Police.
The Times, 1824-02-02T00:00:00

BO`V-sTrItsT.-On Friday night,justa Sir R B5raie wa at to leaVe the bench, a decently dressed womsatprese tqdWsesf` be- fore him in a state of great agitatiorr, and impg elhsinit* lendher some assistance in the.recovery of her daughter, h6cibad eisanpear- ed in v. very extraordinary manner. The poor woman stal 'her name to be White7 and that her hLsband lived some ti - t the Tavistock HoteL5i Covent-garden. but having ubfa,puy' been guilty of plundering his em loyer. of somenlinen apd.ot ertu ss, &e was tried at the Old Bailey and sentented to trnnsposttion. Some montls ago she- hired herself,',ji the eapacity of cook, at a boarding-house in Norfolk-street, 9grarnd, kept by one Mrs Br12; and herdaughter, wvlo was not yet 1.3 iears of age, wrasalso taken into the house t.- assist in waitin,g 'sipon the boarders., On MHont. day last slt recedved a pres'ent of two soaereigns (sbebeing about to quit the service of - frs. Bliss) fron Colonel Lowe, a gentleman who liaed in -the house; and her -mistress o6' served that she had now the means of going to ter her hus- band, and it would be a good opportunity for her to go torhat- ham, where he is confined on board one of the hulks- Sbe (the ap;- pilcant) had always studiously avoidei informing her daugsttr of the unhappy fatenf her father, and had succeeded in keeping her i igjnorance upon that subject, ltholgh, the girl was constantly. is- portuning her to tell hee her father wa, rand freltux because she could not see himt. She could not therefore take her tlaughterwith her, and Arl . Bliss bade her rnskt herself easy upon that score, for that she muight remain in the house, and she (Mrs. Bliss) would take as much crze of her as if she were her own child. With this asr surance she was satisfied, and went te Chatham, from whence she retarned on that (Fritay) evening, alnd went, of course, immediatelv to ltrs. BlisS's house to take avsa her child. The imoment she entered the door she acked the femalc servant who let her in, how Emily was ? The girl hesitated, and aaid she would tell her all about it when she got down stairs. Alarmed at thisb, she ran down to thie kitchen, where she found several persansi anid among them Mrs. Bliss's black man-servant, and one illfy a car_ penter, a friend of here. She asked then'eagerlv where her d&ugh- ter was, but received no answer; tbey merely looked at each other, and smiled significantl. She then ran up stairs in a state of dis- traction, and demandeid her daughter of every one she saw, but could obtain no information, except that she had gone 5v ay no one knew whither. When she was nmaking her way up tairs, the man Mills followed, and setiing her by the arms, endeavoured to force her bati-, rnd brmised her considerably. Mrs. Bliss, it was said, was from home, and in this state of things .he left the house to seek assistance of the ,lagistrate. From several dr_ cumstances she suspected that Colonel Lowe had, with the conni- vance of Alrs. Bliss, Temoved her i-taughter, and Imew where she was. Sir R. BiRx sit aid, he woould give her all the aid in his power, anti despatehed an officer with an assault warrant against .Mills, with directions also to bring Mrs. Bliss. Aills was fotuid and taken, but.1Mrs. Bliss was still out. IliUs, in defence, said Mrs. WVhite was drtnk, and he had merely taktei liold of her to prevent 1 iher from making a disturbance. Sir R. BxsTxTE.-Drunk, Sir! .She may be drunk wxith misery, but f ,:ee no symptoms of any other kind of intoxication. Do yotu k-now anv thing of her daughter ? ill,s aid iie tlid not. le wiascommittedt uintil he found bail. and the saute evening ,rs. Bliss was taken and lodged in a watch- hotise. On Saturdav morning the investiga3tin wsas resumed before Mr. Asirsnur.rvwhen Mlrs. WVhite beingpressedto give ber reasons'for suspecting Colonel Lowe, admitted that they were but sliglt. Co- lonel l,owe had often admired her daughter's .Igure, and observed that- sie was a remarkably fine girl; and he had .slso employed her to dlo needle-work for hiin, and seemed to like tt-itt she shoulds wait po)n him. Mlirs. Bliss's Cistrerne anxiety to pres'il tuporn her to go to lhatbam and her wish ;0 keep her daughter in .'er house, sere the grounds upon which she attepected her of conniv.atce in the elopement of her dauglhter. M1 rs. Bliss madc a very long statement ef her kindnesses to Mrs, White and her daughter, and solesmnlv declared she Imew nothing of the latter since she left her hutsre. She saw her on Thursday evrening, wshen she cun-ie to her ab-ut sorne household matters, and that was the last time. The girl was very obliging in disposi tion; antd shet (rs. Blisss) had never any reason to suspect her of the slightest impropriety of conducl, except that opan one occasion a short ttne ago her mother found a piece of paper- on thle ground, close to Colonel Lowe's tloor, on which w as written in the ltandwriting of her daughter-." I sigh, but arn not relieved.- Emily." She liad no otler reason for supposing that Colonel Lowe knew any thing ofthe child. As a: proof tbat she (Mrs.- Bli.ssI coild have no intention of doing wrong with the child, she pressed Mrs. NVhiteto take her svitli IsertoChatham. Alrs. White declared that tlis was whollytintrue. She could not .ike her da?ghter without exposing the situation of her fatker. The slip of paper she found in her daughter's bonnet, and she was sure it was svritten in allusionl to her fathes'. Sle was avery sensitive girl. Mrs. Bliss's maid cervant was examined, andi said that on Thurs.. day evening rs. IWhite's daughter was in as good spirits as usual, an-l that having answered the drawing-rooni bell, she returned to the kitchen, and oTleredl " tea and dry toast.' After that she vwas not seen in the house, nor did any one know in what way she left ift Colonel Lowe gave Mrs. l'White and witness two sovereig6s each. lle gave it for hin-self;and the rest of the gentlemen. iMirs. Bliss being again questioned said thiat C(olonel Lowe was out on that evening, but returned athmis usual hour. Tbe investigation hadi now lasted several hours. withont any light being thrown upon the disappearance of the girl; and Isr. Min_ S,1'LL said, tICe orlv resource left was, to set some intelligent offi- cers upizon the task of endeavoturing to tind out her retreat. Ellis, Blackman, anmd others, were sent away tnstantly, and it was in a short titne ascertained that she wvas in a house in Villiers-streat, Strand. Blackman went to the house, where he found that his in- formation Zas correct but the girl had retreated to a room and locked herself in, and she was silent to al his drmaads for admission. He at length burst thei door witih his foot, atid brought the unharpy child away, andI in the evenitg sbe was examined before ilr. M -n_ shul. SI:e is extremely tall for her awe, has a frcslour, beaut- ful complexion, and remarkably fine f'ace. She sobbed aloud upon being questioned, anid it wtas with the utmost difficulty that a single answer could be extracted from her. At length she admitted that she wvent away with a gentleman, but here she again stopped, and it was tIot until the question had been repeated more than PO times thar she was prevailed upon to n-.une him. She did, howeet;r, finally name him, and related other circumstances, which it would be ex- treniell' improper to mention at oresent. It i5 sufficient to say, that upon her information a warrant w 'as issued for avery serious otlentr, and thie officer desired to apprehend him as soon as possible. The officer wvent previously to the gentleman's lodgings, but he was not at home. Mrs. Bliss wras set at liberty, upon an undertaking being given for her appeartnce on a future day, and the girl was placed under the protection of her mother. ___ Por,IrCE.