The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION. HOUSE.—Yesterday Colonel Rotalde, the
Spanish emigrant, who was first aide-de-camp to General
Castanos, waited upon the LORD MAYOR. to entreat his
Lordship's assistance, under circumstances of a very unac-
countable description. He had, in 1808, hoisted the
standard of independence at Cadiz, in aid of England as
well as in defiance 'of the French squadron, then at anchor
in that port, and he subsequently distinguished himself
amongst other exploits by rendering important service to
the Duke of Wellington at the siege of Burgos. Having
been compelled to leave his country on account of his hos-
tility to the system of oppression adopted, he became a
dependant amongst others upon the bounty of the English
people, and from the subscriptions in behalf of the refu-
gees was allowed the sum of 1/. a week in consideration of
his former rank and his services and misfortunes. On a
sudden, however, his name was struck off the list of
claimants, and no motive was assigned by the Prime
Minister for the act. The unfortunate Colonel could only
judge of the nature of his offence from the consideration of
what is detailed below respecting an application which he
made to some of the members of his Majesty's Government,
from, as he most solemnly declares, motives of the purest
gratitude.
His request to the Lord'Alayor was, that as he was by
his exclusion from the above-mentioned bounty, reduced to
the condition of depending upon those who were still con-
sidered to be claimants, his Lordship would patronise an
invention which had cost him some labour—a clock, the
works of which were to be set in motion simply by one
wheel, to the exclusion of a great deal of unnecessary
matters.

His LORDSHIP desired that the Colonel would leave his
papers in the hands of Mr. Nobler, and that in a day or
two he would call at the Justice-room.
Colonel Rotalde, it would appear, must attribute his
late calamity to the very circumstance which he supposed
would be best calculated to show Lis sense of the service
readered to the general body of the emigrants. On the
17th of September, he desired to lay at the feet of his Ma•
jesty, through the military department, filled by Lord
Fitzroy Somerset, a model of a new plan 'of tactics, accom-
panied with written explanations, showing its superiority
to the existing system, as affording greater facility in orga-
nising large bodies, and giving additional security and ce-
lerity at a greatly diminished rate of expense. To this end
he solicited the honour of a personal interview with Lord
Fitzroy Somerset, for the purpose of affording him the ne-
cessary information as to the mechanism by which the move-
ments of the battalions, represented in the model, were to be
effected, assuring him at the same time that the experiment
would not occupy five minutes. His Lordship requested that
the model might he sent to his house, where he would, as
soon as he could find time from his numerous avocations,
examine it. The model was accordingly sent, and in
a month the receipt of it was acknowledged, and the same
promise repeated. The Colonel wrote again to his Lord-
ship on the subject, upon which the model was returned,
with a reply that his Lordship, from the pressure of busi-
ness, was unable to examine it. Another letter was ad-
dressed to him by the Colonel, entreating that if his situa-
tion as an emigrant prevented the fulfilment of the offer,
he would have the kindness to advise where, and how, and
to whom he should address himself, in order to give the
British nation the benefit of his professional researches and
their results. The reply was, that hiS Lordship returned
the model, conceiving that the Colonel was anxious to have
it back, and that he was not aware of having made any
offer.

The Colonel, we understood, made no secret of what
took place between him and Lord Fitzroy Somerset, with
whom he says, he was in the habits of friendly and familiar
intercourse in Spain, and sortie comments were made upon
his Lordship's conduct, injudicious, as far as regarded the
interests of the unfortunate Colonel, but wholly unsanc-
tioned by him. The Duke of Wellington commanded, it
is believed, in consequence of those injurious observations
in which his own name was mixed up not only uncere-
moniously but reproachfully with that of Lord Fitzroy
Somerset, that the name of the Colonel should be struck
off the pension-list. The Colonel wrote to the Duke, en-
treating that his Grace would take into consideration the
fatal decree dooming him to extreme poverty, but no an-
swer has been received, and the petitioner is now indebted,
as we said before, to his fellow refugees for the support of
nature.

