The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-02 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

OBTAINiNG 'GOODS LIMIER • Fat, E Pi/ kTENCES.--On Wed-
nesday, at the Police-office, a man named James Lowrey.
dressed
,in ,shabby black. was placed before the magistrates
charged with 'having obtained goods of various tradesmen, con-
sisting of table knives and forks, tea and coffee pots, boots and.
shoes, Ste.. by representing himself as the servant of Mr. Voel-
ker; of St. Domingo House, and as sent by him for the articles.
-Mr. Richardson, of Postoffice-plaCe, deposed that on Monday
last the prisoner came to his shop, bringing a note purporting
to be from Mr Voelker, and requesting to have a dozen and a-
half of table knives, a tea-pot, and a coffee-pot, which he gave
to the prisoner. Mr. Gibson, the brother in law of last witness,
deposed to the prisoner coming to his shop and handing to him
a note purporting to be from Mr. Voelker, wanting a tea and
coffee pot and some knives to be sent to him. He showed some
of the articles required to the prisoner, who said they would do
very well. He, however, suspected him, and told him he would
send the goods up at night, that he had not got them ready.
Another witness, a boot and shoe maker, deposed to the pri-
soner hating gone to his shop on the 16th instant, and ordered
a quantity of boots and shoes for Mr. Voelker, for which he
brought a note. He let him have three .or four pairs to try,
which he took with him. As soon as he was gorte, he suspected
all was not right, and sent up to. Mr. Voelker's, who said he had
never ordered any boots, nor was the note in his handwriting. He
had never seen the prisoner since until now. Mr. Voelker was
examined, and deposed to the whole of the letters being fabri-
cations, and that he had never authorized the prisoner to obtain
any of the articles in question for him. The prisoner had been
in-his service about five years before. Several pawnbrokers-
were called, who produced the stolen articles, and deposed to
having received them from the prisoner in pledge on the days
on which they had been stolen. The prisoner had nothing to
say in defence, but begged for mercy. The informations were
ordered to be taken for his trial.
Dtson DER LI ES.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, a great
numbecvf disorderly women were brought before the magistrates
charged with annoying and interrupting gentlemen in the streets
the night before. Several were committed for seven days
where the case was clearly proved. The officers have orders to
apprehend the women in all these cases. This will perhaps put
an end to this.nuisanee, no gentleman at present being able, in
an evening, to pass down any of the streets without being
AtirjeCted 'to continual and disgusting annoyance. from these
wretched. creatures: .

INFoitmATIoNs.--Yesterday, at the Police-office, there were
no less than 70 informations against car-drivers, &c., and for
obstructions on the footwalks, 41 of these were for obstructions
in Stanley .street, and Mr. Venables was engaged for the de-
fendants. The Whole of these obstruction cases were adjourned
until two o'clocic.this day, Mr. Hall being engaged in the
licensing court. .It is expected that one case will decide all.

APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF COINERS.

