The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-03 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

MARLDOEOUOIf-STREET.-31r. ROE, the Magistrate at
yesterday occupied for a considerable time in
the eoxrnceai was
son of a young man who was brought to the office
In a hackney-coach, upon the following singular and extraor.
dinar), charges:—

The prisoner presented perhaps the most remarkable appear-
ance that ever was exhibited at a poljce-office. He was dressedibnr
oaatticga ruliedt 4accek, eat raiicrholfy
crimson embroideredeloth
andtroar
up the sides with broau gold lace also, a black stock, a shacco,
or light dragoon's cup, boots and long brass s tirs, and his
eyes streaming with tears. He is a remarkably
soerniziented ornamentedw.ith
aright genteel
figure, very fair complexion, and wears mustachios. Being
placed at the bar, Mr. Cooper, horse-dealer and livery-stable-
keeper in Grosvenor-mews, came forward and stated, that the
pfisoner came to his stables about ten days ago, and presented
his printed card, " Henry Cate C'onyers, 9th Lancer," saying
he had just been appointed to that regiment, and was preparing tojoin, for which view he came to purchase 2 horses for the ser-
vice. Mr. Cooper showed him several, and he pitched upon two,
for which he agreed to pay 160 guineas ; but saying that he
was going to stop in town sonic days, and would not use the
horses about the streets, he requested to have a pair of hacks
for himself and his servant. Mr. Cooper happened to know
the servant, who bad been only hired the day before by the
prisoner, and he let him have the horses, which he has been
riding about for several days, while, in the mean time, Mr.
Cooper was preparing horse-clothes, saddlery, &c. for the
prigoner, according to his directions. On the last occasion,
however, that he called, Mr. Cooper happened to get a peep at
the prisoner's shirt, which appeared to be of a very dark Colour
for an officer of the 9th Lancers ; and although he knew the
Conyers' family in Essex to be highly respectabk, he began to
suspect something wrong, and inentioned his suspicions to a
person who had been in the service of his Royal Highness the
Duke of York, and who now holds a situation in the revenue.
• This person went with Mr. Cooper to the War-office, where
they were informed that there was no person of the name of
Convent in the 9th, nor was there likely to be; and that upwards
Of fifty persons had already been to the office enquiring about
the saline person. Upon this, Mr. Cooper said that he had no
-doubt the prisoner was a swindler, and determined to secure
hini when next be called. The prisoner, however, had
fioteallettsinte, nor had Mr. Cooper heard any thing of him
until that morning. —A servant ocitr. Cooper's happened to be
on business at the Horse Baaaar in Portland-street, when he

saw the prisoner strutting about in his present dress, arm.ind
arm with a gentleman now present. The servant told the pri-
soner that he would insist on his coming to speak to Mr.
Cooper about the purchase he bad made, and accordingly they
all got into a coach and drove to Mr. Cooper's, who immedi-
ately brought the party:to this office.
Mr. ROE then ordered the prisoner to be searched, and on
unbuttoning his beautiful laced coat,' a most extraordimiry sight
was exhibited, realizing the most extravagant caricatures of the
'Tandy tribe. His shirt was not dark, but black, and almost
in ribands, and there was no waistcoat to hide any part of it.—
'On proceeding further, Plank, the chief officer, who searched
I' him, found is his trowsers-pocket a pistol loaded to the muzzle,
and primed, and a large bottle of laudanum about half-filled.
Mr. East, a tailor, residing in Duke-street, St. James's, next
came forward, and said that a servant whom he had formerly
known as living with a gentleman that dealt with him, called
on him and said that he' had just been hired to Captain Conyers
of the.9th Lancers, who wanted an entire fit-ont to join the re-
giment, and wished Mr. East to have the job. Mr. East ac-
cordingly waited upon the Captain at the Bedford Hotel, in
Covent.garden, where he appeared to be living in very great
style. The Captain, who is the present prisoner, confirmed
What the servant had said, and gave Mr. East an order for 701.
worth of uniform, &c.,, for the 9th Lancers ; part of the order
was executed, to the amount of about 201., and the things de-
livered to the prisoner at the Bedford Hotel, who told Mr. East
that when the order was completed he would give a check upon
his hankers for the whole amount; but when he next inquired
for the prisoner at the Hotel, he found that he had decamped,
and he saw no more of him until he saw him by accident pass_l
ing with Mr. Cooper in the coach, and he followed him to the
office. The rest of the order Mr. East said was completed at
home, and the things being made for so slight a man as the
prisoner, they were totally useless.
John Smith, a groom, residing at No. 10, Circus-street,
stated, that some months ago the prisoner, who then called him-
self Lord De Montfort, and occupied a house splendidly fur-
nished In Glocester-place, applied to Mr. Young, the manager
of the Horse Bazaar, to purchase two valuable horses then to
be sold, the property of Sir Thomas Malcolm, and actually did
agree upon terms for the horses, saying also that he wanted a
groom, and Mr. Young sent the witness to his " Lordship,"
who immediately hired him at a liberal wages, clothes, &c. The
witness referred for his character to the Earl of Oxford and
Lord Harley, with whom he had lived, and the prisoner called
on their Lordships, and took up his character ; but when wit-
ness next went to Glocester-place, he found that his new mas-
ter had decamped, and since then he had seen nothing of him
until that morning• at the Bazaar.
The gentleman who was walking in the Bazaar with the pri-
soner was now asked by Mr. RoE, what lie knew of the pri-
soner, and what his own name was ?

