The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-21 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN

so L. Levy had freqsantly assisted him with semi
of money, on itineration he advanced MINI thossind
poends toying, as witness was. stranger in Scotland it
mss necessary be shield appear there as a member of
a house of property es well as a man of credit, and
b• else said, he would introduce the witness to Mr.
Kreider,
oho would give him a route and instres.
film; be afterwards saw Mr. Koenig,, and received
a route end iestroctioes in writing from him, which
was, is the witness's opinion, the cleverest he ever
saw, pointing out the towns he would base to pass
through, end an enumeration of the roMusedities
worthy of notice in each place through which he
would have to pass. (The route was pet in end reed )
With the aid of the mole witness took the joarairy,
waking oat,' a trilling deviation, and made very
considerable purchases. paying sway neer 15001. end
mating purchases to the amount of between 40001.
and 50001. at Glasgow. the serples was paid with
bills on lbe hawse of Reeve and Lee ; the bills were
',gutsily paid till the last month. Whams return.
ed to Manchester, where be remained and made
Praisers, and by instructions from his partner he
drew bills on Myst'. Some enquiries were soon set
tin feet at Manchester, respectiog Myer', and wit.
mil, by advice of some of his friends, though very
tdemant to do so, es he considered r.- Myers as a
map of independent torten., came to London, and
meet with Mr. Lawson, a Manchester agent, to
)lyers's coenting.boase, where witness opened the
esaverestioe, by stating that be had come by desire
of the Manchester merchstris who held his accept-
epees, to emptire as to his property. Myers es-
premed much sager at such an enquity, after having
paid se meek money; a further conversation took
place, sad Myers said., although he did not consider
himself booed to glee any account of his affairs, he
would state that he hod considerable property, amount.
ing to at least 11,0001. la Holland, a large !silence et
his husker's, a daughter married to a Gentleman at,
to whom he had given a fortune, and that his
reason for going lato business *gels was, that he bad
married a young wife ; all this, however, he said, was
nothing, but be would discount all his screptences if
brought to him. Mr. Lawson immediately said, be
had 3 or 4001. in his peasession, and would think
him to dimmest them. Myers looked rather sat,
prised,but wrote. check on his banker for the amount ;
sad desired witness to write and collect as many more
of hi, acceptances as he could, and they should be
discounted. lu four or five days, acceptances to the
amount of upwards of 10001. were sent up, and dis-
coented by him. Witness, rie essmining Myers's ac-
count with the house of !bevel and Ise, found Myers
was in debt to them 30001.; he, however, returned
to Manchester pesfectly satisfied with Myers's solven-
cy, and finned the Manchester merchants also well se.
tisfied. Witness continued purchasing goods at Man.
cheater, and seeding them up to town. In Jane
witness's house became banktept ; they bad been is
business seven inenths,• end during that time witness
had purchased goods to the amount of 31,0001. On
the 3d of Jane, whams received letters from London,
-which alarmed him ; his clerk came on the 6th, and
litoeghtiatelligesee, which induced him immediately
to set .we for London. On his arrival, be nits inform-
ed by Jeseph Lee that Myers had absconded, sad by
the books it appeared 13,0001. in their debt. Wheeler
else hid absconded 30001. In their debt, and there
was set 3001. stock to pay with. 'liters was WM is
the heads of the London banker, and as much at
Manchester as would, perhaps, have made up 10001.
Whams had not a shilling in bit poeket,sod was obliged
le apply to Lenis Levy, oho gave him 31. for pee-
east subsistence. At the time witness stopt papoose,
the beam owed about 18,0001.; their demands on
Myers Mx! Wheeler 'seceded that sem ; till thee'
person* oboe/Hided. witness selemnly declared be be-
)lipd thee men of property.
reas;esamined.—Witness did not apply to Mr.
Keitaieffor the route.

J.' Gerais, a tailor, had known Lurie Levy for
about two years. Recollects mating some clothes for
Wheeler ; woe joist assignee with 'Lewis Levy under
Wheeler's bookreptcy. Lewis Levy introduced the
witoess to Wheeler, who herd nve•strits of clothes of
Mb or morel the whole @clomp of his bill was 631.
the balance doe was attest 331.