This case, which has excited considerable interest froM the ex-
tent of the operations of the gang, and which we before have
noticed, was heard before Mr. Harvey in the magistrates' room,
on Tuesday last.
Crewe and Son attended to watch the proceedings on
behalf of the prisoners. The prisoners whose names are Edward
Simon Arnett, Elizabeth Arnett, his wife, and Isabella Arnett,
his sister, appear to he members of a faintly of coiners who.
have extensively carried on their nefarious occupation for a
number of years past in various parts of the country, and have
one by one been detected. So early as 1822 one of the family was
convicted of coining, at Beverley, and since then at several other
places. Some years ago Arnett and his wife resided at Hull,
coining and circulating there to a great extent till they were
obliged to decamp to avoid detection, and from thence they
came to this town. The wife of Arnett is a daughter of a per-
son who keeps a beer-shop in this town. Another member of
the family who is now in custody, under suspicion of being a
receiver, has long carried on a steady business as a shopkeeper.
After residing in various houses in the town from which they
had removed to avoid detection, the prisoners for some time
past have occupied a house No. 62, Virgil-street, which they
have furnished in a most sumptuous and splendid manner, and
were looked on by the neighbours as respectable people. This
mansion they have for some time past made their grand manu-
factory of counterfeit sovereigns, half-sovereigns, crowns, half-
crowns, and shillings, their warehouse for the manufactured
article, and theirstorehouse for such stolen plate as has been
given in exchange for base coin. In one of the tipper rooms
was found upwards of £3OO worth of plate, besides a number of
gold and silver watches. Two-hundred andi seventy-oneounces
of this plate has turned out to be a portion of that which was
burglariously stolen on the 3d of June last, from the seat of Mr.
Dawson, near Lancaster, and a considerable quantity more
has been claimed as the property of Mr. Sudlow, solicitor, of
Manchester. -The officers of the mint have had cases of utter.
ing base'toin in all parts of the country in which the coin
passed has been of the manufacture of this family, and it is
estimated that they have carried on a business in this commo-
dity to the,amount.
When the prisoners were brought in, Edward Simon Ar-
nett looked -perfectly unconcerned. He is a little unheal-
thy individual, with much the air of a mechanic, though
he was well-dressed. His occupation, at which he seems to
have laboured most industriously, has affected his health.
Isabella assumed a lofty and theatrical air, while the unfortu-
nate wife appeared to be absorbed in grief. She carried her in-
fant child in her arms, which was neatly and elegantly dressed,
as were both the female prisoners.
Thomas Boothby stated, that he was a clerk of the court of
requests. On Wednesday last he was at Harper's public-
house, at the Mile-end, Scotland-road, at 11 o'clock in the
forenoon. By the direction of Messrs. Parkinson and Ains-
worth of the police, he took a parcel of papers and letters in his
hand and went to the house, No. 62, Virgil-street. He rang
at the door bell, and the prisoner, Elizabeth Arnett, opened
the door. He asked if Mr. Johnson lived there, and without
waiting for any reply entered the passage, followed by James
Ainsworth. Elizabeth Arnett seized him by the collar, and
tried to push him out. After struggling a little she cried out,
" Cut, cut—bolt, bolt." He forced her along towards the par-
lour door on the left, and Ainsworth slipped past him. By this
time Thomas Ainsworth and Mr. Parkinson had come up, and
he delivered his prisoner over to them. She exclaimed, " What
do you want here ? I hope you will_never prosper !"
The other'prisoners having been taken upstairs to be present
during the search, Elizabeth Arnett said to witness, with whom
was Thomas Ainsworth, " come up stairs and I will show you
all there is." They went up to the back bed-room and the pri-
soner removed a large box, from behind which she took up two
counterfeit sovereigns and four counterfeit shillings. These
she put into his hand saying, " there, there!" She then un-
locked the box and gave him two watches, one of silver and
one of metal. On the chimney-piece witness saw a small paper
parcel, which, oir examination, he, found to contain 14 half-
sovereigns, all ready for circulation. By the direction of James
Ainsworth, be took the prisoner down stairs, where they saw
Isabella. The prisoner was weeping, when the former ex-
claimed, " Never, mind ; the capital is taken off. It might
have been worse—we know the worst of it—we shall all go to-
gether." (By the capital the prisoner meant, that the offence
was no longer capital which it was until lately.)
James Ainsworth stated, that Mr. Parkinson and he went
with certain officers to Harper's public-house, at Mile-end.
Having arranged their plan of operation, they directed police-
officers Flockart and Thursby to get permission to pass through
the house, N0:63. Baothby was then despatched as a postman,
as then stated, and otherofficers were placed at the front and
bards of the hunse. ' He followed Boothby into the house, and
passed the kitchen. As he entered, he heard sonie one cry out,
Fly, fly—cut, cut !" He found Isabella there,- and on look-
ing forward into the yard, he saw the male prisoner attempting
to make his escape! Flockhart was getting over the wall which
divided the garden ,'.of No. 63, from the house in question. Wit-
ness ran obilitiirtook the man into custody, and delivered him
over to-Mr. Parkinson..
He then went up stairs to examine the rooms.' When he
:went into the hack room it was very hot; in the grate was a
very large coke fire, with an iron blower suspended before it;
the blower was red hot; he took it down, and the fire was at
a white beat. In a few minutes Mr. Powell and Mr. Parkin-
son came up, having brought the prisoner to witness the search.
In the middle of the room stood a large deal table; on it was a
quantity of black founder's earth, two bad half-crowns, rough
from the mould, twelve good shillings, highly polished, used as
patterns for the moulds, two wooden patterns for channels for
the moulds, a box-iron, round at the bottom, for crushing the
earth, a thick board for the same purpose, a silver caddy-spoon,
and part of a silver tea-spoon, a small pair of furnace-tongs,
and' two triangular files. In a drawer next to the fire was a
paper parcel containing forty-four counterfeit half-sovereigns
fresh from the mould. All the sovereigns and half-sovereigns
which have been found are made of exceedingly pure silver,
gilt over with gold:
In the seine drawer were found, 8 half-sovereign finished,
ready for gilding, filed at the edges, a jett, seven inches long,
a channel with four newly cast half-sovereigns attached, a
parcel containing 14 other sovereigns and half-sovereigns, in
various states, with a quantity of scrap metal, a small crucible
with metal in it, 14 very highly polished god(' crowns which. had
been used for. patterns, an immense number of counterfeit
crowns, half-crowns, and shillings in various states, a manu-
script book filled with recipes for making amalgams, alloys,
platings, colouring mixtures, &c. for gold and 'silver. On the
floor were aline sieve, a great number of counterfeit half-crowns
and shillings, flasks, 12lbs. of grain tin, six gilt farthings, a
large parcel containing several dozen highly finished half-crows,
carefully folded up in tissue paper to prevent them from rubbing,
a parcel of crowns in the same state, two moulds, one for shil-
;litigs anst ,pne fer„half-crowns, for both sides, each o, which
would cast a dozen pieces at a time, a large bag filled with base
coin of various descriptions in different states. In other parts
of the resins were found fourteen crucibles of different sizes, a
barrel of coke, several flasks, and numerone implements for
coining. Alf the above articles were produced.
• The testimony of Mr. Parkinson corroborated that of Ains-
worth, as .to their first movements. He, however, discovered
in the kitchen, and in the pantry adjacent, a wooden screw
vice, for holding the pieces of coin while they are finished off,
several moulds, one of which was hot, as though it had been
recently used, a marble mortar which contained silver for plat-
ing, several vessels containing various mixtuies, three bottles
of aqua fortis, a bottle and box, of quicksilver, a wire gilding
brush, and• a board • and eork on which various mixtures had
been worked. On the fire was a plate of iron, red hot, and near
it a large Dutch crucible full of earth.

