The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-04 00:00:00

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—ln so mighty a world as London, it. will- apprise
my readers that I should not have found some means.
of staving off the last extremities of penury: and it
will strike them that two resources at least must have
been open to me,—vis. either to seek ussistanee from
the friends of my family, or to. turn my youthful ta-
lents and attainments into some channel of pectiniary
emolument. As to the first .course, I may observe,
generally, that what I dreated beyond all other evils
was the chance of being resilaimed by my guardians;
not doubting that whatever power the law gave them
Would have been enforced against me to the utmost;
that is, to the extremity of forcibly restoring use to
the school which I bad quitted : a restoration which
is it would in my eyes have been a dishonour, even if
submitted to voluntarily, could not fail, when extorted
from me in contempt and defiance of my known wishes'
and efforts, to have been a humiliation worse to me
than death, and which would indeed have terminated
in death. I was, therefore, fishy enough of applying
for assistance even in those quarters where I was sure
of receiving it—at the risk of furnishing my guar-
dians with any clue for recovering me.. But, as to
London in particular, though, doubtless, my father
had in his life-time had many friends there, yet (as
ten years had passed since his death) I remembered
few of them even by name : and never having seen
London before, except once for a few hours, I knew
not the address of even those few. To this mode of
gaining help, therefore, in part the difficulty, but
much more the paramount fear which I bare men-
tioned, habitually indisposed me. In regard to the
other mode, I now feel half inclined to join my reader
in wondering that I should have overlooked it. As a
corrector of Cireek proofs Of in no other way) I might
doubtless have gained enough for my slender wants.
Such an office as this I could have discharged with an
exemplary and punctual accuracy that would soon
have gained me the confidence of my employers. But
it must not be forgotten that, even for such an office
as this, it was necessary that I should first of all have
an introduction to some respectable publisher: and
this I had no means of obtaining. To say the truth,
however, it had never once occurred to me to think of

literary labours as a source of profit. No mode sue-
ciently speedy of obtaining money had ever occurred
to me, but that of borrowing it on the strength of my
future claims and expectations. This mode I sought
by every avenue to compass: and amongst other per-
sons I applied to a Jew, named D—.
To this Jew, and to other advertising money-lenders
(some of whom were, I believe, also Jews) I had in-
Iroditced myself with an account of my expectations ;
which account, on examining my father's will at Doc-
tor's Commons,, they had ascertained to be correct.
The person there mentioned as the second son
was found to have all the claims (or more than all)
that I had stated : but one question still remained,
which the faces of the Jews pretty significantly sug-
gested,—was I that person? This doubt had never
occurred to me as a possible one: I bad rather feared,
whenever milewish friends scrutinized me keenly,
that I might be too well known to be that person—and
that some scheme wield be passing in their minds for
entrapping me and selling me to my guardians. It
was strange to me to find my own self, ,aaterialiter
considered (so I expressed it, fur I doated on logical
accuracy of distiactions) accused, or at least suspected,
of counterfeiting my own self, Armaliter considered.
Llowever, to satisfy their scruples, I took the only
course in my power. Whilst I was in Wales, I had
received various letters from young friends: these I
produced : for I carried them constantly in my pocket
—being, indeed, by this time, almost the only relics
of my personal incumbrances (excepting the clothes I
wore) which 1 had not in one way or other disposed of.
Most of these letters were from the Earl of —, who
was at that time my chief (or rather only) confidential
friend. These letters were dated from Eton. I had
also some from the Marquess of —, his father, who,
though absorbed in agricultural pursuits, yet having
been an Etonian himself, and as good a scholar as a
Nobleman needs to be—still retained an affection for
classical studies, and for youthful scholars. lie had,
accordingly, from the time that I was fifteen, corre-
sponded with we ; sometimes upon the great improve-
ments which be had made, or was meditating, in the
counties of M— and Sl— since 4 had been there;
sometimes upon the merits of a Latin poet ; at other
times, suggesting subjects to me on which he wished
me to write verses. • • • •

NORTIIRRN CIRCUIT.
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YORKSHIRE ASSIZES.

fated that Le erfoild be taken to prison. • Mr. Forster
fossi the meldieramere dews' belliiisi - hint, snit the wit-
ANS Olt sot know 30 whom the sommand.was given.
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..,,Irotteter took th-e .pialstiff ;by the collar, and
ged him a little hick . towards the soldiers, by
• • he was a few minutes afterwards marched a pri-
soner to the Castle. The conduct of the plaintiff had
been peaceable, and so attempt at violence had been
needs on his part.
loroxamined by,Yr. Scatusaree-Tbs plaintiff is a
earrater and joiner. The Opt time be saw Crosby.
be was stepping up to Dr. &sham, the witness had
lot koowe the plaintiff before that time.
• Joseph Delliiiolol testimony was to the same effect.
Williams Hall deposed. that before the soldiers came
Aker, was nothing pa:dealer going forward; every
thing was quiet. After the soldiers came, the people
cried out they were going to massacre them as they
bad done at Manchester. 'The plaintiff desired the
people to keep themselves quiet, as it was not the sol-
diers who were to blame, but those who sootier theta.
He soon afterwards saw the plaintiff talking with the
doctor, when the crowd rushing on them, the plain-
tiff was driven against him, and the plaintiff was in.
stantly afterwards put into the ranks.
He was cross-examined by: Mt. Count:err, bat no.,
thing material was elicited -from him.
Richard Jackson is the keeper of the county gaol;
he received the prisoner Ito his cnstody on the 24tk.f
May, for an assault. on a warrant Tor further emaia
ation, and remained with him until the 24th of July.
On the 27th of May the witness received a warrant of
commitment of the plaintiff for trial. Between the
24th and 27th of May the plaintiff was never out of
his custody, or examined before a .Magistrate. An
application was made to the . witness to admit the
plaintiff to bail. The witness had acted under three
warrants, the first was dated the 24th of May, for an
assault, the second was a charge en the oath of Dr.
&wham. of the plaintiff having riotously and tumult-
ously assembled on the 24th of May. with others, to
disturb the peace. and the third was received on the
24th of July. authorising the witness to liberate the
plaintiff from his custody.
Mr. Scmaisyr for the defendant, submitted that
Dr. Redfern had been assaulted, and therefore the
Magistrate was justified in committing the defendant
on his own view of the transaction. The Court was
of a contrary opinion, and Mr. Scarlett then address-
ed himself at considerable length to the merits of the
case, charging the plaintiff, after the Riot Act had
been read, with exciting, by Isis violence, others to
a breach ofthe peace. To establish his case he called
Dr. Ruben), who bad read the Riot Act, a police offi-
cer and a constable.

Mr. BROUGHAM replied. He complained that the
plaintiff was committed on the 24th of May for a com-
mon astault, for further examination, upon which
warrant he bad never been examined, and the Magis-
trate had refused to take bail for his appearance. On
the 27th be is committed for riotously assembling on
the 24th May, and no further notice is taken of the
first warrant, but it is framed in such an ambiguous
way, that it was generally supposed that the plaintiff
was detained as a capital felon, and was actually pub-
lished in the calendar of malefactors fir trials at the
last Assizes, and the Under-Sheriff had attempted to
prevail on him to return, thinking he was improperly
discharged. At the expiration of two months, when
the Assizes was about to commence, be is discharged
without being indicted for any offence. The Learned'
Counsel concluded a long and able speech, by recom-
mending the Jury to compensate the plaintiff, and
teach the defendant justice.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages, 10/. 10s.—costs, 40s.