The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

TRICKS OF A YOUNG DISCIPLE OF CARLILE.
GUILDHALL.—Two meanly-dressed lads, named John
Barkley and Henry Conyers were brought up yesterday before
the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Alderman LUCAS, on a charge of
attempting to obtain money under false pretences. Barkley
was immediately recognized as having been committed from
this Office between two and three years ago, for selling Car-
lile's publications in his shop in Fleet-street, and for which of-
fence he was subsequently imprisoned six months in Newgate.
The circumstances of the present charge were as follows :—A
letter had been received by post br Sarah Richmond, an upper
servant with Mr. Lake, of Chapel-street, May-fair, about three
weeks ago, puryorting to be from Edward Chandler, the waiter
at the hite Hart public-house in Oiltspur-street, requesting
the loan of it. and stating that he would send a person for the
money next day. A female called accordingly the next mom-
ing, and Sarah gave her a half-sovereign, saying that it was all
she could spare Mr. Chandler. This letter, however, turned out
to be a forgery, and a similar letter, containing the like request
for the loan of 11. purporting to come from Sarah Richmond's
brother, and directed to Chandler, arriving by the two-penny
post on Tuesday, Chandler suspected it to be an imposition,
and when the prisoner Conyers called for an answer, gave him
in custody to Sheppard the officer.
Conyers's statement was, that he knew nothing of the con-
tents of the letter, but had been sent by a young man, who
was waiting his return under the gateway of Bartholomews
Hospital. Chandler and the officers went thither immediately
and found and secured the prisoner Barkley.
On his being confronted with Conyers,. the latter immedi-
ately identified him.
Barkley did not deny having sent Conyers, hut he had no
knowledge, he said, of the letter purporting to be from Sarah
Richmond's brother. The one he sent Conyers fur an answer
to was respecting some orders for the Coburg Theatre.
Daniel Richmond, whose signature to the letter to Chandler
was forged, was stated to be the Commander of a small vessel
now at sea; there was no likelihood of procuring his attend-
ance and therefore the prisoner was discharged.
On searching the person of Barkeley, it appeared that he had
been making a similar application for money to his old master,
Carlile ; a letter from the latter, of which the following is a
copy, was found in his possession :
Dorchester, Dec. 26, 1824.

SIR-If I could assist you without doing others an injury or
injustice, I should be forward to do it. Such an application as
you made for the loan of money would obtain attention from no
one, because when the purpose is good it is always wise to state
it, as an additional claim. Pounds, or a pound, is a matter of
consideration to me under present circumstances, whilst I have
debts at least to the amount of 3001. In every other respect my
sentiments correspond with the inclosed letter—that ray offer of
assistance refers to a time which Is not yet arrived—my libera-
tion. As a proof of the difference of my situation during your
imprisonment and at present, I have to observe, that I do not
and cannot allow the men in Newgate any weekly sum of
money, and this is a reason why I cannot and ought not to
lend you what you ask.
affairs,
With reference to what you say about having been offered
moneyeo my
n to make what money I can only say that you have myhearty
you can upon
that subject. Take care to make a good bargain, and to have
the money before you begin ; then tell all you know. It is
possible that the Ministers might fancy a thousand circum-
stances that do not exist, but I am quite sure you can tell
them no more than they know. I will tell all myself if they
will pay my debts.
Respectfully yours,

_ .
RICHARD CARLILE.
Tn. John Barkley, Printer, 114, Drury-lane, London.

ASSAULT ON A CLERGYMAN.
LAMBE'iII-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. John Benjamin Fit-
diet, a gentleman residing in Prince's-square, Rateliff-high-
way, and Mary, his wife, were brought up on a warrant,
charging them with the commission of a violent assault on the
person of the Reverend P. Wahlin, the officiating clergyman
of the Swedish church in Prince's-square. The Reverend
complainant stated, that on Monday evening, about eight
o'clock, he was on his return home, when, as he passed the de-
fendants' door, he observed them both standing on the steps.
Be had scarcely advanced a few yards from where• they were,
when a large dog rushed open mouthed at him. He had not
at the time so much as a switch to defend himself from the
attack, and must have inevitably been torn to pieces, had he
not, by a powerful exertion of his arms, thrown the animal off.
As be was in the act of so doing, and protecting himself from
the dog's ferocity, the female defendant, Mrs. Fitchet, rushed
towards him and seized him by the coat, which, with the as-
sistance of the dog, thevqiterally tore to atoms. The garb was
here exhibited, and afforded ample testimony of the defendant's
dexterity in the work of destruction. The parties were held
to bail.

Examples of LONGEVITY are less frequent in
Portugal than in any other country, but the fol-
lowing is an exception worthy of notice. On the
Bth of last month there died, iu the nunnery of
San-Bento-d'Ave-Marirk, an old servant at 128
years of age. She had been a century in the
service of the vionastery, and had been constant
to her duties till the last five years. She pre-
served
her intellectual faculties to the last.