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Bri g hton,' Saint Petersburgh. This, however, in far from being a blemish, it is x t)ositive beauty, fc r Aristotle has expressly declared that the. great end o f writing Is to afford food for enquiry, and we defy any one to read these letters, and not enquire at the very second page what the writer is about ; what is" his meaning, what plate be is describing, and where he has received his education. But, perhaps, he is vague and confused, solely to avert the conse quences of his sarcasm : perhaps he thinkseunning dog--ti.at were it• by . any misfortune to go abroad that it was London—poor harmless inoffensive Loridon—that he was so bitterly vilipending, the whole population would at once rise and macada mize him, like Saint Stephen, to death. Now, we 'assure him, that he need be under so such serious apprehension; neither London nor Brighton (as far las we can learn) are likely to maltreat him, for this especial reason, that the very fact of his existence will most probably continue a secret, ex cept to the shelves of his bookseller. It is not our intention to follow this exceeding genius, page by page, through his duodecimo; we rather prefer, like industrious bees, to hop from flower to flower, and collect the scattered sweets of his volume for the gratification of our readers, by which rambling pro cess we not only do our author more justice, but ourselves more honour as critics; for be it known, that in his very first letter he has attacked us and our vocation, observing, with no less elegance than poetry, that A gibe or joke obscene on any, The press attack, to turn a penny. —p. 22. We do not think we have seen the words marked Ti Italics is " Milton's Paradise Lost ;" indeed we are clearly of opinion that they are original. But to return : as our limits are unfortunately restricted, , ve shall not here detail at full length the peculiar beauties of our author's intellect, but rather prefer giving, as we observed above, sundry choice speci mens—" Elegant Extracts"—of his astonishing and versatile abilities; and Ist. His reasons for publishing:— 'Tis for the pleasures that attend • - A finish'd labour, to unbend One's fingers, stretch and view the rows Oar pen has raised."—P. 1. We have heard of some authors who have pub lished for the sake of profit; others for mere amuse inent; others, more p ra i se - wort h y st ill, f or f ame; never vet dicl we hear of a gentleman who wrote . zi, book . for the sakt, of unbending his fingers. The idea is eminently happy. • • Our next «d) specimen is one of graeeful rythm. Mize arts 'here show their lovely faces, . , its (Lond,n's) public-houses. " Th' Horns" YAP!, know I hated—where the morn's I ...%ass'd among calls, the ev'ning spent hlong sets.—p. 9. - Of classical verbal abridgements. P'rhaps these thoughts upon Our country taps and so, won't do For what we dub club-houses.—Pooh I !—(Exquisite. ) The house is fit for any ; this Keeps castes together, like La Trappe's And other single men schools, p'rhaps !--p. 10. 4. Of colloquial elegance. • And there to meet you, Your female relatives, who treat vou music, when you're out of sorts. —p. 11. 5., Oi shrewd observation (speaking of the Opera.) But, in fact, 'TI as said at first--to hear it You mn,t Zee present. -_p. 12.—(Indeed !) • 6. Of correct and ingenious metaphor : " A wedded one of beauty rz.re, Aye, ' beauteous as a thousand pearl',' ' Tis Sancho', Simile, how it curls About one's heart."--p. 16. We here call imperatively on our readers to ad mirethe bold, original; and figurative beauty contained jrt.the idea of a simile curling round one's heart, it is as good as the gentleman who put his hands in his breeches' pockets like a crocodile. But we must not. digress from our subject, so to, resume, our seventh specimen is one Of dignified and hixuriant diction :- 1 %t up a Paper, seek the ton, Give out-my *caudal and 'Twoulfl he the wi,3er, that is richer, And tho' 'twouldturn to a crach'd pitcher, !try , character will well enough Contain this thick slab pudding stuff. We gorge on 'yclept luxury, While streams of health and joy go dry.--i-P. 25. a Of pathetic, meditation : What is the world, When from - yoUr siihere you have been hurled, - • To skull: in threadbare, be the scoff Of every one who'sbater 49, 9. Of candid simplicity 1 fear this beats your comprehension, • I think myself, with some sttentikn, mi:7llt know what I mean, but really, How to treat them I don't see clearly—P. 57. 10. Of attic wit : ---- I will Just notice him the fourth, Its it Rsicle the coachman, but would that With us, retailing out the news From noseent Coachee.—P. 67. 11.—Of a broad hint A third, I trod Upon his eye to make him speak, He knew less of the road than Greek.—P. 67. 12. Of awful sarcasm— A stuffing swilling author 'll think But to champaigne to turn his ink,* His grossness is in every Hoe, A hiccup or a yawn." —p. 92. Really, Juvenal has nothing equal to this in seve rity ; Pope in point, nor Johnson in dignity. It stands by itself m stern unapproachable originality. Ohr 13th specimen ; (equally meritorious) is one of elegant parallel. You're seen How this is alter'd now, no more Of mind in books, than in a score Of mutton chops . .---p. 95. . _ 14: 0 - fgraininatical beauty— The youth who scat.ci, has foliow'd yet one comrade's bier, While sterner eyes can scarce refrain, Recalls the tales on watch, and drops a tear, For he, the Soldier's friend.--p. 100. This last specimen, much as we admire its beauty, is : yet, we are concerned to state, a manifest plagia rism from an equally affecting composition which Mr. Liston sings in the character of Lord Doodle: en voici,—; _ There I met this charming she Fryin g sausages for he. In conclusion, we have now, we think, established the position with which we set out; viz. that these Letters from Cockney Lands, are singularly and beautifully meritorious. Their eloquence, we should add, is fully equal to that. of Lord Grizzle in Tom Thuinb ; their vivacity, to a charity sermon ; and their attic humour, to one of Mr. Joseph Hume's financial orations. The author, to be sure, is not exactly a Milton, but neither are we an Aristotle ; let it suffice then to observe, that he is a young gem tleruan of exceeding genius, and as he publishes for the mere purpose of unbending his fi ngers, we are bound to respect the modesty that, with such ex alted ability, prescribes for itself no higher object of attainment. • And a very excellent thing to turn it to. AIRD'S RELIGIOUS CHARACTERISTICS. pp. SOS, Edinburgh and London. This is' kwell-written, well-digested little disser tation on that most important of all topics—our moral and religious duties. Its style,which in some places, perhaps, affects too much the obsolete, is chiefly modelled on the quaint but expressive writ ings of Jeremy Taylor and our elder divines ; in places it is highly poetical, being full fraught with imposing imagery, and glittering with splendid Orientalisms. Indeed, we are not quite certain whe ther the occasional quaintnessesof Mr..Aird'slanguage may not increase the impressiveness of his matter; most certainly it throws over it an air of the greater originality; not we should observe, that his turn' of thou - gilt is undistinguished by originality or boldness of expression, but that i ts effect is increased by the spirit-stirring diction in which it is robed. The i apostroph e to our Saviour affords a favourable in stance of this truth. It is penned in the first style of eloquence ; i s so l emn, enthusiastic, andd tive to a degree scarcely conceivable by Zro.lail Wti!cls 4,11 Mild have landed John the Baptist adopti ig towards his audience in the wilderness.