In consequence of a petit...
The Times, 1824-11-08T00:00:00

In consequence of a petition to the Earl of Harewood, the Lord Lieutenant of this- Riding, from the prisoners eornfined for debt in the gaol of- the prison belonging to the Court of Requests at Bradford, four magistrates, attended by a number of the cotnmissioners, visited that gaol on Tbursdav, the 27th ult., when the situation of the debtors was found to be very deplorable, and one of them was ac- tually in irons! On. inquiry, it appeared that this punish. tnent had not been inflicted by the gaoler, but by the bailiff, who, thoungb he does not live near the prigop; was accustomed to lock up the door, ant take the key With bim. It is proper to add, that the unfortunate rsan thus manaded, could be confined here for no other ofTence than because he could not pay a debt under 40s. Orders were of course instantly given to take off his irons. The superintendence of this prison does inot belong to the ma- gistrates, but to the commissioners; and it is hoped that the facts now brought to their knowvledge will render them in future more vigilant than they have hitherto been in the discharge of this part of their public dluty. We very much fear that a great deal of oppression is frequently practised in soine of these pettv prisons, and do earnestly recommend that those whose duty it is to see to their regu- lation, both at Bradford and elsewhere, wrill be frequent in their visits, and minute in their inquiriea.-,Leeds Afercury. NOVEL MODEs or EJECTIiENT.-On Saturday a gen. teelly drssed man, with a broad red face, in which there wAts a great mixture of good humour and simplicity, came running into the outer office at Hatton-garden, soon after the Majistrates lad ta'ken their places, and, big writh the importance of his missiosi, deinanded entrance to the Justice-room. The; offcer- in waiihig, as iri the general rule, demanded his business. before introductioii. The man paused for soine time, as if in pa finri? - i to bomplor ret, -eer, atiengthhesaidlhe wisbed ertiy aeg..tastates' advice oi a matter of troma conasDee, Be Was a householder in the pariah of J ames, GlerkenwEtiJd let out part Of his tesemient in furnished lodgig*' .Tn CIeskna .t terations in contemplation, he-was about to pull a6,iwk the hse, and iccordingly serted notice to quit on she -lodgers. all of win Obeyed it, -with the'excapion of one persoa a testv eld mirden l\y, an& she set him altogetheratdefineo ing eveoul raidther e buried in the ruins, than be expelled fIre n dpa.mnt that sbe hadnot quitted for six yeas before. Nctice afte nFtice wasserved;- but no ngtie-wbztever did tibe take of them, znd the. object of b:e application-to th;c algistrate was merely to learn lihat ntxt coarbse be Fhoulladopt in ti singular predicamt. ,NWhv," relied tiC officer, udoble the rent; thle liagistrate can giveyou no tier m;- viee,neither have they any power to intersere in your cr.se. DNubia he ant," echoed the man, " I have done that already, but i tc' Ten, said the efflicer, " I don't knowo-uhita uilL" 'he applicant paused, somewhat disconcerted, and thenexlaumnedi n e ,nneas-eiutone, Yncould'otrullheroute could you?" '* No.in. 1ed9, said the offcer, I dare not." AEother pause cnsued,which Wag at length broken by the bewildered landlord-" I have it-that is, iff shelw alloWs it." The officer looketl on interrogaterily, and thenman resumed. " Suppose I begis to pull down the honse, and that the old ladyshould bappeaito be hurt or killed, or any thiP& of that sort, woulj X be rhargeable in law for the conequences of her own Pertinacity i" Tl officer and every one round smiled at the proposed mode of ejectment. "1 N1ouald I, think you ?" repeated the querist. " Indeed, I think not," responded the officer; if the old lady find the bricb and morter once coming down, i'll answer for it that sbe turnls On." - Then " said the overjoyed landIord, as that tot likly to be thejcase, i'll set the men to work this mi. nutle, and if' she lkes to bury herself 1eneath the ruins, it an't any fault of mine, for 1 took advce before I began." IAdvertiseraent.j.It may be proper to state, that Dr. Vetch, physician to the Charter-House, now a candidate for the oifice of physician to the Royal Irfirmary fbr children, is nt, aw has been erroneously su posed, Dr. Veitcli of the n3avy, who is, or has been> connected With ^ lunatic asylumn .