The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-04 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

On Saturday, a person of respectable appearance, who
said his name was Samuel Hardinge, the secretary to
the United Kingdom Anti• Teetotal Society, formed to
defend the temperate use of wine, beer, and spirits, was
brought up in custody of Roe, the city officer, charged
with conspiring with a deceased clergyman, to 'defraud
Mr. Walton, the jeweller in Ludgate-street.
Mr. HUMPHREYS, who attended on behalf of the prose-
cutor, stated the nature of the case, and called Mr.
Walton, who deposed that about the middle of January,
1839, the prismier, who then called himself Stanley
Hardinge Harborough, came in company with a clergy-
man, the Rev. E. 11. Barker, to his shop to, look at a
pearl claw pin and chain. He showed the prisoner one
at seven guineas, for which he agreed to give 71.,-bet said
as he was rather short of money he would leave 51. on
account and pay the remainder in the course of a week.
He then wished to see some handsome gold watches, and
after looking over a number he selected a hunter at 281.
He then said, " Well, I'll tell you what I will do, Mr.
Walton ; I will give you 10/., and pay the remainder
to- morrow week." The clergyman immediately said. "You
may safely trust my friend, Mr. Harborough. He will
pay you duly. I know him well." Witness replied
that, depending on Mr. Barker's assurance, he would
give him credit to that time. Mr. Harborough then
looked out a waistcoat pocket chain and key, value
2/. 55., which he was to pay for with the rest. He also
ordered a gold guard chain to match, at about ten
guineas, to be ready in a few days. The prisoner took
15/. from what appeared to be a roll of notes amounting
to 200/., paid it off the account, amounting to 371., re-
ceived the articles, and promised to bring the balance,
22/., when he called for the guard chain. The next day,
however, he came again, and ordered a brooch to be sent
to his lodgings in Jermyn-street, saying that he expected
in the interim to receive some cash from his solicitor, and
to be enabled to send witness some money. The boy who
delivered the brooch brought back a note from the pri-
soner that his solicitor had disappointed him. Witness
had been unable to meet with him from that time. He
had received notes promising payment. He subsequently
discovered that the prisoner had been detained in White-
cross •street prison for four months in 1838—that the
clergyman had recently emerged from the Fleet, and
that the watch and chain were pawned.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY observed it was very indis-
creet to give credit to strangers, whatever representation
they might make.
Mr. HUMPHREYS replied, that the exhibition of the
heavy roll of notes, first to give 51, then 101. more,
dazzled.his client.

Mr. Walton said, the clergyman had called a fortnight
before, to get a watch repaired. They conversed about
Cambridge and scientific matters, and, being satisfied
the clergyman was a learned man, he concluded he would
net be a rogue.
Roe, the officer, stated . that Mr. Walton, having re-
ceived an anonymous note that the prisoner would be
found at the Anti-Teetotal Institution, Lambrook-
court, Basinghall•street, he went with a pretended
note of invitation to give a lecture, and when he
obtained an interview with the secretary, took
him into custody. He found in his possession some
duplicates for trifling pledges, some letters addressed to
him in Buxton-street, Goswell-road, and an invoice of
271. worth of goods /obtained from a Mr. Wigan, of
Birmingham.
Mr. Alderman HUMPTIERY, remarking that these
goods had been obtained over a month ago, asked him
whether they had been paid for 7—Prisoner said they
had, by a bill which was not yet due.
The ALDERMAN then called upon the prisoner to
answer the charge. - _ _ _

Prisoner said he used the name of Harborough be-
cause he had been using it for years in France He in-
tended to pay for the jewellery, but was unable to do so.
He had offered to pay a further part, but Mr. Walton
would have either all or none. He admitted that he
pawned the watch, and some friend sold the ticket to
Ruthven, formerly of Bow-street. He obtained only 81.
for the watch.

Mr. HUMPHREYS prayed that the prisoner might be
remanded for further examination.

The prisoner was remanded till Frida.

next.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Two warrants, of a very remarkable nature, are in
course of execution by the police. The first relates to
the well-known Mr. Gundry, of the Albany, against whom
a warrant has been out upwards of three weeks, for as-
saulting the housekeeper of a gentleman resident in the
Albany. Mr. Gundry has completely set the police and
the law at defiance. He has in.a manner made a regular
fortification of his house, and has engaged a number of
rough fellows to keep watch at the door, and to prevent
any attempt of the police to capture him. Mr. Gundry
has had his street door furnished with a new chain, and
he will only allow the door to be opened by himself,
when his meals are brought to him from a neighbouring
tavern. One of his chief myrmidons is a sweeper of a
crossing, who has abdicated his broom, and now struts in
a fine livery, provided by Mr. Gundry. Mr. Gundry's
trustworthy body-guard was sent with a 5/. note some
days back to get changed ; the man has found his task
so difficult that he has not as yet made his appearance.
The proceedings of the men hired by Mr. Gundry—
drinking and smoking short pipes in the place—have
created a good deal of dissatisfaction, and some of the
gentry hare applied to the secretary, Mr. Luxmore, on
the subject ; but Mr. Luxmore appears to be unable to
put an end to the nuisance. As Mr. Gundry is supposed
to be well-armed, and has more than once threatened
violence to any one who attempts to take him into cus-
tody, the affair is, of course, considered a matter of some
hazard, and this may account for the inability of the
police to make the caption. A relation of Mr. Gitndry.
it is understood, has it in contemplation to make such
further inquiries as will serve to show the real state of
the mind of this eccentric gentleman.
The second warrant is of a graver character. An in-
dividual of station, said to be a Nobleman, stands charged
with having violated a respectable girl, under circum-
stances of great atrocity. The police have been in ac-
tive search of the offender for upwards of a week, but as
yet have not succeeded in doing anything effectual. The
particulars of the alleged outrage, as far as they have
transpired, seemed to be that the Nobleman, under an
assumed character, introduced himself to the friends of
his victim. About a fortnight ago he persuaded the young
lady to accompany him to the theatre. Before the play
was over, he persuaded her to return home with him in
a hackney-coach. The coachman having received in-
structions, drove to a house and set his fare down. The
young lady, finding she was in a strange place, screamed
loudly. She was immediately overpowered, and forcibly
abused. In the morning she was placed in a cab, and,
according to instructions to the driver, driven about for
some hours, and then set down. She communicated
what had occurred to her friends, who immediately pro-
cured a warrant, and a clue was at last obtained of the
name and rank of the offender. Some delay is under-
stood to have taken place, from the impossibility of find-
ing the hackney-coachman and cab-driver ; but in a case
of serious nature, if a trifling reward will procure
the requisite information, and there is every reason to
believe that the evidence cannot be obtained unless a re-
ward is offered, there should be no difficulty on that point.