The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-17 00:00:00

TtlE STATESMAN;

but clamour and opprobrium ; rather than silently
acquiesce in the prostitution of the Thanks of Patlia-
ment,--to the prejudice of the interest and the honour
of the country.
44 Gentlemen, When I was conveyed to what is
called the Strong Room of the King's Bench Prison,
which has been my shale (or these three last weeks, I
was assured by the Marshal that it was, only intended
to detain me here a very short time, until the apart-
ments over the lobby of the prison could be made
sufficiently comfortable and secure for my reception.
I am now informed that after much preparation, he
has succeeded in rendering the promised apartments
sufficiently comfortable, but not sufficiently strong;
and therefore that I can only be permitted to inhabit
them on certain conditions, with which I cannot
honourably comply.
‘‘ If the best method of preventing en escape is to
deprive the prisoner of the use of his limbs, the damp
and pestiferous cell in which I em now incarceraled,
'is undoubtedly constructed on the true principle of
security. In my opinion its situation and climate
are 'adequate to the suspension of every asuseelar
faculty in a period of about two months, and of the
vitalprinciple in fess than three. Whether my persece-
cutors are calculating on this kind of termination to
what they are pleased to call the sentence of the law,
which has yet more than two more months to
run ; or whether they would rather reserve me
for the consequences of fresh prosecutions, which
I am told are in embryo, I do not know : but
this I know, that an escape from this place is not for
liberty alone, but for life.

" Strong Itoinn, King', Bench, April 12, 1915."

To rue EDITOR or m STATESMAN.

Stn,—As your truly independent Paper may be
called the champion of personal liberty, lem sere
yow.will pardon me when I entreat that you will
devote a corner of it to a subject which peculiarly
interests the safety and welfare of many unfortunate
individuals. Last Session of Parliament a Bill was
brought forward, and, I believe, twice read in the
House of Commons, "fur the better Regulation qf
Private Iliad-houses:" I have very attentively pe-,
rused that Bill, and have the most sanguine hopes
that, if passed into a law, it will peevesit many
gal and shameful abuses which have existed in those
private establishments for mint years. The half
yearly visits of the Commissioners selected by the
Society of Physicians is quite inadequate to the pur-
poses intended by the Act of the fourteenth of the
King.
Not withstanding the very good effect which the in- i
tended new Act would produce in preventing the im.
prisonment of persons improperly, and in the due
regulation of private Mad-houses, I regret to say
that it remains without further notice.

I trust this letter will meet.tbe eye of some inde-
pendent Member, who may be Indueod, from me•
tines of humanity aid joatfee, to forward the Bill So
the House of COmmotir.
I asp, Sir,
Your constant Reader,
April 111. 1815. J. J.

Lila' INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF 7[;sO's

This was an action,oo,a Policy of Intumuce on A
carpi from London to ra
,Demera. The ,vessel was
taken by an Atnerion, and stripped of its crew, to
the number of twenty:three. She was then retaken
by his Majesty's• ship Charibdit, and carried into St.
Thomas's. And the present. action was brought to
recover an average from the,sale of .bar cargo there.

ATTORNEY.GENEItAN iM support :Of tile Inch
Lion, contended, that every thing had been done by
the Captain which could be done tq him, to procure
a crew to manage the vessel at St. Thomas's, but that
it was impossible. Why did he not pay the salvage,
it might be said? How could he : he was a stranger
to every person there. He applied to a person of
character, of the name- of King, and by his, advice
he had it sold at the best possible price, producing
an average loss of 261. per Md.
Lord ELLENTBOIWEGII—IIe arrived at St. Thomas's
on the 121 h October. He immediately after ,took
measures for selling the cargo. On the 16th of that
month he had got a decree for selling at Tortola,;nd
on the following day returned to St. Thomas's, where
the sale took place. About three days afterwards he
goes to Vera Cruz, where, and at Tortola, he pro-
eared as many men as were sufficient to navigate his
vessel; at all events, it was a question fit for-the
consideration of a Jury, who had determined it.
Mr. Justice BAILEY said, no attempt had been
made, either at Tortola or Vera Cruz, to get a crew
previous to the sale; and yet the Captain contrived to
'let a crew in I few days after.—Rule refused.