The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-31 00:00:00

had some friends at Dundee whom be wished to see, and not hay-
intrnoney to pay his passage, be bad adopted
_this stratagem of
concealing himself in the hold, as the most likely to Succeed' in ac-
complishing his wishes, under that impression' the captain took
him with lime However, at Dundee, he_appeared to be as great
a stranger as when be came, on board. The captain then made
every effort to prevail on him to give some account of himself, all
to uo purpose ; he preserved the most solemn silence, he could
not even ascertain his name. Not knowing
_what to do with
him, be was advised to take him before the Police Magistrates at
Dundee, .which he did, but they were equally unsuccessful with
him, neither entreaty nor threat seemed to have"any effect on him.
Ile was recommended by them to take him back to London, as the
most probable •place to diacover to whom he belonged. He had
hint now on board his smack, and he requested Mr. Ballantine's
advice as to the disposal of him.
Mr. Evans, the chief surveyor, asked him the description of the
boy, which 01. Mr. Evan's hearing, he said he thought it answer-
ed one in an advertisement which he had seen of a lost boy, and
which give a reference to a Mr. J. H. Greenwell," Court-houie,
Oxford-street, St. Marylebone.
Mr. BALLANTINE then requested Mr. Evans to go on board,
and bring the bOy before him, which he did ; and the moment he
appeared, there remained not a doubt but he was the lad described
in the advertisement. Mr. Ballantine then despatched a mes-
senger to Mr. Greenwell, to apprise him of the event; and Mr.
Greenwell, accompanied by a lady, immediately returned with the
messenger ; and the moment she saw the boy, she recognised him
as her lost child. She stated that she and her hinband resided at
Boulogne, and that about three weeks since, they missed the boy,
and could not imagine what could have happened to him. How-
everi on inquiry, they traced him as far as Dover, but there lost
all scent of him ; they then posted advertisements (describing him)
at Dover, at the same time imagining that he might Lave come to
London, She proceeded thither, and on her arrival in London,
she, found that conjecture was right; for her brother, Mr.
Greenwell, had already got tidings of bins in the following
manner :—lu consequence of the advertisement at Dover ap-
pearing with a reference to Min, one of the coachmen of the
Dover: coaches waited upon him, and stated that about a fortnight
ego, a lad answering the description had got into the coach
and said he was coining to his friends in London, who would
pay ou his arrival ; the coachman from his appearance, not
doubting Ida story, furnished hint with all the necessaries on the
road, and on the coach stopping ut the Bricklayer's Arms, while
he was attending to some of the other passengers} the lad got out
of the coach and disappeared, nor could he gain the least informa-
tion of what became of him since. Mr. Greenwell, on receiving
the information from the coachman, immediately got advertise-
ments posted all over town, and particularly gave information at
all the public offices, and ever since has been most unceasing in
his inquiries. The lady stated that she was just upon the point
of returning to her husband and family to Boulogne, despairing of
ever hearing of her lost child.
Mr. BALLANTINZ, after giving the boy a suitable admonition,
ordered him to be delivered over to his mother and Mr. Greenwell,
and all parties then left the office, seemingly highly pleased at
meeting again.