The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-23 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Mary Anne .Ryan, a poor creature, with scarcely a ves-
tige of clothing to cover her person, was yesterday placed
It the bar, charged with havinc, deserted her infant. In
defence the poor woman said that she was actually starv-
ing, and had no opportunity of supporting her offspring.
Its father died a few weeks ago in the Westminster Hospital.

Mr. WHITE commiserated her unfortunate situation, an(
requested that the Overseers would relieve her necessities
She left the office with the master of the workhouse.

WORST] IP-STREET.
BENEVOLENCE OF A MAGISTRATE.—Yesterday a young
4irl, about 14 years of age who gave the name of Sarah
Ledbitter, was brought before the Magistrates under the
f. flowing circumstances :
Police Constable G 168 said that he found her sitting
down in Chiswell-street, about twelve o'clock that day.'
She appeared very much fatigued, and had a bundle with
her. To his inquiries she stated that her father lived ati
Crawley, in Sussex, and that she left that place the
morning before, in company with her uncle, and they were
coming to London, but that morning he left Croydon with-
out her. She then walked up to London, and had not,
had anything to eat. She had had some bread and cheese!
at the station-house.
In answer to Mr. Codd, she stated that she did not.
know why she was coming to London, and that she had
never been there before. She had some relations in Lon-
don, but she did not know where they lived. She gave the
names of the resident clergymen at Crawley.
The policeman said that the bundle contained a change
'of linen.
Mr. Conn directed that she should be forthwith sent
back by the coach to Crawley, that she should be sup-
ported while in London, and that she should have a shilling
to buy her victuals on the road ; the whole of which ex-
penses he would pay.
Mr. SIMPSON, a county Magistrate, also gave her sow
victuals.
She then left the office ih the care of the police.
Mr. Thomas Baker, a grocer, residing in Wheeler-

—the gentlemen who woo. abolish t, ......-.,street, was charged before Mr. CODD, and-Messrs. Mar,
.ary Peerage, for the purpose of establishing a senate LARD and SIMPSON, under the following circumstances :
ion the principle of popular election, or on the prin. Mrs. Ellen Richardson deposed that she resided oppo-
iciple of creation for life, or on no principle at all-- site the defendant, and that her husband is a mercantile
the gentlemen, in short, who, for the gratification of. traveller. She carries on a business in which s' e employs
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personal vanity, or the indulgence of personal spleen,
oung men. For some weeks past she has been repeatedly
would expose the country to all the risks and hazards, annoyed by the defendant, who, when he meets her, QX.pres, es himself in the most indecent language ; but his con-,
of speculative change—ought not to be seat to Par—. duct is only so when Mr. Richardson is away from home
iament as speaking the views of a nation still fondly
,'= on a journey. On Tuesday morning, about eight o'clock,
Attached to that Monarchical Constitution to which,•;:he waited at his own door till complainant was about to
under Heaven, its liberty and its happiness are attri- pass, when he flung some water over her.
!,stable. Victoria the First should know that she go-'; Mr. Wooler, who was engaged for the complainant,'
veins a moral people. She ought not, therefore, to - , produced , letters, veral which had been heeived by the
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see hurrying for refuge to her first Parliament men ''complainant, and which he stated were of a shameful cha-
notorious for their meannesses, or for their crimes. racter.
The complainant stated, in answer to Mr. Simpson, that
The attorney who has cheated his unsuspecting
•.:lient, the householder who has set fire to his over- ru..„the water was flung over her intentionally.
The defendant said that it was paste which went over
orsured premises, the spendthrift who has ruined :, the complainant's dress ; that he was flinging some out of a
iis creditors, the scoundrel who has duped his `'"' pan at a dog at the time the complainant was passing.
!'riends, the unscrupulous adventurer, the unprin- i Mr. SIMPSON asked him if he knew-the complainant, and'
,:ipled debauchee, ought not to he sent to Par- if he begged her pardon ?
iament as the chosen delegates of a nation in whose•:-. The defendant said that he knew her ; but did not make
judgment
the honesty of private life is yet the best"; an apology.
Mr. CODD asked the defendant for his defence.
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guarantee for the integrity of. public men. But we ‘-' The defendant then entered into a statement highly re-
lave been excluding from Parliament all the friends of,,,(4.flecting
he Queen's Ministers ! Upon whom does 1.,-)rd Mel-"ldue upon the character of the complainant. Ile pro '
educed the copy of a letter, -the original of which he sent
iourne's Administration lean for support, if not on the, to the complainant's husband.
rreligions, if not on the disloyal, if not on the imino-f, The complainant's husband said that the tendency of the '
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ral ? Erase from the lists of Lord John's majority letter was so infamous, it evidently being to destroy his
.ha enemies of the Church which he venerates, the own happines, that he destroyed it as soon as he had
na:ers of the Constitution which he admires, and the read it.
defendant.
The Magistrates highly reprobated the conduct of the
icorners of social virtue which he applauds, and where •
is Lord John's majority ?No matter. If Englishmen The defendant was finally allowed, on a promise not to
lo their duty, they will but displace the false friends ofoffend again, to beg the complainant's pardon, and to enter
:he Queen's Ministers, to make room for the real. into his own recognizance to keep the peace.
[fiends of the Queen.—Morning Post. .
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THAMES-OFFICE.
Lord Eldon is grown very infirm from repeated at- SMUGGLlNG.—.Yesterday William Bacon, a seaman, was,
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tobrought before Mr. BALLANTINE, on a charge of smug:•
tacks of the gout, and was assisted, on going from his carriageXoing iilbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco, which had not
on Wednesday, by two friends, to the House of Lords to take 4Ppassed through the Custom House. ;
the oath of allegiance. His Lordship, however, looked re-.lt appeared from the statement of William Judge, a,
,narkably healthy and well, considering that he is now in his =Thames-police Surveyor, that he met the prisoner coming
6th year, and one of the oldest Peers of Parliament.
*ashore at the Tower Stairs, and detained him as he was