The Sun.
London, England, 1826-05-31 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—On. Monday evening, at a late hour, the
ease of bigamy mentioned in yesterday's paper was again brought
on, when the defendant was attended by Mr. Adolphus, as his
counsel ; the prosecutor as in the morning, bringing Mr. Harmer
with him.

Mr. Thompson, the prosecutor, who evidently laboured under
very strong feeling upon the subject of charge, implored Mr.
Halls to remand the prisoner until he could procure evidence from
Scotland which would place the guilt of the accused beyond a
doubt. He (Mr. Thompson) had not been able to obtain the
warrant of the Lord Advocate, but if the prisoner could be re-
manded, he would produce ample evidence of his delinquency.
Mr. HALLS said, that whatever his opinion might be upon the
case, he could not in the present state of the business detain Mr.
Small. The alleged offence was committed in Scotland, and Mr.
Thompson ought to have brought a warrant from the authorities
in that part of the kingdom, and then he (Mr. Halls) could have
had no hesitation in detaining the prisoner, at least until he could
be sent down to Scotland. As the matter stood, however, and,
sitting there as he did to decide only upon evidence adducts]
before him, he felt that he would be doing wrong if he detained
the accused any longer in custody.
Mr. Thompson said, if the worthy Magistrate would but keep
the prisoner in custody, he would give ample security that all the
responsibility of such an act should rest on his (Mr. Thempeon's)
shoulders.

Mr. ADOLPHUS observed, that although he attended there as an
advocate in behalf of the prisoner, he could not forget the feelings
of a father, and he felt extremely for the situation of Mr. Thornp-
ion ; but still accusations of this and every other kind must be
conducted according to the acknowledged rules of evidence, and
there being no legal proof against hit client, he was entitled to his
deliverance.

Mr. Thompson said he would spend his last shilling to restore
his beloved child to society, and to punish her betrayer.
Mr. Small was about to reply, but was restrained by Mr.
Adolphus, and he was tol& by the Magistrate that he was at li-
berty to depart. lie then left the office.

So strong was the feeling evinced by Mr. Thompson upon the
subject of his " daughter's dishonour," as he himself called it, that
Mr. HALLS felt it necessary to detain him by " gentle force," stu-
til the accused had gone quite away.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-_A gentleman, a member of
the House of Commons, and the brother of a peer, came to the
office in a very agitated and agonized state of mind, to ask for
advice upon the following painful circumstance. lie stated
that on that morning, when the family had assembled at the
breakfast table, his eldest daughter, a beautiful child, only
12 years of age, was missing.. Search was inatantly made in
all the rooms of the honet, and over all the premises, but no
trace of her could be discovered, and all that was known was,
that she was seen up in the house at a very early hour that
morning. Plank, the chief officer, was immediately despatched
to investigate the cause 'of the child's sudden absence; • and
while lot was interrogating the servants, governess, &c. at the
gentleman's .• house, a poor man arrived, who stated that he
had been that morning, at an early hour, crossing Padding-
ton-fields,' not kr from the canal, when he saw a young
girl, about twelve years of age, evidently the child of
gentleman, sitting by the side of a ditch, gobbing and weeping in
the most piteous, manner, and the rain pouring on her in torrents,
end she already wet to the skin, having no covering on but a light
muslin dress : he immediately went up to her, and questioned her
as to the CAM of her being in that forlorn aituation, and so far
from any. house ; but she refuse4l to give him any answer, or to
tell who she was or where she lived. He determined however
that she should not remain there longer, and he conveyed her
home, covering her with hitt:oat, to his own lodgings, in Barrett's-
court, Merylebone, where his wife took off her wet clothes, and aftei
rubbing her.person quite dry, put on her sometoarse but elan eloth:.,
ing of her own, and made her eat some breakfast. After a little
time the child became more composed ; and by Seething her anguish,
they prevailed on her at length, with great difficulty, to tell them
her name, and where her father lived; end the moment she did
so, the poor man set off to the father's home to ascertain the fact, and
Just arrived when the family were in the height of their distress
at her absence. The child's father and-Plank immediately set out
with the poor man in a coach, and _they found the child at the
poor man's house, as described. She was immediately conveyed
hack, in the soaeh, to her father's house in May-fair, where she
was questioned as to the' eausa.of her doing an act that gave so
ranch pain to her family, who Boat upon bee. For some time
she was very reluctant to tell the cause of ber absence ; but she at
length confessed that it was owing to the harsh and violent con-
duct of the governess towards her that she determined to nut
away, not caring what became of her, so she escaped from such
treatment as she was in the habit of experiencing from the feinale
in question. The' child'elather, of 'course, expressed his highegt
'indignation at such conduct towards his child,, whose life might
have been lost in casseqtience; and he was determined that the
governess sheuld not, have another opportunity of eating a si-
*ilafrisk.

