The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-08 00:00:00

POLICE.

MAptips-uousz,--A peer. Irishwomen. whose
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sppearAyclo tpmespro Po ordinsry Osgree of mw-lansi.
AY, W,4s.Alibt before the LORD *Axon., to answer
As complaint de GautLeman of independent fortune
in the city.

A friend of the Complainant mentioned to his
Lord,hip, that a connection had unfortunately fn.
isred between the two persons wbo,thus appeared be-
fere the Public about 14 years ago, the fruit of
which was a daughter, oho was immediately remov-
ed into the protection, of her father, by whom she
was educated with the most attentive care ; at the
same time that she was taught to believe her mother
to have been in no respect his inferior, and that that
parent was now dead. It was apprehended by the
Complaiimut, that the very worst consequences
woold arise from undeceiving the child upon the sub-
ject of the very important distance between the ciwe
dilious of the parties, and more especially from a
contradiction of the account of the mother's death.
To prevent such a disaster, he gave an annual allow-
ance to the mother, in order to make her of the
same opinion, and to induce her to stay in her own
country, making it •ue of the conditions that she
shoeld Beyer come to this. For several years the
understanding was kept up with the necessary scru-
pulousness, and the young lady was advancing in ac.
curepliabinearts. and had now attained such improve.
mew as to make the shock et beholding such a me.
ther impossible to, be borne. The Prisoner was,
however, detegniitied to break in upon the happiness
of fattier and child, end accordingly came to town,
and created much disturbance at the Complainant's
house, upon being told that she should not see her
child. The feelings of the father were, the witness
said, indescribable upon. the occasion.
The Loan lidayoit.—Who can tell what the
feelings of the muther must have been ; were they
pot of an afflicting kind, too ?
The Complainant's friend replied, that tlucb.s►l-
towance would certainly be made, it it were
not the fact that the sole object of the Prisoner teas
to oblige the Complainant to give her money. Slut
' had, he said, frequently travelled fron► Ireland, anal
made her anxiety to see her daughter the pretence for
undertaking the journey, without keying any visible
means of accomplishing it. The Complainan►,. in-
; fluencyd by attectiun for his daughter, was unrest rict-
ed in his liberality, and procured short intervals of
ease from every present to the wisher.
The Lona Maxoe.—Still there appears is this
story. something that operates more upon the heart of
a pour lrishwoinan than the love of money generally
does. The obligation imposed ,by an agreement
mode many years ago, although, upon terms so high-
ly advantageous to the child, and honourable to the
father, falls-to nothing in comparison with the force
of natural affection. There is too much in this to
spring from a sordid principle.

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The Complainant's friend begged that all lie cif- t
commences of the case shouli be considered, and
represented that the case would indeed have been
very different if the Complainant had acted as 99
men ont of 100 did, and left the child to beggary.
The Loan fdAxott.—lle has unquestionably done
his duty ; but if he had done as the 99 do, bow would
he be described ? The case is indeed one of deep (14,
tress. I feel the force of what has been stated, and
must declare that the distress must be very greet,
not only to the father, but to the poor creature be-
fore me.
The Irishwoman remained silent during this coop
verxatioo ; and when she did oppak, it was in the
manner of .the southern inhabitants of her counts',
which is pe.culiarly calculated to express strong 'mini'
tion, from being accompanied. vri4h the raising up ell
the eyes iu performing the duties of mourning oveel
the dead, or of bewailing tbuswwho ase to be oboes*
for ever from other caries, "God bless yos, Sir,"
said she, " let. me have but one look at thechild, and
I'll never trouble you or her spin."
The friend,of the Complainant, after some cow'''.
satin's with him, said it was impassible. He told her
she had. no ['shag fee her child; or eke weadd *eller
desire 4o ate-her more. ,It let her to
know that the child was well sad bpppy, and that all
that wealth end tenderness could de Shedd be dome
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