The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-07 00:00:00

upon the resolutions adopted at this meeting.
The subject must come under speedy and solemn
discussion in Parliament. There it must be de-
cided, and 'without delay, whether the colonies
of this country, and the incalculable interests
connected with them, are to be sustained and
preserved to us ; or whether, by the blindest fatuity
that ever possessed the councils of a great na-
tion, these inestimable possessions are to be torn
from us by a convulsion which will involve
a sacrifice of life and property far beyond the
power of our wise Ministers to form any notion
of it.—Morning Post.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday William Thompson, the chief officer of
an Indiaman, was charged with unlawfully carrying
off M.ss Amelia Wigmore, a young lady under age.
From the statement of the witnesses, it appeared
that Miss Wigmore, whose parents live in the Kent-
road, absconded from home on Sunday last. Soon
after her departure she was missed, and upon in-
quiry it was ascertained that the prisoner had a horse
and gig in waiting, into which she stepped and was
driven off by him. Although immediate pursuit was
given to the fugitives, yet they contrived to elude
those who were despatched after them; and as the
rung lady's parents suspected that it was the in-
tention of the prisoner to take their daughter to
India, they forthwith applied for a warrant against
him, and he was taken by Pople, the officer.
When brought to this office the accused was asked
whether he would disclose where Miss Wigmore
was ; and after considerable reluctance on his parr,
he at length said, that she had placed herself tinder
his protection in consequence of the ill treatment she
experienced from her parents, and that she was then
at the residence of a gentleman, his friend, who was
the father of a family. He (the accused) was un-
willing, under the circumstances, to disclose the
place of her present retreat; but he could declare,
that he had no intention of taking her abroad, as
had been insinuated.

Mrs. Wigmore, the young lady's mother, said,
that her daughter, when of age, would come into
the possession of 500/. a-year; and that she was
satisfied in her own mind that the prisoner had it
contemplation to take her to India and abandon his
wife, who was also one of her daughters. To his
wife, Mrs. Wigmore said, that the accused behaved
very badly, and as to his assertion that either she or
her husband acted with any degree of unkindness
towards her daughter, there was no truth in it. She
added, that the only cause of uneasiness their daugh-
ter Amelia gave her parents was owing to the inti-
macy that existed between her and the accused, who
neglected his own wife, and caused dissension in
the family.

Mr. CIIA3IIICRS said, that Miss Wigmore being
under age, the prisoner was liable to heavy punish-
ment if he did not disclose the place of her abode,
and deliver her up to her parents. If he refused
to do so on the present occasion, he should be
remanded.

The prisoner at length consented to yield to the
advice of the magistrate, and Miss Wigmore was
brought to the office. When questioned on the
subject of her leaving home, she stated that it was
in consequence of the ill usage of her father and
mother. In reply to Mr. Murray, she admitted that
the cause of dissension between her and her parents
was attiibutable to the intimacy between her and
Mr. Thompson, who was married to her sister. Her
sister and she were not on terms of friendship now,
and it was owing to the same cause.

• .
Mr. CHAMBERS said that Mr. Thompson should
refrain from see►ng the young lady if it caused so
much unhappiness in the family. " lf," said the
magistrate, "you will put in bail to answer what-
ever may be objected against you at the ensuing
sessions by the parents of the young lady, who has
acknowledged that you took her from home, and in
the mean t►me keep away from her, you will then be
at liberty to leave this office." _ _

shall see her. I don't know why I
am to be deprived from such an indulgence; she is
my sist.-r,and I considered that I had a rght to pro-
tect her from ill usage."
Mr. CHAMBERS said, that if it gave offence to the
young lady's parents, he should absent himself, and
not throw himself in the way of seeing her. It was
evident that the intimacy said to exist between hi
and Miss Wigmore gave dlspleasure to her own
sister, his wife, and cAused great unhappiness in the
family. He should, therefore, way away, and be-
srow that attention on his wife that it was his duty
to do.

The Magistratess then decided that the accused
should enter into his own recogn'zance in the sum
of 100/. and find two sureties of 40/. each, to appear
at the Sessions to answer airy complaint that the
parents of Miss Wigmore might bring against him.
It was also arranged that the young lady was to he
given into the care of a gentleman connected with
the family, until proceedings were taken to make her
a ward in Chancery.

The accused evinced great reluctance to make
any promise to keep away from Miss \Vigmore,and
it was not until he was threatened to be remanded
that he consented. lie then put in the necessary
bail, and was set at large. The young lady, who
wept a good deal during time extraordinary proceed-
ings above described, was conveyed away by her
friends in a coach.