GITILDHALL.—KATz V. BACHEI.OR.—This was a
case of assault, arising eut of the affair of the three very
valiant Welsh gentlemen, whose appearance before the Al-
derman we reported yesterday.
Mr. Katz, the complainant in the pre:sent case, is a gen-
tleman, apparently of foreign extraction. The defendant,
William Bachelor, is an elderly watchman of great spirit
and small dimensions; and he was summoned to show
cause why he should not be held to hail for having wan-
tonly and repeatedly poked the end of his staff against the
stomach of Mr. Katz.
The matter was thus :—Whilst the watchmen were
working the three very valiant Welshmen into the watch-
house, Mr. Katz happened to be among the crowd of
lookers-on. Just at that moment there was another party
of lion rirants wining towards them loyally roaring '6 God
save great George our King !" upon which a gentleman,
in Mr. Katz' company, remarked " llere's another job for
the Charlies !" and thereupon this angry little defendant
watchman
.turned short round and poked the end of his
staff against the stomach of Mr. Katz—at the same time
exclaiming "I'll teach you to call me a Charley!"—Mr'.
Katz assured him that he did not call any such thing.--
" Well, never mind," replied the angry little watchman,
"if it was not you, it was your friend, and that's all
one !"—and then he repeated his pokiugs at the sto-
mach of Mr. Katz, until he had poked him backwards,
step by step, all the way from St. Sepulchre's watch-
hwuse into Smithfield market ! These pokings, of course,
made Mr. Katz very uncomfortable; but, being a well-
disposed and peaceable person, instead of making any
physical resistance thereto, he contented himself with
telling his annoyer that he would certainly complain of
him to the Magistrate—and he did so.
The angry little watchman in reply to this complaint,
denied that he had poked Mr. Katz at all. He had merely
pushed him back with his hand.
Mr. Katz,•in rejoinder, called another watchman, who
in some degree corroborated his statement—he having in-
terposed to save Mr. Katz from the further violence of the
first watchman ; though he endeavoured to make it appear
that Mr. Katz was not poked, but merely pushed.
Mr. Alderman KEY, however, being of opinion that the
assault had been proved, directed that the watchman
should find bail to answer the complaint at the Sessions ;
but after some further talk, Mr. Katz consented to accept
an apology ; and the watchman having apologized after his
own fashion, he was dismissed with an admonition to be
less liberal in the use of his staff for the time to come.
WORSHIP.STREET. THE GREEN-EYED MON-
STER.—Yesterday Edward Moore, one of the Bow-
street patrol, was brought before Mr. TV.'"YFORD and Mr.
BaouGrrrox, charged with an indecent assault on the
person of a Mrs. Dowling, the wife of a carman, and of
having also, about five. weeks ago, violated her person.
The husband, who appeared bordering on distraction,
Said the defendant lodged in the same house with him,
and that he was also a married man, and had his wife and
family in rreisMd. Thai -a few mornings before he went
down stairs,_and slammed the street door, as if he went out.
tie then watched at the bottom of the stairs, and he heard
his wife's Led-room door attempted to be opened, when he
ran up stairs. The defendant's bed-room door Owing op-
posite his) he found open, and the defendant lying on the
bed. He taxed him with the fact, which was positively
denied by the'defendant. lie also understood that, about
five weeks before, the defendant had effected his purpose
with his wife. lie was a carman, aryl only ten months
married, and his peace of mind was ruined for ever.
Mrs. Dowling said, about 'five weeks ago, one morning
after her husband went out to his work, the defendant came
into Ler bed- room and effected his purpose.
Mr. TWTIORD said, the husband had a remedy by civil
action.
After the parties left the office, an altercation took piece
between them in the street, and being brought back,
Moore was held to bail for assaulting the woman.
The husband said that his wife.might go to her father's,
for with him she should not stay.
I3OW-STREF.T.—Yesterday avery tall, black-whisker-
ed fellow, well dressed in a long brown frock coat and white
trousers, was- brought before Sir 11
so -4arsto and Mr.
illtststruLt., in the custody of Wootton, a patrol, charged
with having assaulted a Mr. Collyer and a young woman
of his acquaintance (whose name, at the request of
the Magistrates, we refrain from pnblishing),under time
following circumstances :
By the statements of the two corunlaipants it appeared,'
that as they were returning home through Hyde Park,
about ten o'rlock or# Tuesday evening, last week, the de-
fendant suddenly rushed upon them from behind a tree, and
seizing them both by their collars, said, "I saw you ! I
am a park-keeper, and I ought to give you in charge."
Mr. Collyer, being a very small man and no match for the
defendant, and imagining that robbery or something of the
sit was intended, thrust a shilling into the hard pf the de-
fendant, who immediately relaxed his hold of the corn-
plainsnts, and suffered them to walk on; hut he walked
with them, and before he left them insisted on having the
address of the young woman, which she, being exceedingly
alarmed, gave him, The complainants parted ut a short

