The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-02 00:00:00

MR: IND:Rzirs.

In our Paper of yesterday we gave an account of
the 'examination of this Adventurer, upon, some
charges• of swindling, before, the Magistrates, of
:Qateen's7square Office We .have since, rdained
some further particulars relative tq,-this extraordit.
nary charaCter, who, as a chevalier d'industrie, has
rarely been equalled in'the SticcessfUl rapidity of his •
progress.; and who, .during the, short time he has
figured upon the town, has .thrown into eclipse. any
thing done within,a similar period, by the inost'etnis-
tient of his prede&Ssors in the annals of fashionable
finance. '
This. genius* was, we understand, originally , a
.pupil in the Green-coat Charity School; of Tothil
'fields, from which he was in due time apprenticed
to a coach-maker-in Westminster, who, after alapse•
of lour years,- either failed ar died, or both, leaving ,
the unexpired term of .this hero's indentnres as a
valuable asset to be disposed of with his other efleots.
'The result of this crisis was, ,a..transfer of Mr. An-. ••
drews _to another master in:•the same trade;.- on .the
Surrey-side of the water. In the hiStery of the :"
• Fietich Revolution, we read of many men who, froth
'the humble origin of 'grin-snziths, sivOrd-cullers, or
stable-boys; have in a. few years obtained the fink of :P
'Generals, inspired, no doubt, with the first principles
. of military.ambitiori, by Their occupations in the ma-
nufadure of those arms, or the management oftliOse.'
horses, which are the necessary, implements of pra4is
cal heroism. Not irnprobably,. then, did the
Nienile employment of Mr.--.Andrews;.in the aianu-' • •
'faEture of coaehei, chariots;: phaetons, gigs, 'curricles
and tandems, the known-impletnents of: faShioriabfe •
notoriety, inspire him with the wish of figuring
as a fine Gentleman. Some untoward.overt9k9.lp:
wards:a purpose so spirited ultimately obtained for
him a sojOurnment of some years' continuance`
in that celebrated sauetuary for wounded-Credit,,,
the King's-. Bench. Active. genius niay-z•be_,, soan-
signed to close incarceration, but cannot be !Qx. da
to lassitude:: Mr. A. applied hinaself with assiddity
to the usual studies of the place, and &raduated with
a velocity, befitting 'his- uncommon capacity.
leisure hours were aaively and properly employed
in a polite and fierstiasive correspondence wit,ty.:.:-per-
sonages of rank; fashion, and well-klicisym
lenee; wh'oth he eloquently . and: eff,e4tually
pleaded the pathetic-cause of "a Distressed'. Gentl'c-:
Yeduced by_ untbreseen -huisfortnuis and• un-
precedented calamities and Oppression."' T•hts..stort,
in -a. thousand pathetic forms, made the tour
of the Court Calendar 'and Visiting Reg.stcrs. four:
titnesu. year, 'procured him ample.subsistence, Until 4
the 'late Insolvent 'A& enabled him tol'arst upon the .
world in all the'brightnes.s.of his genius. -The,
solution of the last- Parlianient about:the -said4e-.
riod iminediately -suggested to him. the lawiourakie
occuPation.of a• procurator4scal :for St. St.eplie-n'S
Chapel ; and his liberal- philosophy easily reconciled
to his feelings A 'species of traffic which, in Parlia.,
mentary.languaae, is held to be 'an absolute-abo-
mination, but ofc WhiChaMbition is said. sontetithesi
to avail -itself. The epistolary correspondence to
which he had already iatrotlacedliiniself with Earl
zatilliam, the Earl of Besbori,iigh, antsA-iiher No-
, blemen, now aflotded hin a feasible pretence for i
the furtherance of his purpose ; and Colonel Davi- 1
son becatne. the ready dupe of his designs. The
first 10001. which he obtained from this Gentleman
in part payment of a Borough which he Was to'have
through the influence of. Earl 'Fitzwilliarn, he depo-
sited with two or three different Bankers, upon whom
he gave drafts to different tradesmen, from whom he
purchased small lots of plate, watches, jewellery,ind
other bigotcrie for his lady, in order to lay the folio-
, dation of an under plot,. for obtaining credit -in this
Way to a large amount. He purchaSed an enormous
gilt silver cup, for 200 guineas, which he sent as a
.present to his "dear friend the Earl of Besborough,"
with an inscription expressive of his gratitude to
that Nobl.eman. This *as ostentatiously shewl-tO
COL Davison, and then forwarded in his presence to.
the Earl's house, with a letter—but not delivered; and.
the. next day, 'another. thousand pounds was ad-
vanced, upon the' assurance that the seat was se-
Cured from- Lord Fitzwilliarn. As tcr the Irish Bo-
raughs of " his dear friend, Lord `Besborongli," all '
the money required for them was B.o6Cll;a:pieCe;
and if Coforiel Davison would only. procure candi-
dates at 4 'or 00001. a piece, he might have his own
seat gratis .
: In the mean time, the trade in plate and je,welle,
ry Went, briskly forward. Small quantifies were,
- ,
,purchased in the first instance,, and drafts given,for
the kiOunt,. upon respeatable *Bankers, vihich were,'
punetually honoured. -Mr. Andres, it seem's, had
just succeeded in a ChancerY Suit' for the
.fortu n e. Of
tii-.grandfather, Bishop Andr6Ws, and would, in a
few days, receive 100,000 h 1 -
'These'are'but a few of his exploits. H.s presence
of mind, ins happY promptitude ih.the invention ,of
ex'pedients. and pretences,. hiS Consbnimate address .
and plausibility; eluded' all • the vigilance' of COlonel
Davison, as it would have done even ilut.pf Alex. 7
Ander the Great himielf, and lie had the adroitness
almost to convert his dupe into an accomplice. ,
besides the innumerable clanks brought forward
ag4inst him by'. various tradesmen, .writs to, the
amount of 80001. are-said to have. issued to the 'She-
riffs of Mjcidlesek'and Surrey.;, and tilt
.3VllOlc of this
brilliant career has been run since jasl•Otaober.

