Mr. Fauntleroy.
The Times, 1824-10-09T00:00:00

, [Lne correspondent who turnished us .-vith the former'partlcuL- re#edWtgiB this person has sen t us the following statement]... , > ,"d determine, in deference to the expressed dtmw ,of this: personWs1-egal advisera, to refrain from again introducing-before the public any further particulars connected with his history or his .case; Mith'whicjh -we have been made acquainted, until a decisiqun by The ffibTkals.f' Ahisc6untry should leave u-ree. to..actupon. our owti Pe6ponsibiltr, hwithout the (litliger of unfairlg prejudicing his inter-' eat _ nor ehatl the stupid artide which we yesterday copied froun. a coul,t.;u tperplprofeBsin eto. be tteontradiction talto ngl, inl' point ooff.'eU,.iti foi'rteIo pati no contiidict`iu- at all) of' a tatee nenEri.pteign Mr,.Kr auntIeroy,'publishe-l by us :sote da -ago' induce. us to bwerye-iroi& ur-d6ieter iarnion furiher * ran-to-expQos the 'pr6tensions .to 'corre2t and exclusive. information upon .'ne subject containied4in tis .recioas' ptoduceioi;' Indeed, aiiy eddid rasel ofislsrticle'usdour dt iembntmust ate that all the infor, mnaeieii'Isdsse b.y the ssritcrt,of the former was gleaned fromb 'tid latter.- T his 'writer' byv way ofcorrectiig us says, tbat Dfr'Fatnc1eroy 'was ',o hibrtbr, and never played at tiis owD -private houteemore t,han ronb hilting wviltt, o& for inore than halt.a.crown at a garne of billi3rds, Whoever said hle was ttgambler? Wo stated "4That the wonder andsurprise with people were, how Dr. Fautitleroy; wIse as tbt known tw b'o,bea gambler, could- have s,uandered 5d much money."' Indeed, on the face uf ehe'thing. it s clearthathad he b'een a gzmbler, in the proptr sense of the terrm, he eould not have been' thc dupe of Afbthtr' Bang and her uefarious system' as ve described. Akgain,it is saidT,. that rtlr. Fgiuntleroy had not seen Mrs. Bertrai for many yeara." ' rW neYer said be had: on the con- trai-y;-we tated, that it wasseveral-years ago thatthe infariouscircle im which' this w/oman modved was at it3 greatest eteuw~ -But -we are assured that Air, Fluntleroy's house and e8tablishment. id Surrey were uptn z verystiall,; plaim, and simple scale. The honse Is certainly not -large enough to tumn a coach and t'eur in, hut it fs (for we have seen it) a very handsome house, very elegantly famishedj and fitted up in every respect as the private establis ment of a gentlenman of taste and fortune. Again wve are corrected, that the lady who was. at the head 'of this establishtment was not brought by MsIr: Fauntleroy frou PaTris;-but that she is, although educated in France, an E;nglishl lady. We never menciobed sn wrord about " Paris :" what we said was, " that she had been a yousng- English lady puisuing her educatioti at a convrent in France, (not-at or near Paris), from whessce she-accompanSed Dir. -Fatiatlcroy to this coun-~ try." But this Vriter sai8, that " Mir. Fausntleroy was-never in r rancec bult foi a fe-i hoiiis, in his life, and does notrspeakla word of the lingnagdof that country." Wle cnm-only say, thatiP he-does not, it is very extratidinary: we ceytainlynever heard Mlr. Fatunt-'. Ietoy spieakFrench, ohr did we ever Ree him on the Continent ;'but considering thr,t he -isbhyno -very distant extraction a Frenchshat himnsalf..tnat itis to be presumed, in his rank of life, he receiiJed the -ttsba edttcati'on of a gentlemanf tsioving in that rank~-conaidering, morcover, that in the sole managemnent of his bankinlg establish- ment he mustthave had various comm.unications with foreign houses and for-eigi mnen-cLonsidering, also, though last not least, that he wentiunto-a distant-part Of Franlce, and brought under his-care, from a French con'vel,t there, .a yonng ladly. (although Englisht,-wre do say, that, consideritg all theseeireunistnnces, it is an extraordinary thhia,-and liii. 'huntieroy unis-t be a mnosr extraordinary men, and a stil fIOmre-extraoi~dinnry and successful suitor, if he was never in France; l,pt upon this head we p refer the cvidence of those who passed mnore tSme-in the scietv of Dir. Fauntleroy, than we believe this Biighthelnistonisn ever di'd. W 1e are'told by this wiseacre, that the house in Surrey was so smiall, that the officer who went in search of It could with difficulty find it out, (we wonder he lhai not said that when the of ficer did find it oul, lbe could scarceey 'see it,) although we are told, by means of asterisks, that the lady wh9 occupied it went by the nanme of Fauntleroy, w hich wre suppose is intended, but thlat her real nause is F. We wi'i3- nowi-and it is the only new point we shall touch upon at p,resewnt-give this writer a