William Flockhart stated, that when he got upon the wall of
the house, No. 63,41 e saw the male prisoner running to make
his escape. He (the prisoner) had nothing on nut his trowsers
arid shirt, and looked as if he were very hot and much agitated.
Witness exclaimed;. " if you move I'll knock your brains out."
The prisoner held up his hand and exclaimed, " Oh for God's
sake don't kill me!" Ainsworth then came out and took him
into custody.
When the examination of the upper room was completed,
Mr. Powell asked the prisoner if he were satisfied. He re-
plied, that he was, and wished to be taken to his wife. He was
then taken down to the bock parlour were the two females were.
The wife was weeping. The prisoner said, " Never mind,
don't fret, old lass, We know the worst of it." Isabella upon
this said, " Oh my mind's perfectly made up,' we shall all go
together." Witness took the prisoner to dress himself, and saw
him put five good sovereigns, and some silver and copper into his
pockets, with a lever watch with a silver chain. These be took

from him. He Searched the other prisoners, and took gold and
silver frOm both' of them. From the wife, Elizabeth Arnett,
he took a lady's gold watch. In a cupboard which 'he searched
he found I 3lbs, of arsenic, lllbs. of regulus of antimony, a bag
of blue-stone, Verdigris, and various coloured ochres.
The case was adjourned at five o'clock, to next day at half-past
nine.

At half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday the examination was
resumed.

Thomas Ainsworth, constable, confirmed the evidence of the
previous witnesses. On his entering
.the house a dog flew at
him, which bit him in the thigh, and was only got off by Boothb y
striking him on the head -with a pair of handcuffs. Isabella
Arnett gave Boothby a quantity of plate knives and forks,, &c.
and watches. She said " she did not care so much for herself
as for her brother, as his constitution was gone by working at
it so, what with the heat df the fire and other things, if he was
injged he would-not livelong."
• Robert Bartnn; etritable.,. deposed to finding 42 counterfeit
half-crowns in a
,pair i)flnsets, -nntler Arnett's bed, offer_
Arnett hint b'e.tri u fttar4 to' &range fill dress after he was

