The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-08-24 00:00:00

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A gentleman has Pot into our hands a pamphlet,
published a few days ago at Bolton, which details
iiratagem b
ay whiih a person of that town
had preyed upon the inhabitants of that place.
K—, a native of the vicinity of Bolton, and
of indigent parents, by trade a wev'er, and of
dissolute Manner', while sitting in company at a
'Outilic-hitse, -VA into coq, eraatlon with two
'''trangers, *to told him, that a Certain gentle-
Nillian a supposed native of Bolton, had lntely
_lllllo6'in their neighbourhood, to whose estate no
, Illeircould be found, and which, if not claimed its
six months, would devolve to an old servant, at.-
tlitsidittg to the will of the deceas'etl. " Perhaps,"
rlllOl K " it is my old uncle Mather
" Right," replied the two gentlemen, 64 By G—d
you are the heir to all ;" The specious appear.
anee of the strangers gained full credit to the tete;
and Anthers of the inhabitants, thinking it Signed
'peculation, contributed tforatds the equipment
of She indubitable heir,'Tthdecent clothes, and
• sufficient sum of money,' in order that he might
undertake a journey to GlOucester, near which
city the patrimony was said to lie.
Accordingly he wsutthe journey, and soon af-
ter returned, giving, 41 splendid account of the
hall and furniture, its vast hop-yards, and also the
sam esf 110,0001. lodged in the Bank at Glouces-
ter. The news spreall; K. was dubbed Esquire,
his children were sent to a boardiug school, and
*umbers who would Tikee -disdained to have no=
deed an honest weaver, went to worship the newly
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*reefed gulden calf; in short, Ale. K. was invited
' to dinners, and he also, in return, bad his feastsl
and his friends. After K. had thus rioted on the
credulity of his townsmen, they became impati-
ant for them day. The 15th of last May was the
time at which be was to enter upon his estate, and
he commenced his journey for that purpose. Af.
tcr long and anxious expectation of his return, it
was suspected that he had taken &final farewell of
Bolton. The conjecture proved true; for two
gentlemen going in quest of the new Squire, totted I
him ;slew days ago, at :work iw e cod seine.—
The two imposters with whom the plot was con.
ceeted'have nut beets discovered. The sums slain-
died from varionk persons are supposed to amount
to 00001-1 n millinery alone, in one- year, 6001.
was contracted.---()fanchester Paper.)
Yesterday morning, Mr. Thomas Thompson, a
boatman of Deal, went off, apparently in good.
health, with his two sons, to cateh whitings ;
soon. after he was taken ill, brought home, and.
died about ten o'clock.
On Tuesday so'nnight, the notCil James Mallon;
anal, Maguire, alias Wilson, alias
.Disrus, who
had been admitted a Pensioner of Greenwich Ilea.
pital, was executed at Armagh, in front of the
prison there for cow-atealing, pursuant to his
sentence. This unfortunate man became, at the
last extremity, penitent, and, sheaved a sense of
religion becoming a more improved mind: he ac-
knowledged his guilt, and that he had been con-
cerned in almost every robbery and bad crime that
hail been committed, for several years past, in the
counties of Armagh and Antrim (murder ea-
cepted): he lamented mac *sit it was the incon.
stancy of his wife that flotterodoced is isim this
abandonment.
FOOT.RACING.—A v •ied match, !or 1000 gni-
weas, will take place ot‘.:Mundav next, on F.Psoin
Downs, between Jonesvahe celebrated Lancashire
man, and Jonathan Pollard, the .known runner.
The parties are backed tby.,two Gentlemen ama.
teurs, and the distance is 20 miles, which the
winner is backed to do in two hours and tea mi-
nutes. 40- a,. .
*etc:4) or 'P.
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