The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

ROBBERY AND IMPRCDENCK.—ADD Brown, a young girl,
who stated her age to be 15, having been placed at the bar, Mr.
J. M`Dougall, a timber dealer, front Belfast, apparently about
42 years of age, appeared to charge he'r with having robbed him
on the preceding night. lle deposed that he was in Church-
street about ten o'clock, when the prisonet came up to him and
asked him to treat her. He replied that he had no objection,
and together they proceeded to a public-house in Whitechapel,
kept by Mr. Gradwell. They stood at the counter: he had a
glass of ale, and the young girl had a glass of whiskey. There
was a gateway adjoining the public-house, to which a door from
the house led, and the prisoner went out at the door, accom-
panied by the complainant. It was a very dark gateway. The
prisoner put her hand into his trowser's pocket, and took out a
kid leather purse, containing six sovereigns, and one or two
half-crowns, having secured which; she ran off along White-
chapel, pursued by the complainant. He, however, lost sight
of her; but, from the description of her person furnished by hint
to Inspector Berry, she was apprehended at midnight, in a
house in Peach-street. The money was not found, Mr. GI ad-
well, the publican, deposed to the fact of the prisoners having
entered and left his house in company. They went put through
the door leading into the dark gateway, and in about ten
minutes Mr. M'Dougall returned, and said he had been robbed
of six sovereigns. Both deposed as to the indentity of the pri-
soner, but she denied that she had ever seen the complainant,
and said that she had not been out of the house in Peach-street
for three days, in consequence. of illness. She, however,
entreated vehemently to be forgiven, and, bursting into tears,
promised to return to her mother, and remain with her. The
girl is one who would have been very good-looking, had it not
been for the debasing course of life which she has been follow.
ing ; for the present is not the first time she has been in custouy
on a somewhat similar charge Mr. Hall having inquired the
age of the prisoner, addressed the complainant in no very mea-
sured terms. He said it was perfectly disgraceful for a man
like him, who must be 40 years of age, to accompany a girl of
16 into a public-house to drink. He, and others iu his position,
were ready enough to cry out against her when she did any-
thing wrong, but they never seemed to reflect how far they
themselves were to blame. They first threw themselves in the
way of being robbed, and in a manner which reflected great
discredit upon them, and then they came there to complain that
they had been robbed—so that they might, in some degree, be
considered as the punishers of a crime which they had them-
selves caused to be committed. The girl was remanded, to
take her trial at the sessions.

ANOTHER RoßßEßY.—ilannah Moran, a' disorderly girl of
great police celebrity, was charged by Mr. Joseph Wood, druggist
of Fawceles-buildings, Ordsall-lane, Salford, with having rob
bed him of five sovereigns. The case was almost precisely
'sitnilar to doietis of others whiCh we have published as a caution.
The complainant met the prisoner and another female in the
street, accompanied them to a house in Leather-lane, and then.
despatched one of them for ss. worth of drink. During her -ab-
sence, the prisoner thrust her hand into his pocket, and took
out five sovereigns, which she transferred to her companiOn ou
entering, who immediately left the house, and was not after-
wards seen.—"lhe prisoner was committed to take her trial.
SUMMONS FOR SRAMAN:S WAGES.—On Saturday at the Po-
lice-office, Captain Orton, was summoned before the magistrates
by one of his seamen, named Wan. Sloan, for the non-payment
of his wages. The complainant stated that be signed articles
on the sth of September last, in Liverpool, to ship as a seaman
at £2. 10s. a month. He had £2. 10s. advanced and they sailed
for Richibucto. He was sick and was left behind; he was or-
dered ashore by the captain, and the vessel sailed the same day.
He was a week before he was able to walk to St. John's to get
a vessel home. He claimed payment for month and 17 days.
Mr. Hall—(to the captain)—How came you to put this man
ashore and leave him thete when he was in a state of sickness.
The captain said on the 16th of November he got ready fur the
sea, as there was every appearance of their being frozen in
there. He told the mate to get ready fur sea, and then said to
him there was a man missing. He went forward and said to
the complainant, "are you not coming up to work the ship ?"
and the answer he got was, "go to heft with you." He again
went down into the forecastle and said to the complainant—
" William, do you mean to come on deck and get the ship to
work, otherwise we shall have to stop the winter? you must
make your mind up, and come and work, or go ashore." The
complainant then came on deck and aftet walking about a short
time went below and packed up his hammock, and went ashore
in a boat which was alongside. His vessel was 69U•tons bur-
. then, and he had 20 men on board. He was compelled to get
men from the shore to help him to work the vessel. Mr. frail
—" Do you mean to say he deserted the vessel ? "c he captain
—" I have stated the fact, I have been very ill treated." The
I complainant denied that he had used those words to the captain;
the captain must have mistaken him. The captain said be was
quite certain of it. The complainant then said he thought it
was one of the men shakinu his hammock, and not the captain.
The captain said he was nut in his hammock at the time. Mr. •
Hall said he was very willing to assist the captain; he thought
such language very reprehensive. He had to decide all these
cases under an act of parliament, beyond which he had no
power, and that act told hint that he must have particular evi-
dence in all cases of desertion before he awarded a forfeiture.
That evidence the captain did not give him. The act of parlia-
ment was very plain on the point; it said that "every seaman
shall forfeit to the owner and his toaster all his clothes and ef-
fects and all wages and emoluments to which he is entitled, •
provided the circumstances attending sucli desertion be entered

