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London, England, 1825-12-08 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Two beautiful young girls came voluntarily before the Loan
AYoa to beg his aid in their deplorable necessity. They
were both country girls, and had been seduced by two fellows, who
promised to marry them a short time ago. Calamity introduced
them to each other in the streets of London, where one of them
saw the other at a late hour on a wet night, bitterly lamenting her
fate. They said, upon being asked what led them to apply at the
Mansion-House, that they had heard of the humanity of the Lord
Mayor, and that they knew he would take pity upon them.
The story of each is melancholy; and one incident, which shall
be presently duscribed, was tragic and affecting in the deepest
degree,
One of the girls, whose mind was rot so overwhelmed as
that of her companion, stnted that she had been living
happily with her uncle and aunt, who kept a public-house
at Stoke, in Northamptonshire, when a young man, a servant
in the family of Mr. Denman, the Member of Parliament
and Barrister, who was some time ago on a visit to his
mother's house in that entity, paid his addresses to her, and after a
courtship of six months, accomplished her ruin. He had made the
most solemn vows that he would marry her, but he soon lost all
recollection or regard for the engagement. Her seducer, it seemed,
was not 'content, however, with having inflicted this wound—lie
determined to trld another. He desired her to come up to London.
where he would meet and protect her. :She left her friends, and
being without money, actually walked to London in the ex-
pectation of Peeing him. He had ceased to be punctual long be-
fore, but now he had cast the unfortunate girl upon the
world, after having separated her from those to whom she was
very dear, and she sought for hint in vain about the streets,until she
sunk down at night exhausted on the steps of a hall door. In this
condition she was addressed by one of the wretched clots with whom
it would appear her seducer • tilted to associate her, as a recom-
pence 11w her affection. Her lamentation excited compassion, and
she was introduced is a lodger, but not on the customary terms, to
a brothel in Shire-lane. la this house she remained for three
days, hut 1111 she would not consent to prostitute herself. she was
obliged to remove iron that scene of abomination, where, however,
she acknowledged she had been kindly treated, and to leave behind
her almost every stitch site had upon her back in pledge for the
amount of the debt she had fontractrd for diet and lodging. Aban-
doned to want and booth, and the severity of tie season, she wan-
dered about, and at length accidentally niet the other pop• creature,
whose suLrings seemed to be greater than her own. They were
arrangers to London And to each other, and they went from place
,to place for shelter from the storm. After great difficulty they suc-
ceeded in getting their heads into a miserable room, in an old
house, Near Duck-lane, Westminster. There they remained until
havingresolattly rejected the temptation to live by " vile means,"
they acre turnisl out, to get their bread by tilling their misfortunes.
The second girt, ohs-is the daughter of a publican in the
country, had been long acquainted with her seducer, who had made
the usual promise, and treated it with the timid respect. He had
been in some trade, but after he had succeeded with the object of
his position, he thought the best thing he could do was to go
into the arnty. He enlisted in the Guards, and took her away from
her father's house. When they csmenear to London. the fellow, who
wart elm accompanied by two or three soldier's, robbed finale bundle
of clothes, sold them, got drank, and kicked and abandoned her.
She was unable to utter a word at the ManCiomhouse but her
companion in wretchedness, to whom elm had detailed bee suffer-
ings, described them to ape Lord M,ayor, and told his Lentship

that her uncle was a very respectable person in the employment of
Alderman Atkins, but that shame and despair closed her mouth.
The Loin ,31.tv'os immediately directed that the uncle alluded
to should be Pent for.

lie came, and nes horror-struck at the spectacle. He begged
that his Lordship would detain the unfortunate girl in the Compter
until arrangements should be made with respect to her.
The girls were sent to the Compter, and orders were given that
should he treated with kindness and attention. The former
began to indulge hopes while the latter seemed to yield herself tip
to despair. They sat in a room together on Saturday night,
stile
one endeavouring to console the other, who shed floods of tears.
" I thank you," said the latter, " for your humanity, but do you
sit by the fire—l'll go tivee and sit on the bed, and 1 shall be
better." She then went over to the other side of the room. Het
companion was surprised at her long silence. The room was dark,
and the former rose, and after having called without receiving
an answer, went over to the bed where she found her apparently in
the agonies of de.ath. The poor creature had taken the ribands
front her bonnet and tied them tight round her neck. Had not her
companion cut the string, she must hare been a corpse in a tew
minutes. _ .

Thur fact having been communicated to the Lord Mayor, bis
Lordship instantly adopted the most humane measures towards the
poor girls. She, whore case was apparently so desperate, is now
under the protection of her uncle ; the other still remains at the
Compter, the Lord Mryor having desired that she should not
leave town until he should hear from Mr. Denman. Ills Lordship
asked her yesterday, whether she would wish to see the person who
had so ill-treated her. She declared that site never would see him.
All her desire wan to go home to her uncle, who, she was aura,
would forgive and protect her.

