The Sun.
London, England, 1828-07-16 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.

FAO3I LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JULY 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Baltic,
Duncan, from Bail; Palmyra, Lamb, from India; and
Britannia, , from Bombay. Arrived from Loudon
the Dublin, Stewart, for Bombay.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 15.—Wind W.—Arrived from
London the Fox, White, for Gibraltar ; Dlillicent, Cousens,
for Jamaica ; Francis Freeling, Battershall, for Smyrna ;
also arrived the Indefatigable French man-of-war, from
Cherburgh.
FALMOUTN, JULY 14.—Arrived off port the Thomas,
Robinson, from Grenada; and Middlesex, Moins, from
Mirainichi.
COWES, JuLT lb.—Arrived the Champion, Lock, from
Batavia ; and Claremont, Mierhousc, from Pernambuco.
HULL,. JULY 14.—Arrived the Runawell, Jackson;
Suffolk, Scott; and Foster, Bennett, from St. Petersburgh ;
Margaret, Sutton, from Stockholm ; Passarge,
from Pillan ; and Norval, Hodson, from Memel.

The Ceres, Peterson, from St. Thomas's, has arrived off
the Wight.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
LEIGH PEERAGE.

The first witness examiTlLTdVeiore the Committee
of Privileges this morning was the Rev. Vaughan
Thomas, who was appointed Vicar of Stoneleigh,
in 1804.

By Mr. DENMAN—He never saw any monument
on the south side of the church. Had no distinct
recollection of any. Remembered no monument to
the memory of Christopher Leigh. Has been often
in the Church, and were there any such monument,
he thought he must have noticed it.
The Rev. James Roberts, examined by Mr.
DENstAN--From 1792 or 1793 to 1819, was' resident
curate of the parish of Stoneleigh. Officiated dur-
ing the period mentioned. Remembers Webster's
monument. I believe there was no other monument.
I looked at the wall previously to its being taken
down, and never saw any monument to the Leigh
family. I believe it to be totally impossible that such
a monument could be in the church without my see-
ing it.

By the LORD CHANCELLOR--Will say positively,
and on the awfulness of an oath, that there was no
other monument but that to Webster. A person
of the name of Ward gave Mrs. Roberts a copy,
which he had made of the inscriptions in the
church at Stoneleigh, but that of Christopher Leigh
was not among them. There was in the vault a
coffin with an inscription of Christopher Leigh.
That vault was bricked up after Mrs. Leigh's inter-
ment.

Mr. Place, examined by Mr. ADAMS—I have re-
sided at Waddington for the last 18 or 19 years. In
1826 I was High Sheriff for the county of War-
wick. I know Mr. Roberts, and saw him at Stone-
leigh 13 or 14 years ago, and had a conversation
with him on the subject of a monument of Chris-
topher Leigh, which had been taken away. We
were talking idler dinner of the accession of James
Leigh to the large estates; he said that the accession
was quite accidental, for that he was not the right-
ful heir, for that the rightful heirs were descended
from a Christopher Leigh, to whom the monument
had been erected, but that all trace of his family
had been lost. Ido not. recollect the precise words,
but I have stated the substance. I had no previous
conversation with him respecting the monument.
In answer to questions from the Lord Chancel-
lor and other Peers, the witness said, that Mr.
Roberts talked of a monument which had disappear-
ed, or which had been taken away. He spoke of
the monument having been removed, as •of a fact
Within his OW/4 knowledge, Mr. Roberts did not
say that the monument contained any thing respect-
ing the marriage or issue of Christopher Leigh
The Bishop of LANDAFF—Was Mr. Roberts
speaking of a report that was current in the coun-
try, rather than of a matter within his own know-
ledge ? Mr. Place—Decidedly as of a fact within
his own knowledge ; he spoke of it as a monument
which ho had seen himself; so I certainly understood
him, although I cannot pretend to quote his exact
words.

The Bishop of LANnAFF—Might not Mr. Roberts
have been stating a case ? The Witness—No; it
made a strong impression on my mind, but it
never recurred to me till I had a conversation
with Mr. Roberts about two years ago, when he
called on me after his examination before the
then Attorney-General (the now Lord Chancellor).
The moment that Mr. Roberts told me of his having
denied to the Attorney-General any knowledge of the
monument, his former statement at once occurred
to me; and when he left the room, I turned round
to Mrs. Place, and exclaimed, " Good God ! how
can Mr. Roberts deny the existence of this mo-
nument
The LORD CHANCELLOR—But not until after
Mr. Roberts had gone away. Now answer me
distinctly whether Mr. Roberts said any thing as to
the nature of the inscription on the monument ?
No, he did not.

Haw comes it then that you should have written
a letter to the Attorney-General two years ago
to this effect :—" I cannot speak as to any minute
circumstances respecting it (the inscription) except
that it recorded the marriage and issue of Christo-
pher Leigh ?"—I don't know, perhaps my recollec-
tion was better than it is at present. -
Then he must have said something to you, as to
the nature and contents of the inscription ?—I sup-
pose he must, now that my memory is refreshed by
that letter. ,

Did you express your surprise to any one else be-
sides Mrs. Place ?—No.

How did you become acquainted with Mr. Cos-
tall ?—My surprise was so great at Mr. Roberts's
evidence, that I desired my solicitor to find out Mr.
Costall's address, in order that I might communicate
to the claimant of the Leigh Peerage. I found out
Mr. Costall, and told him all I knew.
By the COMMON-SERGEANT—Why did it not oc-
cur to you to refresh Mr. Roberts's memory as to
the conversation you had with him ? Was it not a
courtesy due from one gentleman to another ?—I
did not think it necessary. . _ _

Did not Mr. Roberts and Captain Mason subse-
quently speak to you about the evidence you were
going to give ?—Yes.
Did not Mr. Roberts then say that he was greatly
surprised ?—yes.
Did lie not say that he had never told you any
thing about the monument to Christopher Leigh ?
—Yes.

Did not Capt. Mason confirm, from his own re-
collection of conversations with Mr. Roberts, that
he (Mr. Roberts) had never spoken of that monu-
ment, otherwise than as the mere subject of conver-
sation in the country ?—Yes,

Did you not say to Capt. Mason or Mr. Roberts,
that you might, perhaps, have been mistaken ?—No,
it is impossible.
Stop, Sir, remember what you are about. Do
you say, impossible ?—Certainly.
The witness went on to say, that during the con-
versation with Captain Mason and Mr. Roberts, they
asked him to deny the account which he had trans-
mitted to the Attorney-General respecting his con-
versation with Mr. Roberts as to the monument,
and. that he, the witness, spurned the idea.
By. the COMMON-SERGEANT—Did not Captain
Roberts say that to retract your evidence would be
a charity even to the claimant himself, as it might
prevent him pressing on a hopeless claim ?—I can-
not recollect what he said. He used various ar-
guments,' in order to induce me to deny my state-
ment.

Did you not say, that the evidence which you
transmitted to the Attorney-Cretieral was no use, as
it was made up from general impressions, and was
not sworn to ?--I can't say.
Did not Mr. Mason, at the end of the conversation,
say, that, considering all things, Mr. Roberts ought
to be satisfied with your retractation ?—No; Captain
Mason said to me, when leaving the room, " Per-
haps you will consider it."
The witness further stated, that Mr. Roberts'&
eldest son told him that his brother Henry had a