— Among the various essays of which this sparkling and spirited little duodecimo consists, we would particularly point out the one santittea On Decision of Character. It abounds in observation, drawn mani festly from th% author's own knowledge of life; and is applied with peculiar propriety to the mild spirit of Christianity. Speaking of a strong decided cha racter, Mr. Aird observes that : " It is always unexpected by an opponent, and hath moved, approached, conquered, before lie is aware. It bears in grand masses upon the weak point of an adversary's battle, and cuts his strength in twain. In criticism it deals with the spirit of a piece, and is scarcely alive to little de fects. In poetry it is epic grandeur. In architecture it is severe. simplicity, able to make a man shed tears. In oratory it first simplifies, and then throws a mass of elo quent illustration upon the cleared particulars. It is un wearied benevolence in despite of ingratitude. It is a direct face and step towards Eternal Truth. It is manly simplicity of character in all things, that alone stands each test,--a simplicity of which the world is never weary, and which, like the bread and water of our natural life, never breeds loathing, but is ever desired as a necessary staple in the mutual faith of men. In all things it is economy of passion and energy,—without waste,—with a determined application." There is another fine passage in the Essay on " Millennial Hopes" which its author has somewhat affectedly entitled the " Temple of Human Nature ;" the language of this apostrophe is very magnificent, and as sonorous as the sound of a Cathedral Organ. Whether it be exactly in accordance with the cold canons of criticism we are not q" prepared to say ; at any rate it is replete with :..iagination of the loftiest order, and this is worth a thousand correct common places, and at least a million prosing mathe matical truisms. KING'S THEATRE. On Saturday night, a Madame Brizzi, who has acquired great reputation as a singer at Venice and Rome, made her appearance at this theatre in Rossini's Opera of Ricciardo e Zoraide. The quality of this lady's voice is a low so prano, and indicates great skill and melody : it is, however, rather too feeble—a fault with this establishment, at least, almost irremediable. Mademoiselle Toso, who undertook the part of Zoraide, less in excellent voice : she appears to be gaining rapidly on the favour of the audience; and we doubt not, with a little judicious attention, will establish herself firmly with the public. The horse, we were glad to see, was crowded. FASHIONABLE AND NELSCELLANEOUS. The Princess Augusta attended Divine Ser vice yesterday at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. The two Princesses and the Duchess afterwards took au airing to gether in the Parks, tkc. The Duke of Wellini,Tion gave a splendid entertainment on Friday last, at Apsley House, to about thirty distinguished officers. the Marquis de Palmella, the Portuguese Minister, bad an interview yesterday afternoon with Mr. Secretary Canning at the Foreign-office. After leaving Mr. C. the Marquis proceeded to the residence of Mr. Se cretary Peel, in Privy-gardens. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador,. and Baron Stierneld, the Swedish Minister, transacted business at the Foreign-office, yesterday, with Mr. Secre tary Canning. Among the arrivals of the last week are Messrs, Cellinet, Michau, and Musard, from Paris, amply supplied with new sets of quadrilles and waltzes. GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL.—It is really almost a sin to dismiss a grand fancy dress ball, in an in glorious paragraph, but want of room compels us to state (leaving out all the beautiful particulars of the ladies and gentlemen's dresses) that one of this description took place on Thursday night last, at Cheltenham, and that the parties engaged, were all exceedingly " happy and comfortable." It is too late to correct a rare specimen of French which appears in an Advertisement in our first page. We shall do Mr. Frendberg ample justice to-morrow. RICE.--A new machine for separating the grain of rice from its lausli..b.s. been invented in Italy.. consists of two fluted cylinders, set in motion by an hy draulic wheel. These cylinders, revolving on a horizontal plan, detach the grain from the panicles. It subsequently passes across a wooden hurdle, while the straw is separated by the movement of the nuichine.—Literary Gazette. The Rev. Mr. Glossop, of Wolverton, lost 15 sheep by that dreadful disease hydrophobia; they were generally found bitten abent the head ; they were all penned up; one of them yenned a lamb whilst confined, and de voured it immediately. The moment any one approached them they ran to the pen and hit at them. The dog that hit them is fortunately destroyed.—Doncaster Gazette. Ma. E. G. WAKEFIELD.—(From a COT respondent.)—Mr. Wakefield's first wife was a young lady powssing considerable attractions, a most amiable dispo sition, and a handsome fortune. She resided with her father at Tottenham, where Mr. Wakefield, by chance,' first became acquainted with her. As a proof of the per severing qualities of this gentleman, on his suit being re jected, he followed the young lady, who was then scarcely turned 18, to almost every place of fashionable resort in'the kingdom, (whither she went for the purpose of avoiding him), for the space of more than three years, when, being completely tired out, she at length yielded to his entreaties, and became Mrs. Wakefield. Two children were the fruits of this union, who are still living. Yesterday, about three o'clock, a very loud noise resembling an explosion of gunpowder was heardd in the town of Lancaster, accompanied by a trembling of the earth and a shaking of the doors in the houses. Several persons who were at a distance of two or three miles felt the shock, and some alarm was experienced. The interest taken in the trial of Wakefield, prevented it from being noticed in Court, to us, the sensation was one which we never before experienced, we have little doubt that the noise was occasioned by the shock of an earthquake. —Liverpool Chronicle. At the Waterford Assizes a trial took place before Mr. Justice Burton, on account of a duel fought on May, 21, 1826, between Captain Daunt and Daniel Con ner, of Manch-house, in which the former was killed. After a tedious but uninteresting trial, Mr. Conner and hi. second (Bernard Beamish, Esq.) were acquitted. MARCIE 011 INTELLECT.---A worthy Ba ronet's loyal toast of " the three C's—Curtis, King and Constitution," we believe is pretty generally known. A somewhat similar " mistake" was made one day last week by a Horse-doctor—we beg pardon—a Veterinary Sur geon, at a dinner of the faculty, who on being called upon for a toast, rose, and addressed the company as follows : " Gentlemen, I begs to propose th- ,alth of our very worthy professor, Mr. Coleman, and success to the three F's—Farriery, Farmacy, and Fysic !"