The Sun.
London, England, 1826-03-06 00:00:00

CURIOUS INVESTIGATION.

On Saturday an investigation took place at the
King's Bench prison, before the Marshal,"upon the previous
complaint of one of the rulers, Mr. Brown, a subaltern in the
army, against Lieutenant Dalbell, of the 4th Light Dragoons.
The following information was sworn to by the il)rmer gentle.
man against the defendant, who was apprehended by Clarke,
one of the officers of the Union.ball establishment, in the course
of the morning :—" John Brown, of No. 2, Lambeth.road,
deposed, that on Monday night, between the hours of nine
and ten o'clock at night, John Dalbell, Lieutenant •of the 4th
Light Dragoons, residing at No. 7, Qeeeneiquare, followed
the deponent in the street towards his, deponent's lodgings.,
threatening, with a large stick, to strike him, and was pre.
vented from carrying his threat into execution only by the
interference of several persons who happened to be passing
by at the moment; and the deponent further midi that
the said John Dalbell' has since made frequent attempts to
enter the deponent's residence, at night for the purpose of
doing bins some injury; and-that from the malicious disposi-
tbiyonhilinna,ntiiifeesdteedponbeyntthies
isaairdeal.aDi. ehlibsellilfte,inodr tolfiesertliiorielastsbandsielyd
harm." it appeared that the above complaint arose in cense-
atuti;.enledneadao ft
,was an anonymous letter
languagehi tlg been
representingtranen►itt etdh
that her
iiiheer
asWaifec'ocZleeitleMpinon Giovanni, and that no girl re-
siding'in elle neighbourhood could metre front the snares grid
by him tfpon her. virtue. Upon the receipt of this very un-
pleasing communication, Mrs. Dalbell, as might be expect.
ed (particularly es she had been recently married), got into a
violent rage with her spouse, anti exhibited to him in " black
and white," the charge or insinuation of his :infidelity. 'Mr.
Dalbell, upon perms* the letter' assured his wife that there
was not the slightest truth in it, adding, that it was writen
for the sole purpose of exciting discord between them..:-.
This explanation quieted his wife's apprehensions, and he.sub-
sequently ascertained that Mr. Brown was the author of the epistle.lmmediately on the discovery he proceeded to the
complainant's residence, with whom he had been on intimate
terms, and having shewn the letter, vowed vengeance against
the author of It. Alr..Brown, it appears, contradicted-the inei-
nuation cast upon him of his having any knoWledge of such
letter, when the defendant. without further ceremony, bran.
dished a stick over his head, and had it not been for the hasty
retreat of the party, he would in all, probability have had a
severe cudgelling. The defendant had subsequently threatened
Mr. Brown, who was under the necessity of making application
to the Maislial for his protection.
Upon Mr. Brown being sworn to the information, the de-
fendant requested to know of what religious persuasion he was.
The defendant replied that he was a member of the Church
of England, and tlfat it was at the solicitation 'and advice of
a mutual friend, Colonel Tullet (who was present), that he
proceeded to this business, as that gentleman had informed him
of the impetuous and violent temper of the defendant. Mr.
Brown. assured the Marshal that he was net the author of the
production attributed to him .br the defendant, while, on the
other hand, the Lieutenant expressed his conviction that he was
the person anti nobody else. After a scene of recrimination be-
tween the contending parties, on the subject. of the offeneive
letter, the Marshal. at length decided the eonteet by calling
upon the det.endant to give bail to keep the peace.
After the decision, the defendant requested that he might be
allowed to prefer a charge against the complainant, which was,
that that gentleman had broken • his rules, and was seen en
Westminster-bridge a few days ago.
The complainant declared, upon his honour, that there *as
no fountiationn.lfaovresitaclilei,gaedch. arge. Since his arrest he had
been out of the limits of the Bench,
Lieut. can bring forward evidence to prove the
charge that never
The Marshal, however observed, that he would for the pre.
sent postpone the charge, but on Monthly would inveefig
/idly hito it. •