The National Register.
London, England, 1812-01-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL RECISTER.

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ten,led mother. The moment she was interrogated on the subject, she
ceeilfesssd the whole affair, and her motive for the robbery, wnich she
stated to he as follows :—Her husband, who was a gunner on board one
hU hie Majesty's ships hid often expressed his most anxious Wish to
have a little darling. his wife, not less anxious to gratify him in this
respect, wrote to him while at sea, that she was in the family-way.
The eu niter, highly delighted, sent home the earnings of many a cruise,
amounting to 2001.. with a particular charge that the infant should be
well rigged, and want for nothing: if a boy, so much the better. The
reef letter front his hope:'ul wife, announced the happy tidings that his
brat-born was a son; and that she would name hint Richard, after his
father. 041 Magnes's arrival, however, ieetead of seeing his child, he
was informed it was out at nurse; and in this way she had cajoled him
several times on returning from sea; hut being at length determined to
see his child, Mrs. Magnes set off to fetch !aim, and the Metropolis oc-
curring to her as the hest place where she could steal one, she set off for
town, and stole •Femmy Dellow, in the manner already known to the
public. It is no exaggeration to say, that poor Magnes felt a parental
affection for the boy; aid that when the imposition was discovered
before the Magistrate, he was grieved to the heart at being obliged to
part with him under all the circumstances of the transaction.
Friday, Harriet Magnet was brought before the LORD MAYOR at
the \ iansion-House, and wider.% cot au examination.
Thomas Berber attended at the Bar with the prisoner in his custody,
and stated, flea he was the keeper of the House of Correction at fatAe
port ; that seeing a hand-bill, advertising the loss of a child, he made
every inquiry atom: that town, and was informed, that a child of the
,teseriptioe mentioned in the advertisement was seen with \ire. Magnes
(the prison( r), of that town. He communicated this intelligence to the
Palagistrate, who ilesirad him to bring the women and child before
him; he accordingly went to the house of the prisoner, and asked her,
bad she got e'er a child in the house ? She said she had. He aelsed her
Slit was her own ? She at first fahaly replied that it was ; but when
he pressiel her, she admitted that it was not. but thaeshe had found it
In a street, in London He asked to see the child, to which she readily
conseeted, saying she would show him what good care she had taken of
it : the child eves at that time in bed, but shortly after she brought it to
him : at appeared in good health, was exceedingly well dressed, and
seemed to hose every care and attention bestowed upon it. She had
botight a quantity of clothes for it, and appeared much attached to --
In question front the LORD MAYOR, he said the house where
the pi isener lived was a very neat, clean, comfortable dwelling, tit for
way respectable tradesman whatever to live in. The witness afterwards
brought the prisoner and child before the Magistrate, who directed him
to convey them to London, and bring them before the Loan MAYOR.
. Mrs. Dellow, who attended with the child, then identified him as
the child who had been lost.
The Lours MAYOR asked the prisoner whether she wished to say any
thing for herself t but she was so much affected, she could not intim-
dietely give an answer. Barber, on her behalf, replied, that she was
'el-Mill to enswec any quese!ons his Lordship wished to put to her.—'
Wht n she reenveied a little, she said, she had taken the child from a
little girl, iii tile street, an I carried it to Gosport. She was proceeding
to say something more, hut her convulsive subs would not permit her
words utterance ; however, we understood her to say, that Mary Rus-
• sell (who had been formerly examined on suspicion of having committed
the offence) had nothing whatever to say to the transaction, nor any
connexion with it—She was then remanded fur further examination un-
til Monday.
The prisoner is rather below the middle stature. and appears between
30 and 40 years of age; but her face was so concealed by her handker-
chief, which she kept constantly to her eyes, we were not able to deli-
neate her features. She was dressed in a large dark green cloth mantle,
trimmed with for, wore a straw poke bonnet, with plaid ribbons, and
her appearance altogether was that of a respectable tradesman's wife.
During the whole of the examination' she appeared most poignantly af-
fected, sobbing and crying allelic time. She was attended by several
respectable looking persons, her friends; and, on leaving the lair, the
LORD MA ?OR most humanely directed tiret she should be taken care
of and treated well.
A vast concourse of people surrounded the Mansion-House during
the examinetion, and numbers followed her from thence to the Poultry
Compter, where she was lodged by the Officers.

FRAUDS IN TilF. NAVY-OFFICE.
On Wednesday la,t, d0c.....,cms appeared More the Board of Admi-
ralty, which led :o ;i that improper transactions had taken
pl.sce at the Navy Office; a conference was immegiately t,1.1 by some
of the Lords of the Admiralty, the Comptroller, and Secretary of the
Navy, which led to a search-warrant being exccutA upon the apart-
ment,* cf a uir. Gawler (late extra ch rk of the. Ticket 011icu,.Navy
Office), in which were found many oiliciA books and papers, and from
some of which a str,picion led to a Mr. Needl,ant„ also an extra clerk of
t)f-r:rou.t.t. who was immtdiately arpreh.'nided, and ex.unined by
Mr Graham, lire 80r..-street agistrAte, and Mr. Croker, the Secretary
of the AdmirLCl y.
On y, Mes,rs and T 'wt.,. son, Chief Clerks of the Tick •
et.uffietre. ar,,,_ded at (he ..- drni: a ty, W:1(211 it 1V;:; di,covert d thze. many
of s -rvi•ptle. er ,:amen to he received into
I 10,1 p r wf re up. and in Fume instwices
the name of the iitlef Clerk had been forged. Officers were ia.mech.

JAN. 6.

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I' d ately dispat, lied in pursuit of Gawler; but we have not heard of his
being apprehended.
A reward of fifty pounds is offered by the Lords of the Admira.ty
for the apprehension of Gawler.