The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
AssAut.m.—Mrs. Susanna Jenkins charged Mrs. Jane
Quick with having committed an assault, by flinging
some dirty water over her person, and also with having
effected a compound fracture of the crown of her lace cap.
Mrs. Jenkins said that the defendant was her back attic
lodger, and having private reasons of her own for preferring
her "room to her company," she proceeded up stairs, for
the purpose of giving Mrs. Quick notice to quit. Wtien
near the door of the room, she heard Mrs. Quick in con-
fidential conversation with a neighbour; and after listen-
ing a short time, she was, as she declared, " struck all
of a heap," at bearing the epithet of " a gallows old
" something which sounded similar to " witch,"
applied to herself. Bursting with indignation, she re.
tatiated at the top of her lungs, by another epithet,
tolerated only amongst the ladies of Billingsgate. NJ
sooner did the unpleasant sound retch the tympanum
of Mrs., Quick, than she snatched up a curious collet inn
of slops, which stood handy, and having peeped over the
balustrades, she discharged her liquid missiles with accu-
rate aim at the ample visage of Mrs. Jenkins, who, fur the
better eas'ng of her mind, stood at that moment looking
upwards at the object of her angry vociferations. Mts.
Quick then ran down stairs, and having laid hold of Mrs.
Jenkins's cap, she committed the damage complained of.
Mrs. Jenkins declared that she considered her life to be in
danger, for a woman who would call her such an unchris-
tian name, was capable, in her opinion, of committing any

enormity.
Mrs. Quick, in defence, declared that Mra. Jenkins
commenced the fracas by attempting to force her xv ay,
while in a state of intoxication, into her room.
"Me drunk," said Mt s. Jenkins. " Oh, your Wor-
ship, I am ready to take my oath that I never drink more
than what does me good."
" Are you, sure," said Mr. CONANT to the defendant,
" that Mrs. Jenkins was intoxicated ?"—" Why, your
Worship, she is the parish midwife," said Mrs. Quick,
" is it likely she would be sober ?"
The force of this argument was not ex telly admitted
by the Magistrate, who, however, settled the matter by
allowing the warrant to stand over, in consideration of
Mrs. Quick quitting the house by a stipulated time.
MAR YL EB ONE.
SINGULAR CASE OF AFFILIATION.-Yesterday, Mr.
Robert Lloyd, a gentleman of fashionable exterior, re-
siding in Bryans'on-street, Portman-square, attended by
his solicitor, Mr. Flower of Hatton-garden, appeared
before the sitting magistrates, Messrs. HossaNs and
Tomas, at the instance of the parish officers of Maryle-
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girl of eighteen, had declared that the said Mr. Lloyd was
the true and genuine papa of the smiting cherub, a_ eti
three months, which she d indled in her arms. The
young mother, having gone through the usual formalities
of an oath, made her statement with much apparent mo-
desty and diffidence, from which it appealed that she
was a dressmaker, and had lately left the shop of her
mistress in Holborn. She first saw the defendant in
August last near Red Lion-street, when lie accoved her
and followed her home, taking care not to omit any op.
portunity during their progress thither of launching forth
various encorniutna on her form anti beauty. lie after-
wards walked up and down in front of the shop for at least
two hours, in the expectation of agrin seeing her, but
finding that his fond hopes were not likely to be rea;iz,d,
he made his exit from tie spot to which " all-powerful
love" had so long rivetted him. Nothing daunted by the
sad disappointment, the vicinity of the loved abode was
again honoured on the following evening by the prese ee of
Mr. Lloyd, who, catching a glimpse of his damsel near
to the blacking manufactory of the renowned Day and
Martin, whispered into her ear " the soft tale of love,"
and said how much delight lie should experience in Ineet •
ing her by " moonlight alone" near Hanover-square ihe
next night. To this proposition, after many importuni-
ties, the blushing damsel acceded, when, at the appoinre I
time and place the lovers met, and, after a little pr. Joni
nary discourse, proceeded to a house in Woodstock-sneer,
where in an ill fated hour she yielded to her admirer's
wishes. Many subsequent meetings took place, tall at
length the fa Etiz ,both made the unwished for discovery
that she WA? enceinte. She had till lately known the
defendant by the name of Jones, and was not aware that
lie had ever gone by a different cognomen till told by a
policeman that lie was Mr. Lloyd She was quite positive
that the defendant was the father of the illegitimate chit
which she held in her arms.
Mr. Lloyd denied in the most unequivocal manner that
he had any knowledge of the said Elizabeth, who was so
desirous of favouring him. She, however, persisted that
ail she had said was true.
Mr. Flower should beg that the case might stand
over, in order that Mrs. Carr (the defendant's landlady)
might come forward, who could prove that the com-
plainant had told her that she had been promised marriage
by a young man, in the event of her finding a fattier
for her child.—The case was accordingly postponed till a
future day.

NEW NOVEL----" LA COQUETTERIE," OR
SKETCHES OF SOCIETY IN FRANCE AND 8ELC1031......1i
seldom a work of fiction combines, with an interestinf,
tale, pure morality, and an insight into the society and
conduct of the upper classes. We have found it unite
in this work, written, we understand, by a lady of rack,
and from its just delineation of society in Belgium, ha+
been purchased by a high diplomatic character, and pre.
sented to King LEOPOLD. The Atheneum thus spe tks of

." We have seldom met with a work where the ci a-
racters converse, act, and live, with more eleg ince an I
genteel ease. It is decidedly clever."
FANCY FAlRS.—These lairs are indeed a
strange fancy; charity, it seems, has no naked charms,
mutt be attired in the robes of merchandise. The
quenters of fancy fairs have a few guineas to spend,
bat not on relieving misery or succouring the distressed,
but in pleasing themselves ; the contrivance, then, is 1,1
combine the gratification called pleasure with the pries.,
cipal object for which the guineas are to be extracted.
It is effected by a series of pretences ; a lady of rank enters
into a compact of this kind with the subjects she intends to
work upon. She says, " Now I suppose I am worth look-
ing at anywhere, but more especially to that kind of person
that has few chances of seeing a lady of fashion at her best.
I will therefore dress myself up in my most becoming
style, and consent to show myself in a stall to all those
who will pay a certain sum to the chat ity. But
I must not stare like a figure in a glass case; the show
will then be too barefaced ; I must make the pretence of
having something to sell, and these somethings to sell
will also be useful in extracting gains even beyond the
admission-money. Though no one wants the at titles ;
though they arc not worth a tenth of what I sh ill iisk for
them, yet, out of compliment to me, and for the pleasure,
of making purchases from one of my rank, many will
buy; and the pretence of selling- will be a mcht agreeable
way of exhibiting :all those advantages of air, and shave,
and graciousness, which I suppose myself to possess.
All this is sheer gain to the charity, my vanity is gratified,
and the curiosity of tha spc.atars satisfied." None bat
a very mercantile people surely could hit upon the ez.
pedient of playing at trade for charity ; and it is still
further characteristic of this most aristocratical and most
commercial land, that the merchandise should be baited
with rank and fashion. The combination of a love of
truck and barter with the well-known reverence for aris•
tocracy is particularly ingenious when considered as en!-
blematic of the national character. The fancy fair
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hen, or ought to be, the beau-ideal of John Bull; for
one room he finds commerce and charity hand in tin;
ur
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rank and trade, beauty and begging, splendour
all her gilded wings to shield a poor
ben,
live a year on the mere gilding of the salit! wing
to ;hut -a..
volenee going about in the mask
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grand contrivance to do good, but in such
-do it a bargain,--New Monthly illagaz4
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