The Sun.
London, England, 1818-11-14 00:00:00

THE STOLEN CHILD.

Eow-STREET.---The stealing of Mr. Horsley's
boy, who is not yet found, has bt-come of so
mach public interest, that he has not ouiy receiv-
ed every possible assistance from the Police Office,
but from the Post-office anal other Establish-
ments. The -examination was resumed by Mr.
IlraNta on Thursday. He sent for Elizabeth
Holbrook, the servant, amt examined her privately
and very minutely as to the whole of the transac-
tions she had with the man who said his name was
George 14'aelkner, who made her the dupe, for
the purpose of getting possession of Mr. Horsley's
boy. After.-a long examination. of the girl, it
appeared that no improper or criminal couuection
had taken place between them, as erroneously
stated!. The first thing Mr. Br RNIE employed her
about was to bend her to endeavour to find out
the house in Severn's-row, Islington, whet e Mr.
Faulkner fetched the umbrella, to whiCh the
alluded ie our report of the case yesterday.
She was accompanied by Godfrey and Goodwin,
the consiatthes.; they proceeded to Severn's-row,
Islington, and after milting inquiries at a dozen
houses they entered one. She observed an um--
brats hanging up, which she recognized as the
same the mats who duped her fetched about
two or three weeks since, whets he was going to
walk out with her and Mr. Horsley's children ; it
was a red silk one, of French manufacture, and.
she positively asserted it to be the same. Toty
in consequence proceeded to make
.very strict en-
d-pit-4.s respecting every person in the house, and-
ail the transactioirs which had taken place in it
for some time past. They keret that the um-
. brelfa ,belonged to a female lodger, whose hus-
band had lett the
,house to go into the country
last Sunflaya and on his person being described,
Elizabeth Holbrook had no doubt but that be
was the man who had passed himself off as a
single man, of the name of George Faulkner, and
who had duped her by promising her marriage,
and sending her to Birmingham. The constables-
proceeded to interrogate the woman, and Irons
her answers, they suspected her to be an acces-
sary with her husband ; they in consequence took
her into custody, and brought her to the Office,
and also the umbrella, which has proved such. an
issential' feature ; she underwent a long investi.
gallon, and it appears that her husband's name is
not Faulkner, but Kennett; that be is of no
direct or regular profession, but that he frequently
went to France and other foreign parts; he was
frequently away from her for months at a time.
He had lately totalled from Aix-la-Chapelle, arid
bad been its England about two months, and at
that time lie had taken the lodging its Severn':.-
buildings. She acknowledged that they lived
very uncomfortable together, but that on sundry,
when he went off, they parted friends, and he
took leave of her between one and two o'clock,
taking with bins two portmanteaus and a suns of,
money, when he said he was going to France;
and she would not see him again for two monthsk.
She denied knowing that he was-going to cart y off
Mr. llorsley's child, or that, he. had any scheme.
for that purpose: Air. Horsley was sent for
her heiag brought to the Offices on his arriVal
he eppeared notch shocked 'at seeing his relation?'
at least his wife's relation (we understend her
coesits),"stisljescied atiy knowledge of such at
horrid transaction, but confessed that it did not
altogether surprise him that her husband, Charles
Rennett, hail committed. the horrid deed ; its
fact, he cotiteAsed that he suspected he was the
man who had carries) off the child fronnrancorous
malignity, and from t he• dreadful threats lie had
made use oNowards him and his. family ; anti as-
signed as his reasons for thiuking so, that souse
time since he had a law-suit with Charles Bennett,
tespecting tine heirship of an estate, and cast him ;
Isis son, whom he had now by a deep laid stra-
tagem carried off, was heir to the estate. About
tour years since, at the time Mrs. Horsley was
pregnant with the said boy, she received a letter,
stating that Mr. Horsley had met with a most
dreadful accident near London Bridge, that in
consequence he could not survive, and if she
wished to see hints alive, she insist hasten to the
spot instantly, which she accordingly did. The
contents of the letter were wholly fabricated, anti
the said Charles Bennett was suspected to be.the.
author of that letter, to answer the diabolical
purpose of causing a miscarriage, which, h0w.,..
ever, was providentially frustrated. Under all
these circumstances, Charles Bennett was charged-
with the csime of stealing the child, and Mr
Bt RNI a issued warrants against him,- and dis-_
patched the most active, intelligent, and.persts
veering officers to DoVer, Margate, I,.irightoo, and
other parts, witle instructions to ptitsue Line.
wherever then can get teny information respecting
They are accompanied by Mr.-.l.lorsley and
mime f.iienctS, W1)0 'ett'is identify Cnarles•lt ctosete.
and th'e

FATAL...MtsTthxsc.—An Inquest sat yesterday on
the body of Mes..._ltichardson, landlady •of the,
Three Compasses, Wild-street, who died' in •
.consepeuce- of taking a dose of acid of sugar in—
*lead of salts. The fatal mistake originated as
follows fellow named Shillito, who. bad for-
meily been shoptnro to a chytnist, had given a
large qoarvity of- stuff; which he called Epsom
salts, in consideration of a debt, to one Hat-gate.
forn .rly a grocer. Sixteen parcels of this pre-
tende'i physic had been sold as salts by Ilargate,
abort .0 month ago, ut Mrs. Richardson, who on
Wedueslay, for the fiat time, took w dose, and
died shortly afterwards in the greattst agony, its
spite of the most- powerful antidotes. The Jury
brought in a verdict to the etfe,it here mentioned,
and severely reprimanded Hargate for his culpable
negligence,
FsmaLn CountsGx.—Thorsday evening a man,
who had been observed linking about Newington
for several hours, gut over the fence of a garden
bclonging to Mr. Webb, of Prospect-place, 'there
various .mu ricks of linen were hanging. nut to dry.
Catherine, theqtalig titer of Mr. Webb, about 14
Yeats olage, perceiving him in the Het of taliing
the property trout the lines, went into the gar-
flen ; the thief; upon her approach, Attempted
do escape over the wail, but was toiled in the en-
leavout by the-courage of Miss Wghb, who •eiz-
(l him by the collar, and held hint fast 1.1161 her
father' arrived to her assistance. The name of
:lie robber is Sherwood. Upon being taken be.
l'Jre a Magistrate, he W,13 committed fur trial.