The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-24 00:00:00

INTERESTING DISCOVERY.

Alderman Woon, to whom various complaints
had been made since his return from France, up-
on the subject of the state of Nctvgate, thought
necessary, after an ettatnination of that prison,
to move in the House of Commons fora Com-
mittee to inquire into the causes of complaint.—:
The Committee was appointed, and Alderman
Wood elected Chairman. On t►►e first. day of in-
gliiry, which was Thursday last, the Committee
were proceeding to investigate, ;rid had already

seen enough to convince them of the very Fress-
ing necessity"ot making alterations in the several
passages and wards, when a prisoner named Lu-
cas, upon whom sentence of death was s,,me
time ago passed, but wh:)se judgment vras lately
respited, suddenly addressed Mr. Wood, and beg-
ged that he would attend to a recital which af-
fected the lives of Spicer and the two boys
who lie in the ground cells for execution for pass-
ing forged notes.
Mr. Wood listened with the utmost attention to

be declaration of LIICRS,, who said he had been

informed by a man named Parsons, the nephew of
a Police officer, that there had been a plan he-
tWeen that officer and a wretch •named Finney,
against the two boy!", and that the hair had taken,
for the boys were condemned, and would be exe-
cuted.

Mr. Wood immediately sent an Officer for Par-
sons, and having communicated to the Committee
tle• information he had received from Lucas, a
determination was made to examine into the par-
ticulars of the transaction.

The CoMmittee, upon hearing 'all the cirtom-
itances, sent a deputation to Lord Sidmouth, re-
guesting that the sentence of the law, which is
appointed to be put into execution to-morrow,
sliould be defer; Td*, and stating, as aground foi•
the request, that they bad reason to suppose, from
recent facts, that Spicer and Kelly had been led
to commit the crime of which.they were convict-
ed, by villains of much deeper depravity, and that
it was the first crime of Spicer.
The reply from 'Lord Sidmouth was, we are
given to understand,' that the case had undergone
the consideration of the Council, who were of opi-
nion that the sentence ot. the law should be put
in force.

The Committee proceeded yesterdiy further in

the investigation. A number of the friends of the
Members were assembled, amongst whom we ob-
served Sir Robert Wilson, Mr. Hobhouse, &c.
Mr. Harmer, the solicitor, bad attended on the
first day, at the request of Alderman Wood, and
was employed yesterday most busily in the-inves-
tigation. He suggested that Emma Connor •and
Ki•ty Cnnuolly, the. women who were the usual
companions of Finney and Kelly, should be
brought to Newgate. •lt was done with tht, great-
est dispatch.

The Committee sent a secornl deputation to
Lord Sidmonth to press the necessiry (f grantiog
a respite upon the strong grounds disclosed in the
testimony of these witnesses.

A respite of a week was the consequence of
this application.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

STATEMENT OF THE ODDS 0-N THE DERBY,
OAKS, &C.—FEB. 23.
DERBY.
10 to 1 agit c. by Waxy, out of Miltonia.
10 to 1 agst Dictator, out of.Hornby.Lass.
11 to 1 agst c. by Orville, out of Allegretta.
1 i to I agst Brother to Crecy.
14 .to ► agst c. by Waxy, ant of Ringtail.
14 to 1 agst c. by Seymour, out of Rosalina.
OAKS.
Taken— 5 to 1 agst Loo, by Waxy.
10 to 1 against any other.
RIDDLEsNORTH STAKES.
5 to I agst Brother to Crecy.
5i to 1 agst Dictator.
7 to 1 agst c. by Waxy, out of Ring-tail..
Taken— 7i to 1 agst Harraton, out of Lancashire Witch.
8 to 1 agst Sister to Nectar.