—English Gen man. CORFU, FEB. 10.—On Tuesday last the 6th inst. the Hon, Major-General F. C. Ponsonby embarked at three o'clock with Lady Emily Ponsonby and fa mily on board the Ariadne frigate, Captain Fitzclarence, to proceed to Malta, where he n to P,ll the important post of Vice-Governor. All alum who have had the pleasure of knowing him, while they rejoice at the distinction to which he has attained by his merit and virtues, deeply re gret the loss which these islands suffer by his departure._ The frigate being detained by contrary winds in the neighbourhood of the port, did not set sail for Malta till yesterday morning. Miss Anne Borlebrog, the oldest actress that ever appeared on any stage, died lately at Charleston, North America, at the age of 88. She made her debut 15 years before Garrick, as Queen Catharine, in Henry th e Eighth. She continued to represent the younger class of matrons until she was 78, and she was 66 before she com pletely gave up playing the Alisses in their teens. At a public dinner at Birmingham on St. David's Day, a Welshman, of the name of Davies, de clared, that the Welsh language was older than the Hebrew, more expressive than the Greek, and totally surpassed the Latin and other languages in every par ticular ! !! A Clergyman of a parish church in the county of Essex, who had long been annoyed by the harmonious sounds of his choir, one Sunday very abruptly arose from his seat before they had concluded their melodies, and g v i e s la h c i m y e r i e l p tl l y ied sa — id TD " o Le , Sir, ir u , s f i o )r r ay w . e" can't s i ng." i ng of . t , he choir wag- A QUAKER'S CAuTioN.---The following admonition was addressed by a Quaker to a man who was pouring forth a volley of abusive language aga i nst hi m: — " Have a care, friend ; thou mayest run thy face against my fist." An enthusiastic traveller, some days since, was fondly expatiating on the beauties of natural arrange ment peculiar to the fine acclivities of Northern Italy ; when Warrentler declared, he thought the fiuest geogra- I v. 1,1 -. 1 arrAmtra-npnt in the wrythi evae that by whir}, the LENT ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT-=LANCASTER, 01, TRIAL OF EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, WILLIAM WAKEFIELD, AND MRS. FRANCES WAKEFIELD. The disappointment which had been experienced in con sequence of the unexpected illness of Mr. Scarlett, by no means abated the ardour of curiosity by which all parts of Lancaster has been for some days actuated. According to the arrangements of the High Sheriff, assisted by the inde fatigable efforts of Mr. Higgin, the Governor of the Castle, seven o'clock was fixed for the hour at which all persons having tickets were to be admitted into Court; but long before that hour, all Lancaster was in motion, and every avenue leading to the Castle was thronged. At a few minutes before seven o'clock the witnesses for the prosecu tion were admitted, and introduced into a part of the Court railed off specially for them. At seven o'c!, , ck the Gentlemen connected with the various London and Pro vincial Journals were allowed to take their seats, in pre. ference to all other persons. It is here but just, that their thanks should be expressed for the complete accommoda tion they received, from the kind exertions of Mr. Higgin. At 20 minutes to 8 o'clock the doors of the Court were opened to spectators in general. The rush was immense, and in a few minutes every spot of the Court which could command a view of the proceedings, was occupied with the greatest avidity. Among the spectators, the expecta tion of the numbers of the fair sex predominating, was, however, disappointed. The interest each moment in creased in intensity, and every eye was turned to the place where it was expected the defendants would be placed. After the Court was occupied till nine o'clock in some other business, the defendants were severally called. Ed ward Gibbon Wakefield answered. Mrs. Frances Wake field was not in attendance, but her husband was ; and William Wakefield, who was in custody in the Castle for debt, having been arrested since his arrival in this town, was brought into Court by a Bench Order. The defend ants in attendance were seated near their Counsel.' Mr. PATTisom opened the pleadings. The following ig the copy of the indictment : Lasecasneai—The Jurors for our Lord the King upon their oath present, that before and at the time of the commit ting of the offences, with the several counts of this indict ment mentioned, Margaret Daulby,. Phoebe Daulby, Eliza beth Daulby, Anne Daulby, and Catherine Daulby, by lawful means, that is to say by the conser.t, direction, and appointment, of William Turner, Esquire, the father of Ellen Turner, a maid and unmarried. had the order, keep ing, education, and governance, of the said Ellen Turner; and'' that the residenee of the said William Turner was at a place called Shrigley Park. And the Jurors ,aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further present, that Edward Gibbon Wakefield, late of Manchester, in the county of Lan caster, gentleman, and William 'Wakefield, late of the same place,gentleinaa, on the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, at Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, the said Edward Gibbon Wakefield, being then and there above the age of fourteen years, to wit—of the age of thirty years, and the said William Wakefield being also then and there above the age of fourteen years, to wit—of the age of twenty five years, did unlawfully, knowingly, and injuricunly, take and convey, and cause to be taken and conveyed, the said Ellen Turner, then and there being a maid, unmarried, and under and within the age of sixteen years, to wit, of the age of fifteen years, out of and from the possession of, and against the will of, the said Margaret Daulby, Phoebe Daulby, Elizabeth Daulby, Anne Daulby, and Catharine Dank, they, the said Margaret Daulby, Phoebe Daulby, Elizabeth Daulby, Anne Daulby, and Catharine Daulby, then and there having by such lawful means as aforesaid, the order, keeping, education, and governance, of the said Ellen Turner. And that the raid Edward Gibbon Wakefield, and the said William Wakefield, afterwards, to wit, on the same day, and in the year aforesaid, at Manchester aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, did un lawfully, falsely, and wickedly, represent end state, to the said Ellen Turner, amongst other things, ire substance and effect, that the said William Wakefield had then and there seen the said William Turner, the father of the same Ellen Turner; and that certain sheriff's officers were endea vouring to take him the said William Turner into ciiato,,e, and that the said William Turner had declared to him, the said William Wakefield, that if she the said Ellen Turner hail any love for hiwa, the said William Turner, he the said William Turner entreated, that she, the said Ellen Turner, would not hesitate to marry, for thateit she did hesitate, there would be an execution in the }mew at Shrigley.,anezOng the said se ruined of,the Tioireirana- tlley would all 'huined .; but Waif *be went forward, and brought hack to Carlisle, a certificate of the ,marriage of her, the said Ellen Turner, all would he right ; and that if the certificate wai shown to the sheriff's officers, they would have no further claim upon the said William Turner; and that the only way to save the said William Turner from ruin, was, that the said Ellen Turner should marry the said Edward Gibbon Wakefield.