Star.
London, England, 1810-01-06 00:00:00

THE PERSIAN AMLISSADOR.
His Excellency MIRZA ABDUL HAMM, visited the
Bank of England yesterday, attended by his interpre-
ter, Sir GORE OUSLEY, and another gentleman. They
went in a private carriage, and were received by the
Governor and Directors of the Bank, at the entrance
in Prince's-street, from whence to the great parlour
was spread an elegant carpet. The grenadier and
light companies of the Bank Corps were also drawn
up in the Court, and saluted his Excellency as he
passed, their band playing martial airs. His Excel-
lency then proceeded to view the various depart-
ments and offices in the Bank, attended by the Go-
vernor and Directors, and followed by a numerous
concourse;of ladies and gentlemen, who all pressed
forward to view so extraordinary a visitor. They
were preceded by six beadles, with their silver-headed
staffs, the two City Marshals, and a large poid of
constables, who could scarcely stem the force of the
multitude, who, from the publicity of the
gained admission in all quarters, and rushed forward
with the utmost avidity, so as, on several occasions,
to completely stop the passages. On entering the
different offices, the several books in which the gene-
ral accounts were kept, and the official arrangements
for public papers and documents, were fully explain-
e.l to his Excellency, with which he seemed highly
gri ti tied .
At two o'clock his Excellency partook of a colla-
tion, prepared for him and his Suite, in the great
parlour, which consisted of every delicacy the coun-
try could afford, and was served with great taste and
elegance, under the superintendance of Mr. HOFFMAN,
the confectioner. During the entertainment, a band
of music played in the Court-yard, to which his Ex-
cellency was very attentive. •
On taking his departure, which he did shorty before
four o'clock, he expressed his satisfaction at the great
attention that had been shewn him, and signified in
the most glowing terms,. his approbation of the esta-
blishment, and the pleasure he felt in viewing so mag-
nificent a pile of national greatness.
On quitting the building, as on his entrance, he
was treated with the most marked respect, the Volun-
tecOs presenting arms ; and when he was informed
that the guard who received him were clerks and of-
ficers belonging to the Bank, he seemed much asto-
nished, and viewed them with particular attention.

,vitation,
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niched, and viewed them with particular attention.
WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.
Yesterday 41/shnnso Maclean, a dashing young Hi.
beraian, stood indicted for a fraud, in having obtain- i
• ed two pair of boots, and two pair of shoes, from a
shoemaker, named Harold, in Pall-Mall.
. It appeared from the testimony of the prosecutor, ;
that the prisoner came to his shop in August, 1808,
accompanied by a Mr. 'William Harrison Wood, a
• banker, residing at Derby, who, having ordered
some boots for himself, directed the prosecutor to
furnish the pr Boner with some also, for the payment
of which, he said, he would be answerable. In corns ,
pliance .with these directions, the prisoner obtained
the boots, and they were duly paid for by Mr. Wood.
—The prosecutor did not see the prisoner from that
time 1111 the month of April ensuing, when he again
came into his shop, and ordered two pair of boots
and two pair of shoes, saying that his name was Al-
phonso Wood, and that he was brother to Mr. Wood,
of Derby, and promising that he would pay for the
• boots and silo's at a stipulated time. The period
appointed, however, havitig passed over without the
prisoner's having complied with his promise, the
prosecutor wrote to Mr. 'Wood, at Derby, mention-
ing the circumstance of his' brother's breach of eon-
.' tract ; to this letter he received no answer ; and in a
short time afterwards heard that Mr. Wood was
dead. He saw nothing of the prisoner from thence,
until be met him in the shop of a Mr. Hales, a sho,
1 maker, into whose shop he came while the prosecutor
was in conversation with Mr. Hales, to whom, it
appeared, the prisoner was also a customer, and had
told him a long story of the respectability of histon-
mctions, saying, that his uncles were the proprie-
tors of copper and lead mines in Derbyshire, and
that Lady Barnet was his aunt. The prosecutor ac-
costed him, and asked him where his brother was ?
when he replied, that the Gentleman to whom he
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alluded was no more, and confessed that be was not
his brother, but that he had allowed him to make
use of his name. This explanation not being very
satisfactory to either Mr. Hales or the prosecutor, a
mutual inquiry took place, and it turned out that the
prison r had obtained from Mr. Hales, bk his false
representations, several pair of boots, and gave or.
dcrs for a dozen pair in addition, promising that
when his order was fulfilled, he would pay for the
whsle. It also appeared, that by the suavity of his
manners, he had so farinveigled himself into the. good
graces of Mr. Hales, as to be frequently invited to
tea, and to partake of other meals. On this disco-
very of his deceptions conduct, he was asked to give
a correct account of himself ; but prevaricated so
much, that he was taken into custody ; and on his
examinaion before the Magistrates, several other
• persons, who had been defrauded in a similar mannir
by him, c.:,:ne forward, and proved that he had cattiest
on his delinquency to a very considerable extent.
He was acquitted on the first indictment ; but was
afterwards tried on a second, preferred by r. Hales,
found Guilty, and sentenced to—Seven years trans-
portation.
Several other indictments were pending against
him, which `were not pursued in consequence of his
conviction.
He stated himself to have been born in Ireland,
and educated at the Peak of Derbyshire, where he be-
came acquainted with Mr. Wood, with whom lie
came up to town on a trip of pleasure, and who paid
, all his bills, and allowed him to use his name on any
occasion where he found it necessary.
On receiving his sentence he was very much affec-
,
; and exhorted the Court, in the strangest man-
tier, to suffer him to enter, into the army ; but his re-
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quest was not granted. He left the Court in great
agitation.
ik Hoax was lately practised on seleral Excise
°ulcers, to wham information was sent that Flops
were eecreily stored in several houses in Broad-street,
cc which they were directed by cards of invitation,
and the appropriate hour for their successfully sally-
ing forth mentioned. Whsa lo on their arrival it
proved to be a dunes.