The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-31 00:00:00

REGIsTnR OF FAsnia)7.

FASHIONABLE CHANCIES
The Archbishop of Canterbury, for his seat, Addington
Park ; Lord Colclaester„ to his seat in Sussex; Lord Lyne-
doeh, for his seat in Sussex ; the Hononrabie and Re-
verend Mr. I3oecawen,, at I;i3 brother's Lord Falmouth's
house, in St. Janies',l-iquare ; Prince Esterhazy, for
Pocket 1.,i1i ; Count and- Countess Lietcu, from
Melbourne's, seat, Brocliet Hall ; the Marquis aid Mar-
chioness of Bath, at their house in 6rosveuor-square ; the
Marquis of .C-holmondeley. flout Brighton,' for his seat In
Cheshire; the Ambassador from the King- of the Net herlafids
from Lord Orenville's seat, Dropmore; Sir B. ‘Vin.
Bart. M.P. ;it Ilohnes's Ilotel,Parliament.street; the Earl of
Rocksavage, for Chohnondeley Castle, Cheshire; Mrs. Cut ii-
bent, from her house in Chain:los-street, Cavendish-square,
for 13ri5ittwt.

Foe;.—The atmosphere WWI this .innrning
so dense that at one period it wag (hili,:ult 10 see
without cainlles. A CortoTondent 10IS sent to
folloNiug ‘vhich lie saes w.ere written
tit) the List day of 1813, as equally applicable at
present , .

We bid you adieu I 4,„
011 Year for Mt' Yew,
;Iv, In the dark to Eternity jog— 1, c)!
Yotele almost out of si4lit,
Aod h Ire Noon chaned to NiVel,
?: Poor LospoN's Sfl lost in a Fog.

THE fI'IIEATIIE.-111,r the new and vet v amus-
ing and interesting entertainment of Lifflpat at
Drury Lane Thyatte last night, the Farce of The
Irish Widow ‘vas revied, and a. young Lady nanted
HART, 'made her first appearance in the part
of ith: Widow Brody, She is an _elegant and
spirited young woman, and she sustained the part
%% kit much humour ;11101 effect. She was, at first,
much frightened, and a tinge of terror prevailrd
throngh the fit st Act ; but she rallied in the se-
cond, and in her virile attire, appeared to great
advantage. She teas much ;Ind desetvedly
pt tletf.
ItVe understand that the Duchess of WELLING•
TON intends to return to I'rance.(3locui7:g
Post.)
A Festival, in aid of tote rands of an
excellent Insii?ution, established in the ISLAND of
PoRTshA, for the Reliet of Aged and Dceaved Per-
sons, was lately held there, but which was not so
imuteroitsly attended as might have been expected
from the nature and ben7ficial ohjt et of the Insti-
tution. The following extract from The /lamp-
shire Telegraph of Saturday last, however, in sonic
weastite, aceonnis for the want 1.1 that zealot's
support which wottld most prt7l6ably have appeared
on so nteritorim:s an occasion :

" We are requested to state, that a certain I)issenting- Nli•
:lister of these 'Towns made it leis duty to impres's on his
Corigrezat'o prev.oAs tir the grand Oratorio and Miicella-
11,111S CIIIICCIt performed last week, for time bell'efit of the
I 'llion Pension Society, by saying—ir wont.' he };ling to the
House of God in the mitornimmz.;., and in time evening- to the
l louse o! the Devil: au.: farther--if you have any thin;.,, to.
spare, give it to your own Ministry.—This powerfully immilm
(oes the narrow view of the Itee. Divine in Charity!—and
in some measure leJvtvied the alicitelance. (l'ortsta,
2G.")

