The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-30 00:00:00

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Gut .—Po RRRRR OS or SSEILIA PASCILI.—The
...opesitiont of porters is overcharging for the delivery
of small parcels, at all limes of pretty frequent occur-
rence, becomes at this season of the year, from the ia-
tressed number of such parcels as Christmas presenter
a scattyr of regular system. Few persons will give
• tent gives the trouble to seek redress, and Ms celesta.
lien of these fellows is, that from the average • profit
upon the whole number of parcels delivered. they Me
very well stf4rd to pay the expense of a conviction fee
en overcberge upon one or two. The Magistrates am
. very desirous of putting a stop to these impositions ea
, the public, and their continuance is the fault of those
who will not give themselves the trouble of making the
necessary application. A case of this description, which
tiled to be one of imposition from beginning to end,
iiiinitited at this Justice Room on Saturday, before the
D Aidartias, Sir James Shaw.
kb pwagat the Bell and Crown use, Holborn,
as mammons to answer the complaint of Solo-
n, Bsq. of Arlington Street, Camden 'rows.
II parcel, weighing 9ilh , bad been conveyed to
- 4 ea, where it had been left by Davis. harm come
' tie tbst intt, by the Southampton' tomb. The ma
,1 carriage and porterage, sad which Darts
from the landlonl of the Blue Poets, was
lit, generally understood charge for carriage is
once per lb.; and upon Inquiry at the Bell
• Mr. Levies found that the charge to Davis,.
et being about Is. Yd. wee 25. This was dm
irearsharge of the eoaeb owner, with which Davis had
'tithing to do; he had, however, in making opt the de-
livery ticket, added Bd. to the charge, and aproportioner
:increase upon the amount for porter- e, and by these
despositions together, the parcel cost Mr. Levien about
' double the regular charge and proper expense.
Mr. Levier) ob d, that he had submitted to over-
chsicgesof this nature ie many iumeces, bat they were
now grown into so regular a system, and become so
asotroms, that 4e fib It his duty, for his own sake, as
well as that of ,he public, to make an example.
The porter, in hie defence, did not attempt to deny the
charge, and oily pleaded in extenuation of his conduct,
'that it was 82tristmas time, and they g Ily expected
to make a Mtle more then.
Timm ihit seems, no Act of Parliament for regulating
'charges for carriage. Mr. Livien's remedy, therefore,
for overcharge in thatpartleular, could only be by ac-
tion at law, or by indicting the fellow for obtaining
mosey under false pretences, which, the Magistrate ob-
served, it would highly become a gentleman of his pro-
perty sad respectability to do. The overcharge on the
toorteragenas, however, within the cognisance of the
l'`• Magistrate, and Sir James Shaw, after expressing bls
strong reptobatiou of these Impositions, and his thanks
,e Mr. Levies is the name of the public, for his conduct
upon tins Commies. eouvicted Davis in the tall penelty
under tit. of 201. and costs.
f few-suntir. p—Satarday, the following ems was been*
I • forwmd, which Sir It. Mann ea 4 Mr. Absalom. declared
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to be df great !apertures to parishes ameparish sneers s•+
•Tbs mstheg of an Illegitheamishild, honk St.CiameatThumer,
appals, for. Pamela relief be her labia, as the parish of-
Gem took 505. from the father efato and be tut uppott.
IPho lodokoMoOcc Illemidd by areVjedieltec, admitted
hieing ressisod OM from the fethet, hat itlfrifilliidets 'a*
• 1 mass any shore sassy to the amber, as they were wane'
I. take she thud (e fearde) lota bar establiabawat at Hern-
don, where they hod; osemmooditios for ISO female chil-
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drill, of all ages ahem two years. The mother of the la•
feat still wished to have charge of It, as It was foal two
roars and a bait old. Air Rabat Binds said, that be sever
, i saw a stouter sorcery for lobate than that as Harden ; but
Ire lad Mr. Madan declared the aoudad of the parka of.
laws Islam been galte Illegal la taidag a resod Ma Me
am illeglamate shad. The solicitor for be gal* akidelle
Oder bet added, such was their peculiar samallik thst ow
1. Ise they took a round sum. In a few weeks they smild Ant
Sod fat the rather, as nine thus oat of Si. they eluded the
diatoms of the parish enure. It was finally settler that
IL bl, a week was to be rad to the mother for the sapped
of bet latest.
Toasts. tr. FRIESTOSIL—This was a Sessional pro-
teeding in liming, whereby Mr. Jobe Tumkins sought
to have Mr. Peter Petulant held to bail for an assaalt
and hattery alleged to have bun committed by him, the
said Peter Freestone, upon the left eye of the said Jobs
Tookios, against the peace, *sc.
John Tomkins is a stout, good-looking, curly-whisk.
ered, young currier; sad a bachelor moreover—livia4
here and there and everywhere almost at free quarters,
Mr. Peter Freestone, on the contrary, is a sober, stayed,
elderly importer of piping bullfinches—a married
man, many years established in one abode, in Bedford.
bury.
John Tompkins deposed that on Thursday last, be-
tween three and four o'clock in the afternoon, it so hala-
-1 pencd that u he pseud by the shop of the said Peter
Freemen, be stopped, for the spaced about two miontes.
. looking it the piping bullfinches and other singing
birds therein set oat, end having so dose be passed on—
o aneouscious of having given prance to any living soul.
But he had not walked many yards before some one came
bellied and gave him such a thump in the left eye as
made fire Sy out of it—whereupon be turned himself
I - roundabout and saw, with the other eye that it was Mr.
thus Peter Freestone who had assaulted bin ; and he
now called upon the Magistrate to grant him redress by'
holding the said Peter to bail to answer it at the Quer-
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I ter fiessiens—for, u he said, " there was an end to every
thing, if a man mast have his eyes easassioated in this
manner with impunity." He then lifted the green silk
shade which covered his left eye, pointed out the damages
i it bad received—hlue, yellow, rod, and green ; dropped
I the silk shade over it again, and salad—" that is my

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The Magistrate could not believe that Mr. Peter Free-
stone. who epemed to be a very harmless old gentleman,
would be guilty of sods an attack without some provoca-
tion; and be asked Mr. John Tompkins whether he
could account tee it.
Mr. John Tompkins replied. that be had not the most
remote idea—Mr. Peter Freestone seemed to bear him
some &adept grudge ; bat why. or wherefore, he knew
no more d than an unborn babe whet never saw the
" Well let us Year what Mr. Peter Freestone has to
say about it—perhaps his memory may be more Men-
tire," oh d the magistrate.
Mr. Peter Freestone immediately stepped forward and
sitdolded circumstances of very erins. con.-isb import.
He averred that John Tonikins haul supplanted him in'
Mrs. Freestone's aff ctions. whilst he was collecting
piping bull-tii.ches in Herman), some tea or twelve
months ago—nay, that he had even gone so far as to take
it;s pillr at bed and hoard during his absence—and, not
content with this, lie was continually pestering her with
lave letters up to that very day. On the afternoon In
question be haul the audacity to station himself opposite
the a indow, under pretence of looking at the Imilbeches,
bat in fact to peep at his wife—thus getting a peep under
false pretu aces. lt made him mad to see such impudence,
spoileefoe he rushed out after Mtn, determined to
sp his peeping, if possible; and he thought he bad
savage cause for so doing. He admitted that upon over-
taking him he did strike hint in the eye. but not from
behind, as John Tonskins had alleged; on the contrary.
be came is front of him, and before he struck him, be