•
Mr. 'JonNsoN's .(the mechanist of 'D'mry-lane
Theatre) indisposition has been attended with the
most distressing circumstances. lis disorder WiS
-scarlet fever.,, and purrid , sore throat ;-,1-
recoyery„•
• was .desliaired mite, two jons ,and two,.
daughters, and his servants, caught the diiorder.
DOftors HOOFER, BAINE, and BRADLBY, Attended
them,-and despaired of the recovery of all, of them.
Mr. J. is, Ilwevertmuch recovered.. Mrs. J. and
the. eldi-St daughter, .being a little recovered,` were
ordered•tO be removed 'from the nifedious,house into
the.cOuntry but'they have, to lament the lo's'of. a
ne boy and girl, the 'former three years of age, and
the latter five : another boy, two years of age, is ill,
e •
:Filo hopes are entertained of his recovery.

, A most extraordinary. instance of fecundity in
sheep occurred in theyicinity of Cattesfield, Hamp-
shire :r a Gentleman, „of the name of has now;
1k cog fr9tu ipo,ewes, 240 lambs ; each ewe has
two Irubs.

on Friday last Robert Staffloct, cOnvieted at the
late Assizes for„Nprthainptonshire of administering
poison toThl-§ wife,-'vas eietUted at Naftharnpton,
pursuant to his sentence.
.He appeared to be about
twenty.-six yeafs,of age, and was 13.opyin the Parish
of Yelyertoft, where he :followed the occupation of
a labourer, 'and had two or three children by his
wife; with --whom •he Hied happily; but unfortu-
nate* getting acquainted:with a young woman who
lived in the same. place, and who it appears is now
pregnant by him, he formed the horrid, resolution of
VOison'ing his' wife; that lie .might.the more-readily
ca-r 4 hiszriminallizitercourse With the objea of
Iris miwided passkqu.-
_The Ineaus he employed
for this ppypose were mixing arsenic in the
flour -which helaieiv intended. to make
info :brCad;•-also in tea; by. which means the
lives of several other persons:. were likewise greatly
endangered, _ though providentially none have died •
from the.bad et-fetts. of the poison.—The inntuated
man, after condetnnatiOn,' behaved penitently, and
at the place .of execution exhorted the spectaiors t 4•
avoid sabbath -breaking and vicious connexions...