The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-28 00:00:00

ROMANTIC STORY.

On Wednesday two ladies of great respectability (mother
and daughter), who gave their names and places of abode,
but expressed a strong desire that they should for the pre.
sent be kept secret, came before Mr. Halls, at the public
office, Bow-street, just as the business was closing, accom-
panied by a pretty and interesting looking girl, about fif-
teen ye irs of age, and asked the advice of the woi thy Ma-
gistrate, under the following very curious circumstances :
—The elder lady stated that a few weeks ago, at night,
she and her daughter were on their way home when they
saw the girl whom they now had with them sitting on
the step of a door, and heard her begging for assistance of
the passers I,y. They (the ladies) stopped and asked her
how she came to be in such a situation, and she said she
had been cast upon the world destitute, that she had n:t
friends that she knew of, and that she had no home or ha-
bitation. The ladies, compassionating her situation,
allowed her to accompany them home, and were so well
p'eased with her conversation and manners, which par-
tank of the most perfect simplicity, that they told her
she might, if she chose, remain with them in the capa-
city of servant or waiting-maid. To this proposal she
consented most ►eadily, and conducted herself in such a
manner as to acquire the strongest regard of her bent,
factressen The interest they felt for their protege induct
them to question her occasionally as to the mann r in
which she became so destitute as she was when they found
her, but upon this point she evinced great reserve. At
length, however, she made some admissions that afforded
an insight into her real history, which is not a little
singular. It appears that the girl is the daughter of
Captain S--, of the Regiment of Foot, of the Hon.
East India Company's Service, at present and for a con
siderable number of years past stationed at St. Helena.
Site was living there with her father, and was in the halt t
of walking about the island ; and one evening she was
suddenly s&zed upon and conveyed on board of a large
ship, in which she was brought to England. During
the voyage she wan treated with the greatest possible kind-
ness, and on arriving in London was taken to some house
(she could not tell where) and remained for a consideraVe
time, living well, and experiencing the kindest treatmen'.
All at once, however, she was deserted and compelled to
wander about the streets, until she was taken under the
benevolent care of the ladies who made the present appli-
cation.

The Worthy Magistrate said it was a most singular ca•e,
and one in Which inquiry ought to be made ; and he sent
Burchall, the office mtssenger, to Captain Murray, the
recruiting cffieer for the Hon. East India Company, in
Soho-square, to ascertain if such an officer as Captain S.
was serving in St. Helena, and the answer was in the af-
firmative, but of course no light could be thrown by Cap•.
M. upon the transaction immediately in question.
The result of the inquiry for the present was, that the
ladies who ma-le the application were directed to call again
on a future day, the Magistrate stating that no exertions
should be lost in endeavouring to restore the poor girl to
her parents, it being quite evident that she had been kid-
napped for some improper purpose.
It was stated that if she was really the daughter of the
Captain S. alluded to she must be entitled to considerable
property.

A CHANGE.—A few years since the City
Theittre in Mi!tun-street was occupied ac a chapel and
Miss MACAULF.Y used to preach there. This lady is at
present performing tragic characters on the same spot.
COUNT LAVA LLETTE'S MEMOIRS.—WRIT-
fitStomr.-The English translation of this work,
a second edition of which has jdst appeared, bids fair to
become as popular as that of " Bourrienne." These
volumes embrace a period of nearly thirty years, from the
author's first starting in life as a staunch Royalist, and the
defender of Louts XVI. until he returned, for the last
time, from a protracted eaile of six years to his native
country. Within this eventful Interval, he had witnesse
the death of one Louts, and the restoration of another,
the rise and fall of /sl..trotEorr, the dethronement of JOSE-
PHINE, the marriage of MAMA-LOUISA, the banishment
of the EMPEROR. to Elba, his return, the Hundred Days,
the Battle f...f Waterloo, and final departure of NAPOLEON
tO St. HeietA.

