The Sun.
London, England, 1811-08-07 00:00:00

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TO MRS. DUDLEy,
ON Illat RETURN TO. ARADWEIt. JUXTA IN

ESSCA.

Wh'etidoent'd td leaye the tratirjoil shade
Uf ,
cultur'd xowrit.i.'s fair domain;
Thy Muse, in plaintive imbers, paid
The tribute of a parting strain,
that BRAD WALT., where,"ny skilful ,
• The waery God was torc'd to yield
To Caars a luxuriant soil,
Who soon cmich'd the -

But Fortune wears a wilder mien.
And deigns tnnse beauties to restore
%Vinelt crat endued the vary'd 'scene.
And bade thy Muse the loss deplore.

timce one who read the tender laY,
And who has k own thy merits tohg,
With joy invokes thec now to pay
The tribute of a cheerftil song;

Oh may it tcll that friendly Time
l'reserv'd tite.scene'frOm careless wasteo
And cherisled all, in Nature's prtrne,
Dcsisn'd by thy prophetic taste.

LIVERPOOL, AUG. 5.

The Managers of .our Theatre, haft; 'Ufa& great
exertions to vounteraetthe dulness a the tittles, by
a it.niporar'y addition •of, five LOndon Perk), +nets at
once to their company. JOI-INSTVNes Irishumn, of
both high aud low. comedy, and EMERY'S' country
lads, retain. all 4 heir richness of bn Mour and nature.
slMMONS.has)lost. none of his amising'qualities,iMq
MI,SHBOLTON!ii skill and execution render her a va'--
luable acquisition to the musical department. .'
Miss S. BOOTH iS OU 11,T first visit to Liverpool,
and commenced in Juliet, which she played wit h a
sweetness, energy, and pathos, that comtirinded the
highest applause. -This interesting. yonng actress
has since acquitted herself in a variery of characters,
both serious and comic, with great versatility of
ttilerit but has since been unfortunately attacked
with a tievere illness, \Vivid) prevented her from per-
forming Helen Worret on Friday evening, as am-
nounced.•
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From the following letter it would lappear,Ahat
Tuckv, the sham. l'arson,' who' teems c have been
oue of the most attrOit of inodern swindlers, has
actually carried his audacity so far as to marry two
couples in the vicinity of the metropolis :

" August I, 181 1.

" SIE)—At the desire of Dr. Drummond, I beg
leave to ii form you of lhe foilowing particulars re-
lative to John Tucker !—He c4me 'to Hadleigh in
Janua'ry •last, in the 'capacity of Assislant to, en
English S!bool ; he 'deelared hiusert '44'th-tiers kn..
mediot••ly on 'and ,sett,in one week at-
ters4 arils he waited on Dr. Drimenund, ;'nd tender-
ed his services whenever 'wanted. He 'described
himself as a derny'of :Magdalen (college, Oxford ;
he stated also, that his fatted- was Mayot of•Exet.:r,
and otieredituchsatisttooty references to Di. !tooth,
President •of the, above College, that no, a s',,ado,s
of doubt could for a Moment bo entertained 'con-
cerning the truth of his assertions : he therefore
was oceasiOnaliy-permitted to officiate MI-lad •igh
aturCh,:atid 'has officiated at the Sacrameo,, and
imirried • two couple in that pari,h, the Certificates
of which; from the pains!). register. Dr.. Drew-mind
will send up ti. town,.if, required. `title Gentleman
in whose house tte resided Won found .reason to sus-
pect he was an impostor from his infarnous. false-
hoods ; he theretoi.e wrote' in' Dr. Routh' on the
subject, who informed hint Oaf no min of 'that
name.had been a member of the College for above
forty yeari. He afterwards wrote to his father, di-
recting his letter 'to. the M4yor•af Exeter, which,
she'. a 'week's interval,. was tewined hoot toe Dead
. Letter there- being no such person .to
,he ,
rotund. In eonsevence of these takehoodi, he,de- .
sired him to rink his .house, which lie did soon at-
.procered a situation as Curste. of .
Nactoo 'and :Lovingion, in ibis' county, -where;,
he.•would• have been at this moment, haci.
it. nth • been-lin myself; for being informed of..hits
eont(act by 'the person in • whose house- he lived
white at Hadleigh, I totlOxed him to Nacton, and
insiited, on' seeieg leis letters of Orders, 'which he,
of course, we unable to produce.. I then told him,
if he mourned motficiate another Sunday, I would
prosecute•,him Myself. He decampe4 next morn-
-Mg,; without payAng,a single farthing of the debts
which he had int:aired in 1431 neighbourhood.
'" At the top i,t dos letter you will 6c t: the ac-
ceunts of two tradesmen whom ,he has detraudrd iu
this town. There are others whose demands ate
not so considerable.- rhave now, Sir, given you
all the information in my,. power -conceetiing this no;
torious characler ; and 'I asst, Sir, Our humble
servant,'6 " STERLING KELTY,
Clerk, aiid Yellow of King's College, Canuritige."

" P. S: Dr. Druinmond des;res me to say, it is,
impossible he c.in aitetin n Ldndon and, atnongit
fitvh a mull ipilietty, of frauds, is Must be pedal',"
untn....cessAry for ponvietinn.,-1 have omitted to State,
that when I 'wai at ,Nadon, ho m infored me that
hp Ns'a.i a 'Member of \Nradham College, Oxon;
and ordained by the l:1'8110p of Liandair, to bOth of
whom I received answer., in the negative.

i, S. K."

The following trick was played off, on a .saddler
at Kensington, on Monday last :-4 servant on
,horse-back, in the livery of a
,Geotlemisn.'in the
nbo eighurnaod, for whom the saddler worked,
called at the shop and said ins master had ordered
lti~n to have a new sAdic! and -bridle,' saddle-cloth,
-4. c. immediately,
,for.the horse he was upon, whichs
kinew pnt'diase, and that he was to leave,a Uri-
.dle then on the horso to be repaired. The saddler-
kutomifng .the and salso tint the bridle which
"was lef,t to be repaired, was one belonging to the
Gentleasan in question, hi 4 no doubt of the truth
of the Man's represention, and tbrilished him with
a 'Sadlle and bridle worth Which hp took away.
Soriie donois arising, afterwards in his mind, he in
the eadie 01 the day went to the:Gentleman's house
to make some inquiry, and there tound that no s
die or br:dle had been ordered,. and that the bridle
leftat his shop ilk the Morning, hAd. been
j !rum the Gentleman's gable the mains Wore.