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until Monday the fifth of February in the following year�察 �was on
that day solemnly tried at Westminster for High Treason。 Of this
crime he was�察 �after a patient investigation�察 �declared Not Guilty�察�
upon the ground that there was no proof of his having called the
multitude together with any traitorous or unlawful intentions。 Yet
so many people were there�察 �still�察 �to whom those riots taught no
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lesson of reproof or moderation�察�that a public subscription was set
on foot in Scotland to defray the cost of his defence。
For seven years afterwards he remained�察 �at the strong
intercession of his friends�察 �comparatively quiet�察 �saving that he�察�
every now and then�察 �took occasion to display his zeal for the
Protestant faith in some extravagant proceeding which was the
delight of its enemies�察 �and saving�察 �besides�察 �that he was formally
excommunicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury�察�for refusing to
appear as a witness in the Ecclesiastical Court when cited for that
purpose。 In the year 1788 he was stimulated by some new insanity
to write and publish an injurious pamphlet�察 �reflecting on the
Queen of France�察 �in very violent terms。 Being indicted for the
libel�察 �and ��after various strange demonstrations in court�� found
guilty�察 �he fled into Holland in place of appearing to receive
sentence�此�from whence�察�as the quiet burgomasters of Amsterdam
had no relish for his company�察 �he was sent home again with all
speed。 Arriving in the month of July at Harwich�察�and going thence
to Birmingham�察 �he made in the latter place�察 �in August�察 �a public
profession of the Jewish religion�察�and figured there as a Jew until
he was arrested�察 �and brought back to London to receive the
sentence he had evaded。 By virtue of this sentence he was�察�in the
month of December�察 �cast into Newgate for five years and ten
months�察 �and required besides to pay a large fine�察 �and to furnish
heavy securities for his future good behaviour。
After addressing�察 �in the midsummer of the following year�察 �an
appeal to the commiseration of the National Assembly of France�察�
which the English minister refused to sanction�察 �he composed
himself to undergo his full term of punishment�察�and suffering his
beard to grow nearly to his waist�察�and conforming in all respects to
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the ceremonies of his new religion�察�he applied himself to the study
of history�察�and occasionally to the art of painting�察�in which�察�in his
younger days�察 �he had shown some skill。 Deserted by his former
friends�察 �and treated in all respects like the worst criminal in the
jail�察 �he lingered on�察 �quite cheerful and resigned�察 �until the 1st of
November 1793�察 �when he died in his cell�察 �being then only three´
and´forty years of age。
Many men with fewer sympathies for the distressed and needy�察�
with less abilities and harder hearts�察 �have made a shining figure
and left a brilliant fame。 He had his mourners。 The prisoners
bemoaned his loss�察 �and missed him�察 �for though his means were
not large�察 �his charity was great�察 �and in bestowing alms among
them he considered the necessities of all alike�察 �and knew no
distinction of sect or creed。 There are wise men in the highways of
the world who may learn something�察 �even from this poor crazy
lord who died in Newgate。
To the last�察�he was truly served by bluff John Grueby。 John was
at his side before he had been four´and´twenty hours in the
Tower�察�and never left him until he died。 He had one other constant
attendant�察 �in the person of a beautiful Jewish girl�察 �who attached
herself to him from feelings half religious�察 �half romantic�察 �but
whose virtuous and disinterested character appears to have been
beyond the censure even of the most censorious。
Gashford deserted him�察�of course。 He subsisted for a time upon
his traffic in his master¨s secrets�察�and�察�this trade failing when the
stock was quite exhausted�察 �procured an appointment in the
honourable corps of spies and eavesdroppers employed by the
government。 As one of these wretched underlings�察 �he did his
drudgery�察 �sometimes abroad�察 �sometimes at home�察 �and long
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endured the various miseries of such a station。 Ten or a dozen
years ago!not more!a meagre�察 �wan old man�察 �diseased and
