Star.
London, England, 1830-05-04 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE Or EARTARDY......A case of a v.Ay
singular description came on before the LORD MAYOR yesterday
The Of of the Parish of All Hallows, London-wall, were sun,
moned before the LORD MAYOR by a young woman, ago at,o„.
21 or 22 year!, for having turned her and her illegitimatf.• child tau
of the workhouse ; although she had, with the knowledge of th.
parish, established a settlement there by servitude.
The circumstances were these :—About eleven months ago, di•
claimant, who resided with her father, took it into her head to go
A fair, and told him her intention. He, however, put a stern prolaa
bition upon her, unwilling that she should act a bad example to th
rest of the family. In fact, he said, "if you insist upon gong
don't come back to any house." She persisted in her object : auto
she also attended to one part of her father's instruction_alle did
not again enter his doors. By what means she procured a Inch.
hood, between the period of that unfortunate visit to the fair, sad ,
few weeks ago, is not known; but she applied, in great misery, t„,
humane parish officer of St. Stephen's, Coleman-street, to shoji
her family was known, and he at once passed her to her own panel,,
in the workhouse of which she was delivered of a child. As soon
as she was able to answer the interrogations usual upon ocuslar,
of adding to the numbers dependent upon parochial relief, ehe wad
questioned by the proper authorities, and proved her claim, but A.
delared herself wholly unable to point out the father of hal. child
This failure in fixing the paternity was fatal in the eyes of the Oh
cers, and it was determined that until she should enable them a.
" put the saddle upon the right hone," she and her child should h.
minus as to the necessaries of life. They accordingly made her .
present of three shillings, and turned her out of the workhorse. ni.
could not apply to her father; for even if his heart should ha.,
softened towards her, after her long absence, and the suffiaings eh •
had undergone from her disobedience, another calamity had ()mums;
to him in the change of the conduct of his wife, who had of la,
taken most unmercifully to gin, and was now supported 1 y
in a neighbouring workhouse.
The LORD lUseiron asked the officer of AU-Hallows, Loath.,
wall, what grounds there were for refusing the necessary relief -
The officer stated that she had peremptorily refused to let th •
authorities know who the father war; besides, her father was 41:

to support her, and she ought not therefore to be allowed to remain
a burthen upon the parish.
Mr. Ellis, the officer of St. Stephen's, Coleman-street, who hat
passed the young woman to her own parish, stated that he had so
lcmnly declared that she did not know who the father of her chili
was, but her ignorance upon that point did not arise from her pro
miscuous intercourse with mcn._ _

The LORD MAYOR asked whether It was meant that on thenigto
she left her father's house she met some man to whom she alloweJ
the last familiarity, and that she knew nothing about him before %
The officer replied, that she had asserted something to that effect
Ir.Mobler said that numerous cases had occurred at that Jusike
Room, in which mothers swore that they could not point out the
father of the children, and he had no doubt of their having swortt
the truth. It seemed, however, to be an established maxim with
parish officers, :hat the women must know in all cases.
The Loan MAYOR could not exactly subscribe to that doctrine;
but he believed that they sometimes knew a little more than the man
upon the subject. (A laugh.)
Mr. Ellis said the young woman most solemnly declared, tl r
having despaired of being received by her father, she wanders!
about without the means of supporting existence, and at last p, r
chased the means by prostitution. She persisted in saying that .he
had never since beheld the man who addressed her, and that s
never had known any man either before or after that time. lic
11 (Mr. Ellis) knew the young woman's father, and said that he 1. t 1
met with many reverses of fortune, but was still very respectable, a '1
held a situation in a public office.
The Loan MAYOR said, that under all the circumstances, t 1
parish were bound to protect and support the young woman and h.
child. She might oneday meet the father, and would, no dter
not easily lose sight of him if it so happened.
Mr. Robles said, that mothers under such circumstances gene
rally acted their parts with great energy. It was not very to
ago, since a girl was accused in the Jastice.room of having
fused to give up the father of her child. She swore she did I co:
know who he was; but as she was walking up Cheapside one ds}
she suddenly seized a gentleman by the collar, and dragged hit.
along, saying, " Here he is • here's Billy's father."—(loud
ter.) It turned out that the girl was perfect y right, and Billy..
father was now supporting Billy, and very well able he was to d
so too.

The Loan NAyoa said the cue of the unfortunate applican,
for parish relief was a melancholy one ; for she had totally ruined
her own prospects in life, as well as aggravated the miseries of he.
father, who, although far from being free from blame in the course
he had adopted, ought to have met with obedience and affectio..
from his child.

The parish then retched directions to support the young won..
The officer said, that the authorities were disposed to ret
every assistance in their power. They were only anxious to hav:
his Lordship's unction under the peculiar circumstances of t' •

Lord Viscount Melbome,at his late audit for the par;si•
of Melborne, generously and unsolicited, returned 20 p
cent upon all his farms, in consideration of the pre,c •
depressed state of the agricultural interests.

BIRTHS.

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At Fane Valley, the lady of T. Fitzgerald, Esq. of a son.—A•
Duleek, the lady of Surgeon A. H. Butler, of a son.—At Boso•e.
the lady of J. Henderson, Esq. his Majesty's Consul General ftr
Colombia, of a son.—At Taplow Court, the Viscountess Kirkwall.
of a son.—At Tabors, in Persia, Lady Willock, of a daughter
At Twickenham, Mrs. Jonas Burden, of a daughters—At Look-
1 town, the lady of C. Bailey, Esq. Royal Engineers, of a dauglno.
—The lady of Lieut.-Col. Dawkins, M. P. of a daughter.—A:
Elm-park, Armagh, the lady of M. Blosse, Esq. of a daughter
The lady of Captain A. Trotter, Esq. younger, of Dreghorn, of •
daughter.

MARRIED.
Saturday, at St. Margaret's, Westminster, Sir Edward Blacken
of Matfen.hall, Northumberland, to Miss Mont, daughter of S:r
Charles Mooch, of Belaay, Northumberland.—At -church, J. ;Moron,. Esq. of Miltowo-house, Clam, to Blanche,
daughter of E. Morocy, Esq. Ballyclogh.—At Drogheda, J. W
Henry, Esq. of Stedalt cottage, county Dublin, to Emily, eltin
daughter of Sir J. W. Jervis, Dublin.—At Edinburgh, Ewer A
Cameron, of Morinish Castle, Mull, to Sybella, only daugh•er
the late Colonel M. Murray, of the Hon. E. I. C. S.

DIED.
On the lit inst. at half past two in the morning, the most no:
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the Marchioness of Bath, in Groavenor.square, much lamented.
her 57th year--Lady Homfiay, sister of the Dowager Lady Lye,'
Blosse.—At Jamaica, Capt. and Paymaster Heutle, 113 d regime-
-In Drogheda, L. Reify, Esq.—At Cam-part, Westmeath, Do-
rothea, wife of W. G. Adamson Esq.—At Dunkerque, Lic.
Wilson, 44th regiment.—Anne Martin, an inhabitant of Brigh:o,
at the advanced age of 102. She retained her powers, corporeal
mental, and was able to work, to within a few days of her death.—
At Rilgreu, county Tipperary, T. Cluttabuck Esq.—At Goyim..
street Aemy, Clmmel, Mrs. Dowling—At Wexford, in h
105th year, a poor man named Fitsgerald.—At Lauriston.
Borthwick, Esq. of Crookston, in the 78th year of hiafxge.—
Edinburgh, Elisabeth, daughter of the late Rev. J. Brown, minist•
of Newbattle.—At Glasgow, aged 92 years, Mrs. Fairlie, rePet c
Mr. John Dun, who lived to the patriarchal age of 102.—At Wh,•.•
horn, the Rev. J. Smith, of the Untied Secession Church there.
the 78th year of his age.—ln illacdufF, the Rev. T. Wilson. st!"
minister of Gamrie, in the 87th year of his age.