Star.
London, England, 1826-09-16 00:00:00

COVE REGATTA.

Thursday se'nnight, at an early hour, every pleasure yacht or
boat on our river was in motion towards Cove, and the steant
packets were crowded to excess by almost all the beauty and fashion
of the city, anxious to be present at the Regatta. About ono
o'clock, every necessary preparation having been effected by the
stewards, and the word of command being given, eleven hookers
started for the prizes, amidst the delight of admiring thousands,
who lined Cove and the adjoining forts and islands In the harbour.
After proceeding to the Light house, they came in and traversed
the Quarantine ground towards Rostklan; they then returned with
a favourable breeze to the place of starting, round the Admiral's
flag ship the Semiramis, after a period of three hours' sailing, du-
ring which the interest of the scene was momentarily increasing.
The two first bookers belonged to Aghada, and the third to Kin-
sale; they came in amidst loud cheers. There was afterwards a
race between seven whale boats ; but by the lateness of the hour of
their starting, owing to the impossibility of reconciling the local,
but provoking differences of the crews, the interest of the race was
lost, many families of distinction having retired to dinner. The
pleasures of the day ended with a ball, which was numerously and
most respectably attended; The Right Hon. Viscountess Ennis-
more, with a large party, was prevented from attending by the wet-
ness of the evening, together with a slight illness. On the whole,
It was suck a day as the citizens of Cork seldom enjoyed, and the
conductors are well deserving the thanks of those for wham they
procured suck high and rational entertainment.
The most vast* thing done at the late York Meeting was by
Noble Peer, who bas backed Reviewer, a cult by Abjer, out of
Bluestockings, to win the St. Leger nest year, lot the moderate
sum of eighty thousand pounds I
Yesterday forenoon a man, strangely habited, with no other
clothing than a flannel jacket, with a girth round his waist, and a
pair of tight worsted pantaloons reaching to his anat., 'tatted on
toot, with Moody's Windsor coach, from Hyde Parkcorner, aryl
kept pace with the coach the whole of the way ; when the coach
stopped to change horses he also stopped, but took very little re.
fresbment. He ran barefooted the whole of the way, and arrived
in Windsor before the coach.

Wo3dcocks have already wade their appearance in
Westmoreland, being a full month earlier than common • one of
them was upon Adamthwaite, one of the highest hills in I;ngsled-
dale, on the Ist instant; and on Wednesday Lint, Mr. EoWano
ALLottsv shot no less than thirteen near Ilawkshead.

Three crack shot* of Dotrhester bagged 194 brace'of partridges
pn the I+t instant.

CLOVELLY.

" Oh ! labonors
" 'Wee lodates I "

'The eye ! 'tis fading eve ! bow ehang'd the scene,
ling'd with the soft hues of the glowing west !
Dim bills afar, and happy vales between,
With the tall corn's deep forrow calmly blest !
More near—the sea, by Eve's mild gale caress'd,
And groves of living green that fringe its tide;
White sails, that gleam on Ocean's bounding breast
And the light fisher-barks that homeward glide,
And seek Clovelly's shores of beauty and of pride! ;
And bark! the mingling sounds of Earth and Sell:
The pastoral music of the bleating flock,
Blent with the sea-bird's uncouth melody—
• The wave's deep murmur to th' unheeding rock;
And ever and anon th' impatient shock
Of some rude billow on the echoing shore !
And bark ! the rower's deep and well-known stroke-ft
Glad hearts are :here, and joyous hands, once more,
Weary the whitening wave with their returning oar I
- But turn where Art with grateful hand bath twin'd
The living wreath for Nature's placid brow;
Where the glad wanderer's joyous footsteps wind,
Hid rock, and glancing stream, and waving bough;
Where scarce the valley's leafy depths allow
The lingering sunbeam In their shade to dwell-ft
There might the naiad breathe her softest vow,
Or the grim Triton sound his wreathed shell,
Lur'd front their azure home by scenes they love so well !
A softer beauty floats along the sky,
And moonlight dwells upon the gkaming wave-ft
Far off the night-winds fade away and die,
Or, murmuring, slumber in their ocean cave;
Tall oaks, whose limb: the giant storm might brave,
Bend in rude fondness o'er the silvery sea;
Nor can the mountain ash forbear to lave
Her blushing clusters, where the waters, free,
Murmur around her feet their soothing melody
Lovely Clovelly !in thy shades of rest, -I
When timid Spring her pleasant task bath sped,
Or Summer pours from her rethandaut breast
Her fruits and flowers along the vale's deep bed;
But most when Autumn's golden glories spread,
And half forget rough Winter's withering rage,
What faker path could woo the wanderer's tread?
Soothe wearied Hope, and warn Regret auuage
Lo! for firm Youth a bower—a home for lapsing Age!
Reims.

THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES.

PROM ROSCOE'S "GERMAN NOVELISTS?'

There was once a King, sho had twelve lovely
daughters. They slept in twelve beds, all in one room,
and when they went to bed the doors were shut and
locked up; but every morning their shoes were found
to be quite worn through, as if they had been danced in
all night, and yet nobody could and how it happened,
or where they had been. Then the King made it known
to all the land, that if any person could discover the
secret, and find out where the Princesses danced at
night, he should, have the one he liked best for his wife,
and should be King after her father's death ; but who-
ever tried and did not succeed, after three days and
nights, should be put to death.
• A King's son came: he was well entertained, and in
the evening was taken to the chamber next to the one
where the P: incesses lay in their twelve beds. There he
was to sit and watch where they went to dance; and in
order that nothing might pass without his hearing it, the
door of his chamber was left open; but the King's son
Loon fell asleep, and when he awoke in the morning he
found that the Princesses had all been dancing, for the
soles of their shoes were worn full of holes. The same
thin happened the second and third nights ; so the
King ordered his head to be cut off. After him came
several others ; tut they all had the same luck, and all
lost their lives in the same manner.

Now it chanced that an old soldier, who had been
wounded in battle, and could fight no longer, passed
through the country where this King reigned; and as
he was travelling through a wood he met an old woman,
who asked him whither he was going. "I hardly know
whither I am going, or what I shall do," said the
soldier, " but I think I should like very well to find out
where it is that the Pt incesses dance, and then in time
I might be a King." " said Cie old dame, " that
is no very hard task, only take care not to drink any of
the wine which one of the Princesses will bring to you
in the evening, and as soon as she leaves you, pretend
to be fast asleep."
Then she gave him a cloak, and said, "As soon as
you put that on you will become invisible, and you will
then be able to follow the Princesses wherever they go."
When the soldier heard all this good counsel he deter-
mined to try, his luck ; so he went to the King, and said
Fe was willing to undertake the trial. He was as well
received as the 'gibers Had been, and the King ordered
fine Royal robes to be given him, and when the even-
ing came he was led to the ot tward chamber. Just
as, he was going to lie down, the eldest of the Prin-
cesses brought him a cup of wine, but the soldier threw
it all away secretly, taking care not to drink a drop.
Then he laid himself down on his bed, and in a little
time began to snore very loud, as if he was fast asleep.
When the twelve Princesses heard this they laughed
heartily, and the eldest said: "This fellow too might
have done a wiser thing than lose Isis life in this way r'
Then they rose op and opened their drawers and blues,.
and took out all their fi. e clothes, and dressed them-
selves at the glass, and skipped about as if they were
eager to begin dancing. But the youngest said, "I
don't know how it is, while you are so happy, I feel very
uneasy. I am sure some mischance will befall us."l
" You simpleton," said the eldest, " you are always,
afraid; have you forgotten how many King's sons have
already watched u. in vain.? And as for this soldier.
even if I had not given him his sleeping draught, he'
would have slept soundly enough."
When they were all ready they went and looked at
the soldier ; but he snored on, and did not stir hand or
foot; so they thought they were quite safe, and the
eldest went up to her own bed and clapped her hands,
and the bed sunk into the floor, and a trap door flew
open. The soldier saw them going down through the
trap door one after another, the eldest leading the way ;
and thinking he had no time to lose he jumped up and
followed them; but in the middle of the stairs he trod on
the gown of the youngest Princess, and she cried DOt to
het sisters " all is not right ; some one took hold of my
gown."—" You silly creature," said the eldest, " it is
nothing but a nail in the wall." Then down they all
went, arid at the bottom they found themselves in a
most delightful grove of trees, and the leaves were all
of silver, and glittered and sparkled beautifully. The
soldier wished to take away some token of the place ;
so he broke off a little branch, and there came a loud
noise from the nee. Then the youngest daughter said
again, "I am sure all is not tight; did you not hear
that noise? that never happened before." But the eldest
said, " It is only our Princes who are shouting for joy
at our approach.*