— Whereas in truth and in fact, the said Win. Wakefield had not then and there seen the said Win. Turner ; and whereas in truth and in fact, cerraiusheriff'e officers were not endea vouring to take him, the said Win. Turner, into custody; arid whereas in truth and in fact, the said Wm. .Turner had not made any declaration nr statement whatevei,' bithe said Win. Wakefield : and whereas in truth and in fact, it was not the,only way to save the said Wm. Turner from ruin, that the said Ellen Turner should marry the said Edward Gibbon Wakefield; nor was he, the Said Wm. Terser, in any danger of being ruined. And the Jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do say, that by means of the said unlawful, false, and wicked representations and state ments, and by the assent, procurement, and assistance, of the said W. Wakefield, and by a certain ceremony, which then and there took place, he, the- said Edward G. Wakefield did, then and there, unlawfully contract rnit trimony with the said Ellen Turner, then and there being such a maid, and within the age of sixteen, as afore *aid, unknowing of and.to the said W. Turner, the father of the said Ellen Turner, he, the said W. Turner, then and there being inlife, against, &e. Mr. Sergeant Caoss then stated the case to the Jury sei follows :—My Lord, and Gentlemen of the jury—his Ma jesty having been lately pleased to call my Learned Friend (the late Attorney-General) to a high judicial situation, the duty has devolved upon me to conduct this singular cause. Whatever may be the effect of this change of ap pointment upon these proceedings I am bound to congratu late the late Attorney-General upon his elevation, where a larger sphere is allotted to the developement of his great talents, for the benefit of the community at large. He was a man of too high a character to owe promotion to subserviency in furtherance of the interests of any political party—oftoo much manly independence of mind to bend him seff to mere party purposes, and I am, therefore, gratified at the recent promotion which he has so deservedly obtained. Now for the circumstances of the present case. By the Statute Law of England, to ce, rry away any female, under the age of sixteen years, with or without her consent, end afterwards to marry her unknown to her legal guardians, is a high inisdemeanour, subjecting the man so acting to five years' imprisonment, and fines ; and the young lady to a forfeiture of her inheritance, so long as her husband lived with her. By another statute it was a capital felony; and if this act had been committed on English ground, two of these defendants would have been tried and condemned to an ignominious death, and probably executed upon the walls of this very castle twelve months ago. You are, Gentlemen, aware, that though England and Scotland form one Government, yet that each country is for all purposes of municipal law separate and distinct, so that if (as in this case) the crime was begun in this country, and continued and finished in Scotland, the law, in its original state, would not reach these delinquents. They were not, therefore, brought here this day for trial upon these sta tutes, but on a charge of conspiracy to violate them, and that particular crime was complete, even though the of fence was stripped of its Consummation in England. First, they were charged with carrying away a female under 16 years of age, from the custody of her parent and iastrile tress ; and, secondly, with a conspiracy to take her away without her consent, and afterwards to marry her to one of these defendants. Having thus generally stated the outline of the charge, I will apprise you of the parties who have this day to prosecute it. Mr. Turner, the father of the young lady, whose treatment is the subject of your inquiry, is a gentleman, who has acquired, by commer cial pursuits, a very considerable property. He resides on his estate in Cheshire, where he last year filled the important office of High Sheriff. His daughter is an only child, and she had, at the time of this occur rence, passed her 15th year of age. She has much grown since that period, as most children did during their 16th year, which in-general, advanced them far in maturity. The first of these defendants was a lady now of the name of Wakefield, and through her, the whole contrivance of the abduction appeared to have been carried on. She went to Paris, last year, during the Christmas vacation, from her father's, Doctor Davis's, house, in Macclesfield, and was then known, and continued to be so till this whole businesS was appeared Miss Davis had been pree vitowudritynmp,ararineLidthtoen it the elder Wakefield. In 'Paris it wax understood she met the two Wakefields—Edward and .William. The latter, though 3.n Englishman by birth, was an inhabitant of Paris, which. city he made his domicile and residence. The:elder of.the ,two brothers (Edward) was a widower, and had children of his own, but William had been Married ieelearie, ;since this occurrence. In that city bad formed a iewieer. which *her «ere rh,•seil f 4 r.. 11 gentlemen that had received this designation. Among them wad a lady of the Bane of Bathurst, who called her self the step-daughter of the venerable Bishop of Norwich. She, thane] not to difpearanre, engaged in any of the cri minal parts of this enterprise, had made herself very busy about it, both before and after its explosion, awl had re marked, in communicating with one of the defendants upon the business—" Little did I think, when I desired Miss Davis to get Miss Turner for you, that one of you had already carried her off, won, and wedded her also." In Paris, it clearly appeared that this conspiracy had been hatched, and there it was that Miss Davis begun those operations which were afterwards matured and executed in this country. The moment she returned from Paris, she commenced her plans at Shrigley, which was Mr. Turner's place of residence. She then entreated a lady of the neigh bourhood, with whom She was acquainted, to - introduce her to Mrs. Turner, which was accordingly done ; and, at the first visit, she expressed her regret that Miss Turner had returned to school, and hoped she would soon have the pleasure of making her acquaintance. About the first of March, tiny Wakefields, who were Miss Davis's travelling friends, arrived at Dr. Davis's house, in Macclesfield. Was it likely, that they had - quitted the gay circle of Paris, to travel four hundred miles to see Macclesfield ? No, no, they came to execute their scheme, to acquire the necessary in formation about the family of Mr. Turner for which purpose they rode about the grounds at Shrigley, and Miss Davis will be proved to.have made, as by accident, but as it had since clearly appeared by design, a number of pertinent inquiries about Mr. Turner, from Mr. Grimsditch, who was his solicitor. From Mr..Grimsditch, she learned that he and Mr. Turner were to set out in a day or two to Lon don, and in answer to her inquiries respecting Mrs. Tur ner's health, Mr. Grimsditch informed her, that though her physicians ascribed her illness to a determination of blood to