Year: 1861

BY Mr.. Hilps direction she handed the
child to one of these women, who asked
if it was alive and clean, to which Par
sons replied that she hoped it would be
taken care Of and kept as clean as it had
been at Rugby. Partons had received
strict innnctions from Mrs. Hill to bring
back the shawl in which the child was
enveloped, but when she endeavored to do
30, the woman replied that if she took
the child, she would take the shawl and
all with it, and accordingly retained pos
session of that article Mr.. Hill then took
the girl to the Queens Dining Rooms, in
Great Portland street, Oxford street, kept
by Mr.. Manning, where she remained, he
also occupying room in the same house.
On the following day Hill and the girl
returned to Rugby, where she intima rated
to her mistress that the child had been
placed in improper hands. He, however,
combatted this assumption by assuring
his wife that the girl was entirely mis-
taken.


From time to time Mrs. Hill express
ed the greatest anxiety regarding the well


fare of her child, but her husband always
asserted that it was in proper hands, and
was progressing most satisfactorily
This state OF things continued for about
two years and at length Mrs. Hill told


her husband that she insisted upon seeing
the child. He refused to comply with
her request. a serious alteration took
place, and he ultimately subjected her to
gross i'll usage. Upon this separation
took place, but short time subsequently
he made overtures to his wife to live with
him again. She Indignantly ,epelled his
offer for time, but at length promised
to consider them favorably, providing he
satisfied her as to what had become of the
infant.


Hill prevaricated, and finally his wife
: placed the matter in the hands Of a solc-


itor, and Inspector Hamilton, of the Lon
, don Detective Police, was intrusted with


the search of the child. A reward of


f20 was offered for any information that


would lead to the discovery of the infant.


the hand bills setting forth such facts as
were known with description of Hill,
the woman who received the child, and
, the shawl in which it had been raped.


A woman named Mackay, living in


St. Giles, saw the offer of the reward, and


sought an interview with Hamilton.


She stated that about eighteen months
. previously, when lodging in house in


the Seven Dials, woman who occupied


a room on the same floor, and who had


no children of her own, one or two nights
consecutively had child in her room,


which Mackay knew by hearing it cry.


She spoke to the woman about it, asking
her to whom the child belonged. Her


fellow lodger replied that she had received
it from O woman who had obtained il
, from woman named Andrews, who b ad


informed her that she had received it from
gentleman at railway station. Mack
ay added that the woman i'll question left
the house few days afterward, and she
since knew nothing about her. Slight as
this clue appeared, Brett worked upon it,
; and by dint of perseverance, he ultimately
) discovered that the child his informant
; had heard cry, was the one eagerly sought


after. This, however, was not accom-
plished without great labor and some
danger. The belief at first was that the
child had been "droped" upon some door
step, and had perished, and that it bad
been rescued from death only to become
the inmate of workhouse. Brett's pri-
mary inquiries were directed to the point;
but he soon found it to be erroneous. He
then directed his attention the woman
indicated by Mackay. He travelled from
Court to Court throughout St. Giles, and
at length went to filthy alley, called
Lincoln's Court, in Drury Lane. In one
of the houses in this place he discovered


the woman Andrews, and he also traced
the child into her possession. After search
ing the various rooms, Brett proceeded to
a small apartment on the second floor. In
one corner lay a man, nearly naked, ap-
paretly in dying state, and squattirg all
over the floor were seveal women in nj ost
miserable and ragged condition. The
whole place was in dreadful state, the
stencil from the place being cverpowering.
On the floor of this den Brett discovered
the heir to fl4,000 year--almost in a
state of nudity and covered with vermin
and filth. No shoes were on his feet, and


only one dry rag envcloped his body. The
toes were terribly SCARED with impress
sions of wounds, no doubt inflicted by
walking on stones; while the head and
; body generally showed no mistakabe
marks of neglect and i'll usage The house
from bottom to top appeared to be occu-


pied by prostitutes and beegars. Having
seized the child and at length reached the
|, street, Brett placed both it and Mrs. An
! drews in a cab, and conveyed them to


Mr. Book office.


Brett was afterwards informed by Mrs
: Andrews that on one wet Saturday she
was standing in Windmill street, Hay


market apparently selling songs and stay
| laces, but in reality begging with her two
o children, one in arms and the other in
: the gutter by her side, when a man an
i swering the description of the prisoner,
n passed her, and in a curative manner slip
d ped a shilling into her hand. Having
J. passed and repassed several times he bee
: oned her to follow him to dark part o.
h the street. She did so, and he then asked
n if she would take a child to nurse, telling
II her that she need only treat it as her own
J. and that she might, if able. dispose of i
s by placing it in some work k-house OF
y asylum She promised to procure the ad
e vice of friend. and made appointment
d the following night in the same place
y The man kept The appointment, and al