The National Register.
London, England, 1821-10-08 00:00:00

Scpr. 211.—(Extract from a private letter.)—
The Russian Dlinislet, Count de Go'oilskin, has received, by
a courier from Peterstirgh, secret dispatches. It appesrs
that Ilu• Russian troops have hitherto remained immoveable,
mid that there is hide prospect of war. The head quarter.
of the Turkish guards is at Mink, svbrie they expect the
Emperor to itiancauvre them.—According to the news direct
flout Bucharest, of the 9th of September, the Turks cow.
int:need on the fish with the usual celehrati of the feast of
Kirbuu Bayrimi. The public tranquillity hes not been
disturbed.

The Kiaja Bey gave orders to the Commanders of all for
trosses upon the Duniibc, up to Belgrade, to prevent ull ex-
cesses on the part of the soldiers, and to punish with death
ull.who were found disturbing the peace.
'They speak here of (tie arrival of the King of England,
and preparations are made for his reception. Letter-, how-
ever, from London nuke it doubtful whether he will t.&ke
this place in hisjounicy.

An article dated Venice, the 19th ult. states, that
the two Austrian Captains who were captured by a
Turkish corsair, have Veen released by a French
frigate, which has taken the corsair, and carried hint
into Smyrna, where he will be punished with ail
the rigour of the laws.
AN AWKWARD MIbTAIC.—A reverend popular
preacher, well known to the literary circles of the nietiopolis, wag
c+n received with warm hospitality at the table oldie late
Mr. and Lady Elisabeth Whitbrcul. Ilis conversational talents
had recommended hint likewise to the protection of Lady Au-
gusta Mut ay, better known, perhaps, to gene de cond4ion, by
iii- title of '5 Duchess of Sussex," at the bottom of whose table
he was usually requested to take his chair. This priest of nice
discrimination lied engaged himself to dinner with his early pl.
in/noes, Lady Elisabeth Whitbrcul, and in the forenoon tie the
alyointed day was summoned for ininualiate untr.alaace in his
cu. ',emery place at the " cheque:all" board of the royal
It did not take hint much nine to decide between the jioaesil of
aristocracy and less flattering station with au unpretending boor-
gwir. " Didisiscent" (to use one of his own oratorical terms) of
his duties in Dover-street, he sat down to his aerofoile dr table,
and indite! (on tool!
.traloi) the following notes, and by di
siogist of higui was sufficiently fortunate to transmit the billets
(cross-purptweel) exactly to the parties fur whom they were Nol•
destinal " Dear Doeliesp,A thousand thanks for your
romt delightful Invitation. 1 tuna. I win accept it, though to do
so I ant compelled to put off the brag.:.r and his wife,"—ad.
dressed, per accident, to Lady K. Whitbread, Dover-street.-2d.
" The !tee. 11.... presents his respectful earn dissents to Lady
Elis.ebeth Whitbread, and regrets that the sudden inclipositiem
of his aunt, from whom he leas groat expocustions, will present
him from helm& in the high honour of waiting upon
the family to dinner this orning in !)upset-street;" atddre.seed
(por 7/uprise) to the Dachew of Sussex. Mirrored, staggered,
s nagtined, taut cot:founded awn discovering too tete the .lip of
hand which had Ulu. laid bare the aristocrat lurking amid the
:olds of his priestly garment, he wrote Wu) his newhoed patron.
ses a cypie.s.w6i letter, doling out thistiridsle depruattious of
wrath, and urging man. miserable entreaties still for lial:iventaiii
omeluding with the unisig mined as.unince, " that his soul ad
be exposer! to ',O'er tell the thrineats of purgatory, while fur this
rate error banished, as Ito tell that lie merited, num the paradise
• ;ter patronage." Miss. for the repose of this disturbed soul
▪ ersvented, rte ,Mee/Node reptile*, in the following teems:—
" Lady Elisabeth t 1 hitbrcad pre.onts lien cotaplitnents to the
Ile, Mr. and doubts nut last that, when fatigued with the
warty or flukes and Duchesses, he would condeseend to put up
with the litnuide :arc of a brewer and his wife. At the same
tinw,ntlier reverend applicant for pardon must clearly understand,
ace tarty Missals-ore Whitbread can neva ritalitiesuess
Ditruagy a, sit arpol.su for tusgeiult.untilly conduct."

