The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-21 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a respectable female was brought before Mr.
Hosltt, charged with stealing tteo paint-brushes, the pro-
perty of a Mr. Dobson, of Doddington-square, Kennington •
The prisoner excited great compassion, owing to the
misery and wretchedness depicted in her countenance on
being placed in such a degraded station.
A foreman in the employ of Mr. Dobson stated, that he
is at present employed in repairing some houses in Dod-
dington-square, belonging to his master; that in the
course of that morning the prisoner called at one of the
houses where he happened to be at work, and requested to
look at the premises, remarking at the same time that she
had some intention of leaving the house which she then
occupied. The foreman accordingly permitted the pri-
soner to view the premises, which she went over unat-
tended ; but when he went into the kitchen, where she
had previously been, he immediately missed a paint brush
,off the dresser. From the respectable address and ap-
pearance altogethet of the prisoner, the foreman could
scarcely imagine that she would be guilty of an act of
theft, but on finding that another brush was a'so missing,
and that no other individual was on the premises, he then
concluded that she must have taken them. The prisoner
at this time had left the house, and was walking off at a
quick pace, when she was Unwed by the foreman, who
asked her if she had any brushes in her possession ; she
manifested some agitation at the question, and after a slight
hesitation admitted that she had, and at once produced
the two brushes from under her shawl. The foreman gave
her into custody on the charge of stealing the brushes.
Mr. HONE asked the prisoner what she had to say in
answer to the charge ?
She immediately burst into tears, and was for some
time incapable of uttering a word. At length she said
that she did not mean to deny that she had acted with
folly in taking the brushes, but declared most soletnnly
that, after having made her servant whitewash one of the
kitchens, it was her full intention to have taken them back
again. She could scarcely tell the reason of her having
taken that which did not belong to her, a thing which she
had never done in her life before, and trusted that the fore-
man would not press the charge, which would destroy her
for ever.

The foreman, in a hoarse tone of voiee, said, " Master
has lost so many things out of the empty houses, that I
thinks as how she ought to be made an example, your wor-
ts; p. _

HONE.—The unfortunate woman is full of con-
trition and misery for what she has done in a moment of
frailty. She is not an old or hardened offender, and I
therefore think the punishment she has already undergone,
being placed at the bar as a felon, is quite sufficient.
The foreman hoped that she would, at all events, be
remanded.

The tears and grief exhibited by the unfortunate woman
seemed to have no effect On the foreman, who was p•o:nf
aptinst every feeling of the kind; he again pressed for her
being remanded.

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Mr. Aortic said, that from the want of feeling displayed
by the foreman in urging the charge against the accused,
he was afraid that he was actuated by a far different feeling
from that which he (the foreman) was anxious to make
people believe, and that his object was to obtain some
compensation from the accused, knowing that she moved
in a respectable sphere of life. "if that," said the Ma-
gistrate, "is your object, I shall take especial care that
you don't get one farthing of her money."
The foreman said that he wanted to consult with his
employer before he consented to the prisoner's discharge.
The Magistrate directed the foreman to see his em-
ployer on the subject, and if he pressed the charge, then
there was no other alternative but her committal for trial.
If, however, said the Magistrate, you or your employer
are not here by three o'clock, I shall discharge the ac-
cused.

The foreman left the office, and neither he nor his mas-
ter having attended, the prisoner was discharged.
Three men, named Shedrach Pigdon, Charles Os-
born, and James Dixon, were charged with stealing six
sacks of oat., the property of Mr. Potter, a corn-mer-
chant; and James Neal, a corn-defiler, in Church-street,
Blackfriars, was charged as the receiver, knowing them to
have been stolen.—The prisoners were fully committed

On Monday the 3d instant a female of the
gipsey tribe was safely delivered of a child in Kelham-lane,
about a mile from Newark. Dr. Dorms, of Newark,
humanely attended her. The infant was immersed in the
ditch close by ; whether such is a general custom among
the tribe or not we cannot determine. The mother stated
it to he her tenth child, and expressed herself happy in
her bivouac; although comfortable accommodation was
offered her iu the village, she expressed no desire to he
removed from her tent. Both mother and child are doing
well. The detachment marched on Tuesday morning.
Many enquiries were made by the friends of humanity
respecting the mother's welfare, and a pipe of tobacco
was generously offered by the gipsies to all who chose to
blow a cloud on the occasion.—Stamford News:
A STORK SHOT IN THE TRENT.—That
rare bird the stork (Arden Ciconia, LIN.) was shot,
eight miles up the Trent, on the 6th of this month. The
length of this specimen, from the point of its bill to the
end of the tail, is three feet six inches; and its breadth,
from tip to tip, is six fret four inches. The bill is of a
fine red colour, and its length front the tip to the corners
of the mouth is seven inches; the legs and bare part of
the thighs are also of the same colour ; the former below
the knees measure ten inches, and the latter five. The
plumage is of a dull white, except the quills, greater
coverts, and some of the scapulars, which are black ; the
eyes are dirk and full, the orbits bare of feathers, and •of
a dusky reddish hue; the feathers near the breast, like
those of the heron, are long and pendulous. The stork is
now seldom seen in Britain : WALLts, in his history of
Northumberland, mentions one which was killed near
Chollerford-bridge, in the year 1766 ; its skin was nailed
up against the wall of the inn at that place, and drew
crowds of people from the adjacent parts to view it. The
•rbove specimen is now in possession of Mr. R. Dorm, li
bird and animal pre server, of Castle.street, in this town,
who intends it to ornament his own museum.--Hun
Packet.