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EXTRAORDINARY CONSPIRACY.
Bristol (England) has been the scene of
one of the most romantic incidents in real
life which ever occurred, and of which a
highly respectable merchant of this city has
unfortunately been made the dupe.
This affair hae baen mado public, incon
sequence of the gentleman (Mr. Wooley)
having been charged before the magistrates
with, having conspired to defraud a gold
initlii named Jones, of a lady's gold watch
and. chain.
We subjoin an accurate account of the
facts of the. most extraordinary conspiracy,
of which a. most respectable man has been
made dupe;
Mr. Wooley has been, it appears, for
the last five years a widower; aud Miss
Bryers, who is now about twenty-two
years of age, and whom he has brouglit up
and educated from the early aj.e of eight
Weirs, resided with him in the New Cut.
About, six months sines, Miss Bryers intl
' '..j thai i laHv vKnm ilin knew.
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and whose property was worth .47.000,
had accidentally seen him, and had on the
instant fallen in love with him; that she
had striven long to conquer her passion,
but m.vsin; thst he declining health bore
testimony Jo the intensity of. the struggle;
and that, as a last, resource, she had com
municated her pasion to her (Miss Bry
eis.) with a view to sounding her brother
in law as to the state of his heart, with
much more' sufficiently nonsensical and ab
surd. Hearing this tale, Mr. Wooley, be.
ing of course1 most anxious to know who
ihe lady' was, pressed Miss Bryers to in
form him 'who the fair inamorata might be,
and was at length told by her that she was
Miss , lady o,f;lhe fi"l family and
respectability. Mr. Wooley, who had ne
ver seen the lady whose name was men
tioned ioViraagreed to reciprocate the al
lseedaffectiou, and pressed 'anxiously for
in interview. To this Miss Bryers re-
plied, thai such a course was entirely out
fit,. nn.(inn. for ihould the relations of
the lady arrive at the knowledge that such
sn aeauiintince existed, they would imme-
diateiy have her removed, and her peace of
mind would be ruined for ever, ana Mr
Wool ey'e cbarice for the J247.000 would
be destroyed. To mitigate the rfgor of
this lenience, however, a tender corres
pondence was fabricated and carried on in
lhi ladv'a name fwho was all the while
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unconscious of even Mr. Woolej s exist
ence,) through Miss Bryers, and, in an
. swtr'to one of these tender billets, Mr
Wooley plfdaed his honor not to seek ar
;i.,. .. u-iih ilin ladv until it could be
safely granted.
Tfia matter havinu been mentioned to
some confidential (riend by Mr. Wooley, i
was suggested to him that he ought to be
ketter assuied" of the truth of die affair; and
thai it miffht be a hoax. The insinuation
was, however, indignantly repelled by Mr.
Wooley with the reply 'Could they sup
pose, thai she whom he had brought up as
hit own child from the eirly age of eight
years, whom he had ever treated in the
most kind and indulgent manntrv would at.,
tempt orbVa party to, the playing off
pt any ttick'bpon'him who ghi be con-
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sidered as her father!'
Shortly afterward,
some circumstances transpired from which
Jie was led to think that a trirk was being
played on him, and, determined to make
sure, he mentioned his suspicions to Miss
Bryers, wrote a letter to Miss, ahd
proposed himself to Accompany Miss
Bryers to tint door of the lady's house, and
wait outside for an answer. Miss Bryers,
nothing daunted, repioached him for enter
taining the slightest suspicion, and said
that she would be most happy to convince
him, and that ho had better at, once write
the teller, and tlief would walk together
with it to the house in which the lady re
sided. This was accordingly done, and,
on reaching the house, Miss.Bryeis knock
ed at the dooff and having ascertained that
the lady was at home, f-ent in her card
(both being personally wholly unknown,)
and desired Mr. Wooley to wait for her.
She then, with unparalleled effrontery, in
troduced herself into the presence of the la
dy She apologized for hei Intrusion, and
said that being informed that Miss
was very Vind in administering rel ef and
religious consolation to the poor, she Had
presumed to solicit her to Visit a pour wo
man at a place in Calhoy, which she named'
to administer some relief to her mind
thas the poor woman didnot need pecuniary
assistance, as she (Miss Bryers) had pro-
culed for her every thing th'al was necessa
ry. The lady replied, that it wag irue 'she
was ever most happy to contribute tu 'ihe
relief of the suffering poor as far as possible
but that, with respect to religions consols'1
lion, she thought the clergyman of the
parish was the proper man to be applied to.
Miss Bryers immediately acnkowledged
that this was the proper course, aud having
apologized fur troubling' Miss , request
ed to be slluwed to write a note to the rev
erend gerilemsn. soliciting his al J. , Thw.
was, of course, acceded to, aud Aliss Ury
ers sat down (o write the uoter but, instead
of writing. to the clergyman, she penned an
amorous answer to Mr. Wooley' letter, in
ihe name of the lady in whose house and
pressure she was r.emmitting this wanton
fiaud. Having finished, and used a wafer
instead of a seal, she wished the lady good
morning, and, having rejoined Mr. Woo
ley in the street, she triumphantly produced
the note, still wel, told him Miss
wa very much annoyed at his suspicions,
and, in fact, completely convinced '.he too
credulous Mr. Wooley that all things were
proceeding rightly for his marriage with
the lady
The correspondence continued uninter
ruptedly between the parties, arid at length
Miss Bryers produced a very handsome
ring with the initials of. the lady engraved
upon it, told him that she had sent it with
the request that he would wear it for her
sal.e. Things being in this state, it was
arranged, on this semi fictitious correspond
euce, that jEiO.000 of the lady's property
nbotild be settled on herself, while the nth
at portion was at her husband's disposal.
A request was also made that they should
exehsnge watches, arid Miss Biyers pro
duced a neat lady's gold watch and chain,
which the police report show that, together
with the ring, she had procured from
Mr. Jones. Mr. Wooley was of nourso
delighted, and immediately handed Miss
Bryers, a very valuable gold watch, iio.,
which he wore. Mr. Wooley then became
most anxious fnr the lady to name the hap
py da, but Miss Bryors told him that be
fore he married, us he had been a widower
for some time, he ought to refurnish cer
tain portions of his house in a style befit
line the lecentlon of a ladv. This was of
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course agreed to. Miss Bryers was directed
to select the necessary furniture, and on
handing in the various bills, cash was given
her to discharge" them. At this period this
artful young lady, in order to still further
blind her too credulous" relative to her ma
chinati'ons, requested him to accompany
her to make a morning call Upon the lady
of one of the first merchants, at her resi
dence at Clifton.and told him that this lady
was most jnlimate with Miss and
would no dwbt'in'duejB hsr to immediately
COUNTY, IA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10,1842.
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namo the day, Mr; Wooley accordingly
accompanied her in the carriage to Clifton
to the house of Mrs. . When they
arrived there' Miss Bryers persuaded him
not to enter the house, but to remain in the
catritge while she went in and spoke io
Mrs. upon the subject, as they should
not be able to conveue freely in his pres
ence. Miss Bryers then went into the
house, and on being introduced to Mrs.
. whom she had not at all known
previously; informed her that she had been
taken suddenly 111 at her door, &c. It is
needless to say that the lady, of rourse,
sympathised with her for her illness, and
persuaded her to take a glavs of wine,
which might recover her. The anful girl
did sn, and took care to spill a portion of
the -ine en her cambrick handkerchief;,
she then assured Ihe lady of the house that
she felt better, and, having relumed to the
carriage, told Mr. Wooley that she was sor
ry to have detained him so lung, but that
Mrs. had promised to go immediately
to Miss , and that she would make her
have a glass of wine, and 'Bless me,' ad,
(led she', 'I declare I have spilt sbme of the
wine over my handkerchiof.' If any doubt
whalevr r had remained in Mr, Wuoley's
mind, he must have been more credulous
than the generality of men if he had any
longei entertained the slightest suspicion
and. accordingly ho procured the licence for
their marriage in Redcliff Church.
Bridal dresses and presents were prepar
ed, bridecako ordered, and every arrange
ment made fdr the performance of the cere
mony; on the day preceding which, how
ever a strange series of- events took place.
In the afternoon of that day Mr. Wooley
sent to the house of the Rev. Marcus D'Ar
-y Irvine, to request that gentleman to per
form the ceremony on the ensuing morn
jite.TJ,lie.te.vcr,wiL'ni!emiui. wa,r Mow
ever, gone out to a dinner parly, and Mr
Woodsy, the anxious bridegroom, sent
again arjd again, at six o'clock, at eight
o'clock, and at ten o'clock al night, before
Mr. Irvine returned home, who then stated
that he would perform the ceremony in the
morning, but thai it was a strange time of
night to come to a clergyrrlin about such
an affair. In the mem time the confection
er, who had orders to make the bridecake,
hannenine to see one of the brothers of
Mis 9 , the circumstance was mentioned
to the utter astonishment of the gentleman
who immediately communicated the
intelligence to his brother and Miss i
aud, as was to bo expected, finding that
their sister had never teen Mr. Wooley,
nor knew aught of the matter they deter.
mined that a respectable man like Mr.
