The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-09-08 00:00:00

)1: -r 1 ... - „. . 1?. . .. ~... liL EVIDENCE ON THE CORN LAWS. -....- HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY S. PROFITS ACQUIRED BY THE MILLER. Mr. Kennett Kingsford is called its ; and, having been sworn, is examined as follows : What is your profes►ion ?—A manufacturer of flour. What do you mean by a manufacturer of flour ? A miller. How long have you been in that line of business —L have taken an active part in that line of business for the last ten years, in two different establish ments ; I have been in business for myself only four or five years. Where are your present mills ?—Near Malden, in Essex. Where was the other concern ?—ln Kent, near Canterbury. Have you generally ground foreign wheat or home grown wheat?—Both. Have you ground on your own account?---Yes, on my own account, in partnership with another. The line of your business is to purchase the corn and to grind it, and send it to be sold ?--To grind it and send it to the London Market. Can you state to the Committee the relative quality of foreign wheat and of home-grown wheat which , you have ground ?—We do not consider the quality of foreign wheat in general as so good as that of this couitry, particularly that of Essex, which is consi• I dered particularly fine. I The wheat grown in Essex and Kent is supposed to be the finest in the kingdom, is it not ?-1 believe it is, unless it is some that is grown in Middesex and Hertfordshire, that is equal in quality. •• Is there any peculiar quality in the foreign wheat that renders a mixture of it necessary or deSirable for the making of bread do not know that it is 1 necessary, but it certainly improves the qualiiy'of tha-flour; when I speak of the foreign wheat, I speak of course of the best 'quality of foreign wheat ; it differs very much in quality. Can you state to the Committee, what it is in the foreign wheat that renders it desirable to ant► it with other in the manufacture of bread ?—We generally consider that it gives a strength to the flour, which pleases the baker. What do you mean by a strength to the floor ? That the baker is enabled thereby I believe to make a larger proportion of bread from a sack, than he would by flour with which foreign wheat was not mixed. 1. that on account of the supposed dryness of foreign a heat 1-1 cannot speak to that exactly, it is owing to the superior quality which it has ; foreign wheat is generally dryer than English, principally wing, I should suppose, from its being older. Does it not depend greatly upon the wetness or dryness of the season in this country, whether foreign wheat is or is not desirable ?—lt certainly becomes almost necessary, in case of a wet harvest, to use Co reign wheat to make a good sack of flour ? Is the foreign wheat always of this dry quality, or does it not also vary In consequence of the seasons ? —lt varies considerably iu different years ; generally we consider it to be dryer than the average growth of wheat in this country. Can you state to the Committee the difference of price between any given quantity of wheat at market and the same quantity when made into flour and de livered to the baker ?—lf I may draw the line on the present prices, the best wheat would now fetch 10s. per bushel, and the best flour is now selling at 13s. ' per bushel. What quantity of flour does a buskel of wheat produce ?—A quarter of wheat of eight Winchester bushels Me calculate produces five bushels and a half; the best English wheat will exceed that. What would a quarter of wheat of the first qua lity, such as you have mentioned in your previous answer, produce in flour ?—lf it was well manufac tured it would produce six bushels, or rather ex ceed it. What would be the value of those six bushels per bushel at present ?—Thirteen shillings a bushel at this present moment. _ _ Is that answer made on the supposition of the wheat having cost 10s. per bushel ?—Yes. Wuat other produce arises from a quarter of t such as you have already alluded to, besides the six bushels of Hour?—About a bushel of middlings, and about five strikes of bran and pol- lard. What is a strike?--A strike is a Winchester bushel. What is the value of the bushel of middlings?— At this present moment about 7s. That is when produced from wheat of the quality of which you are speaking ?