The Sun.
London, England, 1801-09-16 00:00:00

PUBLIC 0..F.F1CE,. 130W:-.STREET:

Yesterday the Beatsoh.s,-1:-,tlier n, irr cus',
tot:lY
..for robbing' tife_ were brought
before •N.- 8o to ];so. for a- _final._ cx-irnir.:2:ion;
when the deiiositi'onS-01 the tl,ff.rent-VY•iiri6ses were
read :Ind sworn; ayrd',the PrisOner's;-' by the. a&vice
of their Arioreley, declined rniiking "reply to
the elti'rge is ~the present stage of the business:
The Prisoners-were folly Committed for, trial; at
the twit -Assizes for the County tSusso.x. •

. A young. ma,n, who calls himself Tb,o-mas Se6tt
Smid?, wa3 purr() the Baf, on inspielon offorging.
and uttering as trite.; an. order :far • the: pas nent of
ten pounds, pup:oiling .t 9 'be -tlm Order of Robert
Smith, his father, On -Messrs. Sroizh, Paynei, and
Sniiths.,.,:Banlcers, near- ;he i'dansion-liowe,. which
he had negotiated- to Mr., Capper, • the Master of
the Hungerford Strand, to Aom he
was introdueefl 'as a Clergyrnan 'officiating fbr the
Curate of St. Martin'.s- in the Fields : but dais prowes
to be an, imposition, as be never„ was in orders.—
The faa as-to his papsing the drift in question was
sufficiently. proved -by Messrs.. Smith, Payne, and.
Smiths, that no such person as Robert Smith, whom
the Pri:ioner, When he negotiated, the draft to Mr;
-Capper, represented to be his Ether,- kept cash at.

their house, or ever did.
Mr. toNo' observed, that before the business
could be proceeded farther in, it would be neces..
sary either to compel the arpearance of the Fri.
soner's father, or that some person should be pro.
doted who could positively declare 'it' was not his
hand. writing. The latter method he .should -of
coufse prefer, in order to avoid the distressing cir.
cumstance of o;)-tiging a father to appear as au evi-
dence against his son in so serious a case. Th
Prisoner was therefore committed for further exa-
mination.

CLERICAL- IMPOSTOR.

,THE. Parish of St: Martin In tht Fields lia3
been thrown into the ureatest consternation by the
discover); that a young Imo, as Clergyman
of the .Patish, and; Deputy of the Curate, during his
indisposition, -is' a gross "Impos,..or, never havrni
been
.in Orders, -o; conneded wit. ;lc holy profes-
.
sion.

. Thisimpostor has aaually cifficin.tcd a month for
the Curate of St. Martin's •Church. Lie is the sort
of an eminent currier.,in CrOoked,lane. Izle had
ingenuity enough ,to introduce himself to
l' ELL, the Curate,.as,a ..ountryrtip,n/of Ells (Yorh..
shire)", Saying, he_was neph.ew to Lord ti,DoN, 'and'
had been in Orders near. twelve :tnontlis; -having
been Ordained by the Bishop Of PET,E R
VE,o6,.Siillcic with the rank of his
,visitor,
him every mark of resped,-.expresed how much
he felt himself. honoured by-the preference shewn
to him, and aceepted -the proffered assistance the
inore readily, being at -the time
Every thing was 'settledk,and the pretended nephew
of Lord ELodtc
.entered into his clerical duty tht
next day, by performing the 'marriage: ceremony
over, nineteen couple, administering the' Sacrament
to fdur persons, christening- several; aiid burring
fwelve. In a conversation the next day with hit
Clerk, he said that -he. was "educated at Queen's
College, Cambridge, where he had taken his degree
_of Bachelor of Arts about a month since: On the
Saturday following he went to a mzrcer's.shoP iii
the Strand,'and ordered asset of
canOnicays, to be 'Made by four o'clock in the after,
noon: in thd interim he borroWed a set; fold the
shopkeeper his,"name was Smith, and that he W'as
Chaplain to Lord'ELli6?7;

The Mercer toqk the trouble to call it LOr'd EL,
pox's to make the inquiry, cirlicn the, Steward in-
formed him no persOli of the name of SMITH 4~~as ens
gaged by his Lordship in that capaeity. Iri, cone_
quence•of this information the Mercer called mit is
way back on the Deputy Curate of St. Martin's,
and saw Mr. Stvri'lli in the vestry, when he to:d
him. h,eliad ail -opportunity of disposing. of the set of
Canonical 4 he bad lent him in the morning ; but to
prevent ,Mr. Staurn's being put to any inconve.:
nience, he should rhave the 'set he had ordered by
three O'clock precisely: By this finesse the Mercer
got back his•go9ds: . •

.
This- new species of depredation might, have con_
tinned a`sliort time longer hail not die foiged
draft exposed the character of the party, and Occa.
sinned ari inquiryl from which IVe learn that the
hero in 'question was educated at Peckham'selibol,
and has- been employed as a rider to a wholesale
house in the City. ; This affair. has thiir.vii St.
Martin's parish into much canfusidn above loci
couple have been married --by tlii4 iMpoSior; all
which rriapiages are mill and VOA, An express
was yesterday morning sent off to Di% liAmit...roNi
the
.lkettor:

