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The Times, 1824-10-16T00:00:00

IAI, NStoN.HouJsE..A well-looking Irish girl, about 20yesrs of age, applied to the LORD hIAY0o5 a few days ago for his advice, under circumstanCeS of rather a peuliar nature. She was she said, induced to wait upon his Lordship, not only on account of his; well. known sympathy in the distresses of her sex, but beeause hi.t Lord. ship lhad always considered the unfortunate natives of her country as peculiarly the objects of compassion. The LonRD MAYOR asked hername and condition, and wwhether she had no frieid in London, except those whom chance might throw in her way. Shc said she was the daughter of a gentlemran who had once been in affluent circumstances, but who had encountered one of those tre- mendous reverses of fortune which psealyze exertion, and make Ye. covery impossible. It became necessary for all the niemlers of the family to support themselves, either by their accomplishments or by labour. lI er education liaving been such as enabled her to give In- struction to others, she without difflculty was received into a respect. able family, but one of the members of it, who was a married msn, gained her affections by repeated acts of kindners, and her ruin was the consequence. The person wlho had thus taken advantage of her, contrived, however, to prevent the intelligence of her shamae from being communicated to her parents, and agreed to an eternal separation, which was proposed by her as the only course from which absolute destruction wae niot to be expect. ed. Supplied with bank notes to the amnount of 601., she left her native countryv detennined to do all that industry could do to maintain a respectable station in life,and to contribute tothesupport of her parents. France, she thought, the most likely place in which to find employment.. Thither she went, and became an Iinate in a family, front which she found it necessary to part on account of the extraerdinary demands upos her time and talents, for tlhp lowest pos.sible pecuniary consideration. Her fi nances becoming very low, she came over to this eountry; and after having looked abeut in vain for a situation, was now reduced to her last shilling,and did aotknow to whom to apply In her distress, except to the Lord Alayor of Lson. don, who might afford her some asylun until she could be made serviceable to some family by her acquiremenm. The LORD AIAYOI, havingleared tatshe had beeo some wveek in London, anti lodging in a place of no very exalted cbaracter~ asked her whether she had conducted herself dince her Aepaxatiou from her seducer in such a manner as to leave no irnp3tatioa upon lier. She replied, that she had never since her departure from Ire- land in the slightest degree subjected herself to reproach. She expressed a strong desire to return home, and asked whtther that would not be practicable without being obliged to associatewith the poor Irish who were sent back to their country upon charity. The LoRn MAYOR, after some further conversatIon which led him. tothink that there was no deceptionpractised,gavehisappucant sorue temporary relief. He then ascertained from sttemgentlemen on 'Change, that she was the daughter of a highly resjec lIj man who had met with calamities, and that the ;ircumstancesofherstory were not exaggerated. The conseqiuence of the investfgation was, that this young female has been saved from starvation, or the hor- rors of a life of prostitution. The Lord Mayor and hie family sup- plied her witlh abundant means of reaching Ireland in the most comn fortable manner. To describe the eketof this parental interference upon the object of it would be difficult. A few nights ago, as Allen, the officer, was going his rouias, he found a poor girl sitting on the steps of a hall-door in Loaabard.atrcet, in a state of great exhaustion. le foundI that ille WGs n 51eti te stranger, nnl he took her to the Compter. r it te To the LonD MAYOR she told the eircunistances of iser sttuation with great simplicity. She had been brought up near Nottughsai in thie weaving business. Her father died, and heoc imher eame to London and got married, and there was reason to believe was doing well. She, when her apprenticeship