The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-07 00:00:00

CROYDON.

The presiding magistrates, Messrs. Adams, Barclay
and Lucas, were occupied for a considerable time in
the investigation of a case arising out. of the alte-
ration in the bastardy clauses of the Amended Not_
law, which have only just come into operation, and
the professed object of which are to give greater
facilities on the affiliation of illegitimate children, and
to throw some portion of responsibility from the
mothers of such children upon the putative fathers.
It will be seen, however, that from the difficulty of
procuring what is sound corroborative testimony of
the evidence of the mother, it is almost impossible to
make out a case against the father, and the hardships
created by these clauses in the original Poor-law re-
mains unabated.

A young man named Stephen Smith was sum•
moned by a girl named Emily Peake, to show cause
why be should not have an order made upon him to
support an illegitimate child, of which she had been
delivered, and of which he was alleged to be the father.
Mr. Penfold, the clerk to the bench, in answer to
a question from the chairman, explained that the
proceeding was taken under the last Poor-law Amend-
ment Act, which had just come into operation, and
under which the mother of the child, or her friends,
were empowered to take this step to compel the father
of an illegitimate child to support it, without any in-
terference on the part of the parish.
The complainant, a respectable-looking girl, appa-
rently about eighteen years old, was then sworn, and
she deposed that she was delivered of a female illegi-
timate child on the Ist September, and the defendant
was the father of it. She was unable to support the
child herself, and therefore desired that the defendant
should have an order made upon him to support it.
In answer to questions from the bench, the com-
plainant said that the defendant had been keeping
coriVany-with her-for some time ',and she'elpected to
have 'been married to him. The intimacy between
them which led to the birth of the child took place
on the 24th December.
The magistrate said that the complainant had so
far made out her case as to swear that the defendant was
the father of her child, but they could not act upon
that declaration unless it was corroborated by other
testimony. They therefore wished to know what
evidence she could produce in support of her state-
ment.
The complainant said that she wished her mother
and sister to be examined.
The mother was accordingly sworn, and in
answer to questions put to her, stated that all she
knew upon the subject was that the defendant had
been keeping her daughter company for two or three
years, and that he broke off the connexion about two
-years ago, and then renewed it again of his own ac-
cord last December. She never saw anything im-
proper take place between her daughter and the de-
fendant, and when she discovered her daughter was
in the family way, and she informed her the defend-
ant was the father of the child, she went to him and
asked him what he intended to do, and he then denied
that he was the father of the child, and said he could
not approve of paying anything towards its support.
Mr. ADAMS asked the mother whether defendant
had always denied to her that he was the father of the
child ?-I'he mother said that he had.
Mary Anne Peake, an elder sister of the com-
plainant, was next examined, but she was unable to
prove more than that the defendant had kept company
with her sister for a considerable time, and that
having broken off the connexion with her for a year
and a half, he came to her mother's house on the 24th
of December, and in the evening her sister and the
defendant went out for a walk about seven o'clock,
and did not return until after nine, but she did not
know where they went to.
The CHAIRMAN inquired whether the witness had
ever bad any communication with the defendant upon
the subject? The witness said, that three or four
days before her sister was confined, she went to the
defendant and told him she was very ill, and at the
same time charged him with being the father of the
child. He hesitated a little while, and then said that
the child was not his, but he told her he would come
and see her sister. He did not, however, do so.
The complainant was then re-called, and
The CHAIRMAN having explained the law to her,
told her that the magistrates had no power to assist
her, unless she gave them some corroborative proof of
the truth of her statement. They wished, therefore,
to know whether she had any further evidence to
offer, or whether she had anything more to state to
the bench in corroboration of her testimony?
Ths complainant said she had no further evidence
to offer, -,but again -asserted that the defendant was
the. father:of her-child. •
The BENCH, after tiShort deliberation, expressed
their opinion,thatalthe Statement of the complainant
had not •been t'uffibiently corroborated, and they
therefore discharged the summons.

THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE STOPPED BY A CUSTOM-
HOUSE OFFICER.—The Journal du Havre states—
" When the Prince de Joinville landed on Tuesday, a
Custom-house officer stopped him, and asked if he had
anything on his person liable to duty ? 'I have nothing
but this,' said the Prince, showing a rich pocket-book.
The officer, at the first inspection, saw who the person
was whom he had stopped, and accosted him by his title."
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY
FOR ALL CASES OF SCURVY, SCORBUTIC HUMOURS,
AND SCROFULA, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINT-
MENT.—EXTRAORDINARY CURE—Henry Hill, now a
footman to Lord 8., was lately discharged from the Duke
of B's. service in consequence of his having large
scorbutic blotches all over his bands and face, to his
great disfigurement. For twelve months h o was treated
by his master's medical attendants. hut to no purpose,
and the case was at last declared incurable. end he was
discharged. The poor fellow then, as a forlok-n hope,
commenced using Holloway's Pill- and Ointment, which
effectually eradicated the disease - from his t. hod
in less than three weeks. Spld at Professor Hot.."
way's Establishment, 224, Strand (where advice ma)
be had gratis), and by almost all re
eetAtle vendors of
medicine throughout the word. *-
•

CITY of LONDON REGISTRATION.
(Before T. J. ARNOLD, Esq.)

The revision of the lists of voters for the parishes of
St. Mathew, Friday-street, and St. Peter, West Cheap.
which had been left. incomplete a few days ag,:, were
completed at the Nitting of V.e I,,,arneA z r 5:-.-
turd-ay morning. _ _

The overseers f Allhallows, I,c:-.3bard,oreu:. lmvir.;4,
been called Ve•rry Cl. rk tort. :.:11 and de-
livered the lists to tte• Prarris eh rk, and said hr tic
tended in their ptac.e. On ipan4,.. examin,ll lie said I,e
had no 7. the rate-leek with him. h: liher e.‘uid he at
it conveniently, as the pany in whose: pissessien ii wit:
was out or town. The overs,ers, it appared, published
a list of the nam, s taf persons entitt rl to r•te en the Ist
of August, which wai attixed to th ,:m us, but it
neither contained th, e.d•ire,st s th;r the qualifications
the persons on the list. On be;ng i‘ith
they published another whieh ..f,;•sio, was
tart not withiu the time ,-equirc,l ~t
(I,,,,svgneurly the Sie, 1,,,t :
The &livery of two )ist., ex,U.;.•! r!1,
Barrister, the inure so as two names had been ach:ed to
the second list. He said th,.• mum,Ul ,),10, of tire
on the list in writing must be expunged. liaise it had
not be-n d time, and becausc the eve. seers had
done what they had no right to ,ii. The fur,her revision
of :he list must stand over till iTursclay, A h.-n the over-
seers must pers..naily attend ; and if 41t . pert iii
show him that they had suffer, d i neon, enienee, he sh.aiht
feel it his duty to fine the overseer-. foe their nt-gl et.
The list of voters for Allhallows Staining, St. Dionis
Buckchurch, and St. Edward the King, were the:, re
rised ; but no cases of interest occurred.
The revision was a,ij.,urned till Trutr• day.

(ADVEATISEMENT)
A NEW SCIENCE OF WARFARE

TO THE PUBLIC.

Some years since the son of Louis XVI., the
legitimate King of France, had his residence in a
small town in Prussia, and his occupation being me-
chanical, led him to study the science of warfare.
His first production was a cannon, upon a principle
entirely new, with a percussion lock, and without re-
coil when discharged; also a self exploding bomb
shell, of extraordinary power.
In the year 1829, his Royal Highness sent this
cannon to Paris, through the Count Dagaut, then
Ambassador to Charles X., in Berlin, but what
is now become of it is unknown.

This unfortunate Prince lost his only friend in the
Royal Family by the death of the Duke de Berry,
who was assassinated ; he afterwards addressed him-
self to Charles X., but without effect.

