The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-29 00:00:00

A .13tiIDEIt'ELL_ANIA;DO'rE%

[AN); Mi. Live:pod! Mercury
A Anti time ago we visited our Borough Jail,
favtiored by the cdinpany Of a worthy Nlagist rate,
who, cm the conversation tinning upon the vati-
oui Characters stOnetinies inhabiting the prison,
related cliff following story
" 'months ago, isles. Z. the wife of
respectable tailor, neat Pownall-square, was in
continrineht here s.everal ttays,, tinder rather cu-
'rirms circumstances. One ,Sat tit day, her sister
was, married, and Mr. and Mts. Z. Went to the
matriage tratt, at the house of the new couple, •
in Brownlow-hill.• In the course of the ahernoon,
some young men of the party matte a tormrdahle
bowl of punch, 50 mixed that its
strength of spirits, which.was miscnievously great,
was disguised in the sweets and tidos so predomi-
. now! iu the mild beVerage usually prepared for
ladies. The pally quaffed the enlivening nectar,
• and firs. G, lirrselt was tempted 10 a second glass.
In the evening, Mr. Z. was suddenly called
(lowa to tOwll, to take orders for mourning Stills,
in a family in.whieh a dea'h had ot.currett. As
the eveo tog advaoced, time mcrty eomparcy gra,-
thially'sepirated, ansi. Mitt. Z. niter waiter) till
!the hitt, in the holly of Tirelorshand's-trcturti, was
obitged to go home When, She got inio
the air, she.tregati to reel the.ellectsot the punch,
which gratloally overcame her, till at length she
ealttro;'t reeled as she walked. fu Greer Crosshall- •
street-, there was a fight amoogst the vulgar, •
which had attracted the attention-,of the.
*hooting vvatchtiten, and jitst,as they were eippre-•
hendiug the rioters; Mis. Z. staggered past the
edge co- the elflm(11 and Was seized Upon as one of
the unruly. 6%..! 'was eonVeyed to t3rtdeweil, _.
slept contidly several itot,ao-d then awoke in a
•Ie of amazement and horcor.be'tti- coticeived
titan described. The'whiite. Sti Of i.day was to her
a_ :ray ot dePlorah.le anguish.' She considered the-
di,.gruce she had inettrreil too.great tot either her •
owel Or lie:- forehand's endurance.; ';‘lten he should
hear of it all her happiness Wotild be blighted ; '
site trembled at the thopght, and waited in biog
agitation some crisis in her cal:rni•y. On illOtt.•
bron6h before the Mayor. Still her
husband had not been near. had no (lonia
he most have heard of tier dist:race, anti
liable anger my! disgust Lad vin,ndotied.ll,-r to
fate. wept : she could not hold- up her tie.rd
-to -ive at. account of tiersel:; and the Mayor,
supposing tier to be one of those unfortunate
creatures too -hectically brought before him,
committed her to .14i for seveir days, as• a dis-
turber of the peace. blither she was conveyed,
stup:fled and heartoroken, and entered this Let her
world of moral degradation, lust to all selt•tetpect
and hope.
" Mr, Z. to whom I must now return, butt, ots.
the-Saturday evening, ixectiied the business
on -which he had been called, `but seas der tined
to so late an boor, that he Weut home, CXpecitt:g.
to find Mrs. Z. already arrived : he was dilap-'
pointed; but .as it was now midnight, he sop-
-posed, very naturally, that she had waited• rid
every opportunity of escort had pasted, and pre.
teired sleeping at her sister's :sitter tliat coming
.lionie alone. Du: tog the iiirenoon of Sunday be
walked up 'to 140%1110w-hill, where with an
astonistitneut itolescribable,,lie heard she had ie.t
there, .tor home, late on- Saturday night. All
was mystery, and fearful foreboding. Like one
bereft of his senses he hastened to all their reli.
• fives throughout the town ; she was not to he -
found. lie' applied to the Dock Police, anti at
cootider;ble expence had the northern do,ks
dragged, fearing that by some unareountable
accident she had billet; or had been tilt own into
the- dock. But her body was undiscovered ; and -
he renewed and ell red his search in every posti-
-I,le that day and Monday, Ihprived
,•is -...tdriet,'/ and mysteriously of the best of
It
v Ives, he Jew not what to do;- he put a 'bill no
his window for letting his house and turrtiture,
determined n,,t •.f, lead a! miserable existence in
the very place io which he had hitherto known
only unmixed happiness. On Wednesday his
hoe! was and on the saute day tie went to
the residence of liis sympathizing rtiotlit!i, with
tviorn he agai. took up his formerly cotaioiteble,
but th•w m.::anelioly abode.

" On Thursday moriii!:g, I came to the J 'it
a the visiting Magistrate, and itunkey drew
his' attention to Mrs. Z who. he thought, was
not a prisoner of the ordinary kind, I acut o
tier, and questioned her alter some hesitation,
and when 'te had for a moment sobtlued the sen-
sations of her grief, she related what I have
described as to her circumstances and imprison-
ment. I sent for Mr: Z. ; and, while waiiing for
him, gave an order for Mrs Z.'s discharge. At
a leist.,;(h he arrived, dresssed in deep widower's
111 cm-ruing, with a cothitenaneegloomy as his dia.
pery ; I introduced him to'his,stip.poscd lost wite,
and !lever was surprise wore sudden, or joy more
ardent, than that which he Manifested in clasping
in his arms the beloved partner of hiS bosom, wilt'
whom he again entered the busy world ; tbrir
gladdened eyes beaming, anti :heir re-united bean,
swelling, with rintneastirr!d "