The Sun.
London, England, 1805-09-14 00:00:00

EALTE)?, Sirr. 11.

A-female, pretending to be a Lady Of gentecl con-
nexions, has lately' been vey troublesome to this
city and neighbourhood : sh,r! -Ills occasionally as-
stimed.the narnes of Airs. liti,Vthison, Mrs. Bean—
chrimp,, ; but beingla length discovered ttybe au
impostor, .she was last week apprehended at'Chnd-:.
as a vagrant, and connuitted to the House of
CorreCtion for the County. Since her commitment,
various s Letters have been received, stating her impo-
sitions on the Public, in Lonclon, Brighton,
4-;heittnihatni- Gloueeqer, Bristol, &c. under the
cli...n..taerof daughter to General England, General
Beauchamp, General Robinson, as wife of a Mr.
WiWnson, a Gentleman in India, who had
deserted r leer, with three and swetimes rite chil-
dren : she has a singular mode 'of, impressinv
her distress on the minds of the benevolent, by tale-
ing a phial of laudanum, or kaping into a ricer,
where she knew there wat no danger, in the presence
of inany'spc6tators, anti stating herelf to have lately
escaped'rout a Lunatic• Asylum. A particular de-
scription of her is, we understand, to be inserted in
the next Hue and ety, and Police Gazette. This
is the. second. extraordinary imposture deteEted:
this neighb;turhood within these. fete months, /much
to the credit of the County Maoistrates ; the" first
WAS the pretended Rev. John Augustus Polygreen
Bridcretower, otherwise Lientenant-General Mentor;
lately serving under Toussaint L'Ouverture,otherWise
the Black Price, &c. this person speaks fluently the
English, Frinich, German,. Italian, and Lart-
guage3, k a Man of colour, fine fr.!;kire, and about
forty years of age : he is AL° in contiueinclitin:the
Cohnty Bridewell.
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ANACDOTE

OP DR. OF CAMDEN TOWN.

• Tim Reverend Clergyman, so well knoVett, for
researches into the original Greek `Lc t Evai ga.
lists, and not mere:distinguished for his extensive
lcarning,than for his propensity to ie.auiuse:i]lLits
on,
Whichcharaaeriztd Paron Atict..ns, r;i:oently related
the following anecdote of himself to sclea circle'of
The;converptioil happened to turn upon the
folly of, some meet's wives ; .upon Which, said tht
e
DoCtor; 'I will give you an instance o}: the folly a
mine, and, I anf.perstiaded; you must acknoWledw it
exceeds every thing you. ever heard cd. lie thus pro-
ceeded ." You must -know, that .some time 1i.j.;0 the
Bishop of London was contempl a translation .of
the iour.Gospels•, and it, pec,aroed to his Lordihip
that he probably inightderive some advantage by cw
suiting me upon the stthjea.,
~I_ll.cd, not tell you how
Much attathed I
aril to my pipt, nor .‘rhat irresistible
cic.rins I findin a game at: sl;ittles, Now I happciz,!d
to be enjoying both my tavourite a couicnwin•>
'heat Sheaf, when Ins Lordship or,k!red his
and, repairing to coy house, acquired wliettwr I 'Vas
at home ? Airs. instead of:absolutely deny-
Ing me, as a 6elltilblit woman Ought to have done,.lin-
mediately said .1 at the Wheat Sheaf. The Bishop
naturally thought the Vheat Sheaf might be some
Corti Chandler's, where r was disposing,,. of .my
tythe corn, or the produce of my glebe land..--.
fle said to his 'cmictimaa, tickyou know
where the Wheat Sheaf is yeas my Lord,7.
replied .1 oho.---` Weil, drive there.-',7-jeliti, otieyecL
mid in a few minutes the carriage stopped 'at t 1 tile-
hoa.ic, \chore 1 Wai iii the height of My glory. The
limp stared at the appearance of the place, as
lit iiii let. I lowever he alighted, and asked the land-
krd whether one Dr. was there ?-4, Always
at this hour (returned Bonnyface) you'll find Virzi
• in the skittle-ground."—"The skittle-ground! (Mut-
terl his Lordship as' he advanced) what can he be
doing there ?", Ile soon discovered me, in the midst of
thepridUnutovulgus, who wero attondill4 minutely to
the circumstances of the gymnastic giinie. I ikrai the
hero of the contest, and was unluckily, at that precise
toothent, in the very act of endeavouring to tip all
One. Was stooping dowis with my-pipe, in my
mouth, the skirts' of my coat tucked under my left
-arm and a bowl in my right hand ; my wig alittle
Awry. I Was aitning at, the middle phi, andexclaimed,
" /are goes at the Heard til! the .Church
foie: the bewl had well quitted iny grasp, the Bishop
tapped me On.the shoulder, saving, 'What, Doaor,
• 'is ityoui". I looked round, and become petrified as if
fhad seen the Gorgon's I lead: I-could not speak for
Sortie, time, but at-last I sun suncreil out, ". Yes, :My
Lord, it IS rue."—" I am surprised to ace you in taich
a place," added his Lordship,---"And I ,am equally
, aStonished at seeing your Lordship; but you-:must
-know, toy Lord, thtit l ara afaieted. with a i,pain in
the clunt, attendtA, at times, with a difficulty ofut-
, • terance, Your Lordship may easily perceive how I
altl affeaed at this moment.'perceive:it in-
deed," rejoined the Church Dignitary. l continued,
tbr this complaint my 0rt1,.1 cue to
the exercke in which von :,cc me employed, and
they tell me I shall derive great benefit from it."—.
The Bishop turned upon his, heel, and left roe with'
.401 retrrark----*4 'Proceed, good Dalor, with your
glebe", I Wish yon all the /.iencitt from it your Hi} j-
et:ins lotvo,promiSed you but .4ta. :Airkno it
nov,:r procure you-a Now, my to 1
whether:you- ever tiear:i of atly
act 1114 so silly ii 4 a Clergy man'sv.• ire
oacikting a to a skittle- ground in search °flier
ht.hbialA Tiw company cordesSe3 the application
(it the and ;Nit's. waS,by collation conicnt,
adnut tea to in this in Lance, Q:ticeedect the fully
of ail aw' wivcs. •

TUE SitErnEnt>st FEPrzvAi,.—A._ national- and
rural meeting, called the SheplierdS' Festival, took
Place in the beautiful Valley of thisprunmen, near!
Berne, on the 17th of August. It was attended-by;
Shepherds friar every part of Switzerland, but:not-
Nirithstanding_ the great number -gathered together,
the greatest order prevailed. Besides the two Chief
Magistrates, and M...A.t.ovs I,lunix.ro, there were
among the spetaators the Prince of .ESITttIiAZY, a
young,:: Prince,, of WIItTEN73i sG, the Prince of
ScnoNnEuo, and several other foreigners of dis-
tinction. r.l he most ..retriarliable of the viaers
the rural games was a Shepherd from Appenzell..Tl-..-7,
He was of a tall and elegant form, and displayed U
connnon address and vigour. He lifted, With ease,
a weight of more than two quintals poised it lightly
on his shoulder, and threw it to the diStance Of
paces .from him, The conquerors received - the'
prizes decreed to them from. the hands of Madame
OF, WATTBVILLE, time Wife of the. Landau an.---
Among the Songs sung in celebration of the day,.
one was greatly applauded. It was the composition -
of Madame iinurstv,s, of OpPlen, .already. distin-
guished as the Author of several Poems, and a very
interesting Tour in Scotland.;
An outrageons,asaulrwas committed 'On a Watch-
man in the NeW-square, New-road, en-Wednesday
I night, by three yOuing 'Mon of distinCtion, At the
West F,tid of the Tdwn. 'rho poor. fellow' 'was
dragged from his box, mu ithOut giving the 'slightest
offence, and wa:i rolled in a ttkiantity Of mud, until
he becarne literally liteless. In this !iit.u.:aion be was
.seen hy a patrol:: on the neKt. beat j who, on attempt-
ing to place 1i.:111 on his kgs, w u ailo ..t.isailed by the
same parties, bat -with the assistance of a person pass-
hug, he ran/Tea the sally,and.concluEted one of them
to a I)l,u:it of s.ectuity for the night. - • •
E OTI ;sm.—The Thablie are much indebted
to die ContraCtors of, the Lottery I.twhieli will begin
Dr;a this Month, for, by theit- wise .arrang
ment oftitheine, a Ptte(:;,haser'of a TiCka or Share
g;iitt eith,2,r of the threat Prizes of 20,000 L three
I• 0,0001. three- of -50001. and numerouf; othek
I'ri7,es, for little inot.e than half the ti,:eol pent. aci
every TiCket drawn within tteertain will
entitled to some bC:ilefit, tired a Q 0,0030. dowel to 0
201. or it 01. and all Shares will thes re-
spettive prOp0rti011.3:01: