The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-16 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGL'NCE.

MANSION;HOUSE.—Yesterday, the managing clerk to
Messrs. FYscin and Co. solicitors, Lothbury, came before the LORD
MAYOR, at the head of a number of fine tall respectable-looking
young men, and in their behalf requested a warrant against one
John Campbell, who bad described himself as belonging to the
,Royal Navy.

The applicants stated,' they hadhCen introduced to this person
by Mr. Currie, the army accoutrement-maker, of Regent-street. He
was a person of gentlemanly manner, and held himself forth to
them as an officer in
.the Royal' Navy, and an intimate friend of
Lord Cochrane, whom be was about to join in aid of the Creek
merle. Ile showed to them a letter, which he said be bad
re-
ceived from his friend Lord 'enthrone, and of which the following
is a copy

" Gibraltar, June 16, 1826.

"My dear Sir,—Yesterday, I received your letter in a packet
sent by Lady Cochrane. lam not sorry for your misfortune, as
it is probably a judgment on you, for not accompanying me to
South America, where you would have got riches—sure to get
honour.

"I hope, .now, my brave friend, you will no longer hesitate
to embark in a glorious Cause. I Lifer you the same terms I did
before, and shall be moat happy of your gallant assistance. No
independent noble-minded man can now succeed in England.
Come, my dear fellow, and earn the laurels that arc blooming for
you. Write me to the CroWn Ilo01,• Malta, and let me know
if you. will join me or not. I will keep an opening for you till
I hear from you. •
" I am, in great haste,• my dear Sir, very truly yours,
" COCHRANE!' •

" Captain J. Campbell, No. 9, Lower«new..street, Stepney."
"I', S. Send me, or bring with you, as soon as possible, a
few active and enterprising young officerspand two clerks of moral
habits and good connexions."

The applicants, each conceiving himself to come within the
Litter description, were exceedingly, anxious to obtain appoint-
ments. Mete captain, Campbell readily accommodated them
with, for the very small sum of 10/, each ; to those who had been
educated as cadet" be gave commissions ; one young man educated
for the medical profession, be: appointed army-surgeon to the
patriot army, and civilians he appointed secretaries, in which
situation they would, with more security, advance to post►► of
honour and profit by their diplomatic talents. From the first he
declared his entire indepeudenceof the Greek Committee, of whom
he spoke slightingly, as an inefficient set of mere theorists and
literary men. Each adventurer signed a dociunent, the forin of
which was as follows:

I do hereby engage to be employed, or cause to be employed,
the bearer (as secretary) in the land service of Greece,' in the
Mediterranean, and the seas connected with the same,' provided
that he ciobarlts in the ship or, yawl which I shall provide, when
required to do so, within not haw than ten days from the date