—Undoubledly. What is the value of the five strikes of bran and pollard from wheat of the same quality?—About 3s. for the whole vat present bran and pollard are selling exceedingly low, lower than has been known for many years. What are the general purposes to which the bran and pollard are 'applied ?—The pollard is given to pigs, and the bran used principally for horses and other stock. What is pollard ?—Pollard is the finer particles of the husk of the wheat, similar to bran, but heavier, and considered finer, and some particles of the course middlings are mixed with it. Is the Committee to understand, that a quarter of 14 heat of the first quality, value 80s. produces to vou when resold in the market, for six bushels of flour at 13s. 31.141. ; for ene bushel of midlings 75.; and for five strikes of bran and pollard 35.; making together 41. Bs. ?—Yes. What do you compute to be the outgoings in bringing it to your manufactory and carrying it to market ?—We generally calculate, that the whole of our expense from the mill which is entirely water carriage, and the commission to the corn-factor in London, amounts to from five to six shillings per sack. Can yen state to the Committee, what the expence of carrying from the mill to the market, and the commission, would be upon the several articles of six bushels of flour, of one bushel of middlings, and of five strikes of bran and pollard ?—From seven shillings to seven shillings end sixpence. Whet do you calculate would 136 the expence of conveying the wheat value SOL a quarter to your AIMMEF • NO S'I'ATYSM N. w mill ? We do not purchase that wheat in the Lon- POLICE. dun mnrket, we purchase it at oar own markets, and it is delivered free of expence by the farmers' wag- QUEEN.SQUARE.—Tuetday night, Spoil and pus. I another youth, neither exceeding 14 years of age, If the wheat costs you 41. and the carriage to the were brought 'to this Office on a charge of having ndon market 7s. 6d. does there then only remain committed very extensive depredations iu the gardens sixpence of profit to indemnify you for the grinding of Lord Caltborpe, in Paradise-row, Chelsea, by and manufacturing of it 2—We do not use the best ie taking away great quantities of wall-fruit, and de wheat entirely to make asa of fl our f or the Lou- straying the trees, on the night of th e 4th inst. don market ; we purchase ' wt I Reat of 'a lower quality Lord Caithorpe's gardener stated, that his Lord. to enable us to lower the average price ; which wheat : ship's gardens, of late, had been much beset by gangs we generally purchase in the London markpt. I of robbers, who took away the fruit, consisting of Is there not au expence in conveying this wheat , peaches, nectarines, and other wall-fruit, by bushels; from the London market to your mill ?--Yes, the that they bad nearly stripped many trees, a large expence per quarter is Is. .sd. • luxuriant 'peach tree in particular, which, al- What may be the price of this wheat in the Lou. though it. had been a perfect curiosity from being don market at the time the best wheat is selling at much overloaded, bad only two peaches on it, and, 41. ?—ft may now be purchased at from 60s. to 70s. the gardener added, that the fruit had been gathered It the six bushels of flour which- you have esti- with so much wantonness and so little care and skill mated at 13s. a bushel, composed in part of this in. as to have nearly destroyed many most valuable wall ferior wheat, and in part of the iheat of better fruit trees. On the night of the 4th inst. when his ' quality which you have bought for 41. ?—Yes. Lordship's gardens were again being robbed, he got Can you by any means give to the Committee a a sight of those who were gathering the fruit, and he statement of the profit which arises to the miller, succeeded in tracing the two Prisoners at the bar, upon any given quantity of wheat bought, is.you who had been sent over the walls to collect and bend state, at various prices, for the purpose of making I over the fruit for the principals of the gang, who re !lour of the best quality, the nide of which you at mained on the outside. . 1 r present compute at 13s. per bushel ?