The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—A person named William, Dyke, of
gentlemanly appearance, who hail claimed to be nearly re-
lated to Lord Castlereagh, was charged with assaulting
eight watchmen, two superintendents of the watch, and a
constable of the night, of the ward of Farringdon-within,
about one o'clock on Sunday morning, in Newgate-markrt.
- Many persons were anxious to be heard upon this case,
but the Alderman could so ill spare time to listen to a long
story, that ne one got a full hearing, and the merits of the
case were not unravelled. It seemed, however, that Mr.
Dyke was going home with a friend, who, seeing a watch-
man trying the fastenings of ,the shutters on his beat,
observed " That fellow's trying to get in." The watchman
admonished him, and told him it was easy to get into, but
hard to get out of a row, An altercation and general row
followed, in which some one -accused Mr. Dyke of having
stolen an umbrella he carried, but which was in fact his
own. Mr. Collingwood; a respectable salesman in the
market, by way of terminating the business, snatched the
umbrella from Mr. Dyke, and gave it to the claimant, who
walked off, no doubt chuckling at the success of his trick.
Mr. Dyke became enraged, at the loss of his umbrella, and
in-securing him his clothes were torn to pieces. Mr.
Collingwood declared he never in his lite,saw watchmen so
shamefully ill-treat any one as they did Mr. Dyke. Oa
the other hand, sonic of.the watchmen complained of being
assaulted by Mr. Collingwood.
The first witness was an Irish watchman, who exhausted
the Alderman's patience in relating a part of the conversa-
tion between him-and Mr. Dyke and his friend, before the
affray commenced.
" I beg your pardon," said sir Claudius Hunter, in-
terrupting hint—' I beg your pardon, for cutting short
your story, but I s►n sure we should never get to the end of
it. You put yourself out by your circumlocution. You
gave him good advice : there is no doubt of it. You are
an Irishman, and know all about that. Who elle wishes
to say any thing ?'
The superintendent of the watch, the constable of the
night, the defendant, and Mr. Collingwood, attempted to
make statements, but were each in ;their. turn. cut short, and
Sir Claudius got rid of . the case by, telling: Mr. Dyke to
hand his card to the constable of ,the night, that he, might
carry hii cemplaint else Where if he ;pleased, and by inform-
ing Mr. Dyke and Mr. Collingwood that their complaints
against the watchman would be attended to, upon applica.-
tion to the Alderman of the ward (Crowder), to whout he
would mention the case.—Mr. Dyke was discharged.
BOW-STREET.--John Vticunia,. a Spanish refugee,
formerly a surgeon attached to the staff of General Mina's
army, was brought tip in custody on a peace-warrant, in
which he was charged with having threatened to beat Peter
Castalanus, also a Spanish refugee, whn seas formerly Su..
preme Judge and Auditor of General Mina's army during
the war in Catalonia.

The complainant, who spoke very indifferent English,
stated that on Wednesday last he met the defendant in
Clarendon• square, and saluted him in a friendly mariner.;
but the defendant, after abusing and calling him very bad
names, invited him to a solitary spot, where he threatened
his life. The only reason he could give for such conduct
was, that he (the complainant) had published a work in
Spanish, giving an account of the war in Catalonia, and
reflecting upon some of those who had taken a part in it.
As 3.-faithful.historian he had ''only discharged his duty,
and he conceived he had a right to comment upon the po-
litical actions of individuals, provided their private charac-
ters were untouched.-

Mr. Villannan, also a Spanish refugee, attended on be-
half of the defendant, for whom be acted as interpreter.
He said, that about.two or three years ago the complainant
left this country and went to South America, where be
published'a work in Spanish, purporting to give an ac
count of the campaign of General Mina during the war in
Catalonia. The work was written to please certain parties
in South America. It contained the most infamous state-
ments, reflecting on the character, not only of the Gene-
ral, but of other individuals equally honourable. Amongst
others his friend, the defendant, had been shamefully at-
tacked. The work, however, failed of the effect it was
intended to produce, and the complainant was compelled
to return to England, having been banished from South
America. On the day in question his friend happened to
meet the complainant in Clarendon-square. He came up
to him and said," How do you du?" The defendant re-
plied, " How dare you address me after the shameful part
you have acted ?" An altercation then. arose, and the de-
fendant requested the complainant to go with him to a
place less frequented, in order to talk over the matter. In
doing so he had not the slightest intention of taking an
unfair advantage of the complainant.
Sir R. Illarun observed, that the complainant's eyes
bore evident marks of violence:

Mr. Villannan. —My friend had nothing to do with that..
I understand that another gentleman,. who hats also been
libelled by the complainant,' met' him the other day, and
struck him on the fitce. The fact is, the complainant has
libelled us all, and branded us as traitor,

The complainant contented that he bad not outstepped
the boundary of fair discusiion. He had merely com-
mented upon the political actions of men—a, line of con-
duct which he conceived was perfectly fair, and within the
province of every historian. All that he bad written in
the work referred to he could prove to be true.
The Magistrate observed, .that however true it might be,
yet still, if it conduced to a breach of the peace, it ought
not to be written. He then told both parties, that if they
were unfortunately driven to this country by the dissen-
sions which had happened in their own, they should be
careful to keep the peace.
The defendant was then discharged, on his giving his
word of honour that he would not either assault or insult
the complainant.
James Wilson Wynn, driver of the hackney-coach, No.
539, was fined 10s., under the paving act, fur refusing to
draw off his coach from the foot pavement at Charing-
cross. The defendant was also held to bail for an auda-
cious assault upon the gentleman (Mr. Wm. A. Coombe,
an attorney,) Who caused him to be fined.
Two constables were sworn in to attend at the London
University. Sir R. BIRNIE told them that they were not
to consider theniselvei in the light of parish constables, but
that
.they were to bestow the whole of their time in pre-
serving order at the New I rniversity.

MARLBOROUGH-STRtET.---Yesterday a young
man named Joseph Hillier, dressed as a groom, was
brought before Mr. CONANT the sitting Magistrate, charged
with the following robbery. . . ,
Richard Pleasants, ceachnian- to Joseph Goodlial t,
.of Tooting, in the.county of Surrey, and of ,Brighton, in
the county of Sussex, deposed, that the prisoner was em-
ployed in the stables of Mr. Goodhart, at Brighton, and
slept in 'an apartment over. the stables, where the witness
also slept. On Thursday last the witness,ln going into
his own room, missed his watch, Seals, and key, which
hung on a nail there, and on looking further he discovered
that the greater part of his wearing apparel.was also gone,
and the prisoner net making his appearance at his usual
time, suspicion attached to him.;. but on inquiry being
made after him. he was no where to be found. Witness
then set old in pursuit of the prisoner, and traced him as
far as Tooting, on the road to London, and then employed
a constable to accompany him in pursuit of the prisoner
up to -town, where he was apprehended.' -
James Hart, a constable belonging to the parish of
Streatham, but residing at Tooting, stated that he accinu-
panied ,the last witness to London in pursuit of the pri-
soner, and traced him to a lodging in Wardour-street,
where, after waiting for him until twelve o'clock at night,
when he, returned home, he apprehended the prisoner and
lodged him in the watch-howie. At the prisoner's lodging
the witness said that he found the wearing apparel now
produced.
Buckland, the watch-house cOustable, who searched the
prisoner's person, said .that he found on him the two
watches, with their appendages, now produced.
The prosecutor said that one of the watches, and all the
wearing apparel now prod.:Cid and found with the pri-
soner, belonged to him, and were the same that he bad
lost. 'f he second watch found upon the prisoner, the wit-
ness said, belonged to the coachman of another gentleman
who lodged over the same ',tablet., at Brighton, and who
had also missed his watch when the prisoner absconded ;
the witness, also said that the very boots which the prisoner
then had on, were part of the property stolen from him.
The prisoner declined saying any thing in his defence, and
he was fully committed for trial.
Clements and Goddard, the officers, stated to the Ma-
gistrate, that about six o'clock, on Saturday evening they
again accompanied Harriet Bailey, the young woman who
bad been cook to Lady Gresley, to her ladyship's house, to
make a third application for the young woman's clothes,
when her, Ladyship was pleased to order that they should
be delivered up to the young woman without further diffi-
culty, in. the presence of the officers, which was accord-
iggly dnneby one of the parish constables,. wire are so.
looming et her .Ladyship's house.. It is a strong instance
in favottrOf her Ladyship's general kindness to her ser-
vabtsvtbat her present housekeeper tied another of her
dainties have lived 16 years in her service. Lady Gres;-
ley's; household .represent that .nothing could exceed the
hospitality of her Ladyship, until, not exercising that nar..
rout discernment which leis hospitable persons generally
observe in the invitation of their ,guests, a strange set Of
people found their way .ahnostdaily.to her Ladyship's din:-
ner table, where they clearly demonstrated a long absti-
nence from food of any kind, demolishing as they did

