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London, England, 1831-06-14 00:00:00

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custody for ttete also plarcd at the bar,
and it was painful to see licit' insensible they were
of the'r own situation, and to the thenta) ,01'erinas
of el affectionate father.

The corrii-Piant stated, that Hogan had been
kvorking as a plasterer, Jul `'err weeks past, at the
I),:rsonage-house. Ile had beard the prisoner
ii d frequently been seen lurking about his house to
loak after his girls, and he had caused it to be inti-
m tted to iiitd the it would be we'l if he never met

with him there. tiirvhrg finished his job, the pri-
s mer left Brancas on Tuesday, and et midnight the
girls packed up their best clothes, bortowe•d two
sovereigns of a neighbour, and started in pursuit of
hie:?. They overtook him at Lynn, and as the
coach could ridt btitig the three to London, and as
it was doubtful whether the 7curigett sister would
not return home, if she were left behind to come by
the next coach, the elder one consented to tetnain,
while Hogan and the other girl continued their
journey. -On reaching town, Hogan introduced her
to his sister', and ahe slept at his lodging in
Nlarylebone, while he hired a bed elsewhere. Com-
plainant, though at a loss for a tithe to conjecture
what had become of his daughters, got on the right
scent in time to capture the eldest as she was about
to leave Lynn. They came on to London to trace
Rosetta, the younger slater, and the prisoner was
seized at the coach-office, while he was inquiring for
the luggage. At present he believed the only rni-
chief Diana or Rosetta had sustained was the dis-
grace of giddily setting out on such an expedition,
but he feared they were so silly and determinnd that
they would return to London at the first opportunity.
Hogan declared that he had not enticed them
away ; but he could not force them back. He had,
however, now urged them to remain at home.
Sir PETER LAURIE questioned the girls at some
length, but could not trace that the prisoner had
treated them dishonourably. lie asked Diana whe-
ther the prisoner had promised to marry her ?—She
said he had not.
Sir PETER then asked Hogan whether, as the girl
was fond of him, he intended to marry her ?—Hogan
replied, if she would say he ever promised to marry
her he would do so.
Now, Diana, said the Alderman, here is an oppor-
tunity of getting a husband. What do you say ?
Diana answered very coolly, it is not my intention
to marry, nor his either.
Then wLy come to London ?—Because my father
often wished me away, replied the girl.
And why did you leave, continued the Magistrate,
addressing the younger one.
She replied she wished to live with her sister.

Diana said if the Alderman would discharge the
young man,she would go back and stay with her father.'
Sir PETER said the young man had probably acted
as well as he could under the circumstances, and he
should therefore discharge him, and after giving the
girls a wholesome lecture, he restored them to their
father.
William Goodwin, a private in the Coldstream
Guards, was brought before Mr. Alderman FARE-
BROTHER yesterday, charged with stealing a coat
from the shop of Mr. Stafford, a tailor, in 'Nest
Smithfield, at the corner of Long.lane.
The charge having been fully made out by evi-
dence, Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER asked the pri-
soner how he accounted for his conduct.
Prisoner could not account for it at all.
" I must commit you to the Old Bailey," ob-
served the Magistrate. "I suppose you know the
Old Bailey ?" " Oh, yes," replied the soldier,
without the least concern, I was tried there last
sessions."
Alderman FAREBROTHER—Indeed ! for what ?
Soldier—For breaking a pane of glass and stealing
a watch.
Alderman PAREBRomER—Then are you not a
deserter from your regiment ? Soldier—No, for I
was discharged from Newgate only on Saturday.
My sentence was one month's imprisonment.
Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER could not divine
his motive, but he must send him for trial.

BOW-STREET.
Yesterday Mr. Henry Hibbcri appeared before
Sir R. ButstE, to show cause why he should not be
cot/It:Jelled to pay for the maintenance of an illegi-
timate child now chargeable to the parish of St.
Paul, Covent-garden, and of which a young woman, '
named Mary Barton, is the mother.
The circumstances of this case were rendered
peculiar from the facts that the child sought to be
affiliated was four years old, and that the reputed
father denied all knowledge of the mother, and de-
clared positively that they had never been acquainted.
Mr. C. Phillips and a respectable solicitor ap-
peared to defend Mr. Hibbert, and Mr. Corder, the
vestry-clerk of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, attended
on behalf of that parish.
Mr. C. Phillips urged that it was morally impos-
sible the complainant could have gone twelve
months with child, as by her own showing it would
appear she had, the Magistrates should dismiss the
case.

Sir R. BIRSIE Fa i d that certainly the complainant
had made it appear that twelve months had elapsed
from the period of her alleged acquaintance with the
defendant until the birth of the child, and as that
was a thing impossible, he certainly would not think
of making any order of the defendant under such
circumstances.
The complainant declared that she had told the
pp.lish officer who took her examination that the
child was born, not in December, but on the 18th
of September.
Sir R. Biamit should certainly dismiss the case,
owing to the discrepancy which appeared on the
face of the information, and leave the parish to
renew it or not, as they should think proper.
MARYLEB ONE.

Yesterday an elderly man, of respectable appear,
ante, named James Brown, was charged at this
office with being the father of an illegitimate female
child. Mrs. Brown, his wife, followed him to the
office, where she became so outrageous as with diffi•
talky to be restrained from summary acts of violence.
The facts having been sworn to by the mother,
Mr. Brown trerr ulously said," I an the father, Sir."
Nothing could exceed the wife's resentment on
hearing this; and such apprehensions were enter-
tained for the safety of Mary Ellis, with the infant
in arms, and even for Mr. James Brown, that the
parties were let separately out from the office.
Margaret Smith, a young girl only 17 years old,
was charged before Mr. RAwLINSON with stealing a
quantity of valuable jewellery, &c., and some wearing
apparel, the property of Mrs. Walls, a widow lady,
No. 1, Manchester-street, Manchester-square. It
appears the young woman, who was dreadfully agi-
tated and accommodated with a chair, is most re-
spectably connected. Her parents live in the Ketlt-
road, Surrey, but early in April last she left home,
and %vent to some relatives of her's at Norwich, where
she remained only a few days, when she returned to
London. Instead of going back to her friends, see-
ing an advertisement for a servant being wanted at
Mrs. Walls', she applied for the situation, and ob-
tained it. She gave a reference for character in the
country, but Mrs. Walls wanting assistance immedi-
ately, took her into the house before she could receive
an answer to her letter. This took place on the 22d
of April, and on the evening of the 26th MN. W all-
went out, leaving the prisoner alone in the house.
When she returned, she knocked repeatedly, with-
out receiving an answer, and at length was obliged
to call a police-constable, who entered through
the parlour wißdow, and opened the ball-door.