The National Register.
London, England, 1809-07-16 00:00:00

JULY 16.

fession, wiidied to obtain a situation under Government; and in
the latter end of last •;ent, he saw an advertisement in a Morn-
ing Paper, that as appointment could he procured ; and the
reference was to the office of Pullman at.' lileylock, in Thread-
needle-street: lie applied, but was to:d. that situation
tlisposed ; hut that they could procure him a Coast-waiter's
pkee in the Customs, which would produce NM per annuli.).
tie saw in his first inter iew "'oilman and -Keylock. They said
it coull be had for two thousand pounils, and it was to be pro-
cured through the infnence of a Lady.: Ile wished to know
whether they would secure him the prefereace.-' They said they
would, on condition he would deposit a small 'win, Ai. which
be did. It wa fa, I tier agreed, that he was to deposit the re-
inail:iug sum of their banker's hands, to be returned to
bin) ii he iti.l not place" Within two months. 'Fie was to
,be introdutcd to the Litly. and he stipulated that Mr. Ilarvey
should go with him. Ai he wit,4 the man who' was to fur:fib:it
the money for P Almon at first said he thought the
Lady would object to it, ha! at. knoll it was agreed that Mr.
I.larvcy was to acco•opauy them. ILt WIS also settled, what was
the form of the receipt w hic h. Mr. e 4:• was to have from the
banker's, which on the Ince of it stated tilt: agreement. On the
14th of January they met nt the banking-home of Snaith,
Sykes, anti W4itsin„ an TI they there saw Nlr. Watson, the de-
fendant. NV:ieo thc receipt nas given to Mr. Watson for his
.rieruial, nun to panels ;• over is for some time, and at
icaT•"l ohserved iC girt tint like to sign, as it disclw-ed an illegal
irati,,wioh on tie lave of it ; and their hoti;e did not like to
ii%e t 0: it names rabiie in swill a trim-action. It was at last
settle.ll:tat I.e-se should take a conaaon receipt, and that
Wat.mo shonlit hove a irtter of instruclions re-peeling the
applica' too of the money, whiff t was, that he was to pay it over
to Polito:in tt td Keyloek, if Mr. ilesse got the Coast-waiter's
ptoe- wit hill two mo!Ilts. Nothing was said in the interview
i Ii Watssni resverting Mrs.•ilarve.,'s share. Theyafterwards
wen• lo the Lady through whose influence the place was to be
obtained. She lived in Crown-court, 'Westminster.—Pollman

ititrodur ed him ac Mr. Iletse, who had agreed for that place.,
and she said it should dime, he should have it. They had
some further. ronvcrqation, in e. hich, t•he told Pollmao that
the had ga:t. 1004. for the l'a•%:nastersiiip. Pollartu replied,
that wa- a good price. In corning home. i'ollman told into that
thy phiee was ol)tained from a Lind of the Treat,ury, one very
near the Duke of P(;rthu;•.l. That the Duke, when he granted
the wa.rrant, knew. tint every t!:iog teas sold, and that he made
30,000 rt. Year by it. ire told him that there was a little tem-
poral-% •r, it to he taken tha: he did not unrehase the place, faat
he cou1:1::,.:-ily swear that, as hi fact he did rat pur7hase the
place, but their intereA. Or indeed he might safely swear
-it another way, as he did not p,:rehase it, hut it was his friend
Mr. Harvey who 'Ed for him, In paint of fact, however, Mr.
Hesse did not get the place at one time, there was a death in the
family of the trcz:,ltry Lord wan lva.i to give it. And at emi-
t her the initi;ry in the 11:!II,e of Coat:nuns was urged as a rea-
son. But the lady saitl. they %%,..;e tn:!,l to want the money
hack it:Po.in, tltey he sure 4:f Ornately having it. 111
rtaswer to a co:est:on Cron) his Mr. Ilesse sail, his
first appliceten l'olt:on was mane bona fide with a % iew of
purehasints.a"vlace, if it were sins:: a one as was legally sale-
ahle ; hat aner h:y untlertro:i thP ::.:a-action, and found it was

to he zt corrupt tritoiaeti:.o, g-tve notice to the Trcaintry,
and by the ditTetions of 0:e ;t ern- (;overnment, he continued
the in•gociation ti ith I enn.ieting- the partie,•.
This bring :!:e e,n-e on t Ir:rt :f Crot:n. his Loraship
thought that the lie!'endaut Wat-oo he acquitted, us it did
nut a in the evi.lcnce that he had any knowledge of :`,lrs.
arve ; every account c:larged him as eompiring s Ith her
aid to procure moue% fai• Coun;el for the other Defend-
ants heiag heard, and sever:Ll secs,' respectable witnesses being
called to Keti locks ca.:rafter, his Lordship stuntned up the
evidence la the Jury, who foond Pullman, Eteylock, and ilar-
vey Guilty, and Watson, the banker. ArOt