Star.
London, England, 1825-06-03 00:00:00

'BHERIFrE COURT, JUNE 2.

TURVEY V. WALKER.
- An inquiry to give compensation in damages to the
plaintiff for having beep illegally apprehended and im-
prisoned by the defendant. The defendant is Head-
borough of Ratcliffe, and on the sth of February last,
a quarrel basin', tarn place between the plaintiff's
brother, and another person named Groves, respecting
a debt which the former claimed of the latter, and an
assault being committed, the defendant was sent for.
Ile arrived after the quarrel had terminated ; and he
not only took tie plaintiff's brther and Groves into
custody, but alio the plaintiff, and detained him four
hours in the Watch-house, till he found bail.
The Under Sheriff said, that if an assault had been
Committed in the presence of the Headborough, as a
peace-officer, he would have had a legal right to have
taken the parties into custody ; but in this case the
quarrel had terminateJ prior to his arrival, and it was
illegal on his part to have taken any of the parties into
custody without a warrant. It appeared also that the
plaintiff had nothing whatever to do with the assault
which had been committed, and the Jury would give
him such damages as the mai s of the case fairly entitled
him to. Damages a
WITHALL V. MITCHELL.
An inquiry to assess damages against the defendant,
a lamp-mentrfacturer' in Doctors Commons, for the
injury the- plaintiff had sustained, by the defendant
putting a distrer in his houses, situate at Twickenham,
• under the pretence that he was the owner of them,
and remaining in possession fur five days. The de-
fendant had suffered judgment to go by default, thereby
admitting the trespass. The plaintiff's costs, in resist-
ing the defendant's il!egal distress, aMounted to 241.
and there were also other expenses. The Jury gave
damages 271.

Yesterday, the books in Consols were closed for the
Dividend. There was mush fluctuation.ia that Stock
in the course of the day ; the opening price in the
morning was 91} and the transactions terminated at
94 to f. Tramlers were effected, as is usual on the
day of shutting, until four o'clock.
Friday night, a shocking accident happened at the
Caledonian fveatre, Edinburgh; to Young Woolford.
was performing in the Battle of Waterloo, when his
use seared, and fell back. Woolford fortunately fell
to one side, otherwise be might have been crushed to
death ; but his foot being entangled in the stirrup; was
shattered w such a
„degree that . it • was feared **sputa-

