The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-14 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday Mrs. Glennon, the poor Irish woman,
who a few days ago waited upon the LORD MAYOR,
with a letter from the Mayor of Limerick, reqUesting
his Lordship's compassionate notice of her case,
came to the Justice-room to beseech two or three
words with the Mayor of London.
The change in the appearance of the poor woman
was indeed very great. Her daughter had been re-
stored to her ; and she carne to thank and to bless
the Chief Magistrate, and every body about him, for
what had happened.
" Oh, my Lord," said she, " you have preserved
my life, for you have restored my poor child to me.
The Lord bless you, and all that belongs to you."
The LORD MAYOR—From the happiness which I
see you enjoy, I judge that your fears about your
daughter, as I thought at first, were unfounded. She
has been restored to you without blemish.
Mrs. Glennon—Yes, she has—God bless you for
ever. My poor child is as pure as she was before
she left me, and I don't believe there was any inten-
tion to do her harm; but what wasn't I to suspect,
when she was taken away from me, after living with
me all her life.

The LORD MAYOR—WeII, I am rejoiced to find
that you formed a worse opinion of Mr. Martin
than I did.

Mrs. (Actium) then detailed the history of her
application to the Clergyman at Epom, to whom
the gentleman she sought was related. She had,
she said, gone down immediately, and after having
been supplied with the means by his Lordship's
generosity, to Epsom, and straight forward she
walked from the inn to the Clergyman's house,
where she was received with as much kindness as if
the house belonged to herself. The Rev. Gentle-
man, upon hearing what she had to say, told her
" every thing in the world ;" he told her where to
put her hands upon the gentleman who owed her
the trifle of money, and that her child was quite
safe ; and he begged that she would be composed ;
but she didn't stop until she saw her " darling."
The LORD MAYOR—And I suppose that your
daughter was delighted to see you ? Mrs. Glennon
—Delighted ! God bless your kind heart, she was
so frightened that she was scarcely able to stand ;
she was quite overcome, but she knew I wouldn't
be angry long, and so she soon came to herself. I'm
sure, my Lord, I didn't know what I was about
myself. .

-The LORD MAYOR—WeII, and have you got your
money ? You remember there is a large sum (hie
to you. Mrs. Glennon—Money ! No, I never
thought of the money; I never asked a word about
it How could I think of money when I saw my
child ? Oh, my Lord Mayor of London, if you
knew what I felt at the time, you wouldn't ask me
if I thought about money.
The LORD MAYOR said that he only wished that
as she had her daughter, she would look after the
property which was to be that daughter's future
support. He saw that she deserved to have an
affectionate child, and he hoped that her debtor
would at length behave honourably to her.
Mrs. Glennon—He will behave honourably. Oh,
we are all so happy—God bless you for making us
so. I wish you could see us together.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR-Why, do you all live toge-
ther ? Mrs. Glennon—Yes, your Lordship, we
have lived most happily together, ever since you
sent me down ; and we are all to go back to Ire-
land together, as soon as some little matters are
settled here.

The LORD MAYOR--And what brought you away
from the family now; why arc you not down with
them ? Mrs. Glennon—ls it stay with them, with-
out coming up to return you thanks for saving my
life ? Sure I never could have got over it, if it
was not for you—the Lord in Heaven bless you
for it. Ah, then, do you think I meant to enjoy my
blessings, without coming to you to bless you for all
you have done.

The LORD MAYOR said he really felt a great deal
of pleasure at the result; and he felt a great deal of
pleasure and pride too at the display of so much
unaffected gratitude for a service which was ren-
dered without either trouble or expence. It was
seldom indeed that even a great obligation was re-
paid in such coin.

The poor woman then stated that the clergyman
completely filled the character which she had ascribed
to the Church. He acted more like a brother than
a stranger.

She then presented to the Lord Mayor the money
which his Lordship had given to her to defray the
expences of her search after the gentleman who was
indebted to her; but his Lordship refused to take
it, without allowing her to say a word more upon
that subject. But, said his Lordship, has this gen-
tleman given you any reason for having disappeared
so suddenly, or told you why he took away your
daughter? Mrs. Glennon—No ; I never asked
him ; I couldn't ask him any questions; but I am
sure my child is innocent. She was nursing the
children when I went in, and she was just the same
as ever.

