The Sun.
London, England, 1827-05-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—A MISTAXE.—One Mr. Parsloe
Allen was brought before Mr. Alderman SCHOLEV, yes-
terday, charged with haVing assaulted Mr. John Fradelloni,
An Italian, residing in Clarence-terrace, Regent's-park.
It appeared by.the statement of Mr. Fradelloni, given
through an interpreter, that, on Tuesday afternoon last, as
he was walking with a lady in Chiswell-street, the defend-
ant came up to him, and demanded, " Pray, Sir, what is
your name ?"—" My name is Fradelloni," was the reply.
" That is not true," said the defendant, " for your real
name is " Fernandez;" and so saying, he thrust^ letter
into his hand, directed to " Mr. Fernandez, Foreign Stock
Exchange ;" which letter he required Mr. Fradelloni to
read and answer satisfactorily on the instant. The letter
was signed " Sam Sweetman," and contained a threat that,
unless his claim was settled by one o'clock that day, lie
would acquaint the Stock Exchange Committee that Mr.
Fernandez, under the fictitious name of Carr, had disho-
nourably contracted a debt with him, the said Sans Sweet-
man. Mr. Fradelloni having read this epistle, returned it
to the defendant, at the same time assuring him that he
knew nothing whatever either of Mr. Fernandez, Mr.
Sweetman, or the Foreign Stock Exchange. But the
defendant was not to be satisfied with that assur-
ance. 'He placed himself before Mr Fradelloni so
as to prevent his proceeding in his walk ; accused
him of denying his name ; flourished a stick over
his head, and demanded instant payment of Mr.
Sam Sweetman's claim so furiously, that a crowd of curi-
ous persons was speedily collected, many of whom seemed
to think it a very good joke, and encouraged the defendant
in urging his claim. Mr. Fradelloni, finding himself in
this unpleasant predicament, and seeing no protection at
hand, had nothing left for it but to make his way to the
nearest place where he was known. Followed by the
hooting mob, and baited by the defendant, he at last reach-
ed the house of Messrs. Obbicini and Company, in Cole-
man-street, to whom lie was well known ; but the
crowd resisted his entering the house, and in the scuffle
he had a very valuable amethyst brooch broken to pieces,
before he could get within the door. This was the
substance of Mr. Fradelloni's complaint ; and in answer
to the question of the Alderman, as to whether he had
ever seen the defendant before, he replied that lie had
not the slightest remembrance of having ever seen him
before the day on which he so strangely accosted him, as
above described.

Miss Mary Anne Durant, of No. 55, Lisson-grove, the
lady who was walking with Mr. Fradelloni at the time of
the attack, said the account he had given of it was per-
featly -true.
The defendant, when asked by the Alderman what he had
to say in excuse for all this violence, replied, that he was
son-in-law to Mr: Sweetman; the, writer of the letter in
question ; that Mr. Fradelloni had been pointed out to
him, by two gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, as the
Mr. Fernandez to whom the letter was directed ; and that
he felt sure they had informed him rightly, when, upon
his accosting Mr. Fradelloni, the lady told him he could
not speak a wool of English, whilst in the next moment,
Mr. Fradelloni himself, in as good English as ever was
uttered, told him, " Sir, you have mistaken your man."
This was the reason why he had stuck to him so closely ;
but being now quite satisfied that he was mistaken, he was
extremely sorry for what had happened, and hoped that the
gentleman would be satisfied with au apology. _ .

Mr. Alderman ScHOLEY said he was glad to hear him
acknowledge he was in error. ,6 Your offence," continued
the Worthy Alderman, "is of some magnitude; as you will
perceive, if you will imagine yourself in the complain...it's
situation ; a foreigner, beset in the public streets by a man,
and about a matter he knows nothing of; and to be hunt-
ed through the streets by a mob! However; if Mr. Fra-
delloni is content with your explanation and apology, I
shall not object to it; but I wish him to understand that
he is perfectly free to pursue his own feeling, as to pu-
nishing or forgiving you ; for I am anxious that he should
not retire with a doubt upon his mind, that the laws of
England will not afford the same protection to a foreigner

to a native."

