The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-21 00:00:00

II.1131:AS coRPUS.

IvNrtaLL moved tur a vtrit of Habeas Cor-
ne .o bring up a men of the name of Itothebo-
t ;- , now confined in company, with several
• )5,5.3 i Dorche.ter Gaol oil a•ehatge of smug-
-1.11 The atlidAvit set forth that he WAS in
rind), apprelie,Sioll of being impressed into the
.• rf, Cr amt to the West ladies. He
,em s, ate , that the oily ground for the corn-
via3 the mrie striemein of one of the
• aium.rs of Excise.

A r:de eta. granted to .flow Callse why the writ
Ito; issue, an eugAtemeht having hten
y ea,rer?•l lovas tor ate security of the depo-
r',-• whether or not the writ
tie gr 4 :.ed. tlispostd

SHORT v. NeCARTIIY.

"4"14 a 11101 1011 by Mr. SCARLFTT for a
rule: to s;•em ranse why a new trial shot& not be
~!rnli~ed ii T his case, vt hick was tried before the

r ,
Jtisfice-at ihe lasi bitting. at Guildhall. It
t:, ilia,. it Was an action against
fei.dant, a solif itor. for negligence 01 in.
t‘.e b:isitiess entrustrd to bid, touching
of N teeercion 730 t stock ; and
e' I.toceedi,,,4s :tete recently detailed in this

COURT.rcfused the rule on the ground of
vettlic), blo granted it on the statute of
sis six ye*rs had elapsed before the plain-
tiff his acjon,

KING V. SIR SHERIFF PARKINS AND OTHERS.

thoved to postpone the further
itt :hi, case, which stood its the perettip-
ts-i,y paper, on account of the necessary absence
ct 11,t, Sol:cifor-General on the State Trials, and
Isoist:d t. els Lot.dships would appoint a convenient
hen ,Is•-st Leirned Gentleman could attend,
and e named the 3d of May.

eav

~e C,,URT declined decidiog at present, but
thar it they complied, it must be with notice
to 011 the other ()Attics.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Arnn.2o.

RADICAL DINNER.
OTTBY V. WATSON.

Mr. KNox opened the pleadings, and Mr. Ser-
jeant (..'n:si.ow stated the case.
ThiS t%as an action brought to recover the ex-
pence of I dinner given to Mr. Hunt for his con-
doct ni Manchester; the dinner was to be given
Ly the Sons of Liberty, at 6s. 6,1. All went on
with his approbation. Thisilevrood gave the
order with hint, and therefore it he intended to
viewd that, tic should have pleaded in abatement
hdd not done so, and therefore the evidence
would Dow be gone into.
Mr. Donne, clerk to Ottey, recollected Watson
calling at she Crown and Anchor to bespeak a
room for the Committee, and on the 9th or 10th,
Thisilewood and Watson ordered dinner for 200.
he tickets were to he is. 6(1. each, of which Mr.
() try was to have 4y. 6d. The defendant admit-
ted the order for 200 persons, but sAt he did not
know of the remaining hundred, and would not

pay it.
cause was undefended, and di Jury gave
a verdict of 381. 455.

OLD BAILEY.

EXTORTING MONEY r.TNDt a es INFAMOUS THREAT.

William Arnold, (s soldier, aged 20,) was capi•
I,llly ludic eft for assaulting Thomas Allison, on
the 3.1 of April, and caking tram his person by
Vioiesicr avid threats a U. note.

The prosecutor deposed that he resided in the
les vice of Surteis, Esq., Ls Montague•
sqoare. an Sunday, the 2d inst.. be was return•
the home from Hslkin-street, through Hyde-park,
sho►►t 8 o'clock in tl►e evening, when he was
oyes taken by the prisoner at Gros reuor give, tvho

