The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-27 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURE.

The Magistrates of this Borough haVe been en-
gaged during
.the present. week in the investiga-
tion of a serious of criminal transactions„involv-
ing not only an extensive fraud on the -revenue,.
but in their tendency vitiating a vast number of
conveyances and other legal instruments.
On Tuesday last, two At'tornies, Mr. Joieph
Blackburn and Mr. Thomas Wainwright, both of
this place, were apprehended on trio information of
George Jaques, late a clerk in Mr. 'Blackburn's
office, on a charge of removing .stamps from con-
veyances; probates of wills, &c. and affixing them
to other instruments of a similar kind, with an in-
tention -to defraud the revenue ; and every day
since their apprehension private examinations
have been helkl before the Magistrates.. The par-
ticulars of these investigations it would not be
proper., iu*the present stage of the business, to
divulge; but we. learn with-great concern, that a
number of dies, suitable for, the fabrication. of
stamps; have been found on Mr. Blackburn's-pre-
mises, and that several detached stamps, appa-
rently cut from deeds, were found in the posses-
sion of each of the parties, ortact of them of con-siderable value ; and.it is, also in evidence, that
these fraudulent practices have been pursued for
several y‘ears
This day- the final examination :took place,
when the accused parties .were both-committed to
the Castle at York, to await their trials at the en-
suing Assizes.—(Leeds Mercury, Dec, 24.)

THE FATAI; EFFECTS OF FEAR.—One of the Cif-
ficers-of Haslet. Hospital being. dangerously ill, a
Medical Gentleman who was attending him had
occasion; about two- o'clock cmSunday morning
last, to send the nurse front the Oflieer's house to
the Dispertary : the weather being bad,. the nurse
wrapped herself round with a piece-of red baize,
with which she Covered, in part, a candle and
lantern, to prevent the light fro being blown
out, as the wind was very. high. The rays of
light issuing fr-om the. red --covering., to the ima-
gination of a sentry at a distance, she appeared -a
terrific spectre; and as she: approached him his
fear so increased, that he ran front his•post with
haste to the Guard-house, where, in about half
an hour, he expired ! -
A,FACT.—On - Friday evening last, at tbe-Bell
public-house in Boston, a fellow called Cheshire
Charles, a laliouring banker,. who has lately work-
ed on the Witham, ate a rat (skin, eutrails, and
all), which had immediately before been caught in
a trap ; and afterwards offered to devour a cat, if
any, person would procure one for him !—Not
knowing what the monster might fancy next, no-
body thought it safe to make search for the in-,
dulgence ot his appetite.
ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.f—In the dead of
the night of se'unight, Mr. HINDE, a
youth about 18, and son of the Duke of NOR-
FOLK'S houSe-steward, at Arundel, was awoke
from his sleep by a villain, who made a desperate
thrust at him witbsotne sharp instrument, which
indeed happily missed its aim, but deeply perfo-'
rated the pillow. Mr. HYNDE, on finding some
one near the bed, instantly jumped front it, to get
some fire-arms that were in his chamber, but be-
fore he could gain possession of*them, the assas-
sin, having failed in the execution of his bloody
design, effected his escape, and, we are sorry to
say, without leaving any traces behind him that
are to lead to his discovery'.
VETERAN NVARIIIORS.—We lately mentioned the
death of Otwes l‘PKEniae, aged 104, sup-
posed to be the last of the warriors who fought
with Prince CHARLES in the year 1745. By the
following -letter ive perceive that there _is still in
life, and welt, another of the warriors who fought
in the-memorable battle ot Cuiloden, 1745.:

'• There is now living in Perth, the Honourable Mt.
Nairn, youngest son of the late Lord Nairn, who was at the
battle of Culloden, and with whom I am personally ac-
quainted; he is about 90 yeats of age, in good health, and.
one of the finest looking venerable old gentlemen that Lhave.
ever beheld." _ •

Mr. JOHN lIEDDINGTON, a farmer at Warfield,
in Berkshire, was last week gored to death by his
bull, to which he was giving fodder.