The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-01 00:00:00

STAFTORD; 7ver lb.

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Des Dart IllsuisatliCt.rs="ss.
The Sellsiter-Gmend (Mr. hans4r. elVeicesier,
Q.C., and M. Grey, kggetwed,kg,itat ; Mr. lista.
iteg,_.(loe, Mr. W%lefoisaird Mr. .the deadest.
slum sews Mike the gam eel C art ken
Thrand_eg amain eig egg,hgleiggge awes at n*lte, end
hem eight ea i'Mq he allast alumna% right. ma MP*
Ina sight ea &ads, Imeenlog.till.baltan Ames at
night, sad tresa aim yesereds, menaisie n l .lime et slab;
mse bras& to • lice., at two &tack terdsh- is wan "
sa
the el 4•eswessi* My the M • weU made in 1818,
the itf—lM heir et kv let 10 °Li,"
mity sad treed.• Tamem•e. Trove
rZstra7eitsoral, woo to Mk Oka Tao emeseer, Thomas
Zeimbelgefse was that repreatative ele..arry meat lady
be Derhstike, Wars ieksbize, sa4 ittaGedebire. sad is-
baited seadierable eras is Mem ellant'see to Missal is
the ease of ide he made coarrideirelik Manis Is a.
wsl7 Mmos • wof tryreined eadaelabed measers,
Sad mend is the best minty .beek ia. loam sad in the
comerry. Ma bare mashed no a iota lady. Some di[
Memo Nora as he • manias sakeemat His father would
act 'oast to his sarnag., lad she died. This meat
soured his temper, sad be b.sems some whet less load of
society as be had been, sad Saha kehea's death retired
to a stet es the borders el Sherwoolefeeed. This was Moot
the yen IVA He had • Duna thette,erhe as oiled
Zis Meth Ps-ker, or MIL BOOM a PPOO• of term
attrectime. See became pregnant. Ns believed
his-
selt to be thei father of her child,. • dallWbtsr.
who was burn be thresher, 1790..ead. grep.aemed Buggy
Haintrigee. Mrs. Betsey did aut sods* bee hymn to bet
neuter, sad became pre pant • ease ad Mis by media um.
Mr. Bsiabriage ihereupos tinted. .her a wilt some
&Lowest*, but kept the daughter Beta, paid the greatest
enemas to her education, east Mr to the best boarding-
schools, sad when her education was cmsspleted brought
her to ban seat at Woodaest, nod introduced Mr as his
menowled daughter into society, where she was very
weU received. In 1803, when ea was Miran. sad when
be was most attached to her, In made hie will, leaving her
his estates for lite, with remainder to her Mite in tail ; and
in &Mule of such issue, to his owe arepheas, and requiring
that her husband should amuse she same of Bainbriege.
Before, however, she wan seventeen. ehei was got +Mk child
by his ecachtnan. This deeply seamed him, and he cos-
sequently, on the 15tia 03tober, mode another will,
by which he lett his estates ft; [base castor to "111 sad
out of tie ructeds to pay bee likaaleegey_rof 2001 a year,
and his sitter, Mrs. James, sae, el lOW. a yew, sod
to divide the surplus into three...sad . ponies, be.
twee the children of his brasher Inept, of kw bre-
%her C dem 1 Paulo Bainbriste, sad of Se sister, Illn.
Jams. Oa use 3rd Fibers'', 1809, theelellat lay the coshes.
eras bus, and was named Mariana. Teen& examined
• hie daughte rte condom he allowed in sad her Mild to
ramie in the house, and eves took • fancy to the child.
