The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-08 00:00:00

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- 4 I.S:le-1n th ea nof a Pawnhc,lter's losses, LEN IREEi
TEE LOwl
••• thekronsx m lit pally feel neelectisl by the oasis-
Nln erotism
ja; "ti i• . his trad This gentleman and his emissaries. atm.,. th, 1
a 1Vo• tla. ini No wicybesSor inexperienced journey-, tiers, hereto
• t 4 u.. ani 'Tis then be ',remelt:, a ticket. thel following u
i • t . in sr would be changed by the dawning of el'
of the rite :.rhitli • If the servatt should errom•einsly de- thereafter,. a
s' mated e. instead of five farthings, his ob. i t
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..!...1 i if not, wire qualms do not distorb his the city bet
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4 1”:011 escapes while the servant turns to reach of people eta
t the cha and the next morning unblushingly swears the hour of 1
it teas never offered to him. Any one unacquainted anal will be
. ti,:th the statutes might sesiiiiler what penalty ran at-
If the lair
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ti • • . tach to so trivia: an offence; but you. Sir. probably know light as the
• it rests with the Magistrate, whether be shall Janke it
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t-sg pound* or
_PTO ehiPi.igs. Ten eousins fur a Giass„, .
1, t Italia:4G I lam nut inclined to dispate the wisdom of
I..tablishedslaws ; but what cnnsparison can be found be- TI
• , 'wren two Is widely differing, sums? The mind ran Whereas a
scarcely ve an arithmetic so extravagant. In on. persons, dui
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Ilk s of the 2tl of
• poem, gie are nine hundred awl sixty farthings, and, and dad,lft
consequently, when reduced to its smallest tine, the or imagine I
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ep tra. pasailly is final to NINETEEN NUNDEED •ND TWENTY war aeatinst
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Tubes TES smote ! In cases of usury, the forfeiture W "'mit "
of treble the sun, lent has been deemed a severe and auf- and public
of lilasgow!
teent expiation. There is much of analogy in the cringes, most nicked
althmigh the punishment so widely differs. But it is the Inhabit:
• to•t of this they complain ; they have no objection that tiluffitws AI
their penalties should lie classed amongst the highest— der of the
Provisional
• nay, be higher than those which sigh other olTenees. hog rebellic
A. %moaned to Actin i ty. they tin not expect indulgence; Laws and I
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ail they solicit is, that the same fair trial may he afforded stimulating
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them
which every other trade similarly ciuumstanreel arms fur till
x a•riena•es. If bread be found light. the baker loses it, it,tiliteitellsshi,
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a::d pays live shillings fur every deficient ounce; if coals the soldier..
are sold short of measure, a lie ivy penalty also justly at- and to join
, tactics to tie crime ; but, in either case, the bread is date
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. • weighed, anal the sacks measured in presence of the tlrieltisago, listt:
I Magistrate, who has occular demonstration of the guilt enmity of
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d. which he is called upon to punish. Bat with Pawnbro- Lower Wan
kers, the unsupported affidavit of a worthless inslisidnal
Three Hum
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sufficient to convict ; and who wit iht the readiness shall, a ithil
e • • . apprehend,
of many such to swear, when they Lnii one-hal(of the awn st„;11,
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t i:feittire is the resided of their iniquity Surat it is hag, publish
111.,1t tog much to require that two witausses should es- treasonable
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tabligh the fact; or, that the complainant should nation of th
4 positively swear he asked for the change anal it was re- Provisional
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used lam lam• ~ rsuaded was this, or any Glahrim,
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• o:her equitable
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in the public estimation.- '.'t
barges ay. sinst
them, aaj
liA racier
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an the populaca
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liandreal acts of dishonesty
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where they are guilty of u
• diurnal prints, with that man ---sa, - -6. have
vk tin wishes them, would issoe. to
:a rs i a very
-4147 erred a nervy—would:lmo 4 .ns to
ii the mem Per"
ed on
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he , obta g that rank in w' i
society to c '•ces entitle them, nameld nu lt at atn
loiterer have kgitita cause to say, prejudice bas so i washer.
