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proseeatria to the rate, to see if the watch Was set. She found that'
was not, font area returning, when she paw a crowd callected, who
were talking anmething about a man having had his brains knocked
She heteneil la a few moments, when the defendant, Hunuw,
eame to die gate, and attempted to enter. Knowing him as the
men who had been ordered by Dr. Mitchell to quit the house, abe
wondered at Ili* audacity an again meantime himself, and endea-
%mired all she could to prevent him frim entering ; but he seised
)ter by the arms, and mum her crying nut murder, lie put his hand
over her mouth. He was then joined by her husband, Damslord,
Cochrane, and another, whoa name she did not know, and who
assisted him in dragging tier into the house, where they threw
Mt down nn her bark and put her in irons. They kept
;tn m the melee about a quarter of an li she, While
thin vent for a mach. She asked them repeatedly what
Maine/eel to do with her, but she mild get no answer
:mei them. lice hnele,Petinic the shameful manner in which
she au treated. silt he would an with her. upon Ibis the defend-
ants threw a strait waistelat at him, and threatened to put It nn.
The poor old gentleman cried ; and every time that she en-
anyoureti to c.ll nut, they stopped her meto.h. They at length
tOtfthl her into a emelt, Ihimaford telling her that they were going
to tette her Ixfore a Magistrate. This astern-env! quieted her for a
r/rne; but when the coach paaed through the turnpike at Bath
Crielge. she i.t core knew that they were not
.:areng to any Magia-
trete of the dt.trirt, mut began to scream as loudly ac she contd.—
The driver coach, however, was en we:l inetrueted, that he
drove with treater rapidity as her cries inercued. She endeavoured
ta make the turepike.gnte keeper hear her, but Hunter put his
band into her mouth, and she bit Min severely for his pains. la
the coach Were her husband, thin:aired, l'oehratie, and Hunter._
arugele I es hard as she could, and Hunter pineed his knees
optima her stomach, and his hauls upan hart hasoin in a loose in-
elehente manner. She complained of this indecency. and said that
if .:te mast be dealt with in such a way. warily tin hueband wan
the proper person to treat bet so. Hunter had now got marks of
bet biting tom ; when she bit him, lie it—d her for a When
list coach retched Betlinal.peen, and she saw the fields about her,
she waruleyeel what destiny awaited her, until they stopped at the
White House," which she recollected as basing been described
to her as a mad-honee. Even then she felt glad that she was about
to tacape from the clutches of those who had her in custody, and she
was Wad to got away on any terms. She lens then taken ln:o the
bowie. and put into a room with nine other females, all, as she sup.
itinaiics. She was put into a led with another woman, and
there •he remained for thenight. The screeches of the unfortunate
in. eh-to her were dreadful, an; neibing in the shape of rest.
us their Woe-hire might well imagine, awaited her. ss It were Im-
liid the proarcittrix, `• to convey an Wee by denetption,
et the %tor:tiers which I endured on that dreadful night, be.
eionipelled. as I was, to ran the dismal boors by the side of an
sir iemie trani.w." In the morning she saw °need the attendants.
male a request to be allowed to hare an interview
t"h the 4/overflew, I tr. ‘Yarborton'e son. To that gentleman the
the a hole of Mr story, and, after examining her very closely,
expreeeed his eanactiets that the wag peIICCIIT sane, and that lie
i d no nalit whatever to detain her, and ordered her instantly en be
-en-revel. She went immediately to 19, Judd-street, and saw the
,ruse tustemil up, and found upon inquiry among the neigliboura
e et) dint rtnenins (Thursday). lair husband and another inan
11.: gore telwith the old gentleman in a pa.t.ehaiee, mind were sup-
wee.: t. isii. protect:al to Tunbridge While making in.
met with 1/r. alitcheil, who, upon itewing what had
immediately accompanied her to chi, office; and there she
ilocair. attended by a tenant of :11e. an. gave
'enact en upon which the warrant wu granted.
T!ie :there tics, having been deposed tn.
S. 11. Me Nis: asked Coo deionelaat, Ihnneferd, if he had a war-
•• or nunical cetti.icare, to autherise hiM to remove ihis person
t :LI.E: ir :eily:itnt 7
Mr. Permuted said. it was from the repreventitions of the hue.
the annueutrix that he was induced co net as ho had done.
I.:elwani care to him and said, that be was
„. that hie wife weuld do islet some harm. for that she
.. ter', I.i. eress mob letien his fintens ; thee tae raw decidedly
aware, ara 't WAS racesary she should In out under rearant. lie
••.• 'retell tee autatun v of me- men front St. I ulresestehlishenent
....mg her there. ant: sate: lie world take 27,1 the respereehility
...se This wee refusiel. but he .Hunteford) certainly cum
a:a,: to e rcumpsny lint, ilf•sa iiis ekelaret:on that his wile was
The object ane za eat her ;mere restraint, but not in am-
-. tiore'. 1 Orr c. ria: n 1 y e:raggee. lase 4:.t0 the parlour, and titres:
oi he- hark ; thot the fact.
K. Bt RNIE —lndeed. Sir! oral pity what right had you to
%too : Without a warrant. itheiit r. eilical certificate, wi.hout
•r!, anihneity whatmenr, except the mere ii-i• •itof a stranger,
Jres this woman away tenses tier house. and put her in a mad-
-1 aye. Mieh preeredirge as three, Sir, catnet he permitted in this
C. weir-. I aelnirt.
TSr Mee:dant, Cochrane, in his defence, said such (hinge were
t^tlr tlone, and it waa well known. lie c.... 141 net a great deal
:: a ere called upon.
Mr. Missitt do not want you to say any thing. You
tr. i; ram: earn discretion : but I will tell you, that y Oil have
--e.i la a rim• enjerentiable minter in dragging this female to a
Tr:a:neva. *Onto eves tOc -tileser of a legal caster.
C51.f311e...11 IS .)wars done at in cases of insanity, as Ellis, an
elf your establieliment, situ was [life a fe:.low-servant of
le. ran testify.
Mr. Mixeie a" mere dist Ellis, who is a very rest/M-
-eth: officer, will not attempt to instruct us upon the law of the