The Gentleman said, that really he was so shamefully duped
by the prisoner, as he now clearly saw, he should feel obliged
to be excused entering at all upon the subject. Mr. Roe, how-
ever, insisted upon an answer to his inquiry, when the Gen-
tleman made, as well as we could bear, for he spoke in a
whisper, the following statement :—His name, if we understood
right, is Captain NVilson, and he said that he met the prisoner
sonic days ago, accidentally dining in the same coffee-room at
the west end of the town, and having got into conversation, the
prisoner told him that his name was Paget, that he was the
nephew of the Marquis of Anglesea, and he had just been
appointed to the 9th Lancers. II eying a high respect for any
member of that family, Captain Wilson not only became in-
timate with him, but introduced him to all his respectable
friends in town, with many of whom be had dined, and even slept
at their houses • and no circumstance whatever excited his sus-
picion, until Thursday last, when he was invited by the prisoner
to dine with him at Brunet's Hotel, Leicester-square ; but after
dining in a most sumptuous manner, and drinking a good deal of
champagne, the bill was called for, when suddenly the prisoner
discovered that he had not drawn an intended check that day
upon his banker, and politely requested Captain Wilson to
defray the charge, which he did, to the amount of five sove-
reigns all but 4s. He met bins again that morning in the ex-
traordinary dress he now wore, which is not the dress of any
regiment in the service, and walked with him for a short time
in the Bazaar, when Mr. Cooper's man accosted him.
The button's on the scarlet jacket were here examined by
Plank, and found to bear the inscription—" 13th Native Ben-
gal Infantry."
Mr. East said, that this part of the dress did not belong to
bins, but the crimson trowsers did.
The prisoner here said, that lie got the jacket that morning
from a Jew in Newport-street, with whom he exchanged his
own plain clothes for it.
Plank here observed a small pocket which had escaped his
search, and putting his hand in, took out 3 paper, in which was
contained two checks, one for 351. and the other 25/., in these
words :

" Sudclifr, June 24, 1024.
Please to pay George Halls, Esq., or bearer, thirty-five
pounds, which place to my account.
"EDWARD MARKLAND.

"To Messrs. Ilatnmersley and Co. Bankers, London."
Mr. ROE here observed that this purported to be the sig-
nature of Mr. Markland, the Magistrate at Queen-square office.
There was also in the paper one of those imitation bank-notes
issued by lir. Macalpin, the hairdresser in Threadneedle-street,
for 000/.

At this period of the examination Mr. ROE called upon the
prisoner to give some account of himself, when he stated that
his real name was Henry Lowe, that his father is Mr. Thomas
Lowe, a merchant, having his counting-house at No. 115,
ivioalewroir
tr. Thames-street, eheet,h
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the office of Mr. Elston, a merchant, No. 20, Basingliall.
street, but not liking confinement, he went home again to his
father's house, where he remained until a month ago, when he
ran away, and enlisted as a private soldier in the 78th regiment,
and was attested at Queen.square office, before Mr. Markland,
the Magistrate ; but when he got to the depot of the regiment,
the Adjutant told him that his constitution was too delicate, and
foot soldiering would soon kill him ; and having got a furlough
from the Adjutant, lie came to town to get his friends to buy
him off, but be had not been near any of them yet. Ile had no
doubt, however, that his father would pay all the demands upon
him if he were made acquainted with his situation. Ile said
that the._ witness Smith was mistaken in saying that he had
hired him as 4 groom several months ago, for he was then in
the counting-house of Mr. Elston.
Mr. ROE asked' him what his age was I—He said 17 this
month. _ _ - - - -

The Magistrate asked how he came by those checks on Ham-
mersley's bank ?—He replied, that he wrote them himself,
merely for his amusement ; but he had no idea of making use
of them. He took the name of Mr. Markland from the
Court Guide, but he would have as soon taken any other name.
Mr. ROE observed that it was much more likely that he
Made the imitation from Mr. Markiand's signature to the at-
testation.