poisoned the public mind, that aedi alteram portem has I who, dhotis,
, ceased to be a maxim, if the observance of it is required t„,p,,,,,,„„e„
on the part of a Pawnbroker. pose of brad
So much for his losses; turn we now to his labour. Marshal 3la
Pesides the hundreds of articles which a Pawnbroker I they intend
inspects and cannot agree for, the following process at- I French gold
tends every one he receive'. First, the pledge is strictly i has lande•l
• . examined to determine its value, and whether it has any t Aerslii re, wl
mark on it that should render it suspicious. It is next 1 the ii.terior.
curfully folded up, inquiries made as to its proprietors , are to get a I
r sum, an.l place of abode, and whether he lodges in, or' he comforts}
is the housekeeper. And as a Pawnbroker's ticket is a first ramp is
needful exemplification, it may not he unbecoming that all the Radii
1 should describe such an one as (allowing for the ne- , powder is g
cessary variation.) in all cases must be pinned upon the Lion of rrei
parcel : casting balls
William Peters and Henry Anderson. To show '
hi, Real Cross-street, West., I thing into !I
29th March, 11120, Borealis, alt
Shawl, frock, and hose, portentous u
01. 2s. fa son partieul
. Mary Williamson, Northern lig
17, Crown-court, King-street. L. of the Unite,
This is to be transcribed, and that duplicate given to
the pledger, after which it is to he written, for the third A
cons in
time, into a hook. The parcel is next to be carried to
the warehouse, which is never less than two, but mostly had. for.. ire- t)
three pairs of stairs high, where, unless it is arranged
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with nearly as much order as words are in a Dictionary, ...„. !Ls° , '
4 ii could scarcely be found at a momentary summons. ' 1')""1.1r "
An:l when it is wanted it is to be brought gown again, subjectj .
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delivered, the ticket preserved, and the book of entries
discharged. Protestant;
It is rather anticipating our next inquiry; but I can- wns
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not resist the impulse of pausing here to remark, that in would
payment of this labour, and for the loan of half a crown. K_i, my Cat
which the borrower may keep five weeks if be pleases, Pared
the Pawnbroker receives no more than one halfpenny. daring and 1
Yet, this is the dreadful extortion. which has excited so I never aleserta
. much resentment against him ; for in this instance, were Ltke,_ee,j.a.y., -In.!!
it redeemed the day it was pledged, it would leave a pro-
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i • tit of fire hundred per cent. per annual interest. Al- "11
though two men, were they to obtain incessant employ- lent concepti
• ging my att,
• went that way, from morning till night, could not earn
money enough by it to pay for half their meals.
I shall pursue the consideration of their labour no far-
ther: accustomed from youth to habits of industry, they ren at night
time we rho
slept npon fi
rant !ringlet(
toil incessantly without repining; and won't, not thank they: would s
me for blending imaginary gnevances with the many I Wednesday I
real ones they have to lament. and at tweb
Their remuneration is now to occupy our thoughts. judicious ass
Their gross profit I have already stated to be twenty st'illiam Fits
? per cent. per annum. 1 have now to add, this allowance i were secured
as confined to small sums: and that whenever the loan t had been the
s exceeds two guineas, fifteen per cent. per annum is their soon have in
legal profit. . evinced the
I presume I need not dwell on this self-evident truth, . own existent
that those who trade with borrowed money pay five per , DARNG A
• -1, i cent. interest for it ; and that every person whose capital Thursday ,
is his own, could make nearly that
meat securities, without risk or expense. It lint Go
follows,vertl. family of Al
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then, that fifteen per twat. is a Pawnbroker's profit in ' the house.
the first instance, and ten in the latter. I may be told • self with a a
they have ticket money. I have no intention to conceal
down stairs ;
it. If they lend five pounds on a pledge, they charge
linen tied in
tourpence for the duplicate—if twenty shillings, two- away; not ala
pence—if ten shillings, one penny—and a halfpenny for gave an.alan
I five. The Legislature granted it in consideration of the the house, a
expense they are at for hooks, pens, ink, and the thou- tour, one
sands of tickets which they issue for nothing: and so Roles with a
I nicely does the produce equipoise the cost, that it would ihuh, and at
be difficult to determine to which side inclines the his sword, i
balance. seise him, an
Relying on your indulgence, I will take the liberty to with a crow
say this subject shall be speedily resumed. then escaped
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