Sheriff of LONDON and MIDDLESEX; IN WHICH The EXTORTION and OPPRESSION of Sheriffs Officers , with many other alarming Abuses , are ex - emplified and detected ; and a Remedy proposed : The infamous Practice of Attornies CLEARLY POINTED OUT ; And many other real Grievances which the Common People have long groaned under without Relief . ILLUSTRATED WITH CONSIDERATIONS ON THE POLICY and Advantage of Arrests in general , &c. &c. Careless of censure , nor too fond of fame , Still pl

A Dedication seems as necessary to a publication as legitimacy to a child; but as I have no blown-up fool to flatter, no private end to answer, no itch to become an author, thirst for praise, nor dread of censure, I shall therefore commit the annexed sheets to your protection; in the course of which the reader will find my pen a most faithful amanuensis to truth.  And if so weak a monitor contributes but a mite to general utility, the end is fulfilled; if no, the intention is equally laudable. 

The originals from whence these copies are most exactly drawn, being WHOLE LENGTH pieces, in a Letter to the Citizens of London , the publication has been SUPPRESSED on account of their monstrous Mien .  Notwithstanding the Dignity and Gracefulness of their personages, I shall make bold to exhibit them to that part of the public who have curiosity enough to know the Names , Figure , and Character of the most illustrious Scoundrels this century has produced. * * * The publisher of this Letter wil

SIR, There is an innate satisfaction in human nature that will ever manifest itself when occasion presents the tribute of praise to our actions, and a generous mind feels an equal degree of pleasure in paying that tribute in the coin of truth; but the ambiguity of your actions renders their construction so doubtful, there is much hazard in giving or denying them approbation.  Whilst the boisterous malevolence of your enemies load you with vices foreign to your heart, the fanatic adulation of you