A Sad Descent.
'■•■ '■•- ' i ip ' — — . - - •"' Luc7ManWe ; (better knowii as " Lady" fifuhroe) >as chargftd at the Central Policy Court, Sydney; ,the oilier day, with b'einjf drunk' aiid disorderly andw&s fined 20s, or, m default, seven days' imprisonment. It .Is said thisn unfortunate woman at one time use to .move^in the Height^of^^^f asb ion aWe, circles ; that she is ihe ' daughter of a Scottisli Baronet, the wife of an officer" 'nigh m the English army, jand a woman who m her time— *nd that Urn« can be recollected m Sydney— has been 'j^L/pH grace and beauty. She' has^ however, through drink, sunk so low'thafc she much of her. time m- gaol, arM is, when at -liberty, 'among "the mosß abandoned chatacteb m Sydney. She* receives a monthly remittance from Home—enough to keep'her comfortably "in'""" feßpectaoility--with which she, has » periodical carousel %he has beeh : pronounced perfectly incurable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 232, 3 September 1883, Page 2
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144A Sad Descent. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 232, 3 September 1883, Page 2
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