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London, England, 1820-01-06 00:00:00

THE FEMALE CONVICT TO HER INFANT.

Oh, sleep not my babe! for the morn of to-morrow
Shall soothe me to slumber more tranquil than thine ;
The dark grave shall shield me from shame std from sorrow'
Tho' the duds and the doom of the guilty ate mine.
Not long shall the arm of Affection enfold thee,
Not long shalt thy& hang on thy Mother's fond breast;
And who with the eye of delight shall behold thee, •
And watch thee, and guard thee, when lam at rest? •
And yet it cloth grisrve me to wake thee, my dearest,
The pang: of thy desolate mother to see ;
Thou wilt w eepwher. the clank of my cold chain thou heareit,
And none but the guilty shall mourn over me.
And yet• I must wake thee—for while thou art weeping,
To calm thee I stifle my tears for a while;
But thou smirstin thy dreams, while thus placidly sleeping,
And oh ! how it wounds me to gaze on thy smiles!
Alas! my sweetbabe, with what pride had I prest thee
To the bosom that now throbs with terror and shame,
If the pure tie of virtuous affection had blest thee,
And hail'd thee the heir of thy father's high name ?
But now—with remorse that avails not—l mourn thee,
Forsaken and friendless, as soon thou wilt be,
In a world, if it cannot betray, that will scorn thee, •
Avenging the guilt of thy mother on thee!
And when the dark thought of my fate shall awaken
The deep blush of shame on thy innocent cheek,
•
When by all, but the Goa of the orphan, forsaken,
A home and a fathet in vain thou shalt seek ;
I know that the base world will seek to deceive thee,
With falsehood like that which thy mother beguill ;
Deserted and helpless—to whom can I leave thee?
Oh'. Gon of thefatherless! pity my child!

LADIES' PETS!

Beauties and Goddesses, as I can prove,
have had their pretty pets for many a day ;
Jests her Peacock, VsNus has her Dove,
PALL As her Owl, her Bull-Ihg• CASTLIERZACH!
• This animal goes with Lady C. wherever she goes•

Thursday evening last, the Rev. W. HOLE, of Kers-
cott, near Barnstaple, a very aged and much re•
spected Gentleman, was found lifeless on the road,
near his residence, having fallen from his horse, it is
believed, in an apoplectic fit. He had left his work-
men, only a very few minutes before, apparently in
perfect health.
A respectable young man and his wife were last
week suffocated in their beds, in a house near Temple-
gate, Bristol, by the effluvia arising from a pan of
charcoal, which they had placed in the room for the
purpose of ailing it.
Last week an Inquest was held at Littlebourn, in
Kent, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Wear, of Adis-
ham. The unfortunate woman left her home three
days preceding to go to Bridge, in order to buy some
meat, with which she was returning; but as the even-
ing became dark and tempestuous, it is supposed she
lost her way, and wandered about the fields all night,
as she was not found till next morning about nine
o'clock, by a boy who was driving rooks from a field
belonging to Mr. Deane, of Upper Garrington. A
surgeon was sent for, who endeavoured to restore
animation, but the vital spark had fled before he
arrived. Notes, to the amount of 45 guineas, with
about 10s. in silver, were found in her pockets.—
Verdict—Died in consequence of extreme fatigue,
and being exposed to the weather throughout a tem-
pestuous night.
A few days ago, at the house of a Gentleman ia
Brooke-street, St. Pancras, two Irish labourers were
employed to put a weathercock on the chimney-pot,
and were both on a ladder which was raised against
the parapet. The ladder slipped, and one of them fell,
and his head was beat to pieces. .His more fortu-
nate companion caught at the parapet, and hung by
his hands till he was assisted upon the. ladder. AR
Inquest was held on the deceased, whose name was
Cozall, and the Jury returned a verdict—Acciden-
tally killed.
Yesterday, an Inquest was held at St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, on the body of S. Porter. The de-
ceased, and several other workmen, were employed
in lowering a scaffold in the Gas-yard, Dorset-street,
when the shoring boards gave way, and the scaffold
fell upon the men. The right leg of the deceased
was broken; he was conveyed to the Hospital, and
a mortification ensuing, he died. Verdict—Acci-
dental death.
An Inquisition was held yesterday, at the King's
Arms Tavern, Chelsea, on the body of Mrs. Mary
Varuell, the wife of Mr. Yarnell, of Riley-street,
Chelsea. The deceased went front home in good
health on Monday, and called upon a person in
Grosvenor-street. Mr. Richard Price, who resided
next door to Mr. Yarnell, stated, that on Monday
slight a coach drove up to Mr. Varnell's door, in
which was the deceased ; her husband. went to the
coach, and the door being opened, his wife was dis-
covered to be dead, her body reclining against the side;
the husband was greatly alarmed and distressed at
the awful circumstance ; she was conveyed into the
house, and a surgeon was sent for, but could render
no assistance to the cleeased, she having expired
some time before she was taken alit of the coach.—
The coachman said she was unwell when the coach
was hired, and called at a friend's house and took
a glass of water. Verdict—Died by the Visitation
cf Gon.
Two apprentice boys, who were sent last week by
their master (Me. Wills, of Lemonford, in the parish
of Ashburton, Devonshire), to look for some cattle
on Dartmoor, were unfortunately lost in the snow.
One of them was found the same day, and was
brought into a house, but died almost immediately ;
the other was not found until the following day, and
was quite dead. The master, who went to look for
tl.em, was also brought in insensible, and lay in that
slate for five or six hours, but at last recovered by
);;slant rubbing. An Inquest was held on them
o i Saturday ; the Coroner of Ashburton, was very
-nearly lost in going to the house where the boys lay,
in the parish of IViddecomb ; he was obliged to
leave his horse (of which, at one time, the only part
appearing was his head) at a farm-house, on the out-
skirts of the Moor, and to walk four or five miles
through deep snow, to get to the house. Indeed, the
farmers in the neighboarhood of Dartmoor, say the
snow is deeper on the Moor than it was in the se-
vere winter, six ) ears ago.