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sr. lt. Hi ;Isis-I'w say it is very emnmon, and indeed the
..tart practice, to do as yeti have deg:fibril. 60, then, if any
pawn chooses to fancy or declare another to be insane, you are to
LS.,-.0 Ont unfortunate cremate to a madhouse. and, without any
auti:orvr, incarcerate the individual perhaps for life. I can tell
yon. Sir. that such a pu.reeding cannot. nay shall not—while 1 am
insi.tid with mahi.terial power—be autiCred in this free country.
1.4 of this nvore r:quirz the utmost vi;zilanco of the Alairia-
t• ; and lam sirs I can say, as tar as I and my honourable
...I:ea.:tie are concerned. that we snail titver spare any pains to
vuo.c: his :Majesty's subjcrts from uutrasea of so dreadful n de.
script:on. -

Air. !tliwatit:Le. perfe?tly attreed with every 13 which had
taller t:om .ir Raer.vrt! !Witte. _ .

captain Deane, who was accused km the proarcutria or being
s pity in the business* stepped forward, anti strongly denied any
ratttopation. 'nit Cap' lin entered into , very long explanati,,n of
to, cot,,te th—lle was closely questkeneti as to whether he knew
Mr. Urandelh acn. was taken to. otid itc protested that he did

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-41, It. ill RNIE attkcdt the defendant Outnkfyrd. if he wtr. not
*.ve, at the tittle I•e vsokithe prftet atria to the ntadltnake. that her
tteaberd had hintkrlf been tr a Instant: asylum ?—The detct•dant
!tar! te F..td •tnce Lc t-;!

31; NSIII; Lt. sca, the recc,..etling altogveler sTethe.! '0 be the

Iln:an.

