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London, England, 1832-07-16 00:00:00

MOFFAT'S DIVORCE BILL.

The second reading of this Bill having been moved,
Lord ELDON rose, and entered at great length into
circumstances of the case.

(LEFT SITTING).

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION HO USE.

RURAL SIMPLICITY.—Edward Walsh, an attor-
ney's apprentice, and the son of a farmer, who re-
sides near Glastonbury, in Somerset.hire, was
charged with being the father of an illegitimate
child by Rosa Hunt.
The Somersetshire parish officers stated, that
they had followed the defendant to town, he having,
to the surprize of his neighbours, cut and run, al-
though possessed of abundant means of discharg-
ing the incidental expences. Upon being appre-
hended, he said that he would take his oath that he
was not the father of the child, and that the whole
matter was a mistake.

The LORD MAYOR—What did he mean by a mis-
take ? Does he mean to say the girl is mistaken in
saying that she is pregnant ?
The Officer—No, my Lord, but he says she is
mistaken in supposing him to be the father, although
she swears he is the only man she ever knew inti-
mately, and she is believed by every one.
The LORD MAYOR—I am sorry to see that in the
country they are very clever at some of our worst
town tricks.

The defendant said he did not mean to impute
to the girl the vice of indiscriminate prostitution,
but she certainly had in this matter confounded him
with another person. The mistake arose out of an
odd circumstance. They had been at a " hop"
together one night, where a great deal of jovial work
went forward, and cider and gooseberry-wine
passed round rather too quickly. In the midst of
the fun Rosa promised to make him happy, and a
friend of his, one Thomas Morris, who was of the
company, obtained a promise of a similar kind from
another girl. It happened that the two young wo-
men were so overpowered by the liquor, as not to be
able to distinguish between the persons of their
lovers, who, by way of a lark, agreed to an exchange
of sweethearts, so that Tom Morris became the
father of the child. The other girl proved more
lucky, but she knew nothing yet of the mistake.
Rosa Hunt said that the story was trumped up
for the purpose of throwing a slur upon her oath.
It was true she had been induced to drink, or she
would not have committed the other error ; but she
was not so far gone as not toknow the sound of the
defendant's voice.

The LORD MAYOR—Were you so far gone as not
to see him ?

Rosa—The night was as dark as pitch, so that the
four of us fell into a slough before we got home.—
(Laughter.)
The Defendant—And then it was that Tom Mor-
ris and I changed girls, but the mischief was done
before that. If the child was mine I wouldn't let
any man pay a halfpenny towards its support, but
I don't fancy being a father when, by the virtue of
my oath, I never touched the mother. Now tell
the truth, Rosa, hasn't Tom Morris been always af-
ter you since the accident ?

Rosa—He was always after me before it, but you
know I preferred you—hut you're a pair of bad ones,
and I can to-morrow get a better than either of you :
hut one or other of you must pay for the child, I'm
sure I don't care which.

LORD MAYOR—WeII, upon my word, both ladies
and gentlemen are a very instructive sample of rus-
tic simplicity, and have contrived to bring to town
a case which is quite hard enough to puzzle a Lord
Mayor. But what does Mr. Thomas Morris say to
this? He seems to be a necessary evidence.
The officers said, that Mr. Morris, upon being
questioned upon the subject, declared that, as a man
of honour, he considered himself bound to be silent.
—(A laugh.)
Upon being pressed, he said he was not aware
that on the night in question any thing had occurred
between him and the young ladies of a more parti-
cular kind than usual, except falling in the ditch.
The LORD MAYOR—I fear it will be difficult to
fix the pa'ernity in this case.

_ The officer—The girl swears the voice was that
of the defendant.

The defendant—That's all nonsense. Tom imi-
tated my voice, and we were all tipsy together. I'll
subpoena him, and have an oath out of him at any
rate : it's too bad that I should be charged with an-
other's brats.