Then they came to another grove of trees, where all
the leaves were of gold; and afterwards to a third,

where the leaves were all glittering diamonds. And the
soldier broke a branch from each; and every time there
was a loud noise,which made the youngest sister tremble
with fear ; but the eldest still said it was only the Princes
who were crying for joy. So they went on till they
came to a great lake; and at the side of the lake there
lay twelve little boats with twelve handsome Princes in
them, who seemed to be waiting therefor the Princesses.
One of the Princesses went into each boat, and the sol-
dier stept into the same boat wish the youngest. As
they were rowing over the lake, the Prince who was in
the boat with the youngest Princess and the soldier, said,
" I don't know why it is, but though I am rowing with
all my might, we do not get on so fast as usual, and I
am quite tired ; the boat seems very heavy to-clay:'—
It is only the heat of the weather,' said the Princess,
" I feel it very warm too."
On the other side of the lake stood a fine illuminated
Castle, from which came the merry music of horns and
trumpets. There they all landed and went into the
Castle, and each Prince danced with his Pi incess, while
the soldier, who was all the while invisible, danced with
them too ; and when any of the Princesser had a cup of
wine set by her, he drank it all up, so that when she
put the cup to her mouth it was empty. At this, too,
the youngest sister was terribly frightened, but the eldest
always silenced her.. They danced on till three o'clock
in them 3lning, and then all their shoes wero worn out,
so that they were obliged so leave off. The Princes
rots ed them back again over the lake ; but this rime the
soldier placed himself in the boat with the eldest Prin-
cess, and on the opposite shore they took leave of each
other ; the Princesses promising to come again the
next night.
When they came to the stairs, the soldier ran on be-
fore the Princesses and laid himself down ; and as the
twelve sisters slowly came up, very march tired, they
heard him snoring in his bed ; so they said, 44 Now, all
is quite safe ;" then they undressed themselves, put away
their fine clothes, pulled off their shoes,and went to bed.
In the morning the soldier said nothing about what had
happened, but determined to see more of this strange
adventure, and went again the second and third night;
and every thing happened just as before; the Princesses
danced each time till their shoes sere worn to pieces,
and then returned home. However, on the third night,
the soldier carried away one of the gold cups, as a token
of where he had been.
As soon as the time came when he was to declare the
secret, he was taken before the King, with the three
branches and the golden cup; and the twelve Princesses
stood listening behind the door to hear what he would
say; and when the King asked him U Where do my
twelve daughters dance at night?" he answered, " 4 with
twelve Princes, in a Castle under ground ;" and then he
told the King all that had happened, and shewed him the
three branches and the golden cup which he had brought
with him. Then the King calleti for the Princesses, and
asked them whether what the soldier said was true ;
and when they saw that they were discovered, and that
it was of no use to deny what had happened, they con
fessed it all ; and the King asked the soldier which of
them be would choose for his wife ; and he answered,
48 I am not very young, so I think I will have the eldest;"
and they were married that very day, and the soldier
was chosen to be the King's heir.

POLICE INTELLIG EN? E.

