Star.
London, England, 1829-10-16 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER COURT OF REQUESTS.

A BARKING ISRA AB RAIIAM V. ABRAHAM.
—The parties in this case ware, as may be supposed. Israelites ;
and though of the sane stogoossen, were not et all related ; but for
the sake of our readers understanding the matter, we must desig-
nate them as senior and junior. The latter was plaintiff, and his
demand was for let 4s. sd. wages, Etc. He stated that he had been
hired by the defendant, his namesake, at Is. a week and his wages,
as he called it, for which he was to " bark" at the door of his mas-
ter's ready-made and second hand clothes•shop, somewhere in the
vicinity of the Haymarket ; be was moreover to have a week's
warning or a week's wages; and over and above all this splendid
saliry and excellent keep, he was to have sixpence out of the pro.
fits in every case where be could " lay it on" to the amount of
seven shillings on any one garment ; and part of his claim was for
four good and lawful sixpences, " honestly" earned by him in his
avocation of barker. For five weeks the ancient Abraham had
well and truly paid him his wages ; but on the Wednesday even-
ing of the sixth week, Abraham the younger had occasion to go to
the Commercial-road, and, as he said, had permiasloo to do so ; but
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upon his return at " half at ter ten " what does his lord and master
do but turns him oat into the street, and would neither pay him his
wages, nor hand over the aforesaid sixpences; his account stood
thus : One week's wages
Ditto lit lieu of warning
Four days'" whiles." at Is.6d. &day 6s. Od.
Commission on four fiats noodled, at
the rate of 6d. on each 7s. profit La. Od.
Paid for his supper one evening when
the Abrahams had company. and
his was dispensed with Os. 4d.
Cash lent .

4s. 3d.
Hume himself could not have stated a financial matter more mi
mutely ; and the older Abraham was called on to say whether the
account was correct? 4. No, bless you," was his concise reply;
but though be was thus far brief, he presently showed he bad not
the talent of saying " many things in few words" for himself ;
wbUe his daughter (who was as fine as rouge, roses, and an immense
bonnet could make her), and the turned-off junior kept up a per-
petual jargon. He bad been a bad boy—would go out of an taco.
ing—leave or no leave—was saucy—in short, he was " black as
Erebus," and anything but what he ought to have been. Miss
Abraham too, with a lisp, that to be admired most be heard, beg-
ged to assure the Court that on one particular evening, when her
" papa" was out, his namesake thought proper to absent himself,
in spite of her remonstrances, and uncaring for her loveliness ; and,
ruthless boy, left her to the indelicate duty of putting away the
breeches, and other second-hand things, " better as new," and to
shut op the shop with her own fair hands.—The Commissioners
were, as a matter of course, deeply horrified at the degradation of
the fair daughter of Israel ; but as it was confessed that one week's
wages were due—that the sixpences also had been righteously
earned, and not paid—that, moreover, be did " turn out," and pay
for his supper, un the never-to-be-forgotten night when Duke's-
place had been invited to the Haymarket; and that the penny bad
been certainly lent :—the Commissioners, probably by way of pu-
nishing him for leaving a lady to shut up shop, docked the Bs. for
warning from his demand, and awarded him 16s. Sd. for which
Abraham junior thanked them, and retired.
EXTRAOithinAltY fIDE.—The strong north-
east wind whkh prevailed on Wednesday bad the effect of causing
the waters of the river Thames to rise several feet above the u.ual
level at high water that afternoon, and several streets in Wapping,
Rotiserbitite. and also in the lower parts of Westminster, were
completely inundated, and the cellars of a great many houses were
filled with water in consequence. At the time of high water.
Wapping-street, near Execution-dock, resented the appearance
of a canal, and boats were rowing about, the same as upon the
river, and the inhabitants of the houses were unable to move out
of doors, till the return of the tide. Considerable damage. we
have beard, has been caused by the overflowing. of the river in
many places on the banks of the Thames. The tide has not risen
so high for some time past.
About four o'clock yesterday afternoon, a horse in a
plasma, in which were Mrs. Clarke, of Battersea, an elderly lady;
ber female attendant, and a grooM, took fright neat the Skip pub-
lic-house, Lambeth Stairs; and plunged into the river ; the groom
was thrown into the water. but saved himself ; the female attend-
ant caugbt bold pf a bargr.bawse, but VIAICPIAPc4ed to let go Itcr
Imld. and fell into the ,framer; she was believer erred by a young
man slanted Read. Clirke remained In tier seat, with her
head just above the water, mist was providentially saved by Mr.
Smkh, jun. who caught her round the waist ; the females were
put to-bed at the Ship, and may attention hewn them. The
horse was saved by cutting the traces.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.