The National Register.
London, England, 1809-10-15 00:00:00

LEES V. WEAVER.

This was an action of truver for a female, of the designation
of Miss Michael.
Mr. Toping stated the cause to the Jury with a ronsiderahie
olegree of loontior. It appeared that a person of the name of
Woodcock, claimed the exclusive right to this young creature.
lie hail two other females, over whom he possessed so absolute a
dominion, that it extended even to the right of selling them by
auction, or b) private contract, just as, an African to rehant
would sell hi{ slaves. Iles.He.4 Rachacl, he had a Miss Tidy,
and no les' a persoonee than Lad v Rad Hid, Miss
Tid 1 , and Lady had all seek their best daisbut the
two latter, parOcalarly, wero: defliotag into the vale of life,
and had cmf,ifected luequivocal sYmploms Of sterility. Mr.
Woodcock Or•rrfore deieroniord to ges rid of them all ; and,
with that view, agreeahl-. too the cu.tiirn of this country, he put
lialters round their neeko., it,;de..rried them to the public market,
just as the lower orders 0.1 sato people in London tarry their
wives for 3.0-. to) Sinittiffirl mutt.'. They were put up to sale
by Nit., l'rince an auctioneer. Loth Williams was first offered
for sale, butato one wo.rld hate unv thing to say to her; and
even Rachae) and IMP. 'Faddy were briUght 0. The auctioneer
fiodiag the bidders hart no •pirit, betninoght him of a very ex-
relleut expedient. He gave them a droller, and plied them
ifierwards with a Irmle of wine a-piece. He then remounted
the rostrum, and Lady Williams, Miss Tidy, and Rachael, all
sold at very high prices. The Plaiotiff pun based Rachat), the
nefendatit. had Lady Wiliiams, and, somebody else got Miss
; Tidy. The parties were renvey ing the different punt hales home,
but, elated by the libations with u hie)) the auction had been
accompanied, they stopped h' the way, and renewed their de-
votions at the shrine of Bacchus so deviluilY, that they, neither'
of them, knew ilar;Jar.l from Miss Tot • , or either, froth Lady
Williams. The re-alt was, that thy Defendant, Mr. Weaver.
who had bought Lady Williams, carried of Ratline), the law-
rolly-purchased property of Mr. Lee., the Plaintiff. The De-
fendant, even npo») the return of reason and sobriety, was so
well pleased with Rachael, that he refit-ed to return her. The
Plaint off was not willing to give up Rachael for Lady
liams ; in fact, Lady Witham., within a very days, met it pre-
mature death ; she had the In i,fortuve to be gored by a hull in
the side. The Defelulant, how ever, refused ,o part with
chael, and the preseot .ietion was brought to recover possession
of her. The witness for the Plaintiff clently proved that he
had purchabed Rachael, and that the Defendant had afterwards
eloped vy ith her, leaving Lady Williams in her stead. The
Jury, cousequentlY, ikith hardly a moment's hesitation, returned
a verdict for the Plaintiff.

It appeared that Rae'mei, Miss Tidy, and Lady ,Williams,
were th eee crams, of very ancient faistilies, .and all of thew lineal
descendants of to.

The wheat harvest being nearly concluded, the following may
be considered as an impartial statement of the producer—Wheat
on the.strong lands, short of quantity, but good in quality. Ou
the light and cold lands, a fair crop as to produce, but mnch
airected with the smut. Surne strong latids, hich last year pro.
lueed four quarters on an acre, doer*, not tliis year average more
than three; but with respect to weight the quality is consider-
ably better than that of last year. Or, the w hole, from the
variouci net ()tints, the produce may be estimated at about I.Bitr
short of w'tat is termed an average crop,• taking the medium of
an average crop at three quarferi ;la acre.
We have to record Is o melancholy accidents which happened
in tugs adjoininc parishes in II olderness, last week, to tw o
• your; friends. In tke morning of Thurslay, as
_the maid set.-
Vanvof Mr. iearne, at Flinton, was milking a caw, another
Craved orr one, she was engaged with, w Mich slipping ;mays
the fore font of the other came, bt ith All the weight of the a ni-
upon the body of the young woman, and was pressed into
her bokrelS;,when she was taken op nearly the whole content,
of the hndy came out, and though every surgibal nssistance. was
:4Tonled her, she languished till the next dal, and 'died of the
thortitiratiort. The other had been upon the tide oVa corn-
stark forking shenves ; her foot slipped-, and intesmiug down
she•fell upon the prongs of the fork, which entered • her bowels,
tod•when• Ihe fork was withdrawn a large portion of the in-
*stifles followed; they were carefully returned and the woisti4
securNf rtat sitt •vas must et' petted to SUrvi►e,

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