The Sun.
London, England, 1813-09-01 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR.

Sin—A C.Orrespondent in your. Paps expresses
stirprise. that liri:ad has ,ilia' fallen .more in price
than it has. lamof a ditlerot opinion with your
Correspondent ; for I am surprised that. it Lois
fallen 'at all, when I contemplate the mean• that
are taken to keep it. up. I hope the Lord Mayor
will put a few questions to some of the principA
Bakers.; And which thisik he has leit,,Ally a right
to do. They are i s folitav
Q. OnLyo-131, 'Oath are you entying on the trade.
of a I oti your oiyo aceouot

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yotir tweAtt, dOes any other persoii
ptlake of thy ptotits tlf it, a a i)arttler, directly
or indirectly

Q. 'On your oath were you not set up in bUsi,.
!less by a Meah*tit

Q. On your oath are yon accountable to any
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are to pq tire Siett;iwc.l fur stay boor
(J. (111 your oath d.,yott ;tot lii ci* 414,114)tint al•
lowed fty the Nicahums fruul.thu 11110 C 'Welled ill
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been intittiring by the eintrtns o(*• thih n14.Q.1.
creature.have'betysn long conc'enlett. The rot-
son •ilsiigneti that she enptivatett thc.. he: , a
Welch Country Spire so cumpiely, who w
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of rowing, thlt he has kept tier ‘vith hint by w,,.1
o steatiying the boat.

BRISTOL ASSIZES.

MARY DOLAN!) V. TIINIOTICY DEASY, ESQ,,

This case had previouzly excited the most lively
interest among the residents of this and the neigh-
bourhood of Bath, as well as of the county of
Cork ; the former having been the scene of ac•.
tion, and the Litter the vicinity of an estate, (at
Phale) value between 2 "ainl,3ooo/,'per aninim, the
inheritance of which was collaterally involved in
the question dow decided.
About twenty-three years since, upon occasion
Of the marriage of the defendant with Anna Muria
Barry, the estate alluded to was settled upon the
deft:H(ll;lst by his 'father, giving littn.a life-inte-
rest, with remainder to hiS issue male, rir in de-
'finit of such issue, then to his younger brother,
Rickard Deasy. Nineteen years had elapsed
without the birth Of an heir to the defendant,
when, about four years. since, the brothers hav-
ing had a verbal altercation, the defendant and
his wife quitted 'retain!, and came tee reside in
Bristol. At this period, it appears, the con-
spiracy, so eloquently deqloped by the plaintiff's
leading Counsel, Mr. Serjeant appears first
to have been conceived ; :the earliest piddle inti-
mation of which waS thus given in a London print,
in September,

