FRAUDS IN TRANSMITTING PA...
The Times, 1824-10-29T00:00:00

FRAUDS IN TnANSaITTING PARKCELs.-A nefarious prac. tice orevails at the coach-offices in London, of sending parccls by oachers Vwhich dol not go direct to the place appointed for the delivery of the article booked, but which is sent on by solme subsequent con- veyancc with an oppressively augmentedl charge. Thia procceding is adopted in a moat iniquitous degree by the clerks antI managers of those holes in PiCcadilly called coach-offices, who, being in leaguie with certain coach-proprietors, thc lattcr find it worth while to bribe these understrappers to their interest, and levy on this w/ay a very heavy exaction on the public. This is a cousequence of most of the coaches, however opposed to each otherin interest, being depenclerrt on the same coach-office. Instances of the kinti are conti- nually occurring in this town, wwherein parcels, whichi ought to be sent direct by the Tatinton coach irons London, are forwardled by a Bath or Bri6tol coach, and then sent on by another conveyance, tayce with a chayge nearly double that wlhich ouight to be made. It this fiaud be not submlitted to, thie parcel ig withheld. There cani be no possible excuse for this conduct. Whitnitsh's North I)evon Taunton coacl is the only di- rect onc from this town, and frotn its spced, an(d the excellence of its regulations, l.rcels cannot be dleliveredI undler anv eircuinstances in vhich thiey may be left at tte booking office, with greater expe. dition. WVe hare heard something of an establishlmnerit for the ac- coninodation of West of England travellers, and the transimission of' parcels ani( property on the weiteri roads, that mav liavc the effect of quashing thc practices of thosc ill-manargect Picca- dilly cellars or booking othices, which it practically adorted, would be sure to meet encouragemen,t from an outraged public.- Toaunton, Coutrier. 'I'he man who played the flute, by soine aecitcit broke it while ill the oterestra of Covent-garden theatre Edwin, running into the tGrcer-roonr, cried out, " Poor fellow, proor fellow " What'A thrc nratter, nmy dear Ekdwin e" crieri Mrs. Webb. *- X hv. .Madamr," rejoined Edwin, " poor l'dr. rhas just split hiis wirnd-pille. ' In 8ir Richard Steele's Correspoxmndeirce, pubhisheti soirte years siice, in a letter to Latly Steele, he says, " Vc had1 not, when you left us, an inch of candle, a pound of coals, nor a bit of' brcarl nor mtcat in the liouse; but we do not want niow.' Ott Saturday eveiiinrg, about six o'clock, as Sinith's Yar- mnouth coach was on its way to that place froqir Norwich, in descend. ing Aclc-bridg'e, the coachman by sonie nreans lost the control of his horses, w en they innierediatcly got out of thc road, and the coach, horses, and passengers, were sont precipitated into a likc by the road-sidc. At the tiriic of the accirlent thic coach was crowlceti outside rnd in with passen gers; rnd it seelns almost a miracle that t,r,y all escaped, with the exception of a good (tucking, and iwo or three who were slightly bruised. At Bristol Quarter Scssiotns, Janes Rulhe rjfrd, Join .)enkins, .Jamcs Leslie, and Win. Ilale, a well-known gang of thieves, were convicted of robbing Liliss Eliza L,oui,a O Courner, in Tyndai's-park, on tIre 28th of September, as stated in tins paper at the time, antd were seitenced to be transported for life. On sentence being paronounced, Rutherford asked if the Witncsses, who. lie saidl, had all perjured themselves, were to haive their cars ctit off? Ant as the prisoners left the bar, they gavc three clicers !-Blei rnd Cietcnionrsl z Gazette. DAISiNG RonEat..-T'he pretnisr,s of ilr. Grcect, of' No. 7, Itcgcnt-strect, Vauxhall-road, 'eas entered about 7 o'clock on WVedncsday evening, andl a quanrtity of liten stoleni thiereironir, consisting of' shirts and various other articles. Numerous robberies of this description hare lately been corniijitted in the neighbourhoodl. Thrce vell-known ciaracters were seen lIrkinig .bout tlic spot at tire tlime. Loss Os BR.ICKS,&C. . I'll E LATr FLOoDS.-Cottsider- aebe dunage lias been experieticed in tiic brick-yards along the Severn, by the overflowing of tire river in the cariv part of the week fronm the lheav rains; in one yard upwards efW3t0,100 unburrnt buicks wcre coormpletely spoilecl. Travelling was greatly inapedtlei in miany parts by the height of the wsater. At Branceford-bridgc, near ATror- cetster, a zaggon, laden wBith hopfs, wasoverturiied, anti two voitnerr, who were on tIre top, had some difficulty in saving themselves and at levern Stoke, a horre, which w;as carelessly left witlr a cart, uti- attended, turned dowFn a road leidiag to tle meadows, and was drowsned.-Betir rind Cineltcniione Gazette. IASIvertisenment]-LostD BY RON's CONVEnSAsIONS.-We are requested to state, that a new edition of this interesting work, in onic vohmrpe 8vo, is published by IlIr. Colburn this dav. [Advortisemeit. -To-motrr v, price one shrilling, KISIGIIT all(l LACY will publish Tie Ornele of 1eeal/h, E coirru, I eId Good Living, by Dr. CR1Es.L and illr. WAI,LAC'E, No. 1 fi, COntai)rirg Bilious Disortiers-Religiou;s Nadncss-Rev. A. 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