Star.
London, England, 1805-11-02 00:00:00

-.BEDLAM.

The Officer who had been share
,for thatluypereo
went driwn (lairs, and found four half pea loaves
Covered with an apron, three of them warm, and the
fourth appearing to be a day or two old. There
loaves Mr. Pitcairn recognized as his bread, and
particularly the!talesone, which he dircoyered 'to he
one of the three lie had talep 'notice of the day Ike7''
fore, that were earned out *ith the, Hofpital
On this the priihnirs were taken into cull Ody.
Mr.Anderkm, of the Pollak Inure, depofed• that
the prifimers were in thq habit of frequently leaving
bread at his bottle, tilt they Gould find an opportu-
nity of conveying it to the -ciilloners, but not being
I et home on the api, ,ar)sen the discovery happened,
be ,could-4y nothing to the loives in
,quellion.
W. Pitcairn, however, as the loaves were now all
equally Rale• did not pretend to (wear which was the
loaf taken away on the zad, though he fixed on one
as in all probAility being it.—Noluilty.
liaron Tiloterwm, from the Bench, advifed
.the
young men to be cautions how they ailed in future,
as af prefent he thought they had been very fortunate
in gettiqg
Wiiixtril heves. was indiaed for (leafing a hat, va-
Itie,three fhillinr,lthe.property of James Lee.
The hofecutor and another young man of about
depofed that the prifoner, after drinking a pot
of beer in a public. houfe, is the fame box where they
were, went nut at the back door, taking along with
him the profeentries hat. They fUlloweil him on the
fuggetlion of the landlady, and brought him back.
He offered his watch to get free, but theywere inex.
arable; adding that he had been at therOld Bailey
before.

