The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-13 00:00:00

TRIAL OF STANLEY DE COURCEY IRELAND.

The Court was entesulvely.crowded this morning, in the antici. I
pst,..m of the Wel of this Individual and Elizabeth Greven.
At twelve o'clock they were title to the bar, on an indictment
.i.argirg them with having conspired and confederated with Fredc.
Posiamby and John °mutt, alias Gordon (not in custody), to
Caned divers tradesmen.
Mr. Ailment us opened the pleadings.
sr. ALLEY stated the cue to the .luny. Ile obse•ved, this was,
porises, as Important a case of the kind as ha.l for a considerable
time been before the Court. He begged the Jury to remove any
itworersion from their minds which might have been formed by any
tiitig they had previously heard. The prisoners at the bar, he au
!nstructed to stale, were members of a gang of accomplished *wind-
er,, at the head of whom was a man calling himself the Honour-
wale Ponsonby." By a reference obtained from an Ho-
ncrurshle Member of the House of Commons, they had succeeded
in getting precession of the house of Captain Burton, in Gloucester-
'tau, end than the rotted of swindling commetfced. He would
wen them from the concoction of their nefarious plan to its COO.
IJOISOIIti4II, and would produce even the correspondence before
tiny had arrived in London.
The: following witnesses were then examined in support of the
pre ve:tit:on !
Thema% Aldrrten, clerk to Mr. Marsh, of Park-street, house.
eget:, proved that about the 21st of September Ireland came to
h.r employer's, and, representing himself to be a gentleman of for.
tune, said that he wanted a mansion at some fashionable part of the
to toi. He was shown several cards, and selected the one No. 91,
Glitatietve-place. The next day he saw ,Mr. Marsh, end took the
hawse at the rate of 450 guineis for one year • the witness drew up
tidegiecnient. In the course of October a'livery servant desired
w!toese to go to Olouceeter-plui, and upon doing so he ascertained
t.-. at the prisoners had been detected. Ireland gave him several du.
;Aural of Captain Burton's property, such as books, ornaments,
&c. which had been pawned. Ireland escaped from the
..eitse before the officers arrived to apprehend him.
Arr. CT( rs cross-examined the witness, but nothing mate.
AA was elicited.

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Xi.. Mary., Marsh stated, that Ireland had made the mine re-
presentation to ber that he did to her clerk. As she required a
gocrirefavence, he ease her the natne of Lady Stanley, but after-
watdeseid her Latliship less out of town, and he would refer lier
to %lond litardu, which she ace pied.
bir.'A hr.ris. handed in the note of the Hen. Member, which re-
commended Ireland as a man capable of paying any tblng be
stiolitelisteset:
It:. Richard Martin was then examined upon the Bench by
blk•A Li. VT; to the following effect:-1 am Member for Galway.
j ke,os, the prisoner Ireland ; he frequently came to my house
for Se.ters directed under cover to hint. I know hie family ; they
eveilboinnotalfod and respeetarde. I know he is, or was, the
stoner4l4:lanse, of some block marbie joartias in the town of
Galway, and considerid hint a man of enbelenoesnd respectability.
kr ansante to me, and said, wha: I then 4anaidared extraordinary,
thstk bs vial going to take a lare •be •in Oloticeater-place.
Rooriviog thkt he lived in thilway, I, in some surprise. demanded
laimeattlturpose he repaired such a house: He replied. "1 am
g.deg io.take le for ...o of the Perworbys;" end knowing that
se Ova good, eye, and so honourable name, it immediately oc.
curved to ripe that he wire golig• to make mane, by letting it.
/rWarA, in continuation, said, "If Ponsonby won't take it, Mr. '
I,;ist the Master in Clouseery, will • and he *ould make above
Ibilit.by re-letting the noose:" . Aeno;eliogly. I gave hint the re-
iir hrease i cad bpi to Rttte. ' that Mt, else wham Of a quarry,
trios resbicli ha *said salsa iseebbr - "sfirar ton, for
oust, te could 6111106 s,lllll 0, 'O,llllll .ti den to
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