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London, England, 1844-08-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 2-8 1844.

the course of the investigation by the Lord Mayor, Society's establishment, of whom the prisoner, staF
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that Mr. Harman was not only tempted by the oppor- two very pretty young women, 17 years of age,
900!
tunity afforded him to serve a gentleman of f rtone, the names of lfutf and Fowler, formed three,anuS
but was tu have handled two sovereigns as commissien cause of his charging the prisoner was this :-"ltdiest:
upon the purchase of the horse, which was stated by considered beneficial and advisable hy the La ,the
the stable-keeper ie whose ea, 0 the ardma! Cottimi.t tf?r,iiiqr an break the morotoll,',ofh,o'
fi,r a., ,11 lio •r ill pit :y "-of
A solicitor, who attended tor the defendant, sub- occasional opportuniti,,s C,t. visiting their fr'ends
mitted to the Lord Mayor that there was no case for relatives, and all the inmates were perfectly her%
him to answer. with their situation, and contented with these beeli,
The LORD MAYOR said he regretted that he was days, with the exception of the two young vicdllo
0.
obliged to discharge the prisoner. Of the intention huff and Fowler, who, from being two of the litie's
of that person to plunder Mr. Harman there could niest and best conducted. had, since the priacmod
not be the slightest doubt, hut Mr. Pond fortunately ail:niss'on to the institution, become discontented be
was applied to in the nick of time. .His Lordship directly the reverse. This conduct had, at /sato .fisi
expressed some surprise that a man with so many come so manifest and annoying that the matronsLf
years upon his back could, merely upon a mutton- managers as ere satisfied there must be some imP
rep riTO
chop aeq ua ntance, have hazarded his money and his cause for it, -and one of the servants, who had 01
utation.
care of the sleeping apartments, was directed t 064
The defendant retired from the bar smiling. • it out,• if possible. On the preceding evento
BOW-STREET. when the girls were about to retire to rest,. td
Yesterday Francis Hallett was charged with having woman, as they took off their clothes, made sr° d
taken indecent liberties with Mrs. Elizabeth Butter, examining them, and on scrutinizing the stays
at a late hour on Monday night, and with violently howler and Huff, she fancied she,felt somethingol
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assaulting Thomas llumphries, who now lies in a a letter sewn in between the stays and the busaro
dangerous state at the Charing-cross Hospital. The each of them. She was, consequently, induced t 0 •,
prisoner was represented by his attorney as a person their stays open, and upon so doing found her suere)
holding a responsible situation under Government. cions verified by discovering two letters, one in, err
Elizabeth Butter, of 179, Drury-lane, a married stay, in the handwriting of the prisoner, strong'i.sr
woman advanced in pregnancy, stated that she was at commending the young women for a life of pres7o
the corner of St. Alartin's-lane, Castle-street, shortly ion, to the landlady of a well-known house ofa,,
after twelve on Monday night, in the company of her tain descripiton, in the neighbourhood of Mancheare
husband, who had stopped to speak with some friends. square, and of which it appeared that the prisoneraor
With the view of resting herself, she sat down upon self had formerly been an inmate. The instant tho
a large stone on the footway, which was undergoing discovery. was made one of the girls fell to
repair, and while in that position the prisoner and ground in hysterics, and upon being recovered .0
another man came up to her, when the former assaulted carried to bed ; the other girl likewise became
her in the in lecent manner charged. Her husband larly affected shortly afterwards, and both of tr,i't
approached him and said, " She's my wife," and re- at the moment he was speaking, were then confinJ
monstrated with him. An altercation ensued, and, their beds, and had been ever since subject to itZre-to
during the scuffle, the prisoner raised his stick and succession of hysterical fits, so that it was impost
levelle a severe blow at the head of Humphries, who produce them before the Magistrate with safety.
was knocked down upon the pavement, bleeding pro- the young women, in the course of an interval helot
fusely and insensible. Humphries had interfered as these affections was erently questioned as to the IMO
the friend of witness's husband. of the letters, when Psshe declared that the prisneerner
Joseph White, of 16, West-street, Soho, one of' the written them, and been for a long time past tatarer '
party in conversation with Butter, corroborated this ing with them, to induce them to go back to saogil
evidence. istence of vice, and promising them, if they vi.AS
Samuel Pope, a plasterer, of Exeter, the companion consent to go to the house to which she recomme'd
of the prisoner on the night in question, denied that them, they would each leacteive three guineas,ro,l
any indecency was committed by his friend, and said week, be splendidly attired, wear gold-watches ~,
that the blow given by him was necessary for self- chains and jewellery, and have every luxury. Pod
defence, as the whole party were attacking him. could wish fur," and the prisoner's -persuasions
William Crick, a by-passer, connected with neither had such an effect open them that' they had ee,e
party, also stated his opinion that the prisoner was mined upon embracing the first opportunity of '76.