The attention. of the public has beets atietently called
to this ancient ftrueture, by the circtimftance of the
lapfe elf time having brought it to the Lail 'ffageof
dilapidation. Like the human body, worn out with
old age, it is no longer capable of being upheld by
temporary expedients; and as the Phyfician, wbest,
his patient arrives at a certain period," can do no model
for him, fo fabrics, however. ftrongly creation/red, adl
lag bid defiance to the art of the Architera.
would be unpardonable to' fuller fo memorable a te-
nement as. Bedlam to crumble into ruinsorithout pay-
ing it a (mall tribute of reipett, by noticing its difiO-
lution. The receptacle of madmen cap never be an
unworthy theme in a nation where. has Sit RailtAß'L
Grave-diggerinfers, all are fo mad that medulla
may pats unobferved. The ferret hitlory of its
occalumsl oecupiets would furnith materials for
a volume—but as the inowledge of .them is eon
fined to the impervious aecotdc of the plate, we
mail, fur .want ..f the.means of detailing.the-heaks
of imaginary Kings,.limperols, Si a Lartlell and Cour-
tiers, refer to the real ones at every .Court of Conti-1
;tenth' Europe, for a aentury or two pall ; bat more
particulerly during the -prefent age, where the cut i-
ous
may contemplate adis of folly, madnels, And in-
conaftency, which far exceeds any the annals of Bed-
lam can furaith. Avoiding, therefore, all.mention
of its internal *mammy, we shalt content ourfelves
with ,merely .advetting,to thofe.ohjefls of exterior de-
coration, which, as they .are likely to outlive the
building, by their removal to a new ana, daferve to
have their origin perpetuated. It will eaftly be per. I
ceived we allude principally to the two fsgures of
Melancholy and Raving Madnefs, placed over the
entrance in Moorfields. We are informed by the
Hero of the Dunciad, that they were the works ofl
his father, Mr. Cetus Claim. The two flames (he
tells Alt) of the Lunatics, over Bedlam Hof-pit:al, were
done by him, and are no ill monuments of his fame
as an Artill. Poet. in his admirable tithe, thus
notices the circumliance
chrre to thofe walls where Folly holds her throne,
And laughs to think Moe so would take her down, .
Where o'er the gates, by bighted Father's hand,
Great Gaines brazen brainier§ Breathers Rah!.
It asuft be remarked, that much of the (kill of the
AO! has been counterafted, not merely by the ope-
ration of thr wind and weather, but by the more del
poiliog hand of ignorance. Many years ago, when
Bedlam underwent a thorough repair, it was thnught
necelfary to reline thefe figures to their pristine
beauty; with that view they were fcraped and po-
Hilted, but though they were made foinewhat cleaner
than before, all the excellent touches of the original
Sculptor were chliterated—the thong and prominent
anatomy of the•figures, and their multutar exprellion
were weakened and deftroyed. Defaced as they ere
they Rill are worthy of pretereation. They will tint'
,
be taken down till next Spring, when so:evade/Rand.,
they will be fet tip in the New Bedlam, which, Will
Cuppored, wilt be erefted in the field; of Iflangton.—
The mention of thefe monuments of 'old enmities
fame naturally calls to nor remembrance another of',
Ms efforts, which has to, this day ercapeal the ravvet
al time, and remains extant-in the tel&rnpells. The'
week we mean is the Ilatue of an old Shepherd play-
ing on his Pipe, with his faithful Dog halite. hint-,
Ir was originally placed iq the middle at the.teriiple
Clordens, and afterwards 'removed again,/ the wall
of Paper Buildings ; but whether it was that the La*.
er, grew tired of this emblem of Peace, or that''thil
Templars, having a Lamb tOr their creel, thought
it inconfillent to have it gnarded by a Shepherd, ihe
fait was, that it was about thirty years ago ordered
to be entirely taken out of their fight ; and fince that
period the Lamb has remained over their gateau a,
prototype of usproteCted innocence in the hands 4
power, and an unequivocal inchtetton that thole who
get within the fangs of she Wolves bf the Law may
in vain look oat for the Shepherd to guard them. So
much for Bedlam, and the Lawyers' Shepherd and
his Dog. The latter, at we have °Waved, wit:from
the chile! of Mr. Cants CIBBERt and the account we
have given may be relied upon as genuine ; but there
is a vague rumour concerning it, which we than no-
tice only to Anew its ablindity. It ij laid that the
Shepherd is the era& repreftntation of an old Pedlar
who tiled to Rand on Holborn hill previous to the
plague of Loudnu. Falling afLep on the then of the
Church, he was one day takes up and tbruwn inm
the cart Which eccalinnally went about cnileeing the
dead. By a miracle he ereaped, and a rich ger-
chant who had eaten relieved him, had his
figure-
graven m Hone, to commemorate his deliverance.—
The legend probably take. its rife from the circum •
-
fiance of the tisane having been plated in the Law-
yers' Garden, and Afterwards removed. Certainly•
the remuent might well he deemed an e,fcape from
the regions of plague and contagion, and larficiently
atements for the deviation from hiftorical truth.
Lenoir:, out readers to &infidel- further this im-
portant fuirjeat, if they plaale. we (halt only Worth
theta, that lbotald they with to aid their tefearches
by ir.fpeeting the produCtinn of the Decorator of
Bedlam, they may behold it in the front of the honk
of Mr. }hoopla's, a Japanner, in Tottenham coutrt
Road, whole father purehaled it at a Pale or the ef:
lefts of the man by whom it was telTlOnd from the
Temple Gardens.
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.The prifoner kid he was a failor, that he had been
on board the Viaory with Lord Nelfon, and had got
his prise mriney ; that this prefecution wAs the elle&
of•fmte, and 'that the profecutOr had flood in (he
pillory Tome time ago fur prevarication and perjury.
He had tYowitnefs to his-eharafter, his acquaintances
being Captains of Chips, who would not think it •
worth while, and the Captain he had 'all failed with
particularly being at iseterfbstrgh. On being farther
Urged, however, he mentioned Mr. 'riot!, which
' produced a confiderahle relaxation in the mirth.mak
ing mufcles of prefent. But Mr. Trott loon
baulked expeftation, by declaring he did not know
the prifuner, and could not finak as to bit charac-
ter, and that the Only parpote he believed he was
fur by the pritbner twas to prove that the pto-
fectitor had (load in the pillory. as had been dated,
which he hiptlelf, he (aid-, had teen.—Not Guilty.
• yobs SfrarAes was indifted for fleeting old iron, but
the propel ty not being (efficiently identified, he was
acquitted.
Ann Baldwin was indiaed for fleeting a petticoat, a
Nit, two pair of ftnekings, and CCr tam% other ast.eles,
the propetty of Mrs. Turner ; and Mary halikuin, a
very young girl, was indifted for receiving the fatne,
knowing them to be Palen.
The Stealing of the articles by the prifoner Ann.
was clearly moved, and it appeased alfo, that feveral
of the articles had been pledged by the other prifoner
Mary. Intthe duplicates were fnuhd in the putlef.
Ron of the Mother, eiho was not inci4ted.
'Lord Exxamaolounn expredid his furprife that
the profetutor thanld not have institted the mother,
nn whomsthe duplicates were found, and who mutt
have been prefnmecl the inftigator to this offence, bid
Humid have Weiled as an objea of profecution, a
child, who could only be regarded as the initrument
in the hands of its mother.
Chapman, the Officer, explained, by fluting that !
the mother. when the duplicates wete brit found in
her pollifffites, had a dying child on her breall, and
conid not afterwards he traced. •
prifoner Ann alerted het Mother's innocence,
and hated, that the told her mother the bad got the
articles as a prefent horn her mistrefs.
Lord Ea.t.-ssiouto,boH inforMed the Jury, that in
his opinion the younger lifter had very improperly
been iirctieted. She conldbe viewed as nothing elfe
than an Wirer:skirl in the hands of her snothet and
' elder lifter. Thy svonld, therefore, lay her altoge-
ther out of their confideratiem. Of the guilt of the
other he wiss afraid n•r doubt could he entertained.
The Jury accordingly *found Ann, Guilty, and
Mari Nut Guilty.