A S:NCULAR WEDDING.--Ott Wednesday last,
the 24ii instant, was nrirricd at Chiddingly, by
the Rev. F. R. Langdale, Ali. John Pocock, wi-
dower, aged 73, to Mrs. Hannah tVillard, stied
63, who had previously been four times a wi,e,
and as often a widow, by the names of Roberts,
Lee, Funnell, and ‘Villatil.—The maiden :pone of
this yet /downing bride was Dine, a daughter of
the late W. Dioe, of Chiddingly, who pillnisked
a rolione of miscellaneous Pokons, which gained
him some celebiity as a village poet. The ceic-
mony was preceded by merry peals on the church
bells, the first of ‘vhich tvas rung by six men,
whose ages togetiier ameanted to 403 years; and
the second by ar,,,ther set of six, whose united
ages made 410. The happy couple each possess a
little property, and can boast a proeny of nearly
100 children and grand-children.
THE ‘VORTEMISCIIG ELEPHANT.—The elephant
formerly in the Menagerie of the King of Wur-
truiherg, and since purchased by a private indi-
vidual, recently made a whimsical escapade on his
stay trom Dr e..leli to the fair at Leipsic. About
day-brelik, he succeeded in removing the helms
that confined hint within his moving pi isonovalked
forth iinol.si!rver,l by his keeper, and quietly took
the road to Piroa, whilst the poor kc, per and his
caravan took that of Leipsic. Sonic peasant wo-
men, on their way t.o the matket of Dresden, ob-
serving the enormous oriimal moving towards
them, and having never before seen an elephant,
tan off ill the ge.eatest consternatio 1, abandoning
ticir carts, with provisions of various kinds for the
market. The elephant came up, and comfortably
regaled himself with a plenteous brealtlat of bread,
butter, eggs, &c. which lie selected with great
taste, and even some economy ; I;%r, whilst he de-
vowed, he took care to commit no weste. The
li,erer Soon discovered his loss ; cattiC bark out
of temper arid out of breath, and easily induced
the elephant to return with him for the pot prise
of edifying the rood people at the fair of
Lcipsic.— (E. enclz Paper)

COUTTS Iles matte tile fo!loti,•iog most Jibe-
r)ll Clristmos dootttion of the putisk.lo
%Vomit um %Valteis, in Esse), :—littifil). of bed.,
4f;o (wilier') loaves, 4001 b. of soglt, 50N). et teA,
ru:r of. blankets, mid 360 at ticks of clothi!.,g.

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RE4-1'011.1TiONs; A.st)
Tke City of,..Nloscow risiug frour its ashes •
more splendid ;hat; ever. I'heNremli;.l iseivirely
rebuilt; it not only pre:silt-yes its ancient fea;uf.cs,
hit is considerbly improved. :File ram-
parts are replaced. by maguitii:ent an.l
boulevards surround the dlffereut sections Id-,
this great city. Seyeral Palaces
,are teitored
to their former granieur ; ancit -:lturclies
are re-N)blis;lied in the.. same tot:us whicli they
had betote. There are 70 000 noisaius, cal peu-
ters, and oilier worli4nen etovioyed throngh•nit the
City, thy, popalation of which, according N, tho
last census, to 31:2 000 souls. 'll.e utw
palace of the Kremlin, which was built, it
were, at the,conimand of NI) enchanter, bas be,ft
enlarged by the additiou of a wing, H which thN
members of the suite of the Imperial Court ar.:
now lodged. This wind; was not begun in Jul!
last, yet it is noer fully, inhabited.
Inc road between Petersbourg and Moscow is
covered incessantly with carriages and waggons of
every description. Travellers are numerous, anal
at present there are several immense packages n`
moveables umveables sent by this road to Moscow, rota l'e-
tersbonrg, for the 'first. establishment of the Con;-:
at the twiner
The city of Petersboorgis also undergoing em-
bellishMents. Several newbuildinrs which ‘Fl.';e
interinpted dining the war, ate resumed with
fresh vigour, and they are rising rapidly iii ever-
part of the city, Much use is made of cast
it on .; the grand balconies, the stait cases, and
the architectural decorations are Made of this
metal. Prince Labanow is building a palace,
which will cost three millions and a half of
I•*•ubles. 'lt will be ornamented with tarty-two
colunths of colossal size of cast it on. No-
thing can equal
~the superb embellishments of
the chateau of Z irscoe-Selo, which was the fa-
vourite residence of the immortal Catherine 11.
anti in which the Emperor Alexander passed his
youth, A grand triumphal car of cast iron was
recently consti octet! near it. it is built on an an-
tique model, and it fixes the attention of all the
connoisseurs.
The University at Moscow is also repairing.—
Its old buildings are restored, its old funds a; c
augmented, and new funds are bestowed upon it,
in order to repair the Cabinet of Natural History.
A new, Library is erected, to hold 65,000 volumes,
and the apparatus for the Mathematical and Plq-
'sit:al Sciences are reinstated. 'The list4pl its l'ro•
lessors is to be considerably enlarged.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.

SEQUESTRATIONS.

