The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-28 00:00:00

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

A little woman, named Hannah Garland, has been more
than once at this office, to ask Mr. CHAMBERS to assist her
in recovering her infant, which she had disposed of in the
following extraordinary manner :—About three months ago
she was delivered of an illegitimate male child, at No. 25,
Great St. Andrew's-street, Seven Dials. When the infant
was six weeks or two months old an application was made
to her by a midwife, named Findlay, to sell her child. She
agreed to do so, and in a day or two afterwards the sum
agreed upon was given to her, and the child was taken
away. Having repented of her unnatural conduct, she
went to the midwife, and desired to have her child again.
She was told that the name and address of the purchaser
were not known, and that no assistance could be given
her in tracing out the destination of her child. Under these
circumstances she had gone to the parish officers, and
to the different police offices, to engage assistance in her
search, but she had not been enabled to interest any one in
her behalf.
When Mr. CHAMBERS heard the woman's statement he
recommended the parties who had been instrumental in
disposing of the child to give her all the assistance they
could in her attempt to find out the lady who had bought
it. The parties promised to do so, and left the office.
Yesterday they again came before Mr. Chambers, and
stated that their search had been unsuccessful. The mo-
ther was then called in, and told that nothing more could
be done for her. She appeared to be greatly distressed at
the intelligence, but the persons present roundly taxed her
with dissimulation, and asserted that her object was to ob-
tain money from the present possessor of the child.
Mr. CHAMBERS remarked that a woman who could.make
such a disgraceful bargain could not possess much real
feeling. She had sold her child for 21., and he could not
but think that the child was in a better situatign, with the
individual who bought it, than it would be in the care of
such a mother.

Mr. CHAMBERS inquired who the father was?
The MAGISTRATE was told that it was the reputed child of
a potboy at a wine vaults in Tottenham-court-road, who
had, as reported, recently come into the possession of some
property. The age of the potboy was 18 or 19, and that
of the mother about 38.
The mother said she was not more than 30 years old.
A person present told the Magistrate this was not the
first transaction of the kind in which the complainant had
been concerned.

The woman admitted she bad had an illegitimate child
before the one she now sought to regain, but she denied
having disposed of it as stated. It was at present taken
care of by her mother.
Mr. CHAMBERS said he had done all he could in the
matter, and the parties retired.
The affair, which has for some time been known in the
neighbourhood, has created what is termed a" sensation."
The gossips of the place report that as soon as the child
was sold it was taken away in great splendour by its pur-
chaser. The object of the purchase is whispered to con-
cern property to some extent, which, in default of " heirs
male," would lapse to a distant branch of the same family.

• .lames Mealier, her former husband, William Goode,
being still living.
When the first husband made application to the Magis-
trates at this office, requesting that his wife might be takers
into custody, he stated that about the time of the second
marriage he had drank pretty freely with the parties : and
almost immediately after became so ill that he was obliged
to be removed to the hospital ship off Greenwich, and it
was the opinion of the medical men on board that some de-
leterious matter had been administered to him. He, how-
ever, after some time recovered so as to be discharged..
On the present occasion he (the husband), who is a most
singular-looking little creature, and apparently old enough
to be the grandfather of the prisoner, merely deposed to
having been married to the prisoner about six years ago, at
the parish church of Christchurch, Spitalfields.
Charles Brumley deposed to having been present at the
first marriage, and to having known both parties before and
after their marriage.
Robert Cole, :decent-looking man., the father of the pri-
soner, also had been present at the marriage of his daughter
Mary Ann with the prosecutor, Wm. Goodall, in Spital-
field's Church. Some time ago his sori-;n-law, William
Goodall, brought home to his house a young man, a ship-
mate of his, named Meacher, who remained there for some
considerable time. The prosecutor was very inattentive to
his wife, and the young man Meacher, saying he would
marry her, asked him (witness) to accompany hint for that
purpose. He did so, and, being under the influence of li-
quor at the time, went with them to Stepney Church, wl;ere
they were married, the first husband, William Goodall, be-
ing at the time at home in their house.
The certificates of both marriages were here produced,
and the prisoner, who did not deny the offence, but merely
said that her first husband was very careless and inatten-
tive to her, was fully committed to Newgate to take her
trial at the ensuing session.
The Rev. Mr. James, the Curate of Stepney, who had
performed the second ceremony of marriage, and who hap-
pened to be in the office on the present occasion, here begged
to say a word in reference to the statement of the prisoner's
father, namely, that he was under the influence of liquor
when he accompanied his daughter and her second husband
to the church to be married. He (Mr. James) could only
say that neither himself nor his other daughter, who had
also been with the parties when the ceremony took place,
appeared to be in the least degree affected by liquor, for
had they been, it was by no means likely that he, as a
Clergyman of the Church of England, would permit them
to sign the registry of marriage.