—The profit The youths, who now began to have a stronger idea' varies very much according to the season of the year. of the danger of their situation, and pressed by the' When the London market is overstocked with lour, solicitations of their parents, confessed the share the millers frequently do business without any,profit which they had in the business, and expressed their whatever; at the latter part of the year, when the willingness to divulge all they knew of it, and to give power is not so large, and the market not so fully all the evidence in their•power to bring to justi c e the stocked with flour, the profit is to a considerable band who had succeeded in seducing them to commit amount. a crime, in the profits of which they had no partici. Can you state the profits at variouslelsons of'the pation. They accordingly stated, that they had been year, as they have existed for some years back 2—l employed by the gang, which consisted of eight per cannot do it without reference to documents. sons, who resided in the immediate neighbourhood Can you prepare such an account for the Com. of the gardens, to get over the walls by means of mittee?—l could, by rerriug back; but it varies ladders, and to procure the fruit for them. They every year. I had no regular shares of the pro fi ts resulting from For - what number of years can you prepare such an account ?—Having been in business for myself only four years, I cannot go further back. What proportion do the other articles of which you have Token, namely, middlings and bran, and pollard, bear to the flour produced from a bushel of wheat, which costs from 60s. to 7Qs. a quar ter ?--It does not vary materially; but we consider that we get snore offal and less flour from wheat of an inferior quality than from wheat of a superior quality. I - When wheat is brought to yen by gleaners, what proportion of floor do you generally give them for a bushel of wheat ?—We Dever receive any gleaned wheat, ours is not a Kist mill; we manufacture the flour for sale for ow:Wires. State as nearlO4s, yo u can, the proportions of flour, middlings, a4tl brawitul pollard from wheat of an average quality ?-1 should suppose from five bushels and a half to five bushels and three pecks of flour, one bushel of middlings, and there probably Wet be five and a quarter strike of offal. How looehas your mill been established ?—lt is called Beleigh mill, sear Malden; it is a very ancient mill; the present mill has been built only about 14 this system of plunder, they, in fact, only received some few shillings for their trouble. They then gave in the names of the eight persons forming the gang, against whom warrants were immediately issued, and the boys were handed over to the custody of their parents who promised to keep them within doors, and to have them ready to appea► against those of whom they had given this information. Joseph Sadler was cited before this Office for car rying, on the Egham coach, belonging to him, Aug. 12, fifteen outside passefigers, exclusive of the coachman, being three more than the number allowed by the 50th of the King. Cooper proved the fact, and that he in vain en. (mired for the name of the coachman at the White Horse Cellar. Mr. KNAPP maintained that this information must fail, because the driver was the primary object of punishment in the view of the Legislature, and due diligence had not been exerted to discover the driver, for there was no proof of application having been made at the 'Egham coach-office, in Holborn, and the Act meant that the proprietor was not to be sued except the driver bad been sought for without success. ~~ two Prisoners, which he was had seen sew the top of the hou was a bag found which contain, out of the box in witness's back Edward Ain water, the identified the contents of the which he said was iu his box mentioned. Mr. John Clerk stated, that street, aas his property, and Prisoner Woolley to paint it ed llookham to assist him, other persons in the house. committed for trial. MARLBOROLIGII-STREET.--SUSIMada girl le years old, was charged - taining of divers persons linen fully. The Prisoner was an workhouse, and having ascertained &c. was at mangle, she ;list land got it away, under pretett by the owners. Sias was fell , UN toN-HA LL.—On Wednesday' MessrF. Felix Culvert land CO* was chargui him with Mariam a 'am public-house, in Beralmidrey-slrells 1k evening, contrary to the provisions 'OWL The offence was proved, and the 6.. 