The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-13 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

A PEEP AT MOTHER H.'s.—A young Irish gen-
tleman, who stated that he had a commission in • the
East India Company's Service, was brought before
Sir R. BIRNIE, charged by a watchman of St. Paul,
Covent-garden, with creating a breach of the peace
in Brydges-street, at half-past three hi the morning.
The watchman stated that at the hour mentioned
he found the gentleman kicking with great violence
at the door of " Mother H.'s," in Brydges-street,
and loudly demanding admission. He told him that
he must not alarm the inhabitants by that noise, and
desired him to:go peaceably home. He replied thatno
cursed watchman should make him stir an inch, and,
after some further altercation, the gentleman struck
at him, and knocked his hat off. He secured him,
and conveyed him to the watch-house.

Sir R. i3InNIE—Well, Sir, (to the defendant)
what have you to say to this charge ? Defendant :
The truth of the matter is, that I had been in the
house called Mother IL's, and was violently as-
saulted and thrust out,and t IVO of my friends were shut
in. I am on the eve of departing for the East
Indies, and two gentlemen, friends of mine, came
from the country to bid me farewell; we had learned
that a great number of elegant and handsome
women, I mean of easy virtue, Sir Richard, were to
be seen at that place, and we determined, by way
of amusement, to spend half an hour together there.
Sir RICHARD BIRSIE—And, in my opinion, a
very foolish determination it was; I never go to
these places to look after women. Defendant—Per-
haps you have not the inclination, Sir Richard.
Sir R. BIRNIE (with great good humour).—Why,
I don't know; I am, to be sure, getting old; but I
believe I am composed of pretty much the same sort
of materials as othei. men. (Laughter). Had you any
thing to drink at the house ? Defendant--Yes, Sir,
we drank I Is. worth of negus during the half hour
that we were in the house.
Sir R. IttaNtE—ln half an hour! why you mast
have been tipsy. Defendant—No, Sir, not at all;
you might drink as much as they give for eleven
shillings without being disordered, except in the
stomach.

Sir R. BtaNIE---And did you find a great number
of handsome women there ? Defendant—Yes, Sir;
and we found them very accommodating in assisting
us to despatch the negus.
Sir R. BIRNIE—No doubt; but how came you to
be assaulted and thrust into the street? Defendant
—Why, Sirs one of my friends had paid the eleven

shillings to one of the waiters, and we were coming
away, when the mistress (who is a perfect devil in
her way, Sir Richard) stopped me, and accused me
of not discharging the reckoning; and as she called
out, a number of her waiters rushed down stairs
upon me, and having, with great violence, thrust
me into the street, gave me into the custody of a
watchman for not paying the reckoning : they
closed the door and kept my friends in, who having
satisfied the landlady that the reckoning was paid,
she called out to the watchman to let me go. I
considered that I had been ill-treated, and therefore
would not go away without my friends, and so I
kicked at the door and demanded admission. The
watchman seized me by the collar, and in a scuffle
his hat fell off. I have acted with some degree of
imprudence, but I do not think I have committed
any very heinous offence.
Sir R. BIRNIE—No, I do not think that you have.
Upon my word, Mr. Roche (turning to that gentle-
man, who happened to be present), I think the
parish authorities of St. Paul, Covent-garden,
ought to indict this house. It is a perfect nuisance,
and has existed too long. For my own part, I sup-
posed it had been stopped long ago. I don't know
the situation of the house, except that it is in Brydges-
street, but it is high time it was shut tip.
Mr. Roche—The parish authorities would be
happy to prosecute the house; but in this case, you
see, Sir Richard, the defendant, who could be a wit-
ness, is going to India, and his friends reside at a
distance in the country, sat that we can do nothing.
Sir R. BIRNIE—I know the difficulty there is to
obtain a conviction, and it is a great pity.
The defendant, after some further conversation,
was discharged.
Yesterday Mrs. Broadwood, wife-of a carver and
gilder residing in Oxendon-street, Haymarket, was-
brought before Mr. MINSHULL, upon a warrant charg-
ing her with cruelly treating Mary Ann Morgan, a
delicate-looking female child, bound apprentice to
defendant's husband by the parish of St. Giles.
The little girl related her grievances in a manner
so artless, that it needed no other testimony to con-
vince those who were present that she spoke the
truth. She was the daughter, she said, of the
Rev. Mr. Morgan, a Welch clergyman. Her father
died several years ago, and her mother suhsequently
married a Mr. Duncan, by whom she had been
treated with great kindness. After her mother's
death Mr. Duncan married a second time, and becom-
ing embarrassed he was obliged to place her (the com-
plainant) in the workhouse of St. Giles's parish,
from whence she was taken as a parish apprentice
by the defendant's husband to learn the business of
a gilder : instead of which she had been obliged to
perform all the drudgery of a servant. During the
whole time she had been in the house, the defendant
(Mrs. Broadwood) treated her with the greatest
severity. Oa Friday week the defendant beat her
in a most brutal manner, because, in washing down
the sideboard, she complained that she had used too
much water. Oa another occasion she happened
accidentally to smash a plaster of Paris image of the
late Princess Charlotte; and although she offered to
pay for the damage, the defendant, in one of her fits
of passion, knooked her down, and actually trampled
upon her head. The poor child, whose narrative
was more than once interrupted by her tears, added,
that her mistress was constantly swearing at her;
and such was the foulness of her language, that she
(the complainant) was afraid to speak a word lest
she should be abused.

