The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-Jim. 7.

GUILDHALL.—SINGTLAR AFFILIATION CASE.
—Mr. Charles Lutge, cigar merchant and tobacco-
nist, of St. Martin's-le-Grand was summoned before
Sir B. W. Carden and Alderman Wilson, to show
cause why he should not bo adjudged the father of
an illegitimate child.
Mr. Humphreys, jun., of the firm of Humphreys,
Son, and Morgan, appeared for the defence.
Margaret Farrell, a decent-lookinc, Irish girl,
said—l was delivered of a male child in August last,
of which the defendant is the father. I 'Let him
first in Nov., 1858, at the General Post-office,where
I was waiting for a letter I was expecting, when he
spoke to me. no afterwards took me to a house in
Shoe lane, where the intimacy which resulted in
the birth of the child commenced. He took me
there four times, and promised to marry me. I went
to his house in St. Martin's-le-Grand afterwards,
and he gave me money; arid upon discovering I
was in the family way, I went there again with a
letter informing him of the state I was in, and that
I should swear the child to him if he did not do
something for me. The shopman said he Witi not
at home, and I therefore waited till he returned,
and then went into the little room at the back of
the shep. I gave him the letter, and when he read
it he threw it at me. I threw it back, and went
out of the shop. I have no one here from the house
in Shoe-lane, as the only person I remember seeing
there is a servant who has gone to Paris.
Cross-examined.—Since then I have been in the
service of Mr. Hinton, of Highbury-barn. When I
came to London a female in the train recommended
me to a coffee-shop in Holywell-street, but as that
neighbourhood had a bad character, the landlady
recommended me to have my letters addressed to
the Post-office, and I afterwards went to live in
Cecil-street.

Mr. Humphreys—l shculd like to reserve any
further cross-examination of the complainant at
present, as I find she does not live at tie address
given in the summons. My client is a most respect-
able gentleman, and has been a married man for the
last 25 years.
Sir R. W. Carden—There is not a scintilla of
evidence, and I do not think from what I have
heard, that your client ought to let the case. rest
here. Ido not think we ought to call upon him to
be sworn.

Mr. Humphreys—Mr. Lutge is perfectly willing
to be sworn, as he instructs me that this complaint
is a perfect fabrication.
Alderman Wilson (to complainant)—The de-
fendant is summoned as a witness on your behalf.
Do you wish him to be examined ?
Complainant—Let him be sworn, and see then if
he will deny being the father of my baby.
Mr. Charles Lutge was then sworn, and said—l
do not know this young woman. I have never
spoken to her, but I cannot swear I have not spoken
to any female like her outside my door. I never
took her to a house in Shoe-lane. I do not recollect
any woman bringing me a letter six months ago,
or at any other time, and my throwing it at her. I
have not the least recollection of anything of the
kind. I never in my life received a letter from a
woman accusing me of being the father of her child.
I have a little parlour at the back of my shop, as
the complainant has described.
Sir It. W. Carden—l think it desirable to have
the:shopman here.
Mr. Lutge—He can come if you adjourn the case,
but we cannot both be away together.
Sir R. W. Carden—But your wife can take care
of the premises while he comes here.
Complainant—He has a little boy there also, sir,
for he used to tell me not to speak loud because the
boy might hear me.
Sir It, W. Carden then directed that the young
man should be fetched, and Inspector Everett
started off immediately to bring the shopman, who,
when he was sworn, gave his name as
George Cole, and said—l am in Mr. Lutge's em-
ploy. Ido not know the complainant.
Sir R. W. Carden—Now, pray be cautious, as
you ate required to speak only the truth.
Witness—l fancy I have seen her before. I have
never spoken to her that I am aware of, nor she to
me. Ido not recognise her at all.
Sir R. W. Carden—Let me caution you again.
Remember, you are on your oath. You need not
hesitate. You must know if she has been to the
shop before.

NiTitness--It is my belief I have never seen her.
I think I have seen her once. It was about six
months ago. She asked to see Mr. Lutge, who
was not in, and she said she would call again, and
she did so in half an hour, and she went into the
little parlour at the back of the shop, where Mr.
Lutge was. She had a letter in her hand, which
she took in with her.
Sir R. W. Carden—Let me impress upon you
the nature of the serious oath you have taken.
You commenced by saying you had never seen this
woman, and you now say you have seen twice in
one day.
Witness—But lam not sure this is the same
woman. I will not swear it was not she who
called. The woman was like her.
Sir It. W. Carden—Did you know your master
was here to-day ?
Witness—l did not, sir.
Sir It. W. Carden—Has any one told you he
was under examination this morning at this
court ?

