The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-03 00:00:00

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. teresitse spa, wet itself
must rti; attempted fieecurteamoilt,
Vita' fatalities, to thip.is,
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Lott Ille4olrelfer plainly. that ate-meilit*
was eseillent ; bat lithillegiaittlid Su se y, -41014. 140.
the'peatei numbei jot nicely it he Claimed .chatitj as,
seamen were impostors. There were, besides, 'many.:
foieign same- gibbet the streets .respectintethom
he had *sent to different • Consuls in vaits,•fpf
they .bed rather • bier than go-home, and accordingly
kbetook thetimelies -to the accustomed demanddpga.,
the compassion of Eoglishmen. • Ills Itordship-agele
etpreisetthiefear .eccomulstintdistresses.
A ling ctiniersition then took piaci upon the pro,
beble Thetins of distinguishing between deserving sod
undeserving °hires. •
One df•the 'denten observed, that the distress
they bad to relieve was merely of a temporary ot-
ter., and that nest spring would present the most,
grateful mode of disposing of the • pone stramewolin
the departure of the East and West India fleepOn-
which they. could find intone employment...Li, weei
suggested that a beige, or a ship, shookhbeblred
insmediatily for the purpose of acconsmod•rting
'who should, upon culmination, be deemed worth',
objects ;• that public notice should be given of the
place where. Captain of ships might be supplied with
men, and that the Police Officers should take, all
persons Of the description alluded to, who were
found begging, to en office hired by the Committee,
two or three of whom should attend daily, assisted
by a peigo _of sea-faring knowledge, for the per-
pose of examining into the cases of those brought
before them.—A doubt having been entertained of
the power to compel those* ho were unwilling toattenff
the office,
The Lotto MAYOR said, he should give directions
to the Police Officers of the City to act accordrog titan'
suggestion that had been just gives.
It was agreed upon all hands, that it was kills-
pensibly necessary to the ship.owneriliidairhttnrw
employed in commerce to have the streets cleared of
those begging sailors, for many of them contracted,
from the necessity of begging, a freeie's for it, and
it might be 'found difficult to induce them to work,
after having had a successful esperinient orthe-if-
focts of a lazy life.' At an early period of the Wet;
ing itwes mentioned that en application to the Atiz
oniralty would be edrisable ; but that -hint smfi Mon
'rejected, upon the ground that the observance of of.
ficial forms would make statvation inevitable by de-
lay. With respect to those whose characters were
bsd, end who were not qualified to act as ahle:bo
seamen, it seemed to be Understood that the Com-
tnittee should endeavour to procure employment Mr
them of a different kind, and.- that there should be
a recommendasino to occupy them, amongst ether
things, in elettring the navigstion4 the Thames! and
repairing the roe& shoe& tie metropolis.
One:of the Members ;est& he 'was convinced no
able bedied seaman *witted • het ' lilt leoltie•Yriffe.
would 'neaten Min: Another &Oared that wok&
dnclatitiOis Was completely erroneous.. He knew it
to he a fact, that there were many pray officers who
bad 'toped long and well, and who, biota redneed
to
'tie altnroative of begging or judiciously.adoPW
.e. tho,fortner. •
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• iht. Captain of a Meteltentmen f the •practice •
faillataYd" by West Irldiittsee, oll:dischargiep their
sarewrrahritio dock, wet 'the cause of e great-
dwal alba, misery that Palma When it hull tool.
,ottn.riitkits the men were 'retained, he could nos
see wily the West India. Drake- should..adopt suds
system. if he had a son, sod was in poor cir.
counteract's, he -never- woold pat him on board •
West ,Indiaman, for thgt reason.
The Meeting then, amongst othets, agreed to the
foliowtog recommendations. which are to be sub-•
mitteff to the General Meeting :- • • •
" That a Committee be appointed to engage a
vessel, in which poor seamen shall be lodged and sus-
tained. until provided with a situation.
"That Members of.the Committee shall attend to
the mei brought before them daily, at en office
choserilor that purpose ; and that the Police Magi,. •
trates do solicited to give theiressistance, in having all
vagrant seamen brought before the Committee, and
that temporary sustenance to afforded."
Thanks having been given to the Lord Mayor for
his promptitude in offering assistance, and to the
Chairman for his conduct in the Chair). the Wein%
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E4SILIONS FOR JANUARY:.