Taken

11* OF M MONS:,

'Never4Petitiatis werettiretertteitirrient the Timbers of Ches.
`ter Uockemouth, Elarcl.ert, Whirehareh, I:gienaint, Kes.
• "trielt, I.l47tju'lttittl, artli Wyrkingtoa, praying fur tke itetiesd
JT the, t.:ittler rtts.--Onterea lio en the Table.' . •
"rhe 1,410 *Tim**, ,ssehoit sof the Treashrors of Weit-
tilidstercßOVliirelikteilltii tad the Table.
BATH We MOUT •
Netqqlll Mitions were ptlSinfittf from Bath, for and
•isgeitist the Bill for Lighting that tits with Gas.—Laid 'on
"the Table.
• -
Mr. Dicte'exsoN, having moved that the Gas
Light Neill bt read, a •serond time,
Colonel PaLME-11 opposed the motion. He
teas instructed to state', by
.trite Mayor and Cor.;.
Toronto) of Bath, that they did not object to the
print ipk of the measure, but that, as the guar•
dittos of the interests of their fellow-citizens, it
appeared to them that as there was mucti'differ-
truce of opinion with respect to the merits of the
Gas Light, as there was'no necessity for the ith-
emnate adt,ption of the invention in Bath, and
as improvements were every day making in the
preparation mid management- of the Gas•itself, it
would be better to wait the result of those im-
provements than to.take a hasty step of which
they might afterwards repent: It h,:d been said
by the friends of the Bill, that it was the univer-
sal wish of the inhabitants of Bath that it should
be carried. The tact was, however, that a great
majority of the owners of the property in. Bath
were adverse to it. The promoters of the mea-
sure were shateholdera, and other interested per-
sons,' The Cotporation,.on the contrary,. had no
interest 'in it, but were actuated solely by their
zeal for the convenience and prosperity of the
City. He pledged himself, that whenever it should
appear to be the real wish of the majority of the
householders, and other inhabitants of Bath, to
have the Gas introduced, the Mayor and Cot--
poratit4) would not. only consent to its introduc-
tion, but it every means in their power.
There was 'Ogle clause of the Bill to which he
wished the attention of the House to be particu-
larly directed, as it clearly manifested the. contra-
y of opinion which existed on the subject in
Ihith ; be meant the clause by which the property
of one of-the principal land owners in Bath, the
EArl of Manvers, was exempted front the opera-
tion of the Bill. The eorpoi a! ion would of course
clatn the same exemption in layette of their pro-
perty, as well HS Ltd),
,Rivers, another great
land-owner, who objected to the Bill. A very
small part of the city would therefore be left open
to them, and ifiliey should think it worth while
to obtain a Bill for lightens; it, the whole city
alight be injured, should it prove a nuisance ra,
they than a nenefit. On all these grounds. he
moved as an Amendment, thtst the Bill be read
a second time that day three months.
Mr. Got:Dole thought that the Bill shnold.at
least have a second reading, as in the Committee
there would be many opportunities
.of discossing
its merits. It could not be said that the Bill was
disapproved by the inhabitants of Bath, when it
was known that 50,0001. had already been sub-
scribed by them fo early the measure into effect.
The real fact was, that the Corporation, flinging
that t e ,rvetthattiltrlylf) PrOVU 9bk,
'wished to undertake it themielvts.
Mr. Mel-HUES: stated, that the body of Gen-
'denten. who. %%ete concerned in the prestan mea-
sure was "of so
.respectable a nature, as to stiffer
nothing. if put into comparison sr ith the Corp°.
ration of Blith.
Affyr some observation; front Mr. Curwen,
Lord Jol.n Thymic, Mr. Protheroe, Mr. Barnet,
Mr. litostio, awl Sir B. llohhouse,
alr P. Mootte said that he wished the Bill
eel o,rlcl go into a Committee, as he would then
direct its attention to the high price which was
now charged for (;as Lights. When the subject
bad originally been investigated by a Committee,
it had been stated in evidence that the lighting of
a Mode house in all its branches with gas would
'Dot Come to More than 4/. a year, and now that
was the cost of a single light ; s.. that parish
lights, which tornerlycost 255. a piece, were now
paid for at the rate .ot 41. He should; in the Com-
mittee, propose some clause to regulate the price
of Gas Lights.
The Ilot=e divided. • - •
For 'the Bill
71
For the Amendment' ' 3B
Nlajority for the Bill ',.y.. ' —4l
The 13111 was .heit read a SCCOllit time.
Mr. Sheriff Dcsalloes presenti?d'a petition front
the Lord- Mayor, Aid& rtnen and Common Coun-
cil of London, against the passifig -of-au Indem-
nity Bill.--Ordered to lie on the Table, and be
printed. •
Sir W. CURTIS mover) for a St.atement of the
Monies paid by the Chantberlain of the City of
London on account of the several Gaols, distin-
guishing each gaol; for the two years endiug on
Christmas ISI7-,..-Ordered.
Mr. BOmftt. moved for 1111 Aceonn t of the
amount ()knees- now payable by persons, being ad
mitted Alettitteri of the Royal College of Sur
geoits in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin.—Or
dered.

Mr; COURTENAY put off the second reading o
the SorgeOns' Regulation Bill tti next Friday.
?Jr. CALCIIAVT gave notice that on the II tb o.
March next he should renew his Motion of last

year respecting Salt Milks.

-11lr. BE NET gave notice that on Wednesday
next he should move for leave to bring in a }lilt
to, repeal certain Acts, granting 'what is called
Blood floury,
'Sir C. iNfottnautsur presented a Petition from
the Guardians and Overseers of the I'oor at the
Town of Birmingham, stating the "fanning in-
crease of the Poor-rates, an4praying for a remedy.
Ordered to be referred to the Committee on the
Poor .Laws, and to
.be printed.
Sir ‘irtli:taNt BURROUGHS gave notice, that on
Wednesday next he should move for a return of
the number of persons apprehended for treason,
or on suspicion of treason, and or rhe'time when
they were committed and discharged.

EXECUTION FOR FORGERIES,
Sir J.-111AcKINTOSII moved for Aceonnts of the
,flonther of persons prosecuted,• convicted, and
.executed for foiging, notes of the Bank of Eng-
land, or knowingly tittering forged notes, from-
the Ist of Jaunaty, 1815, to the present year, as
well as for the twenty years preceding 1797, and
those that had since elapsed. Ile id 5U moved for