The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-18 00:00:00

B 0 W- S T REE T.

A young fellow named William Hunt was yesterday
charged before Sir R. BIRNIE with having assaulted and
robbed a tradesman named Robert Wagstaff. lie was fully
committed to t ke his trial for the robbery at the next Ses-
sion,, Old Bailey.
UNION-HALL.

Yesterday Mr. Barr, a gentleman of fortune, resident a►
Wackhesth, was summoned by the parish officers o' New..
ingtoit, to Ita,e an order of affiliation in tde upon him fur
the maintenance of an illegitimate child. _

Jane Levi stated that Mr. Barr wa- the father of the
child she then carried in her arms, and that it WWI now
three years and a half old.
The Magistrate (Mr. CHAMBERS) inquired the reason
she had not sworn the child before, and in reply she said
that the defendant assisted her in a pecuniary way until
the last eighteen months, since which he had not con-
tributed to the support of his own ntr.pring--
An attorney, on the part of the defendant, said that his
client admitted having been acquainted with Mr.. Levi
about the time she stated. At the period of their ac-
quaintance she was not tnarried, but a Mr. Levi, who was
in the habit of continually visiting her about the same
period, married her, when she was some months enceinte
of the child produced in Court that day. The attorney
contended that Levi, the husband, was the father of the
child, and not Mr. Barr, the defendant, who would pro-
duce documents to show that a conspirac✓ was formed
against him by Jane Mellership (the present Mrs. Levi)
and her husband, for the purpose of extorting motley
from hint. _

The defendant here handed the Magistrate a bundle of
papers, and directed his attention to one which pm ported
to he a lett r from Mrs. Levi, addressed to him, stating
that the writer cv.is extremely sorry for having sent so
many previous communications ; that .he was sati•fi: the
child was not his, and promising faithfully never to trouble
him more upon the subject.
Mrs. Levi declared that she was not the writer of the

letter alluded to ; and for th© best of reasons, she was no
scholar, and could neither rrad nor write; therefore, she
disclaimed all knowledge of the epistle.
The defendant said that he was convinced the letter was

the joint production of Levi and his wife : he was the
writer to her dictation. Levi, however, WAR not present,
and the question as to whether he was the writer could
not he then ascertained. _

Mrs. Levi, on being asked whether she wax acquainted
with h. .r present husband at the time she had stated the
intrigue was going on between her and the defendant, re-
plied in the affirmative; but on being pressed to answer
whether Levi and she wire in the habit of sleeping with
each other at that particular period, she 3 tid that it was
so long ago she could not now answer the question, but
at all events she knew Mr. Barr was the father of her child.
Mr. CFIANIBEHS-How is it possible for you to say that
Mr. Barr is the father of your child, when you now ad-
mit that you forget whether Levi was or was not in the
habit of having intercourse with you at the very same time ?
Mrs. Levi, in reply, said that if a female was in

the habit of encouraging visits of different men, she could
always fix up n th” right fath,r. This answer caused a
great deal of laughter. She added, that if the investiga-
tion wss postponed, she would be enabled to bring forw:trd
satisfactory proof that the defendant, and he only, was the
father of the child.

In reply as to whether she and Levi were now living
together after all that had happened, she said that they
were, and that he made a very good husband. She, how-
ever, did not like to ride a free horse to death, and thought
it ton bad that he should be at the expense of maintaining
another man', bastard, ang that was the sole reason she had
come forward now to take that burthen off his shoulders.
Agreeably to the wish of the parties, the further hearing
was postponed until Friday.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
KENT and Princess VICTORIA honoured Newport (Isle of
Wight) with a visit on Tuesday, and received an address
from the Corporation, to which the Duchess made the
following reply Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—l beg
leave to thank you, fur the Princess and mre:f, for the
loyal sentiments you express to us, as Members of the
Roy .1 Family. I also seize this occasion to state, that we
are most grateful for the affectionate reception we have
received from all classes of his MAißs•rv's subjects, on our
visiting the He of Wight. I may observe, in reply to the
conclusion of your address, that the confidence the country
has reposed in me is most dear to my heart—to continue
to merit it is the object of my life ; and the only return I
can make is to do my best to bring up my daughter so as
to fit her, in every respect, for the station she may fill in
this great, free, and enlightened country." And, on re-
ceiving another address from the inhabitants of the town,
her Royal Highness said—" Gentlemen,—As it is ex.-
tremely gratifying to the Princess and myself to receive the
kind assurances you convey to us, on the part of the inha-
bitants of the town of Newport, of their attachment and
satisfaction at our coming to the Isle of Wight, and as you
have just heard the sentiments I have expressed to the
Mayor and Corporation, with regard to my individual
feelings, in relation to the country and my daughter, I
will not further detain you than to say, our hearts are
peculiarly alive to the reception the inhabitants of the town
of Newport have given us to-day, and that the loyalty and
'vat m feelings you display towards us, as Members of his
MAJESTY'S family, are most acceptable to us." Their
Royal Highnesses went to West Cowes on Friday, and paid
a visit to the Duke and Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND.
The paucity of coroueted equipages in the
Parks on Sunday indicated the close of the " fashionable"
winter. Amongst the few equestrians of rank we re-
cognised the venerable Earl of WrsTstortzLANn. The
fashionable company assembled in Kensington-gardens in-
cluded few of the leading Nobility, except Lord and Lady
MustsTßa, and Lord AUGUSTUS FITECIARENCIC.
A NATURAL LIFE 'Cite.—Some years
ago, a small farmer who did husbandry on the borders of
the Grampian., and who, like Tarn O'Shanter, got too
often gracious with change-house landladies, met with a
slight misfortune one " fearsome night,' by falling from
his horse and breaking his neck. Ile left a widow with
a large family, who were in consequence of the father's
death reduced to great distress. The widow called on the
landlord of the farm, a great proprietor, not twenty miles
from Montrose, and stated that she had no means of sup-
porting herself and faini!y, unless he would grant a short
lease of her late husband's farm. The landlord an-
swered that all his farms were life-rents, and that his
estate was entailed, therefore he could nut grant her re-
quest. " But my husband was killed," said the afflicted
widow. " Oh, let me see," replied the laird, " Well, let
your oldest son have his father's life-rent of the farm !"
Scotsman.