" I 1 P.1115.-At liti4(cd, the Lady or Timothy I)easy,
of a sou.",

This, as was doubtless intended, reached the
ohseevatiOn of Mr. Rickard Deasy ; but he was
with _difficulty induced to believe that a brother's
prejudice could prevail so tar As to give any foens
dation in fact, to the numerous doubts expressed
by mutual friends, whether Mrs. 'l'irnothy.Deasy
bad been previonSly pregnant ()isnot ; and he'ae.
cordingly resisted every incentive to an investiga-
tion of the circumstances, until the Imperative
argument was urged of his own seven infant child-
ren being, through his supineness, likely to be
shut out from their rightful inheritance.
A considerable period appears to have elapsed
betore anyclue could be obtained for theyemoval or
establishment of these doubts, and Mr. R. Deasy
was on the point of suspending all tfurther inquiry',
when, as a doilies resort; he was induced to call
Upon Mr. D. of Park-street, in this city, the
medical attendant of his
,brother's family, about
June 1812, with the desire of obtaining and be
ing satiSlied with a 'ettegorical answer to the
• question, as a num of 'honour, if Mr. D. had ever
assisted MrsiTimothy Deasy in the delivery of a'
child ? But the anxiety' evinced by Mr. D. to get
the inquirer out of his house, and hisTeremptery
refusal- to communicate with him Upon that or
any other subject, emtfirined the suspicion that
all was not right, and Whetted Mr. Rickard,
Deasy's alnuist blunted' purflos'e: In the conrse
Inquiries elsewhere, the house where Mrs. T.
• Deasy was said to have lain in (No. 2, Clarence-
place, Kinsdown),.waS ascertained, and this led
to a further (Ikt:insure, through nurses and other
servants, of the following fitets :
The 1111101wpm'; plaintiff (as truly. denominated
• by Awl. comisel Serjeant Patter) was compell-
ed to twit a respectehle state of servitude in conk
setpcen or having been seduced from theaths
Of virtue hy tellow servant ; which being follow-
cad by pregnancy, she took a lodging in Lower
Berkeley-1,18es; ; v.,liere it appears she was first
discovered by the medical gentleman alluded to,
• and by him introduced to tile wile of the defend-
ant. Dere, acted upoe by the "- all-powerful in-
fitience of a rich meet's purse," the plaintiff was
prevailed upon to forego the claims of nature,
aid agree to part -finm bee expected offspring,
with-the proviso that it should'prove a mile child.
On the 9th of Sept.lBo9, this part of the compact
less favoured by her deli Very of a boy, with the
professional assistance of a gentleman resident at
Clifton, then a partner with the gentle Man of Park -
street ; whoin person within a tow hours afterward
visited the plaintiff, and reminded her of her agree.
went with Mrs Deasy. On the following morning
(Sunday, the lOth September,) about ten o'clock,
this agent again visited the plaintiff, and within a
.few minutes her child was taken to his house in
Park-street. ;, from whence it was further removed
by a nurse already in waiting,- to a retired spot
about three milts on the Gloucestershire side of
this city, called Crews-fiolecwhere• it was per-
mitted to remain aboet ra lovtnight. Front the
cafe of this nurse (n ith tho assistance of a 11111.
A rberry, of %Vest-street, withoot Lawford's-gate,)
the child was transferred, at the Swan inn, St.
!dory.pert-stieet, to that of another nurse, who,
Without seeing the fiirmer nurse, 'received it in a
hackney-coach., To relieve the reader from a Most
intricate labyrinth through wbieli this devoted
was,conveyed, (not a single link of the clue to
svhielt has been left undiscovered) it may suffice
that he was finally delivered info the hands of
Mrs. Deasy, et the door of 'bather' residence in
Clarence-places
tyithin a few days afterwards (abontthe 28th of
September)' the farce; oritaptiying the said child,
by the name Edward Ciarrett Deasy, was per-
tormcd in the same house, as proved by a certiti-
emc in the Latin tanguar,e, exhibited in Court, its
the hand-writing of the venerable Apostolic Mi-
nister or the Catholic. Church in this city, who
.".41., most piously instructed to premise that this
child, being the otflpring of Timothy and Anna
Maria Deasy, was born upon at day and at a cer-.
tai;t hour. several days previous to the actual hirth.
Daring the space of time embraced by these
transact ions, the plaintiff "way left in total igno-
tepee of the fate of her child till Novensher
titl-
lowing; when, by incessant tm wearied exertions,
at f lit s
Thatermil. feelings alone could have main-
tained, sae found liiui in the possession of Mrs,
Dcasy, then livipg at No. le), King-square; who,
• sifter the plairttiff's Tepoted importunities, per-
witted heetti enjoyibc objecrof her solicitude, as
funitoo with time family, for 4b Jot ov 0 .Inotas
intittiuy 3114.110K‘vile; pyvtouipd an urgent
to llerefordl,ire, when the plaintiff ret'ice'nce!•
10' her runner lodging Deitmarlystreet.
Ai'!" tmthy doohlings and turnings of this
coo-plo) with their beh houonrichle IdOrttion
Gloucestershire, ioo ' • ant I
n, , ptaces
to„ inn-m.1,0u,, tit reeind---,,vith the dodglug sue-
stes, ;un-. lsirt ii and discharged • out of
iiight of ettch of even 'upon the King's high-
wiry, the'defr.nthott and ilk tvite retarited tt, this.
tot in the Spring of 1110, Od theitlSDScember,

1810, the defendant and his 6Tr-ready friend
called together upon the plaintiff, then at her lodg-
ings in Upper-Maudlin-lane, and u:•ged her to the
absolute disposal of the child named Edirard
Garrett Dea,,y, offering -her an annuity a(it) pounds
Per aunutta, (Toil condition that she would :than-
don the sight or knowlege of that her first child,
for ever

This. agreement, after much hesitation by the
plaintiff,- and no very gentle meaus,of persuasion,
was at length determined kl and witnessed by
the agent alluded to. Accordingly kU itimOy to
the befor.• mimed 1111i6llia , 'v as secured upon the
bond of the deferulant to. the plaintiff; for the
tion-payment, of the instalments stipulated therein,
tine since Midsummer 181*2, thin action was
brought. Ott the following day the plaintiff wai.
required-to execute an agreement, never to di-
vulge or. male known any of the circumstances
respecting. her said child, nor to approach near the
residence of the defendant or his family ; upon an
alleged violation of which agreement, the defen-
dant rested his opposition to the obligations of the
bond-.