The determination of his family not to recognise
him, although their chief obliged the Prince to seek
his private rights, and throw himself upon the justice
of his country; he went, therefore, to Paris, presented
himself at thv proper tribunal, and, after much diffi-
culty, succeeded in obtaining a trial. The French
Government upon this fact arrested him, put him in
prison, and, without allowing a judgment to pass, he
was, in 1836, by order of the King of the French,
sent by military power to Calais, put on board an
English packet boat, and landed at Dover.
With the persecutions of this unfortunate Prince,
however, at present we have nothing to do ; we only
know, that from the time of his arrival in England to
the present day he has employed his whole time in
studying the power and system of warfare.
About four years since the Prince addressed him-
self (through an agent) to the Seleet Committee at
Woolwich, he was accepted, and at the first experi-
ment ; presented three exploding bomb-shells, to the
satisfaction of the Committee ; and many general
officers then present must recollect the remarks made,
that the explosions were terrific. The second experi-
ment failed, from causes which can he easily explained.
It is welt known what happened to this persecuted
Prince at Minerva House, Old Kent-road, when, from
malice, all his inventions were attempted to be de-
stroyed; his landlord swore his life against him; his
creditors harassed him; and after nine months' incar-
ceration, he was discharged by the Insolvent Court.
What became of many parts of his machinery Of war-
fare during this time we are not aware; but we hear
of individuals, both in England and France, pretending
to put forward, as new, inventions which were disco-
vered by his Royal Highness as far back as 1821.
The ?rince, during his residence at Minerva House,
it is true, had, at times, some French gentlemen with
hi;u, and, it may, therefore, be presumed, that some
of them attempted to profit by the confidence he re-
posed in them, as will appear from the French news-
papers. It is, however, certain, that the principal
secrets have been preserved to himself alone.
His first invention, the cannon, is a beautiful piece
of machinery, without the least recoil when fired, and
constructed in such a manner that one man may direct
a thirty-two pounder (manufactured upon the same
principle) with as much ease as a musket. The sight
also shows the mark at a considerable distance, by
optical power, and without fail, by the self-exploding
bomb shell, the object is destroyed.
His second are rockets, which explode the moment
they strike the object. These rockets are without
sticks, go straight to the mark like a cannon-ball, and
are of tremendous power.
His third are bomb shells, the power of which is
' truly terrific, and called by aptain Warner invisible.
These bombshells the Prince will discharge from a
cannon in any direction with a certainty to strike the
object desired, and are named rocket-of-cannon.
His fourth is the hand rocket, which can be used
with equal advantage, either at sea or upon land ;
with this missile the inhabitants of any island or town,
however small, may protect themselves against the
united power of Europe, as the Prince dare assert,
that no army, however strong in power or numbers,
can take possession, whilst opposed by these rockets,
and they will be found of incalculable benefit to cap-
tains of merchant ships, to protect themselves against
pirates or any other power at sea.
His Royal Highness will also show that these
rockets, directed by an air ship, with the assistance of
a balloon, may be sent from London to Paris, or from
Paris to London, and can be made to explode at any
given time, with such destructive force as to destroy
everything around them, proving thereby that
a nation, in possession of this power, has nothing
to fear from the combined force of her neighbours, as
no fortress can stand against it twenty-four hours.
Jt may be necessary here to state that many of the
Prince's rockets are of a very peculiar construction,
they go without stick, carry no fire with them ; some
explode on touching the object, others upon entering
the side of a vessel, tearing her timbers asunder, and
others go through the timbers, explode, and set the
ship on fire. Another matter also, which is of con-
siderable importance in the inventions of his Royal
Highness, is, that all these destructive missiles are
rendered perfectly safe and harmless until required
for action, and therefore capable of being packed and
transported to any part of the world without danger.
Thus it must be seen, that Government need not ex-
pend large sums of money in the purchase of invisible
missiles, as it will be proved that many of the inven-
tions put forth by recent adventurers, are fallacies,
and can stand no t.-st with the original inventions.
The Society of Practical Science and Noble Science
of Warfare, Mulgrave House, Fulham, have pur-
chased several parts of these important inventions
from his Royal Highness the Duke•of Normandie, and
propose, on the 15th instant, to show a series of ex
periments upon their grounds at Mulgrave House,
when the rockets, &c., will be so constructed as to be
safely used upon the grounds without danger; and
the Society of the Noble Science of Warfare are pre-
pared and willing to forward sa nple rockets and
shells, upon a large scale, to he proved at Woolwich
or elsewhere, should the Select Committee or the Go-
vernment request it.
The Society beg to announce that on the 15th
instant the first experiment on their grounds at Mill-
grave Hulse, Fulham, will be an invisible bomb
shell ; the second, a visible bomb shell ; the third,
a self-exploding rocket without stick ; the fourth,
hand roocket, which will be thrown in several direc•
tious fr m the top of a mast, to show that any mer-
chant ship can de 'end herself against a pirate, or even
a man-of-war, at sea.
The next will be a self-exploding rocket, which
shall go off at a time prescribed by any gentleman
present.
The commencement of these experiments will take
place at one o'clock, and terminate at six ; and it is
presumed, that to noblemen. naval and military offi-
cers, and men of science. the experiments will prove
interesting and valuable.

HORRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE.-- WE last year took
notice of a maniac beto .t.tinc to Slrathp-ffer, know t 4 by
the name of Big Hector, and the Kb• minable manner in
which he behaved during the sacramental fast days in
Ferrintosh, and the danger to th, public of his being 1 ft
at large. We are now informed that he lately visited
Eddertin, in the eastern portion of this counts,
where, having taken hold of a child (a girl), he ate
the flesh off her arm, and the poor sufferer, When re-
lieved. was, and .-till is, in a very painful and dan-
gerous condition. The full particulars we have not as
yet ascertained, but we cannot help deprecating the
conduct of those who allow such &dangerous being to be
at large ; and we feel certain, that if the matter was i,ro-
perly represented in the right quarter, he would be
looked after. It is harrowing to the feelings to contem-
plate and see a fellow-creature feeding on the carcases of
horses, and disputing the carrion with dogs and the fowls
of the air. The county annually pays a large sum for the
safe custody of maniacs and other danger' us persons,
some of whom are not so dangerous as " Big Hector."
We trust. henceforth, he will not be permitted to ream
over the country and commit iuct-, horrid practices.—
Ross-shire Advertiser.
The grave is gathering home the last few remnants
of the Revolution! Colonel George Uiil, of Ci.ester
district, S.C., breathed his last. on V*.ndsy the Bth of
July last, and buried with the I,ltours of war, at
Fishing Creek Choral. Many eonilial,i,s of inf,iiiry
and cavalry torn. d out. in full iteitorn;, to participty
iu
paying the la-t sad tribute o. io tier dep:ort*d
hero. Colonel i;i11 wa.; the st,rrice
by, his cousin, Colonel Archy Gill, in the year 1799,
being then about eighteen or nineteen years of age.--
'Yew York Tribune.

MARKET NEWS.—(S'ATURFIA Y.
covravT-011.X.11 u.
Even for the time of year the supplies of fruit and
vevetable., w/re large, !he slnlv ('f
the former fr,‘EnFranc: , at,d tlolt,nd wa:4,-400d;
sott,d;,,,e , r;r.l
.:
WaS St( r 5,.;(1
Per OVit 1. (.1 - ; I.c,
C;LrroO, 4s 6. • ttiqi ...r o•• .'2 . :L., 3"
p. r btih.4,es (1-,• 6 to 5s
4ittAr. 3.. to 3. 3.i ; 6(1 to 1s;
C••:um,:r. C,urris. 2. to 3s 6d ; Br-ad Beans, 9d to Is
6d , AO-0- aid hat., 2s 3, to 4s ; and French
Beaos, is 3d to 2s 31 per iodf-sitve ; Pine App;es
(0:11gli-in), Si' to 7s u,l ; Out-dour English Grapes,
4 tid ; llttrhonst. ditto, 4s to 6s ; Foreign GruPes,
4d D. ltd ; Fi.berts, 6d to is per lb ; Pine
(Foreign ;anti Colonial) is to 3s 6d ; end
ions, 5- ; lutes alai Nectarines, 3s to
I:.ts ; 2L'. to 5s 63 and Wt.ite ditto,; Sd
t. • ; z umbers, 23 to 6d p-r brace
,u p r bundle ; Small Salad,
.2d ;
anti 2,1:1•;1;s1.DA6, 8u to p-r punnet ; Mulberries, 4d
to 8.1 per , EnOish I.laz e Nuts, 4s to 55 per
bushel ; English Walnuts, 8;i to Is per 100 ; Broca,
Is to 2., 3rt ; and Celer) 8d to 2s per bundle.

•te;" A. a3l Lk: ./E lir S.A.
Our markets, to-day were heavily supplied with both
.•otintry irg towhich tiie trade
was, E.:11%0110,AV, dud, on the foilowing terms ;--Beef,
from 2s 6:1 to 3s ; Mutton. 2s 8d to 3,8 d; Vt;al. 33
4, to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s per 81bs by the
c?rease.• The supplies of both Game and Poultry were
rather ext. naive, hence the trade was heavy, at about
previous rates.