The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-10 00:00:00

On Wednesday the 26th ult.' a person -hearing '
about him the appearance and manners of a man of
fashion, took- occasion to call at the residence of ,
Capt. W—, (the husband ,of Lady B—), about
three miles from town, under a pretence or informa-
tion,
.that the !Muse and 'premises were to be lett ;
this in reality_ being, the case, he passed away: the
time with innnmerable and superfirus inquiries,
till preparations were going on for the appearance
Of dinner ; when apolnizing (,;r his long stay,
and expressing a strong. desire; to enter into an ;
agreement fur. the. house (as well as a horse in
addition), he was readily prevailed upon to par.
take of the fannly dinner, upon a. presumptient on
the part of Capt. NV, that he had secured a respet.l.-
able tenant, durieg the tint! he should. he statitined
with.his Regiment, whien,be had been•recentlyiar_
tiered, to join. this .rate of ease and. cornforu the
strangt inucd to, prey upon he hospitality of
Cant, W, till &.et eight in the evening;,, when, „
probably perceiving Capt. W. and: Lady 13. some.
What uneasy at his long stay, he inqutred of
W...." if
.he , could give him, change for a 201.
note, but without showing one,, as he had a hackney
coach, to diacharge,,which he had in waiting all day ;"
but no coach had been seen by the family during
his, stay. Captain W having only two tot,
notes, observed, " that as he was going OW in the
morning, j tin his Regiment, the.stualler notes
would be more useful in travelling than the latge,".
and.holding a guinea,. with some silver, in his left
hand open, the adventurer instantly availed himself:
1../1 the opportunity',: and solicited Captain
to spare him the privea, which he said-" would fully
answer his purpose, and
,it should he manned with
thanks .the following dayrat three; when he would
certainly be with the Captain again to close finally
for 'the boric and house;"---but where he never
peared
The todowing day he intryduced himself to a
well. known Veterinarian, in the environs of the Me.
trOpolis, a .story, .. that he hat! 3 horse upon
the road (for which he had given eighty guineas in,
the ,North)', and who would ready town in, the even.
nig; the purport of his visit was, he, said,. to an,
nounce hta in tent ko i'nbringifig the hot se for inspre,
tints the next morning at twelve o'clock."
departure heobrained, .by reqnes t„ the loan of a.sr.fle,
in silver, under. the
.plea of." immediately taking.
hackney coach, and not having any, small Money
in ins pocket.", ,The day and hour for the in.
hpeetion of the north country. horse arrived-4ot
no horse .appeared. In the course of
,the pre.
ceding conversation, he had said,. '' that if the
dele4t in the, ey e.„of his ''amour horse .consrituted
an trosoundness,,he 14,01114 t.itsose of him at any los,
rather than tide alior,e not in a state of
And nete introduced. '4., his. in:ent obtainitigi.a
,house in the tle:q4;;bt.othood., drui of hi,iha.ving been'
the day I.)4)re trill CapLti. ; but; not
woad of the backney coach. tie bolPitoktji .or,
grimea. Expressed his want of two horses, one of
superior dcscriptinn, and the other. as a 14.ielat hack.
sic+;" iii reply to,this,:be was. old (by the person,
with whom he was in entiversation), tiro he 4( bad
two horses inhis,posiession stir sale, Lonsigned tit
him from Bath,, the property ut a Gentleman,: whose
groom was here• to attend them, and .they stilod,itt
a certain livery stable in the neighbourhood."
this place he, went in the afternoon of Tuesday
and gave the grnom notice of his intention to take,
a trial of the horses On . the following morning at
eleven ; at which time he appeared, and proved
himself inure pair nal than in his late engagement
with Capt. ;\\'.. lie had not, however, rode half a
mile, upon the, road tlear Chelsea, before he pulled up
his horse,, and with melt seeming r,:!gtet exclaimed,
that " he had unluckily left home without taking
money initia puelcei, and entreated the grown
,to
'lend him a guitlea, should he returned on 80,
turday morning ut eleven yvith,asuitable.
'gratuity fur his kindness," Saturday is now past,
and neither the boreceweennr theguinea, not gratuity
has appeared. ,
Atter a tour to Putney
.and its environs, with, a
few intervening circumstances, not wbriby recital,
Ire, upon coming within 'the third 'ore mile front
the spot whence the horses Were filar taken, dis
mounted, telling ate gtoom he shotild walk to
..Brompt on, Where he had 'occasion' to cad' ; at the
moment of his disminniti4g and walking off, a Gen.
tlernaothessed in minim7l,g, 'in a •tine.horse chair,.
stopped hie home, and a,,ked griatini "if those
lityrses were for Salt ?" tip 7n being answered in the
alfirthiltiVe; he inquired v., iris great' eagrtne&a. if he
knew' who that persen was: who, ,had peen riding
them ? tv which the gtoinn replying .",No';": the
Getit:einan instantly eXclatin4t, Why the must
notorious tyoh. eat 111 ;by 9-rd. it is Well
you have not been swindled 'Out of One or both' your
horses, h'ir.l, I:ny.v his" 'person as well as lit 'my'
own 'brother." Upon the groom's men' tioninerht:
luan of the guinea, he then said, "'My lad; fart.
hat," and .trove. off, but not withAtt Mentioning'
the tl,trhe of die adveol tier.

As lie made several calls upon strangers aihen he
rode the higrsea tot trial, thvre can Le little 410u61
of our being enabled soon to lay Additional inlorno.
lion before +he ; -us at this
inntrient, tie ha,e !aid 1,-fore us the snriginal I,:ttert
teLived by a Noble'Eati; within the last ten days;
upon which titoll'q l;as t,tco obtained by the saute
pason ; and ,11,....5e we einbraCe' the first oiTur.
tuoity to sunotit to the verosal ul Our Reader,.

On `riurstiay last,' ab.nit 200 Of 'the rlt rhttAinn
of the Nlttlfot u.ho have
tile 2d Ba.ttation ot z o,t Reginier.t of Foot, ;if.
rived at .Lineaster, pr.veeded
Friday touns,.ing on their wive lor Ayr, in ScotlaEd.
Yestetday, at Matlborough-street, a hawker of
Linen- Dr tprry w,,s fUIIY coimbitted- for trial for
stealing a
,quatitity of p'.a•e from the Bar of the
Welsh [tarp Till/ern, in l'Agew:ivre-. Road. The.
Prisoner caked at rite hone when .Mr. Hittr;sort,
the I.2ndlcnti, wits 11.Z)ot tnitne, and 'being, very de•
siroui of seeing, him, Ites.vas invite to dihein the
BAt. Son atter dinner die Prisoner pieferred a
wal, hut did return, and, in the
,evet and other- articles of plate were
titis,hig. Ile was, on the'next day, detcded in
Oxtoiti-Wc.tt. - ,