The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

SWINDLING AT WINDSOR,

had been made the victims. Other persons, similarly
victimised in the neighbourhood, are expected to come
forward to-morrow. Upon the different cheques being
presented at Neville, Reid, and Co.'s there were " no
effects;" " J. H. Tyndham" being unknown to the
persons in London upon whom his draught was drawn,
and deposited at the Windsor Bank. Mr. Dotesio, when
he presented his two cheques, and was informed that they
were not worth the value of the paper they were written
upon, very naturally inquired if the bank had any re-
ference as to the respectability of Mr. " Wyndham" be-
fore the clerks intrusted him with a cheque-book. The
reply was that all they knew about him was that he
paid in a cheque drawn upon a London banker, and that
they had just received advice that it had been disho-
noured. It is to be hoped that the circumstances we
have related will act as a caution for the future to
country bankers, who, it is to be desired, for the sake of
the trading community, will not intrust a perfect stranger
with a blank cheque-book, without any reference or
guarantee as to his respectability, and who, at the same
time, may chance not to have (as in this instance) one
single penny in their hands to his credit.
This Mr. " Wyndham " is described to be about 5
feet 8 or 9 inches in height, wearing glasses, and also an
eyeglass suspended by a stout silken cord, apparently
not more than 30 or 32 years of age, and of dark com-
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WINDSOR. SUNDAY EVENING.—A deep-laid scheme of
swindling, by evidently a practised hand, has just been
successfully played off by a well-dressed gentlemanly-
looking man, upon some of the most respectable inn-
keepers and tradesmen of Windsor, Eton, and Slough ;
the facts having been brought to light after the arrival
of the post yesterday morning.
It appears that, on Tuesday morning last, a person of
highly respectable appearance and gentlemanly manners
arrived at Slough by an early train, from London, and
took up his abode at Mr. Dotesio's the Royal Hotel, close
to the railway station. He remained there during that
and the following day. On Thursday he told Mr.
Dotosio he was going to town to be present at the close
of the debate on the Corn Bill in the House of Lords,
having got a ticket of admission from his "friend" the
Duke of Beaufort, and that he should not return till the
following morning. It appears, however, that on that
day, previously to proceeding to London, he went to
Messrs. Neville, Reid, and Co.'s bank, at Windsor, and
paid in a cheque for a large amount, drawn upon a London
banker, stating that he was staying at the Royal Hotel,
and that as he should have some payments to make, when
the bankers received advice of the cheque being honoured,
it would be extremely convenient to him to be furnished
with a blank cheque-book. This was, as it has since
Rrovt:d, most incautiously given to him, and has been fte
aenns of enabling him to practise his art, with the ap-
pearance, at least, of a respectable man, having a banker's
account open at Windsor. He perfectly well knew that
as his cheque was not paid into the Windsor bank until
Thursday, Messrs. Reid and Co. would not be advised of
its reception in London before Saturday morning.
On Friday morning, when he returned to the Royal
Hotel by the first train from London, he sent for Mr.
Dotesio into the coffee-room to inform him of the result
of the division, observing that "he was of the same
opinion as his friend, a Noble Duke, that it was doubtful
whether a scrutiny of the proxies would not still cause
considerable embarrassment to the Government." He
also spoke familiarly of several Noble Lords, his
" friend:," as he represented them, and acquaintances.
lie then said he had an account at the Windsor Bank,
producing his cheque-book, and asking Mr. Dotesio to
cash a cheque for 101. The appearance of the cheque-
ek would have so completely disarmed suspicion, even
i 1 any bad been previously entertained, that the amount
Ras
irranediately handed over to him, and he went out
after breakfast, as he said, for''' a stroll." It should be
theth inference
signed the cheque "J. H. Wynd-
eoatn
from his gentlemanly man-
iicraund address, and circumstances, that he was
a member of the Egremont family.
From the Royal lintel, it appears, he proceeded o
Eton, where he called upon Mr. Yarrow, the well-known
tailor at the College, and ordered a suit of clothes ;
stating, that as he was going to a wedding the following
(Saturday) morning, and as his own dress clothes were
Upwards of 200 miles off, he must have them made,
and sent to the Royal }keel at Slough, by seven o'clock
that (Friday) evening. Although it was then nearly
twelve o'clock, the order was taken, and promised to be
executed. lie then said to Mr. Yarrow, "As lam a
stranger to you, although I have received high recom-
mendations of your excellent cut and fit, I'll pay yout.a,t,
once; just make out your bill, and
give me a receip
The bill was paid by a cheque upon the Windsor Bank.
Mr. Yarrow, however, having some suspicion about thse,
matter, paid Mr." Wyndham's" cheque,with other monies,
into the bank that afternoon, calling the particular at-.
teation of the clerk to the cheque in question, and ask-
ing him if it was " all right." The clerk having answered
in the affirmative, and given credit for it, the suit of
clothes, consisting of a dress coat, white waistcoat, and
trousers, was completed and sent to the Royal Hotel
punctually at the time agreed upon.
Mr. Wyndham then paid a visit to Windsor, calling
upon Mr. Hanson, watchmaker and jeweller of the High-
street, whom he especially patronised by purchasing a
gold watch and chain, a breast-pin, and other articles
of jewellery, to the amount of between 11/. and 12/.
The production of his cheque-book from the Windsor
Bank, as in the case of Mr. Dotesio, induced Mr.
Hanson to imagine it was "a voucher of respectability,"
and he had no hesitation in parting with his property,
which was paid for by draught on Neville, Reid, and Co.
He intimated to Mr. Dotesio that, as he intended to
make a lengthened stay at the Royal Hotel after " a cer
tain event" had taken place (which was construed to
refer to his marriage), he would like to look over the
hotell to select a large and airy bed room and one of the
best sitting-rooms. On Fnday evening he proceeded
with the proprietor over such portions of the hotel as
were then unoccupied, and arranged for theloccupaney of ,1
two apartments, to commence 00 Monday for a l
lengthened period. Shortly after the arrival of his new
suit of clothes from Mr. Yarrow he ordered his bill,
Which was brought to him, amounting to 31. 3s. 3d.
stating that he was going to London by the last train,.
and that he should return on Today to take possession
of his sitting anti bed-room. He also stated that a large
9,uantity of luggage would arrive for him by the train
from town on Saturday, and requested that the carriage
might be paid by the proprietor of the hotel. He then
drew a cheque for 5/., with which he paid his bill, receiv-
ing from Mr. Dotesio the difference. Ile left Slough by
the last up-train for London, and has not been seen or
heard of since.
The next morning, (Saturday), soon after the Windsor
Bank had (paned, the bubble urst, and his unfortunate
dupes were made aware of the deception of which they