6d. costs. Another drayman in the employ was tined a similar sum for a similar A baker in the Borough was coast% and costs for having iu h 6 dap a member weight 64 ounces. This being a second offence. the " the full penalty of five shillings forfeited. ELorEmzwrs.—A publican, keeps a public-house in the vale . aJvice at the Marlborough-street terday, concerning a beloved from her family, at the captiactlin. a soldier, who had received hi band's house. He had traced the Bristol waggon, which Reading ; and after that, to ton of Sloane-street. The Lad fused to retire from the company though the husband had promised return. Thus the matter stood , could obtain redress only by About a fortnight since the . the neighbourhood of Rumford husband and six small children ing with her about 501. in cast day last traced to a lodging she was residing with a Serjt... Train. The easy husband requested turn with him, and promise .al forgotten ; this, however, she refu el tAiL • re. turned him 251. of the cash she ha n, and ad. vised him to go home and ma' 'Apnea - comfortable with his children. years. Mr. Az.vi e having contended that the Act made The witness is directed to withdraw. the object pursued for the penalty optional, by ... using the disjunctive or, the driver or poprletor. INSOLVENI' Dirtirlibi COVIIT 1 '- Mr. FIELDING over-ruled the objection, holding that diligence had been used by the witness, and it rte `' . *. could not be proved what exertions the informer bad .R fore Mr. Commissioner P4LJIIS made. But certalely there existed co fair objection Richard Sella was yesterday brought up a second to this information.--Convicted in a moiety of the time for his discharge under Lord Redesdale's Act. penalties, 151. and costs. He was late a publican at Richmond, and had been Thema* Propriltor was sned, on a similar infer remanded till to-day, on the ground that he bad ovation, for conveying, on the Egham coach, on the fraudulently assigned his property to his brewers, 14th of August, fifteen outside pessiengers. . thereby giving them a preference, to the prejudice of Mr. FIELDING, on pronouncing de conviction, on his other creditors. evidence similar to that adduced in the last case, said Mr. Pairice Sawn' appeared on behalf of a Mr. if ever the Legislature should think of passing a new Bishop, to oppose the Prisoner's discharge, con- Act on this subject, he should like to be amongst tending, that the Prisoner could not be discharged i them for half an hour, for in that time he thought he before he had got back the property which he, in I could suggest some new and very necessary clauses. , fraud of his other creditors, had conveyed to Convicted in a moiety of the penalties, 151. and Messrs. Collins, the brewers. In December last, the . costa. • Prisoner possessed the White Hart, at Richmond, li. in the nest information, which was also against' I censed as his own house, at which period the brew. Sadler, for carrying fifteen outside passengers on the ers resorted to a mode of getting their debt, the ac.! 13th August. quiescence in which was fatal to the Prisoner. Find- ! Mr. ALLEY said, that he should try the experi ing him embarrassed with three law-suits, &c. they ' merit which he had promised to make as soon as a induced him to give them a warrant of attorney, un- slight offence occurred, namely, to establish his case der which they afterwards took possession of his . without calling a person from the Stamp O ffi ce to goods. It was a warrant of attorney to operate as • prove the licence, thereby airing an immense deal of a conveyance, giving the Brewers authority to do public time. what Lord Redesdale's Act would not warrant. The i Cooper proved the case, and that there was painted great question was, whether this warrant of atter- ; on the foot-board of the coach, "licensed to carry , uey amounted to an assignment according to the spirit ' not exceeding twelve outside." and meaning of this Act. lie was ready to prove 1 , Mr. KNAPP observed, that the Act required the that every article remained io slain quo l after Messrs 1 coaches to be licensed, and, therefore, that it was Collins took possession, and that Mrs. S. had ever , for the Prosecutor to show that the coach in ques t since conducted the business as usual. Liquors, it tion was licensed. r would appear from the schedule, had been purchased i Mr. FIELDING held, notwithstanding all former , in the Prisoner's name, and