The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-20 00:00:00

THE THEATRES, &C.

VAUXIIALL.—Mr. Thessiger moved the Court
for a renewal of the licence granted to Vauxhall
Gardens. There were no observations made in op-
position to the motion, and it was granted.
ASTLEY'S.—Nir. Barnewell moved for the re-
newal of the licence of this theatre in the names of
the same proprietors as last year. There was no
opposition, and the licence was renewed.
COBURG.—Upon the motion of Mr. Thessiger
the licence of this house was renewed without ob-
servation.

SulutEY.—Mr. Thessiger on motion obtained a
renewal of the licence of this house for Mr. Charles
Ellisten.

ST. HELENA.—A licence for music only was
granted to these well known tea-gardens.
The Court was occupied the rest of the day in
hearing parish appeals and in trying cases of larceny.

LONDON SESSIONS, OCT. 20.

REMARKABLE AFFILIATION CASE.

Mr. ALLEY stated, that he was instructed to move
for a confirmation of a conviction in a case of rather
a singular description. Mr. Daniel Price, one of the
overseers of the parish of St. Anne, Blaskfriars, was
charged some time ago before Alderman Thorpe and
Sir Peter Laurie, with being the father of an illegi-
mate child, by the widow of one of the paupers of
the parish, named, Matthews, whose charms at-
tracted the appellant's eye, as she retired in tears
from an unsuccessful application to the workhouse
for relief. She was induced to wipe away her
tears, however, by the persuasion of Mr. Price, who
kindly invited her, and a female friend of her's, also a
pauper, to accompany him to one of those accom-
modating mansions, where people of both sexes are
received without any inquiry into character, and
where the two poor women, and the overseer of
the poor, contrived to drink brandy and water, and
to improve their acquaintance in other ways, so that
nine months afterwards a little girl was the result.
Before the Magistrates, Mr. Price had resolutely
denied the connexion; but, after all, Mrs. Matthews
was the best judge.
Mrs. Matthews, a most impudent and ugly pau-
per, then stood up in the boy, and seemed etweed-

ingly anxious to put the audienee in posso.o
her case. Her husband had, she said, diecil;p
farm-house of the parish on the 7th of Aug
she received relief from the parish. DATIIe/s
was the father of her child; he followed her 010
day between the 13th and the 21st of SW?
1810, after she had applied in vain for relief if
Russell ; they went to a house of ill fame iO4l
lane, accompanied by an acquaintance of h,l
Mrs. Winch, and the transaction occurred
.
gave rise to the babe she carried in her arms'
upon her oath, the only time she ever had
to do with anybody except her husband ;
was present, and immediately afterwards got
as intimate terms with Mr. Price.

