The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-12-04 00:00:00

lIATTON-GARDEN.

An excerelinrly interesting young woman, named Jaw Maria
"nice, or )fop:. was brott.tht up ia custody of the Mendicity so.
ch officer., charged with bring found wandering about the
streets and squares at the west end of the town, in a state of the
greatest dewitutinn. with the intention of exciting compassion and
obta;ning pecuniary assistance. When brought to the Society's
office, Rol Lion.setare, she gave the following account of herself:
Iler father, ahe stated, was a wealthy fanner, residing at Ousel.
bury, in the county of Hants; that she had an aunt in London,
who kid the Black null Inn, Aldgate (a Mrs. Selson), who sent
for her to assist in the house as barmaid : but in consequence of
continued ill usage she bad left it, and since had subsisted on some
money she had brought from haute. She cad that she had another
aunt, a Mrs. Jane Palmer, who kept the Blue Boar Inn, Aldgate.
and an uncle, a Mr. James Beyes. who was landlord of the Spread
Earle, Griweeliurch-street, and that the two last persons are
guardians to the property she would be entitled to on her coming of
age, which amount.: to 11.r.001., which sum was rested in Mak of
England securities in her name, and was left her by Mr. Charles
‘i'oulridee, of Oxtiord I Iniversity. She also stated that she was one
of four daughters, born at a birth ; one of whom is now maintained
by his lklajtsty, at his stile expense. ILr fattier, she said, had re.
cord Jut Nsol. in the late Lottery; but. notwithstanding this
wealth, it sunned she was compalled to come to London in search
of a bar. maid's place. The present cause of her distress, she said,
arose from her having been roilsed a few nights back of live sove.
reigns and severe/ articles of wearing appaecl, which were taken
from her by three men on the read between Islington and London,
and concluded by saying that she had nut tasted food for three en.
tire days. For the truth of this statement she telirred the Society's
officers to Mr. • 1 Wild Brownjolui, of the White Hut Tavern.
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The 51entlicity Society made application to the several persons
mentioned in the above, none of whom could give any intelligence
respecting the girl, except 31ra. Nelson, who stated that she came
to her in the capacity of barmaid, but was not a relative, and that
after a few darn' residence in her house, she suddenly disappeared,
leaving her trunk, &c. behind, and the impression on Mrs. Nelson's
mind WAS, that the young woman was in a deranged state of mind,
M which mitiion the officers of the tiociry greatly concurred, at
first view of her case, bat on further investigation, they had reason
to think her a grist; and artful impostor, solar as regarded the story
she told in :le first instance; but it was certain, as appeared by a
letter received front the country, that she was respectably. connected,
but like many other young women had erred, and fallen into distress
and vice. _ _ _

The Magistrate under all the circumstances of the ease, said that
he felt himAelf authorized in committing the prisoner, for the pre.
sent, to the House of Correction, until the Mer.dicity Society, which
had already so humanely exerted itself in her behalf, should
hare advised with the young woman, friends, as to her ultimate
disposal.