The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-04 00:00:00

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.

One of the most daring and audacious "achievements,"
says the Cork Constitution of Saturday, ever attempted in
this city was accomplished yesterday (December 30). It
has much of the character of romance, and the hero of it
exhibited all the qualifications of an adroit and successful
swindler. The circumstances are these :—At 10 o'clock
in the morning, a person of gentlemaaly appearance, respect-
ably dressed, and apparently of middle age, went to the
residence of Mr. W. Wise on the North Mall, knocked at
the door, and handed a letter to the servant, to be con-
veyed to her master. This letter, which was•signed " Wil-
liam Lander," requested a private interview with Mr. Wise,
as the writer ha some important business to transact, and,
on perusing it, Mr. Wise desired the servant to show hire
up. Mr. Wise was confined to his bed, and on entering the
room in which he lay, the applicant closed and locked
the door, walked over to the bed, took a pistol from
his pocket, raised the pan, and examined the priming,
and then with his left hand drew from another pocket
a folded paper, open, however, at one end. This
end he exhibited to Mr. Wise, and presenting the
pistol at his head, he said, "Sign your name to this, or
you are a dead man." Mr. Wise asked what it was ? He
replied, " I won't tell you ; but sign it at the peril of your
life." Mr. Wise said, that if it were money he wanted, he
had blank checks on the table beside him, and he would
fill one of them for him. The other answered, that he did
not want a check ; he would either have his name to that
document or his life. Mr. Wise, who, unable to summon
the servants, or to make any effort to relieve himself of his
unwelcome visitor, somewhat alarmed at the perilous posi-
tion he was so unexpectedly placed in, hesitated for a mo-
ment, on which the fellow said, " Come, coma ; there's no
ti i:2 to be lost ; sign that, or in one moment you are a
dead init:l•" Mr. Wise then raised himself in the bed,
and the
side. AgitateTz4- "is, Wise was suffid.cfrien%
handed. him a pen from tho table at its
master of himseli. to write his nann;
from that in "7hich he ever wrote it before, as to afford au
easy clue to the detection of the document whenever it is
presented, which, it is supposed, will not be until after
Mr. Wise's death. While signing the name, Mr. Wise
perceived under the folds of the paper an 8 and two,
O's—what other, or whether any other, figures were there,
he could not tell. When his object was accomplished, 6.0
person who presented the paper took it over to the: fire,
and held it to dry, examining it deliberately two or three
times during the process, and all the while remain;ng with
his face turned towards Mr. Wise, and his eyes firmly fixed
on him. This occupied about a minute and a half. He
then (putting the pistol on half cock) returned to the bed.
and said, " So far I have accomplished what I wanted.
ohoarysee,nootry btout
gtiovesa3;htehalteiafstyoaulaartinte,mopotttilo
Imaanlr
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the
house, though I should be at the ball dwur, I. will TrAurn
and blow your brains out.' This sa;.;i, he placed the paper
and the pistol in his pocket,
unlocked the door, and wal his bow to Mr. Wise,
Wise, in a few minutes', deliberately down stairs. Mr.
rang the hell, and having directed,
some of the serva
riffs and a 7:Ls to retnain with him, sent for the she.
P.agistrate, and swore informations against 'Ana
"na".ent, who is a person IM. Ise •W. has no pcolle(Aion
ever having seen before.

Mr. Wise has offered a reward for his apprehension.

The Spanish Government has commenced the sate
of the property of Don Carlos, which has been confiscated
by the Cortes. Purchasers have already been found to the
amount of two millions of reals.

A meeting took place last Friday at Edinburgh on:
the subject of' the war at present prevailing in the Texas:
between the American settlers in that province and the