The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-03 00:00:00

CURIOUS CASE OF SEDUCTION.

The Magistrates of the Head Police-office, Dub-
lin, were occupied for a considerable time on Satur-
day in the investigation of a very- singular charge of
seduction, preferred by a decent-looking old man,
named Auchmuty, a servant out of place, against a
gentleman named F., who resides near Harold's
Cross, mid who is the agent of one of the numerous
Bible and Tract Soeieties who hold their offices in
Utiptdr. Sneirvilies.street. The summons issued .on
the occasion required the attendance of the accused,
in order to show cause why informations should not
be taken against him, for having seduced and taken
away from her mistress (Mrs.-B.), of Harold's
Cross-bridge, the daughter of the complainant,
Anne Auchmuty, whom the accused was required
at his peril to produce before the Magistrates. In
obedience to this summons, Mr. F., accompanied
by his fair enamorata, attended at the office shortly
after twelve o'clock, and were ushered into the wait-
ing-room, until the Magistrates had disposed of some
business then before them. Miss • Auchmuty is an
interesting-looking girl of 17, with jet black eyes
and rosy cheeks. Her fine dark hair was most taste-
fully arranged in ringlets, which rested with pecu-
liar grace on a bosom of snowy whiteness. As she
sat iu the waiting-room, bathed in tears, which her
particularly awkward and embarrassing situation
caused to flow in abundance, she appeared to be an
object of the deepest interest and commiseration ;
and to those who would be inclined to make allow-
ances for human frailty, it may not be a matter of '
astonishment, that in the admiration of her charms
even a " saint" had turned sinner. During her:so-
journ in the vestry-room, Mr. F. paid her the most
marked attention, and was anxiously engaged in '
soothing her affliction; but all communication was
prevented between her and her father, who was very
iruFgnant at the prohibition, and spoke of it to
every person whom he met, in no very measured
phrase. At one o'clock the parties were summoned
to the board-room, and the case was called on. A
profe-ssional gentleman, who appeared as counsel for
Mr. F. spoke for a few moments in a low tone to the
Magistrates, when Mr. Tudor inquired if any persons
Were present but those immediately concerned. He
added, that the Magistrates had determined to hold a
private investigation, and no reporter could be per-
mitted to remain in the room. He therefore requested,
that if any gentleman connected with the press was
present, that he would withdraw. In consequence
of this order, our reporter left the board-room. It
may, perhaps, not be inapposite here to remark,
that the practice of secret investigations has, in a
great measure, been abandoned in England, and iii
two remarkable instances, recently,. Sir R. Birnie
peremptorily refused to yield to the earnest entreaties.
of persons high in rank and station, who Would•have
him turn Bow-street police-office into a snuglittle star-
chamber. . Sir R; Birnie stated, on those occasion's,.
thariecrerexaminations,were unknown ,to the Eng-
lish law. In consequence of the exclusion of our
reporter, we are of course unable to state what took
place during the investigation, lint the following
curious particulars regarding the affair have reached
us :--The complainant and his daughter resided in
the houSe of Mr. F. a short time since as servants ;
and in consequence of certain circumstances which
came to his knowiledge regarding his daughter and
her master, Auchmuty withdrew her from his ser-
vice, and obtained for her the situation of house-
maid in the family of Mrs. B. in the same neighbour
hood. But the change did not terminate the ac-
quaintance of Mr. F. and Miss Auchmuty; they
were frequently seen conversing together, whenever
an opportunity permitted ; and the father's vigilance
failed completely in keeping them asunder, so fondly
were they.attached. Nothing remarkable, however,
occurred until the night of the 11th inst., when
Mrs. 8., who slept in a room over the kitchen, was
alarmed by the sound of voices proceeding from that
quarter. She immediately arose, and armed with a
washing beetle, the only weapon of defence she
could at the moment procure, she descended to the
kitchen,' where she' encountered Mr. F., who was-
hastily making his exit. Mrs. B. upbraided him
with his conduct ; he could not, she said, be secretly
in her house at such an hour for any proper purpose;.
and by way of giving additional force to her censure,
she applied the beetle to his head. If Mr. F. was
in a hurry before, his speed was now doubly in-
creased; and before Mrs. B. could come up, he suc-
ceeded in making his escape by the back-door and
over the garden wall; not, however, without the
loss of a fashionable wig, whieh although not yet
arrived at the grand climacteric, the premature loss
of his hair has obliged him to wear. The circum-
stances above detailed formed we understand, the
ground of the complaint. With the nature of the
defence, or the decision, we are, for the reason we
have stated, wholly unacquainted.--Dublin Paper.

ROYAL MARINE CORPS.—A memorial
from each divition of Royal Marines has lately been presented
to Lord IVlEr.vmr.E from the Second Lieutenants of that
corps, who served during the late war, and who have held
their commissions nearly eighteen years, calling his Lord-
ship's attention to their unprecedented rength of service,
and soliciting that, the same indulgence may be extended
to such of the First Lieutenants (whose commissions are
dated previous to 1811 ) as may wish to accept the unat-
tached rank of Captain as was allowed to officers of the
line and Royal Artillery, through the recommendation of
his late Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief.

THE KINO, THE DUKEOF YORK, AND THE
DIME OF WELLINOTON.—WC have good authority for
saying that our townsman CHANTEY has received an order
from the Kiii4o to execute a marble statue of himself, one
Of the late Duko of Your, and another of the Duke of
WELLtnc.roar. Each is to be nine feet in height, and is
intended, when finished, for the new grand stair-c.v. in
Windsor Castle. This is a splendid commission, and we
doubt not that it will be followed by three of the most inte-
resting productions uf our inimitable,Artist. This simple fact
which we have announced will, we suspect, afford grounds to
many for a few speculative observations. It is certainly.
worthy of remark, that, in paying homage to the memory
of a deceased brother, whose public life was rendered
glorious by tke invincible patriotism he displayed in de-
fence of our Constitution in Church and State, his MA-
JESTY should have selected his Prime Minister alone as
worthy of companionship in those classical arrangements
which will also comprise a statue of himself. The Duke
of WgLLINGTON, we well know, is no less eminent for his
military talents than for an undeviating and incorruptible
attachment to the Protestant institutions, - of which be is
at this moment especially tutelary :—and now that daring
efforts are making by an unprincipled faction to subvert
these from the purposes they were destined for at the Re-
volution, every thing which denotes the friendship of our
Gracious Sovnuaticti and.the Noble Premier is calculated
'o confirm the belief, that upon the all important question
„f Protestant Ascendancy greater congeniality exists in the
sentiments of those distinguished Personages than the sage
Agitatrira of England and Ireland would have us believe--r-
-shffidd Courant.