the head, yet, in his own opinion, he believed her to be affected by paralysis. When it was ascertained that Mr. Turner had left for London, Miss Davis applied to a banker in Macclesfield for a loan of 1501. upon a very pres ing exigency, which rendered the application on the Sab bath imperative. She said it was to relieve a cousin, who had unfortunately been arrested. The money was instantly given in the presence of one of the defendants, and this 150/. was the identical money expended in this wicked purpose. So urgent were the parties to watch the Turner family, that it would appear that though they left Macclesfield on the Sunday evening for Manchester, they had sent back a French servant, Thcvenot (who was not now on his trial, though included in one of the indictments),:to Miss Davis, for further information. They arrived at the Albion Hotel, in Manchester, very early on the Monday morning, and one of the defendants was there introduced in the name of Cap tain Wilson. After breakfai,ting they want to a coach maker's, where they purchased, for 401., an old carriage, with a barouche box in front. In this they all set out from Manchester, at two o'clock - on Tuesday morning, having, however, on the preceding evening dispatched the servant, Thevenot, once more by post, at considerable expence, for fresh instructions from Miss Davis. At last when, by his return, they had- received actual intelligence of Mr. Turner having gone to London, a letter. was concocted to he sent forward to the school at Liverpool where Miss Turner was, announcing the illness of her mother. This letter pur ported to come frOm an attending physician, but was an entire fabrication to further the wicked purpose of the con spirators. .COPY OF THE FORGED LETTER. Shrigley, Monday night, half-past 1?, March 6th. " Madam—l write to you by the desire of Mrs. Turner, of Shrigley, who has been seized with a sudden and'dan gerous attack of paralysis. Mr. Turner is unfortunately from home, but has been sent for, and Mrs. Turner wishes to see her daughter immediately. " A steady servant will take this letter and my carriage 'to you , to fetch Miss T. ; and 1 beg that no time may be lost in -departure; as, though I do not think Mrs. T. is in immediate danger, it is probable she may very soon become incapable of recognizing any one. Mra. Turner particu larly wishes that her daughter should not he informed of ,the extent of her danger, as, without this precaution, Miss Turner might be very anxious on the journey ; and this house is so crowded, and in such confusion and alarm, that Mrs. T. does not wish any one to accompany her daughter. The servant is instructed not to let the boys drive too feat, as Miss T. is rather fearful in a carriage: "-I am, Madam, your obedient servant, " .IN - 0. AINSWORTH, M.D. " The best thing to be said to Miss T. is, that Mee. T. wishes to have her home rather sooner, for the approach ing removal to the new house ; and his servant is instruct ed to give no other reason, in case Miss T. should ask him any questions. Mrs. T. is very anxious that her daughter ehoulal not be frightened, and trusts to your judgment to prevent it. She also desires me to add, that her sister, or niece, or myself, should they continue unable, will not fail to write to you by the post. " Mrs. Daulby." The whole of this was an infamous fabrication. About two o'clock on the Tuesday morning, the two Wakefields and the Frenchman set out from Manchester in the newly , purchased carriage. William was left behind, at War rington, which was half-way; the other brother and the ttervant drove.on towards the school, at Liverpool. Edw. Wakefield, however, came out before they reached the school, leaving the man to drive up to the door sitting on the coach box. The servant instantly obtained admission, to deliver the fabricated letter, which, at the time, and under the circumstances, was calculated to impose on the ladies at the school. Thevenot described himself to have been lately_ hired by Mr. Turner, as his own servant, for the new house into which that . gentleman was, at that time about to remove. This was to account why the young lady-could not know his person, as he was a new comer into the family ; and to explain away the appear -2.11Ce of the carriage, lie said it belonged to Dr. Ainsworth, and he was, upon his return, to take up Dr. Hull in it at Manchester. There being no doubt of the truth and vera city of the man's statement, the lady at the school imme diately prepared Miss Turner for the journey. There was not the slightest reason for their knowing anything of this bane project, which had since been to them a eituree of the greatest grief, and now; perhaps, when the whole business had been developed, their want of any suspicion of strata gem could be accounted for in the lines of the poet : " For oft where wisdom wakes, Suspicion sleeps at Wisdom's gate ; And to Simplicity resigns her charge— Thinking no wrong, where no wrong seems." Miss Turner accordingly set out in the carriage, the French man sitting on the box; but Edward Wakefield, probably through some blunder, missed them in the neighbourhood ; they drove to Warrington, where W. Wakefield was wait ing the result of the enterprise, and when he saw that the prize watt carried, off, he was, tinder such circumstances ex tremely anxious to know what had • become of his brother, and he set out 'after him, towards Liverpool. They met on the road, but before he left Warrington he wrote a letter for his brother, in the event of his arrival at the inn, before they met on the road. This letter never reached the per eon to whom it was addressed, and was es follows : " Go immediately to where we dined yesterday, on cod and mutton chops. Ells doit y attendre son pert ; elle est partie d'ici a 11 heures.—Write to Mr. Wilson at the same place from wherever von succeed. " Captain Wilson. ' " On the road to Liverpool the brothers met, and hastened away to Man Chester, where the Frenchman had previously arrived with the young lady. Edward introduced him self to her at the hotel, and said that he expected her father who was his particular friend, to have been there before him. She expressed greet anxiety to see her father, and also to visit her uncle, who lived near Manchester. " You will miss your father if you do," was the reply, "'for he will be here directly." It would not have done to have permitted her at such a moment to have visited her uncle, and therefore greet dexterity was practised by the servant and one of the Vi r akefields. On being shown into the par lour of the inn, the Frenchman told the waiters that he would attend upon the young lady. It was here that Ed ward Wakefield introduced himself ker. He was a young man of gay and somewhat fashionable air, and a com plete master of all the arts of dissimulation, which he in stantly practised with consummate address. Miss Turner hail at that time heard of the commercial distress which had suddenly broke upon the country, and had just recol lected hearing her father talk of the sudden reverses which some of his neighbours bad endured, and remarked a few days before, at the school, when he happened not to have in his pocket at the moment within a few pounds of the a mount of her school-bill, that such a young lady (naming one) had been lately taken home, her family being unable to maintain her education at that establishment; and he added, (not speaking - seriously at the time), " and so may I be obliged to take you home, if I cannot pay up your bill." Miss Turner, who was of a confiding and generous disposition, had this remark fresh on her memory, and never doubting its sincerity, was prepared, in some degree, for the statement which Edward Wakefield made to her on this occasion; for he told her in the Albion Hotel that her mother's alums was not the cause of her being- a' - raptly removed from school, but her father's sudden em barrassment, swing to the failure of the Macclesfield and Blackbnrne Banks (where she knew he kept money)- - Struck at the instant with her father's remark about re verses of fortune, and his boing unable to pay the .bahtnoe of the bill, she believed the story which was thus told her, and contented at once to go into' Yorkshire to meet him, as some excus e wee framed for his nut coming on to Man cbe4,ter, where he had promised to join them. In this InfEeuno-;r,,,1 consent been obtained ?