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

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" The London Grand Jury respectfully beg leave to pre-
sent to the Court, that, in their opinion, the alarming in-
crease of crime in the Metropolis, especially amongst the
juvenile offenders, is to he chiefly attributed to the very ina-
dequate state of Newcate Prison, for the purpose of classing
the prisoners according to their various degrees of crimina-
lity; thus boys and girls, who may have been committed for
some slight misdemeanors' are forced to associate with the
basest and most hardened felons, and are consequently re-
turned upon society (when the periods of their imprisonment
are passed) in possession of all the theory of the most prac-
tised offenders. The Grand Jury, therefore, earnestly implore
the Court to give their most serious and immediate attention
to this deplorable state of Newgate Prison, and to adopt such
measures as shall effectually remove this great discredit from
the Metropolis. •
" The Grand Jury beg leave respectfully further to present,
that it, the exercise of their duty they have been refused ad-
mission to that part, of Newgate where the State Prisoners
ate confined; thus the rights and privileges which have hien
handed down from their predecessors to the Grand 'July,
have, in their humble judgment, been infringed.
(signed) "CEO. ALLEN AYLWIN, Foreman.
" Grand Jury Room, April 20, 1820."

After which the Common Serjeant observed to
the Grand Jury, that for the latter part of their
presentment there was no foundation whatever.
The Grand Jury had no soch right ; in that,
theretore, they were mistaken. It was a custom
which from time to time had been allowed ; but
he denied that any such right existed, or that he
Grand Jury ought to interfere. The Body of
Magistrates and the Court of Aldermen had the
power of regulating the discipline of the prison ;
but it was quite a fallacy to suppose that the
Grand Jury had. any such right or privilege hand-
ed down to them ; it was, in fact, merely given
to sub() Grand Jurors, or others who went there
for public or beneficial purposes. He concluded
by repeating, that no such tight had existed, nor
did it now exist. 1-Ie then discharged the Jury
with thanks for their services.

FIRE AT HEREFORD COLLEGE.—The persons
mentioned in our last as having been apprehend-
ed on suspicion of setatig- fire to the College were
Mr. Harer, Organist of the Cathedral, and his
brother, who had been on a visit to him for some
weeks : on the evening of their apprehension a
verylong investigation took place before Colonel
Matthews and other Magistrates ; when, from
the prevarications and contradietoty accounts given
by the accused parties, they were committed to
the County Gaol for further examination. This
was resumed in the prison on Wednesday, and
again on Saturday; their final examination took
place yesterday. " The Magistrates (says the
Hereford Journal) atter a long and patient inves-
tigation, with the assistance, of legal advice, not
deeming the evidence sufficient to support a bill
before a Grand Joey, they ware discharged. The
strongest circntustances against them were the
contradictions in their statements whilst under
examination, for which, considering the distress-
ing and peculiar situation they were placed in,
much may be allowed, and now that they are re-
stored to society, we sincerely hope they will
quickly recover the, estimation they formerly en-
joyed, and be received with the consideration and
kindness every liberal mind must feel their unfor-
tunate situation deserves." Mr. Hayter has been
organist of the Cathedral nearly three years, is a
young man who ranks high in his profession, and
has been caressed and esteemed by all who knew
him in Hereford. It may be remembered that
when the first attempt was made-to set fire to the
College, the Hereford Paper stated that the file
would, in a shorn time, hare burst into a most
destructive flame, but for his active and judicious
exertions.—(Worcesfer Journal, April 19 )

-We are informed that one of the prisoners who
led the Radical troops to the fidd at Huddersfield
on the 3lst.ult., was formerly a C in a Re-
giment of hoot.—(Yorkshire Gazette,)
Cherries and strawberries, in thumb pottler, new
pOtatoes, and natural asparagus, were yesterday
displayed tor sale it► the t;rten.grocers' shops 01
Covent garilLe.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The Grand Jury have been sitting on the tinasuat
large number of i.idierments wiLch have cobra
before them ever since the morning of Tuesday,
the llth instant. Soon after two o'clock
e'yes-
terday, about 19 or 20 of the Gentlemen offvihe
Grani Jury, with JOHN SIDNEY tlAwiuNs,.4sq•P
at their head, came into Court, and delivered tag
last of the bills on which they had decided;- Which
bills having been severally proclaimed in the-usual
way, one of the Grand Jurors stepped forward,
anti addressing Far.Ncis CoNsT, Esq., ,the Chair-
man of the Sessions, said, " Mr. Chairman, hi oue,
of the Grand Jury, 1 beg to make this present•
meat to the Court ;" at. the same time band.,
ing up a paper. linnyediately after which, J. S.
Hawkins, Esq., the Foreman of the Grand Jury.
after calling the attention of the Chairman to tik
paper which he held in his hand, read there.trom
as follows I am authorized by all the gentle-
men of the Grand Jury now present (with lbe
exception of Mr. Fatey) to say, that they total
dissent trout all that is contained in Mr. Facef
Memorial, now delivered in."

