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every remaining inducement to be civil taken off. The public were,
the Captain presume, entitled to choose the watermen In whom
they placed confidence, and were not to he compelled to Intrust
their lives and property to the first insolent fellows who presented
themselves to take cherge of them. On the day in question. the
complainant vies pushing in upon six boats that wee before him,
and endangered the sinking of several. Ile resolutely prevented
one coming out which had been chosen by a passenger. Under
these circumianees he did remove the complainant's boat to make
way. The latter exclaimed, "That will do; now I will get a
summons for you."
The Loan AIALOR said he had been informed that the new re-
gulations had bad the effect of preventing any further disturbances.
lie. Blessel, the Secretary of the Company, assured his Lordship
that such was not the case: But the night before there was a light
' between two of them, and the passengers were greatly endangered.
The Loan 3IATOR doubted whether he had any jurisdiction in
Om Case built' he had, it was certainly not one in which be would
exercise it in favour of the complainant.
The complaint was dismissed.

EMBEZZLEMENT.
GUILDUALL.—A miserable-looking young men. named Tr. T.
{Veils. was brought up before Sir NITER LAURIE, charged by
'%. Wood, a 'ire-worker, in Newesade-strseti Fleet-market, with
robbing him of sundry articles.
The e .se was handed orer to the Session.

SINGULAR CASE OF BASTARDY.
Bow-renege.—Yesterday Major Sweeny appeared before She
R. Birnie, to show cause why he should not give security to Or':
Overseers of the Parish of St.l3lartin's-in.the.Fields. that an ille-
gitimate child, of which he was the hither, should not become
chargeable to that parish.
• The Major was attended by his Solicitor and qeveral officers of
the army, and soon afterwards a young and handsoinewoman, most
elegantly dressed, attended by a servant, with a child in her arms,
came into the Office with several friends.
The Solicitor for the Major spoketo Sir Richard Bernie in atone
of voice to us inaudible, and t.ir Richard replied, " Well, as the
kleaop Is so very anxious not to be shown up,-1 will hear the matter
Mae private room."
The parties went into the private room, and after hearing ?he
itlatement of the mother of the child, and the answer to the charge
bp the Major, Sir.R. Bienle recommended the latter to settle the
E:!,er wiih the parish by paying for the child's support. The
ler said bit would. not; be would rather carry this ease to the
ions, because he was positive he was not the tether of the
I And.
Sir RICHARD BtwNtr. asked him if he would amertt that no in-
Wwurse had taken place between him and the mot/sniff the child ?
The Major replied, that he was not bound to answer ths% question ;
but he was satisfied he was not the lather.
Miss Ireland, the sister of the well-known swinf'llee of (that
name, who was committed some time ago, stated she w 4a intimately,
acquainted with Major Sweeny, in 1825. On the Ilth. of Norma
her in that year, she iraadelivered of a girl, who was. christens f,
at St. Martin's church. " Georgian& Augusta." She bad btieoutg,
chargeable to the parish of St. Martio's-in-the-Fields. Thereafter,
of that child was that gentleman (pointing to the defentia Major
John Paget Sweeny.
The Major laughed, and said, " have not the honour to be
the papa." • .
Miss Ireland was shortly crose.essmined by the Major, and re.
have lived with a Mr. Mountain ; 1 became infirm-de with
• Mountain in 1819, an 4 have cohabited with bins at different
locigings since that period I lived with lilip is Barrossa.p' Wee, in
Mount-street, in the' Haymarket, and in VI hers-sireet, Strand.
I did not sleep with him every night when we lodged in the Hay.
market ; I there commonly slept on a sofa, though Mount sin slept
in the hosson the time.
Illajor—,l have been at all the lodgings. and can prove by wit-
newest new in the office that you. sod 31ountain," Invariat dy from
1819.„ lived as man and wife together, and pouted as Mr. at id Mts.
Mooutain ; and I can prove that there was co sofa in the house
where you lodged in the Haymarket.
' Miss Ireland persisted that there was a sofa. She said that she
never admitted to any person Itt•Mount-street that the child was
.lr. Mountain's, nor did she say, as she remembered, tha t her
mother, who lived in.lreland, had the cue of two other children
which she had had by Mountain.
The Major said be could pore her gnilty of perjury. • •
Mr. HALLS said that the only way he could legally do that wi\s,
by producing the record of her conviction for that offence In some
Court of lustier.
Sir R. HiRWIC observed, that the Major had declined saying
that he had not been sufliciently intimate with the young woman as
to render it possible he might be the father of the child ; and ad.
mitting the fact that she hail slept with Mountain every night, still
she was certainly the hest judge who was the father (laughter), '
and lter oath must be taken. Still. if the Major thought proper,
he might take the case on appeal to the Sessions.
The Major said that it was a conspiracy to extort money from
him to support the bastard of Mountain, and he certainly would
carry the case to the Sessions.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIE said it might be very true, but he was
hound to believe the woman on her oath, and ordered the Major to
pay ed. weekly, and the costs previously incurred.
• The Major produced bail to prosecute his appeal at the Sessions.