fresh peg to tiang an idea or conjecture upon. The lady alluded to never did go by the name of F auntleroy, or any other name atnswering to the asterisks put forth; neither is her real name Ft@ Hfad she gone by the name of Fauntle^ roy, a lIttle common sense might have told one, that, noiwitlistand. ing the size of the county of Surrey, and the smallness of the house she resided in, there could be no great diffilculty in finding out her abode by an active and intelligent officer. This officer was, however, three whole days entirely occupied-In endeavouriug to find ont the establishment of Mir. Fauntleroy, in that county; and whencee arose hifi difficulty ? WVhy, because the lady did not, nlor did lie himself,'go by the name of'Fenntleroy in the neighbourhood. Although wve feel little iticlinatlon to give our Brighton friend fresh grounds for three wreeks more cogitation, to produce another luminous article, we will tell-what lie knows nothing about-how this residence of M1r. Fauntleroy was discovered. The officer, after three days close inquiry, and having driven over a great part of tbe county of Surry, in a gig, during w hich time he twice passed this very house, and Made inlquiries in vain within even a few yards of it, if any gentlernan, or other person, of the name of Fauntecroy lived thereabouts, was returning on the point of giving up the search, when he stopped at a public-house to have sonic refreshment for himself and horse. While in conver- sation with thle landlord, the otficer mentioned the object of his journey, and asked the publican if lie happenedl so have, heard of any orne ot' the namec of l?auntleroy reSsidinlg any where about; and ao'ded to his question, that the residence he was in quest of was that of a banker. *rhe lanCdlord replied thathe never heardof the name of Fauntleroy; but there was, lie understood, a banker w ho had an, establishment about two miles of r', in w hich residedl a young ladly, who went by the name of .--, whichlihe understood was the baukeer's nsame also. The officcr havlng got this hint, although by no means a decisive one, determined to hoazard an experiment. and having got a proper direction towdrds the house from the publidan, drove ethitherme his chaise. Havinlg arrived there, the question w.as how to introduce hlimself, or find 'out vwhether Ort not the house was the one he wsva in search of. The officer recollected on the instant that lie had in hit oocket-a note whieh hadl been written to him by Mr. Fauntieroy frotm the prison, requestitig he might execute some trifling commission. Trhis note was of course signed " Henry Faunnterov."} The officer knocked at the door, and insqaired for the lady of the house by narne, as it had been gxiven tO kim by the public2n: he was shown into thc parlour, and shlortiy the young lady made her appearance. She seemed in deep distress of mi:nd, having before then, by some meatns, learned the unfortunate situatitsn of her friend. The offlcer said that he called upon business of imnportance to his interests; but as the greatest circumspection WaS necessary, lie could not disClose the nature of his intended comsmuni- cation, until she should have answered one question; and then, doubling down the note of MAr. Fautitleroy, and showing her cnJy the christian nnme " Henry" signed theireto, astked her to tell him inhiose writinJg aiid signature that was ? Trhe unhappy young woman instantly exclaimned that it was Mir. FannBtleroy's, and droppDed into a chair almost senseless. The offlcer, with the assistance of the servants of the house, having used every means to re5tore her, and in a few minutes succeeded, lie proceeded in the mIost humane man. nier that 5o unpleasant a duty could be executed, to ace upon the search-warrant in his possession: not the slighteseobstaclewas thrown in his way, but every facility given to him. He, however, found nothing conrected with the object he had in view, and took his de- parture. clS dare say that our Brighton f'riend will tell us, in about a month,, either that lie knew all this himeself before, or that there is not one word of truth in it-or perhaps both. Now, with respect to any otheresta lit ment that MIr. Fauntieroy may have had, besides the one above spoken of and that at Brighton, where, ne doubt, our Sussex friiend has played one shilling whisat and billiards with him, had this writer known die west-end of Lion- donz antd particularly the neighbourhood of Baket-straeet, as well as we L.ondon people do, he would not, we SUpPOS4 have hazarded the assertion that there was no other: perhaps he will tell us that the officers searched no other. MR. FA UNrTLRROY. .