The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-13 00:00:00

A S tt/V LiNCL

Tns following very curiotis article is copied
from a Newcastle Paper of the gth instant:
The following correspondence lays open. a scheme
of Swindling, so gigantic and yet so artfl, that-
opr Semples and Hobards niity hide their diminished
heads, and the palm in this walk of genius miiSt be
decreed to our rival in arts and arms. That a
system of plunder, direaed to operate upon tire feel- '
ings of the compassionate and loyal in all parts of '
Europe, and carried on, as appears by the dates,
for several years, should not have been exposed in
.
the pubhc•Prints, is somewhat surprizing ; but per-
haps those who have been duped by it, have not
been desirous of confessing their credulity; and of
those who have escaped:the snare;„some might sus.'.
pea the truth of the story,. but.would suppose that
they alone had been attacked, and others (like the
Gentleman who enables us to give this account)
might imagine that the baits ,of L' Ahbge, and the
vigilance of the keeper still prevented the unfortu-
nate Prisoner from appearing to dig up his buried
riches, or from giving instructions to his confidante
where they were to be found, and of course with
them the secret would be held as a sacred deposit.
A connection of great extent must have been, esta-
blished, probably with Emigrants, to enable the
principals to fix upon their objeas in countries so
distant.

In November 18or, Wm. Cramlington, Esq. an
Alderman of this Town, received, by the. Foreign
Post, a Letter written in French to the following ef.
feta :

" Sir,-1 have not the honour of being.known to you, but
from the high estimate of your charader given to me, I do
not hesitate to address you, being persuaded that my confi-
' dence is not misplaced. I am sure that you will interest
yourself for an honest man, who is involved in misfortunes,
only by the revenge of the partizans of the revolution.
" I was from my infancy in the service of the Marshal de
'Nouailles, duke and peer ofFrance, and'continued there till
the fatal destiny arrived which was, to put a period to his
existence. As it was sufficient to be honest and rich to
have every thing to fear, tlie Duke' perceived the tempest
forming over his head, and attempted to withdraw himself
from the hands of those who feasted every day on blood:
He collected together the articles of most value he possessed,
which were zOOO double louis in gold, and two caskets filled
with jewels and diamonds, the value of which I am not ca-
pable of estimating. All these he put into a small trunk and
gave it to me, in taking leave of: my in thiS manner —" My ,
ruin says he, is unavoidable if I do not soon fly ; I have found
you to be honest and wortliy.ef confidence. If villains accuse
me, my heart attests my innbcence, but as inhuman people
have no justice, we must fly and take with us what, during
our absence, will purchase the necessaries of life. Go be-
fore me to Newcastle, where you must wait for me such time
as will be requisite for me to settle my
" I set offinstantly, and after my arrival there, I waited
some time without hearing from him, but at length received
a Letter, in which he only informed me of his arrest, and
bade me return to Paris with all speed. This news caused
great fear within my breast, lest his confidence might in-
volve me in his fate, and that if I should be arrested also,
I must run great risk. Prudence suggested to me the idea of
depositing what I had charge of. For this purpose I left my
lodgings one night, and reached the out-skirts of Newcastle.
I looked for a favourable and remarkable Place, and after be-
ing certain that I was unseen, I dug a hole in the earth, and
deposited my trunk, and then covered it up so carefully
that it could not be perceived that the earth had been stirred.
I returned to my lodgings and enquired indifferently after
persons of very unblemished reputation, in order that I might
discover myself to them when circumstances might re-
quire-it. Your name, Sit, was mentioned to me as merit-
mg my fullest confidence; fixed upon it ; alas !it 'seemed
that I foresaw I should some day stand in need of it t The
next morning very early I went to the place of my deposit,
and took down in writing the necessary marks of the place, to
facilitate the,recovery of the trunk, so accurately that it was
not possible to be deceived in it. I set off the same day lbr
Pans, and on my arrival there, it..
to the Duke's prison :
I saw him often, and communicated to hint what my pru-
dence had dictated. He praised my zeal ; but I could not
avoid my unfortunate destiny.: I was suspedeci by my fre-
quent interviews with him, end after some time was arrested,
and we had to appear before the infamous revolutionary tri-
%mud, by which my master and his wife were condemned to
; death but, as no proofs existed against me, I was, as a sus-
pederlcharader, condemned to Myr:son:nem, till the general
peace, and to zOOO livres damages to a Bens d'armes, whom I
had wourided by. a pistol-shot when I was arrested. Till
now it has been impossible for me to communicate my inten-
tions, as I could not gain the confidence of any person to pass
my letters secretly, and carry them to the post ; but to-
day, being unprovided with every thing, and having no hopes
of seeing the termination of my confinement, as I am not
capable of making up the sum I was condemned to pay, 1
am compelled to have recourse to my Depot, the only re-
source left me, and the hope of finding in you an honourable
than, worthy my confidence, according to the high character
I received of your probity, enables me to open Inv heart to
you, without hesitation. I need not recommend the ut-
most secrecy to you, for upon it depends both my fate and
fortune.