justified in his attack upon Humphries. ing the asylum and following "bee advice. Ile
. The certificate of the house-surgeon, to the effect soner was then called in and questioned, when, °tol
that Humphries was in a dangerous state, having been from contradicting what the young women bads
put in, the case was remanded for a week. she fully acknowledged it to be perfectly correetsoi
Mr. TWYFORD, after much consideration, acceded attempted to justify her conduct, by saying 1(1,
to the earnest application of the prisoner's attorney to she had advised the young women for their own fo#
take bail for his appearance—himself in 2001., and two vantage, as she had learned from them that nbef
sureties in 1001. each. they had sought refuge in the asylutntoy
MA YLERONE. had been in the habit of frequenting est! dill
Yesterday John Sprole, ‘‘ll'), about twelve months ments of an inferior description, and she t"°,
ago was butter in the service of Mr. W. A. M. Mac- it a pity such beautiful young women should roe.
kinnon, M.P., No. 4, Hyde Park place, was placed at sacrificed. Although so late at night witness
clues
the bar before Mr. Rawlinson for re-examination, mined to make inquiry about the house in clu
charged with having stolen a silver table spoon and a with a view to its suppression, and on goink
tbei
silver dessert fork, the property of the gentleman found it to be a house of a very respectab;ooo
above named. quiet appearance, and let at a rental, as be fie
It appeared from the evidence that upon s- veral imaeine, of at least 801. or 1001 per year.ol
occasion:, articles of plate had been stolen from the questioned the policeman on the beat, and thee dots
premises, and it had been strongly suspected that to the station house and saw the inspector ot?to
the prisoner was the thief. On Saturday last he (pri- who, upon mentioning to him his errand, sent fore
soner) called at the house, when he asked to be other constables, and they all expressed their ee
allowed to speak to the housekeeper, and he was de- tion that the house was one of the-descriptions,ool,
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sired to go into the kitchen. He went down stairs, although very well conducted, and no form 106
and was soon afterwards observed to come out of the plaint had been made to the police with regarc`oftlit
butler's pantry. The spoon and fork were almost On receiving this confirmation the managers _of
immediately missed, and, on the prisoner being asylum had determined upon letting the prison,
stopped by the butler, the said articles were found in main in the institution that night, but to give heLilf
his possession. Police-constable Bewley, 153 D, who custody the next morning, which had accoraw
was called in, took him into custody, and he then been done.
said that he intended to pledge the plate, and redeem Two inmates of the asylum, named SuainslillA
it as soon as possible. Matthews and Caroline Oade, the latter 20 YeLsi
The prisoner, who had new nothing to say, was age, proved, the first, finding the notes in the 4;tY
fully committed to Newgate for trial. women's stays, and the second, that they werelof
Yesterday Mrs. Anne Watson, a very respectably- handwriting of the prisoner, who, the Rev. 10000
attired woman, about thirty years of age, carrying in said, had been an inmate also for about four resills
her arms a fine infant, and who at the station-hotise but would never again be permitted to enter itS,
said that she resided in Rupert-street, Haymarket', Ile letters were then put in and read, nnuor.slo
was brought up in custody, and placed at the bar', be- exactly as follows, suppressing the number :4
fore Mr. Rawlinson, charged with having stolen 'silk house and name of its manager : Oa
of the value of 151., the property of Mr. Rowland " Miss Clifford's compliments to Mrs.