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. • ro o IL s:l'd it s•erre4 to him that Cirri- .735 a treat cleat
in the In3dIle31.CIT:e1:1;. h:rr 30,0141!. or weic

r many qtr.srior,r were nut by Mr. t;at•;e 3'6 Alm Grin.
a view to it.e.r.ain whzre Mr. (in, dell, wen been
•,.. but no light wt.! throw-. upon. tI iubject by the answers

i.ver.t.-3311y Mr. nu-n.f..)ra writ orderer to find bail : himself. in
LIM; and two n:reties : and Loriirar.- ir. Iffni.. aid
T. etyrii•ilki., prr,44lrl it to re non...e

A . oh; say irletei••'i•i!. Yen:conveyed to prison., in
') tit tby gacler,, tla•y will remain until di.: bail
r he arcert:A.
r tier CIJSC Ot tlieii‘cstigation in tin, nun, imrtt.lnt cave.
• • •

. otion war obtan cd • I,rt aro. To•dnidge
a^d oprbriiiin ing made to Oiie of the Jokiges, upon
p „,,eo wiL,tari;r. a 4+;:t p: crwrlid VIP% granted 111 bring up
Lis b..ly and, armed witl• th.ii althonty. PI proper officer ana twe
~. toe I frodeinao*., rcht:iw.s canal off to put the nvtuntcnt
mac otion.

out, that mlic might not dirt her (ndira ; atul &titled:les their
t;itt shut he► up in a closer th it she hest her with a cane, mid
watt faller often .lapped her fare.
(burr' Tit asked her age.
J: n. Kent said the understood it oat three years nW ; that it had
Into able to walk, but that now, from starvation. it was unabil to

G tirrtrit—h cannot be hill the age Tou :petition ; c.an it

r.! Kent—Nil:en we gave her the bread and butter. she faintly
K.: • • Thank ye."
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a!-. Catvzil it-

-Ark her elle, it ha name.

questi.m b•ing put t.i her. the poor little child bill out
its ha pointed en!: ita finger. and coact a little noise, but did
not ar::c.ulate a syllable. It lay In Mrs. Ken's iSrms, looking
with great placidity elan nll rho came near it. as if eunai.•us of
(lid, being friends. It was stated that the richer hinncrly kept ■
ix:formes shop in the Iturtingtnn-arratie: that he refound last
from 1' • •••atacet ; and that he is a practical musician,

Mr. (intrr•rrtt Raid the father most be immediately brought
forward to answer the chartre.
Mr. Norris said it might be difficult to find him, as he wax
seldom at hotne.

" I do not know," said Mr. Griffith, " what will become of the
other children ; if we take the mother away from them, they will
be left destitute, like this poor little child.
Mr. Taylor, who lives at the corner of Newman street, and
who ball accompanied the parties to the office, said he would re.
move that obstacle: iff, if the mother was taken into custody he
would take the two children to his house for the night ; but there
was another obstacle In the way, for as the woman was hourly ex-
pected to he confined, he thought it would not be safe to take her
to the watchhouse.
tiairviTTl—Voter PET to take the children to your house
is exceedingly humane; and, with regard to the woman, she Ithall
go to the workhouse, end then every obstruction will he removed.
Let the poor child be taken proper care of, and let immediate steps
be taken fig the apprehension of both father and mother.

M Ali 1.1!OROVIIII-ST EET.—On Thursday night, about halt-
ram seven o'clock, Lieutenant-Colonel Richxrd Arciniall was
placed at the bar, for the purpose of complying with the order
granted by the Lord Chief Justice Abbott.
Mr. Ciireasr, the Sittirg Magistrate, inquired whether Mr.
Ilarmer's clerk was in attendance; he was informed in the nega.
tive ; he :hen desirtil 'woodier cases to by called on, in expectation
that he would attend. Findieg, however, that there was no appose.
once, Mr. Conant asked Mr. Fitzpatrick, Chief Clerk, if he knew
the handwriting to he that of the Chief Justice, as it appeared
strange to him such an miler should be granted.
Mr. Fitzpatrick replied that be believed It to be correct, and that
Mr. Harmer hail notice of the proceedings.
Mr. Coxxx-r addressed the prisoner and paid—Arc you, Richard
Arehdall, ready to enter into your recognizanres to our Sove.
reign lardtheKing in the penalty of .5U., to appear at the Court
of Kiog'i; Rend'.
The prisoner replied yea, in a low tone of voice, scarcely audible.
lle wotwthen ordered to be discharged.

