The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-09-25 00:00:00

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R.%PACITY OF PORTERS.
MASstON•lloU.ll6.—Yeeterilsy *View Reed,
ticket.porter of the city, was brought before the
Lone MAYOR, upon a charge of having acted is
most insolent and outrageous manuer.
Tho Complainant, Mr. Anderaon, stated, that
he
arrived at the Tower.stairs, on Toestsy night, in
the Margate steam-host, and be way landed by a
regale, waterman, who had agreed to hied the lee
gage, sad with the asslatsoce of the Cnroplainant's
footman, „place it safely In a coach. No sooner.
however, bad the beat reached the shore, than they
were surrounded by a gang of fellows, coosissing of
about a dozen, who insisted upon the eselssive tight
of carrying the parcels, and actually seized those
which were in the bands of the footman, oho walked
to the coach empty handed. There were WIWI smell
parcels amongst the porters, and those who had none
to carry became exceedingly absolve and celled the
Complainant a shabby humbug. Upon getting to
the coach, the Complainant gave the gateman .1..
in the espectation that he would settle with the ',M-
aass porters. The alderman, however, so sooner
got the cosh than he disappeared, leering she Com-
plainant surrounded by the porters, who swore they
would not trove him until be paid them for their Is.
boor. Ile got into the coach, bet could sot 'scope
tersecition by that or soy other means. The por-
ters laid hold of the reins, and ibeComplainaot found
It oetvassary to gait the coach and walk to the hotel,
where, open examining his property, he ascertained
Mast ene of his intake, which contained torch pro.
petty, had been carried off. While the CorKtlainant
was thus circumstanced, his moan's were employed
Is looking for a watchman or a constable, but not
one was to be found, although it ass we o'clock at
sight, and eicessively dash. The Complainant
could not recognize any of his persecutors wept the
Defendant, whom be tank hold of. Mr. Anderson
*tided, that be had been subject to impositions end
itsnoyonces in Italy from theta:Arena, but the con.
duct of those porters melded all he bad ever wit.
seised.
The Defendant said, that if the Gentleman rhoae
to rosy 4•. for such a juls la the watchmen, it was no
fault of his. The tic ket•porters were, he adder),
the only persons privileged to arty pawls hum

The LORD M AVM told the porter that he Auld
be deprived of his ticket if the trunk es, not re-
covered, end assured the Compl.ineut that every en.
qeiry should be made Ws she caw.
GumbiteLL.--John Nett, • lad about IR Mill of
op, en apprentice to Mr. Beckwith, gen.nselter,
Skioner-street, Snow.hill, was brought up yesterday
before Mr. Alderman J.. 1. Sante. upon a charge al
neglecting end absenting himself from his master's
business. The object of Mr. Beckwith in preferring
this complaint, appeared to be the cancelling of the
Western.
The lad had been brought up from Ms latency in
I lit Foundling Hospital, was apprenticed from thence,
Sue being without father or mother, the Governors
'et that Institution, acting in loco perentes, bed felt
It their duly to direct the Secretary, Mr. Lievesley,
to attend the hearing of the complaint.
The indenter', ender the seal of the Hospital, be-
ige prodeced, Is which there is a clause for a splice
ef Dia previous days to be given to the Committers by
Me master, in cases of complaint, and such notice
being admitted by Mr. Lietesley, Mr. Beckwith
stated, that he had 'ekes this bey front charity, with.
est a single shilling premium, as a time when he
itself, hate procured, as as apprentice, the sem of a
respectable tradesman, with a premium of 1001•;
'that the boy wu generally idle and negligee', that
he would not attend to his work when be was at
he.., and that he had abaented himself from his ler.
limouveral times for nine or ten hours together. lie
complained also of the conduct of Mr. S:ott, of New
Bridge-street, ewe of the Committee of the
who, he seemed to think, encouraged the boy, ai the
last time he absented himself. Mr. Scott received him
into his Moose and gave him victuals, when be ought
to have sent him home, as be could claim no right to
harbour his apprentice, who might have victuals
pot:rush at home. TIN general cudgel of Ike bey
was such, that aeitber his fellow-apprentice, nor the
foreman, would take the trouble to instruct him any
longer; and it was, therefore, his wish that the in-
I dentate' misfit be cancelled.
The boy said his master did net teach him his beld-
am ; he had been with him **oily three years. and
be only employed him In clueing foul gees; that he
sever should learn his business there, as all the week
undone est, wept the finishing. On the worsting
he went away he had been employed in cleaning the
knives, and at breakfast lime he bad only ono anise
and two looks to finish, when his master said be
should bate se breakfast because they were not done,
sod that he is consegettoce west and told Mr. Scott,
who gave him some.
Mr. Lievesley observed, on the subject of pro.
mists, there were many respectable persons le the
City • he might haveapprentices with large premiums,
who preferred their boys as being more under con.
trout, sod that there were went merchants of high
I respectability in the City of London et present, who
had bees brought up in, and apprenticed from, the
Foundling llespital. This boy left the Hospital
11 with a good character, be had complained to the Go.
moors with respect to his master, who had in coo-
-1 Sessesce bus tighten to, informing him when the
Committee met, that be might, if he chose, prefer his
*bur gains' the bey, but Mr. Beckwith bed never
dose as; sad consequntly, from all that the Go.
limners torte, the boy was hoses', sober, god indos.
littlest. Ile justified Mr. Stott from the charge of
I Worsting the lad, who was in Iris borne only while
Mr. Scott went from thence to Mr. Beck with's, to
lbws what was the cause of complaint; and he sent
lb, boy beck directly. Mr. Beckwith, he said, had
lensed to give the Hospital 101. to take boy back ;
and after some times master tailor was found, who
was willing to take him with that premium. bat Mr.
Beckwith changed his mind, end she epportnoiry was
lost. The Governors bad on with to retainer hire
with his muster, if a proper situation could be rot for
him; bet till that could be done, he conceived the
todentores ought not to he cancelled.
Mr. Beck sills, in reply. Pohl tire honest' r f the
boy was not so apprrent, rind be inatenc r' ego cif-
Ce•tglOrrS, in one of *IA.4 two gan•luck!