-a.--
MANSION-HOUSE

Yesterday, the managing clerk to Messrs. Pyson and Co. solid-
tors, Lotbbary, came before the Lotto Mayon, at the head of a
number of fine tall respectable looking young men, and in their
behalf requested a warrant against one John Campbell, who had
described himself as belonging to the Royal Navy.
The applicants stated, that they bad been introduced to this person
by Mr. Currie, the army accoutrement-maker, Regent-street. He
was a person of gentlemanly manner, and held himself forth to them
as an officer of the Royal Navy, and an intimate friend of Lord
Cochrane, whom he was about to join- in aid of the Greek cause.
He 'hewed to them a letter,which he said he had received from his
friend Lord Cochrane, and of which the following is a copy :
_ _

" Gibraltar, June 16, 1826.
" My dear Sir—Yesterday I received your letter in a packet sent
by Lady Cochrane. lam not sorry for your misfortune, as it is
probably a judgment on you, for not accompany ing me to South
America, where you would have got riches—sure to get honour.

" I hope, now, my brave friend, you will ao longer hesitate to
embark in a glorious cause. I offer you the same terms I did
before, and shall be most happy of your gallant assistance. Nu in-
dependent noble-minded man can now succeed in England. Come,
my dear fellow, and earn the laurels that are blooming fur you.—
Write me to the Crown Hotel, Malta, and let me know if you will
join me or not. I will keep an opening for you till I hear from you.
" I am, in great haste, my dear Sir, very truly yours,
(Signed) " COCHRANE."
" Captain J. Campbell, Nu. 9, Lower New street, Stepney."
" P.S. Send me, or bring with you, as soon as possible, a few
active and enterprising young officers, and two clerks of moral
habits and good connexions."
The applicants each conceiving himself to come within the latter
description, were exceedingly anxious to obtain appointmtntt. These
Captain Campbell readily accommodated them with, for the very
small sum of 101. each; to those who had been educated as Cadets
he gave commissions; one young man educated for the medical
profession, he appointed army surgeon to the Patriot Army, and
civilians he appointed secretaries, in which situation they would,
with more security, advance to posts of honour and profit by their
diplomatic talents. From the first he declared his entire independ-
ence of the Greek Committee, of whom be spoke slightingly, as an
inefficient set of mese theorists and literary men. Each adventurer
signed a document, the form of which was as follows;
" I do heieby engage to he employed, or cause to be employed,
the bearer (as Secretary) in the land service of Greece, in the Me-
diterranean, and the seas connected with the same, provided that he
embarks in the ship or vessel which I shall provide, when required
to do so, within not less than ten days from the date hereof; and
that he be obedient to all lawful commands; and I declare this en-
gagement binding, to all intents and purposes, as any indenture or
other engagement can be.
" Given under my hand, this Bth day of September.
" JOHN CAMPBELL."
The signature of the bearer is in the margin.
(Signed, &c. by tbe party) JOHN CAMPBELL.
ThD:ctit. kept a counterpart himself. He impressed upon them
the ty of making immediate preparations for sailing. The
friends of the parties busied themselves in fitting out the youths.
Nearly all bad new uniforms provided,some of which were actually
sported in Bond-street and the Parks, where they had excited much
admiration. They were lined with white, something like the uni-
form of the artillery regiment, but neater, and were made by Mr.
Carrie, the army accoutrement-maker, who warmly recommended
Captain Campbell and the adventure. The cause, he said, was
glorious, and the prospects for young men like the complainants of
the most glowing description. At length the time for their de-
parture was positively fixed. A yacht was slid to be engaged.
Unexpected obstacles, however arose. Thursday, every thing pre-
vented their starting ; Friday was a day the sailors thought to be
unlucky, and it was proper to consult their superstitions. Some-
thing very extraordinary occurred on Saturday, but Sunday was a
clear day---a lucky day—and sail they positively should on that day,
the first of their career in the glorious cause. Fortune, however,
did not smile on the adventure, for the Captain was arrested, and
thrown into a lock-up-house in the city, for a debt of 561. Then
it was that the adventurers, for the first time, began to make in-
quiries as to whether the Captain was a person fit to be trusted?—
They learned from the Captain of the trading-vessel in which they
were to have sailed, that he had done nothing to secure their passage
except the payment of 101. u a sort of earnest, but which, they
now believed, was a mere colour. They went to the Captain,
doubted his authority, and expressed so much determination that
he was induced to give up the letter. They then went to the Greek
Committee, to inquire into its authority, and it was at once pro..
nounced to be a forgery. They were satisfied on that head by
Major Cochrane. They were now desirous of obtaining a warrant