December 19. ,Tao4es Harg'veaves, irotifounder and carrif.,r
in (;liist.,,,ow, formi.vl:... an individual, at-rt•iv..av,is the soli. id, '-
,wt. of '1 honors Grt.cner :Ind '('o. a 17onnd,
titere inect in the Wile% 3itll
and 22,1.lantia:•y. )1! t.
I)vc,•intot•t• 22. :`,thlrew cn•il-ou'Eclumt groccv,
nit-vt in John's Coll've-lmtc acre, •
v.nd I ith January, at. I.
LX \ NE 1)I,."11)17.1`:;)ti,
(:voilit.ors of 11,0),•0 Shirrs, Tqerch:trit, ~ nivrt.;n the

office of o:tiv< Kt•cr, aceoinitant mere, Lith
Creditors of ziit,,•1141.11, inivt 171.
the “tliCe of John liorldrdy, Nth January,
Creditors of John Aktoii, of Criil,:tim),,p,ri3O of (alas.-
ford, invet in the I.l:katiltoo Arlo* lust, 1;a:ollItin, h .la-
final y,:it U.
C.redltors Al,x3roler Fargolvir, ,3terchant and 11,:h-cort.,.,
ree!cive Llivi.tecitt from John Kirk, the tru)tt:e,
there, tilt

CHATIGE AV LlAPE.—"Monday su'imig„ht the High
Court o-t proceeded to the trial of
R- illiatum, ward, (dims ward, accusal of d 0.,,
crime of U.lpe, or all assault to commit a rape,
committed in the palish of Kippem, and cotmty of
Stirling. 'Die llt isoner pleaded Not Giiiity to the in-
dictment , and the trial, from the nature of the ease,
proceeded closed doors.—litter the examitm-
t ion of the witnesses, the Lottp ADvocATe: ad-
dressed the Jury fur the Crown, and Me. Mr:Ntivi
for the pri,oorr. Tin. evidence Was summed tip
by the Lotto Jusi-icE CLEIZE• The Jury returned
a ViCa roe vertFet, unanimously finding the pri-
sAuer Gully ut assault with intent to commit
rape. Afire a very impressive speech lion, the
I.,f)RD JusrlC.:F. CLERK, lie WL.ti SCISLCUCed IC, 14
years transporatiou.

8.k:e.8AR01.73 MU RD E R .—About noon on Thurs-
day last, the body ot a man was discovered,
through the pelluciduess ot the water, lying it
the bottom of the river Eden, on the cast side of
ti,e. race-ground, near this city. As,istancc
_procured, the body was brought to the surface ;
when it presented a shocking spectacle of brutal
treatment. The corpse. was very indifferently
apparelled, and the clothes were touch torn awl
discomposed, as it in consequence of a very vio-
lent scuffle. 'Hie head exhibited a number of dearli,-
wounds, which had apparently been given wi• I- a
.hatchet or some other sharp instrument, wit,
Meat force, as one of the blows had cloven the:
skull in two ; considerable marks of violence were
also apparent 00 the heinl Close to the ears, :Ind
his nose was completely cut itcross. Nut luag
niter the body was found, the tract of a horse's
feet and wheels of a f2.it were piainlc made out
from the Swifis.low gate to the upper L4ate, wh,7re
the cart seems to have turned back and proceeded
•in the direction in which it came. It woldti ap-
pear, that the body hid been conveyed across
ground to the titer, and throw.a. hi. It is peeper
to state here, that about taro' o'clock on Wed-
nesday morning Iwo, the rontlolittg or 2.1 horse awl
cart was heard by per•ons living in the rainge ne
buildings between Rickergate end the Swifts; at
.which time, it is. -extremely probable, the cruel
miscreants were Aunt disposnitz of the mant.Jed
remains of their victim. A Coronet's hinuest Was
hell the next day before R. I'oIULLENDCR, ES(I.
When the Jury, without hesitkition, brought in a.
verdict of wilful ink) der agains.t same po'Non.or pkr-
sons ii..iknoixm The deceased weiS a man at al,mit
30 years of age, of robust nhike, about five feet
s4ven or eight inches high, had daik hair, awl
possessed the appeartlTlC, Rini gait) of a cattle-
driver from Leland. Every exertion his lwen
nttide by the CieiL of the l'eace anti the Coronet.
to discover some chit• to this shocking ood hi-
ther() mysterious transaction, hut without curet.
trusi, however, sigilauee will our be relaxed.
(Carlisle Jeiurnci.)

THE FORTUNATE YOUTH.

`Concluded from The Morning Chronicle.)

