The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-03 00:00:00

teen days notice on oar ptrts, and we have a right to an roc
ioduleenee, but in the pre3eo CIS? they had n-ett,.
Mr. Twt;roan said. that transgressing the taw in the way h«
looked at it, was not for we Tking, but for ask-ivy, tak,n•
receiving; and' eti' 14askeef, tuoit, itnd rec iv.:l w;:e
Within the Liberties of the Toerrt, he considere.l in that reli
he Mid others' so satiated' with him were p-rfki:i!) ave, ",
when be went lilts) timt eilistriet,•oltirelefisg, take, or rect.;
more than the replations allowed!
Mr. did hot consider the notice of f,,,,
riaveregnisite on tbe pae t of tiee. ; for if he ha.;
been payinsioint extra wages for ten 3f.•4r s. in ignorAti,t
la his error, it did riot fill ow that he aboul,l Kite 6:iu II
days notice of his future intentions.
Mr. Collier. a parish o.hcer, .'observed, air 1:-Ar.r
rears in the ethic trade, he bitted leave In. wry, a•
suggestions. lie said the employer was cep t'!y pu• :s!.f
itbe R 4 the journeyman ; and he last:kneed the
" Parrington." against whom ten- convictions were main.
.taineti, and although removed into the Coen of
iirneb, titre were there sifirmed.

Mr. BENNEI T those men yeq.erdey tw,eifestid I
wish to have aspublic meeting on this husine le I think i,
but right they should first proceed in that wise Hi t!;,4
asked if there were seven housekeepers among them' in
sign a requisition for that purpose; ar,d b leg answered is
the alirmative, he then desired theist to sign their
to that effect, giving eight day.' not.ic r which the law ~
quires ; and that :it. would, before next Mon:lay:hi-6k more
attentively to the Act, as well as the case of Parringioi,.....
The Requisition was instantly areter.l
meeting at the Red Lion, Pbornie Street, Spitalaelds
dnl;aturdai next. • •
Tows: HALL—.I suctessfei schenle.of.fraud was pry.
ifsed by a policeman a.shoit issue back 'the.developinent of
which took place yepterday. The TiliPwirig are the pirt•
enfars.:—Abaut the Middle of last Notenthe', 3 bons were
taken up on suspigiou in the Borough. High Street he
0, &Mils and John Bilsellty, two of the Llow•iteeet ‘ll7
police, ;and taken before Alderman' Joshea* Jonitflis
Smithet the Town Hill. In the hat of dui of than, nature
John dallinger, 3 silk handketehiefs were found, hut for
which no-own,r appearing, the partieS• (they having bees
firqUentlybefore convicted) worst orntetweil to the. tread
mill at Brixton, as repined thieves, Qu the following der
a woulan;named Cobham, a dealer in wiaringapplrel,llec,
lin the Maze, appeared to claim the handkerchiefs as Ler
property, bet bring unable to describe them to the aegis
gr. te's satisfaction, they remained in the hands of Smith.
!This Smith in conjunction with a coder, or assistant fa;
lower, plying at the Town Hall, named Wifliaots,eonrerted
a fraudulent scheme by which to enrich themselves atti:e
'expense of all parties ; and in furtherance of tio•ir.proisei,
held meetings at the Black Ball, in the High Street, the
coiner of Fishmonger's Alley, and, their plans ripe for
execution, the woman Cohlrein was waited on by these tiro
worthies, and every art and persuasion used to urge her to
prosecute the boys at the sessions, rs lien she was told she
would be certain to recover the property, though they well
knew the culprits were then snarling the punishment at
the law, and to which she at length consent-d. This
point gained, a few days more were suffered to escape,
when the brother of the boy Ballinger, a poor hut ire
dostrious man, was attacked, and his :feelings tampered
with by the assnrance that if his brother sins prosecuted,
transportation would certainly folio., ; but that the wetter
might he silenced on certain terms. The attempt succeeded,
and the dupe of their artifice agreed to to-et and satisfy
them at their place of rendeavous, the Black Bull, where
they received to the amount of a sovereign, wrung from
the hard earnings of the conspeseionete brother. " This
far they run before the wind ;" they next double, and re
trace. their steps to the woman Cohlain, whom they
dece,, by terrifying relations of actions of false inipriso
ment,, &e. to forego. the thoughts of roseention,
come to terms with them fur the handkerchiefs '.
infamy of such proceedings, rousing the honest indigra
Boa of others in the secret, the whole affair was toad.
kuwu to the inspector', of the Bow Street Police for the
district, Mr. Drew, who immediately laid the matter before
Sir Rieman D BIRNIE, at Bow Street, when a strict in•
vestigation was entered into, and severe' persons anion.:
them, the elder Ballinger, examined upou oath ; the resu.:l
of which was prompt dismissal of Smith, and the fur•
warding a -copy of the depositions to Ur, Aid. Sours,
before whom the other offender was called, and underwent
a strict exatnivation, and who was finally, after receiving
well merited rebuke for his offence, expelled from the
office. Both the parties are liable to indictments.