But Ms daughter offended him epic. VIES was a farmer
la the neighbourhood, seised Assold, who had gives him
dent. be SOM. dispute reopening same.. This sea's sou
made too to the daughter. WM. ho Maid of it, he oast
ter out of the way, and positively prohibited soy OCIIIMIRDi-
aIio% between them; but ski shelled his vigilanea—proved
piegnant—elcsd with and cursed Amid. This made
him furrow. Hs said be would lima for inn her if elle
had warned the mamas, but a • would forgive her for
=mete, Arneld, and towed he would Rene speak to her,
and :bat no child of hese by Arselelehmild ever inherit
• penny of his mossy. tudee Wee *slings he ads
another will on the eta of Amuse, .1812 whereby be eon-
'eyed his estates to two trustees, .of whOis Mr. Blair, an
attorney of Uttomer, who had framed the former wall, sad
bad bees one of the travail under itoseita oat, is trust, to
secure to his grand daughter, instead of his daughter, to
vett m h, lea amebic, an esiate for Life, with remaindes to
her inn. is tail, sad is default of rude issue, tor sale sad
division scans: her nephews and seism. Of the &mbar
be never took the slightest notice, end bar arse was not
allowed to be mentioned ny the sensate. In 18:5 he came
to live is Green-Ism, Derby. Being food of racing and
horses, be rent in August to the Daly rams, and was there
throws fr. ea his horse sad wee or severely Wined is the
head that he wee supposed to be dying. He we. immediately
bloc', sad deal: seedleines were gives to redoes the inflam-
mation. His daughter then m .de sem& attempts to me
him; but he would sot see her, saying be knew her object
was to pest his money, sod that if shateanted his torgive-
as Me had it, but it she wanted hie money she shield sot
bare • peusy of it. Win be we. reeaverieg from these
bejsiries, In lest for Mr. Blair, who was at that time cue c
the mist tangent sad riresertaine selatiton Is Staffordshire,
make alterations is his wail. Thst sesta en cams at
me*, sad, wan mynas s ould happeie bola a tonal will
maid be draws up, to at sate per • codicil, on the
llth Assam, 1813, to the will of 1812. By that will hiked
I.'t his Make, in dealt se awe tz his granddaughter, to
his Repass sad awes seendly ; but by Wit codeed he
kit ttem to Tames Pan Bainbrigge, the eldest sea of
his wood mother, is he simple tor eve,. Mr. Blair sassed
• man learn will to be executed on the .15th of August.
By coat VII:, area • the paymeatof an annuity of
0101. a year to her sister, re. James, an of 501. to Mn.
Arsold tel lik, sad altiog moneftal for the adasstion
al his grand-dmilsvn, he left tee her Lis estate ter UM, with
ftlllllillilif is tad to her lane, sp4 In default of nieb
issue to Tams P. Beinbsigge, the karts( the plaintiff, for
ever. Therm vs • Are c•tun is it, as in the will of 1803, that
Mr husbaad should moose the IMMO Of I:hinting'', and
mother se to the legacy to lie paid to Mrie. Arnold. She
vim sot to reside in Staffer/Mae. ar. Dmhyehire, sad
sot to interfere is any way with the can aid 'custody of her
Mild, who was iaitUfitil entirely to Mrs. 731.1 r, that lady
herself Whig aft an annuity of 1001. s leer tor lite, in coats-
dere:Ma of her attention *co the child. .613.nover, the an•
nutty to His. Armlet was inn to come Lite ant until the
existing ken to the Arnold. should expire, and neither
Area Id, nor his wife, nor hie lather, nor an uncle of his
gamed was to hold any lends but the.. they then
belt. Seth was the Mina given by that family, and so
deeply did It made is hie Irma. Tbe tankage fur the
chted's education was ample, and showed what consideration
he then bestowed epos is allowina,besides the annuity to
Mn. Blair tor her losers' superinteseleace, 2001. a year to
be applied to her Mum ion till she was 15, and 3001. till she
vas 21. Tans was the will of 1815, on which the Isom of
the plaintiff took tie stand, and .;aired' the Waist, Mg.
Fianna was now dead, sad the Int of her children died as
1645 ; and the issue is that line beieg -vine, the questa
now WOO who was entitled to the estates. Mr. T. IL
Baas**, raid that in default of the issue of Marianne the
estates came to him. That the testator was sane ia 1816
would be proved beyond question. At that. rise he mixed
is society, kept kis house is order, his Dermas is livery, MS
in the habit of slag out to dinner, was diens:Fished by &Ma
vity and Mr rallsimmt us • mtellimmiee his Manners were po-
lished, kis learns relined, and he was Sn,armry respect a
high.yeeducened gentleman. He had always a slight
mummy to tecestricity and irritability, which greatly is-
crated after the accident at Derby racer, and was aggra-
vated much by habits of living bleb and drinking a great
deal of liquor. Wine and sprits never made him &ask
but excited his kritablity. At the does of 1815 r • resume
from Green.lans Derby, to another street ailed °masa.
street. From that time a material change was o served in
his Imbibe, kom which it was clear that his mind was utterly
gone. His dress was so neglected that he became a
looked ens-suer. His Conies were Irby and unclean,
old and covered with lice, and sink as a beggar would not
pick cif a scarecrow. He never washed himself, and the
stench from him was intolerable. His stockings were in
holes, his coat est at the elbows, his trousers broken. He
sometimes had a garter on one leg sad none on the other.
His net was nth as the boys put on Gay Parks,, and alto-
Nether his appearance was such that the boys used to fol.
low him Womb the streets of Darby, crying oat " Mad
Beinbnage." His house was in keeping with his pri-
son, duty, fiithy, ti led with MMUS Of. fill binds, and al-
together c.f a moat wretched sad reveljitig description.
When ba rode out is his carriage, it wunwashed SOS un•
.::eased, and covered with the dirt of the fowl, which
rotated M it. His bones were not groomed, and he teak
any of bis farm labourers, without any change of dress, to
drive it. He can drove into Melly with a Nam who ha t
been just driving • dung cart, and in the vary dress to which
he had driven it. He used to erruch water the fire that
hia coat tails ware burned off. He used *to go to bay his
ern fish and meat, and was once met kilts streets of Derby
with fish covered with blood hanging out of his coat pockets.
He was once seen bringing home a slaughtered cx on the
top of his carriage. Anotber: time he brought home a
mare hind and pluck on the bow of her saddle. He wore
a tlsesel waistcoat from March to July without ones ra-
ise It, and when remonstrated with on Abe subject, he
ta:d washing:would spoil flannel. He mop made his labour-
en set est in the midst of a storm of hall god rain to make
• and when a coach pad by, aad tkepeangers shouted
out "Ars ye mad 1" thews esswased, " le is not we that
are mad, but our master." He mice suddenly gave dine
tiona to of all his [.seats is a strain Darby, though
they did set owe him a play of rest, and eariatally ejected
every ewe son dam without any rem* whatever but some
wild (easy at ha ors. He went to the funeral of a friend,
• Mr. Rased ItithileMen' and IMO accideet oaring which
mais his bones restive, he swore at his seachman, sad
wished his " is kill with old Dick," the, kind whom he
vree golag to bury. When he had ems frimi:s at dinner
ones, tae mat brought him a cold plate. He ordered hi.
to keep it at the Ike till he called for it, and phut he did,
sod the man brought it, it banned his (lAr. Hainlerigge's
lingers ; and thereupon he seised • roast cones that wan on
the table by Um legs and flung it after the as, and cursed
and swore at hi. and kicked him out of the room. la 1817
a lady west Of with the grand-daughter Maisano isle his
bedroom, and then saw • bows o 1 brandy and • bottle of
gin, sod the pint sad tongues on s Mak mar his bed ; and
be told her on several meatioas that he hes them there to
proud hits mast the devil. He used to matter atonally
t 3 himeelf, "I must go to the devil, but, I am sot ready
))t." Al, religious feeling deputed, and. he cursed and
blatpheined is • mat frightful manner--ia ow, a mama
than no one could Aubt that he was in a state of
mental 'lamas. Then could be no better proefssilArle
than the change is his conduct respecting hie frgand.desiglar
Marianne. 1• 1815 he had taken great precautions for Me
proper education ; but, subeseigently, so lost was he to ear
proper feeling, that ha taught htr to cane mad swear, sad
emouraged her in the am incredible obscenity, and in the
use in language to which none hut the most depraved miff
listen. So long as he had women savents they rentoastrall
sprat this course of educating fur the child, but ha: Wit
laughed sad esejoyed It, saying, "She was • alp Of
the old DI ale." A trowel hawing began to dare at Mem
one day at Minos, she mid she would give them •
saute, aid tuned up het Watt's, and, Mikis; back to
the multitude, slapped her land as • sesta of her
body. Om the WM the hollow of • for playing
trap-ball with hot water, sad sported it up beams the legs
of • servant gal, sad severely melded her, sad tbe old ma
larghed Itesetily. awl said, " Well deem, yes yeses —,"
Sariwen Wtdeks she played sad the Issasese M. seek

and hashes was as slimed Is awn whihkiatbeerutere.
