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London, England, 1809-12-30 00:00:00

• Some time since.• yelltigLady, of
.slug a very hanalsoine fin-tour, bring
wrote In bar brother and sister, who limit
dun, informing them she was about to levee Wales.
and shriultl come to London, hut did riot' fix idle,
Rime when they might expect
.her. olaterving, they
need not expect her till they easy her. Howcters
two months elapsing, and nut harieg heard front
her, they begaii to be alarmed, fearing she had al-
tered tier mind, and had gone with the family she
was with, to Irelauld, and they hail hero hat in
their passage; they, in consstpienCe. rouge into
Wales. to Inquire alter her, and received for answer
that she had left Wiles lot two motithe east,
with her uncle, of Bath. On further toque), bt leg
made, it was ascertained, that the uncle had left his
wife and family about the abuse time, and was sup-
posed to he in London. `The young Lady's brother
and relations in London made great exert hies to find
the uncle, in hope. to leant some tidings of the
young Lady ; and at length, by great exertionolis-
Covered the uncle, who hedged in an apsrtiurut
in Blewett's-court, Fetter-lime ; and ou 'rueiteley
morning the brother and the sister's husband went
there, when, 'to their great surprise, they found
their sister sitting with him, and learnt that they
hail been liviiigtooether, as man and wife, for about
two mouths. The brother was overjoyed to tiled
his supposed lost sister. and after expressing his
napping's, at rueetihg her, re ~,,,, istrated setth he 00
the impropriety of her condetet, soul le:meowd her
to !rive her nubile, mail go aith him ; and that leer
conduct being only kuown Ita leer lentil), it should
be busied in Oshtemo. But all his affectionate en-
treaties had no effect upon'lser ; for, canons to what
he could say, she preferred continuing in the most
horrid and wicked state of life with her uncle, un-
der pretence of affection towards him. She is only
about twenty-six years of see ; her uncle silty, a
little grey-headed man, witln•ut any personal
charms; has a wife, and two children shout tile
same age as the young Laity, whom he has de-
serted, at Bath, to cohabit with his niece
The grey-headed uncle, also, sauteed the charac-
ter of a young lover to his own niece; professing
his affectionate regard for her. Her brother,
however, hew sensible of the disgraceful con-
aeeiou, declare-it, if his sister %resold not quit the
connexion wi-h her uncle by mild means, eke shored
by legal ; end set off to get a constable, lettritig her
brother-in-law to take cite of them ; but while he
was gone for a conatablf. they. tb,y for r, and in dea
fiance of the hrother-in-law, left the home ; he int-
, lowed t' en ; but they repeatedly told him it wad of
no us , as they should Ku into no house while lie
cnots to follow them, and she had plenty of
wool- to pay expenses; he, however, continued to
fallow them fur several hours, mat then gave up the
pursuit. On meeting with his brattier again, and
informing him of the circumstances, in the evening,
they went to the Public-Office, BIM-stile mid
stated the case to Mr. Nares, the Sitting-Mogi-4-
trate ; who informed them. that the conduct of the
young lady, or her uncle, did nut come within the
cognizance of a Magistrate. They then requested
that an officer might go with them. The !Magis-
trate also informed tnem, that he lied no power to
direct an offices, to act with them, without they
would indemnify him.
'Adkins, however, being celebrated for acting in,
and settling auch business, engaged to assist
theta; and the following morning went with
accompanied by his brother, Harry Adkins, to the
house in Blewett's-court, where they learned that
the young lady and her uncle bed returned there
in the evening, had paid the rent, add had taken
the greater part of their property away, hut not
the whole ; Adkins, in consequence, rumored Lis
.brother to watch the house; and in a short
time after a woman came to fetch the reunion%
part of the property away; Harry Adkins watched
her to a house in New-street, Shoe-lane, and then
have information to his brother, and the voung
Lady's brothers; in a short time after they all went
few the house in New-street, where Adkins saw the
woman who went for the remainder of the property.
She proved to be the sitter of the Uncle, and denied
that the parties were in her house, most positively.
Adkins. however. suspecting that she was not tel-
ling the truth, at length prevailed upon her to af-
firm him to go upstairs to search for them. On his
getting upon the first floor, he found her husband.
Vitt, is a tailor, at work ; hr sew the garmeuta of
ti female in an adjoining small room, which he sus-
pected to belong to the lady he was in pursuit of;
bet not knowing her person, he gave a signal to
bet brother to come up stairs, which he imme-
diately did, and recognized her to be his sister ;
e endeavoured to prevail upon her to go with
him ; in which he was cordially jobbed by the
brother-in-law ; they used the same entreaties and
persuasive arguments.. as on the preceding day,
hot without being able to make the least impres-
sion upon her. They then began to use force,
when the uncle rushed sot from a closet upon
theta, and they both declared the most fer-
vent attachment to each other. and that they never
would be separated. although wider the most dis-
graceful. unnatural, and criminal eircumstinicsa.
A complete palley,hattley battle then ensued ; the
young lady. her node, and a niece of the tailor,
un one side, and the young lady's brother, and
brother-in-law, out the other; the wife of the
tailor attacked Adkins. and beat him most unmet.
cifully about the head ; the officer. of coarse. did
not return the blows, but endeavoured to limed
upon the young laity to leave her uncle, urging his
having a wife, and a daughter as old ais herself.
—.Snip, the tailor, took no particular part in the
affray, except abusing Adkins for not keeptil
the pence. At length all the parties were on the
door together. fighting for the young Lady ; they
contended far her till nearly all her clothes were
torn off; when her brothers finding it her deter-
mined resolution to contioue to cohilltit with het
uncle, left (ter to her own LOUTS!.

Battleee-
iw Wald.
Tho,resiae; Lon-

On Friday last, Sir Jona Cot:array Homy-
wpoo, Bart. gory two bulk's ks and a quautity of
bread, to be diattributed to the poor inhabitants of
the parishes of Elinstend and Waltham. Kent.
The Rev. Hamar Fatt-ria, the worthy Vicar of
East Farleigh, Keitt, gave. ors Friday last. to the
pour of his perish, a fat bullock. This gentleman
has been Vies! of the Parish 13 3 aim and has re-
polaris given the I ltirdaaatiou daring that period.