CHOLERA MORBUS.—The High Constable
of Brighton has called a public meeting, to be held in the
Town hall on Monday, to tale iiito consideration the
establishment of a local Board of Health. This is the first
meeting called in compliance with the recommendation of
the Privy Council to the above effect.

On Wednesday an inquest was holden at the
Maidenhead ptiiilieLhdirsij, Croswell-street! before Mr.
ILaKra, on the body of SARAII HEwrii, a yhilti.g woman
of 17 years of age, who, in a fit of love and despondency,
took a large dose of arsenic. It appeared from the testi-
mony of Miss WYBROW, a dress-maker, residing in Go.-
wel.:-streq; wlth v!rhtirel the deceased lived as an apprentice,
that she had formed a strong attachment to a ,deng man,
a cabinet-maker, named THOMAS HIGLEY, who bad kept
her company, and to whom she expected to be married.
Owing, however, to a slackness in his business, and a
consequent feeling of not being able to provide for her as
he could Wish, ilidt.ht It at obliged to put off their mar
riage to an indefinite period. This seemed id pre, much
on her spirits, and she had latterly been repeatedly ob-
served to shed tears, and desponding in her manners. On
Monday morning, shortly after breakfast, she complained
of violent pains in her stomach, and after vomiting she
went to bed, and eorde hdt brandy and rater was given
to her, tvhich gave her some temporary ease. she; how-
ever, became worse, and died in the course of the after•
noon. On searching her person, a small china box was
found in her bosom, with an inscription on the lid of
" Love the giver." On opening it, a thin white paste
remained on the bottom and sides, composed of a white
powder, which on examination proved to be arsenic, and
there could be no doubt but that she drank the fatal
draught out of it. TliOgAB Illot.tv, the sweetheart o'
the deceased, was culled in, and examined before the Jury.
He corroborated the statement of the last witness, as to his
intended marriage ; said that he had no quarrel with the
deceased; that she had been considerably deputised for
some time past, and was fond of reading romantic stories.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict,
" that the deceased had destroyed herself by taking arsenic,
while labouring under temporary meat i! jneanity."

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE'

For some days past Lea, an officer of Lambe'
has been employed in endeavouring to trace out

cumstances connected with the sudden disappears
aged female, which at present appear involved int

able mystery, and who there is strong reason to Do
been " Burked," for the base object of selling her 1
anatomical purposes.
The facts of the case, as they were detailed to
Ling magistrate at Lambeth-street, a few days

the :

Oa Frid ry, the 19th of August last, Caroline
female of 8.4 years of age, who obtained a live
hawking trifling articles, such as threads, "11
through town, after being solicited and entreats
length of time to do so, went to lodge at the hn,oi
person named Cooke, in Goodman's-yard, Gonup
fields. Her niece, a married female, named off
knowing the character of Cooke and his wife, the r
being a body-snatcher, and the latter a cat-skin by
frequently cautioned her aunt against going t:be
at their house, telling her, bat so sure na
she would be " Burked." On hearing that "e
there, she lost no time in repairing to the 114;
Cooke, hut was not enabled to see her relative,
being returned at the time, and there was no 0ne.610(
but a little boy. She (Basey) returned to her reat'
Long-lane, Smithfield, but had scarcely any rest:.
the night, from the dreadful apprehensions which re,
under for the safety of the old woman, and on t°ed
morning, at nine o'clock, she went again to the bi",,
Cooke, with a full determination of taking away hero
On inquiring for her, she was told by Mrs. Caoket
went out, at about eight o'clock, towards Finsburyl
She expressed some surprise that she should hsve g°
so early, remarking that she seldom or ever left here'
logs before ten or eleven o'clock, but she could get n:
ther satisfaction ; nor from that hour to the present,'
the most diligent search had been made at all the
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houses, prisons, hospitals, and every place where it ,<
b.t imagined she could he in, as well as at the I°l4
several persons who were very kind to her for nta°,Yos
by giving her broken victuals, &c , not a syllable Pa
heard of her. bef
d
The niece, Mrs. Basey, a few days since atten.-'
Mr. Norton, at Lambeth-street, and repeated tbenoiti
facts, as well as several others, which strengthen sir s
ably the suspicion as to Cooke and his wife• frith
that when she called at the house of Cooke on the,o
she saw the bed and b &ling of her aunt tied er:
room, and when she called on the Saturday t°°'''‘'
was precisely in the same condition, though 31'n,
admitted that she had been at home during the tit gri
in accounting for this circumstance she said 'hit °J6l)3‘ll,'
Cooke, her husband, and the missing woman, t
jolly good supper on the night before, and plentrood
and that Mrs. Walsh slept with her and her budeptifi,
their bed. This, the applicant said, she was conf'dottk';
an untruth, as the 01.1 lady was most particular, a°l3i4O'r
would induce her to go to bed with a man and
4
Besides, she was a person by no me ins given t°,ltiri
and seldom, if ever, got intoxicated. The 401 f
that she had met Mrs. Cooke in the course of tite_ltlyi
her face tyre tred desperately swollen, anti her erbirlf,i
she inquired of her the cause, and she stated thet toned:'
band had given her a desperate beating in cow° JP;
seeing her speak to the applicant, and lest sbe Fs
any thing to her about the old woman, adding at 0,1),
titne the expression " you little know what a fella
he is the greatest madman in the country." , the
Mr. :Norton, after some consideration, deemsrobe
curnstances of the case such as would justify the 'lso V
sion of Cooke and his wife, and he yesterdsY
directions to take them into custody.

