THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
officer, Lieut.-Colonel Crofton, as he was walking across | accompanied. by her F shə was taken unwell, со eid у Woman Аз dre 
the barracksquare in company with Captain Hanham, the | and beyond Rugby. There she pikal ession. In one corner гога 
adjutant o ipe m regim ment, The ball struck Col ‚Сто ton was taken from the carriage. апа conveyed to the|on the vend floor, lay Tear 
on his left the left lung, could be peii бы a dying tate ; and fre 
out at his -— side. It then dako Captain Hankam a small beerhouse called the Globe, about half a mile | severai No ina ragged, mise 
on the "Majo part or of е left arm and lodged ne and where she was rib within | whole place was in a dreadful 8 
spine. r Col о was as writing in his quarters 4 two hours after of the child involved i a pres sent filth being ш, t overpowering, the 
the od t of the ride, and knowing i inquiry. few days af ie r. Brett discovered the heir in 
the sound that it was loaded with ba П, тап to the|course to destroy the identity o ! tie са, И with the yea Lnd in a s i of nud м. 
window of his room and saw up | presumed object of possessing Жл» f the property vermin апі filth. oes were on 
his hands, and cry out ** Oh! I am shot !? Tue m major | devised by the will. He went де the тернет 1 ty rag enveloped lis entire body. 
immediately ran to his assistance, and then saw that | deceased, and registered his child as “Robert Hill, n impressions of 
"Captain Hanham was bleeding from the left side. He of Robert Hill and Mary Hill, maiden name Seymour; by тап barefooted on stones ; 
placed one arm round Colonel Crofton's waist and being, as far as the parents were чы ed unmistakeable marks 
assisted him to his quarters, and Captai ар Paire was | concerned, ** Ri ichard qud Hill and NA Georgina m e house from Bottom to 
assisted by another officer. The ball ares had lodged | Hill, maiden nname Bu rde tt d „Аже ek afterthe bi rtho ofthe be occupied by prostitutes and 
in Captain Hanham’s и» was extracted wien; an child the 
hour afterwards, and hopes were at first entertained | child out ton urse, and came to London for the purpose his; way through the s 
that his life might be spared. Colonel Crofton's | of ma ing the necessary peter The day after =r тр of egress. 
case however was from the first hopeless; he died | his черле in town he informed his wife that he had |s jid placed de E land we Ч 
about half-past 9 оп rig evening, and Captain | made arrangements that would be satisfactory to her, | a ped int onveyed them І 
Hanham um at halfpast 11 on Mondi morning. | and requested her to forward the child to London apa Brett was afterwards infor 
Ре was arrested bM ыл] after firing the | train which he indicated. This train' was not due on one wet Saturday she w. 
^u gave up his rifle to a sergeant, remarking | London дій nearly midnight. Тһе mother, cin | Street, Haymarket, apparently 
iba he had not intended to hit the Colonel. He was Met tations, entrusted her child, then only 10 |laces, but in reality begeing with 
subsequently handed over to the civil authorities, and "er o Catherine Parsons, a girl 14 years of age, in arms and the other in the 
vas removed in charge of the county constabulary to Evi daughter of the woman who was then nursing her, | the prisoner passed her, 
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him go, or [e дейсе ot mind being transported, Catherine Parsons states that on —— ча the Euston | by placing it 
On Monday the prisoner, t is a light-complexioned — station she was me t byt the ' pris He took | promised to procure the advice of a 
and slightly-built young man, was brought before the her in а cab у а мч an appointment for the i 
magistrate. e once or twice during the exami- as a country girl she was тшсцнайдей, a ing | place. The prisoner kept the 
nation exhibited some little emotion, but scarcely gonted the box, returned with her Fa be "child meeting he agreed to gi 
seemed to be sensible of the enormity of his offence, As | to the vicinity of the Euston station, where they |charge of the chil 
the principal witnesses were detained at the bens woro m met by two women, one of whom she describes | same spot on the following Wednesday ni 
їп consequence of Captai ain Hanham being in a black woman, and both of them as being drunk. | would tak 
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evidenze of Major Colls remanded the prisoner to of these w women, who asked if it was alive and | Andrews was 
Wednesday, when he was committed for trial on the dien, to which Parsons Гн — she hoped it would | named Scott, alias Idle, wh тё; 
р of Wilful Murder. The „inquest was opened on to taken as much care 12 months imprisonment in Tothill Fields for 
been at Rugby. Parsons had. received strict injunctions | a gentleman in the bees ho- S di 
Treppe from their statements that several squares of from Mrs. Hill to bring back the shawl in which the| went in a cab to the Eus ton Square Station 
in the barracks had been broken by children, and | child was enveloped, bub when she endeavoured to do Wednesday night, ult: they received the 
fhe officers had had to pay for them. Captain Hanham во the woman replied that if she took the child she | stated by the girl tan rsons. Mrs. А 
ordered the prisoner to find out who the children were. would take the shawl en all with it, == NAME) | conversation she had with the girl a 
Жү found out the name of one, but there were two retained posse: ssio n of it. Mr. Hill then took the girl | been treated at Rugby, and - 
others which he was told to find out, He moved in a i g Rooms = Great Portland Street, | alias Idle, went with the pri 
= ei and came back and said h ld not ford Street, where she remained, the prisoner the station, and there received 
find them. Са ptain Hanham 
then ordered him into | occu ying а room in the same неу On ihe following | the. child away. 
