The Sun.
London, England, 1810-10-11 00:00:00

CHESTER, OCT. 9.

The very extensive improvements which have
been made within this city for the last few years;
while they'refiec:t credit -on the taste and spirit of
the inhabitants, are strongly indicativeof the increas-
ing prosperity of Chester. When the projected al-
terations are completed at the castle, the old build-
ings in front raised, and the new road finished, a
most delightful view will be opened from Nicholas=
-street, to that noble structure.--The new Northgate
is nearly coMpleted, and combines elegance. with
utility. The widet;ing of the streets, especially at
the formerly narrow and dangerous South end of
. N-ortligate-street, and top Ot. Bridge-street, with the
new paving.ef the city, &c. Is of great public ad-
vantage. While;We congratulate our fellow-citizens
on these -improvements, we 'cannot, help adverting to
the great irregularltieS . observable in the 'different
rok‘s in the city, and which, if not checked, threaten
an alarming spread during the winter Months., From
seven to about half paSt nine every evening, groupes
of yoUng mei?, of, rude and dissolute manners, parade
the rows, or range theni,elve's on the bulks, appa-
rently with no 'other: intention than to annoy and
insult• the peaceable passengers. Such indeed, is be-
come the excegs of their brutal behavi-ur, that it is
. dangerous fur females to pass along, without coin-
vany to protea them, and indeed cases of extreme
violence have come within our knowledge.. We sin-
cerely hope, that our worthy city Magistrates will,
employ the powers with which. they are vested, to
the removal of a nuisance, so disgraceful to a well-
regulated police.

James Martin, conviaed at our late city Sessions,
for swindling a young countryman out of 251. daring
the last fair, and now iii the, city gaol under sen-
tence .of transportation, -appears to have been an
adept in his'line of fraud.—Qn Sunday last, a per-
son of the name of Finin, a dealer irr horses, paid a
visit to the City Gaol, and recognised in this same
James 'Martin, (who it will be- recolle&ed, to ac-
complish his villainous. purpose, had assumed the
name of John' Egerton, M. P.) a person, who had
formerly imposed upon him by the name of Raffaty.
The followirig.are the particulars .of; the latter trans-
:—ln Oz.tober-; 866, Finn brought some
ho—rses to the fair for sale, where he met 'with thiS
noted 'Cameleon, and sold him two of his horses for-
501.—He received 1.1. as earnest ; and Ratfaty, alias
Martin, alias Egerton, gave-the horses into the cus-
tody of a man in waiting, apiarently his servant, at
the-same lime requesting Finin to accomr iny him
to the White Lion inn, where he promised to pay
him the remaining 4.91.- When they arrived at he,
door of the inn, th,e buyer persuaded Finin to go into.
the hot,ise; bidding Linn to get a pint of ale for him-
self, and order a glass of
,wine and water for, him, and
that he would be wilt him-immediately. But alas"!
he was not as good as his word, for having drank his
'liquor and waited a considerable time, on enqury
of the hostler, he was informed,. that the gentleman
had Mounted hiS.horse and rode off !—Finin never
had the good fortUne, to obtain dsight of his creditor
-until last Sunday, as before described, although be
says it hascost him at least. 151. in searching after
hitn. On. Finin's challenging the swindler with
thus cheating him, he frankly acknowledged it,
and -with, the utmost sang froid observed, that he.
would pay him on his return from transportation:

GOVERiViIiPIVT OF FiI;IIVCE.