These remarks were interpreted to Mr. Fradelloni ; but
he good-humouredly replied, th4t he was quite satisfied
with the defendant's contrition and apology ; and there-
upon the defendant was admonished and discharged.
MARYLEBoNE.— William Blifikt, a hawker of
string and twine, was charged with stealing from Mr. Spike.
poulterer, of Jermyn-street, St. James's, on Monday morn-
ing last, a cart and horse, containing about three dozen of
fowls, besides certain ducks and geese, the whole of which
the prosecutor had purchased in the way of business at
Leadenhall, and were waiting jut by, for the purpose of
being driven home, as soon as he should come out of the
market. : . • . •
William Tomkins, ahopman to Mr. Bayley, poulterer,
saw the prisoner mount the cart and drive away, but he
having no suspicion of wrong, allowed him to pass. The
cart was afterwards found in Blandford-street, emptied of
all its contents, except a single rabbit ; and the prisoner
who wasnot apprehended till this morning, was now brought
up for examination, accompanied by two or three of the
persons who had purchased the goods of him, and who at-
tended by virtue of summonses issued to them for that
purpose. •

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The principal of these was Mr. Trapnell, of Charlotte-
street, Portland-street, shop-keeper. This person under-
went a long and rather sharp examination, from Mr. Raw-
linson. He bought three pair of fowls from the prisoner

for 14s. He did not consider, notwithstanding the high
price of poultry, that he bought them cheap. As an evi-
dence, however, that he thought he had made a bad bargain,

it came out that he had sent to Mrs. Duffield, a.neighhour.

ing baker's wife, to offer her a couple of the same fowls for
6s. or 75., which was accepted. A person in his house
was obliged by him with another pair for 65., and the re-
maining couple the witness had lx)iled for himself.
Mr. RAWLINSON observed, " as helot his own pair at
the low price of Is., he could certainly afford to have some
good sauce with them." The Magistrate made several
other judicious observations in questioning him as to his
first conversation with the prisoner, and the part he took
in his apprehension, the answers to which partook so much
of evasion, that he told him he must either be a very sim-
ple man, or a very crafty one ; but he was inclined to think
he was the latter. _ _ _

Mrs. Wallis, landlady of the King's Arms, Little Wood-
stock-street, was equally fortunate in snaking a good bar-
gain. She bought a pair of fowls for 35., which the
poulterer said were worth 10s., and a goose for 3s. 6d.,
worth as much. The prisoner asked ss. for each of the
articles.
Mr. RAWLINSON made some similar remarks to this
witness. He knew ladies loved to drive bargains ; but he
should have thought that 3s. for a pair ofb fowls worth
10s. might have raised some suspicion as to the way they
were come by.
Mrs. Wallis—Oh no, Sir ; 1 buy such bargains every

day.
Mr. RAWLINSON—WeII, I don't mean, Mrs. Wallis; to
impeach your honesty—you're a lucky woman, that's all.
You know the prisoner, then, to be the man who sold you
them, 1 suppose can't swear positively to him, Sir ;
but I've no doubt he's the same.
Well, that's enough ; you may stand down.
Prisoner, on being asked if he wished to say any thing,
declined, and only requested to have 15s. returned him,
which the officer had taken away. The Magistrate told
him that the money, being the produce of the stolen pro-
perty, could not he delivered up to him.
Prisoner—That's very hard.
Mr. ItawtimoN—Yery hard ! Yes, and it's very hard

fora man to he robbed. He added, I must fully commit
you. You're sworn to have been seen driving away the
horse and cart, with the poultry in it ; and afterwards to
have sold part of it to Mrs. Wallis and another witness.
He stands committed.

11V'i Farn, alias Farr, a waiter at Joy's Hotel,
Covent-garden, who has been before examined on a charge
of robbing his employer, and several gentlemen who fre-
quented the house, was again brought up, and fully com-
mitted to Newgate for trial. A quantity of the stolen pro-
perty, taken by Webster, the officer, at the prisoner's lodg-
ing, in Leg-alley, Long-acre, was produced in the office.
It consisted of glasses stolen from the master, and coats,
shirts, cravats, waistcoats, shoes, boots, and other things,
from different gentlemen. Some of them were identified
by their owners, particularly a coat and two waistcoats
belonging to Mr. Waddington, of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge. Prisoner declined saying anything.; and Mr.
Rawlinson told him he should commit him on the different
distinct charges made against him, one of which, being
above the value of 405., was a capital felony. Prisoner
was quite a young man, and, it appears, bad had a good
recommendation from his last place.

