The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-09 00:00:00

POLICE.

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An order of affiliation was wade by Aldermen Wsithman and
LW-WI, yesterday. upon Hobert I,o7rden, apprentice with Masan.
Tucker and Everitt, dryoalters, Ilreadmadreet-bill, under rather sin-
gular circurrastancomm.
tlr. Jimp.on, the vestry clerk at St. Andrew's, Holborn, opened
the Cane, by swim; that the mother of the child was dead, and the
only evidence lie had to offer, in ,lie place of her oath and identili.
cation of the father, was her declarations to others, the conduct of
time reputed parent, and co orating circumstances, such as letters
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tiessal to her, the ym man courting her openly, be. It was
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in,oubtetily a very uousui case that a ratty should be fixed with
the maintenance of a bastard child without the mother being sworn
to the tact of his being the father, but it was not an unpreentented
can; for, in his own experience as law officer of the parish, an at-
torney in !tray's. lion had appealed against an order of filiation made
noon heissitty evidence of other persons, the mother being dead, but
the ;sessions confirmed the order. He was proceeding to address
imint.sit to tie low timant this point. when
Mr. Alderman irrAITIIMAN expressed himself satisfied that if
positive proof could not be produced, the next best aught be suf-
ficient, and Mr, Jopson pave led to call
Mrs. Harriet Wicks, of No. I. Heamstreet, Fetter-lane, who
stilted that the nmoiher of the child, Elizabeth Scarlett, came from
the same village with herself, near Suxumundham, in Suffblk, and
she had known her from an infant. Elizabeth came to her house
on the night of the thh of January last, and complained of being
very poorly. F:oin aer appearance she saw what was about to
happen, and asked her who was the father of her child. She told
her it was Robert Lowden, and said so repeatedly. Just before
she was confined, she asked Elizabeih if she should send her bus.
hand io let him know, but she replied in the negative, and said her
fellow servant (tor she had been suddenly driven away by her
mistress) would inform him In about three hours the was de-
livered of a male infant. On the 6th of January she consented
that witness's husband should call on Lowden, as he hail not paid
her a visit. Lowden came in the evening, and when witness let
him In. She observed pm him, " Yoa have got a son come to town."
He said only " Have I ?" and she introduced him to the young
woman's bedside, and left them together. When he came down,
he told her if Elizabeth wanted anything, to send her husband to
him at the warehouse, and not any women. In the following week
he brought her U. and a parcel of arrow-root, sago, tapioca, and
grata. At the end of alortnight from her lying.m, she died, as
the eloc,or informed witness. of inflammation of the lungs, from
being asthmatic. Ile called several times, wed once she overheard
him saying to Elizabeth. " I wonder what my father would say
if he were to hear his yeitiogest son had got a child before his eldest
had ?" Lowden came the 'virgin she died, saw the corpse, ap-
peared much alfcetevl, and when she asked him what was to be done
with the infant, he said he would do the best he could for it, but he
could not take it himself. Elizabeth seemed to be doing well at
first, but time disorder carried her oft' very rapidly, though the doc.
ow attended her twice a day. She Warne acquainted with Lowden
by being housemaid in the family where he lived.
Lowuen's brother, who is a solicitor, and was attending on his
behalf, was asked if he wished to put any questions to this wit-
ness?

lle replied he did not, because he objected to the examination
altnether. as being illegal In proceeding upon circumstantial eti.
:fence only, and the witness being interested. inasmuch as she
would recover certain expenses of the pariah if she fixed his brother
as being the father of the child.
Wicks, the husband of the hat witness, was then called.
When he called on Lowden, on the fith, he asked hint if he knew
Elizabeth licarlett ? lle said yes. Witness then told him he had
a son come to town ; to which Lowden replied, " I know Eliza-
beth, but of the child I know nothing." lie said he would call.
Heals° heard him say be would do the best he could for the child,
but he could not take it himself. .

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Mr. Jepson then asked the. solicitor if he was willing to admit
some letters he held in his hand to have been written by his
brother ?

The solid or replied, he would admit nothing; but if the hand-
writing were proved, it could scarcely be thought evidence ; for it
dad not follow that because a young man made love to a girl, he
mug be the lather of any bastard she might happen to have.
The A inEit:t EN declared themselves bosh satisfied with the
evidence already given, and bald the next point was to Gx the rate
of mlintenance.

Mr. Jepson said he understood the father of Lowden was a man
of considerable property in the country, and here was one son mov-
ing in a respectable profession, the other placed in a large mercer].
tile house. lie thought7r. a week a fair sum.
The solicitor said that his father's assistance ought not to be cal-
culated upon ; his feelings under the circumstances were not yet
known. Robert Lowden was an apprentice, only 19 years of age,
and had only an allowance of 2s. fid. a week. It was impossible,
therefore. that rte could pay 7s. per week.
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN lectured the young man, whose face
was sutfused with a deep blush during the whole proceeding, on
the inhumanity of thus seeking to discard bis offspring, and very
pathetically painted the remorse by which he might one day. be
overtaken if he neglected the child, and it should turn into a wick-
ed path.
111 r. Alderman LUCAS addressed him also to the same end. and
the young man betrayed symptoms of deep emotion • hut his bro-
ther said he would appall against whatever order their Worships
might snake.
The AIAGISTHATES at length fixed the weekly allowance for
the support of the child at 55., and signed the order adju iging Ito.
berttowden to be the father.
BOW-STREET.
A case occurred late on Tuesday night at thisoffice, the circum-
stances of which are somewhat sluipthir. 'mad ate tevalt highly
,creditablc to the vigilance ot the pollee officers of this establishment.
• Alew days sitr.a. tryou tar decry, nephew arid
ettofidetatial elerk to an eon Hlasgowosbeoondrd
from that place with 0201: in ban notes and gold, and bills to the
amount of 2001. making in the whole 1,100/. The moment his ab-
sence was discovered, the firm to which he belonged instituted an
Inquiry, and it was ascertained that the delinquent had prodeeded
to London. Hither he was followed by VIC of the firm, who arrived
about fi (idol* on Tuesday evening, 41110 at 7 gave information to
Sir It. Birnie bf the robbery. The Chief Magistrate immediately
gave orders to bis officers to disperse yhtinselves in various direc-
tions is search of the runaway, and Ovine Holman, a young but
seller aro!, found the fugkfr the --tt of a Mrs.
eatrol first
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