THE MARKETS•

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF .13RITIS-1be4',,,,1
Vor the Week ended Oct. '2l, IS3I, made up from t.,,
of the Inspectors in the different Cities and 'lowns
and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. 4N't
IVheat--.595. '2ll Oats -2•25. 5(1. Beans...,"" 445.
Barley 375. 6(1.1 Rye 355. 3d I Pease
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES Or THE SIX WEE"
4d Oats `23s. Id. Beans"----44M
Bariey 375. 9d.1 Rye 375. 9,1.1
DUTIES ON PORE/GN CORN.
Bd.l Oats —.ft... Itls•
Rye 14s. 3d•lLt Peans...•••-•
eaSee.re,
Barley tis. 4d.

LNG THE WP
COUNTRY CORN MARKETS 13.•-- 000
NN heat. Barley.
Oats. I
5,111 J
Per quarter. s. to s. s.
5
Blandford —57 3S/ to
Brigg 4B 55 30 35 J. I
62 391 96
Chard 56 66 40 16 Ut:,
Huntingdon 58 67 3L 30 20 4,
Long 5utt0n.,........ 51 64 18 22 ,0
Louth 55 63 32 38 18 2-2
Lynn is4 66 32 40 20 28
Newark
. 5.
Nottingham 64 69 28 33 22 3.2
Peterborough —. 52 64 3) 44 19 0 ~. 1
, 2
Plymouth
Pontefract...* 67 43 27 41
Sleaford 65 70 36 38 22
Umiingham 50 65 130 44 26 al 54
Wtsbech- 56 65 20 24
41

LEEDS CORN M A RKET.—Oct. 25. 010
Wheat, Norfolk and Sidiblk, tinlb. s4g• OP
......... York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
35,.. to
Barley, Norfolk and Suftblk
---. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
335, '
Beans o3lb.
Oats, Potatoe • 0
15
—Mealing, F0r..12d. to Md. Eng. 12d. to ... re
Shelling
Rapeseed, English, 164 to 24/. Foreign, —l. t°

