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London, England, 1826-09-23 00:00:00

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Mr. RHOUGHTON--UrOn your oath, did you upon leaving
town, desire your daughters to 'be cautious of your huaband ?
Mrs. /Sit-bolls—l sicver dill, so help me Ond. That poor deluded
girl iota sworn falsely. Neither did I sartn her, on my return. Oist
my Itsisband boasted of what hr had door, and " wniild walkl'to
tlfr gallows like a soldier." It was a fabricatiou of he► own.
never thauglit of such a thing.
Mr. Ortonoturor wishea the witness to state whet hail taken
place on her return.
Mrs. Nicholls said, that on Lice return, lice dalighier informed
her of what fist! happened. She was very 11111Cil shacked. She
thought of going into a police office ro give Linn up, but changed
her mind, and taking a each, drove to the place where he was at
week, in Tottenham Court-rnad, and challenged him with it. Ile
appeared qui•e astonialied, at denied it, and upon her informing
him of what her daughter hail told her, lie exclaimed, " Oh, God,
what a tli!ng 1" She believed at first the girl's story, but now she
believed it all false.

In answer to a multiplicity of questions from the Magistrate, she
declared her opinion that the whole charge was a fabrication got up
by her deceased's husband's relatoona against the prisoner to get
him tint of the wy, because they disliked him. They cericlitty
could get no money by his death. She Nati never lived with her
husband since she bad heard the charge, although she considered
hint ini:ocent. . _

Mr. Kiaow- drs—Do you believe yoar daughter upon her oath ?
Mr. Nieholls--1 do not, site is such a divided liar.
Mr. a butcher, was examined by Mr. Knowles, to show
that the girl hail hem charged with dishonesty.
Aster Milne other evidence to the tharacter of die prisoner, he ad.
dressed the ,Magish-ve ia declaratory of his innocence.
Mr. BROUOIITOY Paid, it the charge was not true, he never
heard of gremer wickedness. There were sa many circumstances
in his favour, time he *maid escape any earthly tribunal; sodas he
was con% ince,' no jury smeld convict the prisoner, he discharged
him, as the evidence would not warned his commitment.
Nicholls was discharged, and the girl went away with him and
his wife.
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The cxitmination lasted until nearly live o'cloek.
QUE EN•SQU E.—Yeßterday, foreign lady. of prepossessing
appearance and imar.uating manners, who gave her name Sophia
Itiadellna Cuettnara, residing at No. 9. f heatre•piace. Stfingate-
Street; Westerrins:er, was brought up in custody under the follow-
ing cireurnstances :
It apicsritt from the statement of Mr. Thomas Davidge, of No.
fletaricita.street, Covent.garden, that the prisoner came to
board and lodge with him about twelve weeks ago, representing
herself as a °ammo lady id" high birth anal connexions, and that
Prince Leopold of Saae-Coburg was her guardian. She further
stated that Mr. Rothschild hail money b•-lotsging to her in his hands
to a considerable amount; Idae hail also an accoutre at Mamas.
Coons', the bankers, to whom she had lately advanud twenty
thousand pounds as u loan; Ind its vouchers htr respectability she
showed witness an immense bundle of papers, and other documents
duly signed and sealed by foreigners of distinction, relative to her
possessions In °anions% which she described as being of great
value; among ;he letters were sonte from the Duk.t of Penland,
Duchess of Kent, and several or the nobility. From the unless
an I plausible manner of the prisoner, witawas conceived her story
to be correct, and the respectable names she ineotioned did nut
leave a doubt on his nil id hut that she was a lady of the first dis-
tinction, and hehad trusted her for board and lodging to the amount
of 121. Is. 11d. Upon one occasion he occompatled her to the
counting-house of sir. limits:l)Pd to receive a aunt of money, and
waited for her oetride. when she returned with a bundle of papers
under her arm, say Mer they were Bank notes. Another time he
went with her to Me Bank to receive money. where she pretended
to keep an account ; aml afterwards went with her to look for the
Mansfield coach, at which place, she said, she had a large estate. A
few days ago he.asked her to settle his account, when she appeared
extremely indignant at his impertintmec to ask a lady of her met-
notions for such a ;rainy sum, and imosidiately quitted his lodg-
hags, leaving her papers deposited in his hoods as security for the
debt; when upon taking them to Mr. Rothschild's, he discovered
that the documents of the °transit estates were al; forgeries;
the clerk further told him they had been plagued with her tor the
last seven years, and she coul•i as times Noun Mness. The let.
tens from the nobility appeared to be genuine, and she had received
severs' sums if money fair the Duke of Portland and other high
personages. After she had let; her hal„siogs, a pair of socks were
mimed which were hung up to dry in her room, and he now had
her taken up on suspicion or the robbery.
Mr. WHITE (to the prisoner)—Where do you come from ?
From Wittenberg, iii Germany.
Mr. WHlTE—flow _lvEg have you been in this country ?—I
came here in 1819, ou family aft in.
Here a huge bundle of papers were handed to the Magistrate,
which were so voluminous that no person but the Lord Chancellor
would have attempted to wade through them.
The Alagi,trate, after examii,ing attentively some of the lemon,
asked her *hat she had to say to the specific charge of stealing the
socks.

The pri%oner, in her defence, expressed her great surprise at
being charged with the crime of that; it was totally tr»pessible for
her to be guilty of such an act.
Mr. WIIITE— It appears by thzse letten that the Duke of Pon_
land has hem extremely Und to you, and acted, aa be always &we,
iu the noblest mahr..:r.

Prisoner-1 ant sure if you will look at my papers they will sa-
tisfy yOu.
19twrE-1 do not think.there ft sufficient grounds to
(sin you on a charg, of robbery.
Several persons were in st:eilance who had been victims of her
duplicity, many of whom expressed their deteiminstion to prosecute
her for swindling..
A HIGHWAY ROBBERY BY A FEMALE,
THAMES POLICE CypIISO, Wh.)llalic her name 21/ury.Anne
Joilosun, was put to the bar, charged with robbing Capt. Clowlast,
of the brig-snow Anne, of his watch, chain, seals, and key. •
Captain Gowiru sated, that yesterday evening, between the hours
of nine and ten
,o'clock, he was passing along liatclitte-highway,
when the prisoner sc.osted him, and wanted to accompany
lie declined it, and - his b 0 .he .
its -