in the log book at the time, and certified by tha signature of the
master and the mate." He would see from what he (rllr. Hall)
had read that he must produce the log book as evidence which
he had not done. lie should not be doing justice to the man
if be strained the law, and decided against him. He was bound
by the law to decide in the man's favour, and he did it with the
greatest. reluctance and from a lack of evidence. The balance
due to the man £l. 18;. 3d. after deducting an amount of£l.Bs.
for stores which he acknowledged to having .received, though
there was no proof, was then ordered to be paid to him. Mr.
Hall said he should not allow him his costs.

THEFT FROM A SHOP.—Thomas Seatle and Th.omas Roberts,

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two boys, were on Saturday last, placed before Mr. Hall,
charged with having stolen a firkin of butter from the shop of
Mr. Henry Kea!, grocer, St. James's-street. Samuel Jones, a
shop-man in the service of the latter, stated, •that about-five
o.clock, on Wednesday night, the 17th inst., he unloaded
twenty firkins of butter from a cart and paced them opposite
the shop window. He went to open the cellar door, when he
heard a person call out, "'There is a lad stealing a firkin of
butter." Witness ran round through the shop and gave chace
in the direction indicated. He caught a glimpse of a.boy with
a firkin in New Bird-street, but lost eight of him again. Wit-
ness met Inspector Huckey and told him, and, in on hour after-
wards, the latter came to him and told him that he had found
the firkin. Witness identified the firkin, and declared the but 7
ter to be worth about £4. James O'Donnell, nephew to a
marine-store-dealer, in Chaloner-street, proved, that, on the
night of the 17th instant, the prisoner Seatle offered a firkin of
butter for sale at his uncle's warehouse. Witness's aunt sus-
pected the prisoner, and told him that she 'would have hint
taken into custody, upon which he immediately ran out of the
place, leaving the butter behind him. Seatle joined the pri-
soner Roberts, who was waiting at a little distance. Inspector
Hockey stated, that, having obtained a clue to the prisoners,
he went and found Seatle in bed, at his father's house. He
taxed him with the theft, and the prisoner replied, that Roberts .
knew as touch about it as he did. When the inspector•took
Roberts, he replied, "I did not touch it, but I saw Seatle take
it." Before the magistrate Seatle said, "That boy's aunt told
me if. I had any thing to bring to her, I might, at any time."
Roberts declined saying auythiug. They were both committed
for trial.