Mr. PHILLIPS—What ! were you, 8:0
woman, a party in such an affair? Mrs. .a
—1 confess I was. Mrs. Winch was there'
as I, and she can't deny it.
Mr. PHILLIPS—What ! a married wool°
had never before been intimate with anYb
her husband ?
The RECORDER—She was only a wid°
Phillips.—(A laugh.) evi"
Mrs. Matthews repeated what she hadtf
stated. She
swore point blank that she nett
tioned that the transaction occurred on any ,
lar day! she did not recollect the day of the
or of the week.
Mr. PHILLIPS—Did you tell the Aldernieedi
circumstance which showed Mr. Price's eel's:
be so profligate ?—Mrs.Matthews—No,o4
Mr. PHILLIPS—No ! why not ? why „u
conceal them after his ill-treatment of you
Matthews (after same hesitation)—Because
the case was to go further on, and, therefore,
here to tell the truth
p.
you
o eat
kneNtivr.
Price's person after
? Mrs. Matthews—He came into the rope
t
me as Mr. Hat mer, and I said he looked en,
-,y;
Mr. Price than Mr. Hamer; and I burst°
mean to swear
thiss tht
r,ot'
crying, I did. 14'
Re. examined—Mrs. Winch and I drew
paper for Mr. Price, and the lot fell upon 01e
(Loud laughter.) „Ole
Mr. ALLEY—What a terrible Turk.--li.e7one
Mr. PHILLIPS declared that the case
too serious a nature to admit of the least 'e„,'lljec"
J. Sharp, an overseer of the parish, rel'he 11;
that Mrs. Matthews applied for relief from t-ce°'
to the 21st of September, and Mr. Price's ei
he believed, attracted by her. 0101
Mr. ALLEY—You mean that he threW
eye at the pauper ?—(Loud laughter.) s to°
Mr. PHILLIPS, in a very powerful atldtej,,i,e
Jury, requested their close attention to 61" the
ft
ticulars of the case. He then dwelt or°
es a
dence of Mrs. Matthews, and represented t",
condition in which a woman so disposed ~?",°;'
J
anything might place any man, in the u'ithsi:!,
on the Bench. He had witnesses to swear
had told the most palpable falsehoods on t,lle trs'
—that she had given various accounts of os"
action—and that not a syllable she uttered ,
serving of credit. eV'
Mr. PHILLIPS then called Mr. Russell, the of
warden of the parish, who had instituted Bily 01,
nation into the matter, and bore totilri°ll4ol/'
fact that Mrs. Matthews had mentioned aevre„adt.
rent days, and changed the date when she
any difficulty was in the way. A t
,ho,,
Witnesses were also caPed, who prove" 01)
Price was engaged in the country on s°lll- p 4
days mentioned, and in town with othervy,
on others. The evidence in proof or the Per./
indeed, of the most convincing deFcriptioe, :het,
The RECORDER and ALDERMEN stopped
and quashed the conviction.
true thatl
Mr. PHILLIPS said, it was quite
Matthews had been in the house allude 0d to,,P)
1,,
was in company with a differentman,u, 1
was the Gth of September, which day she swer,
not the day on which the occurrence took plat
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WHOLESALE MURDER.-011e 0. -
was in comptny with a gentleman on We{113;1111/
direct from Halifax, who stated that he witot4 per
of HENBY GAMBLES, Captain of the Ladgpl°e°i'
from Londonderry, shipwrecked near CsPe,
19th ult., by which 273 persons lost their
ticulars of which were given in our last. Cartte
aLES was convicted of intentionally wrecking bull
get at the iniurance, and sentenced to beioroo.,
which he confessed that he deserved the
informant states, that so heart-rending svere,„t)rpOw'
the horrible scene, in which nearly 300 ";
were consigned to a sudden and watery gilt,;
whole Court, and apparently all the ,Pecioo6'.:;'
tears. One of the witnesses, whose arm wag brr°hail
pleasant( P ay.AßNeaplnTtea
anecdote
Republican,Sept.Bau
his wife and a large family of childrem-'
e 60/"‘O:i
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(oltieatliine o f
lottery, populwarhitiyc.h
had
die bfaairlednhalidfelpeuob.lislitaerp;ato
about Paris for a week to gather his laurel.' citftr,
that the crop had entirely failed, be left the.vote(e
Muses and Graces with a solemn protest A00401,10'
lieving that a Parisian knew good verses fro° bits,
a league or two of the city he sat down to re'tsrle")
soon perceived that he was the object of 11: lots, 0
tion to all passers by. Some took off tbeiio4e'i.
pressed their hands to their bosoms—saloe d'lstifTe
Heaven as if thanking it for having sent '°,l,,editiO
a genius upon earth. The bard was surpris'olo'd
--overwhelmed with gratitude. He roger 30" )
gratefully taking off his hat to every gr°:4ltorge'd
At length one mak threw himself fromhi/The o,sio
down, and approached him on his knees.
i 0 be OW
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in taptures! " No, no, my good friend • i ack° 0
" You must not offer this homage to me' I
your taste. Yet remember that, althoubt:t ir,sh
author of the ' sixteen sonnets,' 1 am still b 011)101
The worshipper looked astonished, but procee (WO
homage. The bard could no longer resist--- rd sty
disobedience mastered hint. He rushed fur k, 1/10,
re Ab,c
himself in tears on the worshipper's oercood I‘,l
started up, and they both rolled on the g sor,
when the bird, happening to cast his eYeti Ltr,,i.g46',
on the hank behind him an image of the
vesai°o4o4i
secret of the bowing and uncapping was
He rose—brushed the dust front his culottelvt!;,
dust eff his feet against the good city of P3:fori;'
way, and wrote verses no m0re.—.316/

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