The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-07 00:00:00

QUEEN.SQUARE.

A young man, who gave his name Charles Wil-
mot, without a shirt on his back, and with scarcely
rags to cover him, who stated himself to be the son
of a person styling herself the Princess Olive of

Cumberland, came to this office for the purpose of
asking advice, as he was in a state of the greatest
distress on account of his mother, the Princess, re-
fusing to acknowledge him. He had been out to
Sierra Leone some years ago, where he held a si-
tuation, which he was obliged to leave some months
since on account of extremely ill health. He had
called upon his mother at her house in Euston-
grove ; but she positively refused to own him ; and
being in a state of the greatest distress, he wished
to know what he was to do.

Mr. GKEGORIE said he had nothing to do with it.
The applicant then retired, much disappointed.

HATTON.GARDEN.

James Alderidge, a young man about nineteen
years of age, was placed at the bar, on the follow-
ing charge :
Collier, a policeman, on Sunday evening last,
while on duty near the Angel at Islington, saw the
prisoner standing opposite the booking-office in a
very melancholy mood. His suspicion being excited,
he watched the prisoner, and in the course of half
an hour afterwards, perceiving him enter the office,
and in a hurried manner pay some money, he ac-
costed him, and ascertained that he had paid 4/. to
be conveyed to Liverpool by one of the night
.coaches. In answer to further inquiries, witness
finding the accused had no luggage with him, and
that he was not at all prepared to travel such a
distance, considered it his duty to detain him, and
conveyed him to the station-house, where he disco-
vered 111 sovereigns and some valuable jewellery
concealed in the prisoner's pockets. He was un-
able to account for the possession of the property ;
therefore he was locked up, and witness had sub-
sequently ascertained he had decamped from the
service of Miss Mary Holt, pawnbroker, of Wool-
wich, after plundering her to a great amount.
A solicitor, who attended on the prisoner's behalf,
asked if Miss Holt did not induce the prisoner to
admit he had robbed her of the property stated,
by telling him she would not prosecute him ? He
was answered in the affirmative.
Mr. LAING—Then there is an end of the case.
Under such circumstances no jury can receive the
evidence. (To the prisoner.)—You may consider
yourself very lucky, for had you been convicted of
the robbery there is little doubt the extreme sen-
tence of the law would have been awarded to you.
The prisoner was then discharged, and the pro-
perty was handed over to Miss Holes nephew.

TOWN-HALL.
Ann Wright, an ill-looking woman, aged sixty,
was charged with having obtained money from
several persons under the following circumstances :
Isaac Lee, of Noel-street, Bermondsey New-
road; stated that in consequence of some words he
had had with his wife, and the inattention she
showed to him and his family, he called upon the
prisoner, whose fame as a fortune-teller spread far
and near, in order to ascertain whether his wife had
played him false. He was the more induced to put
faith in the reputed powers of the prisoner as his
wife, before her marriage, had had " her nativity
cast as correctly as gospel." The prisoner pulled
out the cards and globes, .and with great mystery
informed him that his wife was faithless, that during
his absetce she devoted part of her time to a hand-
some young man, and that she had sent her Lothario
a " wallantine." Witness said that that was im-
possible, because as how his wife could not write ;
but the prisoner replied that she had it ready written
for her. He returned to his wife almost maddened
by the various falsehoods told him by the fortune-
teller, and commenced so tremendous a quarrel that
the police rushed into the house and informed them-
selves of the cause of the strife. They then took
measures for the apprehension of the prisoner.
Mary Wood, on Friday afternoon, went to the
prisoner's house in New-street, Dock-head, in order
to find whether she was right in her suspicions as
to file infidelity of her husband, who had slept
away from her a few nights. The prisoner said she
knew all about it ; her husband was a bad 'un, he
had got drunk at Greenwich Fair with his duleinea,

and he spent the greater proportion of his earniti
upon her. Witness asked what she had to pal 14
such important information ? " Sixpence, my dear
replied the fortune-teller ; " I has plenty of carriag
folks, and my maxim is, and ever has bin, let tb
rich pay for the poor."
The prisoner was committed for a month to
th
House of Correction.

Martha Picard, aged 40, William
WORSHIP-STREET.
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George Drew, 16, William Richa;d,son, 25) arn
Mary Elliott, 29, were brought before
BROUGHTON for final examination, charged with t
following daring and systematic depredations
nel
The prisoners were apprehended in conseque..
tl
of a lad named Weare, who was in custody _
other lads at this office, charged on suspicion oi
stealing a pair of trousers from a tailor's sil°P
Shoreditch, having communicated to the police ths
Mrs. Picard had inveigled him from his parents, .110,
sent him with the other prisoners to break the wbiii
dows of shops, and plunder them of every PO's de.
article they could lay their hands upon. ll'e ded
predations he had been concerned in excee .
2,0001. worth of property, the whole of Which
heasd,
her son,
been transferred to Mrs. Picard. The magistrafee
on learning what had transpired between the
aarnrdnest:iengperati,rhseoe,naecerlesouswseeelydre. interrogated the latter, `rho
adhered so strongly and consistently to the sathe
story, and gave such intelligent answers, that .0
for trial upon twelve difsutlilnyctcocmhanirgitet
magistrates desired the police to lose no time
Navigate
sedoftofero;y•,--0
of which are for caital ences.
It is thought that durinoffg the last six months ti
nt
prisoners have committed dep t
redations to the ao
of .5,000/. It seems that Weare was tried with wsvi
other boys at the last Old Bailey Sessions, °n
charge of stealing a watch at Tottenham, and to
acquitted ; but the other boys were sentence. 0,
be transported for life. Weare was severely awl! a
nished by the Recorder, and it has, we trust, had
beneficial operation upon his mind.