The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-18 00:00:00

THAMES.

A HARD CASE.—THE LAW OF AFFILIATION.--A young
woman, of respectable appearance and address, named
Charlotte Chamberlain, came before Mr: Yardley, and
asked for a summons against Luke Williams, Parliamen-
tary agent, of No. 22, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, the
alleged father of her illegitimate female child, born in the
district of this court.

The applicant was before the Court on Monday last,
when a summons against Mr. Williams was made return-
able, and she then stated that she had been seduced by
him, and that since the birth of the child he had owned
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the paternity, and given her half•a,-sovereig,n. He had
also promised to pay all the expenses of her aceouchement,
and allow her 2s. 6d. a-week from the date of the summons.
She produced a letter from the defendant relating to the
arrangement for the support of the child, but
unfortunately there was no corroborative proof, and the
young woman could not identify the defendant's hand writ-
ing. The summons was consequently dismissed, and the
magistrate said that he would grant another summons
whenever any corroborative evidence could be produced.
The young woman now said she had lost a good situation
in New Bond-street, owing to her attendance in that court
on Monday last, and that she could bring forward corro-
borative testimony.

Mr. Yardley—lt is a very hard case upon you. I dare
say you will find some legal gentleman to take up your case.
I did say that I would grant another summons if you
could obtain the corroborative evidence required by the Act
of Parliament. _ _

The applicant—My mother waited upon Mr. Luke
Williams on Wednesday, and he gave her 305., made
an apology for not attending to the summons on Monday,
and said he would pay some more money at the end of the
quarter.

Mr. Yardley—And your mother will prove that ?
The applicant—Yes, sir, and he also owned that he was
he father of my child

Mr. Yardley—Them take another summons; and called
the attention of Toplin, the summoning 'officer, to the
case, to take care that the necessary evidence was forthcom-
ing to confirm the young woman.

Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, of Arbour-street-east, StQpney,
said he would conduct the case for tho young woman.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT—CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—
Thomas Long, a tall, dirty, and determined-looking man,
carrying on the business of a marine store dealer, in Ship-
alley, Welldose-square, was brought before Mr. Yardley,
charged with committing a violent assault on James
Nicholls, an oyster dealer, of No. 13, Ship-alley, and at-
tempting to murder him.

The complainant said—l sell oysters in the street. Tho
prisoner occupies a house, No. 9, opposite to me. He came
to me drunk last night, and abused me, and demanded
money, which I refused to give him, and he made use of
dreadful threats, and said—" I will have your —life."
He then took a knife from his pocket and made a thrust at
me with it, and if I had not stopped aside I should have
been killed. As it was, in parrying the blow he cut my
two fingers, and I lost a good deal of blood. He made
' other attempts to stab me, and but for the timely arrival of
the police he would have murdered me. I saved his life
five years ago, when he attempted to cut his throat, and
this is the gratitude he has shown me. I have behaved
kind to him on all occasions.

The prisoner—lt is quite right, sir. What he says is
quite true. I was intoxicated.
Mr. Yardley—That is no excuse, but an aggravation of
your offence.
The prisoner—He knocked me down.
The prosecutor—He previously abused me in Ratcliff-
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highway, but I did not hurt him but pushed him away.
Mr. Yardley—lt is a very shocking thing to draw a
knife, it is most atrocious coßduct, and the prosecutor has
been severely injured. I fine the prisoner £5; and in de-
fault he will be imprisoned for two months.

THIS DAYS MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Coastwise, the arrivals of English wheat this week have
amounted to only 1,790 quarters. Fresh up, to-day, by
land carriage, the receipts were limited, and the show of
samples was very moderate. Good dry qualities sold at full
prices; but other kinds moved off slowly, at Monday's cur-
rency.
There was a large supply of foreign wheat on the stands.
The amount of business doing was limited. In prices, how-
ever, no change took place.
Malting barley was scarce, and in request, at fully late
rates, and the value of grinding and distilling sorts was
supported.

Malt realised full prices, but the demand was far from
active.

We had a fair demand for oats, beans, and peas, at full
currencies. Flow, however, was a slow sale, at late rates
Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour,
English 1,790 1,650 ; 2,410 ; 1,430 1,710
Irish
Foreign 2,600 i 6,180 i 4,570

610 sks
blw

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
Fair average supplies of each kind of meat are on offer
here to-day, and the trade generally may be considered
steady, at full prices.

Per Blbs. by the Carcass.
s. d. s. d. 1
Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 4
Mid. d 0..... 3 6to 3 8
Pm.largedo. 3 10 to 4 0
Do. small do. 4 2to 4 6
Large pork.. 2 Bto 3 6

s. d. s. d.
Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6
Mid. do 3 Bto 4 2
Prime do. 4 4to 4 6
Veal 3 Bto 4 8
Small pork

BOROUGH HOP.

The show of new hops is limited, and the demand for all
kinds is steady, at fully last week's quotations. Yearlings
and old parcels are a slow sale, but not cheaper.
Mid and East Kent pockets 7os to 120 s per cwt.
Weald of Kent do s4s to 70s ~
Sussex do sls to 66s ~