GUILDHALL.
Nary Awn Childs was brought before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY
for final examination, upon suspicion of stealing a bag containing
GI sovereigns. out of the till at the Crown public-house, Crown.
court, Fleet-street, where she lived as servant.
Mr. Ceely, the landlord. said he had been unable to obtain any
information that would strengthen the suspicion against the pri-
soner, and he would leave the case therefore with the Alderman.
If the girl was discharged he should decline taking her again into
his house, lest the property should have been concealed by her
somewhere about the premises. which she would then have an op.
portunity of carrying oft: The girl, however, was an orphan, and
had no place whatever to go to for shelter until she could obtain
another situation, which, under the circumstances. might be a ra-
ther difficult matter, and therefore, although he believed this rob.
bery had entirely ruined him, his feelings, having a family of his
own, led him to promise her fialf a sovereign towards her support.
She had been only a few days in his service.
The Alderman said this was a case of suspicion, arising wholly
ont of possibility of the fact having been committed by her but
there were not facts of sufficient moment brought against her to
warrant him, in his opinion, in sending her to trial.
The prisoner was accordingly discharged.
BOW.ST RE I:T.
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FREE AND EAST.—iir.Adijns,iheProprietor. of a respectable
oyster warehouse in Picket:-street, appeared yesterday morning be.
fore O. R. AI INSII V Li, Esq., the sitting Magistrate, to state his
complaint against a young lad, apparently about RI, whom he had
last night given into custody. This worthy youth, who is not un-
known to the police, was accordingly " brought to the fore," when
from Mr. A.'lt statement it appeared, that last night the prisoner
made his appearance at his shop about eleven o'clock, and ordered
a dish of his best oysters, with pepper, vinegar, and all the necee.
any little comforts quite eontme ii fart. Having dispatched them
at his ease, he thought a nap no had thing after a hearty supper,
and Mr. Adams's boxes being particularly commodious fbr persona
somnolently inclined, threw up his legs on the bench, and consigned
himself to the embraces of Morpheus, a deity proverbial for his
complaisance in vieiting the happy and comfortable. In this situ-
ation he had erjnyerl the balmy influence of " tired Nature's sweet
remoter" some half hour or so when Mr. Adams, who thought it
high time to take a snooze himself. proceeded to lock up. On
going his rounds for this purpose, he discovered, to his surprise,
that, not content with his board, his customer had also done him
the favour to become his lodger. Not being altogether satisfied
with an arrangement in which he had not been consulted, he pro-
ceeded, but with all due gentleness, to arouse his unbidden gues:.
In vain, however did he midge and shake the sleeper, whose slum-
bers were far too profound to yield to a inn/Mier impost:it. A tweak of
the nose was at length more effective, and the young gentleman
gave proofs of resueciation, by knocking over a tumbler, value
nine-pence, in his yawning and stretching.
Mr. Adams now modestly hinted to him that he was going to
shut up shop, and suggested the propriety of paying his shot, and
retiring, when, to his etonisliment, instead of finding his very
reasonable request complied with, he received the fellow.tumbler
to the one already in ruins, directed, with no inefficient arm,
plump at his head, and was heartily d—d for interrupting •
gentleman in his repose, and told in terms too plain to be mistaken,
that where the said gentleman was there he should remain for the
night.
This the worthy oystermonger thought carrying the joke rather
too far, and though the law is proverbially dangerous to persona
possessing oysters, to whom it is commonly said to leave little more
than a shell a piece, yet on this occasion he thought it advisable to
tun all risks and call In its aid. A worthy minister of " old father
Antic" was luckily not far off. Mr. West, the watchman of bt.
Clement's, answered his summons, and between them they ma-
naged with much difficulty to subdue the infant Ilereules before
them, who fought likes dragon, and broke no less titan Ida. worth
of glass in the scuffle to the watchhouse, where they left him to
take his nap out.
The prisoner, whose name, we regret to say, escaped us. urged
in his defence, that he had been enjoying himself at his " Free
and Easy"--t" Free and easy with a vengeance." quoth his IVor.
ship}—when he had taken rather too much ; but he was very sorry,
and would never do so any more.
He was about to be discharged on paying his expenses, when a
new complexion was given to the case by Barber, the constable,
who had assisted in securing him, and who now stated that his
charge had while in custody attempted to plunge a penknife into
his neck, and to have half bit off a watchman's thumb, by way
of a totrue &ouch( after his oysters.
This made a vast difference in the matter, and the young " rasp
and file maker"—for such he stated himself to be ' • by trade"—
was ordered to be reconducted to his old lodging, and locked up
there till he should find bail to answer this charge of assault and
cannibalism.