Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-23 00:00:00

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aunt, Mary Bell, living in Fort-
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—ourt ; or, as she wrote it, in a scrawling hand, and
very questionable orthography—" Counts de Maricourt,
Swinburn-place, No. 7, Newcastle." Having fixed her
comfortably, Munday left her to the care of her new land-
lady, who, upon a subsequent informed him that her
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ins plays, thus strengthening the notion previously enter-
tained that she was by no means a stranger to the stage.
It must be said here that Munday, altholmh inclined to
trust the virtuous asseverations of his-protegee, took his
own steps to 'ascertain her real character and history. In
the first place, he made private inquiry of the landlady
in Barr-street with whom Anna Bell had told the
Lord Mayor she had lodged since she had been in London,
with the exception of the Friday night ; and then, with the
strong instinct of his 'calling, lie applied to.the police of
Carlisle and Newcastle, as the fountain-heads of informa-
tion on such a subject; the result being that he was soon
placed in a position to lay before his lordship the following
report : - "Mansion House, June 20, 1859.
"My Lord,—By direction of your lordship, I have made
inquiries respecting the young woman namod Anna Bell,
who applied to your lordship for assistance on Saturday
last. I have seen Mrs. Stephens, who reSides at 57, Barr-
street, East Smithfield, and who stated that the girl has
been lodging at leer, house about ten days, but did not sleep
there for the last two or three nights ; that she was at the
the theatre on one of the nights she slept out ; and that she
(Mrs. Stephens) had a very bad opinion of her from her
manner. of conducting herself. I have also communicated
with the police at Carlisle and Newcastle, the result of
which will be explained in the accompanying letters.—
Yours, &c... . "G. MUNDAY, Mansion House Officer."

" City Police Office, Carlisle, June 19, 1859

" War Sir—ln answer to your letter of the 18th inst.,
I beg to inform • you that Anna Bell left Carlisle about
six weeks ago; and was said to have gone to Sunderland
as a dressmaker While in Carlisle she cohabited with an
officer .of the 3rd West York Militia, then stationed at
Carlisle Castle; she formerly lived at Blackhill, near Berry
Edge, Durham ; she is a native of Carlisle. Her mother,
a very old woman, nearly blind, lives in Fort-road, but she
has no aunt living there ; she is a tall, slender girl, and is
well educated, but she bears a very indifferent character in
Carlisle—Yours, &c.,

" GEORGE E. BENT, Chief Constable."

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tation. Newcastle-on:Tyne, June 19, 1859

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receipt of your communication this morning, and in reply,
to forward you the report of the officer engaged in making
the inonhies--I am, &e

" JOHN ZABBA.GE. Chief Constabl

• "Detective Department,-19th June, 1859.
" beg to inform you that, in reference to the com-
munication from London respecting Anna BM, I have seen
the Countess of Maricourt, who states that the girl Bell
was an inmate of the Infirmary in this town. The Countess
was a visitor there, and she stated to her that she belonged
to Carlisle; 911 tlc 4,4111.1:17, ale
called on the Countess,
.and wished her to recommend her
That is all she knows respecting her.
" SORN ELLIOTT, Inspector,
Chief Constable, Neweastle.:on-Tyne,"
With this inform

to a situation,