The National Register.
London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Wednesday, K. Thomas was brought up, under the fol-
lowing somewhat singular charge . G. H. Arnold stated,
that he is a newsman and stationer,residing at 28, Wilmot •
street., Brunswick square, and •the prisoner is his servant.
It appeared he had sent the prisoner with a 401. note to the
Times Office, to pay 01.2 s 9d. out of it. On the prisoner's
return, Mr. Arnold received from him 201. in change. In-
formation was sent •to him from the Times Office, that the
1001. note, which•ha had sent there, had been stopped at the
Bank, as a stolen one; and that •ke must make it good, al-
though he had sent no 1001. note. The Alderman said, he
hoped his Attorney would give him better advice than to pay
it under such circumstances. The prosecutor said, they
looked to him for it ; and if he did not make it good, they
could materially injure him in his business, by stopping his
papers until he did. The prisoner, he repeated, returned
him 2111. and he had since teund on him 481. Mr. Blatchford,
frourGoldsmith Hall, not being present to give information
as to who was the real owner of the 1001. note, the prisoner
was remanded.

ExTit e ante Cauetirsr.—Mrs. Sarah Ann Osborne, an um-
brella-manufacturer, of No. 5, Holborn bars, was brought
before Alderman Goodbehere, charged with a series of cruel
and unprovoked assaults urn Hannah Hunkleys, a girl of
about It years of age, and of interesting appearance. It ap-
peared from the testimony of the poor girl, that, baying sin.
fortunately been deprived of both her parents within a short
time of each other, she was left totally destitute. in the world,
and was icr the necessity of goiog to service for her sup.
port.—About five months ago she was hired by Mrs. Osborne,
with whom, .for a little time, -she was very,cemfortably situ-
ated, and had every reason to be satisfied with the treatment
she experienced. In a few weeks, however, -Mr,. Osborne
began to evince symptoms of temper and disposition totally
the reverse of .kind; and then it was that the barbarous
treatment which formed the subject of the present complaint
began. On every trifling errorcommitted by the complain.
ant, she was severely beaten by her mistress, and in addition
to this, kept-short of themecessary sustenance. The instru-
ment generally used by the defendant in beating the com-
plainant, was a large stick olconsidetable weight, which was.
certain of inflicting a bruise wherever it fell. Another in-.
stance of cruelty related by the unfortunate girl, was, that
her mistress land caused her to pull utf• her shaecand stock.
ings, and then stamped with violence ou her feet so as to la-
cerate them considerably. The complainant, conscious of
her desolate situation, haviug no friend to whom she emit('
apply for protecLun, had borne with this treatment until
Monday last, when her mistress having coameeneed beating
her in the moat violent manlier, she left the house, undsought
refuge in that of a neighbouring corneetiouer, to whom she •
related her sufferings,and begged for piotection. A young
woman, in the service of Mr. and Mrs. Calder, of
Sta-
ple-inn-buildings, Holborn, happened to he present, and hear-
ing the-girl's-story, repeated it to her oneness when she got
home. The lady, with a promptitude highly creditable,
immediately sent for the complanneet, and having had. the
particulars from her own month, she warmly took up .her
cause, and adviacti an application to this office far a warrant,
which wise granted instantly by the Magistrate to whom the
complaint was first made. The person of the complainant
exhibited a shocking spectacle. On•her face, 'wok, arms,.
and indeed every part of her person, there appeared bruises
and contagious!, and her skim exhibited ,tll the colour of the