The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-22 00:00:00

B OW-STREET.

Yesterday, Mr. C. F. Barclay, of Halliday-loose, near
Charlton, in Middlesex, came to this office with a letter
of introduction to Sir F. Roe from Mr. Broderip, the
Thames police magistrate, in order to contradict a state-
ment which he had read' in the newspapers of that morn-
ing, respecting a transaction alleged to bave taken place at
the house of Mrs. Forest, of Charlton.
Mr. Barclay proceeded to state, that it was with great
surprise he read the statement alluded to as he sat at
breakfast that morning in the Bedford Hotel, and lie felt
so convinced, from his knowledge of Mrs. Forest and her
family for the last twenty years, that there was no foun-
dation whatever for the story, that although he had taken
his place fur Cheltenham that morning, be felt it Lis duty
to forego the journey, in order that he might lose no time
in coming forward and contradicting the statement in the
most public manner. He left Charlton at 7 o'clock on
the preceding evening, and had any such transaction
taken place at the house of Mrs. Forest, as had been
described to Sir F. Roe, he must have heard of it, as the
same tradespeople who served Mrs. Forest were in the
habit of calling daily at his house for orders, besides
which he was in hourly communication with the village.
Mr. Barclay Went on to state that Mrs. Forest was the
daughter of the late Dr. Carmichael Smith, and Charlton.

S]r G. FARRANT—..WhO are your employers? De-
fendant—Jahn and William Aldridge.
Sir G. FARRANT.—What is the house appropriated to ?
Defendant—l don't know.
Sir G. FARRANT-What is your occupation there ?
Defendant—l attend on Mr. Theobald and Mr. Abbot to
" wallet " them.
Sir G FARRANT—You said you were employed by Mr.
Aldridge just now? Defendant—Yes, I "wallet's" him too.
Sir G. FARRANT-What do you mean by " walleting ?"
Defendant—l brush clothes and boots.
Mr. DYER—Do you act as doorkeeper? Defendant—
Yes, Ido sometimes. I told Mr. Aldridge of the boards,
and he told me to put them away from before the house.
Mr. DYER inquired of the complainant Hyman if the
boards were carried about at the request of the parish au-
thorities. Hyman said he had been employed by a gen-
tleman named Fleming, who had lately lost vast sums of
money at that house, and who wished to caution the un-
wary against being entrapped in a similar manner.
Mr. DYER ordered the defendant to find good bail for
the assaults.

Mr. Clark, a hosier, No. 153, Piccadilly, accompanied
by Mr. Payne, the proprieotor of an ho►el in the same
street, waited upon Mr. Dyer to know if he could not
charge an individual with swindling under the following
circumstances :—.

A person with whom Mrs. Slack, who maniged the
business in Piccadilly, had a slight acquaintance, came
into the shop yesterday, and selected goods to the amount
of 121. 9s 6d., tendering Mrs. Slark a bill for 15/.,
payable at Masterman and Co.'s in ten days, for the
amount. Mrs. Slark, from the plausible representa•iona
of the individual, took the bill, handing over the differ-
ence, and sent the goods to Mr. Payne's hotel. In a short
time afterwards it was ascertained that this person had
persuaded a young lady, whose friends live at Exeter,
butt who was on a visit to a relative in Ludgate.l ill, to
elope with him, and that, in fact, he had been living with
her for some days past, although a married man with a
wife and four children, at Dawlish, but on perceiving
two of the young lady's friends coming towards the hotel,
he had bolted out at the hack door with the girl, and had
had not been heard of since. On making further in-
quiries, Mr. Slarke ascertained, within an hour after the
goods had been obtained from bis wife, that three pieces
of Irish linen had been pb-dged at a pawnbroker's for
seven guineas and a half. The applicant wished therefore
to know, as he had found out that a great many trades-
men had been defrauded of goods in a similar manner, if
be could not apprehend the person on a charge Of
swindling.

Mr. DYER said the law looked at the proceeding aq a
transaction of business, and though there might be no
reasonable doubt of the fraudulent intention of the person
who obLined the goods, yet a magistrate could not in-
terfere.

31r. dark said the person he alluded to sometimes as-
sumed the title of Captain Williams ; hut, though of
military appearance, he had no pretensions to military rank.

He hoped that puh:icity would have the effect of putting
tradesmen on their guard.
Mr. Slark and Mr. Payne then quitted the office.
QUEEN S Q UARE.
The following is the condonation of the unequalled love
letters from Hannah Veal to Mr. Catleugb, of Hans-street,
_ . .

Chelsea, which were produced by him to the magistrates

at this office on Tuesday, when he charged her with cre•
Ming a disturbance in his shop, and annoying him to
marry her, although he ❑ever made her the slightest offer

of marriage, or acid anything to induce her to think he

ever bail such intentions.

It Will be seen from one of the epistles that this love-
sick matron ig a married Woman.

