The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-29 00:00:00

A NEW MODE OF SWINDLING.

A correspondent of the Shipping and lifircantal
Oa ele• wilues I beg to report for general Informatia,
through your valuable paper, a novel etyle for preemies
money by • person who lived at No. 9,
Mhaterkis, about 10 days ago. He la about Cilvltat'sd'esue
inches In height, of slender Mild, sallow complexitea, Mglt
hair, moustache and bleed, age, I think, about IS, mid he
wee • Canadian by birth, sad has a wooden ann. Hs mar
seated himself to be the nephew of and ptFowner with ea
old gentleman who resides in Liverpool, sad under when
OM the said nephew had been brought up ;
they Lad bought • 11111111 i awl wanted • meememkt
for her, for which pipes he had an advertise:meg
put In the nose. The vend would mil principally
*oat the Wen Coast of Anted* and the inducements wee
good, as Is the ore with rem* wiling oat of San Franc*.
The barque would is all probability load guano on their an,
amount, that was also • reason for giving such good *m.
But, unfortunately. Ws ends had engaged a patron with when
he wee diesatiefled, end he mold not get qua of him witlic,s
rd offeredng . LI., but As rewooldnoti was made
taks It, and his dm"'
he would not displease for the world, said that the amp
meats his nephew made would be euttrely on his own nuns
Mbility. His proposition was this, that %began, to wheals
pre the command should *, Weather pert.- Now, beteg*
of employment, and anxious to get scomnased, I Tequetele
me the vessel, when we both went to the Si. Hatherin*Ded
and had a thorough examlnados of • *mg them la
the meantime other applies** for the command were na
to him, end eventually I agreed to give him pen ci
lit
money on the agreement being drawn oat, which wee scow
plotted on the 12th of this month, bat Iwo that time I hot
not sees him, nor is it likely I ever shall again, if hem
help It. On the following morning I called at his hotel, to
cooling to orders, and after waiting some time the grattet
coneternation became visible in the counteneneee
Welke myself, particularly when we toned that he led et
slept at his Lodgings that night. I then found that be W
oarreeponded with other commanders at different we
of Ones Bemis, and put them to the trouble and lammed
sod* to London, which testimony I suppose they ml
bear me Gut in. We gave his dericripti9n to the Doane
Police-office, mad anomaly trust that such a
swindler will be apprehended an brought before =
I mei* you • !Ivy of the agreement between Bove
Hardin and myrtf."

FESTIVITIES AT WILTON,—The Right Hon. Sit.
way Herbert, 31. P., and Mrs. Herbert, ars at. prod
honoured by the eourgeny of her Imperial Highness Mai
Nuoldwira of Rurala sod her Illstetrioue daughter at the
princely seat of the Pembroke family, near Salisbuty. He
imperial highness and the pastas, attended bye large in
tied, arrived me Tosedly afternoon from Toomey. 1111
Hoye' Highness the Doke of Cambridge, attended by Cel
Ci=embed early in the evening on • visit to the Hien
sad Mrs. Harbert from Portsmouth. The Halal
Llegmbm of Clarendon and Lady Constance Wilkes, the Bad
rued Clenneess of Shaftesbury, the Eel and Countess of Wpm
Se SW end Countess of Shelburne. Vietcong end I**
combos Sydney, and Viecount and Vimottetem Somali
deembied et Wilms in the course of the day, having bee
belted to most the Mutriona visitors. In the evening Mr
host and hostess gave • banquet, at which OMIT fen Id
TOT 30. Yesterday her Imperial Highness the Geri
Ductless Marie sad daughter, his Royal Highness ths
Duke of Cambridge, deceepaskrd by Mr. and Mn.s Robot
and most of the visitors, drove over to Seedbeds, are
Roomy, to luncheon with Viscount ad Viand's
Palmerston. Thee wee to be a grand dinner last denim;
d
Wilton Honer.
RUNAWAY BOTIL—IT is mentioned by a corny
pendent of • cotemperary that two boy. obworloi
from their homer in London, end joined the Oman SOOT
es cabin boys. They, however, seam to have bad moult:
of her by the time she reached Portland, and havideecod
their kits, stole a small boat at Weymooth, sad seta,
put to sr in a very rough night upon the niece chore of
officting a landing, but whets, they beer, not. 13(1 lo
thus exposed for two nights and a day, and early on Jo
neOluleg of Thumb), sortie Freshwater-roe, Isle of Wig%
in a very exhausted condition. t• The weather Wm PO road
that morning and the preceding evening that I could not ir
duce say of the boatmen to go out with me. The ag•
mice, therefore, of their little tat (not above 12 feet pal
surprised the village much, end one of the county police.'
qmotioning them, extracted the facts above Putted lie d
mice conveyed them to Newport for exaruinetiou base
till
magistrate. The lade age red hone their drnieutiur
tot
wade respectably oo , but what I imagine msy ate
rest your readers is the extraordinary pluck of the Ida
proceeding, for they must have bees itroorsot of the mml
route, set of tides Ito., the reef of Hunt-castle and the Of
point of the 97...e11ee, and last, not leso, the rocky b
bay at Freshwater, where, en the morning of their amyl
the ormacuton bad drawn sll their boats up high end 11
through the violence of the surf."
DEATH OP Mn. BALCIIIN, TIM BBIGHIt
STATION II ASTER .—Thia efficient and highly.
officer, so well known to all trevellere on the Brigblon
way, expired on Sunday last. Re had been outcries cliew
for some time, and w.nt to Norfolk foe a oboe, of
moonier apparently restored: but • reldre cod Ai
Womb/tie mud Inflammation set in, and h. TO
Pelted to take t., lL bed me Wednesday last, expiring
Sunday, deeply lamented by Ms family and lie hie:
in his 44th year. Mr. Balchhe had been 21 yew is '
service of the company, during which time he 01"
the Shoreham, Worthing, and Chichester stmanev.
snoreeded Mr. Fountain es station muter at Bright,
The cowpony have lost in him • most valuable servest. ••
w" bated Yesterday, and Mews. Hawkins, CO
Orsams, Farmer, mod many of the cowpony a officera
electing about Ni station master., followed hie remeino to
rger •
eve es a hat triage of thapect, and in the street wise
deorstl nwided, the inhaMtants paid • similar tribe
Moist their shops. A'• Memorial Pend" is to De' Nt:
fool for the benefit of the widow and child of the demos,
rat ISsusex Oasette.