Th. following is a copy of the I,ZlChief Justice's order
•
" King's Bench —The King at Ole prosecution of Frederick
Withers against Richard Arelidall. for an assault.
. .

" I tin heruby order that the defendant in this ease, Richard
ArchJall, be immediately discharged from t:le custody of the
Tenant of Trithill-ti,las Diaisc of Correction, on Ilia entering in'o
his nwn rcrognizanees. in the slim of :)Ote.. to answer to the ease in
ibis Court, on the first stly of llieltalmas Tern), on all such charges
of as.aulis and misdancanouni as may be then and there preferred
against hiot by the prosecutor in this case.
" CHARLES ABBOTT.
" Date! this 27th day of Sept., in the year of our Lord, 1826."
CASE OF DISTRESS.

Yesterday a mitltlie:;jgc:d feinaVOlrespect ahie demeannut, who
gave her ela!P ithaia fianele, hot who admitted subsequently that
her name was Cohrtruay, the wife of a Captain on halt-pay in the
Cimisnissatiat, was brought before Sir C. I annAs T on the follow-
ing charge of felony :
Samuel Eitel:intl. lysonnther, In lismeay.street. Oxford-street,
stet: 1, thst about ten minutes Nl:me three that tiny lie was in his
sh:.;•, when he heard the cry of " Stop thief!" Ile looked out and
saw his Far an t calling after the prisoner, that that woman (the
ptisoncrt had robbed the house. Witness pursued her, and deli.
%Teed her into the custody of an officer. She dropped the property
itt the street on his servant raising the cry ; it consisted of a pair of
new hoots. a !technic carpet, and three velene belonging to his bed,
and worth gas.

Jendron %Van! is sr, rant to last witness; her master has the shop
Na. I. and a hopse ItilTvly opposite; on going over to dinner, she
left the door a-bar. and stippos. s the prisoner to have got in by that
means. lln comieg cut of the dining-room, she saw the prtsoner
coming down stairs with a bundle under her arm; she followed her
to the strorml,..u. and thrt, gave an alarm ; about ten yards from
the house the privily'. dropped the bundle, and ran into Totten.
ham-corm-road, where she was overtaken by her master, who
brought h-r back. She had never Peen the prisoner before.
John IVoodward. one of the Pmw.street patrol, received the cr.
titles yro,lueed from the last witness, and took the prisoner into
custil F.

Sir liwonnt asked the prisoner what she had to say ; her reply
was, with a sign, " Nathing at all." The Magistrate's further
questions induced the following narration :
She hail beta a married woman 13 years; two years ago her
lii baral forsook her, and she had never been able to find his !wig.
ins:, as he was alivaps changing them ; she could assign no motive
for his h•aving her; he was a Captain on half-pay in the Commis.
NOtiOt Dvartment. at 7s. lid. pre day—his name Will Courtenay ;
his father wit% a Member of Parliament on the Opposhion side
since lice husbau.', left her she had endeavoured to maintain herself
by dress.making, to which she was brought up. She bas no friends
er rels'ims in this ronarry, and cannot be more but than at pre-
sent ; she hod a brother here, a master tailor, who died last Valen.
tine's-day ; she is a native of Edinburgh, where her sister, Mrs.
Campbell, retired on the death of her husband, a branch of the
Breadalbane famile. Her husband's parish is Marylebonc. Where
she had applied F.ve times. Air. stocker. the churchwarden, at-
tended her application to Air. Rawlimon, the .Niselstrnte.
fla wit nson desired 31s. Stocker to apply to the Lords of theTrcasury,
that a portion of her husband's half.pay might be appropriated to
her support. At first Mr. Stocker Kahl they hail no power to stop
his half-pay, her husband being an officer. Mr. Rawlinson asked
why not as well as a man at 9d. per day 1, Mr. Stocker promised
the Alagistrate he would : but w hen she again went to him, he said
it was nonsense to talk irsout it ; it could not be done. She had
now outlived every means of support, having pledged every thing.
Sir Cit:oaGE suggested writing to her friends, for which she ex-
pressed her gratitude. and said even two or three pounds would be
• mat benefit to her in redeeming her app treL
_ _ _

Mr. I.:yrland ntid he would recommend her to mercy, but Mt
it a duty to linusecct.: r:soner, having limn rubbed several
times.

