The Sun. — 1808-10-05 (London, England)

PINET.—This person, who.„.vas well known:4n, )n) met6i:ll World, stopped, naymenck in Patt, in ffte:yettr 1789, for .%500,0091;.4nd Oft following ariecdote is related ~i-espectitig hi death; which, at-the time it happened, was imputed to-:: suicide':--When the Revolution began, in July 1789; and the mob ruled, a, Secret Agent of the Duke of ORLEANS, a friend of PINET, advised' hire safety-to place his strong box with the Duke. Pl- requested tierfaVOur'of His Serene. HighnesS to *take his treasure under his protec.tion, to:which the „Duke readily. agreed. As the'Chest visas locked, all, was.safe. , But whe'n the ttuntilt subsided.at the end' of the month, PlNET.called to thank the Duke, and ask for his box. I have, sent it.(said the to my country7house at gassy ;. conic and,otne IVltl nie,land take it. away." When PINET arrived to dinnel', theDuke-deired. him.to send away his own carriage, saying he .would' givehim' ore of his, as he intended to cross the Bois de Boulogne, to go' to St. Germain, and leave his., money witti• his Father-in-law.. After diliner, tha unsuspecting Financier mounted one 9f the Duke's cabriolets (a one-horse chaise with a cm er), and 'a groom got up behind. Next day PINET washnis7, sing ; the House sfopt payment in a few days more ; and in about a- week he ',vas found in the wood with his brains blown out. !—lt was immediately did that he had shot himself on account of a derangement in: his affairs. But the knowing ones suspeaed, that he was.sliot" by another, for the ball had entered the back of 11;4. head, and passed in a descending direaion; so that it, appeared to be disch?rged by the servant who stood' behind.  A few months after, the same groom was a pri-• saner at the Chatelet, and Ort'ol PrNwr's Creditor's (the Marquis DE MARCONNEY) Went in diSgoise, as anvher prisoner, and learned the truth. The vil-f lain ORLEANS had given the groom 72,000 livits (or 30001.) for murdering Plts:ET, -and' had got ,about 20 milhons of litres in :Abe cheSt (800,0001.) The .groom soon spent. the reward of .his iniquity,'-and, ORLEANS erlielOyed the money- be got to pay the mob that, on the sth of the following October;dragged the-. KING and ROYAL, FAMILY from thejr; Palace at Versailles to Paris. Such was the termination-of'the Speculations of Monsieur PrNET, what did riot g.obble..Lottery 'rickets, as it .seetts is :don. in, London.; but who gobbled Millions irorn trio credulous, and was murdered that his wealth might facilitate TraliorS to ruin their. SOiereign •  ANECDOTE 91THE PRETENDEDJoSEPII,-; In sacking, the Palace and Churches of Madrid, Jo. sarli hid heard* tutiCii of a particular figure of our Saviour, of exqUisite workmanship, •Wrought.in the purest gold, and en] iched with the -choicest Berns; that he accompanied the party to the Church which contained it. On. approaching: the altar where it Was placed, they ,'met .the ViCar, whOse 'name I:fas JUAN BLAST " Pray,". Said JbsEPH, "are you' Blas of Sahtillaner " No," said the Vietfr, no Bias 9f Santillaiie, but'l dare say you are a descendant of Don Rolando, the Chief of the. Banditti,", Since there has been's° general a sPirit.amonc,,, the Volunteers to transfer •their services to the Local Militia, we understand that it is the intention of Go.; vernment to encourage and increase the latter to at legit 200,000 men.  About eleven o'clock, on Tuesday .se'nnight; ati alarm of fire ',was -given-at Greenock. On the atrival of the engines 'on the'spot where, the fire .was said to be raging,"the.alarm was diseovered to Le false. Such condu6t is highly criminal,. and- "is. frequently' attended with fatal colksequences; a Melancholy instance of which occurred that .night the-alartn being given,. Mrs. Currie; wlte of-Mr. Currie, spirit-dealer in that town, rose froth her bed; and went to the window', for the purpose of inquiring where the fire was, when she was so, struck with terror, that she burst a, blood vessel; and expired almost instantaneously. What renders this accident the more melancholy is. her being thr advanced in. pregnancy. StriC,t,inquiryi we understand, is making after the authois .of: this alarm, who, we trust; will soon be brO9ght to that punishment they sajtwly •