The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-08-22 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN:

URIGIN.IL.

TOE POOR MAN'S EXPO4TULATION ON BEING

SEIZED ON FOR TAXES.
FOUNDED ON FACT.
The Taxes I never can pax !
llere's the King, and the Pftn., end the Church !
Altogether they'll drive me away,
And my family leave in the lurch:—
A pittance so scanty as mine.
With no means to increase what I've got,
• Impels me, alas! ito repine.
And complain that severe is my lot.
In credit I formerly lived.
And what debts I contracted were paid,
111 children were healthy and thrived,
And I drove on a snug little trade;
Ant trade and employment are gone,
_Anil poverty stares in my face,
rvery hope of prosperity'; flown,
And I'm destined to certain disgrace.
I've five little girls end a boy.
Which by labour I formerly fed,
Pitt now I am out of employ.
And my children are cr)ing for bread;
My wife at the scene beeves a sigh.
And the tars from her eyes 'gin to start,
At length she exclaims I shall die,
Our distress will sure break my poor heart
And will yon continue to draw,
The last farthing from penury's store,
tut WI us, alas! that by law.
You're untitled to sriao front the poor;
t,o be it, if from us our bed.
You by law are deterk•inesi to have,
the can torture no Mere when we're ,r.
Nor oppress us when laid in thWgrave.
P. flaillebila.
PO LIC R. • • .•••
MA xstem-Ilouse.—A young man, named noddle, ap-
peared yeaterhay before the LORD Mews. and made
the folio% ing complaint, requesting his Lordship to be
1,0 reed as to inform him how he could obtain redrew
tar a serious grievance. lle said that he had ongagW
and paid his passage on board a brig to the Carta
trend ; that the engagement was Lida withAtt,
Commander, in consequence of an advertisement apples
ing in a Morning Paper, announcing that the ship wooN
sail at the latter end of June, &rut subsequently to esil;
positively on the lOsla July. The passage-money (2314
he paid to the ship-brokers. The vessel did not lots*
the London Decks till the July, and oa that day
sailed for Orovesend, where it had remained at bucker
ever since, with no more appearance of its going on its
voyage that when in Docks.
The Captain of the vessel had been airetlia aid ,
thrown into the King's Bench, and would tio4 mast the
vessel to proceed. though many of the passengers were
in the greatest distress, harlot consumed a considerable
vrion of the prori•ion, which they had laid in for the
voyage. The case of one family was extremely distress-
ink ; • poor woman, named- Rigby, Isavidg ire childrep,
took a passage for them. and paid the .snoney so the
brokers, after the CaptiWiltus in coetfinematth and wan
not informed of the fart. be has a hasband at the Cape.
and was going out to him. She parted with nearly ell
leer property to pay the passage; and sire, with a num-
ber of Other passengers, hare now nothing but the
orkbouse to look to.
The Loan Ms TOR expressed his sorrow at the suffer-
ings of passengers, and lamented that be could not at.
fed them redress, as the case did not come within his
jurisdiction. It wu a breach of contract, and a civil
action wu the only remedy.
A woman of decent appearance was charged by the
firm of Williams and Co. bankers, Birchin-lane, with
:MMus hrhinionr. threatening the Hees of persons in

their employ, brrAirarr the Alias, &e. This cam was at
Vie inetance of the proprietors. r • •
It appeared, however, that Mr. James Alen, Oft of
the clerks, keel had three illegitimate children by tee
woman, one of whom be had apprenticed to a drew
miler i■ Scotland. It was on the pretext of oialtifig
to see her child she went.

T'neßo Wm:oft heard the evidence, and said be
ronlil not interfere, unless Mr. Allen would swear bis
life wvs in danger. lie was accordingly sent for, and
did so. The subbing of the woman caused a great deal
of commisseralon: but the Loan MaTon said, from the
oitli of Mr. Allen, be must bind her over to keep the
peace.
rat"' Ft nu—James 11; otos Corr(, the
swindler, who set ap the firm of Fitzwilliarn and Co.
it Argel•reart. Throgmorton.street, some time ago,
end had been concerned in other establishments In-
stituted for the more effectually robbing the pub-
lic. v:l3 yesterday brought np fur another examina-
tion.

Several persons appeared against the prisoner, who
stood at the bar, and assured them all that they were
te'st...lien in supposing him to have set out upon the
Fsan of swiedlinz. He intended to pay all his debts
when he was able, and really was ashamed that Mr.
Fi•z,riiliam should have been so unprincipled as to
entertain no thoughts of paying his debts.
All were ready to swear that the prisoner was the
31r. ritswilliam, no other person harlf,g ap•
peared at the couoting•house, and no other haring
i.sued the different orders which were executed.