" Deer trend i am sorry to se yu in rich a agitadun w, n
cum in to sure shope, deer frend i mould Be the Last that

wou!d ivir giv yu one momens on esey ness, or on happy
ness. Deer frehrl i am surrey i did not giv yu a
factry anser wen yu menshund the sercurnstants to me
But i was a frade to anwer the questyn. I thort you Did
'peke it Reomecolly But by the manures of at presents it
must he Realleallity. But if so an if agreahel on all sides
i slinld fele moste happy to Joyn yu bothe in hand an
hart an iam verry surrey for my past kondock to yn. I
beg yure 'littler). But if thi.l dont do i can not say moore
fur i usit to moore leberteys an ).11 was niv r angray wirh
me. But if that is not the kase i abuld like to noe the re
colt fore i can not forme anny ide wat it can be elce. i
Dont wish to take tinny on be cumin lehertey with anny
pursun on ertb. iam truly ombel an submisif to the hole
of your famley an truley a Bligan. yu wuld finde me a
tru harted erector an a moste loven wife. But i must
bag of yu niver to put yure mother fore to in molt me, for
i think all things can be setiled in that revea( very quite
ly without anny wurds. Deer frend i was to moddist to

menshun anny thing to yu in the preisens of anny pur,un
dee. So no moore at pr,ssent from yure very truley um-
bel and most 0 Bedent sarvent

" HANNA VEAL."

" De,r frend, i hope yu wil pardon the lebertey i hay
tuck in a Riten this to yu an i most ombeiley Bag a anser
if it is But to or thre words, that will be so fishunt, But i
must Big ytt to he frends with me fore i never
,go to bed
with mallish on my tender hart with anny parson an ant
truley on happey to se yu so Itery distin with me. Yu
wornt luck at me as yu us to do an take a Gese of me—
my dear ptt i luve you Better than all the men up on the
erlti Be s,des. But if you Don't luve me, do not ekspoa
me, But born this, an do not let army won else se it. But
as you or not so koin to me, praps yo wil do som thing
koind to me; but i shuld brake my pour tinder hart

if yoi, do sa pies, to eksuse this uric!. Deer pet; i
think yu hay don aom thing to me, or else i hay yore
horse up on rue, for i hay not got a bit of rist in rnt,
this to months, so no more at pre-ent from your

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'villa, where she resided, bad been his own freehold for
many years. She was the widow of Colonel Forest, of
the East India Company's service, who had also held a
high civil situation under the Company up to the period
of his death. Her brother, Sir James Carmichael Smith,
Bart., was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington at the
battle of Waterloo, and lie was now Governor-General of
the Bahama Islands. She had two other brothers, who
were officers of high rank in the British army, and her
son, not her nephew, as had been stated, who lived with
her, was also in the army.
Mr. HALLS observed, that there could be no doubt of
the respectability of Mrs. Forest, and it was quite evident
that there was no truth in the statement made on the pre-
vious day to Sir F. Roe.
Mr. Barclay then retired, and in about half an hour
after he left the office,
Mr. Squire, of Coleman-street, who had made the
statement in question on behalf of Louisa Wurchett, the
young Swiss woman, came forward, accompanied by two
gentlemen, friends of Mrs. Forest, and stated to Mr. Halls
that he regretted to have been the medium of giving circu-
latio❑ to a statement which was utterly false. In conse-
quence of the reports in the newspapers of that morning,
the two gentlemen now present called upon him, and re-
quested to see the young woman on whose behalf he bad
come forward. He showed them into the room where she
was, and after a short interval they told him that the
young woman had confessed to them that there was no
truth in the statement she had made to him (Mr. Squire),
and that she invented the story in the hope of exciting his
compassion, as she was quite destitute, having been dis-
charged from her situation by Mrs. F.,rest. He questioned
her himself upon the subject, and she made the same ad-
missi•.n to him.
The parties then retired.
MARLBORO U G H. S TREET.
George Whitby, a well-dressed fellow, engaged at
No. 6, St. James's-square, was yesterd iy brought before
Sir GEORGE FARRANT and Mr. DYER, on a warrant,
charged with having assaulted two individuals named
Hyman and Self.
The complainant Hyman said that the defendant,
although he was dressed like a gentleman, was nothing
but a poor man like himself. On Thursday afternoon, as
he and his partner were exhibiting boards containing a
printed caution to the public to beware of the gaining-
house No. 6, St. James's-square, the defendant came
towards them, seized the board which witness carried, and
broke it into pieces. The defendant then broke the board
carried by Self in the same manner, and finished by
striking witness a slap in the face.
The defendant denied having assaulted either of the
complainants. For some days past the complainants had
paraded with their boards before the house No. 6, St.
James's-square, and had thereby caused a crowd of per-
sons to assemble. He told them to go away, but they
pushed their boards in his face, and he certainly smashed
them. The complainants then seized him by the collar,
and called for the police.
Sir G. FARRANT—Pray, what was your reason for
interfering at all ? Defendant—On account of my em
ployers.