The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-22 00:00:00

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EVENING SUN.

BERNARD CAI ANAGH CAUGHT

OUT AT ',AST
t;.,110w.,
and 511C.4 (LirNulty deceived sver:il of
the most ;Juin( ot eknutic ana wetli,al bodie!: in London,
has, at. last. lill deii,ett,.l- in hi, itur,pstur,,,,,o,l he is now
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tre,.4l-miii, in dill :001 Of (111,11;W:it, }IS

a rogue tuRI• vanttp.ntl, to wi:ich he has just boen sen-
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:::11....et1 by S. Chas,. Esq., the :‘ hip

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itis gnat tcnt. et 1. tll (.: ,i,,,ti o tit. Blat k Boy, a publie-liou,e
in Itruad-stret,t, aetannpanied by the hallit! lillitt. Milli& d
Tiernan, ,A ho .d,,,,i,itt_ti Mat in rurtaing his v....rictis -,v5.;.,,i.
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the cuti,e a phenomenon to pay liii a 11,1
at the 11lae':. Boy, Evading, 'luring his •t.;tr. A few of
his phil,-iThical friends in London, wishiug to gain
some additional light upon this ease, have advised liiiii
to give this general invitation, and make no distinct
charge for admissions ; but ai the expenses of travelling
about the country with his brother ( who crag like other
men) will be y..nd their means, any friendly- donations
Will be thankfully received."

Thing:: went on swimmingly fur sonic days, and the
renew and his companion were reaping a pretty plentiful
harve-tt, although there was nothing charged for admission
to see " the fasting man," the impostor leaving the gra-
tuity he luml:cd for-to ".the liberality of the curious;" and
there is net the least doubt, bad it net been fur the timely
and, indeed, extraordinary di•covery ~r the cheat, that he
and his worthy coadjutor would, before tiny left - the
-tvwn, have walked elf with a very handsome sum ga-
thered front the numerous vLiturs who floekul to the
Black Boy to see this " eighth wonder of the world."
Be was apprehended with his "Man Friday," Tiernan,
on Thursday; through the ingrunientality of a Mrs.
Hatt; the wife of a labouring man, residing- in 7Crown-
strect, by Mr. lioulton, the superintendent of the Read-
ing police, upon the charge of a rogue and vaga-
bond, and a rank impostor. lie was then taken before
the Mayor, and the following evidence was produced
against him .

• Harriet Hatt being sworn stated, in substance, as fol-
lows :—On the preceding evening she went, accompanied
by some friends, to see the fasting man, at the
Black Boy. She • asked him several questions on the
subject of his abstinence from tOod, which he an-
swered very unsatisfactorily, except that he stated
he, had pot eaten a morsel of any one thing fur
the last live years and a hall. Witness-. bought ode of
his book, containing an account of his life and abstinence
from food, for which he was paid Gd., and her friends
gave him another Gd. before they left. The next morn-
ing witness had occasion to go to a chandler's shop in
•Southampton-street (which is a lung distance: from the
Black Boy); and While ahe was sitting in a room behind
the shop she saw aman enter, who, notwithstanding his
disguise, she was certain was the prisoner. He had a
handkerchief tied round his forehead which..nearly co-
vered his'eyu, and a large patch upon his nose. As
soon as became in he asked fur a saveloy and a quarter
of a pound of ham, which he particularly wished to be
cut pretty fat, and a small loaf. He was served with
these articles, for which he paid, and, then went away.
Witness then directly proceeded to the Black Boy,
where she discovered that the prisoner had been gone
out a short time before, to take a walk; and after wait-
ing there for upwards of an hour she saw him return,
but he had then dolled- his disguise and appeared as
. usual. She mentioned her suspicions to the landlord of
the house, who then communicated with the police.'
John Croaker, the landlord of the Mack Boy, stated
that the prisoner came to his house very late on Friday
evening, and inquired if his brother (describing him as a
man who carried a pack) had arrived. Witness told him
that a man, answering that description, was in the house
and in bed. lie then showed witness °tie of his bilis, and
said that he was the man it related to. lie asked if ho
could be accommodated with a bed, and he was told he
could. Ile and the man Tiernan had been living in,
witness's house from that time until they were appre-
hended. The bill witness saw in the room (exhibited
by the prisoner) was placed there without hiS consent.
The impostor, .upon being called on for-his defence,
said it was of very little use his saying anything, as after
what had taken place he supposed he should not be be-
lieved ; and, therefore, perhaps he had better say nothing.
At last he said, " I did cat, for the Lord caused me to be
hungry."
The Mayon then addressed the prisoner, pointing out
to him die disgraceful conduct he had been pursuing in
deceiving and gulling the public by gross artifice and
imposture, and telling him that it was his determination,
at least for a time, to put a stop to his deceptions upon
the public.
The " fasting" impostor was then sentenced to throe
months' imprisumnent, and hard labour, as a rogue and
vagabond. •
The fellow's worthy colleague, Alen :Tiernan, was than
sentenced to one month's imprisonment for hawking
without a license.

The man with the pack, whom Cavanagh called his
brother, had, very fortunately for himself, taken his de-
parture frumßeading, and thus escaped, very probably,
a similar punishment.
It will now be seen if the tread-mill will not bring an
appetite to the" fasting" mall, and, at the same time, the
impostor to his senses.