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London, England, 1825-10-25 00:00:00

with four children, residing ip Hill-street, Waiworth, and
rives her-support from supplying. her neighbours with the mid:
tidal four cows, herproperty. About five months ago, having
occasion to have some repairs done to her cow-shd, she wcmt
to a carpenter in the vicinity, Who sent the prisoner as his
journeyman ; and in consequence of the conversation that
pas.led betwren them while the repairs were going on, she per-
mitted him thereafter to visit at her houSe rn the character of
an admirer. He very promptly made overtures of rrarriav
to her, but nothing very definitite was either said or doLe,.
until Monday, the 17th inst., when she received by the hands of
one of her boys who attenfils the cows to the field; the following
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" Joseph Eastern-111y dear Wallis-4 shall fade a plaShure
in soaking with you as quick as pasable at the Wight Bear,
Ken ingtou -rode. " I remain yours fbr life."
Being out upon business at the time this, note arrived, nearly-
three hours elapsed before she reached the White Bear, blif
he was still waiting, and accosted her in the kindest manner.
—lle said he had experienced some little difficulties lately, and
he entertained an idea of taking a country ale-house, with a
few acres of ground attached ; and with her careful manage-
ment he doubted not that they should be supremely happy.
He had 3501. principal money, and accumulations of interest to
the amount of 451. more lying in the Bank, which, if she would
approve of his scheme, he would sell out on the following day.'
Site expressed her warm approbation of this plan, upon which
he threw himself upon his knees, uttered a fervent oath, calling
God to witness that he loved her as dearly as his life, and
dearer than he had ever loved any woman Upon earth, save
one, now no more ; and promised that he would treat her chil-
dren as though they had been his own. He then stated, that
before he could sell his stock he must get some papers out of
' the hands of a gentleman in the Temple, and that he should
require the loan of 101. front her to pay to that gentleman.—.
She agreed to let him have it, and he then drew the gold
ring off* her finger, telling her that he wanted it to get another
ready for the day of marriage. They then separated, and in
the evening he came to her house and slept with her son.
By nine o'clock on Tuesday morning they had started on
their way to the Temple, to get the writings out of the law-'
yer's hands ; and having walked as far as the Prince of i'Vales;
in Prospect-place, Lambeth, he went in and brought out a
trunk, which he said contained a valuable parchment, and his
wearing apparel, of the value of 201. A little farther on he called
a coach, and they proceeded to the Feathers, in Temple-lane,
the prisoner calling upon her to pay the coach hire. It was
settled in the coach that he should take out a licence in the.
Commons that very day, and that the ceremony should take
plke on Wednesday ; and he told her she should make a
" widow's will," as lie had plenty of property independent of
bees, having, besides his money in the Bank, an estate in
Lincolnshire worth 1,0001. At the Feathers he treated her
with some rum and water, and said, "My dear, I hope you
will.not dishonour me." " What do you mean ?" she asked.
" Why," said he, "it looks so for a woman to pay—let ice
have the money now." She told him she would not ; it lA'r
his own proposition that she should see the writings produced
and the money paid. " But," said he, " who is to mind my
box with the clothes and the parchment ? poh ! poll 1 it looks
so for a woman to go with one. I will just step across the
square ; I shall not be long; I will bring the clerk with
me, and the landlord shall be a witness to my paying the
money." While he was saying this, he forcibly drew her hand
out of her pocket, and putting in his Own hand, got possession
of her purse and 14 sovereigns. Though she resisted this pro-
ceeding, her faith in his protestations of honour and love was
too strong to allow her to make any alarm. Ile departed in an
instant, and she saw him not again until he was taken into
custody, on Sunday last. After waiting his Laura) several
hours, she set off to the Bank, which she found closed, it being
a holiday. The dreadful truth then rushed into her imagina-
tion; she hurried home, and examined the box, when, instead
of fie clothes and parchment, an old frying-pan, with the
handle bent double, a cheek for a Stove, a garden-pot, a brck-
bat, two pair of old black stays, the body of an old red gown.
some old shoes, &c. presented themselves to her view.
The prisoner had stated himself to be lodging at N 0.19, Tra..
fa/gar-street, Walworth, and .by the diligent aid of a friend.. a
Mr. George, she discovered that the prisoner had a wife and
several children ; that he had been cohabiting with another
female some time, and that he was now living with her at her
brother's, at Eynsford, near Farningham, where he was ac-
cordingly apprehended on Sunday. The woman appeared cog-
nisant of the prisoner's transaction with the complainant, for
when Mr. George produced the warrant. Easton immediately
said to her—" Oh, this is about mother Wallis's business ;-"
and at parting the woman gave hint five shillings to make him
comtbrtable on the road. Mrs. Wallis's purse was found in

I his possession.
