The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-29 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

John Foster WLS brought yesterday before Mr.
WALKER, charged by Pendegast, the headborongh
of Whitechapel, with having robbed him on Satur-
day evening of 31. 15..—He WR3 fully committed for

A man applied to Mr. WALKER to know if he
could not give him assistance under the following
circumstances :
He stated that a short time ago a person came to
him and told him that he was an attorney, and
would get his debts in for him. On this condi-
tion he he'd given him different sums of money, and
he had since found out that he had done nothing in
his business, and had gone to none of his creditors.
Mr. WALKER told him that if people were foolish
enough to employ persons who were not respectable,
they must expect to be served as he had been : he
could do nothing for him.
The overseer of Poplar appeared yesterday to dr-
awer n summons granted by Mr. WALKER to an of l
German and his wife.
The overseer said, that in 1821 they had been
passed from the parish of St. John, Horslydown, to
Poplar. The parish of Poplar resisted this order,
and the appeal was tried at the Sessions, and the
Wider of removal was quashed. A short time ago
They were again passed from Whitechapel to Poplar.
The parish again resisted, and again the order was
quashed. The paupers did not belong to Poplar,
and consequently the parish refused to relieve them.
They had cost upwards of 601. in law expenses, to
the parish of Poplar.
Mr. WALKER told the paupers not to come and
trouble him again, for he certainly would not compel
a parish to relieve persons who did not belong to
them.

We stated a day or two ago that an old woman
land man had beets granted a summons against the
parish of St. George. The assistant overseer ap-
peared yesterday to answer the summons. It was
true, he said, that they had been only given os. to
kaice them to Wells, hut it was their own fault, for
they said it would be enough. Had it not been for
the insolence of the woman, she would have been
passed long enough ago. He said, however, that hr
would take care that justice should be done them,
and that they should be sent to their parish.
QUEEN-SQUARE.

A young man, who gave his name the Hon•
henry Turner Harrington, of the Guards, was
brought up in custody, awl placed at the bar before
Mr. MARRIOTT, charged with stealing four valuable
rings and a necklace from the apartments of M,s
Louisa Goff, in Swereign-street, Edge►warc-road.—
Miss Goff was accompanied by her mother-in-la►w
and a female serraat.
It appeared from the statement of the procecutrix
that the prisoner first accosted her ors Thursday
night as she was stepping into a coach at Drure-lane
Theatre, intimating that he was a gentleman of rank
and honour, and after inquiring her destination, re-.
quested her to allow him to take a seat in the coach
with her, as he was compelled to go to the Club-
house, iri Waterloo-place. To this she consented,'
and on his alighting at the Club-house he pro-
mised to cull upon her. The prisoner kept his
appointment, but she being engaged at the time, he
ob.ervfd that he ►would do himself the honour of
renewing his vi.it in the evening. He dd so,
and remained with her to an exceedingly late hour,
or rather an early hour, when she left the room
for a few minutes, and on returning, found that be
had disappeared with her rings, &c., leaving a not,
on the table apologising for his going away.
Mr. MARRIOTT here interrupted Miss Goff, by
asking her whether she bad ever seen the prisoner
in the same way before.
Miss Goff—No, Sir, I never did.
Mr. MARRIOTT—Then, Madam, for I must still
presume, from your appearance, that you arc a lady,
you tell me that you meet an entire stranger at the
t hentre,— that you permit him to get into your
coach, set him down at a club house, and that after- •
wards he visits yeti upon his representation that he
is the Lord knows whet or ►who, because he chooses
to call himself the Honourable Mr. Something, and
that you consent to pass an evening ►with the very
same man.? Miss Goff (sighing)—l confess I did,
Str.

Mr. MAntuovr—Tlien yon must certainly be an
entire stranger to this great town, or else you appear
to me to be as likely to let a man into your bed as
into your coach.
Here an elder ly lady, who was sitting on die side
bench, and sobbing violently, stepped forward, and
was about to speak.
Mr. MARRIOTT—Who are you, Madam ? And
pray put up your veil, for there is no hearing you
ladies when you speak tin ough veils.
The witness here that she was mother-in-
law to Miss Goff, who had unforranarely been se-
duced by a Clptain C , fiirmedy of the Life
Galardi, who left her destitute on the world, al-
though she was a lady by birth and education.
Mr. MARRIOTT—A lady, indeed I
Witness continued by observing, that she herself
was the widow of an officer, and had been unfor-
tunate, like her daughter, in early life, from her at-
tachment to the army; arid even now she was per-
suaded, that if two of the rings were restored, on
which her daughter placed a particular value, she
would be content to pardon the young gentleman.
Mr, MARRIOTT—WeII, as long as I have been
accustomed to investigations at a police-office, I do
not remember to have heard any thing so monstrous
and so shocking as this. You admit that you pity
this young culprit from his genteel appearance, arid
that if two of your daughter's rings could be re-
stored to her, you wish him to be pardoned. Is
that what you mean ? Witness—Yes, Sir.
Mr. Maßtuorr —Why, you are asking me to
compromise my oath by compounding felony. You
must be aware of the manner of life your daughter
leads ? Witness (sobbing)-1 am, sir.
Mr. MARRIOTT—Horrible ! horrible
A police constable stated that he apprehended
the prisoner on Saturday while skating r; the Ser-
pentine River, when tie was pointed c' to him
by the prosecutrix.

Mr. MARRIOTT asked the prisoner what he had
to %ay in his defence.
The Prisoner said he wished to ask the police-
officer whether he could not have escaped if he

pleaved, and thrown the rings into the water.

Ile police-officer, in reply, said that the prisoner
merit with him likea gentleman to the watch-house,
but when he (Tot there he snapped a pistol at him,
and behaved like a vagabond, and would have shot
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