The National Register.
London, England, 1822-11-10 00:00:00

POLICE.

BOW-STREET.

About ten days ago the Me•srs. Harrison, proprietors
tube Hnuintisons Hotel. in Covent-garden, applied to Sir
Richard Illtnie for a warrant to search the house of a
Mrs. Brady, in Ceilings unit-street, City-road, where they
had reason to believe some articles of their property
which had been stolen were concealed. They slated as
the ;moulds of their application that Esther Ready, the
daughter of the person against whom the warrasit was re.
/ined, had lived for saute time at the llu 11111 l ums in the
capacity of Ivar•inaid, tr which a few days before she
was. discharged, in consequence of a little too much fami-
liarity having heat observed between her arid a young
male relation of the Messrs. Harrison. Alter her depar-
ture from the house, some few articles of table linen were
missed; and stetWeion falling upon her, inquiry was made
fur her; and it was given out by her mother that she was
gone to Cheltenham, where she would remain for a con-
siderable time. In the course of the inquiry, the Messrs.
Harrison learned, to their great surmise, for the daughter
had been reeo 11111 l ended to them by 11104 t respectable per-
sons, that Mrs. Brady, sen. kept a house ot ill lame lit
Collingwood-street. This, with other circumstances, led
them to suspect that sonic of the abate at tides might be
concealed at the mother's house.
Upsets this application Sir R. Bisnie issued a search
warless!, aunt Smith, tale of the patrol, went to the house
with one of the pi usecutos s, and found a table clitllt and
some napkies which Arr. Hasuisat identified as his pi ()-
perry. Mrs. Brady, ben. was taken ions custody, brought
to this office, and committed for re-exasninaiion on the
charge of receiving the Linn*, knowing them to have
be ell stolen.
The saute evening one of the M . Hari iamb hap-
pened to go to one of the theatres, wed !bete lie saw his
late eittilig in one sit the boxesosecompaiiied by
a gentleman who had been for rotate moatlis br;ine etcc s.
sionally loduing at the liumenums. Mu. Hausisuu caused
her to be taken into mistody and lodged in a watch-house
lot the slight, and the following mowing she was brought
to the office for examination. At a ssiat•er of courtesy,
the officer took her to a palliate soon' So a neighbouriog
public house until the magistrate was seedy to hear the
ease; and while waiting there, the gentleman it whose
company slit was seen at the teemse applied to have an
interview with her. The officer, however, thought fit to
refuse, and the gentleman made applicatiiits so Sit R. Bir-
me for leave to see the poisoner, and wrote the feflowing
am his tissue and address--" Rev. J. Hurd, rector of
Munston, near Stow on the Wold, Moreton its Marsh,
Gloneestei slits e." He represented further, that he was •
magistrate ter that county. Leave not withheld for
a moms sit, and lie (*runt that time was most assiduously
attentive to her as long as she eensained in custody. She
was committed for a second examinatioa, and it happened
that alien she was again brought ni., Lord Can isigton
was on the bench, and hissing heard the case, his Lord-
ship enptesat d au nine'that it was very likely 'hat the
aid conduct tel the daughter was in a great ',matinee ow lug
to the example ot the mother, and that the fernier might
yet be saved to society Sidle could be taken care of for
a time, and totally separated from her mother. After
collie consultation w lilt Sit R Bis Me, the noble Los d said
he was one of the gores-slots ot the Female Penitesitiaty at
Pentotiville ; and if the young woman would consent to
there,and the Messrs. Harrison would abandon a eft.
prosecution, he would take case to ensure her ad-
mission to that asy sum. The plosecutore readily acqui-
esced, and the young woman cowenteit to go to the
Pessileutiary ; List es some ps elimissary at ru p. 1111408 acs e
necessary, it was agreed that she semild be snot to St.
Martin's wateli.house, where every accommodatiod sass
to be afforded tier, until she could be len:owed to Penton-
ville. The Rev. J. Hind, as alseady elated, c 1111 l issued
his attentions to her, and deposited live sovereigns in the
Wilds of the officer who had the chat ge of her for her use,
in order that she might not waist for such eosin/Nos as mo-
ney could purchase. U hen he teamed in what mantle'
she was to be disposed of, he expressed cob:filet:stile
anxiety to know, if after she should be leg.,lly ehischatged
from the accusation of Alessis. Mattison, little ass soy
power to compel her to go to this Pelf teittial y, or to se-
lls/ill theist against her will. At length, the pioper
al lenge ukents haring been made, site and her mother
weir lo ought up, and the latter having been scut snout
her business, the daughter was r onveyed to the Penile.,
Baty at l'entunville. Mimi she infused there, she was
asked by some of the oHiei•l persons; about the Chi alblisii•
nit lit valiethei she came of tier own her nth, whit it she
was willing to remain, when, to the astooislasitent of those
about het. she thinly replied iu the negatire. That Pe-
ueeistiary not being a place of compulsory I csidence, it
nes stated that the young woman could out be detained
for a mottle moment against her The conse-
quence of this was, that she was sitliered to go at large.
On Monday last Load Carrington called at the office,
and was Mistimed by tr HICIIArd Bionir of the tonlortu-
nate result of his Lordship's humane CIideIIVOUIS ill the
young woman's behalf.
PAIS a BROKERS.— -SUICIDIE.—WiIIiam Henderson, a
pawnbroker at Somers-loon, appealed nit Monday to an
nomination under the Pan uhrukess' Act, fur 1111111 a Nils
and knowingly takiug articles in pledge tropone Mary
Anne Nuke', which had been intrusted to her for * parti-
cular purpose, and which she was not authorised to pawn.
The ustursuatiou was exhibited by R.Whitmore, Esq. of
oburn-plaer, and It appeared that a Windless, hauled
Nleiy Am, Nuke, living in Westun-sheet, Somers-town,
had been fur tune itittusted with Isis ramify washing.
Finding that some of the things were repeatedly kept
back in spite of remonstrances and peremptoi y °Meta Its
return them, Mr. Whitmore ois %Wednesday last applied to
the magistrates here, and Sadler, one of the conductois,
went to 'take inquiry of the woman as to what &Ise had
really done atilt the things; but %lieu lie arrived at the
house he was saved the truuble by the Maimed, vibe
rmed him that his wife hail Joon ned herself in the
Regent's Casual the evening before. The Inisbaud at the
tune gave Sadltr a number of duplicates fur pro-
perty belonging to Mr. Whitmore, %Inch his wile had
pledged at the shop of the present defendant.
Mr. t% hit more, in pt e (erring his cheap., said he thought
it his stilly to the public to proceed against the defendant,
for he firmly believed that but for the facility which had
been eflorded to the unhappy wumau iu getting I id of his
property, she would have been alive now. His grounds
for charging the defendant us des the statute with " know-
!ugly" taking in the goods were, that they weir pledged
its the name of Auut Noke, although every piece Was

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