The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1824-01-17 (London, England)

MANO4IN-.110!:IE.  POYATII ElSlGitAatT9.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor announced fir the Justice-roan, that the widows and children of the emigrants In royale, in behalf of whotu a small subscription had been raised, *ere sent down to their homes in Scotland, as the place where they Would meet with the greatest attention, and where they would most *teddy recover from the sideman under which they laboured. The aoliseriptiona received before their departure amounted to I3L, rf which 111. were given to defray the ertee of their journey. In czeenee of the publicity given to the transactions which ht down so math misery upon these poor people, some benevolent gentleman, who signed himself " B. T. G." had transmitted to him 301.. to he tipped tatbeir relief. The note enntabring lbw benefaction had the Wads, "Aid thy dietreesed neighbours and erten," and was written by one who had great experience in deeds of charity. His Lordship exproseed a hope that the generosity of die public would be extended to the poor miserable adrenturers, who were the dup% of this barbarous speculation, and he would ante date that the entitribiLion should be appropriated acwniing to the urgency of the case. The orphan child of Sergeant O'Neil he_ hg too 111 to bear *Moral, remained in town, and was attended by tics. medical gentlemen, whogave their services gratuitously. • Se:over 'wt.—An interesting girl, about nineteen years of oge. earned Margaret Rice, appeared to prefer a complaint against the swish offleira of St. Bartbuloniew the Great, for not having given let relief in her extreme Mweaslty. She had, she said, been sedoted by the son of her mistress upon a premise of marriage. liar mistress was a Quaker lady, of great respectability, and lived upon her income, which was considerable. frer seducer took Jlagulp for her in Kings/and-toad, told his mother day tete mar_ Ii and visited her constantly. After a short time, however, he spade some pretext for giving up the lodging, and be seat her bran * her mother, who was a widow and had seven other children, and was too poor to keep her. Ileleft hey lo debtat her enotherl, but she met sins sibsequenely.and IlSrepeated hisassnranan to her, and promised is get her a permanent residence. He then took hoe to a house, and grave her a night's 'edgiest, but deserted her in *c morning, and she had rot seen him since, nor received any aswhence from him, although she was far gone in pregnancy. She cemplaned to hisasother, who was desaf to her esoassulations, and refused to give ben the lea': aid. But for a friend of her mother's she most have perished ; that friend had protected her ; but the trriofficers, having learned her condition. threatened to visit lnd hostess with the severest punishment for harbnurieg her, *air ameba:aim being that she would become burdensome to them. She was esosequently obliged to apply to the Aiken of tun parish in which she bad gained a settlement by three years , wrier; fbr relief, but they refused to give any without a pass Om Op parish in which she bad last slept. From that parish the received haif.a-crown, and she was sent to the parish of Biehopa. gate, where she had slept one night, at the lodgings procured by be *duce/. The officers of that parish refused to yaw her,' be. *use she had not regularly resided them. Driven almost to madsaws, she calculated upon death as the only benefit:ler she yowl *test with. Her hostess, however, thought uf the expedient oil applying to the Lord Mayor. The poor girl was so greeted while wow was nnokrug Misstatement, that her free was bathed iu tow,, the female who had received the girl, and had been threetened with parish vengeance for having dune so, told the Lord Mayor, tint the apprunot was sunk so weep in despair at the tristment she fradreeF.ve3.* than he actually attempted to commit suicide. The character of the unfortunate creature had been irreproachable till die fell a victim to the Qouker's importunities. The beadle of the last parish in which the girl slept said, that COW the thing was explained be was quite ready to paw her to her settlement. The Loan WATlrlli said be was bound to make a general obserwawa upor• practice pursued by 'lmam all the parishes, mud productive of unitary, Ilespair, :sal often of death. When a po-or mum: prZnented herself for relief, though her title might be dear and he: settlement undisputed, her parish would not receive bee il/11411S she was pawed according to law, as it was called, (torn the last parish inWrhiel; she bad :aria. She then was knocked about .rem pariah to.palsh, until, driven to despair, she Cl)lll:i.ittc.l wine