Star.
London, England, 1826-10-04 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday Thomas Adcock Grintiall,Esq. of Judd Place, Kentish
Town, for whose abduction his nephew, Charles Edward Gritidali
and William Hunter, were arrested at Tunbridge Wells, by Lead
beater' the officer, and who were examined at this office on Monday
night (as stated in the STAR of yesterday), appeared befote Sir
Iticneato Baum in pursuance of a writ of Habeas Cbrims, which
had been issued by the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, to
have him brought up. The old Gentleman appears to be infirm in
body, but in full possession of his mental faculties. On his entering
the office, he was instantly recognised by Mr. Beckett, a County
Magistrate, who was sitting on the Bench. Mr. Beckett shook
hands with the old Gentleman very heartily, and asked him how he
did ? Mr. Grindall replied, "Thank you, I am pretty well, con-
sidering all things; you and I are acquaintances of 50 or 60 years
standing.
Charles Edward Grindall, and William Hunter, the defendants,
who had been brought from the watch-house, were placed at the bar.
Mr. Grindall, senior, perceiving his nephew, raised up both his
hands,sighed deeply, and shook his head rrpeatedly, without utter-
ing a word.
Leadbeater was sworn, and he stated that he arrested the de-
fendants at Tunbridge Wells, on Sunday last, where he found Mr.
Grindall, stn. in their custody, at a boarding-house.
Sir RICHARD Blame: Pray, Mr. Hunter, by what authority
have you assisted in carrying off this Gentleman from his house in
London to Tunbridge Wells?
Mr. Hunter —I acted in this affair entirely under the authority
of Mr. Charles Edward Grindall, believing his uncle to be insane.
Sir RICHARD Blanes—Why did you take your uncle away, Mr.
Charles Grindall? what legal authority had you for forcing him
from his home?

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Charles Edward Grindsll—l did it for his benefit; I thought
a change of air wilild do him good, in his weak state of mind
and body.
Sir Riau RD DIRNIZ (addressing the old Gentleman)—l ask you,
Sir, if you were not, for some time, confined in your house, and
afterwards carried off against your consent to Tunbridge, by these
defendants?—Mr. Grind" sen.—Certainly ; most cruelly, Sir—
I did not like it at all.

Sir Itscumin Marna—Fine treatment, indeed, for a Gentleman
of his age and infirmities, to be dragged about in this abominable
manner.
Charles Edward Grindall—l have the authority of Dr. Barrows
for asserting that my uncle is insane, and that it would be improper
for him to be left in the custody of a female; and, for that reason,
I engaged a keeper; I have sufficient evidence to enable me to sue
out a Commission of Lunacy against him in Chancery.
Sir Mesas]) Btasta—l again ask you by what legal authority you
interfered in the way yon have done t—Charlea Edward Grindall.
I had a right to interfere as heir at law.
Sir RICHARD Btantz—Heir at law, forsooth ! Why the old Gen-
tleman has the power of disposing of his property to me, or to any
other person he thinks proper.
Mr. Grindall, senior—To be sure, I can • I acquired all my pro-
perty, in business, myself. My heir at law, indeed ! I can do
what I please with my property.
Charles Edward Grindall—l will take care of that ; I shall put it
into Chancery, you may depend upon it.
Sir RICHARD Baum—You were insane yourself.—Charles Ed-
ward Grindall. I never was; it is a story fabricated by my wife.
It was my father who was insane.
Sir It. Marna (addressing the old Genieman)—l ask you, upon
your solemn oath, if you were not taken away forcibly, and against
your consent, by the defendants ?—Mr. Grindall, sen. I was most
certainly.
Sir IL Stasnx—l will ask but one question more, Sir ; would you
be apprehensive of any personal danger if your nephew was set at
large?—filr. Grindall, sen. I am afraid to be wherever he is.
Sir R.. Bums said, that the old Gentleman might withdraw as
soon as he pleased. He then left the Office 'with Mrs. Grindall, the
wife of the defendant.
Sir B. atm Informed the defendants, that in this ease they must
also give unexceptionable bail, and he should require twenty-four
hours notice of the same.
6 Charles Edward Grindall-We bays nu ball at hand, Sir R.