hereof ; and that he be obedient to all lawful cinnintuels; and I
declare this engagement binding, to all intents and purposes, as
any indenture or other engagement can be.
" Given under my hand, this Bth day, of September.
JOHN CAMPBELL"
The signature of the beerer is in the margin.
(Signed, &it. by the party.) "JOHN CAMPBELL."
The Captain kept a counterpart himself. He impressed upon
them the necessity of making immediate preparations for sailing.
The friends of the parties busied themselves in fitting out the
youths. Nearly all had new uniforms provided, some of which
were actually sported in Bond-street and the Parks, where they
hart excited much admiration. They were lined with white, some-
thing like the uniform of the artillery regiment, but neater, and
were made by Mr. Currie, the army accoutrement-maker, who
warmly recommended Captain Campbell and the adventure. The
cause, he said, was glorious, and the prospects for young men like
the complainants of the most glowing description. At length the
time for their departure was positively fixed. A yacht was said to
be engaged. Unexpected obstacles, however, arose. Thursday,
every thing prevented their starting; Friday was a day the leans
thought to be unlucky, and it was proper to consult their super-
Nations. Something very extraordinary occurred on, Saturday,
hut Sunday .was a clear day, a lucky day, and sail they positively
should on that day, the first of their career in the glorious cause.
Fortnne, hOwever, did not smile on the adventure, for the Captain
Was arrested, and thrown into a- lock-up-house in the city, for a
debt of NI. Then it was that the adventurers, for the first time,
began to make inquiries as to whether the Captain was a person fit'
to be trusted. They learned from the Captain of the trading vessel
in which they were to have sailed, that lie had done nothing.to se-
cureb their passage except the payment of lot. a sort of earneat.
ut which, they now believed, was a snore colour. They went to
thetermination
Captain, doubted hie authority, and expressed so much de-
It was at once pronoun
minatien that he was induced to ive u the letter. They then
went t' the cheek Committee, to inquireinto its authority, and
on
taiMng
that h
warrant for his apprehension,on the charge of ohtam
cad to be a forgery. They were satisfied
e" Myer Cochrane: ,They were now desirous of 0.1)-
in' money 'miler false
to come forward as wittPretenceB.
deuce which the ,C
The Loan ll,lkynn There were 16 of them ready
. !Iluessed some surprise at the ready cre-
me "P in had 6btained.
ment maker in llefient-stjetiVir,
spoken ocpilin,taigh rerePrnereb.(l that the' adventure hail been
Currie, the army-accoutre-
tradesman.— They has
~ bevitiee't Who was a very respectable
to be a forgery ; and what prevented suspicion 04 that head, was

the circumstance that it had, somehow or other, got the foreign

post-mark.
The Loup natant, observing the post-mark, said that was
certainly a strong circumstance, and he supposed the Cap-
tain's defence upon that Would be that he had been himself
deceived,
Mr. Holder, the chief clerk, suggested, that as the Captain was
in prison, 'the' best mode Would be to prefer a bill of indict..
talent against him at once for fraud before the Grand jury.
The applicants were apprehensive, that befiwe that proceeding
could be carried: into effect, the Captain. would get liberated.
The Loan MAyou, under these circumstances, did not hesitate
to grant a warrant immediately. The adventurers were all ap-
parently ardent, 'active and able young men, zealous in the cause
and desirous of embarking in it at all hazards. One of them de-
clared, that go he would, if he .went on a raft. All seemed ani-
mated at the prospect of fighting under Cochrane, and, from the
Captain's success in a short time, not a doubt was entertained that
upon the slightest signal an army of the boldest spirits might be raised
in a week for any enterprise of the kind. One of the adventurers came
from Colchester,where he had heard of it accidentally, and, but that
it was represented as a thing which would require interest as well
as money, plenty of others would have started with him. Some
there were amongst theM, " the cankers of a long peace and a
qu.iet world." One of them being expostulated with on the
barrenness of the pecuniary prospects of the enterprise, replied
indignantly, " D. money ; it is a good cause, and that is
enough. Besides, what is the use of staying at home where
there is nothing for a man of spirit to do ?" He added, that be
the difficulties or consequences what they might, he was deter-
mined not to be disappointed in his resolution to fight on the
classic soil.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday a person was
brought in custody to this office, before Mr. CONA-NT, the sitting
Magistrate, charged on suspicion of havingstolen some carpenter's
tool*, Whiehwere found in his possession • the night before by a
watchman who had stopped him in the street. • He said his name
Was Samuel Province, anti was in-the 15th year of his existence.
The carpenter's tools seemed of little or no value; and he.accounted
for the possession of them by saying that he found them on one of
the seats in a recess on Westminster-bridge, where he stopped to
rest himself with a -load of rata that he was taking home.
" A load of what?" said Mr. CONANT....." A small load of
rats, Sir," replied the prisoner.
" What, dead rats?" said the Magistrate. ", What were you
going to do with them ?"
" Ole no, Sir," said the prisoner, " not dead rats, but two • or
three dozen of live rats that I was taking. home."
" Why," said Plank, the chief officer, looking at the prisoner
sharply, " you are the chap that kills rats for a wager against the
dog ' Billy.' "
The prisoner said he was the same.
Plank now explained a little of the history of this extraordinary
animal, who had actually killed 100 rats in less, than five minutes,
heating for a wager the celebrated dog "Billy" at the Westminster-
pit by several rats; bat what is still more extraordinary, he kills
them in the samemanner that the dog does, going on all fours, and
seizing the rat in his mouth, when he seldom fails in one bite to
separate the head clean off from the body.
The prisoner nodded assent to every thing Plank had stated, as
much as to say, " you are all. right, Sir."
A parish constable, who happened to be present, also stated that

