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improper of her ; 1 have known of no other suitor;
her character is unimpeached.
Cross-e.raNtinrd ley Mr. TOPPI P 4 IL
There is a charge ui the Defend cu estate
of a legary to his sister; though L do not know
what the rh+rge is. Mr Settle keeps no servant.
Miss Settit's lather was au apothecary at Liver-
pool.
Mrs. Elizilieth Taboos—l am wife of James
Tatham. the last %limas. I have lonisvii Sarah
Settle front her childhood. She and her mother a►e
in the habit el vis g the rss::ectable families in
the neighbouthood of Burton : they have he-ert in
the habit of vi• gat the D.fe.
Defendant. in retniii. his I
PI ' •IT. I was also aequainte.t
ant's sister, Mrs. Stackhou-e.
tiff have liven very nitiinate.
house's marriage, the Plaintiff
Gigglessortli. I have asen the
Defendant together. The Dere,
at Plaintiff's house us her in:

many years. She was received sti a foiesidly ityroner
at the hourra of his friend... The on iglshosar, knew
they were pirticularly attached to each other. She
never knew of die friends of either party expressing
any objection. I rs.s...dect iny husband and De-
fendant coming froli the Town 11erting CM the
49th of November Istst, when the D. fends/it ask. d
soy husband to give Miss Settle away, for he in-
tended to make her his wife, and my husband raid
certainly. At this time the parties were perfes.tly
sober. I recollect the Defendant coming after
that; he then said he came. to let us know that he
dud not intend to marry her. My husband asked
bus reason, and if he had any thing to ,ay against
her charaCter ; he answered he had, nor, mid *limad
be very much hurt if say body else 10111 any thing
against her. I)uring the number of years that I
have been acquainted with the Plaintiff, I never
heard any thing but prudence attached.to her uatwe.
Cross-examined by Mr. Rw!tsis. •
When be carne to tei I me that be coutanot marry
her, he did not ray he was going to be nirrried to
another; I (lid not bear of Ins second marriage till
a little time before he was married.

Robert IJow•smi said he was au hip-keeper at
Burton ; lie hull konwii the Defeurtlautevri share he
came to his estate it I.ollghonru ; 1 iemember his
being at my house, when lie was phi. iug at cards
with my wife : there was a bustle at that time, Mr.
Brougham having just irome to Kirkby LAmsdale;
when Cr unildetioloie first C.1141N ite he said. " Mow
do you do ?" mill lie said to my wife, " You beat
me at cards Ilse other night, bin I will play you
again." which he did ; when they hail done playing
cards my wife went out, awl lie turned to rue and
said, " Mr. Cr umbleholme, what is to do, you seem
to he full of trouble?" lie said, I have got a let-
ter from Mr. Drw•hurst, and I mete, ss and Nettle
about Miss Settle. 1 sail, can't poi inatry lir r ?
and lie said, on. I %aid, what money are i hey a• k-
ing ? lie raid, 5001. ; I said. shit is a :•mat
He said. yes, it is for what is done. Ile %Aid oVri
again he 1111151 go settle it with Mr. Dewhurst at
Lancaster. The willow; said 500/. was little enough,
consitletiug the character of the girl ; lir Bald lie
would not give her so n►ut•li, for lir would snake Lis
property awat•. I asked how he would do that ; lie
said, he would snake it over to leis sister, Stack-
house. I said, you will presently he sit Nell lir d-
mats's, that is, the pour-l=ouse. I alai said, perhaps
there will be u wedding at your fattier's, i throb
you will be agatu. lie said, I situ make
away my property, and go to America, and then I
shall be out of the gait of them. 1 said. how littve
you come about this Miss Settle, when I was your-g
I could never have come about Mem till l promised
something ? lle swirl, 1 promised her usiari taw., hist
I hope you will cot tell. I said, come ill
For hall• your estate in spite of p:isr terth. Ile
called at my I se afterwards oil the Ist of June,
■nd he said, Robert, I hope you will out tell *lust
you and 1 talked about the other time.
Cross-examined by 11r. Tu PPIN a.
This conversation took place about the beginning
of March; I told it to a a MI; Mr. If-whit:rot got
hold of the woman. turd then lie knew all.
11r. Wallace—l um thole b, ofirrive to the
Plaintiff; I have hero intimately arquaintrd with
her and her family about nine years. lam also oc.
(painted with the Defendant's hind!: ; the two fa.
Milled have beret very intimately kola:rioted ; a
great intimacy also subsisted between the Plait/.
tiff and the Defendant's sister. Defendant him-
self was received as it suitor to Miss Settle ; his at-
tentions were know') to and approved of by Loth
families; the elm-octet. of the Plaintiff has okays
been very respectable ; it has never been iinpractis
ed. lam acquainted with the estate upon which
the Defrodaut and his father live, and ir. toy judg.
meth it is worth, if it was to be ►old. 41. au licr.;
there are 182 acres; the whole of the estate 1,4
22,0001. 1 suppose uiy niece's fortune is worth
about 000/.

