A poor Irishwoman, named Dugnell, living in Titchfield Street, Soho,
came to the Marlborough Street Police-office, on Tuesday, with a girl who told a rather singular story. She said that she was seventeen ; and up to the age of fourteen had lived with a Mrs. Murray, of Egham, a lady of fortune, who educated her, and treated her as her child. About three years ago, Mrs. Murray, her husband Captain Murray, being dead, married a Mr. Mills ; and soon afterwards she was turned out of the house. She found an asylum in the Workhouseof Eg- ham, through the kindness of Mr. Gill, the Rector; but eighteen months ago, the new Poor-law having come into operation, she was told that she must leave the Workhouse, or be put to hard labour on bread and water diet. She, with several other girls, preferred leaving it ; and since then she had wandered about in great distress, until a few days previous; when Mrs. Dugnell, the Irishwoman, took her into her house, and gave her food and clothing. She suspected that Mrs. Murray, or Mrs. Mills, was her mother; but she had no information about ber parents. She was always called Agnes Graham. After questioning her for some time, Mr. Chambers, the Magistrate, postponed the inquiry till Thurs. day ; allowing the applicant something out of the poor-box. On Thursday, the parties again appeared. Mr. Chambers said he bad re- ceived numerous letters with money for the girl, and offers to take her into their service ; and also one from Mrs. Murray of Egham, de- claring that the girl's story was false—that she was very vicious, and,, bad run away from the Workhouse, and that her own daughter, Miss Murray, was living in her house at Egham. A person of decent ap. pearance then stepped forward, saying that he lived at Norwich, and in 1819, having no children, he had advertised for one ; that he had re- ceived an infant from Mrs. Murray, whom he and his wife brought up as their own till she was six years old, when Mrs. Murray recovered her by a mandamus from the Court of King's Bench,—the girl being then called Charlotte Amelia Russell. The girl here said that she was told 30001. was paid to Mrs. Murray for reproducing her. The person from Nor- wich described several marks on the girl's person, which proved her identity with the child whom he had received from Mrs. Murray. The Irishwoman said, that on that morning a cabman had called upon her and offered her five shillings to let the girl go in his cab to a place near the Old Bailey, where a person was waiting for her. Mrs. Murray, it was said, was visited by several noblemen and gentlemen of distinction and wealth. Finally, the girl was taken by hek Norwich friend, with 5/. subscribed for her by several persons.
At the Marlborough Street Office, on Thursday, John Harvey was charged with having backed his cart against the toll-bar recently placnl at the Grosvenor Bridge, Chelsea, till he broke it down. A vast crowd of persons witnessed this exploit, and were delighted with it, as the bar has been one of the annoyances of Chelsea. It appeared that the road belonged not to the Trustees of the Grosvenor Act, who were the complainants, but to the Commissioners of the Woods and Forests; so the Magistrates at once dismissed the complaint.
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