The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-10-23 00:00:00

INGENIOUS ATTEMPT AT SWINDLING.

Ore Wednesday; a respectably dressed young man sp.
I,iied to the Mutat of fhb Primitive Methodist Chapel, at
N eve Mills, in Derbyshire. and said that he had been sent
. to them by Mr. Seddon, Solicitor, of Manchester, who had
teceired a letter from Mr. Bon, of Birmingham, informing
hist of a beguestof Wu/. to the Chapel. A letter, of which
thy PA/owing is a te,py, addressed to 3lr. Seddon, with the
ihrettinghem pbst-roark upon it, was then laid before
them :
: Birmingham, Oct.'''. WIC
ileseSiro-As we bare formerly corresponded, I beg leave to
wabie•yee in the following moo einFaler um:tem.-About six
I.:Or eig %ince a person died litre. named Francis Soledells, obese
iss4Y Yews of Kg : I believe he was a native etCheeklee, but bed
bred here many years. Ile wait a most retranedlearyehersesen and
..-F • asruli.ir religious turn. Ile would sometimes abut up be
Maser be weeks together,. and travel through the country. awed.
t'g rartoos places of worship, though sever making hionselfkumni
torany of them ; and he has made a meet singular( I bed almost arid
Impeeper)will, though I prepared it: but certainly same hose Agin
I ‘i disease of hle property as heirless's; still, I don't beatiout Inlay.
I:' he had been advised by me, he would hare left itahispeer Ile-
lAtitT)N,'4Zl:bufn he had several:rust, thptigh poor people. lloctawl '
C. ii at he has left a great pert of it to dispels of what is cal=
Primitive Methane., or Reagan -Alleeleaving MK to a
at Drifeld, 'Yorkshire ; 20N. to aslatbor at Dudlops sear hese;
onsi ilefd. to one in this torn, Midas eres as Woos 1,-1 also
.4 its mil bequeath to the Trustees teethe &it being,.efashapel in
New Mills, nese Harfeld, Ikebyabla, Ms dad foe the Primitive
Aleibniiste, vaegarly cslied-ftwitato. wed .oildcb is sew only bei d-
ing. is an unlit:shed etni. Ms MR Or WA *mob Millbiod• tbo
wire ; and which sum I direb le be pile** sit ataisiba, tier of
leper duty ; and I direct spalellyobst the wombs ellkonit
tf ail ester the receipt of sae` daisy is the -Minli•solid intt
e unship, ewe inseam lip wbent_iglyan. and Menlo. magi
b it.i alto each take Drat 4 1444/4 of hiss Om At lillinea
tk ,rt, st.-ing for whet the same ass is moslowl.
IV haz;:rer your fhep MIN may be, as a Nish biopsies, •
we must fulfil the basks of the testator; re, thocoforo.
to let a clerk gown *that ploostallid New 111 and Ind out
141. Are deo of that tollidebed (as tbspeasidl al *
ilmos at poi, NAM the pinnate's, in abosachnowasellaip of
VIC gmundibteeneasse else the Wainer of that faikap, than tea 1
out on adiabletatieeder die 21101. • end also Ov_ilmt andased Se-
.., poem fonkandasnd it up is :be Legacy Mes,lassidsa, and
siort erne to asesad 1 will directly cause the nosey to be pal&
abooop.n your nano* Bank of Uldsod at Mrsokoter, "boa pap
ese ,se mew: le sedlfy Ina do poor parties randro it.: I ANN •
wish la is be titinght dna t have any vindiedve falba turradh:
ntieonst s fez tab It —ao doubt @bore are many good and r=
tflisoppe:Mitim-tbut will 1 tbiok Mr.
kg. Width astappt opinedallann MISPIIIMIondh,
11311 is id , poplar ribs/vow you oltalldinott. - -
Awn, dew Sir, yam, nati,
JAIME/ gOTT •
New-attart, Binsimirib.
Walldi r eVilidias- • :
• ~ P. o. rand liatiliffintleinons, and Jams Alt-
.aftof.of dris pink bash% it theisleseutir.
Plausible as this letter le, the felt sane doubt
• Ur-the troth of the information linit i lout they
thought, owe
if nay deception was ,
l
made for matey. This wan am " Mr. Seddon,"
sad the messenger, "peter adviince Money en these oe-
,;ssions -, he is very particular biked ; and as there will be
f,stm to be paid at Doctors Commons, it will be necessary
Le setitl him three sovereigns. You mint send sovereigns,
3b Mr. Seddon cannot take country notes. The suspicions
ea, the Trustees were DOW almatconfirmed; and they thought
as Mr. Seddon was so very particular, it would be as well to
ourespotid with him, without trusting their correspondence
to the can of the individual who waited on them. They
teerefote told him that, as they did not happen to have
as ereigna, they would remit Bank of England notes as
boa. es they could proem.. them. Having obtained pos..
eesei,n of the letter, by paying the postage—for Mr. Sed-
don, it was averred, was particular in requumg to be repaid
ior poetages—they took their leave of the gentleman. On
wri:ing to Mr. Seddon, they learnt that the letter was a
twee., and that the "- clerk'• was an impostor. No intel-
ligence bas yet been obtained where the rogue has been.

Pa.MARI AOII4F FACT.--On Sunday week, in the midst
of divine trivia, at Ditlabury church, just at the moesent
when the minister, the Rev. Mr. Gatliffe, wrs giving out
);ii text, a robin lice: into the church, and resting on one
of the ornaments near the pulpit, remained there some time.
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