The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-09 00:00:00

STREET PRISON.

Sheriff MAGNAr stated to the Court, that since the
last Report was made to the. Sheriffs from White-
cross-street prison, a serious loss had been sustained
in the death of Mr. Barrett, the late keeper, with
1404 e, -merits- qualities the .snembers
were well acquainted. The Sheriffs had nomiliated-
Mr. Thomas Burdon to the office, a gentleman
whom he (Sheriff Magnay) had known for twenty-
five years, and whom he considered in every respect
exceedingly well qualified to fill the situation.
Upon the motion of Alderman BROWN it was re-
ferred to the Gaol Committee to inquire into the
qualifications of Mr. Burdon to fill the office, accord-
ing to the usual forms observed in cases of the kind.
The salary of the office was incidentally stated to
be 6001. a year, and it is to undergo no diminution.
The accounts of the late Mr. Barrett were referred
to the same Committee.

THE LATE PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY IN

TIIE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

The TOWN CI:ER ;Wad ;1;;;;111:11innade by the
Grand Jury a few days ago in the Central Criminal
Court, complaining that a number of paltry cases had
been submitted to them ; that several of those cases
had been charged against persons hot accused before ;
and that the Magistrates ought to have dealt sum-
marily in them instead of sending them to such a tri-
bunal ; that the gaol of Newgate was crowded with
female prisoners ; that there was great want of ac-
commodation for witnesses about the Court ; that

male and female witnesses were not kept apart from
each other ; and that the latter were taken by the
police-officers to the public-houses in the neighbour-
hood, to the serious peril of their moral sense.
Alderman BROWN said there were certainly several
observations in the paper just read, which deserved
serious attention. At the same time many of the evils
could he only remedied by the Legislature, or the
Secretary of State.—(Hear, hear.) Those which it
might be in the power of the City authorities to re-
move or modify could be best ascertained by referring
the prentment to the General Committee, and no
doubt the most effectual means would be adopted to
accomplish the object. The Alderman then moved that
the presentment should be referred to the Committee.
Alderman Lucas said the presentment of the Grand
Jury did not say whether the trivial cases to which allu-
sion was made in it had been sent for the considera-

tion of the Grand Jury by Middlesex, Kent, Surrey,
or City Magistrates. It would be satisfactory if the
cases had been particularised in such a manner as
would show to what Magistrates they were referable.
Alderman BROWN observed that the answer would
probably be that the cases were•not committed by the
City Magistrates. The Committee, however, would
have an opportunity of reporting fully on the subject,
and thus the attention of the proper authorities might
be drawn to it.—(Hear, hear.)
Alderman 'l'. Wow) said therewere many points in
which the Magistracy could not at all interfere. They
had no sort of control over the police, either in Mid-
dlesex, or in the City, and of course could not inter-
fere to prevent what was complained of in the pre-
sentment as to the conduct of the force. As for the
charges against juvenile offenders, the expense attend-
ing those accusations had been over and over again
represented as unnecessary, and still they were not
put a stop to. 'With respect to the state of Newgate,
the City authorities had done all they could to in-
crease the internal accommodation. It had been de-
termined that Newgate should be gaol for those who
were to undergo sentence. He believed that the Go-
vernment would not hesitate to apply the proper
remedy, and approved of the suggestion of referring
the subject to the Gaol Committee.

Alderman LUCAS thought the Grand Jury com-
plained of some matters which it would not be very
easy to remedy. Every one knew that a policeman
was expected to keep his witnesses together, to be
ready when called upon, and it could scarcely be
supposed that a person, under such circumstances,
could nicely separate the male from the female wit-
nesses. As for the crowded state of Newgate, the
Sheriffs could satisfactorily account for that. He re.
collected, when he was Sheriff, that he frequently went
to the Secretary of State to request that functionary to
clear the prison. There were many circumstances
which concurred to render the removal of female con-
victs a matter of difficulty.
Alderman Gums wished that the Grand Jury would
attend the Gaol Committee, and explain dome things
in their presentment, which, in his opinion, very much
required explanation.—(Bear, hear.)
The motion was unanimously agreed to.
TIIE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.
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The LORD MAYOR presented a Report, detailing the
)roceedings adopted by. his Lordship (already pub-
ished), upon receiving information of her Majesty's
ntention to honour Scotland with a visit.

Report was ordered to be entered in the Jour-
nals of the Court.

The LORD MAYOR also presented the Report of his
Lordship's survey of the river Thames.
The Report, which was of considerable length, was
read in brief, and ordered to be entered in the Jour-
nals of the Court.—Adjourned.

[ADVERTISEMENT.3
SODA WATER.

ROUGHBEDGE and have hitherto relied on
the discernment of the public to discover and appreciate
the superior quality of the Arated Water produced by
their manufactory, and they have Scorned to have re-
course to any tricks. 'ln the present day some persons
consider it requisite to make use of puffs and quackery
in order to extend the sale of their own productions by
detracting from the merits of rival establishments. R.
and S. have such strong grounds of reliance on the supe-
riority of their own soda-water and lemonade, founded
on the recommendation of the most eminent of the
faculty, on the results of the most. searching chemical
analyses, and the extensive and still increasing demand
for them by the public, both at home and abroad,
that they . have hitherto treated the insinuations
of quackery alluded to with, the contempt they
deserve. But if these indirect insinuations are
still to be obtruded on the public, R. and S. feel
themselves justified in offering those explanations that
may enable the public to judge for themselves. If It and
S. have placed the name of Schweppe upon their bottles,
it was never to mislead the public as to connexion with
that firm, but for the purpose of announcing a legitimate
fact, and always subordinate to their own. Withcffit im-
puting undue credit to the name of Schweppe, they have
simply stated that they came from the house of Schweppe
and Co.,—an undoubted fact, or doubtless it would have
been denied. For fivo and twenty years, during the very
period that the waters sold by Schweppe gave to that
name all the celebrity it ever obtained, Mr, Summers
was the engineer and manufacturer of the waters sold
by that house In London, Derby, and Bristol. It is
many years since any person, having the slightest
connexion with the name or family of the We Mr,
Schweppe, has been connected with any house In the
trade. In the year 1834, the proprieter,d-l4 busi-
ness carried on under the name d_Schweppe and pc,
sold his interest to persohs with whom At and S.
declined to remain : they preferred emplqltig their in-
dustry and practical knowledge in establishing a business
for their own mutual Brom, Whether the waters slum
manufactured the ichesent firm of Schweppe and Co.
retain} the naijty whielt 4cquireti fur that house all its
celebrity, If, find S, decline to give an opinion ; but, in
justice to themselves, they do, with the most perfect con-
fidenee and good faith, say that—highly as some ma-
nufacturers seem to estimate the bottles which sear
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their name (expensive an item as patties are), and diffi-
cult as it is to prevent ret4d tradosinen from returning
wrong ones—thary is no bottle bearing any otlior
their mon, however celebrated, to which Roughaekto 4,4
Summers would wish to add the rep9tiktic.n to he derived
from filling diem with waters (-if Theo, own manufactory,
RouGhsEDGE and SuAimpto only desire such patronage
as may 110 da4apved from the Arated Waters produced
at their own manufactory, and sold under the latith of
their own name.-37, Bridge-street, Brim:4,