The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-14 00:00:00

THAMES.

SCANDALOUS CASE Of KIDNAPPING.—A young and re-
spectable Welch woman, named Ellen Williams, came
before Mr. Partridge, with police-sergeant Cox, No. 45 K,
who said she had been kidnapped by the female agent of
an infamous house in the neighbourhood of Shadwell, and
brought to London for the vilest of purposes. The young
woman escaped from the house, and on Wednesday night
slept on the timber in the London Dock. Yesterday even-
ing the young woman was seen by one of her countrymen,
named Jenkins, seated on the step of a door, and sobbing
loudly. Jenkins took pity on her, and procured a lodging
for her in the house of a decent matron named Ann Parry,
who was present.
Mt s. Parry said she never saw the young woman until
yesterday, and believed her to bo virtuous and respectable,
and anxious to return to Wales.

Mr. Partridge questioned the young woman at great
length, and she said she was in service at Llanberris Inn,
kept by Mr. William Matthews, in Llanberris, in Carnar-
vonshire. A London woman came there, and, on the pro-
mise of better wages and good treatment, induced her to
leave the place and accompany her to Liverpool, where
she borrowed all the, money she had in her possession,
18s. 6d., with which her fare was paid to London. On her
arrival here she was taken to a small house in a narrow
street, where white and black sailors were introduced to
her, and she was solicited by the woman who brought
her to London and the landlady of the house
to yield to the solicitations of the rough men in
the house, and threatened with violence if she did not be-
come as vile as the other women who frequented the
house, and whom she soon discovered by their appearance,
language, and conduct to be the lowest of their class.
After enduring great indignity she escaped from the house,
and escaped the ruin and the dreadful fate intended for
her. She was told she must not be quiet in the house, but
earn money for the landlady by sacrificing her virtue, hey
modesty, and all that was due to a respectable woman.
Mr. Partridge asked if the young woman's clothes were
saved ?
Cox replied that the clothes were at the Euston-square
station, and the infamous wretch who brought the young
woman to London had applied for the clothes and could
not obtain them.
Mr. Partridge was very glad to hear it. Ile inquired if
the people who had been engaged in kidnapping the poor
woman had been discovered.
Cox said the young woman had given a description of
the house and the street in which it was situated, but ho
had not yet been able to discover it. The young woman
pointed to the White Swan, a respectable public-house in
high-street, Shadwell, where there was a large figure of a
Swan over the door, and said the house to which she was
taken was near the White Swan.
Mr. Partridge gave directions to Cox to make further
inquiries, to report to him the result, and to take care of
the young woman. If Ellen Williams wished to return to
Wales he would send her back at the expense of the poor-
box fund.

WESTMINSTER.
AN AREA SICEAK.—A man about 30 years of ago, of bad
appearance, who gave the name of Michael Canea, was
placed at the bar, charged with being found in the area of
a gentleman's house for an unlawful purpose.
Jane Cowley, servant at 73, Cleveland-street, Pimlico,
said that on the previous evening she found the prisoner
in her master's area, and had no doubt that he had been
attempting something dishonest. She had occasion to go
to the larder hastily, there found the prisoner by the side
of it ; the door had been unfastened, and the larder was not
as she had left it some time before.
Prisoner—l remember, young woman, I asked you if
you would be so kind as give me a little relief, and stood
by your side.
Witness—Yes, you stood by my side while I held you
there. I caught hold of you, and then you promised, if I
let you go, to wait while I went up and asked my mistress
what I should do; and when I came back you wero gone,
and I had to run down the street after you and collar you
and bring you back ?
Mr. Selfo—Did you do so?
Witness—Yes ; and there's a woman next door to us
says that a man like this tried to take some linen away
from her; and he had unlocked and opened our larder door
just as I came upon him.
Prisoner—l'm a carpenter by trade, and I wanted a little
money to get my tools out, and I just went into the area
to ask for some assistance.
Prisoner was remanded,