The 1,1001. placed its Hammond's bands was
auatneoted by report of others to 5,0001. ; and the
source from whence the original sum was obtain-
ed, abbough known to several. was never men-
tioned, for in the -conviction of youni! C.'s story
beiag true to its fullest extent, it should seem it
was thought right to give him all possible couse-
qaence that might tend to impress the neigh-
boa h 00d with similar belief. The young man
vow saw himself the object of general interest, not
merely in a Newmarket circle, but amongst all
ranks in every part of the kingdom, and he also
found that even the most exaggerated absurdities
fascinated more than probable narrative. Still be
was not indifferent to the dumb spew of the
drama: In all his views he seemed to he guided
by the most disinterested and honourable feelings.
His generosity was romantic, but still it was tem-
pered with a delicate tact and refinement, with a
Luoseledge of mankind, and quick perception of
character, surprizing for his age, and rarely to
be met a Sib in the real transactions of lite. With
his intimate frieuds he avoided all conversation
about his affairs ; and before strangers he appear-
ed to be retired its his habits, absorbed in thought,
and overcome by his intense application to bo•i-
ness, and the anxieties attending the management
of his important concerns at home and abroad.
He genetally read great part of the night, wrote
Red received :natty letters, pretended to dispatch
esaniers to boobs, and Liverpool, but.tvithoot
ostentation, and kept a German Secretary (who
once travelled with Lord Darlington) in constant
employment. His expenses were not consider-
able, butt still he was sometimes profuse, and his
allowatice of 2001. per annum to his groom ap-:
reared a culpable extravagance, until he justified
it by stating that it was no more than a just com-
pensation for the confidence lie was obliged to re-
pose in him, an:l the fatigue he encountered in
carrying his most secret dispatches to their various
destinations. Sometimes a draft was accidentally
suffered to fall from out of his pocket-book, and
he appeared eager to teenver it, but not before the
figures representing a considerable sum had been
seen by some of the company. Now and theu he
produced drafts signed by hinmif, but under as-
sumed names, to verity some anecdote_he might be
reiatiog relative to the mysterious transactions of
the old man, and which obliged him to pursue the
same alias system. Amongst those drafts was one
on Hatibnry and Lloyd, in favour of the Duke San
Carlos, and in the name oll'ttei ta, for :i33,0001.;
another on the same firm for 150,0001. after date,
as he stated be had overdrawn the house 100,0001.
for the ntoment, to make a Spanish loan. This
draft not being ott stamp paper, he said, wa's of
no consequeace, as the stamp might be affixed at
any time, and then it would be tendered legally
valid. Another in the name of Forrester, out the
Batik of Shrewsbury, for 37,0001. ; and this draft
he appeared to send instantly by the post, as he
reTsested the bell might be rung for his servant
to eirry it there, and on Isis coming, gave him
what was then presumed to he the letter which he
ha:l •;lickru. Occasionally he embellished his tales
with appropriate anecdotes, then expressed great
appreliensioo that avat ice would become his pre-
noietratut passion, said that he felt it growing,
and that the only antidote in his case was.the ac-
elaisitiou of power. He rejected all questions
about tile ald man, but once he said that he had
a sister living in Kent ; that she was a lady of
rank, but he could not mention her name, as it
W'ould endanger her happiness and interests ; but
that the estate she now enjoyed would devolve to
bins at her death. He also spike of two Noble-
men, who h d !Mt themselves so completely in the
p aver of the old man, that even their lives were'
compromised ; that during the time he was 011
va.it to Sir .1. 11. near Edinburgh, the father of
one of his school-ft llows. he had given op the
vital papers, which one Nobleman had claimed,
and who, its consequence, had placed at his dis-
pafit ion a living 48001. a year ; but be had refused
9.0001. tot those w Isich affected the other, and that
he would never part with theist, as Ise was resolved,
in consequence of soave pretended injury, on hum-
bling him, and on to.sking Ishii an instrument of his
will. Adverting to tenderer connections, he admit-
ted an early attachment and indiscreet engagement
whit a lady at Shrewsbury ; but as he had lent
the family large sums of money, be had controlled
their resentment at his subsequent defection front
the lady's charms. lie might have married ayoung
ladv of higk rank in Scoland, con:set:fed with a
person from whom he pretended to have received
another incidental legacy of 3,0001. ; and Gene-
ral in gratitude for the services rendered
by hi•, benefactor, and continued by him, towards
the South Americans, had recently offered him his
daughter its marriage. Matrimony, however, was
Iris pro!'essed object, and to ingratiate himselt
more into the favour of a family who had
countenanced him through life for his promising
talcoN, and modest, unassuming manners, he its-
sisted on being the adopted parent of a little boy,
to whom he had once expected to be il;e tutor.—
Po,,fore the cansent :vas actually riven, he took the
b„y from sehnol, and removed him to the care
of his OW II 01.!!1 instructor, The Rev. Mr. 0.
ta whom he held oat the assurance of a very large
eatopensation for the attention be respired of
Bins, and which compensation would blend with
•a debt of gratitude which had been contracted on
Iris o,vn account. Some time afterwards he soli-
- cited in uniun with the family, and, with the
crsascut of the respective patents, he was allowed
to express Isis admiration " where for so many
years he had confiaed his feelings to the langaage.
of acknowledgment for protection." The tamily
being obliged to go to town, young C. affected a
low nervous state, and earnestly requested per-
missiOn to accompany his friends. In-the first
instance he occupied lodginga'. near Pall Mall,
wheae, he was attended by P. and Da..H.
to
th-Oatter, of whom he almost iminetl.i tely reo-
.pose'd, trie appointmeat of travelling; physician
,tloritg .(iii journey to Spain (where he was obliged.
to go fo. take possession of his estates):, with
salary of 10,0001. per annum, as cotstpensatian
f the sacrifice of his professional business. I-Its
swamis atieetioa appearing to continue, his me-
dical advisers .recontincmltd his removal to the

