Star.
London, England, 1825-11-25 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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If r. Frisby. A respectable fruit-salesman, in fleet-market, ap-
plied to 31r. Alderman Amer, yesterday, for his advice under
the following melancholy circumstancest—iiis daughter. he said,
not yet fifteen years of age, the eldest of his seven children, had
latterly been re-iding with •her grandmother in the Old Bailey.
and a person in the same line of Waives' with himself.a neighbour,
who had known his daughter front her infancy, had availed himself
of the intimacy that subsisted among them, to effect the girl's ruin
last week What added greatly to the guilt of the seducer was,
that he had a wife and four chikken living; that up to this month
he had been cohabiting with his wife's sister, by whom also he had
a famil of children, and that he was a mac far advanced in years.
—Mr. Frisby's daughter, who is rather handsome, and remarkably
tall of her age, disappeared on Saturday night, whets it et-eats she
took refuge in her seducer's counting house, and on the following
day he carried her into Essex. Her relatives searched with the
greatest anxiety in every direction without gaining the slightest clue
is to her fate, uutil Wednesday night, when his wife got a clue,
and followed the heartless villain till she saw him join her lost
child at the entrance of a passage leading from Bridge-street'
towsidi the Temple. She instantly pounced upon them, and
seized her daughter's arm, while her companion scampered off as
fast as his legs would carry him. She was now in a place of secu-
rity, and, as an additional impediment to her appearing abroad
again, he had clipt on' ev:ry lock of her beautiful hair. Her sedu-
cer had some of her apparel still in his hands, and he wished to
know if the Magistrate could not assist him in the recovery of it ?
The applicant :and his wife seemed deeply affected, while relating
these particulars.
The worthy Alderman, who sympathised with tbeir feelingi, im-
mediately granted the required summons.
BOW-STREET.

Post Orrsce Tlcaserty.—Yesterday, F. Sharp was charged with
stealing eight letters from the General Post Oltice.—Mr. Vander.
gucht, the President of the Inland Mice, said, the prisoner was
employed in the Post ()!Tice as a letter-stamper. It was his duty
to deliver certain letter.; to the lobby of the tffice, and yesterday
mornhig he took up two letters from a number he had bem stamp..
ing, one of which he had to deliver at the lobby. The witness
followed, having suspected the prisoner, and he saw him deliver one
letter at the lobby, and the other he put into his pocket. Witness
then took the prisoner into the Comptroller's room, and accused
him of having put the letter into his pocket ; he said nothing, hut
produced right letters, which were also in his pocket. It was the
prh,oner's duty to deliver the letters to the carrier. The prisoner
said he had taken them out to log, as they were mit:sorted letters,
and he wished to get the money returned.

Sir It. 131aNts observed, that it was rather unfortunate that most
of the letters, be believed, contained inclowres.

The Solicitor to the Pest Office said, that only one was a double
letter.—The prisoner was then remanded.

Yesterday, a simple-looking youth, who did not appear to he
more than 17 years of au, presented himself before Sir R. Crams,
and, making a very low bow, said he had to request the advice of
his Worship, as to the best means to be adopted to recover his wife,
who was improperly, and, he conceived, unlawfully, kept from him.
Sir It Bram—Your wife? What, have you already entered into
the bonds of matrimony?
Applicant—Yes, Sir, I have done so. I had courted a young lady
for some little time, Sir, (and here the youth smiled, hesitated, and
hung down his bead), and my suit being rather discouraged by her
father and mother, we agreed to get married as snugly as possible,
and afterwards to endeavour to conciliate the old couple as well as we
.could. And so, Sir, accordingly we bad the banns put up in
the Church where she lived, sad last Thursday three weeks,
being outasked, as they call it, we met early in the morning
at the Church door, the Clerk of the Parish " stcod father," and
we were married. It had been arranged that she should return to
her parents immediately after the ceremony, and if she failed to
bring them to agree to the match, that she should tome back to me
on the next Sunday, and we were to take all the consequences
upon ourselves, and remain together in spite of them. Her father
and mother, however, learning that we bad got married, refused to
listen to any apology or come to any terms, and have ever since
kept their daughter locked up, and refused even to let me see her.
Sir IL Buten—Then the marriage has never been consummated?
Applicant.—Why, Sir, we have never been to bed together, U
you mean that. (A laugh).
Sir R. Esaiint—How old am you both?
Applicant—l am twenty Sir, and my wife about eighteen.
Sir R. lhassx—l think you have been rather over-hasty in
getting married. Take my word for it, you had better have waited
a little longer.
Applicant—Why, Sir, that may be, but we were both in the
humour.

Sir 11. Brans--O, that I don't doubt. I am afraid I cannot
assist you in recovering your wife, as you call her. Where were
you married?
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Applicant—At Wanstead.
Sir R. Bums—And did you both live there?
Applicant—No, Sir. She lived at Wanstead, and lat Southgate.
Sir R. Brame—And were the banns published in both Churches?
Applicant—No, Sir, only at Wanstead.
Sir It. Dtants.—Then I am afraid your marriage is not worth
much ; but, however, I will not give a positive opinion upon the
subject. I have no power to assist you. I can only advise you to
go and speak pretty to the father, and see what you can do with
him. You spoke pretty to the daughter, of course, or you would
not have succeeded with her.

Applicant—Why, Sir I don't know as to that; I suppose I did;
but then the father and Sir,
daughter are very different sort of per-
sons to deal with, don't you see. Sk.
Sir B. ikauss—Well, I can do nothing for you. I can't recover
your wife. that is certain ; and as I said before, your only plan is to
endeavour to coax the old people to give her up.
The applicant seemed very loth to go away with this answer,
and remained loitering near the Bench until an °Seer told him he
could have no other answer than that which the Chief Magistrate
had given him.