The Sun.
London, England, 1828-03-21 00:00:00

GUILDHALL... 4r. Deputy Oldham addressed Mr.
Alderman ANSLEY yesterday, soon after he had taken the
chair, for the purpose of obtaining his assistance in prevent-
ing the inconvenience which has arisen from the establish-
ment of a print-shop in Cheapside, at the corner of Wood-
street.
Mr. Oldham said le was attended by a number of the
respectable inhabitants of Cheapside, who complained that
this shop had become a great nuisance. They did not
complain of the nature of the prints that were exhibited,
but of the selection of such a situation for the business, for
the lives of not only these who stopped to gaze, but of
those who had to pass the shop, were frequently in danger.
As early as 10 o'clock that morning he was, with Mr. Helps
of Cheapside, looking at the premises, and the crowd looking
atthe window in Wood-street extended one-third part over the
carriage way. The obstruction in Cheapside must be re-
garded as a nuisance, but in Wood-street, in and near which
an immense deal of business was transacted, it was perfectly
intolerable.
Mr. Alderman WOOD frequently drove through Cheap-
side, and had repeatedly seen persons compelled to step of
the pavement to pass the crowd about this shop.
Foster, the Marshalman, said, there was something worse
than the obstruction going on at this shop window, which
he would not speak of more directly.
Mr. Payne, the clerk, read a passage from the Act, that
persons incommoding, or annoying, or obstructing the free
passage of the foot or carriage way, subjected themselves tce
a fine of 5/.
M'Lean, the Cheapside constable, was then instructed
to prevent any obstruction of the footway either in Cheap-
side or Wood-street, where a single file of gazers would ha
an annoyance.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—The case in which it
_sroe'riso.
is sought by a woman of the town named Mary Kerroet-'47-
alias Connel, to establish the affiliation of a female child,
now four years of age, upon Signor Curioni, the Italian
singer, which has undergone so many investigations at
this Office, was again brought forward before F. A. Roy,
Esq. the sitting Magistrate, 1w the parish authorities of
St. Giles's, where it seems the child by birth is charge-
able, and from the funds of which, it appears, the mother
has been, since the birth of the-child, receiving a weekly
sum ; the whole up to the present time, including ex-
pences of child-ted, &c. reaching .a considerable amount.
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and which must fall on Signor Curioni should this claim •
be ultimately affirmed against hith. '
In 1824, this woman, 4ennel, vas delivered of tl:a
child in question, and she then said 'that Signor Cmi,eii
was the father ; that he had been for a year before in the
constant habit of visiting her at her lodgings, in Brighton-
street, Somers-town, and that he had given her his card
with his name in German text upon it. On this infor-
mation, Signor Curioni was then brought before the woman
by the parish authorities, hut on that occasion she de -
dared that he was not the right man, although she now,
after a lap 4 of four years, swears in the most positive
manner to his identity. To account for this diserepance
she says, that when she saw the person who on that occa-
sion was pointed out to her, if it was Signor Curioni, he was
disguised in a large wig and military cloak, and his appear-
ance totally different from that he bore when he visited
her, and that which he at present presents. And in this
difference of appearance her evidence was supported by
about a dozen witnesses, who were present at the time, and
who all swore that Signor Curioni wore then a most re-
markable black wig, or head of hair, and a large military
cloak, and that he was no more like what he is now than a
chestnut horse is like a horse-chestnut. • On the other hand
several respectable witnesses, some friends, and other stran-
gers to Signor Curioni, swore in the most positive manner,
being also present on that occasion, that Signor Curioni
presented then exactly the same appearance he does now—
that be st ore no black hair or wig, but a light brown one,
as he does at present, and that his person was in uo way
disguised, that be was distinctly pointed out to this woman
by one of the witnesses laying his hand upon him, and
asking her if that was the father of her child, and that
after closely inspecting him she said decidedly that he
was not.

This being the state of the evidence on the last hearing•
of the case, Mr. ROE dismissed it, declaring that he gavi-.
-no credit to the woman Kennel, and considered the ba-
lance of the other evidence to be in favour of the defend-
ant, but leaving it open to the parish still to proceed upon
fresh, evidence, which they yesterday did.
The evidence was a woman named Frampton, -who
swore that at the time Kennel lived in Somers' Town, she
(the witness) lived in the same house, and that she had
more than once let in Signor Curioni, whom she here
pointed out, in and out of the house, on his visits to Con.
nel. It appeared that this witness had been placed the
other day in a street, through which Signor Curioni was
to pass, and that, without the slightest leading, she pointed
him out as the gentleman who, five years ago, used to visit
Connel.

The woman Connel herself was re-sworn, and again
pointed out Signor Curioni as the father of her child ; but
she gave her evidence in answers to a variety of questions
from Mr. Alley, with such a degree of prepared haste, and
flippant impudence, accompanied with an occasional vain
effort to faint or cry, that very little worth or credit
seemed to belong to her testimony.
After an investigation of two hours,
Mr. Roy said, he paid no regard to the evidence of Gun-
nel, but as far a, it was strongly corroborated, which it
certainly was on this occasion by Frampton, whose testi-
mony there seemed no reason to doubt, :AI she gave it very
properly, he would therefore make the miler against
Signor Curioni, but leave the matter still open for• a fort-
night.

Mr. Parker said, they wished not to precipitbt, any
thing against the defendant, but to show him vvt-ry indul-
gence and opportunity of meeting the ease.
Signor Curioni thanked the Magistrate, and retired with
his friends.

An unpleasant affair has taken place between
the English fishers off the coast of .Tersey and two French
vessels of war, which has led to serious consequeueesonany
lives having been lost. The collision has arisen out of
a question with the French Government, which pre-
viously had been a subject of serious discussion, concern-
ing the right of fishery on the coast of Normandy. About
three hundred sail of English vessels are engaged in
oyster-fishing on the coast of Jersey, towards the French
shore, and we understand they have been repeatedly-
warned not to approach within a certain distance of
the French coast. These warnings have been little at-
tended to, and two French vessels of war, stationed in that
quarter, captured and took into port an English bitat.—
On this intelligence reaching Jersey, all the fishing, smacks
proceeded to the French coast, boarded the vessels of war.
retook the English boat, and brought her back in triumph
to Jersey; but several of the boatmen have lost their lives,
and a considerable number were taken prisoners and are in
irons.