Suddenly turned round and Said, " HO‘t7 do you
do ? 1 think 1 know von, Sit ; you live, 1 believe,
in Baker-street, or sonte whet e thereabouts."
Witoess replied that he was mistaken, tor he re-
sided a' No. 31, Monta2oe.square. To this
the prisoner rejoined, " yes, 31 ; why you
are the very man I want." Witness answered,
with surprise, " Want me ! NVhat can you want
with me ?" The prisoner said, it was concerning
that letter he had sent hint. Witness asked, what
letter ) and the prisoner said, it was the letter he
had sent him, inviting hint to come and spend au
evening with him. Witness denied all knowlidge
of such a- document ; but the .prisoner told hill it
would not do, and said to him, " tell you what,
it you don't come down, I'll croup you" (!sAye burn
imprisoned). Witness said, " 1 suppose 'its
money you want," and g ice him a shilling.
The prisoner exclaimed, " D--n your 'shilling,"
and kept following him on, using the most shanle-
tol until he reached his master's house.
Winless them sail to bun, " There is the house
in which I live ; I ant not ashaMed to show it

yoo." The prisoner upon this said, " be sa-
tisfied that you do live there, and I'll see you
go iw too." Witness was just going in, when he
said to him, " Now, I'll tell you what it is ; if
you give me a one-pound note, I'll never accuse
you of such a thing again." Witness said, he had
not got a note about him ; but the prisoner •old
him to go and borrow it of his telloav-servants ;
but he told hint he could not do Oita, but would
meet him the next day at half-past 12 o'clock.—
Fie agreed to this, and went away. Witness was
so alarmed and agitated at the monitor, as well as
whet, he got lot° the house, that he was utterly
unable to, speak. His reason tot fixing half-past
12, as the hoar of tweeting hint on the following
day, was because the family were going to the
co.ottry an hour sooner, and he thought in the in-
terkt he should have time to acquaint the Police-
officers. The family, however, delayed some time,
and while the carriage was at the door he saw the
prisoner at a short distance waiting for him. Wit-
ness telt excessive tear and agita ion; alit!, in the
hope of getting rid of the prisonet for ever, he went
to hint and said, " Now, it I give you; a 11. note,
will you ever cone nigh me again ?" Ti,e
prisoner replied, " Certainly never," took
the note, and went away. Witness thought he
had lost sight of him for ever ; hot on the
Thursday following, a dirty-looking boy cause to
his master's house with a letter, directed to
" John, the tootmar.." Witness told him Jo',H.was
out with the carriage, but desired him to come
again in an hour When that' time had expired
the prisoner himself came and said to t im rather
angrily, " I sew you a letter an hour since, hot
you worthd not read it—there, take it now; go
in and read it, and then come out to me " Witness
went in and read the letter, which ran thus :
" Sir,—The money I received from you I have
wade rather free wi;h, in
.drinking, and have stay-
ed too long from, my regiment. I fear I callow
join it again, but roust go into the country, and
something thetefore must be clone." After a short
time witness went out to speak to the prisonet,
when he was accosted by two other men, habited
in soldiers' great coats. He asked what they all
meant by coming there, tocharge hint with so loul
a crime? None of them made any particular answer
to this ; but one of them observed, be (meaning the
prisoner,) must leave his regiment, and go into the
country ; he must t',creore have otherelothes, and
four or five pounds to keep hint until he got em-
ployment. Another said, " Something Mlist he
dune, for now we've got you (meaning witness),
and you must come down." Witness then pro-
mised, that, if the prisoner would meet him the
next evening, he would have really fur hint a suit
of clothes, anti be should also look up what mo-
ney he could. He then gave them a shilling to
di ink, butt they d—d his drilling, and he gav9them
three. They then all went away. Witness could
not swear positively to the two other men he saw
on this occasion, but be .saw the name of one of
them in the papers of Wednesday- His name was
Thomas Dwyer. Witness next morning informed
Pyall and other officers, together with his fellow
servants, ot'tbe transaction, and means were taken
to secure the prisoner at night. The latter came
at the appointed hour, accompanied, Liowever,
by three other persons. The officers were in
waiting at a public-house, and, as soon as the
prisoner made his appearance, Witness desired one
of the servants to give the officers the signal,
while be himself desired the prisoner to g 6 to the
public-house, where be would give him a nice
suit of clothes. He did so, and I'yall coming up
at the moment, witness charged him with having
extorted from him a 11. note, and he was secured.
The other three men fled upon the instant, and
escaped.
Pyall and others confirmed the testimony of the