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MANsrov HOUSE.—Ye ay, a very interes..
girl, 13 years of age, was brought before the Loan
Mayon, at the request of a Gentleman, %Aso found
her in one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in
the Metropolis, without a protector, or a halfpenny.
The Gentleman stated, that he observed her near
Dover-street, in St. George's-fields, looking.about as
if she was wholly ignorant of the place. Isle was
asking whether any waggon bound for Manchester
was to set off from that spot ? and seemed so deso;•
late, that he could not resist the inclination to inquire
whether she was alone in such a place as London ?
Her answer was, that she had not now a friend in
London, and that her object was to get some imme-
diate mode of conveyance to Manchester, where her
father resided. Her father had, she said, given her
up to the care of one of those travelling performers,
gentlemen who cut such figures at fairs, for the
purpose of having her educated in the riding-school,
and taught to dance upon wire, a species of exhibi-
tion for which her figure was well calculated. Upon
being brought to London by her master, she found
that the indulgencies and encouragements she re-'
ceived, while near her father, were the prelude to'
very rough performances, and her mistress soon be-1
san to treat her with great harshness, at the same]
time that her master neglected his promise to super-
intend her education with care. In fact, the only
talent called into action was her power of enduring
insults and blows, which was put to the test upon
many occasions. At last her master determined to
part with her, and made a bargain with another per-
son, in the same line of business, who was a great
man at Bartholomew Fair, where she was to be
brought out. This transfer was not very advan-
tageous to the poor girl, for the new master, after a
very short time, and no experiment of any other qua-
lity than that of which she had already shewn she
was possessed, turned her off without giving her a
farthing. Being deserted by every body in the Me-
tropolis, she thought her best way to act was to en-
deavour to obtain a conveyance to her father, at
Manchester, where she was sure of an asylum.—The
LORD MAYOR declared, that her father deserved se-
vere punishment, for having cast his poor child into
such a N: ay of life, and ordered that the two masters
should be summoned, to account, in the Justice-
room, for their conduct. The first master obeyed the
summons, and, after having heard the complaint,
stated, that he no longer considered the girl as his
servant, as he had fixed her, with all the necessary
forms, upon a brother Manager, who was struck with
[her appearance, and thought her fit for a horse or a
rope; and was very much in the habit of training
young persons in that ere sort of a style for public
exhibition. He added, that his objections to the girl
were insurmountable, her tongue being the most
slanderous that ever uttered a word, and that she had
not failed to indulge in her favourite propensity in
places where they stopped, on their way to London,
to entertain the Public. On such occasions, it was
her practice to whisper about that his wife had pri-
vate entertainments, to which as many Gentlemen as
pleased might be admitted, but no Ladies, with the
exception of herself. The great Bartholomew Fair
Manager had received her character, before he
agreed to take her under his superintendance ; but
although it had been most faithfully represented, he
thought the vices of her tongue could be easily made',
amends for by her agility, under his discipline.
however, found himself mistaken, and determined to
part with her—a thing which he ventured to do
without the ceremony of passing her into any other
hands than those of PROVIDENCg ! This disciplina-
rian had refused to appear before the LORD MAYOR,
or to interfere in any way for the girl's advantage.
The LORD MAYOR was extremely indignant at this
brutal manner of getting rid of a poor child, and ob-
served, that the two fellows, who had bandied her
about from one to the other, deserved well that
punishment he wished it was in his power to inflict
upon them. Had not a humane person discovered
her in her desolate condition, the very worst conse-
quences might have been apprehended ; for she had,
by accident, got into a neighbourhood where there
were women like devils, and she was 'without the
means of procuring a meal or a lodging. The con-
duct of these two worthy Managers, who reflected
such credit upon the professiondrad, perhaps, very
nearly added one to the heavy catalogue of those who
lived by the wretched trade of prostitution.
The first master was rather disturbed at thii way
of placing his conduct before himself and the Public,
and said he should willingly pay half her fuel°
Manchester, if the great Bartholomew man would
pay the other half.
The LORD MAYOR declared, that if the two thea-
trical gentlemen did not immediately make an ar-
rangement for the protection and support of the girl.
decisive measures should be taken against them, and
every publicity should be given to the scandalous
transaction.
.The'positive one in which his Lordship addressed
the Manager produced what a case of misery, how-
ever extreme, would have failed io effect, if not re-
commended as this was by heavy-menaces; and a
pledge was given that the girl should be safely placed
under her natural protector.
Bow-sreezr.—Yesterday, James Hicks, a pauper
in Laleharn Workhouse, and Richard Hicks, his son,
also a pauper, underwent a re-examination on a charge
' of stealing three heifers, the property of Mr. Charles
Thomas IVlaton, a farmer, of Laleham, on the night
tot' the sth of December last, or early in the morning
of the 6th. The robbery has been discovered by the
confession of Richard Clements, a son-in-law, ad-
-1 mimed an evidence, and who stated that the prisoner
James Hicks was his wife's father, and the prisoner
Richard Hicks, his wife's brother. His confession
was amply confirmed by other testimony The pri-
soners were fully committed for trial.
HATTONAIARDIN.—A young man, the son of a
repectable tradesman in Leather-lane, was charged
with uttering a forged £5 note to Mr. Walker, the
landlord of the White Hart, Leather-lane.—Mr.
Walker stated, that on Tuesday night, about nine
o'clock, the prisoner came into his house, and said
his father would be obliged to him if he would give
him change for a five pound note; his wife took the
note, and wrote " Coates" upon it in his presence,
and he gave the prisoner five one pound notes in ex-
change. About two hours afterwards, the prisoner's
father came to his house, and said, " has my son
changed a pound note here ?" Witness said, 4' he

