ABSTRACT
Mr. Selfe, on taking his seat on the bench, was waited upon by Captain Jones, Mr. W. F. Jackson, and Mr. J. Allardyce, a deputation from the “Philanthropic Society, Mile-end, for the Temporary Relief of the Sick and Necessitous Manufacturing and Labouring Poor in London and its Vicinity,” for the purpose of presenting a sovereign to the magistrate for the relief of Ellen Readdy, the widow of a soldier killed in India, who was inveigled into a marriage by a man named Samuel Spurling, a recruiting sergeant, and was afterwards robbed and deserted by him. It has been since ascertained that Spurling has a wife living in India, and he has lost his situation on the recruiting staff and been stripped of his uniform. The magistrate, who has taken a warm interest in the case, and thrice relieved the ill-used woman from the poor-box fund, has also recommended the widow to the favourable consideration of the Relief Fund.
