The Sun.
London, England, 1833-11-04 00:00:00

GUILDIIALL.

CHURCH RATES.—Several inhabitants of St.
Dunstan's, Fleet-street, were summoned for refusing
to pay arr-arg of church rates.
Mr. Beck, of adt-court, said there were two
distinct church rates. One was for the repdts of a
church which had no existence; and the Act' for
budding the new church restrained the levying of
more than 2s. in the pound as a church rate, while
the churc'iwardens desired to raise a greater sum.
Mr. W6steott, the collector, said the rate was
made according to an assessment agreed to by the
parishioners. _ _ _

A parishioner suspected the new chinch was a
job, as a scaffolding was erected on the top of the
roof of the old church, after it had been condemned,
fir the accommodation of several per.ons when the
King was expected to visit the city.
The MAGISTRATES overruled the obj odor's, end
ordered p yment of the rate.
Mr. Beck gave notice of appeal.
Richard Carlile, who made similar objectilns
was ordered to p•y.
W GuWan Wll4 summoned for 41. 13s. 4d., a
year's rate.
Mr. A•hurst said his cliEnt disputed his liability
to pay the rate, and the Meets, wes had tlictediiie
no power to enforce paynit.tit. l+s cll. nt's objtc-
lion was, that the tate i.va, not valid, a= it had h rn
made in a eose ves•ry ; it'd he had oohi-r tea•.ins,
which would-have o eight in Beclesneoio Coiirt•.
but emu,' n q be rrengu.z,u by Aligi.t.t.-s

The MAGISTRATES, of er vonstil.ing the C..), S

lici or, dtcnied tt,ey were b and to folio. ar bow er.-
fore ng payment, and lei% the Churchwardens to se, k
assistance in D,ctort.' Gimmornz.
MARLBOROUGH STREET.

On Seutday 'he' parish officers of St. James's
brought Hannah Weston, a good-lo,king young
g•rl, before Mr. CHAMBERS, for the purpose of affi-
liating a child, of which she had recently been deli-
vered in theT workhouse.
Mr. CHAMBERS having asked the girl to point out
the father of tier infant, she untied round and
touched a smartly-dressed you- h of diminutive
and apparently not more than 16 years of age. l'he
aid proceeded to state, that while she heed as Ina.-
seiy-maid with the defen ant's broth. r-m-law, in
limsefeiry-road, the defen4ant, who slept in the
same house, became intimive with her, somewhere

abou- the month of March last, and the c•on:rqu-nee
was that she became pregnant, and was delivered,

about a month ago, of a ill. gilimatt. chi!d Sr.

James's worktintise: To account for ihr (I.ficienry
in she customary period, the gill said that her.nff-

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spring W4i a -even months' child.
Defendant—l deny being the father of the child;
I never took any improper liberties with the girl.
Mr. CHAMBERS—Do you mean to say that you
nev,r vv as imamate with that woman? Defendant
—Yes, I do.
Mr. CHAMBERS—WeII, you hear what the &..•
fendant says; what have you .o say now, girl?
Gll-1-1,. is the father, and no one el-e.
Mr. CHAMBERS—Where did the intim icy rir-t
take plac, ? ar:—He came to o wie
night, and he remained with me for some vine.

Mr. CHAMBERS—Did lids °veil' mote tier►► once?
Girl-0 }rs, more than a itartared ti
VV!Eet► ne used to ,top Itue, or go to tite play, I
used to let tato in, and ben he used to ttikel.bcrties
with me.

Mr. CumnsEßs —How of I are you ?
era- 20 purs of age la't May.
Mr. CHAMBERS--And what is your age, de-
fendant? Defendant-1 am in my 1811 yr,c„

waTrdt:e bthe
aridrobegr-n
ge,ii-ltaow of thebe allowediefe
ltt.l:t
oi,i,yl .topped
afe f
.vwo.odis....
He could not pretend to prove that what .t he• gilt
had stated ablut an improper intim icy having; taken
place with his brother was fake, but he nad the
,tiongeit giounds for bebeving i hat some o• her
per-on was the fa,her of the c-ild. Tile gill, when
in his service as nur*ery-maid,s opt with t,s IP of his
children, one 12, and !hie other 10 years of age, and
if the defendant had been in toe habit, as she
asser.ed, of gong to her bed, the circumstance, he
was of opinion, could hot have retnained a secret to
his child en. But the truth was, the gill was of a
mos' prAtote dkposition, and he had learned fr,,m
the confession of two of his children, boys of the
ages of 10 and 7 years, that she hat been if, ;Ate
habit oh conduc,lng lte:seif to, aids them in it
manner unfit lir de*cliption. He also found out
'''at she was well know!! m his neigabooriood, and
also that she Kept up a eocre,p,iiilenee with
ho bite master, with what') stir ha.; been seen
drtikihg in a public-`louse. Anntiitr enekiin-
stance also convitueli him that anther h,d a
better claim to be cons,dered ti.e hither c the
0(14, - and ti at was, that whiltl in I,ls se. vice
it hod akkays,been his custom to rt 9u,ic h rof a
Sunday evening to attend etturch, aou tU r't"r"
twine before tune ''clock. Uu &Judi.), evrio:ig,
abou ?lie nine when she stated tttr I,":Ena'l IL"
took place b,twixt tier and the (10,.'"Ii`j.`" 11"
not coshe twine 'mill past I weive„ti
and on the I,ll,,wing Monday-,

named Weaver, and bad been frequently seen in his
company.
The girl was then asked if she knew a per-
son named Weaver. Sho admitted she had been
in the habit of walk;ng about with him on a Sun-
day evening, but she denied that anything improper
had ever occurred between them.
Mt. CHAMBERS said this evidence only tended to
show that the female was a very lewd woman, but
it did not invalidate her oath. As there was every
thing in her conduct to prevent a Magistrate from
showing favour to her, he should make an order for
a very small weekly allowance on the defendant•
He then inquired into the circumstances of the de-
fendant (whose name was Charles James Lancaster),
and was informed that he was a clerk in the office
of Mr. Chichester, the barrister.
An order for the payment of half-a•crown weekly
was then made on him.