Star.
London, England, 1805-10-25 00:00:00

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. DUNDEE. OCTOBER
A twindler, of genteel appearance, prepolliffing ad.
drefs, and apparently avtlefs manners, appeared lately •
in this quarter. His mode of deceiving the natives
was by drafts for frnsll films nn MeIT-s. Trromas '
Courrs and Co. barkers, London. His pretended
employment was an importer of coal:, which, Tee I
Paid, his connettions with that trade in Newcafile
enabled him to carry on with advantage. His real
employment was of a darker hue. After a very.
(lion acquaintance, and fome cnnverfation on bus.
nefs. he generally reqnefted the favour of calls for a
draft on his favourite bankers, and was frequently
fuccefsful. In his pocket ledger he (hewed tranfae.
tions with Courrs and Co. to the amount of 25001.
—The drafts returning under protell, and fame ac-
quaintances from other places making rather officious
enquiries after him, the hoax became evident, and he
decamped on Sunday afternoon to fell his coals die.
where.

TO THE FAT MISSf (L--•

I. knoW tis the enttom to with that the fair
May grow more and tray beautiful every year.
But I'm an odd fellow, and this I coact.,
For truly I with yon may grow kfi and lefi.

There are a pair of iron not crackers, at this time
in-the poffeffion of the great grandfon of the artist
who fabricated them, which are now employed in the
bufinefs for which they were originally intended, and
in which they have been ufed (in the fame family) for
one hundred and twenty:fix years ! The initials of the
maker's name, and alfo the year, (with which they
were originally infcribed) are Rill legible. They wets
made at Henfigham, in 1679.
TuefJay, a perfon driving a flock of geefe to New-
caßle, had proceeded as far as Inglifficomb lane,
when the geefe attacked him, and fo lacerated his
legs and face, that it was with much difficulty he
reached home, covered with blood : the geefe imme.
diately took wing, and returned to the farm from
whence they had been driven.
To-morrow morning, at nine o'clock, the Draw
ing begins—Twenty Thoufand pounds will be gives
to the Fait Drawn Ticket. To-morrow week the
Drawing finithes, and all the Twenty Thoufands are
yet in the Wheel, betides other Prizes of Ten Thou-
fand Pounds, five Thoufand Pounds, Sec. &c. Sec.
SINGULAR ANECDOTE.—The houfe, or rather cot-
tage in which Peter the Great refided during the foun-
dation of Peterffiurgh, a city which is the growth of
little more than a century, Rands on the left of the
Emperor's bridge, in the road to the fortreft., • This
little building, fo facred to the Ruffians, *as cover-
ed over with a brick building of arcades by the Em-
prefs, to protect and fupport it againft the ravages of
time. The rooms are three, all upon the ground
floor, and very low : it was in this very cottage that
a whimfical fcene occurred whilft the fortrefs was
building. A Dutch (kipper, hearing that Peter(.
burgh was building, and that the Emperor had a
great paflion for (hips and commerce, refolved to try
his good fortune there, and accordingly arrived with
the fir( merchant veffel that ever failed upon the Nevi,
and was the bearer of a letter of introdurftion to the
captain of the port from a friend of his in Holland,
requettinghim to ufe his intereft to procure a freight
for him. Peter the Great was working like a corn.
mon labourer in the Admiralty when the galliot pat-
fed, and faluted with two or three (mall guns. The
Emperor was uncommonly delighted,and having been
informed of the Dutchman's bufmefs, he refolved to
have fome frolic with him, and accordingly comman-
ded the port captain to fee the (kipper as foon as he
landed, and direa him to the Emperor, as a merchant
jolt fettled there, whom he intended to perforate ; the
better to carry on the joke, Peter repaired to this cot.
sage with his Emprefs, who, to humour the plan, dreffed
herfelf in a plain bourgeois habit, fuch as fuited the
wife of a merchant. The Dutchman was introduced to
the Emperor,who received hi m with great kindnefs, and
they fat and eat bread and cheefe, and fmoaked toge-
ther for fome time, during which the Dutchman's eye
examined the room, and began to think that no one
who lived in In mean a place, could be of any fervice
to him ; prefently the Emprefs entered, when • the
(kipper addreffed her, by obferving that he had
brought her a cheefe, a much better one than the had
ever tatted, for which, affe&ing an aukward manner,
the thanked him. Beir.g mirth pleated with her ap.
pearance, he took from his coat a piece of linen, and
begged her acceptance of it for (hilts. " Oh," ex-
claimed the Emperor, taking the pipe from his
month, " Kate, you will be as fine and asproud, as
an Emprefs; iere, you are a lucky woman, you
never had loch thifts as you now have in your life
before." This was followed by the (ranger begging
to have a kifs, which the coyly indulged him in.
At this moment Prince MenzikofF, the favourite and
Minitter of Peter the Great, who reprefented him
upon matters of Rate, entered with all his orders, and
Rood before the Emperor uncovered. The [kipper
began to Rare with amazement, whilft Peter, by
winkingland making private ligns, induced the Prince
immediately to retire. The aficniffied Dutchman
faid, " Why, you appear to have great acquaintance
here V* " Yes," replied Peter, " and fo you may, if
you Ray here but ten days; tere are plenty of fuch
needy noblemen as the one you law ; they are always
in debt, and very glad to borrow money of any one,
and they have even found out me ; but, Sir, beware
of thefe fellows, refift their importunities, however
flattering, and do not be dazzled by their Rars and
garters, and fuch trumpery."—This explanatory
advice put the firanger a little more at his cafe,
who drank, and fmoaked on very cheerfully, and
made ha bargain with the Imperial Merchant
for a cargo. jug as he had fettled this point to
his with, the officer of the guard, which had been
exchanged, entered to receive his orders, and Rood
with profound refpea uncovered, and, before the
Prince could flop him, addreffed him by the title of
Imperial Majelly. The Dutchman fprang from his
their, fell on his knees before the Emperor and Em-
prefs, and implored forgivenefs for the liberties he
had been taking. Parte enjoyed the feene, and
laughing heartily, railed up the terrified fuppliant,
and made hint kifs the Emrteffs hand, prefented
him with fifteen hundred rubles, gave him a freight,
and ordered that his veffel, as long as her timbers re-
mained ti gether, timid be permitted to enter all the
Ruffian ports free of duty. This privilege made the
rapid.tor tune of the owner.