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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55533	A discovery of indirect practices in the coal-trade, or A detection of the pernicious maxims and unfair dealings of a certain combination of men, who affirm, it is a cheat to be just, and just to cheat To which are added some proposals for the improvement of trade and navigation in general, and of the colliery-trade to New Castle in particular. By Charles Povey.	Povey, Charles, 1652?-1743.	1700 (1700)	Wing P3040; ESTC R212936	31,768	49

them and particularly that on the thirteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand and seven hundred I was fin'd forty Pounds for want of seven Bushels of Coals in half a Chaldron A Report so Notoriously false that it must needs make their Names stink in the Nostrels of all Men of sound Reason especially when the first Rise of it is Discover'd to the World which I shall endeavour to do with all the Plainness Imaginable Two Persons whose Office it is to see that every Man have his full Measure of Coals took an occasion not long since to give me a visit during which their Demeanour was very agreeable their Countenance Smiling their Expressions Smooth and Diverting wishing me much Happiness and a good Trade speaking well of my Undertakings declaring that Nature it self had order'd every thing for my Conveniency and setting forth how beneficial the Coal-Trade would be to me if I comply'd with their Demands Whereupon I ask'd them what it was for and how much they requir'd One of them Reply'd it was for Winking-mony and that others gave them ten Shillings a Quarter upon the same Account My Answer was to this Effect That I Design'd to give every Man his full due and tho I might meet with many Obstructions from them and the Coal-Merchants at my first Beginning yet I doubted not but in the End it would Redoun'd to my Advantage by giving the True Measure for my Intention was not to make three four or five and twenty Chaldrons out of a Score Thus these Industrious Officers finding themselves Disappointed of their Quarterly Salary in a few Days after they watch'd one of my Carts with a Chaldron of Coals and Measur'd them in Chiswel-street near Moor-fields where I had sold three Chaldrons of Coals which is the seventh part of a Score full Pay and in that Chaldron which was the last of the three there was half a Bushel over and above four Fat 's of Coals which they were forc'd to acknowledge upon their Oaths at Guild-Hall on the thirteenth Day of May One thousand and seven hundred However their Spite was so great that they told the People of the House that there wanted three Bushels and a half of Measure and forewarn'd them to Pay me any Mony till they gave Orders Afterwards they went to Billinsgate and raised a Crowd of Coal-Merchants about me who call'd me Cheat hoping thereby to impair my Credit in a Publick Market and one of them offer'd to lay twenty Guinies That that Chaldron of Coals which was Measur'd in Chiswel-street by the two City Measurerers was not Measure nor Water-Measure Whereupon I took the Gentleman at his Word and laid them twenty G●●●es That the same Chaldron of Coals which was Measur'd in Chiswel-street was true Measure and Water-Measure However in a few Hours after they were sick of their Wager and employ'd many of their Friends to make up the Matter But I reply'd I was oblig'd in several respects to Vindicate my Measure and Reputation and to Expose the Gentlemen with their Winking-mony to the Publick View of the City and Suburbs that the People many observe how finely they are Imposed upon in these Affairs This Tryal I design God willing to bring on in Michaelmas-Term next ensuing Anno Dom. One thousand and seven hundred to prove that I fell Measure and Water-Measure In the mean while for the satisfaction of the Publick I shall explain in a few Words what is meant by the Water-Measure which is so term'd for these three principal Reasons The first is that every Fat and Bushel before it is Seal'd or becomes a Lawful Standard-Measure is Measur'd and gag'd by Water every Coal Fat Containing Sixty six Gallons of Water and every Coal-Bushel Eight Gallons and one Quart of Water neither more nor less So that a Fat ought to Contain Nine Bushels as you may read in the Act of Parliament for the five Shillings Duty on every Chaldron of Coals and every Chaldron of Coals to Contain Thirty six Bushels for a Fat is the fourth Part of a Chaldron The Second reason is this that the Coal-Fats and Bushels are larger than those that are used in the Measuring of Grain So that this is generally call'd Water-Measure to Distinguish it from Water and it is always used on the Water So that I think every Person will and of necessity must acknowledge that the most proper Name that can be given it is Water-Measure if they will allow it any Name at all As for Instance is there not the same reason to impose that Name upon it as to call a Man by his Christian Name or to call a House or a Street by the Name of the Founder of it more especially Considering that this Measure has been known by that Name time out of mind and by the Coal-Merchants themselves nay they never use to call it by any other Name But since they perceive I am Resolv'd for a Tryal they come in with a nonsensical Sham much like the three-Penny Indictment and tell you that Water-Measure is full Pay that is to say the Chaldron of Coals that is given into the Score and which is commonly call'd the Ingrain Now to Expose their Wisdom to the View of every Reasonable Person I shall Confute them in their own Words If one Chaldron be Water-Measure is not the twentieth Chaldron the same as long as they are all Measur'd by the same Fat The Parliament makes no Difference between that Chaldron and any other but only Declares That every Chaldron of Coals which Contains thirty six Bushels shall pay eight Pence Meetridge and five Shillings to the King For example suppose the Master of a Ship is Disposed to give two or three Chaldrons into a Score does that alter the Property of the Measure or give the Measure its Name But to come closer to the Matter and to Confute their own Writings he that is their Petty King has Printed a Book call'd the Coal-Dealers Companion and there is not one of the whole Tribe but follows the Rule of this Book in all Respects which I must own is very useful and the Scope of it is pertinent to my present purpose For the Author tells you that fourteen Chaldrons of Coals make two third Parts of a Score full Pay which they themselves acknowledge to be Water-Measure as they call it as also that seven Chaldrons are one Third of a Score five Chaldrons and a Fat the fourth Part of a Score three Chaldrons and two Fat 's the sixth Part of a Score and one Chaldron and three Fat 's the twelfth Part of a Score Then they must unavoidably grant that the three Chaldrons of Coals which I Sold and Deliver'd in Chiswel-street were the seventh Part of a Score and that the single Chaldron which they have Laid their twenty Guinies upon is the One and twentieth Part of a Score which is Water-Measure according to their own Confession II. These acute Gentlemen are pleas'd to