The Sun. — 1826-06-03 (London, England)

HUMORS. and LUCAS, who sat for the Lord Mayor, under the following circumstances:—  The young female, who Was pale and wan, and evidenkly in a tute of the great.eat exhaustion, was dressed in faded clothes, • and the manner in which she answered the first questions put to her, induced the worthy Magistrates to have her removed from the bar, where the applicants are ordinarily placed, and to give her a chair near them.  Collins, the beadle of Wa%rook Ward, stated that he was on duty early that morning, when he found the young female sitting un the steps of a house in Charlotte-place, near the Mansionhouse. She had evidently been out in the rain during the whole Of the previous night, and was in such a state of exhaustion front want and suffering, that she could scarcely give any account of herself. He took her home, and gave her some food and apparel, for she was in a state of the utmost destitution. In answer to the questions put to her by the worthy magistrate, she now stated that she was born at Amiens, in France, and educated in Dublin, where her family resided, at No. 12, Marlborough-street, Great Britain-street. Her father had bean an officer of the 8211 Regiment of Foot, but he was cashiered by a court-martial, in consequence of a blow given in a fray to a brother officer. He died in 1811, and the circumstances of the family after that event 'became very reduced. In the course of last year, her mother took her brother to Scotland, with the view of getting him educated and settled there. She had some money with her for the purchase of some goods of Scotch manufacture iii order to carry on a small business in Dublin. They were, however, both lost in the Comet steam-vessel. Being thus left an orphan, and without relations, as her only brother, who had been in the navy, and served on board the Nimrod, the Telegraph, and the Impregnable; had gone out to South America in the year 1816, and was never since heard of, she took a situation with a lady. The lady died recently, and the young sufferer, who had previously field the situation of governess, now deemed it advisable to seek the aid of some persons in London who were previously 'acquainted with her family. She, however, only knew the address of one lady. After her passage front Dublin, she camel to town by the caravan, and arrived on Saturday. She then diecovered that the lady whose address she knew, had left town nearly ' two years. She had not sufficient money to procure herself a lodging, and she was compelled to wander about the streets. On the following day, she sought about, in the hope of meeting with sonic persons who were known to her, until she became almost bewildered. Having heard of the benevolence of Mrs. Fry, she found out her residence, and addressed a letter to her, stating her circumstances. She was compelled to wander in the streets, and seek occasional rest on some steps, front which she was constantly driven by the watchmen, and other officers, who told her to seek admission in another parish. When, on the following day, she applied at Mrs. Fry's residence, she was answered, " We can give you no relief." She was now in a state of the greatest misery : she had parted with all her slender stock of clothes to obtain food. She tried to obtain acmes to the Lord Mayor on the (lay before yesterday, but was prevented by the crowd. She went to the Compter at night, and besought admission from the inclemency of the weather, but there she was told she could not be admitted unless she was apprehended and brought thither by an officer. She became delirious, and such was her despair at one time, that she thought of suicide, when religion came to her aid. After having wandered about the *tress during the whole of Thursday night, she sunk down upon some steps, where the officer who hail brought her before them found leer.  • The unfiwtuttate young girl answered with the greatest clearness every question that was put to her, The two worthy Aldermen subscrilwd fur her present relief, but expressed their perplexity as to what asylum they could send her to,  'They were informed that there was a society, called the Provisional Protection Society, conducted entirely by Ladies, which, though one of the least ostentatious, was invariably the most serviceable in cases of an extraordinary nature. Alderman Lucas immediately went to seek Mrs. Hicks, of Cheapaide, the Secretary of the Society. In the course of the afternoon he returned, and expressed his regret that he had, after a diligent search, been unsuccessful. It so chanced that that lady, and others of the Society, were all out of town.  The Governor of the Compter was then requested to take her under his protection, and treat her with all the care which her situation rendered necessary, until some mans comb' be found of providing for her. She expressed her gratitude to the Magistrates in an impressive manner, and was conducted to the Comptero We were given to understand by the Governor, that the turnkey, in refusing her admission, sided in compliance with an imperative order from the Magistrates. The applications for admission are often very numerous there, and the olficere are seldom men who are able to distinguish such a case as. the above from one of common mendicancy.