The Sun.
London, England, 1832-11-02 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET

AN ANTI-MALTHUSIAN SWEEP.--Yesterday a sturdy
little sweep, named Scroop, aged about 40 years, was
charged with being the father of an infant, now chargeable
in Norton-Falgate Liberty.

Ann Ebbs had lived with the defendant 27 years, and
had presented him with 16 children. He was, however,
such a violent saving little man, that the could not live with
him after the birth of her laak. The sweep said she bad
pawned all his goods to get gin, and as to keeping the
child, " Vy," he said, " I'm too poor to pay." The
beadle deposed to the contrarj, and the Magistrate ad-
judged him liable to pay for the support of the child. Ann
Ebbs's quarrel with him was traced to his having been in
custody about a year since upon suspicion that a sum of
motley, which he had deposited with the landlady of a pub-
lic-house, had been obtained by robbery. He proved,
however, that the money was his own, and that he had
more in a Savings' Bank, although it appeared that he had
been in the habit of keeping his mistress and her children
upon exceedingly short commons. His excuse was, that
Ann Ebbs was so fond of gin, that he made her believe
he was very poor, and placed part of his earnings in the
hands of the landlady. Upon this discovery, Ann Ebbs
would no longer be left in such poor condition.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
CURIOUS CASE.—A smartly-dressed young woman,
attended by an elderly gentleman, brought a young man,
named William Pinnock, before Mr. Conant, for having
created a riot on last Sunday evening. The com-
plainant and defendant are husband and wife ; but
from some cause, which can only be guessed at, she
refuses to bear his name, and consequently she ob.
tained the warrant in the name of Hannah Briggs,
the complainant stated, that about two years ago she was
married to the defendant ; but, as both were in situations,
they agreed to continue in service. In consequence, as
she stated, of her husband's conduct towards her—the na-
ture of which she did not particularise—she took a mug
decided aversion to him, and had made up her mind to

separate from him. About this time she engaged herself
as " maid of all work" to the elderly gentleman accom-
panying her, a bookseller in Marylebone-street, and a
widower to boot, and in a short time she found herself so
comfortably situated, that she determined to relinquish
further communication with her husband. Her master,
who appeared to take a peculiar interest in everything
which concerned her, in order to protect her from any
violence, provided she encountered her husband, determined
upon sending his two nephews with her to chapel on Sun-
thy evening. The husband encountered them, and in
consequence of her refusal to give him her company, a
disturbance took place, which ended in all of them being
taken to the station-house, where the charge was dismissed
as soon as the nature of it was known. The defendant,
who appeared about five-and-twenty, a " proper man and
tall," and of far superior appearance to the woman, replied
to the charge, by stating that he conceived he bad a right
to demand the company of his wife, to whom he was so
devotedly attached that he could not live without her.
Mr. CONANT, upon hearing this, counselled the com-
plainant to be on friendly terms with her husband.
The young woman said it was true she had been mar-
ried at church to him, but he had only the name of hus-
band, for he had not consummated the marriage. This
strange confession caused some merriment in the office.

Mr. CONANT replied, that made no difference; she was
his wife, and be had a right to her society.
A long discussion ensued, which ended in Mr. CowANT
desiring the young man to enter into his own recognizance
to keep the peace, and recommending the widower to endea-
vour to effect a reconciliation between the parties. The
" widower" promised to comply, and walked off with his
maid of all work.