The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-28 00:00:00

.POLICE,

r!ent:tc-OrptcE, IjicioN-Hr.r..---Yesterday the
final examination respecting the two women whO
claimed to be the mother of one child took place
befOre a full Bench of Magistrates.
Mrs. Sarah Nott, who had possession of the child.
and. claimed as a mother, said, she was delivered of
afm eale child abou t,th e th of 06tober, 1803 That
when taken hi labour she sent for Dr: Hough, of
Pereyrstreet,. to
.attend her, btit that he did not ar-
rive until after she had delivered herself. :That shc-
is a married woman, but lived apart from her hus-
band at this tune ; and that the' name of the father
of, the child is George English. The child now pro-
duced she swore was the one she was so deli% ered
Do&or Hough, of Percy-street, Rathbone-plaCe,
Said, he attended Mrs: Nott or .Mrs. English, • for it
appears she. went .by both. names, at a house in
Warren-street, on or :about the
,17th- of October,
1803, for a complaint She had upon her, which was
.not incidental to a state of pregnancy; if he had to
judge only by her bulk andiappearance, he should
have deemed her in -the. last-month of her preg,
nancy ; but as she never consulted him on that part
of her case, or Called' hiM in to her assistance, be
could not say whether she really kid a child or not,
other than by his seeing her on a civil visit a fort-
night after his regular visits were discontinued, he
found her disencumbered of her bulk, in good health
and Spirits, and an- infiint in the room ,with her,
That was all he knew of the transgtion.
Henry Nott, husband of the :Claimant, said, she
had eloped from him so long. since as -the ad of
February, 1802, without any reasonable cause; that
he had accidentally seen .her since, but not to speak
to each other, nor had he any access to her since her
elopement. He was therefore much surprised when
a Midtvile cililed on 'him fora Guinea, for delivering.
his wife' of tWOChildren,-for which he was summon-
ed to the Court of Requests, and paid it. He heard
no more of her till about two years since, when She
sent hiM a •letter, saying; she had lain-in about six
weeks before,. and had the: child christened Millis
name, and as hiS,child. He took no notice of this'
application, nor has he ever sped any of the children
she mentioned:
Mary Ann Hopkins said she .was in the month
of October, 180 a,• an unmarried woman, living at
home with her mother, in Westminster. That on
the gth of that Month she was, with the help of Dr.
Hopkins, delivered of a female child, of which lwr
present husband is the, father, who was then in his
apprenticeship to a baker in Tothil-street, and mar-
ried her as soon as he was out 'of his time. 7-•
,Her dangerouS state when lying-in induced her
mother to acceptof Mrs. English's oflerto take the
child from her, on the condition that the child
should be christened in her name and as her own.
After marriage, her husband wished to have the,
child home,. which being refused, caused ber
tel ap-
ply to the: Magistrates for their interposition.
Mrs.Woolbrunn, of the Three Johns, Cartwright
street, was present at the birth of the child, which:
she it confident is the same noWprodneed.
Dr. Hopkins,attended with his book, and preyed
delivering Mary Ann Hopkins of 4 female child on.
the gth of October, and her ill state of health for
some weeks alter.

• In this stage the Magistrates declined all further
interference, but referred the case to the Quarter
Sessions, unless, in the ►mean time, Mrs. Nott cht,se
to give up the child to the mother, Mrs. lioftins,
then all proceedings to cease.

On Monday night, or early on Tuesday
morn-
ing, a most daring burglary was comtnittea at the
Custom-house, Rochester, by some villains picking
the lock of the door leading into the Office. They
afterwards commenced their depredations by forcing
with a chissel all the desks and drawers open, scat-
tering the p3pert about the Office, in search of ar-
ticles worthy ,of plunder. They stole therefrom
.clieques,ond _country
,kank-notes to the amount of
about 851. with which they got clear away, and
every search has since keen made to discover and
apprehend these nefarious depredators without suc-
cess. . •