birnie, and have given notice of it'already. Pray what amount of
%fret ies do you require?
Sit It. 1311INSIt—To a very considerable amount ; some thousand-
of pounds ; but it will &prod upon the respectability of tile pat t 4.
Charles Edward Grindall—We were informed last night by Mr.
Adolphus, that two sureties in £250 each, and myself in £5OO.
would he sufficient.

Sir It. BIKNIV.—AI hat ! an heir-at-law to forty or fifty thousand
pounds, to give security in seSt:o only. Perhaps Mr. Adolphus told
you that you were heir •at-law, too. However, bring your bail for-
ward, and I will inquire into their responsibility.
The ball not being in readiness, the defendants were remanded
till after the other busihess of the Office had been disposed of.
The parties were then ordered to find bail for the same amount
as in the case of Mrs. Grindall.

It appears that Hunter was the person who conveyed Mr.
Grindall, sen. to Tunbridge Wells, on Thursday last, Mr. Charles
Grindall having remained behind to arrange some necessary mat-
ters. The warrant was issued against the parties on Thursday
evening; and Mr. Haddan having met C. Grindall, wished hint to
walk as far as Bow.street in his company, in order to get him taken
into custody ; but he was teo cautious to do so. Mr. Haddan
then asked him what he had done with his uncle? and he an-
swered, that he was at Cambridge House, between Worthing
and Brighton. He left town that evening; and on inquiring
at his lodgings, it was found that he kft directions there, that
all letters should be addressed to him, as " Captain Hutchins,
Bolton House, Tunbridge Wells." With this clue, Leadbeater
immediately proceeded to Tunbridge Wells, where he arrived
on Sunday; but he was some time before he could trace the
parties, as Bolton House was not a hotel, but a lodging-house.--
Ile heard by accident, that in consequence of a riot, some of
the parish constables had been called upon to interfere, and on
farther inquiry, he tliici.vered that the persons concerned in the
riot were the vety parties he sought for. It seems that a
faithful friend of the old Gentleman, on whom he had depended
for many years as a collector of his rents, and a sort of agent, hav-
ing heard of his bring brought to Tunbridge Wells against his will,
immediately followed him to that place, accompanied by two or
three friends ; and having aougbt him out, he insisted on being ad-
mitted to see hint. To this, however. Charles Grindall and Hunter
would not, for obvious reasons, agrees A quarrel arose, which ended
in a riot, to quell which the parts constables were called in, but not
knowing the merits of the case, they did nut like to act in the bud-
ness. At this crisis Leadbeater artived at the scene of action, and
armed with a warrant to take the parties into custady, he made
no scruple to rush at once up stairs, and made Charles Grindall
and Hunter his prisoners. The friends of the old Gentleman
were then admitted, and his joy on finding himself free from
the custody of his gaolers was very great. He expressed his
gratitude to them and the officer in lively terms. A bottle of
medicine was ordered from the apothecary for his use, but',
he • •tupled to take it, until he was assured that his gaolers had no
band in composing it. Ott being assured by his friends that it would ,
do hint good, he said, that as he was now amongst his friends, be
had no objection to take it, and sent away his dinner in order to
follow their advice. He said that he had lived in continual fear of
being poisoned, and the only -person on whom he could depend was
the lady at whose house he lodged, who sheared him every possible
de-
gree of attention and kindness. The old Gentleman, although verging
on kis flOth year, and feeble in his limbs, has no appearance whatever
I of insanity about him. He appears to be a remarkably kind hearted
benevolent cid Gentleman. His nephew, Mr. Charles Grindall,
has, it Appears, been residing with him for the last nine months,
during which time he has, it is said, transacted money matters for
his uncle to a considerable amount, and has bought and sold stack
amounting to a very large sum. It is said, that the old Gentleman's
property is considerably underrated at 50,0001. There is no such
house, it appears, as Bolton I louse, and it was merely nanwel by Mr.
C. Grindall to divert the attention of the parties to another quarter.
COLLEGE-STREET POLICE-OFFICE, DUBLIN, &n. 30.