The LORD MAYOR —You richly deserve it. The
deception was a base one, and it was you that pro-
posed it, but in my opinion it did not succeed. The
women are much more cunning in their cups than
the men, and you may depend upon it, that though
you thought you had the wrong woman, she had the
right m:in.—(Laughter.) Go home, young man,
and bring up your child properly and religiously—
you see what fools the women can make of us in
the broad light of day I How then do you think we
can escape them in the daii: ?

The officers then accompanied the defendant from
the Justice-room, but it was generally believed that
an immediate settlement would save the Bench of
Magistrates the ridiculous form of confirming the
paternity.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Monsieur Antonio Andre Ramage, a travelling
French merchanr, was charged with having kicked
and cuffed the body of Mynheer Von Reider,
importer of German curiosities. _

The cause of the quarrel, as well as could be
gathered from the voluble jargon of the complai-
nant, who, however, seemed to pride himself on
his proficiency in the English language, appeared to
have arisen from some disparaging remarks which
Mynheer Von Raider applied to the country of
Monsieur Ramage. The dispute ran high, and as
Monsieur's stock of English was by no means so
extensive as Mynheer's, he, in return for the " damn
your eye" of his antagonist, placed his hand in a sig-
nificant manner on that part of his person where,
according to Sir Hudibras, honour is lodged. This
was instantly resented by the German, who seized a
glass of hot whisky and water, and flung it in his
face, the pain of which caused the Frenchman to
caper about the room like a dancing-master, and, as
he said, " to cause both his eyes to make very most
water." The German put himself in a fighting at-
titude, and the Frenchman consented to decide the
matter according to the English fashion. They both
stripped and came into the middle of the rootn where
they stood s winging their arms about like the sails of a
mill for a quarter of an hour, without inflicting any
blows on each other. At last the German having by
chance caught the Frenchman a slap with the back part
of his hand, the Frenchman rushed on him, and, being
the " stronger vessel," threw him down and himself
upon him, in order to improve his advantage accord-
lug to the Continental fashion, by thumping the
German's head against the floor. This being against
one of the fundamental rules
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standers interfered, and the discomfited German,
having got the worst of the bout, brought his rival
before the Magistrate, to balance the account.
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made up the matter without the help of the Ma-
gistrate. • ,
A boy, named Jones, was charged with unlaw-
fully selling the Cosmopolite penny publicatien,which
the Stamp-office has failed in their attempt to sup•t
press. The charge having been proved, the de-
fendant, who is a boy only twelve years of age, on
being asked if he would promise not to sell any
more if he were liberated, replied, I'll make no pro-
mise of the kind, for the moment I get out I shall
commence again. In answer to the question by
whom he was employed, he said he would give no
information on that point, and that he was prepared
to meet the punishment that the Magistrate might
think fit to inflict on him.

The Magistrate said that it would be more con-
sonant with his feelings to let a boy of his tender
years go about his business if he promised not to
break the law.

Defendant—That I shall make no promise about.
Magistrate—l shall commit you for three months,
the full period.

Defelidant—l don't care for that.

CIVIL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.

The following is the new construction of the civil de-
partment of the navy, on the plan proposed by Sir James
Graham, and adopted by Parliament :
First Secretary of the Admiralty, Captain the Hon.
George Elliott, C.B. R.N. ; Second Secretary, John
Barrow, Esq. LL.D. F.R.S. ; Private Secretary to the
First Lord of the Admiralty, Major George Graham ;
Surveyor of the Navy, Captain William Symonds ; Ac-
countant. General of the Navy, John Thos. Briggs, Esq. ;
Storekeeper-General, the Hon. Robert Dundas (son of
Viscount Melville); Comptroller of the Victualling of the
Navy, and of the Transport Service, James Meek, Esq. ;
Physician of the Navy, Sir William Burnett, K.C.H.
M.D. ; Chief Clerk of the Admiralty, H. F. Amedroz,
Esq. ; Hydrographer, Captain Beaufort, R.N.
The establishment of the Navy Pay Office now consists
only of the Right Hon. C. P. Thompson, Treasurer, of a
Chief Clerk in the Treasurer's branch, and of Pay Clerks
at Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plymouth.