for his apprehen,ion, on tbe charge of obtaining money under fals..
pretences. Tbrre were sixteen of them ready to come forward a
witnesses.

The Loarnaroa expressed some surprise at the ready etedruce
which the Captain had obtained.
The applicants represented that the adventure had been spoken
of in high terms by Mr. Currie, the army-accoutrement maker in
Regent-street, who was a very respectable tradesman. They had,
besides, no reason to suspect the letter to be a forgery; and what
prevented suspicion on that head, was the circumstance that it had,
somehow or other, got the foreign post-mark.
The Loan Maros, observing the post-mark, said that was cer-
tainly a strong circumstance, and be supposed the Captain's defence
upon that would be that be had been himself deceived.
Mr. Nobler, the chief Clerk, suggested, that as the Captain was
in prison, the best mode would be to prefer a bill of indictment
against him at once for fraud before the Grand Jury.
The applicants were apprehensive, that before that prcceeding
could be carried into effect, the Captain would get liberated.
The LORD MITOII, under these circumstances, did not hesitate
to grant a warrant immediately. The adventurers were all appa-
rently ardent, active, and able young men, zealous in the cause and
desirous of embarking in it at all hazards. One of them declared,
that go he would, if he went on a raft. All seemed animated at the
prospect of fighting under Cochrane, and from the Captain's success
so a short time not a doubt was entertained that upon the slightest
signal an army of the boldest spirits might be raised in a week for
any enterprise of the kind. One of the adventurer, came from
Colchester, where he had heard of it accidentally, and, but that it
was represented as a thing which would require interest as well as
money, plenty of others would have started with him. Some there
were amongst them," the tankers of a long peace and a quiet world."
One of them being expostulated with on the barrenness of the pecu-
niary prospects of the enterprise, replied, indignantly, "
money; it is a good cause, and that is enough. Besides, what is
the use of staying at home where there is nothing fair a man of spirit
to du?" lie added, that he the difficulties or consequences what
they might, he was determined not to be disappointed in his resolu-
tion to fight on the classic soil.

BOW•STREST.
Potraassr. —lt baying been stated in the Papers that Edward
Sault, alias Edition' Jirvis Toting, the man Who was charged on
Wednesday with having married an extraordinary number of wo-
men, within, comparatively, a very short space of time, was to be
re-examined yesterday, the door of the Office was beset from an
early hour by a great number of persons, who were anxious to get
a sight of the " gay deceiver," and to have an opportunity of lis-
tening to proceedings so strongly calbulated to gratify the idle and
the curious. A little before one o'clock be was placed at the bar.
He was dressed as before, in a black coat, light waistcoat, drab
breeches, and top boots. He held a handkerchief before his face
during the whole of the investigation, and scarcely once looked
about him.
Miss Whitehurst and Mrs. Gray, the two last victims to the
insidious acts of the prisoner, came, attended by bliss Finlayson,
the niece of Mrs. Gray, and other friends.
Three other females, who were said to have been at different
times inveigled by the prisoner into marriage, were also present,
but took no part in the proceedings beyond watching them with the
most intense interest.