• As to the imitation bank-note found on him, the prisoner
said that' he got if from 'Mr..Malcalpin, on whom he called a
few days ago to have his hair cut, in company with a Mr.
Shapruniere, the son of an Officer of marines, with whom he is
acquainted, and who lives in the Albany-road.
Mr. ROE asked him what his object was in carrying a load-
ed pistol and a bottloof laudanum
lie replied, that his determination.was, if any person should
lay bold of him, to put the pistol immediately to his own
mouth,- and blow his brains out, and the laudanum he Intend-
ed to drink. In-fact, he had drank half the conteits of the
bottle the night before at Captain Wilson's house, where he
slept.
eitptain Wilson acknowledged that he did sleep at his house.
Mr. ROE now referred to the Directory, and found that
Mr. Weston is the merchant's name who lives at 115, Thames-
street.

The prisciner, in explanation said, first, that his father was
a partner of Mr. Weston's ; andi again, that he was only ma-
naging clerk to the establishment. •
Mr. Rot said, that this was a case which required strict in-
vestigation, and ordered the prisoner to be remanded for fur-
ther examination, upon the charge• of obtaining goods under
false pretences from Mr. East, the tailor.
The difficulty now was how to send the prisoner into a pri-
son in the extraordinary dress and appearance he exhibited;
and the prisoner himself feeling the full weight of this ob.
stacle, and crying as he continued to do during the whole exa-
mination, roared out, " For God's sake, will any body lend
me a coat ?
It was ultimately derided that a messenger should be dis.
patched to his father's for a change of dress, and if not pro.
cured, then he must only figure away as he is in Tothillfields
prison for a few 'days,
It was observed in the Office that this young man, if dressed
' in plain .clothes, bears a resemblance to young Robinson, Mr.
Abraham's apprentice.
The pistol, checks, &c. are in the possession of Plank.

The' ex-Director-General of Police at Hesse-
Cassel, M. de MANQEir, is still at Fulda, where
he is closely, guarded by getidafmes. The Se=
cretary-General of Police, and his two assistants,
are imprisoned at Cassel. According to rumour,
these, fun:tionariea' are
,charged with' having been
concerned' in'the anonymous letter's which threat-
ened 'the life of the Elector.—(Journal du ()Om.
merce.)

KINDAR BURIAL-SERVICE.

During the funeral ceremony, which ii solem*
and affecting, the Brahmins address the respec-
tive elements in words to the following pur-

port :

O Earth ! to thee we commend our brother •
of thee he was formed, by thee he was sustained,
and unto thee he now returns !
0 Fire ! thou hadst a claim on our brother :
during his life he subsisted by thy influence in
nature; to thee we commit his body; thou em-
blem of purity, may his spirit be purified on en-
tering a new state of existence.

O-Air! while the breath of life continued, our
brother respired by thee ; his lost breath iq now
departed ; to thee we yield him.
0 Water! thou didst contribute to the life of
our brother ; thou wert one of his sustaining ele•
ments. His remains are now dispersed ; receive
thy share of him, who has now taken an ever-
lasting flight.—(Forbes's Oriental Memoirs.)

The traitor BALLASTEROS is now said to be
aboard what may be called the French Political
Hulks in the port of Cadiz. After being excepted
from the amnesty by the grateful FERDINANDi
he took refuge in that city. He had no sooner
arrived than he was insulted by both the parties
into which it is divided. Being in a coffee-housei
he was called traitor by some constitutional offi-
cers; and attacked by the mob on leaving it, he
was obliged to take refuge in the French head• ,
quarters. He complained to the French General
of the danger to which his life was exposed, and
was requested to leave the garrison, that his pre-
sence might not excite disturbance. The only
menus of safety was to put him on board a ship
sailing for Gibraltar; but having learned that he
would there be exposed to greater dangers, he
declined to proceed on his voyage. He now,
therefore, remains under French protection in
the harbour.

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