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On Thursday afternoon, about a dozen jour-
neymen bakers, in a state of intoxication, fell a fighting
near to the head of •King-street. They disagreed among
themselves about the baking society affiiira, and one of the
gang, who appeared to differ from the _others, received a.
severe beating. No less than five or six of them were on
him at once. A respectable grocer interfered to rescue the
victim of their brutality, when some of them fell on him,
whereby he was so severely injured that he is confined,'
The police were sent for, and several of the delinipients
secured, and ihe remainder fled. The case carne before
the police court yesterday, and was postponed until those
of the gang who made their escape are apprehended.—
Glasgow courier.

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SWINDLING. --A fitiritly of gipsies, CollSist-
ing. of a roan, his wife, and seven children, lately fixed
their tent at Bradshaw, near Turton. The woman was in.
the habit of calling at a firmer's named Mclnnis, to pur-
chase milk, and frequently threw out hints that she could
unravel the mystic web of futurity. On one *evasion she, to
the farmer's very great astonishment, told him the exact
Win of money that he had in kis pocket, and on. hisittiptir-:
iug how she became possessed of her knowledge, told hills
that she knew much more important things than that., At
length, finding that she had worked up the poor felloiv's
credulity to as high a pitch as she needed, she opened' her
grand secret upon him, and told him that she knew there
was a vast suns of money concealed somewhere about the
premises, which had been hidden by one of the former
tenants, but that to enable her to find it, it was necessary
that she should perform a charm ; for which purpose he
was to muster up all the money he. could, and she would
warrant him an ample increase to it. D'azzled by the
prospect of his goodftirtune, the extent of which lie hirdly
knew how to contemplate, lie raised a sum of 401. iu notes
and sovereigns, which the woman carefully folded up in
paper, in the presence of the man, and repeating a lot of '
unitelligible jargon, deposited the parCel in ,a box, which
she locked, and put the key in her pocket. The box was
carefully placed in his bed-room, and he Made the woman
a solemn promiie that he would not open the box for a
certain number of days,, and in the meantime lie was not
to communicate. to any living soul what had bean dope.—
The woman Caine again the next morning and astonished
the poor fellow not a little by accusing him of having:men-
tioned the circumstance to his wife. Conacious that he
had so far broken his word, he confessed that he hail, told
her, but thought that there was no harm in apprizing her
of his good. fortune. The woman exacted anew a promise
to keep the affair a secret; or theCiliarni would be entirely
braken, and he waited withimpatience ter the expiration
of the limited time, which would have been this day, but
lie learned on Friday last that the gipsies had removed their
encampment, and had left the country. Whether their
departure indticed him to think that the charm was not
working well, or that his desire to be acquainted with the
extent of his good fortune proved too powerful for his pa-
tience, we do not know, but he broke open the box, and
instantly unfolding the mysterious parcel, found.nothing in
it but a few pieces of old lead. As may he surmised,' the
gipsies have of course not since been heard (A.—Manches-
ter Courier.