Mr. Macdoff, a solicitor, attended for the prosecution, and first
called Mns Finla) son to prove that the copy of the certificate of
marriage, at St. George's, Hanover-square, between the prisoner
and Rachel Pearse, in 1797, was a genuine copy.
Miss Finlayson stated, that in consequence of the discoveries be-
fore described respecting the prisoner, sbe went to St. George's
Church, and, with the Clerk, examined the registers of marriages,
and found that of which the document produced was a true copy.
Mr. John Stratton, a veneer-cutter, in Tottenham-court-road,
said, I have known the prisoner four or five years, and have always
known him as a married man. I did not see him and Mrs. Jarvis
(this is the first wife), married, but I have heard him call her wife a
hundred times. They lived in my house about two years, and their
soo and daughter lived with them. The son is about twenty.four
years of age, and now supports his mother, whom I saw alive and
well last Sunday week.

Nr. Macnuer said he had no more evidence to offer at present.
A long conversation ensued, which ended in the prisoner being
remanded till Friday next.
It was stated by the officer Ledger, that he bad already traced
seven marriages entered into by the prisoner, and added that all the
seven L idles were living.
Before the prisoner was removed from the bar, Mr. Flack, a per-
son holding a situation in a Nobleman's family, stated, that just
before Christmas last, the prisoner got acquainted with one Sarah
Pledger, a cook in a Gentleman's establishment, in Portman•square,
who had saved some money, and engaged to marry her, represent-
ing himself. to be a man of considerable property in houses, Sec.—'
They were to be married within a certain time, and one day the
prisoner pretending to be short of cash, borrowed £4 from her, as a
security for which he deposited a pretended recede for rent, for a
house belonging to him for £9 l 95. 11 d. which house he said was held
by one Primrose, and that when she presented the receipt, she would
receive the money. It turned out that he had no such house, and
that it was altogether a fiction. He obtained £7 front the applicant,
who happened to be acquainted with Mrs. Pledger, upon a Bill of
Excharge which proved to be fictitious. The prisoner boasted of
possessing several houses at Vauxhall and Kensington. He never
spewed himself after he got the money.
Sir R. BANNIC advised the applicant to keep the document until
he saw how the present charges were disposed of on Friday neat.

II ATTON GARDEN.
George Knight was charged by John Sheppard, shopman to Mr.
King, of Chapel-street, Clerkenwell, with stealing from his em-
ployer's shop-door 71 yards of printed cotton—Committed. As
was John Cook, charged by Mr. Lowe Fish, pith enteting his pre-
mises in Edward-street, White Conduit Field., on Thursday night,
poisoning his yard dog, killing four fowls, and taking from the
wash-house a quantity of wet linen.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.
Yesterday, a person was brought in custody to this office, before
Mr. Cons we, the sitting magistrate, charged on suspicion of having
stolen some carpenter's tools, which were found in his possession
the night before, by a watchman who bad stopped him in the
street. He said his name was Samuel Province, and that he was in
the 15th year of his existence. The carpenter's tools seemed of
little or no value, and he accounted for the possession of thou by
saying that be found them on one of the seats in a recess on West-
minster Bridge, where he stopped so rest himself with a load of rats
that he was taking home.