J. Lee was brother.in.lso to. Lewis Levy. In the
early pet of 1815 they had diiiigied, bet in the
latter god of that year he mot forte witness ; said
be wished him well, and werild do good for him, and
Pot MI Into business with Mr. Reeve, a respectable
man, sad gave him 10001. to begin with. An iota,.
view afterwards took place with Mr. Reeve on the
abject; bat nothing wes said by Mr. Levy us to
le hen he shield advance the money ; tiro 'ketch Odle
articles of partnership wore i. Lewis Levy's band.
writing. After the partnership had boos agreed no,
Lewis Levy brought the grilsese notes out 'Change to
the amorist of 10081. and desired witness would get a
10001. note from the Bank for them. Witness did so,
and afterward', went with Mr. Reeve and placed it to
their molest in the lairds of Messrs. Lloyd mod Co.
their honkers. Levy weer said any thing shoot
)(realer to the witness, bat told him that Mr. Myers
Was a respectable ass. Drafts of letters wets
orimminple koeght by Maas Levy, Lewis Levy's
lirothorr to the witnees's coanting.hoom. Lewis
Levy mid, them draughts were in the liand.writing of
Mr. Immior. They were 'timbered. Whams wised to
copy the &shelled the loiters were mut by the
post; the drafts won adorned either to Hisla
boy of to Lewis- Ivey. Witness recollects ho-
mMiellt alga 4matitios of goods arriving from
Three, at Manahootar, at their coantiag-hoase.—
'Ppm sae fregilbitlx to their cooadog.hoose
sad purchased goods. Lewis Levy told witness,
If say moo called to empire for Myers'a chg.
tractor, to my he was a respectable man. sad fer.
desitid witness would' go to Messrs. Jam.
Na'. for Ms ciarsater. Lewis Levy occosioaally
4%W did&of tbe- Owen ; was desired to take
Oho invoices of goods aathey arrived to hiss. Lewis
Levy frquently Old nicety Into witness's boater's
tor th,sad had witness's checks agars he ft.—
tiro did thief- be ad, to 'Make whores's account look
well. He desired witoem to sell to &gyms god
Wheeler. *god siren Mr. teealer et Mr. Levy's
airoatiog•hosso; *bad ilea Bloatagao Levy therm
Levy sod Homier Owe,* west out tagetkr; had
11090 Will. oilmen Levy's enesting.hosee, at Levy
was am thewwithia. Hod hard Levy my his how-
Ike allchoot.pou I. Holland, established there to ro.
11111,11 &honesty gripe& Oe the wren tithe 4th

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of Jens witness sew Lewis Levy, who said Wheat
not thee Myers that morning. Witness said be was
gob% to Leodenball.street, and eroeld cell ; he
did se; and was informed that Myers was out; bet
coming set of the court he met a Gentleman who said
Myers had rust away. Witness came back and laid L.
Levy, arbei weld out in greet horry,tod seers Messed
end said, Myers espected good's' several wharfs, and
desired witness woeW go and enquire. Witness did
se, and heard at owe wharf there were eleven pack•
sips for him. Witness said be ►ed an order for
them; bet the Clerk said, he colloid send them no•
when bet to Mr. Myers's warehouse. Witness re-
quested that they might be seat, as be wanted t►em
to ship. The Clerk said, be would seed them at five
o'clock. Witness ea wse mere of thee, geode. He
went and told Lewis Levy whet he bed done, who
said very well. Witness sew Wolfe that afte►eoew,
and told bim he had jet a cheek for 30UI. which be
wished to send into the bankers, but had no one to
send with it, and requested Wolfe would send his
porter with it. Wolfe took the check sod sent it,
and it was paid, bet witness bad sot received the
money. lie mentioned it to lewis Levy, who said
it was ell right.

Cross-ezamined.—Always considered Myer, as a
respectable men till be ran away ; be considered his
so on Mr. 1.. Levy's representation ; whew Myers
absconded he was largely indebted to the witness's
house. Mr. Reeves west to Woolley and Jellereon's,
end received a good character of Myers from thorn.