more comfortable residence of his friend, who
immediately. Wrote for his mother to come up
to him, received him in his house, on
the 25th Nos ember,' until her arrival. From
his first coining to town he- had entered free-
ly into conversation with all classes of persons
who approached him, and related particulars of
his history, fortune and prosperity, with many
inconsistencies as have since been discovered, but
s' ill he imposed ou all hearers, and by exhibition
of parchment documents (which there is a sos-
picion he engrossed himself, as blank parchment
had heeu seen in his possession) and of fictitious
drafts of immense amount, he paralyzed com-
pletely that good common sense wbich, if once
essrred, must have discovered the imposition.—
As the Ist of January approached, his character
seemed to change; instead of his usual gentleness,
he displayed great violence of temper, and an ir-
ritation on the most trifling subjects, that greatly
alarmed all about him for the state of his mind.
At leneth his language was sp extravagant, that
it was feared the acquisition of fortune bad over-
powered his facalties, and his physicians were
consulted, but they contradicted tine opinion, and
vouched for his sanity of mind It was neverthe-
less resolved, on the 30th of November, to re-
move him, and terminate an intercourse which
could no longer exist with any prospect of happi-
ness, - whatever might be the wealth at his com-
mand, and Mr. W. the Solicitor, was sent for,
that a painful personal explanation with young
C. might be avoided.—Before, however, this de.
.ermination had been carried into execntion
young C. had sent for the lawyer of the family,
Mr. E. of Gray's Inn, awl, after making him ex-
ecute another will, gave him various instructions,
amongst which was that of advertising for all I
claims on the estate of Gasper Quintella,* as the'
old man, his benefactor, had possessed an estate
in that name, and, from his hooks, it appeared
owed to smite creditoiS abont 60001. which he,
yonng C. was anxious to pay immediately. This
trait of honesty, and imagined proof of redun-
dant money at command, added tO the circum-
stance of the Solicitor- being sent for to the
house of the family by whom he was regularly
employed on their ov:u important affairs, stifled
every doubt of his mind, and he proceeded accord-
ingly to execute the directions he had received.—
To the family, young C. had represented the em-
ployment of Mr. E as the consequence of his
connexion with Mr. S. of Liverpool ; but his
anxiety to prevent any communication with Mr.
L. until he had arranged, as lie said, al) his bu-
shiess, caused inquiries to be instituted by others,
which convicted him of a fallacious representation
of the affairs he was? pretending' to transact, for
instead of a proposition to pay debts, he had
stated he was selling to Mr. E. debts of the old
man for rrady money, as S his practice, to
avoid the trouble of collection. Young C. lore-.
eiog the hoia of detection must arrive, had al-
ways insisted ou the necessity of a journey to
Spain, that be might eater into poSsessioo of his
property in that country ; and in his interview
with Mr. E.had requested him to procure passports,
not only for that country. but also for Germany,
Switzerland, France, Italy, .which Mr. E.
declined, as not being in his province, bat lie indi-
cated the regular mode to Obtain them. A day
or two afterwards the Foreign Secretary came to
the family and announced his departure the same
[tight on a mission to the Continent, to collect
700,0001. which belonged to young C. from se-
vend bankers in Germany, and return with it so
expeditiously, that he should not be absent more .
than six weeks. The Secretary accordingly took
his leave, and remained in Loodou, notwith-
standing a person subsequently declared that lie
had gone to Dover to embark, but with an irre-
gular passport, so that he was seat for to town j
again by the Alien Office—a declaration which,
ou inquiry at the Alien Office, proved not to be '
true. Such is the baneful influence of delusion,
that few can resist the contagion of misrepresen-
tation when veracity is to manifest their error.—
At length, on the 3d of December, Mr. W., who
had beau too much occupied to attend the first
summons, on the 30th Nosember, arrived, .and
the letter was put into his hands which announced
the necessity of his client's immediate removal.—
Some conversation ensued at the instigation of a
person present, which on Mr. W.'s own denial of
propositions attributed to him by young C., esta-
blished still more clearly the fact of his being a
lunatic or an impostor, and Mr. W. was expressly
requested to make that statement to the father,
with delicacy but candour, that lie might take
suitable measures to prevent further mischief being l
hazarded to the detriment of the young matt, his
family, and society. Mr. W., young C., and the
father (who had come with Mr. W., but who had
not been present at the conference, t s it was
wished to spare him the pain of such an inter- '
view), withdreW from the house, and Mr. NV.
soon afterwards acquainted the family that young
C. would not return, but would leave town that
night, which he did in a post-chaise and four
(the chaise lie took away without the consent of
the owner), accompanied by the German Secre-
tary and Groom. So many circumstances having
transpired which gave cause toistispect that the
*hole story of young C. was an invention, sus-
tained by a fabric of falsehoods and disingenuous
acts, every person whom he had named in the
course of his narration as a banker, 'agent, &c.,
seas apalied, to for information, and all disowned
knowledge of him, except from public report or
school-boy connexion ; every fact affirmed by him
was examined, awl not one was authenticated
which related to money transactions. The whole
was visionary, but still wore tertfully wrought,
and so successful was his manner in makieg
that to this boor there are many who confide in
his re-appearance-with all the treasure to wile')
he has pretended. Ode very respectable person
afl rmed. that he had Seen a remittance to ymng
C. from Spain, amounting to 350,0001. ; a draft
of frightful amount.from Lii-erpool, and that he
knew he possessed two milliOus in the fands ; nay,
that .a banker, within a few doors of him, had
but the day before said he would have paid his
bill for 100,0001. if it had been presented, instead
or..the 3001. bill which was cashed. Other per-
sons bast heard a respectable solicitor declare he