" A load of what ?" said Mr. Conan..
" A small load of rats, Sir," replied the prisoner.
" What, dead rats?" said the Magistrate. " What were you
going to do with them?"
" Oh, no, Sir," said the prisoner, " not dead rats, but two or
three dozen live cats that I was taking home."
" Why," said Plank, the chief officer, looking at the prisoner
sharply, " you are the chap that kills rats for a wager against the
dog Billy." The prisoner said he was the same.
Plank now explained a little of the history of this extraordinary
animal, who had actually killed 'lOO rats in less than five minutes,
beating for a wager the celebrated dog " Billy" at the Westminster
pit by several rats ; but what is more extraordinary. he kills them in
the same manner that a dog does, going on all fours, and seizing the
rat in his mouth, when he seldom fails in one bite to separate the
head clean off from. the body.
The prisoner nodded assent to every thing Plank bad stated, as
much as to say, "you are right, Sir."
A Parish Constable, who happened to be present, also stated that
the prisoner had been from his childhood a rat-killer. He is em-
ployed in slaughter-houses, granaries, stables, Gentlemen's houses,
Ste. to expel those vermin, which seem to have an instinctive horror
of his approach or presence ; for any warehouse or other place that
he makes his appearance in, let it have been swarmed ever so much
with r. -s before, there is not one to be seen or heard for several
days atter his visit, supposing even he does not catch one of theta:
they seem to be aware of his approach, by the smell, or some other-
tmeans ; for the moment he sets his foot in a granary, or slaughter
house,aU the rats in the place are heard squeaking and scampering in
all directions: be catches all his rats alive, and the instant he gets a
sight of one, he pounces on it like a cat, and seizes it sometimes in
his hand, but most frequently in his mouth. Ile thinks nothing of
thrusting his arm in as far as it can go to a rat-hole, and pulling out
the occupants one by one from their beds, and it is by his exertions
chiefly that all the live rats are supplied for sport about town.
The prisoner listened with a very evident degree of pride and
satisfaction to this history of his exploits.
Mr. CONANT asked the prisoner himself and the dog" Billy"
lived together. He replied riot; for that "➢illy" lived at the pit
in Westminster, and he himself lived in St. Giles's.
Mr. Conan: said, that it was very well they did not live together ;
for if they bad, from the account given to-clay of his rat-killing
powers, it was very likely that much rivals's%) and jealousy would
prevail between them.
As there was no claimant for the carpenter's tools found on the
prisoner, and they seemed so valueless, bring quite worn out, be
I was discharged.
M ABY-LA.BONNE.

Yesterday, another chirp of fraud was made aping the per cu
'calling himself Captain Juliet Campbell, who, wader the Pretc"ed

sutlicuity Of Lord Cochrane, protested himself commissioned to
.elect a few enterprising young Gentlemen, to serve as officers in
the Greek navy.
A charge was brought forward on Wednesday against the tame
party, by Mr. John Edwards, of Belmont-place, Vauxhall. The
second charge embraces circumstances, in every respect similar to
the first, with this distinction, that it removes all doubt as to this
pretended Captain's intentions, and it has, unfortunately, involved
tkis his victim in greater slisappoititipent and tiilficulty. The cir.
cumstances of the second- ease--,were-elao stsi hr. iseelarrefctr' we
therefore lay them before the public. ••. ~ •
Mr. Edward William Jacques, a youngGeni4tnen of most re-
spectable comae:ions, about li years of age, was the complainatiG
He was accompanied by his solicitor, Mr. William Henry Gore;
of Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. Mr. Jacques stated, that he had
been apprenticed to an engraver in Grays's inn-lane, with a premium
of 1004 but observing, on the 10th of July, in the. window: of Mr.
Unwin,of Ludgate-hill, a placard as follow, : "Wanted immediately;
for a particular service, a few active and enterprising nautical officers;
and two clerks, of moral conduct and good education ; they will re.
quire an outfit of about 501. each ; inquire at the printees.-oo.Neai;
printer, Flem-street, Fleet-market," he felt inspired with a deterell;
nation to serve the cause of freedom on behalf of the Greeka..4
Tke necessary inquiry having been made at the printer's, be Wag
referred to Captain John Campbell, at No. 34, Shoemaker4deri
Doctors' Commons, with whom he entered into an engagement tO
pay 101. and to receive a Sub-Lieutenant's commission in the Greek
Navy. lie then solicited his master's permission to withdraw front
his service, which lie obtained, without stipulating with him for a
return of any part of the premium. A few days afterwards he re..
ceived a letter from Campbell, to say, th .t unless he immediately
paid the 101. and signed the bond, he would lose his appointment, foe
the whole of his list was filled up by persons of the first distinction
and character. Mr. Jacques is an orphan, and has no particular
friends in London, but he has a powerful and kind friend in a No.
bleman of the highest distinction in the country, who with great
condescension gave him his advice in a first letter, and a remittance
of XOl. in a second. Thus supplied with finances, Mr. Jacques not
only advanced the proposed WI. but he consented, under different
pretences' to lend Campbell 64 in addition • he became also respon-
sible to him for his board and lodging, and. pledged almost every
article he was possessed of for his accommodation ; even his linen
is now withheld as security for the charge of washing. When Mr.
Jacques became an inmate of Campbell's house, he fund himself
the only one on the list. After three weeks a second was added;
and, after a month, a third. The list has subsequently been aug.
talented to 16 or 17.