THE StIN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1846.

THE STEAM-BOAT A SPANISH

INVENTION.

Although the honour of the invention of steamers is
claimed by other nations, it belongs, in reality, to Spain
alone, as can be proved by historical facts as far back as
the middle of the sixteenth century, during the reign of
Charles the Fifth. The erudite and intelligent Don
Martin Fernandez de Navarette, says, in one of his
works, that Don Blasco de Garey, Captain in the Spanish
navy, submitted to the examination of the Emperor in
1543 a machine, by means of which vessels, ro matter
how large, could be navigated when not a breath of wind
was stirring, and without the aid of sail, or sweeps. Soon
afterwards the Emperor ordered a trial to be made of it,
which took place on the 17th of June, 1543, in Barce-
lona-roads, with the most complete success. The ex-
periment was made upon a ship of 200 tons called the
Santissima Trinidad, commanded by Captain Pedro de
Scarsa, who had arrived at Barcelona, with a cargo of
wheat. The persons present at the essay, by order of
Charles V. and his son Philip 11., were lion Enrique de
Toledo, the Governor ; Pedro de Cardona ; the Grand
Treasurer Ravigo ; the Vice-Chancellor Francisca
Gralla, and a number of distingui,hed individuals from
Castile and Catalonia, besides several naval officers, some
of whom were on board the Santissima Trinidad and others
on shore. This experiment, which astonished all a ho beheld
it by the facility and rapidity of the vessel's movements,
caused a general vote in favour of the invention of Don
Blasco de Garey, with the exception of the treasurer,
Ravago, who objected to it principally on account of the
great cost of the machines, and the danger of the boiler
bursting. Thus the stupid opposition of Ravago re-
tarded, nearly two hundred years, the realisation of the
invention of steam boats. Nevertheless, the Emperor
promoted Garey, at the same time presenting him with
200 000 maravides, and defraying all the expenses he
had been at in bringing his invention to fruition,
Despite the trouble Garey took to hide the mechanism
of his invention, we sce it consisted of a boiler filled
with water, agitated by heat for the generation of
steam, and two moveable wheels attached to the sides of
the vessels.

