The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-29 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Yesterday the Court was occupied in hearing parish appeal*.
THE EAST LONDON WATER-WOEKS COMPANY V. THE
Poons•-nATE OE THE PAILISH Or ST. MAEY, STuAT-

FOltD, BOW.

Mr. SCARLETT, who was retained specially in this•ease, in-
formed the Court that the parties had agreed to refer the matter
to the judgment of Mr. Alderson, with a view to a permanent
arrangement upon the subject.
TWO other similar cases, in which the same company were
appellants, were disposed of in like manner.

--ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER, v. ST. LURE, CHELSEA.
This case turned upon the question, whether the pau-
per, Elizabeth HOUMA, was a legitimate or an illegitimate
child. It appeared that the child's father, whose name was
Holland, had lived with her mother under the name of
Campbell, but was at the time married to another'Woman.—
Ile had a !mule for Mrs. Campbell, and passed -its:her hus-
band, but he was never married to her. After hsr death, he
had her daughter educated at a boarding-school, as his legiti.
mate child, and took her home to live with him uqtil she was
ff years of age, when, in consequence of her disagr,eeing with
Mrs. Holland, he quarrelled with her, and she was Oldlged to
seek relief of the parish. This being proved by the father him-
self and another witness, the Court confirmed the Order. •

BRIGHTON V. ST. PANCRAS.
The question in this case was, whether the twcro.Youngeit of
four children, belonging to a Mrs. Holding, were to be pre:
sinned to ba the children of her husband, J. Hording, or not ;
as, in ease they were, then, and not otherwise, they were enti-
tied to a settlement with the other two children and their mother
at Brighton.
'lt was stated by Mrs. Holding, that Holding went to Ame-
rica about 12 years ago, since when she never saw him but once
for live minutes about live years ago. Front that time to the
present she has never learned what became of him, nor does she •
know whether he is living or dead. For the few years last past,
she lived with a man named John O'Hara, now dead, and
passed in every respect as his wife. 11cr two younger children
are 2i years, and 11 months old, and O'llara was their father.
Mrs. Holding's son, anti two women who had lodged for a
considerable time in her house, swore, that since before the
bitth of these two children they never saw any .persoir'ltOnte
near her as her husband but O'Hara. .

It was contended that this was not sufficient proof in law of
non-access on the part of the husband ; but
The Cot; ire was of a different, opinion, and allmvedthe ap.
peal subject, however, to.a ease.
3lost of the appeals having been disposed of at four o'clock,
the CIIAIUMAN directed the remainder to stand oror until to.
morrow.

lIRENTFORD-BRTME. •
When the Court Was about to call on some licensing pet',
tions, Mr. 11111.1. s rose, and called
,the attention of his brother
.Magistrates to a matter of some importance. fly the terms.of
the contract for building lirentfolci:bridge, it was agreed to sup-
ply. the best granite from Aberdeen ' • instead of .which, that
which had been supplied was admitted to be of a very inferior
description. Having been one of the ftwmer Committee, he felt
he' owed it as a duty to the public to bring this matter under
their notice, and not allow the county to be imposed upon.
After a few observations from one or two other Magistrate',
they agreed unanimously to re-appoint the foimer Committee,
and refer the matter to them to report upon. '

ILiEpanTuistracpaiLaie.ad
Mr. Anlo. sal tireSnlCeaAali. lo.flchz;lice7l6.ce.
of
nag.
Nfpor
nigge-wells.—Granted.
Mr. STEIMING made similar applications for the Adelphl,
the English Opera, White Conduit-house, the Mermaid, Hack-
nekand Sadler's Wells.—Granted.
Ir. BAUM( applied for licences for The Toy, Hampton-
court ; and the D'ing's Ancient Concert-rooms, Tottenham-
court-road.—G ranted.
Mr. ADOLPHUS applied for a licence on behalf of Mr. Ham-
mond, for a new theatre at Hackney, for' musical entertain-
ments, ballets, and burlettas. The petition was signed by
some of the churchwardens, overseers, and inhabitants of the
parish ; but as it had not been signed by the minister, nor sub-
mitted to the select vestry for their approbation,, the Court
suggested the expediency of withdrawing the petition ; which
was accordingly done for the present.
TILE rawrilrox. - - -

Mr. Aootrirus moved, on behalf of N. W. Cundy, for a
renewal of the licence for the Pantheon, Oxford-street.
The clerk of Mr. Seymour, solicitor to the proprietors, stated.
that the licence could not be granted to Mr. cundy, for he was
ton
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authorised
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were now his.

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have.sl which
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by the solicitor's clerk. . , . ,
The Clerk stated, that Mr. Seymour was not aware that this
application would be made, or he would have been DrepareA P 2
oppose It in the regular. way. .. .4, • - -
The CHAIRMAN asked if there was not a balleort.there at
present ?
...
'The Clerk said that Mr. Graham was there at, pretent, being
paid by the proprietors for taking care of the prendaes:
Mr. Cundy stated that Mr. Graham hitt! beenouc of them
these three weeks.
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p,trhe
mat that
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did ontipacpbp.,Jecttt
granTitliengClieltliCen°cbesewnas,red
was in possession of the
Mr..ADotrilus finally withdrew his application.

The sales of the Marquis of Onidoxn's property
at Chesterfield exceeded the valuation of the
Professional Gentlemen concerned by the anniof
13,6001.
The arrangement of the splendid Library-of
his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, at Kensington Palace,
is the most perfect we have yet seen. Notwithstanding the
Library consists of nearly sixty thousand volumes; the plan is
so simple, that even a stranger will have little difficulty of fix-
ing upon any volume, by the mere reference to the catalogue.
The Royal Duke is now on a visit to his friend, Colonel WILD-
MAX, at Newatead Abbey.
In Sir RICHA ILD STEELE'S Correspondence, pub-
lished some years since, in a letter to Lady
STEELE, he says, " We had not, when yott left
us, en Inch of candle, a pound of coals, nor a bit
of bread nor meat in the house ; but we do not
want now."

OLD BAILEY--(Tuts Diy.)

BBPORE i tE. JUDGE.&.

Ctt
ARGE OT •II rcatw:tY Ito 1.211 ER Y.— Henry
Varndn, a well knowtr, character, was put to the
liar .on an indictment, charging- him, citeitally
with assaulting, on the King's higliway, the
Sth of October, an aged gentleman,' named
Phillip Dare, in the parish of Shoreditth, anti
stealing from his person, part of a watch. chain,
seals, &c. with force anti violence.

The prosecutor, on the day in questitifi, was
walking along, when he attracted the notice of
the prisoner and his associates, who escaped,
and thu consequence was that they beset
bin:, and at length the prisoner went up
to him and snatched at his watch chain, which
broke, from the violence used. The prosecutor
immediately called out for assistance, and the
gang ran away, taking different directiofis. The
prisoner, however, was pursued, and eventually
stopped by a person named Woodward, -and the
detached part of the chain, with the seals, found
in his possession.--Three other persons proved
the charge against the prisoner, who called no
person to speak to his character, and the Jury
found him GuillN of stealing from the person,
but not with force and violence.

Henry Lee was put to the bar on un indict-
ment chprgingAthn with stealing, in the dwell-
ing house of Mr. Riven, of Crowo-street, in the,
parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, a valuable
looking-glass, on the 30th of September last.
Three witnesses were called to bring the
charge home to the prisoner, who said, in his de-
fence, that he received the property from a per-
son named Smith, to carry it for hint some dis-
tance. One witness gave the prisoner a good
character. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.