Mr. Serj.PrXt. having made a most eloquent ex-
position of the circumstances we•have briefly and
Imperfectly detailed : and proof of the bond being
admitted on the part of the defendant, his Counsel,
Mr Serjeant Lens, proceeded to call several wit-
nesses in support of the defence ; whose evidence
went to prove that the plaintiff had often visited
Oil :residence of the defendant—at times imperil-
Oiely demanding a sight of her child—at other
tines these visits were presumed to be with the
...consent of the defendant and his wife, as she
'hroup,ht clothing and 'cups fin. the child's use.—
. Oathe cross.-examination, however, of thesewit-
nesses, a majority of the females appeared to ha ve
:etfaCted the part of %vet-nurse, without the most
regular possible prep Oration for that of ; added
to, which, there seenied overweening anxiety
to, suppress any Neff. that might tend to serve the
plaintiff's case ; nod this sort of caution doubtless
operated forcibly upon the minds of the Jury
One apparently yespectable witness for the de-
fendant, prp.ved• that in 3 conversation about the
middle of 1812, the plaintiff, after inquiring for.
the residence of the defendant and his wife; ob-
served, ‘‘ they have broken their obligation to me.,
or I would never :have' been hostile to them."
After an energetic and impressive reply from
Mr. Serjeant. VELL, the Learned Baron swathed'
up the evidence with his usual_ability and
,impari:
tiality, when the Jury, without leaving their box,
in about five minutes returned .a verdict for .the
plaintiff to the amount sued for, with all arrears
to the present time.
Of the remaining causes for trial there are.
three, for which spetial juries are summoned ;
one of them is an action by Mr. Stephen Cle-
ment Webb, against Henry Ilunt, Esq.. for the
recovery of .fees as an Agent at- the Elecrion for a
representative of this City, last July, .when the
defendant was a candidate. •

YORKSHIRE, ASSIZES.

CtIRIOII73•CASE.

TIIB KING V. OVERENI) AND'OTIIERS.

Mr. Toppi.No stated, that this itqUi an indict-
meta against the delendantS, who were overseers
and inhabitants of the township of Denton, for
conspiring to etreF.t a marriage between two
paupers, for the purpose of burthening the town-
ship of Barth with an additional charge. The
female pauper was a widow of the name of Ann
Place, about 40 years of age, and who had long
been a heavy burthen to the township of Denton ;
she had been lett by her businind %vitt] fcittr. child=
ten, and since his death had nearly doubled the
noniber,- and tit the time this Marriage Was solem-
nised, was supposed to be again pregnant. Jo
the adjoining township of. Barth, resided Mat-
thew 'Lockwood, an old man and a pauper, whoin
the defendants had fi.sed oponas a proper husband
for this lady, thi,iigh there was no earthly reason
why Matthew should wish for a wife, except that it.
was cold !Deathly, being the month of Yam:Haber. To
accomPlish this union, it was suggested to old Mat._
thew, that it woubl'he very convenient to' him to
have a wife and that if he would take Ann Place,
means would be, found to procure him sonic mO--
ney. The bait was irresistible to poor Matthew,
who 'agreed for the sum of ten guineas to an
union with the riccompli3hed Ann Place, which
was accordingly solemnized with all -convenient
dispatch, within about three weeks of its first
suggestion. The money was paid to Matthew by
the Overseers ; but in order to havo some colour-
able pretext for the payment of this money, a
formal indenture was drawn up, by which out
Matthew covenanted to perform a certain
City of hedging ditching, and draining, for Wil,
Siaker, the'standing Overseer of the town-
ship of Denton.
This contract, which was couched in as formal
tern* as,if it had- been the conveyance of an es-
tate, was read byl‘lt.TorprNo.,ll,nd excited great
merriment in Court. Mr. irocikbia. said, be
should be obliged to go l'ito the'enenty's quartets
for evidence, and hhouldAirSt produce aid Mat-
thew, whose evidence he should corroborate by
that of Arm, his wife ; and when'he had proved
that nil the defendants had interfered in bringing
about tick scathialous Marriage, they 'would feel
sit their duty to tinti the defendants
The risibility of time Court had been so much
exci:ed, that when old Matthew appeared in the
witnesses' hox, a general burst of laughter took .
place.
lAockwood stated, that. he lived at
Beettp, in the township:of Barth., and occupied one
of the town-lionses, far which Ise paid no rent ;
the town also follnd him in COtilS, and he had oc-
casionally received other relief from it. In the
month of August hilt tvi-:e died, anti he wis mar,
vied to his present wife in the November following,
Be mi asked his reasc,n for taking another wife, he
replied; thnt itsonry was yell? telnpri,lig: ,jll N?viei nt;
ber the witness was working in thetowns') of
Denton, and lodged in the homed J.onathan Haw-
ct:Oft,one of theddenti;ints.thwerou reco!unle.tided
him to -take another wife, saying, " She would
ldwp him car an •," but, added Martheni, )yitligteat •
feeling, f hare not found it $O." Haw cr9tt, to
back recommenthition ith a more cogent tn.-
added, 4,- that if he should stand for-
ward to Murry Ann Place, he .did not doubt but'

