The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-05-07 00:00:00

POLICE OFFICE-MARLBOROUGH-STREtT.

ATTACK ON " VESTED RIGHTS."—A brace of chimney-
sweepers, bedizened in all the customary finery of a May-
day gala, were brought before Mr. Dyer, jun. charged
with begging in the public streets.

The policeman averred that he saw the defendants-
cutting sundry saltatory capers to the the primitive har-
mony of the soot-brush and shovel, in Regent-street, and
afterwards presenting a capacious ladle to the admirers
of May-day gymnastics for the purpose as he verily be-
lieved of compassing.an alms. The policeman further
affirmed that the elder of the masqueraders thrust his
mystic spoon in at a carriage window with the same
unlawful design, the other defendant at the same time
aiding and abetting, by perpetrating a clatter upon his
shovel.

The "ladle-bearer" indignantly protested ag,ainst,the
present unconstitutional attack upon his "vested rights."
The custom of soliciting the eleemosynary bounty from
patrons of the.:, Arts" had existed time immemorial,
consequently Ins rights being founded on "-prescrip-
tion,' was as indefeasible as any other right held upon
the same sacred tenure. Moreover, be laid claims to
certain " hereditary" immunities and honours arising
from the possession of the title, dignity, and emolument.
attached to the office of " Jack in the Green," and as he
had paid his "footing," which was equivalent to pur-
chasing the fee-simple of the profits of the office, it cer-
tainly could be constructed into nothing less (if the pre-
sent charge was admitted) than an attack on private pro-
perty, unless some " compensation" was contemplated.
_ _

Mr. Dyer, jun, being of opinion that the offence im-
puted to the defendants did not bear the construction
placed upon it by the policeman, ordered them to be dis-
charged forthwith.

DEPARTURE OF COSTER FOR BOTANY BAY.—The Lord
Mayor received an intimation that Coster had, in consequence
of an order from the Secretary of State, been sent on'Satur-
day morning at eight o'clock from Newgate, to the ship Cum-
berland, at Woolwich, previously to his voyage for life. Coster,
it was stated, appeared for some flays very impatient to know
what was intended to be done with him, and expressed great
displeasure at the suddenness of his removal. The Mayor
stated that he was given to understand that he came in for
very severe condemnation from Mr. Coster, who was evidently
of opinion, that if Sir Peter Laurie had not been in the chair,.
there would have been no committal, to say nothing of a con-
viction. His lordship observed that he had received letters
from all parts of the country on the subject of the downfall of
Coster, and he was anxious to give a general answer to his cor-
respondents, which was, that he should be indefatigable in his
exertions to pull down the swindlers and midnight .plunderers
with which London abounded. He expressed a hope that Cos-
ter would arrive safe at his final destination, for he was con-
vinced that the ingenuity. of that extraordinary depredator
would be exercised in devising the means of escape. Coster's
object was, his lordship said, to get off to Boulogne, where
there were, as he had been informed by unquestionable author-
ity, many English swindlers who would be glad to receive him
amongst them. Mr. Hobler said that the French authorities
never would allow such a dangerous person to remain in that
country. The Lord Mayor said he was glad to hear it. Aud
he could tell the French authorities that there were several
swindlers in Boulogne whom he should wish-to see there., His.
lordship stated that he had learned several particulars of Cosier
which the convict himself did not deny.

TonAcco.—The duty on this item of luxury with the sterner,
and abhorrence with the softer, sex, amounted last Near to.
£3,090,270, of which Ea gland paid £2,146,142, Ireland £ti52,436,
and Scotland £201,392. More than orre-fourth of the whole duty
was paid by Liverpool alone, viz. £829,154, which was £13,0213
above the amount paid by the London importations on the
article, iu its various shapes of tobacco, cigars, and snuff.