The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-22
RIrlL InrRNAh OF THE SINIE.
sTbc Gourt Of ExchcqHer

Tbc Gourt Of ExchcqHer
There is in England Court Of high ju
t.diction called by this name, and more
IraaIea IN some cases, 10y men OF property
-. ~ other in that country, the Court
T. Tstss.cerz, mot excepted. 1t was founded
: william the CUuq1sroT on purpose 10
yaasY4e fine royal revenues. Its name is
aFfvsssls from a cucquered board, ana aitei1
ard cloth. around which the ofhcers ST.
nd ON W bich the different items OF the rev
me used to be recorded and calculated.
IN cstses of excise or customs and the puDuc
sxeunIss of the kingdom are mere deciue"'
nd sprfet ines very arbitrarily where mere
- been clearly an attempt at fraud. ms
,ourt viii then intict exemplary o"lh98eS
fafsel4 m amount as 10 ruin any wealthy
s%..sf,ssr No., or r-grci, SIT wl.0 ma ave
cen r6bbing the Government. during the
ar will France, before 1913, the Snug
limo qgas immense Ladies of the highest
mafGfV itouIdhaye French silks and laceS,
M fhe Wcst-eud linen diapers would
mlneie them ut great risk, - they We're
,bsolutely prohibited goods. Mr.. OK II III
rpposing William Pitt, pulled French SIX
soeket handkerchief ont of his pocket III
he Hons OF Commons, aud deted the Prime
Minister to stop an English gentleman from
arriving tbDt But the merchant who s0Id II
o him, if caught, would be fined by the
sonrt Of ExcheQuer, say forty or "ftY, or I'VE
,undred thousand and ruined
One muruiuga pooTlsh man entered the
,rivate room of a West-dealer III these
hines, and told him that 4 certain fashion
,ble lressmaker, through whom he used to
nuply the nobility with Large quantities OF
analugled laccs and silks, was gong TO De
ray him (the mUrchaut) TO the cu5tomhouse
,tfigers. the man having overheard CONVEX
d
iuest came from the milliner that the mer'
liant would if possible, call at her place
tirlseH with some patterns OF silks and laceS,
10 meet a distinguished lady who wanted 10
my His chief clerk requested the matter
night be- len IN his hands, and putting up a
undle of the very finest English limitations
vent TO the place. Just as lie was opening
hem, out -pTauG an officer ana arrested MN.
But on inspecting the goods the officer turn
"a all his wrath on the poor dressmaker' 10
whom he had been paying his addresses, ana
Who he thnu~ht had cheated him. Still, the
merchant was suspected, and resolved to
rive M the business. About two years al
,er. However. a smugglcr offered hun large
tuantitv of the most expensive point faces
ii aver reduced price, and 1t was agreed
n order to cut off all possibility ot being
raced, that the merchant was TO meet
nan coming the opposite way, at Snch .
place, with the paIceI uh'l'l MS III ~ Ia
aim the roll of bills to pay for, and then tt
receive. the bundle of laccs. without WORD
snoIxen This was all done, when. just as he
Ind takcn the parcel, an officer laid his hanC
an the merchants shoulder and arrested nm
He had watched those goods all the way iron
Dover. to trace the disposal of them, and nov
pounced on his prey, not, however, knoWns
the merchants name or address. rms wa
the only hope of escape from ruin Ana TN
merchant, watching his opportunity pnt N
foot before the officer, struck HIM Violeh
blow behind, and knocked hun face down
wards on the pavement, stunned; beiol
IKE officrr could recover the merchant go
III. found a stage going to Il remote part O
EnoIaud. and came home only after tire
DAYS, covered with dust and dirt, haVln
been again saved from the EXchequer an
from ruin. Such are the terrors for smut
glers in England.