the profits arising from cases had been made out by proving the licence, that ; the sale thereof received by his wife. It was clear I with respect to the coach being licensed the Defend- that the warrant of attorney gave the brewers a pre- . ant furnished sufficient proof against himself by the; ference to the other creditors, and that the house and painting on the foot-board. if the Defendant were property had been re-transferred to the Prisoner's not a licenoed coach-master let him adduce evidence wife. This made the proceeding fraudulent on the of that fact, and thereby subject himself to another part of the Prisoner : and till he could get back his offence.--Convicted in a moiety of the penalties, 151. property for his other creditors, he was not entitled and costs, fees of Counsel not being allowed. i to his discharge. . I HATTON-GARDEN.----Benjantin Hookharn it n 4 Mr. PoLr.oca, on the other hand, maintained that Joseph Woolley were yesterday examined before Mr. it yes a warrant of attorney given in the ordinary LEACH and Mr. SELLON, the Sitting Magistrates, process of law, and regular course of business, in charged with stealing a quantity of wearing apparel,, consequence of the threats of Messrs. Collins's Soli.- out of the house of Isaac Clerk, in Leather-lane. 1 citors, and that it was not an assignment, for an as- I Isaac Clerk deposed, that he was a tailor, living signment could only be made by a deed. •in Leather-lane ; that between three and four o'clock Mr. SMITH said, that if the Act were to be so ; , on Wednesday, the 31stif August, be was at work construed, it would become a curse instead of a be- in his front garret, but-being alarmed at the noise of nefit to creditors, as fraud might then be so cosily a bason falling in the back garret, he went to see effected. i what occasioned it, and on his opening the door he ' Mr. Commissioner Pat.stra felt himself bound to saw the Prisoner, Benjamin Hookham, going out at put such a construction on the Act as would prevent the garret window ; witness put out his head to look shabby attornies, who might wish to advise poison- after him, whets he saw the other Prisoner, Joseph -- ---- - era to defraud their fair and Lone' de creditors, Woolley, getting over the roof of the house ; witness ! On Tuesday, G. Hank e:. I , . Upper Thsmehigreet• to from attaining their ends, Ile deemed the convey - looked round the garret and saw a box, belonging to Hannah, eldest daughter of W . MARRIED f 0.. Vernon, Esq. Lark-hall-lodge, ance to a favourite creditor, he the means e hat they Edward Ainwater, a lodger of his, open and the Su:rey. might by which it was e ff ected, to be in violation of p r incipal pe r t of the contents taken away, what was DIED. the Act ; and this case, coupled with all its ciocum. left was thrown about in confusion ; witness ran co A ni u ma g. n 'ld de , r o o ged f h i s s9 ii aajtestCsh,,esrr packet e ? ta pt e . i i r u i tt a n cea Kej h r. ar f l o o rzr 4 l , stances, had too much the appearance of such a con- down stairs and gave the alarm, and the Prisoners the Falmouth station. - , veyance as was forbidden by the Act. But to afford were secured in Charles-street, in a house where they ' on the 28th ult. aged 49, Joha Darell Marti'', of Furniv; ! time for deliberation- and enquiry, he ordered • the were employed in ;miming, from the roof of which ic "' L ' s q* he - Prisoner to be remanded, and brought up again a they gained admittance into witness's house; wit-' --- - 1 LONDON ! Printed and Puta e ished b! D. Lo•ts. ~ s i t I week hence. 1 ne.s l 6 hooting they were secured, went and saw the STAIWIAN Ovlracii. 87, blert-street. . • • T ~j : G~ ~~ 1.-t ..'}_'R. } ~' ._~~ On the first trial, at the 27th of July last, namely, the stop, a witness of the name of was called several times in open the Crown, in order to giveevidence expressions, previous to the straw that the first aggression, , Orange -Yeomen. bl'Ostouets for a very good reasqpibectuse surrounded the - dock, illnd why elvidence, and of its value, to be (already known to be given In on the enquiry at Shercock), preven from coming on die table i— hitched and thou defeated the ends of Justice. Mille fact of Orange Yeomen rising in rebellion against his Majesty's troops and killing his soldiers, we had ontvinstatke some time ago, at a place called Tempo, in the county Fermanagh; bat this is their first at tempt to impede and put down the administration 'of the laws, in contempt of the Court then sitting under the authority of his Majesty's Commission.