The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

livered of a male child at No, 9, John-street, Marl-
borough-road, Chelsea. When the infant was about
a month old, a very handsomely-dressed lady visited
her at her residence, and having much admired the
child, asked her if she was inclined to part with it.
Applicant replied that she was not; but on the lady
stating that she would adopt it as her own, and that
'it would became the heir to very large property, she
said she would consider of it, and speak to her hus-
' band on the subject. The lady subsequently visited
them three or four times, and as applicant still ob-
jected to be separated from the infant, the lady said
that she should be admitted into her service, and there
remain with her offspring, undertaking never to di-
vulge to any person that it was her child. She at
length consented to this arrangement, on the lady
promising that she would be a friend to her and her
other children as long as she lived. She then took
the child with the understanding that she would im-
mediately provide a wet nurse for it, and come on the
following day to conclude the arrangement. From
that period to the present day she had never seen
either the lady or her child, although year after year
she had made every effort to trace them out, and
had gone before the magistrates at Chelsea to ascertain
if they could in any way assist her. From inquiries
she had made of late, she had every reason to believe
it was a Mrs. Pelham. She had been that day to the
workhouse at Chelser, and had recognised Mrs. Pel-
ham as the lady who took her child. She had a
youth with her of one or two and twenty years of
age, but having parted with her child at a month old,
she could not attempt to say whether that young man
was her son.'
Mr. Edwards, the chief clerk, explained to the Ma-
gistrate
that Mrs. Pelham was the person who had
been charged about three months ago at that Court,
with great cruelty to a lunatic son, the issue of her
Connexion with Sir Brent Spencer. He had been
found confined in a most filthy state, it would be re-
membered, at Chelsea.
Mr. BURRELL asked if this was the child of which
the female spake Edwards replied no ; it was
the one who had been charged with her, and who went
by the name of Wilson Pelham.
Tunstall, a police-constable of the B division, ob-
served that there was a great likeness between the ap-
licant and 'Wilson Pelham.
Mr. BURRELL said it was a long period of time to
speak to a person's identity.—Applicant said that if
the written account she had given in to Mr. Rider,
the Chairman of the Board of Guardian, was referred
to, it would be found to exactly correspond with Mrs.
Pelharn's appearance. She recognised her the mo-
ment she saw her. Mrs. Pelham was a very hand-
some woman, at-the time she had the child from her.
Mr. BURRELL remarked that she still retained the
traces of great beauty. What could her object be in
taking the child ?—Mr. Edwards observed that it was
no doubt to palm it upon some gentleman as his off •
spring. Mr. Rider, the Chairman of the Board of
Guardians, who had taken a very active part in this
prosecution, had stated that it had been ascertained
that the female, Mrs. Pelham, had an allowance of
1007. per annum from some gentleman in Edinburgh.
Mr. BURRELL asked if there was any other person
who had seen the lady at the time she took the child ?
Appellant replied, her husband, who was still alive.
Mr. Edwards Observed, that the applicant had
parted with the child with her own consent.
Mr. BURRELL expressed his opinion that it was a
felony, notwithstanding. Her intention was to carry
off the child at the time she made these alluring pro-
mises. She had evidently intended the fraud from
the moment. Her story of making it the heir to
large property, and of permitting the mother to re-
side with it, were all ingredients of that fraud.
Mr. Edwards inquired what course the magistrate
intended to adopt ? •
Mr. BURRELL said he should take time to consider.
He then turned to two or three cases in the law books
which appeared to confirm his view, and said that he
should examine the statute law prior to the 9th of '
George IV. on the subject.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