" Although I am persuaded of your disinterestedness, I
shall sct no' limits to my gratitude: I beg you will answer
me, in course, that I may, see your opinion on the affair,and transmit to you my thanks, and the information ne-
cessary for the operation.
• " I am, with,the greatest confidence, &c.
" CAZIER.

" State Prison, PAbbeye, Paris, Nov. t 801."
" P. S. As I have no intercourse with any person, and.as
all Letters are seen by the Keeper of this Prison, I have, by
entreatY and promises, gained the confidence of a person em-
ployed here. I have requested him to forward this Letter
secretly to the Post-office; I told him I wrote on family
affairs. This worthy man has been 'kind enough to take
charge of it, and has even given me the Address of one of
his acquaintance,' where you Will please to address your
_ _ _

"Address `
A la Citoyenne Gillett, Rue de Touraine,
No. 3, a Paris.' In this enclose my Letter, addrthed,
A remettte au Citizen Cagier{ a l'Abbeye, No. i6.' You
will please to write as a relation, or on family affairs."

To this pathetic letter Mr. Cramlington replied
on the 12th of December, in terms of condolence,
assuring the writer he felt a great interest in his
fate, and would spare no pains in serving him ; and
inviting his further confidence, -by informing him
that he had twice served the office of Chief Magis-
trate of the Town, and was, by his situation in
life, above the temptation of doing any thing
wrong ; but he prudently omitted to,inclose the
2000 livres. Not receiving-any answer, he wrote
again to the same effea on the aid of December ;
and on the 29th of January, 18oz, as soon as a dirett
communication with France was opened, Mr. C.
wrote to Madame Gillet, requesting to know if his
letters had ever reached Citizen Cazier. Silence
being still maintained, the Worthy Alderman,
whose generous feelings were deeply interested in
the fate of this pretended vidim of Republican ty-
ranny, had thoughts of -sending -over a confidential
person to France, to endeavour to obtain his liber-
ty, when fortunately a 'friend, who had been
employed to translare:-; the above Letter from,
the Fret-lab, happened few days ago, on
a journey into Lincolnshire, to meet a Gen-
tleman who had been in France; and who, in
relating some of his adventures, gave a similar his-
tory, in which the Citoyenne Gillet, Rue de Tou_
mine, No. 3, made a prominent figure. The
translator, who had Rever doubted the truth of the
story of M. Cazier, felt no little surprize, and de-
sired the Gentleman to put his narrative on paper,
for Mr. Cramiirvon'G information, which he did,

bi. the toliovrtn? %Vot(is.. "Mr. C. tot the intotmAiion
of others who may have been acted Open in the aatne
manner, hand's it to us:

Abotit f3ttr years since, I Went to ra;is through Swit-
zerland. nmy jourreye-a Friend at Berne,' showed meLetter, signed A. Cords. This Person, in- his Letter, says,
s he was formerly a canticlential Clerk or Servant of the great
Banker, Laborde, who was guillotined in the tinie of Robe,
spierre ; that Mr. Laborde, finding the eircninstaeces so very
critical to himself, desired this Corde to hasten away.ro S wit-
zerland, with a box containing 6000 Louis d'Ors ; this he
did, and buried them near Berne : after well • marking the
spot, and informing himself of a respectable House, (which,
he says, was that Of my Friend);- he returned to France : on
his-arrival at Strasbourg, he received a Letter from his Master.
Laborde, desiring him to make all possible haste to giye tes-
timony at his trial, which was immediately coming do
continues, Alas ! I arriVedonly to see him conveyed to the
scatibld, and in my cutteavouFlosAsue him, I unfortunately
wounded a Soldier : my attachment to my late worthy
master, though thent6nsidered criminal; is not so Haw, and
I am only detained for iNvounding that Soldier ; a small sum.
as a bribe*, will releasCia, aikl I hope.then to see you, and
concert measures about the disposal of the Louis (POI'S ;
pray address to me through Madame Gillet, 'who is a hu-
mane good woman, and will receive and take the Letter to
me ; she lives No. 3, Rue de Touraine, and near the Prison
called Pelagic, where I am confined.' Some more compli.
ments to my Friend on his good charader, benevolence, &c.
concluded this Epistle. My. Friend sent him striall sums at
various times, expecting to see him at Bern; and requested
"me to call iihmediately on my arrival in Pails and, it possi-
ble, free hint front Prison. I did nut like die.. Letter, but
determined to examine into the business. By good fortune,
I soon procured a Card of Safety frdm the Minister of Po-.
lice : 'thus protected, •I took a servant, and, with a pair of
pistols in my pocket, sallied forth to look through this ad-
venture. On my arrival at the Prison of the.Pelagie, I was
led forward to three Municipal Officers, who, with the tri.
coloured ribband round their shoulders, sat drinking and
wilting in a dark cell. s I demanded to see Citizen Corde,
who was . there confined : they very rudely bade me get out
of the place, and, as I rettipied a sharp answer, they threat-
ened to take me into,custody : I changedtheir behaviour im-
mediately, by exhibiting my poWerful Carte de Surete ;
they begged pardon, and told me, they had "so many applica-
tions of that sort, that it made theta behave difli:rently from
what they should do. No such person existed as Corde •
but they supposed I had received a Letter, and then informed
me nearly of its contents they told me, that if I would
walk to the Rue de Touraine, and at No. 3, inquire for
Madame Gillet, I might see the Manufadory of such Let-
ters, some as Agents Or Servants of Laborde, some. of the
Marechal de Nouailles, and some of Magon de Balue, all
which Personages had been guillotined.
" I went to the place, saw a number of persons writing
these Letters, and a pile of them ready for the Post ; they cal-
ledeach other Nouail les, Laborde, or La Balue, as the Letters-
'were written in those names. Mad. Gillet was not at home;
but as -1 left my address, and said I had some money for one
Conde she called at my lodging next day. I found her a
most Lusive Poissarde, mighty civil, till she knew I was ac-
quainted with her charader ; but then she burst out with
defiances of the Police arwl me. She might have brought the
whole hive on me had I .done any thing more, so- I let her go.
" W. .W. Jun."

* In the Letter to Mr. Cramlington, advantage is very art-
fully taken, of the Sieing:of the Preliminaries of Peace.—
The General Peace sets the Prisoner at liberty, but he is de-
tained for a Fine !

The Grand Priory of 'the Order of Malta, at Rome,
having, in its Assembly of the izth ult. named its
Candidates fpr the Grand Mastership, and-the names
from the other Longues being complete, the POPE,
on the 17th, conformably to the authority given
him by the Powers interested, appointed the Bailli
RuspoLi, a Roman, Grand Master of Malta.

A part of the Neapolitan Troops, destined to
,form the Garrison of Malta, embarked at Naples for
that Island, on the loth ult.

A slight shOck of an earthquake was felt at
Beauvais, in France, between, nine and ten in the
evening', on the ISt ult. At the same time was
seen a globe of file, 'Oei-y luminous, which took a
course from East‘to West, and soon disappeared,
after a ctrond explosion, and leaving behinds smell
of sulphur.

