The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-10-08 00:00:00

ARTFUL 61Y41 D L rj?.

EDINBURGH, OCTOBBR 1.
A fellow was lately c►a►ged at she Police Office with
various acts of swindling. The SUCCeIII of ►is schemes•was
lint less remarkable than the iwgenuity with which they were
planned. After duping a carler's wife of 154, sod rubbing
• house at Corstorphine of a gold watch and other articles, lie
gained the affections of a yawn winning, a widow, who kept
shop at Portobello. By his persuasion she agreed to give
up her house, and follow him, wish her daughter, a &lid
'bout five years of age, to a lodging in the Grass•markvt,
where she necessary messuses were immediately taken fur
the perfoonsoce of the marriage ceremony. But the affair
'roust be dune genteelly; and it was customary, on such or-
cattiomt, to get new germents; his lameness prevented him
from calling on friends ; Anst 'be would write a note—an
order to a friend in the Polder-row, for • small sum—iv/oily-
live pound", noel his intended wife would have not►ing to du
but to petrel it. She west, but out bootleg such a person
•s
the one mentioned, she came bark and found that the
bridegroom bad decamped, after breaking open a trunk and
arryint •way all her clothea, with some alleles of jewel-
Ivry. Such was she tale this deluded female told, whose
'lnoriesty sad propriety of demeanour tendered h. r au ob-
ject uf considerable interest. On the fellow Meisel( being
called in to give an &cement of the property, nothing could
lie more striking than the contrast in their behaviour. The
full round natures of •n Italian were disfigured by dirt, and
di-tutted by the leer of impudence. He readily gave iufor-
gelation of thewray i• which lie had disposed."( tb: eafort•-
nate womaiils property. The next amour in which our hero
engaged may be considered his chef arfoorre, as here be
triumphed, not only over the cautienisisees of age, but the
shrewdness and tenacity of the Highland character. Having
pot himself correyed, as • man in extreme bodily
distress, to the house of an bouts! porter, i• a few mi-
nutes be succeeded in essahlishi•g himself there as a family
I idger. The moment that he had thus domesticated himself,
he diipstched the porter to Leis h, to Souk after some smuggled
senile, which he said were deposited there •n his acco•wt,
ad iZug, fur the purpose of removing all apprehension, that,
he had used the precaution of bribing the police officers,
would either walk off upon the approach of the purser, eel
wick st him as he passed. In the absence of the porter,'
prvcreiled to practise upon the simplicity of his wife,
at; uld sonnet of at least sixty years of age, who scarcely us-
derstootl a n Old of English. The th fender, recording to the
uld woctau's story, after sounding she depth of her affection
for the 'lbsen, Duncan, expressed his wonder how she could
think of westing her dap in the society of such a homespun
mortal. He next 'touched upon the worldly circumstances
of tl.•e worthy couple, and drew from leis bootees en adults.
Cull that they had a bank receipt fur 'linty pounds snugly
deposited ins the cupboard. Having by this time made
nu impression on the heart uf the old woman, he easily per-
'marled bee to allow him a sight uf the document, which,
after scannas, over, be declared tie right of drawing the
money expired that very day, auJ proposed that, lame
a. lie's..., be would go with her to the Bauk and uplift
site money. The old wuman, in a state of great trepida-
tion. assented. Away they bubbled sip streets, and the
deifeeder, by personating the porter, found no difficulty in
eschangitte cite receipt for puttuils sterling. Strange and
nltrtAt incredible as it may seem, this arch deceiver haul
no pl:rJ his unsnap( tint dupe w,th Rain ry, that, be-
fore they left the Bank, her affections acknowledged another
mac et shim lioness Duncan. 1• place of going home, they
went to a public-house, where • plan of elopement was
li••s!'p agreed upon! To show his gallantry, he tr.:mei the

'flied issatsuis, out of Me own osouey, with a silk torn,
0„(1.:.1.1.41 from r broker, and himself sills • rerplessilent
.0 .t of chillies. lice beret expanded at Ibis generosity, and
she gave hermit' up to dr. anis of ecstatic happmesa freely
I..dseglng iu the most copious libations- H.r alarmed,
rdu::.shcll, and *ironed husband found bee at leo o'clock
io the eveniug dead drunk! But the swain had made good
own rlup.meul, earry.ng •ilb him lus new apparel, and
1;•t. rtter.ion Ur tile mousy.
A number of similar charges, but of srffnor importance,
were brought against the &tender, which greatly increased
It e mtorsirtitneut at the exteumve havoc he had made upon
tae hearts mid the rniril properties of unfortunate females.
A eneroirition of all the circumstances has been conducted
&fort the Sheriff, preparatory, it is understood, to a Justi•
crag 110.

Viere appears to he a }reuse its the two market.
.I.;iicti. we timt. wrll prove N favour of the coo.
'sort!. Same Wien hare loerere.d the price. of the
er., 10. r t 1.1.--( isirion 'Avon)
u Mutrlavaimil. Tuesday tau the lid aeoiment
arrestl...v.iitoollt at Hu!l, to eirtratit kr ift-
• 14.4.

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