The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-09-13 00:00:00

110.41 UPON. SIR HUDSON LOWE.

From Ihe" Cobra!, d4drerliscr!')

!'..me Wag in this town hotly plasoll iiff a hoax span the
pri,rot Governor of Si. Helena, General Sir Hodson Lowe.
to the month of November last, a letter was aihlrrssed to,
Lim, elatiwg dial a widow lady, of the name of Drury, had
shed here, and by her wi!l lirquerithed to Sir Hartman 1,0001.
in cash, soil oliontes and plots in this town to the valise of
2-0001: sod of her basing appointed Lawrence
ConiyihEOl. (ip whose name the letter was written to Sir 11.)
est cotiir oonslorepiesting Sir Hooilsoo's directionis us to the
panne,. is abigh the lwquisits were to be dirposed of; sad
reconmietidi;pg Hudson to semi some person or. r
to
41311.'1 in -take possession of the premises, as there
VMS a gentlevnine ..f eiteroachnog eelrbi iry who might other-
wM. throw down the headings, owlet pretence of improving
Air luau. The letter was sent 141 London, snit from thence,
l.y senor of the-Setrelarits of State, forwasiled to that iit,:e
Ptitudise,. St-Helena. Sir Htsdsoa war pitting in Cumin:
opoir some complaint mails by ad-drone. Emperor, upon the
eiontimee of his yesterday's meal, when his litter arrived. In
monoeut the soh nosily of the °crash eee which assembled them
way iornuiten, rind esorspioirril at the grateful reniembrauce
in whiplo he was held by the Inhabitants of a town where the
Lire family had its origin, he announced this happy liilisics
to his gaping amatory. Sir Mid...in C.lOl/1 1101, 1101V..Ver,
permit the diminution of his trusty band by immediately
seeding ti f i permits to take poesession of his astray esl ate
he, bovrower, addressed the executor in terms of heartfelt
sati•factlro; tlvOikeil Mr. C. for his attention to his (Sir
intere-t, end npprising loon that he hail drawn on
loin iitlerione of
don, at Mort'' lime days eight, for 1,0001. sterling. request-
ing els.' to have en itnmedinte survey rood maps made of the
I.tc.iteo 4. and a Cell of that part of the will sent to him in
wlerh the dear ilrpartgd had so kindly recollected him ; and
trot ridicre in fecal form should be seired upon the Gentle-
1111'M oho hail imagined the property might be his, and who
wished to encroach on his (Sir Hudson's) estate; nekton*.
ledr WM1.111141! that Galway hail seen the first sun of his
pi" s roy shine aria him ; and hares it entirely to his
• ~,..or to distribute amongst his townsmen some token of
ler.,llretioll of the place that gave him birth.
It rod), mow remains for us to state the disappointment oc-
casioned by seceiving Ibis letter, freed by moue of the high
mothoritoes of iloe State, with a seal 11114/14 it of the size of a
solersisle cream shrew, which, upon ils first reaching the
lisente, mode his hear bent a ith high hope: bat,
elst ! this palpitation noon subsided tiro finding it con.
tied Sir H. Lose 's letter, with one hum Messrs. Counts
"io! Co. reresirsting to know, should they tieguciate the draft
• for 1000/. 111 LrillsAor Irish comer), as Sir Hudson hail,
io tie hurry of the moment, occasioned, no doubt, by his
ee,tary, !,got to slate in which it should be paid.
N 1l —Notwithstanding the nheve hoax we have ester-
tniiied that Mrs. Drury is certainly dead, but to whom her
di selves is macaronis as her will has out bees
b:iniglit in and proved ns yet.