Woolev should not be made the victim of
so cruel a hoax. They, in the evening o;
the tame dav. went to ins house, sent in
their card, and desiied to speak with him
Mr. VVoolev was at home, but being per
susded by Miss Bryers that they iad found
it out, and veie only come to stop the mar
riege, he had himself deni'd and would not
see them. These gentlemen, however, in
the most praiseworthy manner made anotli
er effoil to undeceive him, and wrpte him
two notes, desiring to see him at their
counting house on business of the utmost
i'unoriaiice. at the earliest hour in the
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morning, and before he went esewhere.
Tliene notes, however, together with their
call, and ihe -answer of the Uov. Mr. Ir
vine, only strengthened him in the opinion
that their object was to prevent the mar
riage, and at the persuasion oi iuiss
Bryers, he felt convinced that they should
be interrupted il they attempted to get mar
ridd at St. Jarv Redcliff Church, and that
they ,'iad better get married near hundon.
With this view .Visa Bryers was dcsptch
ed to Afiss , to inform her of this al
teration; and make the necessary arrange
meats. This being done, Afis Bryers, in
the most artful manner informed Mr.
Wooley the next day that in consequence
of the brothers having found it out, there
had been a great distuibance, and that Mita
had left her home, and was then in
the house, where she would reajain unlil
thoday of their sUiling for jUndoo,
but
that no one must see her except Afiss Bry
ers, not even the'seivarit, as her "chsracter
would be compromised if it should ever be
come known that she had been in his (Mt.
Wooley's) house before they were marrjed.
In order to favor this deception, Afiss Bry
ers had procured an accomplice, thedatigh
ter of a nelghbur, by whose aid the conspi
racy was consummated.
This person was kept up strirs, and
requested to frequently walk about, 'There,
said Miss Bryers, 'don't you hear her over
head walking. about? how agitated she must
be, poor things' Mr. Wooley pressed
Very hard to be allowed to see her. but this
was still refused, and tender billets were
passed by the hands of Miss Bryers', up
stairs aud down, almost eveiy half hour
and al length, in compliance with his ten.
der entreaties, the lady above stairs agreed
that on his ret'uing to rest at night he might
shake hands with her, but that he must not
attempt to force his. way into the room.
Accordingly, on going to bed at night, a
hand was put out through the door, and'
tenderly kissed by him, which hand, it now
turns out, was thst of his sister in law, Mies
Bryers. On the fourth morning it was
arranged that they khould start for London,
and the supposed Miss descended to
the carriage thickly veiled, andaccompanied
ly Mr. Wooley, Miss Bryers, and a male
friend of Mr- Woolsvs They proceeded to
Bath, where they dined at a hotel, Miss
Bryers and. the lady in one room, and Mr,
Wooley and his male friend in another.
The. male friend then returned to Bristol,
and the other parties proceeded to London,
where a license was procured, and, after
the fourteen, days had transpired, which by
law there jcompclled to remain, they were
married, Miss Bryers officiating as brides
maid. AfieMl-T-'1 'v- -V-tl!iS
f uunirjrf hiiu viducu hid aoio ui if iiii,
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Southampton, fcc, driving, every where
with four horses, and living in the first
style, to pass away the honeymoon; on
Monday last' Mr. Wooley and his btide
returned to Bristol. On the day after their
arrival at home, fiiend3 called, as is usual,
to offer their congratulations. Among
them was the gentleman who had accom
panied Mr. Wooley, to town, who, on
seeing the lady, said, 'Why,, my dear Mr.
Wooley I thought you had told me that
l.you had married Miss, of , sis
ler to the Messrs .African merchants!'
I have, replied Mr. Wooley, lhis lady
was Miss .she is now Mrs. Wooley.'
That lady!' exclaimed the friend; 'she is
no more Miss than I am.' The friend
than departed and Mr. Wooley in mediate
ly charged his wife. 'Indeed,' said, the
lady, I'll convince you and all the world in
the motnipg that I was Miss for your
sister in law and myself will go te my
brother's and biing away the deeds-oi my
properly, &c.' Upon hearing this, Mr
Wooley was reassured, and every thing
passed off well until the morning, when
the brids aud Miss Bryers went out for the
purpose as staled ly her the preceding
evening. It is needless to say that they
absconded, and have not since been heard
of, and Mr. Wooley discovered, that instead
of having married the tich Miss
with 47,000 besides expectancies, he
was, through the contrivance of Miss Bryers
married to a person, bearing, indeed, the
the same name, but not worth 47 pence.