1.. Levy paid for 811 the pods booked to him. Wit.
seas tried to get credit, but whoa he Grit entered
Islo ►usiness be had no intention to cheat any eve.—.
Mr. L. Levy afterwards told him to get all the Rinds
be could, sod wrote drafts of lettere, which witness
copied and sent to Mr. Reeves, instrotting him to
make purchases. At the time witness failed, his
house was not at all indebted to Lewis Levy. %Vit-
o's'', father did not eateries him any money ; the
10001. was advanced by L. Levy, who desired the
witness to say his father gave is to him.
Re-essmined by his I.ordship.—Lewis Levy once
or twice looked oat goods at the witness's warehouse,
and desired witness to seed thorn to Myers, who
tumid bey them. Myers and Levy ores both present
when Wheeler wee introduced to him. Witness did
not recollect having a bill of a Paris banker.
Mr. Dyer produced a note, No. 8123, 10t5...) Oct.
21, 1816, for 10001. ; and a note for 3001. No. 2789,
dated Oct. 12, 1810; and one for 2001. No. 7144,
dated Oct. 14, 1810 ; and ono for the same sous, dated
Ott. 11, 1816 ; one for 1001. N.. 14,801, dated
Ott. 17, 1816 ; and one for a similar sum, No.
16,048, dated Oct. 21,1816 ; and alto two notes of
501. each, Nos. 5214 trod 12,162, dates July 1 sod
Sept. 5.
Mr. Dickinson, a Clerk in the Bank, proved,
that the seven small notes were, on Ore 7th of
November, 1816, escheated at the Bant for 10001.
No. 8113.

The Clerk et Jones, Lloyd's, and Co. proved,
that on the 7th of November, 1316, Reeves and
Lee opened an account with their house, and
paid in a 10001. note, No. 8123.
M. J. Friar, of the house of Bosantiost and Co.
proved, that the 3001. note, No. PM, was paid
by them for a check of Mr. Wolfe. The 1001. note,
No. 16,048, was paid for a check of L. Levi's.—
Wolfe bad been a custnmer of the horse many
years, 12 or 13. Witness always understood he
was an honourable man in his dealings; he was in
the habit of drawing largely on the, house. Levy had
kept an scampi with them only for a short time.
11. Wheeler is a German, mime from Paris to FAO.
don at the close of 1816; had an introduction to John
Myers. When he arrived in London, be had ten francs
for • capital. When he bed been shout 1U days in
town, he was introduced to Lewis Levy by Jacob My.
ere, no relation to the Defendant, at Levy's house, in
Prescott-street. Myers stated to levy what the wit-
ness's situation was. Levy said, " I am told, Mr.
Wheeler, yen are short of melvey." Witness said he
was. He observed, Mr. Myers informs me you are a
Inner geed character and family, and I will make •
dgreat man of you, and gave Ithaca' four pounds,
esiring he would call nest morning at his oiler.—
Witness accordingly went as directed in Abcherch.
lane. lie stopped there till Mr. Levy come with
Mr. Keenier. Mr. Levy said Mr. Keenier could
speak French, bet Mr. Kerala shook his head; he,
however, at subsequent interviews spoke French to
the witness. Nothing more passed at that inter.
view. Shortly after witness called on John Myets
in Fencherch.street. Lewis levy was there, sod
witness was received politely, and directed to call
again next day. He did se„ and found Iwwis Levy,
Wolfe, teenier, and Abraham Joseph there:to—
Wolfe and Joseph appeared meek displeased at the
witness hallos bees called into the private room. Ho
was desired to call on Levy at his slice again next
day. He did se, and forted teenier there. Lewis
Levy asked witness if he could procure a letter of

recosuseudation from a hums hs Paris. Witness
said be had no &Debt b• avoid, u he had been intro-
duced to Messrs. Perigord, mod his cheroots stood
well with that ►ouse. Lewis Levy said, that weseld
be a great and ho was desired to call seat dsy,
when a letter was produced to Perigord's bow,
which slip's* was desired to sign, sad he did so.—
Lewis Levy ties said. witstllll MPS. here a bitter
lodging than that he their bad, he Houndsditcb, sad
oldasately took kiss a l.d*isg I. Unless-coast, Broad.