pursue, and on his return announced Mr. Hall's intention of
leaving the case as it stood, till the opinion of. the Attorney-
General had been taken.
Ralph M'Gill, the agent of the landlord of the house where
the prisoners lived, deposed to his taken the house.of him, and
• having given notice to quit the last quarter, as he had some in-
tention of going into the public line.
The examination of witnesses was then proceeded in against
the prisoners, as receivers of stolen property.
Matthew Redder, footman of Dawson, Esq. of .Ald-
winkle, near Manchester, deposed, that on the 'morning of the
10th of June, his master's house was broken open. On getting
up in the morning, he found the parlour window open, and the
paper in which the plate was wrapped up on the floor. On going
into the pantry where the plate was kept, he found the cupboard
open, and the plate gone; it was in the cupboard the night be-
fore. He missed a silver tea-pot, a coffee-pot, tea caddy, 23
desert spoons, two gravy spoons, twenty-four table spoons, a fish
slice, thirty tea-spoon, one dozen large forks, one dozen small
forks, six or eight sauce laddles, a silver tray, tea-pot stand, a
sugar ladle, two pair of sugar tongs, a butter knife, a wine
strainer, &c. They were all marked with a crest of a cat's
head. He had the robbery advertised, and gave information of
it to the Lancaster police. A part of the plate now produced
was his master's; he knew it well.
Mr. John Sudlow, deposed to being a solicitor, at Manches-
ter, and residing at No. 35, Princes-street. On Sunday, the
7th of February last, a robbery was committed at his house.
He left the house in the morning at ten o'clock, and returned
at half-past nine at night, and found the police in possession of
his house. The front door had been forced open with a crow
in -
bar. On going up stairs, he found the drawers his bed-rbom
removed, and lying on the floor broken open. He missed a
silver cup, with an inscription upon it. and his name; a silver
castor frame, marked C. • a silver ewer, marked S. Some
silver table-spoons marked S.; and a variety of other ptate.
A part of the plate produced was the property he had missed.
The constables were then for form's sake, re-examined as to
the finding the plate in the prisoner's house.
The magistrates' table was completely strewed over with orti-
cies of plate, watches, &C., found in the house. ' •
Mr. Crewe submitted that there was no evidence to connect the
prisoners with the robbery. They might have regularly pur-
chased the articles.
Mr. Harvey said they found the goods in their possessien,
and they did not trace them to their hands. He should consi-
der it his duty to commit the poisoners on the latter charge,
and with respect to the charge of coining; they would be re-
manded until the Attorney-General's opinion had been received.
The case occupied until three o'clock.
The father of the prisoner Arnett. who is in custody, Was
remanded until Friday, there not being vet, more than sus-
picious circumstances to connect him with ale other prisoners.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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' taken, which Isabella said he had been at work. at frotti six of criticising the talents of Mr. Montgomery. That the writer
o'el4ck in the morning, and said lie was a very active and_ in- is altogether defi6ient in ref-miming, to convince his readers that
dristrious husband.' He asked the sister where they 'had lived Mr. M. has mere declamation than argument, and mere exv.
befdre they came to Liverpool, and she replied. ". at. Hull, and geratian than force' of lauguage, I think is moat apparent. At
that the police chaps could not have got at them sa easily there, all events,, judging (ruin his own matchless production, he is
for they had' a garden half a mile long, and could, eee them most incompetent to give to Mr. Montgnmery that advice
comitta long before they got to the door." Mrs. A rnett appearea which he so much needs himself, viz. " whenever You write any
very poorly and faint, and desired him to fetch a pint of expression which you think particularly pretty or flue, be sure
and gave thin half-a-crown to fetch it with, which appe4ed to draw your pen across it." Wny did not "R. M. S." follow
very bright as if it had been used for a mould. There wait,tt this advice of Dr. Hincks's, and, acting up to the true spirit of
pianoforte in the room, and Isabella said she might as well it, erase the whole of " Pulpit Sketcher, Ne. I."
have a last tune upon it, and she would give them " Over the The writer of this criticism admits, though evidently with
water to Charley.'
great reluctance, that Mr. M.'s delivery is "earnest ana plea-