distance from the Park, and when the young woman ar-
rived at her home, she found the defendant waiting at the
door. lie accosted her, and insisted on going into the
house with her,-but she refused to admit him, and he went
away. The next day she received a letter, without a sig-
nature, but which purported to come from the " Park-
keeper," in which he insisted on her meeting him, and
threatened that unless she did, he would " publish
her disgrace to all the world." By the advice of her
mother and friends, Mr. Collyer obtained the assist-
ance of Wootton, the dicer, and he advised that
the young woman should consent to meet the de-
fendant. Accordingly she let him know that she
would meet him on the following night at Tyburn-gate;
and she went, accompanied by Mr. Collyer and some
friends at the time appointed. These last ::oncealed them-
selves, and she went forward alone, and was without loss
of time joined by the defendant. Her friends and the officer
who had been in waiting then came forward and seized
him. On its being demanded, he gave them his address,
and the officer accompanied him to the house, which
he found to he a common brothel in Seymour-
street, Bryanston-square, where the defendant, he found,
cohabited with the mistress of the house. Having thus
found the scoundrel out, the complainants, without delay
applied for a warrant against him.
In answer to this charge, the defendant asserted that he
had seen the two complainants together in the Park "
This assertion Mr. Collyer very indignantly repelled,
and the young woman very nearly fainted.
In answer to the Magistrate, the defendant said that he
was a painter and glazier, and lived at No. 11, Seymour-
street, Bryanston-square, and that his name was John
Bailey. He afterwards admitted that he had been dis-
charged from the Life Guards.
He was ordered to find bail to answer the charge at the
Sessions, himself in 40!. and two sureties in 20/. each.
Sir RICIIARD BIaNIE, at the conclusion of the exami-
nation, expressed a hope that the case would appear in the
public papers ; as it might put those persons who were
obliged to pass through the Parks, at night, on their guard
against miscreants like the defendant, great numbers of
whom, he said, constantly frequented the Parks for the
purpose of extorting money under threats of an, infamous
description.
MARYLEBONE.—A. smart young girl, 18 or 19
years old, was brought before the Magistrates, under the
following circumstances :—She went into the shop of Mr.
Johnson, a chyntist, in Oxford-street, to procure a quan-
tity of laudanum. There was something in her appear-
ance which led the person who served her to think she in-
tended to destroy herself; and, to prevent it, he gave her
instead of laudanum, a strong aperient mixture, and fol-
lowed her. As soon as she gut into the street, she poured
the contents of the phial down her throat, and he instantly
gave her into the custody of Badderley, a beadle of Saint
Marylebone, and accompanied her to the Office. There
were Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. HOSKINS, and Lord MONTFORI,
on the bench, and evidence to the above effect was given,
and received, with a great deal of seriousness; but when
the chymist concluded his story by admonishing the Ma-
gistrates to have the girl removed from the bar as soon as
possible, for he was sure the mixture would quickly ope-
rate, the bench and the bystanders were convulsed with
laughter, and the poor girl was hurried away to the work-
house, complaining bitterly of the trick put upon her, and
declaring she had a right to kill herself if she pleased.
THAMES POLICE.--A man of colour, named
Dickson, was brought in irons to this office for examina-
tion, charged with having, during a voyage from the Isle
of France, endeavoured, by means the most scandalous, to
excite the crew of the Iphigenia merchant ship to mutiny.
The evidence against the prisoner was that of the entire
crew, and consequently of great length, and it disclosed in
its details most extraordinary turpitude of character. Ile
was employed in the ship, and his habits being detected to
lie of a drunken kind, by the Commander of the Ipla:aenia,
he was sharply reprimanded and once punished. This was
the
fIY assignable reason for his subsequent conduct.
Slor°4after being reprimanded by the captain, he entered
into conversation with a boy, and afterwards with some
of the crew, in which he darkly alluded to the great suc-
cess they must have, if they could get the ship in their own
bands ; one of the men to whom he was speaking said, he
asked him at the time, if they got the ship, what putt
they were to steer for, with the hope of escaping detec-
tion. The prisoner was represented to have replied, that
under such circumstances they would have a roving com-
mission, and all parts of the world would be the same to
them ; any port, any harbour would be theirs, and they
could sail on unknown and unclaimed in safety. The
crew, however, were proof against the insidious attempt,
and remained steady to their duty. This passed over for
a few days, when it was discovered that the prisoner had
renewed his scheme by insinuations of a most distressing
kind against the captain, and he offered a boy 12/. if he
would bear hint out as to the truth of his assertions. The
crew, many of whom had sailed before with the captain,
and knew him well, instantly related what they had heard
to their commander, and requested the prisoner might be
punished. The captain at the moment, in his indigna-
tion, would have had hint punished, but upon reflection,
determined on confining him in irons until the ship arrived
in the port of London, in order that he might be dealt with
according to law.—Remanded.
UNION-HALL.—Yesterday, two young men, named
John Thompson and Charles Field, both fashionably
attired, were placed at the bar before M. SWAIIEV and
D. LAING, Esqrs., charged, on suspicion, with commit-
ting divers felonies on the preceding night at Vauxhall
Gardens, during the
,fete in aid of the Spanish and Italian
refugees. Both the prisoners are genteel-looking men, and
sported splendid gold watches, chains, and seats, which
were taken from them on their apprehension.
Hall, the chief officer, on examining Thompson's
pockets, found a roll of bank-notes, amounting to 40/..
besides a green netted purse, containing 15 sovereigns and
a half. He also found a small penknife, which Was ad-
mirably adapted for cutting pockets, with a short blade,
and well sharpened at the point ; he had no doubt but the
instrument was designed for the purpose he had stated,
and was such as those generally used by piekpockets.—
The officer added, that in reply to the questions he put to
Thompson, when he was apprehended in the Gardens, his
answers were most unsatisfactory, having refused to state
who or what he was, or from whence he came. On
searching Field, six sovereigns and some silver were found
in his possession. Both the prisoners, when taken into
custody, appeared excessively indignant at the charge, and
expressed their intention of bringing actions for false im-
prisonment.
The Magistrate . now undertook the task of questioning
the prisoners. " Where have vou come from ?" said he to
Thompson i who replied, that he was a native of Liver-
pool, and had only been in London two days. Since his
arrival in town he took up his abode in a street leading
out of Fleet-street, near Temple-bar, but did not recollect
the name of the person who kept the house, or the number
of it. He was an engraver by trade, and left Liverpool in
order to try and obtain work in London. With respect
to the money found in his possession, he brought it all from
home in sovereigns, but on his arrival in town, and feeling
the weight of the gold inconvenient, he exchanged the
greater part of his sovereigns for notes.
Field said that he had been in London a week, and came
lip from Wolverhampton, near which town his father held
a farm, called Headly Farm. His visit to London; he de-
clared, was merely for the purpose of seeing a female
whom he hail been attached to for eight years, and who
was at present holding a situation in Kensington Palace.
The chief officer had received information that a gang
of thieves had recently arrived in town from Manehoster,
anti he had very little doubt that the prisoners were con.
nected with them—Remanded.

