The Sun.
London, England, 1829-06-23 00:00:00

the parties in the late affair at St. George's
Church, Miss Charlotte Zouch and Thomas
Woodin, Esq., had not the pretended friends of
that lady stood forward to defend her conduct,
and attempt to palliate her follies and extrava-
gance, by impugning the character of a noble
family, in deserting her in distress, and deceiving
her in her expectations ; and she has found a
champion to defend her cause in Colonel W.
Blennerhasset Fairman, who has dubbed himself
her chamberlain, in a letter which he has pub-
lished. In order, however, to prevent the public
from being imposed upon by any false-coloured
statements, got up for purposes which may be
plainly seen through, the following facts will,
perhaps, open the eyes of the public to the
whole affair, and show the great delicacy and re-
finement of this much-injured lady, as she is
styled by her chamberlain. It is perfectly true
that Miss Zouch is related to a noble family.
She is a cousin of Lord Lowther's, by whose
family she was brought up and provided for.
His Lordship's father, the Earl of Lonsdale, has
treated her more with the parental affection of a
father than of a distant relation, until her con-
duct was such that he was compelled to refuse
all further assistance. Her extravagance and
gaiety,were so great, that the wealth of Crcesus
would be insufficient for her support ; anti this
assertion is fully borne out by her extravagance
since she became acquainted with Mr. Woodin
and occupied apartments in Regent-street,—a
transition from the miserable hovel at the rag-
shop, No. 4, White's-alley, where she had been
previously residing, which ought at least to have
been a lesson to her and taught her prudence, if
she was in that want of funds which the occupa-
tion of such a wretched apartment would seem to
warrant ; but whether she resided there to suit
another purpose by holding a Samaritan levee,
we cannot determine. About three years ago
Miss Zouch was released from prison for debt ;
but on her regaining her liberty, she again com-
menced her extravagant career, and was at last
arrested by her creditors, and became a prisoner
in the Fleet. A man named James, a bailiff's
follower, became her servant in prison, and as-
sisted her in the begging letter department, by
distributing the circulars. In this prison she be-
came .. acquainted with Colonel Fairman, who
was likewise a prisoner, but who was lately re-
leased by taking the benefit of the Lords' Act.
This gentleman acted as her amanuensis, and
composed the circulars, advertisements, &c.,
which were issued to the London Samaritans.—
One of the impositions practised by this lady on
the public during her sojourn in the Fleet, was
in the month of May last year, when she adver-

ised and issued tickets for a concert for her be-

nefit at the Argyll Rooms, headed—" For the
benefit of an unfortunate lady." One thousand
circulars were printed by Cunningham and Sal-
mon, the printers in Fleet-street, which were
written by Colonel Fairrnan, and circulated
amongst the nobility to whom the appeal was
made by her man James. A number of tickets
were distributed and paid for, and bills were
posted round the metropolis for the purpose of
exciting the philanthropic feelings of the public.
The plan succeeded, considerable funds were
raised, but forsooth no concert ever took place
to this day, nor were the printing of the circu-
lars, &c. ever paid for until lately, when an agent
of Mr. Woodin's called upon Mr. Cunningham,
and, to his great surprise, settled the account,
5/. 10s. In the month of April last, Colonel
Fairman revived the Palladium Sunday news-

paper, which died alter two publications for want
of funds. In this paper appeared one of the
Samaritan advertisements, written by the Colonel,
and the following paragraph :—" In reference to
an advertisement at the head of our paper, we
beg to observe, that a spirit of gallantry has in-
duced us to let it take the precedence, as it pur;
ports to be an appeal to the benevolent from a
young lady in distress. The applicant is well
connected, and therefore we the more regret that
vicissitude of fortune should reduce her to the
necessity of soliciting aid in a manner which
cannot be otherwise than humiliating to the de-

licate mind of a female. For the honour of the
noble family to which she is allied, and whose
Protestant principles we admire, that some per-
manent arrangement may be made to supersede
the periodical repetition of such ostensible calls
is a consummation devoutly to be wished.' "
A short time ago two men were engaged to
march up and down Parliament-street with large
placards, setting forth that Miss Zouch was a
cousin of Lord Lowther's, and the men were
directed to stand opposite his Lordship's door,
at the corner of Whitehall-place, for the purpose
of annoying and insulting his Lordship ; the
nuisance continued some time, until Mr. Phil-

lips, his Lordship's secretary, gave orders to
Thompson (the street-keeper) to remove the
men ; they were accordingly cautioned that they
might walk up and down Parliament-street with
their placards as long as they pleased, but if they
stood opposite his Lordship's door, they would
be taken before the magistrates at Queen-square
police-office, and dealt with accordingly. This
had the desired effect, and the parties who engaged
the men soon got tired of paying them, and the
plan failed without any money being paid for remov-
ing the nuisance. The man James, who still
continues the lodging in 'White's-alley, remains
in Miss Zouch's service, and dines with her on
those days when Mr. Woodin is not there. His
wife is also her companion, and attends upon
her, and was one of her fashionable friends who
attended her at church, dressed in a green silk
dress and white scarf, the cost of which was nine
pounds or guineas, paid for by Mr. Woodin. ,
When the intelligence of the marriage being
stopped was circulated amongst the tradesmen
whose bills were not settled, the greatest alarm
prevailed, and the frizeur in particular was greatly
alarmed : his man was instantly despatched to
Regent-street with his bill for his morning's at-
tendance, oils, &c., previous to going to church,
which was 11. 19s. 6d., and ordered not to Te -
turn home until the bill was paid, or the amount
would be stopped out of his wages. The fears
created were, however, groundless, as Mr. Woo-
din discharged every debt ita the most honourable
manner immediately. Various causes have been
assigned for. Miss Zouch's extraordinary con-
duct at church, none of which, we believe, to be
the real cause. It is stated that her leaving an
infant brother and a little sister to the uncertain
protection of her noble relations preys on her
shattered spirits; also the irritability of her
nerves, the bustle of preparing for a long voyage,
the flurry her refined mind must be subjected
to in its contemplation of changes on which she
had scarcely time to reflect, and a variety of other
sickening nonsense, which we can assert from
authority is all false. Certain it is that the
noble family above-mentioned know nothing of
the relations alluded to being in any way de-