was out, was obliged to com,e up to town (work being very bad) to look for her miother, and get into service. She neither knew her mothier's address nor her new name and hiad not a fartlting in her pocket; but shte said she was sure beitsg abletofindherout, aslsheintended toinquireateverl house in London,it it took her from morning till night to doso. Wlen sle sx. rivedin London, she became amazed and bewildered; and after har, ing nmade Inquiries of persons who only laughed at leer uim litity, ;he wandered about un til sbe becamte quite esbauste4 frpFn torn3er and fatigue, ant I sat down on the steps in Inoinhard.stree; an ceeid The officer then fbond her, and took her to tite Conipter. The IJORD MAYOrL askedher whether she was acquainted wI household work, as she expected to get into service. The poor girl admnitted that she knew aothing atall about it. The .O(RD lIAYOD said, thlus it was that simple country gid8l were induced to conie up to London without tneans, knowledge or experience, to guard them against the snares of vice Thte conact of the officer, in takngthte girl unider Ihis protection, could mot be toolhiYclnomenvd , fde odrt alisingle nLom t te time said, that what to do with the poor creature he dSd s0ot know. A person ofsuch personal appearance antd simplicity wats here in the midst of danger, Thei weme pletty o? insdtatiot, wiereotwho w6?e quaWie4 by guilt rniglit -obtain aamissjbn, but he did! not re, collect one where mnnocence was entitled to an asylum. The Chief Clerk informned his Lordship that there was a Society called the Provisiontal Protectioni Society, coniducted byAMrs. Hiieu and several benevolent ladles, for thie punpose of receiving objects ol thbi description. Tire Lo nn MAYORS said he was glad to bear it, for those societies which rigidly atterndcdto obiect3 of ana opposite nature, to cure rathier thani to prevention, were indeed nunierous; but he never heard be- fore the namne of this Society, the object of wvhichi was truly laudable. Hfis Lordship then recommended the poor girl to the protecting care of the Society. Yesterday Mfrs. lif&~ waited upon his Lordship, and statedt that inquiries had been made into the poor gzirl's story, and it was found to be correct In every particutlar. She Nas afflicted with an abscess, which had brokeni out a second time with v-iolence, oni account of the rigours of the journtey. Mrs,. Hlick added, that as soon as the girl was well, she should be provided witl, at siituation). GITILIOSATLL.-...A young and, namred JolAn Turl!,, the simplicity of whose look- and ge'neral manner was well calculate'd to disarm all sus-picion of fraud or artifice about him, was brought up yesterdlay before the sitting magistrate, Mlr. Alderman ATrrcxS. charged with having ca-rried on a very extensive trade in the way of obtaining goods under false pretences, The prisoner, it appeared,had formerly, been in the employ of M1r. Archer, braidl and trimming manufacturer, No. 18, Mlansr.square, St. Luke's, and while there, being frequently sent by his master for goods, got a knowledge of the tradesmnen with whom he dlealt, of hihhe had availed himself eversince he had been discharged from Mfr. Archer's employ, liy calling for goods as hieretof'ore in thie narne of his late master. Mlessrs. Creed and Co., haberdashers, No. 10, Fore-street, with whom Mir. Archer had goods reguilarly on account, seemed to have been more particularly selected by, the prisoner to practise his fraudsupon; and fronitrhe beginning of April last, doiwn so the end of June, he had been in the hiabit of coming there in the name of his master for goods, principally silk, every, two or three days, in quantities of from 31. to 61. ; and it -was niot till he had thus obtained property to the amount of 6911. l0s., that M'vessrs. Cree and Co. learnt, by sendling in their accut,that the prisoner had left Mfr. Archer's service some monthsbfre, and that no part of' this prouertv ,had been orderedorTreceived for hi: use. A strict search was maae fr6r the prisoner, hut no tidings could be gained of him ever since, till Thursday afternoon, wheri he ap)plied at Mlessrs. Grout and Bailey's, sn Gutter- lane for a quiantity of crape, pretend- in ecame from