A very extraordinary case was yesterday brought before the Ma.
I gistt•ates of this office.. Couhsellor Glasser presided. A pawn
of the name of Grace, a decent looking man, came forward and
Charged an individual of the name of Bradshaw with firing a pistol
at him on Thursday night, with an intent to rob him, as he, Grace,
was walking down to lrishtown, where he bad his children living
for the benefit of the water. Ile met Bradshaw near the gas.works,
who entered into conversation with him, and after walking about
fifty yards together, he presented a pistol and demanded his morey.
Grace then made an elfort`to wrest the pistol out of Pradshaw's
hands, in which he succeeded, when a second shot was fired at
Grace, whose face is greatly marked with the posed, r. Grace per-
sisted in his identification of Bradshaw. A .Jr. Jackson, a very
~lespectable inhabitant of Grafton-street, came forward and declared
that he accompanied BradNhaw to the gas-works, on the way to
Iri►htown—that be had been cautioned by a woman he met that
four suspicious men were before them—that he, Jackson, was arm-
ed with a case of pistols, and he gave a dirk to Bradshaw—t bat he
kept the case of pistols in his possession, and which were never dis-
charged ; that he walked the entire way with hint, and that nothing
of that kind could have occurred without his knowledge. Mr.
Jackson is a respectable man, and would not he likely to state that
which was not correct. Grace persevered in his statement, his in-
formations were taken, and Bradshaw committed fur trial at the
neat Commission

By the arrival of the Woodbridge at Portsmouth
from Sierra Leone, we are informed of the lamentable
fact of the death of the Captain and several of the crew
previously ta her leaving that place ; and that six of.
:he remaining par t of the crew died dm ing the voyage.
Letters have been received from Newfoundland of tl.e
sth of September. The heat of the weather had been
so extreme there, that the guar thy of merchantable fish
would be very small, when compared with the trt 41
amount of fish taken. The price for good salted fish
was I Is. 6J. per quintal.
The late rains have so much improved the grass and
turrips in most pits of the kingdom, that all tears of
a sca:city'of either teem now at an end.
L 14 week some persons in endeavouring to destroy
a hornet's nest, in a yew-tree, in South Stoneham
church-yard, near Southampton, set fire to the tree,
which was entirely consumed; and for some time con-
sieerable apprthensions were entertained for the safety
of the church itself.

A whimsical return appears in the Mauritius Gazelle
of the 10th June last. It is printed by order of Govern.
ment, and in pursuance of a proclamation, made in
F. binary, 1825, for the destruction of rats and birds,
which form the plague of the island. The rats' tails
from eight districts amount to the almost incredible
number of 830,473, and the birds' heads to 238,549 in
one twelvemonth. The document, which is no unim-
oportant one, is signed G. A.. BARRY, Chief Secretary
of the Government. _ _