the prisoner had been from hiilhildhood arat-killer. He is em-
ployed in slaughter-houses, granaries, stables, gentlemen's houses,
&c., to expel those vermin, which seem to have an instinctive
horror of his approach or presence ; for any warehouse or other
place that he makes his appearance in, let it have been swarmed
ever so much with rats before, there is not one to he seen or heard
there for several days after his visit, supposing even he does not
catch one of them: they seem to be aware of his approach, by the
smell, or some other means; for the moment }wads' hie foot in a
granary, or slaughter-house, all the rats in the place are beard
squeaking and scampering in all directions : he catches all his rats
alive, and the instant he gets a sight-of one, he pounces on it like
a.cat, and seizes it sometimes in his hand,' but moat frequently in
his, mouth. He thinks nothing of thrusting his arm in as far as
it can go to a rat-hole, and pulling out the occupants one by one
from their beds, and it is by his exertions chiefly that all the live
nits are supplied for sport about town.
The prisoner listened with a very evident degree of pride and
satisfaction to this history of his exploits.
Mr; Cos: slur asked the prisoner if himself and the dog " Billy"
lived together. He 'replied not; for that " Billy" lived at the pit
in Westminster, and he himself lived in St. Giles "s.
Mr. CONANT said, that it was very well they did not live tow--
thee ; for if they hod, from the au:count given to-day 4 his rat-
killing powers, it wart very likely -that much rivalddp and jealousy
would prevail between them.
As there was no claimant for the carpenter's tools friend on the
prisoner,. and they seemed so valueless, being quite worn out,. he
was discharged.
MARYLEBONE-OFFICE.-- Yesterday, another charge of

fraud was made against the person calling himself Captain Jam
Campbell, who, under the pretended authority of Lord Cochrane,
professed himself commissioned to select a few enterprising young
. .

gentlemen, to serve as officers in the Grecian navy.
Mr. Edward William Jaques, a young gentleman of most re-
spectable connexions, about 18 years of age, was the complainant ;
he was accompanied by his solicitor, Mr. William Henry Gooie,
of No. 4, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street. Mr. Jaques stated, that
he had been apprenticed to Mr. Stanton, an engraver in Gray'-
inn-lane, with' a premium of 2001. ; but observing on the 10th
of July, in the window of Mr. Unwin of Ludgate-hill, a placard
as follows—

" Wanted immediately, for a particular liervice, a few active
and enterprising nautical officers, and two clerks, of moral con-
duct and good education: they will require, an outfit of about 50/.
each. Inquire at the printer's, G. Neal, printer, 7, Fleet-street,
near Fleet-►narket."

He Mt inspired with a determination to serve the cause of free-
dom iu behalf of the Greeks. The necessary inquiry having been
made, he was referred to Captain John Campbell, at No. 34,
Shoemaker-row, DoctOrs'-comnions, with whoM he entered into
an engagement to pay 10/., and to receive a sub-lieutenant's com-
mission in the Grecian navy. Ho then solicited Mr. Stanton's
permission to withdraw from his service, which he obtained, with-
out stipulating with hini.for a return of any part of the premium.
A few days afterwards, he'reeeived a letter from Campbell, to say
that unless he immediately paid the 101. and signed the bond, he
.would lose his appointment, for the whole of his list was filled up
by persons of the first distinction and character. Mr. Jacques is
an orphan, ,and has no particular friends in London • but he has
a powerful and kind friend 'in a nobleman of the highest distinc-
tion in the country, who with great condescension gave him his
advice in a first letter, and a remittance of 301. in a second. Thus