Witness—No one, 61r.
Sir R. W. Carden—Be careful, and try and re.
collect.

Witness—A Mr. Evans came in, but he had not
time to speak before the inspectorarrived. He did
not tell me what I was to say here.
M. Humphreys—l can vouch for the fact that
Mr, Lutge has communicated with no one since he
was first sworn, except with me.
Sir R. W. Carden—l do not impute such a thing
for an instant, but it seems Mr. Evans has been
rather over anxious, for his friend must have been
very fast to get there before the inspector.
Witness cross-examined—There are occasionally
begging letters brought by women, but my master
generally refused them. He does not take these
women into the little parlour.
Mr. Humphreys—I am glad this young man has
been called, as he corroborates Mr. Lutge's state-
ment.

The complainant was then examined as to a sum
of £l2 which she appeared to have in the savings
bank, the whole of which having been paid within
the period of 21 days. Her account of it was, that
£6 was her own savings, which on leaving her situa-
tion she put by to meet the expenses of her ap-
proaching confinement, and that she wrote to her
uncle Hogan, a farmer in Ireland, stating she was
in distress, who remitted her the remainder of the
money in suns of £1 at a time.
Sir it. W. Carden did not believe her statement,
and ultimately decided that there was no evidence
upon which to make an order, and the case was
therefore dismissed.

LAMBETH.—A VISIT TO THE CANTERBURY.
George Wray, a wiry looking fellow, who had been
formerly a sergeant in the 44th Regiment of Foot,
and who is at present a corporal in the 2d West
Cork Militia, was charged with disturbing the per-
formances at the Canterbury Hall, and also vio-
lently assaulting Bob Bains, the well known water-
man, and Sergeant Knowler.
It appeared that all remonstrances having failed
to restrain the prisoner from annoying the com-
pany and interrupting the music, he was told he
must be put out, upon which he said he should be
glad to see the person. who could do it. Bains pre-
sented himself as the man, but he had more than his
work to do, and was very roughly handled. Ser-
geant Knowler then assisted, and in his efforts to
get the prisoner to the station, he had a fall which
very seriously injured his right eye and right side
of his face.

The magistrate convicted him in a penalty of £3,
or six weeks, remarking that but for his former
good character it would have been much more.

LAWYERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.--Mr. D. Ba-
bington. Ring, barrister, recently of the Western Circuit, and
lately residing at Mannamead, Plymouth, but now of Bri-
tish Columbia, has had unpleasant differences with the At-
torney-General of that colony. Mr. Ring, on the authority
of a Mr. Wright, accused the Attorney-General (Mr. Cary)
of having violated some rules of the bar, which he had him-
self proposed and carried. Mr. Cary called Mr. Ring to ac-
count for this, and charged him with having circulated
slanders. Mr. Ring stated his authority, but denied that he
had circulated the ccmplaint, because he had confined it
strictly to members of the bar, who were parties to the rules
alleged to have been violated', and ho offered to leave the
dispute to be settled by third parties. Mr. Cary refused the
reference, and demanded the unconditional withdrawal of
the charge, adding son-le offensive terms. 'Thereupon Mr.
Ring sent to Mr. Caryanelaborateletter, by a friend, which
concluded thus :—" If, therefore, by tho hands of Mr. Ba-
stetson, who bears this letter, you do not retract the offen-
sive terms used towards me, although I shall denounce you
in the most public way as a slanderer of me, I desired to be
spared from addin g coward." The Attorney-General refused
both the demand and the chaßeno.o carried by the bearer—
thereupon Mr. Ringproceeded toridvertise hint in the news-
p:tpers, as ho had threatened, and denounced him as a cow ar
Upon this Mr. Cary exhibiLed articles of the paace against
Mr. Ring, and caused him to be bound over in £5OO to keep
the peace. There it should, have ended, but Mr. Cary was
anxious to vindicate himself, and again rushed into print
with a letter of explanation, the substance of which was that
in the course he had taken he had acted under the advic 0
of friends. This called forth a letter from Mr. Ring, in
which ho re-stated the whole case. Other letters were pub-
lished, ono signed " 11. Macaulay," and addressed to "D.
B. Ring, Esq., banister," strangely illustrative of colonial
life, wherein the writer, as the friend of Mr. Cary, accepts
the challenge of Mr. Ring, " with either of the following
weapons :—Rifles, 80 yards, two shots ; shot guns, 40 yards,
two shots; pistols, 30 yards, two shots ; bow (six feet) and
arrow, 50 yards, three shots ; bowie knife, in a dark room."
The writer adds—" Having an utter contempt for you per-
sonally, I send you this challenge through the press."
Hero, at the departure of the last news, this pretty quarrel
rested.