How the affair will end we knowg not;
hut it will doubtless furnish abundant oc
cupation to the gentleman of the long lobe.
What were the reasons induoing Miss
Bryers to play her brother, in law such a
trick remain a profounded secret. It is
right to state, tfiat the lady whose name was
so unwarrantably made use of to deceive
Mr. Wooley, not only knew nothing of
the tiarsaction, but is a perfect stranger to
both Mu Wooley and Aisa Bryers.
Come; get up, you've been in bed loig
enough,',sri the , gardener said .when, he
was pullingi.up rsdrslios tt carry, to-tmar-
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TdUCHING T.ALE FROM rLIFE.
We take the following touching story
from the Evening Courier. In reading
it, almost every body will be able to re
cognize its unfortunate subject:
In, the year 184-, a uumber, of indivi
duals were arrested for keeping a Gam
bling: fioase in Chesnyt street, near Inde
pendent Hall The Counsel for the pro
secution was sitting in hie office, one -day
when a young man genteel extenour and
good address entered, and the following'
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'I have been .summoned, to appear1 tb-
morrow as a witness1 against
for keeping a Gambling house. Unless:
it is absolutely necessary, said he, as his'
agitation Increased, 'I wish, sir you would
not urge my attendance.'
I don't know,' said the counsel, 'that
the conviction will depend upon your tes
timony, but as you are' an import ht Tvit-''
ness, it may be necessary to bring you
upon the stand'
My reasons for asking this, favor aro
urgent,' said he, 'and the. consequeuee of
a refusal may" be fatal to my prosperity, '
and the happiness of others-' He became '.
more agitated, and at the request of the,
gentleman, he continund. 'In a few days
I am to be married to Mr. 'a dau'gh-'
ter, residing in Chesnut' street. The.
preparations are made, and, day is Axed,,
If 1 am called upon as a witness in ihis
ease, I shall 'criminate myself, and be ex-
posed to the eyes of my fiiends, and the '
public gaze as a Gambler. My character
ill be lost, iny prospects in life blighted,
and, of course, say domestic happiness -
destroyed.'
'You shall not be called upon, young ;
man,' said the counsel', 'unless it is abso
lutely necessary,' and with this assurance
theseperateafiieiwit,,,,.,:,,
misgivings on the part of the legal "gentle-
man.that he was about to be accessary toi"
wrong, which might result jn the utter,,
tain of a couSding yet unsuspectjeg girl.
The trial came on, but conviction was ob
tianed without summoning the young, mau;
and he went on in his course of duplicity;
and crime unexposed. In, a Jew days, .ho.,
was married
Two years passed, and a young but""
heart-broken wife appears before the, legal
tribunal, seeking a divorce. Her counsel
was startled, when the husband came
forward, at discovering, confronting the
wife, the identical young man, who plead'
not to be exposed as a Gambler? The
interview with the witness instantly occur-,
to the counsel's mind; The painful incl-
dents of a deserted house, a neglected wlfty
and the cruelties which had followed his,
gambling habits, then came up in fearful,
array before the individual who. saved him
from his merited exposure.
The trial proceeded, and a gradual suc
cession of acts of injustice, neglect, cold
ness, alienation, domestic discord and
cruelties, on the part of the husband against
a confiding and affectionate young wife,
were disclosed, which melted the heart- of
the coldest spectator, His defence was
feeble, and her cause triumphed.- Hap
pily she was liberated from the monster,
who had won her hearl, destroyed her
peace, and deprived her of Jthat happiness
which beamed upon her so joyously during
the morning of her bridal day,
His fate hardly need even briefly be told.
He soon lost the steem of his friends, If
the Gambler has fritnds, and his credit
fallowed with his reputation. His fashion
able and elegant establishment in Chesnut
street was closed by. the Sheriff a few
weeks since, and more rrcently, he lias
been arrested for forgeryl What a brief,
but melancholy detail of the fruits leaped
from the pursuits of the Gamsterl
JPe heard of a polite Frenchmnn ono
time, who carried his ideas of gallantry
to such a pitch of sublimity as to run
round to the other side of a Iddy when
her shadow fell so .that he couldn't avoid
ilepping ep it. . . . ' .
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