In the course of the day, a gentleman, apparently labour-
ing under great uneasiness of mind, applied for the Magis.
trace's : advice under the following circumstances. lie
stated that for some time past a Ftlap who was very far be-
neath the condition of life of applicant'S family, had formed
an intimacy with one of his (applicant's) daughters. It
appeared that they had had several private meetings toge-
ther, and when he (the father) discovered the intimacy that
subsisted between the person he alluded to and his daug'iter,
be pointed out to her the impropriety of forming such a
cornet begging, for the sake of her family, that she
Notltd'ctn
noti' disgrace them by continuing such an acquain-
tance._ She promised to attend to the advice ; and a few
days afterwards, the man having heard of the interruption
given to his meetings,
was heard to exclaim that he would
play his (applicant's) family such a trick that would asto-
nish them. On Monday last, the applicant proceeded to
state, his daughter, the girl alluded to, was sent out on an
errand, and from that day to the present she had neitlicr
been seen nor beard of by any of her family. lie strongly
suspected that the man had either destroyed his daughter,
Or had her concealed in
soon
place or another.
3fAmsraATE---.1 think it is most probable that she eloped
with him. Pray bow old is the young lady ? Applicant
—She is under age; she is not yet 19.
MACISTHATE---I think von have no reason to apprehend
that any violence has been offered to your daughter, as it
appears that she was attached to him.

