The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-08-18 00:00:00

IC VILMIALL.

chily'4 her villa ODIN* togs. sod sever store gam. a shit.
Hog for the stepped of beret her Jethro. he tinged boils
the wow*, ilrieid sod Wright, with having Fathomed tier
. .
It spjrwid trite sllrtiorle shut the unhappy tromp irkil •
order lht tolionieto Of jeetoky.
The Illsgthittote honestly adromaished her. He said tat '•
me if the het wen se she mated. it would be OM illllllfill'as
lion of her yiniroes; he
.entreated ire to art mere
preately hi fishier, slot es his prookos Not to molest the
Probet-ottka; sloe sins dierlisrited. '
.fehe Hoilerny was oral brought op, tharged *Oh mis
mantling his wife. him Holloway staled, that her Is •
had lately formed 'ais'
improper Clsouriiois with •I=
women. Wide the thstimietimment of that rooneulow, he -
totally rogketert his rankly; he ma mark the hose rel.
pOlllll to her that she strstald venseul to his living with Hs
couerohine. ll* moire than one, assaulted h. r. and expressed.
his diteripiostios otter more to moh..bit wills her.
Holloway. in his &fewer, drubs' that he formed any eon.
mesh's of the hind described by his wife; he had alwisys
Men a good huilisail sod father, bust he never would roost-sit
to live with his wife; she bad exerted herself to injure hies
in every manner its ler r power ; she wept to his employ.
for the posepoie of getting bins lensed owl of his situation ;
she violated all isoulid. lice towards him; be collo nut be loos
thankful to Gott fur not having wet with lire when he was,
informed of kr rwidurt with 'lord tohis employer; if he
bad met with lore al that moored be could out iinswet fee
the coonsequo ones.
Alderman Smith remsonstraled with the Poisoner. He
desired him to neon. et that he was the Giber of chitolrer„
and that It was his rimy to watrh over them ; he earnestly
entreated of die Prisoner to return to his wife, aod'uo he
with his family in terms Or perm
The Prisoner. hum err, refused to return to hie wife.
Atrium:as &MA—Thew you must be compelkd to tier-
port your childirn.
The Prison's—Su I will if she givers the* op to my tore:
Ablmasso Smitis--Stone of these are too prong to ve
taker from her, and where eon they be so well atiesided
protected as with their uww mother? Too are following a
wrong course; if you consulted your owe irapPioess, ysyi
would return to pint family; if yen pie russet., your wife
mini be swore agleam, you fur the assault, aud you sill be
committed to prison you do not And bail.
The Prisons r-1 have no bail; be it so.
Mts. !follows, was thee sumo to the fact of the assault;
and she Prisoner was committed. _

The •okappy woman wept bitterly Juriag the examina-
tion ; Ate had as infaut at her breast, sad two intenatig c
Wile girls stood betide bet the poor rhildren nie l with
their mother. TLe newts,
indeed, was one .1 • titian sail.c

Holloway, arillwr front Mia couateasate nor his maims r.
appears i4l be radically I'eprevid ; but be is labouring UM:. I'
a atrium infatuallog, which, it is hoped, will be swig ir-
pacreJ.

A youth woman of a grated appearaare, actourpau,..l
by her mother, applied to the Magistrate woke the f01t...1
ism circumstances :
Uwe had the misfortune of haviag had a bastard child 11
a Krum now reridiag i■ the parish of St. Bride, slam •t:
repn seated as ■ mart in good circumstances, cetera, a•
the business of • mash.. cooper. This person refused t
maintain the child, arid she applied at this cake, aloof ob-
tained se order that he should psy Ss. a week. lie 41.41 m t
comply with the terms of this order, and she applied I. U.
perish officers; they treated In r, she said, with the utm...t
harshoese,aud in the teeth of the order they refused to 1.. y
has enure thee three abilliup a ref k. . .

Mr./With. the vestry cerk, maw appeared oa behalf s f
the parish. Ile admitted that ao •rpliestio• was made, but
the parish allicets having inquired into the cirrannstaorre sal
the mu, they (woad that three shillings was as reach as i.e
could afford to pay, and they left it at her option rudest to
accept of it or to go tato the work-bourne, sad deliver ap he r
child.
Alderman Smith-:She was sot booed to go—as to gie i. g
up her child, the law has lateramsely interfered iu thie
stance. The ease is simply Oda, ea order was made by too
Magistrates who had authority—and Pariah Officers air,
have no authwity, attempt to review sod revere, it. like
man is bound to support his child, and he should be cum.
pelted to do in.
Mr. illasithev-I appeae hem on behalf of the parieh. A s
urdir of the Magistrates cosmos snake a maw pay what he ,s
out able. The pari4 Jo out wish to roared • ilk the
ordri, bat they will 5.4 pay to this walnut More 111,4
thole shill.ass per week, melees they shall he outlasted.d by
law to do vu.
Mr. Alderman Smith—l rertainly shall see that
lions be given to lire Law °Mersa of the City on this
jeer. If the law will not afford protectioa to this ut;.r.
tussle yams( woman, 1 shall lamest ; bat I will du (Ey
duty, and I dna it is the Arai duty of a Magistrate to Pe
that • fallru Irforlosa creature of her description should be

righted.
Mr. &nit as sorry that of her de-
scription shou;d be seactiosed id her isiquity.
[Here Mr. Smith indulged in sense expressions. reflect'd,g
open the character sod the feelings of dote person, atm is
we feel it oar duty to "oppress; they were followed by lit
load goanows of the ardtence
The yooug wigwam low addressed the Beach. She oae,
she said, auforlasele eaough to have fallen the vistiw f
seduction to a watt who hail sisals prevailed her neare..•r,
sad who had basely betrayed her. Since that time h. r .uo.
duct had been without reproach; and those v. ry
whom). insulted her were the persons oho sl.t
these were geotkusen to he found who mid
.supply e
warts. Mt. Smith had told her so.
alt. Smith—sYere natty 'ippon yourself by the same
seers u okra yoga gas year bastard.
Alderman Smith—l cutout listen to Imogene like th..;
it is is the last degree disgracefal; as a married Neap, .i.. 1
the father of a family, I sag serpresed has you *saki use .t.
Mr. Susith—l as surprised, as a Magistrate, bus yos
could comae nonce isiquity.
Alderman Smith--I sin not So be Unshed I. the pre.. m-
ance of soy duty; I will rot liste• to this licentioos tae_
gauge. I desire, Sir, that you will instagstly leave :his uf.
Sc,. or I will 'call um the Officers to do their duly.
'These observatiuns of the worthy Magistrate were
ea by the loudest applause, sod Mr. Smith immediate y
relived.

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