—not to travel ‘vith these persons. through the country, but to go and see her sick 'mother.— In this manner, by fraud, and terror for the impending fate of her family, she was carried into Scotland, where, in the hope of saving from ruin those who were Most dear to her, she was persuaded to give her hand to one of these de fendahts, in the presence of a drunken blacksmith, a land lord, and this French Servant. This ceremony performed, she expected to be permitted to throw herself into the arms of her father, at Carlisle, and to congratulate him upon a delivery from embarrassment by ter means. However, when they returned to Carlisle, these person Contrived to persuade her that her father, upon hearing of the nuittlitge from the postilions--ivho had hastened back the moment it was over—had left word that be had set out for Shrigley, or London, to put the conclusion to the favourable adjust ment of his affairs, and that he wished her to follow him. Under the belief that this story was true, she travelled south again with these defendants, and they slept on that night in three teparale beds, at Penrith. But no misfortune happened to this lady there, for if any violence ;mad been at tempted in England, the parties would have been within the reach of the law, and liable to punishment for the capital soffence. They proceeded afterwards on their route to London, and arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, in the neighbourhood of Hanover-square. The history of this journey was exactly this. They took Miss Turner from school, at Liverpool, on Tuesday, on Wednesday they hurried her into Scotland, they rested on that night at Penrith, and travelling then all Thursday night, they arrived late on Friday night in London. William Wakefield had turned off from them to join Miss Davis, at Macclesfield, on their way, and Edward was met, on his arrival at the hotel, in London, by a friend, who gave him a message, which, no doubt was, that he must hurry out of the king dom, to evade the grasp of justice. Upon this intimation, he told Miss Turner that his friend had just stated, that her father was gone en to Calais, where they must follow him. Thither they hastened accordingly, and reached the French coast on Saturday morning, having made this young lady travel a journey of 600 miles in the deepest affliction about her father, and harassed in every respect about the situa tion of her family, through the machinations of these who had deluded her. The whole scheme was one of fraud ; there was no love for this young lady, the sole object being to get the money of the father, by putting the daughter's hand to pick his pocket. Some notice had been publicly taken of the business, by the insertion of the marriage, in the usual way, in some of the London Papers. On Sunday, was Miss Daulby apprised of the fried and forgery by which this young lady bad been stolen from her protection, and she instantly repaired to Shrigley, to the afflicted family of Mr. Turner. This fatal intelli gence no sooner became known to Mr. Turner, who had left London on the same Friday evening that his daughter had been inveigled into it, and who probably passed her on the first or second stage from the metropolis, than he started off to London again in search of her, with some friends. He was himself unable to travel farther than London, but his brother and Mr. Grimsditch pro-. ceeded on to Calais, where, upon meeting Miss Turner with Edward Wakefield, walking on the pier, they took the necessary steps to recover her for, the family. Upon this,llllr. Wakefield began to insist upon his superior right to her person—the husband having a greater controul than the father. She was his wife, he said, and he had a right to detain her. As soon, however, as the veil was removed from the young lady's eyes, she became instantly struck with horror and detestation at the wicked object of this person. She threw herself into her uncle's arms, and when Edward Wakefield said she was his own wife, she turned away with horror from him. All the parties then went before a Magistrate at Calais, who, upon hearing the young lady's statement, restored her to her relatives at once ; being of opinion, that a detention acquired by fraud and forgery, could constitute no property for any man. After she left France, Edward Wakefield wrote a letter in confidence to his brother William, which must be taken, if there were any - trush in him, to be the real effusion of his own feelings. This letter, by. a piece of good fortune, did not reach William's hands, but is now in mine, and is as follows : LETTER. FROU E. G. WAKEFIELD TO HIS DROVIER. WILLIAM. " Calais, Thursday. " My dear William—l write in haste to save the post, only to give you news, and nothing else. Mr. Robert Turner, Mr. Critchley, and Grimsditch, arrived by the packet to-day, with warrants, &c. &a. &e. I soon knew what they were come for ; but would, not attempt to avoid the question. Shortly I law them, and found, .that with Ellen's consent, they could take her away. They insisted on 'seeing her. I could not object. She told all, and was anxious to leave me when she knew all. I expected as much, and therefore made a merit of necessity, and let her go ; they tried to take me, but for that they were on tha wrong side of the water, as I well knew ; however, I of fered to go with them, but begged Mr. Critchley to believe that I would be in England, to answer any charge, as soon as I had seen my children and settled my affairs ; nothing could he more hostile thin the whole spirit of their pro-, eeedings ; I could readily have escaped with Ellen, but their account of Mrs. and Mr. Turner's state made such a step impossible; I made and gave in writing a solemn declara tion, that she and I have been as brother and sister. 'How this may affect the validity of the marriage, I know not, nor could I raise the question. I was hound, and it Was wise, to giVe some comfort to Mr. Turner. I am now in a stew about you, and wish that you were safe. There can be no doubt that the law can punish us. For myself, I will meet it, come what may ;, but, if you are able, get away as soon as possible. I do not care a straw for myself ; the grand question now is, is the mar riage legal ? They all said no, and quoted William and Mary upon me till I was tired of their Majesties' name—(a laugh.)