, 1861-10-10

The London TIMES, Of September Is, con |
tsirs the particulars Ct one Of the mcss extra |
Ordinary c1i.aiual cases ever recorded, and it |
possestes all tie elements Of 8 flzstciass sen |
satica novel, end Is rich in material for amelo-
dra1ns, with an abundance Of vi1lanies fgur-
ing in every scene. The substance Of the case
il this:
Richard Guiness dill, nephe" o. ne cele-
bcatta bauker Of Dublin. while ut Brussels
became acquainted with Miss Amy Georgiana
Burdett, Grand daughter Of Str Francis Bur- !
dctt. The 3oung lady had been adopted by
A1;ss Bu1dctt Coutts, who toek I7=ly inter-
est in her WELFARE and was, With her mother,
Lady -Burdett, mskin3 temporary visit ut
Brussels. AEapg the numberieas 6uitors for
her band was Nj. Hill, who wak ultimately
accented. After the marriage they lived to.
igetLer happily for several yearf, passing Q
Consider Bic portion Of their time in travel.
ing. It Is necessary here to state that life
| interest on the lad3's fortune, which waa
very considerable with the exception of q
| sr;11 po1t1oD which was placed a. her dis
| possl, WEB settled On her husband st the mar
| fisge, and nb=equently she made will de-
yiaing the whole OF her property, including,
| it is unde1stcod, o valuable estate, absolutely
| to Kim in the event Of 10 issue surviving her
| decease. In the beginning Of 1859, Mrs. Hill,
then rceid;rg in st. Stephens Green, D1blin,
ard expecting daily to be confined, and being
deeirous that the ac2ouchment should take
place in London, left Ireland with this view.
While On her journey, accompanied BY her
husband, she was taken un1tn, aad WAS nu-
able to proceed beyond Rugby. There she
Was taken from the carriage and conveyed to
the nesrest place where accommodation
could be afforded, d small baer-hou5e, called
the Globe, abcut hasf-amile from ne station,
| and where she WAS delivered within two
hour cf the child involved in the present In
qui1y. a few days sft1r9a her husband
ao.{,leG cou1se TO destroy the 1d-ntitf oi
the child, With the presumed object Of pos
sesEi=g himself Of tbs property devised By
the VIII.
Hill went to the registrar, Mr.. Herbert
since deceased, aud registered Lie chi1d a:
"Robert Hill Eon OF Mary Hill and Robert
Hill; maiden. .nanle sa5nlour;" the true dc
| scriptlon being, es far IS the parents were con
eeined, "RchaIa G95ness plss1t Hn' Amy Geofg'*n'
. A *eck after the birth Of the child, Hill in
i | duced his wife to consent to put the child on
to nurse, and went to London for the purpos
: Ct making The necessary arrangements Ill
day following his arrival in town he informe'
his wife that he had MADE arrangements tbs
would be satisfactory to her. and requests
h:1 to for Ha7d the cLili to London by trail
: which he indicated. This train was not au
in London until nearly midnight. The moth
er, believing the representations Ct her bus
= band, intrusted her child, then only ten day
old, TO Caihsrine Parsons, q girl fou5tee
, years Of age, the daughter Of the woman Wh
was then nursing her, and they Left by th
train mentioned by the prisoner. The chill
8 was wrapped in q shawl priced for parttcuh
reasons By the mother. Is well & IS ,o1 oo3 CO, co
/. tain.ng baby linen, Which Was also sent W1'
the child.
Catharine Parsons states that Oh arriving
the Euston Square station, she Tas met
- tie prisoner. He took her in cab to son
u part Of the metropolis, with which, OF coura
Is country girl, she WIS unacquainted, q
g having deposited the box, returned with b
= and the child to the vicinity Of the Eust
- station, where they were met BY TWO Wome
~ one OF whom she describes rs black Toma
u and both Of them as being drunk By \
Hills direction, she handed TIE 6 chaa to .;
10. and clean, to which Parsons replied that 6
hoped it would be taken as much care Of q
kept as clean as it had been at Rugby. z
= sons lad received strict injunctfonE from ID
l., BILL to bring back me shaW1 IN Hhaca
-. ored to do 40, the woman replied that If {
~ took the child, she would take the shawl 8
,.,, all with it, and accordingly rete 1Aed posse
XII ion Of that article ME. Hill then took
girl to the Queens Dining Rooms, in CT
ent Portland street, Oxford street, kept BY
,n, Manning, where she remained, he also oc
~ pying = room In the same house. On
following Gay Hill and the girl returned
- Rugby, where che intimated to her mist
. thai the child had been placed in impro
haRds. He, however, combated this assu
tion By assuring his wife that the glrl Was
- tirely mistaken. From time to time
Hill expressed the greatest anxiety regart
the Welfare Of her child hut her HUSBAND
Ways asse1erated that it Was IN proper he
g and wss progressing most satisfactorily.
81. state OF thiEss continued for about tive =
~ and at length Mis- Hill teld her husband
she insisted upon seeing her child He ret'
c to comply with her request, . serious att
- ton took place, aud he ultim.tely su5]e
her to gross i'll usage Upon this eepaIa
~ took place, but short time subsequent,
Isl. made overtures to his wife to live With
again. She Indignantly repeued his ofert
time, but a. length promised to con.
D them favorably, providing he satisfied b
to what had become Of her infant.
ed. Hili preTaricated, and finally hls
placed the matter in the hands OF solie
4 m ana Inspector Hauilson, Of the Londol
tectiYe Police, MAS tntEusted With the ae
Of The child. "A reward Of so waa ofsre
any information that would Lead to the
49,. coyery Of the iniant, the hand-bflls 30
Ssod forth such facts as were known. with 8
0aoe csiption Of Hill, the woman who receiTe'
child, and the shawl In which 1t had
> wrapped. O.