`',s' 10
LI V ERI'OOI, CORN EXCHANGE.--0O
9s Cl' 3'4 t '
6
Wll k:AT, English, White, per 7111 b.
3 6
Red
------- Scotch, Welch, and Manx
Irish, White S °
S 3 6
---- Red
il jl
Foreign
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, Ler 451 b 1
- Irish
ti, 9 0
- Foreign
Bs RLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter - „ 4
- • Scotch and Irish, per (Wit's.
3)0 41
- Feeding
4`2 6 :1
ItrArts, English, per Imperial quarter
- Irish, &c.
- Foreign
40 40
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter
3c, o 4
- Foreign
47 o Ir
FLOUR,
English, per 428011). fi
- Irish
n,
avrmr.AL, English and Irish, per 2401b5. ......
I NDIA I CORN, per 4401 b.
Itvr, per Imperial quarter
0 /
MALT, per Imperial quarter
4 • or 1
I mewl' or GRAIN for the Week ending Oc IX
Wheat. Oa. Barley Flour.s'
Qrs. QrSts.
Qrs. Foreign, Brls Irish, &c. 0`
12,061 8,3!6 , 1,000 741 1 3,004 ;
'I

LEWES M ARK ET.—Oct. t
Bret-4...25. led. 'to 3s, 10d. Veal 35. '0
Mutton —3 8: 4 8 I Pork 4 j
A good suppl,', and a sluggish trade.

RU M FORD MA RKET.—Ort. I. is
s. d. to s. d. s
' ci
Beef... `) 8 3 8 Veal .................. 4 r
Mutton '1 6 4 6 Pork ... ................ 01'
Suckling Calves from 14s, to 40s. - Quarter old Pigf
Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, BEDMINSi":OO4,
Monday, the new church, Bedminster, was con,t°Y
the Bishop of BATH and WELLS ; portions of tit Ole
were shared by the Rev. Mr. R. Witiss a" i till
W. L. Giovitit ; and the sentence of conseer'
pronounced by the Chancellor of the Diocellie°V
Law, A.M. We regret to say, that by the ti04,,,100,pr
was concluded, a great many persons had calico 9
and on Beflminster• bridge, and as the D'lrtilt,;°'
church, he was assailed with groans, yells, on" '
the mettle of his horses soon carried him out of 11„0 o,i
are sorry to add, that a few stones were 0010;0,
which tell into the carriage, but without doing. fiteri;
A serions disturbance occurred 3t ativ°/'.
yesterday at nom A very large party of oPbetheoel.
gaged at Ileathcotes /ace-factory, uniting n'it ,disc t
from the depression of trade, have been recent')
t‘tiv
assembled before the premises, insisting on a",ig dej
wages: It being impossible to comply with this
es ,A
the mob proceeded to break the windows of g,, 0.4
factory, all of which were speedily demolisho"corily
serious mischief perpetrated. The cavalry ireso,
called in, and the turbulence was in a great too
pealed when our account came away.-- raw'
of Wednesday.

jeffin,,tghteiar...,6,thof iatthiso.
n.preml3atiul::---{eTly},j SMrs. B. 11 oPl'ini:
sliioo°-"
LOn the •2tith inst. at Kennington, Mrs. Wa
014,
(laugh; er. ..svf
On *lio IDth inst. at Dieppe, the lady of NV. A.

of a soil.

31 A TIMED. , ~
iyarot An
On the `2sth inst. at Guildford, the Rev. E. J. 1',A0t.,.
of J. Ward, Esq el Richmond, to Frances Sarah o",tip.AY'l
of F. Skurray, Esq.; and grand-daughter of John '''' 0
te i
of Guildford. r , clOll,
On the .26th inst. at St. Clement Danes, F. ~-n,,,,1i1
to Mary Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. Charles " I
Strand. lon
DIED. eldc't

On the :22d inst. Charles William Arnott, Es+ ' , err
Arnott, EN., 01 Kivernall's House, Milford. the 10 ,J
On the :2'2d mat, Ambrose Bowden, Esq., late of t 01
aged 53. ;f f "Ir' dt
On the :25th inst. Elizabeth Ann, the wife ° i,
of
(C),aimtibieer s2veitlL-gri o,svie.,
i/agae;elttl,B.the son of B. Povet°
Bombay, in his I:2th year.
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