Star.
London, England, 1820-01-08 00:00:00

STATE OF CRIME IN TII# METROPOLIS
IN THE YEARIBI9. •

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Statement of the number of Persons committed to kis M
Gaol of Neorgate, and how they were disposed of let's
year 1819. .Bfates. Females. iWat.
In custody on Ist Jan. 1819, committed 1 277 107 584
to 31st December
Under 20 years of age .: - - 677 82 1228 55T t' 2544.
Above that age - - - - -
2798

Of which there have been executed - - 25
Died - - - - - - - - 13
Removed to the Hulks at Sheersnes, prepara- } 376
tory to transportation
Ditto to Portsmouth' - - -
Ditto to Gosport - - - - -
Ditto to Woolwich - - - -
Ditto to the Penitentiary - - -.
Ditto to the Refuge for the Destitute - •
Ditto to Bethlem Hospital - - - -
Ditto by Habeas Corpus, for trial at the Assizes
Ditto to the House of Correction for the City oft 73
London, pursuant to their sentence
Ditto to ditto for Middlesex - - - 310
Ditto to Female convict ships, destined to New S 44
South Wales
Discharged, having had his .Majesty's free pardon 15
Ditto, being acquitted at the Old Bailey Sessions 426
Ditto, by Proclamation, no Bills being found 254
Ditto, not prosecuted - - - - • - 34
Ditto, having undergone their sentence of im- 1 101
prisonment
Ditto, being privately whipped - - - 51
Ditto, being fined one shilling - - - 73
Ditto, upon Bail, and other causes - - - 25--2367
Males - 248
Remained in custody Ist Jan. 1828 Females } 361
- 113
Statement of the numbers of Criminal Offenders in his Majesty's
Gaol of Newgate, who were convicted at the Old Bailey Ses-
sions in the year 1819, and the nature of the Offences they
were convicted of ; also the number acquitted, discharged, &c.
together with the number sentenced in the same period.
Stealing in dwelling-houses 59 Having possession of forged
Burglary - - -29 Bank-notes without law-
Highway robbery - - 27 ful excuse - - 80
Housebreaking - - 21 Receiving stolen goods - 15
:iacrilege - - - 1 Embezzlement by servants 16
Sheep-stealing - - 5 Bigamy
Ilorse-stealing - - 6 blisdemeanour - -19
Cow-stealing - - - 2 Fraud - - - - 6
Unnatural offence - - 1 Perjury - - - 1
Forgery .. - -- 2 Child-stealing - - 2
Uttering forged notes - 14 Uttering eounterfeit coin 10
Stealing Post-office letters Not submitting to be exa-
containing Bank-notes I mined before Commis-
Stealing privately in shops 10. sioners under Bankrupt
Murder - - - 1 Laws - -
Cutting and stabbing - 1 Grand larceny -
Manslaughter - - - 2
Maliciously shooting - 2 T0ta1...•1479
/10 and 14 63
cis ages of 14 and.lB 329
18 and 21 269-661

123
- 177

16t
- 55
- 20

•Of these there were between

Convicted and Sentenced.
To death_ - - - ttss

For 2 year s - - - 8
1 year - - - 69
9 months - - 5
6-months - - 164
3 months and under 162
Whipped and discharged 51
Fined is. and discharged 73
Judgment respited - , 8
Discharged, not prose-
cuted

To Transportation.

- - 123
- - 91
543

For life
14 years
7 years - -
To Imprisonment.
For 3 years
Convicted

- 1479

- 54

Acquitted - - 426
Ditto, being insane 2
Diacharged, no Bills found 254 ,
t Twenty of this number have been executed.
Statement of the number of Criminal Offenders in his Majesty's
Gaol of Newgate' who were execute/ in the year 1819, and
the nature of the Crimes for which they suffered.
Murder - - - 1 Uttering forged notes
Ilighway.robbery - 6 Stealing Post-office letters,
Burglary - - 2 containing Bank-notes
Housebreaking - - 1 Cow-stealing
Stealing in a dwelling-house 4 Sheep-stealing
Unnatural offence - I
Forgery - -
t Five of these were

ivieted in the year 1818.

Thui siay, being the Anniversary of the Epiphany,
the. same was observed in the usual manner at the
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. The Church Ser-
vice was performed by the Rev. Mr. HOLMES, the
Sub-Dean, assisted by two Minor Canons. The
ceremony of presenting a box of gold, frankincense,
and myrrh, in imitation of the Offerings of the Wise
men of the East, was performed by Colonel BROWN
accompinied by two Gentlemen Ushers, after which
an appropriate Anthem was sung. The offering of
the gold, myrrh, and frankincense, was made by
Major H. Y. WORTHAM, Captain CHAPMAN, and
Lieutenant-Colonel BROWNE, at St. James's Chapel.
INHUMAN CONDUCT TOWARDS THE CREW OF A
MERCHANT BRlG.—Early on. Wednesday morning,
the 29th ult. the brig Rebecca, J. RICHARDSON, Mas-
ter, of and from Newcastle, laden with provisions,
corn, &c. from Belfast, and bound to Portsmouth,
was run foul of in the Channel, by a large ship run-
ning before a gale ; the brig received the ship on her
larboard quarter, and, froth the violence of the shock,
was laid on her beam-ends, in which state she lay a
full quarter of an hour, entangled with the ship,
whose crew Captain Richwanson repeatedly and
constantly hailed, requesting them to back their sails,
lay-to, and assist them, as they had sustained consi-
derable damage ; be, however, hailed to no pur-
pose, for they had no sooner cleared themselves of
the brig than they pursued their course, without
lending any assistance, or even making an answer,
when called on to give the name of their ship, or the
port' from whence they sailed, or where they were
bound for. The brig soon after righted, when it was
discovered that two men had been knocked over-
heard, and were drowned ; they were forced, by the
shock of the ships separating, from the top-gallant-
yard, where they were handing the sails, and not
being observed in the contusion, the unfortunate men
lost their lives:. the Captain had nearly shared the
same fate, having been thrown, with great violence,
against the sea-rails ; the vessel was now making
water fast, which stood in the hold to the depth of
four feet, but, by the great exertions of the crew,
and two or three passengers on board, who kept the
two pumps, and a quantity of buckets, constantly at
work, the vessel was kept afloat, till she arrived off
Brighton, where, to prevent her sinking, she was
ran ashore, at one P.M. the next day. The brig was
then hauled on one side, and some of the cargo re-.
moved; the carpenter loosely caulked her seams
that were open, with a view of getting her off- the
next tide, which, with the assistance from on shore,
was effected ; she was naxt day steered into harbour,
at Yarmouth, where she now lies to undergo repair.l
The Captain, in his Protest, says, that the above
transaction, which occasioned him so much danger
and difficulty, and deprived two men of their lives,
cannot be attributable to ai:cident, but design, as it
caul;•', easily have been avoided, if the ship had shewn
the least disposition towards assisting him to escape
it, when lie hailed and apprized them of the perilous si-
tuation in which he was placed. The greatest•praise
is due to the Captain and his crew for their perseve-
rance in saving the cargo and the brig.