Mr. Archer. ~lihat genitleman, however had take the prestatition of letting tie persons wvith whium he dealt1lnow of the frauds which bad been pracused under his name, the prisoner was detained till Mr. Creed was sent for, who immiedliately recog- nired his person, and gave him in custody of an officer. Mfr. George Creed, and two of his young mnen, who had served the prisoner with the goods at different tirmes, were positive as to his pecsn. One of them, however though he expreassed himself'as hay- fin_gag doubt whatever, hesitatej rather at first to s3wear to him. 7The prisoner crught immediatelv at this circumstance, arid boldly denied his guilt, saying he could p~ove he was not in London at the timne, and that whien the yonng men tame to see him, when he w,;as taken into custody, they all said they could not swear he was the person who came for the goodts. Thiis, however, wvas positirely de- nied by all of them, and one young man whio had left MNessrs. Creed's employ, and had not steen the prisoner since he served him in April last, kniw hini again the instant lie was put to tie bar. It being necessary to give in proof' the exact articles obtained, the evidence at present going no further than the gross amnount of eachi parcel, the prisoner was of necessity remanded for another hearing. BOW-STTitEFT...Yesterday a Mir. Hurley, a lawr-stationer, from the sister country, accenipanied by a young lady of' the name of Thomas, his step-sister, applied to the sitting magistrte (evsrs. HALL and MeircainraLL) for a warrant to apprehedir%. IIUTrIey. the wife of the male applicattt, for unlawfully pawning a gold watch and other thiings, the property of Mkiss Thomas. Mr. Hurley told his taTle In the melancholy tone of a man almost overpowered by the coxes of the world. Hse stated that his; family and friends wrere highily respectable persons residing in Dublin-, whiere, seyeral years ago, he unfortunately becatne acquainted with his present wife, who was at that time a strolling ac- tress, and matrried her-.an act whicht brought uponl him the dis8pleasure of his father and the rest of isis family. He found himself very unhappily situated there, under 'such circum. stances, and came to London. Six children were the ofFspring of the mnarriage, sand, as the family increased, his wife, instead of holtling out to her children that good examnple in her owni per- son and conduc-t so 'necessry fr the proper training uip of chil- dren, became addicted toadrinkig, and was in the dailyrctc of behaving~ in such a manner sn the presence of the chide,a mnist, if shne had been suffered to continue with te,hv seriously affected their morals. lie thierefore determined to separate from lier, and this he effectedt, though with, great diffi culty; but he might almost as well have kept her uRder hi.s on roof, for wherever he took up his abode, and eudea. voured to establish himself in comfort, %he haunted himn like an evil spirit-abusing hitin, raising a riot in his house, and uttering the grossest obscendities. He could not remainln in one place, and wast driven about until he was weary ofhslie At length. his f'ather, hearing of hisunhapp situtation pealed ution Miss Thortss, who was keeping a semninary in Duln ocomec Lu London and set up a simrilar establishmen t, ard at th smtiejin her step- brother, and tatke care of his children anto begentertainedi that her presence wvould stop the visaso is.Hre.I this, however they were deceived, for slsebcm fposbewre thats ever2 an was in the habit of wriiting ltesadesd"ote l seminary in Londoni for parsing man, and wife." Upon herls visit, she contrived to passea herself of a gold watch anid some arti- cles, which they suabsequently discoveredi she had pawned. The Mag-istrates imnseditaely g-ranted a warrant. Lurcy Malrtin was again brought up on the charge of felony, when Airs. WVood,of Gracechurch-street, attended ; but her evidence failed in bringing home the charge of thaeft to the prisoner, who was again remanded, itbeing stated that anether charge would be brought against her onsa future dtay. IMAILDOROTrGjoST..vtExwT.