The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-13 00:00:00

BRUTAL OUTRAGE.

Some time ago, a young lady of the first re-
spectability, residing in Baker-street Portman-square, whose
personal charms are perhaps the slightest recommendation to
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ciprocity of sentiment was never likely to take place. An acci-
dental introduction at a public-assembly was the only familia-
rity that ever subsisted between the respective families; yet, on
this slight authority the man (we cannot misapply the adjective
grnt le) thought proper to press his pretensions to an excess that
left decency, moderation, and good manners entirely out of the
question. His first triode of attack was personal, and the in-
terruptions the young lady experienced in her walks, if unat-
tended, became so, frequent and vexatious, that she was com-
pelled to acquaint her uncle (at whose house she resides) with
the whole story from first to last. That gentleman, highly ir-
ritated at the unmerited ill-treatment of his niece, immediately
wrote a letter to the person complained of, dictated in the most
peremptory terms, against a repetition of the offence, under pain
of corporeal punishment. This unceremonious announcement
produced a cessation of personal hostilities ; but though relieved
from the torture of listening to nonsense, he determined she
should peruse it. A " paper-bullet" battery was therefore
opened, and the young lady had the daily mortification of be-
holding her toilet encumbered with embossed cards, and rose-
coloured bilktr.doul., breathing at the same time both odours
and insults, with the pretty nani by-pamby in press of su n-fio wers,
forget-me-tots, and fettered Cupids. This epistolary warfare
was kept up for a considerable time, without making any im-
pression on the besieged citadel ; fresh redoubts were thrown up ;
the utmost vigilance, was employed to prevent the admission of
these paper envoys, whether dressed in " lilies fair or
roses red," and when, perchance, some stratagem introduced
these unwelcome messengers to " my lady's chamber," judg-
meta was pronounced instanter, and the culprits were imme,
diately consigned to an auto-da:fr by the hands of Mrs. Abigail
the common executioner. Continued disappointment will abate
even a lover's ardour, and as our hero was none of the most
persevering, he at length saw the inutility and folly of his pro-
cedure, and immediately raised the siege.
On Monday evening, the young lady above-mentioned, having
Alined at the house of a friend in Gloucester-place, was return-
ing home et a little after ten o'clock, attended only by a female
domestic, when (most enal-a-propor ) her discarded suitor made
his appearance, accompanied by another person, both evidently
inebriated.. The young lady had at the moment entered Port-
man-square, which waa un usually destitute either of watchmen or
casual passengere. The recognition was mutual; but the young
ladyi hoping that he would not presume to offer any molests.
tine, walked on at a quick pace, without seeming- to be con-
scious of the rencontre. Her hope of e:cape was, however, un-
deceived by a rude embrace from one of the Bacchanals, whilst
the other endeavoured to take the same liberty with the servant,
who, being superior to the general delicacies of the sex, repelled
the intruder with the thrust of an umbrella, which is said to have
extracted at least two of his front teeth, and called forth the pur-
ple fluid in abundance; but seeing the young lady still strug-
gling with her drunken assailant,tliis modern Amazonian turned
her fahchion In that quarter, and, by a powerful and well-di-
rected blow, induced him to sign a release in blood. The young
lady fainted, and the two fellows Immediately turned the whole
weight of their fury against the woman, whose courage subsiding
after the first effort, remained entirely defenceless. With a bar-
barity unparalleled in the records of cruelty, they knocked her
down ; and, when at length her repeateal cries appeared to reach
the ear of a distant watchman, they abandoned their hopeless
victims, and found a temporary security in flight. On the
watchman's arrival, the servant had somewhat recovered, but
the lady was still insensible, and in that state was conveyed
home in a coach, when the circumstances were explained, to
the great distress of an affectionate family. On the following
day, it was ascertained that the chief actor in this disgraceful
scene had suddenly left town, no doubt to evade the come-
quencea of any legal proceedings that might be taken. The
abettor is not yet. traced; but w ien the young lady is suffici. only recovered to give evidence, those heroes may probably be
' introduced in propria nernina. The servant's deposition was
taken on Wei nesday irsorning as to the simple fact of assault,
and a magistrate's warrant forthwith granted thereon, but the
absence of the parties still prevents its execution.