The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-24 00:00:00

SUTTEES.

Mr. Lustt inquired whether the Court of Di.
rectors had recently received any information from
Bengal, on the subject of the abolition of suttees;
or whether they had, since the last Court, made
any communication to the Bengal Government
relative to that abominable practice ?
The CHAIRMAN answered, t hat the Directors had
not received any information on the subject since
the last General Court ; hut he was happy to say,
they had an opportunity of knowing that the num-
ber of suttees had decreased very considerably, and
the Government were most anxiously inquiring into
the practice, and making themselves masters of every
point connected with it.
The Court then adjourned.

SEDUCTION.

It is with much sorrow that we have to add the
ollowieg to the many instances of seduc►ion that
have taken place at various times in this cou►►try.—
A gentleman, who appeared to be about the age of
►sixty, called frequently at the shop of a respectable
tradesman in Oxford-street, under pretence of pur-
chasing some of the articles in which he dealt. We
forbear from delicacy to allude too particularly to any
circumstance which, by discovering the family, may
add to the agony of their present state. For the
infamous seducer we have no such respect; his
mime is Dudley, and he lives ie Red Lion-street,
Holborn. The elder of the tiadesman's two daugh-
ters, whose age did not exceed 18, commonly set ved
in the shop, in which she was assisted by her sister
a girl of 16. The recurrence of Dudley's visits,
though it occasioned no anxiety to the father, was
too frequent to escape observation, and he was
often invited to tea. He stated himself to have
been in the employment of the East India Company,
where he had realised a fortune, but had returned to
England too late in life to find any of his relations
surviving to enjoy it with him. From very obvious
hints the tradesman was led to suppose that his
wealth at his death would devolve to those who
stood highest in his esteem, without any regard to
proximity of blood. In this idea he encouraged the
attention of his daughters towards the stranger, and
the intercourse between them became every day
more and more familiar. In May last be said he had
determined to retire a short distance into the coun-
try, and if Miss would accompany him as
his housekeeper, he would certainly leave her no
cause to repent, at his death, the sacrifices which
she should thus make. In less than a month every
thing was arranged to the satisfaction of all parties,
and the young lady had entered on her employment •
at Mr. Dudley's house, in the neighbourhood of
Highgate. Early in August the elder sister invited
the younger to see her, and, on her return home on
Thursday last, what was the horror of the parents
to find, from the confession of the youngest, that
both their daughters had been the victims of this
man, who had, for 18 months, planned the heinous
scheme which he had but too successfully carried
into execution. Immediately the discovery was
made the parents flew to upbraid the wretch with
his perfidy ; but he was no where to be found. The
elder daughter, confirmed in vice, though she had
in no mariner assisted the seduction of the younger
girl, had yet connived and participated in the flight
of the wretch who had been the cause of their ruin.
We have to add, with grief, that the unfortunate
mother is no more, and that there is reason to ap-
prehend that the fatal consequences of this crime are
not yet at an end.

The new police force IA ere yesterday mustered,
for the first time, in a yard adjoining to Old Palace-yiad.

I i ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARK.--AITIOng the
' fine old localities of London is the neighbourhood of the
church of St. Saviour, Southwark ; th's is one of the
noblest and largest churches in London, and when the new
London Bridge is finished, might be made a noble ohjt-et
from the approach on the Borough side. It is a positive
disgrace if it be suffered to remain in its present
dilapi-
dated state by the parishioners. The massy spaciousness
of the structure, and the solidity of its walls, strike the
stranger who first beholds it with admiration. In this
church lies old Gowr a the poet, and there are several
very curio us relics of the olden time scattered about within
its walls. It's date is believed to be anterior to London
Bridge. All the ground along the river near it toweads
.•Blackfriars' Bridge is tilled with remains celebrated in the
annals of the chute'', and what is- singular, also of the
theatre.—New Monthly Magazine.