The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-02 00:00:00

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.

GENERALS—J. Drummond, Culdness Castle, Cried', ;
Ferdinand Count Hompesch.
COLONELS—West, late of Gren. Gds. Great Malvern; Ro-
berts, It. I. Company's Service, London.
LIEUT.-COLONEL—Bray, h. p. 7 W. I. Regt. Tavistack.
MAJOR—Ciravegnac, h. p. Sicilian Regt.
CAPTAINS—Fraser, I F. (2d Bn.) on passage from Madras
to England ; Paterson, (13 F. Hobart's Town. Van Diemen's
Lana ; Ramus, h. p. 5 F. Tenby ; W. Gordon, 51 F
LIEUTENANTS—Grant, S 6 F. Salisbury ; Mudge, Royal
Art. Kingston, Upper Canada ; Wright, h. p. 56 F.; Sherburne,
h. p. 58 F. Barrack Master at Berbice • Reid, h. p. 60 F.; Moore,
late R. Inv. Art. Dublin ; Cox, late Vet. Batt.
CORNETS and ENSIGNS—:Vernon, h. p. 23 Dr. Maidenhead ;
M'Aithur, late 4 It. Vet. Batt. Fraser, late 7 It. Vet. Batt. ;
Dies, Norfolk.
SURGEON—Tonnere, 35 F. Crompton, near Plymouth.
A SSIST A NT-SURGEON—Reid, Tobago.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

A poor Irish laboursr, named James Connor, charged
John Martin, a countryman of his, with having seduced
and stolen his daughter, Ellen Connor, from her family
and home.

The case had been brought before a county Magistrate,
and the prisoner was nine days in prison, when it was dis-
covered that the offence had been committed in the city,
and Martin was sent to undergo an examination before the
LORD MAYOR.
The complainant said that the prisoner lived next door,
and was intimate with him and hie family. Complainant's
daughter was a child of very tender years, and was ha the
habit of reading or working at the door every evening
when she returned from school. A fortnight ago she sud-
denly disappeared, and the prisoner was missed from his
house at the same time. Complainant could not guess
what had become of her for some time, until one of his
neighbours told him that the prisoner was in the habit of
talking to the girl when her father was out, and that the
probability was that she was in his company. Up and
down he looked for her, but it was all useless. At last
Martin came home, and began to boast of his success with
the child in a very gross manner ; st iting, at the same
time, that he had left her, after he had done with her, at
Cambridge, with a new trade upon her hands. Com-
plainant was greatly afflicted at hearing this account of his
child, who, ke suspected, might perhaps have been killed
and sold to the doctors, and he caused her seducer to be
taken into custody.
Lawrence Brophy said that he had seen the prisoner
talking to the complainant's daughter, and he knew that
upon one occasion, a few evenings before she disappeared,
the prisoner turned all the rest of the complainant's chil-
dren into the street, and fastened himself along with her in
the house. Soule days after the elopement the prisoner
made his appearance, and upon being asked what he had
dune with Ellen Conner, replied at once that he had had
all he wanted with her, and had left her behind him at
Cambridge.
The witness was asked whether he heard any shrieking
when the prisoner fastened himself in the house with the
little girl.—He replied that he heard no noise whatever.
He had every reason to believe that the prisoner had pre-
vailed upon the girl to elope with him, for 'twas the way
of the low fellows of that country to leave the poor girls
in the lurch once they had their will of 'em.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Martin, where have you left
this poor girl you have ruined ? Prisoner—l know no-
thing about her, my Lord. She never came away with me.
The LORD MAYOR—You must know something about
her. If you don't find her, you shall be desperately
punished.
Prisoner—Why, it's likely enough she followed me to
Cambridge, for I travel about from place to place.
The LORD Mal-mi.—The Act of Parliament has fixed
the punishment of your offence at two years' imprisonment
and bard labour, and three whippings. If you don't pro-
duce the girl between this and Saturday, that punishment
I have no doubt you will receive.
Prisoner—But, my Lord, I did'ut do her any harm ;
she followed me off to Cambridge, and up she conies to
my lodging., and she told me her father and mother were
gone a harvesting, so I told her to stay at my lodgings for
the night, but she would not, and she *cried, and I gave her
a shilling to get a bed, and I never seen her since.
The LORD MAYOR—WeII, take your choice. Let her
be produced, or off you go to your long imprisonment, and
not where you shall lash, but where you shall be lashed.
'the prisoner (evidently in terror)—Perhaps, toy Lord,
it would be the best way to advertise her.
The LORD MAYOR—. Do what you please in that respect.
If she is not restored to her parents before Monday, you
shall go to Neweate.
Prisoner—Oh Lord, my Lord. Why, pleat;e your Lord.
ship, she is used to elope with men. Why should I suffer
for her, if she choose(' to follow me; I could'ut help it.
I never axed her, and she's as innocent for me as a suck-
ing babe. But she's in the habit of eloping, and so is her
father. It's the only way of bread they have.
The prisoner was then sent back to prison.

THE RULING PASSION.—A short time ago
a Jew insured his life in one of the Insurance Offices in
the city, on being informed by a physician that he was
dropsical. H tying made himself up for the occasion, he
presented himself to the surgeon of the Institution, who did
not discover his complaint, and the Jew insured his life for
1,0001. His illness increasing rapidly, he went in about
a fortnight to the doctor, who pronounced his case despe-
rate, and being pressed by his patient, be told him that he
could not survive the approaching February.—,, My cot,"
exclaimed BENJAMIN, " how lucky."—" Lucky !" re-
sponded the doctor, " pray what do you mean?" " Oh,"
said the Jew, " I have insured my bad life, and von't have
to pay the office any more monish, and my vive will get
the etc tousand pounds."