Cron examined by Mr. It A I NE.
There is a rent charge on Mr. Criontbleholote's
esta►e or 141. r•year to lagglri.wuith bt.'llth/l.
Uewl►ur►t proved the value and amount
of the Iprope►ty.
The Rev. Mr. Foxcroft was called to the charac-
ter of the Plaisniff.

The Rev. alr. l'ooley give evidence to the salve
effect.

1111%, Ritmon simke to her elimacter.
Sever.,l tm.er v‘tilit-St•e‘ gave li. tomt uurquivo-
cul AI% to the character of :Les S,ttle, the

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Xlr. TOPPINO then •ddrernrd tlw Jury. He
admitted the iirimti.e of mart itige, mid pleaded
extent:4'6ml opt ttnul3:,:..►.
Tiw Learmil Juage rrcnl•itnh.trd the ev'oi•Ptier ;
mutt tile Jury. N %INN t C.11'0111.1,101, letiarileil
a ',talk' at .Seta' 'lambed l'uttilds

Vl' CON EsDA Y.
TATTLED ALC C. THOSI Att.

Mr. TOppi%iii we... (...eel-r1 in thin
fur the Batista, who had bruilblit this sewn fur

the cum of tool. rosharrhotitm or e policy of
of' issesaratice, of *hell the 1) fe,..imot
writer. The poNeyt was 4i:ft.-it'd an' the ship I el.
easier, SLIM was fr Greeted t to,the United States
of America, stud hack igen' to.Greisaels. Its con-
sequence of • letter written to the agents of the
Defendant, the effetteet by Mr. Little-
dale for the voyiwe its qtrestiost; the weasel coiled
from Grenada in January, 1816, and arrived .ufr!),
ut Norfolk, in Virginia, atilt there deliverati her out-
ward cargo. 0., I-ith of Septeilllter, in the
same year, she set oat on her return viiyage;
had not been long on her voyage hefn.r she sort
with • tire. On the 3.1 of Ort,h-r
alat a violent squall, cud tl,a
crow would have hilt Ow:.
them Americen vessel
,ak theist ors hosed ; the /Inver,
etilewritreut to the trot in,orthg
pulley stn the. the less
Defeardatit refused to p 44*
. the ship, Lod the ground
of his &tepee was this eXtratifthilary one, that the
eerie' in question had carried upon her deck.
lushes; that a shed had been erected im-rlie deck,
and had carried four horse., which i47.e I)rfronlas.t
contended was not a fart rlcserititqf in in...police,
and was the refine a legitimate grinned of •defence.
Now it would be in evidence, alai lie Isslietei) hot
dissoited, that it was ire, f.ctiy well knowialoa.ll the
troolerwritris oilloolicira for voyuge. of this dyed's-
fion, that it was the coast:tat itritettre for stes r's. en.
gagsd its the trade between the WYst Indies asid.ll
United Stales, to carry horses backwards alo" fur.
wards on deck ; and ice should submit, that the fart
of the horses btitig.isis board not being el
would 'stoke no eittle.rence whatever. De shinitil
slut w the Jury, that the corcums'ance of Isamu hnfitt s
on board the, ship by nu merino mere:on-41 the risk,
nor. was it Ilse occasion of the loin.. With Ytezeid
to the. usage of the trade, he woidel prove most
distls.ctly, that it was the rotoo,,ot tourr rit.
trade to have horses. on board. IT'ims this rail+ea
he would refer hns Isureldip to the rase of Now.
and Kenseay, in Dattglur, 4Q2,; o,li was a ease
before Lord klansfi,-10, and it *rive u of the News
founellaml fishing swede., Lord hlaoslirld, iis hie ohs.
'creations, said, that, every nude rairet• rof • Oldies,
was bound to be sequin:tied with the nude
custom or the trade to which the police yet:mei.
It apueisred to him that the princi:ste Led dower by
Lord filansifirld had a slirret erTl:retitots to this
subject. It would appear that it visa the practices
to carry bosses and etudes on el• cks of ships.
It appeared to him the; if this cessions was este.
blished, the sinderwriiers must have kermess, eir
ought to lucre knower; of the cost•ins tidleil the
nob, y was underwritten. He shsisti insert, that
the loss in ()meatiest' had nu•referyane to the
01 is& Isoe.rs being au Lord. Ile sic-nl,l
seww that the erection used as a stable l'Or borate
