The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-08-27 00:00:00

LAW INTRLLIGENCE.
COURT or CLIA2?4 FazoAt Ave. 11.
The tnji rj esiawczcLoisi sat In hht private roam, and, as we
understoodi darned wane of the resnaintag jukcitints.

POLICE.

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Ai&wattia-florreit, At•o. 241.-. A &feign gentleohlit, who has
been dabbling in Shares with these/condi which taiddliy analta thews
who are determined to Make a rapid fortune by dealing* do tte
Suic): Exchange, applied to the Laid Mayor fof runistrince lh ir...-,
chaining his property from doe tif the members:
He Stitkii, thdt be had some time ago purchased de Ayes in the
Manchester Equitable born Company, having received awsuranced
(ram those who were immediately interested that ft Seisr/if at d
good thing. This raltlable purchpse he made at half potent.
premium, and lie thought that it ws,ald be well *cutest, and erbu!l
yield to him as Much as would make him comfortaffie for lite.
He kept them for some months in this expectation, epithet!! tepid.
ing the fluctuations which they experienced in the !hearth Hu pal
tience could but. howeyet, lest to eternity. lle fottna that Corn,
panics which came out with every whit al High ti thdracter as tbd
Mancheitet Equitable Loan Company, tette dally Worked up to d
premium, after which they suddeqly dropped to a dialcunt t and
he aseertdintil kbat they were dot likely ill file td the high elevatiu3
which he had Leen to frequently contemplating; lie, therefore;
resolved to sell oiit, without Intending to venters in any other of
the speculations which daily made their appearance, and authorised
his broker, who is a Jeff, td let flit abates gd dt a quarter dis•
count. The broker went into the mdtket, but instedd of selling
the stock in a quarter, he diepoled of it at three.quarteti discount.
The applicfnt, who had given his directions very distinctly, re-
fused to take that price, as the broker in. such cases was fanny&
saddled with the difference bet*etn the ptite dot Upon them by
the owner and that at rhieh they Have been told. " Very
-well,'
said the broker, " I'll get you ynur bwn Ages again." Hasa:at
afterwards delivered td the applicant 40 shares !n the Manchester" •.•
Equitable Loan Company, but as they were not trahsferabli-
(Shares, they wets not con4ertible to any pthfliable use in his batlike'.
lie accordingly refused to keep them, and his broker 'diked
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supply him frith othete, or to pay hitt at the rate o' a charter
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share discount. tinder these circumstances, it had been thirugh .••,•
necessary to submit tb the Lott! Mayor the partletildri of tom'
transaction, as the applicant 'modified the chat:a-ter of the broke!
was concerned, And as he supposed It would be skeletal to ask thd
interference of the Committee in a ease of the kind.
The LORD 31ATOR asked whether the broker *id dne. ef thi
incite appointed by the City.
The applicant believed he *II. • .
His Lordship said the conduct 6f the brad., if it had heen cbt4
reedy represent , was disgraceful in the extreme, and, no doubl
would be Myra! tail Ani penithedi He advised the applicant t .
write (if the di eridant pfeted to be tills of the tweltej aft accoun
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of the transaction td the Court of Aldermen, *his He Had nd doubt. .•
Would summon him before theft, anti dettiand an etplamitioo j
and if it proved not satisfactory, dismiat him alt dgether. •
The applicant said,, he should not wish td do any in,hift to hid
broker, and that he Would think no more of the Matter, if he sue:: ~:
exerted in getting back hit own shard; de the pries flit Whith he in&
tended to part with then.
The LORD MAYOR told him; that If the Urolter'i tdndtict dist •
ndt come Within the cognizance of the Court of Aldermen, a come
plaint to tile Committee of the stock Eitchange would, he doubted
not, be attended with proper effect. His Lordship reecitnmended
an immediate statement of the faett to the Committee by' lettef:
Some gentlemen who are acquainted with the system of •• Coln::
puny-making," told hig Lordship that a curious detail of the plans
and proceedings of those Whb favoured the ptiblie With ad many
ways of amassing ineghlustillik wealth, would probably be laid be-
fore him in a few days.
His Lordship declared that He ebtiut net tele Up It nensjittper
wlthodt bursting lntd ISUghter at the extraordinary intfititude of
new speculathint. When the rage was at its height he had receiv
eel as many as five or Six applications amlay to content to betome a
director. At length, he found it n,feelllitry to &Meet the pfolectorl
by handing to emery one d•ito solicited his name td any nett echeind
a letter for admission to St. Luke's, as he could riot In a mord
pointed manner express his opinion iff tile thank with Which they
were aMicted. That mania was now, he believed, nearly at an ends
A man :lathed Brooke, wild is is the ertiploYnickt ot 3iessrst .•
Barclay and toting:tiny, was brotisht delete thd Lord )Mayor;
charged With having obliterated the name of that firm from thd
window shuttet ,of the Sugar Liar' pub-house, Queen-streets,
contrary to the Act Of the Ist of George lII', wind:Only called the
Trespass Act.
Air. Hottga said to the tomplainani, " I daie idy 31estrs.,
Barclay and Perkins are not to be yosit brevets, and the know it."
Complairiant.—That's the fag- I intend to deal with 31r.
Hoare; tut they Were not theeefilre justified in rubbing chit the
name for which my money paid.
The prisoner said he had daubed out the oath, elf lilt' rhaters at
their command. All publicans in the trade entered into a contract
fof the removal of the name at the Win a the flrdi, Without sub.
jectlng thei„ to any action, dr dther proceeding,
The LORD 51&yoa &defied Mr. Curling, who teemed indig;
flint at the obliteration, not to go to law alien did subject, and disk
misted the prisonet.
tACILI TIES fiGfil SWifialibil/lfri:
Otrtgt•ttitt,'Atitturr 26.-:In addition to the robberies Of
'servants upon thee employer, new of such frequent trecurrente, it
case of that detcriptiorr at this office disclosed another System
of nefariona practices, which it is td be feared is by no meting
confined to this individual instance.
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A very genteelly-dressed young man, who staled hia name Hemp
Greenaker Wholl, *di brought up before Mr. Alderman Christo-
pher Smith, charged *kit fobbing his matter, Mr. Wm. Barlow,
of Bull's Head-court, Newgate-street, and Oodliman-street, Doc.

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