supplied v;,ith finances, Mr. JaeqUes, not only advanced the pro-
posed 10/i, but he consented, under different pretences, to lend
Campbell 6/. in addition. He became, also, responsible to him
for his board and lodging, and pledged almost every article he was
possessed of for his accommodation,' even his linen is now with-
held as security for the charge of washing. When Mr. Jacques
became an -inmate of. Campbell's house, he found himself the only
one upon the list. After three weeks, a second was added, and
after a month, a third : the list his subsequently been augmented
to sixteen or seventeen.
The letters from his illustrious friend were handed to Mr.

linotultrrom, who said, " These letters do honour to the noble
writer; in the tirst, he with very great judgment asks you, whe-
ther_ your master approves of what. you are doing; and he gives his
own opinion, that you will
gain but little advantage from the pur-
suit. You then again press your request, and he sends you what
you require. You possess a very great treasure in so powerful a
friend, and I am sorry the fruits of bis benevolence have not been ,
applied to a better purpose. You stand, young man, on the brink
of destruction. The 2001. gOne, the SOI. is gone, your home is
gone—you poetess a Volatile spirit to a dangerous degree, and no-
thing but good'advice,:followed by good conduct, can save you
from utter ruin."
• Mr. Goore, the solicitor, said, that his knowledge of the eir-,
emnstance was accidental ; he had known a Mr. Aggs, who ii
proprietor of the house in shoemaker-row, front his infancy, and
he introduce(' him to Campbell about three weeks ago as a person
who had taken his apartments, and who was appointed by Lord
Cochrane, under his own signature, to obtain young officer, for
the Greek service. Campbell proti.sses to bold rank . in the Bri-
tish navy; there are several of that name in the list, but the fact is
ant ascertained.
Mr. BUOIItiIiTON Said, the statement you have made confirms
-my opinion, that this is a notorious act of swindling: it is un-
necessary for me to -grant yon a warrant, because Campbell is al-
ready in the custody ef the sheriff,, sad a warrant granted upon a.
former is lodged as a detainer against him.
Mr. Goore said, he knew he, was in custody under four arrests,
and he had Yesterday lodged two detainers on civil actions against
him. Ile also passes Older two names, that of Captain John
Campbell, and James pattisou Stewart. ILL
' is between 60 and
70 years of age..
Mr. 131ourarrow asked Ur. Jacques, .Whether ho had bee!'
introdueed by Campbell to Mr.' Currie, the tailor, .of ttegent-at.
Ile said, Mr. Currie had altered a blue naval coat for him, by
putting on' Grecian buttons. (It appeared by Mr. Currie's ev,i;
deuce on Wednesday night, that his acquaintance with Campbell
originated from tot accidental order for uniforms.)
Mr. Goore
,stated, that Clotting Mr. Jacques' in. such eircinn"
Stances of disappointment and distress, he had given him • Wine,

with hit family for the last fourteen dais, and he expressed a de-
ti.i inination to do all he could to serve him for the future.

Mr. BROUGUTON.-..." Nothing more can be done in the present
stage of the inquiry; but the parties shill have due notice of
further proceedings." •
. We are informed, that last Sunday week, Campbell sent two
other young men, under a similar imposition, to Gravesend, there
to hold themselves in readiness to embark on board the Royal
Charlotte, as she would be down,the river on Wednesday, for the
purpose of proceeding in a direct course to the place of her desti-
nation, and it is supposed that they are still looking out for the
good ship, under circumstances of anxiety and distress.
The Royal Charlotte has been shown to the young sailors, by
way of excitement ; she is a Gravesend sailing boat, for which
probably a small deposit only has been paid. She has been caulked;
and an action against Campbell, is said to be pending for 20/.
expended in that operation.
When Mr. Jacques visited her, she carried a white satin ensign,
with a blue-anchor at her 'mast head, said to he presented by a
person of distinction in the cause of the Greeks,—he could not
recollect the exact name.