The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-06-18 00:00:00

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• .And be it further evicted, that it shall be lawful
hair any Thames police constable or surveyor, or any
other peace officer, within his jurisdiction, to stop, '
search, and detain in some place of safety, any boat
which there shall he reason to suspect of having any
ropes, sordage, tackle, apparel, furniture, stores, ma-
terials, or any part of any cargo or lading, stolen or
unlawfully procures', from or out of any ship, boat,
tiro', lighter, or craft, in the said river, docks, or
creeks, or from any wharf, quay, or landing place
adjacent, to the said river, docks, ot creeks; and
also to apprehend and detain, or canoe to be
apprehended and detained, any person who may
I;se reasonably snspested of having or conveying any
.ateeli articles in such boat; and such person se appre
Atinded, shall he (as soon as conveniently nay be)
conveyed before some Jnstice of the Peace; and if such
person shall not produce the party or parties from
whom he or she bought or received such articles, or
some credible person, to depose upon oath the sale or
delivery thereof, or shall not give an account to the
satisfaction of such Justice, how he or she came by
the same, then the person so apprehended shall be
deemed and adjudged guilty of a , and
shall suffer as hereinafter mentioned ; and such boat,
with her tackle, apparel. furniture, and loading, shall,
upon such conviction, be forfeited anti disposed of as
is hereinafter directed,
And be it further enacted, that every Themes police
constable and surveyor, and every other peace °truer,
within his jurisdiction, shall and may apprehend and
detain, or cause to be apprehended and detaiaed, every
perms who may reasonably be suspected of baying or
carrying any ropes, cordage, tackle, apparel, furni-
ture, stores, materials, sir any part of any cargo or
lading, stolen or unlawfully procured from or out of
any ship or vessel in the said river, docks, or creeks,
or from any wharf, quay, or landing-place, adjacent
to the said river, docks, or creeks; and also shall and
may seize all such articles and detain thens in some
place of safety, and shall, as soon as conveniently may
be, convey, or cause every person so apprehended to
be conveyed before some Justice of the Peace ; and if
saris person shall not produce the party or parties
from whom he or she bought or received such articles,
~r some credible person to depose upon oath the sale
or delivery thereof, or shall not give an account to the
satisfaction of such Justice, how lie or she came by
the same, then the person so apprehended shall be
deemed and adjudged guilty of a , and
obeli suffer as hereinafter mentioned.
Provided alwa‘ s, and be it further enacted, that if
any person on being so produced before any Justice
to give an account of any articles seized and detained,
is insyof the cases aforesaid, shall declare himself or
herself to have bought, received, or otherwise obtained
such articles of some other person, such Jnstice is
hereby authorised and required to examine every such
other person, and also every other prior purchwer or
pretended purchaser ; and if upon the whole of the
evidence, it shall appear to the satisfaction of such
Justice, that the party so suspected at the time of his
or her receiving such articles into his or her possession,
did believe or bad reasonable cause to believe that the
same were at any time and by any person unlawfully
come by or obtained, it shall be lawful for such Jus-
tice to adjudge such party to be guilty of
• , and the party so convicted shall thereupon suffer
al hereinafter mentioned.

On Saturday the dispatches for Bengal, by the ship
Florentia, were demi at the East India House, and
delivered to the commander of that ship.
The birerpiol Courier says, We have frequently
noticed the praiseworthy exertions of the Society for,
ti e Suppression of Vice. We perceive it has again
I :en successful in checking the stream of vice, n !rich
has been inundating the land and sapping. the prin.
vides of virtue in the minds of our youth. At the
quarter Sessions a: Aylesbury, Joshua Iliatica was
prosecuted by the Society, and convicted of selling
0-scene snuff bores to souse Eton boys, and sen-
tenced to pay a tine of ;V. and be imprisoned six
months. Whether considered in reference to the ex-
pense and difficulty of bringing 1 such a charge,
the benefit which the community trill derive from
the application of smelt correctives to vice, the society
Is well entitled to the support of the pitillie. The
.h..llowing is an extract from the address of the Esta-
k.ishmeut, August, IS20;--" It is not for the society
tv.estituate its own claims upon public patronage, but
it respectfully appeals to its recorded acts, per-wailed
Oat these will better prove than any comment could
tie the general utility of its operations, and the benefits
which are likely to arise from its being adequately
sapported by the friends of religion and morality."
RaCEITIRS-GENERAL.—The report from the select
committee of the House of Commons on the duties of
de Receivers-general of lard and assessed taxes has
been printed. The Receivers-general have long
formed a most important class of sinecurists who have
hitherto not attrec.ed suffic:ent attention. Their enro-
llments "are deviled from a poundage of 211. in the
rand on the lard ta-,tyrd led. on the assessed taxes,
::..ctet a balance. of generally, though reduced
it souse late instances to 4,0001., and from the interest
etising from the current balance in their hands pre-
N.ions to their quarterly payments into the Exchequer.
• Aec,riling, to the present system, the Itereivers-gene-
sel commonly retain in their bands the whole of each
I.v:trolly collection for about six weeks, being equi-
.!.tassirt to an advantage of retaining the whole year's
collection for six seeks in the year." One of these
offices produces 2,0521. per annum net profit. The
Committee reeomtliend that the Receivers-general shalt
I arc fixed salaries, and that their masher shall be re-1
doted from 66 to 44. Out of 39, (ally 2S perform,
even in pars, their duties its person. The other acts by
'trimly. 'lbis practice is now to be discontinued;
era instead of leaving large balances ia the Lands of
'Manley betaken, who
..are connected smith the Re-
-11.7 TM. the reatittaaces are to be managed as they ate
is the caarof the Excise.

• Crif' iirtiLL/.I;XCE.
COBBT OF ICING'S BENCH, OVILDIALLI Jinsa le.
DAT ADD AnoTnaa a. PROWS.
This was an action by Messrs. Day and *anis,
blacking-makers, of Holborn, against the defendant,
Henry Brown, for an imitation of their label. The
trick was discovered by s typographical error in
the counterfeit publication ; the damages were laid at
1,000/.
Mr. ScAuLaTT facetiously observed, tint he felt so
hesitation in opening the case as one of the dorkest
which had ever bees presented to a jury, and proceed-
ed at some length with similar humnur to establish the
plaintiff's claim for damages. He then called his wit

OeMg.
Mr. B Cushitic@ had been many years le the habit
of using Day and Martin's blacking. He bonght a
bottle of blacking (purporting to be of Day and Mar-
tin's manufacture) from the defendant Brown. Find-
ing it vile stnff, he carried it to the house of the
plaintiff's in High Holborn, who abjured it.
James Barton proved the purchase of a similar
bottle.
The grim counterfeits were then put in.
Thomas Richardson was printer to the plaintiffs.
Their labels were printed from a stereotype pla e.
He could swear that the labels on the spurious bottle,
were not printed from the plate of the
There were several typographical errors: mon::
others, the word " inestimable" in the true bill,
stood "inestiulable" in the counterfeit.
Richard Brown, first cousin to the defendant, ad-
mitted that he had got about ?..400 labels .trnelf
off from a plate which was supplied to him by Ow
defendant.
Mr. DENMAN addressed the Jury in mitigation,
but called no witnesses.
The LORD Cuter Jcsrtce thought it a case nut
I fur vindictive, but certainly for reasonable slatoaces.
The Jury found a verdict fur the plaintilfe—Da-
triages 151.