THEFT BY A SERY,INT.—RacheI M'Laughlin, a pretty-look-
ing servant girl, and Catherine Carroll, a large coarse woman,
who has gained her living by acting us charwoman, were, on
Saturday, placed before Mr. Hall, charged with having stolen
a carpet, value about £4. Mr. Thomas Woodward, of No. 2,
Hawke-street, stated, that the prisoner had lived in his service
about three months. About half-past eight o'clock, ou Friday
niget, he went home and learned that M`Laughlin had gone to
bed. He went up stairs to ask her for the key of a closet. He
found that she was intoxicated. She said it, was somewhere in
the room. He sought for the key, and found it and two half-
crowns under the corner of a carpet at the foot of the prisoner's
bed. He proceeded to the closet and unlocked the door, and
missed the carpet.—(Produced.) About a week before, the
carpet had' been folded up and placed in the closet. Witness*
also missed, from the same closet, three pints of gin and a
quart of rum. Witness went to the prisoner and asked her what
she had done with the carpet. She said " I know nothing
about it." Witness replied, " you must have pawned it; where
have you got this money ?" She denied that she pawned it; but,
upon being pressed more closely, she confessed that she had
pledged the carpet, but she refused to give up the ticket. Wit-
ness sent for Inspector Whiting, and he took her into custody;
but she still refused to give up the ticket or to say were she had
pledged the carpet. At length, Whiting found the ticket near
the bed, and, on Saturday morning, he found the carpet in the
shop of Mr. Brown's, Copperas•hilr. Inspector Whiting stated,
that' he found four pawn-tickets in the room of the prisoner.
Otte of them was for the carpet in question, which he touted at
Mr. Brown's, in Copperas-hill, pledged iu the name of Rachel
Bailey.- The pawnbroker, Richard Brown, of Copperas-hill,
proved that the prisoner Catherine Carroll pledged the carpet
with him for ten shillings, on Friday, at half-past five o'clock.
She said she had bees sent to pledge it by her mistress. The
prisoner Catherine Carroll was takes into custody by police-
officer Bagnall, who was sent for, on Saturday morning, to
the house of Mr. Woodward fur that purpose. She confessed,
both to the officer and before the magistrate, that she was en-
gaged at the house of Dlr. Woodward as a charwoman, and
that-she took the carpet to pledge at the request of M`Laughliu,
without knowing any thing about it. Her statement to Mr.
Hall was, that the other prisoner came to her and said she
wanted her to go an errand. It was to take a bit of carpet to
"toy uncle's." M'Laughlin put the carpet on her head, and
she took it, pawned it, and gave the ticket and the whole of the
money to M`Laughlin. Both prisoners were committed for
trial.

SHOP-LlFTlNG,—Yesterday, at the p.olice office, two girls,
named Jane Brannan and Ann Sullivan, were placed at the
bar of the police-office, charged with having stolen a pair of
boots from a shop in Pitt st., and also a brass pan from another
shop. Policeman 175 deposed that on Saturday night he was
on. duty in Pitt St., when the prisoner Brannan was given to
him in charge for stealing a pair of bouts. He afterwards over-
took the other prisoner, when Brannan told het to run, and be
took het also into custody. A young woman named Roberts,
stated that three girls, of whom the prisoner 'Brannan was one,
came into their shop on Saturday night, and wanted to buy a
pair of shoes. They pointed out a number to her which she-got
down and they tried on, but none of them would suit them; at
last she told them she had none that would fit them and they
went out. After they were gone she missed a pair of boots.
The officer stated' that there was another case against the pri-
soners. Mrs. Taylor, the keeper of a broker's shop in Pitt St.,
here came fcrward, and stated that the two prisoners and ano-
ther girl came into her shop on Saturday night, to price a
round table, which they would have her take clown. They did
not buy any thing, and when they went out she missed a brass
pan, which she had seen just before they entered. She wow('
swear to the girls. The prisoner Brannan denied being in coin.
plainant's shop at all, and the'other prisoner, Sullivan, said she
never was near the shop, "and did not know what she was tuk
for neatber." Mr. Parkinson said they were both well known
bad characters. Mr. Hall ordered them to be committed for

two months to the borough House of correction.
ROBBERY BY A CLERlC—Yesterday, at the Police-office, Mr.
Judson, of the firm of James Judson and Co., Hargraves-build-
ings, appeared to prefer a complaint against James Alfred
Unwin, his clerk, for robbing him of a £lOO note. Mr. Judson
stated, that on Wednesday last he gave the prisoner, James
Unwin, a letter to take to the Postoffice, which contained a bank
note fur £lOO, and told him to take particular ewe of it, it con-
tamed money. lie returned about an hour afterwards, and
said there were not any letters in the box. About three o cl6ck
he went to dinner, and he had never seen him afterwards till
then. He was his clerk. He had bills printed the following
morning, describing the prisoner, and giving the number of the
note. It was a Bank of Eugland note, number 9,6.32, and
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dated Liverpool, September 16 ltial.—Mr. Lowe, clerk in the
Royal Bank of Liverpool, stated that on the.2l;ll instant, a
person purporting to be James Judson and Co.'s clerk, whout
he had seen before, presented a note for EMU, and asked for

sovereigns, for Juds(4l and Co: Perceiving the name of Judson
on the back.of the note, he asked hirp to
,put his name on it,
which he did_ and then yaw,. hint ani;ereighs -far it_ The-iiri.