street. Witness at this time could sot speak a word
of
English. He had but a short stock of clothes,
sod tut w►y witch host. Mr. Gerais breoght
skews suss clothes; sod when '►i applied for
wormy, witness was told to mad hies to Lewis
Ley. &fere his letter of istroduction ciao from
Paris, witness called at Myers's warehouse, and
saw some packsaes with his lurk on thee. He said,
" Hew is this?" Myers mid, 6' Look what we do
for yens; we by goods in your nuns to give you
eiedil.." Lewis Levy went roood with witness, aad
took a esontiag.hosse for witness in London-street.
Lark Levy lest witness some skirts and linen, till he
had use mad*. His letter of recommendatiin use ;
he took it le Louis Levy's coea'ing.hoese: Myers,
Wolfe, Kessler, aid Abram* Joseph, were there,
sad were moth pleased. Wnife said, this is as good
as 10,0001. in our pocket. The letter was addressed
to Miaett sod Stride. Witness was to take his
letter oest day to Minett and Stride's ; but Lewis
Levy said, before he went, ha meet hare a
gold watch to put in Isis pocket tad s Oland

brooch the watch he was to keep, and the
'brooch he was to peters. 'lle 'was to tell Mi.
sett and Stride he was a merchant, cone to this
wintry to do beehives; and they also pot into
his beads 191101. le deposit with them. Ile accord.
I.gly west to Minett and &tide's, stated what he
wee iestrecteil, and deposited the money with them.
Wittiest afterwards's+ Kees'. Kessoier ofd, Keene
was a respectable broker, that I. did bushiest for 3.
Myers, end was ping to Scotland for him, and de-
sired the 'item to take him to Nitwit and Stride's,
and *west 'hens to give him a remisemendation sod
letter of credit for 5001. Wifeless did as he was in.
waded, procured Mleett's reemeseedetion and
letter of credit, end Keen got elf for Scotland. Al-
most immediately he drew on the whims at sight
myelitis at Minett's. Very few goods came. and
those few witness was directed by Levy, Wolfe,
and Keesier to send to Myers's warehouse. When
whams hecameshott of money at his Yankee., he
told I. Levy, who either gave him drafts •r sent
him to Myers foe cheeks to replenish. When no
geode mime, witness stated to Levy, Myers, Wolfe,
end Ketstier, thee he we, dissatisfied ; they told him
to be easy, he should hevesgoode hy.and.hye. About
May witness received lotto's from Meas,who had gives
kite his original letters of introduction to Myers; stat.
ing, that bearing witness was in a gond sitestion be
weel4 lewd him hie hand. He should hey goods for
Le Fevre, the hanker,ns the amount of 10,0001., sad
drew on Le Fevre for the amount at three months.
Wools srlitims communicated this loner to Levy,
Ranier, Wolf., and Myers, they said, " Now
you may be satisfied that this comes through year
friend, John Myers: such a connection is every
thing." Witness had previously declared himself
dissatified with Keels and the whole concrete. He
was now directed to drew live bills, of 3001. each,
on Le Fears; he did in, and sent them tbroegb
Minuet and Stride's horse to Paris for accept.
puce; they were accepted sad worried, and
he was advised by Moiety, Wolfe, and /Loonier, to
enquire for a bill broker aid Keenier at length re-
commended bins to Mr. Sharp.: who referred him to
Messrs. Martini and Rorie, end through them be sle-
pt-SW the bills toe merchant, named Ileiderems,
who gage cash for thee, which situates paid to his
bankers. Jose+, Lloyd, mad Co. with whom he bad
sopped an 'regain previously, Lewis Levy having ad.
winced him money to do so. Witness bought goods
for Le Fevre and shipped them for Ostend. Wittiest,
whilst these thiags were doing pet his new es a sam-
ba of bills, for which Lewis Levy anti Rosier said
he the shoots should have a profit of 301. per cent.;
he was ales to have half the goods bought in his name,
and Levy undertook to look out that he had it ; bowel
not to hies any profit on !hogged, bought of Reeves
and Lee, as he derived considerable profit from their
reference. All the goods, estop, these shipped by wit-
ness for Le Fears, went to Myers's warehouse, end
witness did not know what became of them ; they
were hegemony sent in in lb. morning and re.
moved In the evening; Lewis Levy and: William
Lee weed to be there frequently, as well as Ales.
Lee, sabiating in removing them. In May, Mass
cause seer from Paris, and brought more of Le
Freres frills, some of which were cashed. The latter
end of hlay, Marie:lli came to the Wheat% and said
there was a mistake sheet them acceptances. He
thought they bad levee Ranker Le Fevre's. instead
of which they were accepted by a person not at all
known. Witness promised to make enquiry, and let
him knew ant day. Wittiest' this west to Ab.
cherch.lane, where he Nand Lewis Levy, Wolfe,
Keesier, Myers, and Abraham Joseph's. He told them
what bed passed between him mid Martini. They
directed him to make light of it to Marteili and Ile!-
' defense. He occordiegly did so, and in a day or
two after his mosey at the booker's wee attached. Ile
sew Mr. Heideman, who said he had bad a letter,
which informed him the screptasees were worth no.
thing. Witness immediately wept is haste to Alt.
church-sale, where be saw the same party again, and
desired to be takes to • lawyer. Maas took him to
Mr. Isaac., to whom be told the whole story, and
said be wield go to law. Isaac* said, do sot be in
a hurry; yes do not know the law of the country ;
come again to me to.morrow. MARINAS tailed west
day, ghee !macs said he most pet in boil, mid thou
he might get hi, money. He, however, kept wit.
seas all day, and did nothing; sad neat day he was
told at Lewis Levy's enmities-hoses that Myers had
run a way. Montague I.4ay was present at the time.
Wifeless, mach alarmed, went to Isaacs, who said,
it was new time witness should take are of himself;
and they went to the Prussian Consul to get a peas.
pert, for which witness gave him ten poends.—
About three days before they bad said to him—
'• New, Me. Wheeler, if you are not a fool, we will
do the sense for you es we do for Myers. We will
give you 13001. which is a great deal of money in
your cotstry, if you will do as we wish, and go."—
After Myers fall away, Lewis Levy said, there was
still noel, he would go. Witness refused to go;
end Lewis Logy said, them he should feel the Coos*.
geeocel; sod es the 7th of June Martelli arrested
him, sad Levy wet in a writ also for 18001.—
Soon after he was at the lock.ep.hoese, Lewis
Levy come, seal witness asked him bow he paid
be 1/014. is his debt. Levy said, be should knew
by-lethlffe. leases, who was there, desired him
to hold lb tome*, aid it should be settled, and le
the internees be was discharged. He then went to
leases's kew Isaacs tried to palisade him to gait
di* mashy, het he still refused. Is the coves
of die evades it was discovered that the hoes*
was watched. The brother of Isaacs at length
went not, and ceased those who watched the house
to be takes to the watch-hogs*. Is the Posse
of Ibe evesieg Lewis Levy came and again urged the
witness to go, saying he would hang him if be did
sot. Isaacs mid, bow can be go without a passport
Levy asked, what would be the espence? and Is
mid, 101., which Levy gage him ahem two o'clock in
die mornieg. Isaacs took the witness oat, Maas
having previously gives him 400 Napoleons. Wit.
sass ultimately precasted to Calais, and from theses
to Brussels, where be was overtakes by Mr. Sharp,
She limieght him beck to Ostend. Here, on gelsg
to en botil,se found Wolfe, Lacy, James Isaacs,
sad Maas playlet; cards; sod, on seeing the
witness, they appeared meal shocked. Wolfe
seld—.-" For Ged's sake• whence do you come,
sod *by coos here ?" Wham said Sharp was
there aloe; this hiereseel their confasloo. retry