—Pray let me know that, but I shall write to nun key; do not stay, you can do no good ; I shall go to Eng land as soon as possible ; upon this you may depend ; I shall not write again till I hear from you, for fear of ac cidents; Percy came with the trio, and has witnessed the the row; we start early in the morning. Pray write write, but say nothing to any body, I amthe person to speak. " Your's, ever, E. G. W. _ . " William Wakefield, Esq." The following is the note left by Wm. Wakefield for his brother, at Warrington:— ' " Go immediately to where we dined yesterday, on cod and mutton-chops. Elle doit y attendre son pore : elle est partie d' ici all helms. Write to Mr. Wilson at the same place from wherever you succeed. " Captain Wilson." What he seems to rely on in this letter, is, that the con summation of this atrocious crime was neceasiry to the legal establishment of his guilt, but that as it was, he had acquired a property in his wife; and I am told that a gen tleman of the law has come here this day to give you evi dence of the custom of Scotland on this subject. And be is, as I am informed, to tell you, that by the custom of Scotland, if a man can steal away an infant from her legal guardians, by fraud and forgery , and by the same means get her hand iu a pretended marriage contract, the act is to be valid for the benefit of the robber who has purloined her. But if any such gentleman, beari ng th e name o f a lawyer, shall this day venture to appear here for such a purpose, I think and trust he will never hear the last of it as long as he lives in this world--and more particularly if it shall appear that be bob tome here voluntarily and of his own accord, to enlighten us with this opinion. This is to be the defence, I understand —that this lady is not a com petent witness. This, if true, would make law worse and more who odious, than tened whaiss livingth practicee of that w ill not believe th a t my L earne d F r i en d, M r . Scarlet, will r anti quity be guilty of so gro ss an outrage u p on law and common victims to dea tyrant caresses. of es . sense, and every principle of justice, as to offer such a de fence ; and I only allude to it, because such a plan has been bruited about in this Court. If this ie the nature of the defence; I hope you will mark it as it deserves by your verdict. . The first witness was Wm. Turner , Esq. — llis daug hte r' s name was, he said, Ellen, and she was an only child ; on the 12th of February, 1826 P she was 15 years of age; her mother was now living, but unable through illness to !it tend this trial; he had considerable landed and personal property in Cheshire, where he was Sheriff last year ; his daughter was at Miss Daulby's school, in Liverpool, for five or six years. Miss Elizabeth Daulby had tho charge of Miss Turner, who was taken from her school upon the letter now put into her hands (the witness corroborated the Counsel's state u3ent as to Miss Turner's leaving her school). Cross-examined by Mr. ScaarArr—Miss Turner in of good talents, and of an excellent disposition; of a confiding and ingenuous cast of mind. Mrs. Anne Brocklehart introduced Miss Davis into Mr. Turner's family, at her earnest desire. Grimsditch had told Miss Davis, that Mrs. Turner's complaint was paralysis. Mr. Bagshaw, a banker at Wakefield, said, on Tuesday, the sth of March, 1826, Mies Davis sent to him to bor row 1501.; when he called upon her to pay her the amount, Mr. E. G. Wakefield and Edward W. Wakefield came into the room. a tha se i con on d h t4le and M e t a h rr Mar iage 'Ch fo l r ir ia Mr. William Carr, a coachmaker, at Manchester , r rgycd, Captain Wilion. G 'hint* Holdgraye, a waiter at the Albion, pro ved that the Measri. Wakefield lodged at the Albion at the time the carriage was brought home by the last wit ness ; M r . E- G. Wakefield passed by the name of Captai n Wilson; They.- W g ak av e a fi t l e p n u a r m ch e ased es „,,« —,...1,-;,- ---ro -,,,,, -- ~,,. ,-;.1, ,T„-, 1,,. ,-,-." ''• t t I drove up to the door of the Albion ; a young !Ay was side, nod Thevenot was outside ; she was shown into a rod after this Thevenot said he would wait on her, and I anal him. About au hour after I saw the two gentlemen in a chaise and four horses ; they got out, and Mr. E. j Wakefield was shown to the lady ; orders were t4i, ebont five minutes after they arrived, for horses' Delph ; they were ordered to be pet to the green carri4 the bell rang, and I went to the room where the pi . . lady Was ; AftssTtirner and Mr.E.G.Wakefield then goi the carriage. Mr. W. Wakefield sat on the )40X: of the blinds were then up. I 'attempted to take them do' Mr. E. G. Wakefield prevented me, saying he would than down himself. The servant went on the box, they dro're all, on the Delph road. Cross-exatttived by, Mr. SCARLETT : Tarts and a cue" were carried to the room while she was there. She near the window ; he was standing near her ; I was by him for a glass of Madeira, bat don't know whether took it; I took no particular notice of her ; she remai rather more than ten minutes ; be asked, if he came 15 in six weeks, could lie have a bed-room, and sitting-ro of adjoining, I answered, " Yes." Other witnesses proved that the Mr. Wakefields tr s ' veiled in the carriage from Manchester to Preseot, a nd ° Miss Daulby's. There a young lady got into the c uria? end it was oidered to drive for Preston. Mrs. Holnaes, of the Bush, Carlisle, deposed, that I lady was very dispirited. A waiter at Penrith proved, that she &eemed pert composed. They had three separate beds. R. Jolly proved, that at the Brunswick Hotel, Turner was much distressed. Mr. Grimsditch.—l saw Mr. Wakefield at Calais, told him I had Mr. Canning's warrant, and the strommb . : measures -would be resorted to. Miss Turner was a see child, and he deserved to he shot. Mr. Turner 1 ! , broken hearted, and Mrs: Turner could not survived , shock. He asked if the marriage was legal ; I said d o i thinly not. The statute of Philip and Mary annuls „ marriage, visiting him with severe punishment. He se" ; of Miss Turner as his wife, and refused to let me see be f ' . he added, the imprepsions I have made are nothing to l'r:o , unbounded affection fer her parents; I dare say she '! f rl , fly to you from me ; he requested to be present at my I, ; terview ; I refused, hut agreed to his seeing her aftenvan'e, he said, " she is the same Miss Turner as when I took 12,,, from the school ;" I then saw Miss Turner; who related,, me all the fals e hoods he had told her; I accused , i f „ Wakefield of his pe r fidy, an d told him I would deliver ko to a Bow-str ee t officer ; he said I was on the wrong e',l of the water ; he claimed her as his wife; she said, 0 trill never go near yon again, as you have deceived le e ' He said, .' I hare treated you like a gentleman," She r r , plied, " Yes, hut you have deceived me." He was ansi` ) :, upon the validity of the marriage; I assured him it * illegal. When Miss'Tnreer was called into the box, Mr. SO'', erre took an objection to the young lady's, testimony, tiro the ground that she was legally married, and therefor e j incompetent witness against her husband. The Leto:, Gentleman contended, in no case could the wife's testini ° J, be received, except where force and violence had been t by the husband ; and that no evidence to that effect P' been given in this instance. I, d e ' '• Mr. - Serjeant - CROSS' and ' Mr. Brougham c0nte0..,,, , that the marriage was clearly illegal, and that even if 07 i , I was a doubt on that point, it would depend upon j‘ e i l d, Turner's evidenc e , wh e th e r that doubt could he remov It s The Jonas decided upon taking the evidence. e question as to the legality of the marriage could not cy o ,l the verdict in this case, although it might at a f u t ure pet al affect the punishment. Miss Turner was then put into the box. She is as l c commonly fine young woman. She app e ar e d t o laY i el under considerable' apprehension at first, but she rectee e „t her self-possession,. and gave her evidence in a mild, e % firm and collected manner; and with the greatest eilearl i i , e r Mr. Wakefield sat directly opposite to her, hut she keys o s eyes fixed upon the jury box, and scarcely moved e' during the whole of her examination. doe She was examined by Mr. Serjeant Caoss, npo?7 , usual oath.