. asserts. "that his sermons are carefully written and
o memory, because there are none of those bursts
Helsel!, the officer, deposed to finding a book of leaf silver,
but
.1 n
and a bag containing a large quantity of counterfeit coins of all
risin t t
kinds, in various stages of completion. He also found in g.wieateh and out of the subjects, which show the extempore
various parts of the house a number of the requisite tools fur preacher." How so absurd an idea could obtrude itself into
coining, the mind of this invincible critic, I cannot determine. I think
that he will stand alone in hia opinion upon that paint. There
Mr. E. Powell deposed to being one of the inspectors ap- are such occasional bursts of feeling in his eloquence, evidently
pointed by his Majesty's Mint. In consequence of suspicions . proceeding froni ail intimate knOviledge of the hidden resources
he had entertained for a considerable time, that the prisoners were of the heart—that do one can suspect that they are the result of :
engaged very extensively in coining,as well as in receiving stolen tedious diving for genus of thought, or daazling fanciers: There
plate, he determined if possible to effect their apprehension • is an unstudied calmness in his manner, until a certain point
He did not know their residence. but ultimately succeeded in in his discourse, where his Mind appeara to be itrongly and
ascertaining that they lived at No. 62, Virgil-street, Scotland-'1 irresistibly excited by his subject, in the midst of which, with-
road. Accordingly on the 231 instant he applied to Mr, Hall ' out having any controul over the chasteness of his expressions, for a warrant to search the prisoners' house, which was grant- the nervous diction of the accomplished orator deVelopes
ed, and he then gave directions to Halsall, Ainsworth, and with all that richness of perception, and beauty of imagination,
Parkinson, constables, regarding the search, whilst he re- which at once convince our minds, and excite our admiration.
mained outside to watch the
_result. In about half an hour The earnest sincerity which tinges the whole stirface of his
Ainsworth came to him, and he accompanied him back to the conduct, convinces his bearers that he is an unbotight champion
house and there saw the three prisoners sitting on the sofa in of the faith, and an illustrious example of domestic piety and
the back parlour. He asked and received their names. He virtue; and thathis energetic appeals, and expositions of the
then proceeded into the front kitchen, and found upon a table faith, proceed from an inward conviction that a life of righte-
a mould upon which was impressed the obverse and reverse 4 ousness can alone-prepare us for the world to come.—and that
sides of Shillings, He then went over the house and found jhe is one who practises himself, the conduct he exhorts others
large quantities of coining materials, which he took an account I to adopt.
of. The coins found by the officers and stated to be counter- :As a stranger in Liverpool—as a warm admirer of Mr.
feit, were so, and had all been cast in the moulds. On being Moutgotnery's character and talent—as a member of that holy
cross-exa.mined, witness said he had not ascertained whether Protestant Church, which, after standing the test of ages, still,
Elizabeth Arnett was the wife of the prisoner Arnett or not. at this period of its venerable existence, possesses all the utility
Barton the constable was recalled at the request of the pri- and efficiency of its younger and brighterdays,—.l have though't
sonar's solicitor. He deposed to finding a marriage certificate proper to give publicity to these few remarks, in a spirit of
of Edward and Elizabeth Arnett, and also a certificate of the thankfulness to Mr. Montgomery for his zealtats exertions in
burial of one of their children. They were married in York- j• preaching the true Gospel; and beg to subscribe myself,
shire, on the 16th of September, 1828.
VERITAS.
Mr. Crewe submitted that the wife could not be detained.
Mr. Powell said, that the wife had, from the evidence "been
concerned in distinct acts of uttering base coin,, and that ahe
must stand committed until the opinion of the Attorney-General
had been obtained. His own opinion was, that allahe prisoners
would have to take their trial for the offence.
Mr. Crew then enquired if bail could he admitted for the wife,
and called attention to- herdelicate situation, she being near
her confinement.
Mr. Shuttleworth said the application was premature, :se the
application must be made to the magistrates, one of idiom Must
have signed the prisoner's committal.
Mr. Harvey consulted Mr. Hall as to what course he show!