LIST OF THE MIN
THE TITHE B:
SUBJECT OF T
OF A REFORM
Bellew, Sir P.
Blamire, W.
Blackney, W.
Browne, J.
Brabazon, Lord
Bulwer, E. E. L.
Callaghan, D.
Chapman, M. L.
Doyle, Sir J. M.
Fitzgibbon, IL H.
French, A.
Grattan, H.
Hort, Sir W.

,RISH TITHES.

ORITY OF 3.2 WHO VOTID AGAINST
ELL,. AND FOR POSTPONING THE
[THES FOR THE CONSIDERATION
:D PARLIAMENT.
Hume, Joseph
Jephson, C. D. 0.
Killeen, Lord
Lambert, J. S.
Leader, N. P.
M‘Namara, W. N.
Mortimer, Hon. H.
Mullins, F.
O'Connell, M.
O'Connor Don
O'Ferrall, R. M.
Power, R.
Ruthven, E. S.

IRISH WHO VO'
Browne, D.
Bernard, Thomas
Blaney, C.
Chichester, Sir A.
Corry, H. L.
Cole, Hon. A.
Duncannon, Vise.
Ferguson, Sir R. g

Sheil, R. L.
Torrens, Colonel
Walker, C. A.
Waller, Thomas
White, S.
Wyse, T.

TELLERS.
Grattan, James
Lambert, H.

LOCKED OUT.
'Chichester, Captain

TED WITH THE GOVENRNIENT.
Hayes, Sir E. Ponsonby, Hon. W.
Handcock, Richard Perceval, Colonel
I ngestrie, Viscount fownshend,
Jon es, T. Young J.
Knox,
Lefroy, Dr. I'. TELLERS.
Lefroy, A. Cramptm, P. C.
Ponsonby, Hon. G. Rice, T. S.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS

DURING LAST W ERIC.

Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans.
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. s.
Carlisle_ 63 37 23 41
Ilex ham 60 70 36 42 22 ‘27
orpet h 64 68 33 36 20 25 33 36
Penrith 62 34 22 38
37 21
49
Winchester 56 65 32 35 22 24 42 45
Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. 8. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s.d.
Carmarthen—. 63 69 38 40 16 20 00 00
Coventry --. 70 9 0 4 8 54 36 40 56 60
Newcastle (Staff.) 9 6 98, 6 4 6 6 3 4 3 9 5 0 5 6
Northallerton 70 93 36 46 33 40 56 60
98 99 56 60 38 47 62 66
Swansea ......--.... 7 4 80 40 44 23 26 00 00
Warwick 9 0 10 0 4 6 50 22 26 73 76
Per 8011.
Barnardcastle 9 18 0 90 10 0 64 70 00 11 0
Durham.,.,. .'149 9 180 90 100 50 73 11 0 120
Richmond l6O 18 0 96 10 0 50 70 86 10 U
Stockton 15 0 16 3 9 6 10 0 6 4 7 0 0 0 0 0

33 36
- 38
40
42 45
A. d. Q. d.
00 00
56 60
50 56
56 60
62 66
00 00
73 76

WAKEFIELD CORN MA R KET.—July 13.
Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suffolk —s. 535. to 61s. fine 645.
Lin. and Cam. —s. 535. to 61s. fine 645.
-- Yorkshire —s. 575. to 625. fine f4s.
White —s. 595. to 655. fine 675.
Foreign, 1:Ifd. —s. 48s. to 565. fine 62g.

White —s. —s. to —s. fine 665.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk '32s. to 31s. tine 375.
- Lincolnshire 3.55. to 38s. fine 40s.
Yorkshire Wold 16s. to 395. fine 40s.
Foreign —s. to —s. fine —.s.
Beans, Small
-- Tick 935. to 335. fine 3fis
Oats, Potato 22s. to 245. fine 255.
Poland —s. 20s. to 235. fine 245.
Friezland and Small —s. 17s. to 225. fine 235.
Mealing l Id. to 12%d. per Stone.
Shelling 2ss. to 255. Od. per Load.
Malt 34s 435. fine 465. per Load.

Rapeseed...,

23/ N. 251. Os. 271. N. per Last.