changed a 1.113 note for you the father replied,
" then you are doge r' Witness suspected Then that
he had taken a forged note, and took it .to a neigh-
bour, who declared that it was a forged one. Wit-
ness and his neighbour went to the \t bite tear pub-
liatouse, corner of Eyre-street, and there found the
prisoner. Limbrick, the officer, had him in custody.
Limbrick stated, that Mr. Barrat, the landlord of the
White Bear, sent for him, having received from the.'
prisoner two one pound notes, five shillings in half:
pence, and a silver watch, to take care of for him,
and he suspected that he had not come honestly by
the property, as he was in company with four sus.
picious characters. Mr. Walker, upon examining I
the two one pound notes, which the prisoner gave to I
Mr. Barrat, identified one of them which had been
written upon by his wife, to be one of the notes which
he gave the prisoner in change -for the forged L 5
note. The prisoner, in his defence, said he found the
note in Leather-lane. A Bank Inspector proved it
to be a forged one, and the prisoner was committed.
Wonsirre-sTaem—William Penny, Daniel Judg-
son, and John Williams, were brought up before
ROBERT BEVIL'. Esq. the presiding Magistrate,
charged with having feloniously stolen a table clock
and a boy's great coat, the property of Mr. Evans,
of Walthamstow. It appeared that the three pi i-
soners, one of whom, John Williams, is a little boy,
were seen by Mr. Price and his servant lciteling
about Mr. Evans's house, on Wednesday last, and
between two and three o'clock it was found by ,the
servants that some person had entered the house and
taken away a spring table clock, in a mahogany case
with brass handles, and also a boy's great coat. Soon
afterwards a very young boy, named David Hughes.
residing at Walthamstow, passing along the Marsh,
saw the three prisoners on the road leading to Upper
Clapton—they seemed to be hesitating what road to
take. They beckoned him to go to them, and when
he came up, they asked him the way to London.
He told them the way, and went with them as far
as Upper Clapton. On the road_ he observed one of
the prisoners, Daniel Judgson, have something wrap-
ped up in a silk handkerchief on his shoulder, and
soon afterwards he saw, under the handkerchief, the
face of a clock. Ile was afraid to look particularly
at it, for he suspected they were thieves. When he
got back into Walthamstow he heard of the robbery,
and communicated what he had seen on the road.
—James Penn, a Constable at Walthamstow, imme-
diately went in pursuit of the 'prisoners, accompanied
by the young boy, David Hughes. The next day
they proceeded into Hackney parish, and at the cor-
ner of Dalston-street they saw the prisoners, whom
the boy immediately recognized as the same persons
he saw on *the Marsh. Penn took them into custody.
At first the two men denied any knowledge of John
Williams, but afterwards Judgson admitted they had
all dined together at Walthamstow the day before.
The boy after wards declared, if either of the men ac-
knowledged dining with him at Walthamstow, he
would split, and tell the whole of the robbery. He
appeared at the Office, however, completely hardened,
and is one amongst the many hundreds of young bays
who are just now training up from infancy to be-
come thieves, and are guilty of all sorts of depreda-
tion.—The prisoners were remanded till Saturday.. -
TOWN-HALL, SOUTIIWARK.—An old woman, aged
above 100 years, who recollected the latter part of
George the First's reign, and the ascension to the
Throne of George the Second, charged her second
son, an old man about 70, with the following offence:
—lt appeared that the old Lady was possessed of a
little property, and, on the whole, in comfortable cir-
cumstapces ; her son was so exceedingly lazy, that
instead of supporting himself by his labour, he vies
continually annoying her for money and food. The
Parish Officers had sometimes relieved him, and of
feted him an asylum in the Workhouse, which he
would not accept. On the day in question, he cairn
to her lodging, and, in a menacing tone, insisted on
having some money ; and when she said she had none,
he lifted his fist to her head, and.compelled her to
give him fourpence. All she wanted 'of him, was to
keep the peace towards her and to support himself.
—The Magistrate not having arrived, the youthful
prisoner asked his mama's pardon, promising never to
offend again; on _Which his mother (whom he had
voluntarily attended to the Office) withdrew her
• I charge, and he tottered away to the Workhouse.