stn.
egged. They brinently orated • lame _ earn
mu, album were a • meat 'heal kat sesatsissrusk
for
it:
Mot possosiousit. pout" Gould as, them
wino, emsein. He became se violent to hkernenaintsiattiel
Mae eleaM as. with kiss. Otes, es, whets one e
awkwasimes let a salt-cellar fall use him, he Saes •
at him, mad it struck the deur bolded the eau.
fiesirt=rhe detailed Ws admitted tint the salt-cellar
hi seer hie gooey Ise, soli that the same was as the ease
ide of the dome when the knife snack it. Out brought
=eel Pore based of Makin mace. mod he lase hat his
lie lased Se Napa oats as to es his week by peo
mai a blendetilmes to hies wlesmevet asythlag was bine
dia as pima klm. He rand to fight kis farm bailiff
ithe would sap le his meek in • pool of water, sad b-
eam he did arm he giWsbagsl him, sad that caused him
as be sammemed fsr dieseriai his awoke, sad es he impri-
soned for tweatneight days. As a amoral nik whoa they
fa any way dispieend him, he used to Sag bailee gleam,
sweekeryware, knives, or soy albite that was armrest to
ism. Even whoa they did met Beni, M des gainsay
attacked them. Oas dq be err imie the Masa, feend
a snot toasting bread, wed Inaba( dews with her hook
a bias, sad he stole up a hoe, .ad sal* • folk with di hie
strength ate her peasrisek emd thin mme cat, amd ehe did mel
recover be a mama. when he awe set I. hb Mime he
took his pa with him, mad sea areetned M Asa the I
aaa who was blase /se having takes the wrens read; sad
the man jumped amid ran away from him. Oa* tenant to
whom he was viola's and tenatialeg case or knew inked
him up for an hour et two till he peaked to he better, sad
then let him oat; sad tea thee Ind same birth. Another
Gen took op • saucepan of builiag water, sad threatemed
a throw it m him sad be led hem the kite-bee, sad seat
doers • slam @lnset* make bleeds. Ho had forty einenle
is a few months—es &sae would stop with him be mesa
than • kw days. At bank no weans sensate would
remain at ell—aer would he keep any, or allow thanes cook
his toed, air gulag the filthiest of reasons for it--aed thou',
he wu obliged to *money his farms num to de all the
domestic dunes, elms the lune, milk the oars, prepare hie
breakfast sad Maur, make his- bad sad that of the AIM,
and even to unites mid psi hat Ss led at aiglit, sad deem
kir again in t *Messing. is Seat hia hie lead that meal
was never so geed es when b was bile( maggots—ani he
used to keep it till it got into that seate—and non ease
bought 4 cwt. of putrid men, then he had eel, fa ht
family one soma; Weida hisnedieM gremideughler.
He one* broke off • sole a Isar sharp tea Masher, et
secant of a difference as to tee quarter of a pound. I.
drank himself, sad was liberal of drink to others; and oast
way to men, but to salmi& And eon, when • batters
sass to kill • pig, after maim the butcher drink as medi
as he meld, he mixed the remainder of a bathe of gin fa the
wash for the pig, sad made the pig drank before it was
killed. His pickets were penally fall of none sod gold ;
and he ones gave • emu' • pocketful of asks to bet at a
wick light, and the sent day charged kin with robbing him.
