The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-06 00:00:00

BASTARDY BILL.

On the motion that the House should resolve Itself into a Com
mittee on the Bastardy Bill,

Lord G. SOMERSET thought that the law as it at present ex-
isted, bore most heavily upon the woman, and that in that respect
it required amendment. He concurred in these provisions of
the Bill which gave jurisdiction in cases of application to the Quar
ter instead of the Petty Sessions. He thought the party accused of
being the father should have the power of appeal from
the decision of Magistrates, because in many cases i!

was more a matter of character than money. Another
observation he would make was that this Bill appeared
to him to be not so much a protection for the mother oi
a bastard, as a protection for the parish.—(Hear, hear.) His
opinion was that the father ought to indemnify the pa-
rish for any expense they might be put to before the woman
was: delivered. In many cases a woman in a state of pregnancy
might be unable to maintain herself for three or four months
before delivery, and in those cases be thought the father of
the child ought to be made liable the moment she became
chargeable on the parish. If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
opposite acceded to these suggestions he thought it would not be
expedient to go into Committee on the Bill at present, because it
might be necessary to remodel the Bill altogether, so as to embody
these suggestions.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he could bear testimony to
the present unsatisfactory state of the law upon the subject, and
to the disgusting scenes which often were witnessed in the Courts
of Justice on the cases which arise, and the details of which for in-
stance, the corroborative proof, arc., were most detri-
mental to puhlie morality.—(Hear, hear.) The great evil
was the uncertainty, which he would devote his utmost attention to
remedying. With regard to the proposition for an appeal, he
owned that it came upon him by surprise, and he thought there
was considerable difficulty about it. These were important poin's,
which might much better be considered on a general revision of the
Poor-law than on the present Bill, the details of which, however, he
would endeavour to the best of his ability to render correct.
The House then went into Committee on the Bill.
The conversation which ensued was of so desultory a nature, con.
ducted across the table between Lord G. SOMERSET and the SOLI.
CITOR.GENERAL in a manner so utterly unintelligible, that we had
no idea ofits purport.

The House having resumed, the report was ordered to be received
on Thursday.

DUBLIN POLICE BILL.
On the motion of Lord MORPETII the Dublin Police Bill was
read a third time and passed.

DISEMBODIED MILITIA.
Mr. BERNAL brought in the Disembodied Militia Bill which
was read a first time.
METROPOLIS POLICE BILL.
On the Motion of Mr. FOX MAULE, the Lords' Amend-
ments to the Metropolis Police Bill were agreed to.
The House adjourned at Half past Two till Five o'Clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S--YESTERDAY.

The betting-room was crowded to excess at an early hour,
and the attention of its occupants taken up during the greater
part of the afternoon by the Goodwood settling. Betting com-
menced about five o'clock, and for an hour was tolerably brisk.
The layers against Bloomsbury for the St. Leger were more
numerous than usual. 3to I was taken at one time, but the
offers against him became so eager that before the close of the
room 7 to 2 went begging. Charles the Twelfth, without
being backed to any amount, was steady at 4to 1. A very long
interval separates the two favourites from the field. The quo-
tations will save us the trouble of making any remarks. Several
engagements were made on the Derby at odds which do not
promise well for book-making. The prices at the close of the
reins were as follow :

ST. LECER.
7 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury
4 to 1 agst Major Yarburg's Charles the Twelfth—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Tornhiil's Euclid
18 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Hyllus
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff
20 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's The Commodore
25 to 1 agst Marquis of Westminster's Lord Mayor
30 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's The Provost
30 to 1 agst Mr. Golden's The Diver
550 to 100 agst Bloomsbury winning the trial at Liverpool
and the St. Leger—taken.

aneafterwards 16 to 1, laid agst Mr. Dixon's lot
In the early part of the afternoon 16 to 1 was taken in hun-
dreds about Hetman Platoff.

THE DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot
16 to 1 on the field
.28 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Launcelot—taken
30 to 1 agst Lcrd Orford's Angelica—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Margellina—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Molineux—taken
40 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Aliss Giles'scolt—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Perseus—taken
50 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Crazy Boy—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Middleham—taken
TIT& OAKS.
000 to 500 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifix—not p. p.

HYDROPHOBIA IN A HORSE.--A pony, the
property of J. R. S. Phillips, Esq., of Riffhams, Dan-
bury, was bitten on the nose by a mad dog, on passing
through a field in which it was grazing, and on Friday last
it exhibited symptoms of hydrophobia. It gradually got
worse, and on Sunday became most furious, tearing down
the iron bars of the stable window. Mr. Gooch, veteri-
nary surgeon, being called in recommended that it should
be immediately destroyed, and it was therefore shot. The
pony had been several times rode by Mr. Phillips, we un-
derstand, since it was bitten.—Chelmsford Chronicle.
A little girl happening to hear her mother speak
of going into half-mourning, said, " Why are going into
half-mourning, mamma ; are any of our relations half
dead ?"

GREAT NEWS FOR CHELTENHAM. —We
have the pleasure of announcing to the Reformers of
Cheltenham, the following result of the new claims to be
rated for the Borough : Liberals, 522 ; Tories, 29.
The list of electors will be above 2,ooo.—Cheltenham Ex-
aminer.

SUDDEN DEATH._On Monday night an in-
quest was held before Mr. Wakley, at the Montague. Arms,
Montague-place, Portman-square, on the body of Mr.
John Smith, an opulent farmer, who had come to town to
pay a visit to his daughter, in Crawford-street ;he was
shown into the drawing-room, where he had been but a few
seconds when he was heard to fall and groan, and when
assistance came he was a ,:torpse. 'lt appeared ho vas 68
years, and a few moments before his death seemed in ex-
cellent health and spir its. Verdict_" Natural death."