The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-03 00:00:00

JULY Si 1851.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
N XS/ON-P/0 t S

Robert Youily ax et,tk,
M.*Cuiluon ;lot) Squire, of Basingth.ii.:i rent, drug mer-
chants, was brought before Alderman Cabitt tbr final
examination, upon the charge of having embezzled en-
tain sums of money, the property of that firm.
Mr. C. W. Eddy and Mr. Bates proved that they had
paid to the prisoner the amounts of the debts due by
thorn to the prosecutors ; and &;r. Squire provf-d that
the. sums had not been accounted fur by the prisoner or
any other person to the house.
The prisoner, it appeared, had been in the employ-
ment of the firm several years, and had borne an excel-
lent character.

Tho defence was reserved, and the prisoner was com-
mitted for trial.

LAMBETH.

Mr. Henry Frazer Dimsdale, one of the sons of Baron
Dim date, was brought before Mr. Elliott, on a writ of
habeas, from the Queen's prison, to answer a charge of
assaulting Mr. Jarman, managing clerk to Mr. Hum-
phries, by throwing eggi and other mi,siles at him on
the Oaks day, while returning from Epsom. It was also
expected that several other cnargea w,,uid have bee❑
preferred against tha accused by other parries who had
been scandalously assulted oft the occasion in question.
Mr. Ballautine, the barrister, and a solicitor whose
name did not transpire, attended on behalf of Mr. Dims-
dale, and the court during the proceedings was much
crowded.

The Learned Barrister for the det.nce waited a con-
siderable time for the art ival of Mr. Jarman, who it wns
said was engaged in conducting a case of considerable
importance at one of the superior courts, and who did
not, it is supposed from this cause, attend at all. It was
stated, however, that Mr. Jarman, in so far as his case
was concerned had pr,ferrEd a bill of indictment at, tie
Old Bailey, against Mr. Dims&le and five o.hers, for
the outrage on him; that a true bill had ben tuund
against all the parties, and that a warrant, signed by
Mr. Justice Coleridge, had been lodged with the keeper
of the Queen's prison, calling on Mr. Dimsdale to find
sufficient bail to answer to an indictment. So that, had
Mr. Jarman been present, all he could have dune would
be to cell on a magistrate to compel Mr. Dimsdale to
find sufficient surety to appear at the Old Bailey to an-
swer the indictment.

Mr, Ballantine, addressintrAhe magistrate, said he was
instructed, on behalf of his youthful client, to express
his extreme regret at being even in the slightest degree
a participator in the proceedings complained of,
and to say in his behalf that, though not taking any
part in the egg throwing, he should be most happy
to make any fair or reasonable compensation to the
injured parties. From a feeling of honour, but which
he (Mr. Ballantine) conceived to be a mistaken
feeling—Mr. Ditnschie refused to give up the names of
several offic: re belonging to the 8:b Hussars load the
16th Lancers, who were vastly his seniors, and who were
the principals in the cowardly and outrageous aff,ir. In
his (Mr. Ballautine's) opinion, the conduct of these pat-
ties—gentlemen as no doubt, they called themselves—
was rendered the more contemptible by the fact of their
leaving Mr. Dimsdale to bear the whole of the brunt and
odium of the disgraceful offence, while they were the
principal actors, and never contributing one single shil-
ling to the expenses already incurred by Mr. Dimsdale.
He (Mr. Ballantine) hoped that notwithstanding the
mistaken honour of his client, yet for the future protec•
tion of the public, as well as fur the sake of public justice
and the credit of the British army, the names of
the real aggressors—no matter what their rank or
station might be—would bo sent to Mr. Jarman and
the other sufferers, so that they might be brought to
jultice.
The solicitor for Mr. Di.esdale admitted the fact that
he had seen the warrant lodged at the Q teen's prison,
and signed by Mr. Jusiice Coleridge, calling on his
client to &el the necessary bail to meet the charge at
the Central Criminal Court.

Mr. Peat, the army sadler in Bend-street, who, it
will be r, collected, saved the whole of the erg throwers,
it not from a desperate beating, at least from a night's
lodging at the station-house, begged to make a few re-
marks. He said that since the evening in question he
had become the object of censure among gentlemen woo
were ferwerly his best friends and p sirens, his
interference was dictated alone by the best feelings on
his part. The cause of his interference he felt quite sure
was in the recollection of his worship, yet he was stip,-
matised with interfering udneces.arily, and so great w
the length to which some of the officers had carried their
enmity that they had actually signed a 'round robin"
to the colonels, declaring that his interference was quite
unnecessary end uncalled for; teat the police force at
the South Lanibe,-h turnpike-gate was not sufficient to
take them (the aggressors) into custody; that, therefore,
his interference was quite uncalled tor, and therefore
they should not employ him (Mr. Peat) any more in
his business. The fact was that his (M.r. Psa 's) inter-
ference in the matter was of the must disinter, sted, and
he might with justice, he thought, add', kindly descrip-
tion to all parties. On riding up to the South Lambeth
turnpike gate he found a considerable disturbance,
and saw a friend of his, Mr. Watson, who was bleeding
profusely, and Mr. Jarman, with whom he was also ac-
quainted, both f whom complained of having been se.
riously assaulted by the gentlemen on a four-horse drag.
Having been thus appealed to, and knowing several of
the gentlemen on the drag, he observed that he thought
they should give their cards to the injured party. The
gentlemen on the coach said they bad done so, but Mr.
Jarman having expressed a doubt about the genuine-
ness of the cards, he (Mr. Peat) asked the gentlemen it
he pledged himself to be accountable fur them they
would attend on the following day, and they all declared
they would, and Mr. Dimsdale was among them. They
did not appear, and he (Mr. Peat) having been subse-
quently summoned to this court, felt obliged, under the
learned Magistrate's direction, but without in any way
volunteering in the matter, to give up the names of those
he knew on the drag.

Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that from the beginning Mr.
Peat, no doubt finding himself in an awkward dilemma,
had been an unwilling witness, and it was only on his
(Mr. Eliiott's) remarking that the offending parties had
acted in a highly improper and ungentlemanly way by
giving wrong addresses and false cards, sand that there-
fore he (Mr. Peat) could not do less than give their
names, that he had done so.

Mr. Peat here handed to the magistrate a letter for bis
private perusal, and

- Mr. ELLIOTT, on reading it, observed that it was any-
thing but creditable to the person or station of the
writer.

Mr. Ballantine also remarked that he considered that
Mr. Peat had been treated in a manner that would not
be tolerated if the facts were known at the Horse Guards.

Mr. ELLIOTT inquired it there was any person in at-
tendance to make any charge against Mr. Dieosdale,
when a stout young man, who gave the name of Juhn
Collins, entered the witness-box. He said that on the
evening of the °aka day be was returning from Epsom
with his wife and children, and on reaching Lower
he was pelted with eggs by the gentlemen on a
Tootingfour
h
hor-e coach. He was subsequently pelted with
eggs and flour bags, and his clo. hes being much injured
he got out of hia vehicle at South Lambeth and Liid hold
of the leaders of the dreg. M thy persons on the vehicle
called out to the person driving to cut the b- in
two, and he was whtpprd most untnercifull), and
felt the torture so great that he acarally shed tears.
He gave one man into custody for throwing an •gg
at him, but that person was rescued from the
police. At this time Mr. Peat came up on horee-
back, and, at the earnest request of the "geute,"
passed his word as a gusrastee that they would ap-
pear on the following day to meet the charge. Mr.
Peat at the time distinctly asked them whether, if he
gave his word for their appearance, they would do so,
and they replied that they would. The witness, in con-
clusion, said that had it not been for the interference of
Mr. Peat, the consequences to those in the drag might
have been most serious, as the persons who bad been
pelted and injured by them were highly incensed; and if
Mr. Peat had not come up so opportunely for them they
would have been much maltreated. •
Police-constable Richard Adams, V. 167, said, that on
the night in question be and three constables' were on
duty in South L tmbeth. Hearing a desperate disturb-
ance outside the toll gate, be prooretted thither, and a
gentleman was given into his custody for assaulting the
last witness and other persons. A number of gentlemen,
however got off the tour-horse dreg and rescued the
gentleman." The prisoner wss net the nesn who had
been given into custody, nor could he say ne had been
there at cll. This witness added, that bad it not been
for the kind interterence of Mr. Peat, the consequence
to the " gents" on the dreg must have been most serious,
as there were quite 300 persons ready to fall upon them,
and in the end there was a force of eight or nine cooste-
bles, and had the charge been persisted in they must
have been locked up, or the " row" would have been
moat serious.

Mr. Ballantine requested that Mr. Peat might be
sworn as a witness, and this being done he gave his evi-
dence as bi fore stated.
In his cross-examination by Mr. Ballantine, Mr. Peat,
on Mr. ELLIOTT'S declaring that in law he was bound
to answer the question, said he was certain Ur. Dims-
dale was on the coach at the time, and there were five
or six other gentlemen there whom he knew. There
was on the coach a gentleman named Mayhew, who
is better known as Loners, and who had chambers in the
neighbourhood of St. James's, tie also saw Captain
Pilgrim inside the coach at the time Did not know
Mr. Griffiths, but was acquainted with Mr. M•CartneY,
of the Bth Hussars, and believed him to be one of the
party. He also knew Captain Carew, and he was there.
...uniaz
Did not know CapLins tes and lieaut;hlan, and
could nit say they were on the drag. at the time.
ELLIOTT and Mr. Ballantine were of opinion that
the oonduct 44 Mr. Peat in the whole transaction was
rmeomsotvue d nexbacckpritoontahbele,QanadeeMn,s i
prison in the custody of
Mr. Dia"dale was ultimately
the officers who brough t him.
Mr. ELLIOTT having ire-
viously directed that he should put in bail tt, answer the
indictment at the Old Bailey; and the consequence will
be that Mr. Dimsdale will be brought before me Central
Criminal Court at the next sessions, on the warrant of
Mr. Justice Coleridge, to answer the indictment of Mr.
Jarman.

Saizu OF ILLICIT SPIRITS AND SUNDAY TRAD-
ING..().RSBunday morning, Mr. George and Mr. Cartwright,
excise officers, from information they received, proceeded to
the house of a person named Mo see, P•rk-place, Cambridge-
road, during the hours that the licensed victuallers were
closed, where they seized one jar of illicit spirits called
Hollands gin. three bottles of brandy, and wo jars of colour-
ing, used for making illicit spirits into brandy and rum.
They also seized above 300 cigars, 21bs. of tobacco in small
parcels sold at a penny each, and fon- packs of French play.
ing cards. The whole of the tobacco was foreign mann-
Maw e. and liable to duty. It was conveyed to the Cuetom
authorities, and the illicit t•pirits to the General Rovet,ue
Office. The same officers also seized on Sunday tnorniog, at
the house of Mrs. Page, Wu) is well known for Solway
trading, in Princess-street, Hackney-road, three jars of illicit
spirits, and a quantity of measures belonging to licensed
victuallers in the neighbourhood. The'spirits were Stlfio cvn.
vexed to the witrohowto itt Old Broad-strowt.