During a trial which lately took place in the country,
a respectable though not very ostentatious-looking Gen-
tleman, occupied the, witness box, devotedly awaiting
a cross•examination.• -14 Pray, Mr. Ottiwell Wood,
said the opposing Counsel, " how do you spell your
name ?" "Oh ! Sir," replied Mr. Wood, " very easily
—a lesson in it is ♦ery much at your service." "Come,
Sir, don't be impertinent—let his Lordship hear it."
The witness proceeded thus trippingly " 0 double t,
i double u, e double I ; double u, double o, d!" The
Barrister looked confounded—the Court and Jury
laughed, and Mr. Ottiwell Wood's evidence was suf-
Erred to pass as unshakeable.
CROYDON FAIR.—The weather having been favour-
able to a trip from London to Croydon Fair, the roads
yesterday morning were thronged with carriages of
almost every description. Brixton Hill, between nine
and ten o'clock, displayed one chain of gigs, carts, and
sociables. The show of horses this year has not been
so good as it usually is. Many of the mu:mewed articles
from town were recognised by the London visitors who
went to buy. The arrangement of the amusements ani
booths for the sale of toys in the fair-field offer little
novelty. Walnuts, very large and good.
Madame de Coyle gave a grand dinner a few days
ago, at her seat at St.•Ouen. She is a great admirer
the breed of sheep lately introduced into France, anu
her table was surrounded by some of the principal gra
tiers and farmers in the country. The sum and tib-
stance dill, discourse during dinner was—muttoa.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

11TOI?Pr.T.H—MuksoAr.

A Plate of SOL weights and distance the same as fir the Sifret Cap.
.Mr. Frrituson's h. 1. sistcr to Fquity, 4 yrs . 4 2 I 1
11i. Itlgledeves b. f. Swett Nan, 5 yts . 1 42 2
Mr. Forster's b. F. Burtnnia, 3 yrs . • 2 1 3 3
Mr. Hudson's br. F. Isabella, 4 yrs . . 5 3 4
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Mr. Dixon's ch. g. by Walton, 4 yrs old . 3dr
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with U added ; *tights as for the
Silver Cup. Heats, twice round.
Mr. Hudson's Lady F.asby, 5 yrs old .
Mr. Ferguson's sister to Equity, 4 yrs old .

WEM RACES—MoNDAy.

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The Rhoden Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 20 som. added by the
town (six subscribers), was won by Mr. Jones'. b.m. Slow-and-easy,
beating Mr. Newn's Creeping Jane and Mr. Jackson's Tilley Lass.
The Town Plate of 501. (three miles) was won by Mr. Grade.
br. g. Turpin, beating Mr. Gwynn's Harriette Wilson.

TOMIDAT.

The Stand Purse, added to a stake of 20 sows. each (eve sub:
scribers) was won by Mr. Nevrn's b. nt. Creeping Jane, beating
Mr. Abbott's Qitten Caroline and Mr. Jackson's Tilley Lass.
The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sows. each, with 20 sots. added bt
the Fund (five subscribers), was won by Mr. R. Darlington's b. air
Weal Lass, beating Mr. Griflith's Turpin, Mr. Rik's Miss Klein
Mr. K Burhon's Mile-a-minute, and Captain Stanley's be. 11.--t
10 to 1 on Mite-a-minute before starting—after the second heat,
S to 1 on Turpin.
Handicap Stakes of 5 sows. (ten subscribers; three miles) wal
won by Mr. U. Jones's b. m. Slow-and-easy, beating Mr. W
Burltan's Susan.

These races were numerously and respectably attended, and the
sport was excellent.

UTTOXETER RACES—Mora►r.

A Sweepstakes of 10 sots. each, with SO added; two milts—Mr.
Cailing's ch. g. Little Stamford, beating Mr. Probert's Alpha and
Mr. Hoddleston's Small Profit.

The Meynell Hunt Stakes of 6 sore. each, h. ft. for hones not
thorough bred, the property of Gentlemen residing within ten miles
of Uttozeter ; two•milr. beats—Mr. Warner's b. ns. Rosin, beating
Mr. Wragg's Tallyho and Mr. Wilkinion's North Star.
Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 50 added, for ponies not ex.
seeding 13 hands ; mile and a distance--Mr• Chawner'. pony beat•
ing Mr. Langley's pony and Mr. Alsop's Yarico.
Match for 50 sous.—Mr. Mountford's bl. p. Sweet Briar, beating
Mr. Abop's Yule°.