The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-06 00:00:00

MESSRS. POOLE AND ELLISTON.

Bow-STREET.--A Gentleman named Poole ap.
plied on Saturday to Mr. MINSIIULL' the sitting, Magistrate
at this Office, for a warrant against Mr. Elliston, of Drury-lane
Theatre, for a violent assault. Mr. Poole stated, that on tlOth
Nov. last he wrote a letter to Mr. Elliston, to which he had re-
ceived no answer. lie in consequence went that day, accom-
panied by a friend, to the stage-door, and sent in his own card
and that of his friend. After waiting a short time they were de-
sired to walk into the Manager's room. Thither they went,
acrd in teshort time Mr. Elliston made his appearance...." Who
are you, Sir?" said he, addressing hiMself to Mr. Poole ; Mr.
Peek referred him to his card,- upon which Mr. Elliston said,
with vehemence —" Quit this house, Sir ! or I'll kick you."—
Mr. Poole declined departing so easily, when Mr. Elliston de-
manded the name of his friend. He was again referred to the
card ; on which he said he could lick them both, and forthwith
deliveied 0. compliment a posteriori upon Mr. Poole's person.
Ile then seized him by the collar, and a scuffle ensued, in which
a stick which Mr. Poole had in his hand was broken. Mr. El.
listen then • ordered both parties out of the Theatre, and told his
door-keeper never to admit them again. On this information
the warrant was granted, and a polite tuessaga was sent to
Mr. Elliston, to beg his attendance. Mr. Elliston' however,
was not disposed to make his appearance in such a piece,
and declined coming altogether, on which the warrant was
placed in ltuthven's hands, and he was brought to the office.
He came prepared with his bail, sad was bound over in the
usual recognizances to answer for his misdeeds at the ensuing
Sessions. No explanation as to the cause of the original hos-
tility was given.
This day, shortly after Sir RTCHARD BIRNIE had taken his
seat, Mr. Elliston made his appearance, we understand, to
complain of the report of the proceedings relative to the assault
on Mr. Poole, the author. After consulting, in rather a low
tone, with Sir Richard, Mr. Elliston cast his eye at a gentle-
man connected with a Morning Paper, always happy in his
description of quarrels, &c. to whom he beckoned, and they
left the office together.
As they were walking out, Sir Ilicrtann suggested to Mr.
Enigma that he had better state-the real case.
Mr. ElliNton.-1 never state any thing but the real case.
Mr. Elliston remained with the gentleman for some time in
the office, no doubt correcting any little error that might have
crept into the paper.

MELANCHOLY EFFECTS OF SEDUCTION. —A fevr
nights ago as the watchman stationed in Sutton-street, Clerken.
well, was going his rounds, he perceived two young women
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sitting at the step of a door, one of whom was weeping bitterly
and wringing her hands, whilst her companion seemed. totally
iasensible to her distress from having too freely indulged in
drink. The night' being extremely cold and wet, the watchman
suggested to the younger female the propriety of removing her
companion to the watch-house, as she could not gut home in
such a state. The Ivor outcast clasped her 'hands in agony,
and artlessly exclaimed--`c Home !we have no home, no shel-
ter ; but do not take us to the watch-house as prisoners; we have
injured no, one but ourselves." Here she burst into a fresh
to take charge of her and her
flood of tears, which had their duo effect even on the heart of a
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wore both brought before the Magistrates at Hatton-garden,
rassment, repeated that they wandered about the streets because
they had no home, no money to procure a lodging, and no friends
in London to whom they could apply for assistance. The Magis-
trates having ascertained that they were not known as belonging
to that class of females who are too frequently and justly the
inmates of a watchhouse, ordered them to be removed to the
New Prison for a time, with Injunctions that strict attention
should be paid to their wants,particularly to those of the younger
girl, who seemed to stand much in need of medical aid. the
poor girl, instesul of evincing any horror at the mention of a
prison, expressed her gratitude ; and the name of having given
herself and step-sister, they were removed pro temporc to their
destination. The case was referred to the Atendicity Society,
and the younger girl's history was as follows :—She was the
daughter of a most respectable gentleman residing in a town in
Ilerkshins, whose name from obvious reasons is withheld. The
elder girl (who was by a former marriage) had early abandoned
herself to vice, and concurred in the machinations of a certain
Individual to bring about the ruin of her innocent sister.
At the early age of fifteen she was seduced, and her father
for the additional dishonour thus heaped upon him, turned her
' out of doors, without any better prospect of support than she
might expect from her undoer. That resource was speedily ex-
hausted ; and counselled by her abandoned sister she fled to Lon-
don, to try what her yet remaining beauty could produce in a
metropolitan market, but her diffidence was a drawback to her
success; her health became impaired, and, reduced to the last
extremity of indigence, she was turned out of her lodgings on
the day previous to her apprehension, the sister having shared
a similar fate. This wretched young creature has been kept
apart in prison from her profligate sister, and through the Men.
theity society a temporary refuge has been procured for her in
M the adalen, until her friends may be moved to pardon and
protect her from utter ruin.