previouslY to giving his casting vote
in favour of Lord John Unteell'a Resolutions for the
on Friday,
I tter prevention of Bribery and Corruption at Elections, thus
3° re,;ed himself from the Chair.—" It now being my duty to
give my vote, and considering the proposed Resolutions as merely
The Speaker,
sselaratory of what are the powers, and what is the duty of the
House, arid that any inaecuta!ty, in the wording of the Resolu-
tions, may be aroeuded when, in the new Parliament, they must
be re-voted, I shall give my vote in the
At:native,
Colonel Jones, Aid-de-Camp to the King, will
leave London on Thursday, for his usual inspectional
tour of the fortresses in the Netherlands. Ile will be
accompanied by an officer of Engineers, taken from
the Colonels command at Woolwich.

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR JUNE, 1524.

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EVENING COSTUME, Ow URLINciELACE.-...This
beautiful specimen of Urling's unrivalled manufacture
is worn over a white satin slip. The petticoat of this
lacet fine as the threads woven by. the fabled Arachnei
is of the most superb pattern, in sprigs on a sort' of •
tulle-net
.ground, of delicate texture. Three flounces
of the same material, of a pattern-exquisitely rich, OP
nament the border', and are set on, in slight festoon":
over the upper flounce is a design 'of flowers and fo•
liege entwined in costly profusion, all in lace-word,forming a fine completion of this charming dress.--
The corsage is of white satin, made to fit close:to the
shape ; the sleeves are short, and are ornamented
downwards with double jabots of Urling's lace, placed
separate, but-Very near each other. The hair is ar•
ranged in the newest style of fashion, in' boWS and
curia, and adorned with strings of pearls, richly prow
mented combs, and full-blown.roses. A necklace of
Egyptian
.pebbles, set a Antique., in finely-wrought
gold, encircles the throat, and the ear-pendants ere
Formed of long _pear-pearls. .
MORNING VISITING DRESS.-...A high dress of
Bros de Naples, of a beautiful cerulean blue ; the
border of the skirt ornamented with three flounces,
-pointed at the edges, and there finished by a delicate
embroidery in chenille, and bound; with a narrow Yon-.
kart. The body is quite plain, . and surmounted et
the throat by a very full ruff of stiffened gauze with
blond edging. A broad sash, the same colour as the
dress, confines the waist with two long ends, directly
in front, the ends handsomely fringed. The sleeve'
sit almost close .to the arm, and have nuairhe-
rons of quite a novel kind : they are loose, but are
made stiff, and pointed, with one. point fastened down
with a small rosette ; at the wrists the sleeves
are elegantly fluted ; the flutings arc lengthwise;
and wadded, which gives to . them a richly-ernhosseid
pink and canary-yellow ribbons entwined ;
appearance. A hat of white chip is trimmed
the stringy
twisted in the same manner, and Listening to the soh
with a rosette composed of each colour ; the hat is or-
namented with a simple bow ,of the two ribbons, on
• the elevated side under the brim—for it is placed YV
much on one aide—over the left ear ; each side of the
crown is, ornamented 'with light bouquets of corn.
flowers. The shoes are of black satin, anti the glover
of yellow kid. . • asimi