| Description | Settlement examination of Thomas Durham. He was born at Calcutta, as his father was a soldier, but he does not know the place of settlement of either of his parents. He was discharged from the "Heron", a sloop of war at Portsmouth about 15 months ago, and since then, he has been in the Merchant Service. He was dismissed from the "Harold" at Liverpool about five months ago, and has lately been living in Newcastle upon Tyne and other seaports in the neighbourhood, supporting himself by begging and selling books and ballads. He has previously been jailed as a vagabond, and was apprehended at Thornton for begging in the company of a Frenchman, two women, and James Smith |