. Тһе inquest was then | day : returned to ;where|they placed 57. Ai 
› when the jury, after hearing the she inti эже to her mistress that -— — һай been | Martin's s Savings Bank, the bo 
to the cause of death, returned a | placed in improper aen The owever, a 
ilful prd against ihe prisoner, Patrick | nei his wife that the girl was entire ues н en. | she received the ehilditwasv 
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со ed on the coro-| From time to time Mrs. Hill expressed the greatest afterwards pledged. tt 
Р at the next assizes. The pri- anxiety regarding her e but her husban пет whie ch had been identifiod by M 
soner behaved erdie great levity during the inquest, asserted thatit was in proper hands, and was progressing | obtain possession | 
cod eard - t arent apathy. Both the | satisfactorily. ea е of things continet for about Mrs. Hill also identified as 
dece to eee Their | two years, and ab length ет Hill tol the child, fille 
bodies the barracks with military | she insisted upon s socia e e He refused моб = Mathe ed that the prisoner ha 
honours, and sent n е to the Fienie of their | with her reque ltercation took place, fu urther destroying identity, 
families for amni i "у that of Colon i Фу ы о апа he ultinately "ubjected pes to gross” las ad ч inserted upon the 
reme, Stem t of Moses Han Wim- Md n this a separation took place ; but a short ti ime 7 Ап йге s fi Е st 
Dorne, Do ж енды: d | sub Seque: ntly h fe to live he о child 
s | again. She indignantly r Акен his offers for a |th hat S was а det going 
Hill, пер but at length erm = consider them favour- |but he gave her neither па 
Dublin a wr бош à RA "s ete ee care. in| [у leider dee he satisfied her as to what became of | поб believe “all was right, 
this , charged on a. warrant with having wilfully | her infant. He informed ber: in return that it was child registered in her maiden name, 
made to the registrar M е iH "d poem certain i ded; and s e then peres Pee register of its death, | | brother, Mr. Brett tes 
s entry in the book of 
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tie im p^ wor NE arge moustache ped is wide in whose care he had placed the child € i Ee o "ve weeks old had been 
had 1 recently pe shaven, although when apprehended | for Australia, he р" oriding the passag “Mrs Aibert F. 
r of false whisker e eitis je who had been acting all 9 emen With "the advice | i to the woman ns - 
He was dressed in a fashionable 5 f her mother, still doubted the truth | prove the identity of the child, 
nted а careworn „and Быны. appearance: | of his statemen t, and placed the matter in the hands of | every house whe dre 
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Some years ago adop Ww iss Burdett | force, for assistance. r. Hamilton selected Mr. Brett Ee Sa s 
outs, Y who took the greatest erem i da her уеге. | who, after E labour, Taving obtained certain infor- | о ld. wi 
Ing that wealth could pro was p at mation nd- which was posted in great for "e ing, "uu ы 
her барон, апа m course of time her accom accomplishments mmberi з in St. "ailes and every other low neighbour- St. Gi p nh khouse, 
becam Té ih а , е her personal attractions London, offering a reward of 207. for informa- | regained her liberty, when 8 
formed 7 Н eme of general conversation in the сан tion which should lead to the discovery of the child. A | iting 
circles. Her mother (Lady d ps stayin | woman TA Mackay, liv ving in St. Giles’, > 
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ealthiest Ae. when kd th d o0 use in she Seven Disi e & worm] boites the child was 
who occupied a room on кт me frena and who ) ha ad | E then residing in B 
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n un 2 а tit ars һай ild.in her room to the pasei neglect under the - of 
of age, lived pha happily for several years, | abont it, asking her to whom ү dia belonged. e | Ey recovery i 
sing a pe pe portion of their time in replied tbat she had received from а wom n | abo e facts з bei ing выве, 
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Sa 007. a-year which was placed at her disposal, it from a gentl at a railway ion. Mackay bed. bat it could not be exer 
еа - Е prisoner at the marriage, аййей that the female in question left the house risoner in Беа 
aer rumes y she made wil devising the ays raami and she then knew Mee about her. | Brussels, but as no treaty 0 
er property, including, jt is u | Slight as this clue appeared, Mr. Bre t wo hiis: l upon it, | co оша nob be demanded. 
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а valuable estate, absolutely to him in the event | and by comet i p by its ai ondon, in th 
. that the child was the one ed after. Mr. Brett pr rini renewed i 
‹ | now directed his attention to the г, of the| would follow her. The гам 
ы being сеа | 2 indicated by Mackay. He travelled from чні | Saturday um er red 
= Low In London, to court throughout St. Giles's, үт at length a|of а lar ge 
16% Ireland. wit h that view * While on her journey, filthy alley called Lincoln's Court i n Drury wm / Ду Rees la pair of false b 
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