-Yesterdlay upwardls of 30 tradles- people, residing in the parishes of S!. Giles and Blsoomsbury, con- sitnof bakers, bistchers, shoemakers,Jew salesmen, dcc., aniprared at lthnisl office, to asiwer summonses served noon them at the "nstance of the officers of those parishes, for exercising their worldly calling upontheSabath.day acordig t th Act, but, in reality, for seringInther sop duingth horsof divine service. Mr. Cut- ler,oneof he vereer, ad sverl oherof the paLrish authorities, attnde toprve he ase aaliat he ccsed; and, with very few excetios, te cses ereclealy adeout, avsd the parties fined s.5r A substantial comfortablc4lookcing matron, who kceeps a dairy in flolbores, and was chiarged writh dealing out miik to tier customer, between It an%d 12 o'clock on Sunday last, dlefended her cause while she had a leg to stand or; but the case being decided by, tlheMagistrate agfainst hier, site, after penetratitig a whole watdro0e of winter clothing to get at her pocket, pulled out a leather bag, and counting from it 8s. 6dh., put them down on the table; and ad- dressing the panisli officers, four of whiom were p resent, said, "There, gentlemen, you have got my 8g. Sd., and mnuch odmyi do you ; it will do to get one of youi a nice beef steak, and a bottl'e of wine ;" and flounicing out of the room, she added, as, another de. fendanit entered, " And lhere comes another dinncr andaa bottle ol wine for you, ientlemen." Mlr. Cherine , a respectable butcher in Great Coram.street, said in his defence, that no man lied a greater dislike than he had to see butiness done on a Sunday morning. He would much rather prefer drassini-g himself, anad goinrg with his fantily to church ; but what was he to do ? all his neighbours. in the saine line had their shops open, and ditd theirbus8iness, and if he refttued to do the sa-me, he lost his customers, to the great injury of his, famnil %y; so thar, unless the practice was altogether put down by sevcere pe~nalties, and somae pro- ceeding thatt would reach all, it w'as f'olly to thinkc of suppressing it bv takingz a few Insulated cases in this way. A short time ago, hirmself and sionic few others in the same trade, formed themn- selves into a commnittee with a view to put down this practice, and thiey laid infor-nations against several even of their imp- mediate neighibours, bef'ore the nisgistrases at Mlacton-garden office ; but they got no support f1rom thosec mnagistrates, and were ultim-ately obligefl to give the matter up, having only obtained for themselves a great deal of ill-will, and the title of in~formsers ; so that they a erc not only obliged to relinquish the reforining speculation, but wire compelled to return to tlieold practice thems'elves again. Mfr. Chen- nel said, that the chief business which hp did on a Sitnday morning weas to give out meat that had been purchiased fromn hini en the Sa-- turday night, but left with hiim until required for use, hiaving a bet. ter lace to keep it f'roni taint, particuhirlv in unfavonrablo weather. Sir" GOREotxFAnatRAyT, the mnagistr~ate who hieard the cases, &old, that the act made no diatinction ot'cite sort, but still it was not the practic nor the wiish of' the parish officers so bring forward any case, except againist chose who were doing businews during the lhoura of divine service,-fthat is, from about half-post ten until one o'clock'- and Asurely usec delivery of nica tso customers could be done beforr,tiitt time. Afi, Channel saidi it cortainly could, but lhe was not aware that therewas any indulgence asto tine. 9lIr. Cutler, the overseer, said, tlhat notices to that efrect had been printed anO1 posted aU over the parishi. fi1r. Chennel declared, that he had never seen one ; and he thought ev'ery one wvho infringed so fair an indulgence ought to be punishedt. There was one butchier, Air. Chenniel satid, in' Somers-town, the greater pact of whose trade was carried on iupon the Sabbath day, and thtman sold more meat on one Sunda mortiing, than he (Mr. Chennel) did in the whiole week together; indeed, every Saturdatv ~'night late, he regularly drove in a flock of live sheep, as a signal to the neighbours that they could have fresh killed mcat on the nests mornIng, and yet no notice was e'.'er taken of his practice. Mfr. Cutlerusid, that ha.dite been within that pa'risl, lie should not go unn$sticer]. Air. Ghrnrnel paid liis fine y~ery willingly. T~hje naniie of the tol.