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MISTAKE IN THE IDENTITY 0> ?. PERSON t
(Fruin the 'leicnlei Chronicle.)
, Mntiy /if our reade*« »ill don In 1rs«'" collera, that
in the mouth of Jiinmrv l,,«i, wv noticed the oiicuiii
staiiueof a person having su indi, d ti niitiibei <>:' furni-
er» of Hie neighbourhood out ol large t|uaiitities" of
corn, to the mummt of between futir ami ötKhf. The
fellow, it will be reine nbered", look a lionse'and wair
bouse in Upper Charlei-ttrcet, in which lo ilrpiisit the
corn, mid appointed a nicei-rdiug .'saturday lo fulfil
. hitcuittritctt. Url'iirc, honevci, mut lime uri ¡veil, he
left i lie town, und was never ultcr lieaid of. Among
the pfi«uns who weie the dupes of ihe swindler, wai
a furnier, limned Arrnwsiuiib, who live» at Uriiiision,
near this town, la ihe muiitli of May last, niter four
inoulhs lind elapsed, having heard of a pertuu ut Hull
(a Mr. James Sheppard, a broker anti corn couimit
siiuied Dgeni), who he understood in sume mensure, re-
sembled in person the swindler, this individual weut
over to Hull, accompanied by u person named Harold,
wlioj it appears, lind hail some transactions in the corn
trade wini Mr. Sheppard to aneertttin whetlier he was
the mau. They fancied tlfut he hore tout» resemblance'
to hin, hut »ere to tatitlii-d that he vvut nut the man,
that liuruld ticiuully left him with a considerable sum
of moue') to be luid out fur bim in Hie pnicbttie of
corn.". This commotion wus most honourably and"
faithfully executed hy Mr. Sheppard; mid Harold,
we iiudarstaiitl, has hld more rou.on» than one to he
satisfied with his bounty and puucttluliiy in hil bu-
siness as a corn-factor. Here the matter rested, from ,
the month of May to the 8th institut, when, strange
us ii may appeur, Arrowsmith went before Mr. Aid.
Cook, and made oath Unit Mr; hheppa.-t was the Ultu
who del'iitiidcil bim of his coin. A »ni runt «as con-
sequently issued, anti Unwin, the police nthcer, wat
dispatched to Hull, accompanied by Arrowsmith, to
excculeil. Aft her arriving al Hull, and gelling the
wurran! indorsed, they proceeded lo Mr. S'* ollie,
tunk bim into co »linly, and soon utter set ufl' with
him for Leicester. On lli<-ir arriving near Notting.»
hain, Mr; Sheppnid nab .fortunate enough to meet
with Mr. Andrew, of tiingh-iiii, a hie.lily respectable
a'torney, mid clerk to the Magistrates tliere, who had
formerly beci( Ids solicitor; whom he requested to ae
cnmpaii) bim to .'Leicester. Un their urnval, on
Wednesday, Mr. A's lirsl object was, if possible, lo
prevent the iiicurci rutiuil of his client in gani. Ile
¡accordingly accompanied him to Mr. Conk's, the Ma
gistrate who granted the warrant, and after informing
' him that he wat Ihe prisoner's solicitor, aed lèque»'
ing an iilunrdiiile lirarirjr of the case, und Unit he
might be petuiitled lo attend it. lie ultu red the
Magiitrnte that be should be able to prove the
innocence of his client by the most sulisfuduiy and
indisputable testimony ; mid he therefore entreated
llnil bin client might be kept m bia inn, in the cus-
tody of the countable, instead of being .eut to prison.
This request, nltiiuugh tlrougly urged by Mr. An-
drew, wa» lefuted, und Mr. Sld'ppRid nus cnminitiril
to the borough .gaol fur the iiigut. Clu Thursday the
priiuiier wus brought np In tub Uxchaugej w hen Ar-
rowsmith afilia ni(mt positively swore to Ins ideti'ily,
balli in his examination ¡it chief aud in his cros.-ci
amiuatlou. lu tit« lallei, however, he admitted lliat
llit!,i.tv¡ü.i!er hail large whiskers, extending from lim
ears nearly to the chin ; bill oliatrv« d tnal he had
since dis^jiitcd liimtelf, and had shaved llieu't o if lie
uls» ailniiiti d, in hit ciuBt-exiiiiiinalion, iii.ii toe niau
who puiohatcd ihe corn of h in occupied a wan-house
belonging to Mr. Wale, in Upper Charles-street, in
this town, when his corn was delivered.
