The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-05 00:00:00

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DEAF AND DUMI3.

BOW-STREET.—On Saturday Mr. Wright, of
Princes-street, Hanover-square, surgeon aurist to his Majesty,
applied to the Magistrate for advice and assistance under the fol-
lowing curious circumstance 1817, a young lady named
Hannah Thatcher, who was born deaf and dumb, was placed in
his house by her father, in brder that she might have the benefit of
his professional attendance constantly. He paid very minute at-
tention to her case, and having ascertained that her deafness pro-
ceeded from the convexity of the membrane, &c., which it wait
necessaryto hearing should be concave, lie succeeded in remedy-
ing this malformation so effectually, that she obtained herhearing
perfectly, and was now gradually acquiring the faculty of speech.
Some time ago her father died, and on his death-bed he signed a
piper expressive of his gratitude to Mr. Wright, and appointing
him her sole Fuerdian ; for, though she had other relatives, the!
took no notice of her whatever until now ; when during Mr.
Wright's temporary absence, they came to his hi:time in shack-
ney coach, and carried her off by force. The coach drew up to
the door, and the coachman said a lady inside it wished to speak
to Miss Thatcher for a moment; Mrs. Wright immediately went
to the coach door with her young.protkee, to whom she was vett
much attached, and the persons inside having inveigled Miss
into the coach, under pretence of speaking to her privately, the
coach drove drat full speed, dragging Mrs. Wright a considera-
ble distance, in consequence of having hold of the door at the
time. This conduct Mr. Wright considered as highly illegals
and he therefore besought the Magistrate to assist hi im n nos*
vering her. He also handed to the Magistrate an engraved. por-
trait of the young lady, and the paper signed by I:cr dying f.l;
tber, in which Mr. Wright was appointed het g(tardian ; a7)4
he added, he had never received a sine:: SiSpeuce, either fir
cure or for her board, &c. during the seven y:ars she had !..4
been in his house.
The Magistrate (Mr. Minshull) asked wll:.ther Mr. Wright
knew the parties who had taken her away ? Ile replied that he
understood it was an uncle who resided in Bristol, and he ha
reason to believe she was concealed at an lan in Water-lane,
Fleet-street. His Worship observed, that it was a very singular,
case, but he feared it did not come within his jurisdiction. Ir
Mr. Wright was legally the guardian of the young lady, he
might apply to the Judges liar a writ of Habeas Corpus ; or, if lie
wished to take some immediate step, and had reason to believe
she was got into improper hands, one of the officers might ac-
company him to the place where he supposed her to be con'
cealed ; but," said his Worship," 1 can give him no instrue-
tions to act ; and whatever lie does he must do at his own peril.',
Under these restrictions, Mr. Wright did not think proper w
avail himself of the assistance of an officer, but said he wool,
go himself and see what he could make of it.
When he returned, Sir Richard Birnie was on the Bench
and Mr. Wright said, the parties had told him that they were
authorised by Sir Richard to take the young lady away.
Sir Ric UARD replied that some persons had certainly applied
to him for advice how to get the young lady out of Mr. `Wright •
hands; and the only advice he gave them was to apply to tlle„
Judges. He understood they were her nearest relatives; an"
if so, they were certainly entitled to the guardianship of her,
unletc Mr. Wright could shew good reason to the contrary'
of which reason it was not the proving: of a Magistrate t°
judge. Mr. Wright said, he believed the person by whom she
was taken away was her maternal uncle and that lie had car;
ried her to Bristol. He then apologized for the trouble he
given their Worship% and retired.

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