Star.
London, England, 1824-08-30 00:00:00

lIIARLBOROUGH-STREET.

The unconquerable Mary Ann Pearce, alias Lndy Barryasors, was
brought to this Office, for about the twenty-fifth time within the
last twelve months, on Thursday evening, at the sitting of the Ma-
gistrate. It seems she had lain in the watch-house since nine o'clock
the evening before, to become qualified, by sobriety, to make her
I appearance. Sir G. Ausgason happened, upon this occasion to pre-
side for the regular Magistrate, and on hearing the complaint
apint Mary Ann, whose perfect history be was ant in possession
of, or whose character he did not seem exactly to understand, after
reading her a long moral lecture on the impropriety of her conduct,
directed that she should be again taken back to the watch-house'
and brought up again the next morning before some Magistrate
who knew her better. Upon hearing the order, her Ladyship, who.
'taxi all the while listening to his Worship es calm and demure as
~vestal, with one hand carelessly under her apron, now drew back,
and.taking aim at Sir Gaoling's head, let fly at him something which
appeared about the size of a 1?-pounder, but which fortunately did
no farther damage than discompose a few of his curls, and then,
striking the wall, rebounded back again to its mistress. Upon exa-
mining the piece of ammunition, it was found to consist of her
Ladyship's under-petticoat, rolled into a hard ball, and bound with
a handkerchief, which preparatory process no doubt it had under-
gone at the watch-house. This salute astonished Sir Groamt not a
bit more than the recognition of his person by her Ladyship, who
now addressed him in a most unceremonious style, and concluded
by reminding him, that if he kept his carriage and livery servants
now, she also did the same at one time.
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After the usual plunging and kicking fit that accompanies the
attempt to confine her Ladyship's person, she was taken to the
watch-house for the night, and the next morning brougift before
Mr. Roz, the Magistrate, who, when he saw Mary Ann at the bar,
exprtused his surprise, having himself committed her about a week
before, and saying that surely he must have done so fot more than
seven days, and asked her how she got out ? " Why out of the
door," said she," to be sure; do you suppose I climbed over the
wall?" Mr. Roe asked her no more questions, but inquired what
was the charge against her now ?
Bartlett, one of the beadles of St. Giles's parish said, that about
nine o'clock on Wednesday evening he was passing through Drury-
lane and saw Miss Mary Ann blind drunk, dancing and prancing
in the mud, in the middle of the street, with about 110 persons
round her. He attempted to take her into custody, but she struck
him right in the centre of the forehead and dropped him as if he
were shot ; two other constables came up, and she floored them
likewise ; and her band being now in she knocked down every man,
iwoman, and child that came in her way, and it was only by turn-
ing out the whole posse contitatur of Drury-lane, and by tying her
hands and feet, that she was secured, and carried body and bones
to the watch-house.

Mr.Rox said that he really did not know what to do with her.
The beadle entreated that she might be confined for life, as she
swore she would annihilate him when she got out, and also declared
that she would exterminate Sir George Alderson.
Air. Rol said, it was quite useless to address any admonition to
her ; she must find bail.

" Where the bell am I to find bail," said Mary Ann, " unless I
send to the Duke of York, or the Bishop of London? and I don't
like to do that ;" and suddenly dropping the subject of bail, she
aimed a terrific blow at Bartlett, the beadle, which, luckily for
him, fell short, but reached the mouth of a man who was on other
business at the Office, and nearly deprived him of all future power
of mastication. Determined to avenge all her wrongs at once, she
next turned round and directed her battery against a Reporter,
whose business in the Office she could not possibly have known,
had not some person very improperly pointed him out to her no-
tice, and after accusing him, not in the must gentle terms, of ex-
posing all her little foibles in the newspapers, she levelled a blow
at him, which, head it reached him, would have put hint past re-
porting for some time.
The Magistrate now ordered her to be taken out of the Office,
but who was to approach her first, was the question ? It was Bart-
lett's duty, but destruction stared him In the face if he attempted
it. After an awful pause, hostever, it was joyfully announoed that
her Ladyship was inclined to treat upon reasonable terms, namely,
that if a wide space were left clear for her to march out of the Of-
fice without any one presuming to approach her, she would quietly
walk after Marsden, the jailer, to the lock-up room. These terms
were gladly accepted, and her Ladyship fulfilled her engagement to
the letter.