It is a curious_Circtimstance, that the House taken
for Lord Wit ITWORTA is the same that.was occupied•
by the late Duke of D4MtSET, when Ambassador at
the Court of France. •

On Sunday last a melancholy accident-occurred
at Wingmore near Elham, in. Kent : Mr. Whize-.
head,
.the owner of a lime-kiln, which had been
burning a few days, inadvertently attempted to walk
across the top of the pit, when the chalk giving way
beneath, he sank down,,and in a very short space was
literally burned to'a skeleton ; his wife, who had ac.
companied him,, and, who was the unfgrtitnate spec-
tator of the event, ran and alarmed a neighbouring
congregation, but coo late to afford him any assist-
ance.

Yesterday the notorious Mrs._ Barrington, alias
Mary-Murray, with another woman, named Char-
lotte Smith, were brought before the Sitting
man, under the charge of'ptivately stealing one gui-
nea, one seven shilling piece, and three shillings
in silver, from the person of a Mr. Chapman. Mrs.
Barrington was accused as principal in the theft ;
Smith as accessary, after it was committed. They
accosted Mr. Chapman on Monday night, near
Friday-street ; Mrs. Barrington advanced close to
him, and he immediately missed• his money. She
was seized ; but the money was not to be found
about her. She afterwards owned. that she had con_
veyed it to her -companion Smith ; who, on her
part; said -that she had.put it in a window in Vri-
day-street. The Constable and Watchman sought
for it by her direetion, but without success. Mrs.
Barrington and Charlotte Smith were, after the ex-
amination, committed for trial.
Mr. NoRTHCOTE, the Artist, was on Wednes-
day last, between nine and ten o'clock in the morn.
ing, attacked by' a ruffian on Primrose Hill, and
robbed of his purse, and a Very valuable gold
watch.

Several robberies have lately been committed in
the Fields between Town and Hampstead. A Gen.
tlernan aid Lady walking to Hampstead to dinner
two or three days ago, were stopped by a fellow,
and robbed by him, though there were several peo-
ple passing at no very considerable distance,

Last Friday night, a Gentleman passing along
Oxford.streer, was beset near the Pantheon by about
half a dozen of fellows, who hustled and robbed
him of a leather purse, which very fortunately con-
tained no more than 3s. 6d.
On Thursday night a dreadful fire broke out in
a cottage at Path Hill, `l-4ar Harwick, Oxford-
shire, belonging to P. L. Pew vs, Esq. which itn-
naediately communicated to two other tenements
under the same roof, and raged with such fury that
the whole building was entirely consumed before
the poor inhabitants could save scarcely an article
belonging to them. Providentially no lives were
lost, but the poor sufferers ate reduced by this mis-
fortune from comfortable circurnstanceslo the utmost
distress. The fire was occasioned by a child drop.
ping a netted candle among 50mv. leased coca,

Ai 1L

Mtliditk ci...gkgik,-;WEI.4;