' -1071AQIIDINARY FANATICISM.
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Yesterday, Several of the parish-officers of Newington
attended at Uniop-hall, in order to state facts which had
come to their knowledge, relative to the ill-treatment
of a young kill named S trail Holman, by her- father,
-who had turned her out of his house into the streets, in
consequence of her refusal to become a convert to a
act of which be was a member, who denominated
themselves " The true believers in the faith of Mary
iJohannaSouthcote,and the coming of the young Shiloh."
Snow, one of the officers of the above parish, stated
that the female who now came forward to make a com-
plaint against her parent, attended at their workhouse
the day before, and applied for parish relief, stating
that she had been turned out of doors that morning by
her father, who refused to give her any support. On
questioning the girl as to the cause of such conduct as
that pursued towards her, and also to state who and
what her father was, she replied that he was a master
tailor, in comfortable circumstances, having two house=,
in which he alternately resided ; one of them situated
in Pleasant-row, and the otht-r in Pleasant-place,
Walworth. That it .was entirely owing to her • de-
termination in not becoming one of the believers,
in the faith of Mary Johanna" that she attributed
the cruel and unnatural manner in which she had
been for a leagth of time persecuted by her father.
Snow added, that upon hearing this account, and per.
ceiving that the girl was really in a very distressed
and agitated state, be, accompanied by another officer
belonging to the parish, proceeded to Mr. Holman's
house, for the purpose of ascertaining whether he was
in competent circumstances to support his child ? The
result of their inquiries was as follows: - On entering a
room in the house in Pleasant-row, they observed a
most extraordinary-looking man, a cripple, sitting at a
table, busily engaged in writing to the dictation of
equally as extraordinary looking a woman, of frightful
aspect, having only one eye, and being disfigured with
a hare lip; which extended so far up her face, as to com-
pletely divide the nose into two parts. This personage,
on inquiry, they learned, was "the real Mary Johan-
na ;" and upon asleng what the old man was doing, they
were told he was her amanuensis or clerk, and that he
was then writing the dream of his mistress, who was to
bring " Young Shiloh" into the world, and was consi-
dered to have been specially sent upon earth for that'
purpose, as well as for the performance of some other
wonderful prodigies before she made her exit. The
parish officers also saw two or three other women :11 the
house, one of whom, on being questioned respecting an
infant which she carried in her aims, said that it was
her child—that Mr. Holman was the father of it ; but
that she was not his wife On visiting the other house
belonging to Mr. Holman, they observed several other
women, all of whom they. (the parish officers) were
given to understand, cohabited with Holman, the forms
of whose system of faith allowed a plurality of wives,
without the necessity of the ceremony of matrimony in
any of ti e cases. Subsequently they had an interview
with Holman himself, who on being informed that he
was bound either to allow a reasonable maintenance
for his daughter to the parish, or else to take her home,
refused to do either, on• the ground that he did not con-
sider her as his daughter, because she was not endued I
with the spirit of the Lotto ; the fact, however, of the
girl being his child, they established by producing the
certificate of the marriage of Holman with her mother,
in the year 1794. All they (the parish officers) bow
required was, that the girl should not become chargeable
to their parish under the circumstances, and revested
that the Magistrate would hear the girl's own story of
tbe treatment she had met with in consequence of her
refusal to adopt her father's mode of worship.
Sarah Holman, on being sworn, stated, that about
three years ago her father'i barbarity commenced, by
turning her mother and herself Out of doors. After
which she went into service, but on account of ill health
was obliged to leave it about five weeks ago. She then
went back to her father, and had not been many hours
in the house before she was surprised at the extraardi-
nary scenes she beheld going forward. A Mrs. Browne,
who appeared to be at the bead of everything, called
her aside, telling her that she was the real " Mary
Johanna," that she was sent upon earth endued with
the spiiit of the LORD, and that she would perform mi-
racles before slit was translated back into Leaven again.
gg Seeing that I was not much inclined to believe htr,"
said the girl, she appeared greatly enrai,ed, and ex-
claimed, I grieve the spirit of the LoRD, and such a
creature as you shall not be suffered to remain along with
the true believers." She was then asked whether she
did not believe that the real Sabbath-day fell upon St.
turdays ? Upon stating her disbelief of any such thing,
she was considered, she said, as bad as a pestilence in
'the house—was treated by her father and the rest of the
inmates in the most cruel manner, until at length her
life became miserable, and she was anxious to get away
from such a clan, and some days ago begged that her
father would purfhase her a few necessary articles to
go back into service. Her application was.trea•ed with
derision, her father declaring that such an unbeliever
was not worthy to live; and he actually kept her for the
last three days without victuals, and the only sustenance
she had during that time was the leaves of some lettuces,
which she got from the garden at the rear of the house.
On Tuesday last, on remonstrating with her father for
treating her so cruelly, and entreating that he would
act differently towards her,he kicked h::r out of the house
bawling out after her, " That is the punishment for
an unbeliever." She then made application to the parish
for relief. The poor girl then proceeded to relate to.
the Magistrate the ridiculous nonsense and fanaticism
practised by the followers of " Mary Johanna." Her
father, she said, some time ago went to considerable
expense in making up a most-splendid red coat, richly
embroidered with gold, and with letters worked in gold
on the back of it, to this effect—" This coat is for the
young Shiloh." This coat, she said, was given to Mrs.
Browne, alias Mary Johanna, by her father, who, on
presenting it, said, " What am Ito do with this coat ?"
Mary Johanna's reply was, " Let it be en where the
LORD'S spirit dwells in perfection." "Tien," said her
father, placing the coat over her shoulders," it dwelleth
in thee." Mary Johanna then got up off her seat with
young Shilob's coat thrown over her shoulders, and
marched out of the room. Complainant said, that she
had since been told that this coat was now in pledge
for liquor drank by this very woman, who was consi-
dered an object of adoration by those of her sect. Their
particular days for devotion were on Saturdays. Sundays
they always work, and she was never permitted to en-
ter the room whet e they -congregated, Weenie she was
an unbeliever. In reply to questions by the Magistrate,
the girl stated that she bad frequently seen her father
leave the bed-rooms of different women who lived in
the house with him, early in the morning; and that she
was convinced he treated them all as his wives.

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