Dun Pedro Joachim Quilltella, the richest mar in Portu-
gal, had lately died, leaving two to:alio:Ai

knew young C. hail great estates in Scotland,
from which 45,0001. had been received ; that he
had many diamonds at Rundles and Bridges, and
altogether 700,0001. per annum. Others, that he
meant to buy an estate, and pAy 500,0001. for it in
gold, and some offered large bets he would be in
possession of Houghton by the Ist of January;
others cited Noblemen and Gentlemen of the
greatest accuracy,who had known the old Wall at
Shrewsbury, and who had heard it said at the time,
" that he would cut up, when dead, for more
money than any man in the Empire :" others,
that they had known those who had dealt in dia-
monds with him, and almost every one professed
to have an authority which justified original and
still unshaken belief. Even those to whom pro-
perty purchased by young C. but not paid for,
had been returned, seemed to think an injury more
than-a service was likely to be done them by the
restitution, and no statement of detected falsehood
could counteract or weaken the infatuation.

In the course of a visit to Newmarket, young
C. had announced the expected arrival of some
Sicilian wines, front his estates an Mount Etna ;
a hamper came, but he did not appear anxious to
revert to the subject. When it was mentioned,
he affected pleasure at being reminded of the cir-
cumstance; ordered the sample bottles to. be
brought in, descanted on the advantages he should
derive by the improved cultivation of the Sicilian
grape, and requested °pillion as to the quality he
should enconrage—The Surchall, the 'Pinta, and.
the Cretins di Vino, especially, were appt;)ved.—
Young C. promised to allow his friends to par-
take of the quantity already imported by his
agent, and to direct abundant stores to be
supplied in future from his vineyard. One
of the -guests had at the time obsetved " Ed-
wards, Crutched-friars,". written on the cork of
the bottles. To Edwards application was now
made, and it resulted from that inquiry, that the
son-in-law of Mr. Edwards was named Cawston,l
and had employed himself for some years in the
Sicilian vintage ; " that, presuming on his
name's sake, he had written to recommend his fa-
ther's Sicilian wines to young C. as doubtless lie
was about to stock the cellars of his various man-
sions." No proposition could ever come roore hap-
pily, and an order was instantly given for samples to
be sent ; 14 bottles, coutainiog seven different
sorts, were dispatched accordingly, and the me-
morandum remains this,day existing in Mr. Ed-
wards' books, as evidence Bacc!ii decipientis. All
these discoveries were communicated the ensuing
day to Mr. W. who admitted that they authorized
a bad opinion of the young man, but still he had
faith in him, and as a proof had paid that morn-
lug a bill on his account of 40 odd pounds, by
verbal message, and without any other security ;
for be reported again, as he Ii id done the preced-
ing day, that lie never had aoy reference given
him, nor was any document ever shewn him, to
authenticate the boy's story, or prove hi: pos-
session of one shilling. -Never, indeed, was
• any confidence more sincere than Mr. W.'s,
for he not only had been in treaty for Hough-
ton with Lord C. nod for other estates, but he
•lotd employed Mr. 11. and Sir 5: R. to make his
client a ward in Chancery ; anti as some difficulty
arose front the young man's property being per-,
social, and conveyed by deed of gift, it was ar-
ranged that voting C. should give his father
100,0001. and the father should make a settlement
on him to this amount, which would enable the
Chancellor to interfere—a; process as easy as.
the prescribed duty of a Comuntoder of an In-
diatnan, which commences, it is said, by the
simple direction, " first get a ship." Mr. W.
has himself mentioned; that he had moreover di-
rected his Banker, near-Charing-cross, ro open two
accounts in his name, representing the account,
No. 2, as one that would be Of a greater magnitude
than any which was ever brought into the house.
On the 10th December, however, on reference be-
ing made to it, there appeared the solitary item
of—No. 2, debtor to No. 1, forty-seven poutuls.
eleven shillings.—ln consequence of what had
tranapired, it was thought a public duty to dis-
concert any further machination 3 which this young
man might have in view, and therefore in The
Morning Chronicle, on the fith of December, a
caution was inserted against the " Fortunate
Youth," who was designated an impostor, but the
caution was worded with as much delicacy as pos-
sible fur the feelings of his family anti friends, by
omission of his family name. Tbis caution pro-
duced a letter from the Solicitor and confidential
friend of the. Fortunate Youth ; in which the
youth's character was vindicated front the asper-
sion, anti a threat of prosecution was hazarded
against the libeller. An answer was published, in
which the charge of imposition was mentioned,
' and the pledge made of proof being given to sub-
stantiate the charges betcire the
.menaced tribunal.