-tAkcr at Kensitsgton..gnte, whio committed stie osstrgeb&us assault uponi the friends of AMtr. Grahani the aero- naut, an report-d in our paper of yesterday, is George Wlebb, and not Noble, as given by miistake. AJARYL.sONE-OFFICE-It may be remembered thtat ahouttwo monhs go cae ocuredat hisoffcein which Captain WIallace and r. oodgre ere he isetcs-he former charging the latter wit lfulanfocbyrgingpossession of thireelhorses he hd sod hm, ad Ste ltte caringthe ttte~r of lsav ing obtaio- ed he roprn'by itW rerct~saion. On she sisine occasioni a coarge wqs preleeTcl asainatthe grjoo os Captain Wallae, for hay. ing wantonly sgt tdog at an Italian lad who had called at his mas- tert ds on Mrida-hill. The complainant stated, that lie hadl left severl plaster casts at the house by desire for the master to select such as he felt disposed to purchase and that after repeated visits without obtaining any definitive answer, he determined on re, gaining possension of his property. Wlrith this intention he called, ac- corpanied by anotherlahanlad,and after much importunity prevail- edon thedefendant torestore them tohim; but before lie could leavethe forecouzt the grosm unloosed a fierce ticastiff, and set him at wit. ness, whose thelis was severely bitten by the attimal. The Magis, trate exprcesed his indignation at the outrage, and ordered him to find bAil.. A friind of the Captain, of the name of Giles and an. otier gtntletitan, wbo were in the office at thc time, entered into the retUired surptes, and the defendant was in consequence set at liberty. It appears, hovwever, that he afterw3rds kc;tt out of the wvay; aud the bail having received an istitnation that their recog- sdza-rees were forfelted, kept a look-out fer hi,n aid havicg at length captured him, yesterday surrendered him at this office, from whenc he was comnitted to pnsom for trial at the ensuing sessions. HATToW-WAtDEw.-Yesterday a very spmuely-dressed young gentleman, who gave his nzame as Frederick Bonid Hvighes, was brougitsup in custody of Thisselton, the officer, by virtue of an assault warrant, granted on. the complaitit of Mr. Mlicajah Hilditch Walker, another youngster, who, from the mathematical prceision of lis (atward appointmnents, might be su,ppuosed to lead the fashionis in tbe best days of exquisite dandylsrn. T he whole coterie, including complainant, defendant, an.d a host of respective friends and ad. hiresli we discovered isa appertainintg to the legal profession. MIr. zbXicagh Hhlditch Walker commenced wish itm exordium, the ttyle of whia ~exceeds description- After repeated reeuesmsftoa theLMUistSrate to give the direct peinte of cemplaint, he dreed fellows :-Mr. Hughes, the defendant, and he had been fasi friends, but abou t a week ago, in consequtentce of as differenceeof opinion,They had quarrelled, and not like the generality of lawyers' feudrj which' mo5tly terminate as they began, in words, their's had ultimately comie to blows. On the LMonday after the dispute,.complainanttad.- dresed a letter to Ar. Hughes,i tforming him thatbe should "know hhn no longer," and bidding htm an "everlasting farewell." But it asppeared that this was not the mode of parting which r. Hughes looked forward to, forin a few d3ys ftier he came to coraplairat's- Magistrate.-What are you, Sir? Complainant.-Sir, I am a clerk to Air. Keen, ofLincoln's..Inn, a barrister. So, Sir, as I observed, he came to tde chambers, and forecd his way in; and thrusting a paper in my face, asked metoac- knoswledge myself as the author. I requested him to go away, and said, " I do not know you." Observe, Sir, he forced his w.ysvin- Aiagistrate..When was the second assault? Complainant.-If you'll nllow me, Sir, I shall procedc to thatpoint presently. So, Sir, I casled to my friendl M!r. Mathews, " Fiede. rick, hand me that ?" meaning a weapon, which I thought lece4- 'ary to provide myself with; it was a " protector;" allt.,nT=emm hare them ; it is called a " life-protector," Sir; but my freend mis?