The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-25 00:00:00

infamous woman, too surely supported by the relent-
less persecution of the parish ? And these evils. must
still occur while there exists a law to enable wretches
to forswear themselves, and justices to commit men
to prison unless they submit to bear the brand of for-
nication, and perhaps adultery, by satisfying the ra-
pacity of the woman or the demand of the parish,
which are nearly synonymous terms.
A case occurred the other day at Guildhall where
the woman had been committed twelve months to the
House of Correction, although the child was not
chargeable to the Parish !' But the harshness
of this case having eked forth the wonder of
many and the indignation of more, the woman
and the father of the child were both biOught before.
the Aldermen yesterday, and though the child was
fully provided for, yet the Magistrates could not
remit the sentence ; but the woman was told that
she should have every attention paid to her in prison,
and that if in due time the Governor of the House of
Correction made a favourable report of her good be-
haviour and reformation, their Worships could order
her liberation. The parish officers were as inflexible
as bloodhounds in their strict adherence to the dead
letter of the law. Indeed we are assured that no-
thing gives them more joy than the announcement or
the prospect 'of an illegitimate stranger in their
parish, for it will afford ample opportunity of show-
ing off their inquisitorial impertinence. But the folly,
of allowing women to swear conclusively against in-
nocent men, is not greater than the abuse of parish
authority, in consigning women to prison, who are able
to provide for their own offspring. In the West of En-
gland the other day, a lady was sent to prison, because
she would not satisfy the curiosity of the parish
as to the name of the father of her child. And
we know that some years ago a lady had been
compelled to deposit seventy pounds in the
hands of the parish as an indemnity against her
child becoming chargeable before seven years, at the
expiration of which time the parish had the
effrontery to keep the money, because the bank in which
it had been deposited had failed. So much for the
honesty of that busy meddling class—the officers of a
parish—and the iniquitous tendency of that abominable
statute—the law of bastardy.

Major Willock has: arrived, this morning, at the
East India House, overland, from India. It is re-
ported that this officer has broUght the long pending
Treaty between this country and Persia.

It is important to the shippers of goods to he informed of the
absolute necessity of Consular certificates accompanying the in-
voice of goods to Mexico, for the want of which one or two Ame-
rican vessels have been seized at Vera Crux.

Letters have been received from Marseilles to-day, to the 17th
inst. They state, that Lord Cochrane will certainly proceed
again to Greece, as soon as he shall have been supplied with a
naval force sufficiently large to cope with .the Turkish squadron.
His Lordship had been in treaty for the purchase of a large cor-
vette, mounting .54 guns, for the service of the Greeks, which
had been just launched at Marseilles. A larger sum had been offer-
ed for the corvette by the Pacha of Egypt, and the latter was of
course the successful bidder.

It is understood in the City, that negociations are pending be-
tween the Greeks and Turks for a cessation of hostilities : but
that the former will not accede to the terms proposed.
Two of the steam-boats intended for the Greeks are now nearly
ready for sea. The power of one of them is to be tried in a day
or two; and of the other, in the course of next week.—Morniny
Chronicle.