Applicant—.( am sorry to say that she was certainly
attached to the fellow, but his having declared when spoken
to OU the subject, that be did not know where she was, in-
duces me to suspect that he has made away with her.
ActsTRATe—A father's fears, I own, are perfectly
natural, but I think it more probable that your daughter
and t.hi, man have been married by banns, and that he is

keeping her in concealment until the thing blows over.
The applicant said that he had mentioned the circumstance
to some of the Directors of the East India•house, where
the man was employed as a labourer, and they questioned
him very closely, but he still persisted in asserting that
he was ignorant of where applicant's daughter way. The
applicant added, that the Directors advised him to apply to
a Magistrate on the subject, and expressed their willingness
to deliver the man up in the event of his attendance being
required.

The Magistrate observed, that even if the man was then
in custody, he had no power to detain him one instant.
There was no charge against him, and the applicant could
not presume to swear that the man had taken away his
daughter by farce or against her will. Indeed, added the
Magistrate, you have not as yet ascertained where the girl
is, and I would advise you and some of your friends to
commence a strict search.

SECOND EDITION.
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIA.M ENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

Lord CLIFDEN presented a petition fram cer-
tain persons of to ancient faith, a very ancient faith,
from Jews.—(A laugh.) The petition was signed
by Moses Lyon Lev►, who was fully qualified as an
Esquire. The Noble Lord begged to read a short
extract from a debate which took place at a late
meeting of the Jews. One of the speakers said
that the only difference in religion between the
Jews and the Christians was, that the former, by
believing only the Old Testament did not go quite
so far as the latter. "It is impossible (said the
speaker) to suppose that our wearing a beard can be
any valid objection to us, for this we do in commor
with the dandies at the West End of the Town
whose faces are entirely covered with hair."—
The petition prayed for the removal of the civil
disabilities which at present affect the Jews.
Lord STRANGFORD presented a petition from
Sir John Sydney, of Penshurst, in the county of
of Kent, praying that the co-heirs may not be pre-
judiced by the clsim of Col. Fitzharding Berkley to
the Barony of Berkely, which the petitioner stated
to be held by writ, and not by tenure. (Referred
to the Committee of privileges.
The Earl of ABERDEEN laid on the table Cor-
respondence respecting the Slave trade.
The Regent's Park Bill, the Longitude Acts Re-
peal Bill, and the Constabulary (Ireland) Bill wens
through a Committee.
Their Lordships then adjourned.