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

A WOULD BE

HEROINE OF ROMANCE.
On Saturday morning last a gentleman who happened
to be passing the Manion Rouge bOore the onenind of th,(2

7Stice rooni, Was accosted in sorrowful acceni;ly a neatly
dressed young woman, who asked Whether he could
tell her how to get recess to the Lord Mayor. Struck by
her appearance, and anxious to. aid the afflicted, the
gentleman questioned her as to the purpose for which she
wished to see the chief civic magistrate; and- learning
that she was a S 'stranger in Londony that she had been
robbed and was penniless, and that her object in seeking
an interview with the Lord Mayor was to apply for some
assistance while she was straggling for the means of living
hone: ly 'and-honourably in -the great world . of London,
he' took her up to-the justice room through the private
entrance, and recommended her to the care of the Officers
of the court until she had' an opportunity of stating her case
to the Lord Mayor himself. Upon this recommendation
she was kindly received, and had a seat assigned to her,
where she remained while the charges were being disposed of.
As soon as his lordship was disengaged, the, following

meat, were elicited: Her name was Anna Bell,
as a native of Carlisle, in which ancient city her

and she

many years occupied a respectable position in
ociety. But her father and mother died, and she was left
_o push her fortunps as best she could. She had never been
to service, but slh'lrja served a year's apprenticeship to a
without, however, being able to maintain herself
I to. She bad no relations save one —an

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maliner

whom she som.

Attie time ago paid a 4441, and might, perhaps, have con-
tinued there in comfort, only her aunt introduced her to a
e (her aunt) thought would make her a
rotector, but whom she herself detested.
felt it politic to appear to acquiesce in
Lion, and left Carlisle, as if for the
; hut, instead of going to the

nd hus

, .
~,„, ~,,,,„_. ";,or, she made the best of her way Co New-
castle, where she conguited some friends as to what was
best to be done. .It was suggested that she might perhaps
be able to obtain a passige te, Australia as ste.--:.a.rdess in

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to go to Liverpool with that view, others. told her that she
would be more likely to succeed in London. So she

..ge 11l stontunoat, and to London she came,
It _some wharf some_
_against the docks, on
-11-rsday iieek.. She took lodgings, she said,
_eh she didn't know the name ; but
you went down the Minories to it, and it was close by that
a here ‘." the soldiers walk ahont all day with those
high Caps "_ (conjectured to be the Mint or the Tower).
had slept at night, making inquiry all day for
sonic employment, but without success.' Worst of all,
since she had bean in London, some one had robbed her of
all she had.. However, finding her money. gone, she
rifted that lodging on Friday morning, leaving a quail-.
clothes- behind her for 3s. which-she owed ; and on
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in son

There she

she slept at a cot

Foiconsect

ip for some little assistance to en-
,4gie on till she could look further for a
get assistance from her fricuds. The Lord
AO had listened very patiently, told her she de-
.ome sympathy if her tale was true ; but upon that
he could of course say nothing until some inquiry had
Npvertheless. as her position in London, accord-

to. ask his lordsl

ing to her own showing, 'was a dangerous one for a friend-
less young woman, and as he was anxious to rescue her
from destruction, he would do something for her at all
When could she hear from Carlisle ? She could

events

t once, and bring the anspt

and then take her to a respectable house, where her
expenses for a week would be paid from the poor-
box. Munday, the officer of the court, promptly obeyed
the injunctions of the Lord Mayor, by going with her to
her former lodging, in ,Barr-street, East Smithfield, where
he redeemed her clothes, and then placed her with a respect-
able widow woman, living in Fenchurch-street. But first
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