On her being committed for trial.
Sir GEOR6 r tit nikx T said he would send a note to the keeper
of Newg.ire, and :o.ked i!,e pritorer if an officer should go to her
lotlgii:g for her clothrr. The rt Jr creature r...plied she Lad nothing
but what she stood upright in.

AWKWARD MISTAKE.
Mr. Rochford. the pawnbroker, brought in a very respectably
dressed gentlemen. on the following charge:—
Mr. Rochford statril that the prisoner came to his slson to back,
as he thonght. a ticket l,r an umbrella, on the llth 'of September.
arid gave him a sovereign, the full change of which he returned,
except a pomp for backing the pledge. A young woman was in
the nest box, waiting for the duplicate of a pledge; he pinned her
ticl.ct to the t limner's umbrella, with which he walked out. lie
(Mr It.)didn9l discover the mistake till the young woman asked for
her ticket; that ntornimr the prisoner came nepim, rind witness gave
him in custody for ihfrauiling him of Is. I ld., the amount of the
The gentletran yf the way in which he had been
collared and detained by Mr. Rochford ; he held a situa:ioa in a
public office, and was not capable of a fraud. Ile had a son who
had pledged various thlng% in his. amongst which was the um-
brella. amt.!: he had oe7rtsion to release on the pith of September;
lie gave the pawnbroker s sovereign and received his change,,think-,
Ing he had paid thy ro.'.emption money ; there was a ticket to the
which Ii d d rot r^7::eive till be got home. To-day he
went to redeem •4,1110 hocks alma pledged by his son, when they
cltaroed him v ith (It:fronting them of is. Dd. It Mr. Rochforil
would swear that the ht. !M. had lent been token, he was lierfoctly
a Mit !.7 pity it ; and is h!s turn could also swear that lie paid it
when he had silw umbrella.

Sir (i. F 111 it ANT anti .Jr. C.INANT told the gent/L.lmin .:11r.
Rorhiimi had sworn it ; tut :ha: thry could not permit the prisoner
to Piwrar. at one of them n:unt commit perjury. lie wan to tinder.
stand that they made no order about pacing; but reeotnnicndel
him ro ?pi out with Mr. Rochford and settle it.
The). retired fur the rurptrte.

