The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-21 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY ATtACHMENT.

The Isiteof a shoemaker, in Si. Atine's.court, Soho,
charged a lady and gentleman residing in Staford•piaci.,
Pimlico, with detaining her daughter, a girl about 13, ahu
1144 hems their servant.

The Complainant accused the lady of keeping the cid fur
improper purpoaes; tint she was in the practice of racing
into herself, and that her hasbaud would leave the house
way.. Any of these %mitosis came, and detailed a variety of
citrumstanees nut proper to mention here.
The lady's husband who ass present, said he was as reaper-
table as any man In London, and be would not permit such
foul calumny to be laid to his Marge. It could nut he sup•
posed that be would connive in his wife 'v infamy. He slid
not wish to detain the girl, but she would nut go to Inc
mother in cuusrquesice of her ill-treatment to her.
The lady said she would willingly pay fur the girl's main-
tenance in any place till she could get another place
The Magistrates determined that the girl should he ile.
Ilan, .1 up to her parents, although they thought it could be
la tier to Irt her realms') where she was.

Here a most esiraurthuary scene took place; the gill
eki:g to her master and mistress, vying bitterly, soil
herpes she niiplit he seat any whrie tacrpt to her another.
The mistress also bust tutu I:iars, mid the whole ulrace was a
terre of distroia

Att the bellolders then took pert with the girl, and inter•
er.h.d in her behalf, when at last the mother was persuaded
to let her remain with her present mistress till she could pro-
iure shrither. !shoe ihr her. The girl audit not be purled
town her mistress, and flee ultigutlely weimioame with her.

Ose Friday morning. Mrs. GOIIET, of she Wey-
mouth Atm*, Cotteire-lene, Bath (who was mar-
d the preceding Monday), took the desperate re-
solution of terininuting.H•r otiaence in this world.
Iry cutting kir tlirwet in 14) tletersoiurri a Illlllllltr. as
ntmn.t to river tir head horn the body. The (Him-
*mums had kept the ihnve hons 4 some yews, was
is:.leersally respected, and has lett six children to lit-
;twill the horrid deed. Mr. Gov Er is it much
t*ierineil young man. ro piosperous business us
Luilder and stout-mason.

On Tuesday night lion caul was broken,
Mid titiee young men, lodged on a cnntinal wan -
item, made cteir esoope. They had effected
their purpose lay means of a !arge nun lever four
feel I.mg, and 4 Wyk •.'r some other imtrument,
which bad been Nivea than front the ontsidr.-t
After gettrog into the council-tomb, and regaling
themselves Kith wine, 1111 y descended from the
window, and iinnle off iintioticert. • On Tuesday
last, three tacit were apprehended in Perth; under
Suspicion of being the inthiiduals who escaped
from the gaol of Dundee on the 8111 curt. Their
persinis.beiug ofetaiified, they were sent off. to Dim.
Ore mu Weduradsy soutnitig.—.(eaferiontiaa filer-
t ory.)

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COURT OF SESSION-SCOTLAND.

FARM-SERVANTW WAGES.
ACOLASHAN V. DUKE OF ATHOLL.

.111scglaslisti engaged himself a. a 61mi-servant to
s Mr. Moon, tenant to the. Doke of Athol', for one
year, from Martirtrnas 1817 to Martinmas 1818.
In August 1816, the tenant's crop awl stocking were
segnestrated for rent due to the landlord. The
servant *plated to the Sheriff of Perth to order the
Drake to pay his year's wages (101.) out of the pro.
cited+. The Substitute preferred the remota. but
the Depute held lime landlord's hypothrc to be the
preferable right.
The servant appealed to the Circuit Culla of
Justictwy. _ _ .

Lord e;tht.tes (the presiding Judge) was of opi.
'lion, that the servant ought to be preferred ; hut.
as the practice on this point seemed to vary iii dif-
ferent counties, his Lordship certified the case to
the First Division of the Court. It WAS there
heard fully ; and the Court_ have decided unviii-
monsly, flirt farm-servants are to be !preferred as
creditors, for their current wages, to the landlord,
whose right of hypotlitv must now yield, through
the whole of Scotland, to this equi►able and pie-
freebie chi.im.

Lord HERMAN° said, the crop was orated by
the labour or the sersunts, and that it was the in.
trrest of andlorrla theroselves that the %ages of
such labour should he insole preferable.
Lord B ALMUTU conferred.

Lord SUCCOTH remarked, that the rent in pro-
duced by the crop, sod the crop by the labour or
the •to emote.

Lord BAI.GRAT and the LORD PRESIDENT, on
more than tn,e ininciple, were ur opinion, that the
decis. uF the Sheriff' should be reversed, and the
appeal sustained.
The Caul? gave expenses to the servant.