_ understandinz me by the terrm "1 that," did not bring it, ancd be (de. fendAnt) collared me; and in the scuffle Alr. Keen, my eznployer, came in. who obliged him to quit the chambers, and advised me to take out a warrant against him. This was the first ofence; and in some time after, Mr. Hughes and his friend came up to me at the corner of Serle..treet, and asked me to acknowrledge a letter, My reply was, " Sie, I do not know you ," on which:he struck me. The case being made out, the defendant was called on to plead to the charge, either by advocate. or in his own proper person ; chaos- ing thse latter pnvilege, he enumnerated many insults put upon him by fr. taller, and begged leave, as a part of hig defence, to ead the woliowine extract froni the provoking letter alluded to, as foUows " The balance of silver due to mne I freely give you; and when next you bully, be sure you are not in debt to the object of your vulgar revenge." Re did go to his master's office, and asked him to avow the a5tI thorshbp of the offensive docunent; but on lr. Keen's requesting him to withdraw, he did so, having first returned some bookts andt silver which he hAd borrowed from cemplainant; however, on sub. sequentlymeeting him in Serle.street. he (defendant) renevred the question, adfaung tt receive a 5stisfactory apology (which he con- ceived due to a genteman, he certainly struck the complainant a slap im the face, when he (comaplainant) drew forth a weapon, which he has termed his " life protector," and leveiled a blov at he, head, which, but for interference, wroald have certainly anihi- lated him. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ctayan.;i The =agistrate ohserved, that the case was very clear in regard to an accault having' been committed, and ordered the defendant t?o find bail. Thle " life protector" (which, by the way, might with mnuch me pruprietv be termed a " life destroyer") was exhibited. For the iformation of our vulgar readers, who do not carry such nmurde:- ous weapons, we describee it thus :-A platt of leather and whale. bone, about twelve inches lonz, with two knobs of solid lead at ei- ther end, calculated to strike twice at one blow, and with the most fatal effect. It is capable of being secreted in the pocket, or up the sleeve of the coat. WORSstIPsTvaEET.-JaMres Da-s, a one-armed young rn, well-knewn to the police, was examined on a charge of tealng an elegant table-clock, with a bronze Cupid driving a Roman car, the horses rampant, the proe_rty of Eenry Hare Townsend, Esq, fromn his residence at Alount Pleasant, Tottenham. The prosecutor, a septuagenarian of honourable distinction in the fashionable and sporting circles, was, we believe, the gentleman up- on whom the celebrated George Barrington committed the act of de- predation ior which he waas transported to BUtany-bay. He was ja attendiance, accomparnied by Colonel WToodroffe. It appeared, that on Wedwesday, the 29th of September. bettw'e two and three o'clock in the afternoan, a dock, such as has been de- scribed, was taken from a stand on which it generally stood ir the hall of the prosecutor's house, by some person, who must have en- tered the hall through a small parlour or waiting-room tdoining the window of which was open, and trom the atppearances presents& by some rmarks 0o the floor of that room; and some hay re- maining scattered about, it would seem that it must have been there deliberstely packed up in a basket broueht for the purasse. Information of the robbery was communicated to Attfielcl'and Joshua Armstrong, at this office, who have since been upon the aent: and circumstances with which they became acquainted in the course of their inquiries, led to the apprehension of the prisone; by the latter at Sunders'-gardeas, in the Kingsland.road. T wo of the prosecutor's servants identified the prisoner as a pewson who had been seen in company with another. by one of them sit- ting on the steps of a fountain in the court-yard in front of the pro- secutor's house, the day preceding the robbery, and by the other, walking across the court.-yard in the direction of the wrinddow, before described as heiig open, within a very short time of the robberv. Yo trace of the missing clock having beem yet discovered, the pri. soner was remanded for a week. to give time for further inouiry, and for thc attendance of some a f the prosecutor's servants. . rseurs se POLICE.