YEsTE#DAt la-ri's 1-i,ife; arid sistt.F:_;
imlaw, were brought before the Sitting "IViagi:z.
strates at Hatton-Garden, charged orr nuspicioh
being principals- in stabbing :ihonjai Pa ph;;;), A
servant of Messrs. Gordon itud Knight, Distiller:;
in Gosweil-street, on the night of the A.'h of (kto.:.
bet. Previous to-the exami.natiOn, the 2vlagistraceti
were informed that the Coroner's Jury had
,giver
verdict the preceding night, of Wilful. iVlurdef
against some person or persons unknown.
The first Witness examined was a young mad
named Skinned, who was obliged to be led in, hav-
ing himself received a dangerous s'opnd in chi:lower
part, of the belly, of which he stili]remained bad;
He said he was journeyman to Mr. ,Payne, the tripe-
man, in St. John-street, Clerkenwell, and was ac:.
quainted with the deceased. Monday. se nnighi
they had been drinking a few pints of panel! toga:
they, at the Bell public-house, clOse to Hicks't
Hall. Between nine "and ten o'clock they left the
public-house,. intending ,to go home together, ati
they. lodged close by each other., On going up
Campton-street, they observed two girls-standing
near alfruit-stall, two or three'doors from the Har-
row publiC-Imuse.' The deceaSed stopped to spealm
with them, and when he had walked on about severe'
or eight yards, he heard one of the girls
.say, "
am not the sort you want." He desired the de-
ceased to come. along, who still continued talking
with the girls, :and he heard die deceased say, "
like you the better for it."• One of the girls cried
otlt ;cc Jeri," 'and lie saw the' Prisonet' .Comc: up
to the deceased, and endeavoured to strike him, bu;
the deceased being a powerful man, he was prevented
at that time from hitting him. He then went back,
and was instantly surrounded by eight or ten more ;
he could not see where they came from:, it, was so
sudden; they might come out of the Harrow public:.
house. A general scuffle ensued, and he was sepa.;
rated from the deceased, and forced across the way_
some one crying out We'll take the butcher,"'
meaning himself, he having a blue apron on at
the time, He knew not how the deceased was
engaged, as he endeavoured to run away fromt
the gang, and succeeded after receiving several
severe blows, Before he got to the end of-Corrip-
ton.street,• the deceased came. running- after him,
and,ask-ed him how he had come
that he feared he had got a black eye, adding,
how have ynu escaped ? The deceased said, -lie was
not much hurt, he believed, but he felt a dreadful
soreness on one side. Neither himself nor the de-
.Ceased knew at that time they were itabbcd. They
continued running, lest they should he overtaken
by the gang, and in a few minutes reached t;,-.!ir
lodgings. He then felt a wound in his belly, and
on.pulling off his clothes, his shirt was all bloody
and his coat and. shirt cut through in several difFefA
ent places ; a -Surgeon was then ,sent fir, who
dressed his wound, and he heard the deceased had
been carried to the Middlesex Hospital, where he
had since died;

A watchman stationed in 'Compton...street, a fruit
girl, and a woman who lived oh the spot, were next
examined,, from neither of whom ,could any tat
be drawn. .They knew of the affray, but could
:distinguish no particular person, doe did 'they dis.
tindly hear any thing
.thati:pa,se(t— The Magi.:
strates observed, they were fearftsl they:- should
-not 'be able to come at the fads,: and that alt
the. pains ithey had taken bid Mir to "be fruit.
les's ; an Officer, however, informed them, that three
. men-had [Jett) taken.into custody, -who knew more
of the business' than any who had yet4u:en examined.
They-were brought its: two of them. were black.
'Smiths, and a third a fire cutter. The latter., and rile
of the blacksmith, •Nt ere interrogated, but nothing
could be made of them till ti second smith, an Ic.terly-
-I.6p„,farnished la clue, by which it is more than pro.
bahle ibis barbarous -and wanton ontNtge will he fully
'developed. He said, otie'of the yotv7 men who had:
just been examihed W'as hi's shopmate, and that en
coming to his work the morning after:the affray hap.
pcned, he said publicly, "we had a h---y row laSt
nightin Co4tOn,stree4 a party salliedpt of the
Harrow, and gave it CO two brewer's servants who
were saucy, and had insulted jetrr:Briscoes.lwile,"
and other remarks, whieh,shewecll‘l3ll-Alti perfect
knOi ledge-Of the fa6ts. •The -kO4g.','M'a,(tPalluded
to WP's again. Called' up, and 'confronted, when he
acknowledged that• he' and' the file-cutter were at
the Harrow on the. night of-the affray ;' that 13ris,
coca, the Prisoner; -foll6Wed. by nine or ten-others,
had sallied-our of the •house, and engagea in the
-affray, which led to the death of Pamphlin, atid- the
extreme hazard of his companion.
IVIr. BLAutru—reisonett-Itith great sense and
propriety • On the wickednesS of Withholding' any
thing they knew of so abandoned -and atrocious an
aEt„_obierving, that the only way to make amends
for their .equivocations, was, when called on at a
future day, to- make an ample, full, and free dis.
closure of the, fads they knew,' touching the
death of the unfortunate man-. They promised •to
do so, and the result was. adjourned to a futile day.
In consequence of the above examination, there
is little doubt but the perpetrators of this horrid out.
rage will be 'clearly ascertained, and the guilty-
brought to justice. .