miserably poor�察�was found dead in his bed at an obscure inn in the
Borough�察 �where he was quite unknown。 He had taken poison。
There was no clue to his name�察�but it was discovered from certain
entries in a pocket´book he carried�察�that he had been secretary to
Lord George Gordon in the time of the famous riots。
Many months after the re´establishment of peace and order�察�
and even when it had ceased to be the town´talk�察 �that every
military officer�察 �kept at free quarters by the City during the late
alarms�察 �had cost for his board and lodging four pounds four per
day�察�and every private soldier two and twopence halfpenny�察�many
months after even this engrossing topic was forgotten�察 �and the
United Bulldogs were to a man all killed�察 �imprisoned�察 �or
transported�察�Mr Simon Tappertit�察�being removed from a hospital
to prison�察 �and thence to his place of trial�察 �was discharged by
proclamation�察 �on two wooden legs。 Shorn of his graceful limbs�察�
and brought down from his high estate to circumstances of utter
destitution�察�and the deepest misery�察�he made shift to stump back
to his old master�察 �and beg for some relief。 By the locksmith¨s
advice and aid�察�he was established in business as a shoe´black�察�and
opened shop under an archway near the Horse Guards。 This being
a central quarter�察�he quickly made a very large connection�察�and on
levee days�察�was sometimes known to have as many as twenty half´
pay officers waiting their turn for polishing。 Indeed his trade
increased to that extent�察�that in course of time he entertained no
less than two apprentices�察�besides taking for his wife the widow of
an eminent bone and rag collector�察�formerly of Millbank。 With this
lady ��who assisted in the business�� he lived in great domestic
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happiness�察 �only chequered by those little storms which serve to
clear the atmosphere of wedlock�察�and brighten its horizon。 In some
of these gusts of bad weather�察�Mr Tappertit would�察�in the assertion
of his prerogative�察�so far forget himself�察�as to correct his lady with
a brush�察 �or boot�察 �or shoe�察 �while she ��but only in extreme cases��
would retaliate by taking off his legs�察�and leaving him exposed to
the derision of those urchins who delight in mischief。
Miss Miggs�察 �baffled in all her schemes�察 �matrimonial and
otherwise�察�and cast upon a thankless�察 �undeserving world�察 �turned
very sharp and sour�察�and did at length become so acid�察�and did so
pinch and slap and tweak the hair and noses of the youth of
Golden Lion Court�察 �that she was by one consent expelled that
sanctuary�察 �and desired to bless some other spot of earth�察 �in
preference。 It chanced at that moment�察 �that the justices of the
peace for Middlesex proclaimed by public placard that they stood
in need of a female turnkey for the County Bridewell�察 �and
appointed a day and hour for the inspection of candidates。 Miss
Miggs attending at the time appointed�察 �was instantly chosen and
selected from one hundred and twenty´four competitors�察 �and at
once promoted to the office�察 �which she held until her decease�察�
more than thirty years afterwards�察�remaining single all that time。
It was observed of this lady that while she was inflexible and grim
to all her female flock�察�she was particularly so to those who could
establish any claim to beauty�此�and it was often remarked as a proof
of her indomitable virtue and severe chastity�察�that to such as had
been frail she showed no mercy�察�always falling upon them on the
slightest occasion�察 �or on no occasion at all�察 �with the fullest
measure of her wrath。 Among other useful inventions which she
practised upon this class of offenders and bequeathed to posterity�察�
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was the art of inflicting an exquisitely vicious poke or dig with the
wards of a key in the small of the back�察 �near the spine。 She
likewise originated a mode of treading by accident ��in pattens�� on
such as had small feet�察�also very remarkable for its ingenuity�察�and
previously quite unknown。
It was not very long�察 �you may be sure�察 �before Joe Willet and
Dolly Varden were made husband and wife�察�and with a handsome
sum in bank ��for the locksmith could afford to give his daughter a
good dowry���察�reopened the Maypole。 It was not very long�察�you may
be sure�察�before a red´faced little boy was seen staggering