One sign of madams was • great eamentration of intelli-
genes ea some points; sad no man was more shrewd is
his dealings with tradesmen, and nothing pleased him men
than defraiedieg any one of mosey. If his labourers allowed
him to fall into arrests of wane, obey lowed it Micah to
get them. A tradesman went one day to sib is, • debt,
sad he threatened to let a bulldog loose at bin till the man
ran away. He bought ducks of a woman, and gave her a
bad halforown ; and when she came back to eomplaia he so
cursed, sad swore, and threatened, that she led in tenor from
him. Hs fancied that a connection of his, a Mr. Burrows,
who lived in Derby, and was a meet inoffensive gentlemen,
Ind entered into • plot to annoy him; sad wrote a letter
stating this to his sister, Mrs. James on the 25th of May,
1818, as his mama for leaving Derby for ever. He famine
he had somaseicatiou with the di vU, and used sometimes
to order hie bed-room door to be kept shut, in order to keep
the devil out; and sometimes his windows to be left open,
order that the devil might be at liberty to go out. He
used to talk ineesesatly of the devil, saying, the devil was
waiting for him, and that be knew he should go to hell, but
would sot wait leap there. In 1317 he went to the Derby
sues in his carriage, • man driving it who had a wisp of
straw around his hat, himself and his grandchild covered with
rev, and his footman in a similar manner. Everybody no.
deed him, and there was aayof " Mad Bainbrigge.' He
wished to nn a favourite cesium mare, which had been
Just taken off grass, and had not bees trained. He had so
jockey for it, sad he enraged • man from the crowd, who
reds in his shin. The lan asked to orders; the answer
we, •• Oh, never mind ;" but the horse could not ran a yard,
sad of coarse lost, sad whea the ms sand Its payment, he
refused to pay him, es he had sot did.* mending to his
ceders, which orders were, "Oct first—keep Ilret." Shouts
of laughter from the crowd followed, in the midst of which
beget into his earenge sad made oil. The witness +boom*
to speak to this feet said the hoc* was well trained, aid
it in third oat it five that ran. He had • stallion which
used to break oat of • paddock in which it was kept ; he
therefore put him into a stable with • large loose box ; the
horse got lame, and to iadignant was he that he sat is judg.
saint on him, sentenced him to seven years' transportation,
sad then committed it to imprisonment and solitary con.
lament. The bone was accordingly kept in partial dark.
sea, with no straw to lie on, sad only as much hay and
ester as would keep him slit,, sad at the end of four months
when he was almost starved to death, and the servant told
the master he was all bet dead, the answer was, Well, he
H pin alive—keep him so; he has not served out his time."
In Ma, 1818, he left Derby to reside at his house at Wood.
seat. This, tCO3 was overran with vermin, and when • ser-
vant naapleiaed that the rats were so numerous that the
place was like • rabbits warren, he said he would by no means
have them killed; they were his gaumand he preferred them
to hares and rsbhits. The house was in • most forlorn cos
Una ; the windows were broken, and the pigeons nestled
en the shelves of the library, which contained some most
valuable books, and on being remonstrated with abut it, he
said it was a good place to tree pigeons. The kitchen gar.
den was eci neglected that it was imponible to get at the
fruit without catuhs one's way through • tangled lane of
weeds. He and to disk euessively ; bet liquor made him
nut drunk, hut mad and furious. He used to have a bottle
of brandy with • glass Idi every night by hie bedside. So
things c +attuned till the Saluda before his death, June 13,
1818. On that day he went to Drayeott and drank • great
deal, at length a quart of brandy, saying it would be good for
his gout. He got home to Woodseat on gummy night. Os
the Moeda he got up, but about midday was put to bed in
his clothes—and in tit.** clothes he 'leered from Monday
till the Saturday, when he died. Oa the Monday there was
but one servant in the house—a man named Roe. He sent
for • Dr. Hawthorn, of Uttoxeter, who was • friend of the
Arnold,. They were of course anxious to know in what
state he was, and if possible to effect a reconciliation ; but so
great was his hatred of them, that if he knew any of them
were about his bane it would drive him wild; and, there
lure, though Arnold came to the house he once went
into his room. Arnold secured an interview with Haw-
thorn. Mr. Blair was sent for, and on Wednesday, the
17th of June, he prepared a codicil, altering altogether the
provisions of the will of 1815. This document substituted
for his nephew, Mr. T. P. Bsinbrigge, the proper represen-
tative of the Baiabrigge family, the tons of his daughter,
Mrs. Arm- Id, and got rid of the annuity to Mrs. James.