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Erratic* fie-Ess.— A black crape frock over a .16,140141414 et
slip the kody is composed of white crape tasti•fully nranisetacT
wilts deep eandykes of black velvet, each vandtke
WiAtd et
the point by as little light ornament of block chenille.. Short full
sleeve of Intermixed black and white crape; thelsalise4erawh
to the middle of the arm, and condned ist three 'roans's!. Gilds
by vand)kes of black velvet. The bottom of the .kart is finish-
ed by it low of black velvet wand) kris, imrsisonnted bid a tinge
rottleam oro bite crape, tot w lard with black chenille- Above
this is a piece of white crape tucked byas, and didslicilat the
edges by rows of black drape leaves :,two was of mesa set ma
at small distances, and without leaves, .wlsiclo are composed of i
black ciape wised with chenille, *ccimpletelhis elegnotsilid
novel trimming.ilea& dress a •white crapektoms. orimmenied
round tbi front with chenille and duisbed by a diadem of bile-I
crave roam.
Altai Acts ORIN —Portibastemi high drew : the body, mar*
quite plain, fastens bebinst. There is as csitlar;•lost it •its
triinoteit round the throat with black crape.. Plaits loos sleeves
hnished it-the wrist by a puckering of cape; intermixed *RC,
rich black. silk trimming. 'Ube skirt, which is of it snodetsitl
width, is trimmed round the bottom with a doublE row* of black'
crape, disposed in's' light and novel manner This is surmount
ed by a row. of Spanish puffs, which:grief in yell full ; they.
are of a round shape, and the middle of esti. is Om*, of a
piece.of black satin disposed iofoll,plaini, tiler shim jokrepilrepi,
of inlermiagled black crape and rich black silk irimaidig,
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above the whole is Owed a row of tipatlish 'pairs, e.mtptiggiF
wholly of klatk crape, and sonsetbiag smaller than !base beloallt:1
With Waitress is worn she Rossi:se wrapping-cloak,. emaposell
of tufted able-skin cloth, and lined with black sonnet. Aje.
lerine of us size. and a large fall hood, render tliii one.
of the tMslPnlfa.table envelopes we have seta fur a causiderat
ble tint. i„ .

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--O_lllP ;Pit fhttltillejlei 1014 heti- h. c• .:••• .C- • .1. ,
44-iltelgipeasisiti Act, is rhea sloresihed by him- .' I
in.lthi•roa,l--1 reside it, Hollow S (roe, parish
St. Maly's, Notthighain. At the time of my be:
mg tweeted *as' employed in the fancy-work menu.
factured•bere: ,Nisei *ifs and four children; and
ii elitist ninety years. Of age, all dependant on tats
torOpporti Qu the 10th of 'Tone last,Aselte of
thirteen POlice-officers entered •my house, one of
them-. (litr. Lawson) mild, ." Mr. Ward, we and
Come to search your house." I asked by what ao&
. lbority they time to do so; some one of them said,
" yob may be sure *etre not come withont author ivy es
I repiied,4" Show me it, or you shall hot stanch my
boast;" Immediately Mr. Lawson held up in his hand
4., •
a piper, and said, 66 here it ie."- I recluested him to
Void ii;: he sold, " the would not justify him its
reading it until we got Wire a Magistrate." While
• Ibitt ebrieersation was passing between me and Law.
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San, ell the rest of the constables went into different
.partstlif :My house, and 1, petreiving there Was ma
'alleinaille• stiffeted 'them to search without -either
ieelog or hearing the warrant read; after a long and
i
truitleas -*fort. When they had reached down a
.'slbiister, aid even peeped Into a thimble, they
fiarikly acknowlodgod 66 there was nothing to be
Yoorid which they were looking for." I asked what
they :were looking for ; 'one of them observed, " yea
Inivesthrh to tidd out," and then they all went awe ..'
Not being satisfied with soch unreasoneble an 4
1 thought) unlawful proceedings; i went end coti.
solted an attorneil he advised me to inate entities-
Aron for a copy of the warrant by which my *made wet
searched, and the names of the constiblei It ,ails de-
livered to. [Applied accordingly to the Town Clerk,
.bothe'observed, `'you have fie tight to ti 'copy ;15
this' he repeated ; and ad.led,. with considerable-ma..
Timely, " you may make epplication, hut 1 kno*r• •
what advice I shall give." I went ilirectlty do • the-
Policy:Office, wham I saw Mr: *Alderman Strati, end*
• . . naintcd him with oly business • hviitid,-." go-
hack wards," antrionnediaioly ordered a•eirtistable to
take me into custody. Attie being in this situation
more •than an hoer; Mr. Alderman BOW (a near
neighbour) cattle to me,
.and said,'" I sett very sorry ,
for you, as I believe you to be en honest Indostrioat•
mans but I would advise you to withdraw your ap-
plication," (this lie repeated several times) " it is a
dangerous case to press ; however, -you will not by •
any means consider me-as talkibg toyou'asi Magill. .
trate but as
.a itiend:" I told hint that the treatment
I had already received was unmerited; at all ettruti, I.
was deterMitteal to press my appliCation for that which •
l had a right. to demoted: he then tat. me. ;Not mons
than an hour had ettit'red after thia itnereiew, when I --
was taken before a Bench of Meer Moonset was theilb.•
sitting Mr. Enfield then e.ntnired of me what .my.,
application was ; I Wormed him,' It *es a copy• *•
the-warrant issued for the searchipg of my house, and
the names of the constables it was delivered to ; he
ordered .me to be taken away for some times
until the Magistrates hid consulted; tow /key might
divine of my case. In half an 'hour, I was again
introduced to the Magistrates, when Mr. Enfield
' informed me_ that they had 'Ogreed not. to • grant my
request, , and that I was still detained for being con.
