through the observations we have made, our readers ipsy ' A eiirgeon s fee is pencetweivee a mile, be lu
,
!the northern counties
_,., , Y flr
of Irelee, then first re- perceiee that we think the outcry at this moment journe-, ~; or near • ten roas to set, a bon
, . n
diced to sub,lect. ion, he found in the county of. as in many enalagous cases, an exaggerated one. broke, . .
or out -, .• •
of joint ; and for letting glee
Monaghan " few prisoners in the gaol,
~., ji.ie .mos • t Ware ofthat opinion,but at the same time we one shilling • i
e
1' nb is
, the cutting off, or amputation,
part (he says) being bailed by sir-Edw. Blaney, should •ke most happy to hear of any practical ally II , five pounds ; but there is n
. e
~ -e diet the fort, where the gaol is kent. means by which the evils complained of, whether settled price for the cure.-Wadd's Maxims.

%leen, the
11, exapt

FEES.—Ina book, called Lora Men Infirm,the usual fees to physicians and chirurgeons at
that time, (1700) are thus stated :.--.“ To a gra-
duate in physic, his due is about ten shillings,
though he commonly expects or demands twenty.
Those that are only licensed physicians, their doe
is no more
than six shillings and eightpence,
though they
A siirgem s commonly demand ten shillings:
fee is twelvepence a mile, be his
journey tar or near ; ten groats to set a bone
broke, or out of joint ; and for letting blood
one shilling ; the cutting off, or amputation, of.
any limb, is five pounds ; but there is no
settled price for the cure.— Wadd's Maxims.