Mr. Arrowsmith having gone through his statement)
and swain lu the identity of the party, h cumidcruhle
uitmlrcr ol' highly respcctalile ivttucasc« cann' forward
in hrhalfof the accuse.I. Several of theih had trtiut
acted business with the swindler, und the) distinctly'
swore that he and the accused were not the tunic per.
son. All the witnesses, however, agned' in the ie
temblaiice. Some ol' them, who bud known Mr.
Sheppmd for many yean, remarked that '.halgentle-
men never worewhitker*.
The examination of the above witnesses having
been gone through, Mr. Andrew, the prisoner's attor-
ney, remarked, thal he had other testimony lo Che
Miine eii'ect, bul Mr. burbidge, observing- that lhere
was clearly a mistake in the identity, they were not
culled, and the prisoner was discharged,- tin* Mayor
expressing himself fully snli.hVd of Mi. S's innocence
uf the charge alleged againt him, and obsei veil linn
he left Hie Exchrngtt willmot the »lightest impuluiioii
tyum his chai suter, iiefora Mr. Sheppard quitted the
presence of the Ma^i.little«, Mr. Andrew, his attor-
ney, demanded a copy of the warrant upon which lie
lind been taken into custody, jo order, as we im .er-
stund, lo ground some future proceeding!, which he
obtained.
Amsterdam, Nov. l8.-List Fiid>j
afternoon api;tol sho'. was li red at Baron tie
iMisky de Lehterveldcj Officer of Justice,
iii tliiâ city,'as he was pasmi«* over ila
vtm¡iti'$hrug. The b**Sl passed through his
hut, ami knocked it olí, au that the genile
uiau wonderfully escaped all injury. The
perpetrator waa immediately arreBU'd, ah I
proved t> be ft foreign seaman, nainsd
Francis Schomberg. This mau, lately a
carpenter du board the American slnti the
Falcon, was puniaiud by the Cajit.in, James
Barrow, for very mutinous conduct. Tniok
iug- hims«i 1 aggrieved, he made a complaint
betöre iheTiibi.n'I hi re against the Cup-am,
which waa dismisicS as ill founded. Ile
seem* to ascribe the ieai.lt to th« above«
uieiitioiit-d gentleman, i»ad t-> hive resolved
Ir in that tims to do hi'ni a miseoief. The
fortunate escupe of this resp -ctetl Mu'gis
tráie is a subject ol' general congratulation.
The Journal of Ghent says :-" We aie
informed, that Madame liu^ wile to a ßt-lgim
cup-ruin of that name, hau fallen it vic lim to
tile; extreme sorrow ahe experienced on seeing
u daughter-the object of her tenderest af-
fections-lorn away from tier. O'trre'd-rs
will, no d lul/t, reciibect that Miss bus,
who belonged lo the Uelorined religion, had
been sent into Fiance to iinish her cdiicmion
there} and that she wa» theie, contrary to
tlie most «acred rights, induced to embrace
the Catholic religion, and finally enter the
Convent ol the Sacred Henri ol' Jesus, w.iere
ehe waa com pi- tely alienated troni all par-
ental authority."
, The Duke- of Biron heard the decree for ' his in-
stant death pronounced by tue Revolutionary Tri-
bunal, 1703, with unmoved tranquillity. On re-
turning to prison his philosophy maintained that
character of Kpicurean iiidillereiice which had ac-
companied his happier years ; he ordered som«
oyster* and white wine. 'I ne executioner entered j '
as he was taking this last repast. " My friend," said ' j
the «luke, " 1 will attend-you ; but you must let -
me finish my oysters. You mast require stien^th I '
for the business you have, to perform ; you shall | '
'have a glass of wine With tile.'1 He filled a glass fur >.'
the executioner, another for the turnkey, and one J :
for himself, and went to the place of execution, '
Where he met death with the courage that disttu- . !
guished almost all the victims of that fearful period, j '
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