The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-09 00:00:00

CURIOUS CASE OF BASTARDY.

A case came before thee Bench, in which an at-
tempt wee made to make the child of a married
woman, and of a men, not her husband, chargeable
to the perish Of St. Andrew, Holborn.
Aatomette Namilton • was, accortEng,t9 evidence,
married to John Hamilton, the captain of a truding
vessel, at Hull, about 16 years ago. They resided
with his father about 12 months, at the end of which
her husband left her. She came up to London, tend
went into the service of a gentleman at Camberwell,
with whom she lived threeoyeare. Her husband
then came, stayed three orlour days, took
whatever,money she had put together, find departed
and from that moment she had never laid her eyes
upon him. She then went to reside with a cousin
of her husband's, a Mrs. Smith, near Blackfliar's.
road, and after some time she became acquainted
with a person named, Bright, who took apartments
on Saffron-hill, where she lived with him as his wife,
and where the child, the subject of the present pre
ceeding, who was seven years old last September,
was born. The child was christened Antoinette,
after the mother, et the church of St. Andrew, Hol-
born, and Bright, the reputed father of the child,
abandoned the mother soon after the birth of the
little girl.
It was argued that it was obvious the husband
was nut the father of the child from the above evi-

deuce.
The Court, However, decided. that the 'aris!' was
not chargeable with the siipport of the child, Inas-
much as there was no satisfactory proof that Captain
Hamilton was not the father of his wife's child.

NATURAL CURIOSITY.—There is at pre-
bent in the pont:88;0n of Mr. GEORGE Mum, hair-dretwer,
133, Cauongiste, a very fine rough terrier. It law three
legs, two behind, and the laft before, horn theloWer joint
°I which spring Iwo 'Retina feet ; but what rigidau the
curiosity greater is, flat' the animal sports a couple of
tails,—New North Rriton.

Itwill'he a mated by:,,most, if not by all, intelli-
gent men, that every..labourer employed in constant
.:labour should be supplied
.with a quantity and
.qua-
lity of food' sufficient to support.,his health,,, t.
strength, so ettltble him to.emilinue'for rtionatif
or years to'perform-the laboarrequired of him.- rt-
is however, submitted, that' very labourer em-
ployed ip labour requiring strong bodily exertions,'
will require a quantity. aud,quality rof fond propor-.
tioned to such exertions. It is tato submitted that
much difference exists as to the quantity of food re-
quired by different individuals employed at the same
kind of labour. And it is further submitted, that
persons employed at light sedentary'work under
cover or within buildings, whether clerks, ertizans,
or manufacturers, require less food than the same,
persons would require, if actively and laboriously
employed in the open air. From the above it will
appear evident that ditleretit classes of labourers,
and also different individuals of the same class, will
require different quantities of food ; it might, there-
tore, be.considered,•by some persons, that it would
be very difficult, If not impossible, to fix on any
scale us to the quantity' and quality of food necessary
to maintain men in health and strength sufficient to
enable then) to perform their work as 'able-bodied
individuals should do. Btit fortunately this is not
the case, particularly as applied to agricultural la-
bourers; on the contrary, the quantity and quality
of food requisite (Or the purpose is fully understood
by practical agriculturists anti others who have
turned their attention to that subject, and the expe-
rience of ages may be referred 'to tin • this point in
various parts of this island.':
It may be worth observing; that the food of the
agricultural labourers in thPs kingdom varies much
in different parts of it. In the south and 'west of
Englund it is composed principally of wheat in va,
rious preparations, bacon, pork, butter,, cheese, meat
of various kinds, beer, milk, &c.,, but chiefly of
wheat, io the shape of breed, or puddings, bacon,
with some small quantity of„cheese, butter,:and ,
hog's lard. It is therefore necessary to ascertain the
quantity and quality of .each - of the above articles
requisite to support the agricultural labourer- in
health tend strength ; and the following is considered
the tninintwn quantity and quality of fo'bd necessary,
for the support of one able-bodied agricultural la-
bourer in health and strength, to enable suchla-
bourer perform the w ork usually required of farm-
labowera
One peck of. flour in brim!, puddings, or
some other preparation, but say bread, at .f s. 4.
'lod. the quartern loaf
311 b, of bacon,,•at,,B4l. per 11, 0 2 71
lb. a butter it is. per lb.
1 111. of cheese at Otl. per lb.
7 pots of beer at Sol. per pot, or an, ads-
- queue luantity of milk.
Salt

Lodgingw, cooking, end firing, if £ s. d.

a ilitight.trten. ... 0 1 6
Shoes, per week 0 0 H
Clothing, per week 0 2 9
Wnwhing, per week 0 0 6

£0 9 bi

0 4 8

£0 14 if

If a married man, instead of Is. 6J. per
week for lodging, cooking, and filing, it
will stand thus
House rent 2 12 0
Firing 2 12 0
Or 2s. prr week, which will be tad. more titan
the single man.
Add 6J. to the above

£0 14

All the ankles, of food named above are to be of

the best quality, such being considered the cheapest;
should a different quality be taken, the quantity
must be increased. , it i possihle some individual
labourer may require less than the above-named
quantities,. but many will require more. The peek
of flour weighs the quarter!' loaf weigh 3
41h. soz. Bdr. The perk of flour will wake four
quarteru loaves, the extra weight being made up of
Wilter, yowl, and salt.

Any deduction -from the.: above, quantities, nisd
quality of food will be made at the expense of the
labourer's health ,and strength. It will therefore
appear that the present wages paid to the agriabl-
mai labourers in the south of England,—viz., 7e