During the time this ittipostor officiated as. Priest;
he, was very attentive to duty', read prayers morn-
ing and afternoon ; with admhristering the sacra-
ment,. attending christenihgs and burials; mar-
riages, &c. his time. iVas wholly taken up, The:
Clark was known to say he was a little aulcward at
first, but resped for the dignity of his new. master;
preventid comment; and rendered him extremely
wiiiirig to give every assistance in his power:
The above 'lint ospr is only i 3 'years of -age;
middle stature, in person thinj'and When he stood
at the Bar yesterday at Bow street; stared around
hire with an unmeaning .eye, arpan:ntly quite in.;
different as to his situation.

MNNstotr-IdobsE.Yesterday t;t'o I,vatermeni of
.the names .bf Robert- Myers and: John .Kentis Wer.
fully, committed by the Lord -Niayor,' charged with
stealing thirty-five pounds weight of cocoa. It'
petted by 'the evidence of 'several gitneSseS; that '
the prisoner Kent was employed to ship this coeod
orr bbaid a ship from a wharf -in Thames;Stiert ;
that oritheir way down the River, one of thebnsi
was cut, and the thirty-five pounds taken out
This being discovered; the Prisoner Kent, was found
concealed in the boat, and near hit wa's found,
waterman7s jacket, with pockets artfully sov;rea
'round the skirts, in which was: found the exaa
tity Prodi of the prisoners 'positively -de.:
nied the whole chat‘gei ; They v:'ere committed to
Ne, vikate'i to Laic' their trial fur thh afffirle;

of,yre

' SCOT. L AND,

EDINBURGH, SEPT. 12.

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

Tills day the University of Edinburgh confer,
red-the degree of V061.0r in Medicine on the fol.
lowing Gentlemen, after the usual public and pri.
vate-trials
or IRELAND.

Johrnßarter Bennett
A lexander Lawler
George Htingerfold
P. R. Johnson -

William- Smith

D DiabiteOm,
De Fehrilner igtermittenii4u.r.
- De Rheumatism° Acute?.
- De Epiletsia. ,
he IVinationibus vas sangu;s,
ex acre in pulni:,nes acepe
cubit

'OF SCQTLAND.

co!ige Pat tullo De ;-Intenorrhtra.
Daniel Ainslie - De frepatitide.
William Donaldson - De Rheumatism.
Colin Campbell - De Ifyste;.ia.
Alexander Williamson CDe Pbthisi Tu3ereulostepra7ei..
venda et persananda.

John Laidcri

01! ENGLAND.

De i'hthisi7l.olli.

QF THE WEST

John Hodges- •
Alexander Melville

De Oxj'geria.
De Hetatitide:

The following'is an extraordinary proof of the
genial warmth of thiS year a.field belonging
to Provost Edward Whichain in Sanquhar, there is
just now a promising second crop of potatoes
lull bloom. A very abundant crop, of potatoes was
raised from thes,sarne field about two months ago..

The price of Wheat in Haddington Market- yes-
terday declined—the best, one shilling ; inferior
kinds two shillings per boll.

FARTHQyAKE.

To the account in our last of the earthquake on
Monday morning we have to add, that the shock
seems to have been strongest at Callander, CriefF,
and that neighbourhood, where they have formerly
expetienced some smaller shocks. It appears to
have,extended over all Strathearn towards Perth,
where it was also -felt. The following Letters
from Callander and Crieff will give a pretty clear
idea of the manner these villages were affeeted by
it :

CALLANDF,R, SEPT. 7.

. .
We have been greatly .alarmed here this moping
with the shock of an Earthquake. It happened
' about six O'clock, and awakened every.one in. the
hevise. seemed to continue about eight. or ten
secOnds; and was accompanied with
.a
noise like disthnt thunder.' have beep-informed:.
' that it was fekt Dunblane,.about twelve - miles
East from this, and at Tyndrurn; about thirty-six
miles North_West, which makes near fifty miles of
a dire& line. As to the direetiOn it observed, I
am uncertain ; but as far as I can learn, it was from
the West and North_West. Every thing in the
house shook violently ; all the bells rong : we felt

the bed uoder tis most distinaly have aTwaving. Or
-undulatory kind of motion. I have no Treatise on
Earthquakes by me, but-I remember to-have read,
that in the year 1755, when the Earthquake de-
strofed, I think, abotit one-third of Lisbon,. the're
were smart shocks felt in different places of. .cot_
land, with violent agitations of Loch Ness,. LOch
Tay, &á. What a vast force :must, it have been,
that 'could produce such an effett, whether, we. con-
sider electricity is here the agent, or subterraneous
fire. Comrie, where shocks have been often felt
since 1789, is about twelye miles North_East from
this. With 'regard to the weather and state of
the air, it was perfally calm, and has been all this
day.