RARE INTEGRITY —About six years CIO a tradesman
residing iii Leeds fell into decay, and finding his embar-
rassments insurmountable, he left the town considerably
in debt. His creditors soon began to consider their
claims desperate, and most of them had long ago placed
the ominous word tad opposite the entry in their ledgers.
But on Monday the Ist inst. each of them received a
circular, requesting that they would meet the debtor and
his wife on the arrival of the Rippon coach at the \Vbite
Horse inn, Leeds, and bring with them their accounts.
This welcome invitation was, of course, readily accepted,
and as each account was presented, it was 111:•ellarged,
WIIIIOIII any deduction. The appegate amount of the
debts thus honourably liquidated we have not heard ; but
we know th,t one tradesman, a timber-merchant in that
town, received lout. The lady, who took an active part
in this pleasurable duty, has had lately a handsome for-
tune left her, at her own disposal ; and one of the first
purposes to which she has applied her well-merited wealth
has heen to dischar:x all her hushand's debts.
ARTFUL Ibleo,latoN.—A fellow was lately charged at
the Police-office, Edinburgh, with various acts of swind-
ling. The success of his schemes was 1101 less remarkable
then the ingenuity with which they were planned. After
duping a caster's wife of Iss. and ebbing a house at
Custerphine uf a gold watch and other al tidies, lie gained
the affections of a young woman, a widow, who kept a
shop at Portobello. By his persuasion she agreed to give
up her house, awl hillow him, with her daughter, a child
allow live years of uge, to a lodging in the Grass-market,
whet le the necessary measures were immediately taken for
the pencil malice of the marriage ceremony. But the af-
fair must be done genteely, and it was customary on such
occasions to get new gasnieuts; his lameness prevented
him from calling on friends; but lie would write a note—
au order to a ft lend in Potter-row, for a sm:111 sum 951.
and his intended wife would have nothing to do but pre-
sent it. She went, bat not finding such a person as the
one mentioned, she came back, and found that the bride-
groom had deesiniped, alter breaking open a trunk and
carrying sway all her clothes, with some articles of jew-
ellery. Such was the talc this deluded female told, whose
modesty and propriety of detueat !!!!! r rendered her an
object of considerable interest. On the fellow himself
being called iu to give an account of the property, no-
thing could be more striking than the contrast in their
behaviour. 'the full ruined features of an Italian were
distigeted by dirt, and distorted by the lecrof impudence.
lie readily gave information of the way in which he hail
disposed of the unfortunate woman's property. The next
amour in which our hero engaged inuy be considered his
thy d'ssovrc, as here lie triumpaed, out only over the
catiliouseess of age, but the shrewdness and tenacity of
the IlighlatiJ eharecter. Haying got himself conveyed,
as a man in extreme bodily distress, to the house of an
honest porter, in a It. w minutes lie succeeded in estab-
lishing himself Mete as a fatuity lodger. The moment
that lie had thus domesticated tiniest lf, lie despatched the
potter to Leith, to look after some smuggled spirits,
which lie said were deposited there on his a, count; add-
ing, for the put pose of removing all apprultensioo, that
he hail used the precaution of bribing the police-officers,
who would either walk elf upon the approach of the por-
ter, or wink at 1111.1.1. he passed. In the absence of the
porter, lie proceeded to practise upon the simplicity ul
his wife, an old wutiem of at least sixty years of age, who
lie•llTely understood a ICOI-11 diTellllCl. I
Hel'ortiillg to the out W0111.111./1 story, attar sounding the
if pit§ of her affection fur the absent Diiiiren, expressed
his wonder how site mouthd think of wading her days in
the Stmimy of such a homespun mortal. lie nest touched
upon the wildly eitetionsiatievs or !lie weithy couple, and
drew titian his liosie•s an atliniasnm that !lit y had a hank
receipt Isom snligly deposited in the ctipboaid. !lav-
ing by this Buie Made an impresblon on the heart of the
old woman, he easily persuaded her to allow him a sight
of the dui ument, winch, alter scanning over, lie declared
the right of drawing use. money had expired that very
dey, and proposed that, lame as hr was, lie would go with
her to the thank awl uplift the money. The old woman,
in a state of great It epidation, assented. Away they hob-
bled tip stieets, mot the de fender, by personating the
palter, found no ilidietilty in exchanging the receipts for
pounds sterling. Strange mid almost incredible as it nay
seem, this art b deceiver hid so plied his iinsnspecting
dupe with flattery, that, briery they kit the bank, her
alle,.tions irk novrledgeo *nuttier master Mau homiest thia-
min. lio ;dare of home, they went to as publie-hutose,
where a 11611 Of rhipmnent was finally agreed upon! To
allow Ins gallantly, he treated the V11:1111Ullfed Mahan, out
of her utso money, with a silk gow:i, purchased from a
broker, and himself with a resplendent suit of clothes.
Hi r heat t expanded at this geum a:4ly, and she gave her-
self 111110 &COMA 11t. ecalatie liappmess, tit ely immtiting
in the most copious libations, tier-alarmed, astuailstocd,
and stunned husband tumid her at ten o'clock in the even.
ing dead dtuuk ! But the swain had made good his own
elopement, eariying with I his new apparel and the
revesslun of the money. A 'mother of similar
but ut miner importance, were brought against the "de.
tinder, which greatly incteased the estuttistouent at the
ext. mire haviieks oe hail made upon the hearts and small
properties el eitteritniate females. A precognilioe Of all
the circootototteea had been manful:led helmet the Sheriff,
preparaluty to a 4iiatielasy It

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