The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-04 00:00:00

TIIE STATESMAN.

lIICIItt of the Castle and Falcon, were all bailer oue
atoll r.o.'n consequently, as much a part
of the establishment as the other. The parcel, be re-
minded his Lordship, might have been rejected upon
the principle be had before mentioned, that of proprie-
tors refusing to take charge of parcels not arriving by
their own coaches.

The Loan MAyint said, that the leaving the parcel at •
tie tap must have reNalted from gross if not wilfull
neglect, and he had little doubt of the opinion of a Jury
upon the subject.
fhe Chief Clerk said, it was in vain to indulge in the
ease any lonvr. The Act 111111CrittiVe upon the•
complainant to urge hiz charge within fourteen days
fr the commission of the offence. lie read the clause.
The Loan alsvoit said, that, under these circum-
stances, Mr. Coward had mile to bring his action. His
Lordshi;i again complimented Mr. Dibbin for the Plan-
ner in which he had ro::se roman!.
Mr. Dihbin once more expre-svd his regwt at the loss
which hall arisen to M r. Cow ad, but declared hls readi-
ness to meet the.question in a Court of Law.
The Lotto M.tvor. dismissed the camplaint. and. Mr.
Coward left the Justice Room, declaring his intention
to appeal to a Jury.

I)loil•F:RATr....osrecr OF FI7.IfEEIMEN OY TIIC 111.13163.
Howell, the Water Huila, received intelligence
that illegal fishing was carried on in a most extensive
manner in the Thames, naar l'urtleet. The ettoplaints
were suede by those fidteriston who pursue the lawful
CJllrfe, anti who are subject to great injury in conse-
qnence of the destruction of the small fish hy the close
nets, with which it was found the channel of the r.ver was
almost completely crossed. .11h -r a tern hula rsimis expe-
ritneut, which had. ',early ended i , the loss of tsar
Mr. Nelson, the Ih•puty Water otaililf, succeeded,
the assistance of his small crew, in seizing- a monher of
nets, which were eoinett.hl at upwards 111 15111. The ac-
count given before the Lotto Mayon of the case, tr.,' as
follows:

Mr. NAPA stated, that the fishermen, who were be-
come a very dr:Tecate set of n.en in Sullit* pla rs, haring
always a loek-out for him both night and he deter-
mined to go down by land to the place whereshe under-
stood the work was going f.rwanl. Ite accordingly •
rode to Erith, where he got a night.;;lnss, throagh
which he observed live sail ~f boats, io a spot c,iilrll
'lavas! Hole, dear Purllcet. The limits ire:o
Illidisued. and Mr. Nelson, in the esi:ectation that re-'
sistanee would be made, rerested that some of the
laidsnien won'.; assist .1.651 in the pr6/1111:111Ce of hi.
sluts% This was refused b not Crum tavoir, bu: from fear,
and the Depnty, acrompanied 1) his three men, rowed'
off to list spot. where they saw the nets in ilavely llole.:
The persons engaged in fishing slid not !Alava with the!
least violence, and testrad of offering opposition to 31r.
Nelson, assisted him in lifting up the nets, which could
not have been ilane by a few hisnds. Soon afterwards,'
however, Nelson saw a liravesend hatch-boat bearing,
towards his boat, which was very small, and withia a
few iticiu:* of the surfwe of the w.iter. lie cried out to
those on hoard to inff, hut they paid no attention to his
call, and pressed upon him to all appearance with the'
desperate intention of sinking him. Again he cried out,
but Ibis appeal was also disregarded. The tiravcsenti
boat ppprosehed with great speed, and threatened .to
overivnelin the other, when the small crew made a tre-
men lons effort wi!h their oars, and got umler the bow
at soother ',oat toad lay it; the river, whitiser the enemy
could not proceed, It was snpposed that the hatch-boat
was the out-scout to we:ch the motions dt the Water
Ilaiiiff in the river, and ti:at being missed, .he was
determined to maite up the oversight by sinking. the
crew. _

The Loan Mayon expressed his astonishment at this
stash meld, and d. tared that he should adopt the most
eli gibl course for the protection of the Water milur.
lie asked whether lie persons who acted in so horrible
a manner could be recognized
This was answered in the negative. The name of the
owner of the boat is, however, known, and lie was sum-
moned to attend. _ _

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The Loan Mvven, in addressing the defendants, as-
sured thew, that if any thiog fatal had occurred, they
would not only have had to answer for the violation of
the 11-hittg Art, lint fur a very serious crime.
The defendants declared that those. in th- hatch-boat
were not acting. wider their directions, and that it teas
impossiSle they could have borne down Upon Mr. Nel-
son vi' a any bad vicw—it must, they thought, be wholly
nni ntet:tional.

