Police.
The Times, 1824-06-28T00:00:00

| 1AWSZOM-TIOUSE.-In the course of last week a solicitor ap- plied to the LORD SIAYo0t, in behalfoflr. Rothschild, to grant a warrant for the apprehension i4f a Frenchlman named Dolorct, on a charge of having teloniouslv obtained 10,0001. The application was made upon the facts which hxd been previously stated to the Magistrates of Bow-street, and wlich have alreatly been made pub- lic. It was particularly urged upon his Lordship's attention, that the representation made by Doloret, that he had before been trusted by Mlr. Rothschild (upon which represertation he obtained the bills) was false. The LORD D1AYOR said, he felt the case to be one of great doubt, but he would not venture to decide upon the application without first taking the opinion of his legal advisers. The casewas accordintly Said before the City Lawauthoritieq and they gave it as their opimoli that the fraudulent intent,ion of Doloret was not sufficiently imanifest to induce tJ.em to recommend his Lordshlip to grant a warrant. The LoRD AMAYOR, therefore, under all the circumstances of the case, acted upon the doubt which he originally entertained, and de- c3ijd granting a warrant. BOWV-STREET.-Mr. Jones, a gentleman residing at Angel- park, Stoke Newington, was brouyht to the office in his own carria e onSatarday afternoon, charged wlith a riotons attack upon Mr. I,tb- bridge, a portrait.painter, residing at a baker's shop in the Stratd. -Wyley. the street-keeper, was the first witness examined. He deposedz that aebout two o'coek in the afternoon he was alarmed by a Icry of ' IlIurder !" and looking us at Alr. Lethbridge's window he l saw r. Jones with his body bal out of the window, and crying " Murder, niurder I" repeatedly. Witness- instantly went iuto the iouse, and proceeded up StitSo toefirst floor ; he there found Mr. Jones and Mr. Lr thbTidgFe at highi wordE, and Mrs. Letbbrid,gc, with several other persons, endeavouring to paciFy them. Uport bh en. tering the room, they each endeavoured to induce him to t&ke ime other into custody; and, not knowing which charge to take, he broueht them both before the Maristrete. The Afagietrste de. cided that 31r. L,ethbridge should be first heard, thougb Wr Jones strenuously endeavoured to obtain that privtilege. Is appeal ' ed from 31r. Lethbridga's statement, that .some timie ago be was cmulos'ed by an elderly maiden lady to paint two likenesses of her; andt whilst these likenesse% were under hand, she fell in love With and married tIr. Jot,es. WVhen the porraits were finished, thev were sent home, but though he applied repeatedly for tDe ptice agreed utpon, 111., he could not obtain it; and at length lie direct. ed his solicitor to recover it by due course of law. What mea- sures had been taken in consequence he tlid not exacllv know, but whilst he wa3 in coversation with MIs. Lethbridge sn Saturdav, she having just returned from n call upon her physician, wh6ne she had been to consult respectine an incipient cancer in the breast, they were alarmed bi a tremnendous knocking and ringing at the street.door. In a moment after llr Jones entered the room, and told him he was an infamous sconidrel, and tben proceeded in a very grea* passion to apply so many opprobrioas eDithets to him, that he found it necessary to order him to Quit tke room in_ stantly; but, as Mtr. Jones did not think proper to comrply with this order, and still continied his abuse, Mr. Lethbridge directed a servant to go for a constable to remove hinm. The moment a con- stable was mentioned, however, M1r. Jones flew to the window, threw up the sash, and roared out "murder!"so fariously, that be not onlv raised a mob about the house, but speediy cased the apg pearance of a constable writhout the trouble of sendin- for one. Dairinc the altercation Mir. Jones repeatedly doubled his fist at him, and had not MIrs. Lethbridge, ill as she was, interlKosed her- self between thbem, lie had no doubt IMIr. Jones woald have knocked him lewm. 31r. Jones was cstremelv impatient whilst MIr. Lethbridge was telling his story. so mach so, that it required all the authoritv of the Bcnch to '-eep him quiet; and when he was asked what l-e had to sav in his defence, hc began by akilng Mr. L !thbridge whetlher he did not say w him tbe moment he entered the roorn-" O'! know you ; your natcn is Jones; you arejuss olit of the Kinzes Bencb, and vou have been downv to Mlargate, for. tune-hunfina!" Mr. Lerhbri'lze posively denied that he had made any allusion t0 fortune-hbunting, tlioauh he admitted that he might bave said, " Thourli voyo makeso much boast of vour monev yitU tire nntv D: AloCt oRt :nie lungs tiencti g" or somethiag to that *ffect. 