QUEEN-SQUARE.—Yesterday J. Holloway, better
known by the appellation of " the cabbage eater," was
brought to this office before W. A. A. WHITE, Esq., by
Wright, an Inspector of Nuisances, charged with imposing
on the public by the following stratagem :
Holloway is a well-known character over all London,
and has for years carried on his profession as a starving
mendicant with great success, although he has been com-
mitted above 30 times to the House of Correction from the
different police-offices.
It appeared from the statement of Wright, that the
prisoner (whom he had repeatedly cautioned) was in the
constant habit of attracting a crowd of passengers around
him by pretending to be starved sitting on the pavement,

he would procure a large raw cabbage, which, when any
person passed, he would begin to tear to pieces in the most
ravenous manner with his teeth, and pretend to eat it. The
passengers, conceiving he was in a state of starvation to be
driven to eat raw cabbage, generally gave him something,
by which means he reaped a tolerable good harvest, making
oftentimes more in a "day than the donors themselves..
Yesterday morning he found the prisoner in Wilton-
street, Knightsbridge-road, with a crowd of 30 persons
around him, whose pity seemed to be excited at seeing
him devour a raw cabbage ; he immediatly took him into
custody.
Mr. WHITE asked the prisoner what he bad to say to

the charge, and where he lived?
Holloway said that he lived in George-street, St. Giles's:
he hoped his Worship would look over the offence this time.
Mr. WHITE said, that out of compassion he would send

him to the House of Correction for one month, when he
could there eat his eabbage boiled, as they would boil it for
him.

Wright said, that when lie took the prisoner into custody
he had his mouth crammed full of raw cabbage, which lie
spit out. He did not eat a tenth part of the cabbage he
pretended, for he always contrived, by some slight-of-hand
trick, to get the greater part out of his mouth before he
swallowed it. ,

The prisoner was committed accordingly.
UNION-HALL.—Yesterday, a gentleman named Wat-
son was brought before the sitting Magistrate,M. Swa BEY,
Esq. charged with having assaulted a Mr. R. W. Warner,
in the Waterloo-road, under the following circumstances.
The complainant, who exhibited some bruises on the
forehead, stated that on Monday afternoon, as he was pass-
ing along the Waterloo-road, accompanied by a lady, the
defendant, of whom he had some slight knowledge, came
up, and without any provocation that lie (the complainant)
was aware of, struck him a severe blow : a scuffle was the
consequence, in the course of which the marks now so
visible on his forehead were made by the knuckles of the
defendant, who behaved most outrageously.

Magistrate.—lt seems rather extraordinary to me, that
Mr. Watson should have struck you without some provo-
cation. There appears to have been a lady in question :
pray did the squabble arise about her ?
The Complainant—Ay, Sir ; jealousy, I believe, has
taken possession of the mind of Mr. Watson, on account of
his having observed me in company with the lady with
whom I was walking, when he assaulted me.
Two gentlemen who happened to be passing at the time
of the assault, came forward, and stated, that they observed
the defendant strike Mr. Warner ; after which, they
" pitched into". one another, and 'heavy blows passed on
each side.

The defendant stated in extenuation, that on the evening
in question, as he was proceeding home, he observed the com-
plainant, who was well-known to him as a man of most in-
triguing disposition, and fond of looking after other men's
wives, in company with a lady .for whose husband he (the
defendant) professed the greatest friendship. Anxious to
rescue his friend's wife from the consequences that were

likely to result from such an intimacy, he approached her for
the purpose of warning her of..her danger, and had no
sooner spoken than the complainant struck him : a fight
ensued, in which the complainant came off " second best,"
and on that account he made application for a warrant.
The defendant added, " with emphasis," the person who
took out the warrant against me has, to my knowledge,
blasted the happiness of several married men, by debauch-

ink; their wives.
The Magistrate, having observed that he had heard quite
enough of-the business, held the defendant to bail for the
assanit.