Before the Alderman, yesterday, Mr. Ledwick appeared as
Mrs. Wallis's Solicitor, and the above diets having been given
in evidence, the prisoner, in his defence, asserted that Mrs.
Wallis had said he should never want for any thing while she
had it, and gave him the money in the coach just as they were
passing the Surrey-road chapel.
Mr. Alderman LUCAS—Very well. But now about the
awkward circumstance of the contents of the box, and your not
returning to the Feathers ?
Prisoner.—ln truth I never intended to return; it was de-
ception ; but there was deception on both sides. As to the
box, I can say nothing about that, certainly.
Mr. Alderman LUCAS said, as the woman swore the money
was taken against her will, and she never thought of parting
with it until she saw the writings, he would commit the pri-
soner for trial for felony.
LA UG ABLE CASE.
UNION-HALL.-lesterday morning, amongst the nume-
rous drunk and disorderly charges front the various watch-
houses in the extensive district which the business of this office
embraces, was one in particular that excited great laughter anti
merriment, at the expence of a Mr. Jones; a very respectable
tradesman in his line, a tailor, whose name appeared at full
length in the night constable's book of St.3aviottr's parish, and
attached to it the charge of having been found drunk and dis-
orderly the preceding night in one of the streets of that palish.
It appeared that the defendant had dined on board some vessel
that had recently arrived from the West Indies, and having laid
in a tolerable good cargo, in his own words, of the new rum,
upon coming on shore he did not know whether he was standing
upon his head or his heels; however, he managed to grope his
way along Tooley-street until he got into High-street, where it
appeared he tell down dead drunk at the entrance into one of the
.large inns in that street. Having an excellent suit of black
clothes on, a good silver watch with gold chain and seals in .his
fob, together with plenty of money in his pockets, it would have
been a miraculous circumstance, indeed, if in this great tho-
roughfare for thieves and prostitutes, anti at such an hour, that
poor .Mr. Jones could have remained long in the position de-
scribed, without escaping the observation of those who prowl
about for the purpose of robbing men circumstanced as Mr.
Jones happened to be in consequence of drinking the new
rum; Mr. Jones, unfortunately, was seen, and by those who'
discovered him in this helpless state, was stripped of every ar-
ticle of dress, nay, even to the very shirt ; but providentially for
him, the thieves by whom he had been divested of all, ex-
changed their garments for his, and so expertly was the thing
done, that Mr. Jones-never knew what had happened, until
awakening about one o'clock in the morning, from his tiara.:
freshing nap, and feeling a sensation about his shoulders as if he
were in a vice, got up, shook himself, wiped the dew which had
fallen thick and heavy during the night away from his face and
neck, and proceeded to the next gas-lamp, in order to ascertain
the cause oldie tightness of his clothes, as he was aware that he
always gave himself plenty of cloth. The flare of the gas
completely brought him to his senses ; for on looking at his
person, he could scarcely believe it was himself, when he
found upon his person, in place of his own superfine black,
a common frize cloth coat, buttoned all the way up the
neck that squeezed him almost to death, with the cuffs half-
way up the arm, and both his elbows out. On looking at the
lower part of his person,. instead of seeing his own black cloth
trowsers and Wellington boots, he found they had been ex-
changed fcr a pair of tight snuff coloured worsted pantaloons,
that fitted him as close as wax, and high-low shoes, studded
with nails. In this dress, Mr. Jones, who is a stout portly
man, appeared before the Magistrate ; and during !/is stay in
the office immoderate laughing was provoked, which did pit
cease until his departure. It seemed that when Mr. Jones
" came to himself," he went off to the watch-house anti pre-
claimed his loss, and even went so far as to charge the night
constable with having assisted stripping hint of his Sunday
clothes. The noise he caused brought a mob of persons about
the watch-house, and the constable was under the necessity of
locking him up, to keep bins out of further harm's way. Ls
answer to the Magistrate's questions, the defendant said that
he had lost his watch and money, beeitlas his new suit, during
hit intoxication.— The Ma.,isLraf.e Lied him five shillings for
being drank, and advised him in future to retrain trout tasting
too freely new 7UIII.