Hooper, in an extensive way of-business, at 52, Ox- she would be so polite as to speak to the nerd)/
dt
ford-street. this, Miss C. would take it as a favour, Is 540
The husband of the accused was present. bearer) is quite ignorant of the life, and I t'rece
William Duggen, assistant to Mr. Hooper, deposed, would be a pity that she should be lost. The isti
that on the previous evening, between seven and eight trusting you will do me the favour to take bet
o'clock, the prisoner entered the shop and looked at your house.—l am yours affectionately,
,„.,110.
some calicoes, a quantity of which she purchased; cLrik v
and, while the woman who had served her was hand- " Mrs. —, Manchester-square."
ing in to the cashier the particulars of the sale, wit- " Miss Clifford would also feel obliged to MT,/
ness, whose attention had been directed towards her attending to this note, which is of the same p
(prisoner), saw her take froth' the counter five silk the other. They (the bearers) are both destitiltbel
dresses (lengths not made up) and place them under homes, and deserve your earliest attention, as felt
her cloak ; he went up to her and questioned her re- are both nice young women, and lam sure you
specting what she had done, when she dropped four like them.—Yours affectionately,
of the said dresses on the floor; the fifth he took " M. CLIFF°I.
from her. " Mrs. —, Manchester-square." •
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Hardiman, 76 C, stated that be was called upon to The prisoner, upon being asked if she livlsll_„A
take into custody the prisoner who denied knowing offer any observation, burst into a violent nu"-
anything whatever about the silk. tears, and declined saying anything. dtY Another shopman of Mr. Hooper's was examined, Mr. BINGHAM, after some consideration, sal 01ti
and his evidence was confirmatory of that given by prisoner had lived out of the asylum, and it cuolo
the first witness. distinctly proved that she was acting under the obi
The prisoner, who has upon a former occasion been of the keeper or agent of a house of
convicted of shoplifting, was committed for trial. would he undoubtedly liable to be severely pa 0'"
CLERKEN WELL. but as the evidence offered only went so far d
Anne Purehas, alias Smith, alias Roberts, alias Wil- prove that •she was an inhabitant likewise.
liams, alias Heffnon, with a variety of other aliases, asylum, and therefore a companion of the ottle!vp,o!
was Charged with obtaining money on false pretences he could not see that there was any offence pruo_.46o!
from the Rev. T. H. Bullock, curate of Christ Church, which a magistrate, or the justices at quarterelf
Bloomsbury, residing in Everett-street, Brunswick- could take cognizance. Although it was not
square. shown that the prisoner was following the tra,,eu• fig
It appeared from the evidence of Horeford, the procuress, her conduct was so base and demo!'.'' tbe
Mendicity officer, that the prisoner has been known that she ought not to be suffered to reinalleref4
to the Mendicity Institution for the last thirty years establishment an hour longer, and he, 'fit;
as a most artful and successful begging-letter impos- trusted she would be instantly turned out ot_..tiffsi
tor. Her husband had been at one time a thriving with respect to the present charge, he reluctaP
tradesman, but even in his lifetime, and when there compelled to discharge her from that also.
ewe
was no occasion to exercise fraud in order to obtain at The prisoner was then discharged, and, coy
least the necessaries of life, this woman betook herself face as much as possible, precipitately left the
to this species of imposition. At one time she repre-
sented that her husband had just met with a shocking
death ; at another that her son had a leg amputated;
at another that she was afflicted with an intestinal
complaint, and produced numerous documents pur-
porting to be medical certificates, and those engrav-
ings from truss-makers showing spinal deformities,
&c. Then she had warrants of distress filled up in
the most formal manner, and testimonials from clergy-
men in abundance. She had not carried on her system
of imposture with impunity, as will appear by the
following list (which Horsford read) :—Committed by
Mr. Shutt, at Marylebone, for two months, for a
fraud on Lady Beverly, on the 21st of August, 1835.
On this occasion she represented herself as a widow
with five children, which was untrue. 15th August,
1836, committed for one month by Mr. Dyer, for
obtaining money on false pretences from Sir J.
Ramsden. 21st June, 1838, ditto by Mr. Hoskins.
August 14, 1838, ditto by Mr. Shutt. 16th Decem-
ber, 1840, ditto by Mr. Dyer, for a fraud on Lord
Fitzallan. January 30, 1841, ditto by Mr. Hard-
wick, one month. July 16, 1841, ditto by Mr. Hard-
wick. September 23, 1841, ditto by Mr. Rawlinson,
for three months, for a fraud on the Rev. Mr. Baker.
December 23, 1841, ditto by Mr. Greenwood, one
month. April 14, 1842, sentenced to nine months'
imprisonment by Sergeant Adams, at the Middlesex
Sessions ; the prisoner's counsel, however, had the
sentence remitted, in consequence of an informality
in the indictment. October 11, 1842, committed for
one month, by Mr. Rawlinson. June 5, 1843, ditto
for three months, by Mr. Rawlinson. January 22,
1844, ditto by Mr. Greenwood, three months, fur a
fraud on Mrs. Rashleigh, of Russell-square.