Boner was the person who presented it; it was about mid-day.--
Mr. Lewis, of the Branch Bank Of England, stated that ors
Wednesday, the 24th instant, Mr. Judson presented two bank
orders from Ireland, on their hank, fur £ISU 16s. 7d., and in
L part payment he paid him a £lOO note, dated Sept. 15, 1837,
No. 9,632, which was paid in again the nest day by Baring
• Brothers and. Co.—M r. Green, of Baring Btothers and Co.'s
noose, said that on Thursday he had to make a remittance of
£5OOO in the Branch Bank, which he did, but could not tell
whether the note in question was amongst the money he paid in.
I he note was here produced, and M:-. Judson said the name
Judson on the note was in his handwriting, and that of Unwin,
in the prisoners.—Aiiismo,th, the cunstanle, said he received
information of the rubbery, and traced the prisoner to Man-
chester, where he heard that he had taken his place for Stock-
port. He met him iu Bridge-street, walking with two gentle-
men, and went up to him and asked him his name? He said
his name was Rodgers. He (Ainsworth) then asked him if his
naine was not Joseph Alfred Unwin ? He rtplied that it was
not; that he had a document in his pocket which would pros*
that his name was Rodgers. On seeing a boy Rout Mr. Jud-
son's office, whom he (Ainsworth) had with him, he acknow-
ledged that is Caine was Unwin. He (Ainsworth) then searched
him, and found ou him 70sovereigns, and £1 19s. in silver. The
prisoner, when asked what he had to say, said he could ask Mr.
Judson as to his former integrity and character. Mr. Judson
said he had never observed anything wrong in him before, and
bad not, the least suspicion of him. • He bad been nearly three
mouths with him, and he took him on the recommendation of a
friend. The prisoner was described in the bill as very good-
looking, and about five feet three inches high. Mr. Hall said
he who had given the description of him was a man of observa-
tion ; be did not think they should have apprehended him from
the description. The prisoner is an exceedingly plain and ordi-
nary looking young man, and is 5 feet l l inches high. When
asked what he had to say in defence, the prisoner said "about a
fortnight previous to this unfortunate affair, I was misled into
some very bad company, and during the fortnight did not know
what I was doing. When I went to Manchester I was in a
state of intoxication, and I determined to return on the Friday,
and throw myself on Mr. Judson's mercy, and Mr. Ainsworth
met me going to the railway for that purpose; the two gentle-
men he met with me I met at the inn." He was committed to
take his trial.

SINGULAR CHAR6B.—Yesterday, at 'the Police-office, a per-
son named Robertson, was placed before the magistrates, on a
charge of making a false charge against, and assaulting a per-
son, named Riau Roy. Policeman 94 stated, that there was a
disturbance in Mold's public-house, in the Haymarket, and an
altercation between the complainant, and' the prisoner. The
prisoner accused the complainant of bigamy, and the complain-
ant accused the other of assaulting him, when he took both into
"custody. The complainant had been let cut on bail. The com-
plainant 'who gave his name as John Roy, stated that he was
reading the newspaper very quietly, in Mold's publii.':house, on
Saturday, when the prisoner entered the room, and said " Well
Russell, what are You doing here" and sat down, besides him,
and laid his hand very familiar on his thigh. He (complainant)
said "You are mistaken, my name is nut Russell." "Oh" said
he "I know you very well; you are the best walker in Lanca-
shire." and went ,on with a great deal of nonsense, still calling
him Russell. He (complainant) again told him he was mistaken,
and did not•want anything more to say to him, when the pri-
soner said he was an officer from Lancaster, and bad a warrant
against him for bigamy. He (complainant) then called up the
landlady to certify that his name was not Russell, and wanted
to go away, when the prisoner would not let him, but pushed
him back. He (complainant) then sent fora policeman, when
the pi isoner, gave hint into custody for bigamy, and he charged
the prisoner with the assault. The charge of bigamy was
entered against him, but he was allowed to be out on bail
by the Bridewell Keeper. The prisoner said be had
Just come down from Manchester on Saturday afternoon
when he fell in with the complainant ; and if he was not the
man Russell, he never saw two men so like each other in his life.
He was described in 1114 " Hue and Cry," and had been hied
fora conspiracy and higauty.—Mr. H,;11, " What are you?"
Prisoner, " I am a spirit and porter dealer in Manchester."
Mr. Hall, " But you told the complainant that you were a con-
stable?"—Prisoner, " No; I told him I was a constable. lam
a friend of the parties that want to take this person, into custody;
and 1 am of the same opinion still, that he is the Man, or I.never
saw two men so like each other in, my life if he is not, the sound
of his voice and every thing." Mr. Hall said, if the prisoner
was in search of the man Russell, he ought to have kept him-
self sober, He had no right to make such a charge against biro
in a public company. The prisoner said, he was sober. The
officer, however, said he was very drunk. Mr. Hall ordered him
to pay ss. for being drunk.. Both parties are Scotchmen.