Instead of returning to London to investigate the
accusation, 111 r. W. set off with the young man's
father and brother to lloug,hton, and at the same
time, in his owl) name, addressed a letter to the
public, it) which Ire stated " he had no reason to
disbelieve the story of the much-abased youth ;
but if he ever did discover hint to be an impostor,
lie would give hint no longer countenance." This
letter was considered by many not merely a pith-
lie defence agaiust the charge, butt an admission
ttat Mr. ‘V. had no proof to offer that he was not
t:te dope of his client. Still the journey to
Houghton, the correspondence from thence with
the Conveyancer, on the subject of the purchase;
the declaration that the contract should be con-
cluded, and that this act would be the best answer
to the calomniatora, and the high language held
with regard to the prosecution of the Newspaper
Editors, fortified many in their errors, and in-
duced some of the most respectable persons, who
had been made acquainted with every particular,
to confess they were again wavering in their opi-
nion—a confession which certainly does the
highest honour to the character of Mr. W. Ne-
vet thcless Mr. W.'s agents were not satisfied that
his confidence -was justified, and at length they
persuaded his return to town, when a letter which
yo)nng C. had given to Mr. NV. with orders that
it should not be opened until the first of January,
WAS, under the urgent necessity of the case, exa-
mined (rite fattier thereto consenting), and that
letter being (mind to 'contain only false references,
Mr. W. suffered the bandage to be" draWn from
his eyes, which a generous confidence had so per-
severiugly maintained. A letter from Messrs.., 5,

and E. of Liverpool removed the last linQerlg
doubts, and Mr. W. immediately wrote and pal'
lisped the acknowledgment of his having been de'
&civet! by a lunatic or depraved impostor. rt
charm being broken, a letter. written by your
C., and dated Paris, in which he anticipated t.
discovery of his false references, but yet affirm
the general truth of his story, although receive
the day preceding the publication of Mr. %S
recantation, had no effect upon his decision:
but it was so far satisfactory as to remove sort
of Me. INT.'s uneasiness as to the course tali(
by young C. after he reached Calais, since
is said he had letters of recommendation, which
if he had gone direct into Germany, he might hat
used to the great prejudice of Mr. W. who hi
rendered himself responsible, by his first publishe
letter, for the motley he Might take up abroad, e
%veil as the debts lie had incurred in England.-
Of the original 11001. advanced by the relative
young C. had drawn out all but 101. by Londa,
and Newmarket checks ; but he has left seveer
hundred pounds to be paid by his family. Tl.tet
is indeed a report that the relative alluded to !:a'
previously advanced 800/. but this report want'•
confirmation. At all events, it is certain that thi,
yming man spent above sixteen hundred pountl'
iu two months, without being at any expence fe
house, equipage, &e. But although this stir'
was large for one whose previous expenditure
been so very limited, still it is not of soffit:lole
magnitude to justify the supposition that his ob-
jects were merely pecuniary. It they wets, 1)
had not time to mature his designs and adventur:
on their consummation. But whatever miglil
have been his mcosives, however splendidc menda!
(divertingly false), parts of his history may be, au
many anecdotes are omitted, for they required rh
actor to give them an air of credibility, still chi-
young man, if he.really possesses his faculties on
impaired, in making his _family the sport .of tti> '
fictions and the victims of his fraud—in deli'
bendely converting the father's tears of grati-Aul,
and joy into the brine-of disappointment, sorron's
and shame, has evinced a Wall.t of prilld pie- ad
callonsness of heart, which almost extingoisl44
the hope of reformation,- and a laudable use'•Ol
those talents which he undoubtedly po3sesses-.
We have thus endeavoured to give a faitlric
and accurate narrative of the two months' caret,
of the " Fortunate -Youth ;" but as the witud is no"
more variable than a liar, and there is no bare'
meter by which his words eau be weighed; it it
very possible that much may have been said r•
others, at variance With litleCdOteS in the presets
relation. Still, as the camelioti is the sathe'ani
map, notwithstanding changes. of line, so tit
Fortunate Youth" may be recognized as a moi'
mischievous inemstor, under every representatio,'
and colouring of his story.
•P.S. We uneerstand the Fortunate Youth,'`
on arriving at Paris, in conformity with his sys'
tent to patronize his-relations, engaged one ‘ehot4
he knew to be established diet e as his travelliofl
Physician into Spain, vice Dr. H. cashiered
London. This 'Gentleman was, however, .'`
startled at the Amount of the salary proposed'
that he requester to make the arrangement wilts
the youth's father, and obtained leave to come 0
England for the Impose,. where he arrived a• fee
days since.

