The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-10 00:00:00

POLIO INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HOUSE.
On Thursday the Lord Mayor received the following
note from tie British Consul at Boulogue-sur-Mer:—
" British Consulate, Boulogne-sur-;tier, Feb. 7,18.14,
"My lord,—l hare the honour to convey to your
Lordship two infant children, named James Stephen,.
and.l-tobert William, illegimate by Lydia Sanders, 01
Co3ydon, lately deceased in this place, and as they are
totally destitute, I have no other alternative but to
forward them to your Lordship, which I now do bi
the stewardess of the Emerald steam-packet, who has
kindly ;taken charge of them. Inclosed are the cer-
tificates of their baptism.—l have the honour to be, rni
Lord, your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,

" W. HAMILTON, ft
" British Consul at Boulogne-sur-Mer.
YeSterday Mr. Jopp, the relieving-officer of the city
of London Union, caused the children, one of whom al);
peered to be about five, and the other between two and
three years old, to be brought into the presence of the
Lord Mayor, and stated, that having observed that a
warrant had been issued for the apprehension of one
Lydia Sanders. upon suspicion of being concerned it;
one of the will forgeries with other parties, it occurred
to him that it would be proper to communicate the fact
of the remarkable coincidence to his Lordship,
in or
that some inquiry might be made about the mother, forthe sake of the pending investigations, • as well as wit,ll.
the view of relieving the City parish in which the el"'
alt
dren were landed from the burden of maintaining the
By the new poor-law it was regulated that from n'
after the year 1834, illegitimate children should follow
the settlement of the mother, and as it was probable that
the difficulty of ascertainicg the settlement of the ra,°;
der
ther in this case would be very great, the children woad
be fastened upon the parish in which they were landed+
which was that of St. Magnus, London-bridge—au
tolerable hardship upon that parish, into which almost
all the steamers disgorged the poor and helpless Of all
nations.

The LORD MAYOR desired to know whether anything
could be collected from the children themselves as to
their father and mother ?—Mr. Jopp replied that toe
children could not speak a word of English, and 'ere
very bashful ; and all he could understand from their
answers to the questions put to them was, that thel'..
mother was dead, and their father was in Paris.
Mr. Goodman (the Chief Clerk to the Lord Mayor,?
said it appeared from the certificate of baptism that cone
of the children was baptised in 1839, and the other ill
1842.

The LORD MAYOR expressed a wish that the British
Consul had transmitted to him a certificate of the death
of the mother. His Lordship did not suppose there wes
anything except the name to warrant a suspicion the:
the mother of the children was the person charged Witted
having been concerned in the alleged will forgeries, el.l,
that the fact of the admitted illegitimacy of the chl'"
dren confirmed the belief that the deceased was not the
individual about whom so much had been said, as the
former was a married woman.
Mr. Jopp said that the younger child was evidently
in a bad state of health, and had a sore head. Tbef
were both without more clothes than they •wore co-
vered with.
The LORD MAYOR desired that the children shoultibe
taken care of in the house, and that the parish officer 4
should forthwith write to the French Consul for a eert:-
cate of the death of the mother, and every other ,infor-
mation that could be obtained, relative to her, with the
view of ascertaining the precise place of her settlemens,"-
We believe his Lordship also directed that the elder WY
should be taken to the Giltspur-street Compter, into the
presence of Mrs. Dorey.
Mr,
A CASE OF., GREAT DISTRESS.—Mr. Harding
Obbard, and--several other gentlemen of the Court of
Common Couhcil, waited upon the Lord Mayor to re,;
present the case of four poor helpless children, Avh)o
father, Mr. Mark Anthony Harris, lately a respectem
merchant in this city, but utterly ruined by the ne7.l,
fires of Hainburgh, poisoned himself in a state of insant;
occasioned by extreme distress. The mother of th
poor young creatures—the eldest of whom, they sin
was not 12 years of age—died about six years ago, n,„/10
the -.unfortunate father, after having struggled egaTea
that heavy affliction, which was dreadfully aggc3": 0
by the calamity which reduced him to such conditie,
as not to be able to procure them a morsel of bread'
sank under the weight. On the table of his bed-ro%
the following, in his hand-writing, as proved upon °I
Coroner's inquest, was found :
"Christmas-day, 1843.
" There is no hope ; no more. Oh God, forgive
lam in despair ! What will become of my dear c
h
dren ? God will protect them—l cannot. But the ltr
fortunate father can only bless them.—M. A. LI." se
The LORD MAYOR raid the circumstances of the iltch
caused a most fearful sensation in the City, in ".0.0
the character of the deceased gentleman was well hne.oo
to be respectable, and he should feel much gratificattr.
in rendering the poor orphans any service in his peweia
Mr. Harding declared that they had not a yelative,
of
this country, and they were without even a chengi'os
linen. There were three girls and one boy, and he lie
sure that if the benevolence which so abounded in 4
metropolis were attracted to the deplorable conditioilL.
the destitute daughters and son of the unfortunate t;
Harris, by his Lordship's charitable interposition,
appeal would not be ineffectual. ore
The LORD MAYOR—I shall most willingly rec
subscriptions for the benefit of the orphans, and al!,
other service in whatever form which the judicious!'
directed benevolence of those who are constantly in
quest of deserving objects, may render ; and I have n°
doubt of the willingness of the public press to give it
powerful aid even at this time of pressing a, r.l impoetsni
business.
The applicant thanked his Lordship in the name of
the poor orphans, and stated that subscriptions we'lla
be received, not only at-the Mansion-house, but at nell-
som's Bank, No. 1,- Pall-mall East ; and by Mr. iler
ding, at 164, Fleet-street.