THE GAS METUES AND THE Faosr.—The water in the gas
metres in many houses was frozen last week, owing to the se-
verity of the frost. The Liverpool Gas Company recommended
that cloths should be applied at the bottom of the metres, and
be kept moistened with hot water. The metres may also be
protected by a covering of straw or sawdust. With respect to
water pipes, care should be taken to let all the water run out of
the pipes, after it is turned off.

Between £l,OOO and £5,000 has been estimated as the sum
necessary to he raised for a borough rate in Poole. more than
one-fourth of which is constituted of ‘• law expenses:" The
Municipal Reform Act is called "the country attorney's har-
vest."

The government of Bombay, vacant by the recal of Sir
Robert Grant, is worth £lO,OOO. Mr. Stewart, who is spoken
of as likely to succeed him, is at present one of the Lords of the
Treasury.

FROST UPON Itsmwsys.—The action of'the frost has occa-
sioned many of the wheels ou the railroad between Brussels and
Antwerp to break, frequently delaying the passage of the trains,
and the communicating tubes between-the engines and the ten-
ders have also been stopped up with the ice.—Paris Paper.
WHITE FARTIIIDGES.-.-OR Thursday week a covey of par-
tridges was seen on the estate of R. Watt, Esq., near the high
road from Beverley to York, among which were two perfectly
white'.—Hall Advertiser.

The Arab transport, with the last division of the 10th regi-
ment, arrived at Cove on Monday from Corfu. They are to
take up their quarters at Ermoy garrison, where they pro.
ceeded yesterday to join the -cotupantes stationed there. .
TEE-ToTALishi.—The ' Lincoln Gazette says, tee-totalism it',
becoming so prevalent, that the consumption of malt is dimi-
nished tusuch au extent, that it begins seriously to affect the,
markets and the prices of barley. •
A curious circumstance occurred last week on the borders
the Trent, near Gunthorp, Notts. A gentleman was amusing
himself in shooting at snipes, when suddenly a fine salmon'
sprung up from the water, which the gentleman shot, and the
fish in a few minutes was taken, floating on its back upon the
surface.—Lincoln Mercury.
ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last, as a number of men on the
Manchester and Leeds railway were working at Tiubsmithy,
near Rochdale, a large piece of timber, weighing, 12 cwt., fell
upon the hand,of them, and took all his fingers off. The unfor-.
tunate man's name is Tigers.

THE NEW POUR-LAW.—On Thursday evening, a crowded
public meeting was held in the theatre, Rochdale, Mr. John
!'actor in the chair. Richard Oastler, 1..5q.. Rev. J. R. Ste-
phens, 'of Ashton, Dr. Fletcher, of Bury, and Mr. Richardson,
of Manchester, with several others, delivered addresses, and
petitiuus were adopted, praying for a repeal of the new poor-
law.

THE War To WIN A Kiss.—The late Mr. Bush used to
tell this story of a brother bai rister. As the coach was about
starting after breakfast, the modest limb of the law approached
the landlady, a pretty Quaketess, who was seated neat- the fire,
and said he could not think of going without giving her a kiss.
" Friend," said she, "thee must not do it." " Oh, by heavens.
i will !" replied the barrister. " Well, friend, as thou hist
sworn, thee .may do it; but thee must not make a practice
.of*
it."—American paper.

