The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

UNION-HALL.—Captain J. K. Hulbort, of the
Germait Legion, was brought up by Snow, the beadle of
Newington, for the purpose of having a bastard child affi-
liated on him.

The mother of the child, a fine bouncing lass, on being
sworn, de-posed that the defendant was the father.
The defendant, a foreigner, and a man of exceedingly di-
minutive size, on hearing the declaration of the woman,
shrugged up his shoulders and shook his bead, which the
Magistrate observing, said, that now was his time to state
anything be had to say respecting the im,iness. " Don't
you think," added the Magistrate, " you are the father of
the child she has sworn to you ?"
The. defendant again shrugged up his shoulders, and, in
broken English, said, " Look at my face, me uo like the
child: Upon any conscience I think there is one other
father besides me."

The Eail of Morley and other friends of the late
Mr. Canning seem to have thought it necessary to
vindicate their conduct in lending their support to
the.Adininistrition of the Duke of Wellington.
We wonder A had not occurred to them, that be-
, these anxious vindicatious of themselves they be-
come 'substantially the assailants, the most affective
assailants, of the character 'of their deceased friend.
,Is there any doubt whatever that the prhiciples of
those Administrations as an. adjunct or member of
which the whale political life of Mr. Canning, with
the unfortunate exception of two or three months
.at the close of it, was passed,-are embodied and
revived in the present Government'? Why, then,
should his friends and adherents apologize just now
for- affording their support to precisely such a
Government- as Mr. Canning himself supported,
9r to speak more properly, was incorporated. with
during his whole political life ? Do they mean to
lend their sanction to the slander, clothed in the
"garb of praise,'by which the Whigs and Liberals, for
.their own base purposes, perpetually strive to under
mine and destroy the character of a really great man,
great in all things save 'his momentary connection
with them ? Do they mean to favour the calumnious
insinuation which pervades:every speech uttered by
a Whig or a Liberal, that throughout his • political
life their deceased friend was a hypocrite for the
sake of place-e.that he joined Administration after
Administration, with which his principles were not
congenial—that he was a man perpetually on the
watch to overthrow the system of politics of which
he was the ostensible coadjutor, and was thought in
some instances by many persons to be the too zealous
coadjutor ; that he had two opposite sets of principles ;
one open and avowed for his. official Colleagues—
the other Cabalistical, and to be diacovered only by
the initiated in the occult science of liberality—that,
in short, he was the most finished specimen of
Jesuitism that has ever been exhibited upon earth.
Do they 'mean, we repeat, to lend the weight of
their authority to these calumnies of. the liberal
schpol? If they do, they act rightly in apologising
for their adherence to the Ministry of the Duke of
Wellington. If they do not, they will act rightly in
supporting the Ministry of the Duke of Wellington,
and leaving the cpnstruction of their conduct to the
unassisted common sense of mankind. We present
the subjeet in this point of view, because we see in
the speech of Mr. Tierney, in the House of Com-
mons, on the night of explanation, when nothing of
importance was explained, and in many other cir-
cumstances, clear indications thafa dispute is about
to arise, whether the Whigs abdicated their prin-
ciples in joining Mr. Canning, or Mr. Canning and
the other Members of the preceding Government,
in accepting their assistance, abdicated theirs.
We are not about to advocate either party.
They both, as we have often said already,
acted wrong. Hut on which side was the
dereliction of principle the most manifest—which
paity was a paramount, and which the subordinate,
in the new arrangement? Mr. Tierney says lie had
for a year and a half previous to their junction sup-
ported tile principles of Mr. Canning in the House of The wife of a person, ostler at one of the inns,
Conirnons. Verbally he is right, because during •in Wainflect, left her husband's house on Wednesday week,
that period no commotion internal or external had accompanied by a man from. the 'neighbourhood of Whit-
' Occurred. Had there been a Manchester riot du- tlesea. The fugitives having carried off about 20/. in
ring the'period he could not have said so. His co- money, principally in silver and half sovereigns, and several
incidence with Mr. Canning was a coincidence for other portable articles, the property of the husband, were
fair weather—arid for more than eighteen months quickly pursued by the latter, attended by a constable; but
the political atmosphere had bees clear. He had having, in the first instance, taken a wrong direction, they
coincided, because lie could not help it. He had
did not come up with the game till Sunday, when the
were overtaken at Beverley. On returning from
opposed whenever there was the least semblance of runawaysafter dinner, they were surprised to find the hus-
artopportunity. He a
, in conjunction with others walk
of his had in
Patty, opposition to, Mr. Can- band, seconded by the proper authorities. The offenders
were lodged in the gaol for the night, and brought before
ring compelled. the present Colonial Secretary the Magistrates, at the Guildhall, the following morn-
to discharge the duties of. two offices 'for the salary ing. After the case was gone into, the husband ex-
of one. He had .deteirnined !to•support Parliamen- pressed his willingness to forgive his frail rib, and take her
tary Reform and the Repeal of the'Test'Act, in op- again into favour, provided she would agree to such an
position to Mr. Canning, whenever those subjects arrangement!. To the surprise of every one present, she
should be broached. He Was •in all respects, as a obstinately refused to consent. The gallant (an elderly,
politician', the antipode to Mr. Canning, unless the undersized, ordinary looking fellow) was next remon-
strated with. He promised not to go intentionally
latter had throughout his whole life been a consum-
where the woman was but if she came to him, he
mate hypocrite. The plain feet is, that the Whigs
would not desert her. After much altercation, the frail
Canning, because they extolled the liberality of Mr.offender was given up to the husband,• along with what
were determined, if,possible, to get Into place under money remained (121. or 141.), and the other articles be-
the Widow of his wing. He spurned themsand longing to him, and the man was detained until the follow-
used them ; and it is a blot. Bat those who pre- ing day.—Boston Gazifte,
4 k,•44 to'

Mots, said that the defendant had always kept his pay-
ments up for the maintenance of the child uutil within the
last fortnight.

,MaursTaaTE.—That fact is an acknowledgment of hie
beiugthe father. Defendaut.—She very much frightened
me by saving she would expoae me, and to save my reputa.
tion I did pay money.

. .
Macitraarx.---What allowance is the defendantable to
make; we must know his circumstances. Woman.—He
is an independent gentleman.
Defendant.—l have only Captain's half-pay to live un,
and support six children.
Mactsra.trz.—Are all those children born in wedlock ?
Snow.—They are all bastards, Sir.
MAGISTRATE (to the defendast.)-;—Do you deny having
had intercourse with the woman ? Defendant. _No, no ;
1 nu deny that ;
..but 1 do think somebody else have one
finger in de pie as well as myself. •
The MaGisraArEs ordered the defendant to pay 4s. 6d.
a week for the support of the child.