A Mrs. Duncan, who described herself as the
wife of the girl's step-father, confirmed the child's
statement as far as she had been a witness of the
ill-treatment complained of. On one occasion, be-
cause the complainant happened to suffer Mrs.
Broadwood's infant to be uncovered during the
night, she (the complainant) having fallen asleep
from fatigue, her mistress threw a knife at her, and
then dragged the bed-clothes from off her, leaving
her naked during the remainder of the night. Until
within the last fortnight, the complainant had no
other bed to lie upon excepting the bare boards. No
girl could be better disposed to work, or of a more
amiable disposition, than the complainant, and noth-
ing but necessity compelled her father to send her
to the workhouse.

Mr. MINSHULL—Has the child any complaint to
prefer against her master? Complainant—Oh, no,
Sir; my master has always been as kind to me as he
could.

Mr. MINSHULL—What have you got to say to
the charge, Mrs. Breadwood : you have heard the
little girl's statement ?—Mrs.Broadwood, who, to
the height of a grenadier, superadds a most un-
feminine voice, and unprepossessing aspect, shoul-
dered her husband aside, and advancing to the
bench, exclaimed that every word spoken by the
little poorhouse hussey was false.
Sir R. BIRNIE—B2 silent, Madam. This poor
girl must and shall be protected. Pray, what was
the amount of the premium ? Mr. Broadwood—l
received W. with the girl, Sir, when the parish ap-
prenticed her to me.

Mr. MlNsituLL—And do the indentures state that
the girl should be put to kitchen-work exclusively?
M►s. Duncan--By the indentures, Sir, Mr. Broad-
wood is bound to teach the girl the gilding business,
instead of which she has been kept slaving in the
kitchen, where she was made to do the work of a
girl twice her age.
Mrs. Broadwood—There is no mention of gilding
in the indentures.

Mr. Mussmum.—l should like to see them. Pray,
have you brought them with you ? Mr. Broad-
wood—l did not think it would be necessary to
produce them.
Mr. MlNsnuLL.—lt is quite requisite you should
do so ; for I think that they ought at once to be
cancelled, and that the premium should be returned
to the parish, who, I hope, will take care to pro-
vide this poor child with a kinder and more consi-
derate mistress. The husband has himself declared
that she had been badly used.
Mrs. Broadwood fiercely turned towards her hus-
band, and asked if he had said so?
" Oh no, my dear," replied Mr. Broadwood, in a
tone that showed he had practised the duty of pas-.
sive obedience to some purpose. "I am willing to
take the girl back, your Worships," he added.
Sir R. BIRNIE-But I don't think we should be
justified in trusting her with your wife, after the
brutal treatment she has expel fenced.
Mr. MINSHULL—Let the case stand over until
seven o'clock this evening, at which time I shall
give directions for the attendance of the officers of
St. Giles's parish, in order that the indentures may
be cancelled. As I shall not dispose of the charge
of assault until then, I desire that Mrs. Broad wood
shall also attend.

