PUBLIC OFFICE, ROCHESTER,...
The Times, 1824-10-15T00:00:00

YUSTit ' cOFF lc, Rrestess1FR, Oct. 6.-I'alrick Gerran, nisate in the 4th lgtht Dragoons, belonging to the Ca-salry Depot, asidsitone, vas brought before the Rev. G. Davies for exarnina- 1r, charged with a wanton assault, by striking with the back of ils sword, aned riding ovcr the nerson of Al r. Tyoop, of London, at lthtel review on (:hatharm Linex, on Thursdlav, the 30th of Sep. bIsher, by his Royal h eigncss the Duke of 'orSk. The case was eclear tha,k'nly two witnesses out of about ten in attendauce were ;smneIn&r4 a- ie prisoner was bound in stireties to answer the charge the next quizrter sessions, on the 19th instant, at Tlaidstone. For somne timie past therc has been residing at (roydon a ling young man, who called hiniself Frederick Perkin.v Singtgc oa: lived with a person nanmed Spooner, to whose daughter lie 'ofeased to be paying is addresses. Spooner liad contrived to ob. r considev able :Tcdit in the neihbaurhood, and has lately been t of the way. and Mr. Singleton has been actively engaged in en. eavouring to persuade the creditors to accept a composition of 3s. the pound it happened unluckily for these worthies, that a gen. at Croydon (from whoiw. they obtained about 1001.) received a ttr acqtuainting him that Mr. Frederick Perkins 8ingleton was a stier, and the writer was so ill-natured as to add, that be (Mr. tgleton) had some acquaintance with the interior of Newgate. In sence of this itformation,inquiry was inade; and it was found it Charles Lteigh Singleton had been committed by the C(ourt for cr:.tion, when ,iving evidence about 12 mnnths back, at the Bsil0v *he lav in Newgate about three weeks betbre lie could oaii- and was afterwards indicted for perjurv by the City austvz, ad the Grams Jury found'a true bill against bin. v ever, before the day of trial tile bail and bailed hatd absconded. theit appeared to belittle dloubt, from the description of the per. ,but harles Leigh Sin;IetOn Was thie Teal Siamo Pure, on- day application zwas made atNewgate for some of theofficers of Pftlso to idtentify him. Bishop, one of the principal tur.keys, tatsrs accompanied Mlr. Brown, thc City Mlarshal, and the gen. ThPI from Croydon, in a post-chaise, to a viUge about two miles Ollitst place. On gOing to the house in which Singleton lived, tcY 55e refused admittance, and were informed that lsc was frenm in%bot was e,opected at fiveo'clock. They waited a considerable tt tlo Prpoe; and as thc warrant in Mtr. Brown's possession ta 5tIoze hs orcing open the door, lie was obliged reluc- Fo raise the siege. It us fit .he ipublic shosltkbe inlormed,that stegleton is about tbree and twenty years of agc, fair abtut five tin eight be is accompanied by a youth as his groom, dlnasoi d to bt his brter. [le formerlylivedin Ball's-ponid alteported himtself to be ajeweller. It is more tban suspect. atbeh belonged to a party who irnposed on the Merdicity 8oci- *id ent about wit_ begging letters levying conttributions on dv benevolent to an astonisiling anount. It has been cd Gngood utborty, athu i, i i scarcel v to be credlitedi that eine rould be so duped, that such was their artifice ant address, thable thema t9 obtain froo a certain noblenian from first to e extent cf nearly a thoutand pounds. Although jlMr. expedition to Croydon vras riot so successful as could be "ed,itcannotbesaidthat he returned altogetheTr snfoccrif C 'CUtry bo cleared ofwUCb a fellow as Sjpgletoli,