money would he firlind for !inn.' This suggestion
overcame the reluctance of the witness, and be pro-
mised Ilaweroft to tr:yithe'widow, and the very next
evening he paid il visit. His recepi ion ,was its
flattering as any lover could desire, and every
impediment was removed at the very first inter,
view ; and at the cud of a Week the bans were
published,' or, as the witnesees expressed it, the
spurrings were pat in. The ardour of; Matthew's
love did not, however, reader him 'unmindful of
the fortune. he was to receive with his accomplish-
ed bride, and after various tilegociations and con-
ferences With the overseers and other inhabitants,
who interested themselves in this .important 91('SU
elation, and in the Course of which It the, defen-
dants became implicated in the transaction, it was
at length settled, that the sum of ten guineas
should be paid to him as soon as the nuptials
Were solemnized ; but before t.his took place,. the
witness was required to sign what TO-01.NP
humourously stiled the martin. e articleS, the con-
tract for heding and ditching, Every
.obstacle
being removed, the marriage took, place on the
9th of November; the marriage dinner, with its
• concomitant expellees, cost, however, a large
smnsof the marriage portion—no less than seven
guineas. The Overseers being wisely determined
to have something for their money, partook of
this splendid nuptial entei tainment, and the next
morning, it is .probab!e, that the parties were
better satisfied-titan old Matthew., Witness said,
he had Cost his. township many pounds since his
marriage ; but this, on cross examination, turned
out to be on :account of an accident, by which he
had been confined three months to his, bed; nor
,did it appear that any additional charge had been
brought upon it on account of his wife.
Ann Lockwood, the wife of the last witnes,
...said, she had been chargeable‘sonie years to the
township Of Denton ; her present 'husband' WAS
illtrOdliCed to her by John Haweroft, who told
her that he had brought her a husband ; witness
said she had no objections to marry him.—Wit-
ness was then questioned as to the manner in
which her children were 'disposed of ; and it ap-
peared, that she: bad only two for which she re-
ceived pay, the others having been disposed of by
the Overseers, and for which, she supposed, they
were repaid by the fathers of the children. Wit-
nesS 3;ii(1,.. Matthew La,,:kwood was the only per-
son who.persioded her to marry.
Mr. Justice CHA.!,P2itE thought it would have
been better to have.tried this cause at the Ses-
sions, than to put the parties to sa much expense
in defending it at York ; and he intlinated, that
as it did not_ appear that any.increase of expense
had accrued to the township of Barth, and that
it originated with a poor Ulan, who certainly had
himself no interest, it• would not, be proper to
bring the parties up fur jildgineut, in case they
were totind guilty.
The Jury acquitted the defendants.

The Jury then,said, the offence imputell to the
defendants was a very heinous one, and One pu-
nishable by thelaw, it was extremely wrong in
Overseers, or others, endeavouring to bring about
an union between persons, who neither by tir-
cmnstancei nor inclination were fitted for' each
other, for thepurpOse of telieving their own town-
ships expenee, and inure especially when it
was to be effected by burthening another town-
ship.