A Copenhagen journal mentions a new way, now used in the ,
war-office of that capital, of warming rooms and public offices,
by placing 48-pound cannon balls, made ied hut, in iron boxes
of fine sand, which are put under the seats of stools. chairs, &c.
The warmth thus communicated to the sand will keep up in tbe.,
apartment a heat of 60 degrees Fahrenheit fur nine hours, the ,
windows and fireplaces being carefully stopped.
A CLERICAL PRACTITIONER IN MEDICINE.—The ` Lancet,' •
contains a letter from a surgeon at Stowmarket, complainingof
a clergyman in the diocese of• Ely, who has been practising asa
medical man fur the last five years without apparently any other
claim to professional knowledge than that of having served an
apprenticeship to a grocer. Similar instances are not uncom-
mon in other parts of the country, and have occurred even in
the metropolis. There is at this moment, or has been very re-
cently, a man at Islington who calls himself as accoucheur, and
also keeps a street-stall fur the sale of oranges opposite his own
door.

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ADULTERATION OF BREAD AND TEA.—Mr. Clarke the opera.'
for at Apothecaries' Hall, has been engaged by the direction of
the Itords of the Admiralty, in analyzing 1467 sacks of flour,
whicb were lying in warehouses at Hull. He'took sautpfes''
from each sack, and in some be found that upwards of. a third"'
was plaster of Paris and ground bones, two of the must abomi-
nable ingredients, and which the stomach of neither man nor
beast is capable of digesting. He sent specimens of this stuff
baked, in many of its processes, to the Lords of ►he Admiralty.
The person who owned it, and who was about to send it to Spain
or Portugal. was fined in the penalty of £lO,OOO. Mr.-Clarke
has also analyzed souse Souchong tea, and found there was 25
tier cent.. of lead ore iu it.

Bette BIRDS.—The present severe winter has brouOt to
this country several species of birds but little known here. ..O'n
Friday seven pine cross bill parrots were shot near Learning-
ton; and a black-throated or speckled diver, which rarely comes
south of Scotland, was on the same day killed near High Wy-
combe.

Captain Wtlliams, on the Staff of Lord Mulgrave, has re-
ceived orders to join his regiment, the 24th, in Canada, which
will leave another vacancy ; his was also one of the paid
A.D.C.'s

The Greaham Committee have agreed to a report relative to
the burning of the Royal Exchange. They have been unsuc-
cessful in their efforts to discover in what manner the fire

originated, but state it as their opinion that it broke out in the-
kitchen of the room known by the name of the captains' room
at Lloyd's.

Captain Stephen Conroy, A.D.C. to the Lord Lieutenant,
has given up his situation, us he has been appointed A.D.C.
to go out with Lord Durham to Canada. He has left for Lon-
don. Captain Musters, of the Bads, has been appointed in his

UNIVERSITY OP LONDON.—On Wednesday last, a meeting
of the senate took place, when Lord Btu lington, the chancellor
laid on the table a new charter. The old charter, it appears,
expired with the life of the late king. Since that melancholy
event, therefore, the university was extinct, although the senate
still affected to continue its functions. lir the new charter, the
names of Lout Brougham and Mr. Sheepshanks are omitted,
both having declined to act. lu their stead are named Dr.
Stanley, Bishop of Norwich, and Dr. Jas. Siffnerville, inspector
of anatomy, and the author of the Anatomy Bill.

THE MANIA Fon SPECIJLATION.—There are always some
persons in the Bench prison who illustrate the old proverb of
not learning wisdom from experience A few months since
there was a lady there, who had, after having been for seven
years an inmate before, procured her liberation. By a curious
coincidence, within a few dav sof her liberation she had the fur-
ther gioil fortune of coming into the possession of property which
had been left her by a deceased relation, to the amount of £4OOO.
In a few weeks afterwards she saw an advertisement in the
Times newspaper, in which the advertiser intimated his desire of
meeting with a party commanding 'a capital of £4OOO to enter
with hint into speculatori which he pledged himself would,' the
very first year, yield a return of 50 per cent., on the money em-
barked in the affair. The lady answered the advertisement; it'
was too tempting a project to tie slighted. A personal interview -
f dlowed. The advertiser, who has an exceedingly plausible
person. assured her that he had discovered a method of makieg •
candles of the first quality without tallow, and that if he had the
cotninand of £4OOO wherewith to erect the necessary machinery,
and to fit up suitable premises, the party advancing the sum.
should be received as full partner into the concern, and that the
fortunes of both would be made in a few years. The simple lady -
advanced to the last farthing of her mune% ; and,. in exactly
twelve months afterwards, she was sent back to her old quarters
in the hetich.--Sicetelies I.ofedon: