Singular Case.
The Times, 1824-12-27T00:00:00

di. ICrt oays agaO 4nAn jry tIpk qaqg,,bqfiq Y. r- PAI-LSOn, the Magistrate of Ma ebone po c e h ci Rekci-ted. more -.Fan ordiharyintOrer, f pifes' imiplicatet in, the transpc,to tHns! *acuon itself. Tie parties w duaiietre rhee'n ai q Air. Duptirdiai 3 D A id u1ija' . ron's wife, who' resiaes ilt part of tic same house .and a AJr, .Ieighton, -who resides in thCrcouAqyatf 1d1, Mr. Leighton,. who wass very musuch. istress,cd tatA that C-iC. ap. 'lied to the m,agistrate for his huwiane assisiafceeto recover a ir1 of tlic name of ikarny Clarke; *hoh6 dNfen se ced':Mro ' home, and was now kept qoncealed froM 1er;r*atives and fiWdg.' MIr. RAwtiHsox requested li. Leighton to stato who the girl wVas, andl what were the trourids of-1i susf`i`c oa. ' '; Air. Leiyhton.-And whiom I sw et ? [ Hbre4Xr, Ieigb-ton st hlio eyes at llr. Duperon very'signUifcantl1y. Mr. RAvvLTiIsox.Yes, and-whom you suspect, most ceriainly. Alr. Leighton.-The child, Fanny,ClanhC, fo she`ds ou ly between 16 and 17 years 6f agz, was the'daughter of a iervant wlho lived for many years in my father's family; and whosa'we iiia-e respeeted. She is now an orphan, and since her parent'bdpath has lIved as eer- vant with Alrs. Salcns. Sheis a very ifitacesitin iirl, aind her ffiends,knowing the arti used to drRir females ezpeCedl!y if th'ey are attractive, into vicious habits, had rep&atedfy cautioncd)ier to be upon her guard against temptations. About six weks. ago he was informed that she was missing from the housie of -Xis. Salens, and he came to town and made. every inqairy, for the putpose of aspcr- taining the cause of her leaving, and the plaec she had gone to, and the result was, that he had strong euspicions that-Mr. Duperon had seduced her away from her mistrcss, and was now keeping her in some secluded place. Mfrs. Salens said, that about six weeks ,g,, on-aSanday, she sent the girl to Alarylebone New Church in the evening, and she came home rather later than usual. She asked thc girl what bad dc- tained her; and her reply was, that the church wan so crowded, ,she was a long time before she could get out.. Witness haviug been de- tained a long time herself at the churchlwhen she had attended the Sunday evening lectures,gave credit to her story; Shc told thegirl that she should want her on the following (Mlonday) morning, to go for some brushes to a shop in Beaumont.street. On the follow.; ing morning the girl accordinglv went, and at-the-titm she left the house-sbe was attired in her besteclothes, and she hadcnever, been heard of from that time to the present. -Alr. RAwLrsosN..Did she go for the brushsf -. Mlrs. Salens._-he went to the shop and oedered them. IIr. RAWLX6N5o.-WaS she Been in any person's cortpany ia the neighbourhood -shortlyprior to her quitting.your erviceP? irs. Salens.-J have heard that she was eeen I,ughing i7tomeor girl in the Niw.road. -AMr. ILeighton.T. The girl has Ift her b'xes'- a-rel 't MEri.- Salens house. - Mrs. Salenms.Yes, she has. ir. Lieighton.llly A ulpiion i inns- frour the circumstance of his havngjAttmpAed..to: s5eduCOC Lk,1iow that he entered her bea-room op6'gJ taftea-'sTK V Jfi MIr. D usp ron . ' am redyt a leu?l&e 8 S- k-a 7 f she is, nor was I in any way a- party to her leaving he MYist,ess.i Mr. LJeighton......rs. Salens admnitted to. me that Jo I irhtiE the grls chamliber. .~ .' '''a*'es^b'sS6z' Mlr. Duperon._..I did entcr. her room, -hafEdntgepcos h room; I did not go toher bed. ' '''^;w> 6 Mr. -RAWLswSON7.=Yott liad no bunessin -ms &your conduct ws~ higbl.reprehensible., Mr. Le tigh Tn. he-conseq~uence of US iA dc i6n (t-Im I i ee confident Mr. Duperono knows rehere ahbe isZoncealed>wxlt-be the death of a sisterof the poor girL- Ar. RAwvxL Wix . . lahent as m-uch a ybodb V L'eig)ston5 such a elrceumstance, and fogr-coriductu isn,isWITr is highly-hae nourable to youi, - lr. Leighton.-_The day tbe gimrreft hes M,stres -ehe sent a let- ter to her sister, who was then imw tate f hWatWh: TWe follow- isu Ia copy:.. - Dear Sister,-_I sincerel-hope -.you nfe better in- heiltfi- than - whenI last heasrd fwomyou. .I-lidpyout wi'll inike youzself as comr fortableasyou can; but.you willneveraseemany Gore. Give my love to my brother. Yeu1r aff&ctidnat6 sister, *.-'c - @ FAv LARKE2" MLr RAWLI1NS0N said, that he felt, every inclnation to lepd his assistance in discovering the poor'girl; but fbore was '5othin%beyond suspicion aggainst MlUr, Duperen, and he must--ie're1bredisic argethe case. AMr. Leighton looked steadfastly at MA ti. peron, and exftiied, h I wish he would disloae all he knos,.s and'we :should soon find I11r. Duperon again protested that the charge was without founda- tIon. . e .; .,A1