The Lour) Mayne, who apprehended from the par•
ticulars he bad heard, that the prisoner had contrived
to veer clear of trial by Jury, was very anxious to
],now whether there was any one io the room who
.d been injured by the fellow without owing
that injury to the folly of allowing him to get into
th,ir debt?

A wire-merchant stated that Mr. Court ordered a
ren of wino, in the choice of which he was very
p tr:lcular, and two gallons of spirits, and said he
wad pay for the articles upon delivery at his lodg-
ings in Ilenrietta.street.
The porter who brought the goods returned without
the mores, saying that Mr. Court would call and
settle in a moment. Accordingly Mr. Court did cat,
and sail he would go into the city, and return with
the money. The witness nefortnnately consented to
wait for his return, and thus made a richt of the mat-
ter. Mr. Court, before three o'clock. packed Up the
wine in his portmanteau, having taken three bricks
r•ut of it for that purpose, which bricks he bad
pared there to pass for clothes and other property
As he was passing through the hall, he was storied
by the landlady, who said be should not go without
paying her for the lodgings; but he shoved her, and
dashed into the street; and when the wipe-merchant
called at the house to look after Mr. Court, it appear-
ed that the wine had been sent without being paid for
because the laodlikly was respectable, and of coarse
likely to have none but respectable lodgers.
The poor woman from whonair.Court had taken the
counting-house. in Angel-court, succeeded in getting
possession of the apartments in rather a singular man-
tier. Use of the pour men whom Mr. Court contrived
to strip of the value of some pounds, determined to—
'• pitch the law (as be said) to the Devil," in such a
rate ; and suspecting that part of his property was in
the counting-house, actually took the crow-bar with