The two letters from his illustrious friend were handed to arr.
Broughton, who said, " These letters do honour to the Noble
writer; in the first, he with very great judgment asks you, whether
your master approves of what you are doing ? and he gives his own
opinion that y.. 0 will gain but little advantage from the pursuit—
you then again press your request, and he sends you what you re.
quire. You possess a very great treasure in so powerful a friend,
and I am sorry the fruits of his benevolence have not been applied
to a better purpose. You stand, young man, on the brink of des-
truction.; the £lOO is gone—the £3O is gone—your home is gone
—you possess a spirit volatile to a dangerous degree; and nothing
but good advice, (allowed by good conduct, can save you from unit
ruin."

Mr. Gore, the Solicitor, said, that his knowledge of the circum-
stance was accidental; he had known a Mr. Aggs, who ',proprietor
of the house in Shoemaker-row, from his infancy, and he introduced
him to Campbell about three weeks ago, as a person who bad taken
his apartment, and who was appointed by Lord Cochrane, under
his own signature, to obtain young Officers for the Greek servise.
Campbell professes to hold rank in the British navy; there are
several of that name on tke list ; but the fact is not ascertained.
Mr. BaoucHTON.—Did you purchase any uniforms?
Mr..racques--Oh no, Sir, only a second-hand naval coat, which
was to he altered, as a pattern for the tailor. My uniform was blue
turned up with red, with the Grecian button, the inscription bring
—a lion couchant, guarding an anchor.
The young man then exhibited a drawing of the Grecian banner,
which he said was to he composed of silk, an I was to be hoisted
when the vessel set sail. ft was to be square, and in the centre was
to be worked a crucifix, or cross ; underneath which a wreath was
to be formed around a hand hearing a dagger ; the only inscripdon
as yet named was simply this—" Presented by Susan." (Roars
of laughter).

Mr. IkonGino* said, the statement you have made confirms my
opinion, that this is a notorious act of swindling. It is unnecessary
for me to grant you a *arrant, because Campbell is already in the
custody of the Sheriff, and a warrant, granted upon a former charge,
is lodged as a detainer against him.
Mr. Gore said, he knew he was in custody under four arrests,
and he had yesterday lodged two detainers on civil actions against
him ; he also passes under two names, that of Captain John Camp.
bell, and that of James Pattison Stewart ; he is between 60 and 7%
years of age.

Mr. Gore stated, that finding Mr. Jacques in such circumstance,
of disappointment and distress, he had given him a home with his
family for the last fourteen days, and be expressed a determination
to do all he could to serve him for the future.

Mr. Baouarrox—Nothing more can be dune in the present stage
of the inquiry ; but the patties shall have due notice of further
proceedings.
We are informed, that, last Sunday week. Campbell sent two
other young men, under a similar imposition, to Gravesend, there to
bold themselves in readiness to embark on hoard the Royal Char-
lotte, as she wouil be down the River on Wednesday; for the pur-
pose of proceeding in a direct course to the place of her destination,
anti it is supposed they are still looking out for the good ship, under
circumstances of anxiety and discrete.
The Royal Charlotte has been shown to the young sailors, by
way of excitement; the is a Gravesend sailing-boat, fo► which
probably a small deposit only has been paid. She has been caulked,
and one action against Campbell is said to be for 204 expended in
that operation. When Mr. Jacques visited her she carried a white
satin ensign, with a blue anchor at her mast-head, said to be pre-
sented by a person of distinction in the cause of the Greeks. He
could not recollect the exact name.