In the Insolvent Debtors Court, on Tuesday, a
person, of the name of MUIR, was opposed by Miss
BYRNE, of Drury-Lane Theatre, on the ground of an
acceptance of that Lady, for £5O, for which he had
given no consideration ; but he 'was discharged.
THE SERPENTINE Riven.--Theaspeet of a Sibe-
rian Winter presented itself yesterday.. Every object
in nature was covered by " mighty frost.' Hyde
Park, particularly its walks to the Serpentine River,
were filled with the gay and fashionable. From.
three till five o'clock the river was covered with mul-
titudes. The banks, on the North, East, and South,
were lined with well-dressed spectators.' Although
there were no female skaters, there were many sliders.
Mr. LONGLANDS, Sir THOMAS JONES, Mr. ATKIN:'
son, and Mr. 13Lickr, were decidedly the best per-
formers. The South bank was lined with booths,
extending nearly to the walls of Kensington Gardens.
Not less than '2OOO persons were on the ice at the
same time. The notice " Dangerous," was affixed
by the men belonging to the Humane Society, on
many spots where the springs are strong,. and those
places were encircled by ropes ; but hodstrong
young men would venture, and one narrowly escaped
with his life. If the weather continues the same this
day, a Dutch fair is expected to'be held, with wheels
and turnabouts.
SKAITING MATCII/.--AbOUt ten o'clock on Mon-
day morning, two Gentlemen, named MARRIOT 'and
MARLIN, residing in the Curtain-road, Shoreditch,
met to decide a bet of one guinea and a bottle of
wine, which had been made tire preceding Saturday
evening at a public-house in the neighbourhood, viz.
which could skait three miles in the shortest space
of time. The spot selected for the occasion was a
large pond, about a quarter of a mile squarc,situate
about three hundred yards frOM the Cat and Shoul,
der of Mutton Tea-gardens, in Hackney-fields. The
ground was measured, and at the given signal (the,
dropping of a handkerchief) both started; for the
first mile (a quarter in and out)' betting was equal ;
hut for the other two miles MARMOT kept consi-
derably a head, and finally won the match.' The first
mile 'was done in eight minutes, and the other two
in about twenty.