Upwards of 60 vessels are employed in herriri'
fishing at Portsmouth. On Tuesday nearly toss''
thousand bushels were landed. They not
,o;-11'
furnish cheap food to the whole neighbom.i:Ji;
poor, but give employment to a number of per'
sons in curing them
A stag's horn, of an enormous size, was found,
about ten days ago, by some workmen employd
in deepening the river Davan, in Li idelly Gress
Marsh, in Waies; thirteen feet below the Surface'
It is in high preservation, and is supposed to hay..
lain there several hundred years.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, ;.N.EsVAY, DEC. 30.
Amsterdam . ~.. 137 6 B. 2
Ditto, at Sight
Amsteidaiu -.11 10 C. F.
Ditto, at Sight~
Rotterdam '
Notwerp
Hamburg-1i
Altona J 1'111 k
Paris, 3 Day's date .... ;.,' / 24 10
Ditto
BOllliteatlX, ditto
Frailliforton the Maio . ,4 145 Ex-Motel'
Madrid - -'
' 3if
itettieill
Cadiz

Seville
liilboa
Gibraltar
Leghorn
G•eno4... 17 -Venice
Ma1ta...44----Naples 4
Palermo
Lisbon
Oporto
itio Janeiro
84 per Cent.
Agin of the Baia. on Hylland.... 2 per Cent.
Portugal Gold, in Coin. / 0 6 per 01'
Foreign Gold, in Bars. 4 0 6
New Dollars

...... 37f.

. 33

BIRTHs
On Sunday, in Beelford-square, the Lady of James Parlily.
sou, Esq. of a daughter.
On Monday, in Great Russell-street, the Lady of Geary'
Richards, Esq. of aEori.
—•

DIED.
On Sanday last, in his 72d. year, Mr. John Wallis,-`
No. 42, Skinner-street.
On Sunday, at. Great Marlow, Mrs. Lovegrove, aged 77. /
Same day, Mrs. Mary Hail, wife of Mr. John Hall
Holborn-bill.
Same day, Caroline Elizabeth, the wife of George Nakir4
Esq. and daughter of the late Henry Halsey, Esq. survio •
only a feW days her infant son.
On Sunday evening, at his-house in Harpur-street, Da3of
Braithwaite, Esq. F.R.S. and A.S. formerly Comptroller
the Foreign Post-office, aged so.
On Saturday morning, Mr. Isaac Keyser, of Upper Caplet
in the 39th year of hi% age.
At Exeter, on the ainstant, in the 72d year of her
t
Mrs. Mary Trewman, widow of Robert Trewman,
original publisher of the Extter Flying Post, and utother
the late Mr. Robert Trewman.
On Saturday„ the 20th instant,• Mr. Fenjamin V3rf,,ir
batter, of Haverfordwest. He had been attending 061 ;,,S,
at Car:ligan, and upon his return home called•u port a '4l'l oft
the house of Mr. Llantwood, where he retired to rest oc
Friday night, in apparent god health, but gas found 60.
next morning in bit; bed speechless, from the effect of au g!.e.
plectic fit. He was a man much respected as a tradesuji;.4
and universally esteemed and legal-tied as a friend: 11e
left a widow and eight children to lament his death.

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