--- , ( Dublin Journal.) EXECUTION 01P TUE SUAK PARSON.—On Saturday Robert Peacock, alias Thos. While, alias Richard Williamson alias Rd. Thomas, alias Wm. White fseld, alias Wm. Whitemore, on whom sentence of death was passed at the late Assizes at Gloucester, Per forgery (he was found guilty at the last Lent Assizes, but judgment respited), and Geo. Spites, convicted on five separate indictments,— four foe horse-stealing, and one for stealing an heifer,-- were executed on the temporary apparatus over the lodge of the county gaol. Peacock exhibited an tint 'form repentence and resignation, from the time of his conviction to the awful moment of his suffering. Powirfat leterestited'been exerted to procure a resits. don of his sentence; and there is reason to believe, that he had cherished hOpes of mercy till within the last four hours. He bad, during an ithprisottment of 10 months, daily amused himself with writing a journal of his proceedings and devotional engage ments; and this task he continued with unabated composure till within little mere than half an hoot. of his execution ! At intervals, he had likewise rtiployed himself in instructing his fellow-prisoners in their religious duties., and made considerable pro gress in enlightening the minds' of some of thew • To his fellow-sufferer, he was eminently ustful; and, from great obduracy of heart, he brought Idol to a sense of the awful change 'he was about to under go. After coming from chapel, they were engaged for some time in private prayer; and about one o'clock they ascended the platform, where they re mained but a few minutes, wittmat the smallest in clination to address the populace. Peacock, those presence of mind and firmness never forsook him throughout the whole of this dreadful scene, shook hands with Symes, and. with the executioner, to whom he bequeathed a few shillings, which he said would be found in his pocket ; and they were launch. ed into eternity in the presence of an immense num. ber of spectators. , "--;.• • ~, ,• .. . . . -.. ... 1 . . .........4 , r tined :e el : ;fteh inw e i t i bire iv i s p thh irt u y eel w l i t . o b e l e itir : .1- I . '• ''.. lack garret. ~,,, lodger of last witnos. ] ',' bag as his property, *n& .. the morning of th e glad , . ; • hat the house in Charles. nd that be employed the t, and Woolley etnploy. and that there were Tie ' e. The Prisoners wee --Susannah Powell - ill 7 i . ' .. ged with fraud, io ob. -.. . , ten and apparel u n l an . ,- V. ' ti inmate of St. George's; 1 ` ' ;certained where liken,' t . vented a plausible story l , 4 sacs of having been se a t ... ly committed for (141. 1 v a River in the employ,/ • rae satinanartt nn an. •.arorail. a a task ed beer into the re* '; -street. aft !loci o'clock, i n . .-. Wool et the 411.4 aii Pafria. • . . . Defeated was Sad ak % a yor Mesons. Mesas me eo. .., ...-4 Lir offence. .., arictrd iir she penalty of Ell. - lumber of loaves dadaist. • , Magistrates enavieted Maio. i per owe.. The bread w " • f. ; . . .............• n, named Tangftt, who -„1 rale of Berkshire,soogist 4 1 street Police 011ie, yes. •, A - d wife, who had eloped ' • . 'waling age of Afiy, with .. l' his discharge at the hag. li Ki them into London by they had sheltered in at ' .JP --t. a lodging near the bot. Lady, howeve r , h a d re .. - 7' ipany of her gallant, al. - ? nixed forgiveness on he stood, and the husband ' - a civil action. • t • e wife of a tradesman to . •. ord eloped, leaving her .i + , ren behind het, het tak. k r tall. She was on Toes. 7 ' at Kennington, where ' ...• rjeant of the Waggon equested she would roe .. 1 .ati shis . pest should ha .. se refuemi; o :lo, but re. „• i she ha ti t and ad. 4 : ake himseltcomfortable Cavan Assizes, on tit* e King v. Itollert John. x . Of BRYA9PGEOUGIII, open Cottrry , part of I t . ' w ent . o iv f Prisoner's '' *.i s riot ; an 40 demon, ' . • , J . I. was cow ky the i. ,•'••i.' us did not ' and 1 4 .: ' use the 0 ' that •I c ho were aware of the be given by 'thee wit ' ' • , ry him before Mr.:Join,- prevented 111% EoUCE y itched him out of Court, of Justice. ' or the fact in rebellion against his . .1 y „n =MO 1 01: • 74'4,