The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-10 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday, a young gentleman na►ned Brook, who has,
we understand, a good property, appeared before the
Loan Alavort and Alderman &HOLEY, to answer the
complaint of his female servant, who swore that the child
she carried in her arms was her's by the defendant.
The girl swore that she entered the service of her master
en the 16th of January, was wheedled out of her virtue
on the 26th of the same moth, was turned out of the
house by her master on the 24th April, and put to bed on
the 6th of November. She solemnly declared that it was
i►npossible any one else could have been the father of her
child.

In her cross-examination by Mr. Phillips, she stated
that on the day she was turned out she drank a quartern of
gin and a pint of porter, as the day was not only a wash-
ing-day, but her birth-day; but she was by no means
drunk, and she abused her master no more than she had a
right to dO. She believed her master turned her away
because he saw a young man, uamed Joseph Jocelyn, with
her in the kitchen.

Mr. Phillips submitted that, calculating from the period
the intimacy commenced to the time of delivery, it was
impossible the child could b? his client's.
The LORD MA Yon, Alderman SCISOLEY, Mr. Hobler,
and Mr. Adolphus, all bore testimony, from experience,
to the possibility.--(Loud laughter.)
Mr. Phillips said, that if such a thing were allowed,
his client would take his oath, that he never had been in
the least familiar with the girl.

Shepherd (the street-keeper) swore, that on the day of
the girl's dismissal she could hardly keep her feet, or an-
swer a question, she was so '' consarned" in liquor. He
thought it a proof of drunkenness when a girl staggered
about, and did not understand what she was trying to say.
—( Laugh ter. )
Mr. Holder here informed the Lord Mayor that Ken-
nersley, who had been beadle of Aldgate, a most prolific
parish, for many years, wished to make u communication
to his Lordship on the subject.
The Loan MAYOR should willingly hear a man of so
much experience.
Kennersley then looked at the child, and turned it round
to the Lord Mayor, said, " Look, my Lord, at the two
faces, only look at the two noses on 'em ; I'd take my oath
they are father and son."—( Loud laughter.)
An officer, and a servant of the defendant, deposed that
the girl was drunk the day she was dismissed.
Win. Baker, the person who recommended her to Mr.
Brook, stated that he also saw her drunk ou that day. He
spoke highly of her character, and Lad known her twelve
or thirteen years.
Mr. Adolphus said the matter was so clear that he
would not offer any observations.
The Lomu MAvoa had no reason to doubt the veracity
of the girl on the point in question.
Alderman &HOLEY was of the same opinion. He re-
commended Master Brook to take the child hones, as he
might be convinced it was his.
Several gentlemen also gave the same recommendation,
amidst great laughter.
Kennersley offered to take the boy cut of the mother's
arms, but— _

The Mother said she would not give up her babe for the
father's weight in diamonds.
Mr. Phillips—No doubt—for you know he is no more
the father than the Worthy Alderman.
The child was then, with the usual forms, affiliated to
Mr. Brook, who will not appeal.