Mr. Furey.—" Mr. Chairman, I have made no
memorial, that is my presentment, " pointing et
the starve tune to the Paper which Mr. Const. belt,
. , •
111 1119 hami, anti (rout which paper he pfuee,edetri
to read as fullo,,vs, viz.—
" I, John Furey, of Howland-street, Fitzroy-square, one
of the Jurors of our Sovereign hold the King', 'assembled at
the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, holden on Tues-
day, the I nth day of April, 18-20, at Hicks's Hall, in and for
the County of Middlesex, and duly sworn and charged (a
make presentments, do think it my duty to present as fa•
lows, vit.—That on the examinatiao of witnesses, who ap-
peared before this Grand Jury to support indictments
against certain persons (about forty in nom ter), severally
chat ged either with uttering or atte opting to utter (or
pass), or else with Laving in their possession certain notes,
which were produced (about to the number of one hundred
and twenty), the same were, by the Bank Inspector, sworn to
be forged imitations of Bank of England Notes;. because (as
he stated) such notes were not printed off from any of the
}dates belonging to the Bank of England, or on the paper
used by the said Bank for the printing of their. ootes.---
Whereupon, imanswer to further questions put to Such In-
spector he repeatedly and distinctly stated. to this Grand Jur!
to the follewing effect, viz. that each and every one of the
motes which he had (so as aferesaid)sworn to be forgerieswere
impressions (or copies) printed off from plates, with the exist-
cure of which plates he was previously and well acquainted,
from having, in the course of his official inspections, (often esee
ainined impressions from these same forged plates ; and all of
which plates and notes be (the Inspector) understood, zed
verily believed, to have been engraven and forged, in or near
to the town of larmingham,in Warwickshire. tin more than
one occasion, the same witness stated to this GrandJurye that
some particular person (or persons) residing in or near to
Birmingham, was very strongly suspected of being the cue
graver and forger of such plates and notes; yet the further
questions put to this and another witness, on tha part of the
Bank of England, failed of producing evidence or informa-
tion to this Grand Jury, whether attempts had actually been
made to search fur, and seize the tools and implemeuts and the
stock of the engraver and forgers of the many notes which
have lately been found in the possession of utterers in the
county of Middlesex, and brought before this Grand Jury, es
aforesaid.
" Under these circumstances I have deemed it my indis-
pensable duty, and do, in consequence, hereby humbly pray
the Court, that the Justices therein assembled will, without
delay, as far as in their power lies, cause the most energetic
and efficient means which are known, and the laws will Id
any meiuis allow, to be used and put in force for fully detect'
tun, punishing, and altogether stopping, the highly illopl4
practices of any such wholesale forgers and first utterer
of forged Bank of England notes ; whereby the strung atld
almost irresistible tereptatioa which such fist utterer"
(acid inure especially so their emissaries dispersed through'
out the country) daily hold out to distressed and ignorant pet—,
sons, fur inducing theme° engage in the highly illegal awl
mischievous tralticof buying and uttering forged notes, sennljt
it is firmly believed, in a great measure, if not altogether*
be put a stop to, because none of the notes which have conic
before this Grand Juty appeared to be fast, separate, or hide'
pendent acts of forgery ; nor did it appear from the evidea6
adduced thereesi, that the persons indicted were likely tier
sons to have engaged in, or to have been able to have edeclca,
the forgeries of the notes, with the uttering or possessing es
which they were severally charged. The highly-injurioas
effects of sect' a state of things on the murals ut the poperel;
classes of seeney, acid the great bosses to which trad,swen 30d
others are daily exposed, through this contieued and vxtewlea
issue and utterance of forged notes, induces rile confidenllf
to hope, that effectual measures may he devised, and rat su
practiee, fur entirely stopping the same.
(Signed) " JOHN FAREY, Sens"

An impressive silence prevailed in the Court
during the reading of this presentment, as slag
conclusion of which Mr. Coast opened and read a
letter which J. S. Hawkins, Esq. the Foreman of
the Grand Jury, had previously headed up to
praying the Coma-that on account of age and iU
fit mities he might he excused from attendance on
any future Grand Julies. ,
Mr. CONST said, that the Court had trery
position to pay attention to applications such gig
that which Mr. Hawkins had just made, althOugb
it was not within their- province to direct his nitalo
to be struck from the list of persons eligible (0
serve on the Grand Jury.

The Grand Jury alter wards inspected Coidbativ.
fields` prison, tsi;h the state of t which they es'
pressed their satisfaction.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, AND JUVENILE COURACP
—Monday afternoon a decent di eased female sve
observed walking by the river side at Chelsea,
such a confused way as to excite suspicion thgt
she had some design upon her life. At length st
jumped ia, and sunk. A fad, named liumbletott,
son of a potatoc-merchant in Drury-lane, obj
beheld the act, immediately came op, aid seeitig
that no steps wete taken for the preservation 01
the wretched woman, took of his coat and waist'
coat,.and fearlessly sprang into the water to her,
rescue. After considerable difficulty, he succeede4
in getting the body to the' shore, where it oaf:
laid,, exhausted insensible, on the bank, ti"
some persons carried it to a neighbouring publiisi
bourse, when animation returned ; and by the kin
persuasions of several persons, she consented t°,
return borne, but would not divulge the cause
her rash couduct. The intrepid boy has received
from the flinnatie Society the usual reward in 064 b
cases.

MARRIED.
Yesterday, at St Margaret's Church, Westminster, the floll.
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and Rer. William Addington, second son of the I,oot
count Sidnsouth, to Miss Mary Young, daughter of the 11'..t,
John Young, hector of Thuipe, its the County I'4".
tbauipton.
—.4••

MED.
On the Roth ult., °at .Port Si. Mary's, near Cadiz, afters'
few days illness, Mr. Frederic (itella. •110.
On Tuesday, the 18th inst., at his house in Lincoln's.'
fields, William Dyne, Esq., in the 59th year of his ag,e•

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