ASSAULT.
....1 AZl' LE BON E..-I.u.t night U ease came beferr. lir. I7ft IF - .1,!. 8, Le: ,il wet brcuteat up for asaaulting Mr. James Year with
I . a its, s hilt not uMs minted the Mete.' iiegrve ii! s, mpathy iu a kmfe. and ilitiviiening to slab him.
ter breast of the worthy Magiatrrde, bet in nil ushers who were .ilr. Fear ?!taied that the prisoner was employed to look after
poems. j Stanley's attetioe.tooms, oppoitite St. °naives church, in Hanover.
.t 1,,,,r little, and we may sae most vile, a beautiful infeut girl, sefi.ire: that the prisoner came to his house at supper time, matte a
w. • bit agin to this elfice, in the arms of A Mrs. Kent, who urea , tirtronil lot fit.. which was ant owing to him. relight up erne of the
!it Cbstl.s.toreet Middlesex bosintei. The tacit of tine little Mint. . suppiv knives. aid threatened to stab himif he was not paid, and.
cent ii. as covered wi:li bruwes. and its inithe v•ith woantls. as it . had it :•n• 1.- en for the imerv.tniion of a third person, witness be_
p,,..,s of flesh had been cut or eineiod ou'. i blocs he misolil have i•ut Lis threat in execution. He had also the
Mr.. runt etaied, that three weeks riga n men unit his e ;le. ' kcis of the twin. where were some thousands of property.
i stied It': loon, wt.': apartments to the hinise of Mr. Nom, a The prisoner said Mr. Veer owed him the 61. !,r wages ;he took
ifssrmgrocer. her next-drat neiglitout. in t liaries.strett. They !up the knife, but l'ad tin intention of striking him.
lyettglit three children with them. two of whom have been take' 1 The prisoner was ordered to find bail for the assault, and recall.
• ~r of. and sent to school. but the youngest 'aka never since er-n I mended to give up the keys, with the observatim that his retnedy
los hc.ti of. Walt '•. was seldom at tome: and as the wife was 1 for non-payment must be an application to another place, and not
t_.rn absent for many home. the late of tile poor children was en- I by moist said a breach of the peace.
veloped in mystery, to names' which .h.lr. Norris proposed to 1 COLONEL ARCIIDA 1.1. los i ',entente, Mr.. Knit, that they elioutil open the apartments j ..
'Si•ithers. fa her and son, tame to teen Clain of 1110 bail that Chief
‘%..ll.....,slinntx.inii;
~,hwic
,:b:,,,,rdc.„",t, I::,,,whifsevaii7: lte'ainlteieli',,parlte'ultrevithit,,,-a'; I J.ustire Abbott !,..d accepted for Arc:Wall. being only his own seem.
~r: . 'elsck, that o poreinitr as* Sti,": by Mr. Norri,
3r4 Mrs. I my for .slid.. lest it should be skyward Wry had any hand in the
r
in
reduction. lie (ti father bad beitii collece lest
K: s. to carry their deilm r exectic.nn. Mr. Norris had a key
week, particularlyn: the led) whom hut soitsucceedtingevidence ed, whicforh, (fl
it had I is id
pnseession, which gave them admission : and the first object I been stated to the Chief Justin, he thotight his Lordship would not
bra tb ermined Itself was the above little ireature, abhor in have consented to the security.
ei.,!: under the tab's.. in stelf.vt eekednema„ tu the dreadful stelae
31r. Cc 1a.%)1 r said his iirst impress on was, that the Chief Jas.
before described, and with tt e window of the room open.
TileY 1
,tits had been imposed on ; but as Mr. Ilantim was his sidicitor
gsvi the poor child sane hived and butter, which it ate
i'ith he most refer him to that gentleman. The order was made by his
•....:'..y The mother did rot relent f.x five hours aril a heir; and
re s'!e w Lordship. and they could do no less than comply with it.
t .
v.l
of t...., as rt ionstretrd wall., she said she wished site could get 1 11r. ‘Vithera made a statement or similar treatment to a Neer
he child ; she wished tt: pari so would take it away limn I lad in Archdtateme all's sees ice, which we de publishing. being an Mrs. Kent also inform:l Mr. I inflith that the other children i
. i ! set's that their little !dote: wits left naked atstnever their mother 'i e 2.-
e erte snt made in the absence of the prisoner.

CHARGE OF ASSAULT.
trioN.H.A.t..--Yesterday an elderly man, named James
Th."... was bumph: before the sitting Magistrate. J. 16. CALD.
'FL i . Esq. by Joins, a:: active officer of this establishment. who
apprehended him under the authority of a warrant, for assaulting
his wile, Mary Thomas, a genteel•looking young woman.
On taking their respective situations before the 31agistrste, the
disparity in point of age between the parties was obvic us, the bus.
bond being at least Mt, and his wife not more than tr,venteen years
of art. The defendant was represented as a complete Don Gin.
vaunt, having made love suecessfuliy to several young females sub.
stapler: to his marriage with the complainant ; and, it appeared.
promising marriage to them all, describing himself as a roan Of
unbounded wealth. Bs his team and deception, it seemed that
he wheedled many poor girls from their situations, assuring them
er hoiourahlc courtship. and Impressing them with a belief that he
should raise them to an elevated situation, when they would have
nothing e'er to do but to bestow on him their love, and in return
they should 'Mein their coaches, and line most sumptuously.