. errited.in the Loughborough outrage.. Here be (the
• Town Clerk) alluded to the frame-breaking which
'teak
.pleleolts. hosighborbugh, au thetBth or `39th of
3itiniet.lBll4 ~Loas takes to the town jail, whore L.
: •rotesined in one If the dingiest boles that aven-wat
esee confined. in (and although it is more' than sit
impolite are, I at this "brie experience upon my tun,'
the laid e(fecti of lying in that damp tell). 1 cond.
titled itt that wretched piece until the 14th, having •
nothing situated me but bread and water for my sus-
teisisee, with a bed nth as felons lay upon, and
not only damp, but smelling so strong of brimstones
that it was almost intolerable.' On that day Mr.
Alderman Barber, Mr. Enfield,' a 'King's Memo.
ger, and a Bow-street Officer, came to the jail and -
informed me, I must prepare for ajnerney, all there
WWI a warrant from the Settretary of State ; Mr. Al.•
domino Barber then observed, " the Loughborough
. business must stand over" (end t have heard no mots
of it since). They then went away, mid in the
course of an hour after, the King's Messenger and a
Bow-street officer, came again and chained me hand •
and foot to a man of the name of Haynes ; before I
got too the chaise, he (the Bow-street officer) said,
4.• if I bested my hand to ha the chains be seen, I
should be the first that should fall," at the same
time holdisig a pistol in his hand. On the road to
London, the fetters round my hand gave me such
00, vrhich caused me to comment upon the on.
,n rived poutahment I was soffirting ; the officer ob,c
a«Sied,.". yon,wisli to make it appear' that you are
not a disailectad person; the Town • Clark informed
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me that you . ere . much respected, by the • me.
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.''chalks of Loughborough and LeieesterAnd the work.-
log People in
.general, so Chit you ario,dangerons maw
,fre be at large." On the 15th we arrived in Loudon •
,pod were taken to the Cold [lsth•fields prison. Oa •
the2lst 1 wee taken before Litrd iiiimostifi ; hii Loral.
ship.asked mo'bow old I wasi I firefined him ; he
held me I wast,apprehaided Wit, a warrant from,
• him, on a suspicion of High Tipton, and that ha .
would commit to clOse2coefintrimeint until delivered
Spy
due coarse of law,: and Ated,if leo have. any; ,
tiling to say 70.12 VI 1111 liheor 'airelr. •To this I
retitled, if every action of or 111# wasmtinted to your..
Lordship in its proper colonc,.yere,wrield say I merit.,
ed.rissaird, ratbeethan purdsbmearr—ln vain did- I
Aeries* my iootictswee,• and, chateaus • proof of my
dent :. hi observed I was.liot enjeatly ptsuished, rot
licieformatiee was fspirth respootiltle source, and
tiiit 17 sh ;bald 'l3tve a list of diejssidence against mes:
wai'd prayer nails* of my tretAl•beforeit•commenced. L
"iiii.tiiiii conveyed to Cold 13efIrdfietOs prison; end ~
on the 34th war, with Wm. Cliff (a rung man Irons
Derby,) removed to Orford Castles .at my ordeal at
that place, I was erinfired by myself in a dismal duri.•
geon (a cell for condemned trimiatrWabout nine
feet were, and when I had s fire itilti: •t *as neatly
:rotated with smoke; here I confirmed for near
.three month!, without being permitted:fa amaally per-.
son except the governor and turnkey. HellecttAr, for.
a moment. boo I mast feel in loch& situatiolorind og
so long contiouance, when you aretold time IL haft

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THE FRANULIM MAKUSCRIPTS.-'—The
of the second portion of these valuable and interest-
ing Papersiis 'twenty delayed for a few days. It is
to appear at the same time in England, France, and
America. .This second portion contains the Memoirs
of Dr. Franklin's Life and Writings; now firth,
p'ublish'ed from the origins!' MS., written by himself
to a late period, and contineed 4o the time of his
death by 'Ms Grandson, Win. Temple Franklin.
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raised than towards this Work, which- has so long wt. bus tit prima a few Iwo as
es poila ellarmetePs. This Wit
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k /0 ley% AS gat, art fah pecird,every %V.a rt r a 3rR
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