5XiC Jones persisted in ssyingthat lie veryv crossly alluded to ortulne.hunting; and sAid, that even the mention of the KMn's Bench 'ras enough tO rouse the feelings of any man wbo vwas wel aware that it was a most unfousfied insinuation. The fact was, he continued, that neitherofthe Portraits were cood likenesses, antl one of thera was so bad, that it was sznt back to Mr. Isethbridge to alter: but, instead ofalterinz it, he very politely sent him acopy ofawrit. It was in ciinsequenceof thigwritt,at hecatmetotown thatmnorningsith the inter,tion of settling t.e business; but he had nosooner entertdthe room and annonnceel himnself, than .M1r. LTethbridge flew into a great passion. and accosted hiin in the manner above described. iNor was this Ill; for. in a mosent after. he found himself beset by several persons, and lie actuallv received three blow,s on the breast frorn Mrs. Ilethbridge; so that, consilerinz his lifeindanger,he was con. strained to lift up thc sash, and cry oat murder! in his own de- fence. Mir. Lethbridge's servant corrobDratetl her master's account of the affdiir, and derlared that her mistress merely put her hands against.11r. Jones's breast to keephim frorn hitting hermaster. The llagiatrate expressed his surprise that a person of .r. Jones's per- sonal capacities should stoop to charge a kick womlani with having ascaulted him, and thcn ordered him to find bail to keep tbe pce himself in 401., and two sureties in 201. each. e MARLBORoUGE.-Srivtxa.v.-On Saturday Last Fredcrick Della Pirra, alt Itali in, was hrought to this office before ilir. DyER, the s;ttimg magistrate. charged with the following outrageous assault:_ Signor Calos D,nne, a surgeon, residingat.No. 164, Regent-street, who is an Englishian bs birth, but has lived a number of veara upon the continent, chiefly in ktalv, stated to themagistuti, that beine about to publish a work, entitled " Osscrveaio,esllte Donne del 19 Sicclo," or Observ'ations on the Ladies of the 19th Centurv, which is nearly readYfor the press, he wrs anxious to have the rna. nuscript peru-ed before publicatioti by some superior master of the Italian language, lest by accident somie trifling error might have crept into the compasition: and some days ave the defendant, who by so:ne * eans learned that he was on the look-outfor such a person, 0'.1led at his hoise and sent up his carrd, "Signor Frederick Denla Piera, teaches the Italian, Frenich, and Laitin Janeuages, with the ut- mnist exacness, prifes-rof the pian.'firte, and teach.esriding pri- vately, at 2s. a lecss1n." Seeing this display ofgenius and acquire- -tnen . upin the card. Mr. E ) onne thi i sct he Ilad just hit upon the man lie wanted, and en ered iso crmi with the professar for the perusal of the manuscrip ; hut they had .scarcely got through apage of the work, when 1Mr. D nine di-c-rcred that the Signor Della Piera was a vulgar, ignoran, and alm sit illiterate Piedmontee, who, scarcclv knew a word of pure Italian, and n,ne at all granaticaThii, Indeed, so ignorant was he, tha: he did not kr. .w the distinl01iX, which alni,si every tyro in the Italian language was acquainted wiib, between -he ar icles I and Gli ; ank upan questioning the im posmoX far her, he f-und ita he had beetu neariv all his life a private so,. dier. Upon making this discovery, Mi. Dirine of eourse withdesw his manuscript fr mm the pr.fessor's hands, and dismisse hirn, pitying Itita 5.m. tfr the s'imrt time he occupied his attention. I'tle deferitlant has. h-wever, called repeatedly since at the house, and inqaircd if his services vaere further wanted, and was always answered in the negaive, anti desired not ti trouble himsc:f by repeatingi his visi'. On that morning, however. he called again, antI desiringto see llr.Dontte,heZenmanded, tn a very peremptory tone, pavment for the whole of the time since his first engagement, atiid insisted that he was all the while in the cmployment of AMr. Donne. Mr. Danne remonstrated upon thS folly of sutch a demand, and reminded the Professer of his grosa i,morance, at the same tinie rcquesting he might withdraw from the house; upon which the defendant made a desperate blow at him which, however, lie warded eff' antI then the defendant scized one o the chairs in the hail where the affair tnok place, and aimned suchx a blow at him with it, that had not Mr. Donne defended himself with another chair, his head niu-t have been divided in two. At lcngthI a constable was procured, and the defendant given into custnOy. When the defendant failed in his aims at Mir. Donne with the hzir, lie deliberately set about smnshing all the furniture in the hail, Iwhich he completely demolished to the value of 10L ilr. Donne said, that he could at once have annibilated the lefendant, being perfectly skilled in the pugilistic art * but he was catitious of using t his powers in that way, for fear of killing the man. In reply to this c!harge, tie defendant insisted that 'he had a right to be paid by Mlr. Donne from the first of his engagement witls that gentleman to the present time, as it was no fault of his if Idt services were not made use of. He denied that he was ignorant of the Italian laneuage, although perhaps he might have been wrngiRA a few trilAing distinctions. MIr. Donna said, that if themagistratewould permit himhwould convict the defendant of ignorance out of his own tnouth i almost every word of Itaiian he would speak. Mir. DtED said, that as to tha defendant's ignorance or know_ ledge of the Italian language, he bad at present nothing to do, although he could not help thinking that it was a great piece of im- pudence in a man so ignorant to go about as a professor with such a card. As to the assault, it was a most gross and violent one, for vhich the defendant must find bail and answer at the sessions.- The defendant was committed for want of bail. POI,TCE.