prosecutor. After the prisoner was taken in
charge he never denied the accusation made
against him, but continually said it was another
that bad led him into it.
The prisoner made a long and disgusting .de•
fence, the details of wide!' were not only wholly
disproved, but totaily improbable.
The Jury, without .hesitations, found the pri-
soner Guilly—Death.
The Court wished it to he intimated to him that
Ise was in a most awful situation, and recommended
hint to prepare for the worst consequences.
The following were also capitally convicted :
Henry Roney, fur stealing privately in the shop of Benja-
min Hoyle, a pair of trowsers, value Ss.
Alexander Fraser, for a burglary in the dwelling-house of
James Chit, and stealing two silver salt-spoons, &c.
John Bellowrs, for stealing two silver-watches of Edward
Rowland and david Brees, in the dwelling-house of Evan
Ellis.
William Mail, for stealing in the dwelling-house of George
Skillicorn, two O. Bank Notes.
Edward Roberts, for stealing 131. in Bank Notes, three
watches, &c. the property, of John Roberts, in his dwelling-
house.

THE LONDON GRAND JURY AND THE STATE
PRISONERS.

The Grand Jury for the City having gone
through the busioess of the . Sessions, brought in
their. last bills in the course of yesterday after-
noon ; and hiving delivered'them, the Foreman
read- from a paper the following Address
"Tba London Grand Jury having heel% refused admission
to that part of Newgate wherein the Stale Pris,iners arc now
confined, and conceiving that they pusses an uliduobted I it ht
to visit the prison ill every pat t, hoc to state this their im-
pression to the Court ; and, unwilling to compromi Se that
which they conceive to he their right, they rr-pest►t►tty hot
lout; da.uu how Ltic Court, the r4ivilrge of gulag over the

whole of Newgate, which they believe has never hitherto
been questioned."
The Common Serjeant observed, that Mr.
Brown, the keeper, had a most awful responsibi-
lity on hit hands, and be could not say that, in
rettosing the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury admis-
sion to the places in which the persons spokeo of
were confined, that he had acted improperly. The
consequence might be very setiaKs it they were
admitted, because the prisoners might make a
rush, and by it attempt an escape. He (the Com-
mon Serjeani) was confident from Mt. Brown's
general good character, that he could not have
any i:oention to insult the Grand Jury, he was
only doing that which he conceived, and perhaps
very properly, to be his duty. lie (the Common
tierjeant) could not therefore say, that the Grand
July had a tight of admission.
The Foreman observed,'with great submission
and deference, that as the Grand Jury they nad
a right to inspect every part of the Gaol of
Newgate. _ .

Mr. Common Serjeant—Are you Magistrates,
Geo'!erne') ?

Foteman—No, I am not ; but I claim my right
as one of the Grand Jury.
The Common Serjeant observed, that the ques-
tion %vas not before the Court, and he couLl not
give them an authority to visit those places.
,Ivry—We claim it as a tight.
Mr. Common Serjeant—Mr. Brown has a most
avettil TCSpoll,,ibility placed upon him,
Mr. Brown—My Lord, I only refused the Gen-
ilemen admission into the places in v•hich the
State Pri,oners are confined.
Mr. Sub• Sheriff Turner—Mr Sheriff lt,,thwell,
my Lord, has been consulted ilium the snhject,
and he has given his hill concurrence to what Mr.
Brown has done.

Forentau of the Jury—We beg leave most re-
spectfully to protest against the power exercised
by the Court.
Mr Common Serjeant—Well, Gentlemen, the
question is not beforr the Court. It Mr. Brown
has acted wrongly or improperly, you have your
reniF:dv ; you can try the question.
The Foreman said they should do so, and with-
drew',

Jury proceeded to inspect Newgate trtoq
Ininniely, but were not permitted to enter the
place% it whir), the Slate Prisoners are confined.
Shortly atter 7 o'clock thry entered the Cutitt,
and the following presentment, which wms
real by M. Choke, the Duputy Clerk of Ar-