The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-07 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS,. Nov. 6.

ARTICLES OF. THE PEACE AGAINST Mn. „CARMICHAEL

Mr. ADOLPH s stated.. that on the part of, r. Smith he had
to nwste that. his .recognizances .might be discharged. Some
dags-ago. Mr, Smith had received notice from the Clerk of the
Peace that the recognizances would.beestreated unless a respite
.was moved in this Court. . This was therefore the immediate
conse.quence.of the present motion, though, at the same Urn;
belied to request .that the ,recegrurances might altogether be
discharged.—The articles of the peace exhibit.:d by Mrs. Smith
were then. read. They stated,. that on the 21st August, Mrs.
.Smith Will informed by her husband* that he had a carriage at
the door to take her to a mad-house. This she resisted, and
proposed to go to a,Alligistrate.irt..Chelsca,,to which her hos•
hand seemingly assented, .ancl, went with her, but when they
got to Sloane-square, he dragged her into a public-house, and
.from t t.ce. by means ori Carriage, to !lathe House, a private
road house belonging Di. Burroughs. There she was kept
till the 7th of, the same month. when, by .a writ of Habeas
Corpus, she was taken before Juatice. Park and liberated, and'
that now she went in, bodily tear,. he hiving threatened to
kidnap and send her to Ainerieu.---.Mr. Adolphut.stated,
that as Ling April, a „deed of separation took place
' between .Mr, and Mr.i. Smith but .Mr. Smith having. fallen
from his horse in . Aug-list, and lying dangerously his
wife, of her own accord, retuiaed to hit holm?, and behaved so
ill. that every body in the ..lious..! hi deranged; and •
this ()Pinion being confirmed by a medical adviser, hr had her
removed to this mad-house, and owing to his still dangerous
state was urnsble to, appeaL before Mr. Justice Park. The AlR-
davit went on further to-Atate, that it was Mrs. Smith's own
motion going to America,. and. that had consented to allow
her jag. alear. during has ,absence.--.31r. Adolphus then read'
a paper of her writing, whichhe affirmed folly .eruitled her to a.
place in a mad-Louse, and likewiseread net own lotters to Mr.
smith. The following is, a specimen of the poetry 2*.
‘‘ I cannot join in.the exulting sound*,
3ly blood is stagnant, and my heaving soul
Is spiritless and dull.
Oh. my husband !
How Art Wog changed. I would forget them,
But busy Memory will recall those dhys—
. Those blissful days when Bess could chase away
Each cloud that hov..red on her William's. brow.
I "will obey.,thee„.since thou gas t desire
absence.; , though featfal thoughts assail tyre .
And warning m ;voicxt; s.,;;t:111 t•O' bid int! -lay,,
Ami guard thee-fro thy direst unoiny—thyseif."
The letters And.
her ,pO-fect.,satisfiLvrion,,,,,with the, plan for
going to America, but wished ,to pos,pone it till the ensuing
spring, and,
at the same time informed her husband, that
" she should be glad to hear from him. personally, or other-
wise, though she Would intinitciy prefer the Mriner."—The
Chairman said, that it was not , tOr himto discharit4: the sure-
ties, *thee he alrahly found Ahem taken by . the , Judge, ,atld
therefore the recognizances ;taut soli stand over to the tollow.
.n seviors' m though at the sae time he certainly should order
Idult they" should
not be.estreiated.—Mr. Smith appes.red
set, and stated-that he felt, pro that no cogpirancs would he.;
taken next Session+; but ea extremely slesirpus IA pot ad
of the-sUretio, for it WAS .a.ways a Stair: °3 wan of character
that be should bebound itiarticles of peoce, and-;more es p*.
,ciall • at ele suit of,his own wife.