The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-24 00:00:00

The LORD MAYOR—You had pay up the arrears,
and continue to pay the half-crown a week if you wish to
keep out of trouble.

Mr. Hobler—What name did you christen the boy ?
The mother of the child—Sam Hauff. He knows well 'tis
his. He has often acknowledged it.
Hauff—l don't think it's mine at all.
Mr. Hobler—We have still the power to make fellows
pay for their illegitimate children, thoug4, perhaps, by-and-
bye a Bill may be brought in to recompense them for the
favour they confer upon the community. Do you refuse
to pay ? Hauff (evidently in consternation)—l have very
little salary, my Lord. I don't think as I can afford it.
The Loan MAYOR—,-ADMVer ; do you still refuse to
[ay ? Hauff-I'll pay a shilling a week.
The LORD MAYOR—That will not do. You must pay
half-a-crown a week.

Hauff—Half-a-crown ! Bless your heart ; I'd never
be able to get it—say Is. 6d.
The LORD MAYOR--NO ; not less than 2s. 6d. Let
the case stand over.

Hauff—yell, veil, I'm a very poor man, my Lord, but
I'll try and make it 2s. a week.

The LOAD MAYOU—I shall hand you over to the
churchwardens, overseers, and beadles of the parish where
the mother has her settlement, if you hesitate.
The announcement of this formidable list of suitors had
the desired effect upon the Jew.

i,.m.r the
' •'Vell, yell, my Lord," said he, " I'll give her the half-
crown, but how I'm to get it is another thing. God
help me."
The LORD MAYOR—You must pay up the deficiency
too, and I would have you take care of the. child, he will be
a great comfort to you by-and-by, although, perhaps, te
may not be so now.—( Laughter.)
Mr. Hoblcr—No doubt the boy will be gr:dorni when
he hearsv sixpencevery
sun t d.sfoer his 4111,:pOrt was pulled
fromi
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with having presented fs:,e payment, at the Westminster
Bank, a check drawn by a Mr. Painter , for 4/. 10s., was
again brought up.
His master, a bootmaker in the city, said that the young
man was honest and industrious, and that he no doubt fan-
cied, as many did in that station of life, that what a man
found was his own.

The prisoner, after receiving an admonition as to his fu-
ture luck in finding property, was discharged.

G UILDHALL.
yesterday Charles Peuruddock, a medical student, was
brought before Mr. Alderman HARMER, charged with hav-
ing committed assaults on some of the members of the
Board of Examiners at Apothecaries' Hall with one of
those murderous instruments called life preservers, formed
of pieces of whalebone about a foot long, bound together,
amd loaded at one end with a heavy ball of lead.
Dr. Merriman is one of the Court of Examiners, and
the prisoner was among the students who presented them-
selves to be licensed. Witness was in the examination-room
between nine and ten o'clock the preceding night, and heard
some questions put to the prisoner. He understood that
the gentlema❑ examining him did not think him a lit per-
son to pass, and the examination was immediately
closed. 'When the prisoner understood that he was re-
jected, he roie from his seat, and made some steps towards
.the door. He, however, recovered himself, and, stan-
ding upright, made a blow at Mr. Hardy, one
of the Court of Examiners. It seemed to him to be struck
with his hand. Witness rushed forward to seize his arms,
and received from him a severe blow on the temple. It was
the severest blow he ever felt i❑ his life ; but, notwithstand-
ing the pain ho felt, he kept his hold of the prisoner till he
was secured. The wound bled for three hours afterwards.
His shirt was saturated with blood, and his clothes were
stained. He had his spectacles on, and perhaps the glass
had cut his cheek. He found that Mr. Har'!..y, who was
unable to attend the Magistrate, had a.w.bund on the loft
side of the head. It was a violent 1',),0w, producing instaot
paleness, great pain, and effusion of blood.
Mr. Alderman HARMER 'said as Mr. Hardy wa° unable
to come ho must rePLand the prisoner. if Mr. Hardy
coula have attend a,' he should have required heavy bail, as
so oral asso'f:ts had been already proved.—The prisoner
was 17.;inanded.

HA7'TON-GARDEN.
Yesterday Elizabeth Bin.g.hain, a well-looking, female,
about twenty-four years of age, was brought from the
station-house in the custody of Inspector Penny and Court,
52, G division, charged with having attempted to commit
suicide. Yesterday morning about ten o'clock the prisoner
was observed by a gentleman climbling over the railings of
the New River, adjacent to Sadler's Wells Theatre, for
the purpose of throwing herself in, when he prevented
her ; and on questioning her she said she had been living
as servant at an improper house in Thomas-street, near the
spot, but she had been turned out. Ile informed Court of
the circumstance, and they took her to the house, where
they refused to receive her, and she was taken to the station-
house, and locked up. In about an hour and a-half after-
wards Inspector Penny, as is his usual custom, visited the
cells, in order to see that all was safe ; and on entering
that in which the prisoner was confined he found her lying
on the floor in a state of insensibility, she having tied the
ribbons of her bonnet round her neck, and nearly strangled
herself, and being apparently dead. He immediately cut
the ribbon, which had caused an indentation in the neck,
about an inch in depth, and he procured medical assistance,
when she was restored to her senses. She was then al-
lowed to sit by the fire until the morning, uad every humane
attention was afforded her ; but she maintained a silence
until the morning, when she was brought before Mr. Roogas,
who questioned her, but nothing could be elicited from her
but that she had been seduced, and had been following a life of
depravity, and that her parents resided at No. 5, Howard's-
green, City-road. Mr. ROGERS mildly remonstrated with her
on the impropriety of her conduct, and she cried bitterly, and
he ordered her to be detained until Court inquired after her
friends, and in a short time he returned with her mother, a
respectable-looking woman, who was much affected. Court
said that he had made inquiries, and ascertained that the pri-
soner's mother was a respectable honest woman, residing
at No. 5, Howard's-green, City-road. The mother stated
that about five years ago she obtained a situation for the
prisoner, when she was seduced under a promise of mar-
riage, and deserted by her seducer, which affected her
mind, and she subsequently quitted her home, and pursued
an abandoned course of life. She had several times re-
ceived her back, but she returned to her 'old courses, and
she had been absent from her for a considerable time, and
did not know what had become of her until she received
information that she had made an attempt on her life.
Inspector Perry said she certainly would have been a
dead woman had he been a few moments later in his visit
to the cell.

Mr. ROGERS asked her what she had to say for herself?
Prisoner (convulsed with grief)—l am very sorry, your
worship.
Mr. Roues—You see to what a state of misery you