CLERKEN IVELL.
Joseph King, the driver of a cabriolet, badge 8,141,8i'
Was charged with the following outrageous condile,t
Mr. Samuel Warren, a barrister, residings
at 35, Wnuti„ik
Place, Russell-square, and 12, Kin B Kings ea
TeAmlrp.leN.Varren deposed. that, on Monday evening Teti
he engaged the defendant in Chancery-lane to entiiir-
ed
him to his house. in Woburn-place ; when they all ti
n a
there witness handed him a shilli his fare'
defendant murmured, and used abusives languag,c, Saul
ing, " The next time I catch you in my cab 1 141",:l'ate
you."more insolent, W itless
was not
exclaimingremonstrathteadt with him, but he oesugh
for driVing such,a distance, and through the snow. 'doing
ness asked him to show his badge, but lie refused td,
so, and when the -footman seized the horse by the
the defendant said he would cut him willi his `ld'hol.:-81;
after much difficulty witness succeeded in taking; So.
the number of the badge, and then the defendant ,ge,
lowly demanded his card, which witness refused wilere
telling him that was his house, and that he kaelv2'doori
to find him. Witness-was going up the steps to ntsi;aself
when the defendant ran before .him, and placing.i,litness
in the door-way, refused to allow him to enter. 7 owra
asked if he meant to prevent him going into h'susbed
house, upon which he demanded 4d. more, xed Pia wit'
him, complainant, from the door. After a strag.hg; wife
ness succeeded in getting into the hall, and, as "further
was nervous, bolted the door in order to prevent •nst it
annoyance. The, prisoner,
_however, rushed agal told-
shoulder foremost, and burst it in. Witness was sorer
ing near the door at the time, had he been an
he believed he would have been killed by the
hug in collision with his head. The defendant ren_ovoi
his insolence, and a policeman was sent for, who rein
him with much difficulty. crying
The prisoner acknowledged the offence, t°
bitterly, entreated of the Magistrate not to sent-18,11.10
prison. His wife had been in Hanwell Lunatic "WW/
for the last two years, and there was nobodY, "fled.
care of his three little children if he were imPristd the
Boyson, the warrant officer, said he sto,
man's statement was correct ; when lie served tn, apart"
mons he saw three little children in the prisoner bu,roi
withodt
very
ment in Eagle-street, Lion-square,
body to take care of them. The place seem
wretched. -ives
Holborl issino
Mr. Wilkes, overseer of St. Andrew's, i %Oho:
ecovvinei
sent for, and he recollected having obtained add
for Sarah King, two years ago, at llanwell. ss
•Mr. Warren said that he did not wish to Prences.
charge against the prisoner under such circumsta ersone
The prisoner's master and other respectable P d gr.
came forward, and gave him a good charaelgr',l3,llwhicil
Cobtnu, in consequence, mitigated the penalty, ile CO"st
he had in the first instance imposed, to los. and'

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BIRTHS. , i
0.
f CAPP'
.... On the let inst. at Quimperle, France, the lady
Hughes, late of the on.
Bengal Artillery, of* s
On the 7th inst., Mrs. Henry Kingscote, of a Oil,' • 9 of ii
On the Bth inst., in Salisbury-square, Airs. -E'lll '
daughter.
MlO.sultvh.eßSit.andilielyst,.,oaftaUdia)upgerhtCehr.m,•lotte•att.reet, -itsr° 1" °''- Dot
win; 011)1us
Oil the sth htst., in Neweastie-street, Dos. ** •- A
of a daughter. •
MARRIED. b
ngolo, 10Li
On the 20th ult., at the Government Cbape),d bter
Arbouin Hunter, Esq., to Fanny Maria, third
Samuel Christian, Esq., of Malta. es
Pillo r
On the Bth inst., at St. George' gr.
Georges, Southwark, b
Douglas, of Walworth, surgeon, to Louisa, eldest daughter
Mr. James Careless, of Cornhill.
DIED. B•1`1'
On the 26th ult., in Edinburgh, Captain T. Innes'.be Ks.st
On the 26th of November, 1843, at Mussoorie, ill i
Indies, Captain George Ellis, of the Bengal Artiller.):: of tbs
On the 6th inst., at Working, Surrey, Sophia, wile
Rev. Charles Bradshaw Bowles, Vicar of Woking- d 29.
On the 6th inst., Charles Mitchell, Esq., M.A., gaged
On the Bth inst., in Manchester-street, Captain ,
Webster, R.N., aged 63. 1
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County of Middlesex, Saturday, FebruarY 10, 1844*

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Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 6&
Antwerp -25 90
Hamburgh M. 8.-13 15
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 85
Marseilles
Bourdeauz 25 90
Frankfort on Maine 122
Petersburgh, 3 Us 36/
Berlin . 7
Vienna, effee. 6. 3 M 955
Trieste, ditto 956
Madrid .
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