Mrs Duncan—lf your worship has no objection,
the girl may go home with me.

Mr. MINSIIULL—You have acted with great good
feeling, and more like a parent than a mere step-
mother. Take the child with you, and -bring her
before me again in the evening.
The parties then retired.

At the evening sitting they again came forward,
accompanied by one of the overseers of St. Giles's
parish, who said that he had heard of the violence
Of Mrs. Broadwood towards the complainant, but as
there were some peculiar circumstances connected
with the case, he wished for a further postponement.
The fact was, the child had some little.expectancy,
and it might be the object of the Duncans to get her
to live with them on that account.
Mrs. Duncan admitted that when the child should
attain the age of 21, she would be entitled to two
cottages in Carmarthenshire, but they were of very
inconsiderable value. So far from wishing to pro-
vide for the child herself,'she had actually found an-
other mistress for her, who was ready to receive her.
A lady here stepped for ward and said that she was
the person alluded to. Mr. Broadwood had con-
fessed to her that he had been obliged to use force
towards Mrs. Broadwood to compel her not to beat
the child.

Mr. Broadwood F aid he was willing to give up
the indentures, and forego any further claim to the
services of the girl.
The overseer asked if he meant to give up the

indentures voluntarily or by compulsion ? Mr.
Broadwood—By compulsion, certainly.
Mr. MINSHULL--As yet the word compulsion has
not been mentioned.

Mr. Broadwood—Then T shall not give up the i
dentures.

Mr. MtNstamt.—Then your wife must find bai
for the assault.

'Mr. Broadwood—l am quite agreeable to that, Sir.
Mr. MlNsituu..—lf it be proved before me that
you admitted your wife's violence towardi this child
I shall not besi tate a moment to cancel the indentures.

The overseer again pressed for a postponement,
and Mr. Minium'. remanded the case until next
Friday..—The parties then withdrew.

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday' John Either, who resides in White-
Horse-yard, Kent-street, in the parish of St. George,
Southwark, underwent along examination before the
sitting Magistrates, R. J. CHAMBERS and J. T.
HONE, Esqrs., charged on suspicion with having;
murdered a man named John Sarson, on the pre-
ceding night.
- Pitts, a constable, between nine and ten
o'clock the night before, while on duty in Kent-
street, was informed that a man had been murdered
at a house in White Horse-yard.' He repaired
thither with his informant, and on entering an up-
stairs room in the house, he saw a man lying dead
on the bed. There were marks of violence on the
deceased's forehead, and his back and shoulders
were discoloured, as if from the effects of bruises.
The deceased was naked, with the exception of his
shirt, which was very much torn in several places,
and was rent completely up the back. There were
some spots of blood on the collar of the shirt.
When the witness first entered the room, he saw a
medical man there, who, after having examined
the body of the deceased, pronounced that death
MIS caused from external injuries recently re.
ceived. There were other persons in the room at
the time, amongst whom was the prisoner, and he
was pointed out to witness as having been instru-
mental to the death of the deceased. •

Geo. Maisey, the night constable of St. George's,
proceeded to the house in question shortly after the
arrival of the last witness, and saw the deceased
lying in the situation above described. Having
bees informed by some persons present that the pri-
soner had flung the deceased down stairs a short
time previously, which had caused death, he (Maisey)
immediately took him and his wife into custody, and
conveyed them to the watch-house, where he placed
them in separate apartments. Shortly after their
incarceration, Maisey, who remained in the watch-
house, heard the following dialogue pass between
the prisoner and Isis wife, relative to the deceased :
" I say," said the prisoner to his wife; "are they all
gone out of the watch-house ?" She said, " Yes."
" Then," said he, " you must be careful what you
say about this matter before the Magistrates. State
to them that Sarson was drunk, and that you
and I havisg had a quarrel, you ran out of the
room, followed by me, and that when you went
back again alone, you saw Sarson lying at the
foot of the stairs dead." Maisey adt! , eat he was
in such a situation that he could 0z.,1i),-tr all that
was said by the parties, without their cuing him, or
'having any suspicion that he was present. The pri-
soner frequently desired his wife to be most cautious,
and to say as little as possible on the subject as she
could, if she should happen to be examined as to
the cause of Sarson's death. Maisey, in continwa-
tion, said, that on his first entering the house, he ad-
dressed the prisoner's wife on the subject of the state
in which the deceased then appeared, and that she
evinced much embarrassment and alarm, saying, that
she believed the unfortunate man had tumbled down
stairs, and killed himself by the ildl.

Ellen Haines examined--I live nearly opposite to
the house belonging to the prisoner, in White Horse-
yard. They appeared to lead a very unhappy life
together. On Monday night the prisoner and his
wife having quarrelled, he turned her out into the
street at a late hour, and she came to witness and
sought shelter. The following night ( Tuesday) they
quarrelled again, and the prisoner served her as he had
done on the preceding night, having turned her in
the street in almost a state of nudity. The wife
crossed to witness's house in that state, and having
remained there a short time, during which she ap.
peared very unhappy, went over to her own house,
and endeavoured to obtain admittance, but was re-
fused by her husband. The witness heard the pri-
soner's wife say, " Then, if you don't let me in, give
me my child and my bits of clothes, and I shall not
trouble you more." Having endeavoured in vain to
get in, the witness said that the prisoner's wife re-
turned back to her (witness's) house, and addressing
her, said, " Mrs: Haines, what shall Ido ? Fisher
is jealous of Sexton, and I shall kill myself." The
witness perceiving the woman was very much
agitated, expostulated with her, and pointed
out to her the sin of committing an act
of self-destruction. Soon after this conversation
witness heard a noise ever the way at Fisher's
house, as if some person was breaking the furniture,
and on going to her door to see what was the matter
she saw Fisher standing at his own door, abusing
Sarson, whose voice.she heard within. The prisoner
frequently exclaimed," You old rascal !" The wit-
ness stood some time at her door listening, and then I
went in and shut it. She had not left the door many
minutes when a little boy, the son of the prisoner,
ran over, exclaiming, Sarson is dead 1 Witness im-
mediately crossed over to the prisoner's house, and
on going into the passage, she saw the deceased
lying at the bottom of the stairs, apparently dead. '
Anne Lomas, another witness, residing within
one door of the prisoner's house, stated, that on the
preceding night, between nine anti ten o'clock,
while sitting at home with her husband, they were
alarmed by hearing groans, and on going to the door,
she found them to proceed from the prisoner's house.
The witness having walked towards the door, saw
a strange man standing near the spot, to whom she
spoke, urging him to go in and see what was the
matter. The door of the house was open, and they
distinctly heard groans of some person, who called
out, in a faint voice, "Do assist rue, for God's
sake." There having been no light at the time in
the house, the witness procured one from her own
place, and on going into the passage, saw the de-
ceased lying at the bottom of the stairs; his head
was on the last 'stair, and his body lay extended
along the floor of the passage. The deceased was
not then dead, but appeared to be dying, his
forehead was ,cut, and his shirt (the only co-
vering he had on at the time) was torn - all up
the back, and at the breast also. Witness's
husband came over soon afterwards, and he
and the strange man lifted up the deceased, and
carried him into a room on the ground-floor, for the
purpose of placing him on the bed; while doing
so, the prisoner entered the house, and addressing
those who were carrying the deceased, asked them
what right they had there, exclaiming at the same
time, " I'm - if you shall put him on my bed."
The witness went on to describe the brutal be-
haviour of the prisoner on that occasion, and added,
that her husband -and the strange man were so dis-
gusted with his conduct, that they quitted the house,.
after having placed the deceased along the floor op-
posite to the fire.
Maisey produced the shirt which the deceased
wore at the time of his death. It was very much
torn, and the breast of it near the right shoulder was
rent as if in a struggle with some person.
It being near four o'clock, and the surgeon who
examined the body not having been in attendance,
the examination was postponed for that purpose.

One of the richest individuals of the class of
nobility in Lisbon is the present Baron de QUINTILLA,
whose father purchased his patent of nobility, being in the
first instance a merchant; his great wealth arose chiefly
from holding the monopoly of tobacco and snuff, no one
else being allowed to manufacture either; and the consump-
tion is immense, as all ranks smoke (segars) and take snuff.
When JUNOT held possession of Lisbon, he took up his '
quarters in this Nobleman's house, who allowed him SOO
dollars• a day to fiud a table for himself and suite.