The Rev. Mr. Bullock deposed that, on Saturday
morning last, the prisoner came to his house, told
him her little son, who had been at Christ Church
School, was very unwell, and that she wanted a little
pecuniary assistance, to enable her to send him to
Ramsgate on that afternoon. Witness asked her name,
and she said her name was Anne Fielden, of 19, Little
Chapel-place, Little Coram-street. Witness gave her
four shillings. Her sick son, as she called him, was
with her, a lad of about seventeen years.
. Mr. MBE sentenced her to three months' impri-
sonment in the House of Correction.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday a good-looking young woman, about 28
years of age, named Maria Clifford, was placed at
the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged at the instance
of the Rev. Mr. King, Rector of St. George's-in-the-
East, one of the Directors, and Mr. Thomas Natt,
Secretary to the Guardian Society fur the Preserva-
tion of the Public Morals, an institution at the north
side of Bethnal-green, and of which her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent is the patroness, with at-
tempting to induce two of its female inmates to enter
upon a course of prostitution at a well-known house
of that description at the West-end.
Mr. Nett said that the Institution, of which he was
one of the Secretaries, and which was supported by a
great number of the nobility and persons of distinc-
tion, had been founded fur the very beneficial pur-
pose of providing a temporary asylum, with suitable
employment, in the shape of needlework and
washing, and repairing articles of apparel, for
young women, who have deviated from the paths
of virtue, and who have either been removed from
the public streets by the operation of the laws,
or have been awakened by their consciences to a
sense of their daeger and guilt; and he need not
point out to the Magistrate how essential it was to
make a severe example of any person whom they de-
tected in making imm .rat overtures to any of the
inmates, or propositions, the tendency of which was
to seduce them back to ,a life- of prostitution. There
were now upwards of thirty inmates in the Guardian

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as contributing largely to continued delicacy "
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DEAFNESS. f
TESTIMONIAL from John Sawyer, Esq., A° o.s
wood Lodge, Maidenhead, Barks, to Messrs. S. an ble
eons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Gentle:olV
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been deaf for some time, I was induced, in the Itt„_en
vember, 1839, to make trial of your Invisible Voice tiuno,i
and, although at my advanced age, at that time Paliedistly
year, I had no hope of obtaining any relief, yet ilo° seti
applied them I could hear the general conversatientil
hearing bits become so much improved by their Ileet_es,
now hear acutely without their aid. I am, Gelds.... 0
most obedient servant, J. Sawyer. 22d une, 18400146401
the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen Weil% beep std
Messrs, S. and B. Solomons:—Gentlemen, havi°lbis
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for many years, I was induced to try your 106,00rosd
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A PLEASING RETROSPECT.—A life 0- 0f „or
minister, written by himself; whose seen!: 1812% e 3
were in Lincolnshire, from the year 1780 '7‘ j 110" i.O-
eludes his account of them by stating :"--a the
accb;(l
joyed in my ministry 2,028 Sabbaths ; fey; preacle°,
tares, two chapters foe -tech day, 36,500 01
ola' les
8,112 serm ins ; occupied fifteen pulpits ''me attl°
117,000 miles; and my salary never at anj
to 50L per annum."

BIRTHS. yd-rs. OP'. ;tOn the 21st inst., at Park-road, Dalstont '--- Ce
Hewlett, of a daughter. rd
On the 22d inst , at Harrow, the lady of
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at Lavender-hill, -rife'
lady of Mr James Charles Cockerell, of A g°ll. .4 St.
On the 21th inst., at Hadley, the lady of Jars—
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Burke, Esq., of Park-street, Westminster, of A Win,
Pv"
On the 26th inst., at Highgate, the wife of '4l—
Esq., of a son. ,fleld*
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On the 26th inst., in Great Corarn-street, otif,
square, the wife of C. H. Weston, Esq., barrister-le,
daughter.
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On the 22d inst., at Pall% at the Chapel of Tovelt,,
Chamberlain of
oArimthee
KFrianngcoofisn;Cavoamritae, de Broc.,cleis OW
ter of the late-George Rowland Minshull, Police'Esq.,oolo
ton, Bucks, ar.d many years*lfiegistrate at th
Bow-street. to Louisa, cl.lfto Cole*
ter
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Colonel Paul, of the Bengal Army.
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On the 21st inst., at liurcot House, vireo",
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