The grateful creature was about to drop on her
knees to return thanks to the Lord Mayor, but was
prevented, and she left the Justice-room, after hav-
ing made a deep impression upon every one in the
room.

The LORD MAYOR observed to Mr. Hobler, that

he had but very lately witnessed conduct which was
so contrasted to that of the poor Irishwoman, that
he could not help • mentioning it. A young man
Who was put to the bar at the Old Bailey, for rob-
bery, sent over a note to him, while he was sitting
on the bench, stating that he had been clerk at his
(the Lord Mayor's) establishment in Wales, and
that he was wholly innocent of the charge against
him, but haknot.the means of defence. The con-
sequence was,. that au able .Counsel was employed,
and the prisoner was acquitted. It might have been
expected that an individual who was wholly un-
known to him (the Lord Mayor), the name being
merely recollected by him, would have taken the
trouble to write a few lines of acknowledgment,but
not the least notice was taken- of what harl been
done. At last the extent of the clerk's integrity
and feeling was ascertained, for, it •600 n afterwards
came out that he had taken-advantage of the situa-
tion which he hadlteld at the iron-works, and
.tually robbed an aget4, relation of the family. Such
a scene as had just occurred, however, was calcu-
lated to reconcile a man to an hundred instances of
ingratitude.
GUILDHALL

John Edmonds, a boy about 1'1• years of age, was
charged with stealing two waistcoats and a suit of
clothes, value 101. 15s.

Th;s depredation was committed by means of "an
ingenious but common
.trick, which should be fully
explained to errand boys.
Phillip Jones, a lad in the service of Mr.
M'Kenzie, a tailor, in Portman-street, stated that on
the Ist of August, as he was passing up Ludgate-
hill with the buNdle of clothes, the prisoner entered
into conversation with him, told him he was in the
employ of Mr. Jones, a silversmith in Holborn, and
asked witness what trade he' waS,,and where he was
going. Witness said he was going to Mincing-lane,
and when they had walked together to Queen-
street, Cheapside, the prisoner proposed to go into
Watling-street, as the direction witness was taking
was ten miles out of the way. Witness agreed to
take the proposed route, and prisoner, throwing his
arm round his neck, told him that he (the prisoner)
was going to a gentleman he did not like to see, be-
cause his master had a gold pin from him to repair,
and.having lost it, he gave prisoner sixpence to take
the blame of losing it on himself, and had accord-
ingly told the gentleman he had turned prisoner
away, and was determined never to employ a boy
again. After this, prisoner said he did not like to
face the gentleman, and pointing to an older boy
on the opposite side of the street, he asked—
" Does not that look like a decent lad—can't I ask
him to go to the gentleman in my stead ?" Wit-
ness agreed he was a decent-looking boy, and the
prisoner called him over, and offered him Is. 6d.
to take a parcel to the gentleman's house in the
Tower Royal, and to bring him back iOs. and a box
of silver watch-cases. "But," observed the prisoner,
" I two boys, the box being heavy."—" Well,"
said the stranger, " can't your brother go with me ?"
(pointing to witness.) Prisoner said witness was
not his brother, but a boy he had just met with, and
upon the suggestion of the stranger, (who was in
fact the prisoner's confederate) witness agreed to
go with him, and each deposited his parcel (for the
stranger had one) with the prisoner to hold until
they returned with the box of watch cases. After
looking at,ths6,names on the doors in Tower Royal
the stranger directed witness to step round the
corner to the prisoner, and ask him again what the
gentleman's name was. Witness came up into
Wading-street, and found the prisoner had decamped
with both their parcels, and running back into the
Tower Royal he found the stranger had disappeared
also. On Wednesday, however, the witness met
the prisoner (with a decoy parcel under his arm)
and his coMpanion walking together in Fleet-street,
and, with the assistance of Mr. Sheriff Copeland
and a street-keeper, he secured the former, but the
confederate escaped.
The parcel found on the prisoner, and which was
very carefully tied and sealed, contained a few strips
of old bagging.
The prisoner contented himself with saying
merely that he had never seen the witness before.
Mr. Alderman THORP committed the prisoner for
trial.