A song which was sung at Barcelona, 1543, in
honour of Blasco de Garey, and the invention of the
steam-boat, is still extant

A FRIGHTFUL ILLUSTRATION
OF SLAVERY.

The following is the leading editorial article in the
last Essex Transcript (American paper) :

" Many of our readers have irofiably seen a para-
graph stating that a young slave-girl was recently
hanged at New Orleans, for the crime of striking and
abusing her mistress. The religious press of the North
has not, so far as we are aware, made any comments
upon this execution. It is too busy pulling the mote
out of the eye of the Heathen, to notice the beam
in our nominal Christianity at home. Yet this case,
viewed in all its aspects, is an atrocity which has, God
be thanked, no parallel in heathen lands. It is a
hideous offshoot of American Republicanism and Ame-
rican. Christianity. It seems that Pauline—a young
and beautiful girl—attracted the admiration of her
master, and being, to use the words of the law, his
"chattel personal to all intents and purposes whatso-
ever," became the victim of his lust. So wretched is
the condition of the slave-woman that even the brutal
and licentious regard of her master is looked upon as
the highest exaltation of which her lot is susceptible.
The slave-girl in this instance evidently so regarded it ;
and, as a natural consequence, in her new condition
triumphed over and insulted her new mistress—in other
words, repaid in some degree the scorn and abuse with
which her mistress had made her painfully familiar.
The laws of the Christian State of Mississippi inflict
the punishment of death upon the slave who lifts his or
her hand against a white person. Pauline was accused
of beating her mistress, tried, and found guilty, and con-
demned to die. But it was discovered on the trial that
she was in a condition to become a mother, and her exe-
cution
was delayed until the birth of her child. She
was returned to her prison-cell. There for many weary
months, uncheered by the voice of kindness, alone,
hopeless, desolate. she waited for the advent of the new
and quickening life within her, which was to be the
signal of her own miserable death. And the bells there
called to mass and prayer-meeting, and Methodists
sang, and Baptists immersed, and Presbyterians sprin-
kled—and young mothers smiled through tears upon
their new-horn children ; and maidens and matrons or
that great city sat in their cool verandahs and tahsed of
love and household, ays, and domestic happiness—while
all that dreary time the poor slave-girl lay on the
scanty straw of her dungeon, waiting with what agony
the dear and pitying God of the white and the Mack
only knows, for the birth of the child of her adulterous
master. Horrible !—Was ever what George Sand
justly terms 'the great martyrdom of maternity "—that
fearful trial which love alone converts into joy unspeak-
able—endured under such conditions !—What was her
substitute for the kind voices and gentle soothings of
affection ? The harsh grating of her prison lock—the
mockings and taunts of unfeeling and brutal keepers !
What with the poor Pauline took the place of the hopes
and joyful anticipations which support and solace the
white mother, and make her conch of torture, happy with
sweet dreams ? The prospect of seeing the child of her
sorrow, of feeling its lips upon her bosom. of hearing its
feeble cry—alone, unvisited of its unnatural father ; and
then in a few days, just when the mother's affections are
strongest, and the first smile of her infant compensates
for the pangs of the past—the scaffold and the hangman!!
Think of that last terrible scene—the tearing of the
infant from her arms. the death-march to the gallows,
the rope round her delicate neck, and her long and dread-
ful struggles (for attenuated and worn by physical suf-
fering and mental sorrow, her slight frame had not
sufficient weight left to produce the dislocation of her
neck, on the falling of the drop), swinging there alive
for nearly half an hour—a spectacle for fiends, in the
shape of humanity. Mothers of New England I such
are the fruits of slavery. 0, in the name of the blessed
God, teach your children to hate it and to pity its vic-
tims. Petty politicians and empty-headed Congress
debaters are vastly concerned lest the " honour of the
country" should be compromised in the matter of the
Oregon boundary. Fools !—one such horrible atrocity
as this murder of poor Pauline, "compromises" us too
deeply to warrant any further display of their patriotism.
It would "compromise Paradise itself. An intelligent
and philanthropic European gentleman who was in New
Orleans at the time of the execution, in a letter to a
friend in this vicinity, after detailing the circumstances
of the revolting affair, exclaims, " God of goodness !
God of justice l—there must be a Future State to redress
the wrongs of this. lam almost tempted to say, there
must be a future state, or no God !"