The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Feb. 4.

LAMBETH.--THE CASE OF JANE NEWELL, THE
BALLET DANCER.---A respectable tradesman in
Regent-street attended before the Hon. G. C.Nor-
ton, with Jane Newell and her mother, and requested
permission to make a short statement respecting
the young woman and her mother. His request
having been complied with, the applicant said, that
at the earnest solicitation of a number of gentle-
men, customers of his, and who humanely felt
for the unfortunate position in which the young
woman Jane Newell was placed, after the unfortu-
nate expose of her conduct on her examination at
this court, and the temptations to which she was
exposed, he (the applicant) had interested himself
in her behalf, as well as that of her unfortunate
mother. On first visiting them at their lodgings,
21, Stangate-street, Westminster-road, he found
them in a wretched condition, with scarcely a bit
of furniture in the place, and that which they called
a bed did not deserve the name, but consisted of a
bundle of rags, and he felt it necessary at once to
apply a sum of money which the benevolent gen-
tlemen, on whose behalf he was acting, and who
had placed it at his disposal—or he should say a
part of it—to their immediate wants. He (the ap-
plicant) thought it but proper to mention that these "
sufferings were endured amidst a number of the
most liberal but dishonouaable offers made to Miss
Newell for her society, and to her mother for her
consent, but all such offers were treated with con-
tempt, and no less than 37 letters containing them
were thrown into the fire. This circumstance was
to him (the applicant) an indication of reformation,
and finding that as high a sum as £lO had been
offered by persons for her consent to meet certain
parties, and that such offers were treated with
contempt, while 10s. received in charity would
have been a perfect godsend, determined him in his
course ; and, having relieved them, he requested
that all future letters that came might
be forwarded unopened to him. This was
done,- and he then held in his hand as many as 20,
of a very miscellaneous and singular character.
These letters, as his worship would perceive, con-
tained all sorts of offers, the majority of them of a
dishonourable character ; but one, as his worship
would perceive, contained a promise of marriage,
but the gallant candidate for matrimony seemed to
change his mind on account of the prevarication of
Miss Newell in her evidence, and there was an end
to that. Finding a perfect desire on the part of
Miss Newell to obtain her livelihood by a course of
honest industry, and not by immorality and lazi-
ness, he (applicant) had determined on testing ler
sincerity, and to do this had caused a number of
ladies to call on her and her mother, and the ac-
counts which he received from them were most satis-
factory, so much so that, with her consent, he had
determined to bind her to a business, by which she
could in a short time procure a good living. The
applicant here handed to the magistrate the bundle
of letters he referred to for his worship's perusal,
and the following are selected as moderate speci-
mens :

" A gentleman who saw Miss Newell in the court on
Tuesday, and who admires her very much, would like to
meet her in any place she will name. If Miss N. can stop
out all night a few pounds will be quite at- her service.
The writer will call -at the post-office in Churton-street,
Pimlico, for an answer to-morrow. Address, C. M., Post-
office, Churton-street, Pimlico.—Jan. 19, 1859."
_ _

" Esse2c, Jan. 23, 1859.

"Miss Jane,—Your unfortunate case has met with a cha-
ritable feeling with some young people, who have placed a
few shillings in my hands for your use. I have not time to
call at your house to-day ; if you will meet me at the Royal
Exchange this day (Monday), at 11 o'clock, I shall be
happy to give it you. If you have your handkerchief in
your hand, I shallhe able to know you —I am your well-
wisher, " )ITm. THOMAS."