Matruh Twawcv Twousaan ! I l•-.-The Ticket
No. t0.62S drawn yederday a Prire of so,cocl. was
fold in t ('artery 3 Eighth, and 6 Sixteenth Shares
at 13Ists.'s truly • fortunate Oißees, 4, Cocahill, and.
9, Chasing Croft, where 7.37.8 another. Prize of
ao,oool. 1 t 67 a Prize of secol. andissS a Prue of
soca. this Lottery, have been all fild, (hared, and
regiftered.—The Lottery tinifbes this day.
Wednefday evening the Deptford flag* was. over•
tntned at Charing Croft, by which aecident the paf
leasers, fit infieie, and five outfide, were very much
hi &fed ; particularly a Mrs. Bennington, *his. is far
adYnnced in pregnancy. She was conveyed-home in
a hackney-coitch, and very great fear is entertained
that ferious tonfenuences will tnfue.
On Sunday as the wife of a man, who has the care
of the Lock, at the entrance of the Grand Jun4ion
Canal, at Brentford, was getting conic Water in a
•paila the fell in and, before affiftance arrived, was
&mined. very means was tiled ts; yellers lA, but
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in vitt).
4fiaatst Ecxvortx„ aged tlfirty.five fears, When.
felt this cafe of Scrophula I;o4de its appearance it
WAS in the abcorbetft. glands of the neck, which, be.
came rather thickened, and then advanced to alard
tumor ; fhs appfied. to a medical gentleman who
brought it, to. fopptiration, he then opened it,. and
.the.neckbeFacoe niccrateckfrom.the ear. to the ihnulr
der ; taMara costn.foymed•in the falivary glands, nn,
der. ihe chin, in parotid, by the. fide of the ear,
and the ispirhent glands. on the other fide.. She
was adiefityett an. out patient; or St. Bartholninew',
.14;:itiAtil for elg.ht, mono!, without receiving any
yeller; • At this time. by the.atlyice of6Mary t fdaile,
who lt.all experienced; relief4rths.Oirpcnfary., Soho,
Square. The begun taking the Drop:, and continued
them fo the fpace of a twelvemonth, when The ul-
cers Vlea ted, and flsebecapae.gerfo'lly well.
on
Crow's . ti, Pleet•hresr, samin. FC k Foil+.
Be caceful to,afk for Be•amtapay's Patent Anti•
fcorbutic props, having_the, words " By the tines
Patent" expreffed ar length co the h.qttle, bill of di.
relaions, 40 outfide wrapper,; the. Ramp alto, the
King's duly, is pi inte.din blociF inkinftelef of red.:— eillseit WiSAA Al 14001/014-BitIDGE Te-Mt:) PO a..
Bottles price ss. 6d. tot. and it. zs..Cluty included. *Drips, 4 - - - - 59 Min ut a after f s
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MARit.IED.
At Hstopftelo. on Saturday Llt,"francts Hatter, Efq. of Little
M•tclttox ttrert, Ifincrer-fquare, to Mils Befhby, of Orchard-
Portauan.fqtaare, •tlauetiter of Ate late Pifi4)4 Butliby, &q.
cuipmiffmy Gtmet.ilm.St. Domini, •

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fiatetati, left, In hie 76th year, Edward !finch, latter Pro ihfhl
Walk, MOtenon. tormerly of Scott's•yard, Bulk lane, *.a.ntiosas
Peet, London, thip.hroker
Wednefday a`tornoon, at his !Inure in New Norfolk • firect,
sore Ellis Agar. Efq. uric of the Commit:ion, r. of the Cuftoms
Virednelfshst, at Citron, Capt. o..rtholomew Rook, late of the
Joitlara WialLinditnisat.
Op Mooday wining la& at Rath, is the 95th rear of his age,
the Rev. Daniel Dumarafg, 1) D. Yrebeiidary of Sarum aud Weos,
and Reetnr of Yeovilton.
%mot N MA rits .-ollturctlny morning, 'Vt.. *Wm. a ferret
table ;Lifter bidder in Mat y-la-Ronne, went into the Brkklare'll
Arm?, in fln.ebepilace, to tranfact Come band's with a neigh-
War, and while jocularly fitting in eiinverfation apparcntly in good
bealth, he hit front the chair and espired.
mumay muffling, a Mr. Elands, a marier plailterer, in
Charlesdtrct, ftorctuzn ;ignore, dropp,%l 4ggig9fin his parlenr, and
r 'Eldred. The alarm bring given in the hrrre,,a laxly in tit. firft
floor heard the diraficr, went into a fit and cißsed imoseifiateiy.
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