Star.
London, England, 1801-01-30 00:00:00

LADY ill Me HATSTtICK.

Lately died in Guy's Hofpitil, t!s once unfor-
tunate cel;hrated Lout, or Lady of the HaAllad,
who about 18 years ago, was found to have taken
up her relidence ender that filcher, intim parith
Bourton, near liriitnl, in a ante of melancholy
sft-r.ingement. She then appeared to he under zo
years of ap. This very extraordinary woman,
whore "tale of woe" was firs told to the putslic
by Mrs's Ham N .1H Moat,- has naturally cetifed, for
a confiderahle time pa!}, to interell the generaf
curiofity.—During f-zveral days of hey abode tinder
the hayftack (train which the .0 latt permitted her-
felf to be removed with reluftance) the was vifited,
and rea-,ularly fed by the countrY-people, till the
hand of mos ehappy fvmpathy and compaillon pro-
vided her better proteCtion. As her name was un-
known. the was immediately diainguithed by that
of Lot le. It may he gratifying to many on this
occatiors to learn, that during a confiderable inter-
val, 11 hi which the afterwards remained in retire-
' anent, and before the was admitted as incurable
into the afylum in which the died, fhe wai chiefly
fnpported by a voluntary fubfe:rijotion under the
management of Mils HAMLIN Moser' and her fit.-
tern. Thofe alive advocates of humanity, who
never yet began a good work and grew weary
of well-doing, having loft the pecuniary affillance
of molt others, continued to (apply the extra wants
and accommodation of the poor folitary ttranger.
at the expence of more than sot. per annum, till
her deceafe. They would be the tall to with that
Mr an inttance of benevolence thould be publicly
mentioned ; hut it is a tribute due, not lefs to than
than to the interetts of fociety.
The fame kind, and much the fame degree of
mental derangement, which the 64 tale of woe"
defcribed, remained with Loma to the laft. -In
her general condo& the exhibited the varioni com-
mon evidences of the moll confirmed inanity ;
which, in addition to the contra/Non of her
limbs, from her expofure to cold in the open field;
and from her future propenfity to remain iriaftire,
rendered her an obje& of the Itrungell pity. But
her infinity was uniformly remarkable in this,
that however difordered and childifis her affeetions
gad refentrnents, the never could be drawn into
any explanation refpeCting her family, her con.
neetions or her country : however affable and un-
guarded the might fometimes appear, the mo-
ment any perfon put a queftion, dire Elly or indi-
redly, relative to thofe topics, or made any all ufion
to them has-ever di Rant, the always changed coun-
tenance, affumed an air of fulpicton, grew ~rave
and inflexibly file 4, or would in(lantly tonal on
fome other fubjeCf. From her accent the was
tmdoubtedly of German origin ; but though fhe
knew little of Engin, the-avoided converfir.g in
any foreign language. Her manners, and occa•
fional movesnents, indicated fuperior rank--' and
her frequent exclamations of dear papa and dear
mama, in connexion with ideas of equipage and
ornaments, led to that conclufion.

Many eridrivnurs wcre vied, on the continent,
to trace her family, by circulating her defcriptiou
and Rory in the public prints, but without cffea.
The myficry of this filence was too remarkable
not to confirm the firft opinion of her being a per-
fon above the common claffes, with the additional
probability of fome unhappy and treacherous fedue-
tion. This lad opinion from the whole of the dif-
trefsful evidence, inclufive of the perfonal part
which poor Lot SA fometimes involuntkrily funtillt-
ed, is not doubted by thofe, who with the whiter'
of this article, early taw and clofely obferved her.
The conviction that it is poflible for any man, mak-
ing pretentious to honour, or even of the difliallinn
from a brutal nature, fo to betray, and fo to aban-
don in a foreign land, youth, beauty, the ttrongeti
fenfibility, and perhaps the moft engaging inno-
cence, fills the mind with horror of to deed, and
with Marne and indignation for the eharaaer 1
Such profligacy, iu this intlance, may have been
of foreign production. But comparatively happy
would k be for this country alto, if inflances did
not abound among us, of fimilar atrocity, to thole
who on inferior oecations will make high pretest-
fions to honour and principle, but who leek every
opportunity of fed, icing from the abodes O. r
alfeaion, or of innocent employment, whatever is
the moil fair and inexperienced—rioting in its ruin
for a film featim, and then committing the greater
crime of abandonment to infamy 1 The theme is,
unhappily, too common to need proof, and too
mournfhl to dwell on.

The poor departed child of mifery, whore flay
is here again revived, is too firong,an inflance of.'
&flaring, and excites ton much fee.ing, to be per-
mitted to pals, in the conimoncourfe, to oblivion,
if it could be avoided. Under this impreflion,
permit me to attempt romething in the charader•
of an Epitaph. But alas ! poor Lot sA's tablet of
remembrance may .sly be found in the frupathe- I
tic borom of A few furviving friends

In yonder duR, untaaflid for public fatrat,
Low reft the rollicks of Lodes frame !
Poor haplef. Suff'ca, of the maniac Ync !
Thy wrong, no more a tortured irc4t sol.Sne !
Enough for thee, that linerMg Sorrows hrzzli
Found final refeue in the ham of Death !
Conford be they, wit° fo.IgLI thy Craft retef ;
Tormented they, who ovaatelm4 with grid
Aecured the crime, that 'ref Pagan% ray,
Though thou be.ratiotn'd for venial tla7 !
And, where frail Innocence would Nrke
Mayguardian angels thy fad hart tali!
Rath, January so, t Sot. W. M.

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