This codicil was attested by Roe, one John Allen, a labourer
shout the house, and a Mr. Aka, an apothecary, who
WAS in distressed circumstances, and the mere creature
of Mr. Blair. On the cent day Blair brought a formal will,
and got the old dying man to 'scent. it, and got it attested
by Allen, who knew little or nothing of the testator, and a
Mrs. Hawkins 61so, who was the wits of • farmer, and slim
knew nothing of ►him, and by Dr. Fox. It would be proved
that at the time he executed the will he was totally insen-
sible and incalble of knowing what he was doing. The
wife of Allen being in a consumption was examined as a
witness under a commission for perpetuating testimony,
and in her examination, taken under that oosimiaskis, end
under the full knowledge, as she expressly stand, that she
was • dying wombs, she said that the tanker was from the
Monday till his death totally insensible to, and unconscious
of, what was palming around him, and expressly Maud two
applications from his daughter to see him, reslying to them
by a murmur of refusal. accompanied with a deep groaning ;
and that her husband, William Arnold, was about the house
by stealth, and was not seen by the deceased. One circum-
stance connected with the last will was almost conclusive.
Na one but Blair and the testator knew of my former wills.
It was, therefore, important fur Blair and his usoeines to
draw up the formal will without referring to previous wills.
Accordingly, Blair hastened to I.7ttoxeter and set his clerks
to work, and blanks for the most important provisions
were left which ware not filled up till after the testator's
death. That will was in most respects conformable to the
codicil. It emtaiaed the same provisions as the former will,
with respect to the Arnold' having nothing to do with hold-
ing say of his lands. It increased Mrs. Arnold's annuity
to 1007. a year during her hasband's life, sad 3001. after.
wards, sad should Manus sad her issue fail, left his estates
to his daughter's (Mrs. &mad's) sit stns la succession, with
1,0001. each to the younger ehildraa; and in case all should
die without ions, then to his own right heirs for ever. It
/obtained the same provides. as to Mrs. Blair and the
education of Mariaame. It eke outalaed a provision that
during the minority of 6111;mA-daughter Mr. Blair should
have his choice of any of his three asabss and the sole
and exclusive light awning, shooting, and fishing ovee all
his estates. Then were three trustees, Hawthorn, Wood,
and Blair ; Blair, being a solicitor, knew that he world have
virtually the exclusive managemeat of this pronely, and i
knew further that if on the death of the greadaiegkter the
will of 1815 came into operation, the Bdabrigges could
at oats manage their own affairs, whereas Is the resat of
Mrs. Arnold's children combs Into possession he would
have the whole mensgement of the property during a loss
succession of minorities. The sew will, therefore, was very
advantageous to him, ad seastquatly the gnat object was
to get rid of Mr. Thomas P. Reialwigge and Mrs. James, and
to substitute the Arnold.. The moment the breath was out
of his body his, coffers wail rensedied by the arse trustees
in • manner which prodded stases impeasisa as the son
of Dr. Fox, who was then a young men. and would
be called before the coed. Dr. Fox unfortunately
was dead, and had not been examined under a contsaisebe,
Mr. Blair taking care that the commissioners should not
seas to examine him till. it was too late to do ece. Another
suspicious circumstance commuted with this will was that the
parties who coaroond it, though they profaned tabs religious
men, did not send foe • clergyman to common the dying man
mid smooth his pelt from earth to leaves, though they
blew he had lived a life of sensual "ilament, and hs4 for
years unglued his religious duties. Neither had they sent
be say of his relatives, though they all lived in the sash-
boutilood. His brother Jahn lived within five miles, hie
sister, Mrs. James, at Bath, and the endow of his brother
nap within eight miles of him. No sots of his llama
was sent to them, and when his two nephews Gemara.
sad Colonel Babbitts called ea the Tend", to see Wm,
they were not admitted teem libel sad his brother Jobe, ee
gang on the datarday, was Waled &daisies ask end
was obliged to bras his way isle the rosm, lad hued him
dyisg. Imaediately after Media* Mr. Bich wane tense.
AMU sad Mr. Per Bahamian, inierwiag ibis of that
greet, Ina oaf t e 5595•21 of tie 16•Fgelf nit dale *0