Au Inquisition was taken on Thursday at the St.
Thomas's ArMS, Chelsea Road, on the body of Mrs.
Alice Suilierlow, who was killed by a coach running
over her on WeduesdaS,.evening. The deceased,
who was, the wife of a -gardener,, had been spending
the evening at the house of a friend, in the neigh-
bourhood of Slnane7street, and the inelaikholy
ac-
cident-befel her on her way home, as she was cross-
ing the road: The coachman„ it appeared, was
unaware of the accident, and the deceased was some
time in the road'belbre she was. discovered. She was
taken home, and she expired before the morning.—
' iiccidentat Death. - -
'
Last:Tuesday a man of the name of Consby, a
foreigner, Mang; himself in a court in Drury-lane.,--
• An inquest was taken on the body by ANTHOATY
Gni:, 'Esq. 'when. the Airy returned a. verdit taf
Lunacy.
A few, days since, a cow, the property of Mr.
Selferson, of the Rock Farm, in Ashington, Sussex,
dropped three calves, one of which had two perfe&
heads. The latter and one of the others were alive
when calved, but died: soon after; the. third, was
dead when dropped.
Yesterday sennight, as Mr. Menhatu, innkeeper,
in Hamel, Northumberland, was returning !home
from Kelso Market with a cart,-in which was a cask'
of spirits, the night being cold and:stormy,- the carter
and him agreed to taste the liquor : theconsequ:aice
was, that when the cart arrived at Houtel, Mr. M.
was found lying in it quite dead.'
On Saturday se'nnight, at Lark-hall, about three
miles aboVe Hamilton, a yOung man of the name of
Frani, Was attacked by two tinkers, and so shock-
ingly stabbed in different parts ofr his body- that he
died on- Monday. The tinkers were immediately
apprehended and Committed to Hamilton gaol.
The old story of Friar Bacon's Head' contains an
excellent lea son to all such as are apt to negled, ern-
br4icing a 'Odell opportunity.' To dilatory adven
turers in the present most capital of all Lot eries it
is especially applieabletsays---" Time, was" when
you may have purchased a gtoriouS prizei---" Time
is" when you have„ yet an opportunity of doing it—
and Tine is past" Should on negldia longer to
become candidates for ite'eertain gains ariSin
from
the first-draWn b6O-0 nuthhers.

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' e. 'ft S' I I -
, r Ladies iroar ...n,-.._c mo ~ near the tit
.....rs. Cross respealully infonns- the Gentry, :‘lefr
chants,_ and her Friends in gena..ll, that 12J. School
will re-commence on Monday th(.! iwth of..ranuarY;
and that'' she has accommodation for vivo. airc,
Young Ldies as Boarders. She hopes that the '147
tc-Titig. success site-has met with fbr • thes(, (2 yc.op
in educating the Daugliters-eseMisof-tlw fist Fa-
milies in the City-, to whom references new ho `hat
.will be no, small 'recount-tendAim', to.. thos C lAdi 0
And Gentletuen.wbo may honnur her with their p:l7.
tronage. Terms : Tbe 'Young Ladies are bOardc:d
and taught the English. and French Languages widt
grammatical purity and correCtuess, History; and
the'Needle-‘i-Orkt, fo'r '36-Guineas-per annum, wash.-
-in included. "Parlour Boarders ,5f2 Guineas t
paY Boarders three Guineas per ,i;narter; year.'d
Scholars a Guinea and a Half. No Ent rcaie7moiiey
expealed either 'front Boarders or 1.),y St:lloll6.—i-
:Writing, Arithmetic, Music, •Daneing, Drawing,
Itidiall, Geography, the use -Of the Globes,. and
Astronomy, taught by Professors of eminence anti
established merit.--Wanted; a young Lady of ii
docile disposition and genteel address, as an Ap-
preutice or Half Boarder. She will enjoy many all--
vantages which are not to be met with ill the.go'e"
rality
.of 'Schools, TerinslthirtY-six
guinea§ tbr
two years or fifty for three: Mis. Cross May be Own.
with, ,or - &retard to, at the Seminary, No. Ilr
Chayles's-square, near the City-road. This. ESt:l-
blishment 'consists of but a sinail and select number-
a Ladies.
.0n
prick-eared pigs iu the county Was shown 'at Dur-
ham.. It weighed upwards of eighty stone ; was
,in
length, from the nose to thc tail, t; feet 9 ineheis;
in height, 3 ft. 7 incheS i and s ft. 7 inches in girt:).
Friday last one of the latte,t .and best formed..
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