him and broke open the door. for which he was re-
warded with more than half of his goods, Mr. Court
not hiving had an opportunity of clearing the place
The landlady of course holds? too. bat has re-
ceived no rent.
A gentleman who stood amongst the complainants,
here stated that there were a great many things of the
kind against Mr. Court.
Mr. Court instantly add d him, saying, " you
have se right to say any thing. Whatever ! may have
owed you, I owe you clothlog saw."
The Gentleman replied,•.-" you have certainty
got over your swindling transaction with me by
the Insolvent Act, but you may be caught in that;
Court again.
The LORD MAJOR looped that for the sake of tits,
public Mr. Court would get into the hands of drill
Commissioners of the Insolvent Act, who would wee
doubt visit such a delinquent with exemplary punish-I
meat. His Lordship greatly regretted that no ease
hid been made out against so bo!cl and ingenious a
schemer, and told him that be might leave the bar.'
but advised him not to jots in any other firm. His
Lordship added, that he was surprised how soy man
who looked in the face of Mr. Court could think of
giving him credit.
Mr. Court, who is about 24 years of age, and
squints most abominably, bowed very low to his
Lordship. and left the Jastice-room in great spirits.
Ott LDllAL4.—Yesterday Mr. Coles of the Rainbow
public house. opposite Chancery-lane, and Mr. 111110.
of the Horse Shoo and Magpie, wear Fetter-lase,
Fleet-street, appeared before Alderman Lucas and Mr.
Sheriff Venable., to answer the complaint • Mr.
Over. residing in Castle-street, Fleet-market. Tho
complainant described himself as Foreman of the In.
qua of the Parishes of St. Sepulchre and St. Bride,
sad that on his going his round, as was his ditty en
Stodgy the 11th instant, about one o'clock in the
wends'. he (culd at Mr. Coles a parlour fall of most
respectable gentlemen smoking and drinking. at shot
asioasoasble hour. which he considered to be a pee-
&sedan of the Sabbath day ; be had noble; arm
to sledge. Mr. Savage, a gentleman residing is
Fetter-lase addressed the Magistrates. sad objected
altogether to the form made use of by Mr. Over as
Foreman of the Inquest, in as much as he could on
bet roserised in that sitaation hot before a Goon Of
Alderson'. Is consequence of some doubts arias,:
the minds of the Magistrates, as to wittiest k
was a profanation of the Sabbath, or only antweint
tipliag and drinking in their houses, the City Soligi.
tor was soot for, who decided that it came within aw
Act recently passed, sad was no more thao tiipling.
The Magistrates, therefore quashed the information. Mr.
Mr. Savage immediately add rested Mr. Aid. Luca.., and
described the houses of hi r. Colts and Mr. Ellis as truly
respeetible ; he confessed it certainly was true that
kir. Ellis had been before a Magistrate in that Court
on a similar occassioo, when he stated that Ws reason
for keeping his boase open to so late a period, was t.
accommodate some printers in the neighbourhood with
tea and coffee. The then sitting magistrate discharged
that complaint also.
BowHITRIBT.-.-BlOANT.—Yesterday J. Perch a
labouring man was brought to this office.in custody ,
one of the Union Hall officers, on a charge of ha h;
married throe wives, two of whom ware present. visa
the first and third. The third wife (Mary Tigers's)
said she was ate widoieof a gunner. who died about
two years since in his Majesty'. service, and that she
hat -obtfined slime his deer ass the sum of 251. per
annum as a pension. That ten weeks ago last Sunday
she unfortunately met with the prisoner on Black-
friars-bridge, when thinking him a ai:e sort of a man
fell into conversation with him, she was at that time
with a asice of her's. Ho walked as far as
her home, and obtained her consent to meet again ;
the result was, that about a fortnight after he offered
himself as her bridegroom, and at the cud of three
weeks they were married by banes, at St. Clement's
Church. io the Strand, and that ever since that time
she had lived in perfect harmony with him until last
Saturday, when, to her utmost surprise and astooish•
meat, the first and second wife appeared at her lodg-
ings. The prisoner upon being called upon fur his de-
fence said, his first wife's ill treatment of him was the
only cause of what he had done. He was remanded
for farther examination.
MARLBORODGO-11TRIBT.--J. Pritchard, shopman
to Mr. Taylor, linen-draper, of Piccadilly, was charged
with robbing his master. The prisoner, it appeared,
had been six months in Mr. Taylor's service, during
which period many articles of 'prorrty were missed.
At length the prisoner was suspected, and some marked
silver was paid to him for some articles. Wales and
Craig, the officers, searched the prisoner's pockets,
when they found part of the marked silver in his
pockets, and the remainder In the till ; various other
property was found in his apartment belonging to the
prosecutor, and 120 sovereigns were deposited in a
dressing box. He was fully committed for trial.
NICEIT or TUE Law.—A licensed victuallrr was,
on Tuesday, called upon to prosecute a fellow at
Marlborough-strset office for having broken his win-
dow.
The publiean gave evideace to prove that the an
was wilful on the part of the defendant, and brougbe
forward one witness to prove his case, oo which the
Magistrate coavicted the defendant in the value of the
injury sustained by the licensed victualler, who natur-
ally anticipated that the amount of the conviction
would fall to his lot ; but, on the contrary, he was in-
informed that the Act of Parliament was imperative;
he had only brought forward one witness besides him-
self to prove the fact, in that case the penalty did not
go to the prosecutor but to the King; if he had
brought forward two witnesses to prove it, then the pro-
secutor would he entitled to the penalty to the amouot
of the injury done. Tire poor publican thought this
Act of Parliament as curious as it was bard, and re-
gretted he had taken the trouble to prove his case
coder such circumstances.
Yesterday morning, a wretch of the name of Thom•
son, of rather shabby dress and appearance, and' bout
50 years-of age, was brought up from St. James's
watch-bouse, before Mr. Conant, thy Sitting Magis-
trate, charged by a watchman and by other wit-
nesses,. with hariog bees detected between 11 and 12
the preceding sight. in the commission of an abstain
able offence behind the Haymarket, where Suffolk-
street sto.A. On their being discovered, the soldier,
by knocking down the watchman, effected his escape;
l at as he left his cap behind him, there Is some pr,:s-

