Colonel De Veil, as celebrated for his address and the number of his commitments as Sir John Fielding afterwards was, had two legal culprits brought before him for examination, in 1737, who were a Counsellor and an Attorney, and as rare bucks and swindlers as ever disgraced the annals of turpitude. These gentlemen were charged with defrauding Mrs. Eddowes, keeper of a Bagnio in St. James's-street, and two other persons, of 12_l._, by proceeding to the Bagnio in the characters of country gentlemen just arrived; the Attorney styling himself Sir John Peering, and the Counsellor plain _Tom_. After remaining a short time with Mrs. E. they sent a porter for _ladies_, and one kind soul even left her bed to visit them; they then proposed to hire a coach and four, in order to make an excursion for pleasure, and promised the woman a velvet cap and riding habit if she would make one of the party; this she consented to do, provided they would permit her to go home to dress; but Sir John and Tom, entertaining doubts whether she would return, demanded, and received, _and kept_ two guineas as a pledge. The coach was hired and used, and two days and two nights were passed at the Bagnio; but when the _charges_ were to be _discharged_, the Knight and Tom had nothing to produce but a valuable box carefully corded, containing the writings of Sir John's vast estates and several bank notes. This they offered to leave as _security_ till _their return_; but Mrs. E. suspecting a fraud, had them immediately conveyed to the Magistrate, in whose presence the following _writings_ were taken from the box: a parcel of rags and some hay, an empty bottle, an earthen pipkin, an earthen candlestick, and a japanned tin box. They were bound over for trial. While the unthinking part of the community fled from place to place, rather in search of amusement than the means of preserving their health, the Police of the City appointed Beadles and Watchmen as follows, under the then recent Act, for better regulating the night watch of London: £. _s._ In Aldersgate ward, one beadle at 30_l. per annum_, 25 watchmen at 13_l. per annum_. To be raised, for defraying the charges 415 0 In Aldgate ward, one beadle at 40_l._ 31 watchmen 13_l._ each, charge 501 0 In Bassishaw ward, one beadle at 40_l._ 6 watchmen at 13_l._ 131 0 In Billingsgate ward, two beadles at 70_l._ 20 watchmen at 13_l._ 381 0 In Bishopsgate ward, two beadles at 100_l._ 49 watchmen at 13_l._ 794 0 In Bread-street ward, one beadle at 50_l._ 12 watchmen at 13_l._ 220 0 In Bridge ward, one beadle at 30_l._ 22 watchmen at 13_l._ 360 0