TO JOHN HOLMES, ESQ.,
Chairman cif the Board of Commissioners under the Paring Scl,4c.

Stn,---Ilowever reluctant I might be to place your name before
the public in the columns of a newspaper, you have left mp. the
alternatieein the present instance of either foregoing that re-
luctance, or of quietly submitting to conduct, worthy certainly
of Mr. Holmes, but as certainly unworthy the countenance of
many estimable individuals who composed the Board of Com-
missioners over which you, by what accident it is not necessary
to inquire, presided yesterday.
When I. waited on the board on that day it was for the pur-
pose of objecting to the robbery that is now being perpetrated
of half the parapet on the east side of Christian-street, which
depreciates the value of the property there fully 10 per cent.;
for the further purpose of inquiring into the ground on which
the opinion for the necessity of that robbery had been based;
and also for 'discussing the question on its merits. to the endthat
the contemplated alteration might not be carried into effect, if
substantial: reasons should be elicited for its abandonment.
So far'hovverer from 'being permitted to discuss the several
points with the board, I was not allowed even to state the case;
but the moment it was ascertained on what business I stood be-
fore you, you, sir, as chairman, in a manner the 'nest ungentle-
manly and summary, stopped my proceeding, dismissed the
case, and called for the next one instanter.
Sir, however much in accordance with your natural disposi-
tion and habits this arbitrary mode of dealing with the applica-
tions of your fellow-citizens may be, I take leave to protest
against it ; and think it quite time to put the public in possession
of the manner in which its affairs are administered by its ser-
vants. The rudeness with which you repulsed me astonished
me that the board could so far lose sight of its own dignity as to
appoint you to a seat which the want of common courtesy so
eminently disqualifies you to fill, and for the absence of which
qualification the possession of any other requisite cannot com-
pensate. That the powers conferred on the Commissioners for
. Paving by the act of parliament are of so arbitrary and extraor-
dinary a character as to surrise even some of your own mem-
bers, is too true to be denied; but that you should concentrate
the arbitrary essence of its spirit for personal exhibition as
chairman of the board, may perhaps tie a subject fur wonder to
those who cannot boast the honour of a personal acquaintance
with you.
It may be laid down as a principle fairly based upon reason
and propriety, that where the carriage-road of a street is suffi-
ciently wide to admit three or four vehicles to pass abreast, there
is room enough for every business-purpose, and that the remain-
ing space should, however. great, be conceded to the comfort of
the public; or, in other terms, that so soon as the fair and
legitimate claims of commerce are satisfied, the rest ought to
be considered the indefeasible right of the community, fur the
facility and convenience of pedestrians.
Now, the centre or carriage road of the street in question is
nine yards in breadth, which is more than sufficient for any
fourth-rate thoroughfare; and lamat a loss to conceive on
what
.principle a justification can be attempted, for taking eight
feet from the parapet or foot-path to add to a centre or cart-road
already nine yards broad. If the excuse be (and here I am
obliged to beg the question, not having been indulged with the
shadow of a reason by your board) the expense of flagging so
great a width as the original parapet, the answer is, then flag
such a portion of it only as will equal the breadth now deter-
mined on, without reducing its dimension, and let that portion
intended to be flagged, he it two or more yards, commence from
the curb-stone, leaving the remaining space to the houses, as it
now is, paved; which would relieve the front apartments from
that gaze of impertinence to which close contact with the win-
dow will expose them. The alteration is unsolicited either by
the owners of the houses or the inhabitants ; it is uncalled for by
necessity, and is perfectly unjustifiable on any one principle
either of expediency or common sense. It is quite manifest
that none of your board can he located in that street, otherwise
we should have heard nothing of the job; and to test the accu-
racy of that judgment which could proceed. to take away. eight,
feet frorn.a parapet that has been approved of for forty years, let
me recommend you to try the principle in some one or two of
the aristocratical localities—try it in St. Anne-street, whereone
of the commissioners resides—or try it in Rodney-street, and we
shall soon see the pulse to rise and the swelling tide of indigna-
tion to set in with a fury that shall rouse the slumbering energies
of your board into activity, and compel it to exercise a sound
discretion, in actual inspection, before it commits itself to the
interested importunities of any individual.
Your refusal to entertain the inquiry is explicable only by
yourself—a censorious disposition might attribute it to a desire
to cloak a flagitious expenditure of a public fund without any
earthly equivalent—or to a supineness of judgment that could
quietly, but criminally, surrender itself to the representation of
some individual interested in furnishing either the materials or
the labour for completion of the job; or to some other equally
reprehensible motive. For my part, 1 shall put no interpreta-
tion upon it, but leave you to offer the best apology you can for
what the occupiers of the houses consider an infringement .of
their rights, and the owners a reduction in the value of their
property; there must, however, be some motive for the proceed-
ing; if it be a valid one, you will perhaps permit me to ask you
to indulge my neighbours with its disclosure through the same
medium that you have compelled me to adept to bring this ques-
tion' before you. If it be an untenable one, you may. perhaps
treat the request with the same supercilious contempt with which
you treated my personal application; but, answer or refuse to
answer, I beg you to bear one thing in remembrance, that this
mode of bringing it under your cognizance is not adopted by me
through choice, but from your absolute refusal to give a hearing
your obedient servant,
to, sir, THOS. RADFORD.
August, 1836. •