was set up between the fore and inainsmast, leas.
big a passa..e for the crew ; that it formed no ins.
pesliinent whatever to the letvi4stlee. These were
the short facts of the case; he would lay the evi-
dence before the Jury, and he should reitablisla the
facts without the possibility of cmittailtctino, and
then his client would be retitled to a vetelivt.—
The policy of insurance, and the formal etidence
of the case was fully established.
%Vol. Cook, the master of the Lancaster, stated
the,circomstance hie sailing from ("resold* to the
United States, and returning on the 3,1 October to
the Wert Indies. He had lour honks' ou the deg k.
There was • tetnporary erection hi-fore the mast,
hut there was plenty of room to navigate the vess• I.
lie had been often employed in that bade, Tina
was the first voyage he had sailed as 'nester. but he
had been in the West India trade upwards of 1$
years, and he considered himself well maw timed
with the course of trade between the West lode a
and Anteric.s. All vessels were in the halt of car-
rying horses; they were generally put tin tier k ; he
never knew them carried otherwise. Hie own ves-
sel had thirty mules on deck, and us mat.). lo low.
The number of horses did not at all etidatiger the
uevigetion. The vessel was lost on her return. She
was upset in • squall after hiving been tweritt•suim
diva at sea. It was what was called te white squall ;
white squalls were rather u'lcouuuou in these scup.
The weather hail been squally till the foreticoss, anal
his ship was under very low sail. The squall
au winning whatever ; he could
Mr tin alpi esr.ii.re
of it. The sails were close-reefed. A co:simnel
squall would have had no effect on t!:e %r.t.rl, or
even if it hail blown a very hard ',quell. The. vas-
eel was sport instantly and suddenly. ult got
upon her bottom and eat away the riggio;;; they
cut the shrouds on the upper side, talietaisig she
would right ; they remained on her bottom four
dips alai four 'lights; at the end of Ihat time they
were taken up by au American vesst I. Ile stated
that his own ship was cuppet-lastened and peifectly
sea worthy.
[teary Wood, • merch Int at Livei pont, said. he
had traded between the W. st Indies end Ameiica ;
it was always usual to fairy horses acid c..itle ; pia
has known hurtles and cattle envied on vessels ell as
omen a tonnage as 70 anti lest than that.—
(The witness mentioned the statures of the yes. I% lie
• to.)—lt was as common a thing Inc these
vesst Is to carry horsey on deck its it was f, r a coach
to carry out-id • passengers.
troll-examine:l.—There were not vessels
for and regularly s naliluyed in that trace; some:-
tuners our was torril and sometimes introtiri.

Mr. Wilson he was Herianiateri with the trade
beta/ern Airietiva Nod the West Indies; .1 was til•
ways the practice in that tityle kir veswel. 10 carry
horses and mnlrr un d,ck. Th.- nullifier of fosse
harsrs for a vessel of 70 tors war a very mall num-
trer ; hr dal not think there WI!. any riplt at all in
earring four looses. lie should hare thnught it
in•crssary to inform the underwriter that bums
t‘tre to be c.irried on the deck, though 1w h..d wit
known any iscaance in which the mid. matters were
ainariaed that there were to be hoist" on dick.
Captain Hates said, it was the umsid 1 rim:twit to
curry horses dud mules on deck ; he hatl seen r

fenitatit'o, and the with very severe went
cutently visited the she was encountered be
as with the Defend. Yrsstl 1111111 upset ; the cri
Sbr awl the pi 4„,, lives, but fortunately hir
Alter Al no. Stawit7 came its !light and tusk t
„el t,,- tag. at. had been iwured sublirc
lie Pl.infitr m doe the ship. • Vt." the tell
feminist wen received b'in 6,6111-"1411; but tlrf
"wird !,„,b,,,,,i for the lima on tlie polity on