The following is from Mrs. Ellis, the woman to
whose brothel Jane Newell had been taken by
Smith, the proprietor of the Adelaide Gallery :
" Miss Newell,—After the ruin you have brought upon
me by the lies you told, I am obliged to remove in a few days
to Belgrave-square, at great expense, and you will, I hope,
to save another police case, return my clothes by the bearer
or send them by your mother, the poor woman you have so
much degraded. " MRs. Emus.
" 5, Somerset-terrace, St. George's-road, Pimlico."
Mr. Norton—Belgrave-square, indeed ! Why, she
will be a neighbour of mine. (Laughter.)
The applicant here informed the magistrate that
amongst the persons by wham Miss Newell was
importuned was the Mr. Smith, of the Adelaide
Gallery, whose presence in court on the investiga-
tion of the case drew such a just reproof from his
worship.
Waghorn, one of the summoning officers, said that
from the inquiries he had made, he had ascertained
that the young woman and her mother had con-
ducted themselves properly from the investigation
up to the present time. From the number of gentle-
men calling at their house—some of them in their
carriages—they were obliged to leave their residence
in Stangate-street, change their names, and go and
live elsewhere, so that he had some difficulty in
finding them out.
Mr. Norton thought that looked well and in
a reformatory direction.
The applicant agreed in this opinion, and said it
was his impression that Miss Newell was perfectly
sincere in her determination to get her living by a
moral and industrious course, and that her mother
had not been aware, up to the time of her leaving
her home, that her daughter had been guilty of
any impropriety of conduct.
Mr. Norton said there were some circumstances
in the case which led to that belief, yet the contra-
dictions between her statements and those of her
daughter were very suspicious.
A person who had known Mrs. Newell for some
years gave her an excellent character; and it was
ultimately arranged that the daughter should be
put to the business mentioned. ; that £5 out of £7
subscribed, and left to be appropriated as his wor-
ship thought fit, should be appropriated to her use,
and, together with a sum at the gentleman's dis-
posal who was the applicant, paid to her in weekly
sums, and that the remaining £2 be paid over to
the mother.
Mr. Norton complimented the applicant for his
exti emely kind and humane interference in the
case, and observed that there was a good result
from the case, and that was, a more liberal scale of
remuneration to the class of persons .to whom the
young woman belonged bythe proprietors of theatres.
The miserable pittance given to those young people
was not enough to support them, and they were
driven by necessity to fall into the temptations held
out to them. He felt, however, bound to say that
there was one excellent exception to the reprehen-
sible practice in the person of Mr. Charles Kean.
The applicant observed that there was another
evil encouraged at the theatres, and that was, ad-
mitting persons called gentlemen behind the scenes,
as the consequence was that not a single female could
go on or come off the stage without being insulted.
Here the matter dropped.

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL-FEB. 4,

The market was quiet most of the day, and prices about
stationary. Berwicks, 93 931—Leeds Northern, 48 48f
Eastern Counties, 121 7-16— Midland, 102 k 1-Chester
and Holyheads, 48 ICaledonians, 85f 5/—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 96—London. and North-Westerns, 95ki—
East Lancashire, 95 sl—Dutch _Rhenish, 5k 5 dis.—
Grand Trunk of Canada, 8 5-16—Great Western, 561—
Great Western of Canada, 16k 161—Dovers, 22 1-16 k-
-North British, 62k—York and North Midland, 771 8.

B lILMINGIIANI—FEn. 4.
This market was doing more business in railway shares
than of late, but quotations generally were lower. The
transactions to-day were as follows .—London and North-
Westerns were dealt in at 95—Birmingham Banking Co.'s
shares at 27i—Midlands closed at 101—and Great Wes-
terns at 55f. •

. MANCHESTER—FEB. 4.
Thong was not much business doing, and prices a shade
lower. Leeds, 953—Dowers, 22 1-16--Eastern Counties,
12i—East Lancashire, 951 Grand Trunks, Bi—. North
Western Pref., 14 15-16--Sheffields, 37—Londons, )4g
Midland, 1011.

,
SCOTCH TURNPIKE TRUSTS.---ii blue-book, pub-
lished recently, by order of Parliament, shows that the
gross total income of the Scotch turnpike trusts in the
-year ended Whitsunday, 1856, amounted to £255,531; and
the total expenditure to £252,817; the total debits were
£2,377,846, and the total countervailing assets £149,298,
•Fuss,—The idle inan's business,--Anch.