foci of his being .-et detected. Thomson. on being
taken to the watch-house, was found to have his cheeks
rouged ; and upon examioation a box of rouge was
found in his pocket. When called ma for his defence
by the Magistrate, he said that the charge ha•l been
brought arainst him by the watchman, bee else he
hail previously refused to give him money. The de-
scription he gave of himself was, that he ,vase whole-
rale dealer in pins. fie was remanded for further ex-
amination. He bad his head bandaged at the Office,
in consequence of the treatment which he received from
the indignant populace.
CAUTION TO (NMI'S OF CART! OR WAGOONS.-.-
Some persons, among ether'', M . Cooper and
Barnet, of the Old White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, ap-
peared at the Office, is consequence of information
lodged aealost them by two common informer% who
have been recently very active in this vocation—for
not having their names and sirnatnes at full length, in
large and legible letters affixed to their carts. They
pleaded utter ignorance of the law, thinking that their
initials were sufficient, The Magistrate said, that the
Act of Parliament was imperative; and he regretted
that this point did not appear to be sufficiently known
to the public. They were fined in the mitigated pe-
nalty of 20s. besides 4s. C.d. costs. A
QUlRN•sQVaan.—.Hark Clare, a bargeman, from
Henley on Thames. was brought up on the charge of
a corporal of the Grenadier Guards, who stated, that
as be was coming over Westminster-bridge, with his
wife sad child, about tea o'clock on Tuesday night,
the prisoner, with three or four other ill looking fel-
lows, his companions, assailed him with cries of
" Soldier, here's a Bishop. do yo -avast to earn a few
sovereigns?" He seized the prfioner, but instantly
released him, upon the interposition of a respectable
person of the name of Scott, who was passing. and
advised him to take no farther notice of the black-
guards. sinless they molested him again. He had not
proceeded many paces forward, when the same gang
again raised the offensive outcry after him; where-
upon with the assistance of the person before named,
be secured the prisoner. and gave him into the custody
of the Bridge-keeper.
Being asked what he had to say for himself, the pri-
soner answered, " Why, I thiilks as how I am a teerry
innereent young man,"
The Magistrate (Mr. Mirkland) said, this effusive
species of outra ea towards the soldiers was carried
to such as intolerable pitch that it must be put a stop
to, aid as far as it lay in his power it should be stopped.
—lt tended immediately to a breach of the peace, and
he therefore required the pris.mer to give bail to keep
the peace, or he should be committed to the Sessions.
MaNlt.auoiTßß.---lt has been stated that a few days
ago, an -Inquisition was taken at the Middlesex Hos-
pital, upon the body' of a woman who met her death
in consequence of injuries she received by being ran
over by a Geatleman's gig in the New-road, and the
Jury 'found a verdict of Manslanghter against the
driver, and levied a deodand of 51. upon the horse and
gig. Yesterday Mr. Sterling, the Coroner, attended
at this office, and got his warrant signed by the Ma-
gistrates, to whom he produced the depositions, when
James Newham, Esq. merchant, residing at Keasing-
fon Gravel Pits, the driver of the gig, accompanied
by two friends, also attended, and after some conver-
sation, Mr. Banks, the officer, formally served the
warrant open him, and then be• was bound over in
2001. himself, and his two sureties in 100/. each, for
his•appearance to the charge at the castling Sessions.
PaIGIIING a CASTOR.--Jo/is Harris, a ballad singer.
who said he bad be-n a soldier from eight years of
age to the close of the last war, and lived at No. 1,
Witite's-yard, Rosemary-lane, and Thomas Cole, who
said be lived at No. 2, in the same place, but worked
at the soap shop in Grub-street. although the filthiness
of his person and attire evinced his perfect contempt
or abhorrence of the use of that commodity, were
brought up on a charge of robbery.
The prosecutor, Edward Brown, a gardener, of
Falharn-fields, but better known to " the Fancy" and
in the milliag circles by the cognomen of " The Sprig
of Myrtle." sated that as be was returing home from
Parson's grew bale with his wife, about one o'clock
in the morning, he stopped at the Wheat Sheaf, in
Walham-green, to get some drink ; be was standing
at the Bar with his piut of half and half in his hand.
when in came the two prisoners, and Cole struck him.
A scuffle ensued, and the prisoner's left the house.—
Having lost "in the row" his hat, with a silk
handkerchief in it, the prosecutor ran out to look
for them, and meeting a party of police officers, is-
formed them of the transaction, when they accom-
panied him at a quick pace about a mile along the
road in pursuit; but not overtaking their chute. they
turned back, and had not retraced many steps when
they met the two prisoners, Cole having oa the lost
beaver, which he threw down un their approach. and
both together made off, but Brown and the officers
pursued and took them, while Mrs. Brown picked up
the bat. The prisoners were searched, and Cole's hat
was found thrust into his bosom, bat no traces of' the
missing silk handkeichief could be found,
They were both committed for trial at the Old Bai-
ley Sessions.
HATTON-GARDRN.—ITI pursuance of directions given
by one of the Worthy Magistrates of this office. to the
principal officers of the establishment, a host of street-
walkers were brought up yesterday morning In cus-
tody. Some were very genteely, others indifferently
dressed ; the whole were collected it. Chancery-lane,
Serle-street, Carey-street, and other places in the im-
mediate vicinity of the Inns of Court. It was singu
liar to hear the different descriptions they gave of them-
selves,

The Worthy Magistrate, at whose instigation they
were brought up, having observed that it was a scan
dolous thing that a respectable person could not pan
the neighbourhood without being insulted by these
hardened women, sentenced them according to the
nature of their respective , some to seven days
others to fourteen days, and some to a month's impri-
sonment in the County House of Correction.
Town-II•Lt,SOUTUWAttIi —A d -lookingyoung
woman, apparently in a very exhausted suite, was
brought up y, sterday, upon a warrant, to answer the
complaint of (horde Tyler, a tailor, with whom she
had lined as wife for nearly four years. The prisoner
►ad lately taken it into her head to suspect Tyler, and
in Me of Jealousy took to drinking, aid conducted bet
self towards him with a rage avid violence &ramming
to frenzy. lie went out early on Sund►y morning;
on his return home with some meat, she told him to