—l am the daughter of Mr. Turner, of Shr9, I went to school with my father, in a carriage, on the o t of Marsh, last year. ' I went to Miss Elisabeth Daullt e e Liverpool. Miss Dattlby told me that she had res letter, stating that I ea* to go to Manehesteeu, meet my papa, and from thence home to Shrir e i l I knew a Miss Greenway; who,, I believe, left th e seb . . B on account of her father's difficulties. When I ' fr eel ' into a house, a person came in, whom I a ft erwar d s CO' t • e e n q e i u t v e: w r t requested that seennt o h e h :ill slight e t would e f i r e l : ; : c g l in t.oo o: be : to t h o c E b ta aG i v :i e. a t i t h W t h d a e : l k h roe e m ofi :x e y i l a d a , h s ;a t e n o l b d n e a hl m i s ae l d i i r i s sion ed by my papa to to 8 stance that prevented my papa from coming himself;' added, that it was the state of papa's affairs that indot: him to send for me, an d th a t h e s h ou ld afterwards co4r6:i'l iu what state my papa's aff a i rs were ; I remar k e d, th at understood it was on account o f mamma ' s ill ne ss the. o. was sent for; he said the facts stated in th e l e tter to the P', e Daulby's were not true, and that it had been written beet s,O it was not wished the-Miss Daulby's should know why I * le sent for; I don't distinctly recollect what he said o be , where my papa was at that time ; he told a servant, I liev e the SCIITIO that attended me from Liverpool, to tell t a •" h ; other gentl eman t o come i n , an d a gen tl eman did co me l b , I don't remember any thing particular that was said; ~,, did not. introd uce hi m , b ut spo k e o f hi m as his youli,bi; brother ; th a t person turned out to he Mr. W. Wakefiel I I had never Been him before ; I went into a carriage, sij I imagined I was going to meet my papa ; I was take ) s o i far an Halifax ; Loth the Wakefields and the man-ser°, / ,' i accompanying me ; when we got there, Mr. Edward 6 ', went to Kendal; 6 bon Wakefield said, that if we did not find any letter' ',I meet my papa at Halititx, we must go on to Kendal ; 61 '1 Istvaed should( no othl: sure to in- meet going oltgo there; o find my papa ; stopped a little at Kendal, and went on to Carlisle ; 1 4 Kendal, Mr. Wakefield read a letter at the windowee his brother looked over it , but I did not s ee it ; h e sa id 01, ,) papa was not there, but was gone forward ; I d on 't len ,,t c whether this was before or after he had read the letter. v d proceeded forward, and Mr. Wakefield said he had recei ° e • a letter from my papa, commissioning hi m t o inform moot ; but that an O r the state of my papa's affairs; he s a id a bank had faile d Macclesfield—it was that of Messrs. Ril e and Deantry; * to ofth that my w p i a i i , , , a u lLa g d a be im en nl a ,e lm r almost Kendal,ruine•ml had lent my p 4 .60,0001., and that that had relieved hi m f at the prese otj but that afterwards the Blackburn Bank had failed, s ° ; that then his affairs were in a worse condition than hefor e ° , e ' and that then his uncle had demand e d, as security for Pr es money, the estate at Shrigley, and then my p a p a m ighh A v turned oat of doors any day ; he said it h a d b een suggest di by Mr. Grineditch, I believe, that h e (M r. Wakefier, s h ou ld be my husband ; that then it would be in m y pe t / i I to turn my papa out of doors if I liked, bet of coon" , would not think of doing it ; I made no reply at that tit *e ;, ' this was on the road to Carlisle; he frequently said he be desirous of knowing what conclusion I h a d come to; ml"; said I lvas to see my papa, and I s a id I wou ld give ml%; swer to him ; Mr. Wakefield said my papa was attempting cross theßorder,as the sheriff's officers were in pursuit of hi'''' r hri o ilaff o edB ,00ffit entreated hrl officers, i e n h . O is t er t .a l should cW h h e AtCarlisle both the Mr. Wakefields left the earriage,and le l ' ew ay,lthink, not an hour. I had been travelling from the 6; I left school until we got to Carlisle. Just as we 0 e.6 leaving Carlisle, Mr. W. Wakefield said he had eomet l i l 9 important to communicate to his brother; I then expee te .:e to see my papa across the Border. Wm. Wakefield s ') he had seen nay papa in Carlisle, and that Mr. Grimsdit! j i was with him_; that he was then concealed in a 80 : 4 0 that Mr. Grimsdi P ",,, attemptsid the t h that personsd a yto I cross iiad s into e e seen r Scotland, ound a t,ihde t that ao b to u rh t ew c o hea u rde l d : 1 1 ! room at the hack of the house, and that be had made P:, that if I ever loved b i _.l last he said, my father requested, Wakefield y discovered, ila ; would not stay in .o '' him by the shoulders said turned him out of the room :j e arrived in Scotland. I rap I would not hesitate to accept Mr. Wakefield as a hasbilr i j . I consented from a fear that if I did not, nay p a p e voe ir ' be ruined, as I believed all,tliey had told me on that eta ject. We shortly after my consent before some persons there.. Cross-examined by Mr. Scotatarr--We Went thro eell a form of marriage in Scotland ; I h a d a r i ng, i t was frej' ther large, and I bou g ht a n othe r at Calais. I belit e o myself his lawful w ife, until I was otherwise informed eis Calais ; I wrote a letter to m y m other, and used the nni thro b of Wakefield." When I saw my u n c l e at Calais he .1° . ' the marriage was void. der' , Re-examined —Mr, E.. G. Wak e fi e ld diC tate d the le -et, Henry Critehley , the brother-in-law o f M r . T ol3 en e went to Calais to recover his niece ; had, ,aolne ,_' 1 eersa tion with Mr. Ed war d G . Wakefield at CaliSee' I asked him how he could comm i t so flagrant. and vhe an act, as to carry away a mere. child, whop' per had never been? He admitted . that he had - . 4 r ee nt seen her until he got to Manchester, and that he had ff, of some time at Dr. Davies's, where alms had been the 01 1 ie, conversation. She was described as a very..fa ohr had b s and the l argest f ortune i n t h e county, an d he said; . deterrained to poeeessitiMself of her. . . . „ l oge Cross-examined—Witness Auld her that the rn 6 f i t . was void, and she said, thank God for it, I urn glad " The following letters were then read:— •‘ Miss Davies to William Wakefield. s ing 4. Sunday lvfL v -; .. Dear William--Mr. Turner lid not con es "- - n - ),,,