Mr. Nelson said, it *as absurd to ssy there was
nu evil intention. lle had !wen frequently threatened
by some of the fishermen, and he had sin doubt of their
intentions towards him. !!ad nut his men rowed under
the bow of the moored boat, hi: boat must inevitably
have gone down, and after that ioeir lives would not have
been worth a Etching. The men on board the hatch-
boat seemed to finow those in the fishing-boats, for there
was some conversation between thew.
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John Aldridge, one of Nelson's men, state,l the cir-
cummanees as Air. Nelson did. Ile could not sac• whe-
thvr it was the intention of those in the hatch-boat to
drown the Deputy Water-b:iilitf or not, bat certainly
if the moored boat had nut alordeil protection, their
lives wnald bare been lost.

John hover, another of the ih•puty's men, corrobo-
rated the previous statement.
The Deputy Water-bailiff said, the defendants were.
in his opinion, by no means :.--essary to this desperate
attempt. Th:•v were all re-t.r:tahle men, and hail not
been detected in illegally fishing before. There were,
however, such characte.ts upon the Thames, from whose
♦iulence he had every thin:: to apprehend, and against
those he claimed the protection of the Lord Mayor.
The !mho 3I iron declared that the most rigorous
measures slmalii be adopted towards the ruffians who
bore such enmity against the officers, and issued direc-
tions accordingly.
The nets bp•longin; to the fire prisoners, which were
of immense dimensions, awl of a very small mesh, were
they. condemned ; hut, at Mr. Howell's request, the de-
fendants were not tired ; and after a severe admonition
from his i.urdship, they were discharged.
VIE CLASSICAL SWINDLER.

BOW•STRECT.--.41/1171htlel Van Briraca, Espire, was
brought up again yesterday, fee further examination.
It will perhaps be re •idleeted, that this is the gentleman
who was charged law' week with defrauding Messrs.
Itivingtons anti Co. booksellers, in Waterloo-place, of
41. by quoting the bircrk and Latin ports to tbein, and
talking in tine style of the cast sums which his literary
pemehuat annually cost him.
The following charge was now exhibited against him:
—Nome time in Vie month of August last, he called at
the counting-house of Mr. Carbouncl, a wine merchant
[in King-street, tiolihm-square, and inquired for that
gentlt-man. it was late in the afternoon, and he was
told that 111 r. Carbonnel bad left town for the night. lle
expressed great clugtin at this circumstance, having
been te..oniniended by the house of Scott, Bruer, and
Co. in the City, " to lay in his stork of ci:iret from Mr.
.Carbouuel's cellars( and hr " particularly wi!.lied to
have tasted it that night." The clerk made many apo•
logies, and after some farther expressions of disapFoint-
ment, Abraham Van Brienen, Esq. apponited to call ou
the following day. Previously to his leaving the counting-

house, however, Ise tosili out a superb gold watch, and look-
ing on it with well-atfected surprise, observed—" Bless ! I
it's near!y five o'clock, and 1 shall never be able to get
to my banker's' before they dose for the evcring. l ould
you accommodate me with two or three pounds till the
morning ? I have a trifling account to settle in the
nelehbourhood, and yon see I have been talking with
von till lam too late." The clerh was rather mystified
hy this request; but then the geutternan !miked so cares-
!q respectab!e. and had been talking so grandly of
his grooms, and Isis cellars stored with 11/1.11 vast quanti-
ties of old hock, ars' all the rest of it, that the clerk
thought lie should perhaps be offending a itionstroas
good customer if lie refused, and so reaching out his
tin cash bus, be asked how ninth would be sufficient.
" !" said Air. Van Brienen, '1 I tell you what, you
may as well give me 101. do you see? and I will give
Con my cheque upon Lefrvre for it ; anti when I call
in the tuorteteig, if von have made no use of it, why 1
will give you the cash again—l!" yon see ?
The clerk thought he did sec, and so gave him the
10/. and took his t heipte in return, draavit, itt a moment,
in a fine dashing gentlemanlike sort of hand, upon Les
Pyre, t nrrie, Itailies, and Co. 3 but it turned out, never-
theless, to he nothing more than so muds kmal paper
spoiled; for Messrs. the Bankers knew nothing at all
of it; end Abraham Van llrienen, Espire, never called
again to taste the claret.
There were other charres ready to be preferred against
him, 1111t1 arnott,,,to other;., ei.e by Mr. lionblitell (the
'coach-maker, of-Wig-acre), to ilarge :tumult ; bat the
Magistrate postponed the further lint stigation of Isis
case till this day, anti in ;be mean timehe was sent back
to his spas; in l'oitlhath-fields.
It appeared by the sta•stootnt of John Ttaris, the *filter,
that this ganileo.ta has been sapuorting an extensive
establishment in lean forthstreet, (or sonic time past, by
' speculuievne of :l:is ti..ttsre. sporting a very superb there
a:nic, an occasional itartotehe and curwicle, with men
and maid servants in abuntlaftre. .