ESCAPE OF ROWLAND WILLIAMS
FROM THE NEW PRISON, CLERKENWELL.

At an early hour yesterday 141orning one of the watchmen
of the New Prison discovered a rope hanging from that part
of the outer wall of the New Prison, near the Infirmary,
and on an alarm being given, and search made, it was
ascertained that Rowland Williams, and another prisoner,
known as " Jack the sailor," had effected their escape, and
from the circumstance of the rope not being there half an
hour before, it was evident the escape had been very recent.
Immediate pursuit was made, and the "sailor" was discovered
at a public-house in Wapping, in a state of beastly intoxica-
tion about nine o'clock, and quite unable to account for
his present situation. He was immediately brought back
by Willoughby, a turnkey, but no traces of Williams have
at present been discovered.

ANIMAL ECCENTRICITY.—In the house at
the Broomielaw, Glasgow, a cat is just now en-
gaged in nursing and rearing two kittens, about
six weeks old. Some ten or twelve days ago, a
mouse, certainly of insinuating manner and ad-
dress, found a most intimate and friendly con-
nection with this family. The mouse eats and
sleeps with the cats ; lives at bed and board with
them. What is most extraordinary, the old cat
often takes the mouse. in its mouth from one
place of the house to another, but neither she
nor the kittens ever hurt it, though they often
jostle and set their paws on it, whilst feeding in
the same platter.—Aberdeen Chronicle.
READING, MAY 15.—Yesterday ' morning
great astonishment was manifested in this bo-
rough, on its becoming publicly known that Mr.
Harding, managing clerk in the office of some
eminent solicitors, an active leader of " the ser-
vile or blue cause," and one of the principal con-
ductors of the defence of Mr. Spence during
the late Parliamentary inquiry, after commit-
ting forgeries and frauds to the amount of
3,0001. had absconded to America. It
appeared, that he informed his employers he had
received a subptena to attend the petty Sessions
at Macclesfield, to prove the signatures to a
deed. About two years since he went to Mac-
clesfield for such a purpose, it therefore excited
no suspicion. He borrowed of one of his em-
ployers a box-coat, and on Wednesday, the 2d
inst., set off on his pretended 'journey ; by the
post, on the Wednesday following, his wife re-
ceived a letter from him stating the cause had
unexpectedly been put oft' for a few days, and he
should not be able to return till the end of the
week. No suspicion was even now excited ; but
on Saturday evening his wife's brother arrived
from London, having that morning received a
letter from Liverpool, written by Mr. Harding, in
which he states that he is off to America, and
:desires him to take charge of his wife and child,
as he shall never see them any more. The rea-
son of his absconding soon became apparent, for
a gentleman named Cole, who is in the habit of dis-
counting bills and lending money on securities,
and to whom Mr. Harding was a principal agent,
and who had been very uneasy some days on ac-
count of Harding's absence, discovered that he
held a forged bill for 2001. for which he had paid
the amount to Harding, and also some convey-
ance-deeds on which he had advanced 4001.
more, which proved to have been stolen by
Harding from his employers' office. Mr. Cole
likewise holds some other securities to the value
of 1001., which it is feared will prove bad. A
great many persons are sufferers from the frauds
of this legal gentleman; amongst them Mrs.
Mason, of the Upper Ship Inn, who advanced
300/. on mortgage deeds, and her son 150/. ;
the deeds prove to be incomplete and stolen.—
Harding was employed by several persons to
collect debts ; it appears he contrived to keep
the largest portion of the money he received.
His employers are injured to the amount of
1001., and his debts in the town and neighbour-
hood are considerable. Harding is supposed to
have been carrying on the forgery system for
about a year and a half, contriving to redeem
one forged bill, when due, by substituting ano-
ther to a larger amount. He conducted his bu-
siness after the plan of Fauntleroy. He has
lived extravagantly, and it is supposed has dissi-
pated the chief part of the property obtained by
his atrocious frauds, and that he will not carry to
America more than 500/. His loss to " the
blue Cause" is said to be irreparable. Events
are certainly exposing to public view the instru-
ments employed to play off the numerous dis-
graceful tricks resorted to by " the servilea" at
the last election.