FELONT.—AIice Harvey was brought up for final
examination on a charge of having stolen some pro-
perty from the residence of Mr. Hodson, M.P., No. 13,
Upper Brook-street, where she recently lived as
housemaid.
The stolen property was here prockyed. It turned
out, on examination, that the prisoner had pilfered
everything on which she could lay hands; there was
a blanket, a pair of stays, a bottle of champagne,
same coral beads, and a remnant of finery, the pro-
perty of her master and mistress; a brooch, a pair of
earrings, and other articles, belonging to the house-
keeper (Mrs. Wyke) • some lace and stockings be-
longing to Grace Miles, another servant; a shawl,
belonging to Ann Jolly, a fellow servant; and a quan-
tity of sugar and spice pillaged from the store-room.
The housekeeper, Martha Wyke, gave evidence as
to the manner in which the prisoner's delinquency
had been detected. The prisoder, who had lived as
housemaid in Mr. Hodson's family for about six
months, left her place last Thursday week. She '
went to her friends at Bromley, leaving her boxes
behind to be sent by the carrier. When the carrier
called the boxes were brought down, but one of them
being badly corded, the lid came open, and dis-
played a blanket, which was immediately known as
the property of Mr. Hodson. This led to further
search, and then the various articles produced in
Court were found in the boxes.
In defence, the prisoner accounted for the posses-
sion of the articles in various ways. Some, she said,
were her own property, other articles had been given
to her.—The prisoner was fully committed.
A decent looking lad, who gave the name of Wm.
Stafford, was charged by police-constable C 55, with
having been wandering about St. James's-square, at
unseasonable hours.
The constable- said, when he questioned the de-
fendant, he was told by him that he (defendant) was
destitute, and without the means of paying for a
shelter.
Mr. IlianwicK questioned the lad, and drew from
him the following story :
He said he was the nephew of Alderman Humphery.
He had been in the employ of Mr. Birch, the pastry-
cook of Cornhill, but had been discharged because he
had pocketed threepence when sent on an errand,
by charging sixoence for what had only cost half the
money. Since that time he had tried to get regular
employment, but without effect. lie had subsisted on
the produce of his clothes until that resource failed, -
and latterly had kept himself from starving by ob-
taining a job here and there.
Mr. HARDWICK requested the constable to make
inquiries into the truth of the lad's statement. The
constable on his return, acquainted the Magistrate
that the lad had stated the truth with respect to his
relationship to Alderman Humphery, and also as to
his dismissal from Mr. Birch's service.

Mr. HARDWICK asked the lad what he proposed to
do for a living ?—The lad said when he came of age,
he was to receive 300/. He thought if he had a trifle
to buy food with, he should be able to get work
enough to keep him.
Mr. HARDWICK directed Clements, the chief clerk,
to give the lad ss. out of the poor-box.
The lad expressed his gratitude, and was liberated.
A MEMBER or THE Tunr.—George Martin, alias
Toby, a powerful man, who called himself a jockey
and gentlemen's bet-maker, was summoned before
Mr. Hardwick, for having cruelly beaten Richard
Parrott.

The parties lodged at No. 14, Shepherd's-market,
where some differences occurred between them.
About six weeks ago the defendant attacked the com•
plainant outside of the house, about half-past twelve
o'clock at night, knocked him down, broke his leg,
and hammered his head against the pavement. The
landlord of the house came out, and succeeded in put-
ting a stop to this ruffianly attack by seizing the de-
fendant by the throat and dragging him out. While
the complainant was resting on a step of the door, the
defendant rushed at him and renewed his violence.

The bystanders interfered, and the complainant was
protected from further injury. As it was discovered
that the complainant's leg was broken he was re-

moved to the hospital, where he has been confined

ever since.

The landlord of the house, named Rowe, corrobo-
rated the statement of the ferocious violence displayed
by the defendant towards the complainant.
In reply to the charge, the defendant said he had
been jockey boy-in the service of the Duke of Cleve-
land and afterwards of the Earl of Pembroke. Re-
cently he had picked up a living by going about for
gentlemen to see horses entered for the different races,
and to form a judgment of their chance of winning.
If bets were won on information which he furnished
them, he received a gratuity; if they were lost he re-
ceived nothing. With respect to the assault, a quar-
rel had occurred, and a fight had ensued, in which the
complainant got the worst.
Mr. HARDWICK said nothing could be more cowardly,
and unmanly than for the defendant to beat the com-
plainant's head on the pavement after he had broken
his leg. He should inflict a fine of 41. for the assault

or six weeks' imprisonment.
CAUTION TO HOTEL-KEEPERS!—MT. Dick, pro-

prietor of the Blue Posts Hotel, Haymarket, was

summoned by the police .for having his house open
after the hour prescribed by the Act of Parliament.
Police-constable Gray proved that he went into
the defendant's house at twenty minutes past twelve
o'clock on Saturday night, and found three persons,
men and women, taking refreshment at the bar.
He went up stairs and found several other persons
having supper.
Mr. Dick said he was willing to admit the cor-
rectness of the statement of the police. His house
was an hotel, and frequented by company of respec-
tability. Parties who attended the Opera, after the
performance